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Evening star., 1945-11-27
Alexandra Youth, 18,
Gets Three-Year Term
In $4,000 Gem Theft

Hamilton Wesley Lerch, jr., 18, OF
the 400 block of Duke street, Alex
andria, was sentenced to three years
in the State penitentiary by Cor
poration Court jury yesterday for
the theft of $4,000 worth of jewelry
from the home of Mrs. Janet Martin
221 Pitt street, last October.
Judge William P. Woolls continued
Lerch's bond of $1,000 and took
under advisement the jury recon-
mendation that sentence be
suspended on condition of three
years good behavior. He will an
nounce his decision at the opening
of the December court term.
Although Lerch entered a plea of
not guilty, two accomplices, both of
whom had been tried previously in
Juvenile Court, admitted pawning
the jewels which consisted of pearl
necklace, a diamond bracelet, ruby
and diamond bracelet and a dia-
mond wedding ring.
Mrs. Marguerite Roothe Wine, 16,
who now is in custody of the State
Department of Public Welfare, and
William Thomas Crowder, II, who
was returned to Camp Peary for
discipline by Naval authorities, tes-
titled that they sold the jewels to
Washington second hand stores for
approximately $75.
Mrs. Martin, divorced wife of J.
Edward Martin, I'd, a portrait
painter now in the Navy, and the
daughter of Harry C. Wanner, Au-
burn, Ind, president of the Mallable
Iron Co. of Chicago and director of
the Midwestern Mangesium Corp. of
Garrett, Ind, said she had inherited
the jewelry from her mother and
her grandmother.
She testified that she had rented
a room in her home to Mrs. Wine in
October, but asked her to leave
shortly thereafter. Both Lerch and
Crowder visited the girl at Mrs.
Martins home and Mrs. Martin
missed the ieWelry on October %.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Another Is Recaptured
After Fleeing Brownsville
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BROWNSVILLE, Md, Nov. 81
John Murray, 35, insane colored
man and convicted murderer, who
escaped from the Brownsville State
Hospital yesterday, was captured by
hospital attendants on Route So
about miles from Annapolis, three
hours after he made his getaway
Murray, convicted of the murder
of an elderly colored man at Easton
in 1886, escaped from Brownsville
just 48 hours after six inmates es-
capped after overpowering a guard.
Hospital authorities said Murray
escaped by using a pass key which
disappeared during the previous es-
cape.
Although hospital authorities said
it would be extremely difficult to
prevent an escape once an inmate
had a key, DR.. George H. Preston,
State commissioner of mental hy-
giene, repeated assertions he made
after Saturdays riot that Crowns
vile was seriously understaffed and
badly overcrowded.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Falls Church Residents Oppose
West Brood Street Wideninq

A petition signed by AZ home
owners on West Broad street oppos-
ing present plans for widening the
street to A feet was presented last
night at a special meeting of the
Falls Church Council.
At the same time the council re-
ceived from H. G. McGinnis, a
forester with the Agriculture De-
partment and a resident of West
Broad street, a detailed study on the
condition of shade trees from the
traffice light to the edge of town.
Mr.. McGinnis said II per cent Of
"219 valuable shade trees" are free
from decay or have very moderate
amount of decay, and 20 per cent
are defective.
He said only per cent of the trees
exceed rs years of age, and A per
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Escaped Youth Went
Home for End of World
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAGERSTOWN, Nov. 27.-Circuit
Court Judge Joseph D. Mish yester-
day paroled a 17-year-old Eastern
Shore farm boy who escaped from
the Maryland Reformatory at Rox-
bury September 10 because he
wanted to be at home when the
world came to an end"
Edwin Kelly, through his attor-
ney, told the court he believed a
California preacher who early in
September prophesied the world was
coming to an end, adding that he
wanted to be with his father and
mother when 1t happened.
Kelly was sentenced to four
months at the reformatory last
summer after he was arrested for
attempting to sell some stolen. un-
cut diamonds to a Baltimore pawn
broker.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Proposal 10 Construct
I'm Transmitter in
Falls Church Favored

General approval of Falls Church
residents of an application of the
Raytheon Manufacturing Co., WAL
than, Mass, to erect an FIN and
television transmitter in Falls
Church was expressed at a public
hearing last night at the town hall.
Appearing at the hearing, con-
Quoted jointly by the Town Plan
ming Commission and the Town
Council to ascertain local reaction
to the proposal, were Michael j.
Sannella, attorney, and Albert w.
Carr, assistant chief engineer of the
Raytheon company, and Curtis B.
Plummer, broadcast engineer of the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion.
Mr.. Sannella said his company
proposes to erect modernistic
structure to house the transmitting
station and a 300-foot unsupported
steel tower that would be set in
solid concrete and would be approx
imately 16 feet square at the base.
He also stated the company would
build a paved street from Broad
street into its property, which con-
sists of about eight acres adjoining
the Oakwood Cemetery. Mr.. San
nella explained that this station
would be one of a series to be estab-
lished between Boston, New York
and Washington. The stations are
to be placed about 80 miles apart.
Main concern of the residents was
whether the presence of such a sta
ton would disrupt reception of
standard broadcasts, frequency mod
ulation and television. Both Mr..
Carr and Mr.. Plummer said this
would be no serious problem. Mr..
Plummer stated that a check made
in New York City, where II FM sta
tions and three television stations
have been operating for several
years, revealed no such complaints.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Collision With Truck
Kills Leesburg Man
special Dispatch to The Star

LEESBURG, Va, Nov. 27.-Le-
land C.. Carr, 81, proprietor of a
filling station in Leesburg and owner
of trucking business, died on the
way to the Loudoun County Hos
pital late yesterday afternoon of
injuries suffered in an automobile
accident.
According to Deputy Sheriff G. F.
Reed, Mr.. Carr's automobile jammed
into the rear of a lumber truck, said
by police to have been driven by
T. M. Shanholtz, Winchester. The
accident occurred on Route 7,
about 8 miles east of Leesburg.
Police said Mr.. Shanholtz had
stopped his truck to fix its lights
just before dark, when Mr.. Cars
automobile crashed into it. The
truck was owned by the Plumly
Lumber Co., Winchester.
Mr.. Carr was member of Olive
Branch Masonic Lodge, the Lees
burg Rotary Club and the Leesburg
Methodist Church. He was a native
of Loudoun County and had lived
in Leesburg for a number of years.
He is survived by his widow and
two daughters, Mrs. Edna Carter
New York, and Mrs. Marion Luck,
LeeSburg
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Mrs. Clark Indicted
On Murder Charqe
BY the Associated Press.

by lue Associated FreSS.
ABINGDON, Va, Nov. 27.-Mrs.
Ellen Talbert Clark, A, of Abing-
don, arrested last Tuesday in con-
nection with the death of James
Emmett Newton, %, a boarder in
the Clark home. was indicted on
murder charge by a Washington
County Circuit Court grand jury
which convened here yesterday,
The grand jury also returned Q
true bill in the case Of Clay Roberts,
SO, Greendale, charged with the
Staying of his half-brother, Graham
Roberts, 80, November IL. -
Judge Walter H. Robertson set
December 10 as the date to begin
hearings on the criminal docket.
Mrs. Clark is under $4,000 bond on
a warrant sworn to by Common
wealth's Attorney Roby c. Thomp-
son after the body of Newton,
seventh grade teacher and high
school football coach at Damascus,
Va, was found in his room at her
home last Monday morning New
ton had been shot four times with q
.32-caiber revolver.
Mrs. Clark was quoted by Sheriff
J. Trigg Woodward and the Com
monwealth's attorney as saying she
found Newton in the act of shooting
himself when she went to his sec
ond-foor room to investigate his
failure to answer when she called
him.
Sheriff Woodward quoted her as
stating Newton shot himself twice
in the chest and the weapon dis
charged two or three times more
as she tried to keep him from fall
ing to the floor.
The defendan led officers Tuesday
to the guns hiding place
under the back porch of a house
next door, where she said she had
thrown it before taking a taxi to
Bristol and joining her daughters at
theater. She returned to Abing-
don without telling any one of the
incident, Sheriff Woodward said.
Newton's body was found the next
morning by one of Mrs. Clarks
daughters.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Woman Hurt in Crash
With Army Truck

Mrs. Hannah P. Wexler, "a, of 33S
George Mason drive, Arlington, Va,
suffered a fractured shoulder yes
terday when her car collided with
an Army truck at Twenty third
street and Virginia avenue NV.
Pvt. William H. Walter, "a, of Fort
Myer, driver Of the truck, suffered a
possible fracture of the wrist. One
OF the vehicles crossed the sidewalk
and broke the window of store at
531 Twenty-third street.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Hot Shoppe Opposes
Plan for WIDENING
Wisconsin Avenue

Opposition to a proposal to widen
Wisconsin avenue from East-West
highway to the Naval Medical Gen.
ter was voiced yesterday by J. w
Marriott, leasee of the Bethesda Hot
Shoppe's property, on ground that
much of the restaurants parking IA
cilities would be eliminated.
Charles Hawley, owner OF the
property, said at a meeting held in
the Bethesda County Building by
County Commissioner William H
Prescott and attended by business
men and civic groups of Bethesda
that a narrow street is more desir-
able for business.
Tentative plans call for a 74-foot
highway with a 6-foot center safety
strip. Serge Doubroff, engineer foI
the Maryland Park and Planning
Commission, said this would neces-
state the dedication of a 10-foot
strip of property on both sides OF
the avenue, except in the block in
which the Bank of Bethesda is To-
Gated, where all of the land fol
widening would be taken from the
west side, affecting the Hot Shoppe
restaurant.
Mr.. Prescott explained the county
now has 100000 available for the
project but an equitable and prac-
ticable plea for widening is needed
Henry Connor, president of the
Bethesda Chamber of Commerce;
Emory Bogley, Bethesda real estate
man, and Mrs. John M. Nader, rep
resenting the East Bethesda Citi-
zens' Association, we're among those
favoring the widening of the avenue
Mr.. Doubroff, at the close of the
meeting, was asked to take the dis
cussion under advisement in work.
ing out more detailed widening
plan.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Youth, 20, Leaps 10 Death
After Dispute With Mother

Norman A. Giaquinton, 20, was
Killed yesterday in a plunge from
the second floor of his home at
1900 Bladensburg road, Cottage
City, Md.
DR.. James I. Boyd, county med
ical examiner, issued verdict Of
suicide. ~..
According to police the youth was
arguing with his mother, Mrs. At
tilo Giaquinto, about her demands
that he get out of bed and help at
the Cottage City Market, which the
family operates on the ground floor.
IF I were as miserable as you
I'd kill myself" the mother was
quoted by police as saying. Police
said the youth replied, "I will" and
leaped through the screened win
dow. He died later at the Prince
Georges Hospital at Cheverly.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Federal EmpIoye,. 70.
Retiring After Is Years

Miss Mary j. Gleeson, 10, Of is E
street NV, clerk in the central
Office Of the Veterans Administra-
ton, will retire November 80, having
completed Is years of Government
service, 1t was announced today.
Miss Gleason came to the Vet
erans' Administration in 1924. Be-
fore that she had been with the
War and Treasury Departments.
She Is a native Of Fall River, Mass.
Evening star., 1945-11-27

cent are in the 26-to-50-year class.
His report characterizes the average
age of the trees as "middle-aged." !"
He told the council that the present
mature size of the trees could be
maintained by replanting only a
few each year.
Mayor NJ H. Haertel promised
that the report would be given
serious consideration"
The Mayor also announced that
reckless driving in the town was
growing tremendously" and that
he was amazed by the astonishing
risks drivers will take to gain a few
minutes" He urged residents who
operate automobiles to be more care
full in driving past schools in the
town, adding that police were in
structed to enforce traffic regula-
tions strictly.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Virginia Colleges Report
Few Gl Neuroiic Cases
By the Associated-Pres

By the Associated-P Press.
LEXINGTON, Va, Nov. 27.-A
negligible number of neurotic and
psychiatric problems among vet
Grams returned to colleges was re-
ported yesterday by representatives
of II Virginia universities and COL
leges who met at Washington and
Lee University to discuss the guild
ance of veterans and the applica-
ton of the CT Bill of Rights.
1t was stated that veterans either
adjust themselves to college life in
the first semester or not at all, and
that most of those unable to make
the adjustment were not prepared
for college in the first place.
The most serious difficulty re-
ported was lack of housing facilities
for married veterans.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
BY the Associated Press.

=
PETERSBURG, Va, Nov. 27.-A
Navy wife last night appealed to
President Truman for help in OBJ
tanning release Of the serum strep-
tomycine from military sources to
save the life of her 23-month- -old
son, Richard Arnold Temple, suffer-
ing from the deadly malady, military
tuberculosis.
Physicians say the child Of Mrs.
Richard G.. Temple has been kept
alive by use of the serum, obtained
from Mcclure General Hospital
near Richmond. Mrs. Temple tele-
graphed the President that the drug
cannot be obtained" from MCGUIRE
"or any place because of a directive
from some bureau in Washington. |"
Efforts through the Red Cross, /"
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Maryland Announces
tuberculosis Clinics

The Maryland tuberculosis Asso-
citation announced the following
clinics during December:
Upper Marlboro, health Office, 10
am. December Z; La Plata, health
office, 10 am. December. 13; Hyatts-
vile, County Service Building, 10
am. December IA and 81, and Leon
ardtown, health Office, 10 am. each
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Holding Company Heads
To Testify on Legislation
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Congressional hearing on holding
company legislation probably will be
resumed after the first Of the year.
Chairman Boren, Democrat, of
Oklahoma, Of the House Interstate
Commerce Subcommittee which has
been studying recent utility sales,
said in a statement that the Christ
mas recess seemed an appropriate
time to print and examine the hear
ing record to date.
Executives of holding companies
will be called next, he said.
Mr.. Boren has been seeking the
effect of private utility sales to tax
free public organizations.
Evening star., 1945-11-27

ton and celebration here of return
ing war heroes: and $4,000 requested
by District health officials for draft
ing OF plans for an apartment house
at the District tuberculosis Sana-
torium at Glenn Dale, Md, designed
to house members Of the hospitals
staff.
In making these deletions, as well
as that Of the parking agency fund,
the Appropriations Committee said
it could not see the urgency Of these
items and concluded they could be
held up for consideration next
spring In connection with requests
for the regular 1947 budget.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Maryland CAP Adds
Three More Squudrons
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 27.-Lt. Col.
E. R. Fenimore, commanding officer
of the Maryland Wing, Civil Air
Patrol, announced yesterday that
the number of squadrons in the
Washington area has been increased
from one to four because of the
increased enrolment of flying cadets.
The four Washington squadrons
are Central, Anacostia, Beltsville
and Bethesda Chevy Chase and
cadets will meet in high schools
In those communities.
Two PT-17 Army training planes
have been assigned to these squad
rons for orientation flights.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Coroner's Jury Holds
Mon in Traffic Death

Sandy o. Sneed, IS, colored, $500
block Of Astor place Sc, was held
for the grand jury by coroner's
jury yesterday in the traffic death
of Annie e. Matthews, 68, colored,
400 Seward square Sc, passenger
In car he was driving.
Sneed's car was in collision with
q streetcar November at Eighth
and D streets Sc. The passenger
died IS days later at Casualty Hos,
pital,
Evening star., 1945-11-27
County Urged
To Aid Veterans
On Housing !.
Whiteford Declares
Returning Men Have
Terrific Problem

The Prince Georges County War
Veterans Service Council is up
against terrific problem in find
ing housing for returning veterans,
H. Clay Whiteford, a member Of the
council, told the Prince Georges
Chamber of Commerce last night.
Addressing dinner meeting Of
the organization at the Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club, Mr..
Whiteford described the case Of
an Army captain and his wife and
two children who were unable to
obtain housing and had to sleep in
their automobile before they finally
found accommodations in a trailer.
The family could not even rent an
office room for sleeping quarters, he
said.
Another case involved a service
man, his wife and two children,
with another baby expected soon,
who have been living around as
best they can in temporary quar-
ters."
Mr.. Whiteford said he was GER
tain many Prince Georges County
residents would be glad to make
available one or two rooms for
limited time if they knew what a
desperate" time servicemen and
veterans are having in finding tenn
porary quarters.
1t. Maurice P. McGrath, regional
Maryland veterans service officer
and chairman of the County Service
Council, said an Office to aid vet
Grams was opened yesterday in Up
per Marlboro with Miss Bessie
Phelps as executive secretary. The
Office in the County Service Build
ing, at Hyattsville, has been func-
tioning about two months.
Perry o. Wilkinson, chamber pres
ident, emphasized that the organi-
zation stood firmly behind its Board
of Directors in opposing the pro-
posed changes in bus and streetcar
routes in the county. A hearing
on the changes was scheduled today
before the Maryland Public Service
Commission in Baltimore.
Mr.. Wilkinson, who Is a member
of the State Legislature, reviewed
the recent special session of the
body which empowered Baltimore
to levy additional taxes to pull it
out of financial difficulties,
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Wife Of Virginia SoiIor Urges
rumun to Help Save Ill Child

the message continued "have been of
no avail. My husband (fireman 3/c)
is serving in the Navy aboard the
Vulcan now in Japanese waters.
am appealing to you as his COM
mander in chief to do what you can
to help save our baby"
DR.. William B. McIllwaine, child
specialist, said he has been treating
the child with streptomycine OBJ
tanned from McGuire's.
In Washington a War Department
official said some drug companies
have a limited supply of the serum
streptomycine for civilian use. The
amount of the new drug now OBJ
tanned for military use, it was ex-
planned, is not suf11cient to meet
urgent needs.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Arlington Plans
Expansion Of
School Units
Move to Relieve
Congestion Follows
Survey by PTA

Charles j. Walsh, assistant super
intendent Of Arlington County
schools, said today plans have been
made to enlarge several schools to
relieve congested classrooms.
Commenting on survey by the
Patrick Henry Parent Teacher Asso-
citation, which cited overcrowded
classrooms as the major problem
IN the county educational system
Mr.. Walsh said the condition def
nttely exists In several schools.
Enlargement plans. he said, in
clude six-room addition at the
Kate Waller Barrett School; a six
room addition at the Walter Reed
School; a four-room addition at
Bancroft School, and two-room
addition at John Marshall. Condi-
tions at the Kemper School for COL
ored children, he said, were crowded
until that school recently moved into
a new building.
Expense Is Lower Per Pupil.
In the survey it was pointed out
that although the average number
of pupils per teacher in Arlington
is higher than that in other nearby
communities, the educational ex-
penditure is lower than in any area
except Fairfax County.
Arlington attendance is 1913 per
teacher, compared with Montgomery
County's figure of 1913, Washington
29,2; Fairfax County, 28.8, and Alex
andria, 25.4.
Comparative costs per pupil list
Arlington at 1924, Fairfax County
s8o.88; Alexandria, s1O5.44; Mont
gomery County, s973s, and WASH
ington, $161.37.
The association said it feels Wash
ington should not be included in
the comparison as very large cities
uniformly spend more on education
than do suburban areas"
Teacher Salary Above Minimum
Arlington's average annual teacher
salary of $1,851 is we'll above the
minimum recommended by the Vir-
glnla Educational Commission last
year, the association said. It added
there is room for a tax-rate increase
before the local tax burden will ap-
proach a level with that in other
parts OF the State. Arlington now
ranks 10th among the 100 Virginia
counties in proportion of locally tax
able income set aside for school pur-
poses.
The association also recommended
that the half day session generally
followed in first and second grades
be extended to a full day ito keep
small children off the streets and
away from influences that prevail In
an increasingly urbanized commun-
ity."
The method of selecting School
Board members also is under study
1t was said. However, it was pointed
out, this matter will be determined
finally by county citizens when they
vote on incorporation.
q Association members said they
have been told by Fletcher Kemp,
school superintendent, that he is
willing to work on the problem of
establishing public kindergartens.
The association feels that they are
being increasingly regarded as a
valuable part of any school system. u
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Maryland Boord Denies
Eoston Airport License
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 27.-The State
Aviation Commission yesterday de-
MED a request for a class 3 license
for the Easton Municipal Airport,
notifying its present operators, the
Maryland Airlines, Inc, to cease
passenger-carrying operations not
later than tomorrow.
Commission Director Eward Feni-
more said the license was denied
because the airport lacked requisite
facilities. At the same time simi-
lar request from the Salisbury Mu-
nicipal Airport, soon to be returned
to the city by the Navy, also was
denied because Of inadequate ia
cilities.
Evening star., 1945-11-27
Dr.. J. M. Emmett Named
To Virginia U. Bourd
ss the Associated pres.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 27.-Dr.
j. M. Emmett, Clifton Forge, yester-
day was appointed by Gov. Darden
to the Board Of Visitors Of the Uni
versity Of Virginia to fill the unex-
pired term Of James H. Corbitt, Suf-
folk, who died June a..
DR.. Emmett is the first physician
to be appointed to The University
Board. He also is a member Of the
Commission Of Game and Inland
Fisheries.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-17
Sierid Fox
AT AtNational

Headlining the all star show at
the National theater this week
is Sigrid Fox, exotic dancer. Comic
Billy Ainsly, aided and abetted
by straightman Frank Smith, pro-
vide the hiiarity with their zany
and laugh provoking routines.
I'm the revue are JEANNE
James, tap dancer; Nicky Trayne,
tenor, and Scotty Humbert's knee
acioned chorus in precision dance
routines. -
Shows are continuous from II
a. m. 10 IL p. m, and every Sat-
urday night there is special mid
night show
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-17
Bob YerkeS
Turns Scribe

Bob Yerkes, who helped start
the Port Huron-Mackinac race,
founded the Detroit Boat Clubs
Boat Club News and is known
throughout the Great Lakes for
his yachting activities. has joined
Aviation and Yachting magazine.
He will head up the yachting de-
partment.
Bob left Detroit several years
ago 10 settle down in the Bar
bados but returned 10 this country
shortly after the outbreak of the
war when business activities in
that area were curtailed. He
served at the ". of NJ. as law
instructor in the army officers
school and was recently export
manager of the Ferguson tractor.