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Evening star., 1945-06-10
HOUSES UkFURkIsHED.

1875 CHAPLIN ST. N.W.-Immediate pos
session lO-room house, oil heat, good
condition. $3.50 per month. Call RE. 41s7.
RUSSELL F. BARRETT IL
GOVERNMENT WORKER transferred New
YORK will exchange lease Virginia 6-room
modern brick house for 3-bedroom unfur-
GiShed house New York committing area.
Call Alexandria 2S76. IL.
BIG INCOMES AVE. Kensington. Md
First floor, private home, rooms nice
yard; S75 month, SH. 3632.
FOR RENT = Small Colonial 2-bedroom
unturnished house will be EXCHANGED for
rental Of one or two bedroom furnished
apartment IN Northwest Washing ton. Write
Box old Star
THREE BEDROOMS, bath. lv. rm.. dining
rm. and kit, on Md. farm. 20 miles from
adio,nine lake and stream stocked with
bass; $50; quick freeze locker nearby. Call
DE BOOB before S.ll q N.
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MOVING, PACKING and STORAGE

MOVING AND STORAGE. reasonable rates
VIII take your surplus furniture as part
Esyment on y9gr m9y!ns. EDELMAN ~ s
MOVING AND PACKING and Grating,
quick service, FRANK &; JOHNNIE NOV
ING. HO, 2125. MI. 5437.
AETNA MOVING g. STORAGE Co.-Loca!
snd lor distance No lob too large and
none too small II HOO
10000 SO. FIT. available for storage: clean
bright freproof bldg complete storage
service: very reasonable rates GE $500
MOVING AND HAULING - WILLIAM
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ROOM WITH BOARD WANTED.

GOOD HOME wanted for boy, 6 years old:
dqring SUMNER; refs Box 345-Y, Star,
and board in private home preferably
in D C or close to- no small chill
dren. 46o3 29th ST. Apt. l, Mt, Rainier
Nd l0'
BY LADY, Govt emp. near 14th and De-
catUr nv. Box 3+i-D. Star
ELDERLY WHITE GENTLEMAN desires
room, with board In suburbs. Box Bed,
Star.
DESIRE FOSTER HOME for > boys AGED
> and 3 during war, $50 mo. limit. Box
34a-D, Star. 10"
ROOM or small apt. for employed mother
and son S, board and care 70. child, IA.
1903. TO-
LADY Government employe desires single
bedroom, private family. upper 18th St or
Dupon. circle. CO 1905.
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FARM HOME in beautiful Shenandoah
Valley of Va. offers exceptional care for
. or 3 girls TO 10 yrs. age: reasonable;
local references. Call FIR. S467.
AVAIL. JULY Cool, quiet. restful farm,
IA mi. District line: references requested.
'fGROVEHILL" Brinklow, Montgomery
County, Md. Ashton 5242.
MOUNTAIN REST, modern, screened
porches. good food. So per day; GREYHOUND
bus service. Write or call MRS. O., M.
Gochenour. Edinburs, Va. Long dist.
SUMMER BOARDERS-Countryh home and
cabins: on q. s. No. H. miles south OF
Edinburg, Va, near river; own veSetables
milk and eggs: modern cows; Greyhoune
bus by door. Phone 70-J, or write Box lS
Edinburg, Va. Phone between and IL
4venings; no children under 10 years.
LOVELY country home near Warrenton
Scme % PRIVILEGES. M MIS-. c s0D' s. wooDWHRD HaFsS
. Marshall. Va. co Northwood Farm.
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APARTMENTS OUT OF TOWN.

NEW JERSEY-Attractivel
furnished three-room garden apartment
all transportation, June to Oc-
tober; sos Phone. reverse charges, Camp
Sheldrake InterIake. N Y
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APARTMENTS SUBURBAN.

RIVERDALE, 83ll 49th ave-Unfurn., 2
lge. rms, kitchen, bath: adults; S45 Call
10 to 3, WA. 7243.
ARLINGToN-studio living room, break
S75. Call Chestnut O94O after pm
FURNISHED APARTMENT on large coun-
try place. two adults; breakfast and Sun
day meals; S110 mo. Gaithersburs, Nd.
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APARTMENTS WANTED.

6 MONTHS RENT in advance-Veteran,
N essential INDUSTRY, and wife desire one
bedroom furnished apartment. Write Box
329-D, Star. H.
COLORED-Quiet family of adults
wishes a 3 or room unfurnished apt.
Call between and DU. 1929 14'
COLORED EMPLOYED people desire 3 or
4 rooms, unfurnished apartment. Call all
day Sunday, weekdays after 5, DE. 1873
son would like small unfurnished apt. no
objection to basement. NV. section. Call
MRS A MOODY DI Oo75
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ROW HOUSE, in River terrace ne hving
room bedcm. dinette. kit. and bath: bed
rm. retained bg owner. Box 305-D, Star. =
FURN. 2-bedrm hse, in Arlington, Va, for
2-bedrm. apt. or hse. in Hollywood or vic.
Box .2B5-h. Star l2s
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ExcHAkGE-HoUsEs. APTs.

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK
One-room apt. with kitchenette in ex-
change for equally attractive apt, or house,
large or small, in Washington EX. 4S31
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TABLE BOARD.
APARTMENTS FURNISHED.

BANCROFT HALL--Good home cooking
pleasant atmosphere. by week or month
81 mo. 1910 Conn. ave. NO. S594.
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SUBURBAN ROOMS.
COUNTRY BOARD.

ARLINGTON LADY will share home. with
two refined girls, nonsmoSers nondrink
ers Chestnut 36l9. S45-S50.
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APARTMENTS SUBURBAN,
APARTMENTS SUB. WANTED.

ALL MODERN furnished, three rooms
bath, cool dry basement. elec, refrg., $40
mo-; prefer couple, no children. 340S
Add ave, Colmar Manor. Brentwood, Md .
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ARLINGTON OR ALExANDRIA-Profes-
sional man and wife desire apt or house
no children or 1ets excellent care guar
anteed. Temple 3446. 10.
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MICHIGAN PARK. Near 18th and Taylor
ne Semidet. brick, 2 rms and bath, in
closed back porches; built-in garage, gas,
h-w.h. full basement. By appointment
only. Ma. 1918. Ewes. and Sundays TR.
32ll. Exclusive.
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362I NORTH 2Ist AVE. Arlington-ls ST.
floor sleeping rn., continuous h.w. . hlks.
from bus: $50 for or $40 for . GL. 1850.
60I WILSON LANE, BetheSda-Attractiv
room with garage; Sunday breakfast; S45.
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Evening star., 1945-09-03
Red Cross 10 Expand
Highway First Aid

With the upsWing in traffic deaths
noted in Washington and through
out the country since gas ratloring
was lifted August Is, the American
Red Cross has announced that its
highway first laid program is to be
strengthened and enlarged.
Between August IS and yesterday
three traffic deaths were recorded
in the District, while only one oc-
CURED between August Is and Sep
tember l, 1914 when rationing was
in effect, records show, To date
there have been Sc traffic deaths
this year in Washington, as against
SO for the corresponding period last
year.
Although the Nationwide network
of Red Cross roadway first-aid sta
tions was maintained to large
extent during the the war years
Chairman Basil O'Connor said, both
the stations and the flrst-ald mobile
units must be increased.
The National Safety Council and
40 other safety organizations in a
recent statement said they antici-
pated vast increase in traffic fatal
tiles and are attempting to bulid up
a more thorough safety program
the Red Cross pointed out, and
emphasized it will do it's utmost to
help with that program.
Red Cross highway aid stations
now number 2,177, and there are
1912 mobile first-aid units.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Holiday Drunks Here Equal
Average Monday Docket

The Labor Day holiday found no
more than the usual heavy Monday
morning docket of drunk and dis
orderly cases at Municipal Court. OF
90 lookup cases brought before
Judge Thomas D. Quinn in the Dis
trict branch of the court Sc faced
drunk or disorderly charges OF
these 80 were white men. IS colored
men, five white women and seven
colored women.
Although Judge Quinn dealt light
ly with some offenders. imposing S.
fines or fve-day Jail sentences in a
few cases, he refused to accept the
suggestion of Joseph Stephen Wood,
80, of the 300 block of E street NV.
that he pay $40 fine
The defendant told the judge he
had SIS and his sister would make up
the difference When he admitted
that his sister had paid his fine on
recent previous occasion the judge
ruled he was "a poor risk" and SEN
fenced him to IS DAYS straight time
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Thomas D. McLane Dies;
Retired D. T.. Fire CAPTAIN

Thomas D. McLane, 30, of 2125
Thirty second street Sc, retired
District Fire Department captain
will be buried in Mount Olivet Gem.
etery following requiem mass tc
be held at am. tomorrow at St
Francis Xavier Church. 2800 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc Mr.. McLane
died Friday in Sibley Hospital after
a long illness.
Mr.. McLane, a native of the Dis
trict. retired from the Fire Depart
ment Is years ago due to disability
He had been a fireman for Is years
and at the time of his retirement
was captain of No. 19 Engine Com
pany.
He was a parishioner at st. Fran
els Xavier Church and was a men,
Der of the Holy Name Society and
the Retired Firemen's Association
Surviving are three daughters
Miss Agnes E. McLane, Mrs. May T
Wilmington and Mrs Cecilia "
Ward, all of Washington His wife
Mrs. Mary M. McLane, died three
wears ago
Evening star., 1945-09-03
PIX at Camp Washington, D. c.,
Located Near Reims, Is Opened

The Army post exchange at Camp
Washington, D. c., the redeploy-
ment camp adopted by the Dis
trict Commissioners 25 miles from
Reims, France, has had its grand
opening with 5000 veterans of the
European fighting on hand to drink
beer, eat peanuts and gaze at the
murals.
According to reports reaching
here today from the headquarters,
Assembly Area Command, the high
ly decorated post exchange opened
August 20 with a 15-act vaudeville
show
A proclamation from the Com
missioners, the District flag and
pictures and other mementos of
the Capital gathered by the Great
er National Capital Committee of
the Washington Board of Trade and
by The Star had been rushed to
Europe by Air Transport Command
plane to give the camp-and par
tlcularly its post exchange in twin
buildings-the favor of the city for
which it was named.
Patio Separates Sections.
A patio separates dry and the
wet divisions of the post ex-
change and it was between the two
of them that the men, armed with
beer, soft drinks, ice cream, pea
nuts and cookies, gathered for the
stage show
AS for the decorations. a plaque
reproducing the letter sent to Camp
Washington by the Commissioners
appears on the front of the dry
PIX. The letter was also read to
the men from the stage by Col. S.
IS. Mclaughlin of Detroit, camp
commander.
The District flag, which had flown
in the board room of the District
Building, is placed against a blue
felt background on a wall of the
dry PIX.
A variety of colorful and humor-
Gus 5x7-foot panels flank the patio
walls. One of these is an oil paint
ing of the Capitol on which a Ger
man prisoner of war worked for 18e
hours. Matching this painting is
one of the Supreme Court Building,
done by another German prisoner
Other panels depict the history of
Washington. the Supreme Court
Building, the burning of the Capt.
tai, the building of the White House
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, September 3.
Historic Frederick, burial place of
Francis Scott Key, composer of
The Star Spangled Banner" and
KEY point in the French and Indian
and Civil Wars, marked its bicen-
tennial today
This communitys $4,000 residents
turned out to celebrate its blcen-
tennlal and to honor John Thomas
SchleE, German-born schoolmaSter
who built the first house in Fred
erlck town in 1745.
Frederick's balance wheel role in
the Civil War period was cited by
Senator Radcliffe, Democrat. of
Maryland in an address prepared
for delivery at the dedication of the
Frederick County HISTORICAL Soci-
ETY. IS new headquarters and museum
Senator Radcliffe, president of the
Maryland Historical Society, re-
called that, in 1861 when one South
ern State after another was seced-
ing from the Union, Maryland's S
Gov. Hicks convoked the rebel Leg
islature" in Frederick rather than
in Annapolis, the capital.
Secession Avoided.
Public pressure had forced the
Governor. Union sympathizer, to
call a special session of the Cen
eral Assembly to vote on the seces-
sion question. but Senator Rad
cliffe said. Mr.. Hicks thought that
the meeting in Frederick where
Union sentiment was known to be
very strong, might prevent a seces-
sion bill from being passed
The so-called Rebel Legislature
passed no secession measure, al
though there was tremendous con-
tinuing pressure upon it to do so. .
Had the Assembly met in Annapo-
lis, the Senator speculated, Mary
land might have seeded, and
Baltimore would have been the
largest city in the Confederacy. The
State of Maryland possessed large
Evening star., 1945-09-03

and the Pentagon. The description
of the Pentagon concludes succintly:
Some joint, this Pentagon
Hairless Joe" Has Place.
The GIs couldn't resist bit Of
cartooning. One of these panels
drawn by Sergt. Frank Davenport.
formerly with the Des MONIES Regis
ter, shows Hon. Hairless Joe,
dressed in a swallow tail coat and a
tall silk hat, saying: All yields to
the skonk from Dogpatch."
Several life-siZe drawings of beau
tiful girls, presumably to be found
around and about the Capital, COM
plete the exterior decorations.
The interior decorations of the wet
PIX. where beer and soft drinks are
sold, contains a wall panel of car
toons featuring Sad Sack, Donald
Duck, and Army life in general
Pennants and banners complete the
decor.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
D. 6. Man Will Edit
.Women's Wear Daily

Earl W. Elhart, director of the
Washington bureau of the Fair
child Publications, has been ap-
pointed managing editor of Wom-
ems Wear Daily, effective October
l, it was announced today.
Harry E. Resseguie, a member of
the Washington news staff for the
last three years. succeeds him as
director of the Washington bureau
Nj. Elhart has been connected with
the Fairchild organization for more
than Is years. He served for nine
months in 1941 as adviser on retail
Ing and marketing, consumer divi-
sion. Office of Price Administration.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Man Struck by Auto Dies,
Raising Year. S Toll 10 56

Louis Rafferman "A. of 6l3 Seventh
street NV. died late last night in
Emergency Hospital from injuries
suffered August "a when struck by
an automobile while walking in tbs
1900 block of F street NV, police
reported today
The death was the 56th traffio
fatality in Washing on this year.
At this time last year there wers
SO deaths from traffic causes.
Police said the driver of the car
was William Ormsbee, 81, of 1913
A street NE. He will appear at
an inquest at later date, police
said
Mr.. Rafferman roomed at the
Seventh street address. A neighbor
said she understood he was en-
ployed in luggage store.
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lsHRshoniinq
&Remiinder@a

Meats, Fats, Etc. - Stamps W.
through 70 good through Sep
tember 80. Stamps Al through
Ell good through October 81
Stamps FL through XII good
through November 30. Stamps
LII through Q-l good through
December 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 SO good through De-
cember 81. Next stamp valid
January !.
Shoes-Airplane Stamps /, 2, 3 and
4 in Book No. 3 good indefinitely
for one pair Of shoes each.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Tense 1861 Scenes Recalled
At Frederick BicentenniuI
Radcliffe Stresses Towns Influence
On Legislators Debating Secession

and invaluable resources which
might have been a big factor in
turning the scales of war. The city
of Washington might have been
completely surrounded by the Con-
federate States. The high strategic
Importance of such a position is
obvious" the Senator declared.
Turning to this wars development
Of the atomic bomb, the Senator
said
we face indescribable disasters
iunlesS this atomic power for the
first time unleashed. is utilized for
peace and welfare and not for car
mage and destruction. We have
loosed new Pandora's box. What
will be the outcome? This fatefuI
decision is in our hands.
Museum Building Opened.
Th new museum building. given
by Mrs. William Bradley Tyler Belt
Of Omaha. Nebr, in memory of her
late husband, was opened to the
public for a display of historic arti-
cleS gathered for the occasion.
The afternoons bicentennial pro-
gram was to include a parade of Is
bands, floats depicting the city's
history, service personnel and civic
and fraternal organizations. A
public meeting in Baker Park was
to be addressed by Senator Tydings,
Democrat, of Maryland and Mayor
Hugh V. Gittinqer
Tonight's banquet at Hood College
will hear Gov. O'Conor: DR.. Henry
l. Stahr. Hood president: Executive
Director S. Duvall Schell of the
Maritime Commission: Daniel M.
LYONS. pardon attorney of the JUS
tlce Deartment; Col. George E.
1lams. assistant administrator of the
Veterans Administration; President
H. C. Byrd of the University of
Maryland, and President Roger B
Wolfe of the Frederick Chamber of
Commerce
Two public balls, get-together
and band concert will round out
the program.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Legion Post Commander
Predicts Iona Peace Era

A peaceful era which shall last
for long, long years-perhaps CEN
turies to come was foreseen today
by Herbert H. Rice, commander OF
Post 1853 Of the American Legion
Chevy Chase.
He told members of the post in
a speech last night 'the world has
learned that might is not the cri-
terion nor formula for right, that
he who lives by the sword shall
perish by the sword"
Evening star., 1945-09-03
1t. Comdr. Christiun
To Return to NEA Post

1t. Comdr Wellner L. Christian
who was assistant manager for the
National Education Association be-
fore his entry in the Coast Guard
In November, 1912, has been placed
on inactive status, the Coast Guard
office at Norfolk, Va, announced
today.
Comdr. Christian will return to
the association. the announcement
said. He formerly lived at II
Girard street NE.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Gen. Sanderson Retires
After Al Years in Marines

Brig. Gen. Charles R. Sanderson
63, assistant quartermaster at Ma
rine Corps Headquarters since June
25, 1910. retired Saturday after Al
years in the corps.
After two-week vacation in Nam
tucket, r. l.. Gen. Sanderson AND
his family will move from Ais Mill
tary road to ITO Chamberlin ave-
nue., Kenwood, Chevy Chase, Md.
Entering the Marine Corps in
1904, he attended the Marine Corps
School of Application at the NavaI
Academy. Decorated eight times
he served in Puerto Rico Panama
the Philippines, Mexico, Nicaragua
and in France during the World
War.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
More Than $500 Taken
From Water Gate Inn Safe

Between $500 and $1,000 in cash
was taken last night from the safe
of the Water Gate Inn, 2700 Fourth
street NV, Lewis c. Marston, the
manager. reported to police today.
Mr.. Marston, who lives at the
Hotel Roosevelt, told police the
money was the Saturday evening
and Sunday receipts. Police quoted
him as saying the place was entered
through an unlocked door. He
did not know whether the safe was
locked, police said he told them.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Early Action Expected
To Clear Confusion
On Use Of Villa Rosa

Labor Day was one of Watchful
waiting for principals in the long
battle over possession of Villa Rosa
still the home of the Childrens S
Museum-but action in some direc-
ton is scheduled for tomorrow or
soon thereafter.
The situation shaped up today
like this
The director of the museum, Miss
Matilda Young. who has been living
IN the upper portion of the mansion
at 42l5 Massachusetts avenue NV.
reiterated the museum was not NOV
ing out. L am staying here until
We are evicted.' she said.
The chairman of a citizens COM
mittee, Mrs. Walter A. Sellers, 1899
Massachusetts, avenue, announced
that 300 property owners in the
neighborhood had signed a petition
protesting the planned construction
OF an apartment house on the site
and seeking to have the zoning
returned to its former restricted
classification for detached dwellings
only.
Costs Fig $500 Monthly.
Sam Fig, who bought the property
from Defense Homes Corp. many
months ago, recalled he had won
court and congressional battles over
the property and declared: Miss
Young has broken her agreement to
vacate the property by September
/. She and the museum have been
staying there rent free and it is cost
ing me $500 month. in interest and
taXes-for 10 months.
Regardless whether the zoning
should be changed, Miss Young and
the museum are going to move. and
soon"
Wreckers, however, will not start
to tear down the mansion tomor-
row, he said. Since Miss Young re-
fuses to move, he said, he anticipat-
ed his attorney, Louis Gutenberg
would apply to court for a writ of
restitution.
Instructed to Remain,
Miss Young, in regard to the fail
ure to move the museum out by the
agreed date, last Saturday, explained
that her Board of Trustees had i'll
structed her to stay on until the
museum was evicted. Meanwhile, she
said, friends of the museum, manv
OF them from distant States, still are
sending contributions toward the
purchase of a new location. The
fund, however, still is far below the
goal of S35 5000, she indicated.
Mrs. Sellers said many Govern
ment officials are included in the
list OF petitioners for returning the
Villa Rosa property to its prewar
zonlng status, which banned apart
ments.
She revealed also she had written
an appeal last month to President
Truman and that this had been
forwarded to the District Commits
sioners for a response. This had
been acknowledged by the Commits
sioners. without further action to
date.
Names Some Signers.
Signers of the zoning petition, she
said, included Secretary of Agri-
culture Anderson, Thor Thors, Min
lister from Iceland; DR.. Paul F.
Douglass, president of American
University: Rear Admiral George
r. Hussey, Mark Lansburgh and
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Woman browns in ConoI
As Husband Seeks Aid

Mrs. Edith Bell Smith, 80, colored,
of the 1000 block of Thirtieth street
NV drowned early yesterday in
the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal near
her home, police reported. The
body was recovered shortly after
ward and taken to the District
Morgue.
According to police, Mrs. Smith
had told her husband, Milton, and
another member of the family she
was going to jump into the Poto-
mac. She obtained a bathing suit
and her husband took it from her,
police said. She then ran to the
canal, police said, and her husband
ran to nearby firebox and pulled
an alarm. The body was recovered
by fremen.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
200 Buhumuns Pickino
Winchester Apple Crop

Special Dispatch tc The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, Sept. g.
More than 200 Bahamas who have
been harvesting truck crops on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia arrived
here yesterday and tackled the early
fall apple crop in Frederick County
orchards today.
|. They are to be followed by an
other group for similar work and
for corn cutting. Fred Stine, county
agent, said all the islanders have
been placed and it was expected the
labor camps facilities would be
taxed.
Evening star., 1945-09-03

Mrs. j. T. Houghteling, daughter Of
Frederic Delano, former chairman
of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
In addition, she said, a number
OF citizens groups have indorsed
the zoning change, so that the total
number seeking to block the apart
ment construction runs Into the
thousands"
Evening star., 1945-09-03

Ahi
Three persons were injured when
their car skidded into a light pole
a short distance from the north
end of the Highway Bridge. police
said. They we're 1t. Edward Daw-
son, "a, of 721 Erie avenue, Takoma
Park, Md; his wife, Mrs. Elsie
Dawson, and 1t. q. g. Severn Pro-
vuos, 33, whose address was given
as Washington Navy Yard. 1t. Daw-
son suffered fractured ribs; Mrs.
Dawson, bruises, and 1t. Provous a
double fracture of the leg. All were
admitted to Bethesda Naval Hos
pital
The Associated Press reported
that Vanita Carroll 14-year-old
niece Of Earl Carroll, the Snowman,
died yesterday in Peninsula Gen
eral Hospital in Salisbury, Md, of
injuries received Saturday night
when, State police said, she was
struck by an automobile while failed
to stop.