Evening star. [volume], May 11, 1947, Page A-10, Image 10

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One Marine Drowns
As Canoe Capsizes;
Companion Is Saved
One Marine was drowned yester
day afternoon and one was rescued
when the canoe in which they were
riding overturned only 25 feet from
shore in the Potomac River above
Key Bridge. Four nearby canolsts
dived into the water in an attempt
to save the pair.
The victim, Corpl. LeRoy B. Allen,
Jr., 22, Rutherford, N. J„ was at
tached to the Marine Corps Insti
tute at the Marine Barracks, Eighth
and I streets S.E., as was his friend,
Pfc. Robert E. Hesterberg, 18, Du
pont. N. J., who was rescued. Both
had been in the service, less than
a year.
Corpl. Allen's body was recovered
by Harbor Police about 20 minutes
after he first went down just above
Crampton’s Boat House. The canoe
was about 25 feet from the District
shoreline when it overturned.
The rescue efforts were made by
Charles B. Leary, 17, and Robert
Badenhausen, 18, both students at
Georgetown University, Army Corpl.
John H. Olsen, 24, and Pfc. Michael
J. Mikulka, 22, both of 2030 I
street N.W.
"Allen went down immediately,”
Pfc. Mikulka explained later. “Olsen
and I got hold of Hesterberg right
away. He was fighting but we got
him over the side of our canoe and
paddled to shore.”
Corpl. Olsen said he had Allen by
the hand at one time but he slipped
away and went to the bottom. At
that point the water is about 12
feet deep.
Pfc. Mikulka said he stayed on
shore with Pfc. Hesterberg while
Olsen went back to join the other
two in diving for Corpl. Allen.
About this time, Sol Rosenbaum.
3503 Georgia avenue N.W., and
Booker E. Barack, of Rockville, ar
rived in a speedboat. Mr. Rosen
baum also went into the water in an
effort to bring up Corpl. Allen.
Police Boat Notified.
Meanwhile, a harbor police boat
patroling'near Key Bridge was noti
fied by passing boats and rushed to
the scene. On the first cast with
a grapnel, Policemen F. A. Carr and
Pauf Baicar recovered the body.
They applied artificial respiration
on the way back to Crampton’s and
continued until Fire Rescue Squad
No. One arrived.
After working on the Marine for
about an hour, the rescue squad
took him to Emergency Hospital
CANOEISTS WHO RESCUED ONE OF TWO MARINES FROM POTOMAC—These four men, boat
ing on the Potomac yesterday, went to the rescue when two Marines overturned their canoe.
They saved Pfc. Robert E. Hesterberg, hjit Corpl. Le Roy B. Allen; jr., drowned. The rescuers
(left to right) are: Army Corpl. John H. Olsen, Robert Badenhausen, Charles B. Leary and Army
Pfc. Miclfael J. Mikulka.•—Star Staff Photo
[where he was pronounced dead.
The drowning was seen by occu
pants of more than a dozen other
boats <*nd canoes which were cruis
ing the Potomac.
Pfc. Hesterberg was taken to
Georgetown Hospital where he was
treated for shock. Later he was
taken to the Marine Barracks.
The canoe in which the Marines
were riding was rented from Wan
ner’s Boat House, near Key Bridge,
about 3 p.m. The accident occurred
about 5 p.m., according to police.
G. U. Graduate School
Sponsors Talks Tonight
The Graduate School of George
town University will present two
talks tonight at 8 o’clock in Gaston
Hall, on the campus, in continuation
of its Sunday panel discussions deal
ing with the Renaissance.
Dr. Tibor Kerekes, professor of
history, will lead with a talk on “The
Holy Roman Empire.” This will be
followed by a discussion of “The
Guild as a Characteristic of the
Middle Ages” under the leadership
of Dr. Jcsef Solterer, professor of
economics.
Dr. Gerard F. Yates. S. J., is chair
man of the panel. The discussions
are open to the public.
Horse Becomes
Terrorizes Flyei
By the A»sotia*td Press
EL PASO, May 10.—A wild horse
rode the heavens between Mexico
City and El Paso today.
I The crazed animal, attempting to
kick a hole in the side of a four
engined cargo ship, terrorized the
I plane crew for two hours before the
craft reached here and m£He an
emergency landing at Ed Anderson
Field.
The giant craft en route from
Mexico City to Long Beach, Calif.,
with eight valuable race horses as
cargo, had just left Monterey when
Joselito, a two-year-old owned by
Carlos Gomez of Mexico City appar
ently went mad.
“I was at the controls,” said Capt.
C. A. Ryan of American Air Lines,
“when I heard a crash behind men
and the ship began shaking.. One
of the handlers rushed up front and
shouted a horse had gone “plumb
loco’.”
“We expected to find a hole in the
side of the plane any minute,” ex
claimed the pilot.
The valuable, high strung animal
Wild on Flight;
s for 2 Hours
leaped and kicked its way through
three stalls as the plane rushed
on for an emergency landing here.
It was wedged between a stall and
the side of the ship when the plane
rolled to a stop.
(Air line authorities sent an
emergency call to a veterinarian.
He quited the horse with injections
and the animal was made secure
for the remainder of the flight.)
Study Guild to Meet
Basil Papadakis, instructor in
Greek with the Navy Department,
will speak at the Study Guild Cath
olic Library, 1725 Rhode Island ave
nue N.W., at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. His
subject is: “What Government for
Greece, Birthplace of Democracy?”
'Thrift Night' Queen
To Be Picked From
List of 14 Beauties
Queen of the "Night of Thrills"
pageant to be held May 23 at Grif
fith Stadium will be selected tomor
row night from 14 entrants repre
senting Masonic and Eastern Star
chapters, Bernard Easterman, gen
eral chairman, announced yesterday.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, com
mander of the National Guard, will
be grand marshal of the pageant,
Mr. Easterman said.
Presented by the Masonic Wor
shipful Masters of 1947 and the East
ern Star, the program includes a
baseball game at 4:30 p.m„ a 10-act
circus, band entertainment, and a
fireworks display.
Use of the stadium is donated by
Clark Griffith, president of the
Washington baseball club for the
antamrieo PrnnAhHc crn fft fhp
sonic afid Eastern Star Home.
The 14 contestants are Misses
Nancy Starkey, Virginia Higgins,
Patricia Christinsen, Evelyn Talley,
Sue Carol Mack, Mary Dunham
Matthews, Thelma Ramsey, Gloria
Troup, Mildred Pearson, Charrie
Hoelman, Betty Brewton, Dorothy
Zamer, Betty Clay and Helen Hart
ley.
The circus group includes Slivers
Johnson and his trick Ford, trained
animals, balancing acts, the Four
Cantons Chinese juggling act, the
Lawrence acrobatic trio.
St. John's Planning
Father-Son Dinner
The men of St. John’s College1
will hold a father and son dinner
at 7:30 p.m. May 20 with more than
450 persons expected to attend.
Municipal Court Judge Aubrey B.
Fennell is president of the organi
zation. Paul E. Salmon is general
program chairman for the dinner,
assisted by Joe Judge, W. M.
Schoenfelder, Robert N. Taylor,
Robert Campello, Col. John Crown,
Dr. W. R. McLister, Walter Hoch
graf, Marcus Jackson. Joseph Gal-!
lagher and Tiny Meeker.
Agricultural Editors
To Open Two-Day
Meeting Tomorrow
More than 55 editors of American
farm magazines and papers will be
given a preview of the Agriculture
Department’s research projects dur
ing the two-day spring meeting of
the American Agricultural Editors
Association opening here tomorrow
Following a breakfast tomorrow
morning at Washington Hotel, giv
en by the American institute of Co
operation, the editors will go to the
Federal Reserve Bank for talks by
Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the
Board of Governors, and other mem
bers of the Federal Reserve system.
In the afternoon the editors will
meet at the Agriculture Department
for a welcome by Secretary of Agri
culture Anderson and to heaf re
ports on research projects by de
partment specialists.
Afternoon Program.
The program will include:
A discussion of radio-active phos
phorus research by F. W. Parker,
chief of the Division of Soils, Ferti
lizers and Irrigation, and assistant
chief of the Bureau of Plant Indus
try. Soils and Agricultural Engi
neering.
A report on the latest develop
ment in cross-breeding dairy cows,
ba O. E. Reed, chief of the Bureau
of Dairy Industry.
A report on animal housing re
search, by Arthur W. Turner, in
charge of agricultural engineering
research.
A discussion of Newcastle disease
in poultry and of foot and mouth
disease, by B. T. Simms, chief of
the Bureau of Animal Industry.
A description of new farm pro
ducts from the department’s chem
ical laboratories by C. F. Speh,
assistant Chief* of the Bureau of
Agricultural anil Industrial Chem
istry. •
DDT Application to fee Discussed.
On Tuesday the editors again will
meet at the department for talks
on DDT, by P. N. Annand, chief of
the Bureau of Entomology and Plant
Quarantine; on world food problems,
by Stanley Andrews, of the office ofj
the secretary; on recent trends ini
farm economics, by O. V. Wells,
chief, and Sherman Johnson, assist
ant chief, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics; on rural health, by Miss;
Elin Anderson of the Extension
Service staff and an address by E. J.
'Coil, director of the National Plan
ning Association.
The editors will be guests of the
American Plant Pood Council at ji
luncheon at the Carlton Hotel, and
will conclude the two-day confer
ence with a meeting with the Atomic
Energy Commission at the commis
sion neadquerters. Here they will
be addressed by W. W, Waymack
and other representatives of the
commission _i
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