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Threaten
Historic Forest

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 8 Up
- Waves of flames threatened
two priceless redwood groves TO-
day as forest fires blazed out oi
control in Northern and Centra'
California.
More than 1900 firefighters
battled flames whipping through
the Sequoia National Forest ir
the Sierra Nevada east Of Fresno
More than 1000 acres were al
ready blackened. Damage was
estimated at more than $3.50. 900
The flames reached within q
mile Of the famed General Grant
redwood, the worlds largest tree
Its age has been calculated al
more than 5000 years.
In the northern section of the
State. between 1900 and l8,O0C
acres were af1ame in Humboldt
County. 1t was the worst for.
est fire in the area since 1945.
Firefighters fought to save
Rockefeller Grove. one Of the
few remaining stands of virgin
redwood.
Late last night the fire wa.
reported moving away from thu
grove, after burning through
some 5000 acres in the Bull
Greek area. 80 miles south O.
Eureka.
! A brush and forest fire wa
finally brought under control II
Lake County. about 100 mile
north of San Francisco, aftel
more than 200 persons wer,
forced to evacuate their homes
Evening star., 1955-09-06
Army to Free Man Who Soys
He Went AWOL in 1923

NEW YORK. Sept. 6 (R.-The
Army is planning to free today a
59-year-oId man who said he
went AWOL while serving as a
private a quarter century ago.
A ist Army spokesman said the
statute of limitations long since
ran out in the case of William
F. Lydon. All that can be done
is take his statement and forward
it to Washington to close out
Mr.. Lydon's record-if any.
Some form of discharge prob
ably will be issued, should Mr..
Lydon's volunteered story be
verified.
An Army legal expert said Mr..
Lydon was being released under
Article of War 80 of the 1928
manual for courts-martial, which
was in effect when Mr.. Lydon
said he enlisted.
The article, places q three-year
limitation on prosecution for de-
sertion in peacetime. There was
no time limit then on desertion
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day. the District Medical So
ciety reports.
5-Day Forecast for Washing
ton and Vicinity. Sept. I'LL.
Temperatures will be near the
normal high of 80 and low of
SO. Cooler Wednesday and
Thursday, warmer Friday and
Saturday followed by cooler
again Sunday. Rain about Sat-
urday will total "a inch or less.
River Report
From q s EngineersI
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and slightly muddy at Great Falls; Shen-
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
tReadings Washington National Airport
Midnight 20 Noon n
Z am -- ss I pm. --- s33
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest, 9S, on July %. August z.
Lowest, 10. on February 10.
High and Low OF last - Hours
High, 49, at $40 pm.
Low, 20, at 5:45 am.
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Los Angeles
Still Bukinq

LOS ANGELES. Sept. s tP).--
The l00-plus heat wave in Los
Angeles cracked a little yester-
day. but the Weather Bureau
says 1t will be going full blast
again today.
A revised early morning fore
cast predicted a high Of 101
downtown today, instead of a
previously predicted maximum
of SO.
Yesterday the high was 90.
1t was the first time since last
Tuesday that the mercury had
not gone above 100 in the heart
of the metropolis.
The daily maximums in the
record-breaking scorcher were !:
Wednesday l01. Thursday ITO
for an all-time high. Friday 108,
Saturday 103 and Sunday 101.
Gentle sea breezes and some
Icloudiness are credited for the
slight crack in the blistering
weather, but the forecaster says
it can not yet be called a cooling
trend. However, the high ex-
Ipected at the beaches today is
only rs. The downtown area
expects return Of eye-irrita- =
ting smog today.
The heat wave death toll
mounted in Los Angles County.
The coroner's Office said 81
deaths we're attributed to the
Ihcat since last Wednesday. The
nun, Ter of natural deaths was
I277 in that period. nearly 2la
times the total of 113 in the COR
responding period last year. The
coroner said the heat was an
apparent accelerating factor in
many of these deaths.
Evening star., 1955-09-06

ployes feel that it is more than
coincidence that the room ates
were raised right after the per
diem travel expenses were in
UNIFORM ALLOWANCES
The up-to-sl0o-a-year uniform
allowances given Federal work.
ers who wear such garb are not
subject to Federal income tax.
This was stated specifically. in
the Federal Employees Uniform
Allowance Act.
Recently some Veterans Ad-
ministration units deducted tax
from the uniform allowances
given employees. However. VAS
Central ONCE here ordered the
tax deductions refunded and
stressed that no future tax de-
ductions should be made.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Linds-
ley H. Noble has been appointed
deputy controller of the Post
Office Department. The job is
a new one and was created in a
recent reorganization. Mr.. Noble
previously served as controller
for the Panama Canal Co.
and the Atomic Energy Commits
sion. Donald s. Harvey,
chief of the Civil Service Com
missions examining division.
will speak on "The New Federal
Service Entrance Examination"
at 8 pm. Thursday at a meeting
OF the District Of Columbia chap
ter, international Association of
Personnel In Employment Secu-
rity. at 1924 F street NV. !.
Anthony T. Callahan has been
appointed executive controls Of
dcer Of the Civil Aeronautics Ad-
ministration. Mr.. Callahan has
been with CAA since l946. I.
Bernard F. Miller, Naval Gun
Factory quarterman machinist,
has retired after more than So
years Of service in the factory.
He received a special letter
of commendation from Rear
Admiral Lorenzo S. Sabin, SUPER
intendent. Francis c. Mac
Donald has been appointed chief
Of the Section of Railroad Safety
and assistant director of the
Bureau Of Safety and Service of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. He succeeds Shirley N.
Mills who has retired. Four
employees of Nays Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts have been
promoted. They are Lillian M.
Hottenstein. Mrs. Genevieve C..
Mckinley, Carl c. Shank and
Mrs. Marie v. MacManus.
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in time of war. nor Is there
any now.
Mr.. Lydon. a slight, bespec-
tacled elevator operator, turned
up at 1st Army headquarters on
Governors Island yesterday. He
told an MP on duty there:
IT want to give myself up,
I've been AWOL from the Army
since 1928 and now my con-
science bothers me so much I've
got to go in and face it,"
Surprised Army authorities
assigned Mr.. Lydon to casual
detachment" and restricted him
to the island while they checked
his case.
Mr.. Lydon told Army officials
he enlisted at Boston In 1928
and was assigned to Fort Scott,
r. I. While on pass one day
with other soldiers. he said, he
drank too much and overstayed
his leave by two days.
Ashamed and afraid to face
Army discipline, he decided to
Evening star., 1955-09-06
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Gener-
ally fair tonight and tomorrow.
Low tonight about 68. Cooler
tomorrow.
Maryland - Some cloudiness
tonight and tomorrow. Low to-
night in the COS but $3.50 in
the Alleghenies. Cooler in west
and north tomorrow afternoon.
Virginia-Some cloudineSs to-
night and tomorrow. Low tonight
6O-65 in west and $50 In east.
Cooler in the interior tomorrow
afternoon and on the coast to-
morrow night.
Wind-Southwest 1918 miles
per hour tonight and becoming
northwest 1926 miles per hour
tomorrow.
Ragweed pollen count-120
grains per cubic yard of air for
the "a hours ending 9 am. to-
Evening star., 1955-09-06
Is Million Lose Homes
In East Indion Floods

NEW DELHI. India, Sept. 6
R.-New floods swept areas OF
Eastern India today as the In
ternational Red Cross sped a
first shipment of 20 tons Of re-
lief supplies here by plane.
Indian Red Cross officials es-
timated Is million persons had
been made homeless in East In
dia and East and West PakiStan,
where heavy monsoon rains had
conceded with the annual rise
resulting from the melting of
Himalayan SHOWS.
Officials added that the great
est loss was to property, cattle
and crops. Because the river
levels rose slowly, most villagers
had time to flee to higher
= ground. There has been a hand
full of deaths from drowning.
In Geneva, Switzerland. yes
terday a Dutch official of the
Red Cross, DR.. Francois Dauben-
ton. reported after a 16-day fly
ing survey over the flood area
that more than $4,000 villages
Evening star., 1955-09-06

were wrecked and the homes of
As million persons had been de-
stroyed or damaged.
DR.. Daubenton added that in
35. years of public health work
in Europe, Africa and Asia, u
have never seen a disaster Of the
extent of that now being borne
by India and Pakistan, nor suf-
fering so great"
Seven United States Air Force
transports left Switzerland yes
terday with the first Red Cross
aid shipments. DR.. Daubenton
said Red Cross societies had con-
tributed relief supplies valued at
$3.50, 900, but at least $50 million
worth was needed to meet essen
tial needs.
The latest flood was reported
from Orissa State, in Eastern
India. There the Mahanadi
River reached 76 feet, breaking
the high water record existing
since 1872. Eight major rivers
in the state were in flood. reports
reaching New Delhi said.
Evening star., 1955-09-06
Many Run Oil Industry

The Bureau Of Mines says in
IA new fact book on the petro.
|leum and natural gas industries
that, contrary to popular Inn
preston. q handful Of companies
do not control them, Instead.
the bureau says, more than 49,
600 firms are engaged in explo-
ration, drilling and production.
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RESORT FORECAST
Upper Bay, Ocean Beache

Upper Bay, Ocean Beaches
and South Jersey-Partly
cloudy tomorrow. high 80-84,
becoming cooler in afternoon,
Trash southwest winds shift
ing to northwest.
Lower Bay--Partly' cloudy
tomorrow, high 1885, be-
coming cooler at night, mod
crate southwest winds shift
ing to northwest at night.
Skyline Drive - Partly
cloudy tomorrow. high 1882,
becoming cooler In after
noon. fair to good visibility.
Evening star., 1955-09-06
Nosser PIons Trip

CAIRO. Egypt, Sept. P.-
Prime Minister Canal Abdel
Nasser has accepted an invita-
ton to visit Hungary. according
to the Egyptian Foreign Minis
try. He already has accepted
an invitation to visit the Soviet
Union next spring.
Evening star., 1955-09-06

Rating Act. The provision state:
that employees are to receive 9
90-day warning that their worl
is unsatisfactory before they arr
given an unsatisfactory" rat.
ling. The court held that agen.
cies could FIRE these employe:
under the speedier provisions Of
the Lloyd-La Toilette Act.
However. at least several mem.
bers Of the House Civil Service
Committee. which initiated the
1880 Performance Rating Act
said they viii act to have Con.
Igress review the situation to SET
Iif more specific legislation /:
needed to protect employees.
They point to the ofiicial re.
port of the House Civil Service
subcommittee on performance
ratings which stated that the
90-day warning was enacted
by Congress to make certain that
Federal employees were first
given both a proper warning and
ia fair opportunity to demon
strate whether they could or
could not bring their perform
|ance up to standard before they
were summarily discharged.
While the subcommittee rec
|ognizes that there are q number
Iof improper actions which can
still be covered by the Lloyd-La
Toilette Act. 1t feels that where
job performance is primarily
concerned. the provisions of the
Performance Rating Act Of 1850
should prevail"
These members say that this
shows the clear-cut intent OF
Congress that the 90-day warn
ing method should be used In
all cases where an employe is
accused Of doing unsatisfactory
work.
James Campbell. president OF
the American Federation OF Gov
ernment Employees. says that If
ignore the 90-day warn
ing provision I'VE will have no
alternative but to 60 to Congress
and ask for legislation which
would spell out in unmistakable
detail the obvious intent of Con-
gress when it included the 90
day warning provision in the
Performance Rating Act OF
1850" =
=
YOU CAN'T VIVA hummer
of Federal employees report that
since the new law raising the
travel allowances of Government
workers went into effect, some
hotels which offer
special rates to Federal employees
have increased the tab. The en-
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Reuther in Rome

ROME, Sept. s (Pl.--Walter
Reuther arrived today with
greetings Of American labor to
Italy's democratic labor unions.
The president Of the Congress
OF Industrial Organizations came
here by air from Tel Ayiv, ac-
companied by his wife.
Evening star., 1955-09-06
Storm Weaker
After veerinu
From Texas

6ftOWN0t44l4E,s Lex, 6ept. o
R.-Tropical storm Gladys, ap-
parently weakening but still
dangerous, hung over Mexico
near Tampico today after turn
ing away from Texas, her rains
posing flood threats to q wide
area.
The storm turned away from
Texas last night and the Weather
Bureau said the middle and
lower Rio Grande Valley ap-
parently was spared. But the
bureau warned that squalls from
the storm still could cause iSo-
lated flash floods along the Rio
Grande.
The storm was centered about
so miles south Of Tampico at 8
am. Eastern daylight time.
There were squalls, with winds
ranging up to so miles an hour.
all along the lower Texas coast.
Direction Uncertain
Weathermen said Gladys fu-
ture movement was uncertain.
but she was expected to drift
slowly southwark. remaining over
land and weakening slowly. That
would send her rains sloshing
toward Mexico City, where she
has already caused the worst
floods in the capitals recent
history.
Weathermen at Mexico City
already blame Gladys for three
days of rain. The rain caused
disastrous floods. affecting some
10000 families.
The Brownsville Weather Bu-
reau reported a new storm may
be brewing 400 miles out in the
Gulf of Mexico. Heavy rains
were reported as close as $50
miles to the Port Isabel-Browns-
vile area.
There was no indication what
direction the new disturbance
was taking.
Meanwhile. Hurricane Flora
churned up the Atlantic, far out
to sea. At 1905 pm. she was
about $50 miles east-southeast of
Bermuda. She was moving on q
Inorth-northwest course at about
Is miles an hour with winds UP
to 100 miles per hour swirling
around her center.
Shipping in the area was ad-
vised to be careful, but Flora
posed little threat to any land
areas.
Gladys slammed into the Mex
ican Coast about $50 miles below
Brownsville with winds of about
70 miles an hour-just five short
of hurricane velocity.
The Weather Bureau said the
storm turned sharply south
southwest after hitting the coast
in midafternoon. 1t passed al
most directly over Tampico.
Mexico.
Half Of Tampico was plunged
into darkness by power failures.
Wind damage in the city was
heavy and families fed the low
lying area flooded by the Panuco
River.
Warnings Are Still Up
| To the north. storm warnings
we're still up In the Brownsville-
Port Isabel area. High tides oc-
Cured and huge waves pounded
the beaches from Galveston,
Tex, southwark. Brownsville
reported $50 inches Of rain and
Galveston 1.9 inches.
The Rio Grande Valley from
Brownsville to Del Rio. Tex. was
still jittery about the possibility
of floods. Last year Hurricane
Alice sent a brood of squalls up
the valley and touched of one
Iof the worst floods in valley his
tory. Hundreds of lives were
lost.
At Mexico City, some four
square miles of working class
districts were under water. Some
5000 persons were still stranded
in the area after about 1000
we're rescued from rooftops.
Two children drowned and five
more were missing.
Police estimated that $500
houses were under from 5 to z
feet Of water. Damage was cal
culated at at least Is million
neS0S-H1 2 million
Evening star., 1955-09-06

stay away. Il went back to Bos-
ton. bought ciyies and did rail-
road and construction work" he
recalled. THE Army didn't trace
me. A couple Of years later I
came to New York, met my wife
and settled here"
Evening star., 1955-09-06
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Congress to Review
90-Doy-Notice Ruling
RY JOSEPH YOUNG

The recent ruling the United States Court Of Appeals that
the Government give soday warning to inefficient
employees firing them faces challenge in Congress next
year.
The appellate tribunal held that Federal agencies
adhere to the 90-day warning provision the 1850 Performance
Evening star., 1955-09-06

WEATHER FORECAST-It will be fair most of the
country tonight except for scattered showers in
extreme Northern New England. There is chance of
showers in the coastal of the Middle Atlantic States
and showers and hunderstorms in the South Atlantic States
and along the Gulf Coast 1t will be cooler In the North
Wirephoto Map.
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CANCER CRUSADERS MARCH
IN FUND DRIVE TOMORROW

More than 1000 cancer crusaders will stage door,
to-door campaign District and neighborng Virginia
Maryland counties tomorrow night as part OF the 1865
Cancer Crusade
Arthur Madison general chairman, said the drive will
be the climax sx-months organzationa program which
enlisted volunteers for practically neighborhood
He said he hoped that each household will contribute
minimum Of 81 to the drive.
In addition seeking funds, the volunteers viii dis
tribute literature telling of available detection services
offered in the by the American Cancer Society
Chapters Fairfax. Arlington Montgomery and Prince
Georges County will participate in the drive. Alexandria
staged its drive last week.
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Liquor Board Seeks Curb
On Lengthy Hearings

If lawyers refuse to limit the
time in which they present cases
to the Prince Georges County
Liquor Board, there appears to
be little the agency can do about
1t without risking reversals by
the courts.
These were the views ex-
pressed by two officials of the
board yesterday in follow-up
inquiries on a 16-hour session
that begain at 10 am. Thurs
day and wound up early Friday
morning.
Ross Porter, counsel to the
board. said. II recommend that
each side be limited to one or
one and a half hours in pre-
senting its case. After that the
witnesses usually repeat them
selves. anyway"
He conceded there might be
some legal basis against such a
plan, however.
Board Chairman Ernest Fair
all was asked why one hearing
that kept the group in session
until $3.50 am. was allowed to
consume about eight hours.
cts a matter of law" he said.
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BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Friday marks the start of a
fortnight in which motoring
through Maryland can be more
than a combination of spring
scenery, splendid bridges, i'm
proved highways, and filling sta
tons, motels and taverns.
On Friday, the annual Mary
land House and Garden Pilgrim
age starts, during which many
Of the treasures of the State,
magnificent houses just of roads
you have traversed so often, are
open.
Each day. OF the two weeks is
open house in one section of the
State, usually county. Tickets
for a days tour are $3.50 each
and may be obtained at the
American Automobile Associa-
ton. 1712 G street NV. Admis-
sion to a single house is 81.
Seldom Seen Estates
The Prince Georges Howard
County tour is scheduled for
Tuesday. May 10. It would be
well to mark that in your future
book because it includes three
estates seldom opened to the
public.
One is Belair on the Defense
Highway Route SOD to Annap-
oils. Thousands have passed it,
never knowing it is there, for it
cannot be seen from the road.
1t Is one of the grand Colonial
houses of Maryland, built in
1742 for the wife Of Gov-Samuel
Ogle. Belair is a famous name
in this century, for during the
ownership of the William Wood
wards, father and son, it was the
home of Gallant Fox and now of
Nashua, the 1855 Kentucky
Derby favorite.
Another is Montpelier, near
Laurel, the home of Breckenridge
Long, former Assistant Secretary
of State and Ambassador to
Italy.
Montpelier was built in 1920 by
Thomas Snowden. Today 1t Is
the repository of Mrs. Longs &C.
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WostefuI' School Subjects
Hit by Arlington Parents

and A, B, c, or percentage type
of reports on children's accom-
plishments should be made to
parents each six weeks.
He said the parents also IA
vor a reasonable amount Of
homework for children.
T. Edward Rutter, Arlington
school superintendent. said board
members had not received the
letter before the board meeting
yesterday. He said the board
has an advisory committee. the
Community Council on Instruc-
ton, which is composed of rep
resentatives Of many county
wide organizations and individ-
uals to help set educational
policies.
The proposals Of Mr.. Rogers
organization will be studied by
school officials. when they are
received, he said.
Mr. Rogers said other officers
Of his organization. formed more
than two years ago, are: Mrs
Helen Broyhill, wife Of Thomas
J. Broyhill, Arlington builder,
vice president; Mrs. Gladys
Peterson, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Alma Peck. recording
secretary, and Jack Rathbone
treasurer.
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|StateAgencies
To Stiff Budget

RICHMOND. April % (P.-
Heads of some 40 State insti-
buttons and agencies will meet
with the State Capital Outlay
Study Commission here Monday
and Tuesday.
The commissions objective is
to see how much can be whit
tied off the 1920 million re-
quested by the agencies for
buildings and equipment in the
next six years.
Chairman c. H. Morrissett
said four hours has been al
lotted, beginning Monday at 9
am. in the State capitol, for
talks with mental hospital Of
ficials on the biggest problem
before the study group-what to
do about some $92 million to
rebuild and modernize the men
tai institutions.
The mental hospitals, in their
original requests. asked for Silt
million but reduced the total re-
Gently in response to the COM
missions suggestion that figures
be pared down to minimum six
year needs.
Spokesman for these institu-
tons also are scheduled to be
heard Monday: State Health De-
partment. Virginia State College,
Virginia State School for Negro
Deaf and Blind Children, State
Commission for the Blind, Col
lege of William and Mary and
its branches, and the Virginia
Fisheries Laboratory.
The 11-man commission was
set up last year by Gov. Stanley
to study the States building
needs and recommended six
year capital outlay program. An
other part of its task is to recon-
mend some means of financing
the OUTLAWS. Its report is due to
go to the Governor not later than
September l,
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An organization of Arlington
parents has asked elimination Of
educational policies in the
county's schools which they term
'wasteful."
In letters to School Board
members dated Friday. the Par
ents Educational Research Or
ganization, listed Is 'tenets" on
public organization which the
group wants incorporated in the
school system.
ut is our opinion that many
existing policies are wasteful of
the time and opportunity to
which the children are entitled"
Thomas B. Rogers. president OF
the organization. wrote.
Mr. Rogers said nearly 200
parents belong to the group
which opposed the present re-
port system and the combining
of a number of subjects for in
struction In one class session.
The group said basic subjects
should be taught separately and
art, music, physical education
and health instruction should
be accorded their proper sec
ondary role"
Mr.. Rogers said the parents
group feels competition between
students has been eliminated