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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Boy, ID, Admits Setting Hine BIozei
Took SchooImote's Joke Literally

Ifiremen managed to stop 1t
before it spread further.
We'll, I did it," the first boy
told the 15-year-old, according
to police.
Keep quiet" police quoted
the older boys reply. You
want to get us all in trouble?"
On Wednesday, according to
officers. the suspect threw the
lighter in the Anacostia River
in fear that police would find
lit.
The trio maintained their
bond of silence at first. But the
weight of conscience pressed
heavily on the 15-year-old. At
last he told his mother what
he had heard.
If the police question you,
his parents advised, you must
tell the truth.
Named on List
He and the first boy returned
to Hine to pick up some books
yesterday morning. Police had
been handed a list of students
missing or late to their classes
on Tuesday afternoon, and the
younger pairs names were on it.
Police returned to the fifth
precinct with the boys, and
questioned them there. Early
yesterday afternoon, the second
13-year-old appeared at the
station of his own volition and
told his story to investigators.
His mother had told him to tell
police.
1t. Herman Xander of the
Detective Bureau said the boys
were quizzed by Detectives
Thomas j. Sullivan and Ran
dali DeggeS of precinct No. S.
Officers confronted the first
boy with his companions, and
he then agreed to re-enact the
incident, police said.
The youngster, according to
police, has a record which in
cludeS charges of theft and
throwing a f1recracker in the
face of another boy.
He was on probation from
Juvenile Court, according to
police, when his latest difficulty
occurred.
Recently Transferred
School officials said the
youngster entered Hine last
month from Bundy School,
where he had been taking adj
justment classes for problem
students. John D. Koontz, as
sistant superintendent of Dis
trict schools, said the boy had
a long history of trouble, both
in and out of schools.
Police said the boy denied
that he had made any threat
ening telephone calls to DR..
Carl F. Hanson, superintendent
of schools.
After recounting his story to
officials, who included Principal
Harry L. Chasey of Hine Junior
High, the youngster was taken
to the Juvenile Bureau.
In the car, according to
Detectives Thomas H. Taylor
and Raymond Wrenn, the boy
finally shed his poise.
HE cried and CRIED" Detec-
tive Wrenn said.
A complaint charging the boy
with arson was filed in Juvenile
Court today. He is scheduled to
be placed in the receiving home.
The other two boys will not be
charged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16

ONE THEORY as to why
the Rock Creek Pekins do
not take over the whole park
holds that they are not too
smart about their eggs. The
wild duck is much better
about hiding it's nest. But
Rock Creek Pekins will lay
them almost anywhere-the
season is March and october
though this does help to
keep the owls, rats and musk
rats going.
Also, it is fairly well known
among people who roam the
park that one Pekin duck
egg does great things for a
yellow cake. Nature can be
balanced.
The greatest contribution
made by the ducks of Rock
Creek Park is in their ap-
proach to small children.
Most of the time, at least,
they will come to eat. And
a child can stand and feed
the ducks for hours. They
are safe, amused and the
ducks keep coming. 1.-TWO
loaves of bread will run you
about 40 cents, and break the
pieces up small to keep things
going.)
Meanwhile, the parent can
sit down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Boyle to Resign
Stirring School Row
Bottle Looms
Over Successor
In Alexandria
By JOHN BARRON
Star STAFF Writer

: Ralph H. Boyle, jr., whose
appointment to the Alexandria
School Board stirred a political
Juror four months ago, plans to
resign within the next two
weeks.
His departure from the board,
threatens to revive the contro-
versy that split the City Coun-
Gil last summer.
Indications are that mem
berS of the two dominant polit-
ical factions in Alexandria al
ready are quietly arraying
themselves for a fight over his
successor.
Mr.. Boyle said he is quitting
in compliance with a State law
which requires that a school
board seat be vacated if the
occupant moves from the dis
trict he was named to represent.
The youthful manufacturer
plans to move soon to a new
home outside his present dis
trict.
4-tO-3 Vote
The City Council by a Altos
vote selected Mr.. Boyle last
June % to replace Herman
Moeller, whose term was ex-
piring.
The councilmen knew at the
time that Mr.. Boyle intended
to move to a new home and
thus probably would be unable
to serve a regular term.
PTA groups ardently urged
the council to reappoint Mr..
Moeller, who had incurred OPP
position earlier this year after
he voted to admit some Neg
roes to white schools in COM
pliance with a Federal Court
order.
The appointment came dur
ing the most furious phase of
an acrimonious political fight
in which incumbent Armistead
L. Boothe and segregationist
Marshall j. Beverley were con-
tending for the Democratic
nomination to the State Senate.
Political Influence Denied
Senator Boothe charged that
the appointment of Mr.. Boyle,
who was a ward chairman for
Mr.. Beverley. represented an
attempt to drag the schools
into politics.
Councilmen Joseph Pancoast,
Josiah Everly, Clinton Knight
and James Luckett denied that
politics influenced their votes
to replace Mr.. Moeller.
Yesterday, Mr.. Beverey, who
lost to Senator Boothe by a
margin of almost 2 to l, said
he would back a conservative
candidate" dedicated to seq
regation as a successor to Mr..
Boyle.
Il am supporting candidate,
but I cannot name him at this
time" he said.
Senator Boothe said he had
no candidate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
The
Rambler
e. Sulutes
The Creek Pekins
BY JOHN McKELWAY

In 1870, the white Pekin
duck-which up to that time
had been developed in China
was introduced in the
United States.
Over the long, hard years
descendants have made their
way into the valley of the
Rock Creek, where they have
enjoyed a good life, plentiful
and pleasant. They have lived
of the land, National Capital
Parks, bread and dandelions.
Taken as a group, the Rock
Creek PekinS are rather loud.
Their worst trait is mooching
for handouts. They are also
rather lazy-particularly late
Sunday afternoon when they
have been well fed by park
wanderers.
Taken singly, they are
usually saved by a Park
Policeman-one of the I'M
usual aspects of their en-
vironment.
There is no specific law
under which Park Police can
charge one with actually
stealing Rock Creek ducks.
The ducks don't really belong
to anybody. What police must
do in such cases-and there
have been a few such cases
lis to slap the offender with
the vague charge of modest
ing wild life," though the
ducks are highly domesti-
Gated.
The duck community's
chief hazard, similar to that
faced by other communities,
is the automobile. Three or
four are killed on an aver
age each month. EarthwormS
are a delicacy the ducks will
cross a road for-and after
a heavy rain they head for
pastures above the creek.
Some have also been shot by
arrows from small boys bows.
Most of them, however, sur
vive from five to six years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16

maze Of access roads, overpasses
and ramps would mar the Lin
coin Memorial and National
Cultural Center areas. The
commission also complained
that the District Highway De-
partment had not shown the
commission the access road
plans as promised.
Brig. Gen. A. yelling, Engi-
neer Commissioner, replied yes
terday that construction of
piers and abutments would be-
gin in about eight weeks, as
scheduled. He noted that the
Fine Arts Commission has only
advisory powers and cannot
stop construction.
Mcmillan Approves
Following Gen. Welling's
statement, two members of the
House District Committee said
they backed the commissioners
position. Chairman Mcmillan
said in telegram to Gen. Well
ing that he spoke for the COM
mittee and Congress "in re-
questing that you proceed i'm
mediately with plans to erect
this bridge"
Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican of Virginia, said, "the
people are getting disguised
with the dilatory. procrastinat-
ing tactics of the Fine Arts
Commission" and urged Gen.
yelling to proceed with bridge
construction without further
delay"
Chairman Bible of the SEN
ate District Committee also
urged Commissioner yelling
today to proceed with bridge
construction as scheduled. In
a telegram from Nevada, Sen
ator Bible said that both the
Fine Arts Commission and Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission have had their views
considered previously and the
plans should stand without
further haraSsment."
Senator Bible said the bridge
is badly needed" as a vital
link in the Districts freeway
system.
Harold Aitken, District High
way director, said his depart
ment does not yet have plans
on bridge structures" in the
approach road system. He said
4 Philadelphia consulting firm
is still working on them and
that when they are completed
they will be sent to the Bureau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16

under psychiatric care since
last spring. officers said. The
Star is withholding his name
because of his age.
According to police, this is
the story he told. officials OF
the Youth Aid Division, the 5th
precinct and the Fire Depart
ment, who co-operated in the
investigation, said the episode
started at about" 1870 pm.
Tuesday.
y Joke Regretted Now
The 13-year-old, a seventh
grader, was accompanying two
friends en- route from science
class, which had just ended,
to a mathematics class. Some
body-they don't remember
who-told the boys that a fire
had been discovered and ex-
tinguished in a trash can in
the girls rest room.
why don't you burn the
school DOWN." the oldest boy
asked lightly. 1t was a joke
he now regrets.
The younger pair. ther
turned in to the boys rest
room.
Still thinking about the old
est boys remark, the first boy
spied a length of toilet paper
tied around a chain. Pulling out
a cigarette lighter, the boy set
the paper ablaze.
The other boy, startled, told
him not to. and ran from the
room in fright. He ran down
the corridor, up two flights OF
stairs and down another hall
way to the principals Office.
He had just stepped into the
Office when the first boy hur-
ried by and scurried up the
stairs to the unused third floor
auditorium condemned for pub
lie use several years ago by
fire officials.
Saw Fire Set
Curious, the second boy left
the Office and followed him. He
climbed about midway up the
uppermost flight of stairs, he
said, and saw his friend setting
fire to a stack of paper on an
unused desk.
The second boy waited nc
longer. He ran back down the
stairs, along the corridor and
up another flight to a third
floor room where the math class
was in session. He was about
10 minutes late.
He had hardly opened his
book, he said, when the first
boy returned and settled at his
desk.
For nearly 80 minutes they
sat there, separated from the
growing blaze by only a few
yards and the tinder-dry walls
OF the 65-year-old building.
He sat there quietly, the first
boy said, because he thought
the fire had gone out.
Eventually, however, he de-
tected whiffs of smoke. Even
then, if he was uneasy, nobody
noticed. Moments later at 2:l2
pm, the fire alarm sounded.
Say 81 Did 1t"
All three boys were united
again as the streams of chill
dren fled into the school yard
from the fire. BY then it was
blazing through the roof, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16

ONE POPULARITY of the
Rock Creek Nkins is that
m my have backgrounds
reaching into Washington
homes. Such ducks were
forced to leave their Wash
ington homes at an early
age, usually a few months
after Easter, when their
quack becomes unbearable at
nighttime.
Today, there are about 28O
ducks in the valley. They
paddle in a three-mile area
above the falls at Pierce Mill
and along Beach drive.
Twice weekly, National
Capital Parks hauls out 100
pounds of cracked corn and
distributes it up and down
the creek. The park service
also will crack ice for the
ducks during a freeze of the
creek. Ducks, however, uSu-
ally prevent too much ice
from forming by keeping the
water circulating in one area.
The food is distributed
largely to keep the ducks of
the roads in the park, and
not because of any problem
of famine.
The parks people also try
to prevent all the $50 ducks
from grouping into one big
band. Frequently, they will
truck a few away from the
crowd and try to start a new
community farther up the
creek. The park service pre-
fers groups of from Is to 80.
Otherwise, a big duck band
would tramp down large
areas of grass and ruin the
shrubbery.
Though they may be
broken up, their habits re-
main the same. Ducks up
the creek, for some reason,
do the same things the ones
down the creek are doing.
For example, they all seem
to sleep at the same time,
though miles apart.
Now and then, the collec-
ton is joined by a fugitive
from the Zoo-some distant
relation the park people must
catch and return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
School Repair
CostsbyD.C.
AgencyUphe|d
Board Unit Rejects
Members Protests
Of Overehoreing

Charges by members Of the
District Board Of Education
that the District Department
of Public Buildings and
Grounds was overcharging for
school maintenance and repairs,
were rejected yesterday by the
Boards building and grounds
committee.
The charges were set aside
after James A. Blaser, Idirector
of the Buildings and Grounds
Department, made a detailed
presentation to the committee.
Committee Chairman West A.
Hamilton said Mr.. Blaser had
satisfied him that I'VE are get
ting the maximum use out Of
our tax dollars"
Col. Hamilton also noted
advantages in the use of the
department services which often
are not offered by private con-
tractors.
Mr.. Blaser said that his de-
partment gets the same produc-
ton from the Government
workers in an eight-hour day
that private contractors get.
$4,000 Protested
Last month, some board mem
bers protested the expenditure
of $4,000 to restore two
burned-out rooms at the Stew
ems Elementary School.
Mrs. Frank S. Phillips had
charged at the time, that's
enough to build a house"
But Mr.. Blaser told commit
tee members yesterday that he
does not think it is going to
take $4,000 to repair the
school. He said that no final
figure has been reached for re-
pairs at Stevens or Hine Junior
High, which was severely dam
aged by fire Tuesday.
He said that one of the ad-
vantages of having work done
by a Government agency, par
ticularly in emergencies, is that
it has the necessary mobile
equipment to do the job.
In other action, the COM
mittee recommended that the
Bell Elementary School, at Sec
ond and D streets Sc, be
closed for classroom purposes
after October 81.
The building is now being
used to house the offices of the
screening staff of the Depart
ment of Public Welfare handl-
ing the elementary school lunch
program.
NAMES approved
The committee also approved
names for new schools as fol-
lows:
Maud Alton Elementary,
Forty-ninth and Foote streets
NE, honoring a pioneer in the
field of Americanization and
the first principal of the Ameri-
canization School.
Katie Lewis Elementary,
Fourth and w streets NV,
named after a District educator
and former elementary school
principal.
Charles H. Houston EIe-
mentary, at Forty-ninth and
Lee streets NE, named to
honor the late member of the
Board of Education and civic
leader.
w. Bruce Evans Junior High,
named after the late principal
OF Armstrong High School, at
$500 East Capitol street.
BERTHE Backus Junior High,
at South Dakota avenue and
Hamilton street NE, honoring
the late princiapl of Powell and
Deal Junior High Schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
CopitoI HiII.Leoders
Press D. c. on Bridge
Immediate Construction Sought
For Theodore Roosevelt Spun

Congressional leaders backing District officials in urging
of the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge and approaches
over the objections of the Fine Arts Commission.
The Fine Arts Commission raised controversy Wednes
day the gdelayed bridge when withdrew its
proYal of the Potomac River The commission said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16

Good Heavens, no. Why we
have 700 men assigned to our
small area, And the Nets use
from $4,000 to 10000 men to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Say 81 Did It"

All three boys were united
again as the streams of chill
dren fled into the school yard
from the fire. BY then it was
blazing through the roof, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Betsy RuwIs
Wins Easily
AtCoIumbus

COLUMBUS. Ga, Mar. %
(AP). - Betsy Rawls played
what she thought was her "best
golf this year" to win the ZOO
Columbus Women's Open tour
nament yesterday with a salts
flying two-under women's par
294.
The veteran professional
from Spartanburg, S. c.,
worked out a virtually unbeat-
able stroke lead at the
halfway mark and then coasted
to victory yesterday, four
strokes ahead Of Marlene Bauer
Hagge Of Delray Beach. Fla.
Miss Rawls said her chipping
and putting were not so good
on the final SO holes. played
yesterday, because Of the rain
the day before. but she was
hitting her woods longer land
that was sufficient"
The slow-shooting South
Carolinian finished the rugged
72-hole grind over the Column
bus Country Club course with
"a 72-71-76-75-294. Women's
par is 37-37-74.
The victory was worth 81, $50.
Mrs. Hagge earned $50 with
her 76-74-75-73-298 and at
one time was only three strokes
behind on the final 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
BASEBALL

Continued From Page Ala
clipped by Billy Consoles liner
in the seventh. The Indians
won it with an 11-hit attack
led by Vic Power, who had a
double among his three hits.
A trio of 20-year-old Balti-
more pitchers beat the Yankees.
Jerry Walker and Johnny
Fisher combined for the first
victory. with home-run sup
port from Gus Triandos and
Leo Burke. Young Milt Pappas,
who pitched six innings, and
the veteran Skinny Brown
notched the shutout, a seven
inning affair.
Eight walks by Carlton Will
ley and Gerry Nelson proved
the Braves undoing as they
lost their ninth in IL games.
Harvey Kuenn led the Tigers
with three hits.
Felipe Alou's two homers for
the Giants and one by Andre
Rodgers matched Cub blasts
by Jim Marshall, Ray Bellino
and Ernie Banks. Mike Nc
Cormick checked Chicago with
three runs in seven innings to
pick up the victory.
Dick Schofield's three-run
homer ignited a six-run Pirate
uprising in the seventh. Harvey
Maddix hurled seven innings
and held the Phils to four hits.
Billy Goodman and Jim
Rivera drove across two runs
each as the White Sox dubbed
Jim O'Toole. Cincinnati bonus
baby, for seven runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Rudolph Wins
By 6 Strokes

GULFPORT, Miss, Mar. %
Jap Mason Rudolph had a
paycheck, a new record and
the Gulf Invitational tourna-
.ment title to add to his healthy
list Of golfing credentials today.
Z The 24-year-old native of
,ClarkSville, Tenn, a member Of
the victorious United States
Walker Cup team in 1857,
.smothered the field with q final
round SO yesterday and finished
six strokes in front Of his near
est pursuers. The three-under-
par card over the Great South
.ern Country Club course gave
him a 72-hole total Of 273. clip
ping one stroke off the tourna-
.sment mark set by Tommy Nor
row in 1855.
Veteran pros Jim Barfield Of
Grand Rapids. Mich, and
Scudday Homer of Montgom-
cry Ala, were Rudolph's closest
rivals at 279. The 54-year-old
Barfleld finished with a SO
while the 44-year-old Horner,
one stroke in front of Rudolph
at the start of the final round,
toppled to a IS.
= The $500 first-place check
was the best payoff for Ru-
..dolph since he joined the play
-for-play ranks. He finished
Arst in one minor tournament
And was runnerup in another
but neither approached the
Jackpot he hit in the Gulf
Coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Bemun Team Ends
a Shots Off Pace
In 4-BuIl Tourney

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Mar. %
AP).-Deane Beman. Walker
Cup player from Washington,
D. c., and Truman Council,
much-traveled amateur from
Jupiter. Fla, finished four
strokes behind the leaders in
the abbreviated international
4-ball golf tournament here.
The 54-hole. best-ball tour
nament ended in a tie between
David Sullivan of Neeham.
Mass. and Don Essig III of
Indianapolis with 67-67-70-
204 and Jimmy Lee, jr., of
Tallahassee and Harry Root,
jr.. Of Tampa. 69-70-65-204.
Those teams will play off today.
Beman and Connell had
rounds of 69-70-69-208 to tie
for fourth. Johnny EiSinger,
Congressional Club champion
from Bethesa, Md, and Bob
Kurz Of Miami had 74-67-69
for 210. Bill Graham of Miami
and Gil Buckingham Of WASH
ton. D. c., had 71-71-75 for PIT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Clubs to Select Players
For Stote Team Golf

gross by six strokes. Tommy
Tompkins was next with r.
74-74 for 200. H. H. Gaddis
had 72-74-75 for 221 and Fred
Hanlon 74-77-77 for 228.
Robert Gleason won low net
with a three-round total Of 274
minus ~ handicap for 202.
John Curry. 259-51-208; Ted
Renfro. 280-727-2808. and G.
| A. Perry, 263-54-209, followed.
KENWOOD-There will be a
playoff before the play off in
the Kenwood winter league.
e. r. Ferguson. jr., and DR..
Joseph Kenrick finished with
II points in the Red Division
and were tied by H. N. Spots
wood and B. w. Wasser. They
will meet next week end.
The winners will meet N. r.
Schonfeld and Paul Hartman.
who won the White Division
with Is out Of IS points, and
]. C. Larson and A. B. Cypert.
who scored 1917 in the Blue
Division.
COURT HOUSE-It was sew
eral degrees below freezing at
the hour for the annual spring
get-together breakfast at Court
House but 200 golfers turned
up, including most Of the 80
new members who have been
taken in since last october.
Some did quit at nine holes.
The winning foursome was
H. N. McClary, Jack Smell.
George Hamp and Walt Good
rich with go. Second went
to ]. r. Gessley. Paul Redinger,
Andy DOllard and John Tank
ard. jr.. 81.
GLENN DALE-Mixed scotch
foursome winners were Betty
Baumann and Ray Sofield, ga
20-74; Helen Shea and Rufus
DeVane, 88-15-73 and Mrs.
George Brunatti and Howard
Chambers. 94-19-75.
BELLE HAVEN-The Middle
Atlantic pros met at the Alex
andria Club for the spring
meeting. Chairman John O'Don-
nell was to announce the tour
nament schedule, including an
expected change in the pros
sectional championship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
BY the Associated Press

The Boston Celtics held 9
81 lead over the Syracuse Ma
tionalS in the Eastern Division
while the st. Louis Hawks anc
the Minneapolis Lakers were
all tied at IL in the Western
Division today in the National
Basketball Association semi
final playoffs.
But the big concern around
the league is the talk Of pos
sible discussion on the Ma
tionals between Coach Paul
Seymour and Dolph Schayes,
the scoring ace.
Both deny there is anything
to the report, but in yesterdays
113-111 loss to Boston, Schayes
sat out more than half the
game.
II took him out midway in
the second period and put in
Togo Palazzi because Togo is
an aggressive-type player who
can sometimes catch fire." Sey-
mour said.
81. Seymour and Schayes both
said the player suffered q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Win Squush Title

BUFFALO. N. Y, Mar. %
(AP).-G. Diehl Natter and
John Hentz of Philadelphia Sue
ceSsfully defended their ma
tional squash racquets doubles
title yesterday by defeating two
other Philadelphians, Howard
Davis and James Whitmoyer,
15-4. 12-l5. 1910, 8-5,
49,. for their second straight
championship.