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Evening star., 1946-09-27
Eastern H. 5. Paper Wins
Another Excellence Award

The international Honor Certifi-
cate Of the Quill and Scroll, society
OF high school journalists through
out the Western Hemisphere, has
been awarded for the fourth con-
secutive year to the fastener
weekly student publication of East
ern High School, DR.. Regis L. Boyle,
supervisor Of the paper, announced
yesterday.
The award, based on the quality
OF news and editorial writing, the
extent to which the publication is a
medium both of student guidance
and student opinion, and It's finan-
cial condition through advertising
and circulation, will be received
from Quill and Scrolls interna-
tional headquarters at Northwest =
ern University within a week, DR..
Boyle said.
Editors Of issues entered in the
Evening star., 1946-09-27
i0PA Allows Increase
lon Household Items
by the Associated Press

Prices of pots, pans and other
household items of cast iron and
enamelware sold by mail order will
go up per cent on Tuesday, the
OPA announced today.
1t said the increase would keep
majl-order catalogue prices in line
with recent price boosts granted
other retailers.
At the same time the control
agency announced that manufac-
turers of these household items
would not be required to attach
tickets showing retail price ceilings
OPA said manufacturers reported it
virtually impossible to label the pots
and pans at the factory.
AS result, OPA will allow the
retailers to attach the ceiling price
tags on the basis of retail prices
supplied them in writing by the
manufacturers.
Two other price boosts were an
nounced last night.
Manufacturers of cloth window
shades and window shade rollers
were granted II per cent increase,
the third since May. OPA said the
latest boost was to cover higher
labor and material costs and applies
to those selling through wholesale
and retail outlets. Manufacturers
selling direct to consumers are
limited to a II per cent increase.
Manufacturers of machinery for
wood and timber working won a. 16
per cent increase in prices to re-
place 10 per cent temporary boost
on May 20. OPA said more of this
equipment was needed for housing
building and furniture.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Husband Reported Nearby
When Bomb Hurt Ex-Wiie
By The Assee;o,sd Press

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-A detective
testified yesterday at q habeas
corpus hearing that Arthur Wilson
48, of Momence, ILL.,, was in the VI
cinity shortly before q bomb ex-
ploded and injured his divorced
wife, Hertha, 46-year-old school
teacher, as she drove her automo-
bile on the South Side yesterday.
Chief Justice Harold G. Ward con-
tinued until today the Criminal
Court hearing on a petition for re-
lease of Wilson, who police said was
held without charge for question
ing.
Detective Marshall Pidgeon told
Judge Ward that 1t had been def
nitely established that Wilson was
in the neighborhood of the car "iust
prior" to the explosion. Mr.. Pidgeon
also testified that foot prints were
being investigated.
The bomb, which had been fast
ened to the floorboards of the car,
detonated after Mrs. Wilson had
driven about half q block on her
way to school. Mrs. Wilson suffered
arm and leg lacerations and severe
shock.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Flood
Continued From First Page

OF those rescued were stranded on
roof tops and in trees.
Detectives E. E. Kelly and l.. w,
Jackson reported the rescue of 10
persons from housetops in various
parts of the South Side during the
night.
Those known dead were:
Rudy Tamayo; Patricia Painter
16, of La Vernla; an unidentified
girl about 18; three military police
men. unidentified.
Mr.. Tamayo was drowned when
his car was swept into Alazan Creek.
A companion. Nick Olivares, 81,
had narrow escape. He was res
cued by a police detail under Police
Sergt. Joe Morales.
Highways Are Closed.
The highway leading to Corpus
Christi and South Texas was closed
by Salado Creek, which today was
l mile wide. Usually it is a slow
trickle of water few feet in width.
San Antonio River, which winds
through the heart of the downtown
area, was out of its banks. In some
places streets were 6 feet deep in
water.
Rainfall since Wednesday has ex-
ceeded 10 inches. The climax was
the cloudburst last night, followed
by 2.83 inches of rain which fell
from midnight Thursday to $50 am.
today.
The public service board feared a
further rise of the San Antonio
River below here would inundate
the Mission Road Power Plant and
leave the city without electrical
power.
Families trapped in their homes
by high water flooded the police de-
partment with calls for help. Most
of the homeless were housed in pub
lie school following their rescue.
Several hundred theatergoers
were stranded in the downtown dis
trict. Most of them bedded down
in hotel lobbies.
Army posts dispatched more than
200 military police to San Antonio
to assist in the emergency.
Blankets and CT sweaters by the
bale were sent to police headquarters
for distribution.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
243 Convicted of Mutiny

SINGAPORE, Sept. 27 LP).-Lt.
Gen. Sir Montagu Stopford, COM
mander in chief of Allied land
forces in Southeast Asia, announced
today that 243 soldiers of the 18th
British Parachute Battalion had
been convicted of mutiny by court
martial and sentenced to two years
imprisonment. The men were ac-
cused of refusing to parade May IA
at the Muar camp as a protest
against living conditions.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Horrimon Saws Good-by

LONDON, Sept. 27 R.-United
States Ambassador w. Averell Har-
riman paid farewell calls on Prime
Minister Attlee and Foreign Secre-
tary Bevin today Mr.. Hartman
plans to fly home Tuesday to be-
come Secretary of Commerce.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
China Tokes Over KiIns

To rehabilitate China's battered
ceramics and pottery industry, the
former imperial kilns at Ching
tehchen, famed porcelain center in
Kiangsi Province, will be converted
into a government enterprise, with
electrically heated kilns.
Evening star., 1946-09-27

contest this year we're Emily Rus
sell. l548 Fort Davis place Sc:
Edith Plotnick, 600 r street NE:
Frances Brooke, 1913 Seventeenth
street NE: Martha Jean Crawford,
46ll Beechwood road, College Park.
Md, and Dorothy Rogge, 6o3 PENN
sylvaria avenue Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Taxi Feeding Stand
lin Car Terminal Urged

In an effort to curb traffic hazards
caused by taxicabs making u"
turns or parking double to await
vacant space in the present four
vehicle cab stand at the Mount
Rainier streetcar terminal, a recon-
mendation for a 7 to 10 cab feed
ing stand on the opposite side
of Rhode Island avenue will be
presented the Mount Rainier Town
Council on Tuesday night.
The recommendation will be pre-
sented by Mayor Floyd Matthias.
who discussed the situation with
Prince Georges County Taxicab In
rspector Joseph G. Mercer. In addi-
ton to the request, which would
require drivers to enter the feeding
stand" before taking vacant spaces
in the cab stand, Mayor Matthias
will propose that the stand be
reduced to hold only three cabs.
Meanwhile, the county cab in
spector reiterated a previous warn
ing to all taxicabs which operate
Illegally in the county without the
county's SIS drivers Identification
card and the s25 owners registra-
ton permit
Pointing out that number of
District cabs were still picking up
fares in the county, Mr.. Mercer
asserted that all cabs. without coun-
ty credentials, must "deadhead back
to the city after bringing passengers
from the District. If they don't, he
added, they will be considered as
operating illegally and will be sub
ject to S25 fine for each offense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Col. Neal Presented DSM
For Virginia Draft Work
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND. Va, May 1S.-The
Distinguished Service Medal, highest
Army award for noncombatant serv-
Ice, was presented to Col. Mills F.
Neal, former State director of selec.
tive service, in ceremonies yesterday
during which the Legion of Merit
was awarded to Col. Asher w. Har.
man, executive officer at State selec.
tive service headquarters.
The presentations were made BY
Col. Daniel o. Omer, general counse
for the selective service system, who
acted as the representative of Mai
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective
service director.
Gov. Tuck read citation accom-.
panying Col. Meals award statins
that he distinguished himself al
State director of selective service TO,
Virginia from September, 1910, te
April, 1945."
The former State director returned
to civilian life in December and con.
cluded his terminal leave April 26
Col. Joel w. Griffng, State direc.
tor of selective service, presided Al
the ceremonies. Col. Griffing las
Friday received the Legion of Merit
from Gen. Hershey in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Montgomery Police Cars Called
Unfit to Chase Runaway Buqqy

Montgomery County policemen
were one car nearer holding their
own with speeders today following
the arrival yesterday of a new
cruiser.
It is the first postwar auto to
arrive out of 20 ordered to replace
the badly average fleet of IS cars
currently operating in the county
according to Chief of Police H
Leslie Carlin.
Members of his force with more
outspoken language but with desires
for anonymity declared that "over-
age" was putting it mildly.
why these cars are so bad
said one member of the force, that
1910 model sedan-think of it
1910 model sedan-outran me the
other day"
Most Of the cars. he added, have
200, 900 miles or over behind them
while before the war the county
traded in their machipes after TO-
600 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Committee Named 10 Aid
Alexandra Health Survey

The Alexandria Council of Social
Agencies has named a committee
to assist specialists from the Metro
politan Health Council of the Dis
trict in making an overall health
survey of the Metropolitan area.
A. Sumner Hughes, executive
director of both the Alexandria
Council of Social Agencies and
Community Chest, said that the
committee will submit recommended
lions for improvement which are
to be made when the survey is
completed.
The Rev. Clifford r. johnson,
pastor of the Westminster Presby-
terrain Church and member OF the
board of the Alexandria Community
Health Center. is chairman of the
Alexandria group, which includes:
DR.. L. Floyd Hobbs, president of
the Alexandria Medical Society;
City Attorney Joseph Pancoast, Mrs.
Edith l.. Allen. Mrs. John w. Evans,
the Rev. A. Myron Cochran, DR..
Walter l.. Nails, E. Guy Ridgely
Mrs. Ashburton Trip, DR.. John A.
Sims, president fthe Alexandria
tuberculosis Association; Mrs. Will
liam r. Amman, DR.. Thistle M.
Mckee, Mrs. Albert L. Miller, Mrs.
William e. Warne and Thomas
Gore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Sears Name Voided
In County Primary

A Prince Georges County Repub-
lican candidate for the Maryland
House of Delegates has been re-
moved from the running because he
failed to be registered voter first
the county Board of Election Super
visors has ruled.
The candidate, the board an.
nounced yesterday, was Benjamin F
Sears, North Brentwood attorney
His withdrawal leaves only -four
nominees for the House of Delegates
on the Republican ticket. They in.
clude Mrs. Ethel S. Babcock, Mrs
Laura M. Bigoness, Presley j. New.
maker and James O'Kane, jr. There
are six seats.
Reason for voiding his name from
the primary ballots, Samuel Wyvill
president of the board, declared, wa.
that registration books of the county
did not contain Mr.. Sears entry, q
prerequisite before voting or seeking
Office. His certificate and filing fee
were returned to him because of thi.
ineligibility, Mr.. Wyvill said.
Mr.. Sears explanation for moi
being registered. he said, was tina,
he thought he had done so when he
went to. the polls in North Brent.
wood in 1888. In Maryland, hi
found, it is necessary to file inten.
tons year prior to registering
which he hadn't. and hence was
never registered.
Meanwhile, the board president
announced that the Republican
party would have up until IS day.
before the primaries on June "a tc
complete their ballot with "fill-in'
names for each vacancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
John Browns Farm
To Go Under Hammer
By the Assoeiated Press

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, May
18.-The historic John Brown farm
near Samples Manor. Washington
County, Md, where the fiery Adolf
zionist assembled forces and arms
for his attack on Harper's Ferry In
1859, will be sold at public auction
early in June
Brown settled on the farm under
an assumed name and there, on the
night Of October is, 1859, his forces
launched an attack on the Federal
arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Sub
sequently captured, he was tried in
the courthouse at Charles Town, and
found guilty to armed instruction
against the United States.
He was hanged in December at a
site now within the Charles Town
corporate limits.
The property has attracted many
visitors annually, though never pro-
NOTED commercially.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
McKeIdin Silent on Politics
In Sphinx Club Address

An address by Mayor Theodore
R. McKeldin of Baltimore, Repub-
lican candidate for Maryland Gov
ernor subject to the June "a pri-
mary, was conspicuous by the alb
sence of political comment yesterday
at the luncheon meeting of the
Sphinx Club at Almas Temple.
introduced by Potentate Edward
o. Carl, Mr.. McKeldin kept his
listeners alternately amused and
seriously engrossed when he ex-
pounded on object lessons from
daily life based on three maxims
OF two words each. He used Know
Thyself," Control Thyself" and
Give Thyself," to develop his talk.
The only reference made to his
current political campaign was in
his Introductory remarks when he
said he did not intend to talk poll
tics because every campaign I've
been through I always get sued for
minimum of S25 ,000"
Later, Mr.. McKeldin, whose party
opponent is Herman L. Mills,
Hagerstown, said he will continue
his Statewide personal "hand-
shaking campaign and that he had
no political philosophy to pronounce
prior to the primary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
1.-Two Candidates Lose
Suits Contesting
Alexandra Primary

Two defeated candidates for the
Democratic nominations to the Alex
andria City Council in the April 2
primary yesterday failed to establish
their petitions alleging irregularities
at the polls when Judge Paul E.
Brown in Alexandria Circuit Court
dismissed their suits contesting the
election.
The validity Of the registration of
all the voters in Alexandria was
questioned by attorneys in the first
suit filed by Marshall j. Beverley,
406 North View terrace, candidate
who trailed the incumbent, City
Councilman Everett A. Hellmuth, by
six votes in the fifth ward.
Judge Brown, after hearing three
hours and half of testimony in
which Mr.. Beverley's attorney,
former State Senator Frank Ball,
endeavored to have his petition
established, ruled that it would be a
case of "the pot calling the kettle
back" if he agreed that the. II
petitioners for Mr.. Beverley were
qualified as registered voters while
the same registration books were
submitted in an effort to prove that
% voters questioned by the unsuc-
cessful candidate were not properly
registered.
AS each of the petitioners was
called to the stand, j. Randall
Cation, attorney for Mr.. Hellmuth,
cross-examined them on their pro-
cedure in registering to vote. Not
one was able to say definitely
whether or not he had taken the
oath required.
In the second allegation, filed by
Raymond A. Gallagher, Alb North
st. Asaph street, who received Is
less votes than City Councilman
Paul Lyme Delaney in the first ward
primary, the action was dismissed
on technically before evidence
could be produced or before testi-
mony on charges was made.
Under State law, petition con-
testing a primary election must be
signed by at least Is duly qualified
voters" Only Is or 20 names affixed
to the petition were recognized as
valid by Judge Brown, who dis
missed the suit on that ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18

There were six chimpanzees in
the plane, CAT cargo carrier oper-
ated by U. S. Airlines, an air freight
line flying along the East Coast tc
Miami. Five of the chimpanzees
adults, were from the st. Louis Zoo
They were the property of Leila
Roosevelt, explorer member of the
family that has produced two Pres.
idents.
Miss Roosevelt and her husband
Armand Denis, who together mad.
the exploration pictures, "Goona.
Goona," Dark Laughter" ane
Dangerous Journey" are running
monkey farm at DANA, Fla. Sh.
had traded five young chimpanzee!
from her farm for the five adult.
at st. Louis.
They started the monkey farm
because they like animals and Mr.
Denis saw the need of a breeding
place to supply trained monkeys
raised under observation, to medi
cal laboratories. Two of their chin
panzees now are being used in al
infantile paralysis study at John
Hopkins University, Baltimore. TIL
farm is supported by tourist ad
mission fees and by the help of .
few friends. They give the animal
to institutions.
| After lunching at the airport
Miss Roosevelt and her chimpanzee
took off for Miami.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18

Junk" was the term applied by
another policeman to the forces
mechanical equipment, as he added
he did not think them fit even tx
chase runaway buggies."
Chief Carlin could give no indi-
cation when the other 10 cars should
arrive. The new one has beer
assigned to the Rockville head.
quarters station.
Currently the force is conduct.
ing drive with the hamperine
conditions noted-to make a me-
chanical checkup of all cars stopped
for traffic violations.
Il stopped one the other day.
said a member of the force, which
was so bad it was worse than oul
cars. And, chum, that's saying
plenty. I didn't feel safe sitting
in it even while it was parked"
Chief Carlin said he has not com.
piled figures yet on the results o.
the survey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Virginians Join Drive
For Al Smith HOSPITAL

The Alfred E. Smith Memorial
Committee of Virginia today
launched drive to coincide with a
national campaign to erect a ESQ
bed hospital in New York City in
honor of the Happy Warrior"
The hospital will be open to "the
afflicted of all classes, without dis
tinction of creed, color or country, y
according to James A. Farley. ma
tional committee chairman. "Al
Smith Was Fellowman to Every
Man" will be the campaign slogan.
Chairman of the Virginia commit
tee, the headquarters of which will
be at 1856 Hillwood avenue, Falls
Church, is John A. K. Donovan,
Falls Church, past president of the
Fairfax County Community Chest.
Other members of the State COM
mittee include:
Norman c. Bailey of Orange,
James c. Bushong of Madison,
Lindsey Carne, John Ferguson and
James U. Kincheloe, Fairfax; An
drew w. Clarke, Nicholas A. Cola
santo and Howard B. Hayes, Alex
andria; Horace H. Edwards, Ray
mond V. Long and DR.. Reuben F. S.
Simms, Richmond; Charles R. Fen
wick, Arlington; DR.. Charles A. Fin
nigan, Falls Church; Joseph v
German, Lynchburg; John j. Laing
Harrisonburg; Larry Leatherland
Charlottesville; James H. Moore
Roanoke; William S. Wheatlev
Winchester, and Richard S. Wright
jr, of Woodstock,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Huntsville Teen-Ager,
Sentenced 10 Hama
For AssauItinq Girl

Two teen-age Huntsville, Md, col.
ored youths, who were found guilty
on Tuesday of criminal assault on g
19-year-old Seat Pleasant girl last
March II. have been sentenced tt
die by hanging in the Maryland
State Penitentiary.
The sentence, which was imposed
yesterday by Associates Judges
Charles C.. Marbury and John B
Gray, jr., in Prince Georges County
Circuit Court at Upper Marlboro
will be carried out at a date to b<
set by Gov. O'Conor and not earlier
than 80 days, the judges ruled.
The youths, James Clarence Ray.
naond Washington, Is, and Willie
Gray Taylor, were silent when thu
sentence was read to them. With
two other colored youths, they were
charged with assaulting a girl five
times, after the assailants CAME
upon her and her fiance, Donale
Boyer, 20, former Coast Guards.
man, as they were seated in a parkee
automobile on Sheriff road, neal
Huntsville.
Washington and Taylor were or
dered held in solitary confinement
by County Sheriff r. Earle Sheriff
until they can be turned over tt
the warden Of the State peniten.
tiary.
Before the sentence was an.
nounced Attorneys Robert w. Nc.
Cullough, for Washington, and Leor
Ransom and Austin L. Tickling, fol
Taylor, filed a motion for a new
trial, but it was overruled by tn,
two jurists. Later, they. announced
they would appeal the court decision
to the Maryland Court of Appeals
A plea for leniency by the defense
counsel also went UNDECIDED.
Meanwhile, the trial of the othe,
two boys, Walter Ross, 81, and hi
brother, Charles, 20, of Brightseat
Md, which had been transferred
to the Anne Arundel County Circui
Court in Annapolis because of
request for a change of venue, wa.
scheduled for next Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Taylor Gets 2-Year Term
In Motor Sale Fraud

Milton S. Taylor, 4o-year-old
suspended Hyattsville town police
man, was sentenced to two years in
the Maryland House of Correction
after he was found guilty yesterday
OF charges of obtaining money on
false pretenses.
Taylor, who was sentenced In
Prince Georges County Circuit Court
in Upper Marlboro, was charged with
accepting payments of $500 and $685.
from S. Joseph Bendheim of Chevy
Chase, Md, in promise of getting
him a new automobile, which never
arrived, according to county police.
Associate Judges Charles C. Mar
bury and John B. Gray, jr., who
presided, were told that Taylor also
was scheduled to face similar charges
in the District for allegedly selling a
house owned by Mrs. Mary Carter
of Colmar Manor, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Turner, 127 Rhode Island
avenue NE, for $4,000, without
| authority for the sale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
RemodeIed Synagogue
To Hold Memorial

The remodeled synagogue of Beth
Sholom Congregation and Talmud
Torah, Eighth and Shepherd streets
NV, will be dedicated at pm.
tomorrow.
Three tablets presented by con-
gregation members as memorials to
their sons killed in battle will be
unveiled.
A complete set of the Babylonian
Talmud will. be presented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
Hit-Run Driver Sentenced
To so Days, Fined in Fairfax

Fines totaling $500 and a 6o-day
Jail sentence were imposed on Ro-
land r. Rives, Vienna, Va, hear
ing in Fairfax County Trial Justice
Court yesterday in connection with
an accident in which a school child
was struck by taxicab driven by
Rives.
Police said the cab struck Bar
bara Dean, Is, colored, Vienna, April
% as she was walking across the
highway after alighting from 8
school bus near her home.
When Policeman l.. H. Shumate
arrived on the scene, it was testi.
fled, Rives drove away and was not
apprehended until after a chase Of
several miles. Three shots were free
by Policeman Shumate at the flee.
ing taxicab, two of which struck the
vehicle.
Rives was fined 500 and given a
30-day Jail sentence each on charges
OF driving while drunk, reckless driv.
ing and hit-and-run driving. The
Jail sentence on the last charge was
suspended. Rives planned to appeal
Another charge of assaulting ar
officer Is yet to be tried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-18
By George Kennedy


A planeload of monkeys landed
on the runway at the National Air
port yesterday, and there was more
fun!
Miss Edna Scheske, pretty, light
haired girl who is training to be
an airline hostess, ran out to see
what was going on.
Harry, 2R-year-old chimpanzee
in the arms of an airline official
kissed her.
"Once more" cried the delighted
photographers. Harry did it again
could I have one of those pic.
tures?" asked Miss Scheske.
"Cut 1t out of the paper" SAID
a photographer.
Which paper?" asked Miss She.
ske.
1T will be in all of them" wa:
the answer.
"Gwan," said Miss Scheske, 81
am 10 years old and l never have
had my pictures in the papers be.
fore" q.
But you were never kissed by &
monkey before said the photogra.
pher.
That's right" said Miss Sche.
ske. Then misgiving seemed tt
cross her mind and she added, 90
was 70"