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HOT MEETlNG—Striking employes of Capital proval that they did the right thing in calling the
Transit thronged to a steamy meeting in the strike and made plans for one or two meetings a
Armonr today to hear a report on efforts to end week—preferably at an outdoor site.—Star Staff
their five-day strike. They voiced unanimous ap- Photo.
Parking Ample
For Shoppers
Washington’s downtown park*
lng lota and garages this morn
ing were running about 15 to 20
per cent above normal, but
there’s still plenty of parking
space in them for shoppers, offi
cials said today.
Leonard B. Doggett, jr„ presi
dent of the Washington Parking
Association, said: “We have am
ple space and are sure we can
handle all the shoppers coming
downtown.”
Maj. Hernandez A. Lamberton.
operator of the Star Garage,
TenthT'and * streets N.W., a di
rector and treasurer of the asso
ciation, acting as spokesman for
the operators, summarized the
situation as follows this morning:
“We are runing about 15 to
20 per cent above normal. We
have lost quite a few of our regu
lars to the streetcar tracks and
the meters that are free during
the emergency, but we have
picked up more than enough
new ones to offset that.
“There is still plenty of rdbm
to take care of the downtown
shoppers.
“The flow of cars into the
parking lots and garages was
very even. There was no big
crush—it was spread out very
well. So I judge that traffic ran
comparatively smoothly, but I
do not know for sure. The trend
was noticeable fairly early. It
did not take long to fill up the;
streetcar tracks and the metered!
places.”
Other parking lots whose cus
tomers pay by the month were
filled up early, operators said.
TAXI OVERCHARGE
COMPLAINTS MADE
BY SOME RIDERS
Scattered complaints of
taxicab fare overcharges
during the transit strike
have been received by The
Star.
A check with city officials
revealed that no official
complaints have beer. made.
But officials said they wish
to be the first to know of
any overcharges. They sug
gested that complaints be
filed with either the District
Public Utilities Commission
or the Metropolitan Police
hack inspector’s office.-
Bilked cab users should be
sure to note at least the cab
number and the name of the
firm operating the vehicle.
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight
Programs sponsored by the
Evening Star lfe co-operation
with the Film Center of Wash
ington and the recreation de
partments of the District and
Alexandria and Prince Georges,
Montgomery and Arlington
Counties:
WtiklniUii. it flask
Ooocietoiro. Thirty-fourth otroot and
Volta Macs N.W.
.«&?>&*• FBnrU * nt '’ and Taylor I
* tr fSSiCT thicket. Tenth etreet and
Mlchltan avenue N.I,
Stead, 1* street between Sixteenth
end Seventeenth streets N.W
toward. and W etreete N.W.
Loveloy, Twelfth and D etreete N *.
Rlrhardeon. Fifth-third and Blaine
etreete |KI. '
Rf'tfejßrtKWwe’ttu'-in.
etreete SB. 7 .
Conerese Relxhte, Sevenneh etreet
tnd Rtndie place 8.8.
_ Arllnetee Cewty, S:.1» P.M.
Welter Reed. ISM North McKinley
roed
Four Mile Run. Four Mile Run Drive
end South Sixteenth etreet.
Prince Oeereee. I:.te F.M.
Adelphl Playeround. Adelphl Mill.
Rliee road. Adelphl.
Bultlard Clement err School, 4«25
Silver Mill roed, Sultlend.
Meatnaerr Ceantr, a .no F.M.
Olenmont. R.F.D No. 1. Stiver Sprint.
Homewood Edeewood road and Orant
SOenue. Kenelnjton
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RADIO—COMICS—TELEVISION
FINANCE
Transit Parley Produces
'ldeas' for Endina Strike
Continued From First Page
’ traffic this morning topped those
' of last Friday, first day of the
1 transit strike, but the flow was
' steadier and resulted in fewer
: tangles.
Credits Co-operation
“It all came off exceedingly
; well,” said Maj. Murray, who had
. nearly 1,200 policemen on the
, street during the rush period.
: “We attribute it to the fact that
motorists eo-dperated by leaving
( home earlier, taking less-traveled
| routes where possible, and gen- i
. erally obeyed emergency traffic
, rules.”
Police believe additional im
. provement will be seen tomorrow
if the public continues to co
i operate. Many cars still carried
i only the driver this morning. By
tomorrow more car pools will be
organized, police hope.
Maj. Murray also is urging j
commercial houses to delay de- i
liveries until after the rush hour.;
to help avoid tieups from
parked trucks.
Warns Parkers
He warned that police will give
tickets to motorists who disre- 1
gard the emergency parking
order and stop in no-parking
zones during the rush hours of
7 to 9:30 a m. and 4 to 4:30 pm.
Government absenteeism and 1
tardiness was only slightly off
normal. There was an improve
ment over Friday. Many em
; ployes were arriving at work,
earlier because of assured rides (
in car pools. In one agency ]
with 1,000 employes, only 2F
were absent and 35 tardy by 5 to
’ 30 minutes.
The American Automobile As
sociation, with 15 mobile traffic
watchers checking, agreed with
the police analysis of more cars
but smoother traffic. |
Many motorists reported their
ride downtown was easier than
usual. Some spots, like High
way Bridge, fpund traffic light
because motorists had selected
other routes.
One Bad Northwest Snarl
The Northwest section, scene
of some bad jams Friday, was
largely untroubled by long tie
ups with the exception of one
snarl in the Grant Circle-New
Hampshire avenue area.
Downtown there was much less
milling .around by late-comers
seeking free parking space. This
helped materially in keeping the
streets free.
The AAA said the peak of the
morning rush came between 7:30
■ and 8:20 a.m., while normally
the heaviest flow is between 8:15
and 8:45 a.m.
There was no change in the
settlement picture over the week
end.
Most of the emergency mid
, dle-of-street parking spaces and
’ others opened during the strike
were occupied by 7:30 am.
Bottlenecks occurred at some
points, but the big story prob
ably was the fact that the cars
were able to move as smoothly
as they did.
! 16th St. Traffic Smoothed
At 7:30 am., when traffic ;
usually is brisk along Sixteenth |
street, three policemen sent to \
1 one point to re-route north
bound traffic in case the south- ]
i bound load was too heavy, said ]
it appeared it would not be ]
i necessary. Sixteenth street traf- (
flc was smoother than on Friday, ]
first day of the strike. .
After 8 a.m., traffic began
, growing in density. One of the 1
problems was the disregard by <
some motorists for the no-park- <
' ing rules during rush hours. Six i
‘ police cranes went into action i
moving cars from main streets j
; to side streets. <
The American Automobile As- |
soclation agreed that the situa
•* jtyg f&kf *
tion was better today than ex
pected, and handed the Metro
politan police a bouquet for
handling it so well.
These experts agreed that it
was the early start by motorists
that saved them a worse fate.
The AAA said the traffic was
brisk at 7 a.m. and had leached
it* peak by Br2o a.m.
Tieups at Bridges
Most serious tieups reported
by the AAA were over the
Sousa. Eleventh and South
Capitol Street Bridges.
One of Friday’s biggest trouble
spots, Grant Circle, was much
clearer today. From Virginia,
Memorial Bridge was hardest hit,
with a lot of traffic being di
vertedjthere from the Fourteenth
Street Bridge.
A Star reporter watched the
traffic flow develop from an air
plane, and substantiated the
ground reports of smoother sail
ing.
The Eleventh Street Bridge was
a bad spot, with cars back up to
St. Elizabeths Hospital. Other
tieups were noted at Georgia
and Alaska avenues and at Ben
nlng road and Kenilworth ave
nue.
At the Sousa Bridge cars were
backed up four blocks, three
abreast, at one point.
11th Street Little Used
One interesting observation,
from which motorists might
profit, was that while Thirteenth
and Sixteenth streets were
heavily traveled, Eleventh street
was almost deserted and very
little traffic flowed on Eighteenth
street.
Something else observed from
the air: Trafflo along the upper
part of Wisconsin avenue was
dense. Adhering to habit, about
three out of four motorists turned
left into Massachusetts avenue,
causing a bumper-to-bumper
problem on that thoroughfare.
The lower part of Wisconsin
avenue was comparatively free
of traffic. Motorists probably
could have made better time by
continuing on Wisconsin and
turning off later.
Another heavy concentration
was seen at Rosslyn Circle near
Key Bridge.
Many Ride B. 5 O.
Many residents in the Silver
Spring area took advantage of
Baltimore dr Ohio Railroad com
muter service from that point
From the air, the parking lots
around the Bilver Spring station
were quite filled by 8 a.m.
Police said that by 9:15 a.m.
traffic had settled back to normal
and was being fiontrolled by
electric signals.
An auto traffic slowup was
caused by cars stopping fre
quently to discharge passengers
from the car pools. But in the
main, the last-minute downtown
tieup feared by police was
averted.
Senator Butler, Republican, of
Maryland said today he would
vigorously oppose any action to
cancel the Capital Transit fran
chise because it would deprive
large areas of, Prince Georges
and Montgomery Counties of
mass transportation.
Senator Butler said that, un
like the District which would be
protected by a one-year grace
period, Maryland operations of
Capital Transit can be termi
nated 30 days after the company
shows a profit loss.
“For seyeral years Capital
Transit has been building up a
case which would enable it to
discontinue service in Maryland
mopt any time it sees fit,” Sen
ator Butler added. “Obviously
if kicked out of the District of
Columbia, Marylanders would be
the first victims.”
Government employes were as-
WASHINGTON, D. C„ TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1955 '
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sured that any absenteeism or
tardiness caused by the strike
will not be charged against an
nual leave. The assurance was
contained in a telegram to Sen
ator Butler from Bryce M. Har
low. administrative Assistant to
the President, who said President
' Eisenhower had promised to take
' administrative action if neces
r sary.
The President received a tele
t gram today from the Federation
sos Businessmen’s Association
urging use of “Federal machinery
s and your good office to bring the
i strike to a speedy conclusion."
The action was urged because'of
the strike's “paralyzing effect on
business. Government and com
* merce in the Nation’s Capital.”
5 There was no change in the
settlement picture over the week
6 end.
l Company Offer Denied
■> Company officials and Federal
mdiators denied flatly that there
• had been any company offer since
1 last Thursday, contrary to one
published report. The offer pur
-6 portedly was made through the
■ mediation Service after Secre
-6 tary of Labor Mitchell had made
• some suggestions.
The company said its only
* offer to date was made through
3 the Senate District subcommit
[ tee on the eve of the strike. At
that time management said it
" would earmark for a settlement
‘ on wages alone only those reve
nues which might come from
® any tax relief or increase in
s school bus fares which Congress
might legislate.
Senate District Committee of
, flcials said they still have not
t heard from Mr. Wolfson. Capital
l Transit board chairman, for
e whom subpoenas were issued last
t week.
7 A subcommittee on the transit
i troubles, headed by Senator Mc-
Namara. Democrat, of Michigan,
l wants Mr. Wolfson here Thurs
r day morning to testify at a
s hearing on the proposal of
t Senator Morse, Democrat, of
1 Oregon, to cancel Capital Tran
!, sit’s franchise.
r Reported Not at Hotel
Mr. Wolfson has been reported
J missing from the Beverly Wil
, shire Hotel in Los Angeles. The
' Commissioners had also wanted
, Mr. Wolfson here today for the
1 meeting with the Capital Transit
directorate, but the busy young
f» financier reported through com
r pany officials his coast commit
ments prevented his return.
Meetings were scheduled this
r morning by the striking AFL
I Transit Union’s Executive Board
_ and the general membership at
t the National Guard Armory.
a Union officials were to bring the
Q members up to date on develop
ments.
, Federal Mediators James A.
Holden and Gilbert S. McCutch
eon were standing by awaiting
the outcome of the morning
g meetings.
. They will determine then
t whether it is advisable to call a
joint meeting of management
u and union later today.
,50,000 Cars Use
; Chesapeake Span
; In Holiday Record
! SANDY POINT. Md„ July 8
1 (A s ).—Chesapeake Bay Bridge of
fliclals estimated today that 50,-
‘ 000 vehicles crossed the big span
- over the July 4th holiday week-
J end for the largest four-day
1 volume since the bridge was
‘ opened in July, 1952.
The figure amounted to about
j a 10 per cent increase over the
i!similar period last year. It was
j computed from Friday evening
j through last midnight.
-j Meanwhile, Sandy Point, the
j | only State-operated bayside park,
f[drew 21.000 visitors during the
t week-end, 10,000 of them on
| Sunday. This was an increase
■I of 44 per cent over last year.
! Youth Carrying
I Gun Is Quizzed
In Gjrl Slayings
Hitchhiker Held;
Staunton Lead
Proves Fruitless
A 15-year-old hitchhiker, car
rying a .22 rifle, a mess kit and
a canteen strapped on his shoul
ders, was being held for ques
tioning in the 20-day-old slaying
of two teen-age girls near Lane
Manor, Md.
The boy, who said he was'
going “South” from New York;
City, was picked up near Thur
mont, Md., by Maryland State
Trooper H. J. Brown. He is
being held in the juvenile deten
tion quarters of the county jail
at Frederick. Md.
Prince Georges County Detec
tive Sergts. George E. Clements
and Robert N. Cabral were toi
question him today.
Segrch for the slayer led to
Staunton, Va„ yesterday without
avail.
Two Prince Georges County '
detectives flew to the Virginia!
city to question a 16-year-old i
Falls Church boy who Was picked
up because he had a vague re-|
semblance to the No. 1 suspect.;
;The boy then was returned to!
this area by his father.
Police are still after a man,
they have called “Paoch.j Villa”
because he carried a rifle, a web
belt, a knife and a bandolier of
cartridges over his shoulder.
•Thousands of man-hours of
questioning have transpired since
Nancy Shomette, 16, and Michael
Ann Ryan, 14, were mown down
in two bursts of rifle rife in a
picnio grove near their homes on
the morning of June 15.
Prince Georges Police Chief;
■ George J. Panagoulis said yes-!
i terday all suspects are being re
questioned. The action means;
: back-tracking over 4,104 man-!
hours of work.
Enormity of the search in-!
' eludes 1,042 hours of seeking the
■ murder weapon; a mileage of
! over 25,000 by 12 police cars and
■ 100 daily telephone calls to
police as a result of repeated ap
' peals for volunteer information.;
1 Authorities have no actual sus-;
1 pect, no weapon and no motive.!
Meanwhile, a 24-year-old man
; who turned himself in to second
, precinct police here June 30
[ and "confessed” the double slay
, ing, went to trial in Hyattsville
Police Court, charged with mak
(ing a false report.
! The man, Calvin A. Vaughn,
■colored, of the 10Q block of V.
street N.E.. was given a con
tinuance of one week pending a!
[ mental examination.
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INDEPENDENCE NlGHT—Fireworks from the the city’s history. With highlights on the heroic
Monument Grounds (extreme right) appear to be Marine figures in the statue, the night panorama
spewing from the flagstaff of the Iwo Jima Memo- also shows the illuminated Lincoln Memorial, the'
rial in this photo taken from atop the Marine Manor Capitdl dome and the Monument, plus the lighted
Apartments in Arlington. More than 100,000 per- flow of traffic coming off the Virginia end of the
sons were at the Monument and on rooftops to view Memorial Bridge (right, below the Monument). —
the fireworks display, .described as the biggest in Star Staff Photo by Ranny Routt.
Ocelot Eludes Hunters
In Wilds of 7th Precinct
Four great hunters went on !
safari in the Seventh. Precinct
last night and early today but
their quarry—a 40-pound ocelot
—is still at large.
The yellow and black spotted .
ocelot. 8 months old but smart
for his age, snapped his chain !
in the rear yard of Adelle’s Pet!
Shop, 2319 Wisconsin avenue,
■ N.W., sometime before 10 a.m.,
I yesterday.
He killed two dogs and in
■ jured another in the pet shop i
' yard before taking off. Police i
! figured he headed into the near- i
by woods of the Naval Observa- :
story.
: When Robert B. Hall, mana- ■
■ ger of the pet shop, told Capt. i
:Dan Kennedy of the Seventh]
s Precinct that the ocelot would ;
probably slink hack for supper,
l Capt. Kennedy arranged a stake- j
out—just as he would for any i
. criminal.
s| Pvt. Walter J. Anderson and i
>1 '
Crowd of 100,000 Sees
Fireworks Climaxing 4th
I An estimated 100,000 persons:
jon the Washington Monument]
i Grounds, plus additional thou
sands on rooftops and other:
vantage points, last night wit- ]
nessed nearly an hour of high- i
flying fireworks which climaxed |
the city’s Independence Day
celebration.
Amid the many pyrotechnical
thrills, the crowd received an 1
unexpected one toward the end <
of the show. A sky-rocket!*
changed its course in the air and!
landed at Sixteenth and Con- ]
stitution avenue N.W. People i
iin the area dodged a bit and the *
Park Police called an ambulance,!
but no one was injured.
Although the temperature was
near 90 degrees during the eve- *
ining and the humidity had*
climbed to 60 per cent, the crowd;!
rolled into the area, determined !
to see the big show. i
Bursts Light Sky ]
There were innumerable “bomb
j bursts” in what was termed the
iljiggest display of fireworks ini.
; modern times here. The sky
rockets and roman candles ex- (
| ploded at a thousand feet to (
light up the sky for miles. Re- .
'jverberations rattled windows of ,
| Government buildings and shook ]
1 the ground.
The crowd applauded, espe-1
daily, the giant sparkler pic- 1
!.tures of President Eisenhower, i
George Washln gton, and «f the i
iFlag, etched in red, white and i
jblue. They took cognizance also «
I of sparkler slogans to “Buy U. S. i
WASHINGTON NEWS
OBITUARIES
Pvt. Alexander V. Kissell were
equipped with shotguns and
planted strategically to catch
the ocelot in their crossfire.
It didn't work out that way.
The ocelot showed up. all right,
but he either got confused or
wanted to case the situation
before coming all the way back
to the pet shop. In any case,
the hunters spotted him coming
out of a garage 100 yards from
the pet shop.
Pvt. Anderson, who was closer,
drew a bead dh the “cat” and
fired twice. Tie believes he
missed. The ocelot disappeared
into the woods.
Two other policemen took up
the vigil at midnight and re
mained through their eight
hour shift but the ocelot refused
to walk into their trap.
Capt Kennedy says he has
been informed by the pet shop
that this member of the leopard
family might attack a dog or a
cat but probably not a human.
Savings Bonds,” and to "Give
Blood To Save Lives.”
Meanwhile, searchlights played
ujf and down the Washington
Monument and the moon, first
a dull red against a Tine sky,
turned gold against a black sky.
Chief Harold Stewart of the
Park Police, and Edward J.
Kelly, head of the National
j Capital Parks, /estimated the
| official attendance.
! The master of ceremonies was
Bryson Rash, White House cor
respondent and news-caster for
WMAL-TV, a Star station.
Gen. Palmer Speaks
! The principal speaker was
Gen. Williston B. Palmer, Vice
i Chief of Staff of the Army. He
;told of the necessity of protect
ing freedom both at home and
.abroad, stressing that the free
world turns to this Nation and
its allies for protection. He said:
“If freedom is threatened any
where, it is threatened every
where.”
The program opened with a
concert by the Air Force Band,
Capt. Robert Landers conduct
; ing. In the massing of the
colors, all services participated.
Following the National Anthem
and the official welcoming by
Mr. Rash, excerpts from the
Declaration of Independence
were read by William E. Leahy,
prominent attorney and civic
worker. Then the Marine Drum
and Bugle Corps played musical
selections. • >
** A-15
Milk Price Cut
Arguments
1 Heard in Court
•
? Attorney for fligh's
| Says Virginia Has
Abolished Minimum
i Alexandria Federal Judge Al
bert-V Bryan today took under
, advisement a petition by the
i State of Virginia for an injunc
»tion to keep High’s store from
1 selling milk at 74 cents a gallon.
R. D. Mcllwaine of the Vir
, ginla attorney general’s office
. argued that a price dßnimum
. still existed in the State requir
-1 ing Highs to sell its milk for 92
cents a gallon.
5 Mr. Mcllwaine told Federal
) Judge Albert V. Bryan that a re
-1 cent Virginia Supreme Court
t milk decision did not invalidate
minimum prices.
High Court Decision
The ettorney for the State
read frjm the Virginia Supreme
Court decision, citing instruc
tions for the Virginia Milk Com
missions to “amend and correct”
its minimum price orders. c
“The Supreme Court would
. hardly do that if the order <|igl
not exist,” he said.
High's stores began sellipg
l milk for 74 cents a gallon tn
i half-gallon containers last Fg
j day. This is 18 cents below the
' minimum price fixed by the
1 Virginia Milk Commission.
C. Y. Stephens, president -ft
; High’s, said his attorneys con
sidered the minimum price fjr
j valid because of the recant
1 Virginia Supreme Court decislgb
: in the Safeway stores case, r!
Safeway stores won a suit To
s prevent the milk commission
• from setting different retfcll
• prices for home-delivered milk
and milk sold in stores. W
Mr. Mcllwaine told Ju»jge
Bryan of the hearing scheduled
■ July 14 in Alexandria by fee
“milk commission to correct ®e
“minimum price order as direefip
■by the Supreme Court. The 6-
1 torney said all other dairies w«e
‘ continuing to sell milk at the
1 established price minimiM*.
: pending action by' the ntUls
• commission to fix a new NS®
■ structure. 3?
Minimum* Held Abolished
1 Attorney Israel SteingoM.
• representing Highs, said the Vlr
' ginia Supreme Court decision
: had abolished price minimums,
■ at least until a new order Is
1 issued by the milk commission
' complying with the Supreme
“Court decision.
'! He said the State should have
• proceeded against Highs in a
! ! State court, where he said he
1 was confident the case would
have been thrown out because
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