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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
Tokomo Park Approves
Annexotiono f3.4Acres

Annexation of a 3.43-acrt
segment of unincorporated Sill
yer Spring formally was au-
thorized by the Takoma Park
City Council last night.
1t followed a public hearing
at which there was no protest
to the proposal to annex the
property generally across Piney
Branch road from the Takoma
Park Junior High School, as
requested at a council meeting
August "a.
The annexation, sought BY
Developer David s. Demazo
a developer who plans 20 new
homes there, will become effec-
tive December / unless a petit
ton is filed for a citizens ref
erendum, the council ruled.
The property involved also
is bounded by Alfred and Ray
drives, with the only exit from
the proposed home develop
ment entering the corporate
limits Of Takoma Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

would not try to salvage her.
Mr., DER was reluctant to dis
cuss details Of his latest salvage
plan.
Dreamed Up Invention
II can only say that it would
require a special invention ]
dreamed UP while on the
African Queen. Divers wouldn't
be required and once my in
vention was built the ship
would come up In a matter of
hours" he declares.
After six months Of labor,
Mr.. DER and three partners,
Belden Little Of Holland and
A. E. Sadler and Paul Brady
Of Suffolk brought the Queen
to Norfolk. 1t arrived here two
weeks ago. They succeeded on
shoestring capital.
The African Queen is not yet
sold. Mr.. DER still hopes the
Liberian tanker will bring close
to 81 million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
D.C.Orgunist
Wins $500
In Car Suit

BALTIMORE, Oct. IS CSpe-
ciaD "A Washington organist.
who said injuries suffered when
she was struck by a car pre-
vented her from playing the
organ, was awarded $500
damages yesterday by a United
States District Court jury.
Chief Judge Roszel c. Thorn
sen directed the jury to return
the verdict favoring Mrs.
Mamie F. Parham of 5208
Third street NV, who had
studied the organ since she
was 8.
The defendants in the suit,
listed as Ester B. BENJAMIN
and Carl r. Smith of the 4700
block Of East avenue, Suitland,
Md, named as owner and
driver Of the car, respectively,
did not contest the award.
According to testimony. Mrs.
Parham suffered leg and foot
injuries when struck by a car
driven by Smith at the inter-
section of Georgia avenue and
w street NV. on October 81.
1856. A hospital secretary, Mrs.
Parham had taught music part
time.
Mrs. Parham was represented
by j. Franklin Bourne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
County Halls Ruling
As Annexation Curb

tually the same as those now
existing. :"
Supervisor James Keith said !:
This is what we've been hop
ing for"
A fellow supervisor, William
H. Moss, said he was Every
pleased" with the decision and
felt it was applicable to our
particular case"
Moss More Hopeful
Mr.. Moss said it "raises my
hopes a great DEAL"
The decision was hailed as
about as encouraging a piece
of news as the county has had
since I've been in office" by Su-
pervisor A. Claiborne Leigh.
Supervisor Thomas S. Gray
said he was "a little surprised
that the courts decision was
considered novel. Mr.. Gray has
commended frequently that
legal precedent on annexation
in the State is archaic.
Reaction in Falls Church and
Fairfax was somewhat different.
Falls Church City Manager
Lewis z. Johnston said: II don't
think it would have any effect
on the city"
Mr.. Johnston said he based
his thinking on the theory that
urban areas should be under
urban government and that
rural areas should be under
rural government.
Fairfax Town Manager Glenn
Saunders said his towns an
nexation suit against the county
was completely different from
that ruled on yesterday by the
State court.
The high court yesterday
took under advisement Fairfax
County's appeal from an an
neXation court decree award
ing the Town of Fairfax 1924
acres of county territory. the
Associated Press reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
Democratic Women
To Hear LequI Aide

Mrs. Shirley B. Jones, Mary
land Assistant Attorney Cen
eral, will be the guest speaker
at the fall luncheon Saturday
of the Southern Maryland
Group of the United Demo-
cratic Women's Club.
The event will be held at
1890 pm. at the OakcreSt
Country, Club, 61O0 Marlboro
Pike, Hillside. Others invited
include Mrs. ]. Willard Tawes,
wife of the Governor, Attorney
General and Mrs. C. Ferdinand
Sybert and State Controller
and Mrs, Louis L. Goldstein.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

once in a while, a wall would
collapse"
Firemen said within minutes
after the blaze was discovered
flames had eaten through the
beams of the 300-foot-long
main building and its roof COL
lapsed.
One witness said chemicals
exploded like f1recrackerS all
night"
Firemen were hampered by
inadequate water pressure at
the 5-acre plant site and by
occasional gusts of wind.
The origin of the fire was
not Immediately determined,
but some f1remen said it ap-
parently had spread from a
boiler explosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
NH Aides. Friends
Invited to Recital

Friends and relatives Of en-
ployes at the National Insti-
tutes Of Health are invited to
recital by pianist Dina Koston
at $3.50 pm. october % at the
Institutes Health Clinical Gen.
ter auditorium.
Miss Koston, who has ap-
peared in concerts at the Berk-
shire Music Festival in Tangle-
wood, Mass, and at Fontaine-
bleau, France, will play selec-
tons from Brahms. Mozart,
Chopin and Beethoven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

In another action. the coun-
Gil agreed to meet again at 8
pm. Thursday with representa-
tives Of civic organizations to
discuss plans toward adopting
a sister city overseas.
The council also:
Authorized an expenditure Of
not more than 81 loo to provide
kitchen equipment and facil-
tiles In the new Community
Hall recently dedicated at AZ
Oswego avenue.
Approved expenditure Of $975
to rae the old public works de-
partment on Maple avenue as
a first step toward ultimate
Identification Of the area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
Mother Aids Foster Parents
In Fight to Regain Child

fare Board. testified then she
was concerned about the moth
er's consent statement. There
was a question whether the
consent was valid, since 1t was
more than a year old when the
Wicomico family's adoption pro-
ceedings was started.
Taken From Home
After refusing the Crumps
permission to adopt the boy
Montgomery welfare officials
took him from their home q
few days before last Christmas
He had been with the Crumps
for 10 months though in most
cases infants are kept in foster
homes for only six months.
Welfare aides had consid-
cred Johnny UNACCEPTABLE be-
cause early tests indicated he
was slightly retared. Later well
fare workers decided he was
suitable for adoption.
The Wicomico court, in It's
opinion turning down the
Crumps' request to adopt the
boy, said it believed the Silver
Spring couple as well as the
Wicomico family would pro-
vide worthy homes for him.
The Wicomico judges said
Montgobery County welfare au-
thorities were "heartless" in the
way they handled the case,
However, the court ruled in
favor of the welfare board.
Now the Crumps' attorneys
are asking that the Wicomico
court get the case again to
hear the natural mothers
wishes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
DREAMS OF INVENTION
SoIvoger of Queen
Wants the Dorio

NORFOLK. Va, Oct. Is (AP)
The man who engineered the
raising Of the African Queen
now wants to attempt one OF
the worlds most formidable
salvage interchangeable An
drea Doria.
Lloyd DER, q 42-year-old
Holland resident. said yester-
day:
II have dreamed up an in
vention that will do it. 1t will
cost big money but 1t will work.
I'll stake my reputation on It,"
He did not describe the in
vention.
The 29,000-ton Italian liner
lies in 225 feet Of water so miles
of Nantucket, Mass. She sank
July rs, 1856, after a collision
with the Swedish liner Stock
nolm. F1rty-one persons died
and 1.700 were saved.
$40 Million Trove Seen
Several salvage Arms tried
and failed to raise the liner
Estimates Of the worth Of jewel;
and other cargo aboard range
as high as $40 million.
1.-THE only thing keeping me
from going after the Andrea
Doria Immediately is lack Of
financial backing" Mr.. Deli
said. IF I can raise enough
money, I'll bring up the Andrea
DORA or any other sunken
ship"
Men who know the soft
spoken father of three children
aren't laughing at his scheme
He planned the operations
which raised the 40-foot stern
section Of the African Queer
from a sand shoal 10 miles OF
Ocean City, Md, after experts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
u. S. HOLDS MAN IN THREAT
TO SEGREGATION CASE JUDGE

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) "A man Federal investigators
said wrote threatening letter to Virginia Judge because
Of recent school desegregaon ruling has been ordered
held for Federal grand jury action in November
The accused Frederick Ross Henley 49, was charged
yesterday In connection with letter sent to Federal
Judge Roby c. Thompson.
The Federal Bureau Of Investigation said the letter
threatened bodily harm to Judge Thompson for his
decision ordering Is Negroes admitted to Floyd County
white schools The letter received in the office Of the
Federal District Court clerk here yesterday morning.
Henley had hearing before United States Commissioner
Charles Fox yesterday afternoon Bond set at $4,000
Henley Is q linotype operator here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

obtained by the Montgomery
County Welfare Board through
fraud and duress."
In an affidavit submitted to
the court the mother stated she
was a ward Of Montgomery
welfare authorities at the time
she gave birth to the child.
II was In a home for unwed
mothers and was told that it
would be impossible for me to
keep him." she said. Welfare
aides told her she would have
to pay $40 each month for
foster care or give the baby up
| for adoption. II had no way
to pay for care for my son."
she added.
She said she finally gave her
consent after welfare officials
assured her the baby would
not be shifted from one home
to another as / had been"
The mother requested that
she be given an opportunity
to be heard in court "aS to my
desires in regard to the adop-
ton of my child by the first
foster parents and I would
like the court to consider re-
turning Johnny to me should
such request be denied"
Mothers Statement
Shortly after the Crumps
contacted her and told her the
circumstances of the case, the
young mother wrote them:
II believe from meeting you
and your wife that you love
Johnny very much. You see I
want Johnny very much my
self but I know that he will be
happier with you and your
wife, so if making Johnny
happy by giving him up then
that is what I will do"
She told the Crumps she had
been orphaned when she was
6 years old and had been moved
in and out of at least 10 differ
ent foster homes.
The question Of the mothers
original consent to adoption
came up last March in the Wi
comico County Circuit Court
when the Crumps attempted to
gain permanent custody Of the
child.
Miss Beatrice Pryor, director
! of the Wicomico County We'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
Eagle Scout Ceremony

Tony Pirrone, IT, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Austin Pirrone of 1909
Chillum road, Hyattsville. will
receive his Eagle Scout Award
at ceremonies conducted by
Boy Scout Troop 702, 8 pm.
Friday night in the Our Lady
of Sorrows School cafeteria,
Larch street and New Hamp-
shire avenue, Takoma Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
= BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star STAFF Writer

The Maryland Court Of APP
peals at Annapolis was tolC
today that the natural mother
Of a 2-year-old boy now thu
center of an adoption fight
wants him returned to his Sill
yer Spring foster parents.
Montgomery County welfare
authorities last year, refused
the couple permission to adopt
the boy though they had raised
him from a 7-day-old infant
until he was 10 months. Wei
fare officials removed the baby
from his foster home and he
has been adopted by a family
In Wicomico County.
The boys mother, an 18-
year-old girl who spent her owr
childhood being shunted from
one foster home to another
says she doesn't want the same
to happen to her son.
Learns of Court Fight
Attorneys told the court that
the mother, who gave birth to
the baby out of wedlock, was
informed by welfare aides that
the child had been finally
adopted when he was 6 month.
old. Only later did she learn
that a court battle was going
on over his custody.
Her primary interest in
stepping into the case now, hel
statement said, is to tell the
court she wants the baby re-
turned to his first home.
The Silver Spring couple
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd r. Crumr
Of 1908 Atherton drive, To-
Gated the young mother about
two weeks ago in a Southern
State. 1t was then that she
learned about the court fight
over her child.
The CrumpS. who lost theil
case in the lower court, have
appealed the matter to the
States highest court.
Now their attorneys are ask
ing the appeals court to return
the case to the lower court SC
that the natural mothers views
may be heard.
They also told the high court
today that the mothers orig
inal consent to adoption was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
Fire and Explosions
Wreck Maryland Mill.

WILLIAMSPORT. Nd, Oct.
10 (AP).-Fire feeding on rolls
of ribbon and touching off
multiple explosions of chem
ical containers destroyed a huge
silk mill in this Western Mary
land community today.
A nearby home was damaged,
trees and utility poles were set
adame, and electricity in the
immediate area was cut off.
No serious injuries were re-
ported, but volunteers and
firemen from Is companies
battled for six hours before
bringing the blaze under con-
troll.
Three Buildings Wrecked
Three buildings = one brick
and two of them concrete
block - were leveled. They
housed the Federal Silk Mills
California Spray-Chemical Co.
and a terminal of the Pony
Express, a trucking firm.
There was no early ofticlaI
estimate of damage, but fire.
men said the loss would run
into several hundred thou
sand dollars"
Max Rohrer. a bakery en-
ploye and volunteer firemen
said the structures were "just
about gone" by 4 a.m.-twc
hours after being discovered
by Jack Murray. son of 8
nearby filling station operator
Series of Explosions
Zone explosion would pop ii
one part of a building, then an
other would pop in another
palt" said Mr.. Rohrer. Ever!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
BY JACK KELSO
Star STAFF Writer

Fairfax County officials to-
day greeted with enthusiasm q
Virginia Supreme Court of APP
pealS ruling that appeared tc
give counties a better defense
against annexation suits.
County officials, who are la
boring under threats of annex
alton from Falls Church anc
Alexandria, felt the ruling was
just what they had been wait
ing for.
Mrs. Anne Wilkins, vice
chairman of the Board q
County Supervisors. said the
new court ruling sounds real
encouraging" She said il
Sounds as if the counties are
going to be given a chance to
plead their cause"
The possibly far-reaching
ruling was made yesterday
when the Court of Appeals reu
versed a Circuit Court decision
and dismissed an annexation
suit brought by the town OF
Timberville against Rocking
ham County.
New Principle Noted
The court, noting it was using
what was described as a new
principle, said the best inter-
ests of the proposed annexa-
ton area must be considered
as well as the best interests of
the town.
In the past, the interests of
municipalities have had pri-
mary considerations big legal
advantage. Rarely have an
nexation moves been rejected
in the courts.
The court, in its decision
yesterday, said the services
that were to be rendered by the
town Of Timberville ARE vir-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
Breed Up 81 Pct.

MINNEAPOLIS.-The retail
price Of bread has increased 81
per cent since 1947. During the
same period the cost Of wheat
has declined 20 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
As 7 rupper
WoIkerAgoin
Saves West

YELLOWSTONE KELLY" q Warn
er Bros. release, directed by Gordon
DOUGLAS. screenplay By Burt Kennedy.
from the book By Clay Fisher, music
BY Howard Jackson. At the Ambas-
sador and Metropolitan theaters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
By JOSEPH B. BYRNES
Star Stan Writer

Yellowstone Kelly" current
ly showing at the Metropolitan
and Ambassador opens with
Clint Walker astride his horse,
leading a pack mule. He is wait
ing on the banks Of the big
Muddy" for the river steamer
Far West to take him aboard.
He fires three shots as a signal.
The Far West answers with
three blasts Of her whistle.
It closes with Clint, a fur
trapper. in the same spot q
year later. This time he has
Wshleeah (Andra MARTINI q
sultry Arapaho squaw, in tow.
What happens in the interven-
ing SO minutes won't make the
atrical history.
Direcor Gordon Douglas and
Warner Brothers have stuck to
the tried and true Hollywood
formula for wrestling the West
from the Indians. This, plus
some superb color photography
and gorgeous scenery makes
Yellowstone" a fair to mid
dim film.
However. not even the
casting Of Edward (Kookie)
Byrnes as q young footloose
Man Friday for Kelly could en-
tice the teen-agerS into the F
street house.
Let's just say Rookie did q
workmanlike job of his part in
winning the West. But the sus-
pense was terrific. We expected
him to break into 1--WE talk at
any moment. In fact. during a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

Aristophanes wrote 1t first in
AL B. c. but not when handled
with such indelicacy as in SIT
Started With A Kiss" It is
merely embarrassing when Miss
Reynolds is asked to walk
around in a merely painted
derriere state, more so when
her co-star pants through
scene after scene of Illustration.
When it gets out Of a greater
variety Of bedrooms than are
to be found in a large furniture
store. the Towns Aim is often
scenically attractive. It's back
grounds are Spain, where Sgt.
Ford is a member Of the U. s.
NATO forces. These look fine
in Technicolor as does. more
than any other, Fred Clark's
performances as an Air Force
general beset by more troubles
than any one man should be
asked to bear. j. C..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

brief colloquy with Kelly on
Indian customs, he said:
Sounds crazy" In a fash we
had left the Yellowstone and
were punching the bell at n
Sunset Strip.
Mr.. Douglas carefully builds
up to his climax. This happens
to be q showdown with the
remnants Of q United States
cavalry troop. Yellowstone
Kelly and Wahleeah standing
Of the william. John Russell,
cast as Gall. chief Of the saw
age Sioux.
Surprisingly. Gall, a benevol-
ent despot. decides that Wah-
leeahI isn't worth the battle
and lets the soldiers, Yellow
stone and the sQuaw of with
their lives. Meanwhile, Rookie
is killed Of by an insurgent
band of Sioux.
Ten years ago Yellowstone
Kelly" and Hollywood's version
Of the famed trapper's life
would have been considered q
better-than-average movie. To-
day. however. it does not quite
measure up. TV has long since
picked that bone clean.
You leave with the impress
sion that you should have
turned of the color set before
you left the theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

at Started With A Kiss" one
suspects. did nothing Of the
kind.
1t began rather with some
body's notion that screen sex
Is a highly salable commodity
and the more salable for being
handled tastelessly.
And. compromising this high
~ stressed aspect Of the come
dy at the Town theater is the
circumstance that its stars are
o couple Of the more innocent
members Of the M-G-M CLAM
our stable. The two are Debbie
Reynolds and Glenn Ford who
barely manage to look at ease
in roles more suited to Bright
Bardot and Gerard PHILIPPE.
: TT Started With A Kiss, !"
attractively photographed, is
the Lysistrata theme adapted
by Valentine Davies to a CT
atmosphere. This is to say it is
the story Of a hasty show girl
Air Force sergeant marriage
whose comedy is imbedded in
the wife's insistence upon sep
arate beds.
This has been funny since
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

The timeliness Of It's theme
Juveniles in trouble, should
make "Blue Denim" at Loew's
Capitol q certain boxoffice at
traction.
Nevertheless, there will re-
main questions in thoughtful
minds as to the honesty or
Judgment involved in its pre-
mise as a film. blue Denim"
asks a serious question, why
there is so little understanding
and communication between
parents and their offspring?
Having raised it-as the stage
version did also-the stress is
placed upon the sensational
aspects Of q pregnancy involv-
ing two youngsters in their mid
teens.
The explanation for this may
well be placed at the door of
Brandon de Wilde. AS the boy
responsible for the plight Of
Carol Lynley in the screen mar
rative, he seems bewildered by
many more things than what
to do about her condition.
The cameras greater scope
permits a more detailed report
on the case history of the two
principals. These two are rep
resented as having every mid
dle-class comfort and asset but
one. The missing element is
communication with their par
ents. someone to whom to take
their physiological and psychic
discomforts.
Left to discover life for them
selves, they could hardly ach-
ieve it with more savage con-
sequences. In their starkest
terms, these are whether the
girl should run away, kill her
self, or find an abortionist. The
panicked choice goes ultimately
to the latter alternative. ar
ranged by a sinister character
In an outlying drug store.
Philip Dunno who co-wrote
and directs blue Denim" keeps
it in a tense emotional key.
This is convincingly acted,
however, only by Miss Lynley
and. fugitively, by Warren Ber-
liner as De Wilde's best friend.
Less than real are the perform
ances Of Marsha Hunt and
Macdonald Carey, both more
the victims Of the writing Of
"Blue Denim" than of any lack
Of ability to cope with their
roles. .
"Blue Denim" for all its
flaws, is one of those pictures
doomed to be lone of the most
talked Of" It's theme alone is
full guarantee Of this.