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Mr.. Fletcher called Harbor po-
lice. who recovered the body.
Coroner A.. Magruder Mac
Donald issued q certificate of
accidental death by drowning
after the body was Identified by
the boys uncle, DR.. Alfred Alb
ransom. 2l4 North Washington
street. Alexandria.
The youth was a junior at
George Washington High School
in Alexandria and member Of
the schools championship row.
ing crew.
He Is survived by his parents.
Or. and Mrs. Sidney Abramson;
a sister. Cynthia, Is; a brother.
Jules, 8. and his grandmothers,
Mrs. Lilly Berkow and Mrs. So
IA Abramson..
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2 Virginia Men Drowned
AS Boat Copsizes in Boy

Two Virginia men drowned in
Chesapeake Bay yesterday when
their cupboard motorboat cap
sized OF st. Leonard's in Call
vert County.
Maryland State police identi-
ned the victims as George Ed
ward Gentry. 80. of 525 Semin-
airy lane, Alexandria, and Len
vile Ashworth. 80. of Vienna.
Mr.. Gentry's body was recoy-
cred q short time later. but eff
forts to locate MIR. Ashworth's
body we're unsuccessful.
Mr.. Gentry was o roofer en-
ployed by the Oxford Roofing
Co., Falls Church. and Mr.. Ash
worth was an employe Of Acme
Supermarkets.
Two other men. Charles Roper,
80, of 1924 Bryant street NE,
and William A. Parsons, 228
Chinquapin drive, Alexandria,
also were thrown into the water
when the boat overturned. They
managed to cling to the side Of
the capsized craft until help
arrived.
Mr.. Roper and Mr.. Parsons
also are employed by Acme
Supermarkets. Mr.. Roper Is
manager Of q store at Dupont
Circle.
Police said Mr.. Gentry owned
a cottage at Calvert Beach and
set out with his three COM
panions shortly after noon in a
14-foot plywood r o W b o a
equipped with an outboard mo-
tor.
According to Trooper Noble
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-18
Boy Kills Stepfother
In Row Over Church

TOPEKA. Kans., April Is Up
"A man who wouldn't let his
stepson 60 to Sunday school was
shot to death by the boy yes
terday. County Attorney Roy
M. Buckley said the victim. Ken
meth M. Edwards, had thrown
his wife to the floor and was
advancing on the boy.
The stepson. Gary Modem, Is,
was jailed without charge. Mr..
Edwards. 43. was shot in the
head with a shotgun from about
6 feet. He was employed as a
maintenance man by the Topeka
Board Of Education.
Mr.. Buckley said Mr.. Edwards
had refused to let Gary go to
Sunday school and Mrs. Edwards
repuked him for being too strict
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-18

K. Collision. they we're about q
half mile OF shore when the
small boat capsized. The water
wasn't rough. but current was
strong at the spot where the
boat overturned. Trooper Coli
son said.
Mr.. Gentry and Mr.. Ashworth.
both good swimmers. decided to
strike out for shore. They went
under short distance from the
boat.
Mr.. Roper and Mr.. Parsons
chung to the overturned boat
and shouted for help. Their
shouts were heard on shore by
Murray c. War Of Colonial
Beach. an uncle Of Mr.. Gentry.
He picked UP the two In another
cupboard motor beat. On the
way back to shore, they Spotted
Mr.. Gentry's body and recov-
cred it.
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Soldier Is Indicted Here
In Three Housebreokinqs

quent check of Almeida's car
disclosed an unusual amount Of
jewelry and household effects.
When questioned Almeida adj
mitted breaking into the homes
of the following, police said:
Mrs. Lillian S. Boxer. 1855
Fifteenth place NV; Elmer
Wilmington, 1716 Poplar lane
NV. and Mrs. Julia Stroud, IT'S
Holly street NV.
His loot was valued at $1,325,
the indictment alleged.
Julia E. Sykes, SO, colored, of
the $500 block South Four Mile
Run, Arlington, was named in a
second degree murder indict-
ment. She is charged with the
fatal stabbing on March 10 of
her stepfather, Philip Marrow,
SIS, colored, of 469 M street NV.
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A young Army private, orig
inally arrested as a peeping Tom,
was indicted by a District grand
jury today in three housebreak-
ing cases.
According to police, Pvt. Dem
mis- w. Almeida, 20. stationed
at the Army Medical Center was
arrested by military authorities
on March Is in the Walter Reed
Hospital grounds for peeping
into windows there. A subSe-
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Newark Mon Named
For U. S. Judoeship

AUGUSTA. Ca. April Is Up,
President Eisenhower today
nominated Reynier J. Worten-
dyke, IT.. Newark attorney. to be
a Federal District judge for New
Jersey.
Mr.. Wortendyke, so. was
named to new bench position
created by the SD Congress. His
home is in Milburn, N. j.. near
Newark. He is township attorney
for Milhurn.
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Beer-con Record Set

MILWAUKEE. - An all.time
record volume Of SIS billion beer
cans was produced In the United
States In 1854. More cans are
now used for beer than any other
single item. The beer can was
introduced to the trade 20 years
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-18
BoIivio Studies Pipelines

SANTA CRUZ, Boiiyia.-Bo-
livia is studying the feasibility Of
running an oil pipeline and q
! natural gas pipeline from her
western petroleum fields to Sac
Paulo. Brazil. near the Atlantic
coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-18
Wine is the Nuts

RIO de JANEIRO.-Besides its
nuts, the cashew fruit produces
q wine and other drinks.
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AS their part in unique exchange the High School band
and Saturday ghg the festival will Saturday evening
left Heritage major Nysom majoret
president Michael
band
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-29
EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Mrs. BrowneN Tea Hostess;
Mr.. Dulles Causes Concern
BY BETTY BEALE

Doris must be living right
to get day like this said
Mrs. Beetle" Smith yesterday
afternoon on the sun-bathed
terrace of the Herbert Brown
ellis home. The wife of the
Attorney General disclaimed
such heavenly beneflcence;
said she had simply called up
q longtime resident, Mrs. Cliff
ford Folger. to find out how to
pick a perfect day.
Mrs. Folger, who was enter
tanning later yesterday, intro
duced her to the Capitals big
gest mystery-the incredibly
accurate predictions of the
HagerstoWn Almanac. Printed
months ago, it said the first
good day this week would be
April %.
Scores of prominent ladies
Mrs. George Humphrey with
her daughter, Mrs. Royal Fir
man, jr.. and Mesdames Lev
erett Saltonstall, Prescott
Bush, John Simmons, Strive
Hensel Charles Willis, Charles
Halleck, etc.-were at Mrs.
Brownell's 4 to 6 tea in honor
of Mrs. John Harlan. hand
some wife of the new Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Harlan was trinity turned
out in a navy blue suit and
straw sailor draped with a
green ribbon-edge veil. Doris
wore blue and white print.
Mrs. Charles Wilson was de-
scribing the warm reception
she and the Secretary of De-
Tense received in Louisiana
when it was announced they
had purchased a home there.
The day after arriving, As
neighbors from as far as Is
miles away came calling on
them.
They don't look upon us
as Yankees" said the Michi-
ganite. The Wilson's are not
only keeping all the furniture
In the house but all the serv-
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Mrs. Eisenhower
Gives Tea for 500

majority in Congress this year
made no difference in the
turnout. Both parties were
well represented.
Early arrivals included Mrs.
Charles A. Halleck. wife of the
Republican member of the
House from Indiana; Mrs.
Richard M. Simpson, Mrs.
Huge Scott and Mrs. Carroll
D. Kearns, whose husbands
are all members of the Penn
sylvania Republican delega-
ton; and Mrs. Richard B.
WiggleSworth of MasSachu-
sets and Mrs. James I. Dolli-
yer of Iowa.
Among Democrats
Among those representing
the better half of the Dem
ocratic side of the aisle we're
Mrs. John L. Mcmillan of
South Carolina, Mrs. Thomas
G. Abernethy of Mississippi
and Mrs. T. Ashton Thomp-
son of Louisiana.
Included among those whose
husbands occupied seats in the
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l.. Burdick, Mr.. Grosvenor
Chapman, former Ambassador
to Turkey George C. McGhee
Senator Leverett Saltonstall,
Mrs. Frank Slingluff, Mr..
Grahame T. Smallwood, jr.,
Mr.. George Cole Toomey and
Col Maxwell Taylor.
Among those entertaining at
luncheon the week end Of the
event are Col. and Mrs. WI
liam E. Doeller of Prospect
Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh A.
Spillman of North Rock, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom c. Hender-
son of Twin Pines.
Hosts at post-race cocktail
parties will be Mr.. j. C. Will
liams, jr. at Rock Hill, Col.
and Mrs. Paul Kendall at Lick
ing Run Farm and Mr.. and
Mrs. M. r. Arthur Charring-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-29

Mrs. Eisenhower received
more than 500 wives of mem
bers of the House of Repre-
sentatives as well as wives and
widows of former members at
a tea at the. White House
yesterday.
For the occasion, the First
Lady wore a Dior blue satin
shirtwaiSt dress.
Their hostess received them
in the Red Room, but several
guests observed that on former
occasions the First Lady re-
ceived in the Blue Room. One
conjectured that perhaps the
color of her gown had some
thing to do with her decision
and that she preferred a con-
trasting color background.
After they had passed
through the receiving line into
the dining room for tea table
refreshments, several of the
ladies commented "how very
pretty Mamie looked" Others
agreed she looked happy and
vivacious."
Marine Band Music
While a string group from
the Marine Band Orchestra
played music throughout the
late afternoon hours, the
wives of the House mingled in
the dining room, finding old
friends and being introduced
to new ones.
Three women members of
Congress were among those
present. including Representa-
tive Frances Bolton of Ohio,
Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers of Massachusetts, and
Representative Cecil Harden
of Indiana.
That there is a Democratic
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ants, and all were born on
the 4,000-acre plantation which
they will turn to cattle raising.
Lady Makins was worrying
about finding a costume for
the Memphis cotton ball. 1t
has to be something she can
sport from lunchtime on.
Virginia Blair said that $500
had taken in the tour of the
Blair, Beale and Bacon houses.
The family portraits in Blair
House. incidentally, will some
day be returned to her hus-
band, Montgomery Blair.
Ambassadresses from Peru,
Italy. France. Portugal, Sweden
and Mexico were greeted midst
the feminine chatter. Mrs.
Homer Gruenther said she had
consistent bad luck at Laurel
last Saturday but Mrs. Barry
Goldwater, who was with her.
won on every race. How? She
just kept betting on horses
named after her old beaux.
HELL HATH NO FURY
like a woman's scorn. Secre-
tary of State Dulles took a
step this week that has $50
women journalists knitting
their brows in a way Dale
Carnegie would be unhappy to
see. Months ago the Women's
National Press Club began
planning for its annual stunt
dinner in honor of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Eisenhower. May
10 was the date selected by the
President and perfectly salts
tory to club members. The
party annually draws all key
figures in official and diplo-
matte life here. The script
for the show was written dur
ing the winter and the cast
went into production a month
ago.
Now Secretary Dulles, who
declined the party because he
said he would be out of town.
has announced a dinner of his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-29

own on May 10 for permanent
representatives and ambassa-
doris of all NATO countries,
plus key Government officials
who deal with them. The per-
manent representatives arrive
here on the 18th and will be
entertained at cocktails at
Fort McNair Officers Club that
evening. The next day Am
bassador Heeney of Canada
probably will be their cocktail
host, though that's not def
mite yet. On neither night do
they have a dinner scheduled.
Still it was the 10Th that Mr..
Dulles chose.
Is chivalry dead?-in the
State Department, of all
places? Protocol experts in
town say that a dinner in
honor of the President takes
precedence over any other.
MRS. ERNEST IVES hear
ing Washington rumors that
either Senator Lyndon john
son or Tennessee Governor
Frank Clements will be her
brother Adlai Stevenson's run
ming mate in 1856. She wasn't
caught off guard. II didn't
know Adlai was running" she
said. Later she observed
that should he campaign as
candidate again his new
daughter in = law Ito be-
Nancy Anderson Of Louisville.
would be a great asset. Poised
and attractive, she likes peo-
pie and is at home in any
group. -.
Justice and Mrs. Harlan
went to see Mr.. and Mrs. Ives
at the Paul Magnusons' the
other evening and "Buff1e"
Ives and the Justice promptly
sat down together and started
reminiscing. He was a beau
OF hers when she was a Cap
ital debutante of 18 or 10 and
she went to a Princeton prom
with him.
4 X
SEVEN THOUSAND CUES
TIONNAIRES for Green Book
subscribers going out in the
mails tonight. This shows you
how far beyond "the 400" the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-29
Cup
Subscribers
Announced

Among subscribers from the
Washington area announced
for the Virginia Gold Cup,
to be run on May Z, are Miss
Cynthia Makins, daughter of
the British Ambassador and
Lady Makins; the Neither
lands Ambassador and Nine.
Van Roijen, Representative
Howard w. Smith, Senator
and Mrs. Guy M. Gillette, Gen.
and Mrs. Townsend Heard,
Mai. Gen. A. Cooper Smith
and Mr.. M. Robert Guggen-
helm.
Still others are Mr.. Usher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-29
Folqers Entertain
AT Gurden Fete

Mr.. and Mrs. John Clifford
Folger entertained at their an
nual azalea garden party yes
terday at their Woodland
drive home.
Mr.. Folger. who recently was
appointed chairman of the
finance committee of the
Republican National Commit
tee. and Mrs. Folger will en-
terrain again on May 7 in
honor Of the retiring chair
man Of the finance commit
tee and Mrs. Peavy Heffel
finger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-29

House in former years we're
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs.
Albert E. Carter, Mrs. Emmett
O'Neal. whose husband later
served as United States Am
bassador to the Philippines;
Mrs. Harold c. Hagen, Mrs.
David H. Kincheloe, Mrs. Wes-
ley A. D'Ewart, Mrs. Lansdale
G. Sasscer, Mrs. Leonard w.
Hall. whose husband is now
chairman of the Republican
National Committee; Mrs.
Fred G Aandahl, Mrs. Fred
Bradley, Mrs. Albert M. Cole,
Mrs. Lindsay c. Warren, Mrs.
Joseph Stein, and Mrs. Jen-
nings Randolph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-29

Social List of Washington has
gone. Incidentally, the chief
reason people are dropped
each year is not because Of
some new juicy scandal, or
some old skeleton in the closet.
It's simply because they neg
lect to fill out and return the
missionaries.
Evening star., 1955-05-11
BroyhiII Fails
In Tax Effort

Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican. of Virginia, said today
he believes he has exhausted all
methods of attempting to exclude
residents of his State who work
IN Maryland from the latter's
new withholding income tax plan.
After comforting with Treasury
Department officials yesterday
Mr.. Broyhill said he was told
that Virginians working for the
Government in Maryland cannot
be exempted from a Federal law
providing cooperation with
States in withholding taxes.
He said he has abandoned a
plan for offering a bill to amend
the cooperation law after the
Treasury indicated it would op-
pose it if he did.
There just doesn't seem to be
any way to prevent Maryland
from withholding taxes on Vir-
ginians, he said. Mr.. Broyhill
has maintained that since Vir-
ginia imposes an income tax on
Its own citizens, Maryland even
tually will have to refund the
money paid by those working in
Maryland, plus 6 per cent in
terest.
Earlier. he had conferred with
Maryland's Gov. McKeldin who,
he said, was very sympathetic
and studied the problem con-
scientiously but couldn't find a
way" to exempt Virginians from
the law.
Evening star., 1955-05-11

The central figure of the mural
is a 40-foot eagle.
Above the staircase is a horse
shoe-shaped balcony. 1t is faced
with slanting glass panels and
at the center it is cut away from
the wall. so that a person on the
stairs can look up to the high
ceiling.
Undulating Walls
The walls of the hall are COW
cred with marble-pattern paper.
The walls themselves are not
fiat but undulate in massive rip
Piles which provide better acous-
tics. The floor is terrazzo
around a central section of wood
parquet.
Beneath the ballroom is an
exhibit hall capable Of housing
$50 booths each 8 feet square.
The hall may be subdivided for
small meeting groups.
Adjoining the exhibit hall is
the newly enlarged kitchen. One
statistic will indicate its capac-
ity. 1t is equipped with enough
china to reach almost four times
the height of the Washington
Monument in a single stack. A
gigantic dishwasher will clean
5000 pieces an hour.
Tonieht's opening celebration
is timed to coincide with the
18th anniversary of the Sheraton
Corp. 1t will also mark the lat
est in a series of Washington
hotel building projects, which
stem from the determination by
local hotelmen to make Wash
ington the tourist and conven-
ton center Of the Nation.
Evening star., 1955-05-11
Shop Center Site
Sold in Richmond

RICHMOND, May II (P.-A
group of Washington business
men bought a f1ve-block-long
tract near the Richmond city
limits yesterday for development
into a regional shopping center
that is expected cost between
$3.5 and 81 million.
Morton G.. Thalhimer, Inc, a
Richmond real estate firm which
represented the Washington
businessmen, said the purchase
price for the so-called Willow
Lawn tract was $540,000. He
refused to name the purchasers.
Adrian Bendhejm, jr., secre-
tary of the Thalhimer firm. said
that within go days construction
will begin on shopping area of
40 stores with a frontage of
1900 feet and parking space for
5000 cars.
The regional shopping center,
largest of its kind in the area,
is expected to be completed and
in operation by the fall of 1856.
Evening star., 1955-05-11
Mrs. LuwIor Takes
Bench Oath Friduy

Mrs. Kathryn j. Lawlor will
be sworn in as a judge for the
Sixth Judicial Circuit at IL am.
Friday at the Office of the clerk
of the Circuit Court in Rockville.
Gov. McKeldin. who appointed
Mrs. Lawlor to fill the vacancy
created by the retirement of
former Chief Judge Charles w.
Woodward, is expected to at
tend.
Meanwhile the Montgomery
County Federation of Republic
can Women announced that it
had elected Mrs. Mary Hepburn,
an attorney, to succeed Mrs.
Lawylor as president.
Mrs. Hepburn lives at 606
Conway road. Bethesda, apd is
a member Of the Rock Greek
Women's Club.
Evening star., 1955-05-11

a County motor vehicle inspec-
ton law.
The opinion was rendered in
answer to a query submitted by
the County Safety Board which
unsuccessfully had sought pass
age of a Statewide measure in
the last General Assembly.
Court Pay Under Study
The council has under advise
ment a recommendation from
the County Appeals Tax Court
that its three members be paid
$4,000 a year. AT present the
members each receive $40 a
meeting with a $4,000 maximum.
Bipartisan makeup of the court
also was proposed.
The council will hold a pub
lie hearing at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Rockville County Build
ing on seven bills introduced
earlier in the May session.
The council also has received
a recommendation from the
County Fire Board for reorgani-
zation of the Kessington Fire
Board set up last yea. The
recommendations were made as
an aftermath of a squabble with
in the fire department.
Evening star., 1955-05-11
Sheroton-Pork to Open
New Ballroom I omorrow

The largest hotel ballroom in
the world will be opened in
Washington tomorrow evening.
Three thousand guests have
been invited to inspect the new
So million addition to the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The ballroom occupies an en-
tire new wing added to the CEN
tral section of the hotel. 1t was
built in a record eight months
The hotel owners, the Sheraton
Corp. of America, say fatty it is
the worlds largest.
Rivals for size, New York's
Astor and the Palace in San
Francisco, they explain, each
combine several rooms, while
Sheraton Hall is a single room.
1t will seat 1900 for dinner and
$500 for meetings.
The appearance of the room
is as impressive as lCS SLatlSJlC.
Of Main Lobby
To reach it, one leaves the
main lobby, carpeted in a quiet
green, and passes through two
more red-carpeted lobbies. The
second of these is UP a short
flight of steps and is dominated
by an enormous old French crys-
tai and ormulu chandelier and a
ceiling high, many-faceted, gold
flecked inclined mirror.
Opposite the mirror. fianked
by gold-leaved artificial plants.
the entrance stairway spills down
onto the floor Of the hall. At
the far end of the hall is a gi-
gantic mural. 1t Is 1875 feet away.
Evening star., 1955-05-11

that are about to develop just
outside Falls Church.
County Contract Necessary
1t would be necessary for the
county to contract to buy water
from the District, since the Dis
trict cannot sell water to private
firms. The cost of the water it
self, plus the annual rental of
the pipeline, would bring the
total cost for water to about $270
per million gallons, said Mr..
Massey.
The county began looking into
speedy ways of getting a water
supply so it could acquire the
Annandale Water Co. Annandale
now relies on wells and a connec-
ton with the Virginia Water Co.,
but does not have enough water
to meet the demands of It's
customers.
The supervisors decided to
study the pipeline proposal.
Meanwhile, plans are being pre-
pared for $34 million integrated
county water system capable CT
serving 350,000 people initially.
T. D. Ashworth, president of
the Broyhill Park Civic Associa-
tion, said today his group had
sent a telegram to the super
visors asking them to send a
representative to the next meet
ing at 8 pm. June 6 in the
Woodlawn School.
The telegram asked the super
visors' spokesman to ANSWER to
the residents of Broyhill Park
why this delay in the purchase
(of Annandale Water CO.. and
why adequate water cannot be
made available"
The message also claimed that
there has been no reduction in
rates since restrictions were i'm
posed but James A. McWhorter,
president of the water company,
previously announced that re-
stricted customers not using the
minimum quantities would not
be charged the minimum rates.
but would be billed only for the
water used.
The civic group also asked
Gov. Stanley of Virginia and
Mr.. McWhorter to send repre-
sentatives to the meeting.
Evening star., 1955-05-11
Fairfax Officials Studying
Leased Pipeline Proposal

Plans for a stepped-up water
program launched with private
capital were being studied by
Fairfax County officials today in
hopes of beating Falls Church to
water service in lucrative rate
producing sections of the county.
The proposal. outlined to
members of the Board of County
Supervisors yesterday by con-
sulting Engineer G. Hubbard
Massey. contemplates immedi-
ate construction of a 14-mile
pipeline from Chain Bridge to
Tyson's Corner. east on Route 7
to GalloWs road and along Gal
lows road to the thirsty AMMAN
dale area.
Would Tap ID. c. Supply
At Chain Bridge, the pipeline
presumably would tap the Dis
trict's water supply through one
of four existing mains, or a new
pipeline direct from the District
might be laid, Mr.. Massey said.
The engineer advised the board
that a private construction firm
was willing to install the SIS
million pipeline and lease it to
the county with the understand
ing that the county buy it at cost
whenever bond money becomes
available for an integrated water
system in Fairfax.
The pipeline would be ade-
quate to serve about $4,000 peo-
pie and could be installed within
six months. Mr.. Massey said.
Initially it would serve AMMAN
dale, Pimmit Hills. and areas