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Evening star., 1955-01-27
Legion Auxiliary Told
Iokeep Quiet on Any
Opposition 10 UNIT

Members Of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary executive commit
tee was urged yesterday to stifie
any ouaims Of conscience they
might have about the Legion
supported National Security
Training program and to give it
their wholehearted support.
The urging came from Miles
]. Kennedy, director Of the
American Legion,s national leeis-
iative commission. who addressed
the closing session Of the two
day Auxiliary meeting at the
Hotel Statler.
Passage Of q national security
training bill, combining q form
of universal military training. q
reserve program and q four-year
extension Of selective service. Is
the Legion,s major legislative
objective for this year.
Declaring that he had re-
ceived information within the
last few days "that there are
certain people in both your or
ganization and the Legion who
do not like national security
training or UNIT and wonder
why your national organization
and ours spend so much time
on il" Kennedy added:
This Is q democracy. and in
. democracy you can think what
you want. But in a democracy
the majority rules, and for Gods
sake don't sell your national
president down the river. Let's
not fall prey to the old Hitler
propaganda Of divide and con-
quer.
III even one unit Of either
the Legion or the Auxiliary issues
q statement opposing this it
will be grabbed up by our OPP
ponents. beg Of you. plead
with you. II you do have any
qialms Of conscience about UNIT
please keep them to yourselves.
Don't brunt them around as you
have been the last few days in
Washington"
Evening star., 1955-01-27
Ford Gives $z5l). 900
To Rndio Free Europe
y he kslo<iossd Pssss

DETROIT; Jan. 27A $3.50. :
OoO gift from the Ford Motor
90. Fund to the 1855 Crusade
for Freedom was announced
yesterday BY Henry FORD Il
president Of the Ford Motor Co.
The money win so TO support
Radio Free Europe III its year.
around campaign to carry the
message Of the free world TO
people in Iron Curtain countries.
Mr.. Ford. who Is board CHAIR
man Of the American Heritage
Foundation. which sponsors the
annual crusade campaign, urged
full support from private citizene.
business firms. labor orsaIliza-
tions and civic groups.
Evening star., 1955-01-27

Ny family tends To gain
weight easily, but we do like
good food.R says Mrs. Henry
Kanin. wife OF high school
teacher. s',rhose Low Calorie
cakes look 50 wonderful and
taste 50 delicious, they made q
real hit with everybody.
Evening star., 1955-01-27

II have to watch every
ounce says fashion model
Amy Newell. Now / can eat
cake againl My family loves
these Low Calorie cakes. tool"
Evening star., 1955-01-27

Just listen to these typical COM
ments from women who have
already tried these new Duff's
@Cake N Frosting' mixes:
tive made both the Golden
and Chocolate Layercakes. and
they both turned out beauti-
fully says Mrs. w. q. Allen.
housewife. "It's q Joy to eat
cake again, and still avoid fat
tening foods
Evening star., 1955-01-27

II had 10 stop baking cakes
when my husband started re-
ducing, says Mrs. Robert Loeb.
NOW I'm baking again. These
I0w-C Calorie cakes are 90 good. :
Evening star., 1955-01-27
Quick. Low culorie
FFosfing Con Be
Varied Muny Ways

Every package Of Dufi's ..Cake
N Frostingp carries recipes for
varying the fiuify, no-cook, sew
en- minute type Low : Calorie
frosting coffee, chocolate
chip. fruit flavor, or pepper
mint to name Just 9 few.
Remember when you buy
Duf's @Cake N Frostings the
frosting ingredients are right
inside the package. Just add
water. Nothing else to buy.
To cake mixes, just add water
and two fresh eggs.
Evening star., 1955-01-27

NO Sugar Substitutes! !
Duff's Cake N Frostins' Mixes
give you deliciously sweet LOw-
Calorie cakes. ipithOut sugar
substitutes. Only purest refined
sugars are used.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
PrineeGeorgesHo|ds
; in Liquor Cases

Prince Georges County vice
squad detectives arrested three
persons yesterday after UNDER
cover purchases of illegal whisky.
Minnie Pearl Vision, 48, Of
the 100 block off Fifty-fourth
avenue, Dean Wood Park, was
charged with selling whisky
without a license and possession
of whisky on (which the Mary
land State tax had not been
paid.
Police said they found in her
kitchen about SO one-half pints
of whisky and gin and Is pints
of wine stored in the breadbox,
clothes hamper and spice cab
met.
She was placed under $500
bond pending a March 18 hear
ing in Upper Marlboro.
Another undercover purchase
resulted in the arrest of Clar-
ence Samuel Evans, 40, of
r. F. D. 2, Aims House road, for
permitting the sale of whisky
on Sunday at the Evans Grill,
which he owns. The sale was
made, police said, by Bernard
Alfred johnson, 48. of the 900
block of Eleventh street NV, a
bartender at the grill. johnson
was charged with selling whisky
without a license. Both were
placed under 5000 bond pending
a March rs hearing in Upper
Marlboro.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Political Storm Rages
In Princess Anne at
NewAttack on Ke||am
BY the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Mar. T.
Princess Anne's newest political
storm ragged on unabated today
with a renewed charge that Cir
cult Judge Floyd E. Kellam is
political boss of the county.
James E. Heath, candidate
for Commemorative Attorney,
voiced the original accusation at
a rally of the county's anti-or-
ganization Democratic forces
Friday night. He called Mr.. Kel-
lam a political judge"
Several county officials and
others issued denials Saturday,
declaring they had never known
Judge Kellam to interfere with
the running of Princess Anne's
government.
Hops Back Into Fray.
Last night Mr.. Heath hoped
back into the fray with a new
statement noting that Judge
Kellam himself had made no
reply to the charge.
Floyd E. Kellam alone has
the power and the duty immedi-
ately to bring out the truth" he
said.
With profound respect for
the judicial robe and with full
consciousness of my responsible
ity to my profession. I solemnly
repeat the charge. I stand ready
to hear Judge Kellam."
Mr.. Hearth also said in the
interest of justice "the truth or
falsity Of my statement" should
be determined in a court of
law"
Princess Anne has long been
noted for its stormy brand of
politics and the Friday night
rally was the kickoff of the anti
organization sides newest effort
to wrest control of the county
government from organization
forces.
1851 Campaign Recalled.
In 1851 the county had such a
tempestuous campaign that it
ended in a contest before a spe-
cial three-judge court. Mr..
Heath, in his Friday night
speech, noted that Mr.. Kellam
had sat as one Of the three
judges.
Three Princess Anne lawyers
issued a statement saying If Mr..
Heath has any proof of improper
conduct he should refer his in
formation to the Committee on
Judicial Ethics Of the Virginia
State Bar.
The County Board of Super
visors. including those elected by
the anti-organization in 1851. is
sued a statement saying neither
Judge Kellam nor any other
Kellam" had attempted to die
tate any action on the part Of
the board.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Jail Break of ? Virginia Boys
Planning to Seek Riches FoiIed

planned the break and hoped to
go to California, thence to Utah
for job in uranium mines.
Wade visited Kelly and Painter
in their cells Friday and slipped
them five hacksaw blades, later
recovered in a shower drain.
Painter sawed through the bars
Friday night.
Shortly after midnight Satur-
day, Wade was nabbed after he
had been counted on to furnish
the getaway car.
Kelly, an Army private from
Camp Hood, Tex, was serving
a three-day Jail term imposed
Friday for resisting arrest and
disorderly conduct.
Wade and Painter were con-
victed in Rockingham Circuit
Court Friday of breaking. Wade
was paroled to the custody of
the State Welfare Dept. while
Painter was given a four-year
sentence at the boys industrial
farm at Beaumont.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Taxpayers Line Up at Revenue Office
For Aid, Though Deod|ine Is April IS

Although the deadline for the
great pocket-emptying is almost
six weeks off, taxpayers seek
ing assistance on their returns
are clogging the halls of the In
ternal Revenue Service building
here at a record rate.
Corridors are lined each week.
day with citizens waiting for
Uncle Sans experts to reckon
up the awful truth.
Were sure some of them
think the deadline is still March
Is instead of a month later" an
Internal Revenue man said.
Traffic has been heavy since
the first of the year. Some 10000
persons came to the building at
Constitution avenue and Twelfth
street NV. for assistance during
January. And the Baltimore tax
districts telephone crew here
answered nearly 10000 inquiries
that month.
The income tax form this year
has been hailed as a simplified
model. 1t still is complex enough
to send thousands of people reel
ing out for professional advice
3 Sections Most Troublesome.
In this area, at least, three
parts of the sheet seem to stir
the biggest trouble.
One concerns retirement bene-
fits. washington must have
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Pine Ridge Roads
Cleanup Squad
Led byGeneroI

A general, two Government
men and a builder got tired of
talking about the trash-littered
roadsides in Pine Ridge subdi-
vision of Fairfax County Satur-
day and rolled up their sleeves
to do something about it.
The four set out in a truck to
clean up as much of the debris
as possible. The sanitary minded
quartet included Brig. Gen. Will
liam A. Collier, r. A. Bowman
and Ebert A. Dean of the Com
merce Department, and Ores M.
Crosby who is with a contracting
firm.
1t is against the law to dump
trash along roadsides in Fairfax
County, and violators can be
fined up to $500. The difficulty
is in catching the culprits. The
Pine Ridge group took their
roadside trash collection to the
countys sanitary land fill for
disposal.
Evening star., 1955-03-07

Sterling $4,000, the agents said
Advisers man the phones from
$3.50 am. to 9 pm. Monday
through Friday.
People haven't been taking
advantage of our night service, y
an agent said. Maybe they don't
know we've started it"
Some visitors appeared placid
enough, but most seemed pretty
glum about proceedings.
do they ever get abusive?" an
agent was asked
Nov and then" he said.
fortunately. it has never come
to the stage of physical assault" "
Monitors Single Some Out.
The queue is hustled along
as fast as possible. On the busi-
est day SO far this year, when
1.195 persons were in the lines.
taxpayer was clocked at about
an hour r-and-a- half from arrival
at the building to the time he
got to an assistance agents desk.
Monitors patrol the benches.
diverting taxpayers with simple
problems to an information
booth, thus saving them a wait
in line.
Under gentle questioning,
other taxpayers prove able to
complete their returns them
selves, rather than having to
wait for an interview in the as
SiStance rooms.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Marine officer Escapes
As Train Smoshes Car

The automobile of Washing
ton Marine Corps officer was de-
molished by a Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad freight train yesterday
moments after he jumped from
it and ran to safety at Riverdale,
Md.
1t. Col. Richard I. Moss, 43,
of 5059 Sedgwick street NV,
told Prince Georges County po-
lice he mistook a parking area
for a grade crossing and the
car stuck on the tracks about 6
am.
AS he tried to back off, he
heard the sound of an approach
ing southbound train and aban-
doned the car. The mishap oc-
CURED 165 feet north of the
Queensbury road crossing.
The trains engineer, Preston
Hallar, SO, of Mount Airy. Md,
brought the train to a halt at the
Hyattsville station and filed a
report at the county police sta
ton Just across the street.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Two Potuxent Sailors
Are Critically Injured

Two Patuxent River Naval Air
Station sailors were critically
injured Saturday night in a one
car accident at Valley Lee in st.
Marys County, Md.
State police listed them as
William C. Redmon, 20, and
Donald Edward Wagner, Is.
Hospital officials at the Naval
Air Station said Mr.. Redmon
suffered head and internal in
juries and Mr.. Wagner a broken
back. Mr.. Redmon is from At
more, Ala, and Mr.. Wagner
from Titusville. Pa.
State police said the accident
occurred when Mr.. Redmon,
driver of the car. failed to nego-
tiate a turn on State Route 249
at its intersection with Route
244.
Evening star., 1955-03-07

more retired people. per capita,
than any place else in the coun-
try" a revenue agent said.
"The retirees sort of enjoy
coming here for help" he added
II think they like to sit out
there, visiting with the people
on either side of them on the
benches"
The second major confusion
clause is one on income from
dividends.
You'd be amazed" the agent
said, "at the number of people
here who have a little stock,
just enough to give them trouble
with this section of the return. ;"
Changes in regulations on sick
ness expenses ranks as the No
3 question cause.
April Is Jam Expected.
A visitor suggested that, since
the crowds began earlier this
year, it might mean there would
be less of a last-minute rush
Agents were skeptical.
"Delinquents haven't re-
formed" one expert said. They'll
still flock in during the last two
weeks. It's natural, too. We all
tend to put off an unpleasant
chore as long as we can"
Many taxpayers could save
themselves a lot of trouble by
telephoning the Internal Re-
venues information crew, at
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Rockville Clerk
.IsAccusedof
Setting 2Fires
Suspect Is Blamed
For l8 BurgIories in
8-Duy Crime Spree

A 21-year-old clerk was held
in Rockville County Jail today.
accused Of setting fire to two
buildings in Rockville. Md, early
yesterday.
Police said that both fires
were started by Edward G.
Melsh, a plumbing clerk who
also was blamed for 18 burglar
les in an eight-day crime spree,
all of which he confessed.
Arrested at Scene.
He was arrested at the scene
of the second fire at the Vietl
Building on Commerce lane. next
door to an apartment house in
which he lived.
The first fire virtually de-
stroyed the Citizens Building g.
Loan Association Building at IL
South Perry street, next door to
the Rockville firehouse.
Both fires were started, said
Detective 1t. Jesse B. Day, after
Melsh was frustrated in attempts
to open safes in the two build
ingS.
1t. Day said he picked up
Melsh at the Vietl Building fire
because he noticed him standing
apart from the crowd watching
the fire with skinned and blood
led hands.
BloodstainS had been found
at the scene of both fires.
Timetable for Spree.
The officer listed this timetable
for Melsh's spree:
A week ago he broke into the
Maryland Motors plant at Rock
vile and took $240.
Last week he broke into IA
houses and stores but obtained
very little in cash or valuables.
At about 1870 am. yesterday he
broke into the Maryland Motors
plant for the second time and
stole automobile tools which he
used to gain entrance into the
other buildings.
At the loan association build
ing he made amateur" attempts
to break open the safe. In the
process he cut his hands.
1t. Day said that fires were
started in two different spots.
The blaze was discovered when
heat had broken the windows.
At the Viett building he fol-
lowed the same routine. After
failing to break the safe he set
two separate fires there. The
building is owned by Irene Viett.
who also owns the apartment
house in which MelSh lives.
Finally Confesses.
1t. Day said that Melsh first
denied setting the fires and
claimed he had cut his hands
on a broken glass at his home.
Police checked his home and
Melsh then confessed to the 18
breaks and the two arson cases.
1t. Day said.
| He was held under $4,000 bond.
Police estimated damage to the
loan association building at
$4,000 and to the other building
at $500.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
School Needs Legislation
To Be Falls Church Topic

Needed School Legislation in
Virginia in 1856" will be the
topic of a panel discussion dur
ing a meeting of the Northern
Virginia Regional Conference of
School Board members at 6 pm,
March Is, at George Mason High
School in Falls Church.
F. w. Robinson of the Fairfax
School Board is chairman of the
conference. Panelists will be T.
Edward Rutter, Arlington school
superintendent; Chairman Rich
ard E. Stands of the Fairfax
School Board; State Senator
John A. K. Donovan of Falls
Church, and DR.. L. K. Wood
ward, jr., of the Shenandoah
County School Board.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
By the Associated Press

HARRISONBURG, Va, Mar. Z.
"A midnight jail break was
scotched Yesterday by Harrison
burg police who foiled the get
rich-quick hopes of two boys who
planned a hasty flight to the
uranium mines of Utah.
The break never came off be-
cause officers discovered that two
bars one inch in thickness had
been sawed through in cell oc-
cupied by Houston D. Kelly, IT.
and John T. Painter, 16. The
bars had been stuck together
with chewing gum to maintain
the deception.
Police charged Ballard D.
Wade, jr., Is, with being in ca
boots with Kelly and Painter to
carry out the escape scheme.
The three youngsters are from
Waynesboro.
Sheriff A. L. Strawderman said
a letter taken off Wade disclosed
the trio had meticulously
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Law Officers 10 WEIGH
Juvenile Gang Control

Control of juvenile gangs will
be the topic of the March session
of the University of Maryland S
Institute of Maryland Law En-
forcement Officers at 7 pm. to-
morrow.
The session will be held at the
Central Auditorium of the Skim
ner Building on the College Park
campus.
The institute is sponsored
jointly by the University's COL
lege of Special and Continuation
Studies, the university's police
department, Maryland Municipal
League, Maryland Police Associa-
ton, and Maryland State Police.
Featured speaker will be DR..
Peter P. Lejins. professor of So
ciology at the university.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Pedestrian Killed
Al Intersection Here;
z Brothers Injured

An inquest tentatively has
been set for Thursday in the
traffic death of Turner Pearson,
IS, of 5301 GreenWay drive.
Hyattsville.
Mr.. Pearson, the Districts
14th traffic fatality this year. was
killed Saturday night when he
was struck by a car at the inter-
section of Bladensburg road and
New York avenue NE.
Driver Is Charged.
Police identified the driver of
the car as Raymond R. Cheek,
38, colored, of the 700 block of
Ninth street NE. Cheek was
charged with colliding and driv-
ing after his permit had been
revoked. He was held for the
action of the coroner.
Police said Cheek told them
he drove through the intersec-
ton as the traffic light changed
to amber and that Mr.. Pearson
stepped off the curb into his car.
In another accident Saturday
two brothers were struck by a
car at Third and K streets NV,
police reported. Injured were
William Ham, 9, and Franklin,
13. both of the 200 block of K
street NV.
Boys Taken to Hospital.
Police said the boys were struck
by a car driven by Luther B.
Winzor, Al, of the 1900 block of
Euclid street NV. Police said
they charged Winzor with driving
without a District permit and
with failing to yield the right of
way to pedestrians. Winzor and
the boys are colored.
The boys were admitted to
Casualty Hospital which this
morning reported that William
was in good condition and was
being treated for head cuts
Franklin was listed in fair con-
dition with head and back in
jurieS.
Evening star., 1955-03-07

an attorney and former FBI
special agent, announced his
candidacy January 25.
Mayor Davis, AZ, a poultry
pathologist for the Maryland
State Board of Agriculture, has
been a College Park official since
the community's Incorporation
in 1945. He served three terms
on the City Council and was
elected as the towns second
Mayor in May, 1851.
A native of Montgomery, Ala.
Mayor Davis is a graduate of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
He lives at 1906 Princeton av-
enue, College Park, with his wife
Alma; a daughter, Jean, and a
son, Eldred. Another son, C..
Robert. jr., lives in Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Virginion browns
While Testing Boot
BY the Associated Press

SCOTTSVILLE, Va, Mar. T.
Henry P. Lane, %, of Charlottes-
vile, drowned in the turbulent
James River near here yesterday
while testing a new motor boat.
Deputy Sheriff C. r. Marshall
of Albemarle County said Mr..
Lane was thrown into the water
when the craft abruptly kicked
up while he was standing in it.
Mr.. Lane was married and had
one child.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Three Win Prizes
In Adventist Orotory

Three prizes in the third an
nual oratorical contest of the
Columbia Union Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists were an
nounced yesterday.
Herbert Broeckel, II, of New
Market, Va, won $25 second
prize. Mr.. Broeckel is a senior
at Shenandoah Valley Academy
onorable mention was
awarded Paula Zoerb, IA, of
Frederick, Md, and William
Ford, 16, of Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Inept Watchdog
Lets Thieves Take
S4OO From Safe

A watchdog" placidly watched
a $4O0 safe robbery at the Kent
land ESQ station, 7547 Landover
road. Landover, Md, Saturday
night, Prince Georges County po-
lice said.
Francis x. McGrath of 272C
Seventy-third avenue, Kent Viii
lage. station owner, told police
he put the dog inside and closed
the building at 10 pm. Saturday
When he reopened at about
am. Sunday, he found hinges OF
the safe broken and the door
ripped off. He said about $400
was missing.
Evening star., 1955-03-07

ing which he read before his formal address 1t
was, in part:
Give u.s. pray the power to discern clearly right
from wrong and allow all works and actions to be
erned thereby and by the laws of this land Especially
that shall be for all the people, regardless
of station, race calling"
The 9lst Psalm, "A Psalm of David" is Mrs Eisen
howers favore passage from the Bible She has told init
mates that she has obtained great comfort from it, This
the Psalm which reads in part:
incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice
wicked works with that work inquy; and let not
eat of their dainties."
Tomorrow-Dr. william M Mann
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Dr.. EIkins to Speak

DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, president
of the University of Maryland,
will address joint dinner meet
ing of the Prince Georges County
Rotary, Civitan, Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs at pm. tomorrow
in the Princes Georges Golf and
County Club, Landover, Md.