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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23

CHICAGO, April % (P,.-How
bad beating Sewell Avery gave
Louis E. Wolfson in the battle
for control of Montgomery Ward
g. Co. was the only question re-
naming today.
Election inspectors began
counting the votes cast at yes
terday's annual stockholders
meeting. The final decision will
not be known for about three
weeks.
Sewell Avery won. And Louis
Wolfson lost. The only point on
which they disputed each other
was as to how many friends Mr..
Wolfson would have with him at
Wards director meetings over
the next year.
Mr.. Wolfson admitted he
didn't have enough votes to
elect ma jority of directors. but
he said he'd try again in 1856.
~ Asked if he thought he'd win
next year, he replied. IT'S a
cinch after what I've seen here
today"
Claims Three Seats
Mr.. Wolfson said he took at
least three seats. leaving six on
the nine-man board for Mr..
Avery. The Avery forces con-
tended Mr.. Wolfson took two,
leaving seven for Mr.. Avery. Mr..
Wolfson said he might possibly"
have, taken four.
Actually, neither side could be
sure. It would all depend on how
many of the votes cast would be
valid. And each side undoubt-
edly had proxies which were au-
tomatically revoked when the
same signerS sent proxies with
q later date to the other side.
Wards meeting was adjourned
until May 13. On that date. the
election inspectors will report on
the total number of valid votes
cast, and how they were distrib-
uted between the two states. l.
Then, anyone who voted may
change the distribution of his
votes among the nominees of
one slate. He'll be given "a
hours to do it. But he can't
shift from one slate to the other
from the Avery to the Wolfson
nominees, for example.
Cumulative System
This ruling will enable the
two proxy committees, one rep
resenting Mr.. Avery and the
other Mr.. Wolfson, to cumulate
their votes for the directors they
want.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
'Creeper' Gets
Il 10 Sc Years

A man who became known to
police as "the Creeper, because
of the quiet way he slipped into
homes. was sentenced yesterday
to serve from II to SO years for
four housebreakings last June
and for assaulting a resident of
one of the homes into which he
broke.
The defendant is Frank Rob-
inson, SO. colored, of the 1900
block of Sixth street S.W. Sem
tence was by Judge Edward M.
Curran of the U. S. District
Court for the District of CO.
lumbia. Robinson had pleaded
guilty. * .
Judge Curran gave Robinson
from three to nine years in each
of the four houSebreakings and
ordered the sentences to run
consecutively. A charge of steal
ing more than $500 worth of
jewelry, which had been lodged
against Robinson in one of the
cases, was dropped. Robinson
was released from prison last
April after serving time for other
housebreakings.
In another case. Judge
Luther w. Youngdahl sentenced
a man to serve from 8 to "a
years for two robberies.
The defendant is Charles F.
Haughton, 81. listed as having
no fixed address. Judge Young
dahl gave him from 4 to IL
years for a S273 holdup robbery
of a restaurant in the 800 block
of Fifteenth street NV. last
February and another to IL
years for a $40 holdup of the
ns-World Airlines Office in
the TOO block of Fourteenth
street NV. The judge ordered
the two sentences to run con-
secutively.
Alvey C. Wright, jr., 80, was
sentenced by Judge Youngdahl
to serve from 4 to IL years for
causing forged checks totaling
more than $500 to be trans
ported in interstate commerce.
Sarah C. Ringgold. 20, an en-
ploye OF the store. was given a
suspended sentence of from two
to six years on the same charges
and placed on probation. Judge
Youngdahl ordered her to repay
a large part of the money to
the store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
Two Boil Out Solely
After Planes Collide

SPANGDAHLEM, Germany
April % (P).-Two United S. ties
Air Force RB-57 reconnaissance
bombers collided in fight near
here today.
The two crewmen of one plane
bailed out. Their plane crashed
The other plane landed safely.
First 1t. Henry B. Casterlin,
pilot. and LIST 1t. Charles Il.
Smith bailed o',t
ceived superficial injuries. 1t
Casterlin was 4-u
40 feet from the grounc.
Capt. Donald c. Kinser of
Cathedral City, Calf, brougi !
his plane in with an engine ami
fuselage damaged. Also aboard
was Capt. Henry J. Martinez,
navigator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
Boys Club Gets $500
At Walter Reed

The Metropolitan Police Boys
Club Campaign for adult men,
bership enrollments got a boost
yesterday in the form of a $500
check from the personnel of. the
Walter Reed Army Medical Cen
ter here.
Maj. Gen Leonard D. Heaton
commanding general of Walter
Reed, turned the check over to
the Police Boys Club in cere-
monies in his Office.
Jimmy Forsythe, 8-year-old
Police Boys Club member, and
Capt. Reid Hannah, command
ing officer of Police Precinct No,
6, accepted the contribution on
behalf of the more than $4,000
boy members of the Police Boys
Club.
Gen. Heaton wished the rep
resentatives of the club success
in the current campaign for
10000 adult memberships need
ed to maintain and expand the
city's eight Police Boys Clubs
and the clubs two summer
camps at Scotland, Md,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
LEN Strike Widened;
3 More Lines Affected

ers against the Southern Bell
Telephone Co.
Meeting Scheduled
Governors of Alabama. Mis-
sissippi and Georgia scheduled a
meeting in Atlanta with union
and telephone company officials
to attempt to end the walkout.
which, like the railroad strike,
has been marked by violence.
The telephone company says
a no-strike clause is holding up
settlement. The union says
wages and an agreement for full
arbitration are the chief issues,
not the no-strike clause.
The violence which marked
the first two days of the strike
at the big Sperry Gyroscope
plant at Lake Success, N. Y, ap-
peared ended after the striking
union agreed to limit pickets to
five at each plant gate.
McuAdtOE ACCcpbcO.
In New York attorneys for the
company and the CLIO Interna-
tional Union of Electrical Work.
ers agreed to accept a State
Supreme Court justice as
mediator. The union, which
represents 5000 of the 10000
made idle at the company's
three plants. also promised no
more violence. The company
manufactures electronics equip
ment, mostly for the armed
forces.
Sperry officials today called
on non-strikers to return to
work Monday.
In another major strike, in
volving some $4,000 CLIO textile
workers against "a mills in four
New England States, there was
some hope of settlement.
A Federal mediator opened
talks at Lewiston, Me-, with
representatives of the Bates
Manufacturing Co. and spokes-
men for 5000 of the firms work.
ers who are on strike. The
hope was for q pattern of set
Element for all of the strikers.
The chief issue Is wages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
Embassy Aide Awaits Son,
Ordered Given Her by Court

Mrs. johanna A. Nestor, Sec
ond secretary of the Austrian
Embassy here. today was await
ing-"patiently. now"-word on
when her l2-year-old son will
be returned to her.
The boy. Frank Nestor, was
ordered returned to his mother
yesterday by a Norristown pa
court.
Frank had testified he would
prefer to remain with Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph A. Brustman of
Penn Valley. Pa. who took him
into their home in 1852.
The boy came to America un-
der the Displaced Persons Act
after Mrs. Brustman was made
MS legal guardian. His mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
Col. Lane Urges Faith in God
In ak at Mexico Civ Dinner

MEXICO CITY. April % up
Col. Thomas A. Lane, engineer
commissioner for the District oil
Columbia, said last night prog
resS. stability and hope of the
world rest on "a vital faith in
God"
Col. Lane spoke at a meeting
of the International Council for
Christian Leadership. The coun-
Gil. which includes all Christian
faiths, held a dinner session for
about $50 educators, business
men and Government officials.
Council members were present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23

the personal enrichment of those
in control. The interests of the
public were disregarded and the
legitimate interests of both labor
and business were sacrificed"
Compares Records
Mr.. Brownell explained that
the principal weapons available
to the Justice Department are
the 1884 Hobbs anti-racketeer-
ing statute and Section 1856 Of
the 1947 Taft-Hartley law Gov
ering bribery Of union officials
by crooked employers.
He said that mot a single
criminal case charging violation
of the anti-racketeering statute
was filed in the years l945. 1916,
1947, 1949 and 1852 and. that
the departments records Of
prosecutions under Section 1876
show not a single criminal case
filed in the years l947, 1850, 1851
and 1882"
In contrast to the record of
only three misunderstanding in
dictments in the eight years pre-
ceding January, 1858, and only
two indictments in six years un-
der Section 1876 of the Hart
ley Act. stands the departments
record since January, 1883" he
said.
I'm the little more than two
years since that date there have
been approximately Sc anti
racketeering indictments charg-
ing 1876 defendants. Trial of 10
of these indictments has resulted
in the conviction of 80 Defend
ants.
80 Cases on Calendar
I'm two other trials the jury
failed to agree and the cases
will have to be retired. Three
indictments have been dis
missed. The remaining SO cases
are on active calendar and will
be tried in due course.
During this same two-year
period there have been IA in
dicements charging % Defend
ants with violating Section 1876
of the Taft-Hartley law. Four
OF them have been tried, re-
sulting in seven convictions. One
has been dismissed and the re-
nine are awaiting trial"
The Lawyers Week meeting at
which Mr.. Brownell spoke is
Jointly sponsored by the South
western Legal Foundation and
Southern Methodist University
School of Law. e1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
Cooney to Assist
Surgeon General
BY the Associated Press

The Army yesterday appointed
an authority on medical effects
of atomic explosions, Brig. Gen.
James P. Cooney. as deputy
surgeon general.
Gen. Cooney will take this
No. 2 Army medical post June
/, coming to Washington from
command of the Medical Field
Service School at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex. He has special
lied in atomic matters since
1916. He took part in studies
made of the survivors of the
atom bombed cities of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
BY the Associated Press

The 41-day-old strike by
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
workers widened today as pas
senger and freight operations of
three additional lines were cur
tailed at Birmingham, Ala.
Picket lines were set up at
the Joint yards of the Illinois
Central, Frisco Lines and the
Central of Georgia. Pickets said
the yard had been handling
freight from nonstriking crews
of the L. &, NJ. whose nonoper-
ating crews have been on strike
since March IA.
The fresh trouble came as
members of the National Media
ton Board prepared to make
new attempts to settle the long
and costly dispute.
The board planned talks with
rail and union officials today,
which was set recently at a
meeting of Southern Governors
as a deadline for settlement of
the strike involving $4,000
workers.
Health Plan Big Issue
The Governors did not dis
close what action. if any, they
planned if a settlement is not
reached. Chief stumbling block
is the unions demand for a
jointly financed health insur-
ance plan.
Meanwhile. the main L. & N.
track near London. KY, was
dynamited early today. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
called it another case of. sabo-
tage.
Edward L. Boyle, FBI special
agent in charge at Louisville,
said Az feet of one rail was
blown out and the track was
buckled for a considerable dis
lance.
Efforts also are planned
today to settle the other big
strike which has been in
progress for Al days in nine
Southern States, involving 50.-
900 CLIO communication Work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
Kaiser Buys Hotel

HONOLULU, April % Dr.
1ndustrialist Henry j. Kaise,
said last night he had purchased
the Niumalu Hotel, a Waikiki
Beach landmark, for $1,262. 500
from Jerome. Lillian and Rose
fucker. The sale involved 253.-
600 square feet adjoining the
Kaiser Community Homes prof.
ect. an eight-acre property he
bought a year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Mostly
cloudy and mild with showers
and scattered thunderstorns to-
night and tomorrow. Low to-
night near Sc.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy and
warm with showers and scattered
thunderstorms tonight and to-
morrow, followed by cooler in
southwest portion tomorrow af-
ternoon or night. Low tonight
55-62.
Maryland--Mostly cloudy in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23

then was working in Vienna for
the Austrian government. She
has said she sent the boy to
America for protection after her
husband disappeared at the
hands Of the Soviet Republic by
kidnapping.
Judge George c. Corson yes
terday ruled that there has not
been any sufficient. compelling
reason shown to divest Mrs. Mes
tor of her primary right to the
custody of the son she brought
into the world"
Mrs. Nestor said today she is
awaiting word from her attorney
as to when Frank would be re-
turned to her. Il can wait pa
tiently, now" she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23

western portion, increasing
cloudiness in east tonight with
scattered showers and thunder
storms beginning in mountains
by late this afternoon or early
tonight and spreading eastward
to coast during night. Low to-
night in SOS. Tomorrow windy,
warm with showers and thunder
storms. High 1852.
Winds - Increasing southwest
winds becoming 1925 miles-per-
hour tonight and 20-30 miles
per-hour tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
VS.. WEATHER sUReAU MAP
ospsrmsn, Of csmmsus

WEATHER FORECAST-ShOwers and thunderstorms will
large from the Lower and Central Mississippi
Valley through the Central Plains and Great Lakes region
tonight showers also expected In the
part Of the Northern Plains and the Northwest
North Pacific Coast with the possibility Of
fures in the higher elevations Of the Northwest Tempera
lures will be cooler in the Central Plains North
srn New Engiand.-AP wirephoto Map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23

Record Temperatures This Year
Highest s., on April 10
Lowest 10. on February 3
Jigh ana Low OF Last ri Hours
High. So at 4;40 pm.
Low, So, at i:l0 am,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23

River Report
From U 8 EngineersD
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls: Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-23
Eide Tables
Furnished BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
The Sun and Moon


huIUmOUIIt HKhtN must be TURNED b
one-half hour after sunset
Precipitation
Monthly precipit alton in inches In III
CApitAl teurrent month IN dafel'
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
Decline in 7 euchers
OF Mathematics
And Science Noted

A marked decrease between
1850 and 1854 in the number Of
college students prepared to
teach science and mathematics
is revealed In one Of two pub
lished reports, released today by
the National Science Founda-
ton.
A section in the first report,
Scientific Personnel" shows
that the number Of graduates
prepared to teach the two high
school subjects has dropped from
a high Of 5000 to an estimated
4 900 in science. and from q high
of 1000 to an estimated 1880
in mathematics for the period.
The reports. which include q
section called Federal Funds
for Science" are a part Of the
foundations continuing program
of surveying scientific activities
in the United States.
In the second report. figures
show that actual Federal Gov
eminent expenditures for scien-
itific research and development
in fiscal 1854 were over 50 bill
lion-about 20 times more than
was spent In 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
Soldier Convicted !
Of FutuI Stubbina

A Washington soldier has been
convicted Of fatally stabbing o
German in q street fight In
Kaiserslautern. Germany, and
faces sentence Of II years at
hard labor. the Associated Press
reported today.
The soldier was listed as Spe-
cialist &C Aubrey o. Kelley,
colored. IS, Of the 1900 block Of
Kendall street NE. Kelley was
found guilty Of stabbing the
man on October Z. The victim,
who was ~. died five days later.
The sentence. subject to review
Iby higher authorities. includes
|dishonorable discharge and for
fixture Of all pay and allowances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01

DR.. Wanamaker said 1t was moi
felt the Recommendation had
been Endorsed by a SUFFICIENT
number Of delegates to merit in
clusion. She said she did not
know whether it would be posi-
BILE to revise the report In order
to include the item.
The District financial situation
was mentioned an another con-
ference report yesterday--one on
building needs-although the
item was proposed by only dis
cussion group. That mention,
however, merely pointed out
that the District is financially
dependent upon Congress. with
out making any recommendation.
Members of the District dele
cation said today they felt it
important to have the District
named specifically in conference
recommendations for Federal
financial aid. This is because
the District has been excluded
from Federal school aid UP to
now, as well as because delegates
said they feel the Federal Gov
eminent is not bearing its fair
share Of District expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01

that the Capital receive addi-
tional financial aid from the
Federal Government.
At least three discussion
groups formally recommended
this increased aid, Mr.. Fleming
said. He told Mr.. McElroy he
felt the District was entitled at
least to q minority mention in
the final conference report.
Mr.. McElroy asked Mr.. Flem-
ing to send his protest In writ
ing to two conference leaders
who are drafting the Federal
aid report. He made no COM
mittment. however. on whether
the District might be restored
to a place in the report.
The two conference leaders in
charge of the report are DR..
Pearl Wanamaker, Washington
state school superintendent. and
Edgar Fuller, executive secretary
ofthe Council Of Chief State
School Officers.
Early today, a committee
headed by DR.. Wanamaker re-
jected a specific recommended
ton that Congress provide more
Federal funds for the District,
particularly for schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
District Mon Dies
I'm Bridge Plunge

A 53-year-old man. his wrists
|slashed with q razor blade, was
killed last night in q plunge from
the Calvert Street Bridge.
Police said Paul Weber, 100
block Of Massachusetts, avenue
NV. apparently was killed in
stantly in the fall. He landed on
Ia bride path.
Police were called by Philip
Devices. 80. Of 26i7 Newton
street NE, who said he saw Mr..
Weber's hands disappear over
the railing. Detectives said they
found MI. Weber's car near the
end Of the bridge With blood on
the seat and a razor blade near
by. Oficers reported q note was
in his pocket addressed to his
wife, Ir1na. 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
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taxes. and failure Of State laws
to e7aalize tax values.
The conference yesterday
and again in the financial re-
ports drafted last night--urged
that States themselves act to
try to meet their schooling
needs. Among other things II
urged more consolidation OF
school districts and easing OF
legal curbs On local borrowing
and taxing powers.
Two more reports-on the
teacher shortage and stimulate
ing public interest in education
were due today. Tonight, al
he closing session. delegates are
scheduled to hear addresses by
Education Commissioner Sam
uel M. Brownell and Marion B.
Folsom, Secretary of Health.
Education and Welfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
EDUCATION
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
declared against Federal control
Of local school policies.
However, they did not spell
out in very great detail either
how an aid program should be
administered or exactly what
Federal control" might consti-
tute.
One Of the groups, chairmaned
bysEdgar Fuller. executive secre-
tary of the Council of Chief
State School Officers, specified
that each State, not the Federal
Government, should be response
BE for allocating funds and de-
termining local needs.
The second group, led by DR..
Pearl A. Wanamaker, Washing
ton State school superintendent.
said all Federal funds should be
channeled through the Office of
Education. Both groups said the
Federal Government should keep
hands off educational policies.
ConfereeS came to no clear-cu
decision on whether Federal as
sistance should go to all States
or merely those with a particular
need. DR.. Wanamaker's group
reported about an even split
among delegates on this ques-
ton.
Differ on Operative Costs
The chief difference between
the findings of the two drafting
groups, aside from details about
administering financial aid, con-
cerned whether the aid should
include operating expenses. Mr.
Fuller's group rejected this by a.
very slight majority. while the
other group Endorsed 1t, by a.
similarly slight margin.
Delegates did not follow any
uniform voting procedure at any
stage in the discussions. so that
mo- firm tallies were available.
Several chairmen last night
criticized conference instructions
as inadequate. and the lists Of
questions supplied by the ma
tional conference committee also
drew complaints, delegates as
sorting that some were confusing.
However, there was no indica-
ton that there would be any
serious challenge to the reports.
1t became apparent as discus
sions progressed yesterday that
there was q strong trend in favor
OF increased Federal aid.
CLIO Reports Trend
Early last night a group of 4S
labor delegates to the conference
announced after a meeting at
CLIO headquarters that voting at
the conference tables where the
delegates were assigned indicated
this trend.
In late afternoon, also. the
conference made public a report
on school building needs which
declared that some territories
and few States may need out
side financial assistance"
This report, which disclosed
that only two or three States
had disclosed they expected to
meet their school construction
needs in the next I'VE years, de-
clared it virtually impossible"
for, these needs to be met.
The same report, however, also
took a slap at the States them
selves. 1t declared that mo
State represented has a demon
strated financial incapacity" to
meet its school needs, and it
blamed this in most cases on the
lack OF political determination
powerful enough" to overcome
the obstacles.
List Numerous Obstacles
At the same time, the report
conceded that the obstacles are
numerous. Among them it listed
obsolete building codes, commu-
nifty resistance to additional tax.
alton, almost complete depend
ence OF schools on property