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Evening star., 1941-04-28
0. K. Of Arlington Budget
Is ExDecfed Tomorrow

The Arlington County Board to-
morrow is due to pass the $4,000 900
budget submitted for the 1912
fiscal year.
The law requires the budget must
be approved by May l. Hearings on
County Manager Frank c. Hanra-
hans estimates were held earlier in
the month. 1t has been reported
unofficially that members OF the
board contemplate no major change
as a result of the hearings.
The Arlington County Chamber
of Commerce approved the estimates
as submitted by the county man
ager. Principal requests of citizens
at the hearings were for increased
pay for firemen, a full-t;ne fire in
spector, increased pay for the zoning
administrator, increases in the snow
removal fund and more trafic lights.
The current tax rate-S270 on the
500 valuation-will remain un-
changed, officials indicated.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Pastor to Sturt New Duties

OLNEY, Md, April % (SpeciaD -
The Rev. Arthur LeBarron Ribble
who recently accepted a call to the
rectorship of st. Bartholomew's Epis-
copal parish, which comprises St
Johns Church, Olney; st. Bartholo-
news, Daytonsville, and st. Luke's
Brighton, plans to start his new
duties Thursday. He will succeed
the Rev. Thomas F. Opie, who re-
signed because of his health. DR.
Ribble has been rector of Pinkney
Memorial Church, Hyattsvflle.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
PurceIIviIIe Garden
Club Names Officers
Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star,
PURCELLVILLE. Va, April 28-
The Purcellville Garden Club has
elected Mrs. J. S. Patterson Of
Round Hill president.
Others new officers are Mrs. j. A.
Speer, vice president; Mrs. w. E.
Nichols, recording secretary; Mrs.
c. J. Hansbarger, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. Horace Gregg, treas
urer, and Mrs. James A. Taylor,
historian n-librarian.
Mrs. Holmes Gregg was announced
as the winner of the club chal-
lenge bowl, awarded for the most
blue ribbons in 1940-41 Mrs. Gregg
also won the club prize for the
most points in exhibits. Mrs. j.
P. Hatcher won the Kenworthy ar
rangement award.
Miss Dorothy Smith and Mrs. Pat
terson were named delegates to the
State convention at Staunton.
Winners in the displays were:
Kenworthy special, Mrs. s. B. Welsh,
Miss Smith and Mrs. o. L. EN-.
erick: miscellaneous, Mrs. Taylor
Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. r. w. Kidd
narcissi, Mrs. Welsh. Mrs. F. P
Wilson and Mrs. limerick.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Apple Blossom Queen
Invites President
oAftend Festival
MolIie Foulkes Lee
Welcomed to Valley
In Cavern Ceremony

Miss Mollie Foulkes Lee, who will
be queen of the Shenandoah Apple
Blossom Festival at Winchester, Va,
Thursday and Friday, today in
vited President Roosevelt to attend
the fete.
Accompanied by her mother, Miss
Lee extended the invitation to the
President through Maj. Gen. Ed
win M Watson, one of the White
House secretaries, and then posed
for cameramen.
She broadcast festival invitations
over radio station WRC this morn
ing and will appear on the same sta
ton at pm.
After her visit to the White House,
Miss Lee was a luncheon guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Minor Hudson at their
residence, 6367 Thirty-flrst place
NV. Other guests at the luncheon
were Miss Nancy Alden Strong,
Washington'S cherry blossom queen,
and Miss Lillian Somoza, who ruled
Ine apple IeIe last year.
In Winchester Wednesday.
Miss Lee is due to return to her
home in New York City by train
tonight. She will arrive in Win
chester Wednesday.
Yesterday Miss Lee was welcomed
to the Shenandoah Valley by the
mythical mountain king" in cere-
monies held in the Endless Caverns,
near New Market
Miss Lee. who is the daughter of
Comdr. and Mrs. Robert C. Lee and
a descendant of the Lees of Vir-
ginia. received a bracelet of onyx
cut from the cavern stones and
linked with gold from Frank M.
Wissler, who portrayed the Noun
tain King"
Among the spectators at the cere-
monies was Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Queen Has Honor Guard.
The apple blossom festival queen
was escorted to the caverns by a
squad of Virginia State Police and
while there had guard of honor
from Augusta Military Academy.
Later Miss Lee and her party were
guests of Maj. and Mrs. E. M. Brown.
She will be crowned Thursday as
Queen Shenandoah XVIII" by Ed
ward R. Stettinius, former United
States Steel Corp. executive. After
the coronation a cast of 1000
Handley High School children will
be seen in a pageant, "Our Heritage
Pageant Of Springtime."
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Mother Of 7 Found Slain;
Husband Is Accused
Rx the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Va. April 28.-The
blood d-stained body of Mrs. Weinen
Clements Davis, 35. mother Of seven
children, was found in the bedroom
of her home here yesterday.
Several hours later charge of
murder was placed by police against
her husband. Smiley K Davis, 81,
paper mill worker. and preliminary
hearing set for May Is. Mr.. Davis
was released last night on $4,000
bond posted by his brother, Ashby
Davis.
Coroner James A. Wilkins, who
conducted an autopsy. said he had
not arrived at verdict.
The husband told police that he
could give no reason for his wife's
death and denied that he was i'm
plicated. He said he discovered her
body in bed.
Police reported there we're blood
smears on Mrs. Davis waist, the
lower lip was bruised and there were
several scratches on the face. She
was found clothed, but barefooted,
police stated.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Country Fair to Be Held
At School Friday

A varied program has been ar
ranged for the annual country fair
of the Montgomery Junior High
School from 7 pm. to 1890 pm,
Friday, under the auspices of the
schools Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion.
Features will include sports quiz
conducted by Arch Mcdonald among
six boys at the schools, table ten
mis- match, the showing of techni-
color film of the school, magic acts
by Arthur Fillius, a flower arrange
ment exhibit, hobby show, coun-
try store and dancing. The dra-
matte club of the school will pre-
sent a comedy, mot Quite Such
Goose"
Mrs. James Wilson is general
chairman of the affair, proceeds
of which will be used for the final
payment on the schools loudspeak-
er system, installed last fall.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
1,5OO Persons Attend
Model Plane Meet
In Maryland
S100 in Prizes Given;
Another Event Is
Scheduled in June
E. BROOKE LEE.

High winds yesterday caused
three airplanes to crash near Wash
inkton-but the planes were models.
About 1900 persons watched so
entries stage the madel plane flights
near White Oak. Md. in a contest
sponsored by the Silver Spring
Aeronauts.
Contestants were from Maryland,
the District of Columbia. New Jer-
sey, New York and Pennsylvania
The majority of the honors were
taken by the Capital Model Aero
neers of Washington.
High time for the day was an
nounced as four and one-half min
utes. The prizes. valued at more
than 500, included four model
gasoline motors. Many of those
who entered the contest were stu
dents of the Montgomery Blair
High School, where the sponsoring
club meets.
Another Contest in June.
Another contest is planned for
June. it was announced.
Howard Kuhn, 4028 Twenty
fourth street NV, took top honors
with two high prizes. He won Sec
ond place in class A gas model group
and second place in class 3.
w. D. Skolochenko, 1243 Penn
svlvania avenue NV, won second
place in class B gas models and
third place in class c.
Thomas Donaghue, IA, of Takoma
Park entered the plane which won
a prize for the worst crackup. Fred
Long. 1107 Holbrook terrace NV.
won first place in class A gas models;
Harry Pitts. Chevy Chase, Md. and
John Kingler and Raymond Rob-
erts, both of Hampton, Va, were
other class A winners.
Other Winners.
Robert Arntz, Mount Joy, Pa, and
Herbert Spicer were other class B
winners.
Norman McMorrow, BIT L street
Sc; Howard Kuhn, w. D.. Skolo-
chenko and G. K. Preston, Balti-
more. were class C winners.
Glider awards were taken by Ray
mond Dietz, Chesterfield, Md;
Joseph Boyle, Hampton. Va. and
William H. Dunham, 23l0 Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
Models powered by rubber bands
won honors for Robert Spindler
Silver Spring; Raymond Roberts
and John Hughes of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Holy Name Society
Union Of Archdiocese
Elects McDonagh
Largest Attendance on
Record Reported at
Frederick Session
Special Dispatch to The Star.

FREDERICK. Md, April 28.-
Clarence McDonagh of Hughesville,
head of the Southern Maryland sec
ton. was elected president of the
Union of the Holy Name Society of
the archdiocese of Baltimore and
Washington at the 30th annual con-
vention of the society yesterday.
The largest attendance on record,
2,131 persons. was present to take
part in the election. Mr.. McDonagh
succeeds John N Kunkel of Bel Air
who announced in his final report a
membership of 100,961, composed of
1896 adults and 1896 juniors.
Racial Prejudice Assailed.
In sermon delivered during SOL
emn high mass in historic ST. Johns
Church, the Rev. Camillus A. Mus
selman, o. P, of st. Dominic's
Church, Washington. assailed racial
prejudice and urged Holy Name
members to be fair and honest in
their relations with their fellow
men and workers
The Most Rev. John M. Nc
Namara. auxiliary bishop of the
archdiocese, presided at the mass
and made a plea for prayers for
peace in his convention address. He
based this plea on principles laid
down by Pope Plus.
During the convention, held in
the Frederick High School audi
torium following the mass, a reso-
luton was adopted continuing sup
port of the Legion of Democracy,
an organization whose activities are
directed against obscenity in mov-
ing pictures, shows and literature.
Sectional Presidents Report.
Reports were made by the follow
ing sectional presidents:
Annapolis, Walter Dies; Western
Maryland, John Langan. Cumber-
land; Southern Maryland, Mr.. Nc
Donagh: Washington, William Ke-
hoe; Baltimore, Thomas j. Ken
nedy, and Central Maryland, Guy
Baker. Emmitsburg.
Attending the convention were TIC
delegates, 81 priests or spiritual
directors and 1348 visitors. One
hundred and thirty-three branches
of the union were represented.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
D. T.. Man Indicted
In Prince Georges
On Nine Charges
Five Assaults and Four
Robberies Attributed
To Insurance Mon

BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, April
28.-John Ignatius Tartaglia, 81
year-old Washington insurance
salesman. has been indicted by the
Prince Georges County grand jury
on five charges of assault with in
tent to rape and four of robbery,
it was revealed today.
At the same time six county
liquor license holders who were in
dicted on charges of liquor law vio-
lations by the october grand jury
were indicted again after de-
murrers were filed by the defense
attorneys to the original indict-
ments.
The charges on which Tartaglia
was indicted were in connection with
an assault on Riverdale woman
last March and on several other
women in the county's Metropoli-
tan Area.
The grand jury also indicted Paul
Bowman, manager of cafe on
the Washington-Baltim boule-
ward, on charges of assault and sale
of beer to a mior which grew out
of an alteration between Mr.. Bow
man and William Staples, son of
John Staples, chief of the Bladens-
burg town police.
Liquor Cases in Detail.
Liquor license holders, who were
reindicted are A. Michael Young
Herbert Sachs, Milton F. Barrett
Louis Rosenfeld, Emil Stamm ano
Maynard L. Fortune.
Mr.. Young was also indicted on
new charge of selling liquor on
Sunday.
Others, who were charged with
liquor law violations, were Bernard
M. owen, selling liquor on Sunday,
two counts; Roena Tackett and
Kelly Barnes, sale of liquor without
license and possession of liquor
for purpose of sale without a license;
Cecil Buchanan. sale of liquor with
out a license; Olive Buchanan, sale
of liquor without license, and Ed
ward C. Getzendanner, licensee SELL
ing liquor on Sunday, two counts
Also indicted on charges of liquor
law violation were Samuel Lieber
sale of liquor without license
Guffie Lieber, licensee selling liquor
on Sunday; Ethel Cox, hcensee sell.
ing liquor on Sunday: John Klein
selling liquor on Sunday, and Edgar
Patrick. Baldwin, sale of liquor
! without license.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Alexandra to Take
Defense Worker Census

By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, April 2S.-City
officials and Northern Virginia De-
fense Council aides soon will launch
an intensive survey of the proper
ton of defense workers here, it
was learned yesterday.
Volunteer workers, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Ellen Harper, direc-
tor of w. P. A. clerical projects in
the Arlington-A Alexandria area, will
make the census. Figures obtained
from the survey will be used to &C.
company the city's financial requests
from the Government.
The effect of the defense emer-
gency on the school population in
Alexandria will be sought, Mrs.
Harper explained, in connection
with Federal funds to be asked by
the city.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Man Being Held
In Bethesda
Woman S Death
Montgomery Police
Probe Shooting;
Husband Wounded

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April 28.-Mrs.
Clara Robertson, 36, of 108 Auburn
avenue, Bethesda, Md, was shot to
death and her husband, John, was
wounded in the arm last night at
the home of a friend they were visit
ing in Germantown, Md.
Police today held Dewey Thomp-
son. 43, a house painter in whose
fathers house the shooting occurred.
The younger Thompson. police said,
called officers by telephone to come
and get" him.
DR.. C. E. Hawks, Montgomery
County medical examiner, said Mrs
Robertson died at pm. Of shotgun
wounds near the heart. Mr.. Robert
son was treated at Montgomery
County General Hospital for shot
gun wounds in the left elbow.
Mr.. and Mrs Robertson were
visiting the home of John B.
lIlOIllpSOIl, 90, ldSG IllSllG "llCl dli
argument arose over the younger
ThompSon's arrest on April IA on
disorderly conduct warrant, police
declared.
The younger Thompson was said
by police to have left the house and
returned with a shotgun to the
room where Mr. Robertson was shot.
The wounded mans wife ran
screaming from the house and was
shot in the yard. where her body
was found by police, investigators
reported.
Sergt. Roy Bodmer of the Mont
gomery County police said the
younger Thompson was brought tc
the Jail here, where he is being helc
as the investigation continues.
Vernon Thompson, the last man tC
De hanged in the Rockville Jail. was
said by police to be the brother OF
Dewey Thompson. Vernon was eX-
ecuted more than 90 years ago fol
dynamiting a neighbor's home. police
1 reports show.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Gonzogo Card Party
To Be Held Friday

The annual card party and dance
for the benefit of the GonZaga
High School scholarship fund will
be held at pm. Friday at the
Willard Hotel.
Arrangements are in charge of
officers of the Mothers Club, Mrs.
Michael Cannon, president; Mrs.
Daniel j. Sullivan, vice president;
Mrs. Lorraine Wall Hurney, secre-
tary, and Mrs. S. B. Dillon, treas
urer. McWilliams' Orchestra will
provide music.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Alexandra Installing
More Purkinq Meters
By Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By a Stafi CORRESPONDENT OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 28.-
Installation of 40 additional park
ing meters in the Alexandria busi-
ness section began today.
City Manager Carl Budwesky said
the meters were designed for North
and South Royal and Fairfax
streets. The contract for sale and
installation of the meters was
awarded to the Karpark Meter Co.
of New York.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Prince Georges Survey
Plun to Be Discussed

Lewis Merriam, who had a leading
part in the Brookings Institution
survey in Montgomery County, Md,
will speak on the desirability of un-
dertaking similar survey in Prince
Georges County, at a meeting of the
Prince Georges Chamber of Com
merce. tonight at 8 o'clock, in the
Beaver Dam County Club, Landover
DR.. H. c. Bryd, president of the
University of Maryland, will discuss
the possibility of the university staff
undertaking survey in Prince
Georges.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Teachers Elect

MIDDLETOWN, Va, April 28 (spe-
ciaD H. Dennis Hoover, principal
of the Middletown Agricultural High
School, has been elected president
of the Frederick County Teachers
Association, succeeding r. e. Aylor
of Stephens City. Frank Whiteacre
of Miller School was elected vice
president and Miss Virginia Stick
ley, Stephens City, secretary-treas-
urer.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
School System Topic
Of Panel Discussion

A panel discussion Of the Il grades
of the public school system will
feature a program of the Parent
Teacher Association of the Takoma
Elementary School at pm. Thurs
day.
Among those who will take part
in the discussion are Mrs. Fern
Schneider, supervisor of county high
schools; E. M. Douglas, principal
of the Montgomery Blair Senior
High School, and William B. Marks,
principal of the Takoma- Silver
Spring Junior High School. Mrs.
Gerald Francis Is program chair
man.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
April, 1910
Toll In Previous Months.

In April, Beware OF:
Stepping out between parked
cars to cross a street at a point
other than q crosswalk. 1t was
this action, at z pm. of a rainy
day, that led to the death of the
35-year-old pedestrian who was
the Districts only traffic victim
IN April, 1910.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Virginia Scientists
To Hear Austin Clark
Bv the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, April 28.-Dr.
Austin H. Clark, curator, Division
of Enchinoderm, National Museum,
and president of the Washington
Academy of Sciences, will address
the annual banquet of the Virginia
Academy of Science at the Hotel
John Marshall here Friday night.
The banquet will be highlight
of the three-day annual meeting
of the academy. which will open
Thursday night at the Medical Col
lege of Virginia.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Board Of Visitors Begins
Naval Academy Inspection

Ey the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, April pa four
day inspection of the Naval Acad-
emy was begun today by 49,
member Board of Visitors named by
the President, Vice President and
House Speaker.
A tour of academy grounds and
buildings and social functions were
arranged for the board following
its organization.
The board will continue its in
Spections tomorrow and Wednesday
and complete it's work Thursday.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Expunsion Is PIunned

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, April
% (SpeciaD Manager E. E. Schoen
of the National Fruit Product Co.
plant here said today extensive en-
largement of the facilities for their
pressing and bottling departments
would be made before the new crop
Of apples is ready 10 b handled
during the fall.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Mrs. Youkey to Speak

Mrs. J. B. Yaukey, sister of Pearl
Buck, the author, will speak on
China" before the Woman's Society
of Christian Services of Memorial
Methodist Church. johnson avenue,
Hyattsville, tomorrow at 8 pm. At
the church.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Church Luncheon Planned

The HyattSville (Md) Council OF
Federated Churchwomen will hold
its annual luncheon at the HyattS-
vile Presbyterian Church Friday.
The Rev .. Hobart Evans, pastor,
will speak.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
Instrument Contract Let

The War Department today an
nounced the award of a s2,113 con-
tract to the American Instrument
Co., Silver Spring, Md, for hello
tropes.
Evening star., 1941-04-28
AH-Womun PIuy Cost

War having caused a shortage of
men in Capetown, South Africa,
shakespeare's "As You Like It" was
produced with an all-wonan cast.
Evening star., 1941-04-28

Snapp, Ira B.
Hill. Leroy K.
Carter, Alfred I.
Cross, Roy E.
Craig. Donald A.
Clark, Ray NICK.
Constant, George L
Berry, Albert E.
Mattern, Robert A.
Mclaughlin, c. F.
Sprouse, c. E.
Fricks, Paul o.
Kennedy, Martin F
Stanton, Charles c.
Collins, Donald r.
Rupp, George M.
Rott, Raymond c.
Evening star., 1941-04-28

One volunteer Listed.
Paul Jackson Voight of 216
Wooten avenue, Friendship Heights,
was listed by the Montgomery
County board as a volunteer. Others
called from the Maryland area are:
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-03-06
Canton Reflector
BY Elsie g.. Salmcn

Canton, O.. March O-This is
the time Of the year when the
Canton Jrs. catch up on their lost
sleep, do whatever they want, and
some OF them forgot about the
club in general Even though
basketball season is over. we
should still get together at sing
ing practice. We have a concert
Coming up next month, and some
OF the members OF the club are
not doing very much to help
make this affair 4 success. The
people who read this column. if
there are any. arc probably tired
of reading this: Please come to
singing practice as often as YOU
can. We've got good music and a
good director. so let's make the
best of it,
Our monthly meeting will be
held tonight, March !. How about
a record breaking attendance !
think there will be some talk OF
having 4 baseball team at this
meeting. Come all OF YOU and
bring some new members. Be
seeing you all at the meeting.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-03-06
Ice Hockey
Barons and Buffalo BIZ
sons To Clash Again
This Saturday

Cleveland, o., March 6-Cleveland's
Barons play the first of two remaining
home games before the hockey play
offs begin when they attempt to check
their three-game losing streak against
the Buffalo Bisons on Saturday night
at the Arena.
Assured Of playing i'll the champion.
ship series which begins March Is, the
Barons apparently suffered a let-down
over the weekend and dropped two
decisions. the first to Providence, 10,
and the second to Buffalo, 81.
Still leading the western division but
hoping to set the pace for the entire
American League, the Barons have pro-
missed an all-out fight in the remaining
five games on their schedule.
Following Saturdays game, the Ba-
rons travel to indianapolis on Sunday,
play at Pittsburgh Wednesday, return
to the Arena March Is to end the home
season with indianapolis and complete
their schedule at Buffalo the following
night.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-03-06
ATTENTION,
CLEVELAND.EAST!

rs President OF the Cleveland
East Juniors. | wish to state that
the idea for the card party held
on Sunday. March ,. was formed
by committee composed OF only
Iunio,s and not by mothers or
fathers OF any lrs. as was report
ed in the club rooms last Sunday
afternoon. This party and the card
party which we are going to hold
on May II is means of raising
money to help send our Cleve-
land East Juniors Singing group
to Canton. O.. for the Saengerfest
On Laborday. As everyone should
known that our singing group is
composed chilly Of members who
still 60 to school and have no Wis
ible means of self-financial sup
port excepting that which can be
supplied by their parents. There
fore | take this time in making a
plea to all Cleveland East Sax
ons to help and support our Jr
organizations doings in the
future. because W eneed your
backing to the limit to succeed in
the various ventures we are und-
crtaking. | wish to thank each
and everyone who attended our
first card party in l94l and helped
make it q success. Auf Wieder-
sehen!
Geo. +. Miller. Jr., President