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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
sale! So and 5.95
luxury shirts

You'll have to climb way up the price ladder to find
shirts with the quality Of fobrc and quality Of tailoring
Of these This famous maker who sells only to the most
exclusive mems stores has made shirt to retail
for less than S. Whot Christmas bonanza for the
thrifty shopper Regular collars! Spreods Rounds! Pin
thrust Button-downs Even round button-downs!
Costly end-to-end madras, piques hieh-count brood
cloths, woven oxford stripes. Come early and find
yourself some new dickey-front models also in the
group. All have sinee-needled shoulders, extro long
tolls, ocean pearl buttons Sizes Ia to H. 81 to s.
Furnishings-Stee Floor, Washington, Spring
and PARKtngon
Evening star., 1955-07-24
Capital Funds of Banks
Up 2o.5 Pct. in 5 Years

World War u. a an ofiicer O.
the submarine Pilotfish he com.
lpleted six patrols In the Pacific
and received the combat patro
award. He was lieutenant com.
Imander In the Korean conflict.
Giant Store to Open
Giant Food Department Store.
win open its 30th Washington
area supermarket, its eighth n
Virginia. tomorrow. An openinf
celebration is scheduled for thi.
afternoon.
The 24,000-square-foot mar.
Iket; with parking for 500 auto.
mobiles. is in the Bradlee de.
|velopment. 3708 King street
Alexandria.
The open house. with Picl
Temple. Giants Tv cowboy per.
|sonality. viii be held from moor
to 6 pm. today. Refs Pond
manager Of Giant stores since
1852. will manage the new store
DuFour Agency Leads
The Raymond A. DuFoul
Agency here exceeded the rec
ords Of rs other Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance Co. agents In all
leading cities to win first place
in q national production contest
in June and July.
The Washington agency filled
its quota four times. It has rep
resented the company here Is
years.
Max & Co. Expands
David Max g. Co., glass dis
tributors and glazing contractor
here. have taken over operation
Of the glass department Of the
Hugh Reilly Co. and named II
the Hugh Reilly Glass Co. Divi-
sion.
The division will continue to
operate at 926 N street NV.
Eugene A. Goldberg Is president
OF David Max q Co. and William
C. Wyatt. jr.. is vice president.
Writes on Credit Unions
DR.. John T. Croteau. formerly
OF Catholic University and now
at the University Of Notre Dame,
has completed an intensive
study Of Federal Credit Unions,
which is to be published soon by
Harper q Bros.
While stationed here the au-
thor participated In many meet
ngs Of the District Credit Union
League and served as a leader
of panel discussions.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
TOBACCO MARKETS

UPPER MARLBORO. July % IN (UsDA).
- Deliveries of Southern Maryland
tobacco to the auction markets this week
were the heaviest Of the year. over
half Of the grades sold at higher average
prices according to the Federal-State
last week.
Auctions for the period Of July 1922
amounted to 3.226.905 net pounds and
returned S3S.01 q hundred-37 cents
higher than the week before. Net sales
for the season totaled 30,439.7SO pounds
Net receipts Of the Baltimore hoeshead
market for the season were reported as
around $3.50 900 pounds. This, com
about 1896. 900 pounds. ''
1t Is estimated around four -fifths Of
the 1854 crop has now been sold or de-
livered. Auctions are scheduled for two
more weeks: .-
Auction bid averages per hundred
sentative o. 8. grades were as follows,
for week ending Thursday, July 81:
Evening star., 1955-07-24
COMMODITY PRICES

NEW YORK, July % H.-The Asso-
ciated Press index Of important COM
modify prices rose this week. ending
four straight weeks Of declines.
with 169.s2 week ago and 171.49 q
iyear ago.
New highs for the year by the NON.
ferrous metals and the industrial com-
ponents, while food also rose. Grains
and cotton, livestock and textiles slipped
Ito new lows.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
By DONALD B. HADLEY

Capital accounts of Washing
toms II banks and trust COM
panies reached q new high OF
$94, ,584. 900 on June 80. with q
gain Of SO per cent from q year
ago and 29.5 per cent ahead OF
the same date Of 1850. according
to q summary Of the recent con-
dition call from Ray M. Gidney,
Controller Of the Currency.
The latest peak compared with
SOL .002, 900 on June 80 last year
and $73.083. 900 in 1850. 1t also
was slightly ahead of 500, ,405, 600
last April II. date of the pre-
Nous call.
Assets of the institutions to-
tailed $1,450. .931 900, less than
per cent behind the all-time
April IL record Of $1,463, ,399 ,00C
and were 6.4 per cent above
81. 2,048 O year earlier. They
also were up 1877 per cent from
81. .166. zoo. 900 in 1850.
Net loans reached another
high Of $541. .O60. 900 at midyear,
. rise Of 81 per cent from $5l4,-
$40. 900 on April IL and 1877 per
cent ahead Of Sass. .905, 900 q
year ago. They also were 75.3
per cent above 1914. .768, 900 on
June 80, 1850.
Rise 80 Percent in Period
Commercial and industrial
loans totaled 1901 ,902, 900, q
gain of only 3.3 per cent from
$195. $4,000 in April, but 32.s
per cent above $152,61l, 900 a
year earlier. They were 80 per
cent above $102. .401, 900 five
years earlier.
Real estate loans Of $154, $685.
600 at midyear were ~ per cent
above $147.929. 900 on April II,
90 per cent above $141, ,993, 600
on June 30 last year and SO
per cent ahead Of $112.316,0 ,0O0
In June. 1850.
As reported previously, de-
posts Of $1,343. 900. 900 were Of
per cent from their April
peak, but 6.5 per cent above a
year ago and 23.3 per cent higher
in five years.
Demand deposits of individ-
uals. partnerships and corpora
tions totaled $898. $40. 900 down
/ per cent since April, ST. per
cent above a year earlier and
1916 per cent ahead of 1850.
Time deposits on the same basis
amounted to $279, $4,000, a de-
cline Of 0.S per cent since April,
but II per cent above a year ago
and S3.5 per cent higher than in
1850.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WEEKLY SUMMARY

WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. July =. 1855
oastatisns Furnished by The Assseiatsd PTsss
1855 Stock and 9ales- Net
High Low div. rats Add 90 HiGh Lo9 Close chg.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
Kane Adds to Space

The Kane Warehouse Co. has
acquired $1,000 square feet OF
additional storage space in the
old Safeway warehouse at Fourth
and T streets NE. increasing
total space to 1862, ,440 square feet.
The company which is a men,
Der company Of the organization
headed by Francis J. Kane
started in 1912 with only 5000
square feet of space near Four
teenth and Florida avenue NV
This was increased to $4,000
square feet with establishment o1
its main Office ana warehouse at
Eighth and Franklin streets NE
in 194S.
The total was raised to $4,000
square feet in March, 1854.
3 Join Merrill Lynch
Rollin c. Wilcox, jr., and Ar
thur c. Davis, jr., have become
associated with the Washington
office Of Merrill Lynch. Pierce.
Fenner & Beane as account ex-
Iecutives, it was announced yes
lterday by Francis c. CBill)
Hunter. resident partner.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate
of the University of Virginia
Mr.. Wilcox saw combat service
with the infantry in the Pacific
during World War II and re-
ceived the Bronze Star Medal
He was q first lieutenant in Army
Intelligence In the Korean con.
flict. "-
Mr.. Davis graduated cum
laude from Amherst and saw
active service with the Navy In
Evening star., 1955-07-04
Mother of Two Beaten
In Home, Man Sought

Police today are looking for a
30-year-old colored man who at
tackled mother of two children
Police said the beating oc-
Cured early yesterday after the
26-year-old woman let the man
into her apartment in the 1900
block of Tenth street NV,
thinking it was her sister. After
knocking the victim to the floor
police said, he kicked her into
inconsistencies. When she re-
gained consciousness, she ran
from the apartment screaming
and the attacker fled.
The woman, who is colored
was admitted to District General
Hospital with a compound frac-
ture of the jaw, three missing
teeth and bruises about the body
Police flashed a lookout for q
man about 80 years old, wearing
a pair of bloodstained khaki
pants and checkered shirt.
Evening star., 1955-07-04

firemen and off duty police in
an inch-by-inch inspection of
streams and woods that might
conceal the rifle.
Capt. Charles N. Thomson,
county chief Of detectives, esti-
mated that some 1,042 man
hours have been spent in the
search for the weapon.
Impressive Statistics
Police have compiled other
statistics in the course
of probably the most widespread
manhunt the county has ever
seen. A total Of 4,l04 manhours,
of which $500 was spent in
questioning people. have been
devoted to the case so far.
The IL cruisers assigned to the
have covered $4,000
miles. About 100 calls are COM
ing in daily as a result of repeat
ed appeals for residents of the
area to volunteer information.
These calls are being used as one
basis for round-the-clock leg
work.
So far. SO rifles have under
gone a thorough ballistic. check
The FBI is doing the Laboratory
work. Police believe the gun
they seek is a .22-caliber Marlin
Creating rifle.
Evening star., 1955-07-04
Salvation Army Burns;
Sullies Feed Firemen

RICHMOND, Va. July 4 (P.
Salvation Army workers served
their traditional coffee and
sandwiches to flremen battling
a blaze here Saturday. This one
was right at home-at the Sal
walton Army's warehouse work.
shop.
The flash fire, feeding on
waste paper and rags collected
by the organization. swept
through the building with an
estimated loss of 100000. Bill
lowing black smoke attracted
several thousand spectators. But
only the firemen got fed.
Evening star., 1955-07-04
MAJOR FIREWORKS
DISPLAYS PLANNED
FOR DISTRICT AREA

The Washington area will
be roundly rocked with a
series of fireworks celebra-
tions tonight, most of them
starting ABOUT 8 pm.
Major displays include:
The Washington Monu-
ment Grounds, at 8 pm.
Takoma Parks Faith in
Freedom" celebration, at
8:15 pm.
Magruder Park, Hyatts-
vile. 9:15 pm.
Meadowbrook Recreation
Center, Rock Greek Park at
East-West highway and
Beach drive, at nightfall.
D c. Village at Blue
Plains. at 9 pm.
Community of Oakview in
Silver Spring, about 8 pm.
Fairfax Community of
Springfield, between 9 and
II pm.
Evening star., 1955-07-04
STAR AID SELLS
FREEZER IN DAY

Mrs. N. ]. wonted to sell her
upright freezer. She placed an cd
in the productive columns Of Stor
Classified and certainly met with
no cold soIes response. She found q
buyer the first doy her I'D appeared.
Like Mrs. Nj. IL you hove some
thing to sell, and wont quick results.
tell it to the mony people who shop
the poses Of the big Stor Classified
every doy.
Beeouse it produces the best yeor-
round results for classified 3D.
vertisen, The Stor publishes more
classified DDS thon the other two
Washington newspapers combined.
It's cosy to pIoee on I'D in StoE
Classified. Just phone Sterling 5000
cnd osk for on od-toker.
Evening star., 1955-07-04
BY RICHARD RODGERS

Since she conceived the acts,
Nature naturally deserves a big
hand for the extravaganza in
the Botanic Garden. She gets
her bows. too.
Behind the scenes, however,
are four dozen specialists who
seldom-some never-appear on
stage and thus forego applause,
Yet without their green
thumbs the glassed-in jungle
would perish. Moreover, Capital
Hill Offices would pale. The gar
den staff has charge of Uncle
Sans free floral handouts to
lawmakers.
The gardens general purpose
lis to function as a tropical plant
for the enjoyment and
education of the general public.
Advice Given Visitors
It's staff gives practical advice
Ito visitors and carries on a con-
Istant correspondence with puz-
|zled citizens who, after viewing
the fantastic indoor garden, go
home and convince themselves
that's a Hottentot poison tree
out back by the barbecue pit.
One of the proudest boasts
Iof the staff is its reclamation
|of its Poplar Point nursery from
Iswampland. The job cost tax
payers virtually nothing.
The nursery, where posies are
Inurtured to maturity, many de-
Istined for Congressional offices,
a djoins the Districts tree
nursery, along the Anacostia
River at the east end of South
Capitol street bridge.
When engineers diked the
river, there was no place for the
Botanic nurSery's water to go.
The surrounding area became a
swamp. Water stood in the
greenhouses occasionally.
Now the ground has been
raised, IA feet in some places,
by a three-year landfill project
that utilized razed buildings, re-
built streets, truckloads OF
treated sewage and free dirt.
Ernest Rosengarth is overall
boss of the garden operation.
He's from the Office of the
Architect Of the Capitol. The
architect is nominal director OF
the garden.
Mr.. Rosengarth's No. man
lat the conservatory is Edmund
Evening star., 1955-07-04
Boys Attack and Rob
Girl, IA, in Northeast

Two boys attacked and robbed
Ia 14-year-old girl in Northeast
Washington last night, police
reported.
Detectives said the two COL
ored boys, about is years old,
knocked Shirley L. Quander, IA,
colored, of TIT Seventh street
NE, to the ground in the 140O
block of Kearney street NE. and
took her purse containing 81.
Evening star., 1955-07-04
Suspects Face
Requestioning

All suspects in the June Is
double murder of two teen-age
girls in Northwest Branch Park
are being requestioned, Prince
Georges County Police Chief
George J. Panagoulis said today,
At the same time, 13 county
and Washington detectives spent
the holiday continuing their
check on possible leads.
The chief did not elaborate on
who was being questioned or what
prompted police to do it. 1t was
Thought likely, however. that con-
Itinued questioning of friends Of
the dead girls might have brought
Iout more information than was
available at the time of the first
Interrogation of possible sus.
.Ipects.
Hitchhiker Arrested
Detectives today questioned a
.I21-year-old hitchhiker from
Texas, picked up in the Hyatts-
willie area. He was arrested last
might as a result of a seeming
resemblance to the missing sus-
|pect dubbed "Pancho Villa" be-
lcause of the bandolier of car
'Itridges he was repeatedly seen
wearing on the day of the slay-
Iings.
After interviewing the hitch
mixer in Hyattsville police said
THE man will be held temporarily
while detectives verify his ac-
count of wandering from job
to job in New York. Philadelphia
and other Eastern Seaboard
Icities.
Meanwhile, police officials al
Seat Pleasant announced that
two county detectives are flying
to Staunton. Va, to question a
I16-year-old boy held there. The
youth, who is described as look
ling older than his years, was
Ipicked up because he resembles
THE "Pancho Villa" rifiemar
police are seeking.
I Scores of possible "Pancho
Villas" have been picked up fol
Questioning, so far, but none has
been pinned down to an admis-
sion that he was the man with
rifle and. sheath knife seen by
several persons in the park on
the morning of June IS.
Members of the Metropolitan
Police Department today began
an unusual collection of money
to be offered as a reward for the
killers apprehension and con-
Iviction.
| One Of the victims was the
daughter of Pvt. Thomas w
Ryan, a member of the Wash
iington force.
! For the first time since the
bodies Of Nancy Shomette, 16,
and Michael Ann Ryan, IA, were
found in picnic grove of the
park. a temporary halt was
called to the search for the
missing murder weapon.
The search was halted Satur-
day afternoon, but will probably
be resumed tomorrow. Capt.
Roland Sweitzer of the Prince
Georges police spent an average
of 10 hours a day for II straight
'days directing soldiers, volunteer
Evening star., 1955-07-04
Green Thumbs Assist
Nature in Botanic Gorden
Xxx

| Sauerbrey, the chief botanist.
Over at Poplar Point, Russell
Sansbury presides.
Mr.. Sansbury currently is in
volved in the infancy Of snap
dragons, gladiolas, chrysanthe-
NUNS and the like. When reared,
these will help dress up tie con-
servatory shows. Others will ap-
Ipear in vases in lawmakers Of
fees, and the Capitol's prayer
room, in the Capitol lunchrooms,
and at department functions
where the stage and speakers
Irostrum need decoration.
There are also greenhouses
across Second street NV. from
the conservatory. Orchids are
cared for there. One long shed
lis reserved as recovery room
for expensive palms and ferns.
The plants take quite beating
in their guest appearances, with
people tamping out cigarets in
them and using them as sinks
for drinks.
The garden workers biggest
Iwhoop-te-dos are in preparation
for the conservatory's four an.
nual shows. These feature Easter
bulbs, poinsettia, NUNS. azaleas
and amaryllis, at appropriate
seasons.
The Poplar Point delegation
lis charged with growing much
of the stuff. Then there is the
continuing job of bringing up
flowers for the Congress and ap-
proved agencies.
This last is easier now than in
other years. Back in the '2os
Congress permitted itself to send
plants to its constituents. Mem
bers also mailed free shrubs to
themselves, as records testify.
1t was nothing for a duly elected
office holder to have the garden
ship a couple dozen rose bushes
to his home back in Nowhere,
Texas. The practice has been
stopped,
Founded In 1920
| The garden was founded in
1920 by a Congress-charted in
Istitution. 1t lasted as such for
IN years. After marking time
five years. it was revived. Navy
1t. Charles Wilkes, the explorer.
was responsible
He returned from a South
Seas trip laden with exotic
plants unheard Of hereabouts
until then. The Government put
up a greenhouse for them. The
present structure is the latest Of
several. and was completed in
1888. Old-timers in the collec-
ton survived these transplant
Iings we'll.
The gardens staff has also
survived the vicissitudes of
changing administrations. Bo-
tanic appropriations go through
without a great deal Of wrangl-
ing.
Sta ffmembers like to think
their own efficiency has a good
deal to do with it. And 1t un-
doubtedly does. 1t isn't often
Uncle Sam gets good deal like
the free reclamation Of Poplar
Point.
But Botanic staffers do not
argue when 1t Is suggested those
free flowers for the Congress
help out at appropriation time.
Evening star., 1955-07-04
Cuban Midshipmen
Visiting Fort Myer

The Officers Club, North Post.
Fort Myer Va, was to be host
to midshipmen from the Cuban
naval frigate Antonio Maceo, at
4 pm. today.
The midshipmen we're to be
giyen a tour Of the base, a SWIM
mig party and buffet supper.
Evening star., 1955-07-04
3Frorn District
Killed on Roads
Eight Die in Virginia;
=. Maryland Toll Is 3

Three District residents were
killed yesterday in auto acci-
dents as the area traffic toll fol
the holiday week end mounted
Virginia counted eight per-
sons dead today as the result Of
highway accidents. Maryland's
toll stood at three.
= At Lynchburg. Va. two Wash
ington men, both colored, died
when their car plunged over an
embankment, sailed 122 feet
through the air and rammed a
tree.
Passenger Injured
State police Unidentified the
victims as Daniel L. Phillips
rs, of 1896 University street
NV, and Fred Hofer. 40, OF
2127 Fifteenth street NV. An
other man in the car, Robert
r. Smith. escaped with minor
injuries
The accident occurred on U. S
Route 20
Peter; F. st. Clair, 81. of 712
Sixth street Sc, will killed wher
a car he was driving ran into
the rear of a stopped auto or
Route 301 in Spring Hill, neal
La Plata, Md.
Two companions, who were Sc
riously injured, were admitted te
Physicians Hospital at La Plata
They are: Donald E. Sibert, 81
of 1911 Twenty-third street Sc.
and Ranzell r. Pillsbury, 33, oi
Silver Hill, Md.
Z Failed to See Car
State Police said Mr.. st. Clail
apparently fell asleep and failec
to spot the stopped car.
A 32-year-old woman, injured
yesterday in a head-on collision
In the District, was reported ir
good condition today in Casualty
Hospital.
Mrs. William B. Wright, of 81
Crittenden street NV. suffered
injuries to the head, arms an6
left leg, when the car driven By
her husband, collided with ar
auto driven by Joseph B. Perry
33. colored, Of 1918 North Capito
street at Seventeenth and East
Capitol streets.
Mr.. Perry, who was driving
south on Seventeenth street, was
charged with driving on the
wrong side of the road. police re-
ported.
Policeman Hurt
A District policeman was
treated for a back injury in an
other accident yesterday when
his car was struck from the rear
at a stop light, police reported.
Detective Sergt. Herbert C
Young. 43. of 6413 Elliott place
Hyattsville, of the robbery
squad, was treated at the police
clinic. Police said Sergt. Youns
was stopped for a red light al
Third and d streets NV. when
his car was struck by a cai
driven by Purvis c. Morse, 80
colored, Of 1888 Stevens road
Sc. Morse was charged with
failure to give full time and at
tention to driving.
The Virginia traffic toll included
James w. Fisher, 18. Of Waynes.
boro, and Early Byrd Berry; 81
Of Eheart. Orange County.
Mr.. Fisher died yesterday
when his car struck a power pole
pV,Waynesboro.
Evening star., 1955-07-04
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

Intrigue, a political object les
son and a geographic anomaly
tare some of the components OF
fVirginia's 29th State Senatoria.
District campaign.
Opponents in the July IL Dem
ocratic primary are:
John Galleher, 55-year-old
founder of the Young Democratic
Clubs of Virginia and a Manassas
publisher.
Blake T. Newton. IS, Of West
moreland County. president Of
the State Board of Education fol
the last eight years and a mem
ber of that body since 1927.
Their field of battle is a mon
Istrous new district that runs 18t
miles, all the way from the fringe
of the Washington metropolitan
Area down to the lower Chesa.
fpeake Bay.
The fight boils down to one
of two dely-separated areas
with widely-separated problem.
and interests. each trying to elect
zone of our own kind"
Candidates Are Friends
The two candidates are per-
sonal friends. Mr.. Galleher'.
wife is member of the State
board which Mr.. Newton heads
In their rigorous person-to-per.
son handshaking tours through
lthe hustings, their paths cross
occasionally. When this happens
likely as not, they can be seer
shaking hands and taking a few
minutes out chatting together
over a cooling soft drink in g
ldrug store. Then they go theil
separate ways.
Mr.. Galleher is expected tt
draw heavily in populous Prince
William. Furthermore, there arr
a number of local races-fol
treasurer, sheriff, Com m o n
wealth's attorney and all of thu
lsupervisors-that have stimu'
lated voter interest there.
The areas principal economy
is tied into milk and lumber
production. In recent years
large housing developments have
sprung UP, principally arount
Manassas and Quantico. thu!
Swelling the county's voter list.
! Mr.. Newton. on the other hand
!. is identified with the five-county
Northern Neck-sparsely popu'
lated and, in places, desolate-
next to Tidwatex Virginia. Tht
livelihood of its citizens depend!
upon truck farming and CONNER
cial fishing, chiefly.
Added to the picture is tn.
/ fact that except for one or two
local races, there appears to bt
widespread apathy among voters
in this years Senate contest
After talking with party leaders
and citizens, the impression il
gained that nearly everybody in
Northern Neck is for Mr.. Newton
But will they turn out to vote?
Headed Schools Al Years
Mr.. Newton Is somewhat of ar
institution" there. In addition tt
his 18 years service on the State
Board Of Education, he resigned
last fall after Al years as schoo,
superintendent for Richmond
and Westmoreland Counties. Ht
took the job at the age Of %.
No responsible Northern Neck
county official believes Mr.. Gal
leher will carry a single county
there.
AS for Mr.. Newton, he is con-
fident Of his chances. He figures
that based on results of the
rather dispirited primary cam.
pa11DN between Gov. Stanley anC