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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Two MontgomeryM Men
To Seek Nomination
By Democratic Party

One Montgomery County man yes
terday announced his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for the
State Legislature, and another his
candidacy for the Democratic NOM
ination for county commissioner.
Ulysses Griffith iii, Laytonsville
member of the Maryland House OF
Delegates, is seeking reelection His
candidacy is subject to the June
primaries and the approval of the
County Congress of the United
Democratic Organization.
He was elected to the Legislature
in 1912 and has been a member OF
the Agriculture Committee, the Fish
and Fisheries Committee and the
Committee on Inspections.
Mr.. Griffith owns and operates a
375-acre farm near Laytonsville. He
formerly served as member of the
county Agricultural War Board and
is vice president of the Frederick
Production Credit Association. He
was director and secretary-treas-
urer of the County Farm Bureau fol-
more than 10 years.
Samuel E. Bogley, Bethesda real
estate man, announced his candidacy
for county commissioner from the
fourth commissioner district. The
position is now held by William N
Prescott, who has said he will not
seek re-eleetion.
Born in Bethesda and graduate
of the University of Maryland in
1886, Mr.. Bogley has been In the real
estate business for about 10 years
He has just returned to his business
after three and a half years in the
Coast Guard as a lieutenant COM
mander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Shelton Ordered Held
For New York Jury

j. Paul Shelton, %, former Airing
ton used car salesman who recently
was recaptured in New York after
escaping from the United States
marshal's Office in Richmond Octo-
Der "a, yesterday was ordered held
for the grand jury by New York
Felony Court Magistrate William A.
Farrell on two forgery charges.
Wanted also by the FBI on
charges Of robbery, forgery and
automobile theft, according to the
Associated Press, Shelton had given
his name as Albert H. Bennett of
Atlanta, Ga, but an FBI COMPARE
son of fingerprints established that
Bennett and Shelton are the same
person.
Bail was continued at SITS,
New York police arrested Shelton
January 7, when he appeared at a
stamp company office to pay for two
rubber stamp duplicates used in
numbering registration and license
certificates issued to drivers. The
charges against Shelton concern his
alleged forging and cashing of $1,000
in checks stolen from a room in the
Henry Hudson Hotel. He was &C
quilted by an Alexandria jury last
September of charges of attempted
kidnapping robbery at the Falls
Church bank.
At the time of his escape, he faced
charges of violating the National
Automobile Theft Act. He walked
out of the Federal Building in Rich
mond when a deputy marshal left
him alone in room for a minute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
House at Cottage City
Is Damaged by Fire

Fire. which got 15-minute start
on flremen because of inability of
the owner to telephone the fire de-
partment during the operators
strike, damaged the second story of
a frame house at 3718 Forty-first
avenue, Cottage City, Md, yesterday
afternoon, according to Cottage City
firemen.
The owner, Miss Alouise B. VIE
neke, chief telephone operator at
the Dupont exchange. discovered the
fire on the second floor, her mother
said. In her excitement, Miss Vie
neke said. she forgot the fire control
board number, Union 1922, and
could not get the operator.
Ralph Gordon, Cottage City fire
man, saw the blaze as he was driv-
ing by and turned in the alarm.
Firemen estimated the damages I'M
officially at $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Alexandra Red Cross
To Interview Applicants

Applicants for the new staff as
sistance course of the Alexandria
Red Cross will be interviewed from
8 am. to pm. Monday at the
chapter house, 709 Cameron street,
according to Mrs. Burl Bailey, corps
chairman
Those who have enrolled and
others who desire to join the class
are asked to see Mrs. Bailey on that
date.
The 12-hour course will begin
January %, meeting from 10 am.
to noon on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays for two weeks. Staff
assistants are needed to operate
the chapter switchboard, do tipping
and other clerical work. Mrs.
Bailey pointed out that a mini
mum of five staff assistants are
needed at the house daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
7 Prince Georges Banks
Elect Boards Of Directors

Election of boards of directors
at two Prince Georges County
banks was announced today.
Those on the board of the Seat
Pleasant Bank are w. Clinton Brown,
]. C. A. Cameron, James P. Cas-
barian, w. S. Collins, Walter L..
Green, George c. Howard, William
H. Limerick, Irwin l. Main, Leo j..
Naughton, William F. Stembler, F.
L. Watkins, jr.; George N. Wells
and F. L. Wight, .jr. ....
The board, which will meet Fri
day to elect officers, reported an
increase of $1,0O0,000 in deposits
during the last year.
Those named to the Bank of
Bowie board are Mr.. Casbarian,
Frank Riden, William Luers, AL
bert r. Hassall, William Simpson
Bernard B. Luers and Edward E.
Perkins, chairman.
Officers are Mr.. Casbarian, presi-
dent; Mr.. Riden, vice president;
William Luers, cashier, and Mr..
Hassall, attorney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
|AAF Separation Center
At Andrews Field
Ends Operation

A Hyattsville, Md, officer and an
Illinois enlisted man were the last
two Army men to be discharged
from the air forces separation CEN
ter at Andrews Field as 1t closed
yesterday.
Col. Curtis D. Sluman, base COM
mander, in announcing the closing
said that a total of 3,102 officers
and 15,770 enlisted men had been
processed at the center during its
four-month existence.
Maj. Thomas D. Scholl of 43o6
Clagett road, Hyattsville. last of
the officers discharged, was an Air
Transport Command pilot with
three and one-half years service.
He served In India, the European
African theater, the Middle East
ern theater and the United States.
While ferry pilot between Eng
land and Africa he was shot down
by enemy aircraft off the coast of
Portugal and interned by Portu-
guese authorities.
A son of the late Senator Scholl
of Minnesota, he is a graduate of
the Georgetown University Law
School, and practiced law in Wash
ington. He holds the Distinguished
Flying Cross
1t. Col. S. F. Crosthwait, in
charge Of the separation center,
said it was one of 80 set up last
September to expedite the dis
charge of eligible AAF personnel
Intended to handle so to 80 men
a day, he said, the center reached
its peak when 300 men were dis
charged December %. Staff Sergt
Everett ]. Metzger of Pana, Ill, the
last enlisted man processed, was
one of the first enlisted men as
signed to the center.
Andrews Field officials said indi-
cations were that personnel in the
AAF eligible for discharge In this
area would be processed at Greens.
boro, N. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Pat Jones, Newsmon, Named
Executive Secretary to Tuck
New Governor Also
Sets Up Publicity
Office for State
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 16.-Gov
Tuck, on the eve of his Inaugural
ton, announced composition of his
immediate official family and estab-
lishment of new publicity division
in the Virginia Conservation Com
mission.
Virgil C. Pat) Jones, Washing
ton representative o. the Curtis
Publishing Co., will serve on the
new Governors staff as executive
secretary. In this re-created Of
flee, Mr.. Jones will take over the
duties formerly handled by Mrs
Virginia Waller Davis, press secre-
tary, and will have other respon-
sibilities in the Governors Office.
Jesse w. Dillon will remain as
secretary of the Commonwealth AND
secretary to the Governor, positions
he held in Gov. Darden's admins
tration.
Mr.. Tuck's announcement of the
renewal of the executive secre-
taryship also disclosed plans for ex.
panding State publicity operations
These include the transfer of Mrs
Davis from the Governors Office tt
the State Conservation Commission
Mrs. Davis becomes head of di
vision which Mr. Tuck said was be.
ing set up "for the development O
news and information relative to tn,
various departments of State gov
Eernment."
A native of Gordonsville, Va, Mr.
Jones was graduated from Wash
fngton and Lee University, Leying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Darden Seen as Choice
OF ForrestaI for Aide

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Forrestal is reported on
Capitol Hill to be backing retiring
Gov. Darden of Virginia for ap-
pointment as Undersecretary of the
Navy.
The 48-year- old Virginia Gov
ernor, who served four terms as a
member of Congress, turned over his
office in ceremonies at Richmond
today to his successor, William M.
Tuck.
If Mr.. Darden's name is formally
recommended to President Truman
by Mr.. Forrestal, his appointment
would be considered as a conciliatory
gesture by the President to some of
the Southern Democrats who have
been grumbling privately about
some of the Presidents domestic
policies. Mr.. Darden is a close po-
litical associate of Senator Byrd,
Democrat, of Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Alexandra Girls Club
Plans Series Of Tours

A series of tours of Alexandria
has been planned by the Alexandria
Girls Club. They will be conducted
Saturday mornings through March
2 under the direction of Miss Betty
Stone, Girls Club director.
Groups will leave City Hall at 10
am. each Saturday. Trips have been
planned to include the Presbyterian
Meeting House and Christ Church
next Saturday; the Masonic Temple
and the Stabler-L eadbeater Apothe-
cary February Q; Carlyle House, the
home of Gen. Lee, the Lord Fairfax
House. and Ramsay House February
Is, and Mount Vernon March 2.
The program was started last
Saturday with a study hour to &C
quaint the girls with the landmarks
to be visited, and other study hours
will be held January 26 and Feb
ruary %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Man Who Failed
At Annapolis
Named Captain :

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 16.-Edward
j. Long, who obliged out" of the
Naval Academy in 1919, yesterday
received his captains commission
from Vice Admiral Aubrey w. Fitch,
Academy superintendent.
Capt. Long, who was called to
active duty in 1910 after three years
in the Naval Reserve, organized
the combat art section for the
Navy, which produced widely
praised series of photographs and
paintings by Navy artists.
With a commanders rank, he
went to the Marshall and Gilbert
Islands and made a preliminary
study for Navy radio-photo, which
expedited combat pictures for World
News Service.
Capt. Long said he had left the
Naval Academy because of a weak
ness in mathematics. He later
attended Columbia University and
was associated with the National
Geographic Magazine for II years.
A native Of McKeesport, Pa, he
served recently as asslstant curator
at the Naval Academy museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Plea for Industrial zoning
Passed in Prince GEORGES

The Prince Georges County Com
missioners yesterday approved a
petition by Francis c. Scruggs for
the rezoning from residential A to
heavy industrial of a parcel of land
having a 1,300-foot frontage along
the southeast side of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad tracks near the old
Landover road crossing.
Requests by the Church of God,
Accokeek, for the exemption from
county taxes of IA acres of church
property in Accokeek and by Bertus
D. Thomas for permission to erect
a garage in Skyline subdivision also
were approved.
Linden Briscoe, clerk to the board,
was authorized to advertise for bids
for street lighting facilities in
Brookside Manor and Green Mea-
dows. The action was taken in re-
Spouse to requests by residents of
the two developments, situated on
Ager road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16

ton, Va, in 1880, and entered news
paper work in Huntsville, Ala.
In 1887, he joined the reportorial
staff of the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch where he covered the State
Capitol. He joined the editorial staff
of The Star in 1941, and later be-
came connected with the Washing
ton staff of the Wall Street Journal
He later went with the Curtis Pub
fishing Co.. and now heads that
company's Washington Office.
Mr.. Jones is the author OF
Ranger Mosby,' biography of the
Confederate partisan leader. He and
his wife and two children live at
Baileys Cross Roads.
Mr. Tuck announced that Mrs
Frances Lawson Spencer, his per.
sonal secretary for the last five
years. would continue in that ca
pacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Falls Church Mayor
Reports Street Lights
Damaged by Boys

Falls Church Mayor M. H. Haertel
reported to the Town Council this
week that city lights were con-
stantly being broken by a band of
teen-age boys using rifles.
I The Mayor said that one night
recently Is lights were shot out. He
said police conascated two rifles
from teen-age boys believed partly
responsible for the damage.
The Mayors report brought up
the question of the proposed curfeW
for elementary school children, and
Mr.. Haerte1 announced that the
Parent-Teacher Association would
discuss the subject tonight
The council gave final approval
to an ordinance governing the regu-
lation of nursery schools after
Councilman Edward G.. Knouse
chairman of the planning commits
sion, submitted the draft of a meas
TIRE differing only slightly from the
ordinance which was the subject OF
public hearings two months ago.
AS ADOPTED, the ordinance calls
for minimum indoor space of IS
square feet and a minimum outdoor
space of rs square feet per child.
Ralph B. Ley, president of the
West End Citizens Association
called the councils attention to the
fact that his organization is spon-
soring a boys club. He also an
nounced that a public hearing or
the proposed new town charter
would be held in the Odd Fellows
Hall January 81. The town is plan
ming to mimeograph 600 copies OF
the charter for public distribution
before the hearing.
The mayor read the resignation
OF John H. King. member of the
town planning commission. Mr.. King
recently moved from the town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Tax Findings to Be Reported

Joseph B. Matre will give a re-
port on the findings of the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation on
the new personal property taxes in
Montgomery County at a meeting
of the North Woodside- Montgomery
Hills Citizens Association at pm.
Friday. The meeting will be held
in the new North Woodside Ele--
mentary School on Luzerne avenue.
Mr.. Matre will answer questions
following his talk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Tax Office Employees
In Montgomery Given
Increases in Salary

Pay raises were given several men,
bers of the Montgomery County tax
assessors Office by the county COM
missioners yesterday because of the
increased burden thrown on that
ONCE by the annual personal prop
erty tax return started this year.
Wilton T. Allen, supervisor of
county assessments, was granted
81 ,000-a-year travel allowance and
Robert S. Billhimer received an ad-
ditional $1,000 year for his job as
assessor in charge of personal prop
erty taxes. John c. Culver and Gar
ner w. Duvall had their salaries
raised to $4,000 each and William A.
Aud was voted $40-a- month travel
expense account.
$500 Contribution Voted.
A contribution of $4,000 for ex-
penses to be incurred in drawing up
construction plans for the proposed
Gaithersburg War Memorial and
Recreation Center was voted by the
commissioners. The amount consti-
tuteS about one-third of the total
planning cost for the $250,000 center.
1t was specified that the money be
earmarked from the recent county
bond issue and issued at the request
of the chairman of the memorial
campaign, the Rev. Herman M. Will
son.
The board agreed to pay half the
cost Of Installing traffic signal lights
at Georgia avenue and the District
line, Silver Spring. The District of
Columbia will pay the other half,
the 7 IT total of Fnsch ;s'ee about
The appointment of Mrs. Lucille
w. Magruder as clerk to the county
purchasing agent at a salary of ST.
300 per year was approved. Also
approved was the appointment of
Franklin E. Fisher, recently dis
charged veteran, as an emergency
policeman.
Welfare Board Request Approved.
A request from the county Welfare
Board for permission to purchase
two transcription machines was fav-
orably received. The commissioners
also ordered repair work on the
roads of GAINESVILLE district.
County Supervisor Willard F. Day
was authorized by the board to con-
tact the proper authorities for the
installation of four street lights in
the Bradley Hills area and six in the
Westmoreland Hills area.
Estimated expenses of the Welfare
Board for January totaling s8,l75
were approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Capper Will Aid
Drive
0nRadioTonight
Speech Second in
Series Sponsored by
Central Committee

Senator Capper of Kansas, rank
ing minority member of the Senate
Judiciary Committee. will lend fur
Their support to the District suffrage
campaign with a radio talk over
WMAL at 1915 o'clock tonight.
Senator Capper's speech will be
the second in series of radio ad-
dresses sponsored by the Central
Suffrage Committee, which is CO.
originating the current drive for the
vote. Last night James S. Beattie
chairman of the conferences Ma
tional Representation Committee
was on the air.
Mr.. Capper, co-author of the Sum-
newspaper resolution, which would
amend the Constitution to empower
Congress to grant the District rep
resentation in Congress, said today:
Il think the measure will have a
chance to get somewhere this year
Every major organization in the city
is behind it and have never seen
them so enthusiastic.
Comes Up February 4.
The Sumners-Capper resolution is
scheduled for consideration by the
Senate Judiciary Committee Feb
ruary 4.
Mr.. Capper declared Washington
is the capital of the greatest democ-
racy in the world. It's citizens fought
in the war and pay taxes And
yet" he added. they have no voice
in their Federal Government"
In his talk last night, Mr.. Beattie
outlined the aims and organization
of the Central Suffrage Committee,
emphasizing the Importance of the
Sumners-Capper resolution.
IF this resolution passes the, SEN
ate Judiciary Committee, he de-
clared. lit will be the farthest such
measure has ever progressed in
the long history of Washington
efforts to secure the franchise. Let
us hope we are approaching an end
to the greatest slight ever admins
tered to an American community"
Others on Program.
Speaking briefly on the same pro-
gram with Mr.. Beattie were Mrs
Milton Dunn, chairman of the Suf
frage Committee of the Voteless
District of Columbia League OF
Women Voters, and Austin L. Flick
ling, who heads the same group
within the Federation of Civic AS
sociations.
The trio urged citizens to send
more slogans for the suffrage drive
to conference headquarters in the
Woodward Building.
Representative Summers, Demo.
crat, of Texas. who is co-author with
Mr.. Capper of the measure soon tt
be considered by the Senate judici.
airy group, viii address a meeting
of the Washington Board of Trade
at 8 pm. Friday at the Mayflowel
Hotel. H.
Meanwhile there was to- be Q
meeting today of the Radio Sub
committee of the conferences Ma.
tional Representation Committee
The group was scheduled to gather
in the office of its chairman
Lawrence E. Gichner, Alb Sixth
street NV. for the purpose Of Sc.
curing additional radio speakers fol
the campaign.
The suffrage conference will bt
permanently organized at meeting
at the District Building January %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Representative Baldwin
Defends Attendance
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 16.-Repre-
sentative Baldwin, Democrat, of
Maryland maintained today that his
attendance record in Congress COM
pared favorably with most other
House members.
Mr.. Baldwin made his statement
in reply to criticism by Charles A.
Hanley of Towson, who said that
with the exception of ailing Senator
Glass, Democrat. of Virginia, Mr.
Baldwin's attendance record was
probably the worst in Congress. Mr.
Hanley made his attack in an an
nouncement that he would seek the
Democratic nomination to the House
from Mr.. Baldwin's district.
Mr.. Baldwin said that during the
session of Congress just ended there
were 80 roll calls, and his record
showed him as being absent or
only Is.
He has not yet announced whether
he will run for the gubernatoria.
nomination or for reelection to the
House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
La Fontoine's Attorneys Recall
Law of 1717in Gambling Case

The act continued in effect after
the American Revolution and re-
covery under it was allowed if it
were proved that one lost the money
through fraud. A related law in the
Maryland Code provides for recov-
ering gaming table" losses as if sit
were a common debt"
The appellants attorneys also
argued that the lower court erred in
failing to direct a verdict for him
because Wilson failed to prove"
the money was lost to La Fontaine
In summation, La Fontaine's at
torney declared the case "replete
with errors from its inception to its
conclusion"
Attorneys for Wilson, however,
argued that his losses were specific
and that he had had a clean rec
ord prior to his introduction" to
the alleged gambling establishment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
BY the Associated Press.

bs inc hocOGldLcu FlecS
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. ia
case appealed from the Montgomery
County Circuit Court, involving s43,-
886 in alleged gambling losses by
Harry w. Wilson, was heard yester-
day by the Maryland Court of APP
peals.
1t was appealed by James A. La
Fontaine against whom judgment
for $4,000 given in the lower court
was assigned to Wilson'S former en-
ployers, Fred H. Ugast, John w.
Lyles and Milton E. Groome, trading
as the Capital Service Stations,
Washington.
Attorneys for La Fontaine argued
that the alleged gambling losses were
embezzled and that the embezzler
was not loser" under a statute of
Anne, passed by the British Parlia-
ment in TIT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Bondage Workers Wanted

A county wide appeal is being
made by the Montgomery County
Red Cross for volunteers to help
with surgical dressings for the Beth
esda Naval Hospital. Dressings will
be made tomorrow at 5504 Whitley
road, Westhaven, 9 am. to 1890
pm; Kensington Presbyterian Sum
day School House, 10 am. to / pm;
1903 Wisconsin avenue, $3.50 am to
& pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
School Financing Is Topic

A panel discussion on How the
Schools Financial Needs Can Be
Met"will feature the program of the
Montgomery Blair High School Par
snt- Teacher Association at its meet
ng. at 8 o'clock tonight. Panel
speakers will be Mrs. John H. Wer-
aer, chairman of the School Survey
Committee of the postwar planning
group of Montgomery County; Les
lie Morgan Able, president of the
Montgomery County PTA Council,
md r. K. Metzger, president of the
Montgomery County Board of Edu-
ttion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
Aaron HoImun to Speak

Aaron Boris Holman, an employee
of the Justice Department and a
member of the Executive Committee
of the American Jewish Congress,
will speak on the Nuremberg trials
at a joint meeting at o'clock to-
night of the Montgomery Lodge
and Women's Auxiliary, B'nai Birth,
at Jesup Blair House. Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
McWilIiums Named Judoe

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. l6 Dr.
Acting Secretary Of State William
~, McWilliams of Annapolis has
been appointed as associate Judge OF
the Fifth judicial District to sue
coed the late Judge Ridgely 2, Mel
vim, Gov. O'Conor announced today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-16
; Drafted in Prince GEORGES

Prince Georges County Draft
Board No. l at Hyattsville an
nounced today that three men who
have passed their preinduction
physical examinations have been
ordered to report Tuesday for duty
with the armed forces. They are
Gerard S. Barry. Henry M. Under
wood and Leroy F. Bowen.