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Two Brothers Take Five
OF s Academy Openings

Two Falls Church brothers
have accomplished a near per-
feet feat. taking five Of six pos
sible appointments to West
Point. Annapolis and the Air
Academy during recent COM
petitive examinations. I'd Army
headquarters said today.
They are Lawrence N. Geist,
20, and Thomas Geist, 10, sons
Of 1t. Col. and Mrs. Alfred N.
Geist Of T13 East Marshall
street. Col Geist is assigned to
Air Reserve personnel at the
Pentagon.
Determined to enter one of the
top military academies, the boys
decided to take examinations for
all three. At their conclusion
last March Thomas had won ap-
pointments to West Point, the
Naval Academy and the Air
Academy at Denver.
Ills older brother, Lawrence.
didn't do as well. He only won
appointments to West Point and
Annapolis" his mother quipped
with obvious pride.
Years Preparation
Mrs. GeiSt said she did not feel
her two sons were in the bril-
liant class. She said Thomas
was on the honor roll at Falls
Church High School while she
typed Lawrence as Just a pretty
good student"
More than years preparation
went into their task before they
took college board exams for APP
pointment from the ranks to the
schools for military elite.
While in their junior year at
Falls Church High, both brothers
enlisted in the Washington Air
National Guard.
After a year in the. Air Guard
they asked for active reserve
status to enter the Army prep
school at Stewart Field, New
burgh, N. Y.
Upon completion Of their
courses they took the examina-
tons, making almost a clean
sweep between them of an APP
pointment to each of the three
academies.
Leaning Toward Army
Mrs. Geist said her sons have
had a hard time making choices
However. she added. Il think
they have both Just about made
up their minds they will enter
West Point together on July g.
Meanwhile, the Air Force has
given them a months leave.
Lawrence and Thomas have
one other brother, Gerald, IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
All Of Georgia W
Graduates Given
Stock by WoIfson

ATHENS. Ga, June 4 (R.-
Financier Louis E. Wolfson to-
day gave each of the almost 1000
June graduates Of the University
of Georgia one share Of common
stock of the Merritt Chapman g.
Scott Corp.
Mr.. Wolfson. who parlayed a
Florida junk yard into a multi
million dollar business enter
prise. is an alumnus of the Uni
versity of Georgia and president
and chairman of the board of
Merritt Chapman g. Scott.
The surprise distribution was
made at the student center Just
before graduation exercises. In a
letter accompanying each share
of stock. Mr.. Wolfson asked the
graduates to accept it "as a token
Of my conviction that the Amer
lean democratic system is the
worlds chief hope for peace and
decency."
Merritt Chapman & Scott is
engaged in chemical, paint, and
metallurgical production; con-
struction: steel and equipment
manufacturing: and shipbuild-
ing. The company's common
stock closed at $l8.871a in New
York Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Hurrimun Renamed
Red Cross Head

President Eisenhower today
reappointed E. Roland Hartman
as chairman Of the American
National Red Cross. and also re-
named four other members Of
the organizations board Of gov
ernors.
The others are James p. Nit
chell. secretary Of labor; Herbert
Hoover. jr.. undersecretary Of
state: and Frank Brown Berry
and Carter L. Burgess, assistant
secretaries Of defense.
Mr.. Eisenhower redesignated
Mr.. Hartman to act as principal
ofhcer Of the Red Cross In addi-
ton TO serving as chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Three Indicted
In $3.50 Theft

Three, men were indicated to-
day in a $3.50 holdup at the
Office of Briggs a. Co., wholesale
meat dealers, in the 400 block of
Eleventh street S.W. last July 30.
They are John E. Hodges, %,
who police said was a former en-
ploye of the company; his
brother, Frank A. Hodges, 80,
both Of Chicago, and Thomas A.
Stramer. 81, Of the 1900 block Of
Longfellow street NV.
Five persons we're indicted on
gambling charges accusing them
of promoting numbers lotteries.
Three Of them are Murray E.
Fireman. AZ. and his wife, Mrs.
Gladys H. Fireman, 33, both of
the 800 block Of Thirtieth street
Sc, and John w. Jones, SIS,
colored, Of the TOO block of Co
lumiba road NV. Police said
operations crossed $4,000 a day,
1t was stated by Assistant United
States Attorney John C. Con-
LII, jr.
Named In a second indictment
we're Joe B. Fauver. A., of the
1000 block Of Marlboro Pike,
Marlboro Md and n woman
Willie, Cfomer. SO. colored. Of the
1000 block Of Eighth street NV.
Police said the pair crossed $500
a day.
The indictments were among
% returned by two grand juries
before Judge David A. Pine Of
District Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Howard Seniors
Urged to Work
For World Unity

Howard University President
Mordecai w. Johnson yesterday
urged 900 Of the schools gradu-
ating seniors to seek out the
similarities rather than the diff
ferences among peoples in order
to help bring about world unity.
His remarks came in the an
nual Baccalaureate Sermon de-
livered before some $500. per-
sons on the Howard campus.
DR.. johnson challenged the
group to learn how to love, to
have faith, and to understand
the human differences in the
world.
"The best way TO come to
kno wpeople who are different
from you" he said, lis to work
together with them on some
common project. In spite of
their differences, men are about
to e unified. and this unity will
come about in q very short
time with your help"
The seniors at yesterdays
services will be graduated at the
University's 8sth annual COM
me1cement Friday at $3.50 pm.
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Youth, 10, Indicted
In Teen Riot Case

An l8-year-old youth was in
dicted today on charges Of in
citing a riot at Fort Dupont
Park last April 2 and Of assault
ing a United States Park Police
man with a knife during a
teen-age brawl there.
He is Clarence jackson
colored. of the 1900 block OF
Grant street NE.
The indictment accuses him
of assaulting Park Police Pvt.
John J. Conlin. 1t also accuses
jackson OF encouraging and
persuading others TO assault the
policeman. The officer said
Jackson threw a knife which
struck his belt. Someone else,
the officer said, threw q knife
which struck the horse the
policeman was riding.
Police reported that sticks,
stones. bottles and lunch boxes
also we're thrown at the officer
by a group of boys before police
endorsements arrived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Five D. c. Children
Never Had Vocation
Mrs. Hastings is kind mother,

Mrs. Hastings is a kind mother,
but a strict disciplinarian.
It's because her children's
father is in Jail.
II am pretty strict with the
children" Mrs. Hastings admits,
II don't want any juvenile de-
linquents," she adds firmly.
A welfare worker finds her
children quiet almost to the
point Of being restrained"
Mrs. Hastings home is well
kept, and each of the children
has assigned. household chores.
Martha. IL. and Julia, IL. make
beds and clean their room every
morning. The children wash the
dishes before going to school.
Good at School Work
The young Hastings are good
in their school work. The five
children go to Sunday School
every week.
They have their play, too, in
the back yard. But they have
never had a vacation. They have
never had a chance to go in the
woods. They would like to see
some of the forest plants and
creatures they have read about.
The welfare worker thinks that
a trip to camp would be benefi-
cial for these children.
Discipline is a good thing for
a child. But in the Hastings
home perhaps the shadow of an
erring father is too prominent.
A conscientious mother is try
ing to do her best to make sure
her children grow up to be good,
useful citizens.
Three Eligible for Camp
You can help her and her chill
dren this summer. Three Of the
youngsters are eligible for vaca-
tons at the camps operated by
the Summer outings Committee
in Prince William Forest Park
Va. Two others are still toe
young.
You can give the three older
children IL days Of playing and
living with other children in a
forest world they have never ex-
perienced, through your contri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

anything about Douglas ruling
passion baseball.
Miss Hot Weather
With one exception, the troop
is tromping the Washington
streets dressed in smart green
uniforms. The exception today
was Diane Switzer, 10. She
dumped a soft boiled egg in her
lap at breakfast and had to
change to a pink party dress.
Washington's big buildings and
monuments are pretty impressive
the scouts say, but they sorely
miss two things they left behind
hot weather and the local
beaches. Although they are
bedded down two to a bed here
to save space, many a bed went
vacant last night.
The girls said it was so cold
last night that they piled in
three and four to a bed to gel
warm,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
TBDrive Seeks
LOST Patients

More than 1000 persons here
with active tuberculosis who were
"lost" to the District Heath De-
partment last year, are being
checked on in a campaign to
prevent contagion.
DR.. Donald r. Sickler, chief of
the departments TB control 6i-
vision, declared that a new "di-
rect control section" has been set
up to establish an effective out
patient program for tuberculars.
Last April, DR.. Sickler told the
Metropolitan Washington Tuber-
culosis Conference that the Dis
trict's out-patient TV control
program was ineffective because
of the traditional inertia Of
health departments"
Fewer Now HOspitaIized
He told the group then that
fewer and fewer persons with TE
are. being hospitalized and that
there are more and more va
cant beds in tuberculosis sani-
tariums such as the Glenn Dale
Hospital.
This. he declared, results in
greater demands for the IAN
cillarry services" of the Health
Department and a more effective
control program.
Since then, he added. COM
|plete data has been compiled on
the lost" patients-many of
whom left Glenn Dale because
of disciplinary reasons or re-
fusal to stay.
The new direct control Sec
ton, DR.. Sickler said, is the re-
suit Of an intensive study by the
departments TB control division
in cooperation with the District
tuberculosis Association.
Highly Contagious Disease
1t is now working with the de-
|partment's visiting nurses and
health investigators, DR.. Sickler
said. The section is stated by a
supervisor with two inspectors. A
statistical secretary is being
sought.
He pointed out that the de-
partment's detection program is
effective but does not reach
Everybody. Many cases, he OBJ
served, turn up at the District
General Hospital when persons
are admitted for some other
trouble.
He added. however. that not all
patients are given chest x-rays
upon admission there. He urged
that all patients admitted be
given x-rays because Of the large
number Of indieents who have
TT without knowing 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Rotary Gives $3.50
For Handicapped

Three schools Tor handicapped
children have been presented
with cash donations totalling
$3.50 by the Falls Church Rotary
Club.
The donations were the pro-
ceeds from a community pancake
day staged by the club.
Receiving the donations were
Mrs. r. G. Dillaway for the Dill
laway School for Retarded Chill
dren, Mrs. Margaret McCurdy
for the Cooperative School for
Retarded Children and the
United Cerebral Palsy School,
represented by Mrs. James
Walker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

who hasn't made up his mind
yet about a military career.
Five other Washington area
men have also won college board
appointments to the United
States Military Academy from
the Second Army Area.
They are:
Bruce S. Nevins. 2107 Wyom-
ing avenue NV; Michael F
Field, 1920 North Military road
Arlingtons James S. Goodwin. 10E
South Irving street, Arlington;
William E. Hathaway. Mclean
Va, and John S. Steele, 1874
South Twenty sixth street, Ar
llingtOn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Labor Merger
is Farley Topic

Some 500 delegates to the
Golden Anniversary Convention
of the Maryland State and Dis
trict Of Columbia Federation Of
Labor today took up the difficult
process Of merging with the CLIO
The chief issue which faced
the convention. opening today
at the Willard Hotel, concerns
a proposal which, some feel,
seeks to lop of local unions from
their present affiliation with the
state labor organizations OF
Maryland.
A resolution by delegates. ex-
pected tomorrow, will state the
position Of the Maryland State
and District of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Labor. Recently. q
committee on merger, made ur
Of representatives of the AL
and the CLIO, recommended
that District unions form a To-
cal council" and break away
from the, State organization
Local union members feel the
proposal would cause District
unions to lose their direct repre-
sentation in Maryland labor
circles.
Harry Cohen Of Baltimore
president Of the organization,
sketched the question for dele
gates at this mornings opening
session.
Commissioner Robert e. Nc
Laughlin welcomed the delegates
on behalf of the District, He
said the labor movement has
really come of age"
Delegates attended the ALL
CLOS dedication today of their
new building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Johnson Plans
To Rush Fund Bills

Democratic Leader Lyndon B.
johnson of Texas today out
lined a drive to push annual
money bills for most Govern
ment agencies through the
Senate before the new fiscal
year begins July /.
At the same time, he told
newsmen the Senate would begin
debate this week on the con-
troversial social security bill
with indications that action
may take two weeks or longer.
Senator johnson said he
hoped to have all appropriations
bills except foreign aid through
the Senate within the next 10
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Guild Of Prescription
Opticians Of America con-
tinues its meetings in the
Shoreham Hotel.
The Municipal Finance
officers Association meets in
the Hotel Statler.
The Maryland-D.c. FEEDER
alton of Labor opens a three
day meeting in the willard
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
BY HARRY BACAs

Forty shrimp boat decorators
from Biloxi, Miss, are trooping
through Washington this week
because they don't have enough
money to ride.
They are the members Of BIZ
Iloxi's biggest and best" Girl
Scout troop. No. 80, and they'll be
here until Friday seeing the
sights.
With them are eight adults
and one boy mascot whose ex-
penses are being paid by the girls
themselves, with money they
raised all last year by selling
|ccathangers, acting as pirates
and decorating a Biloxi shrimp
boat.
The girls, aged 10 to 10, set
out on foot early this morning
from the East Potomac Park
Motor Court They are sleeping
in cabins there because it is the
cheapest place they could find.
Their finances are very slender.
Raised $4,000
They walked first to the
Bureau of Engraving, then to
the Smithsonian Institution,
then to the dedication of the
new AFL-CIO building where
they hoped to catch a glimpse Of
President Eisenhower. They
hired a bus to go to lunch at
the Pentagon and to take them
to the Capitol.
The girls raised $4,000 last
year for the trip to their Ma
tons Capitol. They sold an
uncounted number Of coat hang
erS to local dry-cleaning stores
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
40 Girl Scouts Paying Their Own Way
Visit D. c. With 8 Adults, Boy Mascot

at " cent apiece, hundreds OF
homemade potholders at s
cents apiece and enough Girl
Scout cookies to swamp the
town of Biloxi.
They also ran school refresh
Iment stands and conducted sew
Ieral rummage sales to earn
money. But their biggest haul
was the $3.50 first prize for the
best-decorated shrimp boat in
IBiloxi's annual Blessing of the
Shrimp-Boat Fleet" festival
They dressed a fisherman in
Isou'wester and rosary, set up a
lot of crosses on the deck and
called the design HE Believes. +"
Won Mardi Gras Event
The troop also won first prize
in the annual Mardi Gras parade
for a float in which the girls
dressed UP as pirates.
The $4,000 expense kitty is
providing each Of the girls with
81 a day spending money ESQ
cents a day when they are on
the train.
Ten year old Martha Nell
heren is getting most Of the
razzing on the trip. She is the
only one of the 40 girls who
brought her boy friend along.
He is l0-year-old Douglas Skin
ner. whose mother, Mrs. Ruth
Skinner, just happens to be the
scoutmistresS.
Douglas says the trip is fun
but there isn't much chance
for Sfomancing with all these
darned girls around" Martha
qualities as his girl friend on two
counts-she is in Douglas class
at school and she is about the
only troop member who cares
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
The
Rambler
Nothing So Simple
As q Formal Garden
BY JACK JONAS

If anybody's puzzled as to
how those formal gardens
the kind Georgetown and
other places around here take
proper pride in-get started,
this tale might help.
A couple living in the 1000
block of N street NV. had a
sort of catch-as-catch-can
garden in the small yard at
the rear Of their home until
an artist came along.
The artist was there because
the lady of the house thought
it might be nice to have a
coy verse lettered on the
white wall at the back.
There was some haggling
about how much the Job
would cost, and no satisfac-
tory answer except that it
would be So an hour.
The artist spent a lot Of
hours, at So an hour, stencil
ing the verse in Old English
letters, red and black. It
seemed to the husband that
every time he came home in
the evening - for several
weeks-the artist was there
working. The husband nent-
ally licked off the dollars.
Once" the husband said,
"he brought his brother with
him. And you know how long
1t takes t,Do people on a job"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Chest Federation
Meeting June IS

The Community Chest Fedora.
ton will hold its annual meeting
at 1915 pm. Friday. June Is, at
the Hotel Statler. New officers
will be elected, President John
s. Hayes will report on the fed
eration's future and 10 former
presidents and campaign chair
men will be honored.
The meeting is open to all
Chest contributors. The Star
yesterday inadvertently gave the
date Of the meeting as this
iNday. r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
it to The Evening Star,
Washington 4, D. c., or bring
cash to The Star cashier.
The cost-S36.40 for IL
days, 1920 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

buttons to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund.
Mrs. Hastings couldn't afford
to give them this break herself
Will you help?
The following contributions to
the camp fund are acknowledged
today:
Draxtfo,,eIx,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

IT WAS FINISHED, finally,
and the lady of the house
stood looking at it with the
CLINT of speculation in her
eyes.
I'VE ought to have a nice
patio back here to go with it,"
she said to her husband.
So he went out and bought
some bricks and sand and
built the patio. Because of the
size of the yard to begin with,
all of it became patio except
for the concrete walk and a
parking area just big enough
to squeeze a car into.
This looks good" the lady
said, "but we're so close to
everything when we sit out
here. Maybe there ought to
be a white fence. J"
The husband lugged home
some boards and had a man
in to build the fence and paint
it white. The lady bought
some fancy antique type
hinges for the gate.
1T does look NICE" the hus-
band admitted, with a little
pride beginning to creep into
his own voice.
Except" the lady
paused.
The husband gulped.
Its beginning to look so
good back here" she went on,
that we really ought to do
something about the passage
way into the kitchen. Some
paint, perhaps"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

band came home in the eve
nings, he was the one welding
the brush, applying a coat of
blue to the steps, floor and
ratings in the passageway.
There, now he said, dust
ing his hands, we're all ready
to enjoy our little garden"
ut will be nice to sit out
here" she said, when we get
some kind of edging between
the flower bed and the patti
on this side"
So the husband bought some
more bricks and put a neat
edglng along the side indi-
Gated.
1T would look so nice to
have it edged at the back,
too" the lady said.
AFTER several more trips to
the brickyard, the edging
went across the back, up the
other side, logged around the
corner of the house, and went
on to a tree halfway up the
side.
And there" the husband
said, "it's going to stop. No
more brickwork."
He had six bricks left, and
stacked them neatly at the
rear of the patio.
I'VE should put those some
where out of sight," the lady
said.
mo, sir! They stay right
there handy" the husband re-
piled, Gin case that artist ever
sticks his head in here again. :"
Rambling
A sign on Route / near
Hunting Greek requests:
"Clean Dirt Only"
A street cleaner in the
downtown area enjoys his
work every day by taking along
with him a portable radio
mounted on his pushcart. . .
st. Johns Episcopal Church
has for several years had a
stock answer for telephone
callers who have wanted to
know whether the President
and family would attend serv-
ices that day. The reply: 1--WE
don't know whether they will
be here, but God will be
here. :"
The people who put on the
Saturday Tv show, Traffic
Court" report that a lot Of
citizens seem anxious to pub
licize their brushes with the
law. The show presents actual
traffic cases, and each week
the producers get calls from
persons who want their cases
aired again. -.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Exposure Meterinq
Had Dark Ace

An early form Of exposure
meter used q neutral filter Of
increasing density through
which the subject was viewed.
The filter was turned until it
was so dark that important
objects were barely visible, and
then the indicated exposure
was read. Such instruments
now superseded by the mod
ern photoelectric exposure
meter-were not accurate. The
reading depended on the users
keenness of vision, and whether
he had been in a dark or a
bright place just before read
ing the meter.