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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
Funds Asked TO Fix
Confederate Triangle

go toward the building of the
new parish hall which will also
/ function as a community center
and religious education building.
The event is being sponsored by
the Women's Society for Chris.
tan Service of the Potomac
Church of which Mrs. A. James
Lombard is president,
Tickets for the dinner are
priced at 81 for adults and 81
for children, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Harting, jr., of River
Road, in charge of sales,
Mrs. William S. Bushell of
Rock Run Drive, Potomac, is gen.
eral chairman of the dinners. The
bazaar will be operated by Mrs.
Russell Shearer of Travilah and
Mrs. Terry ingalls, of Potomac.
Dinners will be served from 5
to $3.50 pm. and it will be a good
idea to arrive early for the
feastS.
The Croydon Park Homemade
ers Club met at the home of
Mrs. Robert Coleman on Beall
Avenue on the evening of Febru-
airy 81. Mrs. Riley Stark gave a
demonstration on cake decorat-
ing. The project for the month
was cookies for the disabled vet
Grams hospitals. Co-hostesses for
the evening were Mrs. Robert
Coleman and Mrs. Cecil Baker.
One of Rockville's most eligible
bachelors has gone the way of
all bachelors. DR.. Leonard Kapi-
loft was married last Wednesday
to Miss Dorothy Oman in Wash
ington. The young couple are
now residing at the Quebec
House in Washington.
i
A recent houseguest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Stackhouse of Glen
Hills was Mrs. Charles E. Dennis
of Clearspring.
Mrs. William P. Sherman on
Tuesday entertained the execu.
tive board of the Rockville Wom-
ans Club at a luncheon at her
home on Paul Drive. Guests in
cluded Mrs. Allen Lloyd, Mrs.
Kermit Mohn, Mrs. E. o. Gard.
ner, Mrs. Dyke Cullum, Mrs.
Watson Phillips, Mrs. Marshall
Mayes, Mrs. Porter Ward and
Mrs. Harry Westcott.
Mrs. Humphrey Cissel of Ar.
gyle Street left last week for a
visit with her uncle, Thomas
Griffith in st. Petersburg, Fla.
Returning from Florida last
week after a delightful eight
week vacation were Miss Hattie
Mcfarland and Mrs. Cramer
Burck.
Spending part of last week as
the houSegueSts of Judge and
Mrs. Stedman Prescott at their
home on West Montgomery Ave
nue. were Mrs. Edward Belt of
Basking Ridge, N. J. and Mrs.
Charles Albert of Whippany, N. ].
Miss Laura Lee Hickman of
Rochester, N. Y, has been visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. M. Hickman of S. Adams
Street.
Also, enjoying the weekend
home was Dale Turner, son of
Councilman and Mrs. Wendall
Turner Of Forest Avenue. Dale
is student at the Charlotte Hall
Military Academy.
A welcome to Rockville is in
order these days to Mrs. William
w. Russell, son, Lidstone and
daughter Lucy. They have recent
ly moved from Washington, and
are making their home on 315
Falls Road.
Missed on the local scene will
be Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burk-
holder and family of South
Adams Street. They have recent
ly moved to Ashland, KY, and
their many friends in Rockville
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
Packers Meeting

Members of the Tri-State Pack.
ers Association convened yester
day at the Lord Baltimore Hotel
in Baltimore for the annual
spring meeting and sales school
featuring discussions led by tor
officials of the food industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Peiping Proposes
DuIIes-Chou TuIks

GENEVA. Switzerland, June II
(R. - The Communist Chinese
government has asked that ar
rangements be completed within
the next month for a meeting be-
tween Secretary of State Dulles
and Premier Chou En-lai.
Breaking a long silence on the
nine-month old negotiations here
between United States Ambas-
sador U. Alexis johnson and RED
China's Ambassador Wang Ping
nan, the Peiping Ministry Of
Foreign Affairs issued a state.
ment today.
Mr.. Wang, it was disclosed
proposed on May IL that the
two governments issue an agreed
announcement OF their determi.
nation to settle the Formosa dis
pute through peaceful negotia-
ton and proposing that:
THE two Ambassadors should
continue their talks to seek and
ascertain within two months
practical and feasible means for
the realization of this common
desire, including the holding OF
a Chinese-American conference
Of the Foreign Ministers and to
make specific arrangements"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Atomic-Age Navy
Fuvors Button Pants
Of Sail Ship Era

The. Nays 10th century style
"broad-fall front" trousers are
about to make a comeback by
popular demand.
Familiar and traditional 49,
button trousers, object of too
many bad jokes, were upper
equipped in 1948 and new
tangled ideas such as pockets
were added.
The laced gusSet in the back,
old-time sailormans assurance
of a trim contour. was discarded
and webbed belt added.
Now, if the Secretary of the
Navy approves, the old ones
copied from the 10th century
British uniform are coming back.
The Uniform Board has okayed
the retrogression.
This. the Navy says, comes as
something of a mandate from
the fleet. where a poll decided in
favor Of the old-type trousers.
There may be a slight varia-
ton. An extra pocket may be
retained to supplement the
watch-pocket-sized container in
which most sailors have always
been able to carry a billfold, a
months pay, comb. cigarettes,
packet of matches and an ad-
dress book.
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Bandit Kidnups 2,
FIees With $65,000

SOUTHPORT. Ind, June /;
R.-A gunman masked with a
stocking kidnapped a bank pres
ident and his wife from their
home early today. held them in
the Southport State Bank al
most six hours. and escaped with
about $65.000 after the vault
time lock was released.
Six women employees reported
for work while the robber was
holding Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Whalen and they were lined up
together along one side of the
bank by the revolver-waving
gunman.
The robber escaped in Mr.,
Whalen's 1856 black Oldsmobile
The Whalens were accosted in
their southeastern Indianapolis
home about $3.50 am. Indianap-
oils is nine miles north of South
port.
The gunman, armed with a
nickel-plated revolver, was de-
scribed as 80 to IS years old,
5-feet-ll-inches tall and weigh
ing about l55 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
| Hope Seen in Senate
For Limiting Aid Cut
Robson Shouting Match
Brings Contempt Citation
By the Associated Press

The House Committee on I'm
American Activities today voted
to cite Paul Robson for con-
tempt of Congress.
The vote came after a furious
shouting session between the left
wing Negro singer and Chair
man Walter. Democrat of Penn
lsylvania, and other members of
the committee.
Mr.. Walter finally banged his
lgavel in the midst of an expos
tulation by Robson and de-
clared the hearing adjourned.
Still flushed, the chairman
convened the committee for a
business session and it imme-
diately voted unanimously to
recommend that Robson be
cited for contempt. The recon-
mendation goes to the House
which has the power to vote the
actual citation.
The committee called Mr..
Robson in an inquiry, begun
last month, into possible use of
American passports by Commu-
nists or fellow travellers.
Brings Statement
Mr.. Robson came to the ses-
sion with a prepared statement
declaring his fight for a pass
port is a struggle for freedom. 4"
He has been in a court fight
with the Government over a de-
NAL of travel documents he had
Sought for trips abroad.
, Mr.. Robson told a reporter,
There was no contempt; an
swered every question. I was
just standing my ground"
His counsel, Milton H. Fried
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District Heads Urge RuiseCapt. Monroe
For .. {. General lnternsPIed Rejected
Bride Case Reheurine
Also Denied s Others

The U. S. Court of Appeals for
the District today turned thumbs
down on pleas by suspended Po-
lice Capt. John B. Monroe and
six co-defendants for a rehear-
ing Of their appeal from bribery
or conspiracy convictions.
A previous appeal had been
rejected. In petitions for re-
hearing. the appellants pre-
sented evidence to show they
had urged District Court to al
low them to make transcripts of
Government recordings before
trial.
These recordings Involved
conversations between a police
investigator. Capt. Todd o.
Thoman. jr., and cetrain of the
defendants. The lower court re-
jected the request. This rejec-
ton formed the basis for the re-
hearing petitions.
In refusing a rehearing, the
appellate court pointed out that
the defendants twice were given
opportunity to listen to the re-
cordings.
I'm addition to the earlier
OvH,1arf,,,,;fvy - 1.ao~ Ai,o 80
cordings, those parts of the
recordings actually admitted in
evidence were played again out
of the presence Of the jury, but
with counsel for appellants
present." the appellate opinion
stated.
This was done to aid the court
See MONROE, Page Al
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director. When the Red eros;
wanted him to go overseas last
September 1t forwarded his name
to the Army TO rsecurity clear.
ance.
On March IA, the Red Gross
was informed by the Army that
the veteran was a security risk
This judgment was presented tc
the man and he was given a
choice of resigning or being dis
charged within the week. He
resigned on March rs.
A week later the veteran wrote
to Army CO. asking for an op-
portunity TO be acquainted with
any charges which have been
lodged against me" and chance
to testify and offer evidence in
his own behalf.
Gets Unbelievable Reply"
ut is incomprehensible to me
that I was considered sufficiently
loyal to risk my life in combat
for this Nation and now find
that I am not considered sufh-
GENTLY loyal to serve with the
self-same Army in which I
fought" he wrote.
About three weeks later he
received a reply from Army CO..
Mr.. Cain called it IAN unbeliev-
able letter" which Il pray its
See CAIN, Page Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12

terms were raised to the higher
salary bracket did applications
for internships at D. c. General
begin to dwindle.
Few Apply
Although during this past year
the hospital had its full quota OF
interns. applications have
dropped considerably. For this
next fiscal year, beginning next
month, only a handful of ap-
plications have been received.
DR.. Stebbing said many OF
today's interns are married and
have families. They can't live
on the salary paid at the munich
pal hospital. he declared. saying
this was one main reason why
applicants have dwindled.
DR.. Stebbing said that the
clinical material, the number OF
patients and the wide variety OF
maladieS encountered make the
hospital a valuable training
ground for interns. The interns
who do come here. he said. come
for this training. not the money.
Yet, he added. many interns
who would like this training are
forced by financial necessity to
90 elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Alphond Is Reported
New French Envoy

PARIS, June IL (P.-French
newspapers reported today that
Herve Alphand is going to re-
place Maurice Couve de Murville
as French Ambassador to the
United States.
The Foreign Office would not
confirm or deny the reports,
which said Bernard Cornut-
IGentille would succeed Mr.. Alp
hand as permanent French dele
gate to the United Nations.
The reports added that Mr..
lCouve de Murville would replace
Louis JOKE as Ambassador to
West Germany while Mr.. JOKE
would become secretary general
OF the French Foreign MIN
Iistry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Plea Sent
ByPresident
EromHospitul
By J. A. O'LEARY

Reliable sources predicted to-
day there is now a small majority
in the Senate in favor Of restor-
ing half of the $1.1 billion the
House cut from the foreign aid
bill.
This estimate of the situation
came to light after a bipartisan
group of Senate leaders returned
from a White House briefing on
the bill.
Sherman Adams, presidential
assistant, went to the meeting
with a plea from President Eli
senhower's bedside for restora-
ton of the full amount, which
called for a total of $40 billion
in military and economic aid.
1t is understood, however, that
in the meeting most of the dis
cussion centered around trying to
get back $500 million. This was
the amount Republican and
Democratic leaders in the House
tried without success to restore.
Hope to Reduce Cut
One influential Republican
Senator said today he thought
restoration of the full amount
is beyond the realm of accom-
lplishment. But informed sources
on both sides of the aisle thought
there would be enough Republic
can and liberal Democratic votes
to provide a slender margin in
favor of restoring $500 million
or 5000 million.
When the Senate Foreign Re-
llations Committee meets tomor-
row morning to begin voting its
chairman, Senator George of
Georgia, will be on record for
putting back $500 million and
indications are his judgment will
prevail in the committee.
It was learned also today that
Senate leaders told top admins
tration officials this morning
that they must indicate in de-
tail where the additional money
is needed, rather than ask the
Senate to accept a lump-sum
restoration figure.
Asks Funds for NATO
After Mr.. Adams reported back
to President Eisenhower at Wal
liter Reed Hospital on the White
House conference. Mr.. Eisen-
hover expressed new hope that
the Senate will restore funds to
adequately support NATO and
the mutual security program"
He had said earlier that the
House action really undercut"
lNATO.
Press Secretary James C. Hag-
erty was asked if this meant the
President hoped for Senate APP
proval OF the full $40 billion.
Mr.. Hagerty said he was not
using any figures.
The press secretary remarked
that he understood Senate DEM
ocratic and Republican leaders
had said they would try to re-
store $500 million. particularly
for NATO. of the House cut.
Mr.. Eisenhower talked about
the mutual security program in
a l5-minute business conference
in his hospital room with Mr..
Adams, Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Per-
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if the hospitals standards of
medical care are to be main
tanned, it was learned today.
Details were included in re-
quests by the District in one of
the last big supplementary funds
bills sent to Congress.
Several weeks ago. the CON-
missioners were asked by the
Health Department to raise the
pay of interns from $1,545 year
to $4,000 annually. The proposal
would also raise the first year
residents pay from $1,845 to
$2,855, with an additional $500
increase annually to the fourth
year.
Fear Losses
DR.. Philip A. E. Stebbing. hos
Ipital superintendent, who with
others appeared on the Hill to
testify for the increase, as well
as DR.. Joseph Fazekas, chief of
medical staff, are seriously con-
cerned over an upcoming loss
of interns at the institution.
D. c. General Hospital-used
for teaching and training by To-
cal medical schools-is allowed
50 interns under the new budget.
Only SO medical school graduates
have been accepted. however,
for the year beginning July /.
Doctors have stated that. be-
cause District General is a city
hospital devoted primarily to the
care of indigents, there are few
private physicians on call. This
makes a large staff of interns
and residents necessary, whereas
in most private hospitals. outside
doctors perform many of the
medical services.
DR.. Stebbing said that at
Freedmens Hospital Federal
observation-disclosures are paid
$1,000 a year and have had this
salary for longer than two
years. Only since Freedmen's in
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get excited about the high bid
ding on the island, which is
described as being 21l acres in
size but with only four acres
above water.
Mr.. Williams actually only had
to shell out $20,24 at the end OF
the auction sale yesterday
That's the amount Of delinquent
taxes plus interest on the sunken
island. which still belongs to
Mary Wheeldon of Falmouth. KY
County officials said they could
not recall a bid price as high as
Mr.. Williams bid for the island
The tract is located in the river
between the Carderock Navy in
stallation and Glen Echo.
May FOrecIOse
A year and a day from the date
OF a tax sale. a buyer may insti-
tute foreclosure proceedings in
court to gain title to the land he
has purchased" in the tax sale,
Only If Mr.. Williams decided to
follow that course would he have
TO pay $l.3 million for the island.
II. at the end Of two years from
the date of a tax sale, the buyer
has not foreclosed and the owner
has not redeemed the land by
paying the back taxes plus inter-
est. the property reverts to the
county tax rolls and becomes
subject to another tax delin-
quency sale.
Records Of deeds and titles in
the courthouse at Rockville re-
veal the the hidden islands
owner acquired the property in
1929 for $40 and "other consid.
erations."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Roads Official BidMi|Iion
For Submerged Island

A man who offered up to ST.
million yesterday for a small
Potomac River island was identi-
fed today as an official of the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
He was outbid by a real estate
man, Arthur j. Williams, %, of
1902 Birch avenue. Takoma Park
Mr.. Williams won claim to the
tax certificate on the island with
a bid Of $1.3 million at a Mont
gomery County sale of tax de-
linquent property in Rockville.
Mr.. Williams declined to say
why he wanted the island, which
is located near the proposed path
of the Cabin John Bridge section
of the Washington circumferen-
tial highway.
The Federal roads official who
was loser in the spirited bidding
which started at $40 and climbed
up first 500 and then $500. 900
at a time was Walter B. Hardisty,
chief Of the review section of
the Primary Highway Branch of
the Bureau Of Public Roads.
Bid "aS an Investment"
Mr.. Hardisty said he has no
knowledge that the island is in
the path of any future Potomac
span.
He said he was bidding on the
island as an investment" and
did not even know its exact loca-
ton at the time. He bought other
parcels yesterday. he
said. and has made similar pur-
chases at previous county tax
sales.
He said today it "is Just plain
ridiculous" that anyone would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
BULLE TIN
Site Funds Approved

House. Senate conferees to-
day approved $93O.OOO to buy
a site for the proposed new
National Bureau Of Standards
in the rural section Of Mary
land about Is to rs miles from
Washington somewhere near
new U. S. Route FAC. The
whole project is estimated 10
cost about $40 million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Russian Striving
For Freedom
Noted byDu||es
Sees Signs That. Reds
Are Responding More
To Will Of People
BY EARL H. VOSS

The United States is encour-
aged by developments inside the
Soviet Union indicating a grow
ling demand for greater freedom
Secretary of State Dulles told his
news conference today.
He said it was hard to judge
yet what course the new Soviet
leadership would take. but noted
signs the government there was
becoming more responsible to
the will of the people.
In a prepared statement, Mr.,
Dulles said the secret Khru-
shchev speech of last February
Us condemning Stain terrorism
reveals period of horror. but
nothing unexpected" The Khru-
shchev speech was released by
the State Department last week.
Recalls Own Book
Mr.. Dulles recalled he had
written of the horrors of the
Soviet Communist police state
six years ago in his book, War
or Peace"
Now Khrushchev confirms, in
detail, the abuses to which the
Soviet-type dictatorship leads, Z"
Secretary Dulles said.
Mr.. Dulles said he saw no diff
ference between the President
and himself on the advantages
and disadvantages of neutrality.
He said he had expressed his
own views perhaps SO times in
the last decade. so they are well
known. He said neutrality is a
complicated subject, difficult to
explain in precise words. He re-
fused to discuss the aneutralism
of India or Indonesia. but mem
TONED Switzerland as an out
standing example Of an unob-
ljectionable neutral state.
In a speech at Ames, Iowa,
last Saturday. Mr.. Dulles criti-
cized "the principle of neutral
Iity, which pretends that a nation
can best gain safety for itself by
being Indifferent to the fate of
lothers." He added, "this has in
creasingly become an obsolete
conception and. except under
very exceptional circumstances,
Iit is an immoral and short
sighted conception"
Switzerland was the only ex-
lception Mr.. Dulles mentioned.
President Eisenhower earlier
had expressed more tolerant
opinion of neutrality, recalling
lit used to be the policy of the
United States.
Discusses Pearson Talks
Other topics which Mr.. Dulles
discussed at his news conference
today were:
! NATO-His talks with Cana
dian Foreign Minister Lester B.
Pearson have been extremely
useful but quite preliminary.
Mr.. Pearson is one of the "Three
Wise Men" appointed by the
NATO Council of Ministers last
month to explore possibilities for
Extending Atlantic community
cooperation in the political and
economic field. Mr.. Pearson has
not yet met with his colleagues.
See DULLES, Page AS
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President Sits
In Chair Signs
IhreePdpers
Holds Documents
On Knee; Spends
Comfortable Night
BY GARRETT D. HoRNER

President Eisenhower sat in a
chair in his hospital room today
and signed three official docu-
ments as he held them on his
knee.
These first presidential sigma
lures since Mr.. Eisenhower en-
tered Walter Red Army Hospital
last Friday came as he was de-
scribed as feeling very good"
An early afternoon medical
bulletin reported that "the Presi-
dents condition continues to
progress satisfactorily" 1t add
ed that Ibis spirits continued
high throughout the morning."
The Presidents doctors re-
reported this morning that he
had "a more comfortable night"
than any since his major abb
dominal operation early Satur-
day. and that "his spirits are
high, his morale is good"
Mr.. Eisenhower made several
decisions yesterday. Those were
verbal actions. Today was the
first time during his current ILL
ness that> papers required his
actual signature.
Take Papers to Room
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty told newsmen
that Sherman Adams, top assist
ant to the President; retired Mai.
Gen. Wilton B. Persons, deputy
assistant. and Col. Andrew Good
paster. White House staff secre-
tary, took the papers into the
Presidents aforementioned hos
pital room about II am. today.
Mr.. Eisenhower, wearing tan
pajamas and a silk maroon
dressing gown. was sitting in a
chair. He had walked there
from his bed.
The Presidents morning walk
about his room was some 80 feet
In all-twice the distance he had
walked at any one period so far.
Like yesterday. he was given
slight support by one of his doc
tors holding one elbow.
Continues To Gain
A 12:45 pm. bulletin from the
doctors said:
THE Presidents condition
continues to progress satiSfac-
torily. His pulse, blood pressure,
temperature and respiration
continue to be essentially
normal.
The pertinent blood chem
istry determination at the time
Of this mornings examination
were within normal limits.
This morning he walked APP
proximately twice the distance
of his trip around the room last
evening. He sat in an easy chair
for 80 minutes before returning
to bed.
His spirits continued high
this morning"
Sits Up 80 Minutes
1t was during the 3O-minute
sitting up period that Mr.. Eisen-
hover held his 15-minute busi-
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