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Evening star., 1955-10-04
|Alexondrio Health
Il Tests Under Way

Aiexandria's annual muIti-test
health program is under way.
Free health examinations are
being given to persons over Is
years old at the Health Center.
SIT North st. Asaph street, from
10 am. to 6 pm. daily through
Friday.
This year. emphasis Is being
placed on vision with three sepa-
rate tests for applicants. Other
tests include chest X-ray. weight
and height examination. hearing
and urinalysis.
Or. r. F. McGough. city health
director, said the examinations
Iare not intended to be a substi-
tute for q physical examination
by a doctor. These tests are
designed to bring to light any
unsuspected chronic disease or
condition that might exist so
that it may be diagnosed and
treated by a personal physician"
The results Of the screening
tests viii be given to individuals
land their physicians.
Evening star., 1955-10-04
Printers Suit
Cites Dr.. Byrd

BALTIMORE, oct. 4 B-A
Baltimore printing firm today
sued DR.. II. C. BYRD and six oi
his political associates for $13..
600 the firm says is due for ma
terial used in last years Mary.
land election campaign.
The Goth Century Printing Co
said DR.. Byrd and the six others
owed the money for pamphlets
cards. sample ballots and other
campaign material used during
both the primary and general
election compaigns. DR.. BYRD
was the Democratic nominee for
Governor and was defeated BY
Republican Gov. McKeldin.
Named with Dr. Byrd In the
suit were:
James H. tJack1 Pollack. Bal
timore political leader: former
Gov. Preston Lane. jr.. head Of
the Bryd Campaign Committee:
Clarence w. Miles, president Of
the Baltimore Orioles and q Byrd
strategist: Stanley Sagner. chair
man Of the Byrd Finance Com
mittee: z. Brooke Lee Of Mont
gomery County. who ran DR.,
Byrd's primary campaign. and
Presley D. Bowen, campaign
treasurer.
Evening star., 1955-10-04
Workers
Out to Exceed Chest Goal

Community Chest workers In
Montgomery County have q high
goal to shoot at during the rest
Of RED Feather Month"
With the Washington area
campaign for 81 million only
three days old. the Montgomery
County workers yesterday staged
a symbolic victory" meeting at
which leaders OF each county
division promised to meet or
exceed their money quotas.
The county's share of the 81
million goal is $l59.000. More
than that amount in paper
money" was dropped into a
huge gold-painted chest at the
meeting at the Woodside Meth
odist Church, Silver Spring.
County campaign leaders who
dropped the money in the big
chest were A. j. Kessinger. large
business firms, whose goal is
$4,000; Tom Amatucci. general
business. $15,600; Mrs. Phillip
Thorson, residential. $4,000:
County Manager Melvin L.
Reese. county government en-
ployes, $4,000: Mrs. Mildred
Forward, public schools, $1,000.
and Tom Barlow, independent
schools. $4,000.
Frank L. Hewitt, jr., county
campaign chairman. asked his
workers to concentrate on rails
ing most Of their quotas in the
first two weeks of the month
long campaign. He predicted
that the county viii again top
its total goal.
A sparkling addition to the
Evening star., 1955-10-04
Navy Explosive Damage
To Fish Life Minimized

TINT type demolitions, ranging
in weight from SIS to 2,540
pounds, set on at depths from
IS to 1877 feet.
Menhaden-locally known as
alewives or ''bunkers" ~ suf-
fered heaviest mortalities. Deaths
were heaviest In the spring.
DR.. Tiller said the rivers de-
clines In commercial production
coincide with declines in other
areas where underwater demo-
litions were not q factor.
The Patuxent River study, he
said, indicates that Naval ord
nance research. an essential part
of our National defense program,
can be planned and conducted
to exert a minimum effect Of
fishery resources"
Evening star., 1955-10-04

movement Of dirt 70 make It
Results Of test borings ON the
elementary school site were not
available.
The board gave the cold shoul-
der to Q proposal Of the Richard
Montgomery High School PTA
for q swap Of two tracts Of land
around the high school. Jack B.
Diamond suggested the school
board exchange q 2.6-acre tract
along Route 240 for q 2.7-acre
tract owned by the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Department close
to the school.
Mr.. Norris said the board
should swap only on the basis
|of appraised value, not on . foot
Iby-foot basis.
Evening star., 1955-10-04
MARYLAND VIRGINIA NEWS
Virginia Courtto Air est
hat Moy Aid Schools

might make educational grants
for the private schooling Of all
Its children. Such a course ap-
parently could be employed to
avoid forced racial integration in
the public schools.
The Governors Commission on
Public Education reportedly has
been studying such a course for
some time as a means Of meeting
the problems following the United
States Supreme Court order out.
lawing public school segregation.
A brief on behalf Of Mr.. Day
was not filed as court opened.
The court has before it during
its To-day session more than 20
appeals arising from lower courts
across the State.
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Navy explosives detonated
under water have little effect
on the Patuxent River fisher
les economy. Maryland State
biologists report.
More than 100 explosive tests
in the river were observed by
Naval Ordnance Laboratory per-
sonnet and biologists from the
Maryland Department Of Re-
search and Education.
DR.. Richard E. Tiller, q biolo-
gist at the departments Chesa-
peake Biological Laboratory at
Solomons, said "the results, when
tabulated. showed a surprisingly
light kill Of edible fish; less than
so pounds were killed in 86.9
per cent of the tests
The experiments involved
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THE CHEST
CAMPAIGN is

Who .Giyes-People of the
entire Washington area, in
the District. Alexandria and
Arlington. Fairfax. Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
Counties. Last year more
than 100000 contributed.
Who Receives - People
throughout the same area.
More than 250.000 last year
benefited from the ITO Chest
agencies.
The Goal--$4 million.
The Dates-O October / to
October 81.
Where to Give--At work,
at home or by calling Deca-
tur 2-7330. A gift Of SIS win
provide a neglected child
with four days Of home-like
care in a Chest institution.
Evening star., 1955-10-04
Montgomery lntegrotes
2More School P Programs.

Montgomery County today
opened It's adult education pro-
gram and its handicapped chill
dren classes TO all applicants re-
gardless Of race.
The ending Of segregation In
two more phases Of the school
system was voted last night by
the county board Of education.
on the urging Of Mrs. Rose
Kramer.
Little debate marked the
boards latest move toward end
ing segregation in the school
system. although member Har-
rison King said he feared there
will be pressure for enlarging the
Handicapped children program
in excess of budget plans.
In another action the board
directed Or. Forbes H. Norris,
superintendent Of schools, to
prepare . ''how are we doing
report on the 1856 school
spending program.
Mrs. Helen Scharf, who spon-
lsored the resolution, said the re-
port would be given first to q
|"salect few organizations con-
Icerned with school affairs, and
also released to the public
Through the newspapers.
The board withheld approval
Iof an agreement to purchase
80 acres of land from Joseph
IGeeraert, Rockville developer. a,
Ia site for a 81 million South
Rockville Junior High SchooI
land for the proposed TWinbrooh
Forest Elementary School.
The agreement expires today
The delay was the latest In a
series Of postponements since
the board was notified that the
site contained some rock deposits
Rhees Burket, architect fdg
the Junior high school. said inf
tial borings on the tentative site
for the school showed rock ir
three or four locations. Calling
Iit a rugged" tract. he added
however, that the site can be
worked OUT and extensive rock
blasting avoided.
He said the borings provided
information which win save
many thousands Of dollars
though the site viii require heavy
Evening star., 1955-10-04
Two More Figures Enter
Annexation Situation

to the city staff and city plan
ming commission for study.
Staff recommendations on two
previous applications by Donald
E. Gingery. a Maryland National
Capital Park 'and Planning
commissioner, and Joseph A.
Geeraert. one of MonJgom-
cry County's largest subdivision
builders. will be heard at the
regular meeting of the Mayor
and Council tonight.
Evening star., 1955-10-04

Two more prominent Mont
I mery County figures entered
he maze of Rockville annexation
problems last night in the per-
sons of State Senator Edward F.
Northrop and Montgomery Coun-
ty Manager M. L. Reese.
Senator Northrop appeared at
annexation hearings held by the
city's mayor and council. as at
torney for Burgundy Estates,
Inc, seeking to add 81 acres Of
the former Lyons estate to the
city.
Mr.. Reese was spokesman for
Byron A. Chaplin. who purchased
from Mr.. Reese the So acres he
wants annexed.
Both annexation petitions are
for land northeast of the pres
ent city limits; both present the
city with a problem in conflict
ing planning and zoning juris-
diction.
The Burgundy Estates prop
erty, west of Avery road and
north Of Baltimore road. is in
the jurisdiction OF the Upper
Montgomery Planning Commis-
sion.
Chaplin Under Another Board
The Chaplin property, known
as the M. L. Reese Subdivision.
is south of Baltimore road be-
tween the present city limits and
st. Mary's Cemetery. It is under
the zoning and planning control
of the Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commis-
sion.
Annexation provisions Of the
Home Rule legislation passed at
this years session Of the Mary
land Legislature say that land
annexed to a city must remain
under the jurisdiction Of tbs
planning and zoning agency
which has control before annexa-
ton.
Rockville appointed its own
planning commission last year
and has exercised zoning powers
for 27 years.
Mayor Dickran Y. Hovsepian
disclaimed any motive Of "em-
pire building" in the annexation.
He pointed out that all four
petitions now before the Mayor
and council Originated with 100
per cent of the property owners
in the subject areas"
Glenview CompIicates Case
A further complication in the
Burgundy Estates case Is Glen
view. the central buildings OF
the Lyon estate, now owned by
the Montgomery County His
torical Society. Glenview Is vir-
tually surrounded by the Bur-
gundy Estates property. Annex
alton on the basis Of the pres
ent petition would leave Glen
view an island of non-city prop
erty.
Both petitions were referred
Evening star., 1955-10-04

rally was the presence of FIVE
mink-clad "Goldwyn girls from
the forthcoming movie, "Guys
and Dolls" The five actresses
we're labeled for the day as
Miss Recreation" Miss Adop-
tion." Miss Care for the Aged"
Miss Information" and Miss
Health" symbolizing principal
Community Chest activities.
The county workers will hold
their first general report lunch
con at 1915 pm. on October
20 at the Manor Country Club.
Evening star., 1955-10-04
30ih
IN Mental Aid

RICHMOND. oct. 4 lRl -Vir-
ginia ranked seth among the 48
States In the amount spent for
the care and maintenance Of
mental patients during 1854.
The District Of Columbia was
second In the Nation with q per
capital daily expenditure Of
$4.96.
This represented q drop Of two
places for Virginia. which had
stood 37th In 1853. The Old Do
minion was in 41st place in 1852.
Wisconsin Leads
The current report Of the Ma
|tional Institute Of Mental Health.
10. s. Public Health Services
placed Wisconsin hrst among the
states, with . per capita daily
expenditure of $s.8l.
Virginia's per capita daily ex-
|penditure for 1854 was 82.l6.
Onicials Of the State Depart
|nent Of Mental Hygiene specu-
lated today that Virginia's
standing for 1855 would i'm
prove. since the current expendi-
Iture Is approximately s2.55 pei
patient per day.
Seek More Funds
For the 1868 biennium the
State Hospital Board has said II
win ask for appropriations that
would raise the per capita daily
Expenditure TO approximately
I$3.25.
Among the 16 Southern States
mine Of which are at the bot
tom In the State standings
Virginia was seventh. North
Carolina ranked third among the
Southern group and twenty-third
lin the Nation with an expcndi-
|ture Of $z.74. Maryland stood
second among the Southern
States and eleventh In the Ma
Ition with $3.l7. West Virginia
was eleventh among the South
Iern States with $l.88.
Evening star., 1955-10-04

RICHMOND. Oct. 4 tRl-The
Virginia Supreme Court Of Ap-
peals win hear arguments Mon
day on q inandamus petition
testing the legality Of appro-
priating public funds for the
private education Of Virginia
children. The outcome conceiv-
ably could point to q solution Of
Virginia's school segregation di-
lernma.
Chief Justice Edward w. Hud-
gins fixed the date yesterday as
the court opened its October
term here. He said the case,
brought BY Attorney General j.
LINDSAY Almond, jr. against
|Comntroller Sidney c. Day, jr.,
would be the first case argued.
The mandamus petition, pre-
pared at Gov. Stanley,s request.
was filed with the court at its
|Staunton session last month.
Finds for Orphans Involved
The petition calls ON the court
ito require Mr.. Day TO pay out
State funds for the private edu-
cation Of orphaned children Of
Virginia's World War I veterans,
Although payments have been
made in the past, Mr.. Day said
he doubted their constitutional
Iity.
Gov. Stanley says he wants the
question settled because Of q
Recommendation by the Capital
Outlay Study Commission that
scholarships be provided for
worthy but needy State high
school graduates.
Mr.. Almond has insisted In his
written brief before the court
that specific exceptions to. the
State Constitution provision
against such payments make
them valid.
Might Solve Problem
A court decision upholding the
validity Of the challenged pay
ments might well provide ar
lanswer to the question II Virginia
Evening star., 1955-10-04
CIuremont Citizens

The Claremont Citizens Asso-
citation will meet Thursday at 9
pm. in Wakefield High School,
1901 South Chesterfield road.
Arlington.
Evening star., 1955-10-04
Mental Health Seminar

ROANOKE. Oct. 4 B.The
fourth annual seminar OF men
tai health viii be held October
10 and II ct the Veterans ADJ
ministration here.
Evening star., 1955-10-04

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Evening star., 1955-10-04
Might Solve Problem

A court decision upholding the
validity Of the challenged pay
ments might well provide an
answer to the question II Virginia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18

the number Of geese In the bay.
Time and again we set thousands
of them flying. 1t seemed that
there were almost as many geese
as ducks although the ratio is
10 ducks to / goose.
More Food for Geese
That's what the mechanical
corn picker has DONE" Mr.. Har-
ris said. Harvesting by hand
was much cleaner. The machine
drops q few ears and a lot Of
kernels. The geese feed In the
fields. AS a result Of more food
the goose population has gone
up"
Just as impressive was the
number Of swans. They used to
be something of a rarity. We
passed flock after flock. The
ducks and geese around them
would take to the air but many
of the swans would continue to
float gracefully on the water.
They seemed to realize they are
protected. There is no open
season on swans.
Mr.. Harris estimated that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18

there are more than $4,000 Of
them on the bay.
Teil-Tale Streaks
! was able to realize how
efficient the plane is In spotting
bait. Near a couple Of blinds
one could see the tell-tale STEAKS
Of yellow that show some one
has dumped grain.
We also saw a field on which
no corn had been grown but
where a lot Of corn had been
scattered. There was no gunner
below. He was probably PLAN
ming to come back before sun
set for a shot at geese.
We also saw a live goose decoy
in a chicken-wire pen in q field.
We'll. you see how it is" said
the chief warden when we
landed. when you write the
story. ! wish you would point
out that batting In Maryland is
keeping ducks from going into
Virginia and that the man who
is getting the short end Of the
stick is the law abiding sports
man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18

Judge is one of four men shoot
ing in a blind from which SO
ducks are killed. The Judge was
not charged. His three COM
panions said that they had killed
all the extra ducks.
| That came a season after the
chairman Of the Maryland Wild
life Resources Commission and
his chief enforcement officer,
were convicted for shooting over
bait. Both resigned.
| All the gunners this reporter
talked to on the Eastern Shore
were not for baiting-just most
of them. The most frequent
comment from those who are
against it is:
IF they allow batting the
rich mantle kind that can af-
ford to put out 10 bushels a
Iday-will get the ducks"
1t may interest duck hunters
ito learn that last week there
were only six Federal wardens
lin Maryland and the Delmarva
peninsula. More will be coming
in as the season closes In the
North. 1t will be open here until
January is.
Decoy Corn Used
On Thursday went the rounds
in Dorchester County with Ralph
Harris. who heads this force Of
six. In the morning he took me
to the farm of Russell Baker to
show me how good legal shooting
can be.
In the center of a 100-acre
corn field we came upon Russell
Baker, jr., and his friend Marvin
Foxwell, setting out decoys. The
decoys were stuffed geese-beau-
tiful examples of the taxider-
mist's art. and they had two
dozen of them.
There were quite a few ears of
yellow corn scattered about.
Now, to add corn TO q cornfield
or to replace it In the field by
putting it near the pit or shoree
blind is illegal. But Ralph Har-
ris wasn't fooled. He knew what
this corn" was. He picked UP
an ear and folded 1t double. 1t
sprang back straight when he
released 1t. The ear of corn was
made Of INDEPENDENTLY legal.
The ultimate in decoying was
donned by Marvin Foxhall be-
fore he got into the pit. He put I
on a hat mada from a goose 4,
with neck and head sticking up l.
in front. He was to do the ,
calling-watching the sky and i,
telling the gunners when to stand
up and start shooting.
Hi-Fi LOudspeakers
The others sit in the pit con-
cealed from geese flying over
head by cornstalks. The pit was !
about 3 feet wide, 10 feet long ,
and 4 feet deep. It did not
take long for the gunners to get
their bag--two geese each.
There are some goose blinds
or pits rugged UP with high-fidel- !,
ity loudspeakers, Mr.. Harris said.
The hunters play a record of
geese gobbling as they feed. The
sound is audible a mile away
and is very effective in pulling
the geese in. "Hi-fi" hunting is
perfectly legal, Mr.. Harris said.
In the afternoon we went to
the Blackwater Game Refuge
and got into one of the little
pontoon planes operated by the
Mr.. Harris was at the
controls as we few over the area.
The most impressive thing was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18

has been prohibited by Federal
law since 1885. Enforcement,
aided by conservationist senti-
ment in the rod and gun clubs
has practically wiped it out ir
most of the States in the -four
great flyways along which mil
lions of waterfowl make Their
annual migrations from Can.
ada to southern waters. /.
c. r. Gutermuth, vice presi-
dent of the Wildlife Management
Institute, one of the oldest con-
servationist organizations in the
country. has been attempting q
one-man campaign to get strict
er law enforcement in Mary
land. He reports that in the
season before last ITO batting
cases were brought into court
In Is States. Eighty-five of them
were in Maryland. Last year
there were Sc cases, 50 of them
In Maryland.
Some of the Eastern Shore
gunners are sincerely concerned
over whether the ducks get
enough to eat unless someone
puts q little grain in the water.
Politicians have found it pop
ular to protest about State game
wardens enforcing the Federal
law. The State wardens. who
used to carry Federal credentials,
were ordered to return their
cards and to patrol independ-
emily. This season the State de-
cided to use only one-fourth of
its enforcement force on migra-
tory waterfowl.
Ducks Increasing
Maryland has law against
baiting-no bait within 200 yards
Of a blind-which was passed two
years ago. The Federal men
have been using it to obtain con-
victions in Maryland courts.
Then concern over whether the
ducks were getting enough to
eat mounted.
One politician suggested that
the Federal corn surplus be used
to feed the ducks. AS Uncle Sam
has almost a billion bushels in
storage. such a measure certainly
would prevent starvation. But
the biologists of the Federal Fish
and Wildlife Service insist there
is plenty Of natural food for
ducks in the bay and its tribu-
tary rivers.
Despite the increased number
of gunners and occasional bait
ing to bring them within the
deadly fire from the blinds. the
ducks are increasing. This win
ter, it is estimated. there are
about 8 million ducks and 300.-
900 geese in the area. That's six
times the estimates Of five years
ago.
Whats the difference If you
bait as long as you don't exceed
the bag limits?" the gunners ask.
The reply Of the Federal men
Ii that 2.3 million duck stamps
are purchased each year by duck
hunters. II everyone got his bag
Of four ducks for five days during
the season that would be a kill
Of Is million ducks and that is
Just about all the ducks.
Officials Involved
What is most disturbing to the
conservationists is the attitude
in Maryland. The situation
really has deteriorated, they
point out, when a circuit court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Duck Batting Gains
In Maryland Despite
FederoI, State Bans
Conservation Officials Concerned;
Free Stute Leeds in Violations
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The Federal ban batting wild waterfowl popular
In Maryland prohibition (The State by the way
was OF the few States that did not ray the 18th
visit to the Eastern Shore convinced this reporter that the
bait that few doing So Con-
eeryaoists we biologists situation
Batting using grain to attract the and geese
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-18
Jane Mcdonnell
Wins Award

WEST Authorization
has been received here that Jane
Mcdonnell, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. v. L. Mcdonnell, has received
a FulIbright scholarship to attend
university in New Zealand for a
year. All expenses will be paid.
Miss Mcdonnell is a senior in
home economics at Montana State
college, Bozeman. She has been
active at the college including
president of the home &c sorority,
a member of Mortar Board, Home
coming co-chairman, member OF
the college chorus and an honor
student.
She was salutatorian of Column
bia Falls high school in 1885,
The West Glacier-Apgar COM
munity were much pleased at the
word of Jane receiving one of these
scholarships in national COMPETE
ton. Jane during the summer has
worked as a typist at park head
quarters and in the evenings and
weekends clerked at West Glacier
Mere. and cafe.
While high school student she
was West Glacier correspondent
for the Hungry Horse News.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-18
|Murtin City PTA
Meets at School

MARTIN CITY - PTA meets
Monday at the schoolhouse. This
will be the last meeting before the
home talent show which will be
presented April / at the multi-pur-
pose room in Columbia Falls. At
present we have talent from West
Glacier to Bad Rock participating
in the show, and it promises to be
an excellent program. There will
be vocal selections, skits, a one
act play, war dance, etc. Next week
we will publish complete program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Chef and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Don Lietz
were dinner guests at the Bob
Rogers home, Sunday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Byrd and
Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Byrd were
Missoula visitors, Tuesday.
Trap Line Trippers will dance
Saturday evening at the Lions hall
All square dancers are urged tc
come. Last square dance founc
couples from West Glacier, Hun
cry Horse and Columbia Fall:
dancing and we hope to have then
out again.
We were sorry to hear of thu
Vern Greene's accident and hop
Mrs. Greene is well on the way *
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