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Evening star., 1944-04-26
Maryland Is Asked
TO Provide Care for
Medical |ndigent'
Planning Boord Suggests
Thot Program Be Carried
Out Through Counties
By the Associated Press,

BALTIMORE, April ga rec
ommendation that the State pro-
vide medical care through the coun-
ties for the medical INDECENT" was
presented to the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland
at its 146th annual meeting.
The recommendation was made
by the State Planning Commissions
Committee on Medical Care, which
suggested the program be formu-
lated and administered by the State
Department of Health.
DR.. Abel Wolman, commission
chairman, sent the recommendation,
contained in a report of the COM
mittee's work during the last three
years, to Gov. O'Conor also.
The committee proposed that the
Health Department be responsible
for the compensation of physicians
and institutions for services rem
dered to eligible persons.
Fund Appropriations Urged.
1t suggested the Legislature ap-
propriate funds for payment TO
physicians, hospitals and county
health departments for salaries and
expenses for administration of the
program, for purchase of equip
ment, supplies, drugs and biologicals
and for the provision of additional
space necessary for the proper con-
duct of the services.
The committee S recommendation
includes establishment of a. council
of medical care to act in an ad-
visory capacity. The council would
consist of two members of the coun-
Gil of the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty and two members appointed
by the State Board of Health, one
of whom must be the director of
the State Health Department..
The governing bodies of the Johns
Hopkins Medical School. and the
University of Maryland Medical
School each would name a member
to the council; the Maryland-D Dis
trict of Columbia Hospital Associa-
ton would designate Maryland
hospital administrator; the Mary
land Dental Association, the State
Nurses Association and the Mary
land Medical Association each would
name a member. The group would
include the director of the Welfare
Department, the commissioner of
mental hygiene and the superin-
tendent of the State tuberculosis
sanatoria.
IL Counties Need Physicians.
County health officers would ad-
minister local aspects of the pro-
gram.
The committees report stated
that II counties-Worceste Har-
ford, Caroline, Charles, Garrett
Cecil, st. Mary'S, Baltimore, Prince
Georges, Calvert, Howard and Anne
Arundel-had less than the accepted
health ratio of physicians to popu-
lation-one to $500 (the figures were
based on totals in l94D.
Except in limited fields, there is
at present no State or other agency
legally responsible for providing
medical care for those unable to pay
and there is no clearly defined pro-
cedure by which such care might
be obtained, the committee said.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Arlington Board
Adopts Budget
0f$3,804,658
Tax Rate to Remain
At $40 Per $1O0
Despite Increase

The Arlington County Board, with
County Manager Frank c. Hanra-
han concurring, last night approved
an amended budget of $3,804, ,658 39
for 1944-45 and voted to retain the
tax rate of $2.70 a $100.
The amendment, raising the total
$105, 900, was presented last month
by Mr.. Hanrahan. 1t was based on
disposal of additional unanticipated
revenues of that amount. Those in
cluded $45,0O0 from ABC store
profits, $4,000 from lump sum pay
ments of Federal taxes on Govern
ment-owned housing projects and a
$4,000 surplus.
The funds were not available at
the time the budget was prepared,
Mr.. Hanrahan said.
Increases Outlined.
The street and highway depart
ment will receive an additional
$65,075 for construction of side
walks and storm sewers; libraries,
an additional $3.50; police depart
ment salary increases, $3.50; fire
department salary increases, $3,18O:
rabies control, $2,593; Office of COM
missioner Of revenue, $34O; Public
Utilities Commission, 5000; health
department, 5000, and general con-
tingency fund, $24,642
The board approved Mr.. Hanra-
hans recommendation that Police
Capt. Hugh Jones be promoted to
assistant police chief, retaining the
title OF captain. Salary increases
were approved for Capt. Jones, Capt.
James j. Scott, 1t. E. H. Miller,
Detective Sergt. C. E. Presley,
Sergts. j. H. Marcy, L. L. King and
Raymond Crack; Detectives w. H.
West, L. w. Elliott and D. H. Rector,
and Identification Officer G.. w.
Kemp.
Police private salaries will be in
creased to $1,000 for the first year
$4,000, second year; s2,250, third
year, and $4,000 for the fifth and
year and over.
Equalization Plan Rejected.
Salary schedules on the Fire De-
partment are $1,750, first year:
$3.50, second year, and 81, $50, third
year and over.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Magruder pre-
sented a motion asking that an
additional $4,000 from the general
contingency fund be placed in the
library budget, but was defeated in
80 vote.
Edmund D. Campbell was de-
feated on his motion that a board
of equalization be established to
reassess properties highly improved
since the last land assessment.
F. Freeland Chew opposed this
with the statement that wartime
conditions had distorted the mar
kets and brought about fictitious
values. He said such move would
gradually reach proportions of a
general reassessment, which the
board already had voted postponed
until 1916.
On a motion of Basil De Lash
mutt the board commended MIR.
Hanrahan on preparation of the
budget.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
County Board Orders
Street Improvements
In Two Subdivisions
Residents Win Requests
In Queens Chapel Manor
And Cormody Hills

The Prince Georges County COM
nlssloners yesterday authorized
street improvements in Carmody
Hills and Queens Chapel Manor in
response to requests by residents of
the two subdivisions.
The board also granted a request
for street lights In Carmody Hills
at an annual cost $558.5O. Albert
E. Pohmer. engineer for the two
projects, was instructed to draw
up plans and specifications for the
street improvements.
At the same time, the commits
sIoners rejected a request by resi-
dents of Villa Heights for the con-
struction of 5-inch macadam streets
N the subdivision. Mr.. Pohmer, who
said he had been employed by the
residents to draw up plans and
specifications for the project, told
the board that such streets would
be good for only 10 or IL months
without maintenance.
Contract Awarded.
A contract for street construction
in Brookside Manor was awarded to
Joseph Lauzza & Sons, Baltimore,
for .40-the lowest of three
bios.
The commissioners approved a
recommendation by its Board of
Road Examiners that the county
take over the following three roads:
The road beginning at the inter-
section of Southern avenue and the
District line, east on Clark avenue
to Forty-ninth avenue and thence
to the boundary line of Dillon Park
for total distance of 1000 feet.
The road beginning at Southern
and Kentucky avenues, southeast on
Kentucky avenue to Maryland ave-
nue. and thence to the Marlboro
Pike for total distance of $500
feet.
H street from Sixty-fourth avenue
to the George Palmer highway in
Seat Pleasant.
Carnivals Permitted.
A permit was granted the Upper
Marlboro Lions Club and Volunteer
Fire Department for a carnival to
be held May 22-27 in the parking
lot behind the Marlboro Court
house.
The board also granted a permit
to My Maryland Post No. 1876, Amer
lean Legion, for carnival to be
held May 1922 on Sweeney's lot on
Central avenue, Capitol Heights.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Clinton Man Convicted
OF First-Deqree Murder

Vincent Brown, colored, Clinton
Md, today faced life Imprisonment
or death after his conviction on a
charge of first degree murder in
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court at Upper Marlboro yesterday
The jury deliberated for almost
three hours before returning its
verdict.
Brown was charged with the fatal
stabbing of Ollie Brown, colored
also of Clinton, in a field near her
home March IA.
Through his attorneys, S. Marvin
Peach and George B. Merrick
Brown pleaded insanity. DR.. George
H. Preston, State commissioner of
mental hygiene, testified, however
that in his opinion, Brown was sane.
The trial was held before Judges
Charles c. Marbury and John B
Gray, jr.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Montgomery Decides
Polling Locations

The supervisors of elections for
Montgomery County yesterday COM
pleted selection of polling places
for the May l primary elections
Voters of the second precinct of
Gaithersburg district will cast their
votse in the old Catholic Church
building, Summit and Hutton
streets, Gaithersburg. Residents of
the twenty-drst precinct of Bethesda
district will use the Brook Farm
Tea House, 6501 Brookeville road
Chevy Chase.
The election board also finished
inspecting and sealing the voting
machines. 1t was decided that 1873
of the devices would be necessary
and arrangements were made to
have them distributed to polling
placse this week.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Meat Dealers 10 Hear
0PA Aides Tomorrow

The Roanoke District Office of
Price Administration has called a
compliance meeting for meat deal
ers in the Northern Virginia area
for 8 pm. tomorrow in the Circuit
Court room of the Arlington County
Courthouse.
All Alexandria, Arlington and
Fairfax dealers and clerks have been
urged to attend.
Officials of the Atlanta regional
OPA office and of the Roanoke Office
will attend to answer questions and
to direct the discussion,
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Social Workers Open
Conference in Viroinio

The Virginia Conference of Socia,
Workers will open a four-day ses-
sion at Roanoke today.
Institutes scheduled for each day
will include discussion of psychiatric
principles in case work, adoption
community organization for juvenile
needs and parole and probation
problems.
Arlington County delegates to the
conference will be Mrs. Elizabeth B
Magruder, county board member;
Mrs. Hazel Moore, child care coun-
selor; Miss Vivian Whiteside, well
fare superintendent and Earl Cas-
sic, county probation officer.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Montgomery Renews
Teacher Bonus Paw
For Another Year
Commissioners Vote
To Aid Hospitals
Get Tax Exemption

The Montgomery County Com
missioners yesterday voted to con-
tinue for another II months $50
monthly bonus to teachers. The
present bonus arrangement expires
lat the end of this month.
Under a law passed by the recent
special session Of the General As
sembly, all State teachers will re-
ceive q bonus Of $3.50 a year from
State funds provided counties add
$50 a year from local funds.
The bonus payments are to be
made next September, October and
November from county funds, with
the State making the $40 payments
for May, June and December of
this year, and January, February.
March, April, May and June of next
year.
In move to assist local hospitals,
the board voted to help county in
stitutions to obtain exemptions un-
der a State law freeing the institu-
tions from paying taxes on equip
ment.
Washington Sanitarium Cited.
Ben G. Wilkinson, jr., assistant
board attorney, cited the Washing
ton Sanitarium and Hospital at
Takoma Park, pointing out that it
has received tax bills amounting to
$500 on personal property for the
last three years. He said the hos
pitfalls trustees maintain the insti-
tuition is not liable for these taxes.
Before the Montgomery County
General Hospital at Sandy Spring
can take advantage of the tax ex-
emptlon law, Mr.. Wilkinson said. it
first must change its charter, which
provides that the corporation can
pay dividends to it's stockholders.
The Suburban Hospital of Bethesda.
he added, is under Federal control
and will not be subject to taxation
until it is sold.
On request of DR.. v. L. Ellcott,
county health officer, the Commis-
sloners authorized the Health De-
partment to rent quarters for a
health center in Gaithersburg. DR..
Euicott said Mrs. John Larcombe.
]r, will act as temporary chairman
Of the Health Committee for the
Gaithersburg area.
Veteran Named Policeman.
The board also appointed Mrs.
Virginia Barnsley Maxwell, Rock
vile, as county public health nurse.
L. Hurley, Damascus, tor
mer member of the county police
force who recently was discharged
from the Navy, was reappointed to
the force. The resignation of Miss
jeanne Hawkins as clerk of the
County Juvenile Court was ac-
cepted.
The commissioners adopted al
resolution prohibiting parking on
the south side of Selim road, Silver
Spring. from 6 am. to 6 pm, eff
fective May /. No-parking signs will
be erected in the area.
James D. King, County Farm Bu-
reau president, and Josiah j. Hutton
were named to a committee to pro-
mote the rabies control program
through dog inoculations.
Requests for the addition of sew
eral rooms to the Sherwood Elemen-
tary School at Sandy Spring were
referred to the County Board of
Education.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Wide Response Reported
To Russian Aid Appeal

Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell, chair
man of the Russian War Relief Kit
Campaign for Arlington County,
said today nearly all county organ
izations have responded to the ap-
peal for help for Russian families.
Mrs. Campbell said Girl Scouts
are on duty at the libraries to dis
tribute empty kits to be filed The
kits are to be turned in at theaters.
Kits also are being packed by Boy
and Girl Scouts and students in
county schools.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Combination Dance Hall
Store DESTROYED by Fire

Fire last night destroyed Chimney
Villa, a combination store and
dance hall on Lee highway between
Falls Church and Fairfax.
Fairfax County police said the
one-story frame structure was un-
occupied at the time. They added
that no estimate of the damage
could be obtained. The building Is
owned by G. r. Bennett,
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Scottish Rite Officials
Portrait to Hang Here

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, April GA por-
trait OF Claud F. Young, M. D.
sovereign grand inspector general in
Kansas, Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite, is to be hung in the
House of the Temple of the Masonic
organization In Washington.
The portrait of DR.. Young, Fort
Scott, Kans., is the work of Artist
John Slavin of Richmond, a former
student at the Corcoran School of
Art, Washington.
DR.. Young came to Richmond from
Fort Scott to sit for the painting
The date the portrait will be sent to
Washington has not yet been an
nounced.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, April 26.-Teaching
STATS of Baltimore and Anne Arun-
del County schools will be supple
mented next fall by high school
graduates, who will be specially pre-
pared for their duties at six-week
summer course at Towson State
Teachers College.
DR.. Thomas G. Pullen, jr., State
superintendent Of schools, an
nounced yesterday plans to train
graduates Of secondary schools for
the teaching profession as a means
OF alleviating the two-county crit
ica1 teacher shortage.
The superintendent said State
high schools were being canvassed
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Grand Master to Visit Lodoe

John M. Stewart, grand master of
Masons in Virginia, will make his
annual visit to the Alexandria
Washington Lodge at 7:30 pm. to-
morrow. The meeting will be held
in the old lodgeroom on Cameron
street and Charles C. Wall, worship
full master of the lodge. has urged
all members to attend.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack Of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
of old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-04-26

those of the city Fairgrounds which
he considered most necessary, and
for which material can be obtained.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
were granted permission to hold
their summer festival on the two
clty-oWned lots bounded by Mont
gomery, Fairfax and Pitt streets.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
ADMIRAL KINGS REPORT:
BATTLE OF MIDWAY

riral Ernest J. King the Nays part in the t0ar
iDas his chapter on Combat Operations" The Star
,Du publish in insalments the Nauys report on the
most important battles Nth the japanese. The third
instaEnent follo1ps:
MIDWAY.
The engagement in the Coral Sea marked the
end of the period during which we were totally
on the defensive There followed a lull during
which both sides were preparing for further
operations. Our immediate problem was to an
ticipate as nearly as we could what the next
move of the enemy would be, as we had lost
touch with the heavy japanese forces which
had narticinated in the Coral Sea action
Evening star., 1944-04-26

clear that the Japanese would not long remain
active Naturally enough important would
good targets with Dutch Harbor Midway offering
best chance of either in the raid
Evening star., 1944-04-26

A FAMILIAR SIGHT IN WASHINGTON IS
PtOpLt STANDING IN LINE AND PROBABLY
IAe LONGEST IN The AREA IS THE ONE
EXTENDS AROUND TIE WORLD.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-25
Diver Starts Combing
Lake For Woman s BODY

DURHAM, May 24-lR-R. H.
Butler, professional diver from
Newport News, Va, spent several
hours today searching the bottom
of East Wood Lake at Chaple Hill
in an effort to locate the body OF
Mrs. Edward M. Jewett, 67-year- old
Missouri woman for whose disap-
pearance her grandson, Edward
Martin, is being held in city jail
here.
At six o'clock tonight it was an
nounced that no trace of the body
had been found and police said
that diving would be continued to-
morrow. If there are no results
then, the lake probably will be
drained.
1t was reported here today that
Mrs. Jewett's mother, Mrs. Frank
Davis, 50, and her sister, Mrs.
Mason Carpenter, As, were hacked
to death with an axe on the night
of Jan. 8, 1912 at their homo near
Blytheville, Ark. Three men, IL
Guiding Mrs. Carpenters husband,
were tried for the crime but all
were acquitted.
Some delay resulted this morn
ing in commencing the diving ope-
rations while lumber was taken
to the lake and a platform was
built over three rowboats to sup
port equipment necessary to SUI
stain the diver while he is under
water
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-25
Charters Granted
Three Companies

RALEIGH, May 24-tR-Three
certificates of incorporation were
filed today in the Office of the
secretary of state:
Conn., Cover Pontiac company.
Raleigh, to wholesale and retail
automobiles; authorized capital
stock 100000; subscribed stock
$500, by Charles G. Conn, Jr., J.
N. Fuller, and Mrs. Cleo Cover,
all of Raleigh.
Shanghai, Inc, Of Asheville, to
deal in real estate; authorized
capital stock 100000; subscribed
stock $1,000, by A. G. Carver, R.
P. Booth, and I. c. Chance, all OF
Asheville.
Thomas and Howard Company
of Rutherfordton, to own and
operate a grocery store; authociz
ed capital stock 100000; SUBJ
scribed stock $500, by E. E.
Boyce, of Gastonia, J. E. Timber
lake, of Columbia, S. c., and L.
G.. Orr, of Spa-tanburg, S. C.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-25
YARD WILL SEEK
WAGE REVlSIC Ms

Permission from the War Labor
Board and the U. S. Maritime
commission to introduce certain
hourly wage rate eclassifications
recently authorized by the WLB' S
saipbuilding commission will be
sought Immediately BY the North
Carolina Shipbuildng Company if
and when such changes are Off
cially approved by the WLB and
the Office of Economic Stabiliza-
lion, it was learned here yesterday.
Such action, it was disclosed,
would be in accordance with the
yards policy relative to wage
rates.
T h Shipbui1dirg commission
concluded an Atlantic coast wage
review early in April and author
lied pattern of wage reclassifi-
cations for the Atlantic t
yards. Three orders of the COM
mission apply directly to the New
York Shipbuilding corporation,
Maryland Dry Dock company and
the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock company. Eventually, it is
expected that the revised pay
schedule will be applied to about
go yards employing 100000 work.
ers from Maine to Georgia.
AS Tar as IS known here, the
reclassifications have not been
placed into effect in any yard since
the new wage rates have not yet
been approved by the WLB and
the OES.
1t is understood that the pro-
gram ie not an automatically blan-
ket one but each individual COM
pany must apply for permission to
make revisions after h whole
program is approved. Because the
yard here is a government owned
one, all salaries and wage rates
are subject to the approval of the
Maritime commission.
Before It's recent action, the
Shipbuilding commission had de-
MED a general wage increase as
none is permissible under the Lit
tie Steel' formula. The adjust
ments, it was said at the time the
latest decision was made public,
are planned to correct intraplant
inequalities and stabilize the over
all wage structure. Not more than
So per cent of the Atlantic coast
workers will receive increases and
for these the average increase will
be four to five cents an hour. The
program, if and when it is for
maily approved by the WLB and
OES, is expected to eventually in
crease the Atlantic coast yards
pavrn71a nv $15OOO,000 year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-25
ArmyLieutenan1
Will Face Trial

CAMP ANA, Calf, May 24-tR
"A court martial in the case OF
1t. Beaufort G. Swaacutt today
held that he was sane last March
5 when. the army charges, his
blazing pistol fatally wounded four
persons and injured four others.
The verdict of the 12-officer
military panel means that the 81
year-old lieutenant must now stand
trial On a formal charge of muir
der.
Delivering it's verdict almost
Immediately after testimony by
the last witness on the sanity is
sue, the court gave its opinion
that Swancutt was able, at the
time of the shootings to distinguish
between right and wrong and to
adhere to the right.
1t said the accused man now has
the mental capacity to understand
the nature of the proceedings
against him.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-25
SUPREME COURT
RULES ON BOOZE

RALEIGH, May "a la The
state Supreme court today revers'
ed a Cumberland county Superior
courts decision awarding guam
tity of whisky seized at a filling
station near Fayetteville to the
Roadway Express company, whose
driver, Bert Hall, white, had been
convicted of unlawful possession
and transportation.
Evidence presented at a. Record
er's court trial and later at hear
ing in Superior court; tended to
snow that a shipment of whisky
totaling 325 cases and consigned to
Charleston, S. c., firm by a
Baltimore, Md, dealer, was stalled
at a filling station near Fayette-
vile because of motor trouble. La
ter, the truck driver, Bert Hall,
was arrested on charge of selling
some of the whisky while the truck
was awaiting repairs.
The state charged that while the
truck was parked at the filling
station the whisky was being sold
by Hall without proper ABC
stamps and that, therefore, the act
was in violation of North Carolina
statues and that the load of liquor
should be confiscated and forfeited
The first Recorders court ruling
upheld the states request for seiz-
ure of the whisky, but later petit
ton by the Roadway Express com
pany to Superior court Judge jeff
D. Johnson at the March, 1914,
term of Cumberland Superior court
resulted in ruling by Judge John
son that the Express company was
entitled to the liquor cargo be-
cause the company, itself, was not
responsible for the actions of its
driver. 1t was from this civil rul-
ing that the state appealed to the
Supreme court.
Other opinions:
State VS. King, Guilford, no er.
ror.
State VS. Graham, Bladen, error
| and remanded.
State VS. Todd, Cumberland, no
error.
State VS. Macy Graham, Bladen,
no error.
Kemp ct al VS. Funderburk, etal,
Cumberland, affirmed.
Hill VS. Stansbury, Guilford er-
ror.
Nassaney VS. Cutler, Guilford, no
error.
Merchant VS. Lassiter, Guilford,
no error.
Watkins VS. Grier, Guilford, err
ror and remanded.
Watkins VS. Gier. Guilford, at
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