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Evening star., 1955-02-16
Rooseyeits Aerial Sacred Cow
Shifted to Boiling as Transport

Mr.. Roosevelt conferred with
Winston Churchill and Josef
Stain.
After the President died on
April u. ie45. the plane was
used by President Harry s. Tru-
man. until 1t was replaced In
June, i947. by the first Inde-
.pendence. Q DC-6 type. The
current presidential airplane is
the VC-121C. q Lockheed Super
Constellation.
Since 1t was taken out Of presi-
dental service. the Sacred Cow
has been used In transport serv-
ice and viii continue In this duty.
operating out Of Boiling.
It has carried such personages
as the Shah Of Iran, Mime. Chi
ang Kai-shek. the President Of
Chile, the Crown Prince Of Nor
way, the late Air Force Gen.
H. n. Arnold. Gen. Omar N.
Bradley, 1t. Gen. James n. Doo-
little. USAF. retired: Gen. Ma
than Twining. who now heads
the Air Force. and President
Eisenhower, before he entered
the White House.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
By Harry Lever

The famed Sacred Cow-the
Cs54 transport airplane used BY
the late President Franklin D
Rooseyelt-has been transferred
to Boiling AIR Force Base. with
his private wheelchaif elevator
and all.
The airplane. now O veteran
Of l.260.000 miles and 5000
hours. u the only aircraft Of its
kind ever built with an elevator.
OF q folding. box-type nature.
this elevator made 1t easier for
Mr.. Roosevelt. who was crippled
by polio. to enter the plane. The
first transports having elevators
as standard equipment were the
DOUGLAS C-74's, the first Globe
masters.
The Sacred Cow now Is at
tached to the Air Forces Head
quarters Command at Boiling,
under the aegis Of the 1,l00th
Operations Group. 1t has lust
undergone Q full-liedged face
lifting In Bolling's Hanger No.
2. The topside Of the airplane,
which also was known as the
Flying White House" " has been
painted o cleaning white. and
there has been a thorough house.
cleaning Of the, interior. The
plane still has It's armor-plated
window in the Presidential suite.
The Sacred Cow took Presi-
dent Roosevelt to many places
throughout the world. Its last
major flight was to Yalta, where
Evening star., 1955-02-16
POW Death March
Horrors Described
AT Nugent Trial
sy ths A..oeietsd prs..

FORT SILL. Okla, Feb. l6.-
The horrors Of To-day. 100-mile.
forced march by American pris-
oners Of war In North Korea
were described today at Maj.
Ambrose II. Nugent's general
court-martial by a veteran offi-
Ger who was with the defendant
throughout the ordeal.
Maj. Nugent, charged with
collaborating with his captors
to the harm of his country,
was with the group Of some TOO
soldiers who were marched from
. cornfield near the Yalu River
northward to the vicinity Of
Chungan. where the group spent
the winter Of 1950-51.
Mai. Marin Green, 43. Fort
Sill artillery officer. told Of
brutal beatings by Communist
guards. kickings, shootings and
even one incident when several
POWs were smothered to death.
Told Earlier by Priest.
His story was the military
version Of the death march re-
counted earlier by a Catholic
priest who was in q group OF
civilians taken captive in Seoul
and herded along with the mill
tary prisoners.
Mai. Green said the march
from the cornfield near the town
Of Manpo-Jin started on Hal
loween Day, 1850. under the
supervision Of a North Korean
security police colonel known to
POWs as '"The Tiger"
The witness said that before
setting out on the trek, 1.-The
Tiger" made q speech to the
captives threatening severe
punishment for anyone who fell
out.
Maj. Green said the prisoners
had to improvise stretchers for
the sick and wounded, and carry
others on their shoulders. The
column was forced to 60 at a
running walk" the first day,
he said.
The officer told of one halt,
after a three-hour march, when
''The Tiger" called together sew
eral American officers who were
acting as section leaders.
"Tiger" Had Gun, He Says.
''He then shot 1t. Thornton" )"
Maj. Green said. u don't
actually see the shooting, but
! saw The Tiger return his gun
to his holster and later learned
1t was Thornton who was shot.
The lieutenant was not iden-
titled further.
One night. he said. the POWs
were jammed so tightly in a
schoolhouse that many snoth-
cred to death.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Town Without Service
As BusIine Pulls Out
sy the Assoeiussd Press

JACKSONVILLE. H.. Feb. 10.
--Jacksonville's $4,000 residents
were without public transporta-
ton today. but business went on
as usual.
The Elm City Bus Lines halted
service last night after inform
ing the City Council that bus
operations In Jacksonville were
no longer profitable. Buses used
in Jacksonville are being trans
ferred to Columbia, Mo-, for serv-
ice on the company's lines there.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Prompt Payment Required

ATLANTA. Ga. (P. - Mrs.
Ruby Williams was visiting a
friend. Mrs. ]. w. Sills. and am
swered the doorbell when the
postman rang. There was 2 cents
postage due on a card for Mrs.
Sills. Mrs. Williams gladly
paid. She'd mailed the card.
Evening star., 1955-11-20

And not just for razzle-dazzle. 1t gives you far
more disable power especially for pickup, passing
and, as we said. for efFortless hill-climbing.
THE BIG M is agile-to cope with today's stop-go
traffic Il has new stamina, new eficiency-to
roll up mile after mile of dependable. economical
motoring II takes curves as If on tracks, thanks to
further improvements in ball joint suspension.
Evening star., 1955-11-20

Look again at THE BIG N coming up that mountain.
Its gas pedal is still far from the floor. Yet
THE BIG breathes easily all the way actually
gaining speed as it points its nose skyward. No
mere mountain stands in its way for LOngi
THE BIG is powered big just for hills like
this Its new wsAFETY-sURcE g engine is the might
lest in all Mercury histoy-225 horsepower!
Evening star., 1955-11-20

Why not get acquainted with this miles-ahead
BIC today at your Mercury dealers? See bold
new styling! II stunning models! New feet
of low-silhouette hardtops! 10 new Safety
Engineered features! New Fo-Tone Color Styling!
Best of all, get the story on low starting price
lower than many models in the low-price field.
egg YOUR NEAREST MERCURY DEALER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25

tinued the hunt all night. A
roundup of known sex deviateS
was slated for today.
Little Barbara Gaca disap-
peared shortly after she left for
school at am. yesterday.
Her mother, Rita, 20, reported
her missing when the girl failed
to return home for lunch yester-
day. Mrs. Gaca telephoned
Assumption Grotto School where
Barbara is a second grade pupil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25

Why Grow Old? You won't if you follow Josephine Lowman
in The Star How cope with the children? See the
advice in points for Parents regular feature
of The Stars Womens World section where you'll photo
graphs and of Washingtons brilliant Society," also
of your State Society," of everything that interests
woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25
BY III. Asseeio,ed Pres.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Mar. 25.-
The trial Of Army Capt. F. Far
Gus Bluth of charges of drugging,
raping and numbering another
officers wife has been set for
May %.
Circuit Judge Ebert Parsons
yesterday overruled defense de-
murrers to the nine-count in
dictment, and drew a special
venire of 100 jurors from which
the trial jury will be formed.
Capt. Bluth pleaded not guilty
at his arraignment, and remained
free on bond.
The 40-year-old officer was
Judge advocate at Redstone
Arsenal here when the body of
Mrs. Helen Tereza Meighen, 80,
was found in her apartment
early last December.
A State Psychologist reported
that she died from a blow on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25
Detroit Launches Big Hunt
For Missing Girl Of 7
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Mar. 25.-A block
by-block search of a 6-square-
mile area in Detroit's densely
populated East Side has failed
to turn up trace of a 7-year-old
girl, missing for nearly "a hours.
Police feared she had been slain.
A 200-man police posse con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25
$ll.8 Million Allotted
For Indiu to Buy Steel
BY the Associated Press

NEW DELHI, India, Mar. 25.-
The United States earmarked
S11.8 million for India today to
buy $4,000 tons OF steel for in
dustrial expansion.
The sum is part of the SOS
million the United States For
eign Operations Administration
has allocated to India in the cur
rent fiscal year, partly as loan
and partly as a gift.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25
Officer Accused Of Rape And Murder Faces Trial

back of the head. possibly in q
backward fall. He said he found
evidence that she had been sex
ually molested, but did not dis
cover any trace of drugs in her
body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25

Violet Faulkner answers this, and hundreds Of other
culinary questions for Star readers in her Report the
Homemaker" And Food Editor Faulkner constantly
scours local markets to discover best buys for your budget
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25

but learned the child had not
shown up for classes yesterday
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25
Readers Clearinghouse
How do you make
Wellesley Fudge
Cake?

Write The Stars Readers Clearing House and, chances
the recipe will be sent in promptly This friendly Star
column is like over-thefence exchange of information
just about everythngfrom mislad recipes to housing
conditions in Switzerland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Group Opposes Use
OF Public Funds to
Relieve Purkinq

The Washington Highlands
Citizens Association last night
opposed use of public funds te
relieve the parking situation ir
downtown Washington.
The association approved three
proposals Of Joseph j.. Saunders
They were:
l. To oppose any increase in
the parking meter fees.
2. To oppose any use of funds
to subsidize the Capital Transit
Co. for transportation of persons
to and from fringe parking lots,
8. To oppose use Of Motor We
hicle Parking Agency funds to
acquire new land in downtown
Washington for parking under
lease to private enterprise.
Ralph E. Cushman, president.
condemned the Commissioners
for not asking the Federal Gov
eminent to pay IS to 40 per cent
OF the District budget. He was
backed by the group.
The meeting was held in the
Patterson School. South Capitol
and Darlington streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
us Extras to Help Fight
Mail Jam in HyottsviIIe

Through December %, including
Saturday and Sunday, open until
9 pm.
Kent Village. 1927 Landover
road. from December IL through
December %. including Saturday
and Sunday, open until 9 pm.
Hours for Branches
Tuxedo, 5737 Tuxedo road,
from December IL through De-
cember %, including Saturday.
open until 7 pm. Open until /
pm. Sunday. December 10.
North Englewood, 5000 Reed
street, from december IL
through December %. open until
8 pm. including Saturday and
Chillum, 1908 Riggs road, week
days from December IL through
December %. open until $3.50
pm. Open Saturday. December
II. from 9 am. to II noon and
2 pm. to $3.50 pm. Closed SUM-
day. December 10.
Queens Chapel, $3.50 Queens
Chapel road, from December IL
through December %. including
open until 9 pm.
Closed Sunday, December Is.
Cheverly, 6l03 Inwood street;
Edmonston. 1909 Forty ninth
avenue. and West Lanham Hills,
7779 Emerson road, will reopen
from 7 to 9 pm. each
day except Saturday and Sum
day from December IL through
December %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Legislators Ask Uniform
Property Assessments

BALTIMORE. Dec. 8 R.-A
subcommittee of the Legislative
Council yesterday called for
uniform property assessments
throughout Maryland to bring
into balance State aid for public
schools.
1t also recommended that the
State reduce slightly the per-
Icentage of income tax it now
returns to political subdivisions
in order to give the State more
money for its own fiscal opera
.tionS.
The recommendations were
contained in a report to the
council by the subcommittee on
State and local fiscal relation
ships headed by Senator William
S. James,, Democrat of Hartford
County.
Based on Assessments
Noting that aid to schools is
based on property assessments
which vary from Is to so per
cent of full cash value in political
subdivisions, the subcommittee
said:
$50 long as this situation
exists, our State educational pro-
gram will work inequities by
fayoring those jurisdictions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Proposals Delayed
In Charlottesville

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va,
Dec. 8 tSpeciaD Mayor Sol B.
Weinberg says no council action
will be taken until after the first
of the year on three major pro-
posals on which decisions still
are pending. Two of them are
proposed city ordinances. The
third is the controversial fuori-
dalton of public water.
The mayor said public hear
ings on an off-street parking
ordinance and a building design
control law would not be held
until January. The mayor, who
is to appoint a committee OF
experts to study the fuoridation
question, said it would be i'm
possible to appoint 1t before
January. and added that 1t
might take longer.
The parking ordinance would
require that off street auto
parking space be provided for
all new buildings. The other or
dinance would put a 20-block
area in downtown Charlottesville
under a design control law. The
area, generally around the Abe
marie Court House. would be re-
stricted to a conforming archi-
tectural design which would
have to be approved by an ap-
pointed board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08

which undervalue their property
for tax purposes against those
which assume their full respon-
sibilities by making fair and
reasonable assessments.
Although the dollar volume
of State aid so affected is not
large. the principle Of equality
is highly important and it is
being fiouted at the present
time"
State aid to Baltimore city
and the counties totaled $34.-
004 1863 last fiscal year, with
$28. ,o54 going to the counties
in sharply varying amounts.
Provide A Balance
The subcommittee said the
original purpose of State school
aid laws was to provide a bal
ance, between populous areas
where the taxable wealth is
large against the moral right
of each student to receive equal
educational advantages in areas
where the population and tax
able wealth are small"
UNLESS assessments are uni
form throughout the State, the
program Will operate unfairly"
it said.
The subcommittee recommend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Confinement Procedure
Upset in Dogbite Case

said, under questioning by the
judge. that he had received no
written order from DR.. Englar
as to the dogs confinement.
Persons should be confronted
with direct and specific orders as
to what should be DONE" Judge
Fletcher said. 1T is very ap-
parent that no formal order was
issued and that much confusion
has resulted"
The case had been appealed
to the Circuit Court after Trial
Magistrate Grover Lee Small had
found Mr. Green not guilty of
the charge in Hyattsville Police
Court. Dr.. Englar said he filed
the charge as a test Of the de-
partf1ent's procedure In enforc-
ing the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Lists
YuIe Mail Hours

Christmas hours for the River
dale Md post Office have been
announced by Postmaster A.
Franklin Bowers.
Starting next Monday. daily
hours through December % will
be from 8 am. to 8 pm. On
Sunday and the following Sum-
day, December IS. the hours will
be 9 am. to 6 pm.
The postmaster reported that
Station No. /, located in Patrick's
at Riverdale and
Edmonston roads. will maintain
regular hours 9 am. to $50 pm.
daily. and from 8 am. to ! pm.
on Saturdays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08

Anticipating the greatest
Christmas rush in its history,
the Hyattsville post Office is
preparing to add approximately
225 temporary holiday assistants
to its rolls TO handle Yuletide
mail, it was announced today by
Postmaster Egbert F. Tingley.
Regular and temporary en-
ployes during the Christmas
peak will total nearly 400, The
Hyattsville Office is now serv-
ing an estimated $4,000 persons
in suburban Prince Georges
County.
Office hours will be length
ened in the evening. beginning
Monday. at the main Office and
most stations and branches for
the accommodation of patrons
mailing packages and other
Christmas mail.
Hours Listed
The main Office at 1925 Gal
latin street. the West Hyatts-
vile station at 3406 Hamilton
street and the Landover Hills
branch at 1927 Annapolis road
will be open Sunday from 10
am. to 4 pm. and on Sunday,
December 10, from 10 am. to
8 pm.
Weekdays including Saturday.
December II. the main Office
and the West Hyattsville and
Landover Hills branches will
transact business from 8 am.
to 8 pm. beginning December
IL and continuing through De-
cember %. These Offices will be
open Christmas eve from 8 am.
to 6 pm.
The main Office and all sta
tons and branches will be closed
Christmas Day. There will be
no regular mail deliveries that
day or the legal holiday. Deem.
Der 26. the only exception being
special = delivery articles, gift.
parcels and p%erishables arriving
too late for delivery Christmas
eve. The main office will OBJ
serve a holiday window schedule
from BIS to 1915 am. De-
cember 26.
Extra hours will be in effect at
nine contact branches, as
follows:
Defense highway. 540l Annap-
oils road, from December IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Play to Be Presented

The Foundry Players will pre-
sent THE Old Man of the
Mountains" by Norman Nichol-
son. at $3.50 pm. tomorrow and
Saturday in the dramatic hall Of
Foundry Methodist Church, Six
teenth and P streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
U. S. Trees to Mexico

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 8 IT,.
The government has authorized
imports of 10000 Christmas
trees from the United States
and Canada. Mexico forbids
cutting its own during a buildup
of depleted forest reserves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08

Prince Georges County Health
Department officials today are
studying new ways to confine
dogs suspected of rabies follow
ing the loss of a test case of
their procedure yesterday in
Circuit Court.
The case involved a charge
that James A. Green of the $500
block of Chillum Heights drive.
Hyattsyille. had failed to confine
q boxer dog for u days after it
had bitten a person last August
81. The warrant was signed by
DR.. Thomas S. Englar, county
health officer.
Maryland law provides that a
dog must be confined for IL days
after biting someone so that it
can be determined whether the
dog has rabies.
Dusan Schejbal. 81. a Mary
land University sophomore who
works as a summertime mailman,
testified he needed hospital treat
ment after the dog bit him on
the leg and in the groin when
he delivered mail to the Chillum
Heights Apartments. He said
Mr.. Green came to his aid and
pulled the dog off.
Tells of Warning
Prince Georges County Police
Corpl. Charles E. Schaefer said
he told Mr.. Green that the dog
must be confined for IL days as
a precautionary measure and
that police were to be notified If
any change in the dogs behavior
was noticed. Corpl Schaefer said
Mr.. Green told him he would
do so.
Jack A.. Bell, county ~sanitar-
ian, testified he went to the
apartment September /, but
could not find the dog.
Mr.. Green briefly described
the biting incident but denied
telling the policeman that he
would confine the dog. Mr..
Green testified on cross-exami-
nation by Assistant States At
torney John Mitchell that he
had led the policeman to believe
he did not own the dog. But
Mr.. Mitchell won from him an
admission that at the time he
talked to Corpl. Schaefer. he did
not deny ownership of the dog.
Neither Corpl. Schaefer nor
Mr.. Green could recall details
OF their conversation relating to
the dogs confinement.
No Written Order
Judge John r. Fletcher
granted a directed verdict Of
not guilty when Corpl. Schaefer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
More Visit Bible Lands

JERUSELEM.-Fifty per cent
more Americans travelled to the
Bible lands in the first half of
1855 than in the like period of
1854. More than half the trav-
elers were in the 40-to-70-year.
age group and men outnumbered
women 2 to /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08

led that this uniformity be
achieved through strong ad-
ministrative action" Of the State
Tax Commission. This can be
done 'in the form Of expanded
supervision of local assessors by
skilled supervisory personnel" of
the State commission, the report
said.
Would Cut Share
AS for the income tax, the sub
committee recommended that
the share for subdivisions be re-
duced from SO per cent to so
per cent on earned income and
from IT to 1.55 per cent on un-
earned income. This would give
the State an estimated $1.2 mil.
lion more toward meeting its
fiscal needs and still give the
counties and Baltimore city a
minimum distribution Of ap-
proximately $l1.3 million-equal
to the highest amount ever dis
tributed to the Subdivisions for
general purposes"
1t said 1t could see no need for
a change in the formula for re-
distributing State gas taxes
which it called fair and rea-
Baltimore CountNand
some Of the other large counties
are seeking a revision Of this
formula.
Serving on the subcommittee
with James were Senators
George w. Della, Democrat of
and Mary L. Mock.
Democrat of Wicomico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
No Written Order

Judge John R. Fletcher
granted a directed verdict Of
not guilty when Corpl. Schaefer
Evening star., 1955-05-29
DundeIions Used
For SuIud, Wine

Epicures who enjoy dandelion
leaves when chilled. blanched
and mixed with other salad in
gradients, get the tenderest
greens by cutting them before
the yellow blossom comes and
by cutting close to the root, says
the National Geographic Mag
azine.
Dandelion potherbs have been
canned with salt pork in New
England. Some 400 carloads Of
dandelion greens go annually
to New York and Philadelphia.
In March. 1855. these sold in
Chicago at $2.75 to SO a bushel
wholesale.
The flower produces a wine
remotely comparable to cham
payne. The root Is sometimes
roasted to prepare a substitute
for coffee. Chicory, a dandelion-
family member. improves coffee
to many peoples taste. Tea
Evening star., 1955-05-29
FOR ALL TASTES
MorieoIds
Excellent
As 'FiIIers'

Do you remember not so many
years back when you bought
marigold seed BY asking for
Dwarf French or Tall African?
Now you ask for it by name.
"Man-in-the Moon" "Glitters, I"
"Goldilocks," "Limelig h t, +"
"Guine Gold" and Naughty
Marietta" are only six of some
IS listed in one popular catalog.
Marigolds are popular because
they are easily grown, provide a
fine garden display and produce
quantities of long lasting bloom
for use in the house. One of
their chief attractions is the great
variety of sizes. forms and color
combinationS-a marigold for
every taste.
Full sun and ordinary garden
soil seem to please these viva
cious plants. They do best If kept
cut and, Of course, weed free.
Nothing could provide a more
Evening star., 1955-05-29
FIoribundaRo
Wins Honors

A floribunda rose, Circus. has
been chosen by All-America
Rose Selection judges for the
1856 award. It is the first multi
color selected for national hon
ors after test. paintings were
tried out in 20 AARS gardens
in different climate sections Of
the country. The tests require
two years.
The new titleholder is the 43d
rose chosen in the last IS years.
It will not be available CONNER
cially until next fall.
Circus is described as full and
well rounded, low to medium in
height, suited for hedges, mass
paintings. border gedgings and
formal beds.
After the first day of bloom,
the yellow buds change to april
cot-orange. In cool weather they
shade into pastel pink and back
to red again. The colors, chang
ing and shading. suggest the ac-
tivity of the big top" hence
the name.