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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
AS CAP Cadets Set
ToSpendMonthA Abroad

A covey of f1edgling airmen
roasted at Boiling Field today
before taking off for 10 foreign
countries.
"Air Force life is really
rough" said Cadet Maj. John
D. Ryan, who is bound for Chile.
They turn the air conditioning
of for 10 minutes every day"
Don't forget those big fans
outside" broke in Cadet 1t.
Charles E. LETTER, jerking his
thumb toward the planes warm
ing UP on the runway.
Have Two Bowls
Wise-cracking, sleeping.
dreaming or f1dgeting. las Civil
Air Patrol cadets had gathered
for processing under the Inter-
national Air Cadet Exchange.
"They have two bowls" ex-
planned Cadet Capt. Stanton w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
1,500-Lb. Whale
Washes Ashore

A young pike whale, appar-
emily a straggler in Chesapeake
Bay, washed ashore at Dare's
Beach near Prince Frederick,
Md, Saturday.
Biologist Frank Schwartz of
the Chesapeake Biological Lab
oratory at Solomons, said the
dead whale was 16 feet long,
about half the size of an adult
of the species. A female, it
weighed $500 pounds.
Mr.. Schwartz said the whale
apparently had wandered into
the bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13

Altman, a Philadelphia bound
| for Madrid. "One holds the
names of cadets selected by
their States for the program,
and the other slips with the
names of the countries avail
able. Then they match
them up"
That can't be-" said Cadet
Capt. Robert Madel. II speak
fluent French and they're send
ing me to Puerto Rico-there
must be a real system involved
here"
All the youngsters, who range
in age from II to 20, will spend
a month abroad. Host coun-
tries, which include Great Brit
ain, Turkey, several South
American nations, most of
Europe, and Scandinavia, will
pick up the tab.
In return, the United States
will entertain guests from par
ticipating countries, while the
United States Air Force handles
transportation for both groups.
Will Wear Civilian Garb
During their stay overseas,
the cadets will wear civilian
clothes. consisting of a blazer
and contrasting trousers.
What I want to know" said
Cadet Capt. Carmen DiPietro
of Boston, Are the girls in
Mexico real Square?"
"You ought to get together
with my parents" replied Cadet
Madel.
Their very last words to me
we're:
We don't care what you do
over there son, but please don't
bring back a wife. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
10 MSHAPS IN MONTHS
Accidents at Crossing Cause Alarm

Ten daytime traffic accidents
five involving pedestrians -
have been recorded by police in
the last four months at the in
tersection of Fourth street and
Rhode Island avenue NE.
The average of more than
two collisions month is a
source of concern to the twelfth
precinct and the Accident In
vestigation Unit. The main
consolation is that no one has
been killed there during that
time.
There are several problems
at the intersection. Aside from
the carelessness of drivers and
pedestrians they include:
l. An apparent need to elimi-
nate the present mid-street bus
loading platform on Rhode Is
land avenue just east of Fourth
street. Four of the five pedes-
trian accidents have occurred
at this platform which formerly
served the nova b n d on e d
Mount Rainier streetcar line.
Traffic officials have Sug-
geSted shifting the bus stop to
Fourth street between w street
and Rhode Island avenue. They
believe the space in that short
block is enough to accommo-
date three buses simultaneously
and that relocating the stop
would reduce pedestrian con-
geStion on the avenue-alter-
nate U. S. Route /.
2. Confusing traffic signals.
Westbound traffic passing the
loading platform now has
green signal arrows for through
and right-turn traffic. For left
turn traffic, however, there is
no arrow-only a solid green
light which westbound motor
lists may or may not take to
mean "go" in any direction.
This probably confuses pedes-
trians. too, police believe.
3. Two bus lines come to- I
gether at the intersection. This
means that passengers fire.
quently leap from one bus and
race to catch another across
the street.
OF the four pedestrians
struck at the Rhode Island |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
Skull Uneurthed
In Work at Zoo

A human skull found in the
Zoo grounds today by two boys
proved to be from an old ceme-
terry nearby where excavations
are in progress.
DR.. Theodore Reed said Zoo
police turned the skull over to
Washington officers, who in
turn planned to give it to the
District Health Department for
reburial.
The skull turned up in some
fill dirt dumped in the Zoo
park by men excavating near
the site of the old cemetery
near the Adams Mill road en-
trance to the park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
The
Rambler
-. Checks on
Counterfeiting
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

That pinch at the airport
last week, Of two men &C
cused of trying to sell a batch
of blank United States
Treasury payroll checks for
$4,000, reminded the RAM
bier that Secret Service is
still on the job.
So he went to the Treasury
and called on the chief, U. E.
(the u is for UrbanuS and
the E for Edmund) Baugh-
man.
Mr.. Baughman is a slen-
der, nervous, young-looking
man with brown hair combed
straight back. He has been
the Secret Service chief for
IL years.
He opened a small suitcase
on his desk and several
sheafs of the blank checks
fell out. They looked very
convincingly like the real
thing.
The case also contained
shaving equipment and a
Luger-type automatic pistol.
These fellows consid-
cred themselves real tough
guys" he said.
This counterfeiting Gov
eminent pay checks is very
unusual. This is the first
case we have had in four
years.
But the theft and forgery
of Government checks, pay
checks, Veterans Admins
tration and Social Security
checks, is our biggest prob
lem.
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what we have within the next
several years.
Twenty years from now we
may have entirely new modes
of transportation that will
make this survey outmoded."
Survey Scored
One aspect of the report sur
prised her:
They seem determined to
bring traffic right through the
center of towns, where con-
gesiton is already at its heav-
lest" she said.
Mr.. Reichelt noted the sur
vey-marked highways in Prince
Georges appeared "in good
shape, with only one major
link yet to be built-the third
route to Baltimore planned by
the Maryland State Roads
Commission.
Mr.. Reichelt also observed
the survey map failed to desig-
nate new dualized Pennsylvania
avenue extended new Route 4,
Marlboro pike running six and
a half miles from the District
line to Andrews Air Force Base
The project is expected to be
finished November Is.
On contributing financially
to the survey project, Mr..
Reichelt said the county at this
time is in no position to al
locate money. He said the
county now must first fulfill a
demanding local road program.
Reaction in Fairfax
Four out of seven members
of the Fairfax Board of County
supervisors reached for COM
ment expressed enthusiasm
over the announced plan.
Supervisor Richard R. P.
Ovenshine said: Il was favor
ably impressed by the scope of
the study. 1t is certainly some
thing the whole area will have
consider very carefully"
Supervisor William H. Moss
called it "a fine job" and "a
fine framework" from which to
work. Supervisor A. Claiborne
Leigh said also that the plan
sounds grand"
Without going into details,
Supervisor Thomas S. Gray
said, II do think that some
thing has to be done on fast
interurban mass tranSporta-
ton"
HighlightS of the survey in
clude plans for four high-speed
subway and surface rail transit
lines, about $50 miles of free
ways encircling and criss-cross-
ing the region and a series of
express bus lines which would
use eight of the freeways for
direct service between the
suburbs and downtown Wash
ington.
1t asks that Congress i'm
mediately ratify the interstate
compact to set up an area-wide
commission to regulate public
transit facilities in the Wash
ington area. The Legislatures
of Maryland and Virginia al
ready have approved the idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13

Through the respect and in
terest of his teacher, Patrick
learned to read this year at last.
His progress surprised everyone.
A session at camp again this
summer would be wonderful for
Patrick. another of the good
things that seem to be coming
his way at last after years OF
rejection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
CAMP FUND
FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail to The Evening
Star, Second street and Vir-
GINA avenue Sc. WASH
ington 8, D. c., or bring
cash to The Star cashier. A
receptionist in the lobby
will direct you to the
cashiers Office.
The coSt-$36.40 for IL
days, 1920 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13

CIT GOES ON in the
crowded sections of a city.
When it is known that the
poStman has delivered such
a check, someone rifles the
mail box.
1.-THE little merchants in
these depressed sections
have the idea that any Gov
eminent check is good. But
they are learning through
bitter experience that they
had better make sure that
the person cashing the check
is the one to whom it has
been issued.
Sometimes we are notified
more than six months after
a check has been stolen and
caShed. This makes it the
more difficult to apprehend
the forger. The Govern
ment isn't out. The merchant
who cashed the check is.
Zone liquor store in a
Southern city cashed so
stolen Government checks
in one day for 10 men. They
would buy a bottle, cash a
check, come back with a
change of clothes, buy
another bottle, cash another
check.
In fiscal SO we had $4,000
such incidents. The amount
lost by the public - small
merchants for the most part,
totaled $2.5 million.
"In the same period we
received or conflScated $780,
900 in counterfeit money. OF
this only $4,000 was in cir
culation. So you can see that
the stealing and forging Of
Government checks costs the
public about 10 times as
much as the passing Of
counterfeit currency"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13

Avenue platform in the last
two weeks, one is still in Wash
ington Hospital Center for
treatment of leg, back and in
ternal injuries. The rest have
been treated and released.
The fifth pedestrian was
knocked down April 16 as he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13

stepped around a parked car
on the avenue. He sustained
leg injuries. In only one of
these instances was either a
driver or a pedestrian charged,
indicating a police conclusion
that blame was hard to fix.
The accident epidemic at the
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intersection started March 5
with a two-car collision. The
last of four other two-car COL
lisions occurred June Is. No one
was reported seriously hurt in
these crashes. Traffic law vio-
lation charges were made in
three of the five instances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
VunduIs Spray Autos
In Alexandria

VandalS sprayed 10 autos
with white paint in Alexandria
over the week end, city police
reported today.
Police said the paint was
sprayed on the cars, parked on
North Peyton and Oronoco
streets, some time Saturday
night or early yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
All Program Slated

The girls All Club of
Montgomery County will hold
their annual achievement day
and style review program We'd
nesday at the County Agricul-
ture Center in Gaithersburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
Home Of Oldest
Inhabitants
|sApproved
House Also Books
Three Other Bills
Affecting District

The House today approved a
new home for the Association
o fthe Oldest Inhabitants of
the District.
Passed and sent to the Sen
ate wa sa bill to permit the
District Commissioners to turn
over to the association an old
fire engine house at 1910 M
street NV.
Previously, the association
held meetings in another old
engine house, at Nineteenth
and H streets NV. torn down
for construction of the World
Bank.
Once a Town Hall
The M street engine house
formerly was used as a town
hall for Georgetown residents.
1t was remodeled in 1883 and
occupied by No. 5 Engine COM
pany. In 1910, the building was
turned over to the Department
of Sanitation.
The association has been
ouse-hunting for several
years. At one point, it con-
sidered rebuilding its original
home, using the same bricks
saved when the engine house
was raZed. 1t also sought to
move into the Old Stone House,
in Georgetown, now recon-
structed by National Capital
Parks and scheduled to open as
q museum in September.
3 Other Bills Passed
In other action, the House
passed the following bills:
l. A measure which would
prohibit the examination in
District courts of any minister
of religion in connection with
communications made to him
in his professional capacity.
Doctors. are the only profess
sional people exempt from
testifying under existing law.
2. A bill to permit st. AIMS
Infant Asylum to expand opera
tons and move to a new site in
Maryland. The home is now
located at 1900 California
street NV.
3. A bill to allow departments
of the District Government to
include illustrations such as
charts maps and graphs in
their annual reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-13
Officials to Study
Transportation Plan
Maryland Leaders Hit Survey
Fairfax Reaction Is Favorable

Ocas Of the Washington to gather today at
Hotel to receive the 100000 Mass Trans
poraton Survey which bueprnts future highway and transit
development.
Planning officials scheduled to present the proposals
Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference at
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Other civic leaders of the area
also will be present.
The survey was made public
yesterday. 1t recommends a
$2.4 billion system of freeways
and express.transit facilities to
meet traffic needs of 1880. The
study was authorized by Con-
gresS in 1855.
Cooperation Urged
One of the architects of the
survey, Donald E. Gingery,
chairman Of the National
Capital Regional Planning
Council. described the purpose
of today's meeting as an at
tempt to win the cooperation
of the people who will have
to raise the funds-the elected
officials of the area"
The conference is made up
of Federal, State and local Of
ficials of Virginia, Maryland
and the District.
The survey calls on Congress
to asst with the initial f1nanc-
ing of the transportation sys-
tenn, but urges the region itself
to develop methods of produc-
ing additional transportation
revenues. possibly through a
regional gasoline tax.
1--WE can expect the usual
property holder opposition. !"
Mr.. Gingery said, land it will
be severe, critical and nasty"
But" he added, "the av-
erage man, tied up in traffic
every day, is just not going to
put up with blocking opera
tons"
Reaction Varied
Meanwhile public officials to-
day reacted in varying fashion
70 the survey.
District Commissioner Rob-
ert E. Mclaughlin said he ap-
proves the plan and added that
he believes the various regional
localities will also go along
with it eventually.
He believes a climate of &C
ceptance will gradually emerge
throughout the metropolitan
region as traffic congestion in
creaSeS. Mr.. Mclaughlin added
that taxing powers will have to
be given the proposed regional
agency if the plan is to sue
coed.
Herbert w. Reichelt, presi-
dent of the Prince Georges
County Commissioners, called
the survey "a forward step in
good planning" But he ex-
pressed concern over the alb
sence of a rail or subway line
into his county while two lines
project into Montgomery Coun-
ty and another to Alexandria.
Attacking the plan was Mrs.
Stella B. Werner, president of
the Montgomery County Coun-
Gil, who said:
Il can't see it doing us one
bit of good. 1t appears to be
a grandiose, expensive plan for
20 years hence. and extremely
difficult to finance. What we
need is a practical, careful
analysis of what we can do with
, 1959-10-17
+ ENACTED BY the Legislature Of the Virgin Island

There is hereby appropriated from any available
funds in the General Fund Of the Treasury Of the Virgin
Islands for the Office Of the Government Secretary, Divi-
sion of Personnel, for the Fiscal Year July 1, 1859 to June
80, 1860, an amount of $1,000 for the administration Of
Islands.
, 1959-10-17
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature Of the Vii

BE 1T ENACTED by the Legislature Of the Virgin Islands:
SECTION i. All sales of lottery tickets. by dealers
from July 1947 to June 80, 1859. where the dealers sur
charge exceeded five cents for each tenth Of a ticket, be
and are hereby confirmed.
SECTION Q. All payments to members Of the
Board Of Drawing Of the Virgin Islands Lottery at $1,000
per drawing during the period July 1854 through Deem
Der 81. 1857 be and are hereby confirmed.
SECTION 8. AL provisions Of laws or ordinances
Of the Virgin Islands in contravention Of sections / and 2
Of this Act, are hereby retroactively amended to conform
with the provisions Of this Act for the duration Of the
periods set forth herein.
, 1959-10-17

IT ENACTED by the Legislature Of the Virgin Islands:
WHEREAS BY deed dated july 90, 1926, the Munich
.pality Of Saint Croix Government Of the Virgin Islands,.
acquired from the Roman Catholic Church, Frederiksted,
Saint Croix, through purchase, a parcel of land at No. All
B New Street, Frederiksted, for the purpose Of storing
salt water; and
TO be continued
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12
20 Years Ago

More than 700 bills jammed
the calendars of the General AS
sembly as it reconvened Mon
day after the weekend recess.
One House member facetiously
remarked the calendar of the
lower branch ''looks like a mail
order catalogue" 1t contains
sixty pages. The bill to permit
moving picture shows after 2
pm. on Sundays was stricken
from the House calendar.
Harold Wiley, an employee
of R. w. Slaughter, lumber mer-
chant at Clayton, was assaulted
and severely beaten after deliv-
ering a load of lumber on the
farm of Leroy Roberts near
Odessa. He was taken to a
Smyrna physician for treatment
and then sent to the Kent Gen
eral Hospital at Dover. John
David was arrested as Willey's
assailent. At hearing before
Magistrate Irving B. Hart at
Townsend, he was held under
1000 bail for the Court OF
Common Pleas.
Town Council has ordered the
caution light on at the Four
Corners during week days and
nights except Saturday and
special occasions, an innovation
pleasing to the motoring public.
Smyrna Town Council is
sponsoring an amendment to
the Smyrna town charter, intro
duced into the Legislature at
Dover by Rep. Newman of this
district, to provide for a town
manager should they want it,
NEARLY all progressive towns are
adopting this plan and find that
it expedites and makes for bet
ter business system and saves
much municipal monies.
Former Gov. Robert P. Rob-
inson, president of Central Ma
tional Bank in Wilmington and
prominent granger, died sudden
Ily at his home near Wilmington
Saturday morning of heart at
tack. He was governor from
1925 to 1929 and had served his
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12

A meeting called Wednesday at
Leipsic by Capt. L. H. Rand, U.
S. engineer, to consider the
subject of building new bridge
over Leipsic Creek was well at
tended. A committee of five
from the Levy Court of Kent
County was also present. They
reported that they had author
ity to state that the pivot bridge
would be rebuilt by the first of
September.
A front-page article of fifty
years ago read as follows: "Mr.
Editor, The writer visits your
town frequently and has always
been impressed by its charm
and the substantial appearance
of its citizens, but we cannot
help feeling that the industries
do not receive the support from
Smyrna people they should mer'
it. You have in your midst sew
eral factories. The employees OF
these factories by their earn,
ings help to keep currency ir
circulation which, if withdrawn,
would be sadly felt. Smyrna is
making a mistake by not en-
couraging home industry. Yours
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12
Social Security
Benefit COverage
Again Extended

you have lost money by
waiting" Those are sad words
for anyone to say or hear, but
they are said many times every
year in any social security dis
trict office. Now, workers in
those offices see another large
group, brought under social Sc
curity by the 1858 amendments,
many of whom may not learn of
their eligibility, or for some 9TH
er reason will delay filing for
benefits until they have lost
some payments.
In the hope of preventing at
least some of those losses, here
are listed the kinds of depend
ents newly covered in 1858 who
might now be eligible for pay
ments if they file claim with
out delay.
l. Dependents of disabled
workers so or over, including
(a) Children under Is, (b) Wives
age 62 or over, (c) Wives of any
age if caring for an eligible
child (see or b..
2. Dependent parents of a de-
ceased worker are now eligible
even if a widow or child has
been drawing on the deceased
workers account. A dependent
mother is eligible at 81, father
at IS.
3. Disabled children of a re
tired or deceased before l8. Ir
most cases support by the par
ent is not a necessary qualifica
ton.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12

bank for more than so years.
Frank ]. Harmonson, aged Sc,
a brother of DR.. c. G. Harmon
son, died suddenly while max
ing call on his nephew, Char
les L. Harmonson, on Wednes-
day night of last week. Mr.. Har-
monson was born and raised in
Berlin, Md, but had spent the
greater part of his life in Della
ware. He operated a drug store
in Wilmington for many years
before retiring when he came to
Smyrna to make his home at the
Delaware House.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12

truly, Fred T. Bieber." Strange
ly enough, the same situation
continues to exist today.
Mrs. Sarah E. Mariner, wild
ow of Squire Joseph w. Marin
er, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Joseph w. Beck
EFT, Wednesday evening after a
lingering illness. She had been
in failing health for several
years and had been confined to
her room since last August. She
was aged 81 years. Her girlhood
days were spent in Millsboro
In l845 she was united in mar
riage to Mr.. Mariner and NOV
ed to Smyrna in 1852.
BILLY G., the well-knowr
Percheon stallion belonging tc
Joseph Snow and John Slaugh-
ter, valued at about $500, dice
Sunday near Cheswold after
few days sickness.
The sale of William H. Col
Inns, well-known horse dealer
which took place last Wednes
day attracted considerable at
tention from the fact that hi
had a street parade with bras:
band and a free dinner which
footed up nearly $500. 1t wa.
ithe largest sale ever witnessed
in Smyrna and more men arr
said to have been here than eve
attended a sale in this vicinity
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12

4. Adopted children no longer
have to wait three years to quail
ify for benefits based on an
adopting parents earnings re-
cord. In death cases, the widow
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12
Smyrna Doings Of
Fifty Years Ago
This Week, 1909

Taken from our old files Of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature Of the
Times. will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tton.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12

and adopted child can draw pay
ments even if she was married
less than a year. Also, a foster
child adopted by the widow
within two years of the foster
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12

fathers death can usually quail
fly.
Anyone who might possibly
meet any of these qualifications
should Immediately check with
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12

his nearest social security dis
trict office listed in the tele-
phone book under u. S. Govern
ment, Health, Education and
Welfare.