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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
seropbOOk I'll. Duts-Morch II


general recommendations. Use
about Is pounds Of 10-10-10
or is pounds of 1864 per 1000
square feet Of lawn area. If
phosphate and potash are at a
high level a fertilizer supplying
only nitrogen car &c used, One
and a half pounds If nitrogen
per 1000 square feet is supplied
by 8 pounds of nitrate of soda,
7 pounds Of ammonium sui
fate, 31a pounds of urea or 5
pounds of ammonium nitrate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Rose Society to Hold
Demonstration

The Potomac Rose Society
will sponsor . rose pruning
demonstration at 2 pm. today
at the Shoreham Hotel Rose
Garden. II possible. all those
attending will be allowed to
take part In actual pruning
operations. Bring gloves. shears;
wear suitable shoes. The So
ciety has sponsored the Shore
ham garden since the Federal
garden area near the Potomac
was wiped out years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
'Gordens of Europe
Is Movers Topic

The local branch Of the
National Association Of Gar
deners win meet Friday at Q
pm. at the Bureau Of Stand
ards. Connecticut avenue and
Van Ness street NV. DR.. Fred
eric q. Meyer. USDA. will speak
on Gardens and Plants Of
Europe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Plans Pushed
ForShowut
Brondywine

The annual spring flower
show Of District II of the Fed
Grated Garden Clubs Of Mary
land will be held May l6 and
II at qwynp Park High School.
Brandywine. Md. District II is
comprised Of nine Southern
Maryland clubs, with Mrs.
Clarkson .. Bright Of Annapolis
district director.
Mrs. Norman w. Foote. IT,.
Of the Calvert Manor Club Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Dormant Spruys

Spray trees and shrubs be-
fore the spring growth starts to
kill scale insects and aphid
eggs. Use a superior dormant
oil spray oil or q lime sulfur
spray. Follow the instructions
on the container carefully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Strawberries

Strawberry plants should be
set as soon as the soil is At to
work. so locate your new plants
now and be ready for the early
planting. Plan to treat the soil
with chlordane before pant
ing to kill wire worms and cut
worms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Water Line Program
To Cost $9.2 Million

A $9.2 million water line con-
Struction program has been pro-
posed to serve Prince Georges
and Montgomery Counties for
the next five years.
The schedule of "a projects
was drafted by engineers of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission and released by
the agency yesterday. The list
includes "a projects carried over
from previously approved pro-
grams.
The 10 new projects are esti-
mated at $2.1 million. Three
are in Montgomery and consist
of 3 miles of water line, while
the remainder are in Prince
Georges and call for 1875 miles
of pipe. Carryover construc-
ton is split evenly between the
two countries.
The proposal came a week
after a 1854 million five-year
sewer construction program was
unveiled by the commission.
The agency is required by law
to adopt two such programs
each october /.
Most costly of the new items
is $852,400 for a 20-inch main
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

from a 5-million-gallon reser-
voir on st. Barnabas road, pro-
posed for erection next year at
a cost of over 100000.
The 20-inch main would run
south into Henson Greek VAL
ley, along the valley to Indian
Head highway, and southwark
along the road to Piscataway
Creek. The 10-mile line is
planned for 1961-63 construc-
ton.
Largest of the new Mont
gomery projects is $685. 800 for
a 1-million-gallon storage tank
in the ColeSville area.
Engineers say the tank is
Also slated for Montgomery
in 1861 is a 2-million-gallo
standpipe reservoir at Olney to
supplement the tank at
Browns Corner. The new tank
is priced at $175,00O.
The other Montgomery prof.
ect is a emile line along Seven
Locks road from the new
Watts Branch plant line to an
existing line at Cabin John.
The project is scheduled for
1963-64 and estimated at
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Boy, IA, Injured
By Car in Fairfax

A boy from independence
Mo-, was severely injured yes
terday when he was struck by
a car as he tried to cross Route
l in Woodley Hills. Fairfax
County police reported.
County police identified the
boy as Alan Shaw, IA, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shaw, here
on a sightseeing tour. He was
struck by a car driven by Mrs,
Rosemary d. Anderson, 80, OF
1905 Hayfield place, Alexan-
dria, police said.
Police said Mrs. Anderson
was driving behind another
car when the boy ran into her
path. She swerved into an
other lane but he ran into the
same lane at the same time,
police said.
Young Shaw was reported in
fair condition today in Alex
andria Hospital with multiple
fractures of the pelvis and a
broken leg. He and his fam
lily had been staying at the
Woodley Hills trailer park,
2730 Richmond highway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Auto Mechanic, SO,
browns in Cutoctin

WATERFORD, Va, Aug. 26
(AP).-A 68-year1old automo-
bile mechanic was found
drowned in Catoctin Greek here
yesterday.
Wade Bentley was found
face down in about foot of
water. The Loudoun County
examiner. DR.. Roy B.
Sampson, said death was due
to accidental drowning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
z Youths Arrested
In HyuttsviIIe

Hyattsville city police early
today caught two youths inside
a store at 5618 Baltimore
avenue.
One was a 16-year-old Hy-
attsville youth charged only
yesterday in another breaking
and entering case and who,
with two others, admitted
breaking into a dozen places,
Prince Georges County Detec-
tive Sergt. Emmett F. G. Gray
reported.
He and Dennis Manning, 10,
of the 1900 block of Ravens
wood road. Riverdale, were
caught about Ais am. inside
the Mitchell Sales Co., a type
writer and business machine
firm, by Corpl. E. C. Husk and
Pvt. Lester HUMPHREYS of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
House Hearing Furry ImpeHIs
Passage Of Mass Transit Bill

would like to see the contro-
versial sections dropped rather
than risking difficulties in
pushing the transit compact to
realization.
Mr.. Fenwick and Commits
sioner Mclaughlin voiced con-
Germ that the Foley stand
might jeopardize the plan by
requiring the Maryland and
Virginia legislatures to take up
the compact question again
before 1t could go forward.
This could delay the compact
for two or three years, Mr..
Mclaughlin warned.
Labor groups indicated they
would raise objections in con-
nection with the strike break
ing matter.
Mr.. Mclaughlin suggested a
change in wording in the strike
provision. He also asked that
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission provision be dropped.
Hits Labor Groups
Mr.. Fenwick critized the labor
groups, declaring they had the
full opportunity to present their
objections before the States APP
proved the compact plan. He
said there was no intention Of
using any provision of the legis-
lation for breaking strikes,
adding:
"It'S not a labor bill"
A number of questions were
asked by Representative Willis
Democrat of Louisiana. He
warned that If the legislation
could not be ironed out salts
factorily without delay it would
have slight chance of passage
before Congress adjourns.
Another difficulty doomed
from the District side. D. C.
Transit spokesman said they
planned to voice strong objec-
lions to the legislation.
Earlier David L. Krupsaw.
chairman Of the Arlington
County Boardfi told a House
Judiciary subcommittee uni
fed transit regulation is needed
to make it easier to get from
place to place in the District
area.
1T is our hope. in Airing
ton County. and our belief that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

the compact commission pro-
posed . +. will have the powers
to remedy the major flaws In
the transit facilities presently
available" Mr.. Krupsaw said
in a prepared statement.
Resident Problems
He noted that Arlington
residents now must frequently
ride into the District to get
to another point in the county.
In such cases. Mr.. Krupsaw
said, Arlington transit riders
have to pay two interstate fares
to the two companies which
service the county.
Such service inconvenience
might be corrected or elm
mated under the powers
granted an area commission
which could coordinate serv-
ice and provide for through
routings and joint fare ar
rangements. Mr.. Krupsaw said.
Maryland and Virginia al
ready have approved legislation
authorizing their participation
in the regional transportation
compact. Congressional action
to permit District participation
is necessary before the pro-
posed regional regulatory agen-
cy could be set up. Instead of
the three separate regulatory
agencies for the District, Mary
land and Virginia which now
control transit matters in the
metropolitan area, one commits
sion would be set up with rep
resentatives of all three juris-
dictionS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Maryland Provides Close Audit
For $500 Million Toll Facilities

Maryland's toll facilities ex-
tend from the SuSquehannah
River bridge at Havre de Grace
some 35 miles north of Balti-
more to the Potomac River
bridge at Morgantown ITO
miles away in Charles County
In between are the two major
facilities, the $44 million Ches-
apeake Bay Bridge and the
$3.50 million Baltimore Harbor
tunnel.
A lot Of States have had sad
experiences with toll facilities.
Toll Cuts Likely
But Maryland's have been so
successful that there are indi-
cations that the $3.50 million
bond issue of 1855 could be
paid off in 1871 instead of
1895 as planned. if present tolls
are maintained.
Chances are, however, that
next year. and at the latest
1862, there will be major
changes in the tolls charged,
particularly on the Bay Bridge.
There the tolls already have
been reduced once since the
bridge opened in 1852.
Mr.. ODonnell, SO, for 20
years was a reporter and po-
litical writer for the Baltimore
Sun.
He became assistant to for
mer Gov. w. Preston Lane, jr.,
after his 1916 election and was
named to his present post in
1850 when Gov. Lane was de-
feated.
Use Of the bridges and tun-
mel is increasing annually and
there already is talk of the
need in the not too distant
future of another bridge
across the Chesapeake Bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Arlington
Schools Cite
Veterans

Fourteen employees with more
than 20 years in the Arlington
school system will be honored at
meeting of the school staff at
1890 am. tomorrow at WASH
ington-Lee High School.
Length Of service pins will
be presented to the IA and to
lit other school employees who
have from S to 10 years serv-
ice.
Receiving 3O-year pins will
be Thomas H. Christie of
Westinghouse High School,
Miss Mary Ruth Fuller of Ash
lawn Elementary School, Miss
Virginia Gardner of Gunston
Junior High and Mrs. Clara S.
Rhone of Hoffman Boston
Elementary School.
Twenty-flve-year pins will
be awarded to Mrs. Alice T.
d odd, remedial reading
teacher; Miss Eleanore King,
Librarian at Williamsburg
Junior High; Mrs. Mae B. Van
Meter, principal of Patrick
Henry Elementary, and Mrs.
Pauline Wibert, Page Elemen-
tary.
Recognition for 20 years
service will go to Charles C.
Cone, principal of Thomas JEFF
ferson Junior High; Mrs. Annie
E. Hazel Bancroft Elementary:
Miss Agnes Latham, Washing-
ton-Lee; Charles P. Scott,
Wakefield High; Milo Sonen,
Wakefield High, and Miss Char
lene Swartz, librarian at Page
Elementary.
Forty-two school employees
will receive 10-year service pins
and 1875 others will be awarded
pins for five years of service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

they do it, and besides they
are faster and more accurate
than men," Mr.. O'Donnell an
Swered.
Housekeeping alone is a ma
jor job for the 367 employees
who come under Mr.. ODon-
nell's command.
Wednesday and Thursday,
for example, are wash days for
the toll facilities division.
Those are the days when the
two tubes which carry 10000
passengers daily under Balti-
more's harbor are spruced up.
1T takes 40,000 gallons of
water to wash each of the two
tubes. The way we have it set
up, one 3,500-gallon truck
sprays detergent on the walls
and roof of the tubes. Another
follows with the rinse.
Grass a Problem
ut takes us four hours for
each tube and it is done be-
tween l o'clock and 5 o'clock
in the morning." he said.
Washing is a minor problem.
I'VE have 10 miles of fluoreS-
cent tubing to keep in order, SO
miles of grass to cut along our
approaches to the tunnel, and
So miles of fencing to keep up"
The toll facilities division has
its own maintenance force,
keeps up more than 100 pieces
of equipment, does it's own
painting (12 men working con-
tinually on the Bay Bridge
and has its own police force to
keep traffic moving.
1--WE try to establish set pro-
cedures for any emergency. The
result is, for example, that an
accident or breakdown in the
Baltimore tunnel holds up traf-
flc only an average of 4 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

WOIh WIFI Attorney JOln WOOD
in preparing a defense against
the desegregation suit filed by
rs Negro youngsters who asked
admission to eight white county
schools. Mr.. Wood, Mayor of
Fairfax, recently resigned his
post as School Board attorney.
The board asked for the
resignation because it felt Mr..
Wood should not represent it
while legal battles between the
town and county were going on.
Mr.. Davis said the board
would look over the legal de-
Tense to be prepared by Mr..
Simmonds before it is filed in
Alexandria Federal Court. Mr..
McIlwain also will advise the
board on legal matters, Mr..
Davis said.
No definite action was taken
on the suit at last nights brief
meeting, Mr.. Davis said. While
the School Board has made no
official announcement, it is gen.
orally known that the board
plans to use a gradual de-
segregation plan" if necessary
in its court defense.
The plan calls for starting
desegregation in the first grade
next year and expanding it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star STAFF Writer

The mastermind and chief
housekeeper for Maryland's
three toll bridges and the Balti-
more Harbor Tunnel is a for
mer newspaperman and guber-
material assistant.
Bearing the official title of
chief administrative officer of
the Toll Facilities Division of
the State Roads Commission
is Louis j. O'Donnell.
Mr.. O'Donnell'S base of OPP
erationS is the toll divisions
headquarters at the entrance
to the Baltimore Tunnel.
Operation of the four facil-
ities is a major business with
a capitalization of about 5000
million.
1--WE have more checks and
balances on our financial OPP
erations than most banks" Mr..
ODonnell said. I'VE handle
about $14 million worth of
business in small change a
year. You'd have to have the
mind of Univac to beat our
checking system on toll TAX
ing operations" he explained.
Nevertheless he said, OCCASION
ally someone tries to crack the
system.
Few Complaints
But I don't believe we get
so complaints a year on erro-
neouS change being given out by
our toll keepers. That's amaz-
ing when you figure we have
some % million transactions
annually, "Mr. ODonnell said.
Who makes the better toll
keeper, men or women?
Women. It's a natural for
them. They are more courteous.
You tell them what to do and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

A furry Of questions and
objections to a proposed tram
sit compact bill for the District
area today threw doubt on the
likelihood Of congressional APP
proval at this session.
Representatives Foley, Dem
ocrat Of Maryland. and Broy-
hill, Republican Of Virginia.
differed at a House Judiciary
Subcommittee hearing over
some provisions Of the legisla-
ton.
Virginia State Senator
Charles Fenwick and District
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin also became involved
in a criss-cross Of views on
several controversial positions
of the bill, which Mr.. Foley is
sponsoring.
Key First Step
The proposed compact, which
already has been approved by
the Maryland and Virginia
Legislatures, is intended to pro-
vide for a single Washington
area transit regulatory au-
thority. Sponsors have called
it a key first step toward solu-
ton Of the areas mass trans
portation problems.
Mr.. Foley asked the judiciary
unit to approve some pro-
visions which he wrote into the
legislation after the Maryland
and Virginia legislative bodies
approved the compact plan.
One of these new provisions
stipulates that the compact
cannot be used to break a law
full strike by transit employees.
Another specifies that the D.
c. Transit Systems franchise
would be unaffected by the pro-
posed compact.
Still another controversial
proviso would preserve certain
legal requirements relating to
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in dealing with mergers
Of transit companies.
Open on Compromise
Mr.. Foley said he is not
married" to the proviso as
drafted and indicated he would
be willing to compromise. How
ever, Mr.. Broyhill asserted he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Virginiu's Polio
Totals IFS Cases

RICHMOND, Aug. Is (AP =
Vlrglnia's 1859 polio case total
reached 125 yesterday with the
addition of two new cases.
The State Health Depart
ment listed a 3-year-old South
Norfolk boy and a year-old
Henry County boy as the
States latest victims. Neither
child had received Salk vac
cine. One case was paralytic,
the other was not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
SOCIAL SECURITY
PENSIONER, 7O2.
RECEIVES CAKE

BALTIMORE (AP).-The
Bureau of Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance threw
a birthday party, with
cake, for John Digs yester-
day.
Mr.. Diggs is one of the
$50 persons in the United
States born in 1859 or
earlier who now draw So
cial Security benefits.
He was born 102 years
ago in Reisterstown, Bal
timore County, and retired
in January 1916 when SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

to an additional grade each
year until all grades are de-
segregated.
School Board Chairman
Samuel S. Solomon has ex-
planned the board felt it would
be in a more solid position in
court If it had such a plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

city police force, Sergt. Gray
said.
The 18-year-old boy was held
on two counts of breaking and
entering, Sergt. Gray said. The
younger boy was held for Jul
venile Court action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
F oirfox Hires Simmonds
ForIntegrotion Defense

attorney James Smmonds who represented the Arlington
School Board its fight the desegregaon suit in 1857
will handle Fairfax Countys case
Mr. Simmons hired by the School Board last night
at closed session also attended by Robert Mcwain Virginia
assistant attorney general.
Board member Robert F. Davis said Mr. Simnonds would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

Luxurious tweed broad
loom that's easier to
clean, wears lon g er,
hides footprints. In
beautiful decorator
Black, Beige, Nutria and
Green Tweeds.
Arkansas State press., 1959-05-01
Senate Committee Hears Report
OF Struggle In South Carolina

WASHINGTON = The repres-
sion, Determinations and terror
under which Negroes live in
South Carolina have been graphic
ally portrayed in testimony be-
fore the Senate Subcommittee on
Constitutional Rights by two MA
ACP leaders in that state who
appeared at a hearing here on
pending civil rights legislation.
Speaking from firsth9nd ex-
perience and knowledge, the Rev.
DeQuincy Newman. president of
the Associations state organiza-
tion, and Billie S. Fleming, presi-
dent of the NAACP branch in
Manning, refuted previous testi-
mony by Governor Ernest F. Hol-
Inns and u S. Senator Olin John
ston that all was sweetness end
peace beween the races in South
Carolina.
In testimony presented to the
Arkansas State press., 1959-05-01
PSC Students
Receive Awards

Scholarships and grants-in-aid
totaling $4,000 were awarded to
al Philander Smith college stu
dents during the Annual Awards
Day Assembly Friday, April "a.
In announcing the awards, DR.,
M. Lafayette Harris president
stated that these scholarships and
grants represented cash gifts over
and above the subsidy to the cost
of education of each student nor
mally provided by the College in
its Program of Quality Education
and training for leadership.
Recipients included National
Methodist scholars and sc stu
dents receiving gifts from indivi-
duals ranging in size from $25 to
$780, Cash scholarships for first
honor high school graduates, pro-
vided by income from special en-
dowment funds, were not inelud-
ed.
It is the policy of Philander
Smith college that no student of
character, industry, intelligence
and promise of leadership and
usefulness is denied an educa-
ton solely because of financial
limitations.
Philander Smith college is clos
ing its 91st year of continuous OPP
GRAFTON. It is aocra7ited bv the
Arkansas State press., 1959-05-01

committee on April 16, Mr.. New
man cited determinations in edu-
cation, voting, transportation and
employment. The state, he
charged, appropriates $10,000,O00
annually for the higher education
of white youth as compared with
$1,152,00O for Negro young men
and women who constitute 40 per
cent of the total. He quoted from
state law requiring rigid seq
regation in textile plants. He
placed before the committee the
comparative figures on Negro and
Arkansas State press., 1959-05-01

generator wouldn't work.
The folks who make all those
carburetors asked me one ques-
ton. Odd you allow gasoline to
remain in the carburetor since you
used the generator last" Il had
for about six months.J
That was the answer. When
gasoline sits unused in a small
engine, gum deposits form which
clog the fuel system. To avoid the
problem, either drain the earbu-
rotor if the engine isn't being used,
or run the engine periodically.
Another good maintenance tip
which will keep your home gem
orator always ready for action is
to remove the engine spark plug
at regular intervals and pour
three teaspoonfuls of engine oil
sac 80 into the cylinder.
Then, say the Carter folks,
crank the engine slowly to spread
the oil over the internal surface
of the engine and replace the plug.
They also advise that your home
generator engine should be COW
cred with canvas or paper when
not in use, to keep off dust and
dirt.
! don't know about you, but one
Dudley Willkens Is going e fol-
low 'hese instructions; the next
time the lights go out Wiiikens
: won't be in the dark.
Arkansas State press., 1959-05-01

white registration in various eoun-
ties of the state.
Under the continuing threat OF
violence, Mr.. Newman said, the
Negro has learned to suffer in 81
lence," but this silence IS not
due to any sense of being salts
fled with conditions as they are
in South Carolina. The silence OF
the Negro does not consent to
the discrimination in jury service,
voter registration. education and
employment"
Despite these pressures, Ne
groes of South Carolina shall con-
tinue to seek equality in the
courts and in the halls of the
Congress of the United States"
The tragic story of economic
reprisals in Clarendon county was
related by Mr.. Fleming who is
elso president of the Clarendon
County Improvement Association.
He told the committee of the sue
cessful measures taken to counter
act the anti-NAACP boycotts in
spired and directed by the White
Ci+izauc Councils
Mr.. Fleming challenged Cover
nor Hollins' statement that Ct
forts to secure desegregation II
the schools was at standstill l.
the state. Il am sorry that HI
axcellency, the governor, was no.
informed on this situation" n
asserted. The original petition for
Clarendon county is still pendino
IN the federal court along with
subsequent petitions that were
filed in 1856. In August 1858, just
prior to the present school year,
seven parents in school district
No. 3 filed with their respective
boards petitions asking these
boards to comply with the Su-
preme Courts May IT, 1854, de-
cision as the law of the land"
In REPUTATION of the Governors
allegation that no Negro has 1odg-
ed a complaint with the Civil
Rights Commission, he cited COM
plsints he had filed with the De
partment of Justice and announc-
ed that formal complaints are in