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Evening star., 1946-05-20
Vestrymen Request
Rector Of Woodside
Church TO Resign

Vestrymen of the Groce Episcopal
Church, Woodside, Md, have asked
their rector for the past five years
to resign.
This was disclosed yesterday in
letter read from the church pulpit
by the rector, the Rev. Walter w.
Gale, who, prior to coming to Grace
Church, was assistant rector of St.
Thomas Episcopal Church in Wash
ington, where the late President
Roosevelt worshipped
The letter, which was the result
of unanimous action by the church's
eight-man vestry and the senior and
Junior wardens, was the second re-
quest. according to Ross Farrar. YES
tryman who is chairman of the
church's Authorized Committee on
Publicity. He said Mr. Gale was
asked in March to submit his resig-
nation, but declined,
Yesterdays letter was signed by
G. Stanley Litsinger, senior war
den; Joseph R. Griffin, junior war
den, and G. W. FORBADE, register;
Ernest M. Thore, treasurer: G. T.
Barber, Mr. Farrar, H. j. Mehserle.
G. P. Nutwell. H. D. Rice, sr., and E.
j. Wagg, vestrymen.
Speaking for the church, Mr.. Far
rar said there was no objection to
Mr.. Gales sermons or his church
worship, but he believed some one
who would do more vigorous work
than Mr.. Gale should take his place.
Mr.. Farrar asserted the leadership
was not all it should be-
Meanwhile, the 44-year- old rector
today declined to comment. He ad-
mitted reading the letter, but added
there was mo controversy.
Evening star., 1946-05-20

posed in the skill of our weather
prophet by Washingtonians. In a
week marked by daily thunder
storms and showers. the public
might well have said of the fair
prediction for Sunday, "Ha! betcha
it rains, Weatherman or no Wea-
therman!"
He is judged each day by his pre-
diction for the 24-hour period start
ing at 7 am. the day before. His
30-day Star-tabulated joust ends
Wednesday.
The Standings.
Won Lost Pct
Weatherman - % S .821
The Forecast.
From 7 am. today until 7 am.
Tuesday-partly cloudy and mild
today with showers or thunder
storms this afternoon and evening.
Tuesday mostly cloudy and cooler
with occasional rain.
Evening star., 1946-05-20
Two Drown as Canoe
0verturns in Potomac

Two Virginia youths we're drowned
late yesterday after their canoe had
overturned in the Potomac River
just north of Key Bridge
The two, Benjamin Harrison May,
10, of Bealton, Va, and Alvin O.
Peacher, II, of R. F. D. l, Fairfax
Va, were identified yesterday at the
District Morgue by James S. Peacher
brother of one of the victims
Police said the boys rented a
canoe at Dempsey's Boat House
5000 K street NV, at pm. and
shortly afterward were seen by other
canoeists padding and cutting up
near Key Bridge.
w. E. Ham, of 1889 Eighteenth
street NV, told police he saw the
canoe turn over about pm. and
the two boys disappear in the water
but he was unable to reach them In
time. Other canoeists confirmed his
story, police said
Harbor police recovered the bodies
at $40 pm, but efforts to revive
them failed. They said the parents
stated: both boys were good swim.
mers and they couldn't understand
how it happened"
Evening star., 1946-05-20
Democratic Woman Speakers
Get CAMPAIGN Tips at School

To wear or not to wear hat at
a political rally was question set
tied at the first day of the Speakers
School which the Woman's Division
of the Democratic National Com
mittee is sponsoring this week to
help women help their husbands
and other candidates in the 1946
congressional elections. The rule is:
Don't wear one because nothing dis
tracts an audience so much as does
a new hat or a big one.
Wives of four cabinet members,
two Senators, 25 Representatives
and more than 80 other prominent
officials and party leaders answered
the roll call in the schoolroom at
committee headquarters in the May
flower Hotel.
They entered enthusiastically into
the suggestion of their instructor,
Mrs. Hugh Butler (whom the Ma
tional Committee noted is not re-
lated to the Republican Senator
from Nebraska), that they ask about
their personal platform problem.
Questions and answers brought
forth this counsel: Do not try to
substitute feminine charm for facts
The way to stop talking too much
is to prepare speeches thoroughly
in advance Don't fight too hard
against stage fright. But don't
let it get control of you until you
collapse. The woman who 'is toe
sure of herself" is ordinarily not
an effective speaker, either in cam
paigns or social conversation. She
talks too much and wanders toe
far from the subject.
Will Graduate Friday.
This campaign project in speak.
ing is the first of its kind arranged
oy a national party organization
Mrs. Charles w. TIlett, vice chair.
man of the National Committee
said. The pupils will be graduated
at final class Friday at the White
House. State, local and precinc
groups will be encouraged to hole
similar training classes for womer
and to conduct them seriously
rather than as a social gathering
N . Tillett and Mrs. India Edward!
of the Woman's Division, explained
! Mrs Fred M. Vinson, wife of tn,
Evening star., 1946-05-20
Grand Jury Told
|0f Violations in
Used Car Sales
Names of Dealers
And individuals Are
Not Made Public

United States Attorney Edward M.
Curran and Assistant United States
Attorney Charles B. Murray today
began presenting to the District
grand jury reports of alleged price
violations by five firms and a num-
ber of individuals dealing in used
automobiles.
Neither the names of the firms
nor the individuals were made pub
lie, it being explained that officially
there are no charges against them
at this time, and it will be up to the
grand jury. after receiving the facts,
to decide whether indictments should
be returned.
Decision to present the informa-
ton to the grand jury was reached
recently following conference be-
tween Mr.. Curran and J. Grahame
Walker, District OPA enforcement
attorney.
Special reports were submitted to
the United States attorney through
Mr.. Walker.
In commenting on the case late
Aoot AAAoAlCll, 44i. w dIhCl SdlO lIldL
In nearly every violation the victim
was veteran. Mr.. Walker claimed
that violations ranged from selling
used cars at above ceiling prices
to falsifying OPA statements, de-
manding trade in of cars as con-
dition necessary to a sale, failure
to post ceiling prices and file OPA
80
also involve, Mr.. Walker explained,
requiring long term financing when
the buyer wished to pay cash.
Mr.. Walker declared earlier that
grand jury consideration of the
cases is only the beginning" of a
campaign against allegedly wide
spread black market in used cars
hero
Evening star., 1946-05-20

SOEO . ! 4 tccllGIl
S t r e e t NV,
a + t er a pro-
longed illness.
A n a t We of
Woodstock, ILL.,,
Mr.. K e n n e d y
worked in Chi
cago as a young
man and held
Offices in his S
local union. He
came to Wash
ington in 1907
W h e n h e W a S
named a general
organizer for the
/ n ern ational
Evening star., 1946-05-20
District Court Recesses
Double Murder Trial

Assistant United States Attorney
John c. Conliff, jr., today finished
cross-examining Garfield Jones, %
colored, who is being tried in Dis
trict Court on charges of fatally
shooting two colored men in the
maids quarters in house in the
5400 block of Thirty-ninth street
NV. in April, 1945.
The trial was recessed temporarily
because Jones' attorney, James j
Laughlin, was scheduled to argue a
case in the Court of Appeals.
Last week Jones testified he began
firing after Leroy Bolton, 20, o1
Roanoke, Va, started toward him
with a knife. Jones is accused o1
killing both Bolton and Wylie Earle
Mack, 80, of Freeman, w. Va. The
case is being heard before a jury
with Justice David A. Pine presid-
ing.
Evening star., 1946-05-20
w., N. & A. Service
is Resumed as WAGE
Increase Ends Strike

Bus service between Washington
and IS Maryland communities eX-
tending to Chesapeake Beach had
been restored today following a one
day walkout by employees of the
Washington, Marlboro & Annapolis
Motor Lines, Inc.
Service was restored to approXi-
mately 25,000 of the lines users
early last night when the members
of the Amalgamated Association of
Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees of America AFL, voted at
the Capitol Heights frehouse to ac-
cept previous company increase in
hourly wages from SO cents to s106.
A company official said today a
fare increase to patrons was not i'm
mediately contemplated.
Fare Increase Sought.
In Virginia, the Arnold-operated
Washington, Virginia & Maryland
Coach Co. has agreed to certain
wage increases contingent upon ap-
proval of a. 21a-cent fare increase
from points in the State to the Dis
trict. The contract of the Arnold
line, like that of the w, M. e. A..
expired at midnight Saturday and
the Virginia company has filed it's
petition for fare increase with the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
w., M. & A. workers walked off the
job Saturday midnight and returned
to work at 7:25 pm. yesterday, thus
affecting few Washington workers
who commute from Maryland COM
munities. A total of 100 union men,
bers, including 80 drivers, were af-
fected by the walkout.
Originally, the company had offer
ed an increase to $1.05, but agreed to
the added 1-cent raise last week
before the strike was called, a COM
pany official explained. At last
nights meeting, Federal Conciliatol
Richard Goodrich recommended that
the workers accept the company s
revised offer.
Mr.. Goodrich met with union lead
ers, including Clayton Perry, presi-
dent of local 1900, during the day
yesterday in an effort to restore
weekday service.
Among communities served are Capt.
tol Heights, Seat Pleasant, Suitland
Temple Hills, Silver Hill, Forestville
Ardmore, Carmody Hills, Oaklawn
District Heights, Marlboro, North
Beach, Chesapeake Beach, Bradbury
Heights and intermediate points.
Army Operates Service.
The Army operated hourly bu!
service between Eleventh street anc
Pennsylvania avenue NV. and An
drews Field yesterday to get lts
Sunday workers on the job, ane
the only other riders inconvenience
were the few who were due to work
in Washington Sunday and some
who waited at bus stops after mid
night Saturday trying to get home
Meanwhile, residents of Westovel
in Arlington have filed a petition
with the ICC protesting the Arnole
Lines proposed fare increase. They
now pay Is cents to come into
Washington and would pay 20 cent.
cash or 1712 cents with the use Of
tokens, under the proposal.
Stating the community is entirely
dependent upon that line, the West.
over Civic Association petition de.
clared the increase to be unjustified
Evening star., 1946-05-20
$1,865 Kept in Boxes
At Home Is Stolen

Keeping money in boxes at home
is not good idea, Bazyli Sawicki,
35, of 2215 Fourteenth street NV,
a waiter, told police today as he
reported $1,865 had been taken from
his home some time last night.
He said $1,265 was in cash and
the rest in War Bonds and Postal
Saving certificates. The money was
in two boxes hidden in his bedroom
bureau he told police.
Entry was made by some one who
apparently used duplicate key
according to police. Mr.. Sawicki
is employed at the Balaika Restau-
rant, 1764 M street NV.
Evening star., 1946-05-20
@. P. KimmeI Testifies
In Alienation Suit

George P, Kimmel, 81. patent law
yer. testified today in his own behalf
in District Court in an alienation of
affection suit.
Mr.. Kimmel is defendant in the
suit brought by Valtin T. Camp
bell, 40, of the 300 block of Emerson
street NV, who seeks $3.50 900
damages on charges of alternating
the affections of his wife, Mrs. Flora
Mae Campbell.
Mr. Kimmel is being questioned
by his attorney. John J. Wilson.
During the trial last week, Attorney
Wilson declared the suit was part
of a plot to collect money from Mr..
Kimmel. The case is being heard
by a jury, with Justice T. Alan
Goldsborough presiding.
Evening star., 1946-05-20

Secretary of the Treasury, Mrs. Tom
C. Clark, wife of the Attorney Cen
eral, Mrs Robert E. Hannegan,
whose husband is Postmaster-G Gen
eral and Democratic National
Chairmen, and Mrs. j. A. Krug,
whose husband is the newest mem
ber of the cabinet as Secretary of
the Interior, occupied front-roW
seats. They and the others took
notes in specially provided note
books and studied a printed sheet
of hints on presenting distinguished
speakers, rehearsing at home be-
fore mirrors, and holding small ref
erence cards without scattering
them all over the rostrum.
Mrs. Vinson volunteered with sew
eral others to sit on the platform
and, at the direction of the in
structor, show what faults should
be avoided while seated.
At further classes this week, wher
newspaper reporters will be merci.
fully barred, Mrs. Butler an.
nounced, each member will be callee
on to participate actively in th'
speaking training. There will b,
homework, too. Besides the re
hearsing and preparation o
speeches, Mrs Butler said, the stu
dents will be expected to follow thi
essential rule: First, you must un
derstand the campaign issues. Sec
ond, you must be able to share you
knowledge with any one else
Have Good Opportunity.
Mrs. Butler told the Washington
women that they have an especial,
good opportunity because you Sc
how the wheels go around in tn
National Capital" and can max
friends and influence people bacl
home in behalf of their husband
and other candidates.
1t is pretty much like steam en-
gine, she explained While sittin
on platform awaiting her turn t
! talk. a woman should relax an
breath easily She should see tha
everything about her is in good or
der. Then, like a steam locomotiv
, that has been getting ready for
, run, the speaker can regulate tn
j power and maintain poise by keep
. ing the throttle always under con
: troll
Evening star., 1946-05-20
Methodist Hymn Festival
Packs Constitution Hall

An audience which jammed Con-
stitution Hall joined with more than
1900 choristers last night at the
first annual Methodist Hymn Fes-
tlval sponsored by the Methodist
Union and the Methodist ministers
meeting.
Services at more than 100 Meth
odist churches were Cancelled to per-
NIT city-wide participation in the
festival.
Choir directors were R. Deane
Shure OF Mount Vernon Place
Church, Justin Lawrie of Foundry
and John w Marville of Hamline.
Organists were Mrs. James Shera
Montgomery, Mrs. Lawrence Harry.
Woodley Kalehoff and Robert Ruck-
man.
Evening star., 1946-05-20
Man Hit by Streetcar
Dies From Injuries;
Woman Critically Hurt

Christopher Gladmon, 70. of 1895
Good Hope road Sc. died in Emer-
gency Hospital yesterday as the re-
suit of injuries received Saturday
night when he was struck by a
streetcar as he was crossing Fiji
teenth street NV. in front of the
Washington Hotel.
Police said his death brought the
total of traffic fatalities for the Dis
trict to 10, as compared to 80 on
the same date last year. Total traf-
flc deaths last year were 96.
Police listed the operator of the
streetcar as Bernard E. Powell, 81,
of Mclean, Va, who will appear at
a coroner's inquest at later date
Woman Critically Hurt.
After a crash in Maryland early
yesterday, Mrs. Rosemary Lochlider,
25, of Ala Silver Spring avenue,
Silver Spring, was admitted to
Washington Sanitarium and Hos
pital with critical injuries. Hos
pital authorities said she was suf-
fering a possible broken neck.
| According to Washington police,
Policemen Thomas Colby and Pat
Hanft of No. 6 precinct saw the
Lochlider car drive through a stop
sign at Ninth and Rittenhouse
streets NV.
The policemen chased the car
| through Washington at speeds
reaching 70 miles per hour until
it crashed into a tree, a stone wall,
telephone pole and a parked car
in the 7400 block of Piney Branch
road, Takoma Park, according to
official reports. Police said the car
swerved off the road after failing
to make turn and careened more
than 180 feet before crashing.
Maryland State police listed the
driver of the car as Dawson Loeb
lider, IS, husband of the injured
woman. He was not charged by State
police, but District police said they
would charge him with passing STOP
signs and speeding.
Two other persons were seriously
injured yesterday following a col
lision of two trucks on Route l, 4
miles south of Alexandria.
! Admitted to Alexandria Hospital
! were Sherman Slater, 35, of Route 4
Alexandria, with a fractured left leg
and his wife, Mrs Euria Lee Slater
30. with a possible fracture of the
left leg.
I Virginia State police said Paul v
Adams and Everett Kibler, both o,
Morven N. c., occupied the second
truck. Mr.. Kibler was treated at the
hospital for possible fractured left
; foot and released.
Streetcars Collide.
!, Three persons were injured this
morning when a streetcar going
North on Seventh street NV. col
lided with the rear of one unloading
passengers at Rhode Island avenue
NV, police reported
Taken to Emergency Hospita
were: Hassie D. Brown, 81, colored
1917 Fifteenth street Sc, with 6
possible fractured vertebra; Jane.
!, Duncan, IA, colored, 1881 Ninth
street NV. cuts on the chin, ane
Eloise Kerns. 40, colored. Al Z
, street Sc, a possible fractured
shoulder.
Those injured were in the moving
streetcar, which, police said, wa
operated by Ashton Shakleford, So
of 1928 Fourth street SW. Mr.
' Shakleford was given a ticket TO
: failing to give full time and atten
tion to driving, according to police
!, The other streetcar was operated b.
l John H. Knill, 33. Takoma Park
Md, police said.
Evening star., 1946-05-20
Veteran Group Aims
AT Key District Fights

A campaign ito make every vet
eran a voter" is being opened by
the American Veterans Committee
with the prediction that the veteran
vote will swing elections in many
key districts, the organization an
nounced today.
AVG estimates there will be some
s 100000 veterans who will be eligi-
BILE to vote who have never before
been to the polls or who have not
voted for three or four years. The
organization cited "the powerful
part this group can play in the fall
elections when the margin Of vic
tory in the last presidential elec-
ton was 100000 votes"
All AVG chapters are being sent
an analysis of the voting records
of members of Congress on key
issues and an estimate of the num-
ber of votes necessary to swing close
congressional races, it was said. AT
the same time the 500 chapters OF
the organization in America are
joining in canvass of veterans ir
their congressional districts, urging
all the eX-servicemen to register anc
vote in both primary and genera
elections. The AVG constitution
prohibits the organization from
backing political candidates, but
members are being urged to form
independent veterans committees
for this purpose.
Voting records of representatives
and senators on nine key issues are
now being distributed among chap
ters. The analysis registers the vote
on each issue, but it is left up to the
individual to decide the merits OF
his legislators voting record. Among
the key national issues on which
congressional voting records will be
analyzed are the Wyatt housing
program, the extension of the OPA
the full employment bill, FEPC
and the minimum wage bill AVG
has taken a national stand on each
of these issues.
Evening star., 1946-05-20
DR.. Henderson to Speak

DR.. Edwin B. Henderson, director
Of physical education in colored
public schools, will talk on recreation
at a meeting of the East Central
Civic Association at pm. tomor-
row in the Bundy School, 429 o
street NV. Students of Randall
Junior High School and Francis
Junior High School will participate
in the program.
Evening star., 1946-05-20

union and had been assistant secre-
tary since 1921.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Kennedy, and two BROTH
ers. Paul and John Kennedy, both
of Chicago.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday in Chicago, with burial in
Mount Qlivet Cemetery there.
Evening star., 1946-05-20

The Weatherman predicted the
balm and zephyrs of yesterday and
so Is credited with another win in
his contest with the weather. He
now has q victories against five
losses and an .821 average.
The thousands who choked roads
to the beaches and the city's parks
yesterday testify to the trust re-
Evening star., 1946-05-20
McKeIIor MAKING Coins

Senator McKellar, Democrat of
Tennessee, is showing satisfactory
progress at the Naval Medical Cen
ter, where he is under treatment
for an acute respiratory infection
Capt. R. E. Dunck of the hospital
staff said today,
Evening star., 1946-05-20

Atom bombs will soon be explod-
ing over the Pacific Ocean in a
naval operation to assure your Sc
curity. At first glance, there seems
little connection between atom
bombs bursting over a feet of ships
and your continued investment in
United States Savings Bonds. Think
a moment friend. Allotment of a
portion of your current income for
savings bonds is also an operation
to assure family security.
u s. Trsasury Department.
Evening star., 1946-05-20
School to Present Pluys

Pupils of the Valerie Warde Drama
School, 2 Dupont Circle, will pre-
sent three one-act comedies at 8:15
o'clock tonight at Pierce Hall, Fiji
teenth and Harvard streets NV.
Evening star., 1946-05-20

SPEAKERS SCHOOL IN SESSION-MrS Charles w. Tllett
standng lef chairman of the Democratic National Com
ttee Hugh Butler speech instructor welcome wives
cabinet members Senators and Representatives and other
Democratic officials and party leaders to training school in
campaign speech making Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1946-05-20
Frank J. Kennedy Dies;
Plumbers Union Official

Frank j. Kennedy, assistant gen.
eral secretary of the AFL United
Association of Plumbers and Steam
Filters died last night at his home,
Evening star., 1946-05-20
Weathermun Right Again

If the weather gets any nicer than
it was here yesterday, the Commis-
sioners ought to see about having
it canned for export.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-30
DEMPSEY BELIEVES
SPORTS BOOM OVER

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. % -P
The postwar boom era in the
sports world is about over for a
while, former world heavyweight
boxing champion Jack Dempsey
sad Tuesday.
Sports have started to show a
slump in the East" Dempsey told
reporters. Il look for sports to
level eff like food, meat and other
commodities"
Dempsey predicted that heavy
weight champion Joe Louis would
retain his title for a long time.
Ihefe isn't anyone in sight to give
LOUIS a good fight at the moment.
It may be three or four years be-
lore some unknown comes along
% hit the crown" he said.
he ADDED that he considers Louis
one Of the greatest fighters +he
ooAlng sport has ever known"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-30
WOLFPACK LOOKS
AT GAME MOVIES
Coach Feathers Says Club
Will Have To Improve
If They Beat VMI

RALEIGH. Oct. 2s-(P-Coach
Peattie Feathers of the N. c.
State college Wolfpack took a look
at movies of N. C. State VPI
game Tuesday-which State lost
IA to 6-and mourned that there
just aren't enough practice days
between now and Saturday to
correct the Wolfpack mistakes.
The State gridders worked until
dark Tuesday to iron out the mis-
takes and to improve the rushing
game in preparation for Saturdays
meeting with Virginia Military In.
stitute.
Three players, wingback Bill
Stanton, Tackle Billie Smith and
Blocking Back Bob Bowlby, who
have been nursing injuries were
still working out in light equip
ment. Bowlby Is expected to be-
in shape to play BY Saturday.