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Evening star., 1955-03-05
Group Commends
u. ). Intercession
For Egyptian Jews

The Jewish Community Coun-
Gil of Greater Washington, in a
letter to Secretary of State
Dulles, has commended the State
Department for its intercession
on behalf of Egyptian Jews, who
were tried and given severe SEN
tences in recent trials.
The council noted the 'polit-
ical motivations" behind the
Egyptian trials and their re
semblance" to the purge trials
under Communist regimes. 1t
urged the State Department to
bend every effort to assure fair
ness and justice to the accused
in the future trials announced
by Egyptian authorities.
Torture Charged.
Aaron Goldman. council pres
ident, who signed the letter, said
the resemblance to purges took
place during the conduct Of the
so-called pre-trial investigations.
Torture and forced eonfes-
sions," he said, suicides of some
of the accused before and dur
ing the trial, inadequate legal
counsel for the defendants. mil
itary judges, and the vindictive
sentences with which the al
legged crimes of the defendants
are in no way commensurate, all
add up to a picture of ill-dis-
guised judicial murder.
"Egypt's carrying out the
death sentences in spite Of ur-
gent pleas from many parts of
the world is a regrettable case
of flouting world opinion, and
can only weaken the chances of
peace and stability in the Middle
East"
More Trials in Prospect.
Mr.. Goldman said that news
reports in the last few days
quote Egyptian authorities to
the effect that additional trials
of Egyptian Jews are to be held
shortly, and "the ominous pat
tern disclosed by these an
nouncements must be a cause
for serious concern to every
right-thinking person"
Mr.. Goldman said it was the
councils hope and plea that the
United States Government will
do everything in its power to
prevent the repetition of this
patternIof judicial murder, and
seek to assure the defendants in
any future trials, fair treatment
in accordance with the highest
ideals of true justice. The letter
also asked the State Department
to convey to the Egyptian gov
ernment the views expressed in
the communication.
Evening star., 1955-03-05
Thomas L. Stokes

Another Senate Banking
Committee investigation" of
the New York Stock Exchange,
which Chairman Fulbright,
Democrat, of Arkansas, always
politely calls study stirs up
memories in an observer of
that other investigation 20
years ago which was so full of
human drama.
Then and now are full Of
contrasts. Only the scene is
the same-the ample caucus
room in the Senate Office
Building with its marble floors
and its sparkling chandelier.
where so many famous inves-
tigations have been held. and
which became familiar to
people all over the country
through the televised Army
Mccarthy hearings Of a few
months ago.
What inspired this present
sober spectacle was what some
feared might be another SIM
ilarity-a similarity between
the recent sharply rising stock
market and that booming
speculative market of 1929
Just before the crash in OcUo-
ber of that year. So, said Sen-
ator Fulbright, let's take a
look: but carefully and cau-
tiously and without fanfare,
or. as he phrased it as the
committee began its hearings
with Keith Funston. New York
Stock Exchange President.
Our aim is education, not
accusation"
Certainly no more midgets,
such as the tiny lady who was
brought in by a circus press
agent in league with a prank
ish newspaperman and placed
on j. P. Morgan's knee in that
other inquiry-an incident
which has become the trade
mark of that other investiga-
ton, and all that most folks
remember.
But it was far more than
that, as we who covered it daily
know. There, through all OF
1888 and until June, 1884.
Ferdinand Pecora and his ex-
pert staff explored the boom
stock market of the late 1920s,
found out what had happened,
disclosed abuses of trust and
Evening star., 1955-03-05

National Training School by
Juvenile Court in 1852 after be-
ing found involved" in unau-
thorized use of an automobile.
He was paroled in 1858. Last
April. he was rearrested as a
witness to the Staying of a for
mer Marine. He was indicted on
a charge of withholding knowl-
edge of the Staying from author
tiles. This charge was dropped,
but he has since been held as a
parole violator.
Evening star., 1955-03-05
EARLY Morning Bandit
Gets $85 at Cos Stution

Easton G. Simpson, 27, a gas
station attendant, told police he
was held up and robbed of S35
early today by lone bandit.
Mr.. Simpson said he was
standing behind the cash register
at the Call Carl service station
at 1901 West Virginia avenue
NV. at am. when colored
man about % years old walked in.
He told police the man Or
dered him to hand over the re-
,eipts. He said the bandit did
not display a gun but held his
hand in his pocket as though
he had one.
Evening star., 1955-03-05
DR.. Docherty's Sermon

The Rev. DR.. George NJ. Doc
herty. pastor of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church,
will preach on The Parable of
the Two Sons" at the church's
$50 and II am. services to-
morrow
Evening star., 1955-03-05

The White House has clamped
a secrecy lid on the names OF
guests at President Eisenhower's
stag dinners.
The new secrecy policy, re-
versing a practice of making
public the stag-dinner list that
had been in effect since Mr.. Ell
senhower started giving such
dinners in 1858, was disclosed
without explanation by White
House Press Secretary James c..
Hagerty.
He refused late yesterday to
tell reporters the names of men
invited to stag dinner at the
White House last night.
He replied in the Affirmative
when asked II this marked q
new policy. Further questioning
brought out that two such stag
dinners had been held within
the last two weeks about which
newsmen covering the White
House had not been told.
Mr.. Hagerty refused to give
any reason for the change in
practice except to say that Mr..
Eisenhower considers such din
ners are personal affairs.
A reporter remarked that when
the Eisenhower administration
came into power in 1853 it prom
Used to reduce secrecy in govern
Evening star., 1955-03-05
40 Square Miles of Glaciers

SEATTLE.-Mount Rainier in
the State of Washington has an
area of glaciers estimated to
cover more than 40 square miles.
Evening star., 1955-03-05

able to offer a lower figure for
handling the stock but that the
Washington underwriters
should be allowed to handle the
issue because 81 per cent Of the
company's stock is held here.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10

its majority report which was re-
ported this week.
1--WE agree intellectually with
of the Committee VINO have agreed
in this report indicating that they
wish to conduct our schools in ac-
cordance with the laws of our Con
stitution without evasion.
This is important because we
want our children to become hon
est, law abiding citizens who will
believe in the creed of all religions
The brotherhood of man through
the fatherhood of God
"a positive plan backed by
proper authority has worked in
other cities which have already
completed indignation with little
or no incidents. 1t will work also
in Montgomery County.
eve cannot agree for a single
moment with a plan of gradual
ism which would only permit in
creasing opposition to build up
and would continue for an indefi-
mite period our present expensive
bi-racial system.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Sandy Spring
To Be Host to
Farm Meet

Farmers Of the county this
week were making preparations
to attend the Sind annual Far.
mer's Convention which will be
held in the Sherwood High
School, Sandy Spring, starting
at 1920 am. Feb. 26.
After an open forum, f.
Brooke Lee will speak on coming
and rural tax problems, followed
by l.. d. Patky, Field Represen.
tative Of the Social Security Ad.
ministration, who will speak on
Social Security for farmers.
After a free lunch, which will
be served by the ladies' commit.
tee, the afternoon session will
start with greetings from the
County Agent, Delbert r. Foster
followed by an illustrated lecture
on Belgium by Miss Joyce Riggs
and an address by Don Paarl.
berg, Assistant Secretary Of
Agriculture.
The affair, to which all coun.
ty farmers are welcome, is being
arranged by J. f.. Muncaster
president; II. II. Miller, Jr., sec
rotary; Stanley w. Moore and
j. N. Bentley, vice presidents.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Local Legion
Takes i'm 40:
Sets Record

Henderson Smith Edmonds
Post No. sc, the Rockville post
of the American Legion, initiated
40 new members into the Legion
at its regular monthly meeting
Feb. 2 in ceremonies held at
their clubhouse on the Rockville
Pike at the Congressional Air
port.
The initiation brings the mem
bership to an all-time high of 30,
making it one of the few four
start posts in the State of Mary
land.
Speakers for the occasion in
cluded Dave Brigham of Sandy
Spring, State vice commander;
Area Commander Sherer, and
State Executive Committeeman
Rothwell from neighboring Post
105.
Special guest of the evening
was former county judge, Harold
Smith of Rockville, a charter
member, and oldest living mem
Der of the post. The post itself
was named after Judge Smiths
brother who was killed in World
War l. The Judge is also the
only member of this post who
rose to become State Com
mander.
The initiation team which con-
Quoted the ceremonies included
Jerrold Ullman, John Rausch,
William Kennedy, David Jen.
nings, Michael Keller, James
Gribble and Douglas Rosignol.
These members of the Rockville
post have also been selected to
conduct similar ceremonies in
other posts throughout Montgom-
cry County.
Those initiated were:
Frank Farpsworth, Russell
Anderson, = I'd zeutzius,
Cont; LO' Page a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
SUPPRESS AIR RAID FLIGHT PLAN
Pilot Dies I'm Beallsville Plane Crash

Up-County fire and rescue units
were concentrated on the Bealls-
vile area Tuesday afternoon
when a new Air Force jet plane
crashed on the farm of MI. and
Mrs. Sam Clammer just off Rt.
% killing one creWman and ser
iously injuring another.
Killed was the pilot OF the BIT
jet bomber Capt. William S. Todd
of White Plains, N. Y, and in
critical condition at Bethesda
Naval Hospital is 1t. Masaru
Uyehara of Compton, Calf.
The. aircraft had left the Glenn
L. Martin plant in Baltimore just
minutes before the crash and had
as its destination the Tinker Air
Force base in Oklahoma City.
Residents OF the area said they
had heard the engines faltering
just before it plunged head on
into the ground in a wooded area.
The pilot, still strapped in his
seat, was found about a milo and
a half from the wreckage of the
plane
The injured man, who had sue
ceeded in using his ejector seat,
was found suspended in a tree
with one leg torn off and the
other badly mangled. The farm
was that of Earl Heap of Peach
Tree Rd. below Beallsville.
Fire and rescue units from
Beallsville, Gaithersburg, Damas-
Gus, Laytonsville, Hyattstown and
Rockville were all on the scene
after the alarm was turned in by
Montgomery County Police Off
Ger Howard Musgrove.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
HyattstOwn Fire
Burns Grocery;
Damage $10,5OO

A three-alarm Hyattstown fire
early Wednesday morning de-
stroyed a 100-year-old building
and stock valued at $10,500 and
disrupted telephone service in the
area.
The building, Darby's general
store and the town Post Office,
has been owned by w. L. Bur
dette since 1919. Adjacent to the
fire house, the building may have
been set ablaze by an arsonist.
The first alarm was turned in
at 1:57 am. and by the time of
the third alarm, the Hyattstown,
Damascus, and Gaithersburg de-
partments were in action with
Rockville standing at the alert in
Gaithersburg. Firemen put down
hose lines to creek a quatrer
of a mile distant to obtain water.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Hear Falls Road
Widening Plan

The West Montgomery County
Citizens Association met Feb. 7
at Potomac Elementary School.
Speakers were Roland E. Jones
and c. S. Linville of District 3
of the Maryland State Roads
Commission at Laurel.
Plans for the improvement
and widening of Falls Road to "a
feet were discussed. This con-
struction also calls for the
Strengthening of the road in GER
tain places and is currently plan
ned for the third year of the
State program.
President DreXel of the asso-
citation presided at the business
meeting which followed the pro-
gram.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
INFORMATION, PLEASE

On behalf of the thousands
of County families in which the
breadwinner works In Wash
lngtOn, and hundreds of others
In the Up-COunty area that
would be expected to play tenn
pOrary host to evacuees, the
SENTINEL asks Army and CD
authorities:
Will daytime evacu a I on
plans be conferred around school
children being evacuated to
predetermined areas which also
will be family rendezvous
points?
Will all radial routes be one
way?
Will cross traffic be allowed?
II not, how far out must one
go In order to travel circum-
ferentially to reunite with ones
family?
What will be the precise size
of the evacuated zone? VIII il
extend into our county? How
far?
Will the reception zone ex.
tend beyond Nj ontgOmery
County?
Are there serious gaps re-
naming In current solutions to
these problems?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Three Groups Differ
On Indignation Steps

migration in the County's pub
lie schools picked up in interest
this week following a report that
lsn advisory committee of the
School Board favored it, that the
Farm Bureau wants to slow it,
and that the Civic Unity Commit
tee wants to speed it.
Early in the week it was re-
ported that the School advisory
committee favors Indignation in
all areas of the County at all
school levels and will cast a for
NAL vote to this effect on Feb. II.
This was followed by an infor-
nation letter of the County Farm
Bureau to the effect that Bureau
policy should be one of "wait and
see" but that if Indignation is to
become effective at all in the
County it should be over a 12-year
period starting with the first
grade.
The Bureau also said that inte-
grafton "has little significance
down-County as some of the
schools in that area have no Negro
children, but up-County it will hit
us with full force bringing with it
unavoidable academic, social and
health problems, some of which
are not even known today"
wait and see" elements in Blu
reau policy deal with how the Su-
preme Court will implement its
Indignation decision and the re-
action of the State Assembly to
amendments in present State laws
making segregation mandatory.
On Wednesday, the Montgom,
cry Civic Unity Committee said:
1--WE agree fundamentally with
the position taken by the Mont.
gomery County Advisory Commit
tee on Indignation as indicated in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
City Gets
Play Area


Two offers of free space gave
the Rockville City recreation pro-
gram further impetus at the
meeting of the Mayor and Coun-
Gil Tuesday night.
Dake Gull, head of the parks
and recreation committee, report
ed that DR.. and Mrs. Dexter Bull
ard have offered the City a five
year lease at 81 per year on a
part of their farm near Roxboro
and Calvert Rd. for recreation
purposes.
He also relayed the offer of
Mrs. Catherine Packard of the
Rockville Nursery school to al
low the City to use the grounds
and equipment of the school for
summer play programs.
Mr.. Gull also recommended
that the City include a summer
play program for pre-school chill
dren and moved that the Twin
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Reese, Federal
Official,Na AIMED
County's Head

Melvin L. Reese, passed up by
the previous Republican Council
as a County Manager candidate
more than Is months ago, was
named Tuesday to take over the
helm of the County Government.
The 47-year-old veteran Federal
Government official will step into
office in two weeks at an annual
salary of $4,000.
His predecessor, Edward T.
Beall, vacated the post last May.
A veteran of II years in the
Federal Government Reese serv-
ed as Observation-Disclosures of
the Federal Renegotiation Board
prior to his acceptance of the
County post, at an $11,S00 salary.
A resident of the County for
the past nine years, Reese lives
on Old Baltimore Rd. on the
Rockville City limits His APP
pointment met demands for a
Montgomery County resident to
be named to the manager post.
Since BealIs resignation last
May, more than 80 candidates
have been screened for the post
by the previous Council and the
newly-elected County heads.
Council members decided on
Reese's appointment at a meet
ing last Monday night.
Shortly after announcement of
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
.HuDe-a-Heart' Plea
Is No Valentine Joke

program for the control of rheu-
matte fever, the local heart asso.
citation participates in the pro-
gram through the provision of
drugs provided by the clinic as a
prophylaXis for patients with in.
active rheumatic fever. It is now
virtually possible to control rheu-
matte heart involvement through
the prophylactic administration
Of drugs. Private physicians are
being encouraged to provide
drug therapy for their private pa.
tents.
What goes on in heart clinics?
The patient is given a thorough
physical examination including
all necessary laboratory tests, X
rays and an electrocardiogram.
About six new patients are seen
every month, plus ten to fifteen
return patients.
All are patients under 81 years
of age who have or are suspected
of having rheumatic fever, con.
genital heart abnormality, func.
tional heart murmurs, hyperion,
sion or organic rheumatic heart
disease. In the last year a total
of 325 people have been seen in
the heart clinic.
What does the heart clinic
mean to the child who goes to it?
It some cases it means a long
full life ahead instead of almost
certain death at an early age. In
the last year three children have
been referred for heart surgery
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10

Everybody in the County has
a heart" this week and it's not
just because Valentine Day ar
rives on Monday. It's because the
County Heart fund is getting
ready for it's annual fund appeal
starting on Feb. 20.
AS in the case of polio, strong
est hackers of the heart fund are
those who have suffered heart at
tacks.
Twice month in the Rockville
Health Center is held cardiac
clinic which illustrates team work
to do something about the heart
problem in Montgomery County,
according to Aaron H. Traumm,
MD, the chairman of the Medical
Advisory Committee of the Mont
gomery County tuberculosis and
Heart ACCOMPLISHMENTS be-
tween the physicians of the
county, the Health Department,
and the Montgomery County
tuberculosis and Heart Associa-
ton.
The clinic is by no means a re-
placement for the good old fam
ily doctor but is an adjunct to his
service. Patients seen in the heart
clinic are usually INDECENT pa
tents who are referred to the
clinic for consultation services.
After a complete examination in
the clinic, the patient returns to
his family doctor with a report
and recommendations for treat
ment
Under the new statewide heart
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Free Food
Bill Costs
$25 Million

County school officials gave
County Councilnren free lunch
this 2wcek and then handed them
post-dated bill for $25,000,000.
This was the net effect of a
joint session of the Board of Edu-
cation and the County Council on
a tour of schools which culmin-
ated in luncheon in the new
Wheaton school and the presen-
tation of an estimate of future
school costs in the County.
The Council was put on notice
that "the public school system
faces heavy financial responsible
tiles in the next five years. These
will impose serious additional tax
burdens"
The School Board then proceed
ed to inform the Council that "a
very conservative estimate indi-
Gates capital expenditures for the
next five years from S22,000,000
to $25,000,000."
Moreover:
l. At the present rate of
growth, the school budget will
contain an annual and recur-
ring item of about 81 ,000,0 900 for
additional classroom teachers.
2. Increasing enroll m mt
means for pupils needing spe-
cial attention and more ex-
penses.
3. Right now it costs $24O per
pupil per year. If this figure
stays the same, it will mean an
operating budget i'm 1959-I96O of
$4,000, 900.
4. County schools get 21.6
percent of their income from the
State, SO from the Federal Gov.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Vital Facts
On Safety
Held Back

A threat to Iublic> Understands
ng of anu consequent COO GRAFTON
with Civil Defense plans for Mont
gomery County and the District
was seen this week by Civil De
Tense authorities.
The Districts Office of Civil De
tensc and the County Civil De-
Tense Office both joined in calling
for the public release of survey
N CIV acuation problems facing the
District in event of an enemy ar
attack.
1t is known that Montgomery
County along with the Virginia
Counties would be called on to
receive hundreds of thousands of
District workers and residents in
the event of an evacuation.
Both offices subscribed to the
following statement which origi-
mated with District authorities:
"A report has just been made
by the Operational Research Of
flee tof John Hopkins retained by
the U. S, Army on the evacua-
ton problem. Unfortunately, the
contents of this report have been
classified as confidential by the
Army and the information assem-
bled is not wholly available to
Civil Defense. All information
available on the subject must be
available to the public if we are
to secure their full cooperation
and continuing attempts are being
made to declassify this material"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Swim Pool
Ice Splits
In Places

The ice of opposition to County
swimming pools was melting this
week despite the continuation of
the February temperatures at low
levels.
The County Council Tuesday in
structed County Attorney Charles
M. Irelan to draft an amendment
to the coming ordinance which
would restore authority on the
Board of Appeals to act on COM
munity swimming pool applica-
tons.
Irelan was asked to eliminate
the proposed half mile residential
requirement for pool association
members and include new stand
ards including adequate water
supply and approval of abutting
property owners.
Community pools we're classed
by the last Council as permitted
uses rather than special excep-
tons after the Board of Appeals
turned down two pool sites on tes-
timony by abutting property own
ers that they would be neighbor-
hood nuisances.
More than 26 citizens associa-
tons, PTAs, and other organiza-
tons, interested in obtaining pub
lie swimming pools for Montgom-
cry County have evidenced this
interest by submitting formal ap.
prevail of the Recreation Boards
proposed plan for pools, in writing
to the Montgomery County Citi.
zens Committee for Public Swim.
ming Pools.
In addition to the Allied Civic
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
BAG" 8.POINT BUCK

Wilbur r. Garrett, Jr., and
Don Burke collided with an eight.
point buck on Norton Road near
River Road while returning
home from work about 10 days
ago. They reported the accident
TO the Game Warden, who let
them keep it. There hav been
reports Of other deer in tn, Ca
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10

From other sources it was
learned that the report has been
in Army hands for about a month
and that it is reasonable to ex-
pect that non-military aspects of
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