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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-01
Clark RetriaI
Arguments Set
For Saturday
Attorney for NJ. E. Clark,
Convicted on 3 Counts,
Files Petition for Retrial.
Judge Truman to Hear
Arguments in Pinal Coun-
ty Superior Court.

Arguments on the petition for re-
trial in the case of NJ e. Clark,
special Indian agent, who was con-
victed on Friday of last week at
Florence, will be heard by Judge w,
C. Truman in the Superior Court
of Pinal county Saturday morning,
June 2nd, at 10 o'clock.
Clark was found guilty of ag-
gravated battery, false imprison-
ment and assault with a deadly
weapon, charges growing out of the
shooting of Percy Lewis, a Papago
Indian, at Tucson. Because he is
a federal agent, Clark was de-
Tended by Frank Flynn, U. S. Dist
rict attorney for Arizona.
The prosecuting attorney was j
Mercer Johnson of Pima county
where the attack on Lewis oc-
cured. assisted by Tom Fulbright
Pinal county attorney.
The petition requests the new
trial on the statutory grounds OF
alleged misconduct by the prose
cutting attorney and several alleged
errors of the court.
Not otherwise defined on the
petition, the misconduct" allega-
tion details will be presented al
the hearing on the petition Satur-
day morning, according to District
Attorney Flynn.
The petition alleges that the court
Superior Judge Truman) erred IN
decisions in matters of law, erred
in giving instructions to the jury
and also in refusing to give other
requested instructions to the jury
Further the petition alleges that
the verdict was contrary to law
and evidence.
Flynn stated that if the petition
for retrial is denied, he will appeal
the case to the state supreme
court.
Clark's co-defendant, T. F. Hard
ing, formerly state liquor agent
plead guilty to aggravated battery
and the other charges against him
were dropped.
Harding was slated to appear fol-
sentence before Judge Truman or
Tuesday, but sentencing was post.
poned until Monday, June 4, al
the request of Prosecuting Attor-
ley Johnson.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-01
Farewell Party
Tuesday Night

Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Ashcraft and
family, who are leaving soon to
make their home in Oklahoma, were
given a farewell party Tuesday
night by Mr.. Ashcraft's brother and
wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Ash
craft The evening was spent in
old-fashioned music with members
of the party playing fiddle, guitar,
Hawaiian guitar and harmonica.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
c. f. Fleming and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Ashcraft and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Murdock and
family. the guests of honor and
hosts.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-01

with his wife and children, Mrs.
Ruby Luna; Bennett, 8; Joan, 5;
and Carmelita, 10 months. He also
will visit his mother and step
father, Mr.. and Mrs. Pancho Pablo,
at Bapchule.
Sergeant Luna was a farmer
before the war and plans to resume
that occupation when he returns
to civilian life. He owns his own
farm near Bapchule. He received
basic training with the Field Ar
tillery at Camp Roberts, California,
and was assigned to the Infantry
with the 5th Division.
I'm not sorry about getting into
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-01
Seven Complete
Streamlined Home
Nursing Course

Seven Coolidge women completed
a streamlined Red Cross home
nursing course Saturday and re-
ceived their certificates. The
course was given by Mrs. 10y Doss,
Red Cross representative from San
Francisco, and covered II hours
instruction from Monday through
Saturday.
Those who completed the course
were: Mrs. Sue Steward, Mrs. A.
]. Dunaway, Mrs. c. ]. Moody, Mrs.
Leon Keith, Mrs. Eli Anderson,
Mrs. B. F. Storie and Mrs. Merlin
Cobleigh.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-01

S/SGT. CARL p, WEiTlNG is
back in the States after many
a BIZ in the European theater of
operations. He telephoned his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A Weiting,
from Massachusetts Tuesday, to in
form them of the good news of his
arrival. He will be home on fur
Tough soon.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-01
Slumber Party
At Dawson Ranch

Rosemary Dawson was hostess
for slumber party at the ranch
home of her mother, Mrs. Helen
Dawson, on Monday night.
Guests were Madge Dixon, Edna
Veazey. Nadine McCleery, Mary
Jo Bates, Nedra Jean Ray, Mary
Appel and Rosalee Horton.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-01

the Infantry" he said. 81 can get
closer to the enemy in the Infantry.
That's what l like. | like to get
up where l can see the men fall
when | shoot at them"
He is a graduate of the Tucson
Indian School at Tucson, Arizona.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-01

FRED SPRINKLES, II, left Mon
day to report for duty with the
navy. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Sprinkles and a Coolidge
high school sophomore. The
Sprinkles have made their home
here for many years.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-01

. Miss Peggy Reed of Holbrook
returned to her home Sunday after
spending week with Miss Frances
(Chula) Borree. The girls were
schoolmates at State Teachers Col
lege, Tempe.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Girl, IS, Arrested
On Forgery Charges

A desire for clothes as pretty as
those Of her classmates led to the
arrest yesterday by Montgomery
County police of a 15-year-old Be
thesda high school girl on a charge
of forgery.
Detective Corpl. John P. Leahy
said the girl had forged checks
amounting to more than 5000. He
said she had cashed bad checks at
various stores in the community
during the last several months. She
was arrested on Wisconsin avenue
after she had attempted to cash a
$54 check at business establish
ment, he added.
The girl has been placed in Gus
tody OF her parents pending a hear
ing before Judge Frank Proctor in
Montgomery County Juvenile Court.
Also arrested yesterday by Mont
gomery County police were four bows
ranging in age from IL to 13 years
on charges of pocketbook snatching
Corpl. Leahy said the group in
cluded two Washington boys and
two from Cabin John. He ex-
planned that the thefts, involving
approximately $50, occurred in Glen
Echo Park. A hearing will be held
this week before Judge Proctor, he
said,
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Prince Georges Forms
Council for Veterans

Organization OF the Prince
Georges County Veterans Service
Council to give information and aid
to returning veterans was completed
at a meeting of representatives OF
various groups last night in the
Hyattsville Armory. 1t is planned
to set up central headquarters
now and to add branch offices later
A planning committee was named
1t is comprised of 1t. Maurice
P. McGrath, Hysttsville; Judge
Thomas E. Freeman, Greenbelt
Mrs. William P. Starr, Hyattsville
OF the county Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs; H. Clay Whiteford
Hyattsville, College Park Rotary
Club; DR.. Jacob Waldman, Hyatts.
vile. Of the county B'nai Birth. and
Otis B. Dudrow. Hyattsville, of the
county Independent Trade Associa-
tion. 1t. McGrath and Judge Free.
man were chairman and secretary
respectively, of the Veterans Ad.
visory Committee, appointed by Coy
OConor.
The planning committee will
submit its report to an execu-
tive committee that includes rep
resentatives Of county patriotic
civic, church and other groups. I,
was emphasized that every county
organization is invited to name a
representative to the committee
Representatives of Federal Govern
ment agencies are cooperating with
the Service Council
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Alexandria, S Total Sales
Top Nations S Bond AVERAGE

Although sales Of E bonds are
almost 10 per cent under the ma
tional average in Alexandra, the
city's total sales are ~ per cent
above the National average. Sales
amount to $1,186,894, or 1914 per
cent of the $2,l75, 900 quota. An
drew w. Clarke, the city's Seventh
War Loan chairman, said today.
Sales of E bonds total 1854, Sal so,
with other sales as follows: F.
s43,752.50; G, $189 900; c and I,
$135, 900; bonds No. so, $26, 900; bonds
No. 1862, $141 500; bonds No. ST.
u, $4,000; savings notes, $51 1000.
MIR. Clarke called attention to
the fact that purchasers of bonds
in booths and at banks in the city
may receive tickets to the city pre-
miere of Billy Roses Diamond
Horseshoe" at the Reed Theater
on June 81.
Bonds purchased at the Centre
Theater on Seminary road entitle
holders to tickets to tomorrow nights
showing Of National Velvet"
Evening star., 1945-06-12
.Warfie|d Doubts Law
Banning Inf|ammabIe
Textiles Is Feasible

Doubts concerning the feasibility
of any District regulation banning
the sale of inf1ammable textiles were
expressed yesterday by Deputy Fire
Marshal R. A. Warfield, who said
that such a regulation would be al
most impossible to enforce.
The question arose after a number
of children had been burned in the
Washington area by a certain type
of cowboy suit. The corporation
counsel's Office submitted an opinion
to Capt. Warfield's Office stating the
District had the power to promul-
gate safety regulations regarding
the sale of goods.
II such regulations were adopted
it was pointed out, the city woulc
have to set up its own testing bu-
reau, the burden of examination
would be expensive and the tasi
would be too great for present per.
sonnel. They would also require
visits to retail and wholesale store.
for inspections.
Capt. Warfield said such regula
ton had proven unsuccessful il
California, and thought a bette
plan was District support of pend
ing legislation to ban highly inf1am
mable goods from interstate com
merce. New York chemists are re
ported to be developing a testin
machine which will be demonstrate
at House hearings on. the bill. A
present, he said there was no al
proved method of testing infiam
inability of textiles 8 80 ,2-
|, Capt. Warf1eid said he believe
the bill to ban such goods from in
terstate commerce would halt tn
problem at its source.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Virginia COP Leaders
Will Meet Thursday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LURAY. Va, June 12.-Virginis
Republican leaders will meet al
Mountain Lake Thursday and Friday
to appoint committees and draft .
program and resolutions to be pre.
sented to the State convention wi1er
1t meets at Roanoke on June 80.
I. r. Dovel Of Luray, State GOr
chairman, will preside.
Committees for the study OF
schools, election laws, workmens
compensation, courts, welfare and
pensions viii be named, accordine
to Mr.. Dovel. A committee to draft
the State COP program also will be
named at the meeting, which starts
at pm. Thursday.
Among those invited to attend
the Mountain Lake meetineA are
Miss Anna r. Hedrick, Arlington:
Carl A. Marshall, Washington. 8. G..
and John Locke Green, Leonia Gil
bert and Kenneth Livingstone, all Of
Arlington :
Evening star., 1945-06-12
lsNRstoni;uq
&Rsmmdery6

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
W.. W., X-2, Y-2 and z-2 re-
main valid through September
80; stamps E-2 through J-2 good
through June 30; stamps K-2
through P-2 good through July
81. Stamps o. through U-2 valid
through August 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4. stamns
D-1, Ell, FL. G-1 and HI re-
main valid through September
80; stamps Ma through So good
through June 30. Stamps T-2
through x-2 good through July 81.
Stamps w.. Z-2, AL, B-1 and
C-1 valid through August 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp No. 36 valid for s
pounds through August 81, Next
stamp valid September /.
Gasohne-A-15 coupons are valid
through June al. B-6, C-6, B-7
and CT coupons good. for 5 gal
Ions each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3
in Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each. An as-yet-
unnumbered shoe stamp becomes
valid August 1.
Fuel Ofl-Periods /, 2, 3. 4 and S
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. All
currently valid coupons, except for
serially-numbered coupons of def !.
mite value, will expire August s.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Civic Center
For Hyattsvi||e
Under Study
AieI|o Says Building
Could Be Erected
For $3.50, 900

Mayor E. Murray Cover last night
named a committee to study posi-
bility OF constructing a Hyattsville
municipal center to house all city
departments.
Councilman Caesar l.. -Aiello esti.
mated that center could be con-
structed for approximately $3.50, 600
adding that the cost might be raised
through Federal grant and bono
issue.
Council members pointed out that
the city has grown SO rapidly during
the last few years that the present
municipal building is outmoded.
Those named to the committee
were Mr.. Aiello. chairman, and
Councilmen David M. Jameson
Robert T. Pitt and Claude N
Da 7is, jr.
The council voted to urge the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad to stor
more fast trains in Hyattsville. II
also was announced that the Law
under which a retirement system
for city employees can be set UP will
become effective January /, 1947.
County Police Supt. Ralph Brown
and Mrs. John J. Fainter. Hyatts.
vile, asked the council for its co.
operation in establishing a recrea
ton center for young people ir
Hyattsville. They suggested thai
the building in Magruder Park, the
city recreation center. might be en-.
larged for dances and other &C.
tivities.
The Prince Georges Bank anc
Trust Co. told the council OF con.
verting the lot opposite its present
parking space into an aditiona
parking lot.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Alexandra Police Arrest
Two Men Loading Whisky

Alexandria police arrested two
perons early today as they were
loading 103 cases of whiskey on a
truck from garage in an alley In
the 1000 block of King street.
Police said the men were arrested
when Corpls. Ronald Miller and
George Embrey who were cruising
IN the area, noticed the activity in
the alley. They said 73 cases of the
whiskey had been loaded.
Then men, charged with illegal
interstate transportation of untaxed
whiskey, were listed as Wilbur C.
Wills, Is, OF Route 3, Alexandria, and
Fred w. Kemper, 20, of ia South
Fairfax street, Alexandria. They
were held on $500 bond each pending
a preliminary hearing.
Police said the whiskey, all lead
ing brands, was turned over to A.
K. Bryant, Virginia Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board enforcement
officer, and was stored at the ABC
store at King and Payne streets. The
whiskey did not bear Virginia tax
stamps, they said.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Evangelical Synod Told
OF Membership Decline
BY the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press.
FREDERICK, Md, June IA
decline in membership during the
last year, as compared with the pre-
vious year, was reported to the Pc.
tomac Synod of the Evangelical and
Reformed Church yesterday by DR.
John L. Barnhart of Baltimore
Synod president.
DR.. Barnhart, who spoke at the
opening session of the three-day
meeting at Hood College, said the
Synod now had 24,489 communicate
members, 209 below the figure for
the previous year. Sunday school
membership had declined 1,18O, he
continued, although average attend
ance was up 1920.
Contributions increased $6 900 over
the previous year, DR.. Barnhart re-
ported.
He said the Service Center in Bal
timore, as OF June 7, had enter
tanned 17,718 servicemen. Twenty
four churches cooperate in opera
ton of the center.
Sessions will continue through
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Madden Favors Increase
In Naval Academy Cadets

Acting for the Naval Affairs Com
mittee, Representative Madden
Democrat, Of Indiana has fled q
favorable report with the House on
the bill to raise from S to Is the
number Of District youths. at the
Naval Academy.
The increase is warranted "as a
matter OF justice" the committee
said, commenting that the District
population now exceeded that OF
five States having Is midshipmen
at Annapolis. These are Arizona
Delaware, Nevada, New Mexico and
Wyoming.
Two amendments were added by
the committee. One requires that
candidates named from the District
must have at least five years ac-
tual residence here Immediately pre-
ceding nomination. The other
spreads the additional 10 nomina-
tions equally between 1916 and 1947.
Passage of the bill was recom-
mended by H. Struye Hensel, acting
for Navy Secretary Forrestal.
Similar legislation has been re-
ported favorably by the Senate Ma
val Affairs Committee. =
Evening star., 1945-06-12
0PA Order for Shift
OF Mrs. Goss Protested

Declaring it is obvious" that the
action of the OPA District of1ice in
Roanoke in demanding the trans.
fer of Mrs. Beulah S. Goss. price
panel executive OF the Arlington
Ration Board. was taken without
foundation or investigation" the
Fort Myer Heights Citizens Associa.
ton has unanimously adopted a res.
olution calling for the reopening OF
the case. Mrs. Goss resigned as q
result of the transfer demand.
Asserting that the local price pro-
gram rests almost entirely on Mrs
Goss' endeavors," the resolution re-
quested that the director of the
Roanoke Office personally interview
all persons concerned and those who
can give unbiased testimony.
Copies Of the organizations action
were sent to Chester Bowles, ma
tional administrator OF OPA: Ber-
nard Goodwin, director of the Roa-
noke Office; John De Lashmutt,
Arlington board chairman; Senator
Byrd and Representative Smith of
Virginia.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Attendant at Farley
To Address Church Group

Marcus Cohn, Washington at
torney who represented the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee at the San
Francisco Conference, will speak on
San FranciSco-Success or Failure
June 20 in the Washington Street
Methodist Church, Alexandria.
Mr.. Cohn, who lives at Presiden-
tial Gardens, Alexandria, will speak
under the sponsorship of seven
members of the Alexandria Minis
terial Association.
Sponsors of the meeting are DR..
Ernest Frederick Campbell, pastor
of the First Baptist Church; DR..
'Hawes Palmore Clarke, Washington
Street Methodist Church; the Rev.
Thomas A. Fraser, jr., st. Paul's
Episcopal Church; the Rev. B. B.
Conner Lille, Christ Episcopal
Church; the Rev. Fred v. Poag,
Second Presbyterian Church; DR..
Hugo Schiff, Temple Bethel, and
the Rev. Merrill Yoh, Grace Epis-
copal Church.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
One Killed, Three Injured
In Virginia Freight Crash
By the Associated Press.

DS INC ASsOCldteQ treSS.
ROANOKE, Va, June 12.-One
trainman was killed and three 9TH
ers injured yesterday when a Nor
folk and Western Railway fast
freight crashed into a local freight
shifting empty box cars into a sid
ing near Bedford.
Glen c. High of Roanoke, con-
ductor of the local freight, was
killed when he was pinned beneath
the wreckage. Railway officials said
Mr.. High had jumped when he saw
the fast freight bearing down on
him, but the ensuing crash caught
him as he tried to run clear. A
wrecking crew worked about an
hour and a half before it was able
to extricate his body.
Raymond D. st. Clair, brakeman
on the local, and Henry Parrish,
fireman on the local, were injured
and taken to Bedford hospital.
Later both were removed to Roa-
noke for further examination. B. E.
Kesler. fireman on the fast freight.
was scalded.
G. H. Tabor, general manager of
the N. & w. operating department,
said a signal was apparently clear
Tor the eastbound fast freight,
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Alexandra Jury Indicts
Man in Assault ATTEMPT

A special branch grand jury called
by Judge william P. Woolls of the
Alexandria Corporation Court, today
returned true bill indicting Clifford
Nathaniel Smith, colored, on charges
OF burglary and attempted criminal
assault.
The jury was called at the request
OF Detective 1t. Russell Hawes OF
the Alexandria police, who said
there have been many recent reports
of colored man attempting to enter
ground-hoor bedroom windows.
In a recent case, the woman in
volveo said she was able to identify
the man and her testimony this
morning resulted in the indictment
Evening star., 1945-06-12
New Warning Issued
On Spotted Fever

A new warning against Rocky
Mountain spotted fever, which has
already struck four persons in the
Washington Metropolitan Area. was
issued by the Health Department
yesterday. which pointed out that
the disease Is expected to reach its
peak in the next two months.
A 7-year-old colored child from
Laurel, Md, died last month at
Freedmen's Hospital, and one local
resident, Mrs. Zen Berry. 43, of 1906
Naylor road Sc, was reported by
the department to have been treated
in April at Providence Hospital and
to have recovered.
Two other cases, in Prince Georges
County, were reported by DR.. John
M. Byers, county health officer. He
said a 5-year-old Upper Marlboro
boy and 4-year-oid Oak Lawn girl
were stricken. The Oak Lawn child
already has recovered, he said, and
the boy is recovering at Children's s
Hospital.
Since the first warning was issued
in April, approximately 5000 persons
have been vaccinated in this area.
The number has exhausted the sup
ply of vaccine, provided by the
United States Public Health Service
and distributed to private physi-
clans.
DR.. James G. Cumming, head of
the Bureau for Preventable Diseases,
who said the supply of vaccine is ex-
hausted, urged persons in wooded
areas to be on guard, particularly
persons having children. He said
constant vigilance is the best pre-
caution. pointing out it takes six
hours for tick to infect a person
and that children should be in
spected at regular intervals through
out each day.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Maryland Farmer, 81,
Dies Of Injuries
When Hit by Truck

Charles Albert Scaggs, 81, re-
tired farmer for whose family
Scaggsville, Md. was named, died
last night in Emergency Hospital
two hours after being struck by a
truck. He was living with his
daughter, Mrs. Minnie B. Gates, at
3725 Ninth street NV.
The accident occurred at Georgia
avenue and Otis place NV. just
after Mr.. Scaggs stepped off a street.
car platform. according to police.
The truck driver, police said, was
William B. Davis, %, colored of the
800 block of Nineteenth street NE
He will appear at an inquest later
Mr.. Scaggs was born in Wheeling
w. Va, and as young man came
to the site in Howard County, Md.
which later was named for his fam.
lily. He farmed there for many
years.
Besides Mrs. Gates, survivors are
four sons, Harvey, Arthur and Her.
bert of Laurel, Md, and CORTLAND
a sergeant in the Army. and one
sister, Mrs. Lemuel Welsh, also OF
Laurel. Funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
The death was the 40th traffic
fatality of the year in the District
as against Al this time last, year.
In an accident early today, Mis-.
Tillie Seesce, 10, OF 1446 Duke street
Alexandria. Va. suffered a possibl,
back fracture. when a taxicab il
which she was passenger was Ii
collision with an automobile a
Sixth street and North Carolin;
avenue Sc. police reported. Sh,
was admitted to Providence Hos.
pital where her condition is un.
determined, attendants said.
Mrs. Ann E. Hendley, 80, of l72s
N street NV, suffered cuts anc
bruises yesterday afternoon when
struck by an automobile at Con-
necticut avenue and K street NV
She was admitted to Emergency
Hospital and her condition was
described as good today. Police said
the automobile was operated by
Maude H. Schnopp. 40, of Rockville,
Md.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Two Toxicob Companies
Merge in Alexandria

A merger Of Alexandria's two
largest taxicab companies, the yell
low and the Victory Cab Co.'S, was
announced yesterday by Sidney
Wheatley OF the Victory and Thomas
Harrell of the Yellow Cab Co.
The Yellow Cab Co. is the larger
OF the two, with more than 40 cabs
The. most recent estimate of the
number OF cabs operated by the
Victory Cab Co. was II.
. The merged company will have
representatives at the meeting oi
the City Traffic Board Friday te
make application for q central cal
location and . system of stands.