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Evening star., 1955-06-16

large number of American cities
but also bases of the Strategic
Air Command which has the
burden of carrying out retalia-
tory attacks.
Sees Evacuation As Vital
Evacuation in the event Of an
actual attack. Mr.. Peterson said.
lis the only way to reduce po-
tentially heavy casualties in the
event of H-bomb attacks on
American cities.
The test operation, he added,
showed that we must make
evacuation studies of 100 Amer
ican cities, a survey Of all base
Iments and structures in an area
from Is to so miles from those
cities. and a study Of the ability
lof homes and public buildings
to absorb refugees in case of an
attack until they could be re-
located in some other part of
the country. In this connection
he urged anew that Congress
approve a $12 million presiden-
ltial request for this purpose.
A spokesman here took note
|of repeated questions as to
whether relocation arrangements
had been made for the Supreme
Court and Congress, which did
not participate in the civil de-
Ifense exercise. He said the Su-
Ipreme Court had asked the
Office of Defense Mobilization to
help in selecting a relocation
site and this is in process now.
Congressional leaders, he
added. have been discussing re-
location plans among themselves
for more than a year. He saw
no difficulty in making arrange
mentS to relocate the lawmakers
at some State capitol or college.
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Districts CD Deputy
Fired After Criticism

of cur allies" he added, "as well
as the Communists, have had
grandstand seats to observe the
incompetence of civil defense
leadership, the lack Of well-laid
policies and plans and the almost
total absence of civil defense CO.
operation by the people. Our
allies and the Reds know, If our
leaders and people do not, that
the capital of Sweden has far,
far better civil defense and shell
ter for its people. than the Capt.
tai of the United States"
Mr.. Underhill added that it
was tragic that we've got virtu-
ally nothing, by British civil
defense standards. for the money
spent on District civil defense
the past four years. The money
might have better been spent on
our grossly inadequate schools.
If it had. then perhaps the
schools might train some minds
with more horse sense than our
leaders appear to have"
Commenting in connection
with his dismissal. Mr.. Underhill
said this was merely a recogni-
tion of a situation that has
existed, in fact, since my ap-
pointment in February"
my positive recommendations
have been ignored, he said.
Commissioner Spencer did not
even bother to acknowledge my
lengthy critique of Operation
Alert with the material I had
collected for the District during
the Operation Cue Nevada
atomic bomb tests-a trip ] took
at no cost to District taxpayers,
incidentally"
Mr.. Underhill said that, in
being left out" of District and
area civil defense, he was in
pretty big company" because
many retired officers Of retired
stature have had their aid and
potential in civil defense
"scorned" by the District. He
added:
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COMMAND
Continued From First Page

OUubhuuCu EIOm Ehot o8s
their departments and agencies
in the exercise. Secretary OF
the Treasury Humphrey and
Welfare Secretary Hobby are
scheduled to appear here dur
ing the day.
Mr.. Peterson met bar
rage of questions from a
weary group of news correspond
ents, most of them from Wash
ington, who had spent frus-
trating day waiting for reports
long delayed. confusing and con-
flicting on the progress of the
defense exercise. Mr.. Peterson,
obviously tired himself, parried
them skillfully while getting in
fervent pleas for an expanded
civil defense program.
Doesn't Mention Soviet
Questioners wanted to know,
among other things. if Mr..
Peterson was being over-general
in crediting an enemy with the
capability of bombing the cities
supposedly hit in the mock at
tack.
II think the 81 cities would
be realistic" Mr.. Peterson re-
piled.
Without ever mentioning So
Wet Russia by name, the ad-
ministrator said he believed it
would be possible not only for
enemy homhers to hit such a
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1877 Virginions Flock
To Evacuation Center

| An equally well-coached ward
en- led her to the first aid station.
That's the way the test went.
Everyone remembered their parts,
but they didn't let the serious
purpose interfere with their
sense of humor.
Eight women volunteered for
a rescue demonstration to show
how air raid victims might be
lowered from high places. They
climbed onto the 30-foot high
roof of the county garage and
Irescuers lowered them down on
lstretchers with ropes.
A blood distribution saation
was set up. It actually took blood
from three volunteers to demon
strate how it is done. and the
blood of dozens of others was
sampled.
Teen-Ager Faints
The only real casualty Of the
day occurred at the blood sta
ton. A teen-age boy volunteer"
tainted when the nurse stuck al
needle in his finger to test his
blood type.
Col. Oates said he was well
pleased with the way everything
went. He said the outdoor kitch-
en- working on a 24-hour basis
could feed up to 10000 evac-I
ueeS.
There were a few little mixups,
but nothing major happened toI
mar the excellent demonstration
of evacuation technique. One
difficulty was in the distribution
of evacuation cards. Each par
ticipating jurisdiction was sup
posed to get certain color card
for its evacuees to register on.
Somehow, Arlington got Alex
andria's cards, Falls Church got
Arlington's and so forth.
At the other end of the county
in Groveton, radio headquarters
was set up to maintain COM
munication with ham operators
in mobile units and command
centers in Alexandria. Fairfax,
Falls Church, Washington, Mary
land and Richmond.
Five radio operators were on
duty at Groveton, under the
direction of Paul E. wilkins Of
Fairfax.
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John Garrett Underhill, who
went to the Nevada civil defense
atom bomb tests at no cost to
the District taxpayers. is not
bitter, but definitely critical, at
being fired yesterday because he
llambasted the local air raid test.
In fact, as of midnight, the
ex-deputy director of civil de-
lfense stressed that he didn't have
any official knowledge he had
been relieved of his position as
head of the warden service.
Moreover, he said the District
wardens had not even been in
formed their director had been
dismissed for his criticism.
Mr.. Underhill, who lives at
1903 Thirtieth street NV, be-
came the first casualty of the
air raid test, after Commissioner
Samuel Spencer read a news
paper account embodying Mr..
Underhill's latest criticism.
Mr.. Underhill's wife Patricia
was notified late in the afternoon
by Col. John E. Fondahl, civil
defense director, that her hus-
band no longer had his job.
Long an 'outspoken critic of
the civil defense system here,
Mr.. Underhill said:
District civil defense leaders
are traitors to President Eisen-
hover. Their failure to develop
civil defense, even on the made
Iquate scale of the civil defense
measures of the Federal Gov
Iernment in Washington, has left
the President in the horrible po-
sition of drilling $4,000 paid
public servants in evacuation
from H-bombs. while their
women and children-and also
the men, women and children of
ordinary District families-have
no plan to practice. From my
military service I know that it
is not the Eisenhower brand of
leadership for the bureaucrats to
get taken care Of first, before
the people,"
Calls Exhibition Shameful
Mr., UnderhiI1 contended that
lit 'js shameful that this dread
full exhibition has been staged
before all the world"
"The embassies and legations
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At least 1877 nearby Virgin
Iians have some idea of what to
do and what to expect in case
an atomic bomb is dropped on
Washington after participating
in Northern Virginia's mock
Evacuation exercise yesterday.
The evacuees, selected Gov
ernment employees and school
children from Arlington, Alex
Iandria. Fairfax and Falls
Church, f1ocked to the trial
Evacuation center at the Fairfax
County garage and dog pound
property on Germantown road,
where Northern Virginia Civil
Defense organizations had set
up emergency facilities to care
for" the crowd.
Those who were not casual
ties" dined on mulligan stew and
coffee cooked in II 60-gallon
caldrons. Real Southern-style
cornbread was prepared in three
Dutch ovens built right at the
spot.
Learn Economy
One thing the civilian defense
workers learned about was econ
omy. They found a 1895 gas
burner heated the big caldrons
just as well as a $74 burner.
"A test like this gives us q
chance to find out about these
things" explained Col. Walter
Oates. Northern Virginia regional
Civil Defense co-ordinator.
Nearly 100 casualties" were
rushed in by ambulance and car
to await their turn for treatment
by the Graham Road First Aid
Station which set up shop in a
section of the county garage that
normally is used to wash school
buses. Each casualty wore a tag
what was wrong. The
casualties also wore realistic
looking bandages stained with
red dye.
One woman with a heavily
bandaged head roamed about
with a searching look in her eyes.
some one asked her what
she was looking for.
Knows Her Lines
The well-coached casualty
I'm dazed, I'm dazed,
don't know where I am"
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Gen. Robinson Says
Farewell to Engineers

Maj. Gen. B. L. Robinson,
former engineer commissioner
for the District, said farewell to-
day to the staff of the Office of
the Army's Chief of Engineers.
He will depart soon for a Euro
'pean assignment.
The 1900 employees of the
office gathered in Temporary
Building 7, opposite National
Airport, to celebrate the 180th
birthday of the Corps of Engi-
neers. Emblems were presented
to employees with 20, 80 and 40
years of service.
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tween the President and Mr..
Dulles that must take place if
the Western allies hit a snag in
their negotiations.
II there was confusion in other
centers as the Nation went
through its first major "reloca-
ton" test and Nationwide civil
defense emergency, it was not
apparent at the White House
level.
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.5-15-Yeur Term Given
For 3 Narcotic Sales

A man was sentenced today to
serve from S to Is years for
making three narcotic sales,
illegal possession of the narcotics
and facilitating its sale and con-
cealment.
He is John A. Adams, 36.
colored, of the 1900 block of
Vermont avenue NV, recently
convicted by a jury. Sentence
was imposed by Judge Luther w.
Youngdahl of the U. S. District
Court for the District of
Columbia.
Evening star., 1955-06-16
Jet Pilot Crashes

NORFOLK. Va. June 16 tP).
Lit. d. g. Stanley Gregory Of
jamestown. N. Y, Oceana-based
jet pilot. was injured yesterday
when his Cougar jet aircraft
crashed into the Atlantic Ocean:
about 65 miles of the Virginia
coast. A.
Evening star., 1955-06-16
Olive Oil Output

ANKARA. - Turkey produced
more than $4,000 tons of olive
oil from the 1854 crop Of olives,
double the production from the
1853 crop.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01
s E. f.
w r IGHTSa :.
HOTEL. :

One Of the cfeanest and
coolest spots in Roanoke
l01S Sdlem Avenue, S.W.
Dial 3-S57S, Roanoke, Va.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01
Negroes Refuse,
Continued from page IL

Continued from page u
Of Chicago, it is stated that.
the Communists have left
no stone unturned i'm effort
to infiltrate the Negro or
CARNATIONS such as the NJ.
A. A. G. P. and the Urban
League. When that ap-
proach failed then they pro-
ceeded to use all sorts of
subterfuges, double talk and
emphasis about Negro
rights. This kind of STRAIT
egg, of course, catches the.
unsuspecting few, but, the
report went on to say, that
as soon as these front or
CARNATIONS of the Reds have
been exposed, Negroes have
for the most part, prompt
ly left them.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01
Safe-Ofiving Day

S. D. 4Safe driving) Day
proved ito be quite an inter
esting experiment in the
area of life saving. For that
day, Dec. Is, following the
official announcement of the
day, by President Eisen-
hover, twenty-four of the
48 states were free of fatal
ties.
Indiana led with 5, the
highest number. New Mexi-
co came next with a, Penn
sylvania, New York, Missis-
sippi, Illinois, Florida and
California held their fatal
ties down to g. Our own
state, Virginia, Washington,
Ohio, Massachusetts, Ken
lucky and Georgia were ac-
credited with 2. The follow
ing states had one death
each. Iowa, Louisiana, New
Jersey, N orth Carolina,
North Dakota, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Texas, Wis
consin and Vermont.
The director of the Presi-
dents Committee, Rear Adj
mirai H. B. Miller, is quoted
as saying: SD Day did pre-
cisely what it was intended
to do. 1t focused nation
wide public attention on the
need for safer driving and
it proved that with just a
little more care and effort
the traffic toll can be cut
substantially. We wish that
the actual saving in lives
could have been greater, but
if this saving could have
prevailed throughout t n e
year, over 5000 lives would
have been saved"
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01
Church Notes

The Xmas morning serv-
ice at ] usale m Bapt.
Church was well attended.
The expressions of love do
mated to the pastor were
greatly appreciated.
Sunday morning service
was largely attended. 1t was
conferred around the special
music rendered by the choir
and chorus.
The pastor was the nara
tor
Special sermon for New
Year Sunday will be Christ
Our Companion for the
Year." Communion will be
at 8 pm. and at the evening
service, all officers will be
installed for the year. AL
persons elected to positions
in the church are asked tt
be present. Mrs. Virginia Y
Lee will be the installation
speaker. Rev. w. N. Hunter
is pastor.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01

Norfolk-High School stu
dents in Virginia are being
given the opportunity to
visit" the states ports and
watch them in operation.
The opportunity is being
offered by the Virginia
State Ports Authority in the.
form of it's new motion pic
ture, "The Ports of Vir-
ginia."
Letters from the author
ity's public relations bureau
have been mailed to prin-
cipals of the states private,
parochial and public high
schools offering the film for
showings in their schools.
Almost 100 acceptance re-
plies have been received, in
dicating many of the prin-
cipals want their students to
stake the tour" More are
being received every day.
The 16-millimeter motion
picture is in color and runs
for % minutes. AS the cam
era swings through the
states seven ports-New-
port News, Norfolk, Ports
mouth and South Norfolk on
Hampton Roads, and Alex
andria, Hopewell and Rich
mond on the James and Po-
tOmac rivers - an unseen
commentator describes and
explains their modern facil.
itiees, which are drawing
more and more seaborne
commerce through them.
The film was designed pri.
marily to show to prospec'
tive users the ports facili
ties and efficiency. Test
showings in the Norfolk
area, however, proved it wa.
so interesting to youngster.
that the decision was made
to make it available to tn,
high schools.
| Civic and fraternal group:
can arrange for bookings
too, by writing the author
ity's office at 254 CRANKY
Street, Norfolk.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01
Florida Sheriff
Cause ChiIdrenS
Suspension

7 In 1861, Sheriff Willis Nc
Call, of Mt. Dora, Florida,
shot two handcuffed Negro
prisoners in bis charge.
One, Samuel Sheppard died,
as a result of the wounding,
and Walter Lee, Jr., is pres
emily in jail, under a death
sentence. .<w GIN
They, along with two 9TH
ers, were accused of raping
a white woman. This story
was played up by Commun-
lists. 80 sIgg,
This week, Mccall is MAX
ing headlines again. He
touched off another angle of
the racial problem when he
went to the Mt. Dora Coun-
ty School and barred the
children of Allen Pratt be-
cause they appear to be of
mixed races. When the chill
dren were entered, the teach
ers told the other pupils that
the Pratts were of Indian
and Irish ancestry. 5
q The children were sus-
pended until further investi-
cation. The children affect
ed by the decision are:
Laura Bell, 10; Esther, 1O;|
Linda, 9, and Violet, 6. The
Sheriff is reputed to have
c au e d their withdrawal |
without benefit Of any hear
ing or investigation. Upon
the strength of his own be-
lief that the Pratts Cooked"
c o 10 r e d, he barred them.
They attended a white school.
Holly Hill, when they lived
in s. c., anad were regarded /
as members of the white
race. "All ] did,, says Sher-
If Mccall, "was to enforce
he Florida Constitution
which says that white and
,olored children shall not be
,aught in the same school,"
investigation by the FBI
will decide whether Civil /
Rights have been violated.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01


pares for the arrival of his
wife Eva, who arrived aboard
the USNS General Freeman,
Tuesday morning. Chaplain
Davis last saw his wife in
April, so it was a joyous re-
union which took place at
White Beach, Okinawa.
The Davis formerly lived
at 800 7th Street, N. w.,
Roanoke, Virginia, and will
now reside at No. "a, Area
C, Okinawa.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01
Va. High School Students
Visit States Ports

Southern Pines, N. c.
Deacon Joe McCauley, of
of Hickory Grove Baptist
Church, near Chapel Hill is
$4,000 poorer, for having at
tended a Methodist Confer
ence last week at Elon Meth
odist Churc h. McCauley,
who keeps a country store
in Chapel Hill community,
explained it this way. He
had some savings in the
house and knowing that he
would be away from home
attending the church con-
ference, he decided to take
it with him. Before leaving
his store he collected more
cash and that brought it up
to $4,000. He put the money
in his bill-fold, placed it in
his hip pocket, and fastened
it with a safety pin for fur
Their security. He was afraid
that his home might be rob-
bed or burned.
The Sunday afternoon SER
vices began about noon, and
around 1000 persons filed
into the church including
McCauley. He took off his
overcoat and sat down to en-
joy the service. Intermit-
tently, he patted his hip
peck ct for reinsurance.
Somewhere along the line,
however, he failed to pat his
pocket at the precise mo-
ment and when he did his
pocket was open, his wallet
and funds gone. They even
took the safety pin.
The money represented
the savings of a lifetime
T h e seventy-three-year-olt
man feels, as do the police
that his chances of recovery
of the money are slim. AL
though disappointed at hi
loss Mr.. McCauley evincet
a remarkable kind of stoi
cism. He'd get more" h,
said. He even borrowed from
pay his personal bills. Man.
persons might have express
ed a hesitation at going Il
any more big religious con
ferences, not McCauley. Blu
he did say, that his wallet
would be a lot thinner mex
time. 81 won't be carrying
anything but my pockei
knife and a quarter"
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01
Roanoke Society
H. J. PENNS CELEBRATE
41st ANNIVERSARY

II. J. PENNS CELEBRATE
41st ANNIVERSARY
The Flower Club of Loud
on Avenue Christian Church
gave a Christmas party for
their president and her hus-
band Elder and Mrs. H. J.
Penn. of 307 Chestnut Ave.
N. w.
The Penns were, celebrat-
ing their 41st wedding ami
versary.
A very brief meeting was
held and then the guests
were served a delectable din
ner consisting of turkey,
Smithfield ham, green peas,
potatoes, an attractive salad
of lettuce and tomato and
assortment of hors d'ocuv-
res, cake and punch for des-
sert. {.
The guests listed were
Rev. and Mrs. Melvin G..
Dickson, the pastor of Loud
on Ave. and his wife, Rev.
and Mrs. E. w. Henry Jr.
(Rev. Henry is the evange-
list and field worker for
Piedmont Tri-State Conven-
tion), Mesdames Mary Golfer,
Mamie Webb, Lille Wade,
Mary Walker, Dora Harris.
Mary Holland, E. G. Startling
of Martinsville, Florence F.
Wood, Dorothy D. Witten
Misses Jestina Spencer, Mary
Alice Penn and Mr.. Lee
Penn.
Mrs. Witten served as the
M. c.. for the occasion. Fol
lowing very fitting remarks
by Rev. Henry and Rev
Dickson, a poem was reat
by Mrs. Webb and Miss Jus
tina Spencer presented tn
couple with a gift, a beauti
full nylon candlewick spread
1t was then, that Mrs. Wit
ten called upon the honorees
first Miss Penn, and then he
husband to tell the secret o
their successful marriage q
Al years. Each of them toll
) h u m ly, why the
| thought they had succeeded
The evening was spen
happily, with Mr.. Lee Pen
offering much in the way Q
witty repartee.
Shopping at the Kaden
Air Base Commissary Wi
soon be a weekly chore fc
Air Force Chaplain Major
Booker T. Davis as he pr,
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01


Former Ink Spot singer.
Bill Kenny, whom the gov
eminent claimed owed $78,-
600 in taxes and $4,000 In
interest settled the bill for
$4,000 plus a percentage
of his future earnings.
He paid $4,000, is to- pay
$4,000 over a 36-monthr
period, and a percentage of
all earnings over $4,000
through 1855, and over $12,--
600 from 1866 through 1862
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01

w. G. Handy, the famous
blues" composer, was feted
on his 81st birthday at a
party to benefit the Handy
Foundation for the Blind.
The party was held at Park
Palace Ballroom in New
York. Over 500 guests were
present. wMNaD
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01

USO clubs
activities Here helps keep
the
by USO in b USO
Defense Fund Caestor
held each bhroughont the r's
While the most dhac activities of USO taking place abroad
most members armed forces still garrsoned the United
States Hundreds of thousands Of stationed near small
towns with mager resources in education religion, welfare and
recreation.
Home no less important to these and those
who be stationed half world away of our els are
members OF AAA units safeguarding the industrial centers
from the possibility of attack Even though thew live nm M
ng OF the nations greatest cities they entirely isolated from
the civilian population.
Thousands military hospitals distant their homes
For them truce has brought relief SUFFERING nor ba
brought them closer to the normal life of the community
The zlO domestic units of the USO stand as cages
winch bring home closer these hundreds
ard whom duty has rot called beyond shores but who
nevertheless iec far from and loved ones
OSO services are n - possible by United Defense Fund through
Sopmuny Cs. Uniie Fand campaigns which are held
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01
Citizens Undertaking Establishment
l n c orat e d

The loyalty of our friends
enables us to give the high
est type of service at tn.
lowest cost. Lady attendant
at all times. Free ambu
lance service within the city
limits. Phone 2-8246.
Located at $50 Common-
wealth Avenue, N. E., Roa
noke, Virginia.
Thirty consecutive years o.
service to Roanoke and sur
rounding communities will
no extra charge within {
radius of 100 miles.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-01

r. w. CLARK, Observation-Disclosures, is gradual;
of Renouard School of Embaming, New York City.