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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
Hearing Waived
In Girl Staying

Preliminary hearing was
waived in Rockville today fol
David Vernon Hall, 15-year-old
Silver Spring youth accused OF
numbering his Montgomery Blair
High School classmate, Georg-
Iette Anne Hentgen. also Is.
The action in Rockville Peoples
Court was taken without Halls
appearance.
His attorney. j. Hodge Smith
of Rockville. appeared briefly tc
ask Judge John B. Diamond III
to turn the case directly over to
the Montgomery County grand
jury.
Judge Diamond agreed to ar
fragments made by defense
counsel and States Attorney AL
ger Y. Barbee. No one else in
volved in the case was present
today.
Hall continued to be lodged in
a cell in the Rockville Jail, on a
floor above the courtroom.
Mr.. Smith said Hall would re-
main there at least until the
grand jury convenes for the
March term of the Circuit Court
Should an indictment be re-
turned. he said. it is unlikely any
trial would be set before April.
David. adopted son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Hall of 9013 Brad
ford road, was arrested on the
afternoon of January IS, less
than "a hours after the frail,
90-pound girl was found dead in
a wooded area near Sligo Greek
parkway.
He told police then that the
two had been Shedding together
had gotten into an argument
and that he hit her with a piece
of dogwood.
Mr.. Smith said today that
Hall sticks to the same story
he told police shortly after he
was picked up at the school. He
later re-enacted the crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
HedringDe|dyed
.InSpradIeyCase

The arraignment of Buford o
Spradley for first degree murder
was continued until February Ia
in Municipal Court today to al.
low time for a coroner's inquest
Judge Andrew Howard ordered
Spradley, 80, of the 1000 block
Iof Twenty-third street, NV.
held without bond for the killing
of Hetty p. Morton in a Satur-
day afternoon shooting spree al
Twenty-third and L streets NV
Lynn Spradley. the 28-year-old
brother of Buford, who was in a
car with the slain woman, is in
serious condition at Emergency
Hospital with several gunshot
wounds.
Assistant United States At
torney Walter Bonner said the
arraignment was continued SO
the cause of the womans death
can be determined and also to
allow time for the brother to
recover and testify in the case.
Buford Spradley was charged
with an assault with a deadly
weapon on his brother.
Harry j. Ahearn said Buford
Spradley told him he never be-
fore in his life saw Hetty Nor
ton. Mr.. Ahearn, Buford's law
yer. said Buford didn't know the
woman was in the car at the
time Of the shooting.
Buford said he was afraid of
his brother. Lynn, according to
Mr.. Ahearn, and started shoot
ing when he thought his brother
was getting out Of the car to
attack him.
Buford said Lynn owed him
5000, according to Mr.. Ahearn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
1900 Parakeets
Lost in Blaze

About 5000 parakeets were
suffocated or burned to death in
a fire at dawn yesterday at the
Lanham Md bird farm of L. A.
Goodwin. jr.
Only about 1000 of the 1000
birds housed in a two-Story Gin
der block shed at 1888 Fourth
street. Lanham, were saved. Mr..
Goodwin estimated his loss at
between $4,000 and $4,000.
The fire was discovered about
5 am. by a tenant on the prop
|erty. Four fire companies-West
Lanham Hills. Glenn Dale, Land
over Hills and Riverdale Heights
fought the blaze for 20 min
utes before controlling it.
The birds were both show
birds and breeders. Mr.. Good
win. who also is a building con-
tractor, entered the bird business
as a hobby about six years ago
and had expanded until he was
perhaps the largest breeder in
the area, supplying IL pet shops.
He was president last year of the
United Budgerigar Society OF
Washington.
Mr.. Goodwin said that the
flames were fed in part by paint
and tar stored in the shed. The
cause of the fire was not de-
termined
The 1000 birds saved were in
one end of the building. which
flremen succeeded in isolating
from the advancing flames and
smoke
Some of the birds were valued
as high as 5000, Mr.. Goodwin
said. He is primarily a bird
Snowman and only became a
commercial breeder and supplier
as sideline, he said. The loss
was partially covered by insur-
ance. he said.
Officers of the American
Budgerigar Society and the local
group yesterday offered to help
Mr.. Goodwin build up his stock
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
The
Rambler
Diplomats Brock
With Tradition
BY JACK JONAS

Now that the State Depart
ment has pooh-poohed the
idea that its ambassadors are
diplomatic fashion plates, a
fellow wonders how it must
look around American EN-
baSsies abroad.
Do our embassy people
strive for the casual effect in
dress and manner, clapping
one another on leather-jack-
eted backs and calling one
another Daddy-O?
Is there an aversion to neat
ly creased trousers, dust free
top hats and mirror surfaced
shoes?
Could it be anything at all
like Massachusetts, avenue
NV. between Twentieth street
and the British Embassy?
There was evidence, on at
least one recent Sunshiny day
along Embassy Row, that
other governments have long
ago given up the striped pants
and spatS motif. 1t would have
been impossible to find a can
didate for the worlds 10 best
dressed men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28

nOuncement AFTER an organlza-
ton meeting Of the full District
committee. He said the taxicah
issue was not mentioned during
the meeting.
Mr. league will receive the
report in his capacity as chair
man of the subcommittee on
public utilities. insurance and
banking of the District Commit
tee.
Mr.. league succeeds as chair
man Representative Klein, Dem
|ocrat Of New York, who did not
run for reelection.
Declining to comment on con.
tents Of the taxicab report pre-
pared by the District Commute,
clerk, William N. Mcleod, Mr.
Mcmillan said he would leav,
the problem up to the Teagut
subcommittee.
s subcommittee Set Up
This subcommittee was one o
eight set up today in the execu
tive session of the full, Distric
Committee.
The committee also appointed
the same staff is headed by Mr.
Mcleod. The staff included
George MCGOWAN of Florence
S. c.. an analyst who had seryec
last session as specialist for thu
Davis subcommittee investigat.
ing Indignation of public schools
here.
Five new members of the com.
mittee were assigned to subcom.
mittees.
Representative Multer, Demo.
crat OF New York. was placed or
the civil defense. public utilities
insurance and banking subcom.
mittee and the special subcom.
mittee to study and formulate
plans for a civic auditorium.
Representative Matthews
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show. and later became a regu-
lar helper.
Worked at Theater
He worked for three and a
half years at the Capitol Theater
as a student managerial assis-
tant. He also studied radio
television and theater work at
American University.
His goal is to work as techni-
cal director in school, where
ne could handle all aspects of
stage production.
The Abduction" is the first
production of the new opera
group. The group plans another
opera in the early spring and a
longer season next year.
Tickets for this weeks presen-
tation may be obtained at the
National Symphony box office in
Campbell's Music Store, 1108 G
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
First Gasoline Leaves
Yorktown Refinery

YORKTOWN, Va, Jan. % LP).
The first cargo Of Virginia
produced gasoline left the Amer
lean Oil Co.'S Yorktown refinery
Saturday night.
The shipment, about $4,000
gallons of gas, went by barge
to the American Oil Co.'S Rich
mond terminal for distribution
in the Richmond area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
A DREAM LANDS ON PAPER FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
Opera Scenery Builder
Hopes to Make q Career

The man hammering out
scenery for the new Opera So
ciety of Washington'S production
of THE Abduction from the
Seraglio" is a lobbyist who hopes
eventually to turn a sidelight
into a career.
Tom Nelson, a 30-year-old
bachelor. does multigraph and
mailing work in the print shop
of the National Rural Electrical
Cooperative as his daily job.
But evenings and week ends
he works on stage scenery.
Right now, Mr.. Nelson is COM
plotting the sets for Mozart's
comic opera as designed by
James Waring of Catholic Uni
verstiy's drama department. The
sets were to be transferred today
from the National Cathedral
School for Girls to Lisner Au-
ditorium, where the opera will
be presented at $3.50 pm. Thurs
day and Friday.
Good Listener"
Musically, Mr.. Nelson de-
scribes himself as a good lis
tener." although he once studied
piano and hoped to become an
organiSt.
He is music librarian for the
Cathedral Choir and acts as tech
nical director for the spring
operetta of the Cathedral School
and st. Adams as we'll as the
Christmas pageant at the Ca
thedral. He also has a produc-
ton class on Saturdays.
He got into the work at the
Cathedral after serving as one
of Mr.. Warnings technicians on
Faith of Our Fathers" at Carter
Barron Amphitheater. He met
Wayne Dirksen, associate Or
ganist and choirmaster at the
Cathedral. The following spring
he helped with the Cathedral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28

Democrat of Florida, was given
the fiscal affairs and police, fire.
men. streets and traffic subcom-
mittees. Mrs. Kathryn E. Grana-
han, Democrat of Pennsylvania
was assigned to subcommittee
on health, education and recrea-
ton. public utilities, insurance
and banking. and the auditorium
subcommittee. Representative
Dowdy. Democrat Of Texas, was
assigned to judiciary and police
and firemen groups.
Holt Assigned
Representative Holt, Republi.
can of California, went to the
health, education and recreation
subcommittee.
Representative Harris, Demo
crat Of Arkansas, resigned from
Craftsmanship Of the judiciary
subcommittee, to be succeeded
by the ranking Democrat of that
group. Representative Abernethy
Democrat of Mississippi. Mr.
Harris. however, will remain on
the judiciary subcommittee.
The Arkansas Democrat was
understood to have relinquishec
his Craftsmanship of the sub.
committee because of the fact
that he has risen to chairman
ship of the important House In
terstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee which handles legis-
lation not only in these categor-
les but relating also to medicine
and health.
The District Committee also
adopted its rules for procedure
including a change which woulc
authorize the full committee
chairman and ranking minority
member to be exofficio members
Iof all subcommittee with the
right to vote there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
Rambling . .

Anybody know how Tun-
law road got its name?
In the Sumner development
there is a Divided Highway
Ahead" sign. Some wag has
placed one of those rejecting
stevenson" signs across the
Highway" part.
A hacker who favors the
Union Station trade has a
reputation Of being so careful
a driver that he keeps his eyes
at what's in front of him all
the time. He's getting a little
annoyed at his colleagues who
open his rear door, shout
airport" then slam the
door. He's driven of twice
now without realizing he had
no passenger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
Church Guard
Ordered Here

Washington policemen have
been asked to keep an eye on ali
churches in the District to ward
off the possibility of arson.
A memorandum today from
Police Chief Robert v. Murray tc
the force notes that a recen;
"wave of church fires throughout
the Eastern part Of the United
States" has made special pre-
cautions advisable.
The memorandum instructs
all precinct commanders to dis
cusS the matter of security with
officials of all churches in their
precincts and to make a report
of the discussions. 1t also in
structs all policemen to "give
special attention" to churches
both while on and off duty"
The memorandum follows a re.
quest from Fire Chief Willard H
Sutton for police cooperation
For two weeks, Fire Department
inspectors have been visiting
churches to look for possible firt
hazards.
Chief Sutton said today thai
in view of recent church fires
none of them in the District
which apparently have been thu
work of arsonists. churche,
should maintain careful "se.
curity."
He said 1t has been suggested
to church ministers. priests. sex.
tons and janitors that no church
should be left unlocked unles,
some officer of the church is il
attendance.
Deputy Police Chief Howard
". Covell emphasized today thai
the matter of security would il
every case be left up to the
jchurch'S decision. He said thai
precinct commanders would only
suggest methods of improving
security.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
UCS Officers Going
To st. Louis PurIey

Three officers of United Com
munity Services here will attend
a national conference of volun-
teer welfare council leaders
Thursday and Friday in st. Louis.
Philip w. AmraAn. Mrs. De-
Forest Van Slyck and A. L. Jagoe
will represent UCS. Isadore See
man, UCS president, also plans to
attend.
DR.. Evan Clague. Commits
sioner of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. will speak on the effect
of economic trends on welfare
services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
IS, 900 WOMEN TO VISIT HOMES
IN AREA TO PUSH POLIO SHOTS

Thirty-hve thousand Metropolitan area women tomor-
row will visit 10 homes each to urge all children and adults
under 40 to get their Sak vacinne without delay
The women will visit between and pm They will
leave brochures containing record cards which each
family can keep record of their three shots Each woman
Will seek solicitations for the National Foundation for In
fantie Paralysis clmaxing the January March of Dimes
Altogether, three million women will march" on polio
NIP. - ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
81 Foreign Scientists
To Attend Acc School

Atomic Energy Commission
announced today that 81 scien-
fists and engineers. 81 of them
from other countries have been
accepted for a course IN non
secret reactor technology.
The students. representing the
United States and rs other coun-
tries, will make up the fifth
class of the Aces international
School of Nuclear Science and
Engineering at the Argonne Ma
tional Laboratory, Lemont. Ill,
The training course was set
up as part of President Eisen-
Ihower's atoms-for-peace pro-
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
FURNACE BLAST
causes MINOR LOSS
AT BULLS SCHOOL

An overloaded oil furnace
brought three fire depart
ments to the Bulls School
in Silver Spring today, but
caused only minor damage.
The furnace was in a fire.
proof, concrete room along
side a dormitory building On
the preparatory schools
campus at 8501 Houston
street. None of the l25 stu
dents who room in the DORM
itory were inside. All were
attending classes in another
building, a school spokesman
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28

will already have been taken
care of.
Many persons not required to
file last year. however. will be
required to do so this year be-
cause the individual exemption
has been lowered from $4,000
to $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The United States Savings
and Loans League. Legisla-
tive Division, continues its
meetings at the Hotel
Statler.
The Conference Of Ameri-
can Small Business Organ
izations begins a three-day
meeting at the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28

THE THREE men coming
down the sidewalk from the
Egyptian Embassy would have
appeared sinister in a Hitch
cock movie, because that
would have been expected. But
there was the sun shining
brightly, and they were no
more than three men attired
in trenchcoats, collars up, and
well-worn fedoras, brims low.
Even had there been a heavy
fog, any hint of the sinister
would have been dispelled by
the automobile they entered.
1t was not long, not sleek, not
black and not a sedan. 1t was
a medium sized blue business
coupe, as well worn as the
fedoras.
AS If to strike a balance,
another trio came out of the
japanese Embassy, across the
street and a little further
down. They wore no topcoats
and ambled along with their
hands thrust deep into the
pants pockets of their busi-
ness suits.
There was not one set of
striped pants, morning coat,
spats or top hat in all of the
embassy neighborhood.
There Das one natty uni
form. The fellow who wore it
pedaled his bike up to the
front of the Canadian mill
tary building and went inside
10 denver a telegram.
The thing that sent us hur-
rying away from Embassy Row
with disturbing thoughts about
the trend in diplomatic attire
happened at the Turkish
Embassy.
A young fellow came out,
closed the door behind him,
adjusted the belt line OF his
blue jeans, tipped shut his
MOTORCYCLE jacket, smoothed
his Elvis Presley haircut, and
sauntered off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28

A MAN emerging from the
big iron gates of the British
Embassy, for example, could
never be accused of fostering
an outmoded and snobbiSh
formality in his dress.
He wore no top hat. Indeed
he wore no hat at all. The wind
had whipped the few remain
ing wisps of gray hair into a
frightened attitude. His yell
low scarf was wrapped high
enough to touch his ear lobes,
but it was tucked properly
beneath his black overcoat,
except at one point where the
fringe showed at the gap be-
low the first button.
His brilliant blue trousers
provided the touch that made
him seem a laboratory sample
In the classroom of the new
school of fastidiously casual
diplomatic dress.
There was a jaunty effect
In the attire of a gentleman
strolling leisurely around the
driveway and up the steps to
ring the bell at the Brazilian
Embassy.
His blue beret was at a
rakish angle. His gray sweater
was buttoned here and there,
and there was just the proper
touch of careless nonchalance
in%his baggy trousers. His
shoes, partly hidden by the
extra long drape of his trous-
ers cuffs, would have made
Adlai Stevenson feel right at
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28
league to Get Report
On D. c. Toxi Inquiry
Doto Will Go to Subcommittee
For Action; Findings Not Disclosed

Chairman Mcmillan of the House District Committee today
announced that he will turn Representative league Demo-
era Of Texas the comprehensive report investigation Of the
taXicab situation here.
Contents Of the report not divuged
Mr.. Mcmillan, Democrat of South Carolina, made the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-28

show. and later became a regu.
lar helper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

Arthur L. Irons. and Mrs.
Irons.
Guests included Mai. Gen.
and Mrs. Silas B. Hays, Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. James M.
Epperly. Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Leonard D. Heaton, Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. James F. Cath
roe and Gen. and Mrs. Candy.
Others were Col. and Mrs.
Richard p. Mason. Col. and
Mrs. Alfred E. Toye. Col. and
Mrs. Marion L. Mills. Col. and
Mrs. Thomas A. McFall, the
Canadian Military Attache
and Mrs. Earle C. Mayhem
and the Turkish Military At
tache and Mrs. Atif Erickan.
r. M n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24
:Weschlers Are Leaving:
New Commander Feted


Navy Comdr. and Mrs.
Thomas r. Weschler are
leaving shortly for Norfolk.
Va, where Comdr. Weschler
will become executive officer
I aboard the USS Canberra. He
has been aide to the Chief
of Naval Operations. Admiral
Arleigh A. Burke.
The Weschlers, with their
children kathryn and
Thomas. are leaving for New
York the week end of De-
cember 10 to spend some
time in the city before going
to their home in Erie, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Quinn,
parents Of Mrs. Weschler, are
looking forward to a visit
by the family. after which
they will stay with Mrs.
Charles Weschler.. the COM
mander's mother, before
leaving early in January for
Norfolk.
New Aide
Comdr. Raymond E. Peet
has taken Comdr. Weschler's
place as aide to Admiral
Burke. He was commanding
officer Of the USS Barton.
with Norfolk. Va. as his
home port.
Comdr. and Mrs. Peet with
their son Gary are now get
ting settled in their new
home in Arlington. and with
them is Mrs. Poets mother,
Mrs. William Hutchinson Of
Portland. Greg.
Mrs. Hutchinson has been
on an extended visit to the
East Coast. Arriving in Nor
folk in the late summer. she
came here with her family
and expects to stay until
mid-December, after which
she will return to her home
in Oregon.
Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Sherman Clark entertained
at home on Wednesday in
honor Of the commandment of
the Industrial College Of the
Armed Forces. Mai. Gen.
George w. Mundy. and Mrs.
Mundy and Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Kenneth F.. Zitzman.
He is the new deputy.
Admiral and Mrs. Clark
invited the senior faculty
members Of the college to
meet their new chief and his
deputy, as well as some Of
the general officers who are.
their neighbors at Fort Nc
Nair.
Walter Reed Notes
The new director Of dental
activities at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, Brig.
Gen. Clarence P. Candy, and
Mrs. Candy are no strangers.
This marks the fourth as
signment to Walter Reed
for Gen. Candy.
The family arrived here in
late September from Letter.
man Army Hospital, San
Francisco, Calf. They ex-
pect to have their son home
some time during the holi-
days. Capt. John Price
Candy is a medical officer at
Brooke Army Hospital in
Texas. 1t will not be possible
for 1t. Steven LOOMS Candy
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to be at home as he is with
his regiment in Germany.
Last week, Gen. and Mrs.
Candy were the honor guests
Of the Dental Corps at a
6-to-8-o'clock party at the
Officers Club. Walter Reed
Army Medical Center.
On Friday q dinner party
was held in the ofiicers Club
ballroom. Guests Of honor
were the retiring chief of
dental activities, Brig. Gen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24
Skin Diver to Lecture

@~ss 80
Miss Jean Farrell win be
hostess at a dinner at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel tomor-
row In honor Of Mr.. Stanton
A. Waterman from Sargent
vile. Me-. and Nassau. Mr..
Waterman. a lecturer and
skin diver. will show a film
Of submarine activities con-
sisting Of nermaids, skin
diving. and natural history
subjects for the guests after
dinner. He is visiting Wash
ington and staying at the
Sheraton-Park during a part
of his lecture tour in the
East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-04

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