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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

The influence Of "straw par
ties" in increasing land values on
Maryland road right-of-way ac-
QUESTION was being probed to-
day in the land speculation con-
spiracy trial in Rockville.
Defense Attorney Joseph B.
Simpson, jr., sought to show that
the State Roads Commission was
aware that "straw parties" were
involved in the purchase for
100000 by the commission Of a
tract owner by Max Gutenberg
near aGithersburg and another
tract held by Robert j. Rosen-
field at Rockville.
On rial on charges of con-
spiracy to defraud the roads
commission through land value
manipulation are Gutenberg and
ConStaS Gus BaSiliko.
Leroy c. Moser, chief of the
commissions right-of-way de-
partment. said he was not aware
of THE controversy on the Rock
vile tract until he appeared in
court. But the defense showed
that an independent appraisal
made of the property limited that
a straw party had been involved.
Appraisal Report Read
States Attorney Alger Y. Bar
bee read from the report of the
appraisal made by Robert Hag-
ner that a straw sale allegedly
had been made to force the roads
commission to pay the property
owner "an exorbitant profit"
The States attorney also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07

in God should follow always His teachings and precep
and have confidence in Him.
When was in Japan as Assistant Prosecutor trying
the Japanese warords, including Premier Tojo in that
capacity tremendous assignment appearing before
IL nations in five languages-and needed the help of
the Supreme Being. Each morning before leaving the
hotel upon arising would 60 to my window facing the
East and looking at the beauty of the rising sun would
think of the famous words in the 121st Psalm
81 will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence
cometh my help My help cometh from the Lord, which
made heaven and EARTH"
would then proceed with my daily tasks with
confidence, knowing He would not fail me.
Tomorrow: George E. C. Hayes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
|Coyne Sentenced
In Lease Fraud

A former District man received
a year and a day prison sentence
in Alexandria Federal Court
yesterday for selling $125 Of
worthless leases.
Thomas James Coyne, 48, ar
rested in Orlando, Fla, last
January, pleaded guilty before
Judge Albert v. Bryan. United
States Attorney Harlan Freeman
said Coyne sold natural gas
rights on oil land in Marion
County, Ala, to the wife OF a
serviceman who formerly lived
lat Fort Belvoir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
Laurel Man Held
On Murder Churoe

Hoyle Roe, So, was ordered
held for grand jury action on
"a murder charge yesterday by
Judge Grover Lee Small of the
Prince Georges County Trial
Magistrates Court.
Roe, colored, a Laurel resident,
is accused of stabbing to death
James F. Wilson, %, colored, last
February Is at the rear of a
Laurel tavern.
Roe pleaded not guilty at the
preliminary hearing and said he
did not remember what hap
pened at the time because he
was drunk,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
TextofChunqe
In Virginio's
Constitution

Here is how Section al
of the Virginia State Consti-
tuition now reads, after amend
ment at the constitutional
convention yesterday. The
phrase that was added to per-
init use of public funds for
private education begins pro-
vided, first" and ends with the
semicolon that precedes the
word second:
Sec. 141. State appropria-
tions prohibited to schools or
institutions of learning not
owned or exclusively con-
trolled by the State or some
subdivision thereof; excep-
tions to rule.
mo. appropriation of public
funds shall be made to any
school or institution of learn
ing not owned or exclusively
controlled by the State or some
political subdivision thereof;
provided. first, that the Gen.
eral Assembly may, and the
governing bodies of the several
counties, cities and towns may,
subject to such Limitations as
may be imposed by the Gen.
eral Assembly, appropriate
funds for educational purposes
which may be expended in fur
therance of elementary, Sec
ondary, collegiate or graduate
education of Virginia students
in public and nonsectarian pri-
vate schools and institutions of
learning, in addition to those
owned or exclusively controlled
by the State or any such coun-
ty, city or town; second, that
the General Assembly may APP
propriate funds to an agency,
or to a school or institution of
learning owned or controlled
by an agency, created and
established by two or more
States under a joint agreement
to which this State is a party
for the purpose of providing
educational facilities for the
citizens of the several States
joining in such agreement;
third, that counties, cities,
towns and districts may make
appropriations to nonsectarian
schools of manual, industrial
or technical training. and also
to any school or institution of
learning owned or exclusively
controlled by such county. city,
town or school district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
Straw Parties Charged
In MARYLAND Rood rial

brought out that Ben Du Pre-
in appraising the roads commits
sion's taking on the Gathers
burg tract had used lot sales,
which were made through straw
parties, and that the commits
sion had accepted an option from
Gutenberg requiring him to pro-
vide land that included the lots
which allegedly had been sold
prior to the agency's taking.
Mr.. Moser, under cross-exam-
nation yesterday, jolted the
prosecution with this testimony:
/. No one would "have to work
too hard" to get information or
the proposed locations of new
highways.
2. Such information on the To-
cation of the new National pike
has been available to the public
since 1851.
Mr.. Moser conceded that re-
quests from "bonaf1de" land
owners for information as to
proposed road locations on their
Plans Also in Book
property were answered rou-
timely by the commission.
He added that maps Of pro-
posed routes were sent to the
Montgomery County Department
of Public Works, the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission.
Proposed routes, he said, also
are shown generally in the So
called yellow book" the States
'12-year roads program.
Surveys on the National pike
route were begun as early as 1949
and any one who understood sur
vey stakes could figure out the
route, Mr.. Moser indicated.
Mr.. Moser also admitted under
stiff cross-examination that in
all seven rights-of-way cases in
which the State alleges Often
berg had an interest, he had ap-
proved the options and felt the
land values we're not out of line.
Du Pre- Reported Fugitive
Ben Du Pre-, former commission
right-of-way engineer, was still
absent from the courtroom yes
terday but his name continued
to play a major role in the testi-
mony.
Du Pre- is under indictment
with Basiliko and Gutenberg but
is not on trial. He never has
been served with a warrant, re-
portedly having fled the country
to his native Mexico.
Du Pre-, according to Mr.
Moser, handled most of the nego-
tiations on the seven acquisitions
under scrutiny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
Bottom
Action Backed
City Will Answer
Renewal PIun Foes

The Commissioners yesterday
|reaffirmed their right to desig-
nate two Foggy Bottom areas for
urban renewal study in a resolu-
ton intended to clarity" their
position.
Property owners in the area,
however, have contested this
action in a court suit which will
have to settle the question.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Milton D. Norman said he has
arranged with attorneys for the
property owners to file an an
|swer in Federal Court next week,
presenting the city's viewpoint.
la motion to hold up the Com
|missioners' action, filed on be-
half of the property owners, was
to have been answered by the
District this week.
Procedure Questioned
The suit contends the Com
|missioners failed to folio "
proper procedure in designating
the two areas for study. One
Iof the main contentious was
that a public hearing is required
before such action. In addition
/ it alleges that property values
have been severely damaged by
the action.
In their resolution yesterday
the Commissioners re-stated the
boundaries of the two areas they
want studied. One is a small
area just south of Pennsylvania
avenue NV. and west of Tween
ty-fourth street. The other is g
large area in the vicinity OF
George Washington University
the southern portion of which
Iextends all the way west to the
Potomac River.
No Project Designated
The resolution maintained,
however, that the action does
not designate urban renewal
projects" It commended that it
merely authorized studies to
determine whether such projects
should be set up.
The resolution noted that the
National Capital Planning Com
mission and the Redevelopment
Land Agency had stated that
conditions in the areas consti-
Ituted a need" for the urban
renewal projects. It stressed,
however, that the city heads
were not themselves in a posi-
ton to make this determination
until after the study is made.
City officials said their legal
position was that the Commits
sioners could authorize the RIA
to seek Federal funds to make
the study without determining
the need for any actual urban
renewal program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
Ry : Star star correspondent

RICHMOND, Mar. Airing
ton County, target Of so many
harsh words and deeds in the
State capital lately. gave the
Virginia Constitutional Conven-
|tion its most dramatic moments
yesterday when Delegate Frank
IL. Ball, ST., rose to defend the
name of his county.
A distinguished orator in the
best traditions of Patrick Henry
1.-THE venerable attorney won rous-
ling applause and even brought
some delegates to their feet
when he spoke.
He first dealt with the matter
of heritage:
at seems that when you are
from Arlington and rise to speak
down here, it is appropriate to
trace your ancestry. I have nc
|hesitancy to do that"
He explained that his father,
grandfather and great-grand-
father were born in Arlington,
and ancestors before that lived
lin Lancaster County, Va.
Comment on Crackpots
Then he took up the matter OF
|crackpots:
MY friend Frank Moncure-
we used to work in a law office
together many years ago-has
said Arlington has more crack
pots per square inch than any
other part of the State per
square mile. Perhaps we have
our share"
Mr.. Moncure, member Of the
House of Delegates from Stat
ford County, has been the No
/ critic of Arlington County in
the General Assembly. He spon-
sored the Moncure bill depriving
Arlington citizens of the right
to elect their school board.
But sometimes, said Mr.. Ball,
he wonders who the crackpots
really are.
He told how the three factions
in Arlington-Liberals Conserva-
tives and Republicans, all asked
him to run as that county's dele
cation to the convention, SO
there wouldn't be an unneces-
|sary fight.
do they sound like crackpots
to you?" he asked.
Points to Lee
If the convention was not with
him before, it was when hi
pointed to the giant statue Of
Robert E. Lee in the hall ane
recalled that the great genera
was in Arlington County wher
he made the momentous deci.
sion to turn down command o.
Federal forces.
1--WE have a citizenry in Ar.
ilington, devoted to the State Of
Virginia." said Mr.. Ball. Thou
sands of them came to Arlington
County to avoid the situation
across the river. Arlington to.
day is one of the finest places
to live under the sum-"
He told the convention he in
tended to vote for the constitu.
Itional amendment, although he
has had serious misgivings about
making sure the public school
system is not harmed.
I'D rather lose my right arm
than harm the public schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
Driver Saved by Leap
AS Train Smoshes Auto

north and south parallel to the
avenue.
Parts of the car, which was
totally destroyed. were strewn
along the tracks for half a mile.
The train, which passed
through Hyattsville at 7:20 pm,
was a Washington Baltimore
local bound for the District. No
one on the train was injured.
The train. travelling about SIS
miles per hour when it struck
the automobile, was delayed one
hour, a BIO spokesman said.
C. E. Lowery of Baltimore was
the engineer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07

A 26-year-old physical science
aide at the Bureau of Standards
last night escaped death when
he leaped from his car seconds
before a Baltimore and Ohio
train smashed it to bits at the
Melrose Crossing In Hyattsville
He is Omar L. Wilson, Jr., of
6306 Twentieth avenue, Green
Meadows. Md.
The crossing, scene Of a dozen
such accidents in the last Is
years, is located near the inter-
section of Rhode Island avenue
extended and Crittenden street
in Hyattsville. The rails run
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07

to the present day men seek to
climb the highest mountains for
adventure and aggression.
However, one of the earliest
references to mountains is in the
Book of Genesis. The Lord was
about to destroy the two wicked
cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Lot was advised by the angels to
flee to the mountain for safety
and in his flight not to look back.
But his wife did look back land
she became a pillar of salt"
The lesson of this story to
me is that to have the true faith
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07

RECALLING a news stony
about Prize Fighter Lou Nova's
adventures with Shakespeare,
the report says:
ever since William Lyons
Phelps invited Gene Tunney
to lecture on Shakespeare, to
the great refreshment of the
spirit at Yale, prize fighters
and Yale men have known
better than to disparage cul-
ture. The latest to discover
that Shakespeare might pro-
vide a beacon light to higher
things is Lou Nova, sometime
opponent of Joe Louis. :"
The report is the work OF
DR.. Louis Wright, the library's
director, who worked his way
through college some 80 years
ago by writing for newspa-
pers. 1t is not all fluff. 1t talks
about library matters and
problems, too, but entertain
ingly.
There is an item, for exam
pie, about returning Dor
rowed books. It points to a
rare book found recently on
the Folger's shelves-a book
obviously belonging to the
Boston Athenaeum.
Although realizing that
"nicety of conscience in these
matters is likely to beget not
praise but frowns from some
of our brethren, who may be
a shade uneasy about this and
that" the library sent the
book to Boston. The, staff
heard later that it had been
missing from the Athenaeum
since 1867. Somehow, years
later, it had made its way to
the Folger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
Democrats to Meet

The Montgomery County
Young Democratic Club will
meet at $3.50 o'clock tonight in
the hearing room of the County
Building, 8501 Colesville road.
Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
A Thnught fnr Tnhay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
By GRACE KANODE LLEWELLYN
washington Attorney

Mountains have been important part in the history
of mankind Not only have they been barrier for pro-
lection but refuge for security.
From the famous crossing of the Pyrenees and the
Alps by General Hannibal d. C. 218-202) and Genghis
Khan who built his own famous Wall in the 18th Century
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07
The
Rambler
FoIger Library
Enlivens Reports
By JACK JONAS

In this city of stuffy reports,
formal language and columns
of figures, the Report From
the Folger Library" was worth
waiting eight months to see.
1t is one Of the best exam
Piles of the informal report
that has come across this desk
in a long time. It shows how
information and opinion can
be painlessly impaired.
The Folger Library deals in
Shakespeare and his era and
the times Immediately before
and after. Perhaps it is the
pace of the 'Shakespearean
scholar and the leisurely
world in which he moves that
set the tone for the report.
The current issue of the
not-so-regular report leads
into a barbed attack on anti
Shakespeareans this way:
"A few weeks ago a we'll
meaning and worried friend
of the Folger Library called to
know whether we were con-
cerned about the devaluation
of our assets in case the pro-
moters of Christopher Mar
lowe proved that he wrote
Shakespeare's plays. We as
sured our friend that, on the
contrary, we had hedged years
ago by acquiring one of the
finest Marlowe collections in
the world and were sitting
pretty. He seemed re-
lieved. ;"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07

PREFACING an item about
a job opening, the report says:
1.-THE movies have perpe-
trated a cliche about women
Librarians that is as erroneous
as it is damaging in the per-
sonnet department. For they
suggest that a woman librar-
ian is owl-eyed and awkward,
wearing spectacles and an air
Of gloom. We can testify
as an expert that the ratio OF
pulchritude and charm in Ii
braries is several cuts above
any we ever discovered in the
cinema capital. We could, Of
course, instance the Folger
Library in particular but we
do not want any studio scouts
around trying to hire our
staff. We have a hard enough
time keeping others from lur-
ing them away. :. :"
Discussing the irregularity
of the report, the librarian
writes:
always we hope to pub
lish on a regular schedule Of
four issues a year; always
something turns up to claim
our time.
"But we know that the
world is not standing on tiptoe
eager to hear about books and
research. Our news. is not
pressing and strident, thank
heavens, and we can wait for
a lull to describe events in the
Tudor and Stuart world"
That depends, DR.. Wright,
on who's writing it.
Rambling
O'Donnells has a letter
from a one-time patron who
slipped out of the place in
1852 with an unpaid bar
check in his pocket. The letter
explains he couldn't pay the
check and buy a bus ticket to
Richmond with his limited
finances, so he walked out
with the chit in his pocket.
With his letter was a check for
$4.79-the $3.87 bar tab plus
6 per cent interest. =.
A man who occasionally
drops into a downtown liquor
store said he was intrigued on
a recent visit to note that the
latest decanter-type bottle de-
picts elephants and dom
keys. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-06
Red Sox Open Bidto Turn
Yonks Runaway Into Race

at Detroit, including three
homers and a pair of doubles.
His 37th homer equaled his
1885 output and put him IL
games in front of Babe Ruth's
record pace in 1927 when he
hit so.
Strangely, the surging Kaline
exactly matched Mantle's produce
ton in the series as he also poled
three homers, and got two
doubles in his collection of
eight hits.
Bostons victory over Cleve-
land was combination OF
homers by Williams and Jensen
and Dave Sisters four-hit pitch.
ing. After the storm came, the
umpires waited an hour and 40
minutes before finally calling the
game.
Tito Francona tripled with the
bases loaded for Baltimore's
second-game victory over Chi
cago after Loes choked on q
White Sox threat in the 10th
inning of the opener. Baltimore
scored two in the 10th and
Chicago came back to score one
with none out and had the bases
full when Loes took over to re-
tire the side.
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.SNIDER
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Continued From Page A-16
tripperS, nine have been hit off
st, Louis pitching.
Maglie. although he shows
only So won-lost record since
he was obtained from Cleveland
late in May. has been an able
pitcher for Brooklyn. especially
since his promotion from a spot
starter into the regular rotation.
The Dodgers have won nine of
the IA games he has started and
only once have they been far
behind in a game in which he
needed help. Until the recent
squirt, Maglie was more a victim
of the lack of hitting than any
ineffectiveness on his part.
| Maglie took his Tooth victory
calmly.
when the Giants traded me
away in 1854, never expected
ito win 100," he said. But
knew Id do it with the Dodgers
particularly when they started
letting me pitch in turn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-06
MAJOR LEADERS
By the Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING tbased on ee5 at batsl-

BATTING biased on 225 Mt batsl-Man.
ne, New York. 3tiS; Williams. Boston
$50; Vernon, Boston. .344; Maxwell
bUNS--Mantle, New York. 90; Fox, Chi
caRo, and Yost, Washington. 70
Lopez, Kansas City. II; Piersall Bos.
ton, Minoso, Chicago, and Bauer. New
RUNS BATTED TN-Mantle. New York
w; kaline, Detroit, So; Vert. Cleve
land 81 Simpson. Kansas City, so
Slevers, WASHINGTON. 50
HlIS-Mantle, New York, 1874: Kaline
Kuenn. Detroit, 1875; Jensen, Boston
DoUBLEs-Piersal. Boston. %: Yer
I non, Boston. %; Kaline. Detroit. ~
5uddin, Boston. "a; Kell, Baltimore
S Smith. Cleveland, and Berra New
iTRIPLES--Simpson, Kansas City, ant
Lemon. Washington. &; Jensen. Bos
ton, and Runnels. Washington, :
goodman, Boston. and Fox. ChicaEO. 6
HOME RUNS-Mantle. New York. 81
Wertz. Cleveland -; Sievers, Washing
ton. 90: Kaline and Maxwell, Detroit
and Bauer, New York. II.
STOLEN BASES-Rivera, chicaso. 10
York. 9; Francona, Baltimore, Jensen
Boston. and Avila Cleveland, s
Brewer, Boston, i5-3. .sSs; Pierce
Chicago. Ia; $40; Ford. New YORK
10: Kucks, New York, 40, zoo.
STRIKEOUTS-score. Cleveland. I56
PLEDGE, Chicago. 1913: Pascual, Wash
ington' III; Foytack, Detroit, ITO
HO'i'' p SATI6N a. LEAGUE
Aaron Mi HaseH on s44 M n S1t'l St
Louis, .3.5: Schoendienst. New York
.3l9; Boyer. st. Louis, BIZ; Moon
IRUNsIRObinson Cincinnati rs. snider
Brooklyn, 10: Aaron. Milwaukee ant
RUNS RATED INDMGsiai' ST. Louis
ciac sGysI 3 k kSTi Mlv R%sSt" sni
Long, Pittsburgh. as,
HITS Aaron. Milwaukee 1870; Boyer st
| Louis. i@9, Musial St Louis l95
| AAshburn. Philadelphia, 1919; Temple
D0UBLEs-Lopeta. Philadelphis, IS
! Louis. "a Aaron. Milwaukee. 90; Bell
TRIPLFs1Aaron. Milwaukee. 70; Bu
ton Milwaukee,. ii; Gillian. BROOKLYN
1 O'Connell. Milwaukee. Mays New
! york, Wal, Walls PITTSBURGH and Moon
HOME RUNs-snider. Brooklyn. 30
/ RluszswSki snd Robinson. Cincinnati
sT mmiatRhsTS, MiSswaHHkss q Nv va, ..
4 Gillian BROOKLYN. IL Moon ST
: Louis, Il; White. New York, 10
PITCHING fbased on 10 decisionsl-
/ Lawrence, Cincinnati 16-3 s33
Bull Milwaukee. l4-5 .15S. New
! eombe, BROOKLYN, 1875 762: Haddix
Philadelnhia. 90, $50: Rush, Chicago
STPIKEOUTS-Frien Pittsburgh. 11s
! Haddix. Philadelphia. 11f Mizell 81
! Louis 1n7 Jones. Chicaso. 20
Roberts, Philadelphia, o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-06
.Quuntico Net 7 cam
Beats Chevy Chase
Quantico Tennis Club defeated

Quantico Tennis Club defeated
Chevy Chase Club, So. yester-
day in a Glass A Interclub
League match played on the
Chevy Chase courts.
Bill Demas, Middle Atlantic
clay courts champion. paced the
Marines victory with a 6-3'
GO triumph over Tom Moor
head in the No. / singles match.
John Bennett figured in both
of Chevy Chases. victories. Ben
nett defeated Tom Cundy, ga,
Us, in singles and teamed with
Paul Hertelendy for a doubles
victory.
Singles-Bill Demas fQl defeated Tom
Moorhead. 6-3. g. Frank Spears tQI
defeated Jack Yates, 6-1. 6-l; Tom
Bradford tQi defeated Ted Price, 81
g.. John Bennett CCl defeated Tom
Cundv. 6-4 -.
Doubles-Demas and Spears ool de-
feated Skie Arnold and Bill Urouhart.
o. 81: Bradford and Bruce Gustaf-
son tQ' defeated Calvin Cobb and yates.
a.. g.; Bennett and Paul Herte-
lendy tCCl defeated Cundy and Dick
Cunnington Go - 60.