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Evening star., 1955-07-20
|Vhginian Slain
In Family Feud

A family feud over drinking
resulted In the fatal shooting Of
a 30-year-old Clifton tva.) man
last night during a Wild West
style encounter between the VIC
tim and the man who shot him.
Fairfax County police reported.
| Andrew w. Beasley. jr.. of
Route /. Clifton. was felled by
his stepmother's brother. Charles
A. Fitzgerald. As, of 20s Ridge
wood road, Falls Church. as the
two men stood with guns poised
at each other in Fitzgerald's
backyard. police said.
The shooting occurred at 7::25
JPN and Beasley died two hours
later IN Arlington Hospital. He
was wounded In the stomach and
shoulder.
Describe Events
| Fairfax Detective Herbert N.
Marcy said Fitzgerald and other
witnesses gave the following ac-
count of events leading up to
the shooting:
Beasley. an unemployed brick
layer. got into an argument Mon
day with mis- stepmother. Mrs.
Sadie Beasley, when she threat
ened to put him out Of her house
because he was drinking so much.
The arguing continued until
yesterday afternoon. when Mrs.
Beasley called police to complain
about her stepson's conduct.
Mrs. Beasley declined to get
a warrant, and left her home at
Clifton to go to the home of
her brother, Mr.. Fitzgerald.
Beasley followed her and at the
Fitzgerald home he seized a a.
caiiber rifle and ran out into
the backyard with 1t.
I've got one shot in this rifle
land it's for you." shouted Beas-
ley to Mr.. Fitzgerald from the
backyard.
4 Shots Fired
Mr.. Fitzgerald picked up a a.
caliber pistol and went out to
persuade Beasley to put down
the rifle. When Beasley refused
land continued to aim the rifle,
Mr.. Fitzgerald fired four times.
Mr.. Fitzgerald then called Ar
Ilington Hospital and neighbors
called police.
About five hours later Fairfax
police Were called back to the
Fitzgerald house again when
Beasley's father, A. w. Beasley,
Esr., arrived. He was arrested on
a charge of cursing and abusing
Fitzgerald's brother, Adoaf M.
Fitzgerald. Police said the SEN
Iior Beasley ripped the Fitzgerald
telephone from the wall and
shouted abusive language about
"the man who shot my baby"
Fairfax Trial Justice John G..
Evening star., 1955-07-20
Reese Seeks to Broaden
County Education Survey

Any study of the operations o.
the Montgomery County Board
of Education should consider
the boards relations with the
County Council, especially in
the financial field. /" County Nam
lager M. L. Reese told the coun-
Icil yesterday.
Reporting on a board proposal
to retain the firm of McKinsey
Co. Washington management
lconsultants. to do a $20. 900 sur
ivey. Mr.. Reese said he would
request the study be broadened
to embrace his views.
A letter from Willard G. Nc
1Graw, board chairman, showed
that the McKinsey Co., If Il
wins contract. plans q
thorough evaluation" of the
School Boards spending for con.
lstruction, equipment, mainte.
nance and site acquisitions. Cur.
Iriculum and teaching method,
will not be part Of the survey.
No Reason for Delay
/ Mr.. Reese said the worl
l"should be commenced immedi.
iately-I can see no reason fol
delay
The project will be financed
half and half by the board anc
council. At the last board meet.
ling. Lathrop Smith, a member
lcharged there was an ''implica.
ltion of distrust" in Mr.. Reese;
Suggestions for the nature of tn.
survey.
The survey issue was aired al
tt1e end of an all-day council
injecting which also saw thest
developments:
After hearing Councilwomar
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Miller Loses Bockinq
OF Butler for Judqeship

in line for succeeding retiring
Federal Judge w. Calvin Ches-
nut on the bench two years ago.
But national Republican lead
ers.- fearful any other Republican
would lose the Eastern Shore
seat in Congress. repeatedly per-
suaded him to run for his fifth
term.
Roszel c. Thomson OF Balti-
more was then appointed.
Evening star., 1955-07-20

BALTIMORE, july 90 P.-
Representative Miller. fiye-time
Republican Congressman from
IMaryland's Eastern Shore. today
had lost. for the time being at
least, the support of Senator
Butler. Republican of Maryland,
lin holding a Federal judges
vacancy open for him.
Senator Butler announced he
lis going to ask President Eisen-
hover to submit as soon as pos
Isible, to the Senate for con-
Ifirnation the name of a man
from Maryland who is eligible
to fill the existing Federal Court
vacancy"
The vacancy was created by
the retirement June / of Judge
William c. Coleman. Mr.. Mil
Ter, who gave up a chance to fill
another vacancy two years ago
in order to run for reelection
to Congress. is barred from the
Federal bench until this term
expires in January, 1857.
Gen. Butler pointed out yes
Iterday that Mr.. Miller is ineli-
lgible because he voted to raise
the pay of the judges.
Which means that Maryland
would be deprived Of the services
Iof Federal Judge until January,
1857. at the earliest, if the post
were held open for Mr.. Miller, .
Senator Butler stated.
Senator Butler limited q place
for Representative Miller might
be found on the Federal bench
in the future by passage of a
bill he has introduced to create
Ia third job.
Representative Miller said he
was disappointed that Senator
Butler made his statement at
this particular time" He still
had the support Of the other
Republican Maryland Senator.
y. Glenn Beall. however.
Mr.. Miller was supposed to be
Evening star., 1955-07-20
Wintergreen Oil Given
By Sister, 3, Kills Buby

BALTIMORE, July 20 R.-
Eleven-inonth-old Vanessa Green
died at a hospital yesterday after
her three-year-old sister, who
was trying to be helpful, gave
her some oil Of wintergreen by
mistake.
& The police report on the trag-
edy said the older child heard
khe baby crying and decided to
give her q drink OF water. She
got the wrong bottle. put q nip
pie on it. and fed 1t to the baby.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
.'CHHDREN FREE
POLICY STRAINED

NEWPORT NEWS. July
20 (R.--Sometimes it's a bit
Of a strain. but a local hotel
backs up its family rate plan
Letting children under IA
stay free with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Potter
Of Elmira. N. Y, visited the
hostelry over the week end
and brought nine of their
u children along for a free
tab.
Evening star., 1955-07-20

Corboy ordered Fitzgerald held
for grand jury action at pre-
liminary hearing today at which
Lit was brought out that Beasley
had served time in prison for
rape and had been locked up be-
fore for beating his father and
cutting a neighbor.
Evening star., 1955-07-20

ride that only big give Overall Plymouth II feet long!
New shock aborber for direct controls Pymou
famous OAow shocks longer than BEFORE mounted
inside the front coil springs for direct 1907 powng action And
nonparale control minimize body tilt help balance the ride
Wider springs for greater staby Pymous springs
angemounted for gdyhave been wdned full 2 inches
wder than the springs either of the oh q cars This
far twist resistance and less sidesway
Evening star., 1955-07-20

you appreciate the comfort and smooth ride Of big car ane
Plymouth just the for you! This big beauty oushes the
other lowprce these counts does beauty sze
in oomness and in visibility With either the thrifty 6cnder Power
Flow lit the hghyng HyFe Vs. Plymouth conquers the road
masteuy you're apt forget it's owpce Get behind the
wheel and see what mean
Greater length for smoother ride; Because Plymouth much longer
and larger than other lowprice you the smoother eadr
Evening star., 1955-07-20

New steering for easier handling: Pnouhs owfon
steering teamed with higher steering ratios gives you the
easiest handling this side Of Pmous Power Steering The wider
front tread improves cornerng and keeps the nearly level for
safer, easier turning
WHY PAY UP TO $500 MORE FOR A CAR SMALLER
THAN PLYMOUTH tbe by msdvmps
sy cost practically The Plymouth When you'll find o
mode tor model Plymouth sells for money!
Evening star., 1955-07-17
University Group
To Hove Picnic

The annual picnic for club
members. sponsored by the
Poetry and book review groups
of the University Women's
Club. will be held on Thurs
day at II am. in Sherwood
Forest. Miss Margaret Vail
will be hostess.
Other events planned by the
university women for the week
are a meeting of the French
conversation group at 8 pm.
tomorrow; q 4 o'clock tea to-
morrow with DR.. Elizabeth
Conrad as hostess. and a
meeting Of the sketching group
at the Kane Studio at Z pm.
Tuesday.
The weeks events win be
concluded with an informal
dance on Saturday night at
9 O'Clock. Miss Catherine Nc
Carran Is leader of this gath
ering,
Evening star., 1955-07-17

Whitehead looks like a matt
nee idol but he's a producer.
a behind-the-Scenes man of
the theater. The third partner
is also a realtor.
The State Department asked
them to mount the perform
ing arts section of "Salut"::
gave its official blessing but no
more.
It wasn't feasible for "Salut"
to tour the world to our ma
tional benefit; so. ethically the
Government couldn't have met
the enormous freight Of trans
porting two art shows, q ballet,
two plays. a musical. Helen
Hayes. Mary Martin and Ju-
dith Anderson.
Hayes and Martin were so
wild about Thornton Wilder's
"The Skin Of Our Teeth" that
they really and truly pleaded
with the producers to risk a
little more money and send
them on tour, sending them,
above all, to Americas Ma
tional Capital.
"They just have to see us in
Washington" walled Mary.
Be sure to be ultra-chic and
admit you don't understand it.
The plays serious, with a gi-
gantic theme all performed
like a Hellzapoppin comedy.
It's a sterling example Of
how far a great writer can let
himself go once his greatness
has been established
Surrealistically and fire.
quently Mary Martin confides
to the audience. II just don't
understand a word; o. II only
took this job to get to Paris. :"
It's true as far as salary. She
and the others are taking
little above expenses. The
whopping bill will only be paid
when the show goes on TV as
a Spectacular"
An Athlete
Producer Dowling, an ath-
letic, lantern-jawed, but i'm
mensely attractive type dis
solved in embarrassment at the
very idea that he might be-
come the lands first Secretary
Of Arts. Why not?
He's a hard-headed business
man and. as Mrs. Whitehead
says, Hes like an old-fash-
ioned patron of the arts" He
has taste and dollar know
how. Isn't that what such a
job takes?
Mr.. Bowling glued it all to-
gether but Ambassador Dillon
planted the idea that won over
our severest critics. While it
is an ambassadors job to aug
ment his country's prestige
abroad, seldom is the public
aware when a diplomat wins
his spurs.
Well, Mr.. Dillon's spurs
cleaned in the 4th Of July sun
shine and the Americans he
was receiving in the embassy
gardens were darn proud of
him.
Evening star., 1955-07-17
Miss KohIhoss
Is Murried

Miss Nancy 10 Kohlhoss,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles e. Kohlhoss, sr., of
PoolesviIle. Md. was married
July Is to Mr.. James Ronald
Young, SON Of Mrs. Mary @.
Young and Mr.. Harry Gilmour
Young.
The Rev. Lawrence McHugh.
president Of Wheeling College
In Wheeling. w. Va, per-
formed the ceremony in the
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic
Church in Georgetown. A re-
ception was held following the
ceremony at the Hotel 2400.
The bride Is q graduate of
the University Of Maryland
School of Nursing and was a
former American Airlines stew
ardess. The bridegroom Is q
graduate Of Georgetown Uni
versity and is attending the
Wharton School of Finance
Of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1955-07-17
THE NIXONS
WILL ATTEND
GALA OPENING

Vice President and Mrs.
Nixon will attend tomorrow
nights opening Of "The Skin
of Our Teeth" at the Ma
tional theater.
They will be guests Of Mr..
Robert Dowling, president OF
the City Investing Company
of New York. and Mrs.
Dowling.
Also in the Dowlings'
theater party will be the
French Ambassador and
Nine. Couve de Murville,
Representative Katharine st.
George, Mr.. Theodore Strei-
bert, director Of the United
States Information Agency;
Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Public Affairs
and Mrs. Robinson Nc
Ilvaine. Counselor Of the
French Embassy and Nine.
Valeur, Colonel Janusz lin
ski, vice president Of City
Investing Company, and Mr..
Gerald G. Wagner, Coordina-
tor of Mr.. Dowling's Wash
ington interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dowling will
entertain at a dinner at the
Westchester before the $50
pm. curtain time.
Evening star., 1955-07-17

gangling youthfulness since
the election tussle of these two
famous gentlemen.
High time! After all, Amer
ica is downright middle-aged.
Can't Quote
The aloofness Europe ad-
mires is personif1ed by the
present head of the White
House household. The regard
in which Mr.. Eisenhower is held
by England's Queen could be
made impressively clear if
only permission to quote her
had been wrangled.
SHAPE officials discussing 1t
off -the-record even refused to
leak" what she said. Suffice
1t to say, the President can
travel anywhere with nary
q sign of behind-the-fan
snickering.
\ 4 r
incidentally, Salute a la
France" looks like it may
boomerang home. It now
seems certain that the arts
will be elevated to cabinet sta
tus.
When a pre-history Of the
new office is written it shall
recall the day last year when
Ambassador Douglas Dillon
noted regretfully, that we
weren't represented in the In
ternational Festival.
Present and listening was
New Yorker Robert Dowling
who decided to fill the void
in IS.
Dowling's real estate hold
ings. include hotels and the
atrical properties which give
him a professional excuse to
pamper a natural love of the
theater.
Doesn't the theater appeal
to everyone?" he asks simply.
Big Business Man
AS any big business man
knows, elements of a big job
should be delegated to experts.
Experts are human and func-
ton better under applied
psychology.
did he say I'm his partner?"
asked Roebrt Whitehead with a
note of prideful surprise?
Handsome and moustashioed,
Evening star., 1955-07-17
tDATELINE PARIS
Queen Holds Eisenhower
In Tip-Top Esteem
By BRENDA HsLSER

PARIS.-It's no longer fash
ionable to mutter, America
Is a young country with no
manners and no culture"
The wounding blow fell dur
ing the so presidential cam
paign.
When Adlai Stevenson spoke
Intellectually in a soft voice
back handed compliments
poured In. They were akin to,
''Why! He doesn't seem a bit
Americana
To beat him in that election
1t took a man whose personal
dignity is held even higher in
the world chancelleries than
Churchill's. Except for o few
cracks about the gaudy in
auguration parade, there
hasn't been q peep about our
Evening star., 1955-07-17
MISS WALKER
us MARRIED

Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver M.
Walker announce the mar
riage July 16 of their daugh-
ter Elizabeth Dunlop to Mr..
Arthur Bartholomew Edge
worth. jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgeworth of Dover, Del.
The ceremony took place in
st. AIMS Military Chapel in
Heidelberg, Germany where
Mr.. Edgeworth is presently
stationed with the United
States Army.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father and she
had as her only attendant Miss
Margaret Farrelley of New
Jersey. A small reception was
held following the ceremony
at Park Haarlass Hotel.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
OTHER BIG CITIES
OFFER PARALLELS
TO SITUATION HERE

The situation here this week
may be disconcerting, but 1t is
by no means unique. Other big
cities have had their transit
troubles. too. and If they have not
solved them for all time, they
have at least learned to live with
them.
The accompanying articles,
written exclusively for The Sun
day Star by leading reporters on
the Detroit News and the Balti-.
more Sun. point up some interest
ing parallels between those cities
and Washington.
The transit systems of Detroit,
Baltimore and Washington cur
rently carry a like number of
passengers when the lines are
operating). Each city has about
half a million trolley and bus
riders a day. Fares are approx
mately equal. with Baltimores
a shade under those Of Detroit
and Washington. Wages in De-
troit are slightly higher than, in
Baltimore identical with, those
in effect here before the strike.
But there are differences, too.
as the accompanying articles
show. One is a difference in pub-
lie outlook. Detroiters swear by
public ownership; Baltimoreans
like the private variety. Wash
ingtonians--up to now, at least
haven't made up their minds.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
BY WALLACE HUSHEN
Tho Detroit News

DETROIT.-The management of
Detroit's municipally-owned ,rans-
portation system believes strongly
there is no other way to run the
business. And Detroit has had
more than SO years of experience
with public ownership of its tran
sit system.
The Department of Street Rail
ways, or the DSR as Detroiters
call the system, gets no direct sub
sidy from the taxpayers. On the
contrary, it pays real estate and
personal property taxes to the city,
county and three suburbs 1t serves.
These taxes amount to more than
81 million q year.
When the city took over the
transportation system in May, 1922,
the operation was completely with
streetcars. Today Detroit is on
the way to becoming the largest
city in the Nation relying entirely
on rubber tired vehicles - buses
and trolley coaches.
1t is still operating two streetcar
lines, but one of them is scheduled
to be converted to bus operation
shortly after Labor Day.
The conversion to rubber-tired
vehicles has been pushed by man
agement for two reasons-buses re-
quire no roadbed maintenance
crews, and the flexibility of such
vehicles makes for better service.
Indirect Subsidies
The DSR's 1.750 buses operate
with indirect subsidies. For in
stance, the license fee for a DSR
bus is only SO cents a year, and
Michigan's State gasoline tax is
waived because the transit opera
ton is function of government.
Leo j. Nowicki, former Lieuten-
ant Governor of Michigan and for
mer State budget director. has been
general manager of the DSR since
April, l948.
He was general manager when
the 59-day strike by DSR opera
tors, members of the Amalgamated
Association (AFL), occurred in the
spring Of 1851. This strike was the
longest transit tieup in a major
city UP to that time.
The strike has been blamed by
most officials on the "impulsive,
hot-headed actions of q few mem
bers Of the operators union execu-
tive board"
Management and the union were
in negotiating sessions over a new
contract when the operators were
pulled out on strike. Mayor Albert
E.Cobo relied on the States labor
law prohibiting strikes by public
employees and declared the strikers
had fired themselves"
Downtown department stores suf-
fered. but backed the Mayors stand.
The DSR operators union was
unpopular with the city's residents
because Of history OF years Of
featherbedding and grasping for
every possible benefit. Other unions
failed to come to its assistance.
The DSR broke the strike.
The system has had no strike
Evening star., 1955-07-10

to questioning Tuesday. The COM
mittee had him subpoenaed just to
make sure, however.
Capital Transit President j. A. B.
Broadwater told the committee that
the Public Utilities Commission.
rather than Mr.. Wolson. was the
key to a settlement. If the PUG
had acted promptly on request
for fare increase there would have
been no need for a strike, Mr.. Broad
water said. And If it acts promptly
now, the strike can end. Mr..
Broadwater conceded that en-
ployes "are probably entitled t.
more money"
PUC's Offer
Though there was no inclinatio.
in official circles to relieve MI.
Wolfson of his role of chief villain,
there was considerable relief when
the PUG accepted some respon-
sibility for the stalemate and an
nounced tentative willingness to
approve a temporary fare increase
to cover pay raise.
There was some question how
solid the PUG commitment was.
The company said it was no firm
basis for renewed negotiation. Tht
union, however, said the PUG
offer was all that was necessary to
settle the strike. Four hours of
negotiation would start the buses
rolling again. Walter j. Bierwagen,
union president, said.
So as the week ended, the focus
once more was on Mr.. Wolfson.
District Committee members in
effect made an ultimatum to the
absent financier: Have a settle
ment offer ready when you appear
Tuesday, or else the District and
Federal governments will step in
and forcibly put an end to the
strike.
Possible Settlements
Possible avenues to settlement
were these:
Q The PUG offer was still con-
sidered the best bet. The company
has said 1t would not offer q raise
until it knew where the money was
coming from. The union said 1t
would not accept any contingent
raise. But If the PUG could
convince Mr.. Wolfson he would get
the money for a raise, then settle
ment could be reached. Under the
PUG proposal an interim fare
raise would be approved specifically
to cover o company-union agree
Evening star., 1955-07-10
BY WILLIAM PYNE
The Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE.-This city has a
privately -owned transit system in
spite of a strike which brought its
buses and trolley cars to q complete
halt for 10 days in January, 1852.
The strike resulted from a wage
disagreement between the Baltimore
Transit Co. and its unionized oper-
ating and maintenance employees.
But since settlement Of the strike
Baltimore's transit operation has
been unmarried by labor strife, and
since then, too, the company has
started to make money for its
owners.
Another result has been an ap-
parent hardening Of opposition to
periodic proposals that the city buy
the company and take over opera
ton Of the transit system.
Control Of the BIC is held by
National City Lines, a Chicago syn
dicate which specializes in acquir-
ing public transit systems and some
times selling them of to munich
palities at sizable profits.
Soon after National City lines
bought up about 80 per cent of
the BTCs securities in 1916, there
were cries that it would milk the
utility dry and then force the city
to take over its operation. In fact,
it was generally felt that the events
which led to the 1852 strike were
part Of a pattern to push the
patience Of transit riders to the
point where they would demand
= municipal ownership.
Riders Adjusted Well
However, the 100000 riders which
the BIC was transporting daily in
1852 adjusted well to the shut
down of the transit system. They
went to and from work by hitch
hiking, car pools, taxicabs and
Shanks' mare.
Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin,
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro and
the Federal Mediation Service
finally succeeded in getting the
company and union to agree on
three-year contract which increased
the hourly wage rate of bus and
streetcar operators from $1.63 to
$1.84 in the final year Of the
contract.
The company dropped its demand
that it be given a fare increase If
the union got a wage increase. The
union in turn relented on a demand
that its contract contain provisions
for increasing wages in step with
the cost of living.
The year after the strike was
settled. the company made profit
of 1892, 1922. as compared with a
loss of $386.l47 in 1852.
Fare increases and unusual tax
deductions were responsible for the
$639, ,26l net income reported for the
first five months Of this year.
Meanwhile the unions wage scale
was raised by six cents an hour in
a new agreement effective from
January /, 1854, to January /. 1856.
This makes Baltimore's prevailing
wage $l.90. equal to the Washington
rate Just before the present strike.