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Evening star., 1955-07-26

ALTHA. Fla. July 26 P.-
The death of a 75-year-old
preacher, bitten by a snake he
handled at a revival meeting.
has been ruled a suicide.
The Rev. George Went Hens
ley of Albany, Ca. picked up a
rattlesnake at a church service
Sunday to demonstrate his faith
in his religion. He believed that
because of his faith in God he
was immune to the snakes
venom.
He collapsed soon after he
was bitten, but refused all med
ical treatment. and died yes
terday morning.
County Judge Hannah Gaskin
ruled the ministers death a
suicide on the ground that he
voluntarily picked up the poison
Gus snake and refused medical
care after he was bitten.
An associate, the Rev. o. M.
Lassiter, said Mr.. Hensley had
told him that he had been bit
ten at least 400 times by poison
GUS snakes in the last IS years,
but had never suffered any i'll
effects.
Mr. Lassiter said Mr.. Hensley
was one Of the original founders
Of the Dolly Pond Church of
God in Grasshopper Settlement
hear Chattanooga, Tenn, where
Evening star., 1955-07-26

Texas needs two voices on the
National Committee.
The national party has not
recognized Mr.. Morrow, but has
continued to recognize Mrs. H,
II. Weinert, Texas Democratic
National Committeewoman.
Gov. Shivers. addressing the
State Committee, accused Mr.
Morrow Of abusing" him by
saying publicly he was trying to
appease House Speaker Sam
Rayburn, who heads up the
liberal faction of the split Texas
Democratic Party. He denied
he had told Mr.. Morrow the
Texas delegation to the 1856
Democratic National Convention
would have to have Mr.. Ray
burns support.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
3 Fined for Tukine
Smoke to Church

FLORENCE, Ala. July 26
IP1.-Charges that they broke
up a religious service by bring
ing a rattlesnake to a church
resulted in $40 fines for three
snake handling brothers.
The trial of Allen Covington,
81. and Mansel and George
Covington, both 80, was watched
by about $50 spectators. They
interrupted testimony yesterday
with exclamations of Amen
and Praise the Lord"
The three brothers had been
held in the Lauderdale County
Jail since July IA. shortly after
services at the rural Bumpas
Greek Church were disrupted.
Il find the defendants wilfully
went there" said Judge Ray
niond Murphy of the Law and
Equity Court. They talked it
over. sitting in the car, and de-
Icided to take the snake inside,
and by doing so broke up the
meeting. Therefore ! find them
guilty"
George Covington testified the
brothers expected to be Jailed,
but we felt that we were obey
ing the spirit of the Lord"
Alabama law prohibits snake
handling in q manner that may
Iinjure others, but the brothers
were tried on a. charge Of dis
Iturbing the peace.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
Street Signs Chunoino

NEW YORK, July IS R.-
Manhattan is embarking on q
two-year, 100000 project
changing its $4,000 street signs.
The new signs win be bigger and
the color scheme will be differ
.ent-black lettering on yellow
instead Of the old white on dark
blue.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
Brott Again Appointed
To Traffic Sufety Post

Lou Brott. publicity agent
here, yesterday was reappointed
to a one-year term as informa-
tion and traffic safety specialist
of the Commissioners Trafic
Advisory Board.
Mr.. Brott receives $400 a
month. The sum is paid from
$4,000 appropriated for traffic
safety education.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
.Bie-Spendinq Tourists

American tourists are the big
gest spenders in Austria, followed
in order by visitors from Eng
land, Switzerland and Belgium,
q Vienna survey shows.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
Customers Get Fans

A domestic touch in Fiji Air
ways planes-which rarely fly
above 1000 feet-is a woven ma
tive fan now provided for each
customer, Suva reports.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
Preachers S Snoke-Bite
Death Ruled Suicide

the handling Of snakes as an
expression Of faith had Its ori.
gin in the Holiness Church.
Florida law prohibits snake
handling at church services.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
MERCURY'S SETTING THE
AUTO WORLD ON FIRE

here'S Wny-
Exclusive styling shorsd by no other cor.
You don't hove TO look twice 10 tell rs O
Mercury.
sUPER-ToRoUE performance at on speeds.
Mercury puts more Of lis high horsepower
lvp to l9s-hp) TO work In the everybody
driving ranges. You GET more power ycv
can use, not Just boost obovt.
. More fine-eor lectures ot no extro cost.
There's 4-borrel voeuvm corburetor on
every model. dual exhovsts on out Of
II models.
Prices start low |: lower thon Is models
In the low-priee field.|
Consistently highest record for resoIs value
In It's field. according 70 Independent morkst
reports. You protect your investment.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Cunord Defies Strikers,
Two Big Liners to Sail

LONDON. June II (P.-The
giant Cunard Steamship Co.
one of Britain's biggest dollar
earners-def1ed wildcat striking
seamen today and made ready to
sail two transatlantic liners
with reduced crew if necessary.
The striking seamen, mostly
stewards and catering personnel
demanding a shorter work week
and better living conditions, have
kept six liners at their piers in
Southampton and Liverpool.
An effort to spread the strike
to the Queen Elizabeth, Flagship
of the Cunard line, failed earlier
this week. The vessel sailed from
Southampton to New York on
schedule.
A spokesman for Cunard said
that despite the walkout the o.
000-ton Saxonia would sail today
for Canada and the 13.000-ton
Media for New York-the first
trans Atlantic liners to leave Liv-
erpool in two weeks.
Meanwhile, railway union and
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Weekend Plans Dompened as Rain
Totals Half Inch; More Expected

Washington area residents all
but swan to work again today
in a chilly, steady downpour.
The Weather Bureau said
more rain is due, off and on,
today and tomorrow. dampening
week -end plans once more.
More than a half inch of rain
fell during the night and up to
g am. today. This was more
than came down during the
months first nine days. UP to
midnight June's rainfall had
totaled less than half an inch
about .43 of an inch.
When it isn't raining this week
end, it will be mostly cloudy and
cool. The low temperature to-
night is expected to be around
56 after a high in the upper COS.
The humidity was high this
morning, too. At 8 am. and 9
am, it was listed by weather OBJ
servers at SO per cent.
sThe rain washed out the
scheduled Bicycle Roadeo finals
at the Carter Barron Amphi-
Itheater. The contest, which
matches young drivers skill at
maneuvering their bicycles, will
be run off next Saturday at 10
ia m. at the amphitheater park
ing lot. 1t is sponsored by the
Metropolitan Area Traffic Coun-
Gil
Evening star., 1955-06-11

government negotiators met fol
the third day in an effort tc
hammer out a formula ending
the two-week-old crippling ma
ton wide rail strike threatening
Britain's prosperity.
The $1,000 members Of the
Associated Society of Locomotive
Engineers and Firemen struck to
enforce demands for wage in
crease to maintain their differ
entails over less skilled rail en-
ployes, narrowed by a recent
pay settlement.
There was still no sign of a
break in a third strike, involving
20, 900 dockmen which has partly
paralyzed operations in six ports
That strike was called 20 days
ago by the small National
Amalgamated Stevedores and
Dockers Union which seeks rec
ognition rights on joint councils
operating the waterfront.
Only members of the vast
Transport and General Workers
Union are now on joint boards.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Dionu Burrymore's
Husband Is Found
Dead on Train

ROCHESTER. N. Y. June /.
(P).-Actor Robert Wilcox, A
husband of Diana Barrymore
was found dead in a Pullman
berth today.
A porter discovered Mr.. Viii
cox was dead when he tried tc
rouse him for the Rochester sta
ton stop. Mr.. Wilcox was on
his way from New York to visit
his mother here.
A coroner's physician said
death apparently was caused by
a heart attack.
Mr.. Wilcox's most recent stage
appearance was opposite Miss
Barrymore in the "Pajama Tops
road show. He formerly was
married to Florence Rice, daugh-
ter of the late sports writer,
Grantland Rice. This marriage
ended in divorce. He had ap-
peared in 26 movies.
Miss Barrymore, "a, is playing
the lead role in a comedy, Glad
Tidings," at the summer theater
of Canal Fulton. Ohio, near
Akron.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
.LeVCan' Recall
.WhereHeSpent
'S213,924Cash
But I'm Going to-
Witness Assures
Senate Probers
BY the Associated Press

Chicago hat maker Harry Lev
swore today he can't remember
but I'm going to"-how he
disposed of $213.924.o8 in cash
in 1852 and 1858. But he was
sure none of it was paid in brihes.
The question about the money
concerned a time when Mr.. Lev
was angling for big Government
contracts, which the Senate In
vestigations Subcommittee now
is investigating. Mr.. Lev said he
can't recall any of the details
now, but said he will file a state
ment when he does.
"You need a few weeks to
make up a statement" Senator
Jackson. Democrat, of Washing
ton told him at a public hearing.
This was Mr.. Lev's fifth sue
cessive day of testimony before
the subcommittee. which is seek
ing evidence of possible graft in
the awarding of contracts to Mr..
Lev and others for the manu-
facture of uniform caps and
other items for the armed forces.
II am not trying to make up
a statement" Mr.. Lev insisted.
Based on Audit
The questioning was based on
an audit of Mr.. Lev's bank rec
ords by Carmine Bellino, a staff
auditor who is a former admin
istrative assistant to FBI Direc-
tor j. Edgar Hoover.
Mr.. Bellino testified, as Mr..
Lev sat nearby soberly putting
on cigar. that he found mo
records available" to explain
what Mr.. Lev did with $685.
859.02 in 1852 and $88.065.06 in
1858. He said Mr.. Lev had with
drawn that much in cash from
various accounts.
Mr.. Lev then testified that the
figures must be correct" because
the banks gave them in response
to a subpoena, but that he is re-
sentful because, he said, Mr..
Bellino didn't trust me-"
Mr.. Lev had some tempestuous
exchanges yesterday with sub
committee members about his
relations with Government peo-
pie with whom he dealt in nego-
tiating contracts.
Withdrawals Listed
Mr.. Bellino said his audit
showed these cash Withdrawals
by Mr.. Lev:
1952-January, 10000; Feb
ruary, $1,000; March. $7,89O.76;
April. $2,1O0: May, $16,850: June,
$2,450; July, $12,053.33; August,
See PROCUREMENT, Page A-3
Evening star., 1955-06-11
REPORTERS SMOKE OUT FACT
KREMLIN LEADERS DON'T SMOKE

MOSCOW QPH-western reporters have smoked out
about the smoking and nonsmoking habits OF the
Kremlins leadership.
In jovial mood at Indian Embassy garden party
Klement Y Voroshiov chairman of Presdium of the
Supreme Soviet and First Deputy Premier Lazar Kagano
vch yesterday out the information that all nine men
on the Presidum of the Communist Party Central Com
mttee nonsmokers except Premier Nikolai Bulgann-
and he only smokes in the presence of diplomats"
They admitted some member of the Communist Pary's
Central Committee smoked and that don't have
strong party discipline"
Kaganovich joked that he talked much against
smoking you will think the Presidium spends all its time
not propagating communism but spreading propaganda
against smoking"
Evening star., 1955-06-11
New Drug Develops He-Men
From Henpecked Husbands

after only six days on the
mouse e-into-man" drug.
He was able to argue on the
telephone with anybody" the
doctors report. He even sum-
moned up enough courage to
propose to a girl and is now
happily married.
Another man felt such surge
Iof energy and confidence that
it frightened him and he stopped
taking the drug.
1T was like putting high
octane fuel into a rickety engine,
he told the doctors.
A 14-year-old boy who was SC
shy and tongue-tied that he had
never been able to mix with
other children became aggressive,
began to play team games and
developed into a good cricketer
after getting the drug.
Other doctors are warned not
to give the drug to people who
are already aggressive or anti
social in any way, as they might
become violent.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
LONDON. June II tNANAl :.

LONDON, June II (NANA).-
A new drug that turns hen
pecked husbands into domineer-
ing he-men and brings shy
people out of their shells is being
tested by a team of British doc
tors at st. Bartholemew's Hos
pital here.
known as diandrone, it acts
on the brain in such a way that
people who are emotionally i'm
mature acquire confidence and
drive, often in a matter of days,
the doctors claim in a medical
report issued by the British
Medical Association.
DR.. E. B. Strauss and DR.. w.
A. r. Stevenson gave the drug
in tablet form to II men at the
psychology department at st.
Bartholemew's Hospital. One
26-year-old man who had been
so shy that he was unable to
speak on the telephone began to
boss people about in the office
Evening star., 1955-06-11
BY NORMAN WALKER
Associated Press Labor Writer

DETROIT. June 1.-THE
auto labor situation developed
into a Grade A mystery story
today as General Motors Corp
delayed making its bid for a con-
tract settlement before a fast
approaching tomorrow midnight
strike deadline.
The negotiations resume this
afternoon.
GINS game apparently was tc
wait almost to the 11th hour
present an offer to Walter
Reuther. president of the CIC
United Auto Workers Union, ano
give the union little time tc
argue. only to make a yes or nc
answer.
The big corporation considers
itself in a strategic bargaining
position, knowing that the union
would be reluctant to call a
strike of it's $4,000 members at
GIN. Such a strike would cut off
nearly one-third of the UAW's
dues income and even low level
benefits would wipe out in few
Evening star., 1955-06-11

Shoreham Hotel. He and his
date went in another couples
car.
Took Fathers Car
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Mahlon Rudolph, said he stopped
by his home at 1890 am. and
asked for his fathers car to take
his date home. Their next word
of him came from police about
the accident.
Robert also had attended Alice
Deal Junior High. He was a
member of the District Air Ma
tional Guard and expected to
attend a summer camp in a few
weeks.
Mr.. Rudolph is a general con-
tractor. Besides his parents,
Robert is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. June Priggins and Nancy
Rudolph, and by a half-brother,
Fred Rudolph.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Wilson High Senior Dies
In Wreck After Prom
Robert A. Rudolph, 18, Killed os Cor
Hits Tree on Route 28 Near Duwsonville

An 18-year-old youth due to
graduate Wednesday from Wood
row Wilson High School, was
fatally injured in an automobile
accident early today after at
tending his senior prom.
Robert A. Rudolph of 1912
Forty-fourth street NV. suf-
fered a fractured skull broken
Jaw and multiple internal in
juries. The car he was driving
ran off Route % and struck a
tree near Jacksonville around 2
a M. Montgomery County police
reported. He died in Suburban
Hospital at $40 am. without
regaining consciousness.
Young Rudolph was alone in
the car, police said. He had
taken a girl home and was on
his way to Dickerson. Md, to
attend a party in celebration OF
the forthcoming commencement.
Fails to Straighten Out
The accident occurred on a
curve at the end of a straight
stretch a half mile east of Daw-
sonville. Pfc. Joseph Stolz and
Pvt. James Embrey said young
Rudolph made the curve but
failed to straighten out in time
to avoid hitting the tree. The
car was demolished. A passing
motorist found the boy right
after the crash, police said.
Young Rudolph was a popular
student at Wilson, according to
Miss Elinor Douglas, his home
room teacher.
Everyone liked him. He al
ways was very cooperative
about participating in class ac-
tivities," she said. He had so
many friends"
Last night he attended the
Wilson senior prom at the
Evening star., 1955-06-11
10 Die When u. S. B-29
Strikes German Peak

STUTTGART, Germany, june
IL (P.-A four-engine United
States Air Force bomber crashed
into a rocky hillside of the
Swabian Alps and exploded
shortly before last midnight
German police said the 10 crew.
men perished.
The B-29 hit the 2.100-foot
Teckberg while flying in dense
fog, and rain, a German police
officer reported from the scene
He said 10 charred bodies were
removed by German police and
German emergency squads work.
ing all night. At the time OF
the crash, visibility was less than
so feet, he added.
Police said the bomber ap-
parently flew over the nearby
village of Owen at an altitude
OF about $50 feet. then crashed
into the rugged hillside less than
a mile away.
The wreckage was strewn as
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Third Polio Case
Reported in County

Prince Georges County's third
polio case of the year was re-
ported yesterday.
A 17-year-old boy from Bowie
Md, was admitted to Children s
Hospital on June 4 with a dag
nosis of paralytic polio, the re-
port said. The boy had not re-
ceived Salk vaccine shots.
At the same time, county au-
thorities said they were dropping
from their records the case of
a 7-year-old Langley Park girl
whose illness had earlier been
enormously diagnosed as polio
Evening star., 1955-06-11

far as 800 feet from the crash
A few trees were set ablaze but
the rain quickly extinguished the
fire.
The Air Force said the bomber
stationed at Molesworth, Eng
land. was on a training mission
"On an instrument training
flight, the aircraft had just
made a low approach to the
Stuttgart airf1eld and was climb
ing away from the field when
radio contact was lost with the
control authorities"
The announcement said the
plane had intended to fly to
Munich, perform instrument
training at Stuttgart and return
to Molesworth before landing on
a round robin flight"
Names Of the victims we're
withheld.
German state police at Stutt-
CART had announced earlier that
IL crew members were killed.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
.GM Delays Bid to Union.
Strike DeodIine Neors
Company Seen Holding Up Action,
Then Giving Lute Offer to Union

weeks the $25 million strike fund
the union is building.
Lack of any protest over the
delay from Mr.. Reuther or UAW
Vice President John Livingston,
head of the unions GIN Depart
ment, led to belief they had some
assurance from GIN negotiators
that the eventual offer would
contain the basic principle OF
the guaranteed wage.
Mr.. Reuther already has won
a modified guaranteed wage plan
from the Ford Motor Co., pro-
viding for a system of company
financed payments for laid-ofi
workers augmenting State un-
employment compensation pay
ments. plus pay increases and
pension, holiday and vacation
Improvements.
If GIN negotiators Harry w.
Anderson and Louis G. Seaton
have given Mr.. Reuther advance
assurance that they will make a
guaranteed wage offer patterned
after the Ford plan, there was
See AUTO, Page Az
Evening star., 1955-06-11

of the Fourth U. S. Circuit Cour
of Appeals which banned segre
cation at Sandy Point Stat,
Park. Annapolis. and at a Bal
tlmore park. The ruling has beer
appealed to the United States
Supreme Court.
School IntegratiOn Starts
Earlier this week DR.. Forbe!
H. Norris, county superintendent
of schools, ordered the beginning
of integrated classes this fall ir
county schools.
In addition, Negro high school
students will be given an option
in choosing the school they wish
to attend.
The directive put Montgom-
cry in the forefront of Maryland
counties in steps toward the
complete elimination of the
color line in publicly financed
programs.
Parks Never Segregated
The county's Fairgrounds are
operated mostly on tracts owned
by the Maryland National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commits
sion.
Because the commission has
bought parklands with Federal
funds under the Capper- Cram
ton Act, its parks have never
been segregated.
In practice, however. Negroes
have used playground areas sit
uated within or near the Negro
communities.
Principal effect of the Gustaf-
son order will be to open up to
Negroes the programs offered at
the county schools during the
summer recreation season.
Neither the planning commits
sion nor the county maintains
public swimming pools.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Front Royal Boy
Killed in Crash

A 16-year-old Front Royal
(Va.) boy was killed in a crash
yesterday on Route 8, west of
King George Courthouse, Va.
According to the Associated
Press, Talmadge Smithson n
Blakemore, jr., died instantly in
a crash involving only his car,
He was alone. Details of the
accident were not available.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Senate 10 Quiz
Health Officials
On Polio Mixup
ScheeIe Confident,
But Legislators Seek
Full Story Of Cuse
BY ROBERT X. WALSH

Dy hODEhA N VAL0A
The Public Health Service was
under fire from several quarters
today over the anti-polio vac
cine mix-up despite a new ex.
preston of confidence in the
vaccine by Surg. Gen. Leonard
A. Scheele.
Congressional reaction to a
lengthy administration report on
the brief but troubled history
of the Salk vaccine program in
dicated that Health Service Of
ficials face a severe grilling at
a Senate hearing next week.
legislators seemed eager to
determine whether the PHS
should have shown more fore
sight and alertnesS to prevent
difficulties, delay and public con-
fusion, and whether the report
cast undue criticism on DR.. Jonas
E. Salk or the licensed vaccine
manufacturers.
Scheele Voices Confidence
Dr.. Scheele reiterated his con-
fidence at a news conference
after publication of the report.
He said I'VE can go forward" now
that the safety of the vaccine
production has been assured by
sitter standards. He conceded
that the program might have
come close to the line OF safety
in the past, but that he has no
doubts about safety now.
In New York, Basil O'Connor.
president of the National Fnun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis,
criticized the white paper" say
ing it obviously gives only the
Public Health Service version OF
the vaccine situation to date"
There have been previous hints
of differences between Dr..
Scheele on the one hand and
Mr.. O'Connor and DR.. Salk on
the other.
II. Await Salk's "VersiOn"
Fresh signs of strained rela-
tions came in the wake OF release
of the report when Mr.. O'Connor
said the public will be able to
form an intelligent conclusion
as to what actually has been
transpiring" after it has heard
DR.. Salk's version.
When asked about Mr.. O'Con-
nor's remarks, DR.. Scheele in
dicated he didn't know what the
foundation head meant by the
Salk version and his version.
adding: you will have to ask
him or DR.. Salk.
DR.. Salk has declined to COM
ment on the report at least until
he has read it fully.
Drug Executive Protests
Criticism also developed in an
other quarter.
In Philadelphia, H. w. Blades,
executive vice president OF
Wyeth, Inc, took strong excep-
tion to a statement by DR.. James
A. Shannon, an associate direc-
tor of the Health Services Ma
tional Institutes of Health. DR.
Shannon said yesterday one
batch of vaccine made by Wyeth
is being subjected to searching
laboratory analysis, although he
said there was not enough evil
dence to label that lot suspect
In its white paper, the Health
Service said the circumstances
of three polio cases had raised
some question about the vaccine
used.
DR.. Shannon said as rough
estimate about 100000 shots from
this lot had been used in Penn
sylvania, Maryland and Ohio.
Mr.. Blades termed it most
unfortunate, misleading and moi
in the public interest" that "sus.
picion should be cast on WyetE
vaccine and its routine retestine
program and inference be giver
that Wyeth vaccine is suspect.
The drug company official sale
Continued on Page A-3, Col.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
County Widens
SegregationBar
Montgomery Opens
Fairgrounds to All
BY GEORGE FLYNN

Segregation was ended today
at all Montgomery County play
ground areas. in a directive
handed down by the county's
recreation director. Forest v. D.
Gustafson.
He said the action was taken
to comply with a recent ruling
Evening star., 1955-06-11

Virsinio PIons to Delay School Sesreso-
tion for Yeor. Pose Az
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Stocks in the Spotlight

NEW YORK up. - Following are the
sales (add 00). high. low closing price
and net change Of the 20 most active
stocks for the week:
Evening star., 1955-06-11
FURNISHING HINTS
FOR NEWLYWEDS

APARTMENT FoRUM-How much
effort should go into furnishing thot
new apartment? A number Of hints
ore provided in q new column by
Normo and Don in The Stor's Reel
Estote Section on page B-5.
ANNlVERSARY-Lutherons will
eelebrote the Goth anniversary Of
the NotionoI Lutheron Home for Aged
on Wednesday. Feature Of the OBJ
seronee will be dedieotion Of q new
$4,000 solorio. See poee A-s.