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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-20

and Wildlife Service calls for the
following: 4 pint oysters, " cup
chopped celery, "a cup chopped
onion, "a cup butter or other fat,
melted. quart day-old bread
cubes. / tablespoon chopped
parsley, l teaspoon salt. dash
poultry seasoning. dash pepper.
Drain oysters, saving liquor. and
chop. Cook celery and onion in
butter until tender. Combine
cooked vegetables, bread cubes,
seasonings, and oysters. Mix
thoroughly. If stufflng seems
dry, moisten with oyster liquor.
Makes enough for a 4-pound
bird. Double amount for 5 to 9
pound turkey; triple recipe for
10 to Is pound turkey.
Best In Fruit
Leading the parade at fruit
counters are grapefruit, oranges
and tangerines from Florida;
Western Delicious apples, Wine
saps from Virginia, Cape Cod
cranberries, and red Emperor
grapes from California.
Fresh pineapple and fresh CO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-20

conutS from Florida are on hand
to combine with oranges for the
bowl of ambrosia that's an es-
sential part of Christmas with
many families.
Celery is a leading item at all
stores. The same holds true for
sweet potatoes, either the red
sweets from Carolina or the
Maryland Colds.
Snow white mushrooms, Cali
fornia Brussels sprouts, carrots
and Maine baking potatoes are
other good values to note.
For the Sweet Tooth
Sweets for a child's Christmas
come packed in all the gay holi-
day trappings. Solid milk choco-
late Santas, Christmas bells,
candy toys and batons, and
candy canes (the real old FASH
Toned minty ones to hang on the
tree) are a few Of the specialties
at the Fanny Farmer candy
shops.
Candy-f1lled leather silent but
lers; double-lidded sewing kits
fitted with spools Of thread and
a variety Of chocolates; Chinese
chests laden with delicious
sweets are new ideas in candy
gifts seen at Barricini's. VT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-20
Give CoIorfuI Touch
Christmas Ham

A roast meat thermometer in
serted in the smoked ham will
show you when the roast is done
Q60 degrees FL. Insert the
thermometer into the latest
section Of the ham so that 1t is
neither resting on bone nor in
fat.
Use 800 Degree F. Oven
Use a constant low tempera-
ture oven in roasting smoked
ham, the same as beef, veal and
lamb. This gives you an at
tractive roast that's evenly
cooked-not charred on the out
side and unevenly cooked. Set
the oven regulator at 300 de-
grees F. and keep at this tenn
perature throughout cooking.
No longer is basting necessary
when cooking a roast. BY cook
ing the ham the modern way,
fat side uppermost on a rack
in an open roasting pan, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-20

them In the refrigerator over
night. but no longer than that,
please!
The packing companies who
prepare these birds for the mar
ket are most emphatic about the
handling of their stuffed turkeys
You can roast the turkeys In
aluminium foil or by the standard
method whichever is most con-
venient to your time schedule.
Full roasting instructions are
included with each bird.
For those who start from
scratch and make their own
stuffing for the regal bird, this
bit Of information may aid the
young homemaker. One pound
loaf of bread makes 8 cups q
quarts) of loosely packed bread
crumbs.
All kinds Of hams are avail
able from the fully cooked with
fancy fruit garnish to the reg
ular smoked variety. Canned
hams come in all sizes to fit your
needs; ready-to-eat hams and
Smithfields are still more styles
from which to choose.
Ducks. Chickens. CapOns
Long Island ducklings weigh
ing from 4 to 8 pounds are plen-
tiful and reasonably priced if
you want a change of pace in
your meat selection.
Plump. fat roasting chickens
from 4 to 5 pounds and capons
weighing from 4 to 6 pounds are
also being featured for the yule-
tide feast.
Oyster StufIing
Family tradition will undoubt-
eddy govern your choice Of stuff
ing for the holiday bird. Wheth-
er it's a sausage stuffing, chest
Anut or oyster you'll find local
markets well prepared TO take
care Of your needs.
T A basic oyster stuffiing recon-
mended by home economists Of
the Interior Departments Fish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-20

On the holiday table be sure
the ham bears a glaze and color
full decoration. For instance, a
honey glaze gives a shiny coat
ing to the fat surface of the
ham. Remove the meat from
the oven about 30 minutes be-
fore the scheduled end of cook
ing time. Evenly spread the top
surface of the ham with honey.
Then return the ham to the
oven to set the glaze and to
finish cooking.
When the ham Is cooked, top
the honey glazed surface with
maraSchino poinSettias. Slit the
cherries so that they may be
opened fiat to resemble a poin-
settia. Cut candied citron into
thin strips for the stems of the
flowers. This gives a colorful
yule touch to the ham.
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] < THE MARKET
A6{$$g5RR BASKET
Turkeys, Hams or Ducks
Featured for YuIetide

Local food chains bountifuy stocked this week end
with all manner OF good things for the Christmas feast It's
merely matter OF pay and take your choice.
II you have settled turkey there tender young
over II pounds fancy young hens weighing
pounds For small families there turkeys weighing
little pounds And for those who time
preparing their holiday dinner you'll find frozen turkeys stuffed
and ready to slide into the oven.
word about the frozen stuffed turkeys keep them
frozen until they into the You can with safety hold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-20
Porty Conope

Here's tasty canape that can
be prepared hours before party
time. Open and drain q can of
Norway sardines. Mash the sar-
dimes and combine with a little
horseradish and mayonnaise
Spread on toast strips or cock
tail crackers. Refrigerate until
ready to serve.
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ham bastes itself as 1t cooks.
Plan from Is to 20 minutes per
pound cooking time for a whole
ham: % to Is minutes per pound
for half a ham. Also, plan
cooking time so the roast will
come out of the oven about go
minutes before dinner. Given
this time to "set." the roast is
easier to carve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-20
Prune Cornish

Garnish q platter of roast
pork with plump cooked prunes
stuffed with chutney, and
arranged on circles Of canned
pineapple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Board Studies
Dam Proposal
In Loudoun

LEESBURG, Va, July % (Spe-
ciaD "A five-man commission
today began a study of the
effects on the health OF the
neighborhood of a proposed dam
and reservoir on Goose Creek in
Loudoun County.
The commission. including five
members and one alternate, was
named yesterday by Loudoun
County Circuit Court Judge
Rayner v. Snead.
The Town of Fairfax has petit
toned the court for permission
to construct a reservoir on the
Loudoun stream. Judge Sneac
held after a two-day hearing this
week that Fairfax established
that the reservoir would serve q
public necessity and essential
convenience.
Named to the commission were
Robert S. Pickens, r. j. McCray
B. B. Hutchinson, E. E. Schwien
John j. Hepner and Edwin C
Norman. The alternate will be
designated at a later meeting.
Judge Snead ordered the COM
mission to complete its study by
August "a, when additional evil
dence will be admitted from both
proponents and opponents.
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etc Reports
Revenue Drop

Revenues. passengers and
mileage continued a steady
downward spiral during June
Capital Transit Co. reported yes
terday.
Operating revenues during the
month were down l per cent
from the $2,158,46O of June
1855. While the books showed a
net operating income increase
of SPAS, 239 over the $112,934 OF
the previous June, the company
computed its net income to be
only $7,7S8, a SO per cent drop
This is due to the company's
provision of $355,295 out Of
operating income to write Oh
street car facilities which are
due to be abandoned after its
franchise expires August IA.
Passenger volume dropped 81
million from the 17.2 million OF
June, 1855. Street car and bu;
mileage was cut back 8.6 pei
cent from the 2.6 million miles
of that month.
For the year ending last june
30 net income was lower BY
$699 $50 than that of the pre-
vious year. Passenger volume
was of Is per cent and total
mileage by IA per cent, the re-
mort stated.
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Licenses,
Doctor Testifies

BALTIMORE, July % (P.-
DR.. Robert H. Reddick testified
yesterday he licensed % persons
to practice medicine in Maryland
after other members of the State
homeopathic licensing board re-
fused to grade the applicants
examinations.
The psychiatrist at Eastern
Shore State Hospital in Cam
bridge, secretary-treasurer OF
the State-recognized board and
a trump" board he later set up,
said ne himself graded the exam
nations and approved them all,
He said he tried to contact" the
seven other members of his board
to concur in the action, but
reached only two.
DR.. Reddick testified briefly
before the Circuit Court hearing
adjourned for the week end.
The State of Maryland is at
tempting to have the rump
board organized by DR.. Reddick
permanently barred from exam
lining or licensing physicians in
Maryland.
Most Maryland physicians are
licensed by the board of the
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty
of Maryland. But State law
also provides for a licensing
board for the State Homeopathic
Society.
The Medical and Chirurgical
Licensing Board is not involved
in the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Tobacco Prices
Drop I'd Week at
Maryland Auction

Southern Maryland's loose leaf
tobacco auction markets closed
yesterday, ending a second week
of sharply decreasing prices.
Observers blamed the lack of
Federal price supports for the
low bids. 1t was also indicated
that buyers are anxious to de-
crease length of the Southern
Maryland tobacco selling season
which now runs for IL to Is
weeks.
Many farmers this week were
reported rejecting the low bids
and planning to send their crops
to the Baltimore hogshead mar
ket for storage and later sale in
hopes of a more favorable price.
Auctions on Thursday amount
ed to 645,762 net pounds and
averaged $34.86 a hundred. The
average was 81 cents under We'd
|nesday's average and the lowest
of the year.
Yesterdays final sale figures
were unavailable, but observers
estimated the general average
for the season will approximate
so cents a pound, about five
cents a pound under predictions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Arlington Bor Urges Prompt
Action on Courthouse Plans

The Arlington Bar Association
is urging the county board tc
eliminate "all delays" in the au-
thorized courthouse expansion
program.
Bar members yesterday adopt.
ed a resolution that stressed the
emergency nature" of the neec
for more courthouse space.
A 30 million bond issue tt
finance this construction wa!
approved by the voters on JUNE
5. A few weeks later the county
board asked the planning com,
mission to submit its recon-,
mendations by November 80 OF
whether the present courthous,
should be enlarged or whether
a new building should be con.
structed.
| The boards action has beer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
IVirqir1ia' S Democrats
Free Delegates
Airport Facing Restudy
After 5 Years in Congress

Transport Service operations
from National. The MATS IA
cility, five minutes from the
IPentagon, accounted for 1900
ltake-offs and landings out Of
Nationals 225,914 last year.
3. Use Andrews Air Force Base
for some commercial flights, a
proposal loudly decried and re-
jected by a Senate Aviation Sub.
committee last year.
| 4. Removal of Boiling All
Force Base and the Anacostis
Naval Air Station operation!
from across the river from Ma
Itional.
Would Avoid Delay
Senator Holland, Democrat Of
Florida, chairman of the Appro-
priations Committee inquiry
group, in his plea for co-opera-
ton, asked for a considered
judgment devoid of EMOTION
He said he hoped that by next
January a course could bt
charted that would avoid another
delay on the airport problem.
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MARYLAND Democrats Still
up in Air Over $48,00

dinner, and Mr.. LIVE, who was
co-chairman.
After yesterdays two houl
meeting, Michael j. Birmingham
the chairman, announced tha'
the conferees had agreed to leavt
the money untouched until aftel
the Democratic National Con.
vention next month.
One of the resolutions adopted
by the Mahoney-d dominated StatC
convention called for the money
to be turned over to State Chair.
man T. Barton Harrington fol
use in opening permanent party
headquarters.
Mr.. Brewer and Mr.. LIVE, botl
of whom were officials in MiilarC
E. Tydings' successful senatorial
primary campaign last spring, arr
not so sure that such a course
would be in keeping with the pur.
pose for which the money wal
raised, namely, the financing Of
the State and National Demo.
cratic campaign in Maryland this
fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Operators to Try
To Bar New SnurIs
AT Curr's Beech

ANNAPOLIS. Md, July % (P)
Operators of Cars Beach have
promised county commissioner;
they'll try to avert repetition Of
a July IL disturbance growing
out of a liam session" at the
colored resort.
1t took county and city police
hours to unsnarl traffic tieups
from thousands of cars which
had to be turned away from the
performance by jazz musicians.
The commissioners warned the
resort operators last night that
their beach license would be re-
voked if there is another occur
renee.
The management agreed to
notify city and county police
whenever unusually large crowds
are expected and to revise its
program for handling automo-
bileS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28

The Old Guard of Maryland's
Democratic Party still had pos
session today of that 900
which George P. Mahoney ad-
herents have been trying to gel
their hands on since they took
over control of the party at last
Mays State convention.
The New Guard had the Old
Guard outnumbered 3-to-2 at q
finance committee meeting in
Baltimore yesterday to discuss
expenditure of the money, which
was raised at a Victory Dinner
put on last November when the
Old Guard was still in the saddle
But the Old Guard representa-
tives--J. Newton Brewer and r,
Bruce Livie-did not have to
rely on numbers to play their
hand. They had the cash.
Three signatures will be re-
quired before the money can be
taken from the bank. Two of
those are the signatures of Mr..
Brewer, who was treasurer of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28

Washington's airport situation,
in Congress five years, is up for
re-study, this time by the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
The Committee, which this
week deferred action on Presi-
dent Eisenhower's request fol
$34.7 million to build a second
airport at Burke, Va, is urging
full cooperation of Government
and airlineS in exploring all al
ternatives to the Burke proposal
In deferring the Burke project
the Committee said it would ap
point a five-man subcommittee
to conduct an investigation. TIL,
Senate Commerce COMMITTEES
held two hearings on the airpor
last year.
Suggestions Outlined
The Appropriations Commit
tee suggestions, as will be out
lined in letters to all concerned
would:
/. Use Baltimore's Friendship
airport.
2. Remove the Military All
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Man Sentenced
In $162 HoIdup

A man was sentenced yester-
day in District Court to serve
from two to six years for his part
in a $162 holdnp-robbery of a
liquor store last March with a
sawedoff shotgun. The store is
in the $500 block of Colorado
avenue NV.
Charles E. Smith, jr., 46, for
merly of the 900 block of Ritten-
house street NV, had pleaded
guilty to robbery and a gun-pos-
session charge. Sentence was i'm
posed by visiting Judge Robert
N. Wilkin. A co-defendant in the
case awaits trial.
The night manager of the liq-
uor store was forced to hand
over the money from a cash
| register.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Tobacco SpecuIutor Files
Suit Against Big Buyers

get tobacco from them in the
Upper Marlboro auction.
Mr.. Burners suit charges the
action of the four companies is
in restraint of trade in the State
and in interstate commerce.
The suit explains that tobacco
brought by farmers to the
auction warehouse is sold by
bid to Cd buyers, 90 spectators
or reSellers, and CD warehouse
buyers.
Spectators Can Hold
Spectators can resell the to-
bacco or hold it for a higher
price later.
Mr.. Burners suit says that
during the 1856 tobacco selling
season the defendant firms re-
fused to buy tobacco owned by
Mr.. Bruner.
Norman M. Littell, Washing
ton attorney representing Mr..
Bruner, said the large companies
are trying to eliminate his client
from the bidding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28

criticized on the grounds that
voters we're told specifically how
the bond money would be spent
for a new six : story center
structure. a third floor on the
south wing, and parking facili-
ties.
The report from the Planning
Commission is still pending, but
board members have since &C
cepted a report en- space needs
that is in line with the six-story
plan.
Yesterdays resolution was
drawn up by Attorney Frank L
Ball, jr., who said he was sub.
hitting it because there ap.
pears to be some question OF
delays. )"
The bar association was the
principal force behind the court
house bond issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
IO'SuIIivun Rubber Corp
Rejects Mediation

WINCHESTER, Va, July %
R.-O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
yesterday turned down a bid by
its striking Rubber Workers
Union to employ the Federal
mediation service in an attempt
to end a 75-day-old strike.
A company spokesman said
that while the company is will
ing to negotiate it sees no real
service Gin mediation. We are
not willing to accept any such
suggestion"
Some 400 production workers
walked of their jobs May 10 ir
a contract dispute. The COM
pany has been hiring permanent
requirements for about a month
and says it has a full staff con-
Quoting normal production op-
erationS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Virginia Gets Bid
On Route II Job

A bid of $448,087 Tor Two
bridges and road reconstruction
on State Route II in Fauquier
County was among those received
by the State Highway Depart
ment yesterday on SO road prof.
Iects in Virginia.
The Route II project is be-
tween Delaplane and Paris in
Fauquier County.
The department also received
a $3.50, $50 bid for reconstruction
and widening for a truck climb
ing lane on the east side of Mas
sanutten Mountain on Route I'll,
in Page and Shenandoah Coun-
ties.
All bids are subject to ap-
proval of the State Highway
Commission before contracts are
awarded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Women Killed as Car
.PIunoes 240 Feet

BERKELEY SPRINGS. W.
Va. July % (P).-Mrs. Atha
MILESTONE, 48, of Cumberland,
Md, was killed yesterday when
an automobile plunged down a
240-foot embankment on West
Virginia Route 9 near here.
The driver, Howard j. Lamp,
SIS, of aMrtinsburg, was admitted
to Morgan County War Me-
mortal Hospital with a broken
jaw and decorations of the face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Billy Grohom Given
S24.QQl hX Richmond

RICHMOND, Va, July % up
-Richmond's Billy Graham cru
SADIE executive committee will
send a $24,991 check to New
York for use in Graham's evan
gelistic effort there next year.
DR.. T. Rupert Coleman. Rich
mond committee chairman, saic
today the funds represent a sur
plus left after expenses of the
Rihcond crusade were paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Visiting Fiddler Recorded
For Folk Song Album

|Mr. Dillon plays now he heard
first sounded forth by Mr.. Nell
waine, who also hailed from
Webster County.
Mr.. McIlwaine, in turn, had
learned from Saul Carpenter.
a fiddler who distinguished him.
self, according to Mr.. Dillon.
by playing his way out of a
Civil War prison.
Some of the tunes Mr.. Car
Ipenter passed along originated
in the war. One was "Cumber-
land Gap" and another was
Downfall of Richmond" Mr..
Dillon said. He still plays both.
Still Learning
Mr.. Dillon knows a lot of
them.
II can play all day and pretty
near two days." he said, when
asked for an estimate Of how
many. I'm still learnin' 'em
yet," he added.
The violin, which he admits
has seen better days. he says is
a genuine Stradivarius." He
says he got it in trade for a
lesser instrument with a non
playing Pennsylvania frien d
about 20 years ago. Somehow, a
label saying Made in Germany"
has gotten inside, though.
1t sounds surprisingly good,
even the library experts re-
ported.
Ribbon on Fiddle
The fiddle currently has a
piece of green string around its
middle and a red ribbon on top.
Mr.. Dillon said the string is TO
keep the sound-board in place.
Some woman" put the ribbon
on long ago-he doesn't remem-
Der Just who, he said. He's re-
married.
Mr.. Dillon doesn't read music,
and he doesn't see much in the
classical violin repertoire. For
him, Turkey in the Straw
and other American pieces beat
it all hollow.
Turkey in the Straw" really
isn't properly called that. Incl
dentally. he said. The title used
to be Sugar in the Gourd," he
explained. The new one came
in when he was a boy; he's not
sure how.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Rail Line SnurIed

RICHMOND, Va, July 20 (P.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
road said tonight a series of
landslides had snarled traffic
over a 25-mile section Of the
main line from Kennys Greek to
Ames in West Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
School Head Named

BERKELEY SPRINGS. W
Va. July % (SpeciaD Ham
mond B. Shriver, 38. of Berke-
ley Springs, a veteran teacher
in West Virginia schools, has
been named principal of the
Hancock Md Elementary
School by the Washington
County Board of Education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
BY JAMES G. DEANE

Thomas Lee Dillon, of Webster
County, w. Va., who earns his
living most of the time as a
house-painter. made a personal
dent on American cultural his
tory here this week.
Mr.. Dillon. SO, is a violinist,
Since he was IL, the ripe age at
which he took part in his first
fiddling contest, he has beer
playing at square dances ano
musical contests.
He has been a caller at dances
too. But his first love in life is
his. fiddle.
Last Sunday Mr.. Dillon ar
rived here from Norfolk, where
he was on a painting job, anc
decided to stay awhile.
Plays Outdoors at Park
Each evening this week-ex-
cept one when it rained--he has
been playing outdoors at a park
at Sixteenth and Mount Pleasant
streets NV, near the entrance
Ito the Zoo. His audience has
been anyone who cared to listen
One day one Of the listeners
decided the Library of Congress
would be interested. On Thurs
day, by roundabout invitation
Mr.. Dillon wound up in the II.
brary's recording laboratory
where he welded his bow before
a tape recording machine.
One of these days, according
to Mrs. Rae Korson. of the
library's Folk Song Archive, thu
library hopes to include somt
Of the results in one Of it,
published American folk re-
cordings.
Mr.. Dillon, who showed up Al
The Star yesterday to show of
his fiddle and give a demonstra'
ton, said he is a self-taugh'
musician.
Learned by Eye, Ear
His father played some, h,
said. But he got no lorna
lessons, picking up both tech
nique and repertoire mainly b!
EYE and ear.
A fiddler named Jack McIl
waine. dead now, was his boy
hood idol. Most Of the tuneI