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$581.7l2. too high to avoid pay
ment of the gas tax. under thi:
profit formula feared by Mr.
Chalk.
No Quarrel With Fares
Il have no quarrel with cur
rent fares" Mr.. Chalk said
"They run about average for the
country"
He said pending a solution OF
the simmering profit dispute
with the P. U. c.. he had nc
plans to ask for an increase in
fares. which are frozen by hi,
franchise until next August Is
II could stand a reasonable
amount of track removal ir
yearly doses if I were making
6i2 per cent of gross operating
revenue" Mr.. Chalk said.
He promised top priority ir
the track removal program
would be on stretches OF street.
the city wants widened. These
include the ink TO the GeorgJ
Washington Memorial parkway
the District connection to Route
240. Rhode Island avenue be.
tween Fourth street and the Dis.
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President Sends
We'll Done Note
To Naval Chiefs

President Eisenhower last
night thanked the Navy and all
hands involved for a superb per-
Torrance on his recent cruise
aboard the carrier Saratoga.
In a telegram to the Secretary
of the Navy and the Chief OF
Naval Operations, Mr.. Eisen-
hover said:
please pass my congratula-
lions to all hands for their SUI
perb performance during LIANT
FLEX l-57. The courtesy and
consideration shown my party
and myself made our cruise a
most enjoyable one. 1t was not
only an impressive exhibition OF
the power and versatility of the
Navy but an inspiring example
of the enthusiasm and devotion
to duty Of the men OF the Navy
in contributing their share to
the defense Of our country. We'll
done"
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GU Law Class of II
Meets Here in Reunion

The alumni came. bent over
their yearbook photographs and
scratched their heads.
Darn" was the usual COM
ment. lit can't be me. Why
had hair in those days."
They were As members of the
Georgetown University Law Glass
Of 1917 holding their 40th re-
union in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
The man who ran their Junior
Prom passed Judgment on their
latest get-together.
1T was livelier than the Jun
Tor Prom. and We awakened the
whole town with that one said
Edward RoSenblum. class presi-
dent for the 1857 reunion.
Instead Of meeting every five
years as in the past. the class
has built up sentiment toward
an annual reunion. Mr.. Rosen-
blum said. The older we get the
chummier and livelier we get. -
he commented.
The circumstances facing the
class upon its graduation could
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tons Subcommittee, headed by
Representative Rabaut. Demo-
crat of Michigan. in its report
merely said it was very sur
prised to learn that the school
budget is predicated on a maxi
mum potential student enroll
ment."
The unit directed the school
system to furnish the committee
in future years budgets based
on an average daily pupil popu-
lation."
The Senate committee called
for a similar change but used
different language. declaring il
deems it advisable for school
officials to use the average daily
membership rather than the
peak enrolment figures in Octo-
Der as a basis for any compila-
tons of school population"
| Mr.. Zellers and DR.. Hansen. ir
explaining their objections to the
directives. pointed out that staff
ing the schools on the basis OF
average instead of October en-
rollment will mean having over
loaded classes for the first part
Of the year.
Teachers are hired and classes
organized to meet the October
enrolment because that is
usually the peak figure of the
year.
Even though enrolment drops
later-because Of illness. moving
or dropping out Of school--the
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For iuH information phone. uriie, or tiIt:
THE REGISTRAR
Washington College OF Low
1000 G Street NV.

Washington 6, D. c. Sterling 3-404o
For Information oher University summer Sessions phone
nTiie Uisf The Office ol The assistant the President The
american University Massachusetts and Nebraska Avenues nv
WOodiey 668O3.
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number of classes and teachers
can't very we'll be reduced. the
officials explained.
DR.. Corning told Senators the
dropouts are so scattered as tc
make reductions in the number
OF classes impractical.
One reason, in junior and sem
Tor high schools, is that cutting
the number of classes would also
mean cutting out subject Offer
lngs. Parents and school prjnci-
pals raised a storm of protest
when such a slash was proposed
by the House last year. and il
was reversed by the Senate.
DR.. Hansen. in expressing feal
that high schools might be hit
hard by the legislative order
pointed out that the city's high
schools have a large number OF
dropouts every year, but still
must organize a full program Of
subjects and classes at the start
The high schools could have
1000 such dropouts next year
he said.
The community will have tc
be aroused and we will have tc
let people know what would
happen to their schools" he said
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Charles County Crashes
Take z Lives, Injure IA

LA PLATA, Md. June 8.-TwC
persons were killed and IA Sc.
riously injured in two Charles
County traffic accidents tonight
The fatalities occurred in ar
accident on Route 30l at Spring
hill, State police said. Police said
Thomas M. Ryan, 26, of Defiance
Ohio, and James E. Wilson. "a
of Kingston. Pa, were dead or
arrival at Physicians Memorial
Hospital here.
Also in the car driven by
Thomas Ryan was another pas
senger, George 7. Jarvis, 81, Of
PittSfield, Mass, VINO suffered
severe face cuts. Police said he
was in the Air Force and was
taken to the hospital at Boiling
Air Force Base.
Police said the car driven by
Thomas Ryan was southbounc
on Route 301 and crossed the
center line into the path o.
an auto driven by Owen j. Ryan
40, of Whitman, Mass, stationed
at Boiling. He was admitted Il
the base hospital with fracture;
of both knees.
Twelve persons were injured il
another accident on Route 5. ont
mile east of Waldorf. Police is
sued a call for additional physi
clans and sped Is units of bloot
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trict line. and North Capitol
street.
D. c. Transit pegged costs of
lifting its remaining 72l 500 feet
of track within the city at $ll.8
million.
Sees Few Lean Years
Mr.. Chalk stressed D. C. Tran
sit was in for a few "slow. lean
years. We need a chance to get
solid before we spend large sums
of money for conversion" he
added.
Other big potential bills facing
the Chalk management are:
A disputed SIG back income
tax bill Of his predecessor Capital
Transit Co.. now protested in
the Internal Revenue Service.
Some 100000 in gross receipts
taxes on etc operations in its
last year of operation. District
court has ruled Mr.. Chalk must
pay. and he has taken the case
TO the United States Court of
Appeals.
Excise taxes paid "under pro-
test on % new limousines. The
franchise exempts transit vehl-
cles from excise taxes. but city
officials have taken the position
that limousines are not cars used
for mass transportation" in the
meaning of the franchise.
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have contributed to its loyal feel
ing. On graduation. a World
War had broken out and many
members volunteered for duty
Many went overseas. some never
returned.
So wartime "reminiscences
bobbed up as frequently as talk
of wives and deceased comrades
OF the 800 Glass of IT graduates,
100 are alive. many holding i'm
portant positions in their COM
munitieS.
Judge Stedman Prescott. a
member of the class and judge
Of the Maryland Court of APP
peals. was the main speaker. The
Rev. Edward B. Mum. Sd, uni
versity president, was guest OF
honor.
The university brought to-
gether 800 alumni of IA classes
at reunions in the eight hotels
and clubs. Glasses that met were
those of 1907, 1912. 1917. 1917
Law. 1922. 1927, 1927 Law. 1892
1887, 1912, 1912 Medical, 1947
1852.
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Three Boys Seized
In Arson at Church

Three small boys were charged
with arson last night after they
admitted setting fire to a church
supply house. police reported.
Sergt. Vernon H. Culpepper
said the boys-13. 9 and 10 years
'old-used sling shots to send
kitchen matches through the
window Of an annex to the
Peoples Congregational Church,
4704 Thirteenth street NV.
The l3-year-old. who lives in
Hyattsville. was visiting the
younger boys. who live in the
neiehborhood of the church,
Sergt. Culpepper said. The three
were arrested by Pvts. T. w
Eanft and F. E. Baker. who re-
leased them to their parents.
Walter S. Mangrum, chief
trustee Of the church, estimated
damage at $3.50.
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from the Washington Red Cross
Blood Center to the La Plata
hospital.
Police said a car driven by
James P. Make, SO, of Waldorf
crosse the centerline and
crashed head-on into an auto
driven by Glenn A. McManus
80, of West HyattSville.
Two persons in the Make auto
were listed in critical condition
and were transferred to Casualty
Hospital in Washington. They
were identified as Hayden Make,
"a, and Henry Reddick, II, both
of Aquasco, Md.
Other in the Make auto treat
ed at the 26-bed La Plata hos
pital here were Ernest Slater
Is; Clara Gray, 40; Elizabeth
Young, As. and James H. Baker
"a, all of Aquasco.
In the auto with Mr.. Nc.
Manus were his wife, Margaret
80, and their children, Glenn
jr.. is. James, IL, and Charlotte
10.
Police said two ambulances
operated by the Charles County
rescue squad and one from
Brandywine made three trip,
each to bring the injured to the
hospital from the Route 5 crash
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on criminal law and psychiatric
jurisprudence.
The board is an outgrowth Of
"a disturbance at the prison last
summer. The board was created
recently by the Legislature on
recommendation of a special
prison study committee named
by Gov. Ribicoff.
The three appointments be-
come effective September /, also
the effective date Of the new
law creating the board.
Justice O'Sullivan, who retires
from the bench in August, was
appointed for a two-year term;
Mr.: Robinson and Mr.. Donnelly
for four-year terms. They will
serve without pay.
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Paul Wamp|er.
TO Head vFW

The District Department. Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, at its
closing session last night at the
Hotel Statler convention. chose
Paul E. Wampler. jr. as the new
department commander.
It passed a resolution urging
that Army Specialist sc Will
liam S. Girard be tried only
within United States jurisdiction
''in our own manner" and said
lit could not condone turning
him over to the Japanese.
kilograms were sent to the
State and Defense Departments
and to interested Capitol Hill
Legislators.
Mr.. Wampler, 90, lives at 1924
University drive, Alexandria, Va
and is a sales representative for
Pohanka Oldsmobile, Inc, l126
Twentieth street, NV. He is a
member Of Oll-America Post, No
3529.
IS Resolutions Voted
In the IS resolutions acted on
by the encampment. the depart
ment reafflrmed its opposition to
communism in AL its forms
foreign and domestic" II
pledged itself to continue tc
combat with all our resources
not only the Soviet and the
United States Communist Par
ties, but all those who aid ano
abet them or apologize for them
in any way"
Other officers elected were:
Senior vice commander, James
R. Brooks. Police and Fire Post
No. 2979, member of the Wash
.ington Police Department, who
lives at 1919 Galena road
Rockville, Md. Junior vice COM
mander Herbert Borchardt
Washington Post 2194. Quarter
master, Edward T. Spedden. Post
1924. Front Line Federal, State
Department employee. Depart.
ment surgeon. DR.. John L. De
Mayo of National Capital Post
1877. Department chaplain. Ben.
jamin F.. Reed. Washington Post
, 2194. Department chief Of staff
Robert E. Sargent, All American
Post. Department Of the Army
employe. Department adjutant
John J. Devane Peary Ship Posi-
427.
Kane Endorsed for Post
The encampment Endorsed fol-
the post of national council
member Matthew J. Kane. past
department commander. a men,
Der of Peary Ship Post.
The organization called fol
500 a month pensions fol
World War I veterans when they
reach the age of 81. The dele
gates Endorsed legislation to pro-
vide pensionse for these veteran;
who had more than 80 days
service in 1918. A veteran
with more than 80 days oversee,
service would get $3.50 a month
and a helpless or blind veteran
would get an additional $50.
Only veterans with an annual
income OF under $2.400 with nc
dependents. or $500 with de-
pendents. would be eligible fol
the pensions.
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Jackie Robinson
Gets PuroIe Post

HARTFORD. Conn, June
R.-Jackie Robinson, the for
mer Brooklyn Dodgers baseball
star, was appointed today BY
Gov. Abraham Ribicoff to q
newly-created Board of Parole
for the Connecticut State Prison
Also named to the three-man
board with Mr.. Robinson, a
Stamford resident, we're Chief
Justice Patrick B. O'Sullivan of
the Connecticut Supreme Court
of Errors and Prof. Richard C.
Donnelly of Yale, an authority
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Rogers to Talk
AT Graduation

William P. Rogers, deputy at
torney general, will deliver the
commencement address to S.
students of Sidwell Friends
School. class of 1857, at gradu-
alton ceremonies scheduled fol
1880 pm. Thursday at hartman
House. 1925 Wisconsin avenue
NV.
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Gen. Parks Amono
Golf SemifinuIists
AT Virginia Beach

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. April
"a (P.-Two VirginianS and
linksmen from Connecticut and
the District of Columbia are in
today's semifinals of the annual
Middle Atlantic Senior goli
championship tournament al
the Cavalier Yacht and Country
Club.
In yesterdays quarterf1nals
George Morris of Martinsville
Va, defeated William WEIGH OF
Portsmouth. Va. 6 and 5: Ebert
Davis of Williamsburg, Va.
edged w. B. Fristoe of Franklin
Tenn. 2 and /; 1t. Gen. Floyc
Parks of Washington. president
of the Mid-Atlantic Association
downed NJ. j. Mike Siebert OF
Richmond. 5 and 4, and R. E
McEwen of Groton. Conn.
shaded Frank busch, Mayor OF
Virginia Beach. Va. 3 and 2.
The semifinals will be played
today at the 6,069-yard par SIS
Bayside course.
Gen. Parks. All-Army senior
champion in l949. SO and SIS
fired a 70 in beating Siebert.
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you'll find the worm hole. Ladle
most any grass plot. They're
little piles of dirt down among
the grass roots deposited by
Mr.. Worm as he digests his
meal. Take a tablespoon and
lift the mound and underneath
you'll find the worm hole. Ladle
a couple of the tablespoons of
the mixture down this hole and
if Mr.. Nightcrawler is present
he'll come out so fast it will
amaze you. Dunk him in fresh
water and he's ready for the
bait box.
We've tried it many times,
always with some degree of sue
cess. The drier the weather the
harder it is to get tht worms
up and the more mixture you
have to pour down the hole
We felt like fool when we first
tried it and our eldest daughter
thought we'd gone balmy. When
the first nightcrawler wriggled
clear out of his hole she shook
her head and said, Now I've
seen everything"
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Ford and LittIer
Head Golf Field

LOUISVILLE, KY, April "a
t1.-The Gen. Dukes and Bold
Rulers of golf go to the post to-
day in the first Kentucky Derby
Open tournament. with $4,000
waiting in the winners circle
for the top finishers.
OF recent form, Doug Ford
and Gene L!ttler were favorites
in the morning line, but a wide
open romp for the roses was
promised by the scratching of
such stalwarts as Cary Middle
coff and Sam Snead.
Ford's work in winning the
recent Masters tournaments
No. l gem in any triple crown
gave him a slight edge.
On the other hand, nobody
was discounting the chances of
a new" Littler. who rose to
golfing heights, faded out of the
picture and then started a come
back by winning the Tourna-
ment of Champions last week
at Las Vegas.
These stakes" winners were
among the good things:
Stan Leonard, winner of the
Greater Greensboro Open; Ar
mold Palmer, champion OF the
Azalea; Jackie Burke. PGA and
Masters king last year: Dow Fin
sterwald. Tucson winner; Billy
Casper. Phoenix champ. and Art
Wall, who copped the Pensacola
crown.
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present that some of the active
tournament players have to
have four different handicaps.
The acceptable one would be
based on five low scores of the
current and past year, and could
pc based on scores from Just
one club.
Jimmy Clark, the former as
Isistant at Burning Tree who
contracted encephalitis shortly
after being indicted into the
Army. is recuperating at Walter
Reed. and gets to spend an &C.
casional day at home. New
starting times will be in effect
for future pro-amateurs, with
two and half hours between the
morning and afternoon times
instead of two. 1t is believed
this will cut down on backups.
Here it is only late April, the
season hardly has started, and
you should hear the complaints
about slow play. They're scream
ing in the pro-amateurS. and the
clubs are fussing with the COL
lege and high school matches
particularly the collegians. And
IN the women's second team
matches yesterday one bracket
finished one hour behind the
one in front, and several others
were too slow.
East Potomac is quieter and
the regulars there are better
Iheeled these days because Keith
tKallio has deserted the Hams
Point course for Rock Creek.
Kallio claims the shift was nee
essary because nobody at East
Potomac would play him even.
and he ratified off the names of
the Districts top public links
golfers. Last years Maryland
Amateur runnerup can make up
an occasional game at Rock.
Greek without giving SO many
ups. he claims.
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Meckley and Mrs. Alexander had
a 81 margin over Mrs. Arnold
Wilcox and Mrs. w. S. Parsons.
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OUTDOORS
WITH BILL lEETcH

We are just back from a trip
into Tennessee where We hoped
to do some fishing as well as
visit our son, Bill, jr.. and FAM
lily in Maryville. We planned
to put in a day on one of that
States fine trout streams or
have a go at the bass in one
of the IVA lakes.
Bad weather blocked us out,
but we did see some mounted
specimens of black bass that
made our mouth water and al
ready have made tentative plans
for another trip later in the
season. incidentally. Tennessee
has reciprocity license system
on both hunting and fishing,
SO a District resident can buy
a combined hunting and fishing
license at the Tennessee resident
price, something like $3.50.
Fishing in the upper Potomac
for white shad, good Sunday,
has tapered off and practically
none have been caught since.
Joe Lynch Of 4424 First place
NE, won himself a card of
Nungesser lures for being the
first person to take a shad on
a Nungesser bait. His prize was
a hickory. caught of Fletcher's
boathouse.
Trout streams are being
heavily fished although they were
well stocked up. While perhaps
the majority of the fish wee
taken out in the first flush of
fishing, there are still many left.
Some of Virginia's streams are
a bit low in water. but far SUI
perior to what they have been
for the last four years. Mary
lands streams are running full
as we'll as those in Pennsylvania.
Nh
Here's one that sounds "fishy,"
but it works. It's a way to catch
night crawlers in the daytime
without digging.
Take a tablespoon OF pow
dered mustard and shake it UP
well in a quart bottle Of warm
water, making an emulsion.
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KENWOOD A THREAT TO ARGYLE
Women's Golf Teams
Appear Well Balanced

Meckley and Mrs. Alexander had
a 81 margin over Mrs. Arnold
Wilcox and Mrs. w. S. Parsons.
Pairings for Friday
Washington could be the
sleeper, despite its defeat by
Columbia. Washington's top
bracket of Mrs. Charles Egen-
road and Mrs. G. w. Calvert lost
only l up on each nine to Mrs.
Barry and Mrs. Kreuzburg, but
will not have to play them again,
and Washington's top bracket
compares favorably with the
others.
In Fridays matches at WASH
ington it will be Chevy Chase
VS.. Army Navy, Columbia VS..
Kerwood. and Argyle VS.. Prince
Georges. Chevy Chase will be
without Mrs. Ferriday for the
day.
Play started in the other five
divisions yesterday. In the
fourth. Belle Haven was forced
to withdraw at the last minute
because of insufficient players.
which means there will be one
bye and one default in this divi-
sion each week
Other results, with the host
teams drawing "a bye:
I'd Teams at Army Navy
Confessional. o: Manor. g.
indian Spring, 5 Belle Haven,
Washington. 3: Woodmont, &
3d Teams at Court House
Ksnwood. IA. Prince Oeorres ~
CHEVY Chase. siz; Columbia. II
Army Navy. 5ls. Woodmoni 3p,.
9Th Teams at Indian spring
Are le, Sis Woodmont "a.
Bethesda. Sia. Manor -
Chevy Chase won by default
5th Teams al Prince Georges
Norbeck. ST.. Woodmont, y,
CONGRESSIONAL. - Court House.
9th Teams at CONGREGATIONAL
congressional III drew a byel
Argyle. H. NaHhiugton .
d, Army Navy. az. Confessional "
Manor. 3: Indian Spring.
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Rocco and Gruhum
Here Tomorrow

Fourteen of the country's tor
Iwrestlers win exhibit all the
holds in the book plus some "un-
orthodox" grips tomorrow night
iat Capitol Arena.
The feature pits Antonino
lRocca, the barefoot Argentinian
against DR.. Jerry Graham. the
Atlanta ruffian. The two engaged
in bruising, wild-swinging
brawl a couple Of weeks ago and
the same tactics are likely this
time. The bout is a one fall tc
the finish affair and will start
the program at $50. 1t will not
be televised.
In a team match involving
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TEE TO GREEN
By MERRELL WHITTLssEY

The $4,000 Eastern Open will
have a new sponsor in July
its forthwith the City of Bal
Itimore picking up the losses this
time, If any. Two different brew
cries and the Baltimore Sun
have sponsored the event in re-
cent years.
The Eastern Open twice has
made money. and never has lost
much. One big advantage of city
sponsorship on a city-operated
public course is that it cuts
down tremendously on the over
head. because its own employees
dare available for the thousand
Iand-one jobs without adding to
the overhead.
John O'Donnell. the Mt. Pleas
Iant pro in Baltimore, accepted
the plaque for low scoring hon.
iors among the Mid-Atlantic
Ipros for 1866 in a very private
little ceremony Monday at the
ICC of Maryland.
| O'Donnell was supposed to re-
ceive it at the recent spring
meeting of the PGA at Belle
Haven, but one of his buddies
was joking with him before lunch
and told him Woodmont's Clar-
ence Doser was to be the recipi-
ent later in the day. O'Donnell
was so miffed he went to the
races, so the presentation had to
be postponed. Doser was second.
Il 4 Il
! Billy Wolfe, the young teach
ing pro at Glenbrook, claims his
tournament luck is all bad, and
he could be right. His 70 that
almost assuredly would have
won the opening pro-am at
Rolling Road was washed out,
Last week at Court House one
stroke too many was the diff
ference between a two-day tie
flor first and the 9-way tie for
second, and Monday he was one
stroke out of the money.
Invitations are out for the an
nual Shenandoah Valley Invi-
Itation at the Ingleside Club
Staunton. Va. May 1912. The
entry fee is $3.50. and the entry
list will remain open until noon
of the qualifying day. Billy
Gilbert's new shop at Argyle
will be ready in about three
weeks. Gilbert will have a view
of virtually the entire goli
course from the front door.
/ Betty CARRIER of Argyle is
working on the Maryland and
District Golf Associations To
adopt the same handicap regu-
lations for women for the mixed
Scotch foursome tournaments
sponsored by the associations
The situation is so confusing al