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Evening star., 1946-10-07
Courf-MartiaI Probe
Starts Here Friday

Final hearings on the Army's
court system. will be held
Friday and Saturday at the Su-
preme Court Building, Dean Arthur
T. Vanderbilt of New York Univer.
sity Law School, chairman of the
War Department Advisory Commit
tee on Military Justice, announced
In New York today.
Secretary of War Patterson, Gen
Eisenhower and Judge Advocate
Gen. Green will testify. Mr.. Wander
bilt said, along with various theater
commanders and considerable en-
listed personnel.
The hearings here will climax the
series of regional hearings held in
II regions of the United States by
individual committee members. In
addition the committee members
have been studying numerous briefs
and memoranda, much of which
was submitted by veterans.
Secretary Patterson named the
committee last spring. The MEM
bers were nominated by American
Bar Association President Willis
Smith of Raleigh, N. C. A report Is
to be submitted to the War Depart
ment later this month, Mr.. Wander
bilt said.
Other members of the committee
are Justice Alexander Holtzoff,
Washington, D. c.: Walter p. Arm
strong, Memphis; Frederick E.
Crane, New York; Joseph w. Hen
derson. Philadelphia; w. T. Joyner.
Raleigh, N. c.; Jacob M. Lashly,
St. Louis; Morris A. Soper, Balti-
more, and Floyd E. Thompson,
Chicago.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Funeral Held al Fort Myer
For Betty Jane Ward

Funeral services for Miss Betty
Jane Ward, "a, of Silver Spring, a
former WAC, who died Thursday at
Mcclure Hospital, Richmond, Va,
were held this morning at Fort
Myer with burial in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
A native of Alexandria, Miss Ward
had lived in Greensboro, N. c., be-
fore moving to Silver Spring 10
years ago. She was graduate of
Montgomery Blair High School, Sill
yer Spring, and enlisted in January,
1943, while attending the University
of Maryland.
Miss Ward had been i'll since her
discharge in August, 1914, shortly
after her return from Algiers and
Iran. Besides her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude M. Ward, she leaves a
brother, Claude M. Ward, jr., also of
Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Virginia Republicans
Up for Congress Plan
Extensive Stumping
By the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 7-Lester
S. Parsons of Norfolk, candidate for
the regular term in the United
States Senate, and Frank Angel, 9Th
district candidate for the House, will
open an extensive Republican
speech-making campaign in Roa-
noke Wednesday night.
Plans announced here by Ralph L.
Lincoln of Marion, Republican State
campaign manager, indicated the
two COP candidates for the Senate
would carry their appeals to voters
throughout the State before election
day, November S. Robert H. Woods
of Pearisburg is the other senatorial
nominee, seeking election to the un-
expired term of the late Senator
Glass.
The Democrats also are busy and
Representative Robertson of Lex
ington, the party's nominee for the
Senate short term, spoke Saturday
night at a Democratic rally in Sa-
lem where he declared that eco
nomic stability at home and abroad
must provide the foundation for q
permanent peace.
Representative Robertson will
spend several days this week in the
9th district.
MIR. Parson and Mr.. Angel will
speak in Roanoke over Radio Sta
ton WDBJ at 7::30 pm. Wednesday,
and Mr.. Woods is expected to speak
later in the week over Station
WPUV in Pulaski.
Each of the COP senatorial NOM
inees will be on the air once week
over a Statewide hookup during
the last three weeks of the cam
paign, with talks set for October Is,
IT, %, "a, 20 and 81. Both are
listed for personal appearances at
Abingdon October 10 and Arlington
October %.
Mr.. Parsons also is to speak at
Winchester October %, Staunton
October "a, in Lee County october
26 and at Accomac October %. Mr..
Woods engagements include Mon
roe October Is and Warsaw Octo-
ber 30.
Evening star., 1946-10-07

Shrouds of secrecy were lifted yes
terday from the Smithsonian Insti-
tution's biggest wartime project,
known as Operation Luray."
1t consisted of moving total of
go tons of the institutions most
priceless treasures to an Isolated
warehouse hidden in the mountains
of Shenandoah National Park, just
outside Luray, Va.
Moved to the hideway in the fall
of 1912, when other departments OF
the Federal Government were trans
ferring valuables out Of Washington
for fear of bombings, the treasures
were returned two years later. For
some reason, however, executives OF
the institution until now have
labelled the project secret"
Historic Flag Included.
Taken to the warehouse which
was originally constructed for the
use of the National Park Service
were:
The Wright brothers airplane,
not the original model (Which Is In
England) but a model Of 1910.
The Star Spangled Banner. the
original Francis Scott Key flag which
inspired the national anthem dur
ing the siege Of Fort McHenry in
the War of 1872.
Several historical automobiles, In
Guiding these built by Duryea and
Haynes.
The Howe sewing machine.
Skins Also Removed.
Type specimens In biology, geology
and anthropology, considered ire
placable, including skins of unique
animals, unique bird skins, rocks
minerals, plants and various "arti-
facts of civilization"
In the warehouse, which is 90
feet long, were rooms dividing the
museum pieces into live" and
dead 1ategories. The formsssere
susceptible to attacks by Insects
rust. 81 dscays and demanded con.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
AIexundriuns to Learn
'Fire-Fiqhting Methods

Methods of reporting fires and
the use of fire extinguishers will be
demonstrated to employees of the
Washington Quartermaster Depot,
Alexandria, at o'clock this after
noon at the depot.
The demonstration, part of Fire
Prevention Week observance, is in.
tended to help depot employees be-
come safety conscious while on the
job" according to officials of the
project.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
VeImu St. Clair Heads
.Tokomu Legion Auxiliary

Mrs. Velma st. Clair has been
elected president of the American
Legion Auxiliary, Takoma Park Unit
No. %, succeeding Mrs. Elizabeth
Normandy.
Other officers are: Mrs. Mary
Shields, vice president; Mrs. Eliza
beth Laubscher, secretary; Mrs.
Grace. Thompson, chaplain; Mrs.
Elizabeth Holland, treasurer; Mrs.
Ruby Brown historian Mrs. Ruth
Wheeler, sergeant at arms; Mrs.
Mabel Van Week and Miss Betty
Jane Abercrombie, color bearers,
and ys Grace Fine, Mrs. Nor
mar fand Mrs. Van Week, mem
ber the Executive Committee.
Evening star., 1946-10-07

RICHMOND, Va. Oct. 7.-Ap-
proximately $4,000 people were sent
to Jail in Virginia during the IL
months ending last June 80, an In
crease of 8,757 or 11.27 per cent over
the number Jailed the preceding
year, the annual summary OF jail
statistics of the State Department
of Corrections has revealed.
White males between the ages OF
20 to "a showed the biggest Increase
in any single group, the report
showed.
Some reasons for the boom In the
jail population were given in an
analysis of the statistics by F. Q,
Jones, executive secretary of the
Corrections Board.
Several Factors Involved.
"The increase in many instances
MIR. Jones wrote, may be attributed
largely to several known factors:
"State and law enforcement agen-
cies have been strengthened through
increased and more efficient per-
sonnel; q very great number OF men
from the age groups that predom-
mate in jail commitments have
been released from military service
during the year and this year has
been a period of adjustment and
idleness for great many persons,
not only those who have been In
the service but those who have been
engaged in war-related activities
and industries.
"It is generally recognized by
Evening star., 1946-10-07
IS Damaged Planes
Offered at Richmond

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. z R1.-
The War Assets Administration is
receiving bids for the purchase Of
127 damaged, non-fyable surplus
aircraft, IS of which are located at
Byrd Airport in Richmond, Regional
Director Mortlock S. Petit said yes
terday.
The IS planes in Richmond are
of the Navy GB-2 type, Army des-
ignation UC- 43, commercially
known as D-17's. Four aircraft are
stored at the Naval Air Station in
Norfolk, enes At Langley Field and
one at PaAkent, Md. The others
are located at Army and Navy bases.
WAA sales &srtses depets ahd mu-
'nicipal airports throughout the
country.
The IS at Byrd Airport will be
sold as one lot. Bids will be re-
ceived by all WAA regional Offices
up until noon October 18.
Evening star., 1946-10-07

There was no other space available
at the curb when driver of Car 'B"
decided to park beside horse
trough. There were no signs posted
prohibiting this.
/. Was this driver violating a regu-
lation
2. Or. was he justified, since he
saw no horses in the vicinity?
8. Or, was he acting legally but
without consideration for the thirsty
horse which might happen by while
he was parked?
The answer is Eyes" to question
1. The few horses which plod along
Capital streets are protected by sec
ton 10, paragraph II, Of the traffic
and motor vehicle regulations which
prohibits parking within five feet
of any animal drinking fountain. ex-
cept for the purpose Of permitting
animals to drink from such foun'
tain"
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Two Killed in New Market
In Heod-On Collision
SpecjoI pjspoteh 10 The Sior


NEW MARKET, Va, Oct. 1.-TWO
persons were killed instantly and a
third seriously injured yesterday af-
ternoon in a head-on automobile
collision on the valley pike, 6 miles
south of New Market.
The dead are Elmer Ridgeway
Smell, 80, Harrisonburg, general
manager of the Smell Coal Co., and
Mrs. Lorraine A. Holsinger, 80,
Broadway, Va. Her husband, Earl
C. Holsinger, 40, assistant principal
of Timberville High School was in
jured.
According to State Troopers E. p.
Landers and M. s. Witt, the acci-
dent occurred on a straight stretch
of road. Mr.. Smell, who was alone,
was driving north while Mr.. Hol-
singer was driving south.
Mr.. Holsinger is in Rockingham
Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg,
with a possible fracture Of the skull.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Seoboord RuiIrood
INSPECTION PIunned
Ry iha Assoeiafad fress

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. IL. r.
Powell, jr., president of the Seaboard
Airline Railroad, and members OF
the recently elected Board OF Di-
rectors will leave Richmond We'd
nesday for a To-day inspection trip
Of the six States served by the road.
The trip, the first group inspection
Of the roads facilities, will begin
with an inspection of the Hermitage,
Va, yards at $3.50 am. Wednesday
and will be concluded with meet
ing of the board in Savannah, Fri
day, Mr.. Powell announced today.
The six States to be visited are
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
DC. ChiId-Cure Director
To Talk in ArIinqton

Lucille Lewis, administrator of the
child care program in Washing
ton, will speak on Program Plan
ming for the Maximum Growth of
the Child" at the fifth lecture in
the work conference on child care
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the Colonial
Village Ballroom, 1918 Wilson boule-
ward, Arlington.
All parents and teachers of pre-
school children are invited to attend
the conference which is sponsored
by the director Of the child care
program in Arlington, with cooper
alton of the Arlington tuberculosis
Association, the Arlington Pre-
school Association and the Fedora
ton Of Cooperative Nursery Schools
of Northern Virginia.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Ord Preston, u, Plans to Wed
35-Yeor-OId Bank Teller
Miss Margaret Coe
To Become Bride of
Retired Official

Ord Preston, u, retired president
of the Union Trust Co., is to marry
Miss Margaret H. Coe, IS, a teller
for the bank, next Monday, 1t was
announced today following appli-
cation for a marriage license.
Mr.. Preston said the wedding
would take place at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. William H
Ritchie, 212l Kalorama. road NV.
The couple plan to go to La Jolla,
Calf, Immediately after the we'd
ding. Mr.. Preston owns q home
there and plans to remain in Cali
fornia.
Miss Coe, who lives at 2100 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV, is the
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Frank Coe of Riverton, N. j.
She has been an employe of the
bank for the last 10 years.
= MIR. Preston resigned from the
of the Union Trust Co.
In May, 1945 because of i'll health.
Mr.. Preston's first wife, Carolyn
Murray Preston, died April 80. 1871
after an illness of several month.
He has two sons and two daughters
by his first marriage.
Prominent in financial circles here,
Mr.. Preston is former president
of the Washington Gas Light Co.
and has served as chairman OF the
board of the gas company as well as
the board of the Union Trust Co.
since. He also is a past president OF
the Chevy Chase Club.
A. native of California, he was
educated at Phillips Andover Acad-
emy in Massachusetts, and Yale
University. He came to Washington
in 1910 to become a director OF the
gas company.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Baltimore Couple Starts
World Cruise in Schooner
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. Her
mann C. Schmidt, his wife and crew
of seven friends were en- route to
Florida today on the first leg of a
Is ,000- mile cruise in an 85-foot
schooner Mr.. Schmidt built.
The schooner, the Tondelayo,
sailed from Baltimore yesterday,
destined for Okinawa, the Solo,
mons and other island battlef1elds
of the Pacific war.
Mr.. Schmidt, a welder by trade,
and his wife took an Atlantic cruise
before the war in 53-foot schooner
he built. It was wrecked off the
coast of France.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Smithsonian Moved so Tons
Of Relics to Luroy During War
By A. A. HoehIina

slant attention, while the latter
needed no attention
Both the trip down and the trip
back in 10 large vans was without
incident or damage and no harm
was done during the storage period.
Carl w. Mitman, head curator
of the department of engineering
and industries of the institution,
was In charge of the project.
Cost Put at $28,000.
"We weren't troubled at ALL" he
said. mo one ever knew the
treasures were there except the
armed guards at the warehouses
and at the gates. In fact you can't
even see the houses from the
road as they are down in a little
wooded valley.
mo one ever attempted to break
In as far as I know"
The whole cost Of Operation
Luray" was placed at the low figure
Of $4,000.
There Is some hope that the
Park Service might again let the
Smithsonian use some of the space
at Luray for storage purposes if
the National Air Museum, created
by the last Congress, becomes
reality.
Art Objects Also Moved.
During the same period, the Ma
tional Gallery of Art moved its
paintings and sculptures to the
Biltmore House in Biltmore, N. C.
and the Library of Congress dis
tributed the equivalent of 26 freight
car loads of books and documents
between the libraries of four uni
versities in Virginia and Ohio and
in the vaults Of the United States
Mint at Fort Knox, KY.
The National Archives Building
with its massive stone walls and
absence of windows, was considered
| the most bombproof building in
| Washington. and only a few manu-
scripts we1e moved from tbsrez
to nearby Army posts. E<AzT
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Carey Kingdom Dies;
Montgomery County
News Correspondent

Carey Kingdom, IA, who was
Montgomery County correspondent
for The Star for nearly SO years,
and one. of the anost widely-known
men in the county, died last night
at his home. 300 Reading avenue,
Rockville. He has been Ill for sew
eral months.
Funeral services will be held at
the Kingdom home at II am. to-
morrow, with the Rev. William B.
Adams of the Rockville Baptist
Church off1ciating. Burial will be
in st. Mary's Cemetery, Rockville.
Mr.. Kingdom was native OF
Georgetown, the son Of the Rev.
John Kingdom, minister Of the
Baptist Church. When Carey King
don was IL the family moved to
Rockville. Later the elder Kingdom
gave up the ministry for Govern
ment service in washington.
Served on Election Board.
Carey Kingdom at one time was
the Rockville representative for most
Washington and Baltimore papers.
For the last II years he had been
a Republican member of the Board
of Supervisors of Elections for Mont
gomery County and for a number
of years prior to that was clerk OF
the board. Almost all who made
regular visits to the county court
house at Rockville made his ac-
quaintance.
From day to day, for almost half
a century, he chronicled the doings
of the people with whom he lived,
and the tragedies as-well. In April,
1885, when a train hit a school bus
at grade crossing and IA children
were killed, he helped cover the
story. When she Rockville High
School burned, Mr.. Kingdom was
there. ..
He reported for the Montgomery
County readers of The Star the in
ception and progress of county i'm
provements and the workings of the
county and the town governments
Lost Som In February.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Hattie c. Kingdom, who retired only
last. year after teaching school in
Montgomery County for 80 years;
daughter, Miss Mary r. Kingdom, a
member of the faculty of the Rich
ard Montgomery High School in
Rockville; a. daughter-in-law, Mrs
Helen v. Kingdom, the widow Of Mr.
and Mrs. Kingdoms son, John A.
Kingdom, who has made her home
with the Kingdoms with her two
children, 10 Ann, 10, and John DON
aid, Z; two sisters, Miss Isabel King
don and Miss Alverda Kingdom, also
of Rockville, and brother, Bryan
Kingdom of st. Louis.
The Kingdoms son, title exami-
ner in Rockville, died last February
The father, despite his sorrow, tele-
phoned The Star an account OF his
sons career and death, just as he
had reported the death of countless
other county citizens.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
113 New Voters Register
In ARLINGTON, Fairfax Area

Registration of new residents Of
Arlington and Fairfax Counties
and Alexandria who desire to vote
in the November general election
ended Saturday with 113 persons
registering during the day.
The largest number-77-register.
ed at the Arlington Courthouse, &C
cording to Mrs. Mary Moore Nc
Intosh, in charge of the office.
Fred Petit, Alexandria registrar,
reported that 80 persons signed up
at his Office in the Alexandria City
Hall while w. Franklin Gooding.
central registrar of Fairfax County,
said only six persons registered with
him at the County Courthouse.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
81 Fires in September
Costs ST ,855 in Arlington

Fifty-two fires which caused total
damages of $1,855 occurred in Ar
lington County in September, Fire
Chief A. c. Scheffel reported yester-
day.
OF the number, Is were houses, 3
business establishments, IA autos, 13
grass and airplane, Chief Scheffel
said. There were A ambulance calls
answered during the month, he
added.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
1880 Club Organized
In Tukomu Park Parish

A new church group-the ID
30 Club-has been organized by
younger members Of Our Lady of
Sorrows Catholic Church, Takoma
Park, Md.
Some rs persons attended the or
ganization meeting and elected Paul
Twiddy, president. The club Is open
to members between 18 and 80
years of age.
Besides Mr.. Twiddy other officers
are Richard Aud, first vice presi-
dent; Edwin Dense, second vice
president; Francis Cavanaugh, Sec
retary, and Miss Eleanor Herlihy,
treasurer
Evening star., 1946-10-07
= WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916.
Surplus Planes
Attract Few
|BuyersHere
Handful of Customers
Attends WAA Sale
| At Andrews Field

Only a handful of prospective
customers was on hand at Andrews
Field this morning when the War
Assets Administration commenced
the largest airplane sale ever held
in this area.
A total of IT PT-26 trainers
which were lend-leased to the RCAF
were offered to any one wanting to
buy them, at prices from $1,475 and
$2,390. Originally they cost the
Government $4,000 apiece.
Richard Tinker, WAA representa-
tive in charge of the sale, blamed
the first days small turnout-no
more than dozen people in the
morning-to the fact that Andrews
Field is somewhat difficult to reach.
Sale to Last Week.
However" he said, "the sale will
continue all week, and those we do
not sell here will be moved south to
Camden, S. c."
The customers present this morn
ing sought the aircraft mainly for
training purposes. Although well
equipped with instruments, with a
cruising speed of about 100 miles
an hour and with a low landing
speed, the planes average only
about IL miles to a gallon of gaso-
line and are considered too expen-
sive from an upkeep standpoint for
a private owner.
They are Of the low-wing type,
with plexiglass covering over the
cockpits, and are powered with q
200-horsepower motor.
zoo Already Sold.
Approximately 200 of the same
type plane were sold a few weeks
ago at Niagara Falls.
No priorities are needed. but vet
Grams and dealers who buy three
ships or more are entitled to 20 per
cent discount The airplanes are in
fyable condition and the purchaser
can remove them as soon as he pays
for them. However, WAA officials
estimate that it will take about 5000
to put the aircraft in first-class
shape.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Survey Of Hospitals
In Virginia Is Slated
within Two Months
By the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. IA long
range survey of Virginia's hospital
needs, which may point the way to
extensive overhauling of the State S
general hospital system, should get
under way within the next 80 to 60
days, DR.. L. j. Roper, State health
commissioner, reported.
He also predicted that new divi-
sion in the Health Department may
be required to carry on the survey,
recommended by the American Hos
pital Association and which the
commissioner said involved an
enormous amount of detailed
work estimated to require about a
year to complete.
DR.. Roper said the association
looks toward the decentralization
of hospital care through the estab-
lishment of a feeder system, which
would bring treatment to sections of
Virginia now. virtually without ex-
pert medical attention.
Chief delay In beginning the work
has been the States inability to
find a qualified surveyor. The in
centive for launching the survey is
the Federal Hill Burton bill setting
up a fund of $3,000,00 to be allo-
Gated to the States for the study.
The bill also promises $375, ,000, 900,
not yet appropriated, for the con-
struction of the institutions found
needed.
Under the legislation. localities
needing and qualifying for hospital
construction must put up 50 for
each dollar posted by the Federal
Government. In the survey itself,
the Government proposes to finance
only one-third of the cost.
DR.. Roper pointed out that the
1916 General Assembly appropriated
$40, 900 for the survey, and that with
the Federal aid only $4,000 would
be available, whereas the actual
cost is estimated at between $25 900
to $4,000.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Dr.. Charles Cake Named
To Arlington Health Post

Appointment Of DR.. Charles Cake
as tuberculosis clinician Of the Ar
lington County Health Department
has been announced by County
Manager Frank G. Hanrahan.
DR.. Cake succeeds DR.. Leroy
Dunn who served in an acting ca
pacity during the war. DR.. Cake is
q former president OF the Arlington
tuberculosis Association and for
several years conducted the chest
and pneumothorax clinic.
His new post will not interfere
with DR.. Cakes private practice, Mr..
HanraI1an said.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Mount Rainier to See
Five Sofety Movies

Fire Marshal Clarence B. Selke of
Mount Rainier today urged resi-
dents of the town to play safe" in
observance of Fire Prevention
Week.
Fire safety motion pictures will be
shown at 8 o'clock tonight, We'd
nesday and Friday at the Mount
Rainier Christian Church, Thirty
third street and Bunker Hill road.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
FBI Agent to Speak

Special Agent George 1. Carroll
of the Federal Bureau of Investi-
CATION will address the October
meeting of the Green Meadows
Brookside Manor (Mc.) Citizens
Association at 8 pm. wednesday In
the Ager Road Elementary School,
Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Prince Georges Voters
To Register Tomorrow

Registration for Prince Georges
County residents desiring to vote
in the general election November S
will be held tomorrow at all regu-
lar polling places in the county
from 8 am. to 9 pm, it was an
nounced today by the County Board
of Election supervisors.