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Evening star., 1955-05-18
Oxon Hill Man Dies
Of Shotgun Wound

A 39-year-old electrician died
at 1890 am. today at Casualty
Hospital from a shot through
the chest that Prince Georges
County police said was self-in-
flicted.
He was Donald w. Foster Of
8494 Livingstone road. Oxon Hill,
Md. He was found Monday by
restaurant clerk near an eat
ing place on Indian Head high
way, between Chapel Hill and
Silesia, police said. Pvt. Robert
Zidek and Pvt. 1/c John Sell
ner said Mr.. Foster had been
under a court peace bond Or
dering him to stay away from
his wife Harriet, to whom he
had been married about nine
months. Police said that Mon
day, after being away some 10
days, he came to the house and
fired through a screen door. Mrs.
Foster, returning home, saw her
husband and went to call county
police. While she was away he
shot himself, police said.
They added that he left q
note indicating that he was in
tent on destroying himself.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
BY SMITH HEMPSTONE

Mrs. Harriet Mossburg Of
Temple Hills. Md, really has
something to crow about.
Dagwood.
Dagwood is a white rooster.
He, however, seems to have
some doubt about this fact. And
not without cause.
Since the day three years ago
that Mrs. Mossburg's 16-year-
old son Neill bought Dagwood,
then a somewhat bedraggled
Easter chick in a novelty store
window, he's been raised by Pal,
a mutt of doubtful ancestry and
the patience of Job.
So, quite naturally, since he
counts no chickens or roosters
among his circle of friends at
Mrs. Mossburg's 5611 Temple
Hills road home, Dagwood thinks
he's a dog.
He perches on Pals head or
shoulder most of the day, chases
Dirty Nose, the cat, at every
available opportunity, joins Pal
and the other household dogs in
chasing cars, and generally acts
in approved canine fashion.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
DC. Cuts Include Fund
To RehobiIitote Bridoe

ing loss by payment of compen-
sation and curtailment of work"
Also cut was a $1,000 item
for hiring a four-man crew
to keep the city's bridges, tunnels
and underpasses clean. The de-
partment said it could not con-
tinue to do the job with it's regu-
lar force armed only with soap
and brushes.
The committee also ruled
against spending $21 900 for an
additional flve-man crew to
paint white lines on streets, plus
a $4,000 truck to equip them.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Auto Crash Ends
o5 M.P.H. Chase

Apparently miffed because he
had just been arrested for speed
ing, an Air Force enlisted man
really showed 'em some dust
early today.
Before Airman Jessie Lee
Lowell, 20. living near Manassas.
wrecked his car a stones throw
from the Potomac River, he had
roared through three roadblocks
at speeds up to 95 miles an hour
over an 18-mile course through
the heart Of Alexandria.
That's what breathless Virginia
State, Alexandria and Fairfax
County and city police said when
they finally collared Lowell and
slapped on three additional
charges of reckless driving and
one of destroying private prop
erty.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Fight ShapesUp
For $4 Million .
Floor Bottle Due
By D. C.'s Friends

District friends in the House
have decided to stage a deter
mined battle on the House floor
for restoration Of the 81 million
the Appropriations Committee
proposes to chop from the au-
thorized $40 million Federal pay
ment.
. The bill, to provide money to
run the District for the year be-
ginning July /, is expected to be
called up for action in the House
late today or tomorrow, depend
ing on when action is finished
on a military reserve measure.
For some days, it has been
clear there would be a dramatic
protest against the proposed cut
in the Federal payment, particu-,
larly because the Federal share
was raised to $40 million last
year when Congress loaded ad-
ditional taxes on the city in a
two-way deal to finance a 10
year $305 million public i'm
provement program.
Decide to Fight
There had been some question,
however, as to whether to make
a knockdown fight to restore the
cut, or to depend upon the Sen
ate to raise the Federal share
back to the full figure.
Key members of the House
District Committee and others
consulted yesterday and decided
to fight the issue all along the
line.
AS expressed by Representative
O'Hara, Republican. of Mime
sofa, the decision was:
"Sure, we are going to make
the fight"
And Representative Smith,
Democrat, of Virginia, chairman
of the fiscal subcommittee of the
House District Committee, told
reporters:
eve are going to take the
chance and fight for an amend
ment to restore the 81 million
cut"
He recalled that last year the
Appropriations Committee made
a similar move to cut down on
the Federal payment and that
District friends made the fight
and won it.
Impressed With Needs
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. O'Hara
were two OF the congressional
leaders in charge of the Dis
trict's Public Works Act. They
unwillingly recommended addi-
tional taxes for the District but
did so because of the serious
needs Of the city for money to
rebuild some Of the Districts
worn-out institutions.
Mr.. Smith has declared Con-
gress would be welching on the
bargain it made If it now cut
the Federal payment.
AS the hours went by, new
supporters were found for this
position. The District friends
were busy spreading the word
and lining up the votes in the
hope they can win again this
year, as they did a year ago.
The Appropriations Commit
tee has made a cut totaling $8.8
million in the District spending
program for the next fiscal year,
but the one big fight is expected
to come on the issue over the
Federal payment.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Remon Begins Second
Term as RIA Head

John A. Remon was sworn in
today before the District Com
missioners for his second, five
year term as chairman of the
District Redevelopment Land
Agency. Mr.. Remon, a retired
vice president Of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Co., is
also vice chairman Of the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
1000 Shoppers Use
Free Parking Service

Downtown Washington's pro-
gram of an hour free parking for
shoppers is gaining momentum
and its founder today claimed at
least 1000 motorists took advan-
tage of it yesterday.
But official parking figures
have not yet been compiled and
the operators said it will take
more time to test the program.
Oscar Dodek, chairman Of
Downtown Park 6z Shop. Inc.
who is also founder Of the pro-
gram here, declared this morn
ing merchants requested addi-
tional parking tickets. These
must be stamped by the mer-
chant where the shopper buys to
get advantage of the hour free
parking. He declared additional
stores and other business inter-
ests want to join the program.
Mr.. Dodek estimated yester-
days activities in the member
stores was as high as 20 per
cent over regular figures.
More Than Satisfied
Normally Tuesday is not a
particularly good shopping day
and it was rather cool yesterday
for this time Of year, he ex-
planned. Mr.. Dodek said talks
with shoppers and business peo-
pie convinced him they were
more than satisfied with the
idea Of an hours free parking.
But Mr.. Dodek, who is vice
president of D. j. Kaufman, Inc,
pointed out some stores, through
carelessness. are neglecting to
carry the seal Of the new pro-
gram in their newspaper ads.
He said this has caused some
confusion among the shopping
Evening star., 1955-05-18

public. He declared it is i'm
portant for stores to make
known their part in the pro-
gram by displaying the seal in
their shop windows and carry
ing it in their ads.
Pat Gori, secretary of Down.
town Park & Shop, Inc, said he
sold 900 stamps to business
houses yesterday. These were
in addition to the original issue
Of 100 stamps to each of the
200 groups participating in the
program.
MI. Gori declared: "a check
showed business was running a
little better than usual yester-
day, especially in furniture
stores"
More Time Needed
Leonard B. Doggett, jr., presi-
dent of the Washington Parking
Association, cautioned it is yet
too early to test the program.
There were a lot of inquiries
from motorists yesterday" said
Mr.. Doggett. But *olumewise,
programs like this, as shown by
experience over the country, re-
quire time. I would say this
would be a minimum Of a month
to evaluate Il. There are opera
tional mechanics involved, such
as developing the necessary
signs to aid the motorist and to
build up interest.
Mr.. Doggett said this morn
ing he had no figures on the
number of motorists that used
the more than $4,000 parking
spaces in parking lots and ga
RACES offered in the plan. He
said he hoped to obtain these
later.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Cripple Fund Drive
Logs 500 of Quote

The Washington Multiple Scle-
rosis Society today announced 1t
had reached the halfway mark
in the $4,000 fund drive.
Tomorrow night volunteer
society workers will circulate
among evening shoppers in an
operation designated "Street
Light Night"
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Family Court Topic

The District Social Hygiene
Society will discuss "The Value
of a Family Court in the Com
munity" during its annual meet
ing at 8 o'clock tonight at the
All Souls Unitarian Church,
Sixteenth and Harvard streets
NV. Allan Fisher, director Of
the Legal Aid Bureau here will
address the group. .
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Home for Aged
Plan Opposed
In Georgetown
Residents Are Split
On Q St. Structure
To Cost $500, 900

Georgetown residents today
opposed plans of the Episcopal
Church Home to build a $500, 900
home for the aged near the John
Sewer Mansion at 3122-A Q
street NV.
Residents of the area split in
an appearance before the Board
of Zoning Adjustment in the
District Building. Some opposed
the project, others were willing
to agree If the board would pro-
hibit any expansion Of present
plans.
Samuel E. Neel, general coun-
sci and member Of the Board
of Trustees of the Episcopal
Church Home, said the 18th Gen.
tury mansion and its extensive
garden was left to the home by
the late Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sewer on condition that it be
converted into a memorial home
honoring Mr.. Sewers famed
ancestor and namesake, the first
Governor of Tennessee.
3-Story Structure
Mr.. Neel said the home plans
a three-story brick structure be-
side the present mansion, which
would be restored, to provide
quarters for So aged "guests."
The home, he said, plans to
abandon its present quarters at
Wisconsin avenue and Macomb
street NV. and consolidate in
the new establishment with. the
Epiphany Church Home. which
now has quarters at 1911 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
Mr.. Neel said the home had
notified all property owners in
the area, held a public meeting
to explain plans and appeared
before the Georgetown Citizens
Association to make a similar
explanation.
Mr.. Neel said the bulk of the
garden would be retained.
Taliaferro Indorses Plan
The plan was indorsed by sgd
ney F. Taliaferro, Of 3102 P
street, a District Commissioner
from 1926 to 1880, and Hardinge
Scholle of the National Trust
for Historic Preservation. Mr..
Scholle said the proposed use
is probably the safest for pres.
ervation of the home"
Flat opposition to the project
was voiced by Mrs. Elizabeth r.
Young, attorney for several P
street property owners. She said
plans had already been changed
to meet several objections but
that it would be impossible to
satisfy all opponents. She con-
tended 'the whole thing is OBJ
jectionable and is diametrically
opposed to the idea of George
town."
John w. Gill of the George
town Citizens Association said
his group was opposed unless the
Episcopal Church Home would
formally promise never to expand
the establishment.
Mrs. Harold B. Hinton of the
Progressive Citizens Association
of Georgetown said her organ
ization was not completely op-
posed if the Zoning Board would
set limit on the number Of
persons to be housed in the
establishment and if there were
no incinerator, if no signs were
used Except perhaps for a small
brass plate) and if any f1uo-
resent lights in the building
were shielded so sa not to be
visible from the outside.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Businessmen to Meet

The Federation Of Business
mems Associations will meet at
8 o'clock tonight in the board
room of the American Security
g. Trust Co., Fifteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Adventure Theuter

Adventure Theater members
will meet at $3.50 tonight at
Sligo Golf Club, Forest Glen
rQsd. Silver Spring. \
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Saints, Sinners
Slate Luncheon

Coy. Christian A. Herter ot
Massachusetts, and Rocky Mar
ciano, world heavyweight cham
pion, will be guests of honor
at an entertainment luncheon OF
the Circus Saints and Sinners
in the Mayfiower Hotel on Mon
day.
The charitable organization
will present checks to the Dis.
trict Of Columbia Crippled Chill
dren's Society and to officials Of
the Pageant Of Peace program
scheduled to be held again this
year on the Ellipse.
The luncheon program will
begin at 1880 am. with the
opening OF circus attractions sci
up in the hotel ballroom. The
luncheon will be served at 1890
Evening star., 1955-11-24


tically on his lowly clerical job.
calmly discussing his brother.
who went into the villages to
teach communism, and why this
way of life is wrong for India.
This is no Fitzpatrick trav-
elogue-but o scholarly attempt
to spell out India's position in
the year 1855.
1t might have possibly been
more dramatic, but NBC wasn't
trying to be theatrical. There
win be less mystery to the niys-
terious East after viewing this
film. And for that we are thank
full.
We are also thankful to TV
Guides current issue which, In
addition to one Of the best front
page color reproductions ever tof
Martha Raye), passes along q
statement by Thelma Ritter that
sums up the objections to fac
tory line film Tv in one witty
sentence
"They don't tDdnt it good
they rant 1t Thursday"
"The Caine Mutiny Court
Martial" last Saturday fCBS-TV)
received terrific reviews from the
Evening star., 1955-11-24
BEHIND-THE-scREEN DRAMA
DR.. PeIt to Address
Friends MEETING

DR.. Adrian Pelt. director Of the
United Nations European office
in Geneva. viii speak on Ma
tional Interest and international
Responsibility" at 8 pm. Satur-
day at the Friends Meeting
House, 211l Florida avenue NV
DR.. Harold E. Snyder. director
of the Washington Seminar on
international Affairs Of the
American Friends Service Com
mittee, will preside.
Evening star., 1955-11-24

think it's unanimous
but there have been some dis
sents by home viewers. Reader
F. A. C. writes:
III I hadn't seen the moUie OF
the Cdine Mutiny, / toouldH't I
hare knopn irh1t it tDas all about
after seeing the TV Dersion. .
It fOds dull and tDtth the eTcep-
ttiol OF Lloyd Nolan I don't think
any OF the actors came up to
expectations. I read In the
paper hoio Barry SulliUan tcds sn-
peYb. -. / guess that's a matter
of opinion. but he seemed to be
0roping all along and lust duh.
!. :. / don't see hoiD the TV per-
sion tUas considered so good. +.
L repeat. II / hadn't seen the
moDie, / Douldn't haze k1totOn
iphat it ipds all about"
Well. that's the way it goes.
This same reader, for example,
thought Mondays Studio One
was the best it's had in a long
time. "Julie" showed some
true to life drama without over
acting, etc. 1T was enjoy
able and the music in the back
ground helped this terrific
story"
My reaction to Studio One was
almost the exact opposite. The
acting was fine: but the story
was poorly constructed and the
climax unbelievable. !. Particu-
larly the scene in the police sta
tion where the ofiicer In charge
lets the boy OF. Love Is q
Many Splendored Thing" is just
the kind Of q sticky song that a
pair Of romantic teen-agers
would go for. but 1t hardly
seemed appropriate as mood
music for this TV show. !.
The incongruity of a song (that
goes with another story being
used for q puppy love affair re-
duced US to laughter-which is
hardly the mood the producer
intended.
On the Run:
Two high school football
games will be broadcast by
WCFR today (l310 on the diall
It's Woodbridge VS.. Manassas
at noon. followed by Fairfax VS..
Mt. Vernon at 2:30.
The merging Of the Mark
Evans and Billy johnson shows
tWTOP-9l in the morning was
perhaps inevitable. but hardly a
day goes by that some parent
doesn't call asking that Billy and
his cartoon be brought back. {.
For the youngsters. to be sure.
Except for q few tagging mo-
ments, Sumner Locke Elliott's
Daisy. Daisy" gave its fine cast.
headed by Tom Ewell and Jane
Wyatt, some wonderfully comic
opportunities Tuesday (WRC-
q. -. Ewell was a perfect choice
for the author who concocted a
fictional author. Daisy Smith.
only to find that she had more
than a slight basis in reality. i. !.
1t was grown-up comedy. superb
~ played, and a natural for pic
lures, which ought to grab 1t
quickly for its TV hero. Ewell.
Evening star., 1955-11-24

in any normal household, dao
may be trying to see or hear at
this moment, fool that he is.
The most unusual departure
from regular Thursday program
ming, however, finds NBC pre-
senting (from 5 to 6. in the time
normally occupied by Howdy
Doody and Pinky Lee) an hour
color film called Assignment.
India" narrated by Chester
Bowles.
I saw the last half hour Of this
program last week at q private
screening at the Willard and was
impressed with It's factually fas-
cinating account Of the young
nations struggles to solve its
many problems.
It was previewed in color and
on a large screen, which is quite
different from q 17-inch black
and-white reproduction, but the
quality appeared to be excellent.
I'm going to make a determined
try to at least catch the half
I missed.
This is pretty heady stuff for
a Thanksgiving afternoon. but
there are scenes and shots in
this documentary of another
world and people that are as
enthralling as any you're likely
to see on TV all season.
The Indian fakirs. or holy men,
grouped on a step in their various
poses, graphically dramatize the
country's problem of achieving
a balance between the old and
the new. And then there's a
young college graduate, reflect
ing discontentedly but realis-
Evening star., 1955-11-24
ON THE AIR
NBC Offers Unusual
Hour Film on Indio
Bx RERNIE HAKRISON

you've appetite for it this Thanksgiving Day Radio-Tv
festive table fairly goanng with goodies Of one kind or
another.
Among the most easily digebe several parades
this morning. which have probably already caught and
football this afternoon which, amid the combustion
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Third Rotory Nation

SIDNEY. - Australia is the
third greatest stronghold Of
Rotary in the world. with al
membership Of more than 1900.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-01
Tested Recipes
Pickle Favori1eS
EASY CRISP PICKLES

process includes three days each of
brining, then soaking in clear water
(The brining time is short because the
pickles are cut in chunks, This is
followed by two days in introducing
the prepared cucumbers to an increas-
ingly sweetened sugar-spice- and-vinegar
syrup.
The sugar IS added in stages so that
the pickles will stay crisp and plump
The addition of too much sugar at once
may cause them to shrivel and become
tough.
Start out with pounds small, firm
picking cucumbers, scrubbed and
washed, then cut in halves or quar-
ters - makes about 4 quarts cut-up
chunks.
Brining: In crock or enameled pan,
make brine solution of quarts cold |
water and liz cups salt Add prepared |
cucumber chunks; cover and let stand |
3 days at room temperature. Make
sure the cucumberS are entirely COW
cred with brine; weigh down with a
plate and pint jar filled with water to
make it heavy. At the end of the
brining period drain brine from cucum-
bers, cover with cold water and let
stand for days at room temperature.
Drain, then rinse well with cold water.
Picking syrup:
cups sugar added 3 parts
liz quarts cider vinegar
oxuv10 xxn&ow
2 tablespoons mixed whole picking
spices (tied in bag)
Combine 2 cups of the vinegar, water
and picking spices in a preserving
kettle, stirring to dissolve sugar well.
Add brined cucumber chunks; place
over medium heat and bring to boil.
Remove kettle from heat at once: let
stand day. Drain syrup from chunks;
add cups more of the sugar; heat to
polling and pour over chunks; let stand
or l day again. On third day drain
IF syrup, add the remaining cup of
ugar, heat to boiling; pack cucumber
hunks into bot sterilized jars; cover J
nth boiling syrup. Seal and store. :
lakes about 2 pints. 9
SWEET WATERMELON PICKLES
There once was time when the
orth of homemaker was judged by
e delicacy and flavor of her water
eion pickles crisp, transparent,
eavenly sweotened and spiced. This
nix watermelon pickle is just as won
srful as the old-fashioned kind, but
ade with a minimum of effort 3
Oks SO pretty when cut with fancy Y
tiers
Rind: 51k pounds prepared water y
elon rind measure about 8 quarts 3
tup pieces). Cut watermelon (about s
pounds) across and lengthwise into b
arters; scoop out pink portion. Chill l.
d serve as dessert or in saIads) and b
Ell off thin. dark-green skin. Cut rind b
o fancy shapes with small cookie IS
tiers, or use a ruler and sharp knife Il
cut squares and triangles. y
'rining: In crock make solution
2 quarts cold water, tablespoons
and 2 teaspoons powdered alum
t at drug store). Add prepared rind =
elgh down with plate and pint Jar
I'd with water to hold under brine) e
let soak for 4 hours. Drain rind 49,
place in preserving kettle; Just o1of
er with warm water and cook gently
rlnd is tender, about go minutes.
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Evening star., 1955-07-19
Mother Victoria,
Ron Spunish Circle

Mother Avellaneda, 80. who
entered the Society of the Sacred
Heart SIS years ago in Paris. died
yesterday at the Convent of the
Sacred Heart. Stone Ridge. 9109
Rockville pike, Bethesda, Md.
She was born in Buenos Aires.
Her father, Nicholas Avellaneda.
was president of Argentina from
1874 to 1880 and her brother was
former Argentine Ambassador to
Spain.
Mother Victoria spent some
years teaching in Sacred Heart
schools in Spain. In 1922 she
came to Manhattanville College
in New York City where she
taught Spanish.
For the last 20 years she had
been stationed here, first at the
City House at 17l9 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, and since 1947
at Stone Ridge.
Mother Victoria organized the
Spanish Circle for Spanish
speaking ladies of the diplomatic
set.
Survivors include nieceS and
nephews in Argentina.
Requiem mass will be sung at
10 am. Thursday at Stone Ridge.
Burial viii be in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1955-07-19
Muude V. McGinniss,
Native of Virginia

Mrs. Maude v. McGinniss, who
has lived in Washington since
1928, died yesterday at her home
at 4708 Fort Totten drive n. E.
after an illness of several months.
A native of Farmers Fork, Va,
Mrs. McGinniss was the widow
of Allen T. McGinnisS.
Mrs. McGinnis was an active
member of National Baptist Me-
mortal Church, and a member OF
the Women's Christian Tenn per-
ance Union.
She is survived by a sister. Mrs
Mary e. McGinniss. of the home
address, and two brothers. Nea
H. Settle, of Glenmont road
Silver Spring, and Fred G. Set.
tile, of 916 Alabama avenue Sc
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted tomorrow at 2 pm. from
the S. H. Hines Funeral Home
2901 14th street N. w. Buria
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery
Evening star., 1955-07-19
Thomas J. EweII Rites
Set; Former Reporter

CAMBRIDGE, Md, July 19
R. - Thomas Jefferson Ewell,
former Baltimore Sun and Chi
cago Tribune reporter who died
Sunday. win be buried here to-
morrow.
Mr.. Ewell died at the age of
81 IN a nursing home in Del
mar. Del, where he had lived
since 1851. He was a former
fire marshal Of Maryland and
served on the staff of Austin
L. Crothers when he was gov
ernor in 1908-l2.
Mr.. Ewell is survived by six
sons.
A requiem mass will be said
at st. Mary's Refuge of Sinners
and burial will be in Old Trim
ity churchyard.