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Evening star., 1946-08-11
Dinner Wednesday Will Aid
Junior Police Corps Drive

A benefit dinner for the Junior
Police and Citizens Corps s25 900
fund drive will be sponsored by the
Women's Campaign Committee OF
the group Wednesday at 1855
Seventh street NV.
Miss A. Jean Clore, chairman, an
nounced that the price per plate will
be $40. Hosts and hostesses for the
dinner will be outstanding members
Of the youth organization, and mu-
sic will be provided by musicians of
the corps.
Civic leaders and youthful officials
OF the corps will be special guests.
Evening star., 1946-08-11

distances. The babies have complex
ions like vivid roses. The men have
fiat backs, lean hips and the rhyth-
mic walk of the true horseman. No
matter how tall they are, high heels
are a feature of their boots. Nearly
all of the young girls wear slacks.
Sometimes their blouses are of fine
buckskin, beautifully fringed. The
round plains felt hat with Its ad-
Unstable leather strap which allows
it to be thrown over the shoulders
is also picturesque feature
Evening star., 1946-08-11

group OF businessmen from Og-
den. Utah. The amazing skill which
they have developed In all sorts of
exhibition maneuvers has won fame
beyond their State.
Rodeos are well-behaved get-to-
gether affairs during which I have
yet to see flask drinking in the
grandstands or any evidences of dis
order and unseemly conduct. Many
times Boy Scouts have charge of
the seating arrangements. Whole
families attend, often from great
Evening star., 1946-08-11
VFW Gives Cruise Tuesdoy

The District Department of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars will spon-
sor a moonlight cruise at 8 pm.
Tuesday aboard the S. S. Potomac,
Charles M, O'Malley, commander,
announced yesterday.
Evening star., 1946-08-11

q LEARN sPEEDWRITTNG
The easy abe shorthand in 6-12
wks., no signs, no symbols, no
IN machine Day-night classes. Get
the facts. then decide. Capital
City Cellege, 1I0I vi. Ave. NV.
Evening star., 1946-03-06

Oh the AIR ToNieMI.
Wt, 8:30-Nisht Club Singer Ressmsrs
and Comedian hekis Gleason are hiIdegsrdss
callers.
Evening star., 1946-03-06

Last minute changes In
radio programs some
times reach The Star too
Evening star., 1946-03-06
Itchy PimpIes
Kill Romance

Many shattered romances may be
traced directly to scratching of skin
blemishes Why tolerate itching Of
pimples, eczema. angry red blotches
and other irritations. when you can
get quick relief from soothing Peter
sons Ointment? 35c all druggists.
Money refunded If one application
does not delight you. Peterson's Oint-
ment also soothes irritated and tired
feet and cracks between toes.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Grover Tells Court
He WASN'T Speeding;
Case Nears Jury

Stephen Lee Grover, 10, testified
in Municipal Court today that he
was not speeding before the collision
of his automobile with an Arnold
bus ON Arlington Memorial Bridge
August 2.
The youth, Junior at Yale Uni
versity, is an trial on charge OF
negligent homicide growing out of
the accident in which one man was
killed and 43 other persons were hurt
After the collision the bus plunged
through the bridge rail and fell, up
side down, on the roadway below.
Grover said he was travelling with
traffic" when asked how fast he was
driving. He said he remembered
only one skid when asked by Prose
cutor John B. Diamond III if he had
been "zigzagging."
Mrs. Louise Grover, his mother, q
Mckinley High School teacher. tes-
titled that the tires on the family
car had treads She said her son
had his glasses on when he left fol-
work on the day of the accident.
William P. McCracken, jr., for
mer Assistant Secretary of Com
merce, who lives at 1888 Benton place
NV. and is a neighbor of the
Growers, testified that the reputation
of the youth in the neighborhood
was excellent. He said he had
known young Grover for about
10 years.
Attorneys for the Government and
for the defense were to begin argu-
ment shortly and it was expected
the jury fof eight men and four
women would begin deliberations
some time this afternoon.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Rev. W. R. Harris Gets
Call 10 Silver Spring

The Rev. William Raymond Har.
ris, n, assistant minister of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Sixteenth
and H streets NV, has accepted
the rectorship of Ascension Epis-
copal Church of Silver Spring, 1t
was announced yesterday. He will
deliver his first sermon at his new
post next Sunday.
Mr.. Harris is graduate Of Co
lumbia University and Union Theo-
logical Seminary and attended Gen.
eral Theological Seminary. For two
years he was a chaplain at st.
Lukes Hospital in New York and
has done mission work at Long Is
land and Georgia churches. Before
coming to- Washington he was an
assistant at the Church of the
Epiphany In New York, of which
the Rev. Hugh McCandless is rector.
In 1941, Mr.. Harris volunteered
in the VT Navy Reserve program
and later was transferred to the
Navy Reserve V-12 chaplain cadets
stationed at Columbia Midshipmen's
School. He was discharged in Feb
ruary, 1945.
William A. Lonsway, senior war
den of Ascension Church, told the
congregation that ''Mr. Harris is
highly Endorsed by Bishop Angus
Dun and the Rev. c. Leslie Glenn,
rector of st. Johns Church, and
the vestry considers him ideally
equipped to assume his work here
in Sligo Parish"
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Trade Group 10 Study
Airport Improvement

The Aviation Committee of the
Board of Trade soon will begin a
study of airport needs in a drive
to improve facilities at National
Airport.
Committee members fel that i'm
provements must be made If Ma
tional Airport is to hold its own
against other airports in the East
where extensive expansion programs
are under way.
One Of the items to be studied is
installation Of radio traffic direc-
tor and ground controlled approach.
Another possibility is construction
Of two new instrument runaways,
one in Northeast Washington and
the other in the Northwest section.
Also to be studied is the possibility
of transfer of the Army Air Trans
port Command to Andrews Field and
the transfer of Navy Air Transport
to the Navy's base at Patuxent.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Two More Polio Cases
Reported in D. {. Area

A 29-year-old man was reported
by the District HEALTH Department
today as the 30th District infantile
paralysis case this year. Admitted
to Gallinger Hospital Saturday, the
victim lives in the 800 block of
Eastern avenue NE. Another case
reported today was a 21-year-old
Arlington County woman who was
admitted to Gallinger Friday. She
brings the total for nearby area to
SO.
The latest victims send the over
all Washington area count to 1913,
little more than half of the 226
area cases reported this time last
year. Cases in the District stood at
100 for the same period last year.
Although local figures are COM
paratively low, the National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis dis
trict office said today that this year S
Nation wide outbreak was the Sec
ond most severe in the country's
history.
Up to October IL, total of TO-
6S1 cases were reported, compared
to 1O,845 for the same period a
year ago. The worst polio epidemic
was in 1916 when 27,363 cases were
recorded in % States.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Tanker Burns Two Hours
After Collision in Bay
By the Assoejoted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. A ship cole
lision in Chesapeake Bay near AM
napolis early yesterday started fire
in the tanker ESQ Camden which
required two hours to bring under
control and which caused the vessel
to send out an S. o. S. for assistance.
The ESQ Camden collided with the
freighter william S. Halstead OF
Sandy Point near Annapolis and fire
Immediately broke out in the tanker.
Fireboats hurried to the scene as
both ships began making their way
to Baltimore.
A crewman on the tanker, iden-
tilted as Joseph Taylor Of Temple,
Tex, fell overheard but was picked
up by the bay ferry John Dennis.
The fire on the ESQ Camden was
extinguished while she was enroute
to Baltimore. Both ships docked
here shortly after II am.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
18 Civilians in D. {. Area
Get Nayy Merit Awards

Eighteen Washington area civilian
employees of the Navy's Bureau OF
Ships have received the Meritorious
Civilian Service Award for outstand-
ing service during World War II
from Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane
bureau chief, it was announced to-
day.
They are: Newell l.. Bowman
Brentwood, Md; Reade D. Cross
land, Hyattsville; Mrs. Mildred
Devices, 1851 Mintwood place NV;
Charles c. eager, 4519 Klinge road
NV; George Gebel, al Anacostia
road Sc; Nicholas T. Jucciarone
1923 Allison street NV; Lewis W.
Klopfer, 1410 Locust road NV;
Charles F. Ksanda, 1916 Van Buren
street NV; John j. Lang, 1901
Massachusetts, avenue NV; C. AL
den Loomis, 1435 Alton place NV;
James L. Mershon, 1410 Holly street
NV; Ralph A. Miller, 1901 Ar
gonne place NV; Wolfe Mostow,
80 Birch avenue, Takoma Park
Alvin Radlowsky, 1912 Seventeenth
street NV: Ernest Rassman, Alex
andria, Va; Walmer z. Strope, Falls
Church, Va; Laskar Wechsler,
3l42 Buena Vista terrace Sc, and
William c. Wells, 2457 Tunlaw road
NV.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
|MoryIond-Virginio Vote Guide

| from. Z am. to 7 pm. IN Prince
Georges.
Also on the ballot will be four pro-
posed amendments to the State con-
stitution.
The first would empower the Gov
ernor to appoint an associate judge
of the Baltimore Supreme Court tc
serve as chief judge in case OF
vacancy.
Another would increase the salary
of the Baltimore sheriff from Sc, ,00C
to $500 a year. It also provides that
counties would receive all fees col
lected in the Offices of their respec-
tive sheriffs.
| The third would eliminate pro-
vision requiring the Baltimore Re-
development Commission to obtain
options on at least so per cent OF
the land it desires to acquire
through the right Of eminent do
main.
The fourth would authorize the
General Assembly to set bonds for
the States attorneys Of the various
counties and Baltimore. At present
the amounts are specified in the
State constitution.
Evening star., 1946-11-04

Statement by Alfred D. Noyes,
chairman of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Democratic Congress:
1--WE have confined ourselves to
questions of fact and temperate ex-
pressions of opinion. Under the
present system of county govern
ment voters can elect or reject every
policy-determining county official
every fourth year through the op-
Grafton of the two-party system and
the direct primary system. We be-
lieve the present plan to be the
wisest that the American people
have been able to evolve in their
two centuries of experience with
the problems included in local self
! government.
I'VE are further convinced that
Montgomery County has become
one of the best places in the coun-
try to live, in large part through
the co-ordinated and continued
efforts of Democratic State and
county administrations. We know
THAT our tax rate, our rate of assess
ment and the county's bonded in
debtedness are all comparatively
low, while at the same time we know
that the Democratic county ad-
ministration has kept commercial
lied gambling, the saloon system and
other Objectionable activities out Of
the county.
1--WE have constantly improved
and modernized all the services of
local government so that today we
believe the people of Montgomery
County have every useful local pub
lie service that is to be found in
comparable American communities.
1--WE are convinced that the type
of new charter constitution sup
ported by the Charter Committee is
actually an effort either to dilute or
destroy the rights and importance
of the county voter. The charter
would take from future generations
of county voters any right to vote
for any salaried, policy determining
county Official. These are the people
who would spend the tax money
and who administer the govern
ment."
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Inquiry Into SCOTS
Sudden Death Awaits
Coroner S Analysis

The cause of the unexpected death
Of Charles w. Scott, 80 hours after
the 24-year-old colored man suffered
only minor cuts and bruises in the
crash Friday that killed Detective
Harry E. Hamilton, will not be an
nounced until Wednesday, the cor
oners Office said today. Chemical
analysis of the mans internal or
gans is to be made.
Deputy Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy, who performed an autopsy
on Scott yesterday, said, however,
that the man did not die of brain
hemmorrhage as attending physi-
clans had conjectured.
Suffered Minor Injuries.
Neither did Scott have fractured
skull nor broken bones, DR.. Murphy
said. His only injuries, the au-
topsy revealed were minor cuts and
bruises.
DR.. Murphy declared he will issue
no death certificate until the chem
ical and pathological analyses are
completed. Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald had declared a certifi-
cate of accidental death due to
SCOTS own negligence in driving
would be issued.
Scott died inethe District Jail in
firmary Saturday after thrice ap-
pearing for arraignment in NUM-
cipal Court. He had received
emergency treatment at two hos
pitals. submitted to police question
ing and had been charged with
murder and the unauthorized use
of an automobile before he died.
Police had planned to ask first
degree murder indictment against
him in the death of Pvt. Hamilton
father of three minor children.
Burial Takes Place Today.
Pvt Hamilton. who died of injurie.
received while clinging to the side
of the stolen car Scott was driving
when it crashed into a truck at New
Jersey and Florida avenues NV.
was to be buried with full rites of the
Police Department at 2 pm. today
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
The Police Band, high police off,
cials and fellow blue-coats will turn
out for the services at Hysong's s
funeral home, 1900 N street NV.
Detective Sergt. Clyde o. Rouse
IS, who suffered two broken legs in
the tragic climax of the early morn
ing chase, still is in serious condi-
ton at Casualty Hospital A woman
companion Of SCOTS, Marion Holton
20. of the first block of @ street NV,
also seriously hurt in the crash, was
somewhat improved today, hospital
attaches said.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
D. {. Man Is Found Dead;
Refused Burns Treatment

James L. Dunn, 46, of 919 Eleventh
street Sc, was found dead in his
bedroom yesterday by his wife, Ro-
berta, 81. Police said the man ap-
peared to have died from burns he
suffered Saturday night. An au-
topsy will be performed today.
Mrs. Dunn told detectives her hus-
bands pajamas caught fire when
he was smoking In bed Saturday. He
extinguished the flames and told
her he did not need medical aid,
she reported.
Police quoted Mrs. Rum as saying
that she thought her husband, re-
Gently retired Navy chief warrant
officer, was asleep when she awoke
the next morning. She said she did
not become aware he was dead until
Yesterday afternoon, when she no
titled police. r..
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Car Operator Cleared
InMrs. Drain S Death

A verdict of accidental death was
returned by the coroner's jury to-
day in the traffic death Saturday
Afternoon of Mrs. Eleanor A. Drain,
60, of 3110 Garfield street NV.
Mrs. Drains body was dragged A
feet, an accident unit investigator
testified, after being struck by a
streetcar at Connecticut avenue and
K street NV.
Cleared of blame in Mrs. Drain S
death was Carl w. Boothe, of 80
New York avenue NV, operator of
the streetcar.
Frederick G. Williams and Al
bert B. Nicholson of the accident
investigation unit quoted Mr.. Boothe
as saying the streetcar was going
about 20 miles an hour when the
accident occurred. According to
Mr.. Boothe, Mrs. Grain stepped
from a loading platform directly in
front of the car.
Mrs. Drain was the wife of Dale
D. Drain, prominent Washington
attorney.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Fireman on Rope
RescuesWon1an
From HoteIFire
Roger Smith Damage
Is Placed at $4,000;
Auditor Gives Alarm

Quick thinking firemen were cred
tied today with the daring rescue OF
a woman trapped on the top floor OF
the Roger Smith Hotel in a fire that
routed more than 100 guests early
yesterday morning.
Aroused about am, most of the
guests on the top three floors fled
to the streets in night clothing. But
In Room 1923, next to that where
. the blaze broke out, Miss Lucy
Brown, %, of Richmond, Va, found
her escape blocked by smoke.
While spectators gasped, firemen
OF Engine Company No. raised a
! 100-foot ladder toward her window
/ The ladder was short of its mark. by
two stories.
Fireman Lowered by Rope.
Then on the roof, firemen put an
other plan into operation. Fashion
ing a bowline on a blight, they fast
ened a rope to Pvt. w. D. Barnett
Of Engine Company 2.
Three men lowered Pvt. Barnett
to Miss Browns window. He grasped
the woman and was lowered with
her two and one-half stories to the
roof of an adjoining building.
The firemen who lowered the rope
were Sergt. M. E. Wallace and Pvt.
A. R. Manley of Engine Company 2
and Pvt. G. r. Plummer of Fire
Truck Company 2.
One other incident marred an
otherwise orderly exodus. Colliding
with fireman in the smoke, Miss
June Ogden, %, of Richmond was
knocked to the floor and suffered
face cuts. She was released after
treatment at Emergency Hospital.
Damage Put at $4,000.
OF unknown origin, the fire ap-
parently started in Room 1925, oc-
cupied by Ensign George G. Kirk
of New York City, who escaped
without difficulty.
The flames damaged several ad-
Joining rooms to an extent estimat-
ed at about $4,000. The 10th floor
was closed today for redecorating
but A. B. Merrick, manager, said the
rest of the hotel was operating
normally.
The first alarm was sounded at
5:04 am. by Night Auditor William
B. Morcom, 1920 North Lancaster
street, Arlington. A second alarm
was turned in seven minutes later.
Aroused by Mr.. Morcom in his
ninth floor room. Mr.. Merrick ran
up to the 10th floor and through the
smoke to open skylight windows.
Resuming normal operations only
last Thursday after the 20-day hotel
strike, the Roger Smith was almost
totally occupied when the fire
broke out.
Evening star., 1946-11-04

1.-THE current Federal contribution
is much too small" he said.
A tireless worker in Federation
affairs with a vigor that bellies his
years, Mr.. Newell Is metropolitan
director of the National Home and
Property Owners Foundation. He
has lived here 80 years and has been
active in civic affairs most of that
time.
Was Lawyer in Chicago.
Public affairs and dealing with
people are nothing new with Mr.
Newell. For several years he was
connected with the Republican Ma
tional Committee before the Roose-
velt administration.
A native of New York State, he
later attended Cornell University
He later moved to Chicago, where
he graduated from law school and
was a practicing attorney. He has
done postgraduate work at the Uni
yersity OF Chicago and studied al
the Chatauqua Literary and Scien-
tific Circle.
Still fond of attending games, Mr.
Newell played football at Chicago
and baseball at Cornell and with the
Chatauqua group. He also enjoys
hiking and has worked with the
Boy Scouts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newell and one Of
their twin daughters, Betty, live at
1903 Delafield place NV. The other
daughter, Mrs. Anton Auth, also re-
sides in Washington.
A son, Lyman T. Newell, served as
a naval officer during the war and
on his discharge this month will
return to Kansas City to resume his
duties with the Civil Aeronautics
Administration.
Evening star., 1946-11-04

Statement of the Montgomery
County Charter Committee.
Tomorrow Montgomery citizens
vote on the creation Of a five.
member Charter Board.
If the vote is Eyes" the Charter
Board will hold public hearings tc
learn what the citizens wish to have
in the charter, and will then SUBJ
init a charter for the peoples vote
in November, 1s4S.
A mo- vote is a vote to prevent
such public hearings, and to keer
the people from voting on the adop-
ton of charter in 1948.
The charter would provide fol
home rule Through an elected
county council to sit jn Rockville
The council would work throughout
the entire year but would have q
special, one-month, legislative ses-
sion each year so that county voters
could study and express their views
on the measures under consideration
A charter would transfer local
government to the county out OF
the hands of the State legislature
at Annapolis where county citizens
are unable to make their desires
effective.
A charter would write down the
rules under which the county Is
to be governed and would protect
the citizens from the unannounceo
whims OF politicians who are re-
sponsible for the waste, mismanage-
ment and low political morality
so rampant today.
The charter. method has been
successfully tried in hundreds OF
places in the United States. There
is no reason why it should not be
equally successful in Montgomery
The home rule charter provision
of the Maryland constitution pro-
vides legal, democratic and SEN
sible method for securing the i'm
provement so desperately needed
Montgomery voters may take ad-
vantage of this method by voting
"Yes." =
Evening star., 1946-11-04
D. {. Infants Death Held
Due 10 Choking on Food

John H. Shea, jr., 13 months
died early yesterday at his home
1886 Monroe street NV. Deputy
Coroner Christopher j. Murphy
who issued an accidental deatf
certificate, said the infant apparent
ly choked on a lump of food.
Mrs. Bertha Brennan, the childs
grandmother, found the baby un'
conscious at $50 am. A physician
who responded on an ambulance
call from Emergency Hospital pro.
nounced him dead at am.
The infant was the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Shea, 1904 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc, who said they
were visiting Mrs. Shea's family
for the night.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
One Of Defendants
In Killing Of Druggist
Identified at Trial

Reginald J. Wheeler, 26, colored
was identified in District Court to-
day as one of the two holdup mer
who were in the drugstore at 178t
Florida avenue NV. last June
when the proprietor, Maurice L
Bernstein, So, was shot and killed
Wheeler was pointed out in court
by Thomas F. Nusbickel, pharma.
cist employed in the store who was
present during the holdup Staying
Also on trial for the murder o.
Mr.. Bernstein is Jesse James Pat.
ton, 81, colored. The trial is in it.
third day before Justice Alexander
Holtzoff.
Pharmacist Testifies.
Mr.. Nusbickel had testified Friday
that he saw colored man leaning
over the counter on June S. Wher
the pharmacist approached him th'
colored man showed revolver int
his stomach and forced him int
a rear room.
The holdup man ordered him II
open the safe, Mr.. Nusbickel testi
fed. At that moment Mr.. Bernstein
entered the small room from th'
cellar. Mr.. Nusbickel said he heart
crack" and saw Mr.. Bernstein
fall.
do you see that man in tn,
courtroom today?" Assistant Unitee
States Attorney Charles B. Murra!
asked Mr.. Nusbickel.
II do," he answered. ..
Identities Wheeler.
Mr.. Nusbickel then left the wit.
ness stand and walked behint
Wheeler, who was seated at a table
in front of the judges bench witt
his lawyers.
This is the man." he said.
Before Mr.. Nusbickel took th'
stand this morning Policeman Pete
M. Zazanis of the 18th precinct, ane
official Police Photographer Marvin
Wurts took the stand to describ'
the scene in the store when they
arrived and found Mr.. Bernstein
dead.
Wheeler and Patton are repre-.
sented by Attorneys James j
Laughlin and Wesley S. Williams.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Admiral Even TO Fly Here
For Air Reserve Inspection

Rear Admiral Edward c. Even.
Chief OF Naval Air Reserve. will
arrive at the Anacostia Naval Air
Station at a m. tomorrow to con-
duct the first inspection of the
District naval air reserve unit since
its organization July l.
The unit is made up of Washing
ton pilots and ground force men
who formerly were in active service.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Stunt Crash Thrills 1000
Al HybIa Valley Air Show

Approximately 1000 persons yes
terday watched a stunt pilot crack
up his plane as part of an air show
at the Hybla Valley Airport, near
Alexandria.
Tommy Walker, 31-year r-old for
mer Flying Tiger, thrilled the spec
tators by shearing the wings of his
Curtis biplane between two tele-
phone poles and then crashing to
the ground.
Although his only protection was
a football-type helmet, he was not
injured. He said he paid about $400
for the plane.
Other events In the show included
parachute jumps by Navy personnel.