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Evening star., 1955-05-22
TempIors Pick
GrundOfficers

Raymond N. Babcock was
elected grand commander,
knights Templar. to succeed
Rodger R. Kaufman. Mr.. Bah
cock is the grand secretary OF
the grand lodge.
Other officers elected were:
Archibald C. Stark, deputy
grand commander: John L. AL
len, generalissimo; Lloyd o. Mil
ler. captain general: John G,
Mathes, senior warden; Joseph
D. Yerkes. junior warden; Sam
uel T. Farmer. grand prelate:
Roy A. Plympton, treasurer;
Otto B Roepke. recorder; Ro-
land Richards. standard bearer
Harry L. Beach. sword bearer;
j. Rowe Mehlfelt, warder; Jacot
K Gephart, captain OF the
guard; Andrew E. Moynello, in
structor general: Richard H
Hart, instructor of work; David
M. Jones, assistant instructor OF
work.
They were installed by Past
Grand Commander Charles E
Baldwin.
knights Templar Activities in
clude:
Tomorrow, Washington Com
mandery drill team rehearsal,
Roosevelt High School.
Tuesday, DeMolay Command
cry, Order of the Red Cross
Ladies Auxiliary, election Of Of
ficerS.
Wednesday, Washington Com
mandery, Orders of the Red
Cross and Malta Columbia
Commandery drill team meets,
Roosevelt High School, 7:30 pm
Evening star., 1955-05-22
Disabled Veterans
Essoy Winners Here

The five national winners OF
the 1855 essay contest, sponsored
by the Presidents Committee on
Employment of the Physically
Handicapped Of the Disabled
American Veterans, are arriving
in Washington today.
Edward Petyak Of Phoenix,
Ariz., is the first winner, a prize
of $1,000. Nancy Mann of Santa
FEE, N. Mex. is the second, $400;
Annette Dubois of Nashville
Tenn, third, $500; Richard Max
over Of Hartsdale, N. Y, fourth
5000, and Barbara Ward of Boise
Idaho, fifth, 500. All prize
money and expenses to Wash
ington and return are donated
by the Disabled American Vet
Grams.
The presentations will be made
at the spring meeting scheduled
for tomorrow morning, after
which the prize winners will be
guests at a luncheon in National
Memorial Headquarters, 1701
Eighteenth street NV, and con-
Quoted on a sightseeing tour that
afternoon.
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District Legion
Memorial Rites

Kenna Main Post members OF
the American Legion viii sponsor
a memorial service for veterans
buried in the cemetery at 2 pm.
May 20 in Hitchcock Hall at st.
ElizabethS Hospital. All posts
are invited to bring their colors
for this occasion.
John L. TheuniSsen. COM
mander, and James C. Clarke,
Americanism officer of Bunker
Hill Post. presented a medal to
the drum major of the winning
band competition held recently
at the National Guard Armory.
The award went to John M.
Brenner of Anacostia High
School, who will receive a cita-
tion later from the District Of
Columbia Department.
District Grande Voiture 174 Of
the Forty and Eight will enter
tain j. Earl Simpson of Tulsa.
Okla, national head of the or
ganization, at a dinner-dance
next Saturday night at the
Hamilton Hotel.
In the afternoon he will be the
guest of the grande voiture at q
luncheon where he will be pre-
sented a key to the city by Com
missioner Thomas Lane. After
the luncheon, he will visit Mount
Vernon where he will place q
wreath on the tomb of George
Washington.
The fifth counter-subversive
orientation discussion group will
meet on Tuesday at the Ameri-
can Legion Club, 433 Third
street NV. from $3.50 to 10 pm.
The guest. the Rev. Charles
Lowry. will speak on "Commu-
mist Penetration of Religion"
Bernard r. Carvalho, chairman
of the Department Americanism
Commission, will preside.
Evening star., 1955-05-22

A record number Of entrants
in the Washington Soap Box Der
by was reached yesterday when
the 200th application was re-
ceived.
The total now is only 40 less
than had been recorded by race
day last year. This years race
will be held July 9.
The Washington derby is spon-
sored by The Star, in association
with the Chevrolet Dealers OF
Metropolitan Washington and
the District Department of the
American Legion.
The entry list was swelled last
week by SO applications from
boys in the D. C. Junior Village,
This is the first time any boys
from the institution have raced in
a derby. Their applications
came in after Curtis Dworken,
general manager of the LuStine-
Nicholson Chevrolet, of Hyatts-
vile and Vincent DuCelier, a
salesman at the auto agency
visited the Village several weeks
ago.
Boys See Movies
Mr.. Dworken, who heads the
IA participating dealerships,
showed the official derby film,
Boys a-Building," and made an
address to the boys.
Howard P. Bailey, assistant to
the Managing Editor of The Star
and the Derby General Chair
man, declared that the meaning
of the derby to city was borne
out by the 80 new registrations.
Evening star., 1955-05-22
Gold Star Mothers
To Hold Reception

A reception for Mr.. A. w. Mel
sen, National president. of Chi
cago, ILL.,, will be given by men,
bers of the Grace Darling Sci
bold Chapter, American Gold
Star Mothers. Inc, at national
headquarters, 2128 Leroy place
NV. on May 20 from 3 to 6 pm.
Past National Fourth Vice
President, Mrs. Caroline S.
Hodgkin. General Chairman. to-
gether with past National first
vice president. Mrs. Gertrude
McBroom. will preside at tea
table. In the receiving line will
be Mrs. Maude E. Fry. national
custodian of records, and Mrs.
Charlotte A. May. chapter presi-
dent.
Other guests will include Mrs.
jeanette M. Gerry. National cor
responding secretary. Mrs. Mari
on F.. Beers, national color
guards, Albany, N. Y, Mrs. Mary
Grace Connolly, Pleasantville,
N. J. and others.
Evening star., 1955-05-22
Legion Auxiliary
To Place Poppies

The American Legion Auxiliary
will place approximately 10000
poppies, made by the District
units, on the graves in Arlington
Cemetery on May %. The Girl
Scouts of Troop No. 278 will
assist Mrs. Goldie Donahue
Chairman in charge Of the pro-
gram urges all unit poppy chair
men and volunteers to be on
hand early Saturday morning to
assist.
The past presidents Of James
Reese Europe Unit will hold a
party for the patients of Mount
Alto Hospital at 1880 pm. Satur-
day.
The Department Of Agricul-
ture and the Patton Tank Corps
Units will hold a welfare benefit
dinner on Monday at $50 pm
at. the Fairfax Hotel. Twenty
first and MASSACHUSETTS avenue
NV. There Will also be an eve
ming of games.
The Department Executive
Committee will meet on Mon.
day at the American Legior
Club. Mrs. Frances Norton. de.
partment president. will preside
Woodbridge Unit will hold 6
plastic party following theil
meeting on Wednesday at tht
Odd Fellows Hall, 2022 Rhode
Island avenue NE.
A meeting of unit education
and scholarship chairmen ha'
been called for Wednesday. Mrs
Mary Michael. the department
chairman, urges each unit u
have a representative present.
Evening star., 1955-05-22
SCIENCE
CALENDAR

Science and technical society
meetings haze been announced
for this week By the Joint
Committee on Press Relations
OF the District Council OF
Engineerin gdnd Architectural
Societies an dthe Washington
Academy of Sciences. Allmeet-
ings listed are open to the
public unless otherwise noted.
Tomorrow
American Statistical AsSocia-
tiOn-8 pm. meeting, Room 2,
Hall of Government, George
Washington University, Twenty
first and G streets NV. "Scien-
tif1c and Professional Personnel
"A National Crisis?" Chair
man: Representative Hinshaw,
Republican, of California. Speak
ers: DR.. M. H. Trytten, Office of
Scientific Personnel, National
Academy of Science-National
Research Council and DR.. D,
Wolfe, administrative secretary
A. A. A. S. Discussants: Harold
Goldstein and j. F. Wellemeyer,
Elections also will be held.
Institute of Radio Engineers
Professional group on Antennas
and Propagation - 7:45 pm,
meeting, Room 43, Natural His
tory Building, Smithsonian In
stitute, Tenth street and Consti-
tuition avenue NV. John C.
Cacheris, Diamond Ordnance
Fuze Laboratories, will speak on
Behavior of FerriteS in Micro
wave Components." Election of
officers will be held.
Tuesday
American Society Of Civil En-
gineers-Noon luncheon meeting,
Barker Hall, YWCA, Seventeenth
and K streets NV. Engineering
Operations in the Antarctic in
1954-55," by William E. Davies,
assistant chief of Military Geol-
ogy Branch, United States Geo.
logical Survey.
Thursday
Electrochemical SOciety-8p.m.
meeting, National Bureau of
Standards, Chemistry Building.
Mortimer C. Bloom, Naval Re-
search Laboratory, will speak on
"Corrosion at High Temperature
and Pressure"
Evening star., 1955-05-22
Nicely Puts in Word
For Steam Engine
BY the Associated Press

With "unfeigned diSmay and
unlimited regret" Senator
Nicely, Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia, yesterday Joined in the
protests against a planned In
terstate Commerce Commission
ceremony commemorating the
passing of the coal burning
steam locomotive.
"Is it possible that this pow
erful governmental agency does
not know that the railroads,
working with the coal and other
industries, have developed and
put into service, a steam turbine
coal burning locomotive that is
more efficient and economical
cnan a diesel engine" Senator
Nicely said.
The Senator expressed belief
the ICC is determined to publi-
cize the Diesel manufacturing
industry "in f1agrant violation
Of its official duty" West Vir-
g1nia is coal-mining State.
Evening star., 1955-05-22
MARRIAGE
LICENSE
APPLICATIONS

Under D. c. ldtD couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, Dait three full days
and receive the license on the
fifth day. Sundays and holi-
days are counted the same as
other days.
RAYMOND Fennel, 10, 245 10th st. ne
and Shirley Hensley, 19, 755 New
Frank jones. 19, io1s Lambert st. NV,
and Barbara Dyer. Is. 1928 18th St.
Philip slonim. IS. Hyattsville, Md, and
John Spicer, 25. 1909 A st. Sc. and
Gloria Fitzgerald. 21, 21s varnum
william Doyaney. 81, a and Lorraine i'm
Harold Blumsnfeld. %. 672s, ,Luzon ave;
nSo.aad n.w;, ana aIa barbara Applefeld' 20. 6o7o
John Bowman. 60, 20 9TH st. Sc. and
Lottie Simpson, So, Alexandria. Va.
and Virginia Edwards, SO. 2l2o 18th
Wilbur Nottineham. 2a. sss A st. ne,
and Norma Collie. 20. 43o3 German
Joseph Thrash. 90, 1868 Ames st. ne,
N.ahar ana Dsris RrIden SartsF z 5o2 Ames st.
NV. and Evelyn Peake. Il. 1865
HoTaes ss0usa cartsr, sxe sT s. so7 Division ave-
ne, and Grace Bowldins. 20. 1455
Joseph Bowles VILE; 43. e45 sth st. me-. and
Mildred Hockett, As, AIS 18th st. ne ne.
Levander Little, jr.. 1925 18th st. NV.
and Elizabeth wood, II. 1911 18th
'0 Gadgs carroll T. s4oG 155s Ss Kramer K ns
J. Il Ra5d9gh, Ran %'11,. e Ils7 Allison ,ass st St
Paul Mccoy. 80. and Doris ,saither 20,
both Of 1929 9TH st. NV.
Marion rio Forrest Forrest Is: All 21st St NV;
Mike Manglit. so. Long l.,and. N. Y,
and Isabelle Alexander. Alexandria. Va.
Both of 4ssf s4sf a69h S st0 st. nj hi0a Deep H.
Belle Barr A. Baltimore. Nd.
'ofa psst coye ld dpo!ays 10! II cspo sa Hnd
:. both Of 342l ,aotE St. ne. "
Vincent Maynard 80 ana Marie Jones.
c,ssst sS both sItof Of 1923 SaPitGi ",
and Elizabeth WalcheskJ 10. 6O7
Donald Skinner, 20, 5a7 Alexandria
PhlseSe PhrS n ne; and Joyce Brown 49, 522o
wiliie 2iieo wright, vi IT, 30. ses st Sc. and
J1leas Anderson' q; Il sth St. rs
Paul Bontemps. ~ Nashville. Tenn. and
Sonia Simmons. i4l4 Girard st. ne.
Jerry Rosenthal, 23 410 Nicholson st
nv: and Michelne Forsmit is. 639
SO, both of 1928 Marion st. NV.
Evening star., 1955-05-22
Job S Daughters
Meetings Slated

Jobs Daughters meetings this
week are:
Bethel No. Friday, installa-
tion of officers.
Bethel No. B. Thursday, in
stallation of officers.
Bethel No. saturday, busi-
ness.
Bethel No. 6-Saturday, in
stallation of officers.
Evening star., 1955-05-22
Union Loses Election

GASTONIA. N. c., May 81 (P).
Employees of the Firestone Tire
and Rubber Co. textile plant here
have voted more than 81 against
union representation. The CIO
Textile Workers Union of Amer
Evening star., 1955-05-22

field; chief-of-staff, Mrs. Mar
garet Binnix; secretary. Mrs,
Beulah Cope: treasurer. Mrs.
Gertrude Miles; musician, Miss
Gretta Ludwig. and assistant
guard, Mrs. Geraldine Menkel.
Evening star., 1955-05-22

lea (CIO) received 500 votes to
1874 votes against representation
in an election conducted by the
National Labor Relations Board.
Evening star., 1955-05-22
Pipe Fires Tractor

When Arthur Evans tamped
his pipe near Tatenhill. Scot
land, the hot ash fired a gasoline
leak on the road and his tractor
caught fire.
Evening star., 1955-05-22
Python Sales Brisk

individuals, as well as ZOOS
and circuSes, buy his pythons,
reports George Palmer of Lon
don, pet store owner.
Evening star., 1955-05-22

Watch The Star for News
of the Derby.
Evening star., 1955-11-04
Paper Reports
Time Lag at
heWoodwards

MINEOLA, N. Y, Nov. 4 Up.
The first man on the scene at
the fatal shooting Of sportsman
William Woodward, jr, was
quoted today as saying 90 min
''lutes elapsed between the shots
land the screams of Mrs. Wood
ward.
The New York Post said this
was reported by Steve Smith, 81,
might watchman at the Cinerama
laboratory adjoining the Wood
ward home at Oyster Bay. The
! millionaire Woodward had a f.
nancial interest in Cinerama.
Nassau County District At
torney Frank Gulotta said again
today an intensive investigation
has produced nothing to change
my opinion that the Staying was
accidental"
4 Nassau County Detective Chief
Stuyvesant Pinell said MFR. Smith
had told the police the shots
and the screams were almost
simultaneous"
4 The newspaper also said it
learned from another source that
Mrs. Woodward's bedroom VIM
dow was unlocked. although she
said she stood shotgun beside
her bed for fear Of a prowler.
4 The former model and radio
ACTRESS, SO, has told police she
lshot her 35-year-old husband I'M
the darkness early Sunday morn
ing in the mistaken belief he
twas a prowler.
Quotes Watchman
The Post quoted Mr.. Smith as
lsaying:
THE actual shots sounded to
me like 'thump-thump.' They
were in rapid succession.
4 II didn't realize they were
shots. / Immediately assumed
someone was trying to break
into the (Cinerama) building. I
had been lying down when I
heard them. / stiffened. /
waited a few minutes, expecting
any second to hear footsteps.
But when I heard no more
sounds after about three minutes
IL got up and started to search
1.-THE laboratory.
II covered the entire ground
floor and the top (second fioor)
lcutting rooms.
| Several times I would Just
Istop and listen. trying to hear
III anyone else we're walking
about. The only thing / heard
was the rain falling outside" !"
Commute Period
He decided to return to bed,
Ihe said.
THAT was about 20 minutes
lafter the shots, the Post quoted
Ihim as saying. land suddenly I
heard this screaming. She was
Saying:
"fPlease help me. Please help
|me. Something terrible has hap
lpened.
Mr.. Smith said he went TO q
telephone and asked the OPERA
Itor If anyone from the Wood
ward house had called for help.
| "f've got somebody on the
phone but all ! can get Is scream
ling" the operator told him, Mr..
Smith said.
Mr.. Smith said he had not
Evening star., 1955-11-04

told authorities about his ex-
perience because none had asked
him about 1t.
The Pest said only a thin, un-
soundproofed partition separator
the laboratory from Mrs. Wood
wards bedroom.
The newspaper also said it was
Evening star., 1955-11-04

Ia half hour after police arrived
at the estate before Mrs. Wood
ward told them she had killed
her husband-that she was in
coherent In the meantime.
Meanwhile. the Duchess Of
Windsor, who attended a party
lat which the Woodwards were
Evening star., 1955-11-04

present Just hours before the
shooting. said she regarded them
as an ideal couple"
The Duchess was questioned
In her suite at the Wal
Evening star., 1955-11-04

dorf Towers In New York by
two Nassau County police ON
Icials, Assistant Chief Inspector
James Farrell and Detective VIII
liam Garrett.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-03-15

Fifty years ago one farm worker
produced enough food and fiber for
himself and others, while today one
farm worker is producing enough for
nearly 20 persons. This has been made
possible by, among other things, 100
per cent increase in tractors on farms,
a 23O per cent increase in the use of
milking machines, 800 per cent more
combines in operation, and 800 per
cent increase in the use of commercial
fertilizers.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-03-15

tenn which may be helpful in planning
for irrigation by sprinkler.
1. Don't expect to save labor or
money as compared to surface sys-
tenn, which is already installed and
operating satisfactorily.
2. Don't expect one or two inches of
water applied through sprinkler to
equal five or six inches applied by sur
face methods. 1t might equal two or
three inches by surface methods, but
not five or six.
3. Don't expect it to pay its way on
native grass or straight wheat farms.
4. Plan to go all out for high produc-
ton when you install a sprinkler Main
tain high fertility, crop rotation, weed
control, insect control and the best Gull
tural practices.
5. Select your dealer carefully be-
cause it is his job to give you the proper
design to stand behind his product.
6. Use the sprinkler where it has an
economic advantage and not where
some other method has the advantage.
z. 1t is a conservation method of ir-
rigation if properly designed and in
stalled. Use it to conserve soil where it
will surpass other methods in this re-
Spect.
8. A sprinkler system can only make
money when it is running. 1t loses
money all the time it is idle. Like any
other piece of equipment, you must
operate it a certain number of hours
during its lifetime or it won't pay its
way.
9. When you use it to bring new land
under irrigation, it has a better chance
of profitable operation than on land all
ready irrigated by surface method.
TO- The higher the value of the crop,
the easier it is to make the sprinkler
pay. Also, high value cash crops offer
greater opportunity to give large and
profitable returns from irrigation.
The sprinkler business is now begin
ming to realize the fundamental rules of
operation and govern its progress ac-
cordingly. 1t is safe to say that the
sprinkler is here to stay. It has found
a home in some counties and is finding /
a place in others.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Plays Tour Cancelled
After Actors Quote
By the As,oeiuted Press

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. Be
cause Actor Paul Douglas was
quoted as saying ''the South
stinks," a seven-week Southern
tour of THE Caine Mutiny
Court Martial" has been can
celed.
Producer Paul Gregory said the
tour will end Saturday in Pitts
burgh. It was scheduled to open
next Monday in Charleston,
w. Va.
Mr.. Gregory said Mr.. Douglas
was quoted by a reporter at
Greensboro. N. c.. as saying "the
South stinks. It's a land of SOW
belly and segregation" Mr..
Douglas later claimed he was
misquoted.
Mr.. Gregory. openly miffed at
Mr.. Douglas, said it would be
easier to cancel the tour than
try to continue with Mr.. Doug
las.
A spokesman for the pro-
ducer said:
THE company, which had
been doing capacity business in
the North, found itself prac-
tically boycotted in the South
after Douglas remarks. You can
say we took real big dip at the
boxoffice."
The show, in which Mr.. Doug
las plays Captain Queeg, the
neurotic skipper of the Caine.
has been on the road for 80
weeks.
Evening star., 1955-02-09

Postal Transport Association.
and Harold McAvoy. president:
Of the National Association of
Post Once and Postal Trans
portation Service, Mail Hand:
lers. Watchmen and Messengers
Roy Hallbeck, legislative rep
resentative Of the National Fed:
Grafton Of Post Office Clerks;
and William c. Doherty, presi-
dent of the National Association
of Letter Carriers, had testified
previously N support of 10 per
cent pay raise. Both witnesses
also suggested numerous changes.
in the reclassification plan to-
safeguard postal workers rights.
The committee continues its
hearings today with more poStaI
employe union leaders scheduled
to testify. Classified employe
leaders are scheduled to testify
on classified pay raise legislation
next week.
CONVENTION - The National
Association Of Supervisors, De-
partment Of Defense, will hold
its 17th annual convention start
ing next Monday in the Shore
ham Hotel. The sessions will last
through Wednesday. One of the,
speakers will be Carter L. Bur-
CESS, Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Manpower and Per-;
sonnel. Various members of
Congress will also address the
convention.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Confidence Men Fleece
Two Widows Of S45,O00
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 9.-Two
elderly Miami widows told police
they had been fleeced out of
$45, 900, their life savings. by q
team of fast-talking confidence
men.
The women asked that their
names not be published because
a member of the family is crit
ically ill and would be distressed
by the news.
The swindle started, they said,
when a man who identified him.
self as Nathan Hale" knocked
on the front door of their modest
home. He told them he repre-
sented "the biggest oil company
in the world" and had come to
buy some oil leases they owned
in Minnesota.
They said today they gave
Hale" or his two confederates
these amounts on different occa-
sions: $500, $19,5O0. $500
and $11 500.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Garden Club League
Takes Stand Against
Route Through Park

The National Capital Garden
Club League yesterday voiced
opposition to the proposed plan
to build a superhighway through
Rock Creek Park.
The group. representing rs
garden clubs in the Metropolitan
Area, passed the resolution at
tacking the extension of Route
240 through the park after a
special committee reported on its
year-long study of the situation.
The report said the commit
tee realizes the difficulties con-
fronting the local highway au-
thorities in both Maryland and
the District are real and serious.
The committee is not con-
vinced, however. that the plan to
extend a main road into and
through Rock Greek Park in
the manner suggested is the
only, or the most appropriate,
way to solve these traffic prob
lens. 1t may seem to be the least
expensive way. and in some re-
Spects the easiest. But such is
not. in the committees view, the
sound or proper basis upon
which a just and fair conclusion
is to be reached" the report
said.
The resolution was passed at
the quarterly meeting held in
the auditorium of Woodward 8
Lothrop's Chevy Chase store.
The special committee max
ing the report included Mrs. Carl
D. Shoemaker and Mrs. Edward
w. Sturdevant.
Evening star., 1955-02-09

rervisors' membership, by vote
of $500 to $500, voted to leave
the AFL.
JOBS-The Army Department
needs radio control technicians,
GS-7 to 10: position classif1ers
(male) GS-9; physicists. Grades
5 through 13; shorthand re-
porters, Grade Z, and stenog-
rapherS, Grade 4. Apply to room
10, Old Post Office Building.
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. The National
Institutes of Health at Bethesda,
Md, needs guards at salaries of
$2.750 to $3,795 a year. :. The
Civil Service Commission has an
nounced job openings for the
following positions in the De-
fense Department: Auditors.
$3,410 a year; communications
coding clerks, statistical clerks,
supply clerks and traffic clerks,
$3,175 year. Applications
should be filed with the commits
sion for all jobs except auditor.
The examination announcement
for auditor. available at the
csc, indicates where applica-
tions should be filed.
PAY - More postal employe
union officials testified yesterday
before the House Civil Service
Committee on Federal pay raise
legislation. The officials urged a
10 per cent pay raise. They sug-
geSted various amendments to
Postmaster General Summer
fields reclassification plan to
give postal workers greater safe
guards against down-grading
and loss of job rights.
Those testifying were Warren
B. Bledsoe. president of the
National Rural Letter Carriers
Association, Samuel E. Klein,
president of the United National
Grafton of Post Office Clerks,
William M. Thomas, National