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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
Maryland Woman
Appointed Judge
In Beauty Contest

Mrs. Cicero F. Hogan of 92l9
Mintwood street, Silver Spring
has been named one of IL
judges to select the new Miss
America next month in Allan.
tic City.
The names Of the judges were
announced yesterday by Miss
Lenora S. Slaughter, execu.
tive director of the Miss Amer
lea Pageant. Mrs. Hogan is
chairman of the National Pam
Hellenic Conference.
Other panel members are DR..
John A. Barry, jr., president
of Coker College, Hartsville.
s. c.; Joseph Pasternak. Holly
wood movie producer. and
Charles E. Shearer of Shelby
vile, Ind, president of the
United States Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Also, Kitty Carlisle, singer:
Mimi Benzell, opera star; Theo-
dore Mann; Broadway pro-
Queer; CODY Whitmore, New
York magazine illustrator:
Deems Taylor, composer and
critic; Wade H. Nichols, jr..
editor of Redbook Magazine.
and Mrs. Yolande Betbeze Fox
Of New York, Miss America in
1851.
A total Of 81 beauties from
As States, the District, New
York City, Chicago. Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and Canada will
compete in the pageant be-
tween September 2 and T.
Bert Parks. television perform
err, will be master of cere-
monies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
18th Polio Case
Reported Here;
County Has 2

The District today reported
its 18th case of polio this year
Montgomery County reported
its second case yesterday.
The District Health Depart
ment said the victim. a 3-year-
old boy of the 900 block of
Golden street S.W.. was adj
mitted to Children's Hospital
yesterday. The case was dag
nosed as paralytic. The child
had had one shot Of Salk vac
cine. the department said.
At this time last year, three
cases of polio, all non-paralytic,
had been reported in the Dis
trict. All but three of the lS
cases this year are paralytic.
The Montgomery County VIC
tim. a 23-year-old woman of
the $500 block of Cheltenham
drive. Bethesda. was admitted
to Providence Hospital last
Friday. Her case was diagnosed
as paralytic. Health officials
said she had not received any
Salk shots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
Cuncer Panel Lists
Odds for Smokers

DR.. Michael B. Shimkin, chief
Of biometrics at the National
Cancer Institute. told a SYM
postum last night at the Ma
tional Institutes Of Health
Clinical Center that of persons
who smoke more than two
packs Of cigarettes a day more
than one in 10 will develop
lung cancer.
The series of meetings has
been sponsored jointly by the
Montgomery County MedicA
Society and the Montgomery
County Chapter of the Amer.
lean Cancer Society.
DR.. Wilhelm C. Heuper, chief
OF environmental cancer of the
National Cancer Institute, told
the symposium that lung can
Ger also is caused by air and
industrialization pollution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Society Of
Public Accountants goes
into its third day in the
Statler Hotel.
Winding up a four day
convention, the National
Industrial Stores Associa-
ton holds final sessions in
the Shoreham Hotel.
The United Air Lines
Stewardess Alumnae con-
tinue their Shoreham Ho-
tel meetings.
The Children OF the
Confederacy. headquarters
in the Continental Hotel,
open a three-day conven-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21

DAY OF the Montgomery County
Fair at Gaithersburg, Md.
Some 20 youngsters lined UP
on a green platform-just a
stones throw from whirling
merry-go-round and airplane
rides-as parents, friends and
just plain fair spectators yelled
encouragement.
1t was the annual jumping
frog contest at the ninth an
nual Montgomery County Fair
Thirteen-year-o Bill Phil
lips technique seemed to work
pest. His frog. Jumping Jack,
made the longest leap-5 feet
/ inch.
II just caught him last night
in a pond near my home" the
BoydS Md winner said.
Bill will receive a bright new
bicycle for Jumping Jacks vic
tory.
Earlier, ansold- fashioned pie
eating contest was held. After
the on-your-mark-get-set sig
nal a line Of youngsters-aged
IL or under - dug INTO indi-
vidual lemon meringue pies.
Paul Black, IL, Of German
town. Md. his face covered
with a sticky badge Of victory.
finished his pie before the
others. Paul received 10 free
amusement ride tickets.
And there was a turtle race
for the children. The compe-
tition in this, too. was spirited
David Kroll, Is, Of Silver
Spring. had the winner in that
contest.
About $4,000 persons turned
out yesterday for opening day
1t was the largest first-day
crowd in the fairs history.
The fair continues through
Saturday.
Yesterday was Kids Day,
and the children loved it.
Sam Clemens would have
enjoyed it. too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
Funds Cleared
For Area Study
Senate Group AIIots
$50, 900 to Survey

The Senate Rules Commit
tee today gave a push to pro-
posals for a study of problems
facing the District and its
Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
1t approved a charge of
$4,000 against the contingent
fund Of the Senate to pay for
the cost Of the technical study
which is to be made by three
members of the Senate District
Committee and three from the
House District Committee.
The survey group and its
experts would delve into traf-
nc. mass transportation,
school. water supply. water
pollution and all other major
problems now confronting the
authorities of the District and
nearby jurisdictions.
The move is sponsored by
Representative Hyde, Repub-
lican Of Maryland.
1t has been approved by the
House and favorably reported
by the Senate District Com
mittee. 1t automatically was
referred to the Senate Rules
Committee on the questions OF
financing the cost Of the study
At a closed hearing today of
the Senate Rules Committee,
approval of funds for the study
was asked by Senators Bible,
Democrat of Nevada and Beall.
Republican of Maryland and
by Representative Hyde.
One change was made in the
measure now awaiting Senate
action. This was to require
that a preliminary report be
made by the Joint subcommit-
tee not later than January 81
next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
AirfieId Authorized
For Midshipmen
Congress Votes
AcodemyAid
At Andrews
BY the Associated Press

Congress has authorized ex-
penditure of $3.2 million to
set up a Naval Academy air.
field at Andrews Air Force
Base.
The Navy wanted to build a
field near Davidsonville, Md,
but ran into strong protests
from residents.
The facility proposed for
Andrews would be a jet in
doctrination center for mid
shipmen.
A Senate-House Conference
Committee urged the Air Force
and Navy to get together
promptly to reach an agree
ment on Navy use of space at
Andrews.
Part of Building Bill
The earmarking of funds for
the Andrews development was
part of a $l,232,000,O0O military
construction bill on which Con.
gress completed action yester-
day.
The Navy had favored a
5,500-acre site near Davidson
vile, about 10 miles south of
Annapolis. An estimate made
last year had put the cost at
Sl6.5 million.
Senate-House conferees said
that in view of the somewhat
enlarged functions contem-
plated by the Navy" the An
drewS area was regarded as IAN
apparently feasible and accept
able Site"
Rear Admiral William r.
Smedberg III, academy super
intendent. is on leave and was
unavailable for comment at
Annapolis today.
Captain Expresses Doubt
But Capt. Ralph Weymouth,
head of the academy's aviation
department, expressed some
doubt that Andrews could be
used by the academy because
of the travel distance involved.
Capt. Weymouth said the
congressional action came as a
surprise.
We had in mind a field
closer by, something which
would be much more of an
integral part of the academy"
he said.
The midshipmen's time is
very valuable" Cap. Weym-
outh said. Because of the tran.
sit time involved, there is some
question whether we will be
able to make use of An
drews for a midshipman air
indoctrination program.
Andrews is about IS miles
from Annapolis.
Capt. Weymouth said acad-
envy officials had hoped for a
new field near the academy to
replace the Naval Air Station
at Anacostia. He said the bigl
gest users of that field would
not be midshirmen but reserve
lists in the Washington-5alti-
more area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
Report Booming
Grab Season

ANNAPOLIS. Aug. 81 R.-
Maryland seafood packers are
experiencing a booming season
in the processing Of hard and
soft-shelled crabs.
Figures released yesterday by
Chairman John P. Tawes of the
Tidewater Fisheries Commits
sion show that packers are run
ming ahead Of last year after
the first three months Of the
eight-month season.
During April. May and June
Of this year, 10,978.657 pounds
of hard crabs were processed
as compared to 10.708.902
pounds in the first three
months n last year. Included,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21

not been more friction from
the fuzzy governmental or
ganization.
But the tone of the report
leaves no doubt that the sur
veyors feel Fairfax has a long
way to go to give the once
rural county the kind of ef-
ficient government required of
a rapidly = urbanizing COM
munity.
In summary, some Of the
major conclusions scattered
throughout the 62-page report
are these:
/. The supervisors should
concentrate more on develop
ment of long-range policy, and
stop dabbling into SO many
administrative details.
2. The county executive
should be made responsible for
the preparation of staff reports
on all matters to come before
the board.
FOllOw-up Suggested
3. A clearer understanding
should be reached between
the county executive and the
. supervisors of what each ex-
poets of the other.
4. A follow-up system should
be developed by the county
executive to make sure board
directive are carried out.
5. Department heads and
the many boards and commits
sions now operating in the
county should be made to un-
derstand that the county ex-
ecutive is the administrative
head of the county, and all
dealings with the supervisors
should be channeled through
him.
6. A new division of inspec-
lions should be created, COM
bining the Offices of building in
spector, electrical inspector
plumbing inspector and fire
marshal.
Z. A division of buildings
and grounds should be eStab-
lished in the Department of
Public Works. This function
currently operates under the
purchasing department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21

ment as a haphazard organ
ization loaded with too many
independent boards and COM
missions. and lacking in eff
cient administrative organiza-
ton.
improvements Stressed
Improvement of the exist
ing system Of government
rather than adoption of a new
setup. is recommended by the
survey, which was undertaken
six months ago at the SUPER
visors' request.
There had been speculation
that the study would be the
first step toward abandonment
Of the county executive form OF
government. adopted by Fair
fax in 1852. in favor of the
county manager system. In
this connection, the report
states:
1T is the firm conviction OF
the staff of the bureau that
there are no fundamental diff
ferenceS betwee the county
executive and the county man.
ager forms of government.
1T can be said, therefore
that if one plan operates more
efficiently than the other, the
cause INST lie somewhere other
than in form"
If properly used, the report
adds the county executive sys-
tenn lis adequate to the task
assigned in Fairfax County"
Weldon Cooper, bureau d.
rector, cautions that it should
not be inferred from the report
that nothing is being done prop
erly in Fairfax County. He
advises that the county has
much to be proud of, and COM
mendS the progress that has
been made toward better gov
eminent in the five years since
the executive system was
adopted.
Esteem for Massey Cited
The esteem in which County
Executive c. c. Massey is held
by department heads, and the
many independent boards and
agencies. is praised as one of
the principal reasons there has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
THE STARS WEATHER

THE STARS WEATHER
STORY on the 18th was &C
curate and prophetic. An
electrical storm and heavy
downpour," it said, "drenched
the entire Washington area
last night, bringing tempo
rary relief from the incipient
drought"
Less than a third Of an
inch fell during the rest Of
the month.
On June 5, there was a
break. Rain, or a trace OF
precipitation, was registered
at the airport through % OF
the "a hours. An inch and
one third fell. Less than an
inch fell in the remainder of
the month.
July was the killer. Day
after day without rain. Grass
stopped growing and began
turning brown. Gardens
shriveled up. Tomatoes, size
OF golf balls, ripened on the
vine. The records we're about
to close on the month with
the all-time low Of .35 Of one
inch Of precipitation when
20 Of an inch fell at the air.
port on the 30th. That made
the total los inches. 1t was
a very localized thunder
shower. Most OF the area
probably got nearer one half
an inch during the entire
month.
August, historically the
rainiest month in this area,
hasn't been much better.
Two-thirds of 1t is gone, and
the total precipitation has
been about two-thirds Of an
inch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21

Among the men, law clerks
and court employees did well
Seven were successful.
They are:
David K. O'Connell, law clerk
in the United States attorneys
office; Charles w. Halleck, son
of the Indiana Representative
and law clerk for Judge Alex
ander Holtzof; John r.
Schmertz, jr., law clerk to Judge
John Sirica; Charles A. Hobbs
law 81 rk to Judge Warren Ber-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
232 Out Of $50 Pass Bar Exom;
Percentage Accepted Drops to 81

The United States District
Court Committee on Admis-
sions and Grievances said to-
day that 232 Of $50 June aspir-
ants for the bar passed the Dis
trict examination.
The figure indicates that be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21

ger Of the Court Of Appeals;
Timothy j. May, law clerk To
Judge Joseph Danaher; Francis
j. Larkin, national president
of the American Law Student
Association. and Harold E.
Mesirow, law clerk to Judge
James r. Kirkland.
Mr.. Mesirow, who lives at
474 Bradley boulevard, Be-
thesda, led his class at George
Washington University Law
School,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
Water TESTING
Stations Set Up
For District
Six SumpIinq Points
Give New Check on
Potomac Pollution
BY JOHN w. STEPP

The District has established
six new water sampling sta
tons to keep a closer check or
the condition of the Potomac
River in the Metropolitan Area
The new checkpoints, from
Fletcher's Boathouse to Hains
Point, increase to Is the num-
Der of river areas now tested
by the Department of Sanitary
Engineering within and below
the city limits.
Y. j. Wright, superintendent
of the sewer operations divi-
sion. said the purpose of the
additional Samplings is b
gather data on a critical Sec
ton Of the stream that has
never before been checked
regularly.
The information concerns
such details as the amount OF
sewage-type bacteria, dissolved
oxygen, water temperature and
organic particles to be found
in the river.
New Sampling Points
The lew sampling areas ere
of Fletcher's Boathouse. lust
upstream from Key Bridge;
Roosevelt Island, Memorial
Bridge, Fourteenth Street
Bridge. mid-East Potomac Park
and Hams Point.
Heretofore, the pollution
checks have been made only
at Three Sisters Islands, of
the Georgetown waterfront;
GieSboro Point, at the conflu-
ence of the Anacostia and
Potomac Rivers: three areas
within a mile of the Districts
fSewage treatment plant outlet
of blue Plains; Fort Foote,
Fort Washington, Marshall
Hall and Hallowing Point.
These are all so-called grab
samplingS'-a matter of sim
ply dipping a jug in the river
from a small boat once each
week. While the method is the
simplest and most reliable now
in general practice. efforts are
proceeding to obtain the nee
essary equipment for establish
ing automatic and continuous
sampling stations at five points
in the Washington area.
Conference Scheduled
The automatic tests would
augment the "grab-samplings. +"
They would record only the
amount of dissolved oxygen in
the water and the river tenn
perature.
Meanwhile. a water santa
ton expert retained by the In
terState Commission on the Po-
tomac River Easin, is due to
confer tomorrow with officials
of Hagerstown, Md, for the
purpose of setting UP water
sampling stations in the up
stream area.
The tentative plan of Gilbert
Kelso. faculty member OF the
sanitary engineering depart
ment of North Carolina Uni
versity. is to establish testing
stations from Williamsport,
Md, downstream past the Hag :
erstown area to the mouth of
Antietam Creek.
Later, Mr.. Kelso will under
take regular samplings at six
other locations on the North
Branch Of the Potomac in the
Cumberland. Md. section OF
the watershed.
These commission-sponsore
samplingS are independent OF
the pollution abatement sur
vey being made by Abel VOL
man in the Metropolitan Area.
The upstream samplings will
indicate the effect of such in
fiuences as industry and the
new sewage treatment plant at
Cumberland.
Although reports on the first
three weeks of the Districts
Metropolitan area SamplingS
are available. the findings are
inconclusive at this time. Mr..
Wright said the data on the
new testing areas will have to
be accumulated for about a
year before some kind OF COM
parsons may be drawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
Foirfox Government
Is Branded 'Hophozord'
Survey Recommends Concentration
On Long-Ronge Planning Program
BY MARY LOU WERNER

The Fairfax Board of County Supervisors today advised
to spend less time administrative detail and concen-
trae more on ong-range planning.
This major recommendation from the report sub
mitted by the University of Virginia Bureau Public
mnistraton which generally described the county
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21

THE LEAD in the home
edition Of The Star told the
story, TOO Little and too
late"
Total rainfall amounted
to about one half of Mr..
Schmidt's Professionalism
of an inch, to be exact.
Meanwhile, the hoped-for
break in the drought started
the Rambler going over the
weather reports.
Procrastination tn e thief
Of time? 1t doesn't hold a
candle to research. His
check took the Rambler sew
eral hours and the streets
and sidewalks we're dry by
the time he had finished.
The Rambler merely used
the weather reports on page
? of The Star to check the
record. That gives an accu-
mulative total of precipita-
ton for the month to date as
recorded at the Airport.
The check showed that the
forecasts were remarkably
accurate except for the I'M
practicable: That is where in
the area scattered thunder
showers" are going to come
through with a downpour.
One out of three such pre-
dictions was followed by some
precipitation at the Airport.
The year started out all
right. Precipitation during
the first three months was a
little below average - 7.59
inches against an average of
8.78. 1t was nothing to be
disturbed about. Our trees
are still living on that winter
rainfall.
April had a good start. The
rainfall in the first 10 days
was 2.5 inches. The average
for the month is 3 inches.
Then the rains stopped.
There was less than a
quarter of an inch of pre-
cipitation in the remaining
20 days of the month.
For the first 10 days of
May the forecast was fair, "
and there wasn't a trace of
precipitation at the airport.
Then on the 18th and l4th,
when the forecast was scat
tered thunder showers" more
than an inch of rain fell, 1.12
inches to be exact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21

Pose ca
-~---~---~-----~-~-
coming a lawyer in the District
is getting tougher.
OF those taking the bar exam
only 81 per cent passed. In
June, 1856. the percentage was
SIS and in December of the
same year is was Sc.
This year, officials said. an
unusually low number OF wom-
en- took the examination. Only
seven passed.
They we're:
Mrs. Antoinette B. F.. Fried
man, Mrs. Edna p. Goldberg.
Gloria E. Blazsik. Anna K.
Johnston, Marcia Kaplan, Mrs.
Mary Ellen McCorkle and Sofa
lP. PETERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
Leopfrogs Touch Off
Fair. in Montgomery

1t wasn't quite Sam Clemens described one brought
buckshot or yelled "pints DanI"
But it contest all right And when it was over Jump
ing Jack had tumphed Holman Fred Sprecke
Croaket and Croaket and assorted other frogs
The contest took place yesterday afternoon on the opening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
The
Rambler
Hears 1t Roin;
Checks the Record
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


On Monday the Rambler
was awakened by an I'M
familiar sound.
He lifted his other ear off
the pillow and listened with
both.
There was no doubt about
it.
1t was raining.
He went downstairs and on
the outside sill of the big
window we're two sorry-look-
ing creatures.
They were young starlings,
bedraggled and bebothered.
1t occurred to the Rambler
that this was something new
to them. 1t was the first time
they had experienced rain
since they left the nest.
The ncourag gins thing
about it all was that a nat
ural process, seemingly
abandoned, had been re-
Sumed.
The sky was asst.
There was little or no wind.
What was coming down was
quite evidently not a shower,
but rain.
When he got to The Star,
the Rambler called Reinhart
C. Schmidt, the District fore
caster.
I'VE are at the northern
end of this" he said. Rich
mond is getting more than
an inch of rain. We will be
lucky If we get a quarter Of
an inch"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21

List Of Successful condidotes.
Pose c.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-31
In Washington

Continued from Page 2-B)
ed from American sources, the
news that they launched the first
satellite has lost much of its
SAVIOR. Some months ago / had
an opportunity to discuss the
American satellite with Admiral
RaWson Bennett who is the Chief
of Naval Research. At that time,
as now, the key question con-
ccTned the target date for the
launching of the American satel-
lite Admiral Bennett indicated
that a very important factor in
timing would be that of having
trained observers who were in
position and ready to receive and
make use of the data from the
satellite. These observers would
be not only Americans but scien-
fists Of other friendly nations.
There is much more to be gain
ed by the tremendous expCndi-
tures Of funds than merely haV-
ing a chunk of metal moving
about the earth in an orbit. We
want TO know many things about
the earth and about outer space.
Tracking the satellite viii enable
US 70 know more about the shape
and size Of the earth and dis
tauCcs between points on the
earth. 1t can tell us much about
the density of the atmosphere
and the temperature IN outer
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-10-31

Standard Oil Company, gen
eral, commissioners account,
,S189: c. r. Atkinson, general,
postage, $500; Wright Type
writer Exchange, general rib
bon, S125; Wright Typewriter
Exchange, general, ribbon, SIPS;
Semon's, general, cleaning, $50;
Ohio Fuel Gas Co, general, gas
at courthouse SI10. General
Telephone Co. general, phone
bills, S9250; Barnhart's, general,
supplies, $685.; The HUFFMAN
Supply, general, supplies for
sheriff, $5693.
Motoralo, Communications and
Electric, general, radio, $l37.00;
Charles f. Clark, general, techni-
cal services, $500: Worl w
Thompson, general, sheriff's ac-
count, S46.70: Shell Oil Co, gen
eral, sheriff's account, S2l.64;
Shell Oil Co, road and bridge,
sheriffs account, $2.97; Sinclair
Refining Co, general, sheriff's
account, $3.50: Sinclair Refining
Co., road and bridge, sheriff's
account, Sl453; Hayes Service
Station, general, sheriff's ac-
count, Sl05.98; Hayes Service
Station, road and bridge, sheriff's
account, $25.48; Henry Bachman,
M. D., general, exam. etc for Mrs.
Reed, $4,000.
Rodney Williams, general, keep
of Sammy Dye, $4,000: Reed
Insurance Agency, general insur-
ance, $93.20; Ohio Penal Indus
tries. dog and kennel. 1858 dog
tags, S4275; General Telephone
Co, road and bridge, phone bills,
S26.70; Shell Oil Co, road and
bridge, gasoline, $499: Colum-