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Evening star., 1955-05-01

and our first snake on The 40
Acres. With some of the brush
cut down, I'm hoping the ticks
won't be so bad. With the snakes
I have a live and let live policy.
This first snake of the season
was summing himself out in the
front pasture. When I came
along. he crawled of under a
clump of weeds, and I was glad
to let him go. I hope, in ex-
change, he will take his toll of
mice and insects this year.
Evening star., 1955-05-01
By ALBERT S. PULLING
Associated Press Feature Writer


The rose is a better than
seven-to-one choice for national
flower of the United States, an
informal opinion poll conducted
during the past month has dis
closed.
OF home gardeners-from New
England to Texas, New York to
the West-wlo voted for the rose,
more than half suggested the
Peace rose.
A total of 87.9 per cent Of the
response favored the rose, with
12.1 per cent suggesting other
blooms for national flower.
The other suggestions included
shasta daisy, lily of the valley,
mountain laurel, columbine, iris.
azalia and Indian corn. One
writer proposed that a national
bouquet be made of flowers Of
each of the 48 States.
The Peace rose received 53.2
per cent of the rose-favoring
ballots. Roses in general got
32.8 per cent of the vote, while
8 per cent prefer the American
Beauty rose. The balance of 5
per cent would settle for any
red rose.
The trend to the Peace rose
followed the pattern of a recent
national survey by the American
Rose Society among its mem
bers, who scored Peace at 96 per
cent, with the next highest at
81 per cent.
Yellow and Pink
Yellow, with a varying flush
OF pink along the petal edges.
Peace varies from day to day
and gives wide variety in the
rose garden.
Research on the history Of the
Peace rose discloses series Of
dramatic conincidences:
Patent papers for the rose,
developed by Francis Meilland
in France and sent here for test
ing in 1941, were whisked out
of France just before the arrival
of the onrushing Nazi army.
The war was in full fury when
Peace rose won top rating Of the
All American Rose Society. The
late Robert Pyle, Pennsylvania
rose grower, decided to name the
rose Peace. for the greatest de-
sire Of the world at the time.
Historical Incidents
The rose was christened in
Aprh, 1945, at the Pacific Rose
Society show at Pasadena. Calf,
as Berlin fell.
When the United Nations was
organized in San Francisco. it
was decided to give q bloom to
each Of the principal q. N. dele
gates. The roses were delivered
to their hotel rooms-on We
Day.
The day set by the AARS for
announcement Of it's award to
Peace-August IS, l945-turned
out to be WI Day.
The AARS set September 8,
1851. to present It's national gold
metal to Peace. the flrst rose
thus honored. This was the
day the peace treaty with Japan
was signed.
Evening star., 1955-05-01
LIFE IN
THE COUNTRY
Nest Moved-One Egg Left
BY JAMES BlRcHFlELD

Our Phoebe is having q hard
time, but she is bearing up under
her difficulties.
The trouble is that we moved
her nest right out from under
her-took the well house. with
the nest attached. out to the
garden to serve as a tool house.
She followed along, and after. we
got the house set up again, she
settled back on her nest.
Unfortunately, only one egg
was left. Despite our efforts,
two dropped out when we tilted
the house. She doesn't seem to
mind. though. Perhaps she
hasn't missed them yet. I hope,
for her sake, that the one re-
naming matches.
Our barn swallows haven't
been so fortunate. They have
been circling around. wondering,
I suppose, what sent with their
barn. It isn't where it used to
be. and we haven't yet got the
shed built to take its place.
Maybe, when the shed gets
built, the swallows will build
again, that is, if the shed gets
up in time. Meanwhile, we are
going to have a lot of ILL
adjusted birds about The 40
Acres.
At last, one more fence has
been added to The 40 Acres.
With the help Of the 8-year -old.
a new 3-strand barbed-wire
fence was stretched UP the
drive so we could turn In the
cows to the new orchard grass
pasture.
There must be some way, but
I have never discovered how, to
handle harhad wira vithO,It
Evening star., 1955-05-01
Prolific Chord

Swiss chard and New Zealand
spinach yield SO abundantly that
care should be taken to limit the
space given either. AS fast as
one harvest is cut from the plants
they produce another. continuing
all season until frozen.
Evening star., 1955-05-01
PEACE VARIETY LEADS
Rose Is 7-to-l Choice
For National Flower

Garden club projects have
been based on the Peace rose.
such as Peace memorial gardens.
with members growing the rose
to take to veterans hospitals.
Some Comments
Here are a few statements
from readers on why they select
the Peace rose:
The Grow'Em Show'Em Gar
den Club of Berlin, Wis: I'VE
consider it beautiful and the
name most magnificent for our
n tional hopes and aspira-
tons.
Mrs. Gertrude w. Lorentz
Evening star., 1955-05-01

take them of and let the barbs
do their worst. ! can't say much
for barbed wire, but it does hold
the cows-for time. at least.
Now, all I have to do is get
the pond, the garden and the
two back fields fenced and I'll
be sitting pretty. I hate to think
about it.
X X y 4
We have had our first ticks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Monthly Crime
Report Reveals
|I.6 Per Cent Rise

Major crime in the District in
creased l.6 per cent last month
over August, 1854. the Metropol-
titan Police Department reported
yesterday.
Although total crime figures
climbed. felonies for the month
declined 1872 per cent, from 1858
to ! .096. For the 12-month period
ending in August, major crimes
dropped Ia per cent and felonies
rs per cent from the preceding
year.
The monthly statistical report
takes In all felonies and three
crimes listed as misdemeanors.
negligent homicide. attempted
HOUSEKEEPING and thefts of less
than 500.
OF the 1902 offenses. $50 were
listed as cleared by arrest and
Al by other means. The largest
single category was thefts. with
702 cases. followed by house.
breaking. 316 and aggravated as
saults. 311. There were ~ cases
of robbery. 8 Of rape. 6 Of at
tempted rape, / Of granddaughter,
4 of murder and 1873 of auto
theft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Man Set AbIuze
Cooking Steaks
On Portable Grill

A 43-year-old man was seri-
|ously burned last night when
cigarette lighter fluid he was
using to start q fire in a portable
grill flared up and enveloped him
in flames, police reported.
He is Robert Dunnigan Of
5205 Colorado avenue NV. He
was reported In serious condition
In Emergency Hospital with
burns on his face, arms and
chest.
His wife, Virginia. As. was
treated at Emergency Hospital
for hand burns suffered when
she tried to beat out the flames
In her husbands clothing.
Sergt. j. w. Merkle of Fire
Department rescue squad No. 2,
said Mr., Dunnigan was prepar-
ing to light q fire in the grill to
cook steaks when the accident
happened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Roosevelt Island Pork\
Completion Set in 1858

meeting such conditions, aise be.
ing worked up now.
Conrad L. With, director Of
the National Park Service. said
about $685. 900 is available for
development Of the island.
Actually, the Roosevelt Also.
citation has drawn detailed de
velopment plans. including an
Overlook, improved trails and
other Improvements to encour-
age wider public use of the
island. y,
There has been general agree
ment. however, that the plans
will have to be revised II ulf
bridge project goes through.
North Dakota Park =,
Mr.. Wirth said about sos, SOC
is available for development worA
at the memorial park near Me-
dora, N. Oak. He said this money
will be used to expand facilities
for visitors at Cottonwood Greek
campground, to add parking
areas and improve roads and to
install a water system in Squaw
Creek campground.
He estimated that an addi-
tional $500, 900 would be required
for buildings and utilities and
$3.50, 900 for roads and trails In
order to complete development
of the area in time for the GEN.
tennial celebration.
Members of the centennial
commission have not been named
yet. President Eisenhower, Vice
President Nixon and Speaker
Rayburn will serve as ex-officio
members. The President Is to
appoint two members each from
the Senate and House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11

Interior Secretary Mckay yes
terday announced plans to COM
plete development Of Roosevelt
Memorial Island here and a Sec
ond area dedicated to the men,
DRY of Theodore Roosevelt by
October ~, 1958-the Tooth an
niyersary of the former Presi-
dents birth.
The second area in Theodore
Roosevelt National Memorial
Park in North Dakota.
Detailed plans for the two prof.
ects will be drawn by a Theo-
dore Roosevelt Centennial Com
mission, authorized by Congress
last year. The commission also
viii plan a nationwide COM
nemoration of Roosevelt's birth
In a series of programs during
1858.
Roosevelt Island, lying just
on the Virginia shore in the Po-
tomac between Arlington Me-
mortal and Key bridges, has fig
ured largely during the last
three years in proposals for a
new Potomac bridge.
Crossing Planned
z First, the Theodore Roose-
welt Association, which gave the
5Izland to the United States as
wilderness memorial two dec
ago. opposed any crossing
nd island. 1t has since said
fiRht approve a crossing of
filt lower end Of the island,
however, If certain conditions
are met. Plans for the bridge,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Man Found Dead
|OkShotqun Wound

The body OF man who had
died of a shotgun wound In the
head was discovered last night
lin his South Arlington apart
ment, police said.
Detective Elmer Redmon iden-
titled the man as Webster s.
Tevebaugh. 81, of 1922 South
Utah street.
The body was found on the
bedroom floor by the dead mans
wife about 8 pm. when she re-
turned after visiting a daughter.
Mr.. Tevebaugh had been dead
about one hour, Ofilcer Redmon
said.
A 16-gauge, single barrel shot
gun was found nearby, accord
ling to police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Koreu Veteran
Hurt By Crash

"A Korean war veteran with
only one arm was seriously hurt
last night when he tried for the
FIRST time to ride q motor scooter
in an alley near his home Wash
ington police reported.
John Connely. rs, Of lots
Waliler place Sc, was in Casu-
atty Hospital with a conclusion
and q deep scalp cut suffered
when he lost control Of the
scooter and fell, witnesses told
police. Mr.. Connely Is an elevator
operator at the Supreme Court
Bull ding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Rubbi KeIIner to Talk

The Columbia Heights Bust
ness Mems Association will hold
a luncheon meeting at 1915 pm.
Tuesday at the Kenesaw Cafe.
Sixteenth and Irving streets
NV. Rabbi Abraham Kellner,
director Of the Hebrew Academy
of Washington. viii discuss the
Good Things In Our Educa-
tional Setup."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
DC. Raising Reserve
Of Replacement Films

ing Of about a dozen trees came
from cuttings given the tree
division eight years ago by the
Agriculture Department.
In fact, the nursery's entire
crop Of Buisman elms consists
of cuttings--and cuttings Of cut
tings--from the original con-
tribution Of the Agriculture De-
|partment.
Not As Tall
The Buismans reach a height
of about 80 feet, about 20 feet
less than that attained by Amer
lean elms planted along city
streets. They are more rounded,
less shaped, than the ma
tive variety.
Not only are the Buismans
to the lethal fungus
carried by the elm bark beetle,
they are, "every bit as hardy"
for street planting purposes as
the American elm, Mr.. Lowe ex-
planned.
On a national scale, mean
while, Agriculture Department
experts express growing concern
over the spread Of the disease
to additional cities in the mid
west. Cases have been reported
throughout the northeast quar-
ter Of the United States and In
Canada, according to DR.. Curtis
May, forest service pathologist
of the departments expert
mental station at Beltsville.
DR.. May blamed inadequate
spraying and tree removal
measures.
The disease got a foothold in
this country about 80 years ago
when q shipment Of beetle-in-
tested European elm logs was
delivered to the East Coast from
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
I'd Armored Group
Elects z D. G. Men

John Gibson SemmeS, WASH
ington patent attorney with
Offices at 1911 X street NV, has
been elected president Of the I'd
Armored Division Association.
He was elected during the first
convention Of the group held
recently in New York.
Another District resident, Col.
r. r. Perry Of 102> Windsor road,
Alexandria, was reelected Sec
retary-treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Dams
To Be Discussed

Building Of Potomac River
storage dams to prevent flood
damage, assure adequate water
supply and reduce pollution will
be considered by the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac
River Basin at its meeting at the
Hotel Alexander In Hagerstown.
Nd, tomorrow and Tuesday.
Representative Hyde, Repub-
lican, Of Maryland Is scheduled
to address the group and to hear
details Of the iood-control plan.
The program. beginning at
$50 am. tomorrow, will be in
charge Of, Joseph r. Kaylor,
chairman Of the commissions
Land Committee.
Speakers win include George
F. Hardwood. chairman of the
commission: Kermit McKeever.
West virginia's assistant di-
rector Of conservation; DR.. Maui
rice Goddard, Pennsylvania s
secretary Of forests and waters;
j. j. Shomon of the Virginia
Commission Of Game and In
land Fisheries. and DR.. Gordon
M. Cairns, dean of agriculture
at the University Of Maryland.
Edward Davis State conserva-
ZIONIST Of Maryland, will address
the group on watershed manage
ment activities in Maryland, and
will conduct a field trip tomor-
row afternoon.
Tomorrow night, John Jones.
secretary of the American
Watershed Council. viii address
the group and a new film, Our
Beautiful Potomac - Progress
Report" will be shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity
convention and State of Israel
Bonds Organization at the
Sheraton Park Hotel are hold
ing their final meetings today.
\ \ y
The Order of the Eastern
Star opens its convention at
the Mayflower and Statler
Hotels today. (See story on
Page A-139
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11

The District is raising hum
dreds Of disease-resistant elm
trees to be used In a program
of limited replacement Of the
city's American elms killed by
Dutch elm fungus.
The resistant variety is known
as the Buisman elm, named In
honor of the now-dead woman
plant pathologist who discovered
its special qualities in tests in
The Netherlands.
At present the Districts tree
division has more than $500 Of
these elms-mostly small cut
tings-at its Poplar Point plant
nursery.
According to Jerome A. Lowe,
the divisions chief horticulture
list. no sweeping program to re-
place Washington's thousands
of American elms is contem-
plated.
I'VE hope that our DOT spray
ing will continue to keep some
kind of control over the spread
of the disease" Mr.. Lowe said,
But If it should fail we viii be
ready with harder elms to take
their place."
Replacement II Possible
AS long as the elm disease toll
remains relatively low--359 new
caseS to date this year-the Dis
trict will continue to replace
afflicted American elms with the
same variety on established
American elm streets.
For size and beauty. no tree
can compare with the American
elm" Mr.. Lowe said. 1--WE GER
tainly hope we'll always have
them with U.s."
The Buisman elm, a European
variety, already has been planted
on one short street In a new sec
ton Of the Southeast. This plant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Leonard Urges
Use Of Center

The Commissioners, who ma,
have thought their troubles witt
the temporary building in from
of the District Building were
over, will find out tomorrow II
isn't SO.
The shack strongly criticized
as an eyesore and an uptown
Islum on the municipal door.
step. will be vacated, it is hoped
by october Is. Then the cit,
can get rid Of it.
And there's a rub.
Waldron z. Leonard, head Of
the Veterans Service Center
which occupies the building
would like to gee the Commits
sioners give ~ away to some
group such as the Boy Scout.
or Girl Scouts. the Police Boy
Club or a charitable camp.
Could Be DismantIed
The tempo. he says. is put
together with bolts and coulC
be taken apart and moved X
q location where 1t could givt
service. Some group, Mr.. Leon.
ard said. could put 1t to goot
IuSe.
The Commissioners wouldn'
be able to get very much none,
from a wrecking company Il
they sell the building as scrap
Mr.. Leonard said, and could hell
Ia good cause by giving 1t away.
Not 50, said James L. Mccall
lister. administrative service!
officer Of the District. In the frs
place, he said. the city doesnr
give things away-"we sell thing!
trash. rags, old batteries. ole
tires, ETC."
Commissioners to Decide
Mr.. McCallister isn't sure, any.
way that the building could b,
taken apart and set up some
where else. He plans to recon-
mend to the Commissioners, al
they have asked. that the pro
Iposal for wrecking 1t be sent on
and bids solicited in the norma
order of business.
The Commissioners will hav,
to decide between the conflicting
points Of view Of Mr.. Leonard
land MIR. McCallister.
A troubled life could have beer
predicted for the tempo from III
birthday. The application for {
building permit forn it was re-
|ceived in the District Building
December 8. 1871. It was ap'
proved December 9, 194l. tn,
day in the middle was Pear
Harbor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Smithsonian Rebuilding
COLONEL House of 1913

II the housing restoration line,
capitol Hill and Old Georgetown
lave little over Smithsonian
institution.
The gray-domed building at
Tenth street and Constitution
avenue is rehabilitating its own
Colonial home on its second floor.
8 The Smithsonian house.
ithin-a-house Is of New Eng
vintage dating from 1878.
gift Of q Marlboro (Mass.)
ans widow. the 277-year-
lecture was received here
4 Gdseum scientists several
it4ths ago with considerable
fanfare.
The scientists treasure at the
time stacked up, however, as
only q truckload Of weathered
lumber. Clipped bricks and sew
eral kegfuls Of rusty hand
forged nails.
To Be Ready in 1856
Now, all Of this has taken
shape as a two-story frame build
ing 40 by Is feet in dimension
and complete with twin down.
stairs fireplaces and q bake oven
In between.
The housed not quite finished.
Even when it is, it won't be on
public display until late 1856
when the whole revitalized CO.
lonial hall, in which it stands.
will be opened as an integrated
exhibit.
But as carpenters and brick
layers bang and Slosh around,
Smithsonian scientists contem-
plate their prize with dewy eyes.
Murmured c. Malcolm Wat
kins. associate curator of ethnol-
ogy, as he fingered the rusty
hand-forged hinges of the
front door:
tits so simple, yet beautiful.
even though everything is so
rusty and worm"
In a guided tour Of the place,
Mr.. Watkins noted the low CELL
ings. Eight-by- eight-inch cross
beams hang barely five and one
half feet above the floor. Such
ceilings, he pointed out, con-
served heat in those days.
Besides" he said, Americans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11

then were shorter than they are
today"
From a vantage point halfway
up the inside stairs, someone
noted that the brick work Of the
centralized fireplaces and bake
oven was only skimpily done.
It turns out that In the orig
final the bricks were solid all the
way UP and across. .'But there
are safety regulations" Mr.. Wat
kins reminded. The museum
floor can carry only so much
weight.
The mortar holding the fire.
places together Is largely clay.
All Of the mortar was intended
to be clay-MaSsacnusetts Bay
clay-but the supply ran out.
Mr.. Watkins explained.
II hate to say this" he said.
But we had to use q ready-mix
concrete for much of the work
and the clay for o. facing"
While most of the materials
are the original. other substitu-
tons have been made. Among
these is the wide-board sheath
ing-the foundation for the
outer clapboards. Many Of these
|planks were recently lmilled from
trees on the estate of the house
donor, Mrs. Arthur M. Green
wood. The trees were laid low
by Goth Century hurricanes.
Paint to BE Scraped on
Flecks Of gray paint appearing
on some of the interior boards
also do not date from the 1600s.
Mr.. Watkins said this paint is
probably the residue from "some
10th Century undertaking." It
viii doubtless be scraped off, he
added. and 18th Century white
wash applied. -
On some walls there will be
plaster. In the 18th Century
style, the binder will be real goat
hair. As for the lime element,
Mr.. Watkins is uncertain.
Around 1878 in the Massachu-
sets Bay area, lime for plaster
was supplied by grinding oyster
shells.
Mr.. Watkins problem is to
find somebody somewhere who
can grind oyster shells for his
plaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
July. Sales Tax
|ShoWsDip Of
|f.5Per Cent
Transit Strike Held
Cause Of Decrease;
Puy Ruises Stem FuH
by HECTOR MCLEAN

District sales tax revenues
dropped Is per cent on July
business during the first month
OF the recent Capital Transit
strike, 1t was disclosed yesterday.
The only reason the drop was
not worse, District fiscal officials
said, was because Of buying stim-
ulated by the general Govern
ment pay raises effective during
that period.
Figures disclosed yesterday
showed sales tax receipts to the
District of $1.48s.050 on July
business. This was $22.75s less
than the receipts Of $1.5i0.803
on June business:
Exact Impact Unknown
The exact impact Of the strike
apparently never viii be fully
analyzed. Finance Offlcer James
Is. Martin said the strike and It's
effects on the city's economy had
wrecked the fiscal experts plans
to ind out how much u q boost
in tax revenues could be expected
from q Government pay increase.
Now. he said, 1t viii be inn
possible to tell either that or
cost Of the strike.
In addition to the pay raise,
he said, another offsetting ele-
|ment to the strike impact was
the fact that many downtown
stores stayed open Saturdays and
nights.
He suggested that the Is pei
cent drop in sales taxes might be
mostly q reflection Of the bust.
ness loss suffered during the
strike by downtown restaurants
where dinner trade was reported
on as much as 80 per cent be-
cause Of the CTC walkout.
Odd Development
One odd development indicated
by the new figures which make
up the city's tax receipts for Au-
gust was a rise In July sales oil
beer. Although beer sales have
been going down steadily for thu
last three or four years-ever
during the hottest weather
taxes on July sales jumped more
than 10 per cent, from $6l,17s
on June business to $70.127.
Total general fund collections
for August were $4.040.35 This
brought the revenues to $8,243..
367 for the first two months Of
the fiscal year 1856. which
started last July /.
This is $l,676.24l--or Is PEI
cent - higher than collection.
during the same period last year
which was Just before the --latest
District tax increases went inte
effect.