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mrs. John P. Horine
|Of BeuIIsviIIe Dies

Mrs. John P. HORNE, IS, OF Bealls-
vile, Md. died Saturday at Fred
erick City Hospital after an opera
ton.
In addition to her husband, who
is a farmer, she is survived by q
son, Douglas HORNE, Buck Lodge
Md; two grandchildren, three sis
ters and four brothers. The sisters
are Miss Alice Douglas of Strasburg
Pa, and Mrs. Pearl Rockwell and
Mrs. Della Pryor of MercerSburg,
Pa. The brothers are Vern, Ray.
Blair and Dorne Douglas, all of
Strasburg.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow at the Hilton
funeral home at Barnesville, Nd,
with burial in Monocacy Cemetery
at Beallsville.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
PIunkeH 10 Use Radio
In Race for Governorship
BY the Associated Press.

oy tuc hScOCiAtSO EIcS3.
RICHMOND, Va, July 3o.-Moss
A. Plunkett, Roanoke, candidate fol-
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor. will begin a series of State
wide broadcasts with an address al
10 o'clock tonight from station
WTAR In Norfolk, according to an
announcement yesterday by David
C.. George, campaign manager.
His next address will be delivered
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow over station
WITHIN at Danville. Other broad
casts are scheduled from Lynch
burg, Washington, Richmond and
Roanoke.
Mr.. Plunkett returned yesterday
to his headquarters here following
a three-day tour of Northern Vir-
ginia, which included speeches In
Alexandria and Fairfax.
The campaign manager expressed
keen satisfaction with the progress
Of the campaign and predicted that
Mr. Plunkett would poll 5000 votes
in the primaries August Z.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
District Womun Names
Super DESTROYER Wood

A Washington woman yesterday
|christened new superdestroyer,
the William NJ. Wood. named for
her grandfather, who was Mexi-
can War hero and later headed the
Nays Bureau Of Medicine and
Surgery. She is Mrs. Joseph p.
Tracy, .2126 Connecticut avenue
NV.
The new vessel Is Of 1850 tons
displacement, heavily gunned, and
powered to speed with the biggest
fiat tops. the Navy said. The de-
stroyer was launched at Port New
ark. N. j., at the United States
Steel Corps. Federal shipyard.
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FromOur
|Leonordtown

BY GEORGE MORGAN KNIGHT

ny oESAsoG NNonOhIN hlNAoHA
Jr.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, July 30.-
There is a mother plymouth rock
hen at the Knight residence chicken
yard in this city, who has managed
to beat the law of Averages, and
over come the firing OF the Naval
guns at the Dalghren, Va. and the
Compton, Md. Ack Ack proving
grounds and come in with Is baby
chicks. So there must be she feels
something really magic about the
number 13. She stole her nest as
the many other hens have done,
who have come in with from two
to three, but this old sbiddy has
proudly brought forth some 13 black
fuzzy peeping chicks. But the worse
difficulty she has had to face is the
continual rain fall of the past few
weeks, day in and night out, the
rain has fallen, and she has lost
three of her precious brood of chicks
as a result. But she lives In hopes
OF raising these ten, now strong
and good eaters. The firing of the
Naval guns has SO rocked the sur
rounding area here, that farmers
nave been unable to have MANY
large broods chicks as q result OF
the almost constant conclusions of
the guns fire all along the once
quiet Potomac River"
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Ry 1hc Askociated press.

ST. CHARLES. Va, July 30.-A
cry that their religious freedom had
been violated went up from hill
country cult of snake handlers
today after State troopers burst into
their rites and killed four of their
reptiles
What are our sons in the Army
fighting for anyway" shouted cult
leaders at yesterdays interruption
of their ritual. propounded as a
demonstration of faith based on the
Scriptures.
Preachers of the cult at the after
oon-long ceremony dwelt at length
on the comment of an unidentified
soldier wearing ribbons and medals
who. before the officers intervened
walked up to them and asked:
What are we fighting for? This
is dictatorship"
Governor Sends Troopers.
The troopers were sent by Gov
Darden acting on a ruling of At
torney General A. P. Staples that
the snakes were a menace to public
safety just as mad dog might be
They went into action when cult
ist went to an automobile parked
in the roped- of snake arena be-
tween two mountains and pulled out
a mass of writhing copperheads and
rattlers.
A crowd OF 5000 gathered from
Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia
looked on spellbound. Frenziec
shouting cultists stretched up theiI
arms and in a moment a half dozen
of them were fondling the snakes
and wrapping them around theil
necks.
Their clubs raised, the officers
moved in among the men, women
and youngsters fighting to get tc
the snakes.
They dragged of a few snake
handlers, made them drop theil
reptiles and killed the snakes. They
took two to the highway and made
them turn loose snakes they hae
concealed under their shirts.
Plan New Ceremony.
Four snakes were dead when the
melee was over, but the cultists
managed to save at least two fol
a later meeting. They Immediately
announced that a new ceremony
would be held next Sunday with
plenty of snakes.
The leaders went ahead with theil
exercises, holding flaming torches tt
their open mouths-another ritua
in their faith-healing creed. The!
also claim to gulp down poison Al
test of faith, quoting as a justifica,
ton the 18th verse of the 10th chap
ter of st. Mark, which reads:
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Annapolis Split.
On Reaction 10
St. John S Sale
Businessmen Favor
Navy Acquisition;
Women May Protest
By CASPAR NAMES,

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 30.-Re-
action among residents Of Annapolis
to the Senate Naval Affairs Com
mittee's approval Saturday of the
Navy Departments request to ac-
quire st. Johns College varied
widely today.
Among the committee Of 100
women which last week went to Gov.
O'Conor in an effort to stop Navy
acquisition of the old college, there
was move today to force the Gov
ernor, the Board of Public Works
and the Representatives of Mary
land in Congress to demand that
Congress investigate the plan.
The movement still was tentative
and no definite plans had been
made.
DR.. Stringfellow Barr, president
of st. Johns had no comment to
make today on the Senate Commit
tees action. He said Saturday the
committee decision was a shock"
to him.
Businessmen Of the town, ac-
cording to Clarence Tyler. president
of the Chamber of Commerce, gen.
orally were pleased with the de-
cision.
Mr.. Tyler emphasized that their
approval was mainly economic, and
that every one in town had the
highest regard for st. Johns COL
lege and its administration.
Mr.. Tyler said the town had
anticipated a proposed expansion Of
the Naval Academy and had sew
eral prospective plans ready. Two
Of them, he stated, would provide
for housing needed under an en-
larged Naval Academy. He pointed
out that the area around Annapolis,
which is not considered part of the
voting city, would be able to ham
die the increased population.
The Chamber of Commerce head
said the businessmen of the town
feel that increased business result
ing from a Naval Academy expan-
sion was of prime Importance to a
community whose major industry
Is the Academy.
Mr.. Tyler explained the town
has facilities to take care of a
program of expansion for many
years. He said the city has blue
prints to double the water supply
and also has made provisions to in
crease sewage facilities.
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|Air-Ruid Wurdens Given
Awards at Final OUTING

The Kingman Park air-raid war
den service yesterday held q COM
munity get-together In Langston
Terrace Court as its final program
as an organization.
Max G. Schwartz, chief air-raid
warden in the District, before the
ONCE of Civilian Defense was OH
cially dissolved, told the group to
switch from OCD duties to COM
munity work, directing its services
to problems arising in the area.
Three hundred and nifty members
of the organization were awarded
certificates of merit,
Evening star., 1945-07-30
Lund Buck From Visit
With Trumun in Potsdum

Vice Admiral Emory s. Land,
u. 8. NJ. retired, chairman of the
United States Maritime Commission
and war shipping administrator, ar
rived at National Airport at $3.50
pm. yesterday from Potsdam, Ger
many, where he said he went to
confer with President Truman.
The admiral. who was at his desk
today, would not discuss the sub
ject Of his conferences.
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Maryland Democratic UniI
To Pledge Aid 10 0'Conor
Hy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July 30.-A Mary
land Democratic organization unit
will meet August II. and, in the
words of its chairman, adopt a
resolution pledging loyalty and
wholehearted support to Gov.
O'Conor for any elective office that
he seeks"
Delegate J. Raymond Burlington,
Democrat, of Baltimore outlined
that plan for the Govans Demo-
cratic Club yesterday.
Observers have reported that the
State political organization is con-
sidering supporting the Governor
for the Democratic senatorial NOM
nation at the primaries next June
The Governor has not disclosed
his plans. Senator Radcliffe, DEM
ocrat, of Maryland, whose term ex-
pires in 1916, has announced he will
seek reelection.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
Donovan Resigns Office
Of FuIls Church Counsel

John A. K. Donovan. Falls Church,
today announced that he has re-
signed rs attorney for the town.
Mr.. Donovan, who has repre-
sented Falls Church as attorney
since 1889, said that his resignation
was made necessary by the press
OF private business and other de-
mands on his time.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
Chevy Chase Officer
Had Role in Savinq
|0f Stricken Carrier

Several Washington area men fig
ured in the colorful Pacific war
history Of the aircraft carrier In
trepid, which was made public by
the Navy Department today while
two of her crew members from the
District area were named as having
received decorations for their part
in her actions against the Japanese.
Comdr. Charles B. Lanman of
1904 Montgomery street, Chevy
Chase. was navigation officer of the
Intrepid when, after being torpe-
doed of Truk, she made her way
to Pearl Harbor for repairs, using
a quickly rugged sail and other nau-
tical improvisations.
A native of the District. Comdr
Lanman is the son of Maurice H.
Lanman, who lives at 61o Ritten-
house street NV, an assistant to
the Attorney General. The officer
was graduated from Central High
School In 1927 and entered the
Naval Academy that year.
After graduating from the acad-
emy in 1882 he had various assign
ments before returning to Wash
ington in 1941 as an aide to Ad-
miral Ernest J. King. He left here
for his present assignment aboard
the Intrepid.
Skipper From Arlington.
Skipper Of the Interpid when sht
was attacked by Japanese suicide
plane of Luzon last October wa!
Capt. Joseph F. Bolger, who for.
merly lived at 1918 Sixteenth street
north, Arlington, Va. Mrs. Bolgel
nov resides in Coronado, Calf.
Awarded a Purple Heart for in
juries received when the carrier wa.
damaged by Jap plane during th'
battle of Leyte Gulf was Seamr
1/c Thomas Anthony Hanley of 112'
Oates street NE, Washington.
Seaman Hanley, 10, and a veteran
Eof more than year of sea duty, Il
Ethe son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Han.
|ley of the Oates street address.
former Mckinley High School stu
dent, he was employed by tn,
Washington Terminal Co. befor,
entering the service in October, 1g43
He has informed his family tina
during the Jap attack on the In
trepid he was hit in the arm, -thl
hip and the left side. He has, nor
recovered and returned to action.
Awarded a Bronze Star for vslol
in the same action was Aviation
Machinist Mate SIC Winston Sperr,
Goodloe of 1113 Thomas street
south, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
Wife Dies Of Tick Bite,
Husband Is Stricken

A half hour after a mother of
three children died at Leland Me-
mortal Hospital, Riverdale, from
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, her
husband was admitted suffering
from the same disease.
The woman, Mrs. Ellen Brady,
"a, died Saturday night-1l days
after she became ill. Meanwhile,
her husband, Herbert, about 38, is
in fair" condition, according to hos
pital authorities.
They said the two were bitten by
ticks in separate walks through the
woods near the Red Top Riding
Stable on Ager road near Riggs
road, where they were employed as
caretakerS.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
U. 5. Plans Sale Of Surplus
Building, Farm Supplies
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, July 30.-A syn
chronized spot" sale of surplus con-
struction and farm equipment will
be held by the Once of Surplus
Property's Region 3. August II at
Timonium.
L. B. Souder, district property
ofiicer for the region which includes
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania, said all the articles would
not be brought to Timonium, but
might be- inspected beginning We'd
nesday at the following locations:
Maryland: Engineer Depot, III
monium; Edgewood Arsenal, Aber-
deem Proving Ground, Fort George
G. Meade, Army Service Forces Sd
Service Command, Frederick.
Virginia: Franklin, Norfolk Navy
Yard, Camp Pickett, Fort Belvoir,
Commerce Department Warehouse
and ASF Depot, Virginia State
Highway Department, Richmond; |;
Yorktown and Fort Eustis.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
Navy Ship Rescues
Alexandra Flyer
From Jap Waters

Aviation Radioman Harry A.
Leake, jr, "a. of 27l8 Duke street,
Alexandria, Is one of three Navy
flyers boldly rescued in Jap home
waters by an American warship after
their plane had been struck by anti
aircraft fire, the Associated Press
reported today.
The rescue was made on Friday,
July 13, after the vessel steamed
near the Honshu coast and shelled
a lighthouse and shore battery with
its 5-inch guns.
The Navy permitted the story to
be told today by the three flyers,
who comprised the crew of a Navy
Avenger torpedo bomber. The plane
was hit after it dropped two bombs
on a 4,0Oo-ton freighter and two on
another ship.
Besides Radioman Leake, the
other men rescued were Ensign Bur-
ton N. Noah, 20, of Minneapolis, the
pilot, and Aviation Ordnanceman
Charles w. Hester, 20, of Greenville,
S. c., the gunner. They are all en-
route to the mainland for leave, the
Navy announced.
Ensign Noah said the plane sank
40 seconds after he made a water
landing. They were in Tsugaru
Strait, between Honshu and Hok-
kaido, and only a mile and half
from Hokkaido, when they boarded
their rubber liferaft, but before they
were rescued, 18 hours later, wind
and current had carried them east
ward to the sea.
Radioman Leake was born in AL
exandria and graduated from Lee
Jackson High School in 1888. He
attended Emory and Henry College.
in Emory, Va, for year and was
employed in the Washington Navy
Yard before enlisting in September,
1943. He went overseas few
months ago. His father is an engi-
neer for the Southern Railway
Evening star., 1945-07-30
Judge PadgeH, Masonic
Leader in Virginia, Dies
by the Associated Press.

MARION, Va, July 30-Judge
]. c. Padgett, of Independence past
master of Masons in Virginia and
prominent Grayson County attorney
died at Lee Memorial Hospital here
yesterday.
Survivors include his widow and
one daughter, Mrs. x. Kirk, of
Akron, Ohio.
Judge Padgett, at the time of his
death, was president of the Grayson
County National Bank of Inde-
pendence and teacher of the Inde-
pendence Methodist Church Bible
class.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. wednesday at the Inde-
pendence Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
|Virginions in Services
Return 2,125 Ballots
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, July 30.-A total
Of 2,125 marked ballots were re-
turned by servicemen and women
to the Virginia War Voters Com
mission through Saturday and 9.052
applications for ballots were re-
ceived, according to an announce
ment by John S. Carlton. chief clerk
of the commission. d
Ballots to military personnel over
seas will be sent until tomorrow,
and to those stationed in the
United States through August 1, he
said.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
Jimmie Walker Treated
For Stomach AiIment

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 30.-James
j. Walker, former Mayor of New
York, is in Cedars of Lebanon Hos
pital for treatment of what physi-
clans described as minor stomach
ailmen.
They said the condition was re-
spending to treatment.
Mr.. Walker, now president OF a
phonograph record company, Is
spending a month here with his two
children. Mary Ann. 8, and Jimmy
II, aged 8.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
FoIIs Church Lions Club
Plans Moonlight Sail

The Falls Church Lions Club has
chartered the steamer Potomac for
moonlight boat trip at 8 pm.
Wednesday to raise funds for the
fall and winter recreation program
arranged by the Falls Church
Junior Recreation Association for
teen-age youngsters. The club
voted to support the program at
luncheon last week.
Fenner Hazelgrove, president of
the club, also has issue invitations
to about 200 disabled veterans at
Walter Reed Hospital to be guests
of the club.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
Caldwell to Speak

Louis G.. Caldwell, Washington
attorney. will address the Civitan
Club at 1890 pm. tomorrow at the
Mayflower Hotel. His talk will de-
fine administrative law in the Dis
trict.
Evening star., 1945-07-30
"A D. {. Men TO Report
For Induction Today

The following group Of A Wash
ington men have been ordered to
report for induction into the armed
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and its personnel and keep them
safe, and bring them home vic
torious."
It was Mrs. Roosevelt's first
public appearance since the death
of her husband.
Mrs. Roosevelt and other dig
nitaries, including Admiral Err
nest ]. King, Commander in Chief
of the U. S. Fleet, inspected the
ship after it was christened by
Mrs. John H. Towers, of Corona
do, Calf, wife of Vice-Admiral
Towers, Deputy Commander in
Chief, Pacific Fleet.
AS the carrier was floated in a
building dock, cheers went up
from thousands of navy yard
workers and American and Brit
ish sailors and ships in the har-
Dor sounded their whistles.
The Roosevelt was to have been
named the U. S. S. Coral Sea but
was renamed by the navy with
the approval of President Tru-
man. She is a sister ship to the
U. S. S. Midway and second in
the class of the worlds largest
strongest and fastest carriers.
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Giant Carrier Named For
Franklin Roosevelt Launched

New York-As American war
planes droned overhead in a
cloud-specked sky, the U. S. S.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, $4,000 ton
super carrier, was launched
yesterday in colorful but solemn
ceremonies.
'a' Navy Secretary James w. For
restal called for peacetime up
keep of the nations military pow
er as he dedicated the huge ship
to the aims of the late Command
er in Chief-win the war and
keep the peace.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, dressed
in mourning, attended the New
York Navy Yard launching and
in a brief talk said:
II know that my husband
would have felt very keenly and
appreciated the thought of having
this super-carrier given his name.
tits no secret that he loved the
navy and would have liked al
ways to be associated with it. He
would watch this ship with great
pride. So today I hope this ship
will always do it's duty in winning
the war.
Il pray God to bless this ship
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HITLER is AGAIN
REPORTED AS DEAD

New York-The British Broad
casting Company, in a report re-
corded at the CHS shortwave lis
tening station, said an unconfirm-
ed report had reached Stockholm
by way of Munich and Bern that
Hitler died at noon Sunday in
his underground headquarters in
the Tiergarten in Berlin with
propaganda Minister Paul Jo-
seph) Goebbels at his bedside ~
Another BIC broadcast, quoting
Stockholm dispatch, reported
that Hitler had suffered hem
orrhage of the brain and had been
left an invalid, Blue Network
monitors said.
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AMERICAN MOTHER OF
1916 HAS BEEN CHOSEN

New York-Mrs. Harper Sib-
ley of Rochester, N. Y, religious
leader, now serving as a consul
tant at the San Francisco Con-
ference, has been selected as "the
American mother of 1915" the
Golden Rule Foundation announc-
ed.
Mrs. Sibley is the mother of six
children. Her husband is bank
er and agriculturist and a former
president of the u. S. Chamber OF
Commerce.
The selection is made annually
by the foundations American
Mothers Committee in connection
with Mothers Day which this
year will be observed May Is.
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, mo-
Their of the late President, origin
ated the idea and was first hon.
orary committee chairman, the
foundation said.
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help win victory.
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Attention Called To Necessity
OF fascinating n. C.. Children

Raleigh. April 28-TuSesday,
May 1, was observed as Child
Health Day in North Carolina
and throughout the United States.
Programs this year emphasiz-
ed the Importance of seeing
that all children are immunized
against preventable diseases and
that all births are duly registered.
There are on the statute books
of North Carolina, it is pointed
out by the State Board of Health,
laws requiring the immunization
of all children against diphtheria
and whooping cough during their
first year of life, and forbidding
attendance upon any school, pub
lie, private or parochial, by I'M
immunized children. The 1915
Legislature passed a law which
bars all children from school at
tendance who have not been vac
cinated against smallpox. Here
tofore, this was left to Individual
counties. Under the new law, the
requirement becomes statewide.
During recent years the posses
sion of a birth certificate has be-
come increasingly important.
"How may I secure birth certi-
ficate?" is frequently asked
question.
Here is the answer. in simple
terms, from DR.. R. T. Simpson,
Director of the State Board of
Health's Division of Vital Stats
tics:
''If you were born after October,
1913, the chances are your birth
was reported at the time or short
lv after it occurred. To secure a
certified copy, send your request,
together with fifty cents-not in
coin but preferably by money Or
der if the request is made by
mail-to the Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics. State Board of Health,
Raleigh. If your birth was duly
reported, you will receive a certi-
fled copy of your certificate with
in a reasonable length of time.
If your birth is not a matter of
record, you will be notified and
told just how to proceed.
IF you were born prior to Oc-
tober, 1913, when the present
statewide registration law went
into effect, you are entitled, upon
oroDer proc IT, So cure what is
known as 8 del9-o9 firth certifi-
cate. To make application for this,
file request not with the State
Board of Health, h',t with +'o
register of deeds of the county in
which you were born together
with the sum of one dollar-5Oc
for filing and fifty cents for the
certified copy you will receive if
the proof of your birth meets the
requirements.
"Here is the proof you must
submit: Two items as to the date
and place, provided one was docu-
mented before you reached the
age of four years; otherwise,
three items. Of the item of proof
before you were four years old,
it may be any of the following: A
Bible record, entered at the tirae
of your birth, or before you were
four years old; your baptismal
record; personal letters concern
ing your birth, written before you
were four years old; baby spoon
or cup, with you name and date
of birth engraved thereon; a notar-
lied copy of the newspaper item
that was printed concerning your
birth, at the time.
'The second item of proof, of
the two required if one was be-
fore you were four years old, may
include your school record, if
that gives the date and place of
your birth; affidavits made by
those who have personal knowl-
edge of the date and place of your
Ias,.Al.
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GERMANS PLANNING
A POSTWAR PARTY

At the German Frontier New
plans for a postwar Nazi party
contemplate work by a directing
committee that will not get start
ed until five years after the end
OF hostilities, it was learned today
through reliable channels from
Berlin:
1t was decided to divide Ger