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Evening star., 1946-04-13
Seat in Legislature
Is Sought by MaIoy

Francis B. Maloy of Silver Spring
yesterday announced his candidacy
for the House of Delegates, subject
to the Democratic primaries, and
at the same time resigned as chair
man of the 18th precinct of Mont
gomery County.
Mr.. Maloy's resignation as chair
man of the precinct was the first
submitted since a resolution was
passed last week at a caucus OF
delegates to the Montgomery County
Congress from the Eastern section
calling for the removal of any Dem
ocratic precinct chairman or vice
chairman who fails vigorously te
lead in their respective precincts the
campaign in support of all candi-
dates" indorsed by the congress. He
had served as chairman for eight
years.
In letter addressed to E. Brooke
Lee. county Democratic leader. Mr.
Maloy said he was resigning 'be.
cause I do not see fit to support al
candidates indorsed by the Mont
gomery County Congress"
A native of Washington, Mr.. Maloy
served for four years in the building
inspectors Office for the Eastern
suburban district after he moved
to Silver Spring 10 years ago. He
later served as a clerk under former
County Commissioner o. w. Roby
for two years, and resigned last June
as county supervisor of the refuse
system of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission.
Mr.. Maloy, who is 80, is member
of the Silver Spring Board of Trade
the Mems Club of st. Michaels
Church, Rosensteel Council, knights
of Columbus; the Izaak Walton
League and the Sligo-BranvieW
Citizens Association. He is master
sergeant in the Maryland State
Guard and makes his home at 8705
Reading road
Evening star., 1946-04-13

Mrs. Mavis F. Slaughter, 25-year-
old Australian war wife, reversed
the customary procedure of being
greeted by her husband on her ar
rival here late yesterday and in
stead will greet him when he comes
from Hawaii shortly.
When special train brought
her and their son, David, 2, into
Silver Spring. Md, she said her
husband, Navy Machinist's Mate
Clarence Lee Slaughter, Is, was be-
lieved to be on his way from Homo
lulu and was due in this country
very soon, at which time she would
have the pleasure of welcoming
him to America.
She met him through a friend
while a laundry worker in Sydney
and they were married May 25, 1912.
Pending his arrival she said she
would be with her mother in law
Mrs. c. L. Slaughter, at $500 Colum-
bia pike, Arlington, Va.
She disembarked in San Francis
so few days ago from the trans
port Lurline, in company with nearly
100 other Australian war wives who
also were on the train. However
with exception Of two of the other
young women with family connec-
tions in this area. the rest went on
to New York, New Jersey and other
points. The Washington area wives
got of at Silver Spring because the
train by-passed Union Station.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
II File Candidates.
In Prince Georges
For County Offices

Ten Democrats and seven Re-
publicans today had added their
names to the list of candidates for
Prince Georges County Offices in the
June "a primariess
This brings the total of Demo-
Gratis who have filed to SO and the
number of Republicans to 9. Dead
line for filing is midnight on Mon
day and deadline for Withdrawals
is midnight next Friday.
The Democrats who filed are Mrs.
Mary M. Browning of East River
dale, president of the Board of
County Liquor License Commission
ers, for State Central Committee;
Charles S. Early, Brandywine, for
State Central Committee; James B.
Bland, Suitland, now county COM
missioner, for county treasurer;
William F. Mcpherson, Brandywine
incumbent, for judge Of Orphans
Court; Mrs. Myrtle B. Andre, Oxon
Hill, for delegate to State conven-
ton; Edward A. Fuller, for State
Central Committee; Ernest H. Null
ligan, Bladensburg, for State Gen.
trail Committee; Russell Travers,
College Park, for register of wills;
Roy Humphrey, Melwood, incum-
bent, for House of Delegates, and
DR.. Napoleon B. Steward, Laurel, in
cumbent, for House of Delegates.
The Republicans who filed are
Benjamin F. Sears, North Brent
wood, for House of Delegates; Will
liam j. Conway, North Brentwood,
for judge of Orphans Court; Phillip
j. Wilkes, Clinton, for State Central
Committee; Thomas E. Latimer
Hyattsville, for State Central Com
mittee; H. William Spicknell, Hy-
tattsville, for delegate to the State
Convention; Oliver Metzerott, Chill
lum, for delegate to the State con-
vention.
Mr.. Mulligan, who for 13 years
was a member of the Colmar Manor
police force, is president of the
Municipal Police Association of
Prince Georges County, first vice
president of the Maryland State
Police Association and president of
the Colmar Manor-Cottage City
Mems Club. He is a veteran of the
Army military police, having served
in London, and at present Is q stu
dent at George washington Uni
versity.
Mr.. Travers, who has been In the
insurance business in College Park
for the past six years, was formerly
a member of the county police force
for three years.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Alexandria Man Named
To New Red Cross Post

The American Red Cross today
announced the appointment of Ed
ward w. Bennington of 1911 North
Pitt street, Alexandria, Va, as direc-
tor of the newly organized ONCE of
Research, Administrative Methods
and Publication for the Red Cross
Eastern area.
A businessman and banker, Mr..
Bennington came to Washington in
1910 as a statististician for the
British Air Commission. He re-
ceived his first Red Cross appoint
ment in February, 1943, as admins
trative assistant with the Foreign
War Relief Division. Last year, he
was named chief Of the Eastern
area ONCE of Research and Sta
tistics.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Every Bushe| Of Wheat
Vital, Maryland Aide Says
By the kssoeiofed Press

Joseph H. Blandford, Maryland
production and marketing director,
said yesterday every bushel of wheat
a Maryland farmer could deliver to
the Government now would help
starvation in Europe.
He said Maryland farm stocks of
wheat were tight, since the $4,000
bushels now on farms are only
half the 1s45 supply at this time,
and so per cent below the 10-year
average"
County AAA Offices are ready to
buy 1945 crop wheat from farmers
Mr.. Blandford advised, with famine
emergency program contracts speci-
flying that farmers may deliver i'm
mediatejy, but pick a market price
any day up to March 81, 1947, to
assure them fair prices.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
.T1r1VpYsAIa s.3]Is.iF F1AR Il; ;, I3.A1,4oP + p C.
NV Fire 5afe9a&B
Al County A|mshouse
Urged by Grand Jury

Improved fire protection at the
county almshouse and an "imme-
diate and thorough cleanup" of the
temporary lookup in the County
Service Building in Hyattsville were
recommended yesterday by the
Prince Georges County Md grand
jury in its report to the Circuit
Court.
While finding conditions at the
almshouse generally very good, "
the grand jury recommended that
the interior be repainted in lighter
colors," that a temporary wooden
fire escape be replaced as soon as
possible with adequate means of
escape" and that a wooden bridge
on the road leading to the institu-
tion be inspected to ascertain wheth-
er it is satisfactory for passage of
flre-flighting equipment.
With respect to the lookup, the
grand jury recommended more light
and ventilation, more and better
food for prisoners and a minimum
period of detention there. The re-
port also urged that adequate food"
be provided for prisoners wherever
confined in the county.
The report, read by Associate JUS
tice Charles G. Marbury, presiding
in Circuit Court, revealed the grand
jury handled 166 cases, the largest
number on one session since 1941
The jurors sat for 10 days, beginning
April /. The grand jury returned
1876 indictments, ignored % cases
and continued for further investi-
cation. 1t heard 315 witnesses.
The report made no mention of
gambling or vice or of building ma
terials rackets. The rackets were
brought to the attention of the
jurors when they were sworn in by
Associate Justice John B. Gray.
However, the report suggested
county delegates to the General As
sembly should consider advisability
of a reasonable increase in per-
sonnel of the police force and rec
commended provision of playground
equipment for the county schools.
Justice Marbury termed the re-
port constructive" and suggested
that it be referred to the succeeding
grand jury next October.
The report was signed by Charles
E. Beane, foreman, and Donald r.
Arnsworth, secretary.
Evening star., 1946-04-13

The whipping post was used last
October in the Prince Georges
County Jail when Sheriff r. Earle
Sheriff executed the sentence of
Associate Justice Charles G. Mar
bury on Lloyd O. Busching, 80, con-
victed Of beating his wife. At the
time, no previous use of the penalty
in the county could be recalled.
Busching received 10 lashes under
q statute of 1882.
Shortly thereafter, Justice Mar
bury spared another wife beater
from the penalty because of age and
sentenced him to a year in the
House of Correction.
The grand jury report represents
one of the first public pleas for ex-
tension of the penalty to other Of
fenses. Proposals placed before the
General Assembly in recent years
usually have included a bill to abol-
ish the whipping post throughout
the State.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Bancroft Teachers
Backed by Parents in
School Controversy

Six teachers who closed the Bar
croft School, IN Arlington, for sew
eral hours Thursday after the
Parent-Teacher Association had re-
fused to condemn series of news
paper articles criticizing Arlington
schools today had the support of
the parents and of the Arlington
Association of Public School prin-
cipals. The teachers returned to
their classes yesterday.
The matter is to be discussed
further at meeting of the County
Teachers Association in the WASH
|ington-Lee High School at Ais pm.
Tuesday.
In an attempt to forestall the
threatened designations of the Bar
croft faculty and principal, over 200
parents of children attending the
school last night unanimously
adopted resolution expressing
complete confidence in and fullest
cooperation with the teaching staff
of the school"
Criticism Scored.
The resolution also stated that
the group opposed "any publicity
which adversely reflects on the repu-
tation and qualifications Of the
school staff.
1t was further resolved that par
ents of the area earnestly hope
and sincerely desire to continue to
cooperate fully with the admins
tration of the Arlington schools and
to express our appreciation for their
efforts to provide adequate facilities
for the Bancroft School"
Mrs. Evelyn Lynn, Bancroft prin-
cipal, yesterday stated any action of
the school faculty was contingent
on what the parents would do at
last nights meeting. She said no
decision would be made until Mon
day. In the event the Barefoot
teachers resign, she concluded. 1t
would not become effective until
April %.
Principals Back Teachers.
At meeting late yesterday the
principals association unanimously
adopted a flve-point resolution re-
cording strong approval of the
stand taken by the Bancroft teach
ing staff. 1t also stated the asso-
citation subscribes to their stand ito
the extent that 1t would take a
similar step under the same un-
ethical. unfriendly and unco-opera-
tive conditions"
The principals resolution also
stated the association deeply re-
sents the tabloid-type articles which
have recently appeared in a Wash
ington daily newspaper under au-
thorship OF person obviously to-
tally unqualified to evaluate any
system of educational institutions. +"
The group also expressed full
gratitude for the cooperative and
constructive attitude demonstrated
by a majority of Arlington parent
teacher associations, which are op-
Grating "in accordance with true
PTA objectives."
The principals voted to send
copies of the resolution to the
County PTA Council and school
board. Miss Mary Barbour. prin-
cipal at Matthew Maury Elemen-
tary School, is president of the
association.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
2 Cab Drivers Cleared
In Kennedy Girls Death
BY the Assoeioted Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April 13.-
Two cab drivers, one of whom had
been held in custody for four days
for questioning in connection with
the Staying of 19-year-old Betty
Jane Kennedy, were at liberty today
while police sought a new lead in
the case.
Acting Police Chief Max w. Rick
ard said the release Of the men
left authorities without a lead to
the identity of the girls slayer.
Miss Kennedy's body was found
at a spot near Wanesboro, Pa,
the morning of April 4. Her neck
had been broken and she had been
parroted
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Williamsburg to Revive
Colonial Music Series
By the Assoeiofsd Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, April 49,
After a lapse of four war years,
Colonial Williamsburg will revive
it's 18th century music in the ball
room of the Governors Palace dur
ing the week Of May 13.
The forthcoming festival, 10th
in the series, will commemorate the
240th anniversary of the act by
the Colonial House Of Burgesses au-
thorizing the building of the palace
in Williamsburg in 1706.
Attendance at the concerts will
be limited to the capacity of the
ballroom, which can accommodate
only $50 persons.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Teen-Age Executive

At 49, Eugene Gilbert Chicago averaging ve-hgure
earnings It all started recently 1914 after
he graduated from high school, Eugene decided that
his elders especially the advertising people, didn't
to appeal to the teenagers couldn't speak their language
couldn't understand their likes and dskes thought
could. So he set out to do the Job himself.
He sold his ideas he correct way deal with the
eenage market here 900 American consumers
between IL and 2G and his has been phenomenal
How this youngser combined live and brains will
by James H. Miller in "Ths Boy Fooled The" appearing
in This Week Magazine tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
George Leonard Rites
Held in Minneapolis

Funeral services for George Leon
ard, %, of GIL M street NE, who
died here April I, were held today
in Minneapolis, MINI. Burial will
be in the family plot in Lakewood
Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Mr.. Leonard was an employe of
The Evening Star at one time.
Evening star., 1946-04-13

maryland House
of Delegates, to-
day filed as a
C a n d / date for
t h e U n i t e d
s t a t e S Senate,
subject to the
j u n e "a pri-
maries.
Already seek
ing COP sena-
torial nonina-
tlon is Paul Rob-
inson of Balti-
more. 1t h a S
been reported in
political circles,
however, tina {
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Naval Academy Aide Dies

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 13 R.-
A heart attack proved fatal yester-
lday to Alexander A. Colonel, IS,
Naval Academy civil engineer who
was born In Russia. Taken Ill at
work, he was removed to Annapolis
Emergency Hospital, where he died.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Red Cross MEETING Opens

LEXINGTON, Va, April 13 (P).-
A two-day Red Cross regional meet
ing opened here yesterday at the
Robert E. Lee Hotel, with v. A.
Phillips of Alexandria, director OF
the Maryland, District of Colum-
bia and Virginia region, presiding
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Choirs to Hold Service

An Easter cantata will be given
by the combined choirs of the
Roberts Chapel Church, Alexandria,
ct 8 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
La PLATA Lawyer Files
|Candidacyfor Senate
In COP Primary Race

Joseph A. Wilmer of Charles
County, member of the Maryland
Senate for eight years and for
mer Republican floor leader in the
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Choir to Give Cuntutu

The choir of Memorial Methodist
Church, Hyattsville, will present the
cantata "Olivet to Calvary" at pm
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-04-13

HEAR WASHINGTONS WAR EFFORT DESCRIBED-Shown
at the Columbia Historical Society banquet the Mayower
Hotel last night left to right Brig Gen. Robert Young
commanding the Military District of Washington described
its military protection Mayor Theodore Mcedn of Bat-
guest speaker and Maj Gen. u Grant 3d. oasmaste
Star Stah Photo
Evening star., 1946-10-27
Auto P|unges Info Crowd
Al Loadinq Platform

One woman was injured slightly
and a number of other persons had
narrow escapes last night when an
automobile ploughed across street
car loading platform in the 210C
block OF Wisconsin avenue NV.
The car was halted by Policeman
Charles Kadel, who opened a door
jumped in and shut off the ignition
while the vehicle still was In mo-
ton. police said.
Miss Marjorie Hughes, 80, of 1866
Thirty-eighth street NV, suffered
sprained ankle in jumping out OF
the cars path and was treated at
Georgetown Hospital. according to
the report. A man was said to have
escaped injury by jumping onto
the hood Of the car.
Police listed the driver as Vincent
p, O'Reilly, 50, of the 5000 block OF
Thirty eighth street NV. He was
charged with driving while drunk
and was released in $500 bond. they
reported.
Evening star., 1946-10-27
Servicemen Report
New Taxicab Racket

A new racket in which a small
group Of taxicab drivers prey on
servicemen seeking fast transporta-
tion out of town was reported last
night by Washington Terminal
police.
Servicemen have complained that
they have been charged exhorbitant
fees for transportation back to theil
camps or homes, only to be left
stranded en- route when the cak
driver fakes car breakdown. These
servicemen usually seek cab trans
portation as last resort after hav-
ing missed trains or buses.
Police say that an agent of the
cab driver usually solicits a fare
collects the money and then con-
facts the cab driver After the cab
bic drives part of the distance, he
fakes breakdown, lets his passen.
gers out, then comes back to Wash
ington and splits the fee with his
partAer.
Although there have been scat.
tered complaints about this practice
in the past the racket appears tt
have fourished since the start O.
the hotel strike, police said. This
they surmise, results from desire
of these cabbies to make up some
of the revenue they have lost a,
a result of the hotel strike.
Evening star., 1946-10-27

of Supreme Court and Cabinet
members in getting the campaign
off to a good start.
Early reports indicated contribu-
tors were giving amounts nearly
equal to or slightly higher than
amounts given last year. II this
continues to hold true as the drive
progresses, he said, the campaign
lis assured of success"
Want to Reach 500, 900.
James Al. Shipp, campaign man.
ager, said the 17.2 per cent of the
$4, zoe, 600 goal, which was reported
at the report luncheon last Friday
was is per cent higher than the
amount reported at this point in
last years campaign.
I'VE want to reach 100000 con-
tributors," he said. IF we reach
them. we will easily 60 over the
top"
Montgomery County will hold Its
first country-w report luncheon
on November at the Silver Spring
Armory, Mrs. Adolphus Station
chairman, has announced.
I'VE expect 1t to be victory
luncheon" she said, confident that
by then the county will be over the
top in its drive to raise $126,656
She said 1t was of the utmost
Importance that we here in Mont
gomery County share together the
sense Of cooperation and the feel
ing of good will which is the key
note of the Community Chest"
Evening star., 1946-10-27
Use Of Atom to Power
Subs Seen by Admiral
BY the Assoeioisd Press

WICHITA, Kans., Oct. 26.-Rear
Admiral G. w. Styer told the Navy
League Of America today that de-
velopment "of compact, efficient
atomic energy plants in our subma-
rines" would give the underseas
craft "high speed while submerged
and almost unlimited cruising
range"
With this atomic firebox, none of
the. vessels oxygen supply would
be used up by the propulsion ma
chinery, and the problem OF expell-
ing exhaust gases would be elm
mated" the co-ordinator OF under
sea warfare said.
add to this an armament of
rockets or guided missiles with
atomic warheads, and you have a
strong offensive weapon that is
itself relatively secure against atom
bombs and detection by radar."
Admiral Styer' came here as the
personal representative of the Sec
retary of the Navy to present to
the city Of Wichita the battle nag
Of the U. s. S. Wichita, which saw
service In both the Atlantic and
Pacific during World War II.
Evening star., 1946-10-27
Chinese Reds Holding
Two American Marines

PEIPING, Oct. 26 tPl. - United
States Marine headquarters said to-
day it was informed Chinese Com
munists are holding two Leather
necks captive because they are en-
ragged over the killing of four Chi
nese In a brush with three Amer
| ican sailors.
The sailors earlier reported they
were ambushed by SO Chinese and
had to shoot their way out. They
we're uninjured.
| Three Spaniards and an Italian
Just released from the camp where
the two Marines have been held
six days, told corps headquarters
the Communists "are irate toward
the Marines"
They said the Communists were
armed with Thompson submachine
guns, United States .45-caliber pis-
tolls, American carbines and potato
masher grenades.
| The captive Marines were seized
while duck hunting near Tangku
Evening star., 1946-10-27
Nimitz Says u. S. Navy
Cannot Relax Offenses

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 26 (R).--Ad-
miral Chester w. Nimitz, chief OF
naval operations, warned at a Navy
Day luncheon today that real and
vital need for an American Navy"
will continue to exist "as long as men
use the oceans to transport goods
from one continent to another"
The admiral emphasized that
American naval leaders who have
seen the death and destruction that
modern war can bring" never wish
to see war again.
I'VE are more than anxious to
join in the search for means OF
establishing permanent peace" he
said. But until that peace is an &C
tuality we dare not relax our
offenses. History has proven too
often, and too recently, that the ma
ton which allows its military
strength to decline invites attack. y
Admiral NimitZ warned that
measures taken since the end of the
war to aid the national economy
have resulted in the curtailrnent Of
many essential navy projects. 81 He
said these steps have not impaired
the present efficiency of the Navy,
but he added, indefinite postpone
ment of essential work or a general
acceptance of present standards
would have an adverse effect On vital
elements in our, national security. -
Admiral Nimitz declared that the
rapid progress being made in the
science of warfare already indi-
Gates that the great majority oi
weapons and techniques used ir
World War II are on their way tc
being outmoded. He said the atomic
bomb tests conducted by the Navy
last summer, while not completely
evaluated, already have indicated
in which direction naval design
Evening star., 1946-10-27
Ha|sey Calls A.Bomb
'UnhoIy Weapon in
Urging World Ban
BY the Assoeioisd Press

| NEW YORK, Oct. 26.--Admiral
william F. Halsey, jr., describing
the atomic bomb as an "unholy
weapon" said tonight 1t must be
outlawed-for now, and for all
time"
This, he told members of the
Navy League at their annual dinner
| In observance of Navy Day, lis not
a job for America alone to do. 1t
| is the rightful task of our newly
formed United Nations"
Nevertheless, he added, "it is clear
that the United Nations can fail. !"
u. S. Must Keep Strong.
| For that reason, Admiral Halsey
said, the responsibility of the United
States as lone of the natural lead
ers of the world in its move toward
lasting peace" requires that I'VE be
strong. To allow our arms to soften
and grow small is to shirk that
duty"
Admiral Halsey urged strong
United States Navy Ito protect and
maintain the freedom we fought to
win," and said that even now "ex-
periments are under way to - >
determine the suitability OF replac-
| ing the fleets biggest guns with
equipment for launching missiles
capable of unprecedented speed and
range"
Big Five Hold Key to Success.
The success OF the United Ma
tions, he said, "is wholly dependent
on the good faith of the five largest
powers-the United States, Great
Britain, the Soviet Union, China
and France" adding that the main
strength of this group grows out
of the belief that these great powers
all sincerely desire peace"
However, Admiral Halsey said, the
United Nations has its shortcom-
ings-the shortcomings of human
beings" and while its goal, an or
derly peaceful world, is being built
I'VE must maintain the means with
in ourselves to promote peace and
stability in the world"
He expressed the belief that In
the present atomic age the Navy,
instead OF having been made obso-
lete by new weapons" will become
I'm comparison to other means OF
protection, even more important and
vital than ever"