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Evening star., 1955-06-18
Glen Echo Park
Sale Disclosed

Glen Echo Amusement Park,
for many years property of
the Capital Transit Co., was
sold yesterday by Continental
Enterprises. Inc. to which the
transit company transferred
around $2.5 million of its prop
erty last year. The price was
not disclosed, but an offer ct
SIS million was reported turned
down last year.
The new owner of the amuse-
ment park is Rekab Corp. it was
ANNOUNCED by Martin Segal,
president of Continental Enter
Iprises and an associate of Louis
IE. Wolfson. Transfer of the
property was arranged by the
District Title Insurance Co.,
defective Immediately.
Abram Baker, president of the
Rekab Corp, has had long ex.
Iperience in the amusement field
He has interests at Palisade.
Park and Olympic Park, both IL
New Jersey. He also is interested
lin Atlantic City amusements
Other Rekab officers are: Manue
Baker, vice president, and Sam.
uel Baker, secretary-treasurer
They are brothers of Abran
Baker.
| MIR. Wolfson's group, which &C.
tquired control of CTC in Sep.
ltember. 1949, last year formed
continental Enterprises, trans.
lferred the so-called non transit
properties to it. and distributed
Tits 100000 shares to transit
stockholders, one CE share fol
each transit share.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
.Shriiners0pen
Fete

Hundreds OF gaudily garbec
Shriners are participating to-
day in the Spring Ceremonial Of
Alexandria's Kena Temple.
The Shriners, who are mem
bers of the Ancient Arabic Order
of Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
from Northern Virginia, the Dis
trict of Columbia and six other
nearby States. are holding in
itiation ceremonies for 70-odd
candidates for the title of Noble
The newly named Mobiles must
make the traditional trek across
the hot sands en- route to the
city of Mecca"
Mai. Russell "A. Halves. Alex
andria police chief, is parade
marshal and leader of a colorful
throng of marching units in
Guiding the 60-member Lu Lu
Temple String Band of Phila-
delphia, ceremonial floats, as
sorted drum and bugle corps and
the Kena Temple Clowns.
The parade will begin at
King and Fairfax streets at 2
pm. The parade route, west on
King street. north on West street
to Braddock road, thence to
Mount Vernon avenue and the
stadium at George Washington
High School.
Ceremonial activities began
at 10 am. with registration
of candidates at the high school.
The program also includes:
LuncheonS at the Washington
Street Methodist Church and the
George Mason Hotel. a l0:30
am. business session at the high
school, a 4:30 pm. band concert
in the high school auditorium,
a 6:15 pm. dinner in the high
school cafeteria and an Open
House at Kena Farm and a re-
ception at the George Mason
Hotel, both at $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Gift Could Free Marian
From Crowdinq Walls

Marian lives in an apartment
development where space is so
short children are just a stumble
away from a wall.
The thin strip of grass sepa-
rating one row from another is
always filled with youngsters
when the weather Is even half
way decent.
Marian is IL, a blond Just out
of the fifth grade. For nearly
-four years, she has been minus
a fathers guidance. Her father
is dead and her stepfather hasn't
lived with the family since 1852.
-Four years ago, Marian es-
capped the city's heat for a vaca-
ton in a summer camp. She still
talks about it.
No Luxury Income
Her mother receives $40 a
week from the departed STEP
father and receives $6l a month
from welfare sources. That
doesn't make for luxury for her
and her two daughters, June, IA,
and Marian.
Their tiny fiat could hardly
qualify for an essay on elegance
in a home and garden magazine.
But the mother keeps it clean,
Evening star., 1955-06-18

and the children help. Marian
has embroidery talent, and that
contributes toward prettifying
the place.
The mother has chronically
arthritic legs. She has despaired
of a cure in the free clinic.
"The other night I went to
tent meeting and went through
the line. and my ankles haven't
hurt since" she said. II pray
to God my suffering with them
is over"
JObless Now T..
The leg pains have prevented
the mother from holding a job
very long at a time. She is not
employed now. There is no way
she could pay for another sum-
mer camp vacation for Marian.
But Marian will get to camp
this summer. providing area res
idents who can afford it are
thoughtful enough to help her.
She can be one of the 1900
Washington area children who
will have 12 days in the Prince
William Forest Park in Virginia,
with the aid of the Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund.
> Your generosity can take
Marian away from her brick and
concrete apartment and substi-
tute instead a background Of
greenery.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Boy Cyelist Dies
OF Crosh Injuries;
Driver Charged

A Prince Georges County boy
died last night from injuries re-
ceived when he was struck by q
truck while he was riding a bike
on Twenty fifth avenue in Hill
crest Heights, county police said
The boy was Richard A. Num-
ford, 8, son of Mr.. and Mrs
George Mumford of 2407 Iver-
son street.
Richard was given first aid
treatment by the Silver Hill
Rescue Squad, then rushed to
Prince Georges County Hospital
where he died at 7:08 pm. of a
skull fracture.
Police placed charges of man.
slaughter and reckless driving
against the truck driver, Paul
B. Rodgers, 38, of 1866 Allen
town road. Camp Springs.
Mr.. Rodgers told police he was
going south when the boy cut
in front of his truck, used for
the delivery of mail.
A hearing will be held July
7 in Hyattsville Police Court.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
u. S. Raiders Wreck Still,
Arrest Four Near Laurel

the raiders entered the home at
5 pm. yesterday. arresting Dor
sey. They said the basement
still had a 275-gallon tank. They
found 2.610 gallons Of mash and
about 2la gallons Of whisky
they said. An agent said the
still had operated about three
weeks.
Mills and Preston arrived al
the home at 10 pm, they said
and Montgomery arrived at 4
am. Raiders said they believed
the four were the only operators,
A 1913 car and a truck were
confiscated from the suspects.
The four were to have a hear
ing today before a United States
commissioner in Baltimore. Each
was charged with setting UP and
operating an unregistered dis
tillery. fermenting mash for dis
tillation and removing and con-
cealing untaxed spirits to else
where than a bonded warehouse
Evening star., 1955-06-18
WEST VIRGINIA
.BLACKOUT LAID.
TO LOW FLYING

PETERSBURG. w. Va,
June 18 (P.-Much of the
Petersburg area was blacked
out by a power failure last
night and State Police
blamed three hopping
airplanes.
Corpl. E. G.. Hamrick of
the Moorefield detachment
said the planes. apparently
service planes, few very low
through Petersburg Gap,
near the Hardy Grant coun-
ty line about mid-afternoon.
One of them either
touched a high tension line,
Corpl Hamrick said, or came
SO close it caused the lines
to thrash about and burn
out. He said the single en-
gine planes were a forest
green color and had a star
painted on them, but no one
got the numbers.
Power service was out in
Petersburg and several sur
rounding communities.
Evening star., 1955-06-18

Federal raiders destroyed q
still in Howard County. Md, to-
day after an all-night vigil that
netted four prisoners, including
two from the District and one
from Alexandria.
Seven Treasury agents from
the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Di-
vision made the raid in what
they said was "a really fine
home" The residence was or
Lashear road: near Scaggsville
about three miles northwest oi
Laurel. they said.
They identified the four mer
as Richard Augusta Dorsey, 80
owner of the residence: Lonnie
Mills, 38. colored, Of the 1906
block Of Fourth street S.W.:
Raymond Preston, who gave ar
East Capitol street address. anc
Monty" Montgomery, 50, Alex.
andria, Va.
A Treasury spokesman said
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Virginions Awoit
lnteqrution Move
BY the Associated Press

Southwestern Virginia counties
have adopted a watch and wait
attitude regarding the school
segregation issue.
They are watching the State
house and waiting for a directive
to be issued from there.
That is what was apparent
from a sampling of school super
Iintendents in Southwestern Vir-
Iginia, where the. segregation in
Itegration issue hasn't caused as
much concern as it has elsewhere
in the State.
There is little concern because
there are so few colored school
children in the counties. Bu-
Ichanan has none. Only s to 6
Iper cent of the children in Taze-
well County are Negro.
OF $3.50 school children in
Russell County. only 1853 are col
Iored. In Smyth County, only 1913
Iof the 6,86l students are colored.
In Dickinson County, only about
80 Of the $500 pupils are colored.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Milk Price Hedhhd SUI
July IA in Alexandria

sold through retail outlets or de-
Iivered to the home.
1t has been the commission s
policy to set only minimum
prices and to differentiate In
the price of fome-delivered milk
and that sold in stores.
The court ruled in answer to
a suit filed by Safeway Stores,
Inc, asking that the commits
sion abolish retail price controls
in the Arlington-Alexandria
market.
Public Interest
This matter will be taken up
at the Alexandria hearing, when
the commission will determine
whether it will be to the public
interest to withdraw the COM
missions exercise of its powers"
from the Arlington-Alexandria
and Manassas markets.
The commission said the re-
naming six regional price hear
ings would be scheduled "as
early as practicable subsequent
to the nearing at Alexandria" +"
Evening star., 1955-06-18

RICHMOND. June 18 GA
hearing will be held by the State
Milk Commission at Alexandria
July IA to consider milk price
fixing in lthe Arlington-Alexan-
Idria and Manassas milk markets.
This will be the first in a series
|of hearings throughout the State
by the commission to bring its
regulations into conformity with
the State Supreme Courts ruling
ion price fixing.
John w. Owen, executive Sec
Iretary of the commission, said
here yesterday similar hearings
Ion the 80 other markets under
the commissions jurisdiction will
be held later in a series of about
six regional meetings.
Court Ruling
The court ruled last Monday
the commission must set both
minimum and maximum prices
and could fix only one price
range on any one grade of milk,
regardless OF whether the milk is
Evening star., 1955-06-18
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but police could uncover no re-
ports of a missing inmate.
Funeral services are being
held today for the two victims.
who died in a hail of gunfire as
they walked through the wooded
park toward school Wednesday
morning.
The service for Nancy Marie
Shomette, Is. of 1904 West Park
drive. was to be at the Gasch
funeral home in Hyattsville at
2:30 pm, with burial in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Requiem mass for Michael
Ann Ryan, IA, of 1914 West Park
drive, daughter of Washington
Police Pvt. Thomas W. Ryan,
was said at 10 am. at st. John
Baptist De La Sale church in
Chillum. Burial was in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Search for Rifle Widened
The thus-far unavailing search
for the murder weapon, now
identified as a % caliber Marlin.
spread out over a wider area
than the small wooded park to-
day. Fort Meade troops, using
mine detectors, have searched
the bottom of the stream which
runs through the park and late
yesterday turned elsewhere after
going over the bottom of AM
artificial lake In the area.
Police have talked with 400
persons-and the list was grow
ing today-on the case. They'll
investigate every vague rumor.
In reconstruction of the slay-
ings. police place the slayer be-
hind tree near the bank of
Northwest branch, possibly using
a crotch of the tree as a rest
for the rifle. The girls were at
least 100 feet away when the
man opened fire. Apparently
Michael Ann was hit first and
Nancy started to run for cover
in a thicket. They were found
80 feet apart. The Shomette girl
had been shot II times, the
Ryan girl three times. -
The girls were last seen when
they left Nancy's home about
Sam, en- route to Northwestern
High School to pick UP her re-
port card. They never reached
school and their bodies we're
found about 10:40.
The Hager youth was picked
up at the scene after Pvt. Ryan
pointed him out to Prince
Georges county police when he
learned they were looking for
him. Pvt, Ryan said the boy mad
once dated his daughter.
He was given two lie detector
tests in Washington and ques-
toned for hours before his re-
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Rooftop Flight
Leeds to Arrests

Morris G. Doss. 10, Of 618 N.
Washington street, Alexandria.
and a 17-year-old companion
were charged with attempted
burglary today after q rooftop
flight from the home Of their
INTENDED victim.
Mrs. Ruth Cason, So, Of 327
IN. Royal street. told police that
she heard noises on the roof
about 1910 am. today and saw
two men there. Her screams
brought neighbors and the pair
Jumped to the ground and fed.
They were picked UP by Alex
Iandria police near the scene.
Police are questioning the
juvenile in connection with sew
Ieral previous Alexandria buzz
glaries.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Virginia Banker
jailed 5 Years

ROANOKE. June 18 R.-
John Kessler, former president
of the National Bank of Blacks
burg, yesterday was sentenced
to three years in prison on a
charge of making false entries to
conceal a bank shortage.
Kessler pleaded guilty in Fed
eral court to the charge of TAX
ing about $4,000 from the
banks accounts. His attorney
Ted Dalton of Radford, said nc
appeal is planned.
Federal Judge A. D. Barksdale
refused to grant a motion by Mr.
Dalton that the sentence be sus-
pended. .....
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Vague Clues in S|oying
Are Studied by Police

lease yesterday He told police
he knew both girls and had been
to the park several times that
morning looking for them.
One of the early developments
in the case-and one which
police are pursuing-was an
anonymous telephone call, de-
scribed as possibly a teen-age
boy, who told of seeing a man
fire two bursts of rifle shots from
behind a tree in the picnic grove
Checking the report. investiga-
tors found the shell castings
which identified the weapon.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Farewell Purty

SHEPHERDSToWN, w. Va,
June l8 tSpl.)-More than 100
church members and friends
gave a farewell party Thursday
in Fellowship Hall of New Street
Methodist Church for their de-
parting pastor. the Rev. Edwin
II. Langrall. who has served the
parish since September 1852, and
win soon begin work under ap-
pointment to a chaplaincy in the
United States Navy.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Man Gets 80 Days
I'm Viroiniu Coming

A Washington electrician was
sentenced to 80 days and fined
500 yesterday after pleading
guilty to a gambling charge be-
fore Arlington County Court
Judge Paul D. Brown.
The man, George A. Wilson,
E54, of the 1900 block of Twenty
leighth street NV. was picked
fup on the street June 2.
Detectives Thomas ]. Tracy
and Leonard Burnett said Will
son had lottery slips and 500 in
his possession when he was
arrested. .-...
Evening star., 1955-06-18
CAMP FUND FACTS

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.
Any size contributions, how
ever are acceptable.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Education Conference

RICHMOND. Va, June 18 (P)
The Virginia Conference on
Education will be held here Au-
gust 81 through September 2.
The Virginia program is part of
a series of similar discussions
scheduled this summer through
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Land Dispute
IsPut Before
County Board
Langley Park Citizens
Fight Construction
Of Dwelling Units

A six-year-old question over
the right to construct apart
ments in q section of Langley
Park yesterday was put before
the Prince Georges County Com
|missioners.
The site is a 33-acre tract at
University Lane and Riggs road.
Some residents feel it cannot be
used for apartments since the
lands development is governed
by . provision for a Rural Plan-
ming Community contained IN
the county coming ordinance.
Phone calls during yesterdays
meeting affected a temporary
delay in actual construction.
Meeting Scheduled
Attorney Harry M. Shooman.
representing the residents: Carl
Freeman, the builder, Chris
Sondberg, county building in
Ispector, and william Kahler.
counsel to the county commits
sioners. will meet at 3 pm. Fri
day in Upper Marlboro to discuss
the dispute.
Mr.. Shooman said the Rural
Planning Community. drawn by
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Park and
planning Commission, states
that the overall density of tract
shall not exceed eight dwelling
units per gross acre. He said q
dwelling unit is defined as a one
family dwelling or one apart
ment.
This prescribed density has al
ready been reached, according to
Mr.. Shooman. .s-e
The attorney explained that
citizens fought the erection OF
another project by builders Isa-
dore M. Gudelsky and Mr.. Free
man more than a year ago on
the same basis. Mr.. Shooman
recalled that the previous board
of county commissioners upheld
THE citizens but said the project
could be completed.
| Ruling on Permits
The previous commissioners.
he added, ruled that no more
building permits for the area
should be granted until the true
zoning status is determined. Mr..
IShooman said he believed this
ruling still to be in effect. Mr..
Freeman. the attorney said, now
has permits to begin an 1S-unit
and 24-unit project on separate
Iparts Of the tract.
The area first came into the
news when Representative Broy-
hill some years ago asked that
| it be changed from R-55 to R-18
coming classification so he could
build apartments. The request
was denied, Mr.. Shooman re-
called, and added that later an
other builder sought an R-l8
classification, and then withdrew
lit at the request of citizens.
Mr.. Shooman said that TN
known to most persons, the tract
Iall along had been classified R-18.
Richard j. Stanley. chairman
of the coming committee. Of the
Langley Park Homeowners AS
Isociation, said tn eoretically
nothing can be built on the land.
He said, however. many residents
would not oppose a needed
school or single-family dwellings.
Operation Alert Post
In other business. the county
heads heard r. Hal Silvers, civil
defense director of Prince Georges
County. report that during this
weeks Operation Alert a COM
mand post manned by ham ra-
dio operators was set up in the
Hyattsville Red Cross Building.
The commissioners also heard
representatives from Remington.
Rand describe the space saving
and security advantages to be
obtained by putting all records,
deeds, titles and other legal docu-
lments on microfilm. To Aim
Everything through 1853 would
cost about $1,000. The board took
the nrnnnsal Under aduisennni1f
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Students
Apply for Shift
1877 in Montgomery
Seek lnteqrution

More than half the Negro
high school and junior high
school students living in the
suburban area of Montgomery
County have sought entrance to
former all-white schools this fall
Superintendent of Schools Forbes
H. Norris reported today.
He said 1877 of 245 students
made application since June 8,
when the school system began
its integration program in the
down. country area.
The students have been at
tending the Carver High School
or Lincoln Junior High School
in Rockville. or else will shift
from the four Negro elementary
schools in the suburban area
which will be abandoned this
fall.
The 1877 students will be dis
tributed as follows: Montgomery
Hills Junior High, "a; Montgom-
cry Blair High, %; North Be-
thesda Junior High, 20; Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase High, 18:
Takoma Park Junior High, IS;
Kensington Junior High, Il;
Western Junior High. 13: Whea-
ton Junior-Senior High, s; East
ern Junior High, 8, and Leland
Junior High, /.
In addition. $40 elementary
school-age Negroes will enter
former all-white schools from
the four abandoned schools.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Swimming Pool
Ruling Refused

BALTIMORE. June 1s (P).-
Federal Judge Roszel c. Thorn
sen yesterday refused to rule on
a motion to open municipal
swimming pools to Negroes and
whites alike until the Supreme
Court decides similar cases.
Baltimore public swimming
pools open today. The motion
was brought by the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People at a
hearing before Judge Thomson.
Two similar cases brought by
the NAACP last year in Mary
land were denied by Judge
Thomson.
The Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals reversed Judge Thom-
sen and the city and State ap-
Ipealed to the Supreme Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Montgomery School Board
Studies Budget Increase

Montgomery County School
Board members have suggested
changes in the proposed $685.
$40 school building program pro-
posed by Supt. Forbes H. Norris
which would increase it to about
50 million for 1856.
The board will vote until to-
morrow on the projects it will
indorse in its capital budget re-
quest to be submitted to County
Manager M. L. Reese on Thurs
day. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Council Approves McAuIiffe
As Montgomery Police Head

confer on Thursday with the
county manager. The new title
given to Inspector McAuliffe lent
weight to mounting reports that
Director Miller's position would
be reduced in power or perhaps
abolished. In the latter case,
his duties would be assumed by
the county manager.
Inspector McAuliffe, 48, is
second in command in the Coun-
ty Police force. A member of
the County Police Department
for 26 years, he is a graduate of
FBI and Northwestern Univer-
sity police schools and has taken
a number of other training
courses.
His personnel record shows
numerous concentrations.
A golfer who shoots 75s regu-
larly, Inspector McAuliffe has
won host of trophies in pro-
amateur tournaments.
He lives at 4520 High street,
Friendship Heights. Md. He is
married and has two sons.
Capt. Miller, also a graduate
of FBI and other training schools
for police, has an outstanding
record as detective.
Capt. Miller, As. lives in Whea-
ton. He has been on the force
since October. 194l, and has
been captain since August, 1852
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29

The Montgomery County
Council today confirmed the
appointment of Inspector James
S. McAuliffe as the next chief
Of police.
He will take over his new
post Friday. succeeding Chief
Charles S. Orme, of Gathers
burg, who will retire at that
time. The job also will have
a new Observation-Disclosures of
police. The salary will be $6,976
year.
The vacancy created by In
spector McAuliffe's promotion
will be filled by Capt. Carroll
v. Miller, who now heads the
Silver Spring substation at an
annual salary Of $6,202.
A new captain will be selected
after examinations are offered
for members of the force seek
ing the vacancy.
The promotion appointments
were presented to the coun-
Gil by County Manager Irving
L. Reese.
Ordinarily, recommendations
would have been given by Di-
rector of Public Safety Arthur
E. Miller. but Mr.. Miller cur
rently is on leave of absence
from his post.
The director is scheduled to