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Evening star., 1946-03-18
Mrs. Rose N. Jenkins, 81
To Be Buried Tomorrow
Speeiol Dispotch TO The Stor

LEESBURG, Va, Mar. 1S.-Mrs
Rose Moore jenkins, 81, widow OF
Robert l.. jenkins, died yesterday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lu-
ther Brown Of Paeonian Springs.
She war born at Bunker Hill
Berkeley County, w. Va, and came
to Loudoun County after her mar
riage to Mr.. Jenkins. Her husband
died As years ago. She was a men,
ber of the Salem Methodist Church
Besides Mrs. Brown, she is sur
vived by another daughter, Mrs
Mary Minor, Lovettsville; three sons
Clifton jenkins, Martinsburg, w
Va; Joseph Jenkins, Baltimore, and
Norvell jenkins, Shenandoah juno
ton, w. Va, and sister, Mrs. Dolly
Harwood, Adamstown, Md, 16
grandchildren and ID great-grand-
children.
Funeral services will be held at
2::30 pm. tomorrow from the home
of Mrs. Brown and will be conducted
by the Rev. E. r. Thayer. Burial
will be in Salem Cemetery, near
Hillsboro.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Montgomery Selects
March Grand Jurors

Selection of grand jury at Rock
vile today marked the opening of
the March term of the Montgomery
County Circuit Court. Members of
the grand jury are:
Augustus r. Selby, foreman;
Harry F.. Pearce, William E. Erwin
Albert Dustin, George R. Rice, Sid
ney Thompson, Walter W. Brandt
Richard Wahl, Rudolph Bender, jr.:
Ira c. Whitacre, Robert S. Bill
himer, Spencer j. Brown, william F
Briggs, William S. Bowling, Charles
B. Hawley, Preston c. King, ST.;
Ward A. Fulton, Worthington Grif-
fifth, Harry Golladay, G. Bradley
Hawkins, Stephen N. Brewer, Ar
thur L. Love and John M. McCor-
mick.
Approximately Is cases will be
presented to the jury by States At
torney Joseph B. Simpson, jr., in
Guiding that of Lewis v. May, 35
Brookmont, charged with criminally
attacking 15-year-old girl Jan
uary IL near her home in Glen
Echo
The jury is expected to complete
its work by Wednesday, when it will
submit its report to Judges Charles
w. Woodward and Stedman Pres
colt.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Duke Whose Home Hess
Tried 10 Reach Visits u, :,
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 1s.-The Duke
OF Hamilton, Scottish peer whose
estate Rudolf Hess sought to reach
In his fight from Germany during
the war, is in the United States for
what he says will be a tWo-week
business visit.
The duke arrived yesterday aboard
B-24 Liberator owned by Scottish
Aviation, Scottish airline of which
he is chairman. He said it was his
first visit to this country in 20 years
He disclosed that the airline was
interested in establishing trans-At-
lantlc service and said his trip was
the first survey fight. He plans to
fly to California tomorrow to meet
officials Of Consolidated Aircraft and
Douglas Aircraft.
His only comment on the IDENTITY
Nazi party leaders flight to Britain
was reminder to newsmen that
Hess did not land on his propertv
hess claimed he sought to reach
the duke in an effort to END the
war between Britain and Cer,oa,y
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Full School Credit Asked
For Maryland Veterans
By fhe Asxncinfsd pr>s,

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Mar. 18-Gov
o'Conor today urged Superintendent
of Schools Thomas G. Pullen to give
maximum scholastic credit to Mary
land veterans for training acquired
in the service.
The Governors aid for veterans
had been sought by Marine Mai
Gen. G. B. Erskine, administrator
OF the retraining and re- employment
administration of the Department
OF Labor. General Erskine said the
up-grading of working veterans and
the scholastic advancement of STU
dent veterans should be given every
consideration.
Emphasizing that a large number
of jobs require high school gradu-
alton or the equivalent, Gov. O'Conor
asked that the Department of Edu-
cation and educational institutions
publicize the ways in which veter-
ans may obtain recognition for
their training.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Candidate, Denied Plane,
losses Ny|ons at Ball Park
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Mar. 18.-Albert E.
Payne Of Springfield, candidate for
the Republican nomination for Cow
ernor, yesterday completed the
aerial delivery" of $50 pairs of
nylon stockings-from a height of
approximately Is feet.
Mr.. Payne, who planned to hurl
the nylons from an airplane in an
admitted publicity stunt, blamed
Northern Ohio politicians" for his
inability to obtain a pilot.
A crowd of about 1000 men, wom-
en- and children slipped and showed
on muddy baseball field as Mr..
Payne tossed the nylons from the
roof of a shelter house.
The nylons, wrapped in green pa
per and ribbons in honor of st.
Patrick's Day, were purchased for
$135 a pair, "and not on the black
Market" Mr.. Payne said.
Maj. Jack Berry of the Cleveland
Airport had said low-f1ying flights
within the city limits would violate
a city ordinance.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 18-The i'm
pending three-cornered race for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomina-
tion may be just as bitterly fought
as the 1888 contest, but the results
will be known much more quickly.
A change in the election laws in
1889 guarantees that there will be no
repetition of the topsy- -turvy nomi-
mating convention of 1888 when
Gov. O'Conor's final victory was not
known for nearly two weeks.
At that time, the complex second
choice provision of the Maryland
ballot and requirement that the
winning candidate get a majority
of the convention delegates votes
kept the State guessing for many
days.
Now the results will be known as
soon as the popular vote in the
counties and the city districts is
tabulated, with the nominating con-
vention as much a formality as the
presidential electoral college.
oIHy FiuIdHty NecueU.
At the 1899 session of the Legisla-
ture, the second-choice provision
and majority requirement were
wiped off the law books. Only a
plurality is now needed.
At the forthcoming primaries, the
voting will be for candidates by
names. not electors But popular
vote itself doesn't nominate.
The counties and the Baltimore
City legislative districts have dele
gates to the nomination conven-
tion-set some time after primary
by agreement between the major
parties-equal to their representa-
ton in the General Assembly. There
are now 152 delegates in all.
Those delegates are bound to vote
for the candidate who got the largest
vote in their district. Thus, once
the popular vote throughout the
State is known, the number of con-
vention votes each candidate will
get will also be known.
Held to Commitments.
The delegates cannot be released
from their commitments now as
they could under the old law.
In case of a tie in delegate votes,
popular vote nominates.
Even under the present law, it
is quite possible for a candidate
to be beaten, perhaps convincingly,
in the popular ballotting and still
be nominated.
There are three major Democrats
in the gubernatorial field now
Representative Baldwin, Controller
j. Millard Tawes and w. Preston
Lane. jr
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Wyatt Names I'd. T..
Area Men 10 Speed
Veterans Housinu

Two District area men wer,
among three branch directors ap.
pointed today to the Operations Di.
vision of the veterans emergency
housing program by Housing Ad.
ministrator Wilson w. Wyatt.
Those appointed were H. D
Kreager, 1406 South George Masor
drive, Arlington, Va, to be director
of the community action branch
and Comdr. Frank w. Herring, 291s
Tennyson avenue NV, to be direc.
tor of the land and governmental,
services branch.
A third appointee, 1t. q. g. Gun
ner Mykland, Kansas City, Mo.
former executive officer for the Of
flee of Strategic Services in China
will be director Of field operations.
All three will work under direc-
ton of Neil Dalton, national deputy
housing expediter in charge of op-
erations.
1t. Mykland and Comdr. Herring
were recently released from active
service. Mr.. Kreager returned to
Washington last summer after two
years in South America as FEA
representative. All previously were
Government employees.
Mr.. Kreager will transfer from
the Commerce Departments Office
of International Trade, of which he
was assistant director.
Mr.. Mykland has been special as
sistant to Philip M. Klutznick, Fed
eral Public Housing Authority COM
missioner, since his release from the
Navy.
Comdr. Herring formerly was as
sistant director of the National Re-
sources Planning Board and until
last week was in the Navy, serving
in the Bureau of Yards and Docks
and the Civil Engineering Corps.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Army Institutes Plan
To Curb Grain Waste
In Maryland, Virginia
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 1S.-The 81
Service Command has announced
an order, issued to all posts in tn,
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsyl.
vania area, to insure maximum
efficiency in the saving of scarce
items" particularly flour and grair
products.
Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy, com
mandlng general, said the order wa,
in line with President Truman's
directive on conservation of foul
and grain.
Check Waste of Meals.
Savings will be effected mot by
lowering the basic amount of grain
foods available to the various Army
stations, but by checking even more
closely on the amount of bread and
grain products lost through normal
waste and by changing bread
requisition methods at the posts, "
he said.
The Service Command Quarter
master Office, which is carrying out
the conservation program, explained
that mess hall rations were issued
on the basis of the actual number
OF men served rather than those
carried on the unit roster.
This system" the Office added
saves considerable food on week
ends and holidays when men are
on pass"
Success Reported.
Officials estimated about 5000
pounds of bread would be saved
each month on all the larger posts,
such as Fort George G. Meade, Md,
by a new issue plan under which
bread acquisitions submitted on any
day include only enough for two
meals the following day and for
breakfast of the second day.
The service command said it's
conservation program had been so
successful thus far that it had been
necessary to substitute only one
food item on master menus used by
post cooks and bakers. Doughnuts
have been removed from March
menus and desserts of fruit, pud-
ings and other plentiful items will
be used instead.
Two additional officers have been
assigned to the quartermaster Of
flee to help carry out the conserva- =
ton program, the service command
said.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
1900 Schoo|boy PatroImen
To Attend Shrine Circus

More than 1000 schoolboy patrol
men will be guests of Almas Temple
when the Shriners present the
Hamid- Morton Circus in Uline's
Arena April 8-14. inclusive, Howard
P. Foley, managing director, an
nounced today.
Frank T. Shull, chairman of the
schoolboy committee, said the in
vitation was being extended "for the
outstanding job the youngsters have
done in directing traffic at schools
and otherwise saving the lives of
many children"
Mr.. Shull will meet with repre-
sentatives Of parent-teacher asso-
Citations Tuesday to discuss plans for
release of school children from
classes to attend the benefit show.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Montgomery Group
Wins Play Tourney

The Montgomery Players were
voted winners of the 18th annual
one-act play tournament Saturday
night at Roosevelt auditorium. The
group staged "Petticoats Preferred, !"
under the direction of Bessie G..
Sanders.
Second place in the tourney, con-
Quoted yearly under sponsorship of
tthe District Recreation DEPARTMENT
was awarded to Falls Church Com
munity Theater. The Virginia group
staged a play by John Baker, en-
titled Our Little Theater.''
The Maude Howell Smith Medal
for the best performance, was given
TO Jenesse Myer of the Falls Church
group.
The other two groups appearing
IN the finals were the Masquers of
Roosevelt Center, and the Speech
and Drama Club.
The cast of the winning play in
cluded Isabel Pearse, Claire Kenner
Hill. Jane Rice, Rita Lowe, Ann
Wilkins and Elizabeth Nelson.
The judges were Nelson Bell of
the Washington Post, Don Craig of
the Daily News and Harry Mac
Arthur of The Star.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Jai|Engineer
Struck by Auto,
Dies in Hospital
Two Others Injured
In Highway Crashes
Over Week End

One person was killed and two
others were injured In week end
traffic accidents in Washington and
vicinity.
Another accident victim, 1t. Allan
A. Byron, %, stationed at Fort
Bragg, N. c., died yesterday in Wal
ter Reed Hospital as a result of
injuries suffered Friday when his
Jeep overturned on Route l near
Fort Belvoir, Va.
George J. Daugherty, 4s, assistant
engineer at the District Jail. was
fatally injured yesterday when
struck by an automobile on Naylor
road just across the District line.
He died shortly afterward at Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Driver Not Charged.
Maryland State police identified
the operator of the car as Ralph w.
Farrell, Clinton, Md. No charges
were placed against him, pending a
consultation with States Attorney
A. Gwynn Bowie of Prince Georges
County.
Police said Mr. Daugherty was be-
ing given first aid by members of
the Bladensburg rescue squad when
their ambulance was sideswiped by
an automobile.
State Trooper Melvin L. Gent
pursued the car and arrested the
driver, Kenneth Frederick Chris
tlansen, 81, sailor stationed at
Norfolk, Va. He was charged with
reckless driving, turning off lights
TO avoid arrest and driving without
a license. He was released under
S7OO bond, pending a preliminary
nearing today in Upper Marlboro
Police Court.
Woman Is Hit-Run Victim.
Elizabeth M. Hibbard, 30, OF
Takoma Park, Md, suffered a frac-
tured right leg and head injuries
when struck by a hit-run motorist
yesterday in the 45O0 block of
Georgia avenue. She was admitted
10 Emergency Hospital.
Charles Detwiler, %, Clifton, Va.
suffered cuts on the face and leg
when his car struck a concrete
abutment on Route 645 near Clifton.
He was admitted to Alexandra
Hospital
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Two Stores Destroyed
By Fire at FurmviIIe
By the A.soeiofed Press

FARMVILLE, Va, Mar. 18.-One
Of the worst fires here in a decade
yesterday destroyed the grocery and
furniture store of the Farmers Sup
ply Co., seriously damaged the ad-
joining hardware store and threat
ened other nearby buildings.
The blaze delayed for As minutes
an eastbound Norfolk & Western
Railway passenger train en- route
from Cincinnati to Norfolk.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Montgomery Job Test
Scheduled for April 6

First examinations for Montgom-
cry County jobs under the county
civil service system will be held at
9 am. April at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School.
Positions covered in the exam
nations will include clerks, typists
and stenographers. Additional in
formation may be obtained at the
Bethesda County Building, where
application blanks are available.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Gaithersburg Veteran Hurt
As Metal Pencil Exp|odes

Ralph Fitzwater, Is, Gaithersburg
a Navy veteran, was injured yester-
day when metal pencil which he
was examining exploded, sending
pieces of metal into his right hand
and right leg. He was taken to the
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda.
Montgomery County police said
Mr.. Fitzwater told them he found
the pencil in keg of nails at his
home. How the pencil got in the
keg remained mystery, however.
Mr.. Fitzwater told police the keg
had been in his house "for some
time" and that he noticed the pencil
lying on top of it as he went to
obtain nails to do some repair work.
He said there was no indication that
the pencil had been "booby- trapped. /"
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Navy Officer. Murder Case
Goes 10 Grand Jury Today
By the Asxor;of.J pr..s

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Mar. IS
The st. Mary's County grand jury
today is scheduled to hear the cast
OF George William Booker, "a
charged with the murder of Navy 1t
q. g. Rodger E. Wilson.
Accused of shooting 1t. Wilson al
a party last November II in the
Booker home in California, st
Marys County, Booker has been al
liberty on $4,000 bail since a magis-
trate's hearing last November 10.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Change in Maryland Law
To Speed Nomination Decision

1t Is possible, but not likely
for one of the three to win with
only So convention votes-if the
other two split the remaining .10C
votes evenly.
To cagry the hypothesis even
further, 1t is possible for a person
to be nominated in Maryland in
a four-cornered race by carry
ing Baltimore City by six popular
votes. If the candidate had a
margin of but one vote in each Of
the city's districts, he would get
all AZ of Baltimore's convention
votes.
Baltimore Powerful.
In a field of 4, AZ is more than
necessary to nominate.
In the situation which exists at
the moment in the gubernatorial
contest, one of the three candidates
could carry all of Baltimore's dis
tricts by a thin margin. If he
picked up 10 more convention votes
in the counties, he would win, no
matter how badly he was beaten in
the popular vote total.
Baltimore City has the greatest
convention strength. Next in line is
the Eastern Shore, with IS votes
The Western Maryland counties
have 80, the Southern bloc has %
The central counties have 20.
With Mr.. Lane from Western
Maryland, Mr. Tawes from the East
ern Shore and Mr.. Baldwin from
Baltimore County, the AZ city dele
gates could be the key to the nomi.
nation.
II Mr.. Tawes swept the Eastern
Shore and Baltimore City, he woulc
have total of n, bare ma jority
but ample to win.
O'COnor Signed Law.
A Lane sweep of Western Mary
lands five counties plus the city
would give him a convention total
OF "a, ample to win if no candidate
drew total blank.
Mr.. Baldwin, promised support by
Representative Sasser, Democrat. of
Maryland, Southern Maryland
leader, could win if he added Bal
timore's 40 votes to the % in South
ern Maryland plus few in his own
congressional district.
The bill which eliminated the ma
jority requirement was signed into
law by Gov. O'Conor.
Ironically, he wouldn't have been
Governor then if the new law had
been passed just one Legislature
earlier Howard w. Jackson had a
plurality in 1938-with fewer popu-
lar votes than Gov. O'Conor-but
would have been nominated under
the present law.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
District Safety Board
Asks for More Aides
To Enforce Orders

The Minimum Wage and Indus
trial Safety Board has told the Dis
trict Commissioners it needs "a sub
stantial number" of additional in
spectors to enable it to enforce it's
minimum wage and industrial
standards orders.
In its annual report for 1945, made
public. Saturday, the board said it's
present minimum wage staff of five
inspectors could cover only about
5 per cent of the 10000 establish
ments employing women and minors
in the city. In the field of indus
trial safety the members pointed
out that 81 1894 injuries to persons in
private employment last year
clearly indicates the need for ex-
tended accident prevention activi-
ties"
The 1947 budget submitted by
the board asked for two safety in
spectors and stenographer, it was
stated.
Urges Yearly Inspection.
A good standard of operation in
the wage section, the board felt.
would be yearly inspection of each
establishment.
This standard could only be at
tanned" the members said, "by the
addition of substantial number of
inspectors.
During the past year, minimum
wage inspectors took Is violators- of
minimum wage rules into the Grim
mai Division of Municipal Court.
where those convicted paid fines
totalling s4,395. The industrial
safety branch prosecuted 12 cases
and obtained eight convictions with
fines totalling S745. Three cases are
pending and one was dismissed, it
was said.
Accidents Show Decline.
Although 21,994 persons were in
Jured In occupational accidents last
year, the board said this was nearly
four per cent less than the previous
year. Also, it added, only 81 of the
accidents were fatal, rejecting a l6
per cent decrease over the previous
year
The members said definite progress
is being made in the accident pre-
Ventlon field and that both employ
ers and employees are showing an
increased interest in, and respect
for, the boards activities and acci-
dent prevention generally"
The board consists of Mrs. Albert
w. Atwood, chairman and representa-
tive Of the public; John L. Vande-
grift, employer representative, and
J. G. Turner, employe representative
Edith j. Rieger is executive secre-
tary, and Fred c. Thomas director
Of industrial safety.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Annapo|is-Bound Train
Derailed in Anne Arundel

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Mar. 18.-Ofi-
clais of the Baltimore & Annapolis
Railroad said nine cars of an An
napol1s-bound freight train were de-
rallied at Shipley in Anne Arundel
County yesterday.
Passenger service was disrupted
Tor several hours after the cars were
derailed by weak spot" in the
track, officials added. No one was
injured, they said, but three of the
deraned cars were overturned, more
than 1000 feet of track were torn
up and poles supporting the lines
electrical wires knocked down.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Farm Youth Groups
Meet at La Plato Tonioh,
SpeeioI Dispoteh to The stor

Speeiol DisPofeh to The Sfor
LA PLATA, Md, Mar. 18.-Youth
committees of the Charles County
Farm Bureau and Pomona Grange
will hold a joint meeting at 7:3C
o'clock tonight in the county agents
Office here to develop a program to
benefit rural youth through All
Club and vocational agriculture and
home economics organizations.
Members of the committee from
the Farm Bureau are S. C. Linton,
chairman; T. c. Martin, Mrs. Victor
Bowling, A. A. Blackhall and Mrs,
x. w. Garner, sr.
Representing the Grange on the
committee are Omar Jones. chair
man; P. D. Brown, Miss Margaret
Loar. Mrs. x. w. Garner, jr., and F.
A. Bolton.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Man Held in Car Theft
After Police Trace Clue

Harry F. Riggs. colored, q, Olney.
Nd, is being held in the Rockville
Jail in default of $1,000 bond on a
charge OF automobile larceny.
A bracelet found in a car aban-
doned in the woods near Olney led
to Riggs arrest Saturday. Detec-
i've Corpl. G.. w. Linthicum ex-
planned that the bracelet was traced
to the owner of the car, Helen STAN
ton, colored, Daisy. Md, who said
she had given the bracelet to Riggs
several weeks ago.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Mans Death on Highway
Probed in Montgomery

Montgomery County police are
investigating the death of Claude
Russell, Al, colored of Sugarland,
Md, whose body was found yeSter-
day on Route 28 near Poolesville.
Police said it could not be de-
termined whether the man had met
with foul play or was the victim
OF hit-run motorist.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Chesapeake Oysters
Starving for Lack
OF Tiny Organism
By the Associated Press

or me AssoefoIed fFesS
ROCK HALL, Md, Mar. 18.-
Oysters on the Swan Point Bar
and other grounds in the Up
per Chesapeake Bay are dying
OF starvation, Alan Sellers of
the State Tidewater Fisheries
Commission, reported.
Mr.. Sellers said there wasn't
enough plankton, a microscopic
organism which is the oysters
chief diet.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
DDT to Be Discussed

DR.. Ernest N. Cory of the Uni
versity OF Maryland entomology de-
partment will discuss DOT and its
uses at the meeting OF the North
west Citizens Association of Prince
Georges County at $3.50 pm. Thurs
day in the office Of the George
washington Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
OPA Meeting to Be Held

Leo H Mccormick, Maryland di-
rector a lie Office of Price Admin
istration, will meet with price con-
troll board members and interested
residents Of the Silver Spring area
at 8. O'Clock tonight in the county
ONCE building, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Two Enter House Roce
In Third Virginia District
By the Assacinted pra.,

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 18.-Two
former members of the Virginia
House Of Delegates, both Democrats,
announced their candidates. for the
Sd Virginia District congressional
seat over the week end.
One is the incumbent, Representa-
tive j. Vaughan Gary. elected to the
House of Representatives last March
to fill the unexpired term of Dave
E. Satterfleld, jr., who resigned. The
other is Minetree Folkee, jr., Ma
rine Corps veteran of World War II.
Both are Richmond attorneys.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
CherrydoIe PTA to Meet

DR.. A. L. Maiden, new staff men,
Der OF the Arlington County schools
will address the Cherrydale Parent
Teacher Association at o'clock to-
night in the school auditorium.