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Evening star., 1955-02-15
Hillcrest Heights PTA
To Hear Delinquency Talk

A panel discussion of "Juve-
nile Delinquency" will be held
at a meeting of the Hillcrest
Heights Md Elementary School
Parent Teacher Association at
7:45 pm. Thursday.
Panel members will be Judge
Theodore L. Miazga of Prince
Georges County Juvenile Court;
Special Agent S. A. Campbell,
Federal Bureau of Investigation;
the Rev. Vernon Hoover, pastor
of Green Valley Presbyterian
Church, and Carmin Fognana,
vice principal of Suitland Junior
Senior High School.
The meeting will be held at
the school, 5091 Twenty second
place, Hillcrest Heights.
Evening star., 1955-02-15

S. Radar equipment for use
against speeders.
! 6. An, automatic recording
machine to transcribe radio
messages at police headquarters.
Z. Installation of phone call
boxes.
8. Creation Of a police ideuti-
fication section.
9. A complete traffic survey"
by a reliable organization"
recommended by the National
Safety Council or the Interna-
tional Chiefs Of Police Associa-
ton, with special emphasis on
the intersections of Flower and
Carroll avenues and Philadel-
phia and Carroll avenues.
10. Continuance Of the county
trial magistrate court sessions
in Takoma Park, instead of
shifting them to Silver Spring.
and assigning of another justice
Of the peace Tor Montgomery
County to assist In preparation
Of warrants.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Virginia FIenen
To Burn House,
Just to Practice

Nearby Virginia fire depart
ments will deliberately burn a
house down at $3.50 pm. today.
A joint drill will be held be-
tween the Falls Church. An
nandale and Dunn Loring and
Bailey's Crossroads volunteer
departments. The doomed house
is in the 1900 block of Lee hugh
way. Falls Church.
The house was to have been
demolished to make way for a
swimming pool. However, fire.
men prevailed on the owners to
let them burn it to they could
practice fire-fighting.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
GENERAL NEWS
OBITUARIES
Montgomery GroupWouId Cut
Planning Commission Power

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation last night recon-
rnended by a vote of 81 to %
that the Maryland-N National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission be stripped Of its plan
ming functions.
The recommendation, present.
ed as a minority report from a
joint committee to study BIZ
county agencies, would vest the
planning powers in a Montgom-
cry County planning agency.
The minority report was ac-
cepted In preference to q ma
jority report of the study COM
mittee which would continue
planning functions of the plan
ming commission unchanged.
The recommendations adopted
by the federation would have
members of the county planning
group appointed by the Mont
gomery County Council to serve
the entire county, excluding the
town of Rockville.
Tax Authority to Council.
The recommendations also
would give authority for setting
the administrative tax levy for
the planning body to the county
council rather than the State
legislature. The levy would be
set during the May legislative
session of the council.
The council also would be au-
thorized to adopt subdivision
regulations.
Enactment of such a recon-
mendation would leave the pres
ent planning commission with
no authority in Montgomery
County other than its park pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Panel to Brief Purents
On Military Training

A seven-member panel, repre-
senting all branches Of the
armed forces, will answer par
ents' questions as to what awaits
their sons in the service at 8
o'clock tonight at the Washing
ton and Lee Little Theater, 1900
North Quincy street, Arlington.
The program win be repeated
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the Wake
field School, 4901 South Chester
field road, Arlington.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Two Arrested
In Alexandra
Gambling Raids
Largest Operators
In City copght.
Police Believe

Alexandria police made two
simultaneous raids on o house
and an apartment yesterday and
placed horsebets and numbers
charges against two men who
they believe are the city's largest
gambling operators.
William Truman Cowhig. ~,
was arrested after police broke
down the door Of his apartment
in the 1400 block Of Abingdon
drive.
Police said they found an add
ing machine. numbers tapes,
horsebet pads and two short
wave radios that provided the
latest racing information at the
Cowhig apartment.
Door Broken Down.
The door to the apartment
was barred and blocked. police
said, and they broke it down
with a sledgehammer. CoWhig
was alone in the apartment, ac-
cording to police. Members of
the raiding party said they took
several numbers bets ever the
telephone during the raid.
The other raid, lead by Mai.
Russell Halves, superintendent
of police, was on a row house
at 704 Chetworth place wiiich
police said was the home of Al
wing Walter Conrad. 43.
Equipment Confiscated.
Police said Conrad was not
at home when they made the
raid, but they said they found
an adding machine, numbers
slips. horserace bets and a small
roulette wheel in the house. Con-
RAIDS wife and mother-in-law
were at home cooking food for
a church supper, police said.
They confiscated the parapher-
MALTA and left word with Mrs.
Conrad that they wanted her
husband. He appeared at Alex
andria police headquarters last
night with his attorney, George
Giammittorio.
Cowhig and Conrad each were
charged with two counts Of OPP
Grating numbers games and one
count Of taking horSebets. They
were freed under $4,000 bond
each.
Evening star., 1955-02-15

The study committees re-
ports, presented by Jerome j.
Harris for the minority and
Henry H. Smelling for the ma
jority, brought lengthy discus
sion from federation members.
Lee Cites Appointive Power.
z. Brooke Lee, opposing the
minority report. said that con-
troll of the planning commission
can be obtained through the ap-
pointive power of its members
vested in the county council. He
said the planning commissions
record is excellent and added,
'If this county were not well
planned, you intelligent people
would not have moved into it."
j. Bond Simth, commission
general counsel, who spoke as
a federation member in support
Of the commission, said the body
has not outlived Its usefulness.
He referred to study of Mont
gomery County facilities now be-
ing made by the planning COM
mission for the Atomic Energy
Commission which has shown
interest in land sites in upper
Montgomery County for Office
purposes.
The federation also recon-
mended that a master plan of
fire station locations and a plan
for revision of fire tax area
boundaries be developed.
Kenneth Abel, Social Welfare
Committee chairman, announced
that recommendations for county
public swimming pools will be
considered at a public hearing
at 8 pm. February "a, in the
Bethesda County Building.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Motor Court Group
Names S. c. Dawson, Jr.

S. Cooper Dawson, jr., opera
tor of the Penn-Daw Motor Ho-
tel near Alexandria. was elected
president of the Virginia Motor
Court Association at Roanoke
yesterday.
He succeeds l.. v. Watson, Of
Winchester, the Associated Press
reported,
j. p. Mills. jr., Virginia High
way Department traffic and plan
ming engineer. told the conven-
ton that Virginia highways now
are carrying 80 per cent more
vehicles than it was estimated
they would carry by 1906
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Girl. Is, Uses Haipin
To Ward OF Attacker

A young Glass Manor (Md.)
girl last night told police she
used hatpin as a weapon to
ward off an attacker.
Sarah j. Newbury, 16, told
Prince Georges County police
she stabbed the man with her
hatpin when he grabbed her
from behind as she was walking
from a drugstore to her home
in the 5000 block of Neptune
avenue at about 7:45 pm.
The man tore her clothes, she
said, but fled when she stabbed
him with the pin.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Open House Is Celebrated
Al AnnandaIe Library

Officials Of the George Mason
Library, a new branch Of the
Fairfax County library system,
held an open house last night in
the library quarters in the Scull
Building, Annandale.
Librarian for the branch,
third to be opened in the county
library system during the past
year, will be Mrs. Evelyn Olson
of Springfield, Va.
The library will open tomor-
row at ! pm. Hours will be as
follows: Monday. Wednesday
and Friday, LIS pm. and TO
pm; Saturday, 8 ANIL pm.
c. Douglas Adams, jr., is
chairman of the library asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
New Planning Group
For All Montgomery
Asked in Report

The citizens committee to
unity Montgomery County plan
ming yesterday released a final
report, urging elimination of
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission func-
tions in the county and the Gre
alton Of a county planning COM
mission.
The committee, organized last
autumn to study county plan
ming problems, issued the report
despite a minority view that the
planning body should be ex-
panded to provide planning and
coming recommendations for the
whole county.
Council Appointment.
The commissions planning
functions now apply to the su-
burban region of the county.
william L. Slayton, q member
Of the Allied Civic Group of Sil-
yer Spring, is chairman Of the
citizens committee. The COM
mittee report called for a plan
ming commission with from five
to seven members appointed by
the county council.
The minority report, first out
lined last month, came from E.
Brooke Lee. longtime county
Democratic leader. who yester-
day said the committee report
was issued by enemies of the
bi-county park and planning
commission"
Would Expand Authority.
Other groups, including the
County Farm Bureau, already
have announced their support of
expansion of planning commits
sion functions in Montgomery.
The final draft Of a bill to widen
park and planning commission
scope in the county and to
provide for council-nominated
members is being prepared by
the county Democratic delegation
to the Maryland General AS
sembly.
The committees proposed uni
fed commission would have staff
employees selected under the
county merit system. The new
commission, besides eliminating
the MNCPPC from coming and
planning activities in the lower
part of the county, would elirni-
nate the, Upper Montgomery
County Planning Commission.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Z Arlington Realty Men
Deny Housing Charges

Two Arlington real estate men
pleaded not guilty in Alexandria
Federal Court yesterday to
charges of attempting to defraud
the Government with false
Federal Housing Administration
credit applications.
The pleas were entered before
Judge Albert ". Bryan by Will
liam L. Warfield, president Of
the real estate firm that bears
his name at 2529 Wilson boule-
ward, Arlington, and his mort
gage loan manager, Roy Hansen.
The two men have been indicted
jointly on the fraud charges.
Both requested a jury trial.
No date was set.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Instruction Council
Meets Tomorrow

Foreign language instruction,
now offered in six elementary
schools in Arlington, will be the
main topic for discussion at the
February meeting of the Com
munity Council on Instruction.
The meeting will be held at
8 pm. tomorrow at the Little
Theater at Washington-Lee High
School. It is open TO all persons
who wish to attend.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Assault Near Home
Charged by Woman

A 24-year-old woman told
police she was raped on the
street near her home in South
Arlington early today.
She told Capt. Dudley H. Rec
tor, chief of Arlington detectives,
she stepped off bus shortly
after midnight at Columbia pike
and Taylor street on her way
home from work. She said she
was grabbed and struck on
the head by what she believed
to be gun near her apartment.
Her attacker told her to "go
ahead and don't look back" and
walked her about three blocks
to Taylor street, she said.
Capt. Record said the woman,
who has been married, could give
no detailed description of the
attacker.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Falls Church Bars
Children Under Is
From Dance Halls

Children under 18 have been
barred from attending public
dance halls in Falls Church by
an ordinance adopted last night.
The City Council also adopted
a law banning all places of pub
lie entertainment from operat-
ing on Sunday or after / am.
on weekdays. It applies to car
nivals and exhibitions and all
other ty.ses Of activity in which
an entrance fee is charged.
The teen-age ban was voted
to ''head-off" any possible diff
ficulty, City Mayor Eldon Colby
said. There is only one public
dance hall in the city, he added,
and no complaints have been
made concerning Its operation.
Patterned After Fairfax.
Those under Is would be per-
mitted in q dance hall IL accom-
panied by parent or legal
guardian. under terms Of the
ordinance.
The ordinance banning teen
ayers from dance halls is pat
termed after one adopted In
Fairfax County last year.
In another action the council
amended its license tax laws to
require canvassers and solicitors,
already required to pay a $25 a
year fee. to register with the city
police department. Council mem
bers said the change is similar
to action taken in Arlington
after a taxicab driver was MUIR
dered last summer by a member
of a transient magazine sales
crew.
To Share Home Cost.
The council indicated it will
participate in a proposed juve-
nile detention home for North
ern Virginia when it instructed
City Manager w. Rhodes Wood
bury to include a $4,000 appro-
priation in the budget now being
prepared. The sum is the city's
share of the building cost of
such a home.
Council Member Herman
Fink, and Architect John A.
Graham were reappointed to
represent the city on the North
ern Virginia Regional Planning
and Economic Development
Commission. William Driver. a
member of the city planning
commission, was named as the
third representative from the
city on the regional planning
group.
In q brief ceremony preced-
ing the council meeting an
American flag was presented by
officers Of the Martin, Leppert,
Sipes Post No. 2974, Veterans of
Foreign Wars for display in the
council chamber.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Ridqecrest PTA to Meet

The Ridgecrest Elementary
School Parent Teacher Associa-
tion will hold an open meeting
at 8 o'clock tonight to organize
a community recreation council.
Mrs. Ellen Linson. Prince Georges
County director of recreation,
will speak at the meeting at the
school, Riggs and Raymond
roads, Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
McGruth Heads Board
Of Arlington Chest

Hugh j. McGrath, 1883 Key
boulevard. Arlington. was elected
president of the 1855 Board OF
Trustees of the Arlington Com
muaity Chest last night. Mr..
McGrath is an attorney in the
Judge Advocate Generals office
Of the Navy Department.
Other officers elected were:
Percy L. Hanson. vice president:
Miss Mildred Pomponio, secre-
tary; Leon Logan. treasurer, and
B. Alden Lillywhite. assistant
treasurer.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
HyuttsviIIe Girl Honored

Jane eager. a senior at North
western High School. Hyatts-
ville.. has been picked for hon.
orable mention in the national
Westinghouse Science Talent
Search. Miss Gager's report was
Measuring the Charge-Mass
Ratio of the Electron With
Standard Radio Tubes"
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Maryland Seeks u. S. Help
In Fighting Water Chestnut

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Feb. is R.
Maryland will ask Congress to
let the Army engineers help it
get rid of the water chestnut,
a comparatively new under
water threat to navigation and
marine life in Chesapeake Bay.
The Tidewater Fisheries Com
mission was convinced after
hearing reports on the chestnut,
a water plant, that it should be
eliminated before it goes too far.
1t was told that the chestnut
is growing in waters around
Aberdeen and Edgewood and
without restriction might spread
around the bay.
The Army engineers started
in 1889 clearing $4,000 acres of
the Potomac River where the
chestnut, so-called because Of its
burrs similar to the land variety,
had been entrenched.
Col. Stephen Smith, district
engineer in Baltimore, said they
now have "about cleared" the
Potomac Of the pesky plant.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
2Nearby Delegations
Agree on 6-Member
Sanitary Commission
BY q ssar sieff Correspondent.

- - 49, O'e'' 'SStSS"Ne9"s
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 15- Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
legislators have agreed to retain
a so-called ripper provision
in their Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission reorgani-
zation bill, even though it may
mean veto by Gov. McKsldin.
The joint delegation Of House
members from the two counties
met last night with State SEN
ator H. Winship Wheatley, jr.,
and decided to increase the
membership of the commission
from three to six members. as
they originally had proposed,
rather than raise it to seven 30
they would not legislate any of
the three Republican incumhents
out Of their jobs.
Warns Of Veto. e.
Delegate Hervey q. Machen,
Democrat. of Prince Georges, in
arguing for the seven-member
commission, said he feels the
original proposal would bring a
veto from the Republican Gov
ernor.
Delegate Blair Lee III, Demo-
cratic chairman Of the Mont
gomery House bloc, suggested
that the Governor might veto
the bill whether it proposes six
or seven members, since it takes
away his power to appoint all
but two Of them.
The amendment for a seven
member commission for the next
two years-long enough for the
three incumbents to serve out
their six-year terms-was Of
fered by Senator Wheatley. He
said it and other amendments he
presented reflected objections
raised at a hearing on the sani-
tary bill last month.
BrOadens Powers.
The other amendments were
accepted by the joint delegation
and will be written into the bill,
which probably will go the House
floor later this week. Some of
these amendments are technical,
but one would specify the duties
of the secretary and treasurer,
giving them broad authority
over the non-engineering phases
Of the commissions operations.
It is the hope of many Of the
bills sponsors that the Office of
secretary, as proposed, would
satisfy civic groups pressing for
general manager Of the COM
mission. The commission now
has only a secretary treasurer.
Delegate Warren . Browning,
Democrat, of Montgomery, said
that, in view of the dissatisfac-
ton expressed by Montgomery
County residents with the sani-
tary commission. he did not see
how the lawmakers would be
justified in continuing all three
incumbents in Office.
Under the bill being sponsored
by the Democratic controlled
Prince Georges and Montgomery
delegations. the Governor would
name two of the sanitary COM
missioners and two each would
be appointed by the Montgomery
County Council and the Prince
Georges County commissioners.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
BIodensburo PTA Session

The Bladensburg Elementary
School Parent Teacher Associa-
ton will meet at 8 o'clock to-
night at the school. Dr.. Joseph
N. Price will speak on "Preven-
tive Care of Teeth"
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Two More Veterans Bonus
Bills Filed by Delegates

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Feb. Is (R.
The Maryland Legislature re-
ceived two new war veterans
bonus proposals last night, CALI
ing for increasing the sales tax
spd operating Q State lottery to
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-12-17
Central Mich. Wins Both
MI Teams Out to
Stop Brooklyn

COLUMBUS. Ohio (CNS)-Top
brass from several teams-partic-
ularly the Giants. Cardinals, Red
legs and the Cubs met to try 10
stop Brooklyn" by Strengthening
their own clubs TO prevent a
Brooklyn runaway next year.
The Giants are convinced that
they can give Brooklyn its big
gesi opposition. though there
are many who see il otherwise.
They are refusing to even trade
with the Dodgers stating: why
should we help them. and we
would be helping them II we
were to give them any OF our
players
The Cubs. Cardinals and the
Redlegs claim they will trade
with Brooklyn and any other club
to get help and prevent the Dodg-
ers from making shambles again
Of the National League.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-12-17
Jackie Robinson
StiIIA Dodger

BROOKLYN, N. Y. tCNS)-A
few Dodgers have been traded
but not Jackie Robinson. Despite
the rumors and the innuendos,
Jackie is yet a Dodger. Moreover
Buzzy Bavasi, in charge OF per-
sonnet. seems pretty peeved over
the rumors OF waivers about ms
star player.
Cracked Bavasis Were sick
and tired Of guys telling me
newspapers they're interested
in Robinson. Maybe we're in
terested IN Ted Williams and a
Ia, Of other stars. too. but we
don't 40 around making silly
noises about things we know
will never happen.
"Robby Is not on the waiver
list now and we don't intend &c
nut him on. He's on the DodgeI
roster and as far as / know neil
stay on IT,
The Baltimore Orioles had toio
the baltimore writers that we r.
definitely interested in Robinson
| n he's available. But Bavasi says
he's not to anyone.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-12-17
billiard Announces
Slate

Coach Armstead Pierro OF Dill
BIRD University announces the
kmaining basketball schedule:
December Is, Rust College,
Jolly Springs. Miss; Dec. 10,
LcMoyne College. M m p h ! $,
Tenn; Dec. IL. Mississippi In
|ustrial College, Holly Springs,
lss.; Dec. 81 and %. Xavier
University Tourney, New Orleans
4 january 4, Xavier University,
lew Orleans OK. u. GYM: Jan
\ Alcorn College; Jan. IL. Xavier
University: Jan. -, Grabbing
college; Jan. 20, Southern Uni
ersity. Baton Rouge, La; Jan
Stlllman College;
February 2, Miss. Vocational
Ibllege; Feb. 3, Philander Smith
Cbllege; Feb. 4. Philander Smith
College; Feb. Is. Mississippi In
istrial College; Feb. LeMoyne
pllege: Feb. II and ID, Alcorn
pllege, Alcorn, Miss; Feb. 20
ISIS. Vocational College, ltts
ena, Miss; Feb. %, Southern
diversity.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-12-17
Hampton Defeats
Agsies in Opener

GREENSBORO. N. c. - After
blowing a l4-point lead, the AIT
College Aggies dropped its open
ing basketball game last Satur-
day night to Hampton Institute,
1891. before $500 spectators
here.
A defensive lapse in the final
IA minutes proved costly when
a fired-up band Of virginians.
playing ike a brand new team.
scored repeatedly TO overcome
the deficit and a last minute
field goal 10 triumph.
The Aggies' height advantage
enabled them in the early stages
to control the play and most OF
the early second-half AIT had
the situation well in hand. build
ing UP the l4-point bulge with
IL minutes TO go.
With a minute to play the
count was knotted at 6l-all. and
Hampton controlled the ball to
the l5-second mark before drop
ing the winning shhot.
High scorer was Edward Amos
Hampton center, with appoints
and close behind was Eddie Wells
who bucketed % points for the
Aggies.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-12-17
Assault Charge on
Johnny Bright

HAMILTON. Ontario - Two
Western Canada football stars
have been accused of punching
and kicking man in a downtown
bar.
Former Drake halfbaek John
nv BRIGHT and Ray WillseY. both
of the Grey Cup champion Ed
monitor Eskimos. were charged
last Friday with common ASSAULT
and released on $500 bail.
The charges were filed on COM
plant of Kenneth Aspden, %,
who said he was punched and
kicked at the bar the preceding
night.
Bright said eight OF the players,
here for an all-star game Satur-
day. had gone to the tavern foi
few drinks.
Eve were sitting at table
when a fellow kept coming over
and bothering u.s." Bright said.
Suddenly he turned and took
a poke at Jackie Parker (Edmon
ton quarterback. Then he hit me
Naturally we don't have to take
that sort OF thing"
Coach Frank Ivy OF the Eskimo
said IL was an unfortunate Incl
dent. but one which frequently
happens when widely-known ath
letes appear in public
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-12-17
Twin-Stock Car
Sweep, by Chrysler

Chrysler was recently awarded
both the 1855 NASCAR Grand
National Stock Car Racing Cham
pionship and the 1855 AAA Stock
Car Racing Championship at a
luncheon at the Sheraton-Cadillac
Hotel attended by NASCAR and
AAA officials. NASCAR Cham
pion Tim Flock, AAA Champion
Frank Mundy. Sportsman Carl
Kiekhaefer, sponsor Of the cham
pions, and Chrysler Division Of
ficials.
Presentation OF the two tro-
phies marked the first twin cham
pionship for one make of car in
industry history. In all, Chrysler
300 cars won 81 first places in
NASCAR and AAA races OF 100
miles and over during the 1855
racing season.