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Evening star., 1946-09-08
COP Candidate Opens
Campaign 10 Unseat
Byrd in Senate Race
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 7.-Lester
S. Parsons of Norfolk, Republican
candidate opposing Senator Byrd in
the November 5 election, declared
in radio address tonight the Re-
publicans wanted to remove the
traditional handicaps from the Vir-
ginia government" and bring the
State of Virginia back to its posi-
ton of leadership in the Nation"
The broadcast, first of a series
launched the campaigns of the two
Virginia COP standard bearers, Mr.
Parsons and Robert H. Woods, of
Pearisburg, who is the Republican
candidate opposing Representative
Robertson. Democrat, for election to
the United States Senate to fill the
unexpired term of the late Carter
Glass.
Other speakers on the broadcast
carried over several radio stations
were Ralph l.. Lincoln, of Marion
State campaign chairman; Curtis
M. Dozier, ST., national committee
man, and John G. Adams, of Re
publican national headquarters.
Mr.. Parsons asserted that "the
great mass of our citizens do not
vote and attributed this to five
causes: That elections are arranged
in advance, that there is no use to
vote, that elections are controlled
by and for the candidates of the
Democratic machine, that the
Democratic machine is all power
full and can't be defeated and that
through the indifference and lack
of interest, the people are inclined
to accept without question the can
didates picked by the few leading
politicians of the State.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Parent Companionship
With Children Is Urged

Parents should spend more time
with their children if juvenile de-
linquency is to decrease, Judge
Charles c. Marbury of the Prince
Georges County Circuit Court told
the Seat Pleasant YMCA last night
at the start of it's drive for 500 new
members.
Judge Marbury declared that the
burden of rectifying many juvenile
problems rests more with the par
ents than the courts. He also dis
cussed the possibility of establish
ing juvenile court in the county.
Other speakers on the program,
which was held in the Seat Pleasant
American Legion Hall, were Mayor
Van Moreland and William K.
Cooper, executive secretary OF the
county YMCA. The invocation was
by the Rev. Russell G. Lingel of
the Faith Church of the Nazarene,
Seat Pleasant, and benediction by
the Rev. Elmo Reno of the Seat
Pleasant Methodist Church.
Jack Shapiro was named chair
man Of the membership campaign.
Evening star., 1946-09-08

State Conservation Commission
member, and all county officials.
Another feature of the reviewing
stand program was the presentation
of four of the county's official oldest
residents by former State Senator
Frank L. Ball, ST., chairman of the
Oldest residential committee.
Introducing John Marcy, Mr..
Ball told an audience of about 1000
Hes the youngest 90-year-old you
ever saw" The other three present
were DR.. H. C. Corbett, 81; Philip
Marcy, 86, and George Marcy, 81.
All of the Marceys are related. An
other member of the family, Will
Marcy, Mr.. Ball said, remarked he
didn't have time for such foolish
ness as he had to go to market.
Oldest Ladies Named.
None of the oldest ladies was pres
ent, but Mr.. Ball listed the ones Sc
lected as Mrs. Martha Match, 81;
Mrs. Cora Mcintosh, 88; Mrs. Ella
Boldin, 93 Mrs. Mamie Garrett.
83, and Mrs. Ida Marcy, 81.
Mr.. Fenwick presented County
Manager Frank c. Hanrahan with
a scroll commemorating the centen-
nial. 1t will be placed in the court
house.
William G. Watt, civic federation
president, served as master of cere-
monies. The program opened with
an invocation by Rev. Robert w.
Long OF the Faith Lutheran Church,
president Of the county Ministerial
Asspeiatiofi. ss,.s,ss.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Woman Held in Death
OF Stabbed Navy Man
BY the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. IA 38-year-
old woman who was arrested after
a cab driver told police he saw
blood on her hands" was being
held today at police headquarters in
connection with the fatal stabbing
of a former Navy chief petty officer.
The 25-year-old veteran, Parker
S. Spruill, was found dead on bed
in his third-floor apartment. Police
1t. Julian Forrest said he appar-
emily bled to death from a stab
wound in the leg.
/ 1t. Forrest said he found a wom-
ans decorative comb, a blood
stained pairing knife and a pool OF
blood on the floor.
Police said Betty Jean Mauldin
who lives below Spruill's apartment
told them she heard a scuffle in the
mans room. A few minutes later
she said, the woman under arrest
called her into the apartment from
the hallway.
Miss Mauldin told 1t. Forrest thai
when she entered the room the
other woman said, Parker is bleed
ing and I'm afraid he will die"
Miss Mauldin summoned police
who took Mr.. Spruill to the hospital
Patrolmen John Praley and Rob-
ert Flannery of the Anne Arunde.
County police, arrested the woman
after receiving call from nearby
filling station.
Cab Driver Charles w. CARRIER
said he saw blood on the Woman's
hands and halted at the first tele-
phone to call police. He said she
stopped him shortly after am. anc
directed him to a Ferndale address
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Two virginians Drown
when Boat 0verturns
Near Woodbridg ge

Two Virginia men were drowned
yesterday on a fishing trip wher
their outboard motorboat over.
turned in the Potomac River about
5 miles south of Woodbridge, Va
A third occupant of the boat wa.
rescued.
The victims were identified a!
Edward Kiracofe, 48, and his broth.
er-in-law, Sam Snyder, 81, both o.
Doe Hill, Highland County.
Terry Mitchell. %, Woodbridge, al
whose home Mr.. Kiracofe and Mr.
Snyder were staying, was rescued
by his brother, Harvey, who was or
the shore and witnessed the tragedy
according to r. S. Hall of the Hal
funeral home, Occoquan.
Mr.. Hall said Mr.. Kiracofe, ar
electrician, is survived by his widow
Mrs. Mary Kiracofe; while Mr.. Sny-
der, q retired farmer, is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Laura Snyder
a son, 81, and a daughter, 10.
The Occoquan-Woo Woodbridge-Lor-
ton Rescue Squad was searching
for the bodies last night. The acci-
dent occurred about three-quarters
of a mile off shore where the water
is approximately % feet deep, &C
cording to Mr.. Hall.
Mr.. Hall said Terry Mitchell tolC
him the boat overturned when Mr.
Snyder stood up. He said Harvey
Mitchell managed to reach his
brother in a rowboat but was unable
to save the other two men, who had
disappeared beneath the surface.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Beauty Contest Planned
Today in Prince GEORGES

Thirteen Prince Georges County
girls have entered the beauty con-
test which will feature a barbecue
to be held this afternoon by the
countys Independent Trade Asso-
ciation at Lewisdale, on Riggs road,
west of Hyattsville.
The beauty contest is scheduled
for 4 o'clock. Judges will be Mayors
Harry A. L. Barker, Riverdale and
Harry A. L. Barker, Riverdale, and
William A. Duvall, College Park.
The program will also include a
softball game, horseshoe pitching,
fat mans race, rolling pin throwing
contest, pie eating competition and
other events.
There will be no admission charge
and refreshments will be free.
Marvin S. Baltimore, j. C. Lewis
and Thomas M. Hoffmeister COM
prise the Arrangements Committee.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Miss Elizabeth BewIeY, a.
Is Buried in BeItsvi|Ie

Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth
Bewley, "a, were held yesterday at
the Berwyn Presbyterian Church
Burial was in the family plot in st.
Johns Cemetery, Beltsville.
Miss Bewley, who has been i'll since
December, died Tuesday in the
Prince Georges General Hospital.
She lived at 'Lochinvar" the fam
lily estate on the Baltimore boule-
ward, near Berwyn, for II years.
Born in New Zealand, she came to
Branchville with her parents at the
age of 13.
Miss BeWley was an active member
OF the Berwyn Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by two brothers
John E. and George P. Bewley, and
sister Mrs. Annie Daniels, all of
whom live on the family estate.
A number Of nieces also survive.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Phi Beta Kappa Council
To Meet in WILLIAMSBURG
By the Assooioted Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Sept. T.
Phi Beta Kappa-oldest Greek letter
fraternity-returns to it's birthplace
tomorrow on the campus of the Col
lege of William and Mary where the
fraternity's united chapters will
hold their 21st council for three
days.
The meeting, to be held in the
Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Building
will be the first council since 1910.
A meeting scheduled for 1943 in
Williamsburg was Cancelled because
of the war.
The mother of fraternities" was
born in the Apollo Room of the
historic Raleigh Tavern in Colonial
Williamsburg in 1776. 1t was
founded by small group of stu
dents of the College of William and
Mary.
Main feature of the council meet
ing will be business sessions Tues
day and Wednesday at which COM
mittee reports will be presented, new
members of the senate - central
governing body of Phi Beta Kappa
elected, and policies for the united
chapters during the next three
years determined.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Virginia Newsmen 10 Hear
Talks on Bikini and Europe
BY the Associofed Press

OCEAN VIEW, Va, Sept. T.
Members of the Virginia Press AS.
ISOLATION will hear first-hand &C.
counts Of Operation Crossroads
and occupied Europe at their s4tr
annual meeting at the Hotel Nan.
semond here next week.
An address by Louis Spilman, pub
Usher of the Waynesboro News
Virginian and VPA correspondent
at the Blkini atomic bomb tests. will
be a feature of the opening dinner
meeting at $50 pm. Thursday.
Impressions of Occupied Europe
will be reported to the delegates at
Friday luncheon program by Her.
bert F. Corn, managing editor OF
The Evening Star, Washington, who
recently returned from a European
tour.
The speeches will high light the
three-day meeting, closing Satur-
day night with the awards banquet
at which Mr.. Spilman will make
the presentations as chairman OF
the Awards Committee.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Deaths in Accidents in
Homes Increase 2096

An increase Of approximately a
per cent in fatal home accidents ir
the District thus far this year, as
compared with the same period in
1945, was reported yesterday by the
Red Cross Accident Prevention
Service, which said five adults here
died during the past week as the
result of complications arising from
falls.
District home accident deaths now
total 158 for the year, as against
128 for the same period a year ago
it was reported.
In addition, non-fatal home ac-
cidents continued apace with 81
victims treated in hospitals during
the past week, bringing the total
to 1851 for 1916 compared to 3.452
for the same period last year.
The weekly Red Cross report
showed that first aid was given to
woman who washed her eyes with
lye water thinking it was boric acid
and that X-ray observation is being
made of a youngster who swallowed
the metal cap from q tube OF
medicine.
Children's Hospital treated two
children who swallowed insect pow
der. while at Freedman's Hospital
9 child who swallowed disinfectant
and one who was burned about the
eyes with a chemical were treated.
A young woman injured an eye
while combing her hair and another
woman inhaled fumes from a re-
frigerator that had exploded.
OF the 81 injured, Al were hurt
in falls, "a received severe cuts and
26 were the victims of burns, poisons
or had swallowed injurious objects
or had been injured in the eyes.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
ArIington's Centennial Ends
With Parade Viewed by $4,000

Arlington County yesterday cli-
NAKED its centennial celebration
with a parade of more than loo
units which was viewed by an es.
timated $4,000 citizens.
The procession. starting at ]
pm. from Wilson boulevard ano
North Taylor street, included many
gaily-decorated floats entered by
county civic groups, historical So
cieties, business, fraternal, religious
and veterans organizations.
Lasting slightly over three hours
the parade was reviewed from q
stand at Wilson boulevard ano
North Courthouse road. George
c. Dalby was the grand marshal.
The week-long celebration mark
ing the Tooth anniversary of the
retrocession of Arlington from the
District of Columbia ended Official
ly last night with a showing of the
pageant, "Cavalcade of Progress,
in Washington-Lee High School
Stadium.
Byrd and Smith on Hand.
Immediately after the parade
Charles R. Fenwick, centennial Ex-
ecutive Committee chairman, in
troduced the guests of honor in
cluding Senator Byrd and Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrats, of Vir-
ginia.
Other guests included Arthur
James, State commissioner of well
fare; Mrs. Virginia Waller Davis
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Apple Packers Forced
To Store Export Crop
Due 10 Ship Strike
Speciol Dispotch TO The Stor

WINCHESTER, Va, Sept. T.
Frederick County apples packed for
export were being sent to cold stor-
age today to await the end of the
maritime strike that has crippled
American shipping.
The apples were destined for
Norway, Sweden and other Euro
Ipean countries.
Harry w. Butler, packer, said
he was seeking storage space in or
near New York for several car
loads of apples that had been
shipped there by rail. Edward w.
Barls another packer, had four
carloads ready for export when the
strike was called
Many growers were expecting to
resume their export trade with
British firms this fall and still have
hopes of doing so once the strike
is settled. Meanwhile, Winchester's
four cold storage plants were receiv-
ing large quantities of packed fruit.
This years apple crop is one of
the largest on record and is esti-
mated to be in excess of 1000 900
bushels. Frederick County is the
largest producing county in the
State.
Another factor affecting the ap-
pie market is the scarcity of sugar
toEpEeSeryiflg s.ss
Z sedckng Stienp Ia New York,
New Jersey, Hagerstown and Cum
berland in Maryland and at Rich
mond also has left its impact on ths
Shenandoah Valley apple industry
Evening star., 1946-09-08

A motorist wishes to park neal
house at lower right and sees -four
vacant places along curb between
parked car A and the corner. In
which of the four vacant places car
he park legally2
/. In narrow space / between cal
and the bus stop?
2. In spaces 2 or 8 in front of the
bus stop and the fire hydrant?
8. Between the fire hydrant and
the corner?
4. None of them?
Answer 4 is correct. There is no
place between car A and the corner
that another car could legally park
Section IL, District traffic and motor
vehicle regulations, forbids parking
between the intersection of curb
lines and point 20 feet back of ex-
isting line of buildings; within 10
feet of a fire hydrant"; within 20
feet of either side of bus STOP
or within 8 feet of the front or
rear of another vehicle" The mo-
torist would have to park somewhere
else.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Maryland tobacco Crop
Is Largest in History
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE. Sept. 7.-Harvest-
ing of an estimated 42,000, ,000- pound
tobacco crop, largest In Southern
Maryland's history. will be com.
pleted in another week, tobacco ex-
perts said today.
j. j. Buchheister, grower and
warehouseman of Upper Marlboro,
estimates the 1916 crop will total
A, 900 900 pounds or more.
I think it is the biggest crop Of
all time in Southern Maryland, and
1t is a very good crop in quality" he
said.
The value Of the crop at auctions
next spring is put by growers at
more than $25 5,0O0, 600.
This may be compared with the
1945 crop Of $4,000, 900 to 1900, 900
pounds, which brought $500, 900 at
sales this year.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Alexandra Amputee
Gets New Automobile

Joseph o. Gunsauls, 207 East
Howell avenue, Alexandria, who lost
his right leg while fighting in Ger
many with the 18th Infantry OF
the 9th Division, yesterday became
the first amputee from Alexandria
to receive new automobile under
a Government grant.
He was presented 1916 four
door sedan by Joseph w. Phillips,
president of the Phillips Motor Co.,
who also served in the Army.
Mr.. Gunsauls is employed at the
Engineer Board at Fort Belvoir as
a civilian.
BALTIMORE, Sept. I P.-Ap-
plication forms for Maryland am
putee veterans seeking to obtain
automobiles at Government expense
will be available at the regional
office here September 9, w. L. Linn
burg, manager, announced today.
Mr.. Limburg said blanks also
could be obtained at VA contact
Offices in Cumberland, Salisbury,
Elkton, Annapolis and Frederick.
Mr.. Limburg said his Office has
jurisdiction over all Maryland coun-
ties except Prince Georges and
Montgomery which are included In
the Washington area.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Virginia COP Selects
jenkins in Campaign
For Robertson Seat
BY the Associoied Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. IA
spirited campaign for Congress In
the 7th district was forecast here
today by Republican party leaders
with the announcement that Carl
jenkins, Page County farmer and
merchant. will be the COP candi-
| date for the House seat now held
by Representative Robertson, Demo-
crat.
Mr.. Jenkins will oppose the Demo-
cratic candidate selected at a dis
trict convention in Staunton Sep
tember %. Mr.. Robertson was
named by Virginia Democrats in
convention here Thursday to run
for the unexpired Senate term Of
the late Senator Glass.
In Richmond for a campaign con-
ference with State COP strategists,
Mr.. jenkins said he planned to run
on "a constructive program that will
be of benefit to all groups and
classes of my district" the details
of which he would announce later.
New Candidate Reported.
Meanwhile, from Winchester
came reports of another possible
Democratic candidate, in addition
to four prospects mentioned earlier,
to seek the House post occupied by
Mr. Robertson since 1882.
Friends of Judge Burr p. Harri-
son Of Winchester were urging him
to consider the congressional race.
A former State Senator, Judge Har-
rison Is the son of the late Thomas
w. Harrison. who represented the
7th in the House
The four mentioned earlier are
Federal District Attorney Frank S.
Tavenner, Woodstock; Delegate C..
G. Quesenbery, Waynesboro; M. J..
Menefee, Luray, secretary to Sena-
tor Byrd, and G. Fred Switzer, Har-
risonburg, chairman of the 7th Dis
trict Democratic Committee.
Mr.. Jenkins, At, and a resident of
Stanley, described himself as "a
horse and buggy candidate" because
he believes this country should re-
vitalize the principles of its early
growth.
States Campaign Slogan.
He said his slogan would be IT be-
lieve in building a greater America
on the principles that made America
great"
In a formal statement of can
didacy, Mr.. jenkins added:
II have been a farmer all my life
and I know the farmers problems.
AS a former school teacher and high
school principal I feel that I know a
great deal about problems of educa-
ton"
Mr.. jenkins is a member of the
State COP executive, campaign and
Policy Committees. He is secretary
of the Stanley Board of Trade and a
member of the Page County Plan
ming Board He has never run for
Office before.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Tyler Named High Priest
BY Mount Vernon Masons

Mount Vernon Chapter, No. IA
Royal Arch = MaSons, has elected
O. Herman Tyler as high priest.
Other officers include James
Sherier, king; Frank r. Greene
scribe; William Hiram Wood, jr.
treasurer; c. Philip Heishley, secre-
tary; Eugene D. Orrell, captain OF
the host; Col. Thomas C. Hollick
principal sojourner; Robert Bruce
Workman, royal arch captain; Ben
jamin M. Oppenheim, master third
veil; Eliza Keesling, master second
veil; Charles M Harshe, master first
veil; Sydney c. Cross, chaplain;
Claude L. Haynes, steward, and
Charles B. Cook, tiler.
The retiring high priest, Clarence
H. Fleming, was presented with q
gold wrist watch.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
CuIpeper Aviator
Injured in Crash
In His Own Yard
By Stoff Correspondent Of The sto,

CULPEPER, Va, Sept. 7.-Robert
L. Inskeep, 20, today suffered leg in
juries when his Piper Cub airplane
crashed into the front yard of his
home near here. Telephone service
for approximately so families was
suspended when the plane struck
wires.
According to Mr. Inskeep, who was
bomber test pilot in Texas during
the war, the plane developed motor
trouble near his home as he was
trying easy banks" in preparation
for an instructors license.
Mr.. Inskeep had As stitches taken
in his legs after he drove four miles
to a physician in Culpeper.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Two Give 81 900 Checks
For Arlington HospitoI

Two $1,000 checks were presented
yesterday by Nathan Scanland and
Frank Lyon, both of Arlington, to
Lawrence w. Douglas, chairman of
the Advance Solicitations Commit
tee OF the Arlington Hospital $50 600
fund campaign.
Mr.. Douglas said contributions
totaling more than 5000 have been
received to date, although the drive
does not open ,ofilcially until to-
morrow. It is scheduled to continue
through September as.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Increased Staff
NeedsCitedbv
Board
Help Now Inadequate
For Duties Assigned,
Commissioners Told

The Board of Indeterminate Sen
tence and Parole told the Commits
sioners yesterday it needs every
substantial increase" in it's staff If
1t is to carry out its obligation in
the treatment of prisoners in Dis
trict penal institutions at Deco
quan and Lorton, Va.
Under the parole statute, the
board pointed out in its annual re-
port, the board is responsible for de-
termining prisoner treatment.
With the present staff" the re-
port said, I'VE are under equipped
to do this work. We have no staff
at all at Occoquan"
The members said that if the
Commissioners vested this RESPONSE
bility in the penal officials. the
statute would have to be changed.
Training Program Urged.
"If the Commissioners desire the
board to carry out this responsible
ity," they added, sit will be neces-
sary to increase our budget sub
stantially."
The board also suggested that
this part of the parole law could be
made to work without radical"
changes in the rehabilitation pro-
gram at Lorton Reformatory, in
cluding industrial training courses
and equipment.
The members renewed their an
nual recommendation for a voca-
tional training program at Lorton
that will fit the prisoners for some
useful occupation and thus aid re-
habilitation afterward. The pris-
oners now make, among other things,
shirts for policemen, bricks and
license plates.
Paid Member Sought.
while the board realizes that it
may be necessary to a certain eX-
tent to utilize prisoners in produc-
ing articles that can be used in
the operation of the institutions
themselves" the members said, yet
we believe that vocational re-
habilitation program based on a
study Of the types of employment
available in the District upon re-
lease would provide better oppor-
tunity for rehabilitation to these
prisoners"
Also renewed this year was the
board request for full-time paid
member.
During the fiscal year ended June
80 the board had under supervision
SAL paroled prisoners, of whom ITS
were paroled during the year.
Out of 416 indicted into service
since Pearl Harbor either directly
from the institutions or from parole,
only seven became involved in new
criminal offenses, SO far as the
board could determine.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Gen. Bradley TO Address
Clarke County Celebration
Speeioi Dispotoh to The Sior

1Pee'uI DTspoleH 70 Ihe SfoT
BERRYVILLE, Va, Sept. WET
erans' Administrator Bradley is to
deliver the principal address here
October 19 when citizens of Clarke
County hold celebration honoring
returned veterans, 1t was announced
yesterday by Col. Graham Dough-
erty, committee chairman.
Gov. Tuck and Representative
Robertson also are expected to be
on the program.
Exercises also will be held in
memory of Clarke County war dead
Evening star., 1946-09-08
HyottsvilIe Lions Club
States Davis as Speaker

Roy Taco Davis, director of Inter-
American Service School, will talk
on Experiences of a Career Diplo-
mat" before the Hyattsville Lions
Club at pm. Tuesday at the Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club.
The dinner-meeting will honor
C. F. Orton, the clubs new president
Evening star., 1946-09-08
U. S. Approves Advance
For Sewers in Foirfux
BY the Asaocioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. THE
Federal Works Agency has approved
a Federal advance to finance the
preparation Of plans and specifica-
tions for construction Of new sewer
facilities, including pumping sta
tions. for several communities In
Fairfax County Sanitary District
No. /.
Cost Of the project was estimated
at $3.50, 900 with the Federal ad-
vance amounting 10 5000