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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Melpar Opens Physical
Sciences Laboratory

Melpar, Inc. has opened a
new physical sciences labora-
tory with Paul E. RIFT as man
ager.
Mr.. Ritz has been head OF
the Falls Church company's
chemistry laboratory. He will
direct an expanded program
in physical sciences through
three sections dealing with
molecular electronics. chemis-
try and physics.
j. L. Pentecost will head the
molecular elechonics section
and E. L. Ditz will head the
chemistry section. The third
section chief will be announced
shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
'G RI BUSINESS
Food Town Creditors
Ask Monthly Reports
BY DONALD B. HADLEY
star Financial Editor

Creditors Of Food Town, c which operates
q, this area appeared Federal Court hearing IN Baltimore
YESTERDAY and objections to continuance OF sVoe
Operations pending presentation OF reorganization plan
Creditors asked however for regular monthly reports on
store oneraons from the courtapponted trustees FREQ l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

Prices quoted In dollars and thirty
seconds
Subject to Federal taxes but not 10
State income taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK, Sept. q (AP). -Yester:
days closing oyer-the-counter United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

Reports are coming in from
Bonn that stock in the world
famous Volkswagen Works
soon will be offered to small
German investors. The sale will
mark an historic shift in own
ership of the automaker from
the German state to middle
and lower-income individuals.
The present plan is to limit
buying of Volkwagen shares
only to individuals Of modest
incomes, and to restrict their
purchases to a handful OF
shares each.
There are also rumors that
after the election stock in some
of Britains' great industrial
enterprises. now government
owned, may be offered to small
British investors. Here too, the
sales would mark a shift from
naturalization to denationali-
cation of industry, and here
too the rules would restrict
buying of the shares to little
investors.
An idea born in Austria in
1855 is captivating the imagi-
nations of many nations. It's
name is Peoples Shares
and the story of its birth anc
its success in recent months
should warm the hearts o.
Americans.
Background Outlined
The tale goes back to the
end Of World War II. when, Il
stop the Russians from seizini
many Of her corporations al
former German assets" Aus
tria simply nationalized tn
companies. 1t took on its mod
ern twist in 1855. when Austri;
regained full sovereignty, ant
her Finance Minister, r. Ka
mitz, decided that the corpora
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
OVER COUNTER

Washington liStings on over-the-
counter markets furnished BY the Ma
tional Association OF Securities Dealers
as OF ! pm. Tuesday, September ~;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

proceedings under Chapter 10
with great interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
FOREIGN EXCH'GE

NEW YORK, Sept. CO (APl.-For-
ign exchange ates (Great Britain IN
lollars, others in cents and declmaS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

Contribute your toIents to one Of todoys
vital defense efforts while working and
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side which the minutemon preserved.
Pick your spot on the team OF RoNheon
componys Missile Systems Division
Headquarters. You'll find plenty Of room
for fresh thinking in on environment ideol
for fost growth OF fost-orowino
RAYTHEON.
lmmediote openings now exist for Ano-
Iytieo Engineers and Engineering Writers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

DR.. Larson added that "the
compulsory system can lead
only TO establishment and to
inferior medical care"
Senator Morse, who intro
duced a nearly identical bill in
the Senate, told the committee
that "the know-how in medi-
cine is Of no value to the man,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

factor are "old folks" In the
doctors local district.
DR.. Larson denied that the
QUESTIONABLE was intimidat-
ing and declared that the ANA
merely wanted to find out about
the various Representatives in
areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

be the official action Of the
ANA 1t might be the action Of
certain persons in 1t.
DR.. Larson strongly denied
the charge and declared that
he had never heard Of such
goings on.
Mr.. Forand produced an
ANA QUESTIONABLE sent to
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woman or child who cannot pay
for IT,"
There is, he added. no group
in greater need of help than
those over IS.
In questioning the ANA rep
resentatives, Mr.. Forand de-
clared that a doctor friend Of
his recently told him that word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

is being passed around through
medical societies that should a
physician testify in favor Of the
Forand bill. he would be violat-
ing ethics and would be subject
to sanction.
Mr.. Forand said he had heard
this from two sources and
added that although 1t may not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

many physicians before last
years elections. He read a
number Of questions from it
such as who in the doctors
area is most influential with
local Representatives, what
doctor does the local Repre-
sentative go to at home and in
Washington, and how big q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
ANA AssaiIs
Forand Bill
On Insurance
By CHARLES G. BROOKS
Star Stan Writer

The Forand bill to provide
compulsory health insurance
for the elderly would result in
poorer - not better - health
care" the American Medical
Association charged today.
The testimony before the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee followed that of Senator
Morse, Democrat of Oregon,
who called for passage of the
legislation.
1t also brought forth a bar
rage Of questions from Repre-
sentative Forand, Democrat of
Rhode Island, sponsor of the
bill, who accused some in the
ANA with intimidating phySi-
clans who might want to testify
in favor of the legislation. He
also suggested that the ANA
tried to intimidate members of
Congress through a question:
naire to doctors asking peril
nent facts about their Repre-
sentatves in Congress.
The Forand bill would pro-
vide compulsory Federal health
insurance for all those eligible
for social security benefits.
This would include surgical,
hospital and nursing home care.
Mr.. Forand introduced the
measure for the second time
this year.
Swartz Hits Plan
DR.. Frederick c. Swartz,
chairman of the AMA's COM
mittee on aging, declared that |
medical care is not suscepti-
bic to production-line tech
niqueS."
Instead, he said, sit requires
flexibility of medical technique
an ingredient which would
unquestionably vanish the mo-
ment Government establishes a
health program from a blue
print calling for mass treat
ment."
DR.. SwartZ declared that the |
proposal would curb community |
incentive to support hospitals,
would restrict the elderly in
their choice of hospitals and |
positions, and would be stag
geringly expensive" for the
country. i
He said that although the
proposal is limited in scope for
the moment, there are many
who are testifying this week
who admittedly seek to extend
the program to every segment
Of the population.
Private Progress Seen
DR.. Leonard Larson, chair
man of the ANA Board of
Trustees, said that sustained
progress is being made under
the present voluntary system of |
health care. Calling for the
continuation of this system,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
Water Resources

NEW YORK.-The United
States has put to use only
about is per cent OF its total
water power resources tech
nically feasible for develop
ment.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Policeman Fined
For Hitting Editor

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. Dec.
l9 AP).-Sergt. Kermit Tullos,
police desk sergeant here, was
found guilty yesterday of as
sault and battery on a Negro
newspaper editor.
Sergt. Tullos, suspended from
the force since shortly after the
incident occurred Nov. %, was
fined SIS and costs.
L. F. Palmer, jr., 81, editor
of the Tri-State Defender at
Memphis, Tenn, complained
that Sergt. TulloS struck him
and threw him into a telephone
booth. Mr.. Palmer said it hap
pened when he put several rolls
of coins on Sergt. Tullos' desk
while posting bond for one of
his employees who had been ar
rested on a minor traffic charge.
Sergt. Tullos told him to stack
the coins, Mr.. Palmer testified.
He said when he asked what
the sergeant meant-that they
were all stacked up-Sergt
Tullos attacked him. warning
him to "act like a nigger.
should" when he was in Yves,
Memphis.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Atlas Missile
Flies 5000 Miles
To Hit Turqet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
Dec. l9 tAP) An Atlas inter-
continental-range missile reg
iStered its second successful
full-range flight last night,
streaking 6.325 miles to a target
off the South Atlantic Ascen-
sion Island.
The launching came just one
year after another Atlas was
fired into orbit and broadcast
President EiSenhower'S famous
Christmas peace message.
The Air Force announced last
nights Atlas achieved all it's
test detectives and dropped a
dummy warhead on an ocean
target as planned. The last
time an Atlas flew its full range
was on November %, 1858.
Several other Aliases have
successfully covered courses
ranging up to 5000 miles.
The success was the 18th
straight for the Atlas, which
was declared operational last
September. A few Aliases are
stationed with Strategic Air
Command troops at Vanden-
berg Air Force Base, Calf.
Other launching sites are being
constructed throughout the
Western United States.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Indians Unhappy
Over Red Chinu's S
Border Proposal

NEW DELHI. India. Dec. 19
(AP).-Indian officials are un-
happy about Communist
China's latest proposals for
settling the rasping border dis
pute.
A government source hinted
today the latest proposals by
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai-
made public yesterday-tighten
the deadlock rather than offer
hope of settlement. The Ian
guage of the Chou letter-ac-
cuSing Prime Minister Nehru
of being unfair unreason-
able E. taking a big step back
ward"-are hardly designed to
encourage a settlement, this
informant said.
Mr.. Nehru is expected to re-
ject the suggestion of a meeting
with Mr.. Chou next Saturday
in China or Rangoon. The Sug-
gestion is directly contrary to
Mr.. Nehru's proposal of No
vember 16 for preliminary
meeting at a lower level to
prepare for a meeting of the
two leaders.
Mr.. Chou's letter. made pub
lie yesterday, was number
egiht in exchange of CORE
spondence in which the two
leaders have been unable to
agree on basic points. The only
point in Mr.. Nehru'S last letter
which Mr.. Chou accepted was
that frontier outpoStS should
stop sending out patrols so as
to avoid the danger of clashes.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Pastor T uIks Man
Out of HoIdup;
Suspect Seized

A holdup man was talked out
Of robbing a minister last
night and so minutes later a
suspect was arrested as he sat
in a tavern at Fourth and M
streets Sc, police reported.
Charged with attempted
holdup and carrying a dam
gerous weapon was Sylvester
Gibson, 81, of the 400 block of
K street Sc.
According to Capt. Nunzio
Bonaccorsy, head of the rob-
berry squad, this is what hap
pened:
A man entered the Office of
DR.. Jno. Sinclair Perry, 302
Virginia avenue Sc, where
the Rev. Jacob Green, min
lister of Bethel Way of the
Cross Church of Christ in CAL
vert County. Md, was waiting
to see the doctor.
The man stood around, then
left. He came back carrying a
pistol and demanded Mr..
Green's money.
The minister talked to him.
explaining that God wouldn't
like what you are doing" The
man turned and walked out,
saying, I'm sorry"
Nearly an hour later Pvt.
Hollis B. Harris of the fifth
precinct arrested Gibson on
a description given by the
minister.
Capt. Bonaccorsy said Glib
son was identified as the man
who held up DR.. Hensley B.
johnson in his Office at 2482
Alabama avenue Sc. last July
II and took $193.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Husband Killed,
Wife, Man Held

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19
(AP).-The body of a 36-year-
old migrant steeplejack was
found yesterday buried in the
basement of an empty Phila-
delphia row house. Police said
he was killed by a .22-caliber
bullet in the chest. His widow
and boarder in the home were
charged with murder.
The victim was Donald w.
Newman. Police made identifi-
cation through criminal rec
ordS.
Newman's wife, Evelyn, "a,
the mother of three, and Felix
w. Horner, "a, both of Phila-
delphia, were picked up in Har-
risburg. They were brought to
Philadelphia and charged.
An autopsy has been ordered
to determine when Newman
died. He was last seen alive on
Monday night. Police discov-
cred the body after receiving
an anonymous telephone tip.
1t was found under 6 inches of
dirt beneath a rug in the base
ment.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Burr Harper, "a,
Retired District
Postal EmpIoye

PURCELLVILLE. Va. Dec.
18 (SpeciaD Burr Harrison
Harper, "a, a retired Washing
ton postal employe, died yes
terday at the Courtney Inn
here. where he had lived for
several months. His death was
due to a heart condition.
Born near Waterford, Va,
Mr.. Harper was the son of the
late Harrison and Susanna
Munday Harper.
He was a postal clerk at the
Main Post Office for 20 years.
retiring in 1910. After his
retirement. he returned to
Loudoun County to live.
He was a member of the
Leesburg Methodist Church.
He was unmarried.
He is survived by four sis
ters, Mrs. Della Thompson of
Leesburg; Mrs. Ada Thompson
of Paeonian Springs; Mrs.
Rosa Boyer of LovettSville, and
Mrs. Daisy Martin of Valley
City. N. OAK; and two BROTH
ers, S. Edgar Harper of Valley
City and Robert N. Harper of
Washington.
Funeral services were to be
at 2 pm. today from Muse &
Reed Funeral Home in Lees
burg. with burial in Leesburg
Union Cemetery.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Mrs. J. A. Breuu,
Ex-U. S. EmpIoye

Mrs. j. Arthur Breau, 81, a
Government employe for 80
years, died Friday in her sleep
in her apartment at 5000 Six
teenth street NV.
Anne L. Breau came to the
District in 1919 to work for the
Government. Her last job be-
fore her retirement in 1949 was
with the Government Account.
ing Office.
Born in Rockland, Mass, she
was graduated from what is
now Massachusetts, State
Teachers College in 1918. She
worked for five years as a
school teacher in HyanniS and
Brockton, Mass, before moving
here.
In 1919, she was married to
Mr.. Breau, a composing room
employe of the Washington
Times Herald, who retired in
1943. He is the only survivor.
Funeral mass will be said at
9 am. Monday in the Sacred
Heart Church. Sixteenth and
Park road NV. Burial will be
at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Evening star., 1959-12-19

Harlem leaders yesterday rail-
lied to Mr.. Jacks defense. Rep
resentative Adam Clayton Pow
ell, Democrat of New York,
issued a statement saying most
Harlem people believe Mr.. Jack
is a victim of poor judg-
ment and thoughtleSs friends"
adding:
Until venality is proven, we
stand by him and ask that all
fair-minded people withhold
judgment until the facts are in"
State law requires a public
official summoned before a
grand jury to waive immunity
or be ousted from his position.
A waiver makes a witness
liable to have any of his testi-
mony used against him.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
who has authority to remove
a borough president from Of
flee, has asked Mr.. Hogan for
a full report on the case.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Mrs. J. H. Storrs,
Author, Lecturer

CHICAGO, Dec. 19 (AP).-
Mrs. Marguerite de Ville-Cha-
brol Storrs, 70, author and for
mer lecturer and widow of an
internationally famous sculp-
tor. died yesterday in a Subur-
ban harrington convaleScent
home.
Mrs. Storrs, who wrote under
the pen name of Marc De-
brol." lectured for the Alliance
Francaise. a French study as
ISOLATION organized in the United
States and Canada. Her hus-
band was the late John H
StorrS, whose statue of Ceres,
NEUROLOGICAL goddess of grain,
crowns the Board of Trade
building at Jackson boulevard
and La Sale street.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs,
Monique r. Booz.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Mrs. Annie R. Potbury
Dies; With YWCA

Mrs. Annie r. Potbury. an
employe of the YWCA for IS
years until her retirement last
March. died yesterday at the
George Washington University
Hospital.
The former Annie Black, she
was the widow of Jesse E. Pot
bury, a well known Washington
attorney. A native of Castine
Me-, she lived in the District
for 81 years.
Mrs. Potbury went to work
for the YWCA in 1884 and
served two years as director OF
the Vacation Lodge in Virginia
before transferring to the staff
of Strong residence. where she
was working when she retired.
In 1855, when she was II
years old, Mrs. Potbury was
the victim of a brutal attack
as she was walking through
Farragut Square on her way
home to the YWCA from a
lecture in Constitution Hall.
Grabbed from behind by two
of four men involved, Mrs.
Potbury fought their efforts to
grab her purse. but released
her hold on it when they beat
her across the back and threw
her to the pavement. She later
was hospitalized with a frac-
tured pelvis and a broken
elbow.
A Washington attorney, La
mar Brown. who heard Mrs.
Potbury's cry, saw the two men
who attacked her fee in a
car carrying the two others.
Mr.. Brown got the license num-
ber and the four men we're
arrested.
Mrs. Potbury later wrote a
letter to The Star praising Mr..
Brown for his courage in stay
ing on the scene and helping.
Mrs. Potbury was a member
of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church and the Chevy Chase
Reading Club.
She leaves two daughters,
Miss Dorothy Potbury, of the
home address, 1880 Adams Mill
Evening star., 1959-12-19
HuIon Jack to Waive
Grand Jury Immunity

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 CAP).-
Hulan Jack, Manhattan bor-
ough president, has decided to
sign a waiver of immunity be-
fore he confrontS a grand jury
investigating a $500 renova-
ton job on his apartment.
The Negro official baked at
signing a waiver yesterday just
prior to entering the grand
jury room He said he first
wished to consult his attor-
neys. After comforting with
them, he said: There never
was any doubt whatsoever in
my mind as to my waving i'm
munity. 1t is my duty to do so. ,
District Attorney Frank S
Hogan'S Office then excused Mr.
Jack from appearing before the
panel Immediately. but ordered
him to return Monday after
noon.
Mr.. Jack and Sidney j. Un.
gar, a real estate man, have
admitted that Mr.. Ungar paid
for the remodeling of Mr.
Jacks apartment. Both sale
the money was a loan between
friends.
Mr.. Ungar has been seeking
a city slum- m-clearance contract
Mr.. Jack said the record of his
votes as a member of the city
board of estimate will show
that he opposed granting the
contract to Mr.. Ungar.
Mr.. Jack, a Democrat, re-
ceiveS $4,000 a year in the
highest administrative Office
held by a Negro in the United
States.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Alexandra Child
Dies From Shock
After Injection

Death of a child at Fort
Myer Army DiSpensary Thurs
day after a gamma globulin
shot against hepatitis was con-
firmed yesterday as due to
shock.
An autopsy performed by
doctors at Dewitt Army Hos
pital, Fort Belvoir, disclosed
the official cause of the death
of Tamara L. Mitchell, 3, of
Alexandria, as "anaphylactic
shock"
An Army spokesman said the
shock was the result of a ply
sical reaction to the gamma
globulin rather than fear of
the injection. The Army doc
tors who reached this deter
mination, the spokesman for
the Military District of Wash
ington reported, considered it
an extremely rare" case and
one that most doctors would
never encounter during their
medical careers.
Tamara was the daughter of
Airman 1/c and Mrs. Roy D..
Mitchell of lis Pennington
drive, Jefferson Manor. Her
father is assigned to the Mill
tary Air Transport Service Ter
minal at National Airport.
Her mother, Mrs. Winifred
Mitchell, also had received a
shot from the same lot of
gamma gobulin but suffered no
ill effects. Both were given the
injections because her sister.
Deborah, 5, was under treat
ment at home for hepatitis, a
highly contagious liver ailment.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Mrs. E. M. Bruce.
D. 6. Resident
For 80 Years

Mrs. Mary Eileen Bruce, As
a Washington resident for 80
years, died Thursday at
Georgetown University Hospital
after a long illness.
She was the wife of Edwin
M. Bruce, jr., a former de-
tective with the Metropolitan
Police Department. now an in
veStigator for the Naval Re-
search Laboratory.
Born in Butte, Nebr., she
came to the District when she
was Is and was graduated from
Mckinley Technical High
School in 1882.
She took nurses training at
the old Homeopathic Hospital
and worked as a nurse for one
year before her marriage in
1885.
Since 1899. Mrs. Bruce
worked off and on for the
Federal Government for l3
years. For the past eight years,
she had worked in accounting
at Boiling Air Force Base. Her
other Government jobs included
Office work at st. Elizabeths
Hospital and for the Army
Map Service.
Besides her husband, of the
home address. 1906 Taylor lane
Sc, Mrs. Bruce leaves two
sons, Donald Wayne, a stu
dent at the University of Mary
land, and Edwin M. Bruce III.
She also leaves a sister. Mrs.
Charles T. Chamberlain of
Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held
at 2:30 pm. Monday in the
Lee Funeral Home, Fourth and
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Burial will be at Glenwood
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Samuel Rust Edmonds, 70;
Had Menogerie on His Farm

Samuel Rust Edmonds, 79,
who operated a zoo farm after
his retirement in 1910, died
yesterday at the Paint Branch
Nursing Home in Hyattsville.
Included in Mr. Edmonds'
menagerie on his Appletown
tMdD farm were two lions with
which he was friendly. Once
asked what would happen if
the cats got loose from their
cage, Mr.. Edmonds replied,
They'd just follow me around" I"
Deer. monkeys, foxes, coyotes
and a buffalo we're other COM
panions to the usual cattle
and hogs found on any farm.
MI Edmonds sold the animals
six years ago.
Before his retirement, Mr..
Edmonds was vice president
and general manager of the
Edmonds Cast Stone Co. in
Evening star., 1959-12-19

Hyattsville, Nd, a firm he
founded in 1926. Earlier he had
been associated with the Ed
monds Contracting Co.
Mr.. Edmonds had been in the
nursing home for a year.
He leaves two sons, Charles
of PTS Seventeenth street NE,
and Robert of 803 A street NE;
a daughter, Mrs. w. Wayne La
Mar of 5000 Cheverly avenue,
Cheverly, Md; and three sis
ters, Mrs. Mamie Hill and Mrs.
Isabel Warfield, both of 1908
South Mansion drive, Silver
Spring, and Mrs. George Ra-
mer of 460l Erie avenue in COL
lege Park, Md.
Services will be at IL am.
Monday at the Nalley Funeral
Home, 5000 Rhode Island av-
enue, Mt. Rainier. Burial will
be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Man Stabbed
FutuIIy in Fight

William Benjamin, %, of 400
D street NE, was stabbed to
death early today in a fight
with six men at Third and E
streets NE, police reported.
Homicide Detective E. C.
Coppage said Benjamin, his
wife, Carrie, and Willie Butler,
80, and Ann Wilson, "a, both of
1924 Kenyon street NV, were
attacked by the men as the
four left a restaurant nearby
shortly before 2 am.
The women ran to call po-
lice, Detective Coppage said.
Benjamin suffered a stab
wound in the left chest and
Butler was cut on the head.
He was treated at Casualty
HoSpita4 and released.
Four suspects had been
rounded up and were being
questioned at police headquar-
ters.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
A. J. Thuss, Attorney
On School Inteqrution

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 19 (AP)
Andrew Joseph Thuss, jr.,
"a. the attorney who guided
Dallas schools through 10 years
of expansion and integration
problems, died yesterday.
Mr.. Thuss had actively di-
rected the school districts legal
affairs until February "a, when
he underwent an operation for
a tumor which affected the
acoustical portion of his brain.
Since then he had been in a
coma. He leaves his wife; a
daughter, Mary Vandyne Thuss,
and his mother, Mrs. A. j.
ThusS, sr., of Nashville, Tenn.