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Evening star., 1955-09-22
GAO EnlpIoye
Stabbed in Row

A General Accounting Once
Iemploye was in District General
Hospital with serious stab
wounds and police were search
ing for his assailant today as
the result of a midnight row
in the 3700 block of Hayes street
NE.
Cut on the back and left arm
was Matthew e. Jarvis, 38, COL
Iored. Of the 1900 block of Tai
bert Terrace Sc. Detective
Sergt. Clark w. Hamm of the
homicide squad said police were
hooking for Robert Davis. col
Iored. an employe Of the Govern
Iment Printing Office.
Sergt.y Hamm said Jarvis told
him he had driven Davis wife,
Mrs. Corinne Davis, home in
his new car when Davis met
them. The fight followed.
In his statement to Sergt.
IHamm, Jarvis accused Davis Of
then driving his car into the
side of the car owned by Jarvis,
bashing In the left front fender
and door. When police found
the car. and impounded 1t, they
also discovered the front and
back seats had been slashed
by a knife.
Evening star., 1955-09-22

lis optimistic, depite heavy recon-
struction costs.
There are two chief reasons
All major industries are staying
in Woonsocket. So are the people
when you've lived in the same
house Is or 80 years and know
all the neighbors. it is kind OF
hard to move somewhere else.
said a man trudging into a dried
out six-family tenement house
in the city's Social" district.
The area takes its name from
Social street one Of its principal
thoroughfares.
This district, with a population
Iof about 5000 crammed into less
than a square mile. was the n1ost
Icongested area hit by the August
1920 floods.
There alone, about a mile from
the city's main business section
lies commercial establishment:
were flood damaged. along with
the 1.100 dwelling units.
The wearying nnop-up job has
progressed far enough that some
lof the establishments are back
in business. Others hope to open
within weeks.
Two Rivers Joined in Flood
Two rivers combined to infiici
the damage. |
Overlooking Of the Blackstone
hit the big brick mills tradi-
tionally located on the riverbank
since the days of water power.
The Social" district was SUBJ
merged when a pond burst
through earthworks around 9
dam and sent a seven-foot-high
wave rushing down river. a small
ordinarily placid stream that
flows ito the Blackstone.
Damage to the Social" district
the mills and municipal installa-
tions first was estimated by Of
ficials at $50 million to $3.50
million.
The estimate has been reduced
to about $25 million, but the
of reconstruction ap-
pears as great as ever.
Mayor Kevin Coleman wonders
where the money will come from
James Winn. executive secre-
tary of the Chamber Of Com
merce, ponders the foods effect
on his efforts to attract new in
dustry.
Practically everybody in Woon-
socket has his own special prob
lem.
For many families it Isl: When
can we return to our homes? For
many working men: When will
we get back to work? For many
business firms: When do we
open?
For the towns policemen. it
has meant work without day
off since the flood. With the
Evening star., 1955-09-22
browns in Saucepan

1 ROMFORD, England. Sept. ~
| I(Pl.-Mrs. Charlotte Grover col-
lapsed in her kitchen-and
drowned in a saucepan of water.
Coroner Leonard Beccle. record
ing a verdict of accidental death
today, said she had a seizure and
fell to the floor where her head
struck a saucepan of water put
out for the dog to drink.
Evening star., 1955-09-22

National Guardsmen gone. polio
ling duties remain heavy.
Washed-odt bridges have
Changed trafic patterns, caris-
ling traffic jams.
Neighbors Help
Help for the flood victims
comes from many sources.
Printer Lefebvre b getting aid
lin sorting his type form printers
Of the Woonsocket Cali.
In the once spic and span
textile mill owned by Eugene
Bonte are rows of rusted ma
Ichinery. Crews of women clean
and sort mud-caked bobbins-
1000 of them.
Machinery on the first floor
lis being oiled and repaired. Mr..
Bonte has rented the second
floor for operations formerly con-
Quoted in the basement. He IN
tends to carry on, resuming pro-
Iduction-he hopes-in October.
II am 66," he says. II would
have quit, but want to con-
Itinue the business for my sons"
Thick mud in cellars Of homes
and small stores has proved a
Ivexing problem. You can't use
cranes and bulldozers there. So
you solve the problem by cutting
Ia hole six or eight feet square in
the floor Of your store or living
room. You shovel mud up through
the hole to the first floor. then
cart it In q wfleelbarrow to the
street, where trucks pick it up.
City Helps
For some owners, especially
the elderly, the task was too
much physically. For others it
was too expensive. In such cases
the city did the job with its own
crews. ,
Its private property, but the
owners needed help" commented
Mayor Coleman. "The people
have been wonderfully coura-
lgeous. Just about all Of them
want to continue in their old
homes or businesses"
The big problem confronting
Mr.. Coleman is whether the city
will have to pay for most Of the
million damage to municipal
installations or whether it will
get substantial help from the
Federal government.
It appears now that the city
will have to bear most of 1t.
He had hoped the Army would
take over. major part of the
work, but the Army is restricted
in its scope. Citing one bridge as
an example: the Army will re-
place washed-out fill and install
culverts and make the road pass
able, but the new bridge Is the
city'S problem.
The city is not discouraged.
however.
"Woonsockett is not going to
die says Mr.. Winn.
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Sliced Bucon PopuIur

CHICAGO.-A three
fourths of the country's bacon
production is sold to consumers
in sliced form and nearly an
eighth OF the Nations meat pro-
duction is canned.
Evening star., 1955-09-22
Town Still Combottinq
Aftermath of Big Flood

This is the finol in o series BY Assoeioted
Press reporters who returned TO the
communities hordest bit BY The floods
month ego.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
New Ballots Due
For Tobacco Vote
In Maryland Soon

Maryland tobacco growers vot-
ing in the December 20 market
ing quota referendum will find
new types of ballots waiting for
them. George B. Reeves, chair
man of the State Agricultural
Sterilization and Conservation
Committee. has announced.
Mr.. Reeves explained that vot-
ers will merely mark their bal
lots yes or no, indicating they
are for or against quotas for the
next three crop years-1956, 1857
and 1858.
If more than a third of the
growers mark their ballots no
there will be no quotas, no acre
age allotments and no price sup
ports for the 1856 tobacco crop
MFR. Reeves said. He added that
unless Is per cent or more of
the tobacco growers petition the
secretary of agriculture for an
other referendum, there will be
no further vote on the issue until
1858.
Friday the University of Mary
lands agricultural economics de-
partment estimated that the
States tobacco growers lost $1l
million by rejecting Federal con-
trolls and price supports in 1851,
1852 and 1854.
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Money in Cash Box
Destroyed by Fire

Fire this morning caused an
estimated $1,000 damage in a
College Park MD hardware
store and destroyed an unde-
termined amount of money in a
cash register.
Prince Georges County Fire
Marshal Lawrence Wolff said
the blaze was confined to the
front checkout section Of the
College Park Paint and Hard
ware Store in the towns shop
ping center.
The blaze was reported by
Charlie Lomax, a janitor at the
Trust Co. branch next
door. who saw the smoke COM
ing under a door of the hardware
store. There was no damage to
the bank.
Mr.. Woltz said the cause OF
the fire has not yet been de-
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NEWS
Artist Killed as Car
|Overturns, Toll Hits 81

Oscar Green johnson, 30. oil
Route /. Accokeek. Md. was
killed shortly after midnight
today when his car spun out Of
control at Barney Circle Sc. and
turned over.
It was the Districts 9th traf-
fic fatality this year compared
to SIS this time last year.
Mr.. johnson, a self-employec
artist and designer, was pro-
nounced dead on the scene by q
Health Department doctor
Police said he had been thrown
against the windshield. fractur-
ing his skull, and then was
thrown from the car.
Pvts. Edward L. BARLEY and
william K. Gilbert, Of the Acct
dent Investigation Unit, said Mr.,
johnson was entering the Dis
trict over Sousa Bridge. The car
going west around Barney circle,
struck the right curb. skidded
sideways out Of control, and
tipped over on its left side, police
said. It came to a stop on Ken
lucky avenue just of the circle,
Police said Mr.. johnson. who
was alone In the car. had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
.SeuMuster Parts
Are Recovered

POINT LOOKOUT. Md. Dec.
IL (P).-A wing section and por-
lions of the cowling of the null
ti-jet Martin SeaMaster which
crashed off here last Wednesday.
we're brought up from the bot
tom of the Potomac River by
Navy divers yesterday.
Authorities at the Patuxent
Naval Air Test Center said no
bodies were recovered.
Four men were aboard when
the big seaplane exploded and
crashed at 5000 feet on a test
flight. So far only one body has
been recovered.
High tides and strong winds
have hampered salvage opera
tions and scattered pieces of the
Wreckage over a wide area.
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Orotory Contest
Winner Named

BALTIMORE, Dec. IL R).-
Warren Donohue, 16-year old
senior from Mount st. Joseph S
of Baltimore, was named the
Maryland winner of the Il Speak
for Democracy" oratory contest
here yesterday.
He defeated Is other high
school students in the Statewide
finals sponsored by the Maryland
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
With the victory young Dono-
hue won a television set and the
right to represent Maryland in
the national finals to be held
In Washington next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
Kiwunions Schedule
YuIe Party and PIuy

The annual joint Christmas
party Of the Silver Spring
Kiwanis Club and the auxiliary
Ki-Wives will be held at 7 pm.
Tuesday at the Coleesville Road
Hot Shoppe.
Featured entertainment will
be a Christmas play by the Cath
ole University Players. Another
highlight will be presentation of
funds raised during 1855 for the
clubs welfare fund to Clarence
Browning jr., president of the
group,
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Girl, IA, Dies Of Injuries
In Two-Cur Collision

A 14-year-old District girl died
in Arlington Hospital yesterday
to become the second victim of
a two-car traffic accident in Fair
fax County Friday night.
She was Janet Coble, Of 1910
Fort Davis street Sc, who had
been q passenger in one Of the
cars. She had received internal
injuries.
Mrs. Nellie F. Often, 80. Of
Baltimore, was killed in the &C.
cident and her husband, John r.
Often. SO, and son Walter, IL.
critically injured. The latter
still are in Arlington Hospital.
Miss Coble was riding in q car
driven by Edward Distin, 10, Of
1884 Fort Davis street, who es-
capped serious injury.
The collision occurred about 10
pm. at the intersection Of Routes
so. oil and 236.
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100 At $25-o-PIote Dinner
Of Prince GEORGES @. O. P.

Approximately 100 Prince
Georges County Republicans at
tended q $25-a-plate fund-rais-
ing dinner Saturday night and
heard Presidential Assistant
Howard Pyle urge them to Sing
the praises" Of the Eisenhower
administration.
Speaking at the Hotel Raleigh.
Mr.. Pyle said. 1--WE had the
feeling that the Democratic)
opposition spends q great deal
more time on the music rather
than the words of the cam
paign."
Among those attending the
dinner were Senator Butler,
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court Judge John r. Fletcher
and Frank Small, jr., Mary
lands commissioner Of motor
vehicles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12

Mr.. Small suggested Mary
lands Gov. McKeldin as a pos
sible candidate for President II
Mr.. Eisenhower does not run.
After the banquet. the county's
Republican State Central Com
mittee voted to recommend to
Gov. McKeldin the name Of Mrs.
Laura Lee Courtney of Capitol
Heights, for q vacancy on the
Orphans Court bench.
Mrs. Courtney is a former
chief Judge Of the Orphans
Court.
The vacancy was created by
the recent resignation Of Judge
Frank L. Anderson.
The county's Democratic State
Central Committee previously
has recommended Henry H.
O'Neill Of Bladensburg for the
post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12

travelling at an unreasonable
speed in a 25-mile-an-hour zone.
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Rehabilitation
Students Paw
Own Way
By the Associated Press

Uncle Sam figures that for
mer students of the Woodrow
Wilson rehabilitation center at
Fishersville. Va. are more than
paying their way.
In their first 10 weeks of work
70 seriously disabled former
students are reported to have
earned $3,037 more than the
total cost of their rehabilitation.
Director Mary E. Switzer Of
the Office of vocational rehabili-
tation in making this report said
the figures are based on in
formation furnished by the Vir-
ginia Division Of Vocational Re-
habilitatlon, which operates the
center.
Earnings for the 10 week
period of the 10 cases studied.
she said, amounted to a total
Of $31, 976-an average Of $45.68
a week for each.
Cost of preparing them for
jobs was $28,939, or $43l.41 each.
She estimated that the group
will have returned in taxes to
the State and Federal Govern
ments, within less than a, year.
a sum equal to the cost Of the
services rendered them at the
Virginia center.
But there is more than money
involved, she said.
There is no SCALE" she added,
"for measuring the happiness
and satisfaction experienced by
these pople in attaining a status
of self-support. Nor is it pos
sible to estimate their COM
munities' profit in better citi-
zenship."
The 20 studied were selected
to represent the seven types Of
disablement which most fire.
quently cause referral for re-
Mobilization by the Industrial
Commission Of Virginia, she said.
Forty of the group are amputees.
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BY JAMES B. ROWLAND

How soon new sewage treat
ment facilities can be built for
Laurel's 1000 residents hinges
on a Thursday deadline for petit
tons which will decide when
final negotiations could be
sealed with the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission.
Harry Hardingham, jr., mayor
of the Prince Georges County
community, and the town coun-
Gil last month approved an
amendment to the town charter
which >wou.d give the city
fathers the right to enter at
their discretion into a contract
with the sanitary commission
for water and sewer services.
Opponents to the amendment
have until Thursday to produce
petitions signed by 20 per cent
of the towns voters. If they
make their goal, the future OF
the amendment will be decided
by a referendum.
Failure to produce the petit
lions will mean the mayor and
council can sign a contract with
the utility 10 days later.
Council Meeting Tonight
Residents have been invited
by the council to attend a meet
ing at 8 O'Clock tonight in the
council chambers to express
their views on the matter.
The towns governing body last
week passed a resolution which
put the group on Official record
for the first time as favoring in
clusion of the town In the utili-
tvs sanitary district.
A unanimous vote by the board
of directors of the Laurel Cham
Der of Commerce has placed that
organization in opposition to a
referendum.
Individual residents circulat-
ing the petitions feel they will
have their quota by Thursday.
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Redskin Loses
TILT With Police

A Washington Redskin tackle
had his own "scrimtnage" with
two Arlington policemen today,
but wound up on the losing end.
Jim Norman. 24s-pound Red
skin rookie whose team closed
out its season yesterday with a
win over the Pittsburgh Steelers,
lost his own encounter, plus $50
That was the amount he was
fined after being found guilty OF
two charges-assault on a police
man and with being drunk.
Norman, 81. was arrested In
the $500 block Of North Tenth
street. Arlington, about 3 am
after Arlington Police Pyts. EN-.
NETT McLane and Bernard Luns.
ford ran across his car parked
without lights in the middle Of
the street.
Brawl Ensues
The 6-foot-2-inch Norman
came out swinging, the two pc.
Ilicemen testified before Airing
ton County Court Judge Homer
Randolph Thomas.
Pvt, McLane, the policeman
who swore out the assault war
rant, had this testimony in court:
He swung at me. tackled me,
had me by the collar and was
going to choke me. I guess"
Pvt. Lunsford, who went to the
rescue. substantiated the story
Norman. he testified, picked OF
flcer McLane up, threw him to
the ground and landed on him.
While both we're down, Pvt
McLane said. the football player
grabbed the policeman's right
shoe and took it of. The police
man in turn, grabbed his night
stick and took a whack at his
husky assailant. Finally. the
two policemen subdued Norman
and took him to the county jail.
Norman on Injured List
The assaulted policeman said
he weighs ITS pounds and is
5 feet 10 inches tall.
Norman. an ex-Marine foot
ball player who came to the
Redskins this season without
any college gridiron experience,
has been on the teams injured
list for the last three games
and didn't play in yesterdays
finale. His home is in York,
INebr.. but he has been living
at 1923 South Seventh place,
Arlington, during the season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
Increased Taxes
Seen Possible
In Alexandra
BY PAUL HOPE

A possible increase in Alexan-
dria's 1856 tax rate to take care
of mounting expenses is being
considered, it was disclosed to-
day.
A City Council spokesman said
that unbudgeted expenditures
Of nearly 81 million are facing
the city during the next calendar
year.
Alexandrias budget is fixed
on a July-to-July fiscal year, but
the tax rate is on a calendar year
basis. The 1856 tax rate. which
probably will be set next month,
will have to take care Of expenses
during the first half of fiscal
1867 as well as the last half
Of fiscal 1866.
Early Estimates Asked
One indication that officials
are concerned with mounting ex-
penses is the fact that prelimi-
nary estimates for the 1867
budget were called for at least
three months earlier this year
than usual.
Preliminary estimates show
that the School Board will need
an estimated $600,000 from city
tax funds during fiscal 1861.
The School Board last week re-
leased a tentative budget esti-
mate of nearby 81 million, COM
pared to a s3.4 million budget
for 1856.
A new bond issue scheduled to
be sold in January for city i'm
provements will add about $780,
900 of debt-service to expenses
In the next fiscal year.
New Incinerator to Start
A new incinerator will go into
operation in July with an operat-
ing cost of about $3.50. 900 year.
Salary increases and other
normal increased expenses are
expected to require additional
tax funds.
The 1855 tax rate will have
to take care of at least half of
these expenses, it was stated.
Alexandria has held the line
against increasing real estate
taxes. During the past several
years the rate has been $2.75
per 500 of assessed property
values. except for 1851 and 1852
when it was dropped to $3.50.
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SEVEN CORNERS THIRD LARGE DEPARTMENT STORE
Woter-Sewer Proposal
.Stirs Dispute in Laurel

George s. Barkman, town
supervisor and police chief for
the last three years. said the
petitioners feel the people them
selves should decide the ques-
ton and that too many Of them
are not aware about everything
that is involved.
Favor Amendment
In favoring immediate adop-
ton of the charter amendment.
the chambers directors point TO
the report of a Citizens Advisory
Committee which advised the
town to contract with the sani-
tary commission.
The board also emphasizes a
statement by the mayor that &C
ceptance into commission serv-
ices will reduce the tax rate to
IA cents per 500 of assessment
The directors, in addition. ex-
plain that unsigned negotiations
worked out between the town
and the sanitary commission call
for the utility to take over and
assume payments on a 100000
bond issue for sewage treatment
voted by residents two years ago
Negotiations also reveal that
if the town is taken into the
sanitary district, the commission
will agree to:
/. Receive from the town
without monetary consideration,
all Of its right. title and inter-
est in and to its water and sew
age system. The utility there
after will operate and maintain
the same.
2. Exclude from a front foot
benefit charge for 35 years prop
erty AUDITING any existing water
or sewer lines, and make no
charge thereafter except when
lines shall have been recon-
Structed.
Build q Sewage Plant
3. Build a sewage disposal
plant for the town within a year
of the contract date and guar
antee completion within two
years.
4. Repair or enlarge any out
fall water or sewer lines neces-
sary to carry sewage from the
town to the plant without cost
to the town.
S. Provide water for fire pro-
lection at no cost, but not for
swimming pools, and free the
river above U. S. of existing
pollution.
6. Impose restrictions and reg
ulations effective else'shere in
the sanitary district in matters
pertaining to lines laid in new or
relocated streets, and plumbing
installations and connections.
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Park Concert

The Montgomery Light Opera
Company and the Montgomery
Symphony Orchestra will pre-
sent a Joint Christmas concert
at 8 pm. Wednesday in the Taz
koma Park Junior High School
auditorium.
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Palsy Fund Party

United Cerebral Palsy of Mont
gomery County, Inc, will hold a
Christmas party for the children
Of the county who have had the
disease from 2 to S pm. Satur-
day at the Viers Mill Village
Recreation Center, Wheaton. Md.
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HOUSES UhFVRNlsHED

FALLS MISUNDERSTANDING brick
rambler; fun bsmt. complete dE
kitchen. fncludes dishwasher: $125
per mo. Can ia. 4-1300, I'll .
n. AKL.--6-rm. Colonial; lge. fenced
In lot: close TO schools: cow. 70
sheD Da. ctr. = ide slso iSr child. id "a
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din. ym.. kitchen. bath. full bsmt.,
with fireplace. and garage. NJ.
schools and shopping csnter: Silo.
dhs2o;R SitsS avE. NV. 4sa4--NsSly
dee, 4-bedrm. house; S1lO mo.
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level wooded lot; $3.50: a. J. EEs-
seeiMTihp1 1kTT SkicK-S3is 18Th st.
n.e.---8 rms. bath. inciosed. porch.
pantry. 2 open porches. bun: in
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sep. DIM. rm.. full bsmt.. play rm:
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JoHNscN, 10. 4-70i7. lis
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rec. rTn.. IA baths. Cow. 70
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