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Evening star., 1946-12-13

farm of Thomas j. Davis, father Of
Bruce Davis, 81, Laurel, who is
wanted for investigation of murder.
Warrant Charges Auto Larceny.
1t. Lane said a warrant has been
issued against Davis charging him
with automobile larceny. He added
that he will call Sheriff Combs to-
day and give him further informa-
ton in an attempt to pick up Davis.
Meanwhile States Attorney Joseph
B. Simpson, jr., of Montgomery
County disclosed he is working on
new angle" and hopes to get results
soon.
Police investigating the murder
have recommended that Mr.. Simp-
son send some one to Kingsport to
check on Mrs. McAllister's car.
Mr.. Simpson said, however, he is
deferring action pending results of
the new angle" which he would
not explain.
|. The car has been taken to q
Kingsport garage and is being
checked by Sheriff Combs, according
to 1t. Lane. The detective added
that Davis, a companion and Davis
father are out of town and being
sought.
Separated From Wife.
Davis, who is said to have been
separated from his wife and child
for the last three years, formerly
worked with the slain woman at
the Engineering & Research Corp,
Riverdale, Md, and had been seen
with her several times before the
staying, according to the detective.
A lookout was broadcast by police
Wednesday in an effort to locate
Davis and a companion. 1t. Lane
said the two had been reported seen
in q small Tennessee town driving
Mrs. McAllister's car.
The 29-year-old brunette was
found dead Tuesday in the family
home at Burtonsville. Md. Her head
had been crushed by four blows
from a carpenters claw hammer.
Funeral Services Today.
Davis Is described as about feet
Z inches tall and of stocky build.
Police said a friend of the murdered
woman told them he saw her threat
ened with a knife in the hands of
Davis as the two sat in Mrs. Nc
Allister's car in front of a Laurel
tavern about two weeks ago.
Funeral services for Mrs. McAllis-
ter were to be held at 2::30 o'clock
this afternoon in the Liberty Grove
Methodist Church, Burtonsville, with
burial following in the Union Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Mrs. Robert Feeney, 28,
Of Silver Spring Dies

Mrs. June Morris Feeney, 28, OF
1909 Forest Glen road, Silver Spring,
died yesterday of pneumonia while
en- route to Sibley Memorial Hospi-
tai.
A native of Columbia, Mo-, she
came to this city when she was a
young girl. She was a graduate of
Mckinley High School, and had
lived in Silver Spring since 1912.
She is survived by her husband,
Robert Glen Feeney; two children,
Patricia and Robert; her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack L. Morris, of
Suitland, Md, and two sisters, Mrs.
Dorothy M. Hook, Of Silver Spring,
and Miss Louise Morris, of Suit
land.
Funeral services are tentatively
set for Monday at the Pumphrey
funeral home, 8434 Georgia avenue,
Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Maryland Assembly
To Weigh Proposal
For Annual Budget
BY the Assoeiafed Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 13.-When the
General Assembly convenes on New
Year Day it will have for considera-
ton proposed constitutional
amendment approved by the Legis-
lative Council providing for annual
budget sessions of the Legislature.
The measure would place the
States finances on an annual basis
instead of the current biennial ar
rangement. Regular so-day sessions
would be held in odd-numbered
years as in the past, but 45-day
session would be added in even
years.
Legislative Council members, in
approving the proposal yesterday,
voted down a salary increase for the
legislators themselves, offered as a
rider to the constitutional amend
ment calling for the extra budget
sessions. They voted to treat the
increase as a separate measure.
A faction led by Senator Byrnes,
Democrat, of the 5th Baltimore dis
trict, also defeated q proposal to
limit legislation during the special
budget sessions to financial and
emergency" measures only.
Other bills approved by the Coun-
Gil would:
l. Pay mileage and transportation
expenses to members of the boards
of State institutions who serve with
out pay.
2. Amend the constitution to per-
NIT the marriage of pregnant girls
between the ages of Is and 10 to
boys from is to 21 without the con-
sent of parents of either.
8. Amend automobile laws to pre-
vent fraud in obtaining licenses.
Evening star., 1946-12-13

through express route now being
held up by the Council.
They added that there would be
little point in the Federal Govern
ment running a great parkway from
the District line to Jessups If the
delay continued, nor would there
be much point in building the Dis
trict's East-West expressway If 1t
ended at the District line.
A Key Section.
Thus the Baltimore Councils at
titude affects not just Baltimore,
but Washington, Maryland and the
whole Middle Atlantic section, since
the vital Baltimore route would be
a key section of an express route
from Philadelphia through Wash
'ington and to the South.
Mr.. Reindollar said he understood
Mayor McKeldin was going to ask
the Council to reconsider its stand.
Plans and field surveys for the
great intercity route are already un-
der way and both Maryland and the
Federal Government have spent
money on it. The latter has spent
$2,000,000 in leftover public works
funds to acquire the right of way
from the District line to Fort Meade
and has already graded several miles
of the route.
The Baltimore-W Washington Park
way is to be a dual express road
with practically no intersections,
by wide center strips and
handicapped on both sides. Other
roads will cross it by means OF
overpasses and underpasses.
The route through Baltimore has
been the subject of discussion there
for four years. Latest plans call for
a depressed and elevated four-lane
express route through the congested
sections of downtown Baltimore and
would require a bridge over sections
=.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Navy Department Seeks
Stenogrophers, Typists

The Navy Department announced
today it has openings for stenog-
raphers and typists, with salaries
from $1,954~ to $2,394 a year.
Applicants must be Government
workers who have been released or
whose release Is pending.
They should apply In Room 1908
in the main Navy Building, Eigh-
teenth street and Constitution ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Rev. w. E. Bosom Elected
Head of Family Service

The Rev. William E. Basom, pas
tor of the Beverly Hills Community
Church, has been elected chairman
of the Alexandria Family Service
Society, it was announced today.
Other officers elected are Harry S.
Bendall, vice chairman; the Rev.
Cliff r. johnson, secretary, and Mrs.
Franklin B. Toan, treasurer.
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Contract for Converting
Engine House Awurded

The contract for conversion of
Engine House No. 5 into courtroom
for the Alexandria Juvenile and
Domestic Relations Court has been
awarded to Eugene Simpson g. Bro.
OF Alexandria, City Manager Carl
Budwesky announced today.
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report said.
Block Wide Parkway.
For a portion Of its distance, the
expressway would occupy the entire
block between Fifth and Sixth
streets NV, the consultants added,
thereby eliminating deprecated
area and aiding in the rehabilitation
Of adjacent residential sections. !"
Most Of the right of way, they felt,
would be relatively inexpensive to
acquire, especially If some sections
are condemned under the Districts
new Slum Clearance Act.
The proposed Capitol Hill express
way. as suggested earlier by the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, would provide two one
way drives between the AnacoStia
River and Seventeenth street NV.
completely grade separated from
cross traffic. The two would form
the north and south boundaries of
the proposed East Capitol street
development of Federal buildings.
The time table recommended by
Capt. Whitehurst for the years
1950-55 was:
During 1850 Develop Barney
circle; work on the K street freeway
between Twenty-first and Twenty
seventh streets NV; the Arizona
avenue freeway.
During 195l-Complete Barney
circle, K street and Arizona avenue
projects; begin work on Mount
Vernon Square grade separation; do
some paving on 4 street NV. and
the extension of Fifteenth street
NV.
Finish Underpass in '52.
During 1952-Complete Mount
Vernon Square underpass: start
grade separation at Constitution
and Pennsylvania avenues NV;
complete q new Twentieth street
bridge In Rock Greek; begin grade
separation at Fifteenth and H streets
NE.
During 1853 Complete Constitu-5
tion avenue and Fifteenth and II
streets NE. underpasses; begin the
grade separation at New York and
Florida avenues NE; begin the
Whitehaven parkway; start K street
freeway from Third street NV. to
Sixth street NE.
During 1854 Complete the sepa-
ration at New York and Florida
avenues; complete Whitehaven park
way; continue work on the North
east section of K. street freeway:
complete work at G, Seventh and
Ninth streets S.W.;; complete grade
separation at South Capitol and M
streets S.W.
During Complete the K
street freeway.
Finance Plan Outlined.
II the Commissioners approve the
streetcar suhsurface operation plan,
Capt. Whitehurst said, enabling
legislation should be submitted to
Congress which would:
|. Split the cost Of the project
between the Federal and District
governments.
Z Authorize an advance Of the
aE4
Evening star., 1946-12-13

Ing the d1Scov-
cry of the slain
woman's missing
car last night in
e d son, n e a r
Kingsport, Tenn.
Detective 1t.
Frank Lane said
he had received
a telegram from
Sheriff Charles
G. c ON BIS of
Sullivan County,
Tenn, disclosing
that the blue
1941 Ford coupe
had been found
in front of the
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Arlington Hearing

A public hearing on redistricting
OF voting precincts in Arlington will
be held at 8 o'clock tonight at the
Courthouse by the three-man Re-
districting Committee, headed by
Charles r. Fenwick.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Hammer Staying
Probers Expect
Arrest Today
Mrs. McAIIister's Cor
Found at Home of
Suspects Fother

An arrest in the investigation by
Montgomery County police Of the
hammer Staying of Mrs. Florence
McAllister is expected today follow.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
MuItimiIIion-D Dollar Highway
Plan Presented to D. c. Heads
lHon nfinned From Erstpar
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unwelcome through trafiic." their
report said.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

and corn and cotton in between. No
one can predict when the 'norther,"
a sharp cold wind, will strike
any part of the state. Nearly mil
lion acres are irrigated, and such
cities as San Antonio, Houston, Gal
weston and Ell Paso get their water
from artesian wells. There are 230
kinds of fish in lakes and streams,
and 1000 different wild flowers bios
som within it's borders.
Between the twisted salt cedars
of the Gulf coast and the desert
reaches of ocotillo and sotol in the
west, there are IL million acres of
commercial forests, $50 kinds of
grasses and 100 varieties Of cac-
tus. There are alligators on the
coast, horned toads in the desert,
and rattlesnakes wherever you find
them. Once go million buffalo grazed
in Texas, and it still knows the
armadillo, chaparral bird and road
runner.
Here is land of forest and des-
ert, of fertile fields and jagged
mountains, of rolling prairies,
sleepy rivers and wide Gulf beach
es. And here Texans created Hous-
ton with its 50-mile ship channel to
the Gulf; San Antonio's ancient
houses with yard-thick adobe
walls - and skyscrapers; Dallas,
the city of the north; Fort Worth,
the COW town; Austin, the capital;
Galveston, picturesque port and
beach; Ell Paso, with American en-
ergy and Mexican color. It is suit
able that there should be added
such as Randolph field, ''the West
Point of the air corps" and Fort
Sam Houston, the army's largest
post. Oil wells have brought scores
of Ell Dorados to the state, and
Texas natural gas is piped to Col
orado, Kansas, Wyoming, Iowa,
Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois. If the
gas ever runs out, plenty of coal re-
mains.
Quotations like these tell the
story of Texas: "Who'n go with old
Ben Milan into San Antonio?" 'I'm
going to Texas - to fight for my
rights" a Tennessean on his way
to join Texas War for Independ-
ence. "The Americans were so stub
born that not one of them would sur
render" Gen. Santa Anna. "Ride
like Mexicans, shoot like Tennes-
scans, and fight like the DEVIL" the
Texas Rangers. "Thermoplae had
its messenger Of defeat; the Alamo
had none," inscription. "Remem-
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

knives; with corn, cotton, cattle and
barbed-wire; with books and Bibles,
schools and churches; with sugar
mills, gin mills, sawmills; with oil
drills and oil refineries.
The first settlers found an acre
age that was unlimited, soil that
was fertile, a climate that was
caressing, land abundant in ma
tural resources. So they set to work
and gave Texas its traditions, its
culture, its costumes and customs,
it's manner of speech, its swagger,
its reputation. They gave it big hats,
handsome riding boots, sheriffs and
Texas Rangers.
Texas is a mighty empire of the
southwest, a land of superlatives.
It sprawls huge across the map,
shifting breezes from the Gulf of
Mexico and ozone-laden air from the
Rocky mountains. 1t has its coastal
plain, its central plains, and western
high plains, ranging in altitude from
sea level to 4,700 feet = and peaks
pointing even higher. There are 800
long miles between the semi-tropi-
cal Rio Grande and the northern
border, and the greatest distance
east and west is IT'S miles. Water
covers 3,498 square miles of Texas
with plenty of dry land left. Texas
has 254 counties, some of them
large enough to be states!
Along the Sabine river on the east,
the annual rainfall is SIS inches; Ell
Paso has only inches. Snow seldom
falls in most of the state; feet Of
it has been known in the high alti-
tudes of west Texas. Wheat grows
In the temperate north, oranges and
grapefruit in the subtropical south,
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

ber the Alamo! Remember
G0liad!' Sam Houston. s'The Repub-
lie of Texas is no more," Anson
Jones.
The shrine of Texas is the Alamo
where 1872 men, including Travis,
Crockett, Bowie and Bonham, re-
fused to escape or surrender. At
Goliad, a Texas force under Fan
min surrendered and was massa-
cred. At San Jacinto, the furious
Texans, under Sam Houston, in 20
minutes shattered Santa Annals
army and won independence for
Texas.
Texas, still in cowboy boots, has
its great trading centers and sea-
ports, it's flying fields and oil der
ricks, its mines and fields, and cat
tie ranges. It retains it's old flavor,
but combines the glories of its past
with new energies and new horizons.
In agriculture, industry, culture and
recreation, the Texas tradition of
biggest and best" is making new
strides.
There is only one Texas-it is the
expansive, friendly, hospitable and
progressive Texas we all know.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

rattlesnakes heard him coming
they hid in the cactus because his
bite might poison them. Feeling that
he needed a few pets around his
shack, he invented centipedes and
tarantulas. He used mountain lions
for saddle horses.
Taking up a bet, Pecos Bill mount
ed an Oklahoma cyclone and trav-
eled across three states. Mountains
were leveled and forests uprooted.
From this jaunt there emerged the
treeless Texas Panhandle. Bill was
"throwed'' when the cyclone "rain-
ed out from under him."
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Music Over Phone

The first musical instrument
whose sounds were electrically
produced was the telharmonium,
invented by Thaddeus Cahill and
first demonstrated in 1902 in Holy
oke, Mass, says Golfers. The in
strument was played on a two
manual keyboard in special stu
dio from which the music was
transmitted over telephone wires
to any subscriber who wished to
listen.
But when this instrument, which
weighed 200 tons and cost 5000, 900,
was tried out in New York City,
it proved a commercial failure
because it interfered with the tele-
phone service.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Embroidered Pansies

EMBROIDERED pansies make
IL a handsome design on pale
green, lavender, delicate pink or
white organdy or linen luncheon
cloths. They can be used effec-
lively on linen guest towels, too.
Five pansy baskets and eight
smaller sprays are included in the
transfer pattern.
To obtain transfer designs for the
Pansy Bouquets pattern No. 5087) color
chart for embroidering, amounts of all
colors and materials specified, send 20
cents in coin. your name, address and the
pattern number.
Cr0cheted DOilies
HERE are two of the most pop
L i ular crocheted doilies you've
ever put a hook into. The 13-inch
"pansy" dolly has one-inch pan
sizes done in shaded purple and
lavender thread. The lacy pine
apple dolly comes from a reader in
Akron, Ohio, and is beauty. 1t
is 20 inches in diameter.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

Martha Vickers of "The Time, the
Place and the Girl" doesn't put all
her hobbies in one basket. Two eve
nings week she studies ballet, her
spare time weekends are spent learn
ing to fly, and for relaxation she
plays an almost professional game
of pool.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Pecos Bill, Super Cowboy

It is natural that the Texas cow
boy, who has known the feeling of
the earth and sky while tending the
herds during round-ups and drives,
should create mythical super-cow-
boy to talk about around the chuck
wagon and the bunkhouse. That's
how Pecos Bill came into existence.
There are various accounts of
Pecos Bills birth, but any puncher
will declare with great deal of
,ride that the hero was born in
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

Texas. While his family was mov-
ing west, Bill dropped out of the
wagon. Since there were II or 18
other children in the wagon, Bills
ma and pa didn't miss him for two
or three days. Then it was too late
to turn around and 60 back to look
for him.
But Bill didn't starve. The coyotes
$50 goes the Legend" him up
and raised him." As he grew, he,
became SO terrific that whenever the
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

came Jane, who's 20 now, and
stands feet in her stocking feet.
She was taller than the producers,
a grown-up glamour girl. Then they
began worrying for fear Robert
Lowery, the leading man, would be
too short.
Twelve of Hollywood's biggest,
brawniest men appear in "Angel
on My Shoulder" starring Paul
Mum and Claude Rains. They're all
more than feet, AZ inches tall,
weigh more than $50 pounds - and
have photogenic muscles. And =
Paul Mum fights them!
If the Hollywood bowl doesn't
have a conflicting date, it will be
the scene of the finals for Sammy
Kaye's, $50 You Want to Lead
Band" contest in June. Winners will
be slected from the south, east, mid
west and west, and given transpor-
tation free.
1t seems certain that Mary Mar
tin will return to pictures before
very long - though you never can
be too sure about those things. She's
appearing now on the stage in New
York in "Lute Song" but is sched-
uled to report to Paramount in HOl-
lywO0d in June, to begin work in
the picture version of the Barrie
play, "Alice-Sit-by-the-F Fire" It'l
be produced by Charles Bracket,
producer Of s"The Lost Weekend"
Angela Lansbury's appearance
opposite George Sanders in United
Artists "Bel Ami, or History of
a Scoundrel" is interesting, be-
cause Metros been building her up
to stardom, and that studio rarely
lends top player to another COM
pany. But the role in the Loew-
Levin production promises to do so
much for her that Metro let her do
it. Thus the trio that made ''The
Picture of Dorian Gray" is re-
united; Levin wrote and directed
that one, Sands and Miss Lansbury
played the top roles. That title will
be cut down, of course.
3
When Joan Crawford returned to
the set of "Humoresque" after hav-
ing won the Academy award for
her mildred Pierce" the cast gave
her live Oscar - they'd swathed
Oscar Leavant in cellOphane and sta
toned him at her dressing room
door.
Agnes Moorhead's new radio pro-
gram, Calamity Jane" is likely to
rate high in those popularity sur
veys. OF course, everyone has heard
her in Suspense. Now replacing
the "Beulah" series Sundays on
CHS, Calamity Jane" offers a new
story situation each week.
Martha Vickers of ''The Time, the
Place and the Girl" doesn't put all
her hobbies in one basket. Two eve
nings a week she studies ballet, her
spare time weekends are spent learn
ing to fly, and Tor relaxation she
plays an almost professional game
of pool.
ODDS AND ENDS-Johnny Desmond.
OF the airs "FoIIies OF '46," is the only
musical member OF his family; brothers
and sisters. tather and mother, can't sing
a note. Anne Baxter got the coveted
role OF "Sophie" in "The Razor's Edge"
at 2Oth Century-Fox. Visifing relatives
haze increased the number OF children al
the Annie Morgan dinner table to nine
/. +. Jack Bennys godfather to Bob Cum
nings' baby. =. LiIi Palmer. meeting
her co.stn, Gary Cooper, on the "Cloak
and Dagger" set. described him as tall,
tan and terrific. Ss Diet and 90 holes Of
golf daily haze lremoped 20 Of the pounds
Wayne Morris put on sOhile in service.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
By EDWARD EMERINE
WNU Washington Correspondent.
WNU Features

"No NATIVE has ever seen all
1 y of Texas and no visitor
ever will"
A huge, incredibly rich piece Of
real estate, with more cattle than
human beings, and ranches de-
scribed in square miles rather than
acres!
Texas derives its name from
"tejas," meaning friend or ally. Six
great flags have flown over the state
Spanish, French, Mexican, Repub-
lie of Texas, Confederate and
United States. But no one nation
built Texas, or developed it. 1t was
built by the Texans, breed apart.
They conquered it, and they made
it over to suit their taste. They did
it with rifles, six-shooters and bowie
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Public Is Cool 10 Bananas
Al Hiqh-priced D. c. Stands

Bananas were selling for 40 cents
10 pound-about $50 per cent owe,
old OPA ceilings-at several outdoo,
stands downtown today, but there
were few takers.
With about four bananas to q
pound on the average, this woulc
bring the price per dozen up to 81 20
A check Of one chain Of stores
however, showed bananas selling foi
~ cents pound, only / cent above
the former ceiling for big volume
stores.
Bananas were reported by the
chain as in "fair supply" In con-
trast to the wartime scarcity.
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dent had accepted the designations.
The terse letter said:
THE President has asked me to
inform you that he accedes to the
request conveyed to him in your
letter Of October 9th.
"Your designations are therefore
accepted, effective at the close OF
business this day. The Presidents
appreciation of your services was
expressed In letters addressed to you
under date Of August /, 1896"
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Births Reported

Marcus and Wanda Abelson. girl
Herry and Elsie Alberts. girl.
John and Ann Allen, boy.
BENJAMIN and Dorothy Anderson, Girl,
George and Elizabeth Baily. boy.
Carroll and Elizabeth Balderson, boy.
Charles and Mary Banks, boy.
Motley and Ruth Bateman, boy
Herbert and Alma Bazan, girl
Kenneth and Ruby Beatty. girl
BENJAMIN and Madeline Bell. girl.
Kenneth and Emily Brace. boy
Roy and Mary Bremerman, girl
Hunder and Rae Brumfeld, girl.
Parran and Margaret Buekler. girl.
Glenn and Freda Casey, girl
clifford and Mary Chapman, boy.
John and Minnalee Crupi. girl
Howard and Miriam Cunningham. twins
girl and boy.
James and Gina Curtiss. Girl.
Elton and Dorothy Davis, boy
Harry and Gladys Dawson, boy.
Grant and Lorna Donnelly. girl.
Harvey and Hester Dunnington. girl.
Aubray and Margaret Edwards, girl.
Samuel and Frances Fain, girl.
Harry and Louise Fisher, boy
Leonard and Frances Foreman, Girl.
Lucian and Hazel Funk. boy.
Donald and Elizabeth Gale, boy.
John and Mary Calvin, boy.
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Gerard and Josephine. st. Dennis, boy.
Louis and Marion Stefanesko. boy.
James and Patricia Stewart, girl.
Walter and Mary Stockett boy.
Howard and Valerie Stoughton, girl.
John and Jean West, boy
William and Julius Winter, girl.
Murray and Mary Young, girl.