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Evening star., 1955-06-14
Council Pushes
Nurse Statute

The Citizens Advisory Coun-
Gil today urged the District Com
missioners to support legislation
that would require licensing Of
practical nurses.
The proposed bill would repeal
"a 48-year-old act controlling
registration of graduate nurses
and would revise many provi-
sions governing the professionals
The new measure would bring
under control more than soc
practical nurses now believed &C.
tive in the District. There are
about $4,000 professional nurses
registered here.
The Commissioners would be
empowered to reconstitute the
existing Nurses Examining Boarc
to include practical as well az
graduate nurses. The present
board consists of five graduate
nurses nominated by the Gradu.
ate Nurses Association.
Among other provisions thu
proposed measure changes the
system of court review of con.
tested cases stemming from ac'
tions by the Commissioners o.
the examining board.
The Municipal Court of Ap'
peals would be the first court tt
get such cases whereas the pres
ent channel is through United
States District Court for the Dis.
trict of Columbia to the United
States Court of Appeals for the
District Of Columbia. Under thu
proposed bill, the latter court
would hear the cases once out Of
the Municipal appellate court.
The legislation also would emu.
merate specific violations ant
penalties and would give th'
Commissioners power to regulat,
license fees for all nurses.
The Graduate Nurses Associa'
tion had objected to some of tht
proposed sections. These in
cluded lack of provision for al
executive secretary to serve with
the board and the absence alst
of language that would require
examination of nurses of foreign
countries before granting them &
license here.
In both instances the bill leave.
the questions to the Commission
'erS' discretion.
The councils action was {
down -line Endorsement O.
recommendation by its Public
Health and Welfare Committee
William j. Smith, chairman.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
ID. 6. Declines
To Skip Test

The Commissioners yesterday
turned down a request by John
Garrett Underhill, deputy civil
defense director for warden
services in the District, to call
off District participation tomor-
row in the Nation wide Opera
ton Alert.
eve have no plans or pro-
cedures to test and should be
honest enough to admit it," Mr..
Underhin wrote in letter to Mr..
Spencer.
He predicted that the local
phase of the test would be a
" "fiasco" and a serious waste" Of
time and money. He said, in his
letter. that the drill would teach
nothing and might destroy conf
dence in civil defense leadership.
The former Army intelligence
officer asserted that getting out
of buildings and into cars is an
Insignificant problem in evacua-
ton and that, in any event, even
the loading and assignment sys-
l5n has not been agreed upQN
Evening star., 1955-06-14
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Boy Longs for Chance
ToDo More Swimming

Just inside the doorway of the
house, boards have been put
down to keep people from falling
through the holes in the floor.
The home is poorly furnished,
lin crowded neighborhood. But
lit is always neat and clean.
The mother who lives there
with her five children requested
Ioilcloth when someone asked her
to pick a Christmas gift last year.
She wanted it to put on her table
and around the sink.
Her day work as a domestic
doesn't bring in enough money
to support the whole family. so
Ia welfare agency helps out. Her
husband, a farm laborer, died a
number of years ago.
The oldest girl, IA, takes
charge of the younger children
when they get in from school
until their mother arrives home
from work. All of them help
out with the chores.
The children appreciate the
things that people do for them.
The girls still talk about the
dolls they were given for Christ
mas.
Last year, 10-year-old George
was given fine vacation at
summer camp. He is looking
forward to going back this year,
this time with his younger sister
Thelma.
George keeps talking about
the chance of going swimming
again.
George and Thelma are among
4, 200 children in the Washing
ton area who will all get 12-day
vacations in Prince William For
lest Park, Va, if thoughtful
Washington area residents will
help.
The children's families couldn't
afford this vacation for them.
Community Chest funds avail
able won't cover the cost for all
the youngsters for whom the
camps have room.
You can help make up that
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Combined Charity Drive
For District HeIdUnlikely

the community have freely
chosen, and have so expressed
that they want to
give through a united fund rath-
er than through many separate
drives" He also noted that the
Chest encourages donors to
designated where their gifts will
go
Mr.. Blunck indicated that a
voluntary merger between the
Chest and the independent agen-
cies is not going to take place un-
less Washington businessmen and
Government agencies bring pres
sure to bear.
Hayes Elected
In other business, John S.
Hayes, president of WTOP, was
elected president of the fedora
ton. Vice presidents elected were
Albert A. Smoot, Alexandria; DR.
Charles P. Cake, Arlington; Mrs.
Eleanor s. Justusson, Fairfax
Falls Church; Howard w. Balm,
Montgomery, Eugene B. Roberts,
Prince Georges, and William j
McManus, Washington.
Douglas r. Smith was named
treasurer and Mrs. r. Martin
Stevenson, secretary.
The Order of the Red Feather
was presented to John H. Kauff-
mann, assistant advertising
manager of The Star, for his
work as campaign publicity
chairman in the 1855 drive.
Other Red Feather award:
were presented by Bryson Rash
special events director of WMAL
to Herbert C. Blunck, Morton
Knight, Mrs. Harry T. Woolley
Francis G. Smith, jr., Howard
w. Balm, Frank M. Ewing, Will
liam j. McManus, John B. Dun.
can, Richard D. Gibbs, Cod!
Pfanstiehl, Mrs. Lloyd S. Luth'
er, William j. Haggerty, Philip
Larner Gore, Mrs. Henry Gich.
ner, Edmund F. Mansure anc
John S. Hayes.
All were cited for outstand.
ing work during the last Chest
drive.
Evening star., 1955-06-14

Time is running out for Wash
ington to decide on a united
fund drive this year, Herbert c.
Blunck, Community Chest Fed
Grafton president. said today.
Although united funds have
been established already in some
700 cities across the Nation, Mr..
Blunck said, such a one-package
charity organization here is still
far from realization.
Mr.. Blunck did not name any
names, but he strongly sug-
gested that the failure of a
united fund to materialize here
is due to the reluctance Of the
biggest independent welfare
agencies to join. The biggest in
clude the heart, cancer, polio
and Red Cross drives.
1.-The voluntary agencies con-
ducting these drives must some
how get together to bring order
into a confused, irritating, cha
Iotic and expensive Embarrassing
situation" Mr.. Blunck said.
DR.. Elkins Speaks
He spoke at the annual meet
ing of the Chest Federation in
the Statler Hotel. Other business
included an address by Maryland
University President DR.. Wilson
H. Elkins the election of new
officers and the presentation OF
awards for service.
Mr.. Blunck said that unless
"a strong effort is made by early
July to wrap up separate drives
for voluntary health, welfare
and recreation agencies, the
Chest will go ahead with its own
plane for another Community
Chest campaign this fall.
He pointed out that the Chest
is already the closest thing in
the Washington area to a unitee
fund, since it embraces III
member agencies.
| He said, however that in the
interest of a more-inclusive
campaign, the Chest is ready tt
give up its identity and merge
with a new, larger organization
He said the new organization
should have a new name, a new
symbol rather than Red Feath-
err and a reconstructed leader
ship" to include all agencies
concerned and the community al
large.
Mr.. Blunck suggested that one
reason some independent agen.
cies do not want to join up il
their insistence on the freedom
of choice"-meaning both thu
agencies freedom to stay out o.
a united fund and the public
freedom to select the charity Il
which it will contribute.
But he said, "the people o.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Foggy Bottom
ContrdctSigned
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up the capital for the construc-
ton program. The company has
been active in financing large
scale construction and real es-
tate projects. 1t took part in
the initial financing Of the
trans Continental pipe line tc
the East Coast and was among
the original group which pur-
chased the Empire State Build
ing in New York from the Ras-
kob family.
The Hegeman-Harris Co., ir
charge of the construction, has
helped erect some of the best
known buildings in the worlo
including many of the Rookie
feller Center buildings, the
Statler Hotel here, the Chicago
Daily, News Building, and the
Chicago Tribune tower. 1t is
currently engaged in building
q new headquarters for the In
ternational Association of Ma
chinists, Connecticut avenue
and N street NV.
Two Years of Work
DEVELOPMENT plans fol the area
have come after two years work
including meetings with the Ma
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and other Dis
trict officials. The layout will
include a special purpose build
ing with a plaza area, available
to the public for civic and cul-
tural activities. Also included will
be a mall-like circle to be built
at the intersection of Virginia
and New Hampshire avenues
NV.
According to Mr.. Harris, plan
ming Of the development, to be
known as Potomac Plaza Center,
was influenced by the position
Of Washington as q center of
world interest and activities, and
of National political, cultural,
and educational life" "The
proximity" he continued, ''of
the Potomac Plaza Center to the
Potomac River and other i'm
portant landmarks has also
played a major part in the plan
ming of what will be an lnte-
grated grouping of dignified
buildings of contemporary ar
chitectural design
The gas company acquired the
land in 1858, according to Ever
ett J. Boothby, president. and
for years it was the site of the
old west end plant. The COM
pany dismantled the plant in
1947 after the gas distribution
system changed to natural gas
Price UndisclOsed
Mr.. Boothby said that the
price of the tract could not YET
be disclosed.
"The management of Wash.
ington Gas Light Co." Mr.
Boothby declared, believes thai
the development of the lane
will be in capable hands anc
will constitute a long sough
improvement to our CITY,"
Members of the originating
group for the project include
Mr.. Harris, John Hennessy, vice
president, Statler division O.
Hilton Hotels; Vaughan Con
nelly, prominent in Washington
real estate operation, and Mar
win Coles, Washington attorney
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Boy IS, HospitoIized
After Suicide Attempt

A l5-year-old boy, held at the
Receiving Home, was admitted
to D. C. General Hospital last
night after guards found he ha6
tied a sheet around his neck
and rolled to the floor.
The boy, colored, was placed
under mental observation wher
police reported he wanted te
tAke his LIFE"
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Eisenhower
To Lead Exodus
In CD Alert
5000 U. S. Aides
To Scatter; Public
Told to Stand Pat

Get ready, get set, but-dont
|go.
Briefly stated. these are the
directions for the majority Of
Washingtonians in tomorrow's
Civil Defense Exercise.
The only ones who will go are
the $4,000 Government officials
and employees, who are due te
scatter to distant headquarters
which have been set up for the
sensitive agencies. President
Eisenhower will lead the exodus
The other Government EN-.
lployes, District employees anc
occupants of a few private
buildings will take part in the
exercise. called Operation Alert
1855. The procedure, in gen.
eral, for these persons will be
this:
On the sounding of the alarm
They will leave the building!
where they are employed. Tilost
with cars will go to them. Those
without cars will be assigned tt
cars of fellow employees or viii
merely be counted so that data
on transportation needs will bt
obtained. Guards and warden
will check that buildings havt
been emptied completely. Those
who have quit the buildings will
then return.
Five Minute Blast
The alarm is to go off at 1870:
pm. 1t will be a steady blast o
S minutes duration.
Two hours later, at 2:05 pm.
/ the take-cover signal will b.
sounded. The average citizen
responsibility at that time i
merely to note what the take
cover signal sounds like. 1t vii
be rising and falling wall, last
ing for three minutes.
There is no "all clear" signal
In a real attack an all clea
notice would go out over tn
radio.
The assumption is that Wash
Iington would be one of so of tn
80 target areas in the country t
be attacked. Another assump
ton is that the Capital would b
hit by a bomb equal to 10000
tons of TINT. That is 10 time
the wallop of the HiroShim
bomb, but still in the lower cate
gories when it comes to ratin
hydrogen bombs.
Map Shows Routes
4 Meanwhile, the District Civ
Defense Office made public
map showing the routes tenta
lively designated as routes 6
flight in a real evacuation of th
city. The proposed routes wi
provide 73 traffic lanes leadin
from the city. All traffic woul
be one-way-outbound.
It is probable a line will b
drawn dividing traffic that is t
go North and that to go Soutl
The CD Office said the line prob
ably will begin at M street
Georgetown and follow Pennsyl
vania avenue, G street NV. an
Massachusetts avenue NV, M
and Sc.
The hypothetical bomb of to
morrow has been tagged b
) Congress as intended only 70
the Executive Branch of tn
!; Government and non-Govern
ment people. It will be bushes
las usual for the House an
Senate.
} House members, however. hav
. been invited to participate i
the exercise by taking an ex
cursion to Monrovia, Md. TIL
invitation came from the Farr
Evening star., 1955-06-14
CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
to The Evening Star, WASH
ington 4, D. c.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $17.86 for six
days, $35.72 for IL days.
Any size contributions, how
ever, are acceptable.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Knott Gets Jury Post

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va,
June IA (SpeciaD Robert M
Knott, Of Shepherdstown. has
been named by Judge D. H
Rodgers to serve a four-yea1
term as a jury commissioner fol
Jefferson County.
Evening star., 1955-06-14

difference by contributing to The
Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund. Your generosity will mean
fun and adventure and often a
boost in health for child who
spends lot of time doing with
out things.
The Star today acknowledges
the following camp fund contri-
buttons:
Previously
acknowledged SIS, ,429 .84
Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic,
4 William H. Beck Cir
Gle -- SOC
i William r. Morse 35.72
Anonymous ---- 800
Congressman Leo H.
Gavin 1000
IF. H. g. C. r. Rowzee- 35.72
II. H. Dyer II sc
Florence M. Hinckley- 35.72
Mrs. Dorothy C. Brooks 1000
Audrey Ratchford - 1872
John F. Washington 1876
Anonymous -- 1872
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Tai
bott ---.,----------- 1000
Leo H. Frieburger----- 1875
barbara w. Caldwell 1912
Good Friend Of Camp
Goodwill ----- 500
Total to date--------$5,7 ,75O.74
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-29
Diane Barrymore ILL
From Sleeping Pill Dose

BOSTON, tR-Actress Diana
Barrymore, "a, recovering yester-
day from an overdose of sleeping
pills, told newsmen she planned
to return Thursday night to her
role in 'Pajama Tops" in which
she has been on tour
She said, II only tried to calm
my nerves"
Miss Barrymore was taken
back to her hotel by her actor
husband, Robert Wilcox after re-
naming overnight in the hospital
She said she had been suffering
from a head cold for six months
and II did take too many pheno-
barbitol for no reason at all
except that I'm exhausted. I'm
supposed to take three a day."
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-29
10 Bodies Recovered
From Crashed B-29;
Sabre Missing in Pacific

NAHA, Okinawa, LR-An Am
erican BIG bomber cropping thru
an overcast crashed three miles
from Naha Airport Thursday.
Ten bodies were recovered.
There was no indication whether
this was the complete crew. No
names were released.
The Air Force also reported an
F-86 Sabre jet missing on flight
to Itazuki Air Base on ,Kyushu,
Japan's southern island.
Four Okinawans were burned
and hospitalized when the big
BIG, apparently letting down for
a controlled approach to
the field, smashed into a series
of ridges. Wreckage was scattered
over 400-yard area.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-29
FIVE RESCUED FROM
BURNING CANNERY BOAT

SEATTLE, R-Four men and
a woman were rescued last night
from the cannery tender Pelican
after it caught fire in the engine
room and then was purposely
grounded on Pitt Island, just
south of Prince Rupert, BIC.
Coast Guard headquarters here
said the rescue was made by the
the tug Luna, which is heading
for Ketchikan. One of the men
on the Pelican was hurt slightly.
The Luna radioed that after
the Pelican was abandoned the
fire apparently burned itself out,
and the tender is lying on its side.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28
County HOmemakers Take
Advantage of Bean Harvest

Montgomery County families
are busy taking advantage of the
plentiful harvest of top quality
beans. Thrifty homemakers will
process both green beans and
limas to be used later in the
year when the peak is past. These
non-acid vegetables can be either
frozen or canned successfully.
If you plan to can your beans,
be sure to use pressure cook
er, advises Mrs. Catherine M.
Rhoads, County home demonstra.
ton agent. Whether you're an
old-timer or a novice at canning,
you need to be sure your Gamer
is in the best possible condition.
Check to see that no steam
leaks out where cover and kettle
join. Have your pressure cooker
gauge checked for accuracy so
you won't be overlooking. (Eith-
er send it to the manufacturer or
take it to the Home Demonstra.
ton Office, Room sol, County
Office Building, Rockville, to be
compared with a master gauge
For all pressure cooker own.
erS Mrs. RhoadS offers these
rules for safe and successful can.
ming:
Be sure Gamer is in proper
working condition.
Check pressure gauge with
master gauge at least before each
canning season.
Follow manufacturers direc-
tons carefully in operating can.
ner.
Know how each part of your
Gamer works.
Wash Gamer thoroughly before
using it and before storing it.
Do not use harsh securing
powders.
Keep openings to pet cock,
pressure gauge, and safety value
clean.
Never immense lid in water.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28
Vegetable Research
Field Day, Aug. IL

The seventh annual Maryland
Vegetable Research Field Day
will be held at Salisbury, Satur-
day, August 13. Tours begin at
1870 p. m.
The University of Maryland
vegetable research farm, located
two miles west of Salisbury on
the Nanticoke Road, will feature
research of interest to all Mary
land vegetable growers. People
in related industries should find
the variety trials, fertilizer, dis
ease control and irrigation stud
les interesting also.
Some new farm machinery will
be on display and the modern
farm buildings will be open to
the public.
Members of the research staff
of the University's department of
horticulture will be on hand to
tell about work being done at
the farm. The specially built
sweet potato storage chambers at
the research farm will be open
for inspection.
This is an Agricultural Expert
ment Station open house" and
the whole family is invited, said
DR.. l. c. Haut, head of the de-
partment of horticulture.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28
2 TB Association
StafferS Resign

Two staff members of the
Maryland tuberculosis Associa-
ton have resigned, one to join
the staff of the National Tuber.
culosis Association and the other
to pursue graduate studies at
Yale University, it was announced
today by Edward M. Passano,
president of the Association.
Francis j. Gibson, director of
field service for the Association
since 1858, has been appointed an
associate in the Program Devel.
opment Division of the National
tuberculosis Association in New
York City and will assume his
duties there August /.
In September, John r. Bernier,
assistant director of health educa.
ton and case finding for the
MIA since 1852, will begin
years graduate study at the
School of Medicine, Department
of Public Health of Yale Univer.
sity He will work toward a mas.
ter's degree in public health edu.
cation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28
August Is Month to Make
Pasture Seedlings, College
Research Results Indicate

Research at the University of
Maryland has shown that there
are many advantages to making
seedlings for pasture and hay dur
ing the month of August, Charles
p. Ellington, Extension agrono-
mist, says.
Care should be taken that the
proper seed is purchased for
establishing stands. Ellington adj
vises buying the grass and Glow
er seeds separately rather than
buying a ready mixed pasture
or hay seeding. These mixtures
are often loaded with cheap seeds
that are of little value as pasture
or hay, he said.
Ellington warns that special
care should be taken to avoid
mixtures containing any or all of
the following: New Zealand white
clover, Highland Bentgrass,
Creeping red fescue, and Poa tri-
Walls. Most of these make very
low growth and experience with
creeping red fescue has shown
that it is very unpalatable to live
stock. Ladino clover or domestic
white clover are both far super
ior to the New Zealand white
/ clover, he said.
Many pasture mixtures contain
surprisingly high percentages of
rye grass, Ellington said. Rye
grass terminates quickly, he
added, and gives a considerable
amount of grazing during the fall
and early spring, but fades out
during the summer months and
provides very little grazing then.
Rye grass seed can be purchased
more economically as pure seed
than in a prepared mixture, FL
lington said.
Mixture with various size seeds
are difficult to seed and do not
produce an even stand, he said.
The smaller, heavier legume seeds
generally settle out of the light
er more bulky grass seeds.
incubation of clover seed is
very difficult when mixed with
grasses. Any extra trouble in
handling the seed separately is
more than paid for in getting a
uniform stand of more produc-
tive grasses and legumes, Filing
ton concluded.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28

In the fall of 1916, with the as
sistance of Mrs. Parlett Moore,
Mrs. Carter rounded up twelve
women from various sections of
Montgomery County to take Girl
Scout leadership training. In Jan
uary, 1947, she organized the
first negro Girl Scout troop in
the county.
She not only trained to be an
intermediate, junior and senior
leader but also took the required
40-hour training course in order
to take her troop on overnight
camping trips to lockwood, the
National Girl Scout camp near
Potomac.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28
All Indians to Rally
At State POw-WOw

Biggest week of the summer
for All youth will be State Club
Week on the University campus
August 8-13. Because of its In
dian tribal set-up, the youngsters
will turn the week into a five
day pow-wow, making quite a din
in the usual summer quiet that
settles on the campus after sum-
mer school students have evacu-
ated.
For some 1900 All pale faces"
the State d. HClub office believes
that a good club week spirit and
discipline are developed from this
youth-directed activity. 1t is an
opportunity for growth and ex-
perience in leadership. This is
only a part of the week of educa-
tional, religious and social pro-
grams.
craftsmanship chal lenges,
songs, dances and council circle
gatherings belong to the young
er scouts tunder Is years of age)
and the older eagles us years
and over of the two Indian ma
tions-the Algonquin and the Iro-
quois. Tradition has it that there
are seven great Indian nations.