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Evening star., 1955-02-22
Birthday Sale Bargain Hunters
Take Over Downtown Area
Customers Line Up Eory to Purchase
Sc Shoes, 99c TV Sets, S. Suits

but at least one store owner de-
cided to celebrate the day in the
old tradition. A sign at Spring
er's Boys and Mems Shop, GIT
Belle View road, Alexandria. told
customers the shop would be
closed all day to permit a pill
grimage to Mount Vernon.
Police and store detectives got
a workout. They picked up nu-
merous customer" bent, on
shop-lifting, but let many of
them go with warnings.
At the United Typewriter Co.,
813 Fourteenth street NV. ''Mr.
Birthday Sales" himself picked
up his third 99-cent typewritcA
in three years.
w. T. Raplee, 58. of 1446
Rhode Island avenue NV, has
been first in line ever year. He
swore he had not left the place
since 8:45 pm. Sunday.
MIR. Raplee, an Army ordnance
clerk at the Pentagon, said he
did a lot of stencil work and
found it cheaper to buy the 90
cent typewriters than a new set
Of keys.
Philadelphians Drive Down.
Among the early comers to the
Hecht Co. were three young
Philadelphians who heard about
the Unusual sales event and
drove a jalopy to Washington.
Rose Byer, 18: her brother,
Barry, IL, and Barbara Kurta,
18, arrived at 3 am, 61a hours,
three fats and one empty gas
tank after leaving Philadelphia.
Sleeping peacefully in front of
the Music Sales Corp. 1900 G
street NV, was Robert Rick
man, 10. an American University
freshman who was after a TT
cent saxophone. Five other young
people spent the night there with
radio, magazines, canteen and
blankets.
Another couple who had been
attracted by window signs ad-
vertising sewing machines for
80 cents. were aroused from
deep sleep in front of Abbatts
Sewing Machine Co., 523 Eley-
enth street NV.
Camps in Doorway.
Randall Piper, 16, of 1911 S
street Sc. camped in the door,
way of the Mark Weiss Camera
Co.. 913 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, with canned-heat stove,
coffee. water, cream, a blanket,
knapsack and f1ashlight. His OBJ
jective: One 39-cent movie
camera.
Members of Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon fraternity at the University
of Maryland found good use of
Pledges Frank c. Underhill, Is,
of Heightstown, N. j., and Wally
Lord, 18. from the Eastern
Shore. They were given $25 and
told to buy as much as they
could, with emphasis on a floor
waxer, console radio and ash
stands.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Boys With Cap Pistols
Killed by Oil Tank Blast
BY the Assoeiofed Press

SALINA, Kans., Feb. 22.-Two
boys, playing with cap pistols,
were killed yesterday in the ex-
plosion of three crude oil storage
tanks on the Marymount Col
lege campus. A third boy was
injured.
1t. Lawrence Tinker of the
fire department said it was
possible firing of the cap pistols
may have touched off the blast.
Killed were Jerry Atkinson and
Bobby Kohrs, both 10. The in
jured boy was Leland Robert
Tinker, son of 1t. Tinker.
1t took firemen about three
hours to extinguish the flaming
oil.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
BY the Assoeiassd Press

LONDON. Feb. 22.-Queen
Elizabeth II is mingling here to-
night with Americans celebrat-
ing the birthday of George
Washington, that rebel of ITS.
There's nothing official about
1t. however.
The Queen is attending a pri-
vate "do"--as the British say
at the luxurious new residence
Of United States Ambassador
Winthrop Aldrich. It's Win
field House, the former gold
tinted home of Heiress Barbara
Hutton.
Some secrecy has developed
over details of the festivities,
ofi1cially described only as an
evening dinner party.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Dulles, in Bangkok, Predicts
Talks Will Help Toward Peace
Three-Doy Asion PorIey Opens Tomorrow
Amid Anxiety Over Communist Threat

Asia, where the Red threat pro-
voked creation of the Manila
pact, but also Formosa, which
is not covered in the pact.
Secretary Dulles planned to
confer privately today with
Britain's Sir Anthony Eden on
the Formosa problem. Aus
tralian Foreign Minister Robert
Casey also was reported as seek
ing a private parley with Mr..
Dulles.
These two British Common
wealth statesmen are likely to
bend the Dulles ear in opposite
directions.
FOrm0sa Action Doubted.
Australia and New Zealand are
taking a stronger stand on For
mosa than Britain and repeatedly
are anxious over the London line.
American diplomats reported
the conference is unlikely to take
formal action on Formosa but
they swiftly set up three stard-
ing committees to handle strictly
Manila pact problems-military
security against subversion and
economic development.
The conference also must pick
a permanent headquarters -
Bangkok, Manila and Singapore
are bidding for the honor-and
give the military committee some
guidance on the military organ
ization that should be estab-
lished.
The conference also will make
clear other Asian nations which
will be invited to joint. Best can
didates now appear to be Burma,
Indonesia, India and Japan in
that order, but no one has any
hope of signing these for a long,
long time.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Chang 'sP|ane,
Attack Junks
Near Nanchi
Red Buildup Bose
On Toishuns Also
Hammered Again
BY the Asseeioied Press

TAIPEH, Formosa, Feb. 22.-
Chang Kai-shek's warplanes to-
day attacked more than 200
armed motorized junks about
1212 miles north of Nanchi
Island and renewed their attacks
on the Red buildup base on the
Taishans, the Nationalist air
force reported.
1t was not Immediately clear
whether the Communist craft
were the same that earlier to-
day raised fears that the Reds
were about to launch their long
expected attack on Nanchi
Island COR Nanchishan).
The air force said that up
until 4 PIN. its planes had
destroyed one gunboat of about
700 tons and five armed motor
lied junks. 1t also claimed
damage to two other warships
of an unspecified type and "a
considerable number" of junks.
A communique said two waves
Of Nationalist planes hammered
the Taishans, destroying many"
military installations.
Taishans Raided Again.
It was the second series of
raids on the Taishans during
the day. Nationalist planes
roared over in four pre-dawn
waves and the air force claimed
at least two vessels sunk and
hits or possible hits on othee
craft.
About noon today, official Ma
tionalist reports said Communist
war vessels were heading toward
Nanchi and Nationalist planes
and warshipS were rushing to
engage them.
But there was no attack on
Nanchi and no immediate clash
between Nationalists and Reds.
Later reports said the Red con-
voy apparently had no immedi-
ate designs on Nanchi, President
Chang Kai-shek's northernmost
offshore outpost. It appeared
the Red vessels diverted their
courses to mainland harbors. Of
fetal quarters said the Red ma
neuver might have been a train
ing exercise.
Two Planes Over Nanchi.
The Defense Ministry fatty
denied local press reports that
Gen. Chiang's navy and air force
had halted an apparent inva-
sion of Nanchi when a Commu-
mist task force was turned back"
about 10 miles off the island.
The Nationalists said two Red
planes flew over Nanchi for the
first time today, but did not
attack. There was no contact
with Nationalist planes.
Nanchi has been the northern
most outpost of Gen. Chiang's
island chain off Red China since
the Tachen evacution. It is 100
miles north Of Formosa, 20 miles
off the mainland, and manned
by about 5000 Nationalist regu-
lars and guerrillas.
There never has been any in
dication that the United States
might consider it among the re-
lated positions and territories
deemed essential to the defense
of Formosa and the Pescadores.
The Reds may be trying to
learn United States intentions.
Evening star., 1955-02-22

All Washington, it seemed,
pushed into the downtown area
today to take part in the bar
gain hunting that has become
synonymous with George Wash
ington's Birthday here.
Long before the stores opened
one man had been camping in
EorIy Shopper Pictures and Other Hol-
idoy Stories. Poee B-l
a doorway since Sunday-people
began queuing up for once-a-
year bargains.
Where else could they find
diamond rings for 80 cents (en-
gagement rings were sleeper at
$1.99), bicycles and power now
ers for % cents, $500 pairs of
shoes at 5 cents a pair, mems
suits for $5, ladies coats for a
penny, television sets for 80
cents. parakeets at 80 cents.
fur coats at S. and wrist watches
at $1.97?
Merchants Clear Shelves.
These were leaders, of course,
eye-catchers to pull the people
into the stores. But more COM
prehensible to the public were
tons and tons of good merchan-
disc going at half price or better
as merchants cleared shelves for
spring stocks.
Cooperation of the Govern
ment, which released thousands
of workers for the holiday, and
the weatherman, who held off
the showers until afternoon,
combined to jam F and G streets
and spill enough customers into
other streets to make all store
managers happy.
With temperatures headed for
the mid-50s. merchants expected
to entertain thousands of buyers
before YEARLY closing doors this
afternoon.
Having learned from expert
ence, police were on the Job
early, keeping a benevolent eye
on the scores of early birds who
had spent the night hours
huddled in doorways. Every block
seemed to be teeming with men
in blue. bracing for the push to
come.
Similar sales we're packing 'em
in throughout suburban areas,
Evening star., 1955-02-22
BULLETIN

Harvey M. Matusow today
turned down a suggestion that
he plead guilty to a perjury
indictment to clear his con-
science. He said that before he
would do such a thing former
Communists Elizabeth Bentley,
Whitaker Chambers. Louis
Budenz, and Paul Crouch also
would have to be indicted for
lying.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Second Atomic Blast
In IS Series RatAes
Las Vegas Windows
Visible for IT'S Miles;
II Congress Members
Watch Explosion
gv the Associated Pres,

LAS VEGAS. New, Feb. a.
An atomic tower explosion
second shot Of the 1855 nuclear
test series-jolted Las Vegas just
before dawn today.
The George shot"-this was
Washington's birthday - ratified
windows and awoke many per-
sons not already up in this city
OF $4,000, which lies rs miles
southeast OF the Atomic Energy
Commissions test site.
There were no reports OF
damage.
Congress Members Present., i,
Seventeen members III Con-
gress and 200 military observers
watched the detonation OF the
nuclear device. set of from the
top of a 300-foot tower on
Yucca Flat at 5:45 am. (8:45
am. EST.
The orange flash was visible
in Los Angeles 275 airline miles
to the southwest.
Observers at the Acc control
point. about 10 miles from the
blast. felt two distinct shocks
as the sound wave rumbled
around the low mountains cir
cling the fiat. Two shocks also
were felt in Las Vegas.
Doors and windows shook at
the police station and at South
ern Nevada Memorial Hospital,
but there was no breakage as
in the 1851 and 1852 tests here.
Today's shot was the 33d at the
Nevada test site.
Ice Cap Forms at Top.
The atomic cloud rose over
10000 feet and an ice cap formed
on top of the familiar mushroom.
Within a half hour winds began
shearing the cloud and it was
blown east and southeast in the
general direction of st. George,
Utah. and Northern Arizona.
The Civil Aeronautics Author
ity warned all pilots planning
flights within 300 miles of Grand
Canyon Airport to check first
with CAA. Southern Utah and
a large rectangular segment of
Arizona were closed to aircraft
from $4,000 to $4,000 feet much
Of the morning. b.
The members of Congress
viewed the test from News MOB,
at least 8 miles from the tower.
They were the first Of. three
groups of legislators invited to
witness tests during the new
series.
No Military Maneuvers.
The military observers were
in trenches 1000 yards from
ground zero. No maneuvers were
scheduled, however,
Forty planes. including "a
F-84s from the Tactical Air
Command were engaged in
aerial sorties during the test.
The Acc said 80 various ex-
periments, including civil effects
tests, were held in connection
with the explosion. The nature
of these was not Immediately
disclosed.
Big Blast Postponed.
Acc officials decided yester-
day to try a medium-size shot
from the 300-foot tower, and not
the big explosion from q 500
foot tower, which was slated to
open the series last Tuesday.
Continuing winds forced sew
eral postponements of that deto-
nation. Atom testers feared the
winds would carry the radiation
to populated places, endangering
the areas.
The spring series finally
Friday with q baby A.
bomb dropped from a plane. It
packed perhaps only half the
wallop of the original A-bomb.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Driver Coughed Up
&c for Car; Well,
HCoughs oBit, Too

Frank Valenta, 3505 Lancer
drive, Hyattsville, spotted a
smoke-filled car come to an ex-
plosive stop in front of his home.
Mr.. Valenta rushed to the
street, found the three occupants
only disheveled, and suggested to
the gasping driver, Herbert Hun
gerford Olsen III, 81, of zoos
Oglethorpe street, West Hyatts-
vile, Md, that it might be wise
for him to junk the wreck, go
downtown and get a Washington
Birthday sale car for only 81.
Il just bought this one in
Hyattsville for 9 cents" Mr..
Olsen responded.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Paris Treaties
Could Be Altered

GERlAAkY'S vlEWS-Germony 10
not ruling out the possibility thot the
Poris treoties might still be ehonsed
considerably. Whot will il neon for
Germany if the French refuse TO
rotify them? For O review Of the
situotion BY Crosby S. Noyes. foreign
correspondent Of The stor, see poss
A-3.
PRISONER IN cHiNA-Squadron
Leader A. R. Mackenzie. downed in
the koreon wer. mokes eontoet with
three Americans also held in a Red
Chinese ioil. Pose 81.
LENTEN SERvIcEs-The holy seq
son Of Lent will open tomorrow. For
Ash "Wednesday services tomorrow in
Protestont and Catholic churches here,
see pase AS.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Korochi BIust Kills II

KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb. %
R.-Twelve persons were killed
yesterday in a fireworks ex-
plosion. Nine of the victims were
children under 10 years of age.
Evening star., 1955-02-22

President sent a special message
to the Senate and House COM
mending the controversial Clay
committee report as part OF "a
solid foundation for a sound
program"
He conceded, however, that
"the vastness of the highway
enterprise fosters varieties OF
proposals which must be resolved
into a national highway pat
tern"
Mr.. Eisenhower cautiously
steered away from wholehearted
Endorsement of a key feature of
the Clay report--a proposal call
ing for financing part of the Fed
eral Governments share of add
ed road building cost with a spe-
cial $40 billion bond issue out
side the national debt.
Byrd Among Opponents.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of
Virginia, is among leading Dem
ocrats in Congress who have at
d tackled this financing plan as
unsound.
The most the President had
to say for it today was that he
is inclined to the view" that it
is sounder to finance special
highway program with special
bond issues to be paid of by
gasoline and diesel oil taxes
pledged to the purpose rather
than by an increase in general
revenue obligations.
Mr.. Eisenhower's special mes
sage today followed bipartisan
conference at the White House
yesterday afternoon which failed
TO win support of key Demo-
cratic Senators for the program
drafted by the Presidents spe-
cial advisory committee headed
by retired Gen. Lucius D. Clay.
These Democratic Senators
agreed with the President, how
ever, that the highway program
discussions were non-politlcal.
The tone of the Eisenhower mes
sage today indicated concern on
his part to avoid making a po-
litical issue out of the highway
program.
Urges Plan Be Independent.
In general terms, he urged de-
velopment of sound Federal
highway program to stand on
its own feet" with highway users
providing the dollars necessary
for improvement and new con-
struction.
The President emphasized that
"top priority must be given to
the interstate highway net
work, now comprising $1,000
miles of road linking AZ State
capitals and 80 per cent of all
cities over $4,000 population.
He cited a study made recent
ly by the Bureau of Public Roads
estimating that a 10-year, $l01
billion program is needed to
make the Nations highway sys-
TEN adequate for modern traffic.
Mr.. Eisenhower devoted much
of his message today to empha-
sizing the need for a gigantic
stepup in highway construction.
Unless the present rate of
highway improvement and de-
velopment is increased" he de-
clared, existing traffic jams on
ly family foreshadow those Of
ten years hence"
Unsafe Roads Called Killers.
Blaming much of the annual
toll of $4,000 killed in traffic &C
cidents on unsafe roads, he said
reliable estimates placed the eco
nomic cost of this toll to the
Nation at more than $4.3 billion
year.
He forwerded to Congress the
Clay committee report, and
called to its attention the Bu-
reau of Public Roads report. say
ing the two reports should gen.
crate approval of a general
program that will give us a mod |
ern, safe highway system"
At the White House conference
yesterday Mr.. Eisenhower also
spoke in general terms and then
turned the meeting over to Gen.
(Cea PnADC pauo Am
Evening star., 1955-02-22
President to See Press

President Eisenhower will hold
news conference at 1880 am.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
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Evening star., 1955-02-22
President Shifts to Congress
Job Of Mapping U. S. Aid Plan
For Highways in Next Decade
Luuds CIoy Report,
But Is Cautious on
Big Bond Program
By Gornett D. Horner

President Eisenhower today
threw into the lap of Congress
the problem Of working out o
plan of Federal action to help
meet the Nations needs for $10l
billion worth of highway build
ing in the next 10 years.
Avoiding committing himself
to any particular plan. the
Evening star., 1955-02-22

Text Of Presidents Hiehwoy Message.
Poee A-S
Evening star., 1955-02-22

(See MATUsOW. Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1955-02-22

(See TAXES, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1955-02-22

An Assoeio.ed Press Newspaper
Evening star., 1955-02-22
May Be Blocked.

May Be Blocked.
Opponents of the proposal
said it. could be blocked in the
Rules Committee tomorrow If
(See TAXES. Page A-8)
Evening star., 1955-02-17
Gloves Quurter-FiinuI Puirinqs

Joseph Wharton destroyer
Force) VS.. Charley Driver North
east AC).
126-Pound Glass.
Walter Taylor (Northeast AC)
VS.. Albert Morton (Northwess
AC).
147-Pound Glass.
Terry Downs (Quantico) VS..
Roosevelt Palmore (unattacheS) !;
Eudell Davidson u. s. Army
VS.. Billy Taylor Northeast AC)
160-Pound Class.
Themistocles Kountis u. s.
Marines) VS.. Osborne West Uittle
Creek; Arthur burden (U. s.
Marines) VS.. Howard Irwin Gittle
Creek: James Leftwich Camp
Lejeune) VS.. James Marlborough
Oittle Creek; Rudy Sawyer
destroyer Force) VS.. John Mar
tone (CYO).
175-Pound Glass.
John Horne (Bolling Air Force)
VS.. Charley Butler destroyer
Force).
Heavyweight Class.
Gary lavish (CYO) VS.. Jimmy
Jones (Southeast House,; Len
Kanthal (Quantico) vs.. Lew
Morgan Camp Lejeune).
Evening star., 1955-02-17
Head Gloves Quarter-FinaIs Tonight
Schedule Worries DietzeI
As He Takes Over at LSU

BATON ROUGE, La, Feb. II.
Young Paul Dietzel begins his
first head coaching job today at
louisiana State, faced with the
problem of injecting a losing
team with winning enthusiasm
for q murderous football sched-
ule.
Dietzel, 80. signed to a three
year contract yesterday at
$4,000 annually. told reporters,
Il expect enthusiasm, one of the
strongest points in a winning
football team"
Dietzel inherits from ousted
Gaynell Tinsley team which
won five and lost six games last
year.
Hasn't Seen Tougher Schedule.
This fall he faces Arkansas and
Georgia Tech, the Cotton Bowl
teams: Mississippi. the Sugar
Bowl loser: Kentucky, rebuilding
Texas A. and NJ, Rice. Florida,
Maryland, Mississippi State and
Tulane.
II haven't seen a tougher
schedule in the United States"
he said.
Dietzel, who coached under Sid
Gilman at Miami (Ohio) and
Cincinnati; Paul tBear) Bryant
at Kentucky, and Earl Blaik at
Army. said he would bring in one
outside assistant, who'll be sur
prised when / call him up."
Otherwise. he told reporters,
the remainder Of Tinsley's staff
will be kept. One member,
Charles McClendon, worked with
Dietzel at Kentucky and I'VE told
each other If we ever had a
chance we'd coach together
again. So he'll be my top assist
ant" Deitzel said.
Tinsley's staff was approved
for another year at the same
meeting which ousted Tinsley
and retired T. P. Heard as
athletic director.
Made Little All-America..
The board Of supervisors de-
layed action on appointing a
successor to Heard yesterday and
took no action on a resolution
Judging that the university's regu-
lations be changed to rule out
the athletic council and place
control of athletics directly
under the president and faculty.
Such a resolution must lie over /
for 80 days.
Dietzel, World War II bomber
pilot, graduated from Miami
(Ohio) in 1947. He was captain
of the football team and made
Little All-America at center. He
returned to Miami as an assist
Evening star., 1955-02-17

Sal Maglie, Johnny Sain and
Jim Hughes agreed to terms for
1855 yesterday as the three New
York clubs dominated the con-
tract-signing news.
Maglie, who will be 38 in April.
will get about $4,000 from the
Giants, for whom he won IA and
lost 6 last year while compiling
a 1926 earned run average. The
Barber won the pennant -clinch-
ing game over the Dodgers last
fall and has a 1913 record against
his cousins from Ebbets Field.
Sain had-to work out arrange
ments with the manufacturer be-
fore leaving his auto agency at
Walnut Ridge. Ark, for another
stint with the Yankees. The So
year-old righthander's new salary
was put at $25,000 by some
guessers and as high as $4,000
by Others.
"Tobacceer John" had 6-6
mark last season. but that hardly
reflects his value to Manager
Casey Stengel. The ex-Brave
worked in As games and finished
80 contests. His relief work was
outstanding early in the season
and he was largely responsible
for keeping the Yanks in the
pennant race until September.
Hughes, %. set a Dodger record
by appearing in go games and
received a raise of about $500
to $13,500. His record was 8-4.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox signed
Pitcher Truman Clevenger (2-4),
Outfielder AL Van Alstyne (.279
Evening star., 1955-02-17
7enIey Albright Neors Crown
With Compulsory Figures Win

The United States gained its
most clear-cut superiority in the
mems championships last night
as Hayes Alan Jenkins won his
third straight title with a mini
mum of effort. Right behind
him were Ronald Robertson of
Los Angeles, who gave a mag
nificent exhibition in the free
style skating, and David jenkins,
the champions younger brother,
who took third.
That young trio convinced the
experts the United States would
be supreme in the sport for years
to some.
A sellout crowd Of $500 in the
brilliantly tighten open-air sta
dium gave the 20-year -old cham
pion from Colorado Springs,
Colo, a standing ovation as he
completed his freestyle exhibi-
ton. His was a dazzling per-
formance-spinning through a
series of leaps and whirls to the
(See SKATING, Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1955-02-17
BY the Associated Press

VIENNA, Feb. 17.-Tenley Al
bright. pretty 19-year-old Ameri-
can skating star, won the COM
pulsory figures event of the
world women's skating cham
pionship today and appeared as
sured Of the 1855 crown.
The premedical student from
Newton, Mass. who conquered
infantile paralysis to win the
1858 world championship, gained
q comfortable lead on points
after finishing all six compulsory
figures. She will win the title
If she earns sufficient points in
the free skating event tonight.
Behind her in second and third
places were Hanna Eigel, Aus
tria's 1855 European champion,
and young Ingrid Wendl. also Of
Austria. Britain's Erica Batche-
lor was fourth. ...
Their unofficial scores were:
Miss Albright, 1905 points; Miss
Eigel, 946.7; Miss Wendl, 935.5.
and Miss Bachelor, 931.2.