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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 fins photo taken from atop the Marine Manor Capitol 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.
Armed Youth
Held in Slaying
Hitchhiker With
Rifle Questioned
A 15-year-old hitchhiker, car
rying a .22 rifle, a mess kit and!
a canteen strapped on his shoul
ders, was being held lor 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 detent
tion quarters of the county jail
at Frederick, Md.
Prince Georges County Detec
tive Sergts. George E. Clements
and Robert N. Cabral were to
question him today.
Fruitless Lead
Search 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
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 “Panclio Villa”
because he carried a rifle, a web
belt, a knife and a bandolier of
cartridges over his shoulder.
Suspects Requestioned
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
picnic grove near their homes on
the morning of June 15.
Prince Georges Police Chief
George J. Panagoulis said yes
terday all suspects are being re
questioned. The action means
back-tracking over 4,104 man
hours of work.
Enormity of the search in
cludes 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 0s a result of repeated ap
peals for volunteer Information.
Authorities have no actual sus
pcct, no weapon and no motive.
Arlington Parents Find
Infant Daughter Dead
A 10-week-old Arlington girl
was found dead yesterday by her
parents, police said.
Police said the child, Susan
Lynn Becker of 1300 North Scott
street apparently became nause
ated and choked to death. Her
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam W. Becker.
4
RADIO—COMICS—TELEVISION
• GENERAL NEWS
Crowd of 100,000 Sees
Fireworks Climaxing 4th
An estimated 100,000 persons
on the Washington Monument
Grounds, plus additional thou
sands on rooftops and other
vantage points, last night wit
nessed nearly an hour of high
li flying fireworks which climaxed
the city’s Independence Day
: celebration.
Amid the many pyrotechnical
thrills, the crowd received an
! unexpected one toward the end
of the show. A sky-rocket
i changed its course in the air and
; landed at Sixteenth and Con
. stitution avenue N.W. People
: in the area dodged a bit and the
; Park Police called an ambulance,
kbut no one was injured.
1 Although the temperature was
near 90 degrees during the eve
, ning and the humidity had
; climbed to 60 per cent, the crowd
i rolled into the area, determined
to see the big show.
Bursts Light Sky
There were innumerable “bomb
1 bursts” in what was termed the
' biggest display of fireworks in
modern times here. The sky
rockets and roman candles ex
-1 ploded at a thousand feet to
1 light up the sky for miles. Re
' verberations rattled windows of
Government buildings and shook
the ground.
1 The crowd applauded, espe
cially, the giant sparkler pie
; tures of President Eisenhower,
George Washington, and of the
* Flag, etched in red, white and
blue. They took cognizance also
of sparkler slogans to “Buy U. S.
! Starlight Movies
[ Playground Film
| Program for Tonight'
Programs sponsored by the
t Evening Star in co-operation
. with the Film Center of Wash
. ington and the recreation de
j partments of the District and
. Alexandria and Prince Georges,
Montgomery and Arlington
. Counties:
Wxshlnrton, *t B«ik
; Gcortetown. Thirty-fourth otreet *nd
t Volta pl»c* N.W. , _ . „ ,
I Twin Qxk*. FourUtnth and Taylor
atrrrts N?W.
I Turkov Thicket. Tenth etreet and
Mlchiaan avenue N.B. ..
Stead. P etreet between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth etreet* N.W.
Howard. Fourth and W *treet» N.W.
Lovejoy. Twelfth and D »treet* NB
Richardson. Fifth-third and Blaine
‘ * Garfield. Second and F etreete SI.
For Stanton. Seventeenth and Brie
ttreeta 81.
Contreae Heltht*. Savannah etreet
and Randle place B.K.
Arllneton Ceanty, S:S» F.M.
Walter Reed. 1*44 North McKinley
* r °¥our Mile Run. Four Mile Run Drive
" and South Sixteenth street.
Prince Geerxes. 8:M F.M.
Adelpht Playxround. Adelohl Mill,
I Rtexs road. Adelphl. _
Sultland Ilementarv School, 4658
' Silver Hill road, Sultland.
Menteanery Ceanty. S:A# F.M.
r Olenmont. R.F.D No. 1. Sliver Spilnf.
Homewood. Bdxewood road and Grant
• "Sift fcr&ntary School. Beall
avenue, Rockville.
I
WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1956
s Savings Bonds,” and to “Give
t Blood To Save Lives.”
- Meanwhile, searchlights played
r up and down the Washington
- Monument and the moon, first
-a dull red against a l*ie sky,
1; turned gold against a black sky.
Chief Harold Stewart of the
Park Police, and Edward J.:
hKelly, head of the National:
h Capital Parks, estimated the
attendance.
J The master of ceremonies was;
1 Bryson Rash, White House cor-j
‘ respondent and news-caster for
i WMAL-TV, a Star station.
5
Gen. Palmer Speaks
The principal speaker was
s Gen. Williston B. Palmer, Vice
- Chief of Staff of the Army. He
i told of the necessity of protect
i ing freedom both at home and
1 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.”
j The program opened with a
'jconcert by the Air Force Band,
’leapt. Robert Landers conduct
ling. In the massing of the
I colors, all services participated.
1 Following the National Anthem
1 and the official welcoming by
Mr. Rash, excerpts from the
■ Declaration of Independence
■ were read by William E. Leahy,
. prominent attorney and civic
s worker. Then the Marine Drum
1 and Bugle Corps played musical
> selections.
Alumni to Meet
Indiana and Purdue Univer
sity alumni will meet jointly Fri
day at 7 p.m. at Allison’s Little ]
Tea House, 1301 South Arling
ton Ridge road, Arlington. i
s
; $58,000 Cedar Brook Pool
! Opens to Capacity Crowds
Capacity crowds have marked
d the opening of the new Cedar
t Brook community swimming pool
* at Cedar Lane and Summit ave-,
h nue near Kensington, Md. i
r The pool opened Sunday, with
i. the fanfare of ceremonies over-jl
* whelmed by the eagerness of
pool members to get in the
swim.
* Located on a three-acre tract, :
the pool is 82 feet long, with the
y width varying frm 35 to 55 feet,
c It boasts two diving boards. In
addition, there’s a wading pool
, for pre-school children.
' Over the week end. 100 volun- :
5 teers put the finishing touches
on the project, painting the
ft bathhouse and erecting tempo
rary fencing.
11 The 350 pool members live
* }
pje ginning JSlaf
Milk Price Cut
Argument Set
By the Associated Prese
Federal Judge Albert V. Bryan
was to hear arguments in Alex
andria today on a Virginia pe
tition for a temporary injunction
. to prevent High’s Dairy Pioducts
• Co. from selling milk in retail
1 stores at prices under the speci
fied minimum set by the State
jMilk Commission,
i Attorney General J. Lindsay
jAlmond, jr„ petitioned the Alex
andria Federal District Court on
Friday for the temporary re
straining order. However, Judge
; Bryan declined to grant the or
; der immediately because he said
, High’s had to be notified of the
, petition.
High’s announced in news
; paper advertisements that it was
cutting the price of its milk on
t)ie Northern Virginia market
from 92 to 74 cents a gallon—lß
cents less than the minimum set
by the Virginia commission.
The company contends a re
cent decision of the State Su
! preme Court has left no min
imum milk price in Virginia. The
court held the commission must
| set both maximum and minimum
r price ranges instead of its pre
, vious custom of setting only
| minimums. Since there is no
_ maximum at the present time,
| High’s contends there automati
| cally is no minimum in as much
as the court ruled there must
be both.
High’s which has headquarters
in Washington, for some time
has been sellipg milk in Wash
ington and Maryland for 74 cents
a gallon. But the State Milk
'Commission has stated it can
;not sell milk in Virginia for
| less than 92 cents.
in the Parkwood, Chevy Chase
View and West Kensington
areas. They subscribed the SSB,- I
000 cost of the pool, after a j
three-year campaign of prepar- j
ation.
Donald Stroetzel, former
president of the pool associa
tion, was one of the leaders in
the Community Pool Council,
which fought for liberalized
zoning regulations to permit
community pools. John Blake
Murhpy, architect who designed
the pool, Is the present head of
the assocation.
| The Cedar Brook pool won
zoning clearance under old regu
lations which gave the County
Council jurisdiction. The coun
cil last November returned au
thority over pool permits to the
Board of Appeals.
1
Industries See
'55 as Top Year
In Output Sales
Auto Production
Due to Surpass
Record of 1950
By the AMOcteted Preu
Many of the Nation's major
industries should set new pro
duction and sales records this
year. Secretary of Commerce
Weeks predicted last night.
A survey of more than 400
manufacturing industries at
mid-year, he said, indicated that
“steel, automobile, construction,
aluminum, chemicals, rubber and
others have far exceeded” esti
mates" at the start of the year.
“AH indications are that the
1955 total production of auto
mobiles will exceed the 1950 all
time record of 6.665.863,” Mr.
Weeks said. “First-half produc
tion, estimated at 4,270,000 units,
will be the largest six months in
history. Truck production . . .
will be close to the 1950 rec
ord . . .”
Big Construction Gain
He said indications now are
that construction outlays this
year will total about $41.75 bil
year will total about $1,750,000,-
000 billion higher than in 1954
the previous peak year.
Mr. Weeks said iron and steel
production should continue at
high levels in the second half
of the year, although down
somewhat from the first half
because of curtailed auto pro
duction when model changeovers
are made. Steel output for the
first six months was said to be
near record.
Production of civil aircraft
was said to be increasing, but
no boost was sighted for ocean
going ship> construction. Small
boat output was reported at a
record rate.
Consumer durable goods,
chemicals, rubber, paper and
newspaper businesses were pic
tured as being at record or near
record levels.
Machine Tool Output Off
The machine tool industry, on
the othe. hand, was said to be
off sharply from 1954. A Com
merce Department spokesman
said this was not alarming, that
the industry is noted for its ups
and downs.
Other highlights of the report
were:
Automobiles ancj Trucks—“ All
indications are that the 1955
total production of automobiles
will exceed the 1950 all-time rec
ord of 6,665,863.” First half pro
duction, ' estimated at 4,270,000
■ units, will be the largest six
months in history. “Truck pro
duction . . . will be close to the
1950 record of 1,337,193 . . .”
Power Equipment electric
utilities are expected to install
about 13 million kilowatts of new
power capacity this year, bring
ing the total to 116 million. The
industry is expected to maintain
about this pace in the next three
years, shooting for installed
- capacity of 150 million kilowatts
. by the end of 1958.
d Aluminum Record
s Aluminum —The prospects ve
il ported for the last half of the|
_ year indicate aluminum ship
ments in 1955 will total about
e 3.7 billion pounds, a new record
half a billion pounds higher than
y the industry expected at the first
-of the year. Shipments this year
n will run about 700 million pounds
- higher than last year, although
e military purchases will be little
- if any higher.
d Electrical Equipment— The
e outlook during the next six
months for this industry” is bet
- ter than at any time in the last
s 18 months.” Production of elec
n tronic products is now expected
t to total about 6>4 billion dollars
8 in 1955, virtually the same as
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'KEEPING COOL IN CEDAR BROOK The hot pool. The $58,000 pool serves about 350 memberi
•spell is tempered for Cedar Brook community near in the Parkwood, Chevy Chase View and West Ken- ,
Kensington with the opening of a new swimming sington areas.—Star Staff Photo. J
\ / v' Pa
Robert F. Davis Heads
Fairfax School Board
Robert F. Davis, Washington
patent attorney, today was
elected chairman of the Fairfax
County School Board.
Elected vice chairman in the
board’s first meeting of the fiscal
year was Floyd J. Kirbey, a, Gov
ernment employe.
Mr. Davis was appointed to the
board January 1, 1952, and has
been one of the leading propo
nents school bond Issues to meet
' the need for more classrooms to
■ handle the county’s growing
i school population.
Mr. Davis lives at 6417 Brad
’ dock road. The new chairman
suceeds Richard E. Shands.
I Mr. Kirby lives in Draneaville
: District near Chesterbrook.
1 $3,000 Blaze Fells
2 Laurel Firemen
! Fire believed started by a short
| circuit yesterday caused about j
. (3.000 damage to a house on j1
■ Brooklyn Bridge road, a quarter- j
• mile outside the town limits of,
• Laurel, Md.
Volunteer firemen from Lau- 1
’ rel. Savage and Burtonsville re-!
sponded to the call about 2:301
p.m. and were on the scene about 1
«three hours. i
i Two of the volunteers—Keefer t
■ Keys, 32, and Lee Leisher, 23, ,
both of the Laurel department
—were overcome by heat .and
smoke and treated on the scene.
The blaze destroyed the roof i
■of the two-Story frame house t
’ and badly damaged the attic. (
The house is owned by Theo- (
dore B. Seiler and occupied by '
another family, firemen said. 1
;■ . . \
. 7
; 1953 record production and
nearly iy 3 billion higher than 1
electronic production last year, i
Production of black and white ]
TV sets continues high and
“sweeping price reductions are
expected to stimulate sales of 1
color TV receivers in the last- 1
half” of the year. j<
Farm Machinery Sales Up (
Agriculture Machinery l- 1
creased tractor sales led the way;
in a 20 per cent rise in produc-l]
tion during the first six months'
of this year of agricultural ma- 1
i chinery. A further 10 per cent I 1
1 gain is in prospect for the last;<
half of the year. j
1 Oil Wells—More oil wells will i
! be drilled this year than ever <
' before in the Nation’s history. (
About 57,000 new wells are ex- »
‘ pected to be drilled this year, i
, compared with the previous rec- j
| ord of 53,930 in 1954.
s Newspapers Circulation is i
. expected to exceed the 1954
. record level. Total advertising :
l revenues for all media except
: radio and television is estimated i
, at $7.4 billion for this year, a i
, gain of 9 per cent over 1954. i
Nevertheless, “overall profits of,
, the printing and publishing in- ,
[ dustry continue unsatisfactory j
, and little or no Increase is ex- •
, pected” over the 1954 level of '
, 3.4 per cent.
> Phone Industry Booms
: Communications—“ The com
[ munications industry is in a 1
’ period of its greatest expansion.” 1
Telephone installations are run- 1
ning 50 per cent higher than '
. 1954 and long distance calling is 1
12 to 15 per cent higher than
/last year. ]
; Consumer Durable Goods— >
l Sales of consumer durables —big 1
i items like washing wachines, 1
; refrigerators and furniture—ex- ’
• ceeded all expectations in the 1
: first half of the year and seem 1
i likely to continue “at an equally (
; high rate” in the last six months 1
Os 1955. I
: Textiles the textile market l
[ has been “slowly gathering
• strength” in the first half of the ]
; year. The last half should see i
-a good volume of production. •
I Textile mills should wind up the 1
> year in better financial condition 1
s than in 1954. (
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
OBITUARIES
mk
ROBERT F. DAVIS
Heads School Board
Bolling Band
Judged Best
The Air Force Ceremonial
Band, Bolling Air Force Base,
was selected by the judges as
the best in the parade yesterday
at the Takoma Park Independ
ence Day Celebration.
In the military, veterans’ and
patriotic organizations division
the American Legion National
Guard of Honor Drum and Bugle
Corps and Majorettes from the
District, was first award winner,
with the National Honor Guard
Veterans of Foreign Wars, run
ner-up. The best band award
in this division went to Columbia
Elks Band No. 85.
The Tall Cedars of Lebanon,
Montgomery Forest No. 134, took
first award in the civic and frat
ernal organizations division, sec-!
ond honors going to the Forest
Park Recreation Council.
In the youth organizations,
Montgomery Blair High School
was judged the best marching
unit. Cub Scout Pack No. 38,
of Trinity Episcopal Church, Ta
koma Park, won second honors,
with Boy Scout Troop No. 296,
of Grace Methodist Church, also
of Takoma Park, in third place.
The Indian Y Guides had the
best float in this division, enter
ing from Glenmont, Md.
The top award in the next
division of non-commercial floats
went to the Republican Clubs of
Prince Georges County, Izaak
Walton League was second, with
third prize going to Sligo chapter
of the American Temperance So
ciety of Sligo Church.
Palmer Ford, Inc., of Hyatts
ville, displayed the best exhibit
in the commercial divisi&n. The
Sickler Service of Takoma Park
won second prize. Honorable
mention went to the Washington
Missionary College Mill.
The College Park Fire Depart
ment Majorettes won the title
of best group of majorettes. The
best individual majorette was
Ann Gillenbender, with honor
able mention to Ore Ceely.
The Chillum-Adelphi Fire De
partment had the best pumper!
in the parade; College Park, the!
best-appearing aerial ladder
truck; Bladensburg, best-appear
ing ambulance, and Kensington
the best-appearing ladies aux
iliary. The Naval Powder Fac
tory equipment, Indian Head,
received an award for the com
pany coming the longest dis
tance.
The parade judges were War
ren Lawson, Judge H. Earle Rus
sell, Maj. E. S. Cribbs, Chester
J. Petranek and Mrs. Gratia
Woods. Fire division judges
were M. E. Mcßride and W. L.
Chandler. I
* A-15
Four Renamed j
To Park and
Planning Jobs
McKeJdin's Action
Follows Veto of
Reorganizing Bill
Gov. McKeldin has reap*
pointed the four members at the
Maryland-National Park and
Planning Commission whose
terms expired this year.
He did so over the week end
as a follow up of his veto of a
bill which would have reorgan
ized the agency and put appoint
ments under control of the
Montgomery County Council and
the Prince Georges County Com
missioners.
The four commissioners reap
pointed for six-year terms, effec
tive Last May 1, are Herbert W.
Wells, Alva H. Bender, Donald E.
Gingery and Arnold B. McKee.
The first two are Prince Georges’
members of the commission, ilie
others from Montgomery County.
Mr. Wells and Mr. Gingery are
Democrats. Mr. Bender and Air.
I McKee are Republicans.
All were to receive letters and
• their commission today.
> The other two members of the
r; bi-county agency Chairman
. Carlton Pyles of Silver Hill and
Vice Chairman and Park Com
missioner Sidney M. Oliver of
I Silver Spring—are serving terms
i that expire May 1, 1957. Both
I are Republican.
, Os the four renamed, Mr.
Wells of College Park, has the
1 most service with the commis
, slon. He was named in 1947 to
I fill an unexpired vacancy and
was appointed to a six-year term
in 1949. Mr. Gingery of Chevy
1 Chase was appointed in 1949
> also. Mr. McKee of Bethesda
was named in the fall of 1953
to succeed Richard F. Green,
’ who retired. Mr. Bender, also
of College Park, was named last
■ j fall upon the death of Robert
• M. Watkins, former chairman of
; the commission.
; The bill which would have
given the two county governing
bodies control over the commls
ljsion appointments was approved
. during the last session of the
’General Assembly. It would
• have given each county the right
■ to majte three appointments' on
,i their own, without waiting for
jthe Governor to do so.
j! In vetoing it. Gov. McKeldin
noted, among other things, that
• jthe measure failed to provide for
I; minority representation.
i Those reappointed all had the
.! indorsement of their respective
s P art y State Central Committees.
c Conspiracy Charged
] To Paint Group
- By the Asjoclited Brest
The Federal Trade Commis
sion has announced it has issued
t a complaint charging the Paint
; Dealers Institute of New York
ciwith a conspiracy in restraint of
:(interstate trade.
i The complaint- alleges the
(groups have conspired since
.j March, 1952, to force paint man
ufacturers to sell only to recog
>jnized dealers.
i! Boycotts have been urged
- against manufacturers who sell
to unrecognized dealers, the com
. plaint stated.
La Plata Man Killed
' Crossing Route 301
i A 40-year-old La Plata (Md.)
■ man was killed early today when
■ he was struck by a car while
. crossing Route 301 near La Plata.
William Bowman, colored, died
■ of head and chest injuries and
was pronounced dead at the
scene of the accident by Dr. Ed
ward J. Edelen, Charles County
■ medical examiner, Maryland
State police reported. The victim
i was struck, police said, by a car
. driven by Marine Sergt. Ray
imond P. Godaire, 22.