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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Girl Al Leader to Direct
Pageant Chorus of Is
BY JAMES B. ROWLAND

Seldom are the study of music
and the cultivation of tobacco
teamed up in the dawn-to-dusk
routine of a farm girl.
But proof that it can be done
will be seen at 10:45 am. Friday.
when Helen Bovbjerg, 10. of
Brandywine, directs a 25-voice
pagent chorus during the last
day of the 34th annual Mary
land All Club Week.
The performance will mark
the first time a student, and not
an adult leader, has directed the
voices.
Miss Bovbjerg is one of 80
leaders. ages Is to 81, picked
to guide 1853 youngsters
through a week of recreation and
learning at the University OF
Maryland. Yesterday the young
farmers, divided into two Indian
nations of IL tribes each,
checked into dormitories at Col
lege Park.
Many Musical Projects
A scholarship junior at the
Eastman Conservatory of Music
in Rochester. N. Y. Miss
Bovbjerg has been in All prof.
ects for six years, mostly with
music.
$50 many of these kids just
don't realize how much music
they can do in All" she said
you don't have to sing or play
an instrument. You can make
studies of musicians, different
music, attend concerts or ever
make a hi-fi set. Jazz is some
thing I'm terribly interested in
and that would make a good
project"
Her start in All music prof.
ectS began with club singing anc
was advanced by choir work al
Surrattsville High School ano
the Lutheran Church OF the
Reformation here.
To prove she is just as prof.
cient in basic farm chores. Mis-,
Bovbjerg points to her blue rib.
bons for sewing, baking, knitting
and tobacco raising. all won while
working on the family's l00-acrt
Tri-B-Farm.
A more tedious job this weel
has been eagerly taken up b.
Patsy Messer. II, of Pond View
Farm, Gaithersburg.
Skillful Cattle Judge
I'm leader for the Cherokee
Eagles. and it's up TO me to make
the kids act like Misunderstanding
using the language and folklore.
she said. I'VE do best at night
at campfires when we sing, yell
do stunts and play games. IT.,
a good way TO meet one another
besides being lots Of fun"
As a leader. she will have nc
time to demonstrate her best
known skill, dairy cattle judging
One Of the four-member Mary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07

Franklin Johnston, IS, all of
Washington. and Alex James
Hanna, 80, of Alexandria.
Released on Bond
They were released on $500
bond each and their cases set
for hearings Saturday.
Twice previously the men had
come to Charlottesville and un-
successfully sought permission
Of Police Chief j. E. Adams to
pass out anti-integration litera-
ture in the city. Mayor Sol B.
Weinberg also refused.
The city code requires written
permission from the police chief
and the Mayor to pass out litera-
ture. The maximum penalty is a
$50 fine and six months in Jail.
A resident of the Belmont Sec
ton called police Saturday with
information that the four were
passing out the material door-to-
door They were asking a men,
bership fee Of SO, officers said.
Organizer Here
(Mr Kasper, bookseller who
ran his own store in the 1900
block of Wisconsin avenue NV.
in Georgetown, in June was the
organizer of a White Citizens
Council for the District. At that
time. he said, Mr.. Fleming. an
employe of the Anacostia Naval
Air Station, who lives in the 900
block of Quincy street NE, had
agreed to accept craftsmanship
of the local group.
(Mr. Johnston lives in the 100
block of Bellevue street Sc,
while Mr.. Hanna lives in the
Temple Trailer Village, Alex
andria.
(Mr. Kasper, a native of Cam
den, N. j., said the Washington
movement was associated with
councils chartered by the North
Atlantic Citizens Council, headed
by Asa E. (Ace) Carter of Bir-
mingham,)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Thieves Get $500
In Office Supplies

Fairfax County police toGay
were looking for burglars Tho
stole nearly $500 worth of Of
flee equipment from a church
and school.
Eight typewriters. valued at
$1,000, were taken from the
George Mason High School near
Falls Church. A typewriter and
adding machine worth 1853 were
reported missing from the
Springfield Methodist Church.
A cigarette vending machine
in the Fairfax Courthouse Just
a floor below police headquarters
also was broken open and $50
in cigarettes were taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07

home He was questioned about
several housebreakings which &C.
Cured during the hotter nights
OF the summer. No charges
were filed in the Higgins case.
Buffaloe served as a proba-
tionary policeman on the Metro
politan squad In 1854. but was
not retained at the end Of his
trial period. He is now en-
ployed as a brakeman for
Washington Terminal Co. po-
lice said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Red Cross Appoints
Official in Alexandra

David Garfield Hastings. SUI
perintendent of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Co., has been appointed
vice chairman of the Alexandria
Chapter of the American Ma
tional Red Cross.
Mr.. Hastings, a graduate of
Virginia Military Institute and a
veteran of World War II, will
assist James NJ. Duncan, jr., in
setting up a disaster program
for Alexandria. Mr.. Duncan is
Disaster Committee Chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Negro Out-of-Stute
College Cost Figured

RICHMOND, Aug. Z OPT
cost Virginia $4,000 in the
1886 school year to send GAL
Negro students to out-of State
colleges for graduate studies, the
annual report of the Graduate
Aid Fund showed yesterday.
The grants went to Negro stu
dents who wished to pursue stud
les not available to them in
State schools.
The largest number of STU
dents last year-l96-went to
Columbia University. A total of
l62 went to New York Univer-
sity and studied at Howard Uni
verSity in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Petition Filed
ToForCeVote
On Hospital Bill
11,048 Signers Ask
Referendum on
Montgomery Issue

A petition signed by 11,048
Montgomery County residents
was filed today with the Super
visors of Elections asking for a
referendum on the Silver Spring
Hospital bill.
The petition had been circu-
lated by the Hospital Referen-
dun Association.
Association leaders. headed by
John R. Kidwell, vice chairman
of the group. presented the petit
ton at the Rockville Office. The
hospital bill was enacted by a
4-3 vote of the County Council
during its May legislative ses-
sion. 1t would have become law
August Is if the referendum had
not been petitioned.
The bill authorizes a So million
bond issue to help build the pro-
posed hospital at Forest Glen
road and Sligo Park in Silver
Spring. The bonds would be
paid off by tax rate not to
exceed 7 cents per $500 on
property in the 18th election
district outside the incorporated
area.
Beat August IA Deadline
The Referendum Association
presented its petition a week be-
fore the August IA deadline. 1t
had about twice the required five
per cent of the names of voters
necessary to get the question on
the ballot at the November gen.
eral election.
The association said the petit
ftion had-been circulated by 313
volunteers.
All the names on the $40 petit
ton sheets must now be checked
by the clerks of the Election
Board to determine if they are
those of registered voters.
The association spokesman
Mr.. Kidwell, said this is the first
time that voters have exercised
their right under the county
charter to petition for a refer
endum on a local public law.
Leaders in Move
Twenty per cent of the petit
ton sheets were circulated by
three workers, Mrs. Ruth A
Spindler, of 9100 Louis avenue;
Miss Esther E. Galbraith, of lis
Lexington drive, and Eric REFS
field. of 1905 Lorain avenue, all
of Silver Spring.
According to a press release
the Referendum Association has
not yet decided on its future
plans.
It's chairman, Julian A. Bar
tolini, who was out of town to-
day, had said earlier that as far
as he personally was concerned,
the association would be defunct
once a referendum was author
lied.
In its press release today, how
ever, the association indicated
that it would continue working
on the hospital question. 1t said
that once the referendum is
actually authorized, it would "be
receptive to the suggestion of any
new workers who want to join us
as well as to those of the exist
ing group"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Move Approved
Unanimously
By Supervisors
BY JAMES r. BIRCHFIELD
Star staff Correspondent

LEESBURG, Va, August T.
The Loudoun County Board Of
Supervisors yesterday unani-
voted to withhold funds
from any county school that
might be ordered to integrate.
The board adopted a resolu-
ton presented by Common.
wealth Attorney Stirling Harri-
son, who is president of the LOU
doun Chapter of the Defenders
of State Sovereignty and Indi-
vidual Liberties.
Mr.. Harrison told the board
that the county chapter had
unanimously adopted the reso-
luton at a meeting three days
ago.
He said the NAACP has indi-
Gated that it has Its eyes on
Loudoun County"
Urging a unanimous vote,
Mr.. Harrison told the board it
should go whole-hog or not at
ALL"
Time for Action Seen
Speaking also for the resolu-
tion was Lucas D. Phillips,
Loudoun County member of the
House of Delegates, who said it
is now time for action. He said
it would be better to close the
schools and give aid to parents
than to submit to an integrated
school system.
Rowland Legard, farmer, said:
IT wouldn't have integratior in
Loudoun County until they send
the troops in"
Said Campbell Legard, farmer:
ut would be better to abolish
the school system and start over
again than to submit to in
tegration."
Jesse M. Hughes. chairman Of
the Loudoun County Democratic
Committee, said he did not have
any children of school age.
II have grandchildren and
great-grandchildren, and I
would like to see them go to
segregated schools" he said.
Vote Brings Applause
After the boards unanimous
action, there was applause from
some 30 members of the delega-
ton presenting the resolution.
The resolution stated it was
the opinion of the board that
the imposition of indignation
would be extremely detrimental
to the interests of the people
OF the county and disastrous
to the public school system.
1t added that Indignation would
be in contravention of Article 8
of the State Constitution, which
specifically prohibits the teach
ing of whites and colored chill
dren in the same school.
Legality Questioned
There was some doubt ex-
pressed by lawyers as to the le-
gality of the boards action.
In other actions, the board ac-
Icepted a bid of $17,603 from Al.
ger, Inc, of Arlington, to reno
Ivate the County Courthouse.
The board also approved a bid
of $2,955 from Whitmore g.
Arnold, of Purcellville, to move
the Courthouse air condition
unit from the first floor to the
basement.
The board set a public hearing
for 1870 pm. September 4 on
proposed amendments to the
county coming ordinance.
The amendments are design I'd
to clarity the definition of Lib 1t
and heavy industries in tie
county
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Arlington Teacher
Workshop to Open

A two-week workshop will open
tomorrow for about 200 Arling-
ton public school teachers.
The. program, sponsored by
the Arlington School System. in
cooperation with George Wash
ington University and the Uni
verSity' of Virginia, will enable
teachers to earn credit for
degrees in education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Rambling

Woodbric a. Stone run a
housebuilding business in
Bethesda.
One of those quarter shot
commercial cameramen in
front Of the White House,
taking time out from his
money-making to snap a pic
ture of a squirrel sitting on the
fence.
Some people try TO avoid
confusion by spelling out
some OF the alphabet streets
such as Eye street and
You" street. But it's been
carried a little far in one note
that has come in, listing an
address on owe street. /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Baltimore County
Inteqrution

TOWSON, Md. Aug. Z (P).-
Baltimore County school author
tiles announced yesterday that
25 more schools will be opened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
oath Infantry Session

The oath Infantry Division
Association will hold its annual
banquet in New York on
SATURDAY..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Peuce?'

Parke P. Starke reports that
at the corner of Olive and
Twenty eighth streets in
Georgetown he saw a middle
aged convertible with one fiat
tire, broken rear axle, bat
tered headlight. dented ra-
diator grille and a ticket for
parking more than 10 hours.
And, in a side window, there
was a printed slip reading:
Here's your chance to win
higher pay, greater security
and peace of mind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
L oudoun Bars Funds
For Mixed Schools
Charlottesville Arrests 4
Area neutrality-suspicious.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug. Z [F1-Fou members
the White Citizens Council anntegraon group
Washington been arrested by city police for passing
membership applications without official permission.
four Floyd Flemmng John e. and Edgar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07

Negotiations between the Dis
tricts new transit company and
the transit workers union were
expected TO get under way in
earnest this afternoon.
o. Roy Chalk, whose d. c.
Transit System. Inc, starts OPP
erations Just eight days from
now, said his talks yesterday with
Walter j. Bierwagen. union pres
ident, were "of a most friendly
nature
The two men and their adyis-
erS were TO meet this afternoon
to work on the new union con-
tract. The Capital Transit Co..
party to the present contract.
goes out Of business and its fran
chise expires at midnight next
Tuesday.
Exploratory Talk Held
Mr.. Chalk and Mr.. Bierwagen
met in Mr.. Chalk's apartment
at the Mayfower yesterday. The
conference. described by Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
Oops!

A fellow we know got into
a taxicab the other day,
leaned back, pulled out a
cigaret, began looking
through his pockets for a
match, then realized sud-
denly that the driver was
talking.
did you see that woman
who just got out of my
cab?" the hacker was say
ing, Indignantly. Imagine!
She tried to smoke in here.
l had to put her out"
The hacker went on, quot
ing regulations.
Our friend then noticed
a big mo Smoking sign
across the back of the front
seat. He surreptitiOusly re-
turned his cigaret to the
pack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-07
The
Rambler
Bit of q Riddle
In Bird-Wotching
By JACK JONAS

tell one pigeon from another
unless you're a pigeon.
But for some days now, what
seems to be the same pigeon
has been busily flying in and
out a storage company's big
downtown warehouse, intent
ON some puzzling mission of
its own.
The bird Squeezes through
a hole in damaged fire door
about six floors up at the rear
of the building, then squeezes
its way out again in a few
minutes, returning shortly to
repeat the process. 1t has hap
pened regularly for more than
a week.
What is the attraction in
side?
Is there a mate there who
has grown so fat and lazy
that it can no longer nego-
tiate the tiny hole in the fire
door, and must be fed on
these repeated trips?
Is there a ripped easy chair
stored there, providing a
storehouse of ready : made
nesting materials?
Has someone stored a bag
of grain? Or is our pigeon a
frustrated explorer, irresist-
IDLY drawn by the unknown
in the vast interior of the
warehouse?
Whatever the reason, the
bird is persistent, returning
again and again each day to
squeeze through the fire door.
Cautious
F. +. BOudure reports he
saw a man a few days ago
get out of a convertible
parked at Sixteenth street
and KalOrama road NV.
He carefully rolled up all
his windows" MIR. BOudure'
writes, land just as care
fully locked both dOOrs-but
the top was down."
B-r-r-r-r-r!
Some of the boys in the
press box at Griffith Stadium
recently were talking about
Bill Veeck, one-time owner of
the Cleveland Indians, and his
telephone situation.
A fellow who works for a
brewery in which Mr.. Veeck
has an interest was saying
that the Clevelander has a
house full of telephones there,
but that on his ranch-where
he spends much of his time
the nearest telephone is four
or five miles away, and atop
a telephone pole at that.
When Mr.. Veeck is at his
ranch, he is a difficult man
to reach. But one winter day,
it became necessary for the
brewery man here, from the
comfort of his Office, to call
Mr., Veeck. He got a message
through, and three days later
a return call came.
The brewery man, not
known for his succinctnesS,
began explaining a problem.
He was cut short.
Look" Mr.. Veeck said. Its
winter out here. I'm on top
of a telephone pole and icicles
are dripping down my neck.
Will you please come to the
point?"
Oops!
A fellow we know got into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
Serum Too Late
To Save Girl, 18,
Bitten by Cobru

NEW ORLEANS, July 6 (P).
Irene Raub. 18-year-old snake
farmer. died last night from the
bite of a cobra.
She died in Charity Hospital
as a Navy jet trainer few from
Miami. Fla, carrying serum.
Hospital authorities said Miss
Raub was bitten at a snake farm
she owned at Laplace. Her
uncle, c. c McClung, said the
cobra, a hooded" reptile similar
to those used by Hindu snake
charmers, was six feet long. He
said he had warned his niece
not to play with the cobras.
The big snake nicked the girl
on the finger with one fang
Physicians placed the victim in
an iron lung, made multiple in
cisionS in her arm to drain the
venom, and massaged her heart
In vain attempts to save her life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
.Cobmon Acquitted
OF Killing Fare

CHICAGO, July 6 (P.-A cab
driver accused of fatally slug
ging a passenger who offered
only a 15-cent tip for a $4.S5
ride was acquitted of a charge
of manslaughter yesterday.
Albert Joseph, A, had been
charged with causing the death
last March of Earl Carlson, 81,
grain broker. Mr.. Carlsen's
wife, Mary Ann. told police her
husband said he had been beaten
by a blackjack-wielding cabbie.
Police said Mr.. Joseph ad-
mitted hitting Mr.. Carlson with
his fists. but contended Mr..
Carlson struck him first. The dis
pulte started after Mr.. Carlson
refused to pay his fare, police
quoted Mr.. Joseph.
Mr.. Carlson told friends the
cab driver hit him because the
l5-cent change from a IS bill
was too small a tip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
No Place to Hide

KINGSTREE, S. C. R.-It's
getting so a car isn't even safe in
its own garage. officers reported
IA woman driver missed a street
turn and plowed her car into
the front yard of Mrs. Gary lis
dale'S home. The auto rammed
through a fence into the back
yard, crashed into the garage
and finally stopped after ram
ming Mrs. TiSdale's auto.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
Experts Say Girl Survived
Because She Was Unconscious

NEW YORK, July 6 (NANA)
The reason 18-year-old Jean
Margetts was able to survive nine
days without food or water prob
ably was that she was semi
conscious most of the time she
was pinned under the wrecked
car, survival experts said here
today.
Usually human beings can't
do without water for more than
a week" said Major Keith Garri-
son, a graduate of the Air
Forces rugged survival course in
Colorado.
But it depends on the extent
Of physical activity" he added.
The more energy used, the more
water is consumed"
Medical authorities agreed that
Miss Margetts had a better
chance of survival because she
was unconscious and hardly
breathing than if she had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
Drawn Into Jets
Nose, Airmun Dies

CHICAGO, July 6 (P).-A/3c
Earl Cunningham. 25. : of In
dianapolis, wa killed yesterday
when he was drawn into the
nose intake of a jet plane at
O'Hare Field.
Altman Cunningham, officers
said, apparently walked in front
Of the jet and was drawn into
the intake. His body was found
about II feet inside the body
of the ship.
Capt. Werner F. Cryns. medi-
cal officer, said the airman died
of suffocation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06

using up energy struggling to
get free.
Other factors which may have
contributed to her remarkable
endurance record were the shade
provided by the car wreckage
above her, and the moist earth
she was lying on.
The ability to survive without
water depends also on the
climate. Most humans can live
without water for a week in a
temperate climate, but for only
four days in a tropical one,
according to Maj. Garrison.
Humans have gone without food
for as long as a month.
A spokesman for the Academy
Iof Medicine said the average
human requirement is 212 liters,
or slightly more than az quarts
of water a day, but five to 10
daily liters are needed sometimes
in extreme heat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06

back to Salt Lake City from a
one-day fishing trip to Straw
berry Reservoir June "a.
The wrecked Car was screened
from bus U. S. Highway 40 by
the precipitous canyon wall,
trees and heavy underbrush.
Searching parties passed the
spot many times by car and the
suffering girl could hear them
and other automobiles whizzing
by on the highway high above.
An airplane searcher finally
spotted the wreck just before
dark Tuesday night.
Night had fallen before Off
cialS could reach her and in the
darkness they believed her dead
she moaned and cried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06


Canyon east of here. Twenty
feet away her fiance, James B.
Hixon. jr.. %. of Salt Lake City,
lay dead. Officers first thought
Miss Margetts was dead. too.
Last nights medical bulletin
said her general condition re-
NAMED satisfactory and added
that preliminary X-ray studies
do not show evidence of a skull
fracture which was previously
suspected"
Although she was described as
more alert, hospital attendants
still would allow only her par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Margetts. to see her.
Jean and her fiance crashed
into the canyon while driving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
TWO MEN MUST MOVE TRAILER
THAT FELL AIS FEET INTOCANYON

CEDAR BREAKS Utah (H9.-AS two uranium pros
pectors paused admire the view in Southern Utahs
Cedar Breaks National Monument, their station wagon
trailer and drilling rig rolled the rim of the jagged
canyon. 1t came to rest ATS feet down.
Now Vernon P. Parker and Earl Anderson trying
to figure out how to reclaim the wreckage Because the
Park Service says it must out
I'VE had just gotten out Of the eep to take pictures
Mr.. Parker when Earl yelled that the outfit
moving turned around and made grab for the door
the eep went by but couldn't get had to let the
whole thing the edge"
The wreckage has to be removed, William T.
Kruger acting monument superintendent because United
States Park Service regulations forbid leaving it there
Right now, though" he adds II haven't any idea
how we'll get it out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
Girl Pinned by Car Days
ESCAPED Skull Fracture

SALT LAKE CITY July O0-Doctors reported last night
X-ray pictures showed sign of skull fracture in Jean
Magetts the pretty girl too tough to die during nine days i'm
prisonment under wrecked car
18-year-od Sunnyvae (Cal) girl found Tuesday
night pinned the bottom of 300oot embankment in Paeys