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Evening star., 1955-11-21
|Bapiists in Area
Total 34,1O3
BY cAsPAR NAMES

There are 34,203 members OF
the 48 churches affiliated with
1.-THE District Of Columbia Baptist
Convention. q report to the
ORGANIZATIONS annual session re-
lvealed today,
This represents gain OF l,2lS
members over the 1854 report.
THE largest church In the con-
lyention is the Metropolitan Bap-
Itist Church. with 1856 members.
Other large churches are CAL
vary Baptist Church, 3.096; Ma
Itional Memorial Baptist Church.
li.73l; First Baptist Church.
Ii .624, and Clifton Park Baptist
Church. 1915. In oil. there are
IiO churches in the convention
having more than 1000 mem-
bers.
The report. submitted to the
lopening session IN Brookland
baptist Church today, also noted
| q Sunday School membership OF
| e.OT4.
Leader in this area was Cal
vary Church. 2.486 students and
teachers. Other top churches
were Metropolitan, 2.078: Silver
ISpring, 1898: Congress Heights,
Il.223, and East Washington
Heights. 1910.
The president Of the conven-
ltion, Edward A. Fox. ar, warned
1.-THE gathering that too-large
|churches have q tendency to lose
lefiiciency.
aThere are an increasing num-
her Of drones among the MEM
Ibership when the church is too
large" Mr.. Fox said.
He pointed out that during the
lwar period, when the city was
rapidly growing In population,
1.-THE Baptist churches increase In
membership did not keep pace
with this growth. II
"The declining Of rate Of in
lterest In those years was not due
Ito lack Of material MI. Fox said
He also called for q massive
dose Of home missions" as the
remedy to this situation.
N +
| The meeting, which continues
through tomorrow. will hear two
speakers tonight. They are Or,
william Axling. missionary to
Tokyo. Japan. and DR.. Perry F.
webb, pastor Of the First Baptist
Church. San Antonio, Tex.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
YEGGS TAKE SAFE
AS GUARD SLEEPS

Thieves made on with a
325-pound safe from an Ar
lington service station early
today after q watchman fell
asleep in his car trying to
keep warm, police were told.
The safe, containing near
" $3.50. was removed from
the Gulf Service Station,
1924 Columbia Pike.
Warren H. Gaskill, 40.
colored. had been assigned
as a watchman because the
service station Is being re-
modelled. police said.
Young Gaskill told police
he got In his car about / am.
and was awakened about
two hours later BY a cab
driver who told him the
front door Of q wooden con-
struction shack was open.
The safe, which has been
placed in the shack during
the construction work, was
missing.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
IS Turkey Rush Locks
Noisy 'GobbIe' Of Yore

Hen turkeys are the most ex-
pensive, 4 to IA pounds each, at
about SIS cents q pound.
II your fayorite store adver-
tises lower prices. it's because
stores are willing to take q loss
|on turkeys in order TO bring the
customers in.
Most Of the fresh turkeys In
this area come from farms In
the Shenandoah Valley OF Vir-
Eginia. Frozen turkeys. however,
come from all over the country,
mostly from Maryland. Delaware
land the Midwest. They come In
lockwood crates Of about so
pounds. holding from two to
eight turkeys, depending on size.
Individually boxed turkeys,
each sealed In a plastic bag. come
Ito the wholesalers already
marked with weight and type.
IS Rush Not as Heavy
Although turkey sales zoon at
Thanksgiving time to as much
as 20 times the volume Of a mid
summer week, this year Is not
as busy as some dealers had ex-
lpected. Wholesalers In other
years started buying as early as
lSeptember for future delivery
This year, with turkey prices UP
about q nickel and other meats,
like pork and hams. way down,
many turkey wholesalers held OF
buying until late.
With oven -ready turkeys al
most completely dominating the
market, something called New
York dress" is almost impossible
to tind any more. New York
dress Is the trade term for q
turkey that has been plucked
but still wears its head and feet
and innards.
Although THANKSGIVING is q
busy time for the wholesale
houses, 1t is matched by the
Christmas season for volume
sales. Turkeys are lii demand
the year round since the intro
Iduction Of the small Beltsville
types. however.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Drive On to Aid Victims
Of MuscuIor Dystrophy

stand or sit. To many patients
there are SO on the rolls Of the
clinics--this progress" might be
measured once In six months.
Muscles Break Down
This is the firing. frustrating
work Of physical rehabilitation
specialists. headed at Georgetown
by DR.. Bernard Michela, a
l"young" man, for 1t is only re-
Gently that doctors are picking
Iup the loose ends Of illnesses
which sentence people to "jusi
living out" their time. AS DR.
Michela describes it, he's making
these doomed lives more produc-
tive, pleasant and producing
perhaps, some point to the life
ahead.
/ The disease attacks the mus
.icles primarily. doctors explain
For some reason--the one mos
lof the research is aimed at
muscles break down and are re
placed by fat and later, unbend
ling, tough fibers. Arms. legl
hands eventually undergo tn
polite name Of "contractions
which means they are drawn in
ward to become "deformities.
Physical medicine specialist
work toward postponing tn
lcontractions while neurologist
probe into what goes wrong.
/ We're fishing" said DR.. Des
lmond O'Doherty. who heads tn
clinic at Georgetown
1 But the clinic, now in its thirt
year. represents. actually, q BIZ
step toward tackling the disease
particularly in the Washington
area.
To keep the clinic going. the
local Muscular Dystrophy chap.
ter embarks today in q drive tc
raise $4,000 by next Saturday
The drive has its ''marchers"-e
collection of people who know
the disease-and the help Of fire.
men whose stations will be used
Jas counting houses.
The main appeal viii be
house -to-house."
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Mcleod to Speak

Scott Mcleod, administrator
Of the bureau OF security and
consular affairs for the Depart
ment of State. will address the
monthly meeting Of the District
society, Sons Of the American
Revolution, at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Cosmos Club, Massachu-
sets and Florida avenues NV.
Col. Thurston H. Baxter will
preside.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
BY JOHN McKELwAY

Nothing much is new" in medi-
cine. Accents. however, change
from time to time in the profess
sion, carrying more weight and
more direction toward whatever
is the problem.
Muscular dystrophy--a disease
which this week will be the SUBJ
ject Of q drive for funds-is
gradually getting this attention,
1T was long in coming. For mus
Icular dystrophy was recognized
enough to be put down on paper
and described some 30 years ago.
Doctors did not exactly turn
their heads from the gradual
Icrippler. mainly Of those under
20. They met and conquered
greater killers killers which, in
Icidentally. were caused in most
cases by bugs the doctors could
catch and study.
But 1t is, and will be. more diff.
lficult with muscular dystrophy
and q most Of other chronic dis.
eases which only now the profes.
sion Is looking into.
Present Work Reviewed
One Of the tangible signs oi
what Is being done about the
disease consists of a group oi
rooms at Georgetown Univer-
Isity Hospital. This Is the Mus
|cular Dystrophy Clinic, financed
largely by the Muscular Dys-
trophy Chapter Of the Washing
ton area from funds gained in
their annual drives previously.
Because research into muscular
dystrophy has been compare
lively fruitleSs since the start
of the search for q cause Of the
disease. the clinics main effort
is directed toward making the
life OF victims Of the disease q bit
more productive, easier. The
treatment Of muscular dystrophy
actually is more Of q postpone
ment Of bed-ridden years than
anything else.
Progress here is measured in
terms Of q patients ability to
Evening star., 1955-11-21
b HARRY BACAs

Three days to go to Thanks
giving and try to find the "gobble
gobble gobbie" Of b turkey any
where In town.
You cant.
One might expect the whole
sale poultry district to be alive
with the cries Of doomed bird;
destined for Thanksgiving din
ner tables, but the turkey houses
are as silent as q deep freeze.
The wholesale houses near the
Southwest waterfront and In
Northeast Washington are NOV
ing an estimated 3 million
pounds Of turkeys to stores, hotels
and clubs between now arc
Thursday. But the operation Ii
one Of weighing, packing anc
shipping.
Old Order Is Changed
The days when live birds came
in on the back Of an open truck
and had to be killed, plucket
and cleaned is gone.
Today, the refrigerated trailer
trucks started unloading at
a.in.-60-polnd crates Of cleaned
eviscerated turkeys ready for thu
oven. The wholesalers sock some
crates away in cold rooms and
transfer others directly to de.
livery trucks for distribution.
Even the fresh, cleaned tur.
keys paced In ice are giving way
to- frozen birds.
BY naid-morning In the Ole
days, aproned workers stood knes
deep In blood and feathers after
converting noisy gobblers anc
hens into birds flt for roasting
Now they act only as weigher,
and packers.
Big Day for Wholesalers
Tomorrow VIII be the big day
for the wholesalers. All day the,
win be moving truckloads Of tur-
keys to the stores for the peal
buying Of Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
BY Wednesday night they ex.
pect to send more than 100000
birds into hotels and stores In
the washington area.
The cheapest will be the tom
turkeys, running from is pounds
on up and wholesaling this sea-
son ct about AZ cents o pound
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Lecture for Ciyituns

WILDER LaRoe, jr.. Presbyterian
Ilayman. win speak on What to
BE Thankful For" at the weekly
luncheon Of the Civitan Club ct
1880 pm. tomorrow at the May
| flower Hotel.
Evening star., 1955-11-21

stand or sit. To many patients
there are so on the rolls Of the
clinics--this progress" might be
measured once In six months.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
s Are Indicted
In Fatal HoIdup
Accused Of Attacking
Store Delivery Man


Two men and three juveniles
today were indicted on counts
of nrst-degree murder and rob.
berry Of a liquor store delivery
man.
They are accused Of robbing
Maceo C. Leatherwood, 56. col
ored. OF 1921 Monroe street NV,
September 10 this year. Accord
ting 10 police. the band jumped
him, struck him about the head
and knocked him down before
taking his wallet with $40 and
d quantity OF whisky and beer
he was carrying.
Mr.. Leatherwood died October
II at Garfield Hospital as re-
suit Of the injuries,
Accused in the indictment are:
Henry Paterson, 81. colored, of
the first block Of H street NE:
Charles Payne. i6. colored. of
the 3400 block of Biltmore street
NV; Sheridan Hayden, Is. coll
ored. of the 3400 block of Sher-
man avenue NV; Leo Griffin,
81. colored, Of the i400 block Of
Harvard street NV. and Leroy
James. jr., II. colored, Of the
1900 block Of Monroe street NV.
Jurisdiction Waived
Assistant United States At
torney Joseph Conliff said Ju-
venile Court Judge Edith H.
cockrill has waived Jurisdiction
over the three juveniles.
In another indictment, Joseph
Reiss. 81, OF the 5000 block Of
Blaine street NE. was indicted
on three counts Of using the
mails to defraud book clubs.
The Indictment charges that
Reiss obtained 1862 worth Of
books by joining clubs repeated
ly under various aliases. Accord
ing to the indictment the unem-
Iployed man then sold them to
book shops.
The indictment charges that
he he'd rented three post ONCE
boxes here to use as addresses
in defrauding the Atlantic
Monthly Book Club, New York
City: the History Book Club.
New York City. and the Tennis
Students Club.
James r. Wilson. 10, colored.
OF the $500 block Of Eighteenth
street NV was indicted on
counts Of entering Jackson's
Market, s24 Tenth street NV.
October 70 and taking sl.Il0 in
cash.
Indicted In Break-in
Ellsworth B. Richards. 25,
colored. Of the 1900 block Of
Park road NV. was indicted on
counts Of housebreaking and
larceny. He is accused Of enter
ing q dry cleaning establish
|ment at 1924 Twelfth street
NE. October 80 and taking
81 .066 worth Of merchandise.
He also is accused Of breaking
into another cleaning store at
POPS Rhode Island avenue Me-,
October l6 and taking $7S9 In
clothing and money.
Another indictment today
charged Henry j. Brown, jr.. 10.
coIored, Of the $500 block Of
Tenth street NV, with grand
larceny accusing him Of taking
$i07 from the Community Chest
Federation annex ONCE in the
Veterans Administration Build
ing. Police charged that while
working at the Chest office, an
envelope with the money and
some checks was delivered and
signed for by Brown. Later,
however, the empty envelope
was discovered by another en-
Iploye. Police said Brown burned
the checks.
William n. Burns, 20, colored.
Iof the 200 book of Lowrie place
NE, was indicted on q charge
Iof taking 479 letters from q Post
Office depository.
Evening star., 1955-11-21

GERS Association. He is now
fighter pilot in Marine Reserve
Fighter Squadron 32l at Ana
costa Naval Air Station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-15
; Powers Study
Berlin Issue

BONN. Germany, Dec. IS (Pi
Representative of the Western
Big Three met here today tc
consider a renewed Russian
claim that the East Germans
are in sovereign" charge OF
Communist East Berlin.
Ministers from the United
States, British and French En-
bassies discussed a note received
last night from Soviet Ambassa-
dor Georgi M. Pushkin.
The Russian envoy to East
Germany completely supported
a stand taken by the Soviet Sec
tor commandant. P. A. Dibrova,
that East Berlin is no longer
occupied Dy the Russians,
Dibrova held it is now the SOW
ereign" capital of the sovereign
East German state.
The Western powers protested
December / that Dibrova's COM
ments could mean the dissolu-
ton of Berlin's four-power
status.
Behind the exchange of notes
was an incident involving two
United States congressman, Rep
resentatives Ostertag. Republic
can of New York, and Boland,
Democrat of Massachusetts.
They were detained for four
hours at pistol point in East
Berlin on November 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-15
Chinese to Free
III. S. Missionary

! HONG KONG Dec. Is R.-
Red Cross officials said today
| they had received word Mrs
Homer ". Bradshaw, an Amer
iican missionary-nurse detained
with her husband by the Red
| Chinese for four years. will reach
Hong Kong December 20.
Mrs. Bradshaw. whose head
quarters are in New York City
was ordered freed and deported
November II. She was one of ls
Americans. jailed or under house
arrest. whose release the Com
munists promised to expedite
in September.
The message received by the
Red Cross said Mrs. Bradshaw
would leave Canton around
December 20" and could be ex-
Ipected to reach the border OF
this British crown colony on
that date.
Mrs Bradshaw is a registered
nurse and 6ietician. Her hus-
band is a long time medical
missionary in China. Mrs. Laura
Lau. another American mission
Iary released by the Chinese Com
munists in October. said both
the Bradshaws were in bad
health and that the husband was
still in prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-15

but are waiting to go home unit
they get their promotions.
Marshal Bulganin said at the
airport Russia knows Afghan.
istan is ceaselessly following 9
policy of neutrality while seeking
peace" He declared the condi.
tons exist for expanding anc
strengthening Afghan-Soviet re.
lations."
Recalling the Russians sup
port for India in her dispute with
Pakistan over Kashmir. observer:
here were interested to note the
presence of "Pushtoonistan" sup
|porters carrying banners among
the generally silent crowds who
watched the arrival. Many Al
ghans are hoping for Soviet sup
port for Pushtoonistan--a claim
for a new state for Pathar
tribesmen to be carved out Of
neighboring PakiStan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-15

drove with Prime Minister Mo-
manned Daud to his guest house.
But there were none Of the riot
Gus crowds which everywhere
had greeted the Kremlin chiefs
during their visit to India and
Burma.
The Russians visit to this
land-locked, mountainous king
dom on their Asian doorstep was
virtually without advance local
fanfare. Flags and bunting APP
peared for the first time on
public buildings today and the
government-controlled press for
the first time reported the
scheduled arrival.
For the last stop on their
Asian tour, the Kremlin leaders
few in from Stalinabad, capital
of the neighboring Soviet Re-
public of Tadzhik. Bad weather
had forced them to fly beyond
Kabul yesterday and land in
Termez. Soviet city 400 miles
north of the Afghan capital.
An escort of Soviet planes
landed at the airport before the
big transport carrying Messrs
Bulganin and KhruShchey
touched down, A guard of honor
goose stepped through the mire
to present arms before they
drove off with Premier Daud in
a bulletproof car.
Despite the lack of a welcom-
ing crowd, student sources in
dictated the government was ex-
pecting a turnout later in the
visit of three to five days.
These sources said although
the school term ended two weeks
ago, the government had de-
layed promoting pupils to higher
grades so they would not leave
the city. Many students live
hundreds of miles from Kabul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-15
Afqhon Crowds Silent
As Soviet Chiefs Arrive

KABUI. Afghanistan Dec Is Q-Sove Premier Bulganin
Communist Party boss Nta Khrhchev arrived in Afghan
today for snowy crowdess geetng.
On least Kabul wall had painted "Soviets
and rain-which had delayed the arrival a
day-continued to fall intermittently.
Soldiers and police the visitors
Evening star., 1955-05-31
President Dubious
On Aim of Release

President Eisenhower today
indicated skepticism about Com
munist China's release of -four
American flyers being a sincere
effort to reduce world tensions.
He told a news conference that
messages from various sources
imply that the Chinese Reds
wanted their action to be taken
as a token of their desire to dc
something to reduce tensions.
But, lie said, everything that
happens in the world has to be
examined very carefully and
watched closely before jumping
to any conclusions about its
meaning.
Mr.. Eisenhower said, without
any elaboration, that he had no
word this morning about pros
poets for release of other Amer
leans held by the Chinese Com
munistS.
Mr.. Eisenhower mentioned at
the opening of his news confer
ence that the Air Force was fly
ing the families Of the four
released flyers to Honolulu where
they should meet them some
time tomorrow evening. He SAID
the four released flyers left
Hong Kong by air for Honolulu
at 4:30 am. today, Washington
time,
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Phone Union Sued
By Southern Bell

NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 81
R.-The Southern Bell Tele-
phone Co. sued the Communica-
tions Workers of American Union
for SIS million today in Circuit
Court for damages in the recent
telephone strike.
The suit. scekin- both COM
pensatory and punitive damages,
is outlined i'll $50 pages of ale
cations. The company charges
the CIO union and its officials
with responsibility in numerous
acts of vandalism during tic
long strike. which started March
IA.
Court officials said the amount
was the largest ever sought in A
State court at Nashville.
The petition said the strike,
which ended officially last
Wednesday. was an unlawful
combination and conspiracy"
and that it was 'maliciously and
uniustifiably entered into by the
union and its members and 9TH
ers to damage and destroy COM
pany property"
The suit named the CIO-CWA
and two individuals, r. B. Porch.
CWA area director. and W. E.
Buttram, Tennessee director of
the CWA.
The suit asks a jury trial and
a court official said the case may
be set for the fall term.
There was nc immediate COM
ment from union sources.
Evening star., 1955-05-31

were only carrying out the Or
ders Of the United States mill
tary authorities and have all
admitted their crimes and ex-
pressed remorse since their cap
! ture, they are therefore being
treated with leniency." the
broadcast verdict said.
Informed sources in New
Delhi said Mr.. Nienon had told
Western diplomats the Red Chi
nese were releasing only a small
group of airmen because the
United States had not given
permission for all Chinese stu
dents at United States colleges
to return home.
In Washington, however, the
State Department said that every
Chinese student in the United
States who has expressed desire
to return to China has been
cleared. Most of them, perhaps
all, arc on their way home, these
officials added.
The students were among sew
eral thousand Chinese attending
American colleges and UNIVERSE
tics when the Korean war broke
out. Most of these, United States
officials said. decided to stay in
the United States. OF those who
wanted to so home, persons who
had received technical training
which could have aided Peiping
in waging war were temporarily
barred from departing.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Neri Optimistic
After japan Talks

TOKYO, May 81 (Py.--Felino
Neri, Philippines special repara-
tions ambassador. left today
after nearly four weeks of ne
gotiations which he said laid
the basis for final talks in Ma
nila."
Mr.. Neri talked with nearly
every top Japanese leader on
the stalematcd question of how
much Japan is to pay the Phil
ippines for war damage.
His discussions narrowed but
did not close the gap between
the two nations.
It was learned the japanese
came through with last minute
concessions, almost as Mr.. Neri
was to board a plane for Manila
These concessions gave rise to
some optimism that the repara-
tions problem could be cleared
up finally in formal Manila nc
gotiations.
The Philippines are under
stood to have asked $500 million
over a 10-year period. Formerly
the Philippines had asked for
a billion dollars.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Wet Nam Refugees
Get New Extension

SAIGON, South Wet Nam,
May 81 R.-France and the
Communist Wet Mini have
agreed to give persons living in
North and South Wet Nam an
additional month in which to
choose their permanent homes,
the international Arnistice
Commission announced today.
The new deadline is July 20.
The Wet Mini already had
agreed under pressure from Wet
Nam, France. the United States,
Canada and Russia to add 80
days to the May 18 deadline
provided for by the Geneva arm
istice accords. The second ex-
tension was proposed by the
commission and agreed on May
%.
It means that thousands more
will be able to join the 800. 900
persons who already have chosen
to leave the Wet Minh-controlled
Evening star., 1955-05-31

| SEVENTY ne ewsmen crowded the
airport ramp. British Royal Air
Force police tried to hold them
back, but they broke through.
! The freed four lined up under
4 wing of the Bataan for a
picture.
How does it feel to be back?"
shouted a newsman.
Great it's wonderful, "
the chorused.
Newsmen tried to ask more
questions but were stopped by
1t. Col. o. W. D. Simpso on.
United States Air Attache at
Hong Kong, who said: These
men cannot answer such ques-
tions at this time"
1t appeared obvious the Air
Force wishes to complete mill
tary debriefing before the men
give any interviews. Col. Simp-
son said no debrieflng questions
were asked of the men at the
Jockey Club.
Col. Heller walked with a limp,
and Col. Norcross said he had
been badly injured when he
bailed uot of his Sabre jet. Col.
Heller said he had had four
operations on his left leg and
had spent much time in a hos
pital where Chinese doctors had
made bone CRAFTS. Col. Norcross
, said the leg looked well healed
Together Most of Time
Col. Heller as spokesman said
they did not know they were
going to be tried until a day
before the trial opened on
charges of "wanton invasion of
Chinese territory"
Except for the time he spent
in the hospital the men were
together most of the time, he
said.
They had only Chinese food,
he added.
Col. Heller told Col. Simpson
, the men were amazed that they
were the first flyers to be re-
leased"
They took us on a sight-see- =
ins tour in Canton yesterday" "
he said. "Peiping was beautiful