davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-11
Pharmacist Faces
Dope Sole Charge

A 42-year-old Howard Univer-
sity graduate was arrested yes
terday after he sold a police
Iundercoverman drugs without a
prescription at more than 10
times their regular price.
Sergt. Joseph Gabeys Of the
Narcotics Squad said Basil E.
Greaves, colored. Of 1888 Shep-
herd street NV. owner OF the
Southeast Pharmacy, 755 Eighth
street Sc. also had sold drugs
to undercovermen on two previ-
Gus occasions.
Police said Greaves told them
he is from British Guiana and
has been living in this country
under a students visa.
United States Commissioner
Cyril S. Lawrence held Greaves
for action of the grand jury
under 81 500 bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-11
Polio Outbreak
Now Epidemic

BOSTON. Aug. II (R.-Sixty.
eight new polio cases, were re-
ported in Massachusetts, today
Boston reported 81 cases.
The State Public Health De-
partment said the total since the
first Of the year is 1,106.
State health officials sent out
an appeal for nurses in the
emergency which they labeled
for the first time as an cpl
demic--a mild epidemic"
The New England polio tota
today climbed to l,408 as IS new
cases were reported in the six.
State area. Two hundred sixty.
three cases were listed at thi,
time last year.
The New England totals with
corresponding 1854 figures:
Massachusetts. l ,1o6-1o8: Con-
necticut. l48-loS; New Hamp-
shire. 59-15: Rhode Island
48-13; Maine. 28-13; Vermont
1876.
DR.. Joseph P. Reardon. Mas
sachusetts State Health Depart
ment epidemiologist. said, THE
situation has not changed any
just because it has been labeled
an epidemic. The same pre-
cautions as before will apply"
The Massachusetts, state
Nurses Association said it hoped
to recruit 43 nurses in North
Shore communities and Cape
Cod to serve in four Boston hos
pitfalls where STATS are taxed.
The Muses. Association listed
the hospitals needing nurses as:
Boston City. 18; Children's Med
ical Center, .: Boston Floating
Hospital. 8, and Haynes Memo
rial, 10.
Thus far, Polio has cost "A
lives in New England. Thirty
one Of those stricken had one OF
more injections = Of Salk anti
polio vaccine. But none Of those
who died had received the
vaccine.
In Boston, which has borne
the heaviest incidence of the
disease up to now. the death OF
a l6-year-old South Boston girl
raised the city's death count
from polio in 1855 to IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-11
q KILLED, Score Injured
In Ohio Blast and Fire

the restaurant for his wife. who
had just finished eating there.
His wife, Dolores. %. was
standing in the doorway, wait
ing for a break in the rain.
Then, Mr.. Dotta said. 1.-THE
roof buckled and the walls blew
out. I saw her. She was sit
ting there. Just sitting there
right in the middle Of main
street"
Mr.. Dotta drove his wife to Q
doctors Office where it was
found she suffered only minol
injuries.
There was no official estimate
of property damage, but it was
expected to run into hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars.
The building In which the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-11

NEW YORK, Aug. II (P.-A
Federal Judge has ruled that q
paternity blood test required OF
Chinese seeking entry into the
United States is unconstitu-
tional and smacks of racial dis
elimination.
The ruling by Judge Edward
J. Dimock came yesterday in the
case of three Chinese sons of a
Chinatown groceryman. Their
case affects some 10000 Chinese
seeking American citizenship as
sons of nese-Americans, con-
ceived during periodic visits OF
their fathers to China.
The validity Of the blood tests
was recognized q year ago by
a Federal Judge. At that time
the Justice Department termed
the decision the first tangible
defense against fraudulent
claims of identity"
The case before Judge Dimock
involved Lee jun Hoy. Is; Lee
Kun Cherk, Is, and Lee Moon
Wah, IS. They claimed citizen
ship through their father. Lee
Ha. an American citizen since
1926.
The immigration Service con-
tended the three had failed to
pass the blood tests.
The Government argued that
few persons in China have birth
certificates and that with the
Communists in control there is
no way for parentage claims to
be. checked by American investi-
gators.
Defense attorney Benjamin
Gin. an American-born Chinese,
offered evidence that Chinese
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-11

ANDOVER, Ohio. Aug. II (P.
An explosion and fire tore a
path of death last night through
a row of buildings on the village
square. Many Of the victims had
taken refuge there from a storm.
Twenty-one bodies were &C
counted for, most Of them in a
makeshift morgue inside a ga
rage three blocks away. More
than a score were injured. In
the confusion, there were re-
ports of at least two persons
missing.
The center of the disaster was
the Gateway Restaurant in this
village in the resort area Of
Pymatuning Lake. along the
Pennsylvania border. The restau-
rant and dairy store were in
a two-story frame building which
disintegrated with a force that
shook the entire town Of 1900
population.
Firemen, searching for more
bodies, worked through the
ashes and debris in a drizzle
until S am. today. Then they
stopped for rest and food.
Many Bodies Burned
When they resumed their dig
ging in daylight. they pulled q
mans body and a woman's, body
from the debris.
At that point a half dozen
bodies had been definitely iden-
titled, and four others tenta-
lively. Many of the bodies were
burned beyond recognition.
The task of learning the VIC
Tins names was complicated by
THE fact that this village is on
Route 6, which is used by tour
lists headed for Lake Erie as well
as Lake Pymatllning. Some OF
them may have been eating in
the restaurant at the time Of the
Explosion.
A Pittsburgh family of four
was among those definitely
listed. They were Mr.. and Mrs.
George Schroeder, their 2-year-
old son George, jr.. and Mrs.
Schroeder's father, Thomas
Kennel. As. The latter's wife
was in a hospital in Ashtabula'
Sixteen-year-old twins who
lhad been working as mattresses
also were identified. They were
| Arlene and Darlene Cuttlip Of
; Andover.
Sheriff Tom Fasula said he
Thought sewer gas, backed up
by clogged drains. might have
been the agent which ignited
the blast. But he said he could
|. not be sure.
Street Ripped Up
! Debris showered Main street
in front Of the restaurant, rip
ping up sections of the street
and wrecking several automo-
biles. Then the flames whipped
on to other buildings.
A Cleveland policeman, Elmer
Bumblis, was driving past the
restaurant at the time of the
explosion and gave this descrip-
ton of the disaster:
The walls blew out and the
roof fell in. There were arms
and legs sticking out of the
wreckage all over the building.
In q makeshift morgue. Ashta-
bula County Deputy Coroner H
K. Lynne worked to identify the
bodies of the victims. DR.. Lynne
said 1t may take days to identify
all Of them.
/ The fire itself was brought
under control in four hours as
, firemen from 20 nearby Ohio and
Pennsylvania towns rushed
equipment here.
i In a building adjoining the
restaurant, Fay Letwiler was
knocked to the floor by the ex-
plosion as he sat in his apart
ment. Overcome by smoke. he
was carried down a ladder by
firemen and later told reporters
that II heard q tremendous e&-
plosion and saw a big ball Of fire.
Smoke poured in the window
and then I blacked out"
( An Andover furniture sales
man, Charles Dotta. 80, was
waiting across the street from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-11
Berserk Soldier Kills Six

KUALA LUMPUR. Malaga,
J. Aug. II (P.-An African soldier
sprayed machinegun bullets
through a crowded Singapore
bound train today. killing six
Asians and wounding IL others.
Apparently gone berserk, he then
shot and killed himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-11
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. ." A-3
il,

restaurant was located also
housed an Isaly Store. part Of
a national dairy store chain. The
other buildings housed Ohio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-11

Edison Co. Offices. Hall Insur-
ance Co., Freddy's Shoe Shop,
Grabert Market and Taylor's
Barber Shop.
Evening star., 1955-07-01

CAPITAL ROUNDUP = For
Evening star., 1955-07-01

Meade, Nd. has job openings FOE
equipment adviser tmaints-
nance). wsrehousemsn. mess
attendant. radio instsller and
repair lead foreman and six
screen printer Contact the per-
sonnel sdIvision. buiIdine T-24ss.i
Fifth and x streets Fort Mead,
Md. The National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics was
given enough money by Congress-
to hire 200 more scientific and.
research employees. Congress
has directed the General Services
Administration to ind more suit-f
able quarters for the Federal
Communications Commission. /
describing It's present offices asl
"deplorable. The Army,sE
Overseas Affairs Division lists
the following JOB vacancies:f I
Chinese language translator /
safety engineer and safety pro-
gram administrator, position
classifier. organization and meth-
DDS examiner. tabulating ma
chine operations supervisor 4
shorthand reporter, statistical
assistant, librarian tmedicaI
clerk stenographers. Office appli-
ance repair lead foreman and
ofiice appliance inspector. Apply
at room 702. Old Post ONCE
Building, Twelfth street and
PennSylvania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1955-07-01
RESORT FORECAST

Southern Jersey - Partly
cloudy tomorrow. with scat
tered afternoon showers.
High 84-88.
Upper Bay-Partly cloudy
tomorrow, with scattered
afternoon showers. High
$500.
Lower Bay-Mostly fair
tomorrow. with chance OF
afternoon showers. High
90-92.
Ocean Beaches - Mostly
fair, with chance of after
noon showers. High 1890.
Skyline Drive P Partly
cloudy tomorrow. with scat
tered afternoon showers.
High s5-ss. s.sss. ..s
Evening star., 1955-07-01
Reserve Bill Wins Round
As House Limits Debote

The Presidents military man.
power reserve bill cleared its
first hurdle in the House easily
today with the adoption Of a
rule limiting debate to two
hours.
Leaders were confident Of
passing the bill without the
controversial anti-segregation
amendment, which caused the
bill to be sidetracked six weeks
ago.
Representative Powell. Dem
ocrat. of New York was ready to
renew his fight, however. for an
amendment to end segregation
In the National Guard.
He obtained the floor for an
hour on q question Of personal
privilege, claiming that news
paper editorials have accused
him of helping to wreck national
defense plans.
MIR. Powell told his colleagues
that the Russians will laugh at
Dwight D. Eisenhower in Geneva
this summer If he comes waving
a flag Of a free world when they
know he is being backed up by
q Jim Grow Army whose core
is a Jim Grow National Guard. !"
Appeal TO Turn Tide
Since the reserve bill was side
tracked earlier. President Eisen-
hover has appealed tos Congress
to handle the civil rights issue
on its merits and not as a rider
to this legislation. His appeal is
expected to turn the tide today.
Here are main provisions and
purposes Of the bill: 49,
l. 1t would establish and
strengthen q trained military
Evening star., 1955-07-01

manpowsr reserve Of about 90
million by 1860. The Armed
Forces Reserve Act of 1852 set
"a limit OF Is million. Only 700.-
900 now take part in reserve
traininp. There long has been
authority under the Selective
Service Act to require particle
patton in reserve training. It
has never been fully enforced.
2. The new program would
cost about $1.1 billion during the
fiscal year beginning tomorrow,
and almost 81 billion in 1860.
The existing reserves operation
costs approximately $710 million.
8. The total military obliga-
ton IN general. including active
service and reserve training,
would be six years. 1t now is
eight years.
4. A young man could enlist
directly IN the Army Reserve,
Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Re-
serve. Air Force Reserve and
Coast Guard Reserve for six
years. He would agree to serve
two Of. those years on active
duty. He would be required to
continue for three years in the
ready reserve" ana IN the
standby reserve" for a year
without further formal training.
Limit Of 25O.00O
5. Between now, and July l,
1859. the President could au-
thorize enlistment OF not more
than 250.e00 Volunteers q year
in the reserve. These would be
youths under 1917 years old. It
is contemplated that 100000
would be accepted for enlistment
annually at the outset. They
would have to serve for six
Evening star., 1955-07-01
SHOP THE STAR
FOR AUTO BARGAINS

.ssfou scoa's afford to overlook the
moSy nuto borsoins listed in The Star
Classified. From o vide attractive
listing Of best ostomotiys offerings
no doubt you'll find the assd-eas buy
you've been looking for st price
seored to fiji your budget.
Remember. for the widest variety
Of good guaranteed used cars. shop
The Stor Classified first before You
buy.
Evening star., 1955-07-01

sEa
the national security at least 81
days In advance Of such disposa1
Ior transfer. and provided thai
mo such disposal OF transfer shall
be made II disapproved by eithel
lcommittee within the 90-tiay
period by written notice to thu
Secretary of Defense"
|. $3.50
Il ANOTHER INSURANCE
iCHANCEThe approximately
per cent of the Government.
employees who last year did mo-
choose to come under the bene.
ats Of the Federal employe in.
lsurance program win be giver
another chance to Join. the Civi
Service Commission said today.
These 100000 employees who
waived insurance coverage be,
fore last January win be giyer
the opportunity to submit writ.
ten revocations of their waiver.
ito their agencies. at any time
during July or August. Upor
doing so, they will be automatic.
ally covered beginning the frs
pay period following receipt Of
the revocation. No physica
exam win be required.
No 'revocations OF present
waivers will be accepted after
August 81, the csc emphasized
After that date. these employees
must wait a year before re-
questing coverage. must be under
SO years Of age. and must pass
a physical examination.
*%& y
GSA AWARDS-The General
Services Administration has Civ
en- honors to its top employees in
GSA's second annual honor
awards ceremony.
The distinguished service
awards were given to Herbert C.
Plummer (posthumously), Mona
Sheppard, Robert g. PEBBLES and
Harry g. Hunter (posthum-
ously). Meritorious service
awards were presented to Harry
LIE Bovit. Armstead s. Washing
ton. William II. Furcolow, Ed
ward g. Campbell, Thomas C.
Lehning. David B. Hall. Harvey
A. Jones, Harry j. Baudu, Ed
ward j. Combs. Edward K.
Armour. Robert C. Ashley and
Stacia NJ. Howell.
The following length-of -serv-
Ice awards were made: 40 years.
LawrenceJ. OiDea and Benjamin
Siegel, and 80 years, Joseph r.
Jennings, Winnie C. Allison,
Lawrence I. Peak, Joseph Bag
dorf. Britain B. Robinson, James
P. Kearney, Clifton E. Mack,
Thomas c. Reese. Donald E.
Doyle, Martin E. Ekstrand, Roy
w. johnson. Joseph B. Miller,
John c. Scott, George G. Sloane,
Karl o. Sonnemann, william p.
]. Taylor and John H. Werner.
+ + ~
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - Fort
Evening star., 1955-07-01
Pustor Reelected

The Rev, w. H. Jernagin,
pastor OF the Mount Carmel
Baptist Church, Third and I
streets NV. yesterday was re-
elected to his Both term as pres
ident of the National Sunday
School and Baptist Training
Union Congress at a convention
in Atlantic City. The group is
holding its 50th annual meeting
with 5000 persons attending the
eight-day session.
Evening star., 1955-07-01

ACTIVITIES TO private industry hal
cost thousands of Federal EN-.
Iploye jobs and threatened tl
wipe out many more. The action
of Congress will do much to al
leviate this threat.
Congress adopted q House.
Senate conference agreement
that is pleasing to Government
employe leaders. The American
Federation OF Government En-
ployes. District a of the Inter.
national Association Of Machin.
lists. and the AFL Government
Employees Council and af!iliated
groups had fought hard to OBJ
tain such q curb on the admin
istration's policy.
The action by Congress re-
quires the Secretary Of Defense
to give a 90-day notice to the
House and Senate Appropria-
tions Committees of any intent
to transfer to private industry
defense activities that have been
performed for three years OF
more by civilian employees. II
either the House o, Senate Ap-
propriations Committee within
the 90-day period disapproves of
such a move, the transfer to pri-
vate industry cannot be made.
Representative Skies, Demo-
crat. of Florida. a member of the
House Appropriations Commit
tee, is credited with playing a
major role In securing agreement
on the provision.
The 4 provision approved by
Congress reads:
mo part of the funds Appro-
priated in this act may be used
for the disposal or transfer by
contract or otherwise of work
that has been. for a period Of
three years or more. performed
by the civilian personnel OF the
Department Of Defense unless
justified by the Secretary Of De-
fense to the Appropriations
Committees Of the Senate and
the House of Representatives
that its discontinuapce is eco
nomically sound and the work is
capable Of performance by a
contractor without danger to
Evening star., 1955-07-01
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity--Partly
cloudy, hot and humid. with
chance Of thundershowers to-
morrow. Low tonight about 72.
Maryland - Partly cloudy.
warm and humid tomorrow, with
ehance Of thundershowers. z
virginia-Partly cloudy, hot
Evening star., 1955-07-01

and humid, tomorrow, chance of
thundershowers. Low tonight
64-68 west and 68-72 west por-
tion.
Wind Gentle, southwesterly.
5-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, July rs
Fair but quite warm weather,
TT "
Evening star., 1955-07-01
HE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Congress Applies Brake
ToDefense Work Shifts
By JOSEPH YOUNG

Congress has adopted strong provision the Defense
DEPARTMENTS appropriations bill the defense
Congress- 8. .s.5-
admnistraons recent policies of transferring such
Evening star., 1955-07-01

then continue in the organized
reserves for, ia years. They
would not be subject to the reg
ular draft The Secretary of
Defense could prescribe regula-
ltions which conceivabiy might
lcall for . longer period Of active
duty. ts ~
6. The bill does not apply to
the National Guard. Nor does
1t limit in any way the present
operation Of such units in the
States A man who joins in the
reserves program could not be
assigned or transferred to any
reserve group other than the one
he initially chose. The bill, how
ever. does not specifically prevent
q man from taking his reserve
training In the National Guard.
He could join the guard and. If
his service is satisfactory and ne
remained in until the age of 28,
he would not be subject to the
draft.
z. Men inducted under the
draft law for two years of service,
as well as those who enlisted In
the regular armed services, would
be obliged to continue In the re-
serve program until they COM
plete an overall six-year mill
tary obligation. The longer they
stayed in the active service the
shorter would be their required
participation in the reserve.
Thus, a man who served four
years on active duty would take
only one year in the ready re-
serve and one in the standby.
8. No person who served in the
active armed forces prior to
July 81. 1853. the Korean truce
date. would be obliged to particle
pate in any active or inactive
duty training while In the re-
serve.
May Enlist Directly
9. ANY person who is drafted,
enlisted or appointed to the ac-
tive services after July 81, 1858,
must become member of the
ready reserve on finishing active
duty. Those men, as well as
others who may enlist directly
in a reserve unit and agree to
serve on active duty training for
two of the six years, would be
required to attend 48 drills a
year and take a maximum of II
days a year in field training. Men
who would be greatly incon-I
venienced by that arrangement
could comply with the reserve
obligation by taking 80 days of
active duty each OF the years in
the reserve. 1e
10. A reserviSt who neglected
or refused to take part in the
required reserve training would
be called into active duty for
As days in each Of the years.
The new bill would drop AM
existing provision under the
Selective Service Act whereby
such a recalcitrant reseryist
might be subject to Federal
court conviction and a maximum
penalty of five years in prison
and a $4,000 fine.
IL. In event of emergency
when Congress is not in session
the President would have au-
thority to call up / million ready
reservists without obtaining con-
gressional action.
IL. The bill is described as
putting no compulsion on any
man to join in the reserve pro.
CRANE As long as he lives up to
its requirements for active serv-
Ice as well as reserve unit drills
and training. he would not be |
subject to the regular draft. But
men who are drafted. as well as,
those who enlist either in the
regular services. volunteer as
youths under I81a years old, or
enlist directly in the reserves.
would have to I'LL out their speci-
fed years of military obliga-
ton" under the reserve program.
Evening star., 1955-07-01

NATIONS WEATHER-Showers and thunderstorms will be
scattered through the Central Eastern Lakes region
and the Central Plains tonight The Northern
Rockies the extreme Northern Plateau and extreme North
Pacific Coast sections also expect showers with thun
derstorms in the higher elevations Temperatures will
remain much the the NationAP Wirephoto Map
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Poolesville School Faculties
Put on Joint Buffet Supper

motored to White Plains, NY.
last Friday to attend the wedding
of her neice, Miss Shirley Coates
worth on Saturday, returning late
Sunday evening. On Sunday,
they drove out to Toledo, O., to
stay awhile with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Davis who are
in st. Vincent's Hospital there
following serious auto accident
Weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Thompson, ST.. was
Miss Mary Pittman of Williams
burg, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert SiZemore
of Arizona have been guests in
GAINESVILLE with relatives. She
is better remembered as the for.
mer Rosie Hersberger.
Mrs. M. Elllins left by train
Saturday for a visit with her
granddaughter, Mrs. James Can
dor, nee Ada Dudley, in Dayton
o. Miss Mary White Hays will
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

With 1920 second and third
grade children vaccinated in the
county against polio last week,
the March of Dimes campaign,
which provided the funds for the
development of the Salk vaccine.
launched the 1856 drive for Mary
land by appointing campaign di.
rectors in the counties. Charles
Davidson will direct Montgomery
County's drive which begins on
January 3 and continues through.
out the month.
polio isn't licked YET is the
theme of the Embarrassing with
four reasons listed for next years
March of Dimes. The thousands
of polio patients who will be
stricken next year, the 5000 iron
lungs that must be kept going,
polio research, aimed at improv-
ing techniques and the fellow
ships and scholarships necessary
to provide trained manpower in
the hospitals and Laboratories are
the four named by George l..
Radcliffe, State chairman of the
campaign.
The Health Department has an
nounced this week that Montgom-
cry County will not be conduct
ing a mass vaccination program
for kindergarten and first grade
children as the District is doing.
Beginning around the middle of
November, or whenever the vac
cine is available from the special!
Federal appropriation, any child
aged one through 10 who is eli
gible for well child supervision
from a county child hygiene
clinic may be vaccinated in such
clinic. All other children are
urged to be vaccinated by their
private physician.
The treatment center of the
Montgomery County Society for
Crippled Children and Adults is
now handling 100 patients a week
for speech therapy, according to
Mrs. Franklin Petrasek, speech
therapist at the center. At an
open house for the organization
Sunday, Mrs. Petrasek empha-
sized that speech therapy should
not be delayed in the hope that
the handicapped child will out
grow his defect.