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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For Judge Constable
BY the Associated Press.


ELKTON. Md, Dec. 26.-Funeral
services for Associate Judge Albert
Constable, 4th, of the Second Judi
cial Circuit. who died in Phila-
delphia Monday, will be held here
tomorrow.
Judge Constable, who at 38 was
one of the youngest judges in Mary
land, had been in i'll health for six
months.
The son of the late Chief Judge
Albert Constable of the Second
Judicial Circuit, he was born in
Elkton May 2, 1907. He was gradu-
ated from Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute before taking his law degree
at the University of Maryland.
He was elected to the bench in
1912.
Judge Constable is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Phillis Richardson Con-
stable; his mother, two sisters and
two sons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Mr.. Jeff Retirinq
| As Bank Cashier
| After u Years

Special Dispatch to The Stai.
LA PLATA, Md, Dec 26.-Jeffer-
son D. Robertson, SO, assistant
cashier of the Southern Maryland
National Bank, will retire January
l after q years service with the
oldest financial institution in
Charles County. Survival of the
bank in 1888 is largely credited to
his banking ability. He never took
a vacation.
Mr.. jeff" as he is known in the
community, was guest of honor at a
banquet given recently by William
C. Turner, bank president, and at
tended by directors and employees of
the bank.
Asked what he planned to do after
retiring, Mr.. jeff" said: Raise
turnips. They were Is cents a pound
last fall and that's SIS bushel."
Before his association with the
bank, he was a farmer and con-
Quoted plumbing contracting
business in this area. He will remain
with the bank as director.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Pioneer Grange InstoIIs
Don Dunn as Master

Don I. Dunn, Annandale. has
been installed as master of the
Pioneer Grange, Falls Church. sue
ceeding Edwin Lynch. Other new
officers are:
Robert Bovee, overseer: D. r.
Beardsley, lecturer; Julian Slade,
steward; E. K Uhler, assistant
steward: Mrs. John Murphy, chap
lain; Mrs. Gladys Hartley, treas
urer; William Best, secretary; H. M.
CASTOR, gatekeeper; Mrs. Dunn,
ceres: Mrs. Bovee, flora; Miss Rae
Barefoot, lady assistant steward,
and Edwin Lynch, executive COM
mitteeman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
1,686GivenD DISCHARGE
On Christmas Day at
Meade, cambridge
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 26.-Honorable
discharges were given 1886 service
men at Fort Meade and the Balm
bridge Naval Training Station sep
aration centers on Christmas Day
Col. John P. Crehan. command
ing officer of the Fort Meade Sep
aration Center, said the men were
given their choice of taking a three
day pass on December % and COM
ing back for separation after Christ
mas, or staying on and going
through the discharge as scheduled
All the officers and about halt
the enlisted men took the pass,
the colonel explained, adding that
the GIG separated yesterday were
those who chose to remain
He said he believed most of this
group returned to homes in Mary
land, Virginia, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia before Yuletide fes-
tiyities were over.
At cambridge on Christmas Day
$50 naval men and 220 Marines were
discharged.
Most Of the men discharged live
within II hours travel time of this
post" a cambridge officer said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Baltimore Police Seek
Stranger Of Woman
Following Autopsy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2e.-Police
today sought the stranger of Mrs.
Dorothy Davis, whose battered body
was found in her Eutaw street
apartment by her mother.
Dr. R. Lee Graham, assistant Bal
timore medical examiner. said an
autopsy on the attractive 27-year-
old brunette left no doubt that 1t
was a homicide" He reported she
had been strangled.
Police specialized that Mrs. Davis
had put UP struggle against her
assailant after other residents OF
the apartment building said they
heard q banging on a radiator as
II some one were calling for help
Sunday.
Mrs. Jean Smith, Brooklyn Park
Md, went to her daughters apart
ment Christmas eve to keep a shop
ping engagement. She used her
key to enter the apartment and
discovered Mrs. Davis body on the
bedroom floor clad in a house dress
On table in the apartment was
note. signed Dorothy" which
said:
Dear mother: See you Christmas
Day"
Police Inspector William H. Min
items quoted Mrs Smith as say
ing. Il know who did this" She
said her daughter had told her a
man had threatened her life.
Mrs. Smith said her daughter had
been estranged from her husband
Wilbur r. Davis, Alexandria, La, for
about two years.
In Alexandria. Mr.. Davis mother
said she last heard from her son
a member of the maritime service,
in November, when he was en- route
to India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Attorney General
Braves Rain 10 Visit
Boys Training School

Attorney General Clark braved
the rain and slippery streets yes
terday to have a Christmas dinner
with the youths of the National
Training School and to discuss
plans for their we'll being. 1t was
Mr.. Clark's first visit to the school
since he became Attorney General.
Mr.. Clark told the boys at the
dinner that Il want to help you, If I
don't do anything else as Attorney
General" He declared they could
work together in getting jobs for
the boys.
During the dinner the Attorney
General, who was accompanied by
James V. Bennett, director of the
Bureau of Prisons, and A. Dewitt
Vanech, special assistant to the
Attorney General, was entertained
by colored choir singing Christmas
carols.
Mr.. Clark was taken on a tour of
the cottages where the ATS youths
live. On leaving he told the student
council he was coming to visit them
again.
Supt. Harold E Hegstrom said the
Attorney General remarked he was
surprised to find such good school -
The superintendent, however, de-
scribed some of the buildings as
fire traps" which should be replaced
by new ones. He also said the school
site should be located further from
the District.
Supt. Hegstrom noted that ap-
proximately 80 per cent of the
students are Washington boys con-
victed of violating District laws.
They are boarded at the school by
the District. The remainder are
youths from the States, convicted of
Federal law violations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26

ager OF WQXR
in New York, it
was announced
today.
Col. Hayes will
take over opera
ton Of the sta
ton, owned aby
the New York
Times, a b gu t
February J..
His wife Is
Evelyn n a y e S,
fashion editor of
The Star. They
have a 6-year-
old son, Jona-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Dairy Blast at Brentwood
Results in $4,000 Damage

Explosion of an ammonia COM
pressor in an ice machine at the
Maryland Farms Dairy, Inc, Brent
wood, yesterday resulted in damage
estimated by ]. B. Wright, man
ager, at 5000.
Thomas Jones, Brentwood, one of
II workers in the building at the
time. suffered a sprained ankle
when he jumped from the second
floor to escape from the gas fumes.
The other IL employees left the
building safely.
Volunteer fremen from Brent
wood and Mount Rainier put out
small blaze that resulted from
the blast. Firemen were forced to
use masks in entering the basement
where the ice machine was located.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Virginia Expects
100000 From
Tax on Trucks
State to Reinstute
z Pct. Levy Jan. !
Despite Protests
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Dec. 26-The 2 per
cent gross receipts tax on out-of-
State motor carriers, which Virginia
proposes to reinstate January l after
wartime suspension, despite pro-
tests of truck carriers in and out
side the State, involves revenue es-
timated at between 100000 and
$500, 900 a year.
State Corporation Commission
records show that during 1912, the
last year in which the levy was
collected from nonresident carriers
operating over Old Dominion roads.
truck operators in 10 States and the
District of Columbia paid the State
s22l, 667.47 under the 2 per cent tax.
Ofhcials estimate that present-dav
operations would boost the total per-
haps 100000 to $4,000.
During the three years the tax
has been lifted from the out-of-
State operators, the trucks in the
common carrier. contract and for
hlre categories operating within the
State have continued to pay it. For
the current year it is estimated their
combined gross receipts tax bill will
be approximately 100000.
Although the revenue involved in
the reciprocity abrogation contro-
Versy is considerable. Gov. Darden
and the Virginia Reciprocity Board
based their decision to re-impose the
tax not on the ground that the State
is losing money but on these two
arguments:
ID The suspension, effective since
January, ls43, was agreed to at the
insistence of the ONCE of Defense
Transportation, but only on a tenn
porary basis during the war.
~ Since interstate truckers have
been paying the tax all during the
war, reinstatement of the tax on
the out-of-State operations would
be only fair.
The collection figures from ths
Corporation Commission for 1912
give an indication of the extent to
which truckers in other States would
be affected. The list of collections
from out-of-State carriers by States
includes: Maryland s7.o21.65: Penn
sylvania, S6056.36; West Virginia.
s5.35367, and the District of Co.
lumbia, S4,619.93.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Grew of LIST 601 Plays
Role of Suntu Again
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PIeS.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 26.-LST COL
lists playing Santa Claus among its
official operations now-last year it
entertained Italian children at
Palermo. Sicily, and yesterday crew.
men gave a Christmas party for
children from st. Leo's Orphanage
in Baltimore.
About Is youngsters strewed the
decks with cracked nuts and Christ
mas wrappings, and nobody could
say who had the most fun. the chill
dren or the crew.
Gary Burns. 4. honorary Christ
mas member of the crew. was pre-
sented with two decorations. and 4
stuffed elephant on the side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Alexandra Names Leader
For Mile O Dimes Drive

Nicholas A. Colasanto will head
AleXandrias Mile o Dimes cana
paign, according TO James M. Dun
can, jr., chairman of the city's In
fantile Paralysis Committee.
Mr.. Duncan said no quota has
been established for the drive, which
is expected to open January Is. In
recent years, Clarence Hite has
acted as Mile o Dimes chairman, but
he was unable to take the position
this year because of i'll health.
Mr.. Colasanto, an attorney, has
been active in Alexandria civic and
charitable affairs for many years.
He is past president of the Lions
Club and secretary-treasurer of the
bar association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Rites for 1t. Williams
Arranged for Today
special Dispatch to The Star.


MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Dec. rs.
Funeral services were to be held
today at Trinity Episcopal Church
here for 1t. Guy H. (Pat) Williams,
jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy H. VIII
liams, who was killed last Friday in
an automobile crash near Richmond,
while en- route to Washington.
1t. Williams, an only son, was
manager of the Blackstone Hotel in
Washington before entering the
service three years ago. He was
scheduled for discharge in the next
several weeks. 1t. Williams also was
in motion picture theater manage
ment work in this area before going
to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Postal Workers
To De|iverlate
Yu|eMai|T Today
Telephone Co. Reports
IS, 900 Long-Distonce
Calls on Christmas

With the Christmas rush over
the Washington Post Office was back
to normal today, with full crews OF
assorters and postmen working on
what was described as tiny tail
end trickle" of holiday mail
Meanwhile. the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co. reported that
between $1,000 and $1,000 long dis
lance calls went out of Washington
exchanges yesterday. A spokesman
said a final tabluation may show
that last years all-time high of 3d.
600 calls might have been equaled
The usual late mail that came
In over Christmas will be delivered
today" Postmaster Vincent j. Burke
said. but some holiday parcels from
distant points will continue to tricklt
in for several days. However, i
will hardly constitute any volume,
Some Packages Burst.
Some improperly wrapped pack.
ages burst open, and these con.
tanned foodstuffs. wearing apparel
toys and other items intended a.
gifts. The Post Office will try tt
repair these packages before de-
livery. Also burst open were some
packages containing liquor which
has already destroyed ITSELF" Mr.
Burke explained
The postmaster also declared that
greeting cards sent with Ia cent
postage will be destroyed if unde-
lverable as addressed.
The telephone company reported
that although the long-distance
calls out of Washington were
handled as speedily as possible. some
calls were delayed as long as four
or five hours to Chicago, Atlanta
and Miami because circuits were so
busy.
Traffic looks like it might be
about the same as last year but until
We make complete tabulation we
cannot say if last years all-time
high has been equalled," the spokes-
man said
Many Left City.
He explained that 1944's record
definitely would have gone by the
board if so many people had not
left the city for the holidays.
The American Telephone ane
Telegraph Co.'S long-distance di.
vision in New York estimated thai
long distance calls throughout the
Nation averaged 81 per cent higher
The A. T. & T.. also reported some
delays of as high as 10 hours il
completing circuits.
1t sometimes required IS hours t.
complete connections between New
York and New Orleans, Indianapoli.
or Pittsburgh, and some calls be.
tween New York and Los Angeles
were held up for Is hours.
Largely from troops abroad in
coming overseas calls were reported
to be SO per cent higher than in
1914
The freight situation had eased
today, after the Christmas holiday
rush, railroad officials said.
Express in Good Shape.
The Railway Express Agency, Inc.
said that it was in good shape" anc
the work load is ahead of previou.
years" With normal days bust.
ness Of 20 railroad cars to be un.
loaded today, officials said that they
expected to be up to date by tomor.
row night"
Authorities at Potomac Yards sale
that there was no backlog there ane
that they we're lust a little above
daily operations" and the freight
load is being handled satisfactorily
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad off.
Gals made the same report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
BY the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, Dee. 26.-The
State Conservation Commission has
completed the job OF restoring and
otherwise correcting the "deplor-
able" condition in which it found
the Grave of Sarah Winston Henry,
mother of Patrick Henry, last spring,
Chairman William A. Wright re-
ports.
Plans also have been made to To-
cate, restore and mark appropri-
ately the last resting places Of other
distinguished Virginians, Mr.. Wright
added. An appropriation for the
purpose of doing this work in con-
nection with the forgotten and neg
lected graves of early Virginia lead
ers was voted by the last General
Assembly. 1t is planned to con-
centrate on this project next spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Army Flyer Escapes
Serious Injury in Crash
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey The Associated Press.
RECONNAISSANCE, Pa, Dec.
26.-An Army trainer plane, piloted
by 1t. A. J. Bryan, crashed miles
south of here yesterday. the lone
occupant escaping serious injury.
Corpl. U. F. English of the State
police said 1t. Bryan was flying
from Langley Field, Va, to Boiling
Field at Washington, and was
thrown of his course by a faulty
compass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Bursting Tank Breaks
Mons Leg, Disappears

~ VIC ASSUCIdleU FIenS.
LEADVILLE, Colo. - When Ru-
dolph Damjanovich gets we'll he's
going to look for the water tank
he built a fire under.
The tank, just outside his house,
froze. Fire created steam in it.
1t burst, breaking his leg.
His wife said no one in the
neighborhood could find a trace of
the tank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Mrs. Elizabeth EIenqen
To Be Buried Today

GERMANTOWN, Md, Dec. &c.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth
Elenger, u, who died Saturday at
her home near here, were to be
held today at the Ernest C. Cart
ner funeral home in Gaithersburg.
The Rev. William T. Cover, re-
tired Methodist minister of Gath
ersburg, was to of1ciate. Burial
was to be in the cemetery adjoin-
ing the Presbyterian Church at
Darnestown.
Mrs. Elenger had lived in the
Germantown community for 20
years. Her husband, Joseph A.
Elenger, died about 16 wears ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Mrs. Edna Watkins, "a,
Will Be Buried Today
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLAGETTESVILLE, Nd, Dec. rs.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary
Edna Watkins, "a, widow of Enoch
Watkins, who died Saturday in a
Baltimore hospital, we're to be held
today at Montgomery Methodist
Church here. Burial was to be in
the church cemetery.
Mrs. Watkins is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Albert Thompson,
Baltimore; sister, Mrs. Ira Cline,
Mount Airy, Md. and a brother,
Basil E. Monkey. Clagettsville. She
was lifelong resident of this vi
cinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Tire Rotionine Ends
January ! in Canada

By tnt ASSoCIdted PreSS.
OTTAWA, Dec. 26.-All tire ra-
tioning restrictions in Canada will
be removed January /. Munitions
Minister C. D. Howe announced to-
day.
Mr.. Howe emphasized that lifting
of tire rationing does not mean
present stocks are such that all de-
mands can be met Immediately.
Price controls on new and used
tires, tubes and retreading services
remain in force under the prices
board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Man, 70, Dies Of Burns
After Fall on Stove

James Eddy, 70, Of 736 Twelfth
street Sc, died yesterday in Cas-
ualty Hospital of burns on his arms,
face and the upper part of his body
which he suffered Christmas eve
when he fell on lighted gas stove
at his home, according to police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Col. John Hayes Named
To New York Radio Post

1t. Col. John S. Hayes, 100 Allan
road NV, who headed the Amer
lean Forces Network during the war,
has been appointed station man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Holiday Donce Planned

A holiday dance for members of
the. St. Johns Episcopal Church,
Broad Creek, Md, will be held In
the church hall at $50 pm. Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
Report

District of Columbia-Cloudy this
afternoon. Fair tonight and tomor-'
row with moderate temperatures.
Maryland-Fair and colder to-
night. Tomorrow fair and moder-
ately cold.
Virginia-Fair and colder tonight.
Tomorrow fair and moderately cold.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States rnast spd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26

Rises. Sets
Sun. today 1926 4:52
Sun, tomorrow 1871 4:52
Moon, today 12:0Sp.m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
CAPITAL (current month to datel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-11
EISENHOWER TO
HEAD FORCES in
PART OF GERMANY
FOUR ZONES TO BE CON-
TROLLED BY AMERICA.
BRITAIN. FRANCE AND
RUSSIA
my A-.os,.,.a Press,

tUy AASOttnBG0 rFe18t
W WASHINGTON, May IL.
Secretary Of War Stimson
announced today that Cen
eral Dwight Eisenhower has
been appointed to head the
forces of the United States
that will occupy a part of
Germans during the admin
istration of the affairs of
that country.
Germany will be divided
into four zones, one under
British control, another UNI
der American control, a third
France, and a fourth, Rus
STA, but what zone any OF
those countries will control
has not yet been announced.
General Eisenhower will
have IL departments under
him. One will be a military
intelligence division, which
will keep a close watch or
| the Germans to see that they
do not resort to any subver.
Sive acts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-11

On 100000 acres of state-owned
land in the Everglades, part of ii
in Monroe county, which has
been decided to federal govern
ment for 10 years, an Everglades
National Wildlife Refuge has
been established, and operations
there. will begin next Tuesday,
James Silver, regional director OF
the fish and wildlife service of
the United States Department of
The Interior, has announced from
his offices in Atlanta.
May Is two fish and wildlife
service men will take over juris
diction of the area, posting it and
establishing. a patrol. The men
will operatesfrom a cabin cruiser,
skiffs and cars. Later the service
SLAMS to send a plane to the area
for tpatrolling, and to increase
the number of men assigned to
the refuge.
Mr.. Silver made his announce
ment following a weeks survey
in the area which eventually will
be bounded on the north by the
Tamiami trail and will include
most of the tip of Florida. Most
of the territory is within the
Everglades National park project
Making the survey with him
were A. F. Miller, in charge Of
regional refugees; w. L. Towns
division of lands, and ]. V. Kel
sey, in charge of game manage.
| ment. Mr. Miller will have chargt
of the area and Mr.. Kelsey viii
4irect law enforcement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-11

LAND SOLD in
MURPHY SALE
NINETY LOTS ON FLORIDA
KEYS DISPOSED OF
THIS MORNING

Ninety lots in subdivisions on
Key Largo, Big Pine and Grassy
Key were sold at a Murphy sale
this morning by County Clerk
Ross Sawyer at the entrance to
the county courthouse.
The lots on Grassy are in what
is known as Grains subdivision,
which was developed by the
Grain brothers, who were born
in Key West but left here many
years ago.
Plat, showing the subdivision
was filed in the county clerks
office on June %. 1908, and
through H. A. Morton, a seasoned
real estate agent, acted as pro-
moter, the subdivision did moi
turn out to be success.
AT the northwesterly end of the
tract was constructed what wa:
called the "Old Grain Home
stead" and seven other house:
were built elsewhere on the trac
but later were abandoned.
Choice lots in the subdivision
on Grassy Key, as well as on Biz
Pine and Key Largo, had beer
selected several weeks ago b.
prospective buyers,gl1 200
,ie Among the out-of-town visitor
.9who came here for the sale wa
Mrs, frankie Emerson, who wa
a realty operator in the Florida
Keys DUNG the big boom and TO
several years before and aftersth
scrash in 1925.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-11
Suggested That Truman,
Churchill And Stain
Hold Proposed Meeting
In London

tBy Associated Pxesgl
LONDON. May lilo
cal newspapers today urged
sh@t ? conference be held
shortly BY President Truman
of the United States, Pre-.
Eier Stain of Russia and
Prime Minister Churchill OF
Great Britain.
II was suggested that the
conference be held in this
city. II was pointed out by
one paper that Churchill had
travelled far and wide to at
tend conferences and under
went many risks i'm his trav-
els. and the paper added
that the next conference
should be conducted here.
Radio Paris said today
that arrangements have been
made already for such a
conference. but that report
has not been confirmed by
either the government in the
United States, Russia or Eng
land.