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Evening star., 1946-08-05
Thief F|ees After Snatching
500 From Cash Register

A colored man who bought a
pack of cigarettes snatched 500
from an open cash register last
night, Mrs. Molly Fineman, clerk
at Simpsons Modern Pharmacy,
701 Rhode Island avenue NV, told
police.
Mrs. Fineman said she was un-
able to change IS for him and went
to the soda counter to get the
change. When she returned, the
man had fled and the money was
gone from the cash register.
In another theft yesterday, a
15-year-old colored boy grabbed a
book of 10 streetcar passes from a
streetcar motorman, Millard E.
Pope. 1921 Holbrook street NE,
police reported.
The car was stopped in the 1900
block of Seventh street NV. dis
charging passengers when the boy
snatched the passes and fed, Mr..
Pope told police.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Boy, Is, Escapes
hHurt Knee
In 5O-Foot Fall

Thomas Hopkins, 13. of Bergen
field, N. j., fell from a 50-foot water
tower yesterday in Clinton, Md, and
escaped with injuries to his left
knee. doctors at Casualty Hospital
said today,
The boy, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Hopkins, said he was visit
ing John H. Woods, jr., friend of
his family who has farm at Clin-
ton.
Il decided to climb the water
tower to get view of the Washing
ton Monument, the boy said. When
I was almost to the top of the tower
my foot must have slipped. Anyway
I fell"
Thomas was not certain exactly
which water tower in Clinton he fell
from, but said he thought it was on
Belfont lane near the outskirts of
town. He said he planned to return
home tomorrow but thought he
would write his family" that he
was staying "a little longer
The boy was brought to Casualty
Hospital by Mr.. Woods. His con-
dition is described as good.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Red Cross Offers 10 Assist
Countries in Quake Area

American Red Cross officials to-
day said they had cabled offers Of
assistance to Caribbean countries af-
fected by the earthquake yesterday
and expected to know within "a
hours whether aid was needed.
Officials of the Red Cross said
cables had been sent to Red Cross
chapters in the Dominican Republic
and in Haiti. Telephone communi-
cation with San Juan, headquarters
of the Puerto Rican Red Cross, was
being established through ARC dis
aster priority
Most recent help requested and
given In Latin American countries
was In October, 1914, after a hurri-
cane in Cuba when $4,000 was sent
to the Red Cross of that country for
relief. Earlier that year x-ray film
was sent to Argentine Red Cross
after an earthquake and Ecuador's
Red Cross was given money follow
ing a Quake,
Evening star., 1946-08-05

$500 which she allegedly took from
beneath her husbands pillow.
The action followed a petition
from Lester E. Winfree, Hyattsville
to restrain Mrs. Sowder from spend
ing the money which she had de-
posted in the Arlington Trust Co
Mr.. Winfree said he had given the
money to Mr.. Sowder to deliver to
John c. Lewis, Hyattsville, as the
final payment for the Red Top Sta
bles on East-West highway.
Mrs. Sowder, who said her hus-
band had absolutely refused to pay
the bills" admitted at the earlier
hearing that he was up to date on
5000 monthly payment ordered by
the court pending outcome of the
divorce proceedings.
Sowder is to be given hearing
on the, assault and battery charges
Thursday in Arlington Police Court
Wife Barred From Contest.
Ben Strauss, general manager OF
WWDC, said station officials had
disqualified Mrs. SoWder from the
Miss Washington beauty contest
limited to single girls. She was
among 80 semifinalists remaining
in the contest for which the city S
Atlantic City entrant will be Sc
lected at finals August 10.
Stoller teams with Arch McDon-
aid in the broadcast of Washington
baseball games. He Is former
member of the University of Michi-
gan track team and was a member
of the 1886 Olympic team at Berlin.
Arlington police listed Stollers
address as the 600 block of Tewkes-
bury place NV. and that of Sow
der as the 34OO block of P street NV.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
BeItsvi|le Carpenter
Held in Auto Death
OF Wife in Virginia
BULLETIN
BULLETIN

Page County Sheriff J.
Abram Brubaker informed
Prince Georges County police
shortly after noon today that
Raymond Booth, charged with
the murder of his wife, Fran
ces Booth, "a, has been appre-
hended at Luray.
A warrant charging Raymond
Booth, Beltsville Md carpenter
with murder in the death Yesterday
OF his wife was issued at Luray
Va, today, Commonwealth's Attor-
ney I. R. Dovel of Page County an
nounced this afternoon.
Mrs. Frances Rones Booth, "a
died in Rockingham County Hos
pital, Harrisonburg, after her hus-
band reported she had jumped from
an automobile during an early
morning ride, Sheriff j. Abram
Brubaker said at Luray.
According to Sheriff Brubaker
Booth left Virginia by bus after
his wife died and his mother-in-
law expressed the belief he was
going to his rooming house in Belts
vile for some clothes.
INDICATED by Police.
Prince Georges County -(Md. }
police said, however, they have been
unable to locate Booth, who they
reported has not been seen in the
Beltsville area since he left with
his wife Friday to visit her parents
Mrs. Booth, bruised and uncon-
scious, was brought by her bus
band to the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Jones, at
Naked Greek, a lonely mountain
section near Shenandoah, about
5 am. yesterday after the automo-
bile ride.
DR.. George H. Long. Page County
coroner, was awaiting a report from
the Rockingham Memorial Hospital
at Harrisonburg, where the body o1
Mrs. Booth was X-rayed this morn
ing. 411. N 77p-a /.
He said she died of a brain hem.
orrhage resulting from head in.
juries.
Woman's Shoe Found.
A woman's shoe, DR.. Long said
was found near the church In tht
vicinity of which the. couple hae
been driving, and he said it wa.
being examined for possible blood.
stains.
Mrs. Jones told police that hel
daughter and son-in-law didn't gel
along"
Booth is an Army Engineer Corps
veteran, having been discharged last
Christmas. The couple had been
married for six years.
Evening star., 1946-08-05


A native of Union, S. c., Col. Ar
thur is 81 years old and West Point
graduate. He served here from 1890
to 1884 as district engineer of the
War Department.
During the last few years, Col
Arthur played large part in the
Districts construction program and
headed a special committee making
studies for a master transportation
plan for Washington.
After his graduation from West
Point in 1915, Col. Arthur studied
at the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology, where he received bach
elor and master degrees in civil en-
gineering. He saw overseas service
in World War I.
Before coming to Washington,
Col. Arthur served for 18 months
in the construction of American
bases in the Caribbean area He is
married and has four children. The
family home is at 1909 Nineteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Prisoner F|ees Walter Reed
7 Weeks After Ampufation

Police today were seeking an
Army prisoner who escaped from
Walter Reed Hospital Saturday
night just two weeks after he had
his left leg amputated above the
knee.
The man, Robert w. Lear, "a. Of
Blandburg, Pa, was using short
metal crutches when he disappeared
and will require medical attention
on his still unhealed leg, Army
authorities said. The escape oc-
CURED shortly after he had been
visited by his wife and another
woman.
Police said Army records show
that Lear had deserted from the
Army and had been shot In April,
1945, five months after his deser-
ton, during the cleanup Of black
market ring In France. He was
court-martialed on charge of
stealing 18 sacks of -four, the rec
ords showed.
Lear was returned to this coun-
try in October, 1945. police said.
He was dressed In a staff sergeant's
uniform when he escaped yesterday,
they added.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
a New Polio Cases
HospitaIized Here

Four additional infantile paralysis
cases in the District and vicinity
were reported by the District Health
Department over the week end.
The four patents are 7-year-old
boy living in the 44O0 block of Volta
place NV; an 8-year-old girl from
the 300 block of North Irving street,
Arlington; 22-year-old girl from
Fort Belvoir and 12-year- old girl
from the $500 block of Moreland
lane, Bethesda. The first two were
admitted to Children's Hospital
while the others were hospitalized
at Walter Reed. Ali are white.
This brings to four the number
Of District polio cases SO far this
year and to n the number of cases
from nearby areas, a total OF 81. At
this time last year an area total
of 50 had been reported, % from
the District and 81 from Maryland.
and Virginia,
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Lawmakers Back Here
After G|obaI Trip

Two Senators and three Repre-
sentatives who girdled the world in
a study OF foreign relations returned
today at National Airport.
They were Senator Ellender, DEM
ocrat, of louisiana; Senator Butler
Republican, of Nebraska, and Rep
resentatives Robinson, Democrat, OF
Utah: Crawford, Republican, OF
Michigan, and Miller, Democrat, OF
California. J. Weldon Jones, acting
director of the budget. accompanied
them.
When they descended from a
C-54 at the airport each was car
rying a rife as a gift from 1t. Gen
Lucius Clay, director Of the United
States Government in Germany.
The party was at Manila on July
4 for the Inauguration of the Phil
ippine republic and stopped in
China, India, Siam. Egypt, Greece
Italy, Germany. France and Great
Britain.
The party also witnessed the first
atomic bomb test at Bikini.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Sfassen 10 Aid Kelsey
In Virginia Campaign
BY the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 5.-Former
Gov. Stassen of Minnesota will
open the campaign in Norfolk Sep
tember % for election OF Sidney
H. Kelsey, the Republican NOM
inee to Congress from the End
Virginia district in the November
election, Walter E. Hoffman, Mr.
Kelsey's campaign manager, an
nounced today.
While arranged primarily In sup
port of Mr.. Kelsey, the meeting
also Is expected to mark the OPEN
ing OF the campaign here in behalf
of the two Republican candidates
for election to the United States
Senate. Lester S. Parsons of Nor
folk and Robert H. Woods of Pearls
burg.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Georgetown's New Hospital
Links Tradition and Proqress
By Chris Mothisen

AS testimony to progress and ira
dition, the aged spire of George
town University has been joined on
the city's western skyline by the
sternly functional lines of the new
university hospital.
Georgetown, proud of a history
dating back to the first days of con-
|stitutional government in the United
States, Is looking forward to an
opportunity for expanded public
service.
The new hospital is being built
as community necessity under a
Federal grant of $1,820,000, supple
mented by the university's contribu-
ton of the land and 100000. The
work is under the general supervi-
sion of w. E. Reynolds, commission
er of public buildings.
Operated by University.
When it is completed, however,
the 400-bed hospital will be turned
over to the university for opera
ton. The Sisters of st. Francis,
Catholic order, will continue to ad-
minister the institution in it's new
home, but neither creed nor color
will affect the availability of it's
services.
AS has been the case since it's
founding in 1898, it will remain a
teaching hospital" functioning in
conjunction with the Georgetown
Medical School.
The new building is located on
the south side of Reservoir road
NV. at Thirty ninth street, adja-
cent to the building housing the
medical and dental schools, which
was built in 1881. The ground plan
has the aspect of a cross on a fiat
base, the base being that portion
of the building facing Reservoir
road.
The base" has three stories; the
north-south member of the cross
has five, and the east-west member
has seven
Building Outline.
Offices, laboratories, emergency
suite, X-ray department and a
chapel with choir will be situated
on the first floor. The second will be
devoted to the out-patient clinic,
medical, surgical and maternity
wards. The maternity department
also will have the entire third floor.
Rooms, wards and operating suites
Evening star., 1946-08-05

are planned for the fourth floor.
There are to be more rooms and a
childrens wing on the fifth The
sixth floor is to be devoted to private
rooms, and the seventh, to living
quarters for the sisters.
To provide for its contribution to
the construction cost and for part
of the equipment, the university
conducted campaign for $750,000
last fall The amount asked was
oversubscribed substantially.
Aside from the general expansion
to be made possible by moving
from the old hospital on Thirty fifth
street between Prospect and n
streets, which has facilities for but
235 patients, the university is graft
fed particularly by the coming op-
portunity for better service to
children and expectant mothers.
Care for Maternal Cases.
One-fourth of the capacity of the
new hospital-100 beds-will be as
signed to obstetric cases, almost
double the number so used in the
old structure. There will be special
facilities for care of the newborn
infants and room in which those
born prematurely can be given the
most advanced treatment.
The children's wing will have ac-
commodations for 80 patients as
against about a third of that num-
ber in the present building. There
will be fully equipped playroom
for convalescent youngsters, a So
larium and sun deck.
The out-patient department, now
in crowded basement quarters, will
be able better to care for the needs
Of the INDECENT in a growing city
More than a score of specialized
clinics will be ready to provide dag
nosis and treatment.
Exterior brickwork on the big re-
inforced concrete structure virtually
is completed, and installation of in
terror partitioning is in progress.
Material supply uncertainties make
the probable completion date open
to speculation, but it is hoped to
have the building in condition for
use early next year. ,vas+
The biggest construction problem
was faced and overcome in the early
stages Of work. Because the site is
on filled ground, approximately ZOO
concrete piles were needed for sup
port of the building.
Evening star., 1946-08-05

driving from Washington to Airing
ton early yesterday when Sowder
forced the cab to curb in Rosslyn
and was said to have struck Stoller
with the "knucks." Stoller received
face lacerations and was taken to
the hospital where three stitches
were taken to close the wound.
Police said Mrs. Sowder, who Is
the mother of two children, told
them she had the driver of her taxi
cab pick UP Stoller at WWDC at
about 1890 am. Sunday and that
he was taking her home.
Reports Attack to Police.
Stoller ran to a police scout car
cruising nearby and said Sowder
hit me with gum" He was bleed
ing profusely.
After sending Stoller to the hos
pital, police returned to Rosslyn to
arrest SoWder who, they said. ad-
mitted striking the radio announcer
because he was out with my wife. >
The Sowders last were in the news
in June, when Arlington Circuit
Court Judge Walter r. Mccarthy
ruled Mrs. Sowder must give up
Evening star., 1946-08-05
0'Connor Receives Award
For liaison Duty in Italy

1t. Comdr. George H. O'Connor,
jr.. U. 8. N. r.. 1913 Cleveland ave-
nue. NV, has received an italian
decoration for his services while on
the staff of the senior United States
naval liaison officer in Rome from
May to November, 1945.
The decoration, the Gross of the
Gentlemen of the Order of the
Crown of Italy. was awarded by
King Umberto II last May "a before
Italy's rejection of the monarchy.
Comdr. OConnor, who was re-
leased to inactive duty last March
4, is the son OF George H. O'Connor,
ST.. title insurance Arm executive
and singer.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Crossroads Ho|dup Men
Get Loot Valued al S4,735

Astrin Michael of Baltimore was
robbed Of $85 in cash and watches
and jewelry which he valued at
$4,650 last night by two colored men
who he said held him UP at gun
point when he stopped his car at
the intersection of the Defense and
Grain highways In Prince Georges
County.
Mr.. Michael told police he was re-
turning from North Carolina where
he operated used car business
The two walked over to his car from
a car parked of the road, he said,
took his money and jewelry. then
left when another car approached.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Rites Planned at New York
For Mrs. Sherman Flint

Mrs Margaret Olivio Slocum Flint
of Washington and New York, died
Friday evening at Philadelphia.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at st. James Episcopal
Church in New York. Burial will be
in Woodlawn Cemetery there.
Mrs. Flint was the wife of Sher-
man Flint, retired member of the
New York Stock Exchange, and the
daughter of the late Col. Joseph j.
and Sallie LHommedieu Slocum. -
For the last 20 years she had
a residence at 3041
Whitehaven street NV. She was a
member of the Sulgrave Club here.
the Colony Club of New York and
the Colonial Danes.
Besides her husband. she Is sur
vived by daughter, Mrs. Thomas
e. Proctor II of Hamilton. Mass.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Navy Nurse, 6, Found
With Wrists S|ashed

A 26-year-old Navy nurse who was
found in a room at the Willard
Hotel last night with her wrists
slashed was reported in fair condi-
tion at Gallinger Hospital today.
The nurse, 1t. Betty Gylling, sta
toned at the Naval Medical Center
at Bethesda, was discovered in the
room of Richard H. McLaren, whom
she had met while they were both
stationed overseas, police said.
Mr.. Mclean told police he had
been away from the hotel all day
and didn't know that 1t. Gylling was
in his room or how she got in. He
said he had date to meet her in
Bethesda but when he got there
found message stating she would
meet him at the Willard.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Fruit Growers Seek
Use Of Labor Camp
speeicI Dispatch 10 The sior

WINCHESTER, Va, Aug 5.-The
Frederick County Fruit Growers
Association has urged the City
Council to rescind a recent resolu-
ton forbidding the use of former
German prisoner of war labor camp
site by apple pickers during the
coming fruit harvest. The Council
acted on a citizens petition, which
feared such camp used by mi
grant workers would la. the su-
pervision provided by the Army over
German soldiers.
Walker M. Bond, growers presi-
dent, assured Mayor C. r. Anderson
that the camp was to be occupied by
family groups from Southwest Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, and
that it would be under Federal su-
pervision. The Council will take
action tomorrow evening.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Finley WaddeII 10 Head
Rockbridge Legion Post
BY the Assoeioted Press

LEXINGTON, Va, Aug. 15.-Fin-
ley Waddell has been elected COM
mander of the Rockbridge Post of
the American Legion.
Other officers named include w.
M. Fitzpatrick, first vice command
er: c. w. R. Dunlap, adjutant; Wal
ter Bingham. finance officer; r. B.
Morrison, service officer; Thomas
Flein, assistant service officer; A.
G.. Hutton, historian; Earl B. Nor
gan, assistant historian; A. A. Odom,
chaplain; P. F. Davis, jr.. sergeant
at arms; Mobray Baker, chairman
of membership; Capt. Greenlee D.
Letcher, publicity, and Wayne Foltz,
athletic officer.
Named as delegates to the State
convention were Capt. Letcher, Au-
brey FoltZ and Bruce Morrison
Alternates include Mr.. Bingham, Mr..
Odom and c. W. Barger.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Alexandra Officer Calls
Rescue Report Nonsense

1t. Dwight Snider, 1912 Abingdon
drive, Alexandria. today described
as "all nonsense reports that he
had been rescued yesterday after
being marooned ''on snake -infest-
ed" rock in the Potomac River near
Glen Echo.
Il was with some companions in
rubber raft" said 1t. Snider, who
is stationed at National Airport. II
got on rock to try and tie the
raft to it, but the current kept car
rying it away. Finally I waded
ashore. There were no snakes
Spectators on the bank, under
the impression 1t. Snider was
stranded, had summoned the Glen
Echo Fire Department He had re-
turned to shore by the time fire.
men launched their boat.
Evening star., 1946-08-05

cord1ng to Ar
lington police, at
the hands Of Ed
win M. Sowder,
81, husband Of a
81 - year - old
beauty contes-
tant for the title
Of Miss Wash
ington.
Detective Capt.
Hugh Jones said
Sowder used "a
piece of lead"
fashioned after a
pair Of "knucks"
to hit the radio
announcer, who
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Rail Policeman
Wounded asHe
QuestionsMan
AssuiIont Hunted
Along Southern Line
In Manassas Area

j. Holcombe Woodson, s3. a spe.
cial policeman for the Southern
Railway, today was shot and crit
ically wounded In the neck by a
man he sought to question on
the tracks about Is miles from
Manassas, Va.
A posse OF State police from CuI-
peper, Fauquier County police and
residents quickly organized and was
using bloodhounds to search the
wooded area between Catlett and
Calverton stations, scene of the
shooting.
According to the reports reaching
the station at Calverton, Mr.. Wood
son, who lives with his wife Martha
at 104 East Maple avenue, Alex
andria. was walking along the tracks
with F. c. Thomas, Alexandria, also
of the railroad police force, when
they stopped white man for ques-
tioning. The stranger pulled a gun
and fired Immediately.
Mr.. Woodson was taken to War;
renton Hospital where his condition
Woo kCPol tCu do CIlIlCdl.
Prince William County police at
Manassas said that at the request
of Mr.. Woodson they lifted" set
OF fingerprints from a locker at
Calverton station from which a
.22-caliber rife and bullets were
stolen yesterday. They said they
do not have jurisdiction over the
scene Of today's shooting and do
not know if the incidents are re-
lated.
Mayor William T. wilkins OF Alex
andria, assistant superintendent Of
the railroad, broadcast a lookout for
Mr.. Woodson's assailant.
Mrs. Woodson said her husband
has been with the railroad 81 years.
The couple lost son, John, 18, about
four years ago when he drowned
at Beverly Beach, Md. Mr.. Wood
son was born in Appomattox County,
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Gum Springs Man Held
In Murder of Wife

Carl Spears, 38. colored, of near
Gum Springs, Va. was held by Fair
fax County police today on a charge
of numbering his wife Matte, 80,
following an argument near their
home late Saturday night.
Police said they responded to a
call that dead woman was lying
in the road and found Mrs. Spears
body with two bullet wounds. After
search of the area they reported
they found Spears asleep In a honey
suckle patch. He was armed with a
80 caliber pistol.
Evening star., 1946-08-05

engineer 1Or Jne
city of Balti-
more.
Col. Arthur,
who has held his
pr e S e n t pos t
since 1912, Is re-
firing from ac-
tive Army serv-
ice to take the
Baltimore posi-
ton. The Dis
trict's Engineer
c o m m i ssioner
and the Assist
ant Commission
er are appointed
by the War De-
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Buptists' Conference
Closes in Virginia
BY the Associoted Press

MASSANETTA SPRINGS, Va.
Aug. 5.--"When men abandon Di-
vine revelation for human reason
they will soon sink in superstition,
DR.. Duke K. Mccall, Southern Bap.
tist executive secretary, told dele
gates to the Virginia Baptist Sun
day School conference here yester.
day In its closing sessions.
Churches were pictured as becom.
Ing skating rinks, the meeting place.
Tor small. philosophical groups ano
the ohices for fortune tellers and
soothsayers.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
AVG Leader to Speak

Andrew l.. Newman, assistant to
the national legislative representa-
tive for the American Veterans
Committee, will speak at a meeting
OF the North Arlington Chapter Of
the AVG in the Clarendon Meth
odist Church at 8 pm. Wednesday.
Evening star., 1946-08-05

$500 block OF
North N in t h
street, Arlington,
since her eS-
trangment from
her husband last
month, S W or e
out a warrant
Saturday charg-
ing her husband
came to her
home and beat
her earlier in
the week.
Mrs. Sowder
and Stoller were
in a cab togeth-