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Evening star., 1957-04-21
Easter Egg Hunt
Expected to Draw
is, ,000in HyuttsviIIe

About $4,000 children are ex-
pected for the annual Easter
egg hunt tomorrow at Magruder
Park, Hyattsville.
Jointly sponsored by the XII
wants Club of Prince Georges
County and the Sidney Lust
Theaters. the day-long program
will begin at 10 am.
Hundreds of prize eggs will
bring their discoverers cents
to SIS.
Another high point of the
children's program will be the
coronation of Easter Queen
Martha Sue Alexander, IL. of
Hyattsville.
Maids of honor for Queen
Martha will be Carole Ann Null
Ter. IL, and Lynda Sherry Hem
derson, IL. also Of HyattSyille
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Farm Worker Killed
As Tructor Overturns

LEONARDTOWN. Md, Apri
20 (SpeciaD "A farm worker
was killed at nearby Loveville
today when tractor he was
driving turned over, pinniqg him
underneath.
State police listed the victim
as Alfred L. jenkins. 81. who
was attempting TO pull a truck
out Of a ditch with the tractor.
Police said the front end ele-
vated and the tractor toppled.
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Kite Meet Won by Youth
From Police Boys Club 4

Top winner in the Metropol-
itan Police Boys Club annual
kite contest held yesterday was
Wayne Naylor. 13, a member OF
Club No. 4. who won four merit
ribbons at the Fairlawn Park
Anacostia, contest. He lives at
CAT l. street S.W.
He won a first place for best
flying kite in the two-sick clas-
sification. second place for work.
in the three-stick class
and two third places for work.
and flight ability in the
two-stick and box-style classes.
Wayne's younger brother Mi
chael won two ribbons in the
midget class. Other two-ribbon
winners were Butch Stull, Billy
Parker. John Hamilton and
James Wilken. Eighteen boys re-
ceived one ribbon each.
The kite contest was held as
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Woodmen of the World
To Hear Reyercomb

District Commissioner Robert
E. Mclaughlin will welcome the
bi-annual convention Of West
Virginia Woodmen Of the World
at $3.50 am. Friday at the Wash
ington Hotel.
Senator Revercomb, Repub-
lican Of West Virginia. will de-
liver the opening address to the
two-day convention.
At 3:l5 pm. Friday the Wood
men will present q flag and STAFF
to Northwestern High School,
Colesville road. Hyattsville.
A drill competition among
several camps will be held at
8:l5 pm. Friday at the Wash
ington Hotel.
Evening star., 1957-04-21

part of the Boys Club drive for
adult membership. now under
way.
Ribbon winners were:
Workmanship, midget: Louis
Rochester. Michael Naylor,
Charles Breeder. Robert Hamil-
ton. Michael Fers, Butch Stull,
Billy Parker and David Cuthrell.
Workmanship. junior: Robert
McCombs. Herbert Warner,
Wayne Naylor. George Noler,
John Hamilton, Ronald Foster,
Robert Stewart and James
Wilken.
Flight. midget: Henry Cicca-
relli. Joseph Profit, Bill Parker
and Butch Stull.
Flight. junior: Raymond
Kurtz, Vernon Dodd, Tommy
Stubbs. Wayne Naylor. Richard
Taylor. John Hamilton, James
Wilken. and Bill Haggerty.
Evening star., 1957-04-21

with Washington's sewage sys-
ITEM.
Clarksburg on q branch of
Seneca Creek and Middletown on
q branch Of Catoctin Greek have
made preliminary inquiries on
treatment plant construction aid,
vIRGINIA-A total Of 13 ap-l
lplications pending including:
Arlington County pumping
station and interceptor on the
Potomac: Occoquan- Woodbridge
Sanitary District (Quantico
Creek,. treatment plant; Dunn
fries Sanitary District (Quan-
tico Creek. treatment plant;
Fairfax tAccotink Creek, secon-
Diary treatment at existing plant:
subdivisions on Dogue Creek.
secondary treatment for au-
thorized plant: subdivisions on
Little Hunting Greek. secondary
treatment for authorized plant;
Herndon tSugarland RUM. addi-
tons to existing plant; Vienna
(branch of Difficult Rum. addi-
tions to existing plant; Colonial
Beach tPotomac River. compile
ton Of treatment plant; Elkton
tSouth Fork Of Shenandoah
River), completion of treatment
plant; Front Royal (South Fork
Shenandoah River) and Mt.
Jackson North Fork). intercept
tors and treatment plant. =
WEST VIRGINIA-Mooreiield
and tMoorefleld River) Charles
Town tbranch of the Shenan-
doah) have made preliminary
inquiries regarding treatment
plants.
PENNSYLVANIA - No infor-
nation available.
| Small Communities Praised
| One of the gratifying early
developments in the aid pro-
gram is the response by the
smaller communities. health Of
ficials noted. More than 80 per
cent of the projects approved
to date are to benefit commune
ties of 125.000 or less popula-
ton.
1T indicates cleanup of
rural America as we'll as the big
cities" one PHS spokesman said.
The Pollution Control Act spec
ifies that so per cent Of the funds
appropriated must be allotted
towns Of 125.000 or less. The
average population Of communi-
ties given grants SO far is 1880.
In recent Senate testimony,
Mark d. Hollis. Assistant Sur
geon General and Chief Engineer
lof PHS. called attention to the
stimulus provided by Federal
research grants to State and in
terstate agencies concerned with
pollution abatement.
On the need for construction
grant money Mr.. Hollis pointed
out that to overtake the current
backlog more than 1000 "poten-
Itial" projects costing well over
S. billion should be built between
now and 1865, according to State
agencies across the Nation.
Protection Of our water re-
sources is matter Of top priority.
and among the more important
conservation measures is the pre-
vention and control Of water pol
luton to provide for safe re-use
OF water as streams flow from
city to city," the engineer en-
Iphasized
Evening star., 1957-04-21

Police last night abandoned
of an Alexandria police court il
fishermen around Great Falls. Y
appearance today. =
The missing woman is Mrs
Judge Neville G. Hall, jr. Her
terday morning 200 feet from
the edge of the Potomac River
on a parking lot in the Great
Falls Park.
Beyond a shadow of a doubt.
she's in the water" Judge Hall
said "She was the kind of wom-
an who didn't want to cause
anybody any pain. l guess she
just figured she'd reached the
end Of the line"
Hall Appears Dazed
Without hope and looking
dazed as he talked to reporters.
Judge Hall said he had been
advised by police that If Mrs.
Hall is In the river it would
normally take four or f1ve days
for the body to surface.
Whats the use of searching?"
he said.
Judge Hall said a note had
been found in the abandoned car
asking that he be notified De-
tective Sergt. Robert L. Jones of
the Alexandria police wouldn't
call it note. He said there was
| an identification card found with
Judge Halls name and address
written on 1t in ink.
First indication Of note came
from James Watt. superintend-
ent of the Great Falls Park. who
reported the abandoned car to
the police. He said a note was
found in Mrs. Halls opened red
purse on the front seat Of the car.
Unhappy Since October
Judge Hall said his wife had
been unhappy since the birth of
her baby. Nancy. last october.
She has another child, Paula. IL,
her daughter by a previors mar
riage. Her first husband. Navy
| 1t. Paul E. Ullmann. went down
with the cruiser indianapolis
when 1t was torpedoed of Leyte
in July, l945.
The blue-eyed. brown-haired
woman was last seen early Fri
day night by her parents. Rear
Admiral (ret.) and Mrs. Samuel
H. Hurt of 3119 Circle Hill road,
Alexandria.
Judge Hall gave this account
of the hours before he reported
his wife's disappearance to p>>
llice about midnight Friday:
Mrs. Hall hadsyisited her par
ents' home in the afternoon.
About 6 pm. she told the judge
she was going to take Paula 10
dinner with her parents. 1t later
developed that she told her par
ents she was having dinner with
the judge. She drove away from
her parents home and police
have found no one who saw
her after that.
The first indication that any,
thing was amiss came when
Judge Halls mother, after a
visit to the Hurt home, came to
call on her son and told him of
seeing Paula at the Hurts. When
she told him she had not seen
her daughter-in-law there, Judge
Hall Immediately called the Hurt
home and found that Mrs. Hal
had said she was going home.
| At first, the judge thought she
had stopped to do some shopping
Evening star., 1957-04-21
D. c. Doctors Criticize
Mass Cancer Testing

The test is made by a female
technician without profess
sional examination or history
taking. The memorandum to
prospective examines states
that a simple vaginal smear test
has been developed by which this
kind Of cancer can be detected
at a very early stage before
symptoms appear. At this early
stage. uterine cancer is practi-
cally 100 per cent curable.'
Such staten ents without
qualification are misleading and
give the examinee a false sense
of security in the belief that she
has had an adequate examina-
ton"
The authors reviewed two Sc
ries OF cases and noted that the
smear method may be WORTH
while in that a very occasional
case OF early carcinoma Of the
uterus which otherwise might be
missed might be detected.
Completeness Challenged
However, it cannot be relied
upon as a complete screening
test. since a significant number
OF cases would be overlooked If
biopsy were reserved for only
those cases with a positive
smear
Furthermore" the report
adds. "one must consider the
false assurance which doctor and
patient may receive from a false
negative smear" 1t pointed out
that there is sometimes much
expense involved for patients
who are hospitalized for further
tests because of positive smears
when they are ultimately proved
not to have cancer.
These patients might well
wish that the smear technique
had never been devised"
The physicians pointed out
that sole reliance on this smear
test "eleminates large grour
OF women from the benefits OF
clinical and histologic study"
They concluded that the smear
test should be used as supple
ment TO other tests rather than
as a mass screening procedure
Evening star., 1957-04-21
DRUNK DEFENDANT
HEARS NO NIL

RICHMOND. (P.-A weary
defendant limped from the
lookup today and stood be-
fore Judge Harold Maurice
to answer to a drunk charge.
He kept pleading deafness as
the judge kept repeating the
charge.
Finally, Judge Maurice said
in the barest whisper:
Dismissed"
This alerted the prisoner.
He walked briskly from the
courtroom.
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Cord Porty Benefit

The Masonic and Eastern Star
Home Infirmary will benefit from
a card party to be given Saturday
by Esther Chapter No. s. Eastern
Star. The party will be held at
s pm. In the District Daughters
OF the American Revolution
chapter house. 1892 Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Search Halted for Wife,
judge Sure She's Dead

heir search for the missing wife
dge and counted on mixers and
a., to turn UP clues to the dis
Nancy Hurt Hall, 80, wife Of
abandoned car was found yes
When she didn't return by mid
night. he notified police.
Meanwhile. a guard at Great
Falls noticed the empty car
when the park closed at ii pm.
He looked around for the owner,
but found no one. When the car
was still there in the morning,
Mr.. Watt called police. The lie
cense plate Tailed with that of
the Hall car.
No Signs Of Struggle
About eight park employees and
Fairfax County and Alexandria
police searched through the
woods and along the rocky river
bank but found nothing that
would indicate foul play or a
struggle. The key was In the
cars ignition and there was gas
in the tank. Mrs. Halls pocket
book had $1.87 in it and her
drivers permit.
Sergt. Jones called of the
search. He said the woods and
two paths would be alive with
mixers today and fisherman
would line the banks.
Mrs. Hall was born in AN
napolis when her father was
stationed there. She was a grad-
uate of Randolph-Macon Col.
lege. The Halls have been mar
ried about IS months and live
at 2801 Ridge Road drive, Alex
andria some Is miles from
where the car was abandoned.
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Lane Sees Delay
On Borrowing

y
There will be no rush to bor-
row approximately $l05 million
to finance future construction
Engineer Commissioner Thomas
Lane said last night.
At the same time. Gen. Lane
said any dire emergency, a
badly needed school facility fol
instance. could be met faster by
asking Congress for deficiency
appropriation or q return oi
funds cut from the Federal lump
sum payment.
Gen. Lane made his comments
on a panel discussion. Report
to the People," broadcast by
Radio Station WWDC.
Borrowing Now Uncertain
The commissioner said it was
impossible at this time to de-
termine how much money the
city would seek by borrowing in
the open market. He said the
figure would depend on a report
to be made by the Public Wei
fare Committee, due sometime
in the middle Of May.
School officials have asked for
$50 million to undertake a Ave.
year program. II provided II
would come from borrowed
funds.
While no specific amount has
been proposed for borrowing
Schuyler Lowe, District Director
of General Administration,
points out that $105 million
would be the top figure the city
could borrow under sound A.
Inancing policy.
Based on real estate assess
|ments. Sl25 millions would be
the limit. Mr.. Lowe said.
However. the city has already
committed itself for approxi-
Imately $40 millions in borrowed
funds.
Congress Okay Needed
Borrowing. Gen. Lane pointed
out. would require congress
sional authorization legislation.
Whether 1t could be obtained
during this session. he said, is
questionable.
Gen. Lane also commented on
the failure of advisory commit
tees to back a proposal for a
central agency to handle relo-
cation of families displaced by
condemnation action other than
Islum clearance.
He said he felt more should be
done for INDECENT families forced
to move under such circum-
stances. He said the board has
instructed the Assistant Engi-
neer Commissioner for Urban
Renewal to develop a program
for giving assistance where 1t is
needed by various agencies OF the
District government.
Evening star., 1957-04-21

tables to earn tuition and board
Later there was graduate study
at the University of Virginia
where he earned his PHI. D
degree and a Phi Beta Kappa
KEY.
/ The depression turned DR.
Paschall into the teaching pro-
feSsion.
| He had taken history and
government at william and Mary
with the idea Of preparing him
self for law but at the time oi
his graduation times were tight
and ! had to earn a living"
I In 1882 he accepted a teaching
job in Lunenpurg County and
developed an intense liking for
education" He says he isn't
sorry about not being in Law
because ] don't know what I've
missed"
Loved to Recite Poetry
/ He was known for his recita-
tions OF poetry while serving as
teacher and principal al
Victoria High School.
One Of his former students
said he could recite Shelly. Ten
nyson. and other Victorian and
Romantic poets by the hour. and
knew countless verses Of Dam
gerous Dan McGrew.
Outside of history, he con-
siders Tennyson's "Idylls of the
King" the finest "in all litera-
ture,"
F.. His thesis for his doctorate in
education at the University of
Virginia was the role of the State
Department of Education in the
Improvement Of nursery schools
and kindergartens.
/ With time out for service in
the Navy in World War II. he
spent 10 years in the Virginia
Department of Education where
he became director of teacher
education before his appoint
ment as superintendent.
His interest in public schools
is more than academic. He has
a daughter. IA. in high school,
and a son. 10. in elementary
school. His wife teaches English
and history in one of Henrlco
County's schools. She plans to
give up her job now that her
husband has become boss Of the
system.
! DR.. Paschall is a post presi-
dent Of a Kiwanis club. a former
zone governor of Ruritan. a grand
master of the Masonic order.
j OF all his activities, he says,
THE thing ! value the most of
anything / ever received in my
life is the Algernon Sydney Sui
livan award" in recognition OF
meritorious service to ones fel-
lowmen.
Likes Cane Pole Fishing
When interviewed. DR.. Pas
chall was smoking a cigarette
but the big ash tray on his desk
also contained a half-smoked
cigar and pipe.
Il smoke all three" he said, a
little apologetically, but l don't
chew"
Il grew up on a farm that
raises tobacco. and I've been
close to tobacco. I reckon that's
it,"
/ He has three hobbies-"read-
ing particularly history, small
time gardening, and creek bank
fishing"
There's nothing l enjoy more
than fishing with a cane pole"
he says. "A man has to become
a philosopher while fishing.
There's enough time for refiec-
ton and just an occasional stim-
ulus from a bobbing cork.
That's the trouble these days.
said the man in the middle OF
the controversy over Virginia. s
public schools.
$50 often there's only time TO
act so little time for refiec-
tion."
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Opero Is Worth Beons

KINGS LYNN. England. April
20 tP).--The operate and drama
society OF Kings Lynn needs
money. So the amateur singers
and actors are raising two acres
OF beans 10 be sold 10 q cannery.
Evening star., 1957-04-21

1unQ appllCaLlOnS from TWO 70
six times larger than their 1857
Federal allotments.
To health officials the prompt
and. voluminous reaction is a
clear sign Of the stimulating ef-
feet the new aid measure has
had on communities, many OF
which are 10 or more .-ears be-
hind in meeting their pollution
abatement needs.
The Water Pollution Control
Act authorizing the Federal con-
struction grants, as well as other
financial aid. took effect last July
l. A $50 million appropriation to
help communities build sewage
treatment works, pumping sta
tions and sewage lnterceptor and
outfall lines gave the Act sub
stance.
Basis Reviewed
Between mid-October, when
PHS got the program admins
tration in shape. through March
81. there were 913 project appli-
cations filed either with State
agencies or PHS regional offices.
These involve Federal grant
money totaling $84.4 million to
be applied to projects costing a
total Of $456.l million. Grants
are made on the basis of 80 per
cent Of project cost. or $3.50. 900
whichever Is less.
In the same brief period, the
service has approved grants to-
falling $23 million for 277 prof.
ects costing an estimated total
Of $100.7 million.
The steady and sharp rise of
both applications and grants has
continued in the last three weeks.
1t was against this tide that
the House earlier this month
first tentatively defeated and
then in a stand and be :
counted" vote. finally approved
the full authorized $50 million
appropriation for the programs S
second year beginning July /.
A Senate Appropriations Sub
committee is preparing for pub
lie hearings on the budget item
soon after the Easter recess.
Among the leaders in requests
Tor construction aid. are such
acutely water-conscious States
as Florida, Wisconsin. California,
Virginia, Illinois and Utah. Flor
Ida. for example. has asked for
grants nearly six times greater
than its 1857 ALLEGATION of S9ll.-
600. Virginia's requests are 3.6
times greater than the current
81 million allotment.
Potomac Grants Noted
Along with the rest Of the Ma
ton. the Potomac River Basin
figures Importantly in the 1857
construction grant picture. Here
Is rundown:
WASHINGTON, d. C.-s250.-
600 OF $445.650 allotment re-
quested to modify the treatment
plant at Blue Plains.
MARYLAND-Rockville in con-
junction with Washington Su-
burban Sanitary Commission has
requested t25o.000 for a sewage
interceptcr line that will allow
abandonment Of the city's over
loaded sewage treatment plant
on Cabin John Creek. WSS0
further has asked for another
S25o.o00 to build a second inter-
ceptor tieing in the Rockville line
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Food Program
.Stirs Officials

Welfare officials are "begin-
ming to worry" about funds to
finance the city's month -old
emergency food plan.
Welfare Director Gerard NJ
Shea reported that so far. more
than $37. 900 has been spent for
food orders issued to the needy
! The plan adopted after reports
of hungry children in Southwest
Washington was scheduled to
run for 80 days while officials
Studied long range plans for the
public assistance program here.
Feel Casework Needed
The emergency measure since
has been extended through May.
Numerous meetings have been
held, meanwhile. on what steps
should be adopted to plug gaps
in the welfare program.
Welfare officials have little en-
thusiasm for the mere handing
out Of money or food orders
They feel that social casework
is needed if needy families are to
be given lasting help in their
problems.
Mr.. Shea said that staff which
would result in reduced case
loads is the big answer to welfare
needs.
Aided by Other Agencies
When the emergency program
was adopted. no additional work.
ers were provided the depart
ment. Twelve social workers and
a supervisor were taken from
other units and assigned to the
stopgap activity.
Certifications for food orders
have mounted to a total of 2.0ls
cases involving 1862 children.
The work Of handling these cases
has taken staff away from the
regular handling of public as
sistance cases and increased de-
lays in this work.
The department has requested
authority from the Commission
ers to hire % additional tempo
rary workers If it is to give any
follow-up attention to recipients
of the food orders.
Among the proposals under
consideration is the establish
ment Of surplus food distribution
points in 10 neighborhood CEN
ters to help supplement the food
supply of needy families, in lieu
Of the emergency plan. In ad-
dition, school authorities are
studying the possibility OF a
school lunch plan for elementary
children.
Federal Grants Raised
The funds which have been
drawn upon for the emergency
food program come from savings
from an increase in the Federal
matching money for grants to
relief clients.
With this increase in the Fed
eral formula in October, the
District raised its grants to re-
lief recipients from the former
l78 per cent Of the minimum
subsistence standard to 83 per
cent last January.
The grants could have been
increased to IS per cent for the
rest of the fiscal year with no
increase in District money. But
to carry this amount for a full
year starting July would have
required more local funds. The
grants. therefore. were increased
to 83 per cent. resulting In the
savings.
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Virginio's School Head
I axes Crisis With Calm
Dr.. PuschuIl Will Adhere to Stote's
Non-lnteerotion Program, Stanley Says
By GUY FRIDDELL
special star Correspondent

RICHMOND April 20-Pant smile a punching bag and
have good idea Of what's demanded
public school superintendent It's infinite capacity
taking punishment.
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Pollution Control Bids
Far Exceed Allotment
BY JOHN w. STEPP

Community and State requests for Federal water pollution
control grants in hve months have nearly $5 million
beyond the $50 million appropriated for the entire year.
Records Of the United States Public Health which
ministers the construction aid program show that
their to pursue stream cleanup