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1-Way Traffic On P and Q Is Hit as Hearing Georgetown Group , Protests Strongly To Commissioners Residents of Georgetown fio not want P and Q streets made one-way. they told the District Commissioners at a hearing to day. . Making P street one-way from Dupont circle to Thirty-sixth street for westbound traffic and Q street one-way from Wiscon sin avenue to Florida avenue (near North Capitol street) for eastbound traffic would create a speedway for motorists in the suburbs, they declared. It would also reduce property values and lead to the operation of larger buses on these streets, they said. Fears Further Congestion. Frederick S. Hill, president of the Georgetown Citizens’ As sociation, told the Commis sioners his association by unani mous vote last month opposed the plan. He said he did not believe it would in any way relieve traffic congestion where P and Q streets enter Wiscon sin avenue. It would create a traffic jam at Wisconsin ave nue every afternoon while there would be a minimum of traffic moving eastward on Q street at that time, he said. Mr. Hill said it would make it impossible for eastbound traffic to use the P street en trance to Rock ‘Creek drive. Traffic on P and Q streets is fast enough now and it would be hazardous for school children and other pedestrians to cross, he added. He said Georgetown streets were put where they are primarily to serve the properties that border them and not as access for suburban Maryland. Sees Curbs on Parking. Mr. Hill further declared the plan eventually would force fur ther restriction on parking. Very few houses in Georgetown pro vide off-street parking facilities, he added. “It would be unfortunate, in deed,” he said, “if the carefully considered beliefs of the citizens of Georgetown were to be over ridden to suit the doubtful con venience of the suburbs or the dubious designs of the Capital Transit Co. Dr. C. Herbert Marshall, pres ident of the Federation of Civic Associations, also opposed the plan. Further Protest Listed. Walter Loucheim, vice presi dent of the Progressive Citizens’ Association of Georgetown, said his organization on April 13 unanimously opposed the plan. Mrs. Harold B. Hinton, chair-, man of the oning Committee of the association, appealed to the Commissioners to consider Georgetown as a place of human habitation—not just a place through which motor vehicles could be rushed as quickly as possible. She said the plan would make Georgetown unpleasant to live in and bring the route to the suburbs right to their doors. Mrs. Hinton presented letters opposing the plan. Included were those from Senators Taft of Ohio and Flanders of Ver mont, Republicans; Senator Symington, Democrat, of Mis souri and Representatives Hale of Maine and Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Republicans. Sev eral others also protested. John Lincoln, another repre sentative of the Progressive Cit izens’ Association, presented a petition signed by 807 residents of P street east of Wisconsin avenue objecting to the plan. “Let’s not ruin Georgetown,” he said. More Lights Urged. John Ihlder, also representing the association, said more traf fic lights were needed, not more one-way streets. Robert Woods Bliss, repre senting the American Planning and Civic Commission and the Committee of 100, asked the Commissioners to postpone ac tion on the plan and study ex press routes around Washing ton. He said the Commissioners should consider those who live in Georgetown and not in the surburbs. Traffic Director George E. Keneipp, told the Commissioners studies in may cities have indi cated a pair of one-way streets * are capable of carrying from 30 to 50 per cent more traffic than the same two streets op erating two ways. He said the accident hazard would be re duced because motorists would ndF have the hazard of opposing traffic and headlights at night. Drivers, he said, and more particularly pedestrians crossing the street have to look in only one direction and are much more apt to find a break in traffic. The Commissioners took the plan under consideration. Africa to Be Honored At Thursday Event West Africa is the theme of a program to be presented by the East and West Association Thursday at 8 p.m. in Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and Harvard streets N.W. Edward W. Blyden in of Sierra Leone, West Africa, will be the speaker on the program which will include color movies, songs, dances, and music of West Africa. The entertain ment will be provided by African students who are studying in the United States. An exhibit of African arts and crafts will be opened at 7:30 pm. A* CLASSIFIED—READERS' CLEARING HOUSE FASHIONS—SOCIETY-CLUBS ■y''' m T J a, jaragMl* m mL u FEMALE CICADAS—WhiIe the old man Is out cutting up an awful fuss, these females of the species quietly go about the business of depositing eggs in a pear tree. Agriculture Dept. Photo. Cicada, That Raucous Insect, Due Soon After 17-Year Sleep The periodical cicada—a much-maligned insect, the scien tists say—soon will begin his assault on eardrums in most of the Eastern part of the Nation. The cicada has been called, wrongly, the 17-year locust. And he has been blamed, wrongly, for much damage to crops and fruit trees, the scien tists point out. In early May, the cicada will emerge from the earth in which he has lain dormant the past 17 years. In a few hours, he will shed his outer shell and become the rasping raucous insect that has in days past forced the closing of some schools because of the noise. The Bureau of Etymology and Plant Quarantine each year tries to set right the wrongs done to the periodical cicada. The bu reau points out: 1. The cicada is not a true locust, and not a grasshopper. 2. Although it take the cicada 17 years to complete his life cycle, there are some of them every year. They are identified as broods. This year’s—Brood X— is the largest. Last year’s—Brood IX— was relatively small, cov ering only a limited area. 3. The. cicada does not eat 800 Watch Leo Royer Take Oath as U. S. Attorney Here Leo A. Rover was sworn in to day as United States attorney for the District, a position he had held from 1929 to 1933. Approximately 800 persons were in the ceremonial court room in the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia when Chief Judge Bolitha J. Laws administered the oath, in cluding all five men who had been United States attorney since Mr. Rover last held the office. These were Leslie C. Garnett, who succeeded Mr. Rover; Judges David A. Pine and Ed ward M. Curran of the U. S. Dis trict Court, George Morris Fay and Charles M. Irelan, whom Mr. Rover succeeds. Brownell Presents Papers. Mr. Rover’s commission was presented by Attorney General Brownell. The Attorney General declared Mr. Rover “represents the type of man we want to get into important positions.” After administering the oath, Chief Judge Laws declared, in behalf of the judges of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and of the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia, that he wanted to wel come Mr. Rover back into pub lic office. Judges of both courts and the other local courts were on hand, in addition to a number of public officials, Including Police Chief Robert V. Murray. The assemblage lined up after the ceremony to greet Mr. Rover. Family Is With Him. With him in the receiving line were his wife, Mrs. Rover, and his son, the Rev. Thomas Rover, igt. l ■paß Lb % * Ss# m S CHI B Bo 111 IH H ' ,A iIHHHHHBR fa v 1•: UMa K B \ •* JRHHnp IBb. • Mfffi H 4 W A■! flft NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND FAMILY—Leo A. Rover, sworn in today as United States Attorney (seated) looks at his commission, surrounded by his family. In the picture, taken' in his new office, (left to right): The Rev. Thomas Rover, O. P„ his son; Mrs. William Frank, the former Marita Rover, his daughter; Mrs. Rover, his wife; Mrs. Ignatius Keane and Mrs. Edwin F. McManus, his other daughter. —Star Staff Photo. crops or young fruit trees. It does some slight damage to the twigs of young fruit trees and to dogwood. This comes when the female slits the twigs to de posit her eggs. 4. The appearance of a small “W” on the wings of the locust is common to them all, and is not a forecast of war, as some have believed in the past. The periodical cicada makes a lot of noise. From his appear ance early in May through his short life-span above ground— usually two weeks—he fills the countryside with his rasping keening. The female can’t" make a sound. This has led to the coup let, of unknown authorship: “Happy the cicadas’ lives, “For they all have silent wives.” When early settlers first heard the cicada they feared a plague of locusts similar to those which devour crops in the Middle East. Elsewhere, plans are being made to combat the real locusts. Meeting this week (April 21-24) in Rome, the Food and Agricul ture Organization is mapping a program to control an expected swarm of locusts in the Mediter ranean area. O.P. Also present were Mr. Rover’s three daughters, Mrs. Ignatius Keane, Mrs. Edwin Mc- Manus and Mrs. William Frank; two granddaughters, Kathleen Keating Keane and Paula Keane, and a grandson, Peter McManus. Mr. Rover, tfho is 64, became widely known as a vigorous prosecutor during his earlier term. Since them he has made frequent appearances at the court in private practice. On several occasions he has been named by the court to serve as counsel in important cases. One of these was to represent Oscar Collazo at the trial for his part in the attempt to assassinate former President Truman. Earlier Mrs. Virginia Dunnl gan, of 4826 South Dakota ave nue N.W., was sworn in to serve as his confidential secretary. Her oath was adminsitered by Municipal Court Judge Milton Kronheim, whom she had served as secretary since March, 1949. Mrs. Dunnigan also served as secretary to the late Municipal Court Judge John P. McMahon. Shrine Benefit Circus Opens at Uline's Tonight Almas Temple will open its 12th three-ring circus at 8:15 o’clock tonight in Uline Arena, Third and M streets N.E., for the benefit of Its charities and activities fund. The circus will run through next Sunday, with performances at 2:15 and 8:15 daily. Some 5,000 handicapped and under privileged children will be enter tained at a special performance Saturday morning. fEtoenmg J&faf Indoor Stadium Is Under Way At College Park Biggest Such Arena In State Is Designed To Seat 17,000 The largest indoor stadium in Maryland is under construction at College Park. The University of Maryland’s new physical education arena, designed to seat 17,000, will cost $2.6 million. University officials expect that the arena, where bas ketball games, boxing matches, track meets and other events 'Will be staged, will be self liquidating. The new building, about 400 by 300 feet, is being erected near the new 33,000-seat Byrd Sta dium. Commencement exercises, now held outdoors, could be held in the new structure. About 15,000 usually attend graduation cere monies. Builder of the arena is Balti more Contractors, Inc. The firm has a contract for construction of an adjacent structure now underway, the $621,000 Students’ Union Building. This building, with two stories and two basements, will house student government meeting rooms, a men’s league room, a women’s league room, an audi torium and a ballroom. Other services in the Students’ Union Building will be a post office, gameroom, lunchroom and additional meeting rooms. U. S. Courts Remind Public of Policy on Excusing Witness A more lenient policy for ex cusing “responsible” witnesses in Federal Court cases is now in effect, Chief Judge Bolitha J. Laws said of U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia yes terday. Adopted to cause the public as little inconvenience as possible, the move was made as a step toward improved public relations in a “very difficult situation,” he said. Judge Laws said it has always been the policy at court to ex cuse witnesses in cases that may not go to trial on the date sched uled because of requests for a continuance either by defense lawyers or prosecutors. Judge Laws said he made his assignment because he felt many prospective witnesses did not know they could continue con ducting their business if they could give definite assurance they could be available on 30 minutes notice by telephone. The judge also stressed that 30 minute telephone notice will not be accorded to all those wishing to leave the court house. “Only those known to be responsible and who will definitely be there when needed will be excused,” Judge Laws explained. Tydings Praises President On Two Major Policies By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, April 20.—For mer Senator Millard F. Tydings, leng a Democratic power in Maryland, yesterday praised two of President Eisenhower’s major policy stands and called the Pres ident’s latest speech “magnificent and timely.” Mr. Tydings, former chairman of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee, warned that Gen. Eisenhower cannot bring peace in Korea or throughout the world in a matter of days. In answer to a questioner who recalled that Mr. Tydings’had in troduced disarmament resolu tions in the Senate every year from 1947 through 1950, Mr Tydings said he “cannot help but feel that President Eisenhower has taken my point oLview.” He added that he believed the President had voiced the desires of all the American people and would be surprised if the Demo crats in Congress do not go along with him in his peace offensive. hkLjl s» ..-.gl' mm.-:. m M hi - m DAR HONORS SOCIETY FOUNDERS—The Daughters of the American Revolution pay tribute to the founders of their society at the Founders’ Monument outside Constitution Hall. Left to right at yesterday’s session are (front row) Mrs. Mary B. McCormack, District page; Mrs. James B. Patton, president general; Mrs. Leland H. Barker, chaplain general, and Miss Lucile Richard son, page from Winchester, Ky. Flag bearers are Mrs. Dorothy C. Kerr (left), District page, and Miss Mary Lou Craanen of Green Bay, Wis. (Story on Page A-l.) —Star Staff Photo. Herndon Loses Fight For Special Poston County School Board By th* Asiociated Prtst RICHMOND, April 20. —The Virginia Supreme Court of Ap peals today reversed a Fairfax Circuit Court decision and held that the town of Herndon Is not entitled to special representa tion on the County School Board. The county appealed the lower court decision on the basis that under the county executive sys tem, in operation since last year, Herndon was no longer entitled to a member on the board. The Board of Supervisors and Commonwealth’s Attorney Hugh B. Marsh agreed that under the new system only a town that operates its own school district can have its own member on the County School Board. Judge Paul E. Brown in Fair fax held that a special act of the State Legislature providing for the special town representative took precedence over the general law. Herndon at present is not rep resented on the board. The chairman, Fred W. Robinson, formerly held this seat but now is a regular member of the board. When Mrs. D. L. Detwiler was sent last year as Herndon’s member, after the county execu tive plan went into operation, the board refused to let her take her seat. Two Held in Robbery Os 'Oklahoma' Singer Two Alexandria men today were ordered held for grand jury action on a charge of robbing a singer in the chorus of “Okla homa,” which played at the National Theater last week. Charles William Rule, 25, of the 500 block of Twenty-first street N.W. told District police two men picked him up at Fif teenth and F streets N.W. at 3 a.m. Saturday and told him they would drive him home. Instead, Mr. Rule told police, he was driven to Alexandria, where he was attacked and, robbed of $96. The men then drove him back to Washington, gave him 75 cents and then let him out of the car. Alexandria police arrested two men when they were furnished with the tag number given to District police by Mr. Rule. Floyd C. Breedon, 18, a plas terer, of the 200 block of North Pitt street, and Carl E. Downs, 19, a sheet metal worker of the 300 block South Columbus street, pleaded not guilty in Alexandria Police Court today. They waived preliminary hearing before Judge James R. Duncan, who placed them under SI,OOO bond each pending grand jury action. Detectives Nail Suspect Pulling Loot From Window Two 6-foot policemen never materialized any faster at 2 a.m. than they did this morning when Norman Guritsky, 29, recently of Brooklyn, N. Y., pulled three movie cameras from the smashed show window of the Capitol Camera Shop, 1003 D street N.W. Reason: Detective Sergts. L. L. Frost and John Connor, off duty two hours earlier, had trailed Guritsky around the city until he made his move. Then they pounced with alac rity, seizing Guritsky and the three cameras, totaling $3,000 in value. They slapped charges of housebreaking and grand lar ceny on the bewildered man. A telephone call from the Greyhound Bus Terminal had started the midnight shadowing. Some one said Guritsky was sell ing new articles at ridiculously low prices. After the arrest, Guritsky ad mitted lifting some traveling cases and other articles from The Hecht Co. last Friday and Saturday, police said. WASHINGTON AND VICINITY—COMICS—RADIO MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1953 Events on DAR Program Today 8:30 P.M. Concert, 8 until 8:30 United States Marine Band Orchestra Entrance March Entrance of the President General and National Officers escorted by Pages with State Flags Sixty-second Continental Congress called to order by the President General Mrs. James B. Patton Messages from the President of the United States of America Greetings Brigadier General Louis W. Prentiss, Engineer Com missioner, Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Ray O. Edwards, President General National Society Sons of the American Revolution. Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, National President, National Society Children of the American Revolution. Address: Individual Responsibility Mrs. James B. Patton The Vice President of the United States Honorable Richard Nixon Tomorrow 9:30 A.M. Entrance March Entrance of the President General and National Officers escorted by the Pages with State Flags. Congress called to order The President General Report of Credentials Committee Mrs. C. Raymond Harned, Chairman Report of Congress Program Committee n Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke, Chairman Announcement of the Resolutions Committee Reading of the Standing Rules Mrs. T. B. Throckmorton, Chairman, Resolutions Committee Reading of the Minutes Mrs. Warren Shattuck Currier, Recording Secretary General Reports of National Officers Report of Building Completion Committee i • Mrs. Donald Bennet Adams, Chairman Gifts and Pledges for Building Completion Announcements Miss Lillian Chenoweth, Official Reader AFTERNOON Reserved for luncheons, meetings of State delegations, National Committees, receptions and dinners. nn r- n ninf| l i l r- ana inr [l ||ini|in[ W niiiinnnnMniifnnnni:iniMiiiiiiii»iriinii EDUCATOR RESIGNS—Dean Hugh G. Price of the Mont gomery Junior College at Ta koma Park, Md., has resigned to become director of Ventura College in California. Dean Price formerly taught at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. No successor has been chosen. Episcopal Meeting Set at Chevy Chase Clergy and delegates of the 25 Episcopal churches in Mont gomery and Prince Georges counties will gather at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the spring meet ing of the Northern Convocation of the Diocese of Washington. The meeting will be held at All Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase, with the Rev. C. W. Lowry as host rector and the Rev. W. Robert Miller, of the Church of the Ascension. Silver Spring, as dean of the convoca tion. Mrs. T. O. Wedel, women’* work leader, will address the 4 p.m. session on “Women’s Place in the Church.” A group of stu- | dent leaders from the National Cathedral School for Girls will j present the story of the school and Its work. Speakers at the 6:30 p.m. din ner session will be the Right Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop of Washing ton: the Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre, jr„ Dean of Washington Cathedral, and the Rev. William Wolf, professor of theology in the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass. Doll and Wardrobe Given DAR for Building Fund A doll with a novelty ward robe of 39 items will boost the building completion fund of : the Daughters of the American ! Revolution. Miss Virginia Johnson of Charleston, W. Va„ State chair man of junior membership, gave the 14-inch doll to the Building Completion Committee to be sold for the £und. The doll wears a white satin evening gown with net overskirts and stole trimmed with tiny red flowers, and a satin evening cap. In addition, more than 1,500 “Miss Freda Debt” dolls will be on sale during the congress for the benefit of the building fund. Maryland Jet Flyer Asked Divine Aid Not to Hit Own Line In near-darkness, haze and with a faulty bombsight, a Belts ville, Md., Jet fighter pilot called on God to help him hit a Com munist target rather than on a Korean bombing run I Lt. Leonard H O. deLuna, son of Mr. and Mrs. Car- H los deLuna. has been awarded the | • . Air Medal aft- I er his accu rate bombing H of enemy mor- tar positions Lt - deL,n ‘- only a few hundred feet in front of friendly troops. It was his 20th mission. “I’ll never forget that one be cause I believe I came as close to God as I ever will before I die,” he said. Lt. deLuna was graduated from Hyattsville High School in 1947, attended the University of Maryland two years and received his wings at Williams Air Force Base in 1952. He has been in Korea since September. Victim Saved As Car Bums After Crash Air Force Major Rescues Injured Hyattsville Man An Air Force major is credited • with saving the life of a Hyatts ville motorist who was pinned in his burning automobile after it collided with a parked tractor trailer truck. The officer, Maj. Murhl A. Ruhl, pried open the doors of the flaming auto and pulled the driver, Lewis Russell Canter, 41, of 2410 Lewisdale drive to safety. Maj. Ruhl was returning from a Police Wives’ Club spring dance about 1:30 a.m. yesterday with his fiancee, Miss Joyce Redmile, and her mother. Mrs. George B. Costenbader. Mrs. Costenbader, wife of a ninth precinct police man, said Maj. Ruhl noticed Mr. Canter’s auto smashed into the rear of the tractor-trailer as they were driving in the 2100 block of West Virginia avenue N.E. “It looked like an abandoned accident,” Mrs. Costenbader said, but Maj. Ruhl stopped to inves tigate. He found Mr. Canter pinned under the dashboard. He ran to a truck nearby and grabbed a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze that was smoul dering in the dash. After he found the extinguisher was emp ty the Major used it to smash the window of the car which by that time was burning. Another motorist stopped and gave Maj. Ruhl a hand in forc ing open the jammed door. The two pulled Mr. Canter to safety. The injured man was taken to Casualty Hospital in a Fire De partment ambulance where he is in serious condition with mul tiple burns of the arms and legs and cuts to the face. Man Fatally Injured In Prince Georges Joseph N. Ridgell, 38, of Ridge, Md., was struck and fatally injured early today as he walked across the 3300 block of Branch avenue just across the District line in Prince George County. Mr. Ridgell was admitted to Casualty Hospital with multiple fractures of both legs, a broken arm and head injuries. He died about 10 a.m. Prince Georges police said the car that struck Mr. Ridgell was driven by James Wesley Ford, 44, colored of the first block of Q street. A technical charge of reckless driving by colliding with a pedestrian was placed against Ford before Mr. Ridgell died. He told police Mr. Ridgell was mid way across the road when he suddenly turned and stepped into the path of the car. Elliston Resigning As Editor of Rost Herbert Ellfston, editor of the Washington Post, has resigned his position but will remain as contributing editor end later will write a column to ; ppear Sun days, the paper announced to day. Robert H. Estabrook, a mem ber of the editorial staff since 1946, will assume the title of editor of the editorial page. Mr. Elliston’s action, the paper said, was dictated by a heart | attack which confined him to a I hospital for several months last year. A native of England, Mr. Ellis | ton was at one time with the Council of Foreign Relations in : New York. He joined the Chris,- tian Science Monitor in 1933 and ! went to the Post in 1940. first ! as associate editor and then as editor. Mr. Estabrook. 34, a native of I Dayton, Ohio, grew up in Evans ton. 111., and is a graduate of ! Northwestern University. , Be fore World War II he was a re porter and editorial writer for the Cedar Rapids (lowai Ga zette. He served in the Army for four years and joined the Post’s editorial page staff in 1946. j One Driver's Permit Revoked in Week Only one driver’s permit was revoked by the driver improve ment section of the Department of Vehicles and Traffic last week. Usually each week several per | mits are revoked for drunken driving The permit revoked was that of Charles W. Rector. 1050 Med ical Group. Andrews Field. Md., for speeding. His offense oc curred before the point system went into effect on April 1. Those suspended last week were: UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT: Clarenca H. Settle. 224 10th street 8E„ susDend . until Judgment Is satisfied and Insurance filed. VIOLATIONS CONTRIBUTING TO AN ACCIDENT: William A. Clatterbuck. 443 Hth street S.W.. 30 davs; William Coates. 119 l«th street S.E.. 30 davs: Edward L. , Garfinkle. 301 Gallatin street N.W., OO days: Murdock MacDonald. 1705 Law rence street, N.E.. 30 days: Paul E. Smith 835 2nd street B.W. 30 deys ar i Simeon P Woods. 744 Girard street N.W.. 30 days. SPEED VIOLATIONS Raymond Knight. 4437 Gault place N.E.. OO days; Walter R. Nellson. 4100 Beecher street N.W.. No. 102, OO days; John H. Robh. 4040 Brandywine street N.W.. 30 days, and Leslie L. Taylor. 1343 29th street 8.E.. »o days. ACCUMULATED RECORD OF TRAF FIC VIOLATIONS: Paris P. Berkley, 1342 Perry place N.W.. 00 days * J Charles H. Booker. 4842 Indian lan* N W.. 80 days. FAILURE TO FILE FINANCIAL RE SPONSIBILITY: Ousterenla D. Fred erick. 253 Warren street N.1.. suspended until Insurance la lUad. B **