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Evening star., 1955-05-31
Candidate Urges Act
For INSPECTION Power

The Fairfax Board Of County
Supervisors should enact an
amendment to the county health
ordinance Immediately which
would give the county health
officer power to inspect all water
wells, a candidate for election
to the board declared today.
w. c. Wills, a candidate for
supervisor from Mason district,
made the statement after dis
closure in The Star yesterday
that thousands of county resi-
dents use private wells conSid-
cred unsafe by the county's
Health Department.
Besides giving the health Off
Ger authority to inspect all wells.
Mr.. Wills also urged that in the
future anyone building new
house without city water facili-
ties be required to have pri-
vately installed wells pass rigid
inspection.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
B&O Train Makes
D. C.-Chicogo Run
In 12H Hours

BALTIMORE. May 81 up. -
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
claimed a new record for a
Washington Chicago run owe,
the week end-1212 hours fol
the 764.3 mile trip.
The trip was made in a special
train made up of three self-pro-
PEELED Budd diesel-rail cars.
The time was three hours
faster than the scheduled time
for the railroads Capitol Linn
tied, and one hour faster than
any run by regular passenger
equipment between the two
cities.
The previous record was held
by the BROS Columbian
which made it in 13la hours in
the early 1940's on a track
cleared because of a railroad
strike.
The average speed during the
record westbound run of the
special train was 61.4 m.p.h.
Passengers aboard the special
train included railroad officials,
newsmen. and about 225 mem
bers of the Washington chapter
Of the National Railway His
torical Society.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
SEND A KID TO CAMP
A Brove Mother Needs
Just q Little Hell p Now

There could be a way to
brighten up a few of the hard
ships that frighten thi family
with your help.
The five youngsters were de-
serted by their father. The
mother, a part-time waitress,
must either work or stay home
and take care of the children.
A combination of both makes
life pretty rough.
And now, the mother has re-
ceived a notice Of Municipal
Court action toward eviction
from theiI $26 per month South
east apartment.
There's Tim, IL years old; Ken.
IL: Maria, 9; Jerry, 8, and Bob
bic, 8 months.
Girl Tends Baby
Maria practically raises Baby
Bobbie because the mother must
work to buy food.
And. Of course. this keeps Ma
ria out of school much of the
time.
Tr1ant officers? Surely, they
come periodically.
But says the 36-year-old
mother, Should I feed them or
keep Maria in school full time?"
All of this is tough and the
hot summer months are nearly
here. what type of vacation
for the children from this fight
for existence?" asks the mother.
The father deserted his fam
lily a year ago. Since the deser-
ton, the family moved from
Fort Foote. Md, to a two-room
apartment in the District, then
to Seat Pleasant and finally
to the Southeast address.
The mother has been ineligible
for public assistance in both
Maryland and the District. She
hopes for some relief shortly.
Last year, both Tim and Ken
Evening star., 1955-05-31
House Group Completes
IOuontico School Bill

Of the new Garfield Public
High School about eight miles
from the Quantico main gate.
The House Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor, prompted by
the protests of Marine Corps
officials succeeded in delaying
the shutdown.
Mr.. Brownell recently an
nounced the shutdown decision
again, to be effective at the close
Of the current school year
Corps protests again reached the
House Committee. After full
hearings, in which members
prodded Commissioner Brownell
and his aides to no avail, the
committee favorably reported
out the proposed amendment for
establishment of on-bas
schools.
The committee said in its ma
jority report:
Despite these considerations
the commissioner told the COM
mittee he must deem local facili.
ties suitable If they can house
the Quantico students at the
present moment. He feels that
he cannot take a prospective look
at the circumstances of this case
The committee does not believe
that Congress intended such 6
narrow construction of this sec.
ton"
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Bandit Takes $1,l68
At Ninth and @ Bank

SEEING the bag, the man
dashed through the G street en-
trance and turned east. Recov-
ering from his surprise. Mr.
Sutherland gave pursuit for half
a block until the fugitive dis
appeared"
One of the customers, Tommy
Cahill. 400 First street NV, re-
called seeing the man dash out
with the bag under his arm.
Suspects Rounded Up
Police and the FBI went INTO
action fast. Within a few min
utes they had rounded up half
a dozen suspects. They were
lined up in the back lobby, but
none was identified and they
were released.
The robber was described as
colored. about 33 years old, S
feet II inches, with a pencil
moustache and wearing a brown
hat and gabardine raincoat.
The holdup was the first fol-
any WASHINGTON bank this year
Last year there were eight, the
last on December 81, when q
National Capital Bank of Wash
ington messenger turned over
a brief case containing only can
celed checks.
Evening star., 1955-05-31

A measure designed to keep
open the base high school foI
children of military personnel
stationed at Quantico was due
to reach the House floor today
It is an amendment to Public
Law 874 that empowers the
United States Commissioner of
Education to establish on-base
schools at Federal Government
expense where no suitable
public schools are available in
the area.
Specifically, it would REQUIRE
approval Of the secretary of the
military department involved
before the Commissioner of Ed
ucation could close a base school
already in operation. This au-
thority now rests entirely with
the commissioner.
Quantico is one Of three posts
along with Camp Lejeune, N.
c.. another Marine center. and
Fort Knox, Ky-that now have
their own high schools for chill
dren of personnel. There are
about Is such elementary schools
at Federal installations in this
country.
Education Commissioner Sam
uel Brownell first tried to close
down the Quantico High School
effective last June. The basis for
his decision was the completion
Evening star., 1955-05-31
County to Mark Passing
Of Rural Free Delivery

New areas attached to the
Beltsville zone include the SUBJ
divisions of Beltsville Heights,
Birmingham Estates, Chestnut
Hills. Home Acres and the Yucca
street section.
The enlargement of Miss
Newman's bailiwick will come
with the discontinuance of 340-
odd rural free delivery boxes
served by the College Park post
Office. Although the change
from RID service to city deliv-
cry means the end of carriers
who sell stamps. accept money
orders and process parcels, the
reshuffling will pass unnoticed
by many patrons.
Under mounted city deliv-
ery." which is supplanting the
RID route in most cases, mail
will still be left by a carrier at
a roadside box. OF the 340-odd
RID boxes on the College Park
route, only 112 will be retained
by College Park-under the new
delivery system.
Beltsville, to be supplied to-
morrow with two new carriers
and two clerks, will take on de-
livery to 1853 boxes of the old
College Park RID route. Hy-
attsyille post office will be al
lotted 75.odd patrons who live
in the Powder Mill Estates area
on Riggs road extended.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Tributes Are Paid
To judge Stephens

Chief Justice Warren led the
assembled benches of the U. S.
District and Appellate Courts in
a tribute today to the memory of
Chief Judge Harold M. Stephe MS
of the U. S. Court of Appeals.
Chief Justice Warren was
seated at the right of an empty
chair over which Judge Stephens
black robe had been drapped in
the large ceremonial cour troom
of the Federal Court House.
Following the Chief Justice in
tribute was Chief Judge Bolitha
j. Laws of the U. S. District
Court for the District of Colum-
bia. Judge Laws said he was ad-
journing his bench for the day
in respect to the memory of
Judge Stephens, who died Satur-
day.
Justice Warren then called
upon Judge Henry W. Edgerton.
who automatically succee S
judge Stephens as Chief Judge of
the U. S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Colum oia, to say few
words.
Judge Edgerton, q close friend
for many years of the dead jurist.
was near tears when he spoke.
His voice broke several times as
he characterized Judge Stephens
as man of great energy, learn
ing and excellent judgement en-
dowed with a singular devotion
to duty"
A requiem mass was said at
10:30ea.m. today at st. Thomas
Apostle Church, Twenty-seventh
street and Woodley road NV.
Burial will be in Mt. Olivet
Cemetary, Salt Lake City.
Evening star., 1955-05-31

and located on the campus here,
All three schools have strong
Methodist ties, although they
operate Independently of the
church itself, and in the recent
raSt have depended on it for
a relatively small part of their
money needs
A long-range plan to nave
Westminster Theological SEM
mary to the American Univer-
sity campus in Washington al
ready has been adopted.
The Commission on World
Service and Finance will recon-
mend that the conference strive
during the coming year to give
,, so cents per church member to
the three schools.
It estimated this would in
crease the conference budget for
1856 by about $50, 900. The con-
ference Itself appropriated only
$4,000 last year for the three
schools, but some money was
available to them from other
rchurch funds.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Three Die as Home
Burns in Virqiniu

1UNI, Va, May 81 P.-Three
persons were burned to death
and a fourth critically burned in
a fire which leveled a small
house in zuni yesterday.
DR.. Hugh r. Frasier, coroner
for Isle of Wight County, listed
the following as dead: zennia
Branch Buttes, 72; Willie Carroll
Brantley, II, and Abbie Brantley,
Z.
In critical condition at Obeci
Hospital in Suffolk was Waverly
Parker. 40, who had burns over
three-fourths of his body.
DR.. Frasier said that Mrs.
Buttes had been confined to her
home for several years. The two
other victims were her grand
children.
Cause of the fire was not
known, but an oil can with its
bottom blown out was found be-
side the ruins of the house.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Farm Lund Values
Increase Slightly
BY the Associated Press

The Agriculture Department
reports that farm real estate
values remained generally firm
to slightly higher in most areas
of the country in the four months
ended March /.
The national index was / per
cent above last November and
Q per cent above a year earlier.
The department noted a mod
est recovery in values in the
South Central States, where
some weakness occurred in 1854
as a result of widespread
drought.
Values in the Central Corn
Belt States continued the slow
rate of advance started last year.
There was no significant change
in the Southeastern States de.
spite the 1854 drought and re-
duction in the acreage of cotton
for 1855.
Total market value of farm
! real estate was estimated at $91.3
billion as of March /, an in
crease of $2.2 billion from a year
earlier and $2.4 billion less than
the record high in March, 1852.
Evening star., 1955-05-31

were sent through your gen.
erosity to Camp Goodwill.
This year, the mother says.
Tim. Ken, Maria and Jerry may
all go to camp if it's humanity
possible.
Help Needed
She needs help, immediate
help from welfare agencies and
she's deathly afraid of being
evicted. She hasn't got the $26
rent money and the court hear
ing is set for June 6.
But, yet, there's the thought
of relief in the country from
this life for her four older chill
dren. The baby, Bobbie, is too
young to know.
This is a real Washington fam
lily whose names have been dis
guised to protect their privacy.
You can help the four chill
dren to a trip to camp this sum-
mer The temporary respite from
drudgery is dependent upon
kindly local residents.
Send your contribution to The
Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund The cost is $35.72 for one
child for IL days, or $l7.68 for
six days. Think of the dividends
it will pay in the happiness and
health of these four children as
well as many others.
Evening star., 1955-05-31

boarding houses. which also were
included in the section on scope.
Revision Spelled Out.
The revised dwelling deflni-
tinn read as follows:
"A dwelling unit shall mean
a room or group Of rooms, ar.
ranged, designed or used for
housekeeping purposes by fam
lily, including rooming and
boarding houses" +
The section on scope was re-
viSed to read as follows:
"TheSe regulations shall apply
to the physical aspects OF ROOM
ing and boarding houses and
such buildings or parts thereof
and the grounds appertaining
thereto, where such buildings or
parts thereof are arranged, de-
signed or used to house one or
more dwelling units as defined
herein"
The committee also urged that
the housing code be enforced on
an area basis.
Evening star., 1955-05-31

A holdup man walked into the
Security Bank at Ninth and g
streets NV. today and without
displaying a gun, got away with
$1,168.
The downtown robbery at 10
am. happened so fast the other
employees and several customers
were unaware Of 1t.
Wyatt B. Sutherland, 27, Of
918 Kenyon drive, Annandale,
Va. a teller, said the man stuck
two brown paper bags and a note
into his cage window while hold
ing one hand threateningly in a
coat pocket.
"This is a stickup. Put the
money in a bag in los, 20s and
50s," the note read.
Tries to Attract Attention
Mr.. Sutherland said he read
the note and tried to attract the
attention of other tellers by
talking loudly to the man.
II thought I could get their
attention and we could all hit
the deck" he said. But they
were busy and didn't hear me. u
Mr.. Sutherland said he
crammed a stack of bills into
one Of the bags and handed it
back.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Man, Shot Twice,
In SeriousC Condition

A 53-year-old man was in seri-
GUS condition at George Wash
ington Hospital today after he
was found on a sidewalk near
the hospital, wounded by two
shots from a As caliber revolver.
Police said the man, James C
Bennett. colored. 2155 K street
NV, was hit in the leg and
abdomen. Held for questioning
was his wife, Jacquelyn, 40.
Police said the shooting oc-
CURED about 8:15 pm. yesterday
in the couples apartment. Ben
nett, wounded, ran two blocks
toward the hospital before COL
lapsing He was picked up by
a motoriSt and taken to the
hospital.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Group Adopts New Draft
Of District Housinq Code

The District Commissioners
Housing Code Review Committee
today adopted the latest draft of
a proposed housing code for
Washington, amending it to in
clude rooming houses and board
ing houses.
The vote came after a two hour
session in the assembly room of
the Perpetual Building, Eleventh
and E streets NV, during which
the committee beat down a move
to substitute an earlier version
drafted last March 8.
The final vote came as COM
promise to satisfy some support
ers of the March 8 draft who
had demanded that the group
recommend to the Commission
ers an Inclusive" code which
would cover all forms of housing
in Washington.
Hotels Exempted
Originally the version ap-
proved today-dated April 28--
was criticized because it applied
only to residential dwelling
units. The Review Committee
which prepared it had exempted
hotels and rooming and board
ing houses, all of which were
covered by the March 8 draft.
The move to substitute the
earlier version was led by Glenn
E. Watts of the District Indus
trial Union Council, CIO. He
argued that any attempt to in
clude rooming and boarding
houses in the April draft would
require detailed. line-by-line re-
view to make it consistent.
His move was overridden
however, by a compromise pro-
posal which included a request
to the Commissioners to appoint
committees to draft additiona'
chapters to the code on lodging
rooming and boarding houses
hotels, convalescent homes ano
tenement houses.
The =, meeting, headed BY
Charles B. Dulcan, sr., appeared
undecided whether the chapter
on dwellings adopted today
would outlaw tenements, as re-
quested several months ago BY
the Commissioners.
Two compromise amendment.
were made to the draft. The def.
milton of a dwelling unit" wa
amended to include rooming ane
Evening star., 1955-05-31
CAMP FUND FACTS
How to send a kid to

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
to The Evening Star, Wash
ington 4. D. c.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $17.86 for six
days, $35.72 for IL days.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
NewCarFee
CreditAsked

Legislation to relieve buyers Of
new automobiles from having to
pay a full registration fee to the
District every time they get a
new car was introduced in the
House today by Representative
Davis, Democrat, of Georgia.
The bill, referred to the House
District Committee, is designed
to correct an inequity in the 1854
law.
Under the present District law
which changed the system of
registering and paying for tags
and taxes, registration tags may
be transferred from an already
registered vehicle to another We
hicle purchased by the owner
during the same registration
period.
No Refund
But under this system, no pro-
vision is made for either a re-
fund of the unused portion of
the registration fee when the
vehicle is sold, or for applying
the unused portion of the fee to
another vehicle which the owner
purchases during this period.
This requirement results in a
person, who buys a new car after
turning in his old one, having to
pay a full fee twice if he bought
both cars in the same registra-
ton year.
Under the Davis bill, it was
explained that an owner on SELL
ing his vehicle, might purchase
another and register this one in
the District merely upon paying
a transfer fee Of one dollar and
the difference, if any, between
the full fee paid for the old car
and the full fee for the new one.
This part Of the fee would apply
only until the end Of the original
cars registration year.
In all Jurisdictions except the
District, officials explained, the
most that a new registrant pays
is small transfer fee plus the
difference, If any, between the
original registration fee which
he paid and the fee which is
due on the vehicle he is regis
tering.
Give Sample Case
In a statement outlining the
case in which the present law
operates unfairly, the following
example is outlined:
On April IS, 1855, an owner
registered in the District a We
hicle weighing 3,400 pounds and
pays the prescribed registration
fee of $22. Thereafter, on
February Is, 1856, this same
owner sells his car and buys a
new one weighing $500 pounds.
He seeks to register his new car
in the District for the remainder
of the registration year and
makes application for this pur-
pose. He finds, however. that
in order to register his new car
for the period February Is. 1856,
to April l, 1856, he must pay a
full fee Of $32 to obtain his reg
iStration.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Ex-EmpIoye Charged
In Warehouse BIuze

A 31-year-old former employe
has admitted setting a two-alarm
fire at the Walker Thomas Ware
house Sunday night to enable
him to steal under cover of the
confusion.
Second Precinct Detective T.
B. O'Brien said Joseph H.
Thompson. colored, of 318 New
York avenue NV. was charged
with arson.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
PHONE NUMBER
FOR WEATHER
IS CHANGED

The telephone number for
weather reports will be
WLather 6-l212 beginning
Thursday, the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Co.
announced today.
The old number, Weather
S-l2l2. is being retired in an
effort to make. all weather
forecast numbers uniform
across the county.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Policeman Injured
In Motorcycle Spill

Spilled from his motorcycle
when it skidded on a rain-slick
turn. Pvt. Alfred E. Franco of the
Traffic Division suffered a con-
cuSsion and injuries of the left
arm early today.
The policeman's condition was
listed as not serious by Emer-
gency Hospital.
The accident was at Thirty
eigth street and Suitland drive
Sc.
Pvt. Franco, 33. lives at 4446
Kendrick drive, Suitland, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-25
PHILADELPHIA Federal Reserve Bank
Reports on 1880 Capital
Expenditures in Philadelphia"

Manufacturing industries in the
Philadelphia metropolitan area plan
to spend S288 million for plant
expansion and mOdernizatiOn Of
equipment in 1856, as reported by
the Federal Reserve Bank Of
Philadelphia in its November Busi-
ness Review. This is per cent
less than actual capital Outlays
In 1855, as revealed by a survey
just completed by the Bank. Pub
lie utilities and railroads in the
area plan to spend $3.50 million on
new plant and equipment in 1856,
which is an increase Of z per cent
over their 1855 outIays.
The cutback in planned capital
expenditures on the part Of manu-
facturers comes as a surprise, says
the Bank, in view Of the current
high levels of business activity
and the prevailing optimism on the
business outlook. With respect to
next years plans, substantial diff
erence are reported among the ma
ior industrial groups. Plans for
next year range from a 20 per cent
cutback in the lumber and furniture
division to a "a per cent increase
in petroleum and coal products.
Petroleum and coal products" in
this area, the Bank points out,
mean essentially petroleum refnz
ing-One Of the major industries
Of the Delaware Valley, which
ranks as the country's second larg-
est petroleum refining center.
If business trends continue favor
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-25
HOU TO Beat Old
Man Winter

Cold weather brings US smack
up against a series of annoyances
like frozen pipes, engines hard to
start, cold hands, aching muscles
and the possibility of baby ami
mails freezing.
There isn't any sure cure for
all Of these difficulties, said Wal
ter Aldrich, lighting engineer for
Eastern Shore Public Service, "but
many wise hOuseholders have
found InfraRed lamps particularly
useful during cold weather. The
lamps vii warm any object with
in their rays regardless of sur
rounding temperature. And, of
course, the heat rays can be con-
centrated and directed where
they'll do the most good"
Here follow a few of Mr.. Aldrich's
suggestions for overcoming some
Of the Inconvenience caused by old
man winter.
When Jack Frost nips water
pipes, when the elbows and faucets
freeze up an InfraRed lamp will
thaw them safely. Use one to keep
your electric water pump from
freezing.
Direct the heat from an Infra-
Red lamp on cold engine to
warm it up and make il start more
easily.
Use the heat from an InfraRed
lamp on aching muscles; let the
soothing warmth go. to work and
ease up the pain. Use one over O.
work bench to keep your hands
warm OF use one while you're
dressing poultry or milking.
If there's a hurry about drying
a small paint or glue job the Infra-
Red lamp will do it. When a door
sticks due to dampness-try the
InfraRed treatment on it for a
half hour. It will dry out the wood
For brooding chickens, pigs, or
any small animal, there's nothing
so convenient as InfraRed lamps.
Heat comes instantly when you flick
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-25

able, it is quite possible that manu-
facturers' plans may be revised
upward as they were last year.
Capital expenditures of manufac-
turers in the area in 1855 turned
out to be 80 per cent larger than
the plans they reported in the
Banks year-agO survey.
The Bank also asked manufac-
turers for their shoFt-run inven-
tory plans. A record "a per cent
of the firms surveyed said they
would maintain present inventory
lewis over the October November,
and December period. About z per
cent of the firms said they we're
going to increase stocks, and 9
per cent said a decrease is due
in the near future. In addition,
the Bank noted that manufacturers
had increased by about
2 per cent from a year ago.
According to reports from manu-
employment will edge
higher over the next six months.
the increase will come because nom
durable goods makers are going
to add to their payrolls.
Some explanation of the areas
poor showing in capital spending
is provided by a table in the Review
manufacturing employ
ment totals in September 1853,
1854, and 1855. Total manufacturing
in the Philadelphia
area is about the same as a year
ago but is still 10 per cent below
1853.