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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31
108 Citizens Bitten
ByD0gs in 5Months

IN the five months from July
10 - 10 December % police re-
Lived ~ reports of 108 Whining
.e .en persons being bitten by
Snas .pna John Walker, chairman of
s's .he Junior Chamber of Com
.,erce W. committee on stray dogs,
. .ald the club in its dinner ses.
.on .H at the Friendly cafeteria
last night.
ue added that in areas such
Lake Forest and Riverside
20 ssssdents bitten by dogs re-
aorted the bites to the housing
pt,neryisors rather than to DO
,rp ,;cp and that police did not re-
,eive reports in these cases
There were undoubtedly a num-
hor M of cases in which no report
y y all on dog bites were made,
he said.
After a discussion on the sit
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31
R0TARIANS HEAR
FORMER NEWSMAN
Major John Marshall Ad-
dresses Club AT Regular
Luncheon Meeting

Members of the Wilmington
potarv club at their luncheon
meeting yesterday heard John
NacDougal, Lenoir Rhyme col
lepe student from Wilmington,
,ng three popular semi-classi'
csl solo numbers and heard
Major John Marshall, of Will
mington, discuss his recent tour
If duty in the Mediterranean
with the army.
Before the war, Marshall was
managing editor of the Will
mington News.
Accompanied by Henry Emu
rian. of Wilmington, at tn e
piano, MacDougal, a tenor,
drew loud applause from tn e
Rotarians with his rendition of
"Invictus, "Mother Machree"
md without Song" He was
presented by Program Chair
man Claude O'Shields.
Major Marshall, who left An
kara, Turkey. on November "a,
and came to Wilmington by way
Of Athens and Italy, was admin
istrator of prisoners of war and
displaced persons in the Medi-
terranean prior to his return to
this county.
Cites News Reports
He declined to discuss rela-
tionships with Russia. because
he said officers of the United
States army have been enjolned
from doing SO. He pointed out,
however, that a good picture OF
the situation can be gained
from news reports.
Some of the DPS and PW's
demanded by Russia and turned
over to that country had to be
restrained from self destruction
Bee ROTARIANS Oh Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31
PRESIDENT DROPS
Lands FROM CAB
Fiery E. h a irm a n Steps
Down AT Midnight; No
Successor Named

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80 -B
james M. Lands, one Of the
last Roosevelt "brain trusters"
still actiye in government serv-
ice, will be dropped from the
Civil Aeronautics Board when
his term expires at midnight to-
morrow.
The wiry, chain smoking
Lands frequently has been at
odds with various airline Off
cials since he became CAB
chairman 18 months ago, and
the Air Line Pilots Association
(AFL) charged recently tn a t
vested in rests" were waging
a campaign to force him out.
President Truman's press
secretary, Charles G. Ross, told
newsmen today that Lands,
who is 48, ''is not to be reap
pointed" but gave no explana-
ton and did not say whether the
President has picked a success
sor.
The Pilots Association had
See PRESIDENT On Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31
And So To Bed

After John Walker had
made the report for the
Junior Chamber of Com
merce committee on stray
dogs at the clubs dinner ses-
sion last night, Harry Dosher
was asked if he had anything
to add as a member of the
committee.
II thought John would
leave this out" Dosher said.
''When he was over there
talking the the city manager
about what can be done
about the dog situation, the
telephone rang and it was
a lady who said that a dog
had h1ocked the alley to the
hack of her house.
"She said that her serv-
ants were cut off. The dog
wouldn't let them through
the alley and she wouldn't
let them through the front
of the house. They investiga-
ted and found out that the
dog belonged to Johns
father-in-laW."
"That's the d o 6 6 o n e
truth" Walker admitted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31

uation in which most membsss
agreed that some action shsx
De taken to alleviate theT IS.
dog problem in the city
tect It's citizens, tr laS
eetsa sonaistes saesn5measly %ess k;t5 81
OF directors. on next nday
evening and work out some So
luton which will he presented
to the club for approval at the
tuesday meeting.
Walker explained that the po-
lice notify owners to confine e
oogs when persons are bitten,
but added that "we know that
the owners don't always confine
them. Usually they confine the
dogs for day or two only, then
let them out again The own
See CITIZENS on Pape Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31
45-F00t "Sea Monster"
SIGHTED Off n. G. Coast

"thrashing in a large area OF
bloody water"
The captain said the monster
was sighted by Chief Officer
William Humphries and Third
Officer John Axelson, who de-
scribed it as having a body
about three feet in diameter.
The Santa Clara was bound
for New York from Baranqull-
la, Colombia, South America,
the Coast Guard said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31
COllie's Feud With Fur
Piece Winds Up In Court

BOSTON, Dec. 30-A feud
between a golden Collie and a
silver fox fur piece wound up in
West Roxbury District court to-
day and the dogs bark almost
cost his master a $40 "bite."
Mrs. Helen Cataldo told Judge
Andrew j. Mcdonnell that
every time she and her fur
piece passed the cleansing shop
of William Ginsburg, the latter's S
Collie would bark Gin most
menacing manner"
Ginsburg replied his dog was
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31
PRESIDENTS SIGNS
INITIATION BILL
Anderson Immediately Cut
Grain ALLEGATION To
Distillers

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80 - U.P)
President Truman signed the
Republican initiation control bill
today and two departments
promptly took steps aimed at
saving grain and cutting prices of
export goods.
Secretary of Agriculture Clin-
ton P. Anderson issued a tenn
porary Standardization order cut
ting whiskey production sharp
ly for the next month.
Anderson's order, effective at
See SIGNS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31

on the best of terms with hun
dreds of persons who daily pass
the store and suggested the ami
NAL probably would like Mrs.
Cataldo, too, if it met her apart
from the neck warmer.
The judge fined Ginsburg $40
on a. charge of keeping a bark
ing dog and told him "you cant
put a woman on leash because
she wears a fur neck piece:
The fine was RENTED after d
bench conference in which Gins
burg agreed to fence IN 'iie oos'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 -R-A
"sea monster" As feet long with
an "eel-Iike head" was report
ed by the captain of ship OFT
the North Carolina coast today,
the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard said mes
sage from the master of the
SIS. Santa Clara reported that
the ship struck the monster
and either killed or badly
wounded it. leaving the animal
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31
Wallace Proposes Seven-Point
Plan For European Recovery
ST. PETERSBURG SEEMS IMMUNE
FROM EVEN MAN-MADE SHOWS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Dec 80 - OD - One-hundred
pounds droped from arplane into couds
perfect conditions here today to prove Chamber OF
Commerce that 'it can't in ST. Petersburg"
scattering failed to ran as the
method had done in several midwestern cities.
City Publicity Director Pressy Phillips was ublant
eve that it impossible that should snow here
understand has been showing late
ly down. and is assured Of sunshine,
Phillips said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31

See LOVELORN on Page Tw'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31

See PRESIDENT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31

Parry cloudy and continued warn
and Thursday. 1si''
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31

See CITIZENS on Page Two
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Children S Series Begins
Over WGAY Tomorrow

A series of radio programs dealing
with conservation will be broadcast
for children over Station WGAY at
IL am. tomorrow and on six consec-
utive Mondays.
Arranged by teachers at Riverdale
Elementary School, the programs
are sponsored by the Prince Georges
County Schools and the State Board
of Natural Resources.
Tomorrow's program, entitled
Water, Water Everywhere" was ar
ranged by Richard Geske, sixth
grade instructor.
Other broadcasts are scheduled as
follows:
May 10. soil conservation, arranged
by Mrs. Jane Riley, 4th grade; May
26, minerals, Mrs. Ruth <. Holmes,
5th and 9Th grades; June 2, plant
and forest life, Mrs. Rachel Roger,
6tf, grade; June 8, animals. Mrs.
Anne Baxter, 4th grade; and June
is, Balance of Nature" Mrs. Erin
Pope.
Produced by Mrs. Holmes, radio
chairman, the programs are the
result of regular school work over
several months.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Tuck HOSTS Go-SIow Signal
| On Virqiniu Bids for u. S. Aid

might do. but that it might de-
velop that he would turn down
some requests. He indicated his
main purpose was to assure that
he had full knowledge at all times
of what the various State agencies
were getting into In the way Of COM
mitments necessary TO receive the
Federal dollars.
His memorandum to State officials
Is an outgrowth Of beliefs that he
expressed in detail in his inaugu-
raj address in January, 1946. At that
time he warned that the strings at
tached to Federal funds meant more
and more controls from Washington,
and less and less autonomy for the
States.
Mr.. Tuck's new memorandum
pointed out that large and con-
stantly increasing" State appropria-
tions have been necessary to match
Federal grants. In the current
budget, he said, the State allowed
for Federal grants estimated at
$4,000, 900 or more each year of the
biennium.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Future Farmers Hold
Annual Field Day at
U. Of Maryland

More than 100 Maryland Future
Farmers of America, in company
with their agriculture teachers, at
tended the organizations annual
field day yesterday at the University
of Maryland.
The FLA boys, representing all Of
the States % counties, visited the
various departments of the univer-
sity Agricultural College, took part
in contests and in the afternoon were
guests of the university at track
meet and LaCross game on the
athletic field.
The boys and their teachers were
welcomed to the university by DR..
r. B. Symons, dean of agriculture
and director of the State Extension
Service. Other speakers included
DR.. Roger Corbett, assistant dean of
agriculture and assistant Extension
director; DR.. H. F. Cotterman, dean
of the university faculty, and Harry
Mcdonald, State FLA advisor.
Judging Results Given.
Results of contests in milk and
poultry judging and in public speak
ing, follow:
Milk judging Albert Torbeck
Sherwood. Baltimore County, first;
John Kappa, Easton. second, and
Charles Ricketts,, Poolesville, third.
Milk judging teams - Sherwood
High School, represented by Torbeck
and Ted Burton, first; Easton High
School, represented by Kappa and
Frank Patrick, second, and Cordova
High School, represented by Harry
Heinsohn and Alfred Andres. third.
Poultry judging Hobart Bowser,
Accident, first; Thomas Meredith,
Cordova, second, and Warren Geib,
Cordova, third.
Poultry judging teams-Cordova
High School, representated by Mere
dith and Geib, first; Accident High
School, represented by Bowser and
Donald Fratz, second, and Middle
town High School,, represented by
Ernest Castle and Ralph Gouker
third.
Wins Speaking Contest.
Public speaking-David Patrick,
Lisbon High School, Howard County
first; Norman Eddie, Jarrettsville
High School, Hartford County, Sec
ond, and James Pope, Grantsville
High School. Garrett County, third
As first award winner, Patrick
was given a sl0o prize and will rep
resent Maryland at the North At.
llantic regional contest to be hello
later.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Businesswomen's S Clubs
To Meet al Roanoke
By the A.socioted Press

ROANOKE, Va, May 10.-An
estimated 400 delegates will gather
here for the convention Of the Vir-
ginia Federation Of Business and
Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.
Friday through Sunday.
At an afternoon session Friday
Col. Mary Agnes Brown, national
of the Business and
Professional Women's Clubs, will
deliver the main address. Her SUBJ
iect will be World Events"
Members of the Alexandria club
will present pageant at the an
nuaI emblem breakfast at 8:35 am
Sunday. Miss Alice Groner Is di-
rector OF the program.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Filling Demand for Phones
In Alexandra 10 Take Year

Sixteen hundred Alexandra resi-
dents who desire telephones probably
will have to wait another year before
the Chesapeake 81 Potomac Tele-
phone Co. will be able to I'LL all
demands.
This was disclosed at a meeting
of the Alexandria Optinlist Club FRI
day In the George Mason Hotel by
Jack Bdwden, manager of the c. a
p. Alexandria Office. The new di-
rectory will be distributed within
a week, he said.
Although some phones may be In
stalled before June /, Mr.. Bowden
said, freezing OF installations be-
tween June and fall win permit new
phones only when another Is re-
moved
BY next May. when the Overlook
exchange viii be operating TO capac-
|ity, new facilities will be ayailabls,
he said.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va. May 10.-Gov.
Tuck today gave Virginia officials
go-slow sign on any future re-
quests or commitments by Virginia
agencies for Federal money.
All plans involving use of Federal
grants, he said in memorandum
to the heads Of State departments
and agencies, must henceforth be
cleared by his Office before they are
broached to Federal authorities.
This policy, designed to give the
Governor prior controls on State
involvement in Federal aid pro-
grams, will apply both to supple
mental Federal grants not provided
for IN the current State budget and
to all agencies budget requests
keyed to Federal funds for the
new bienniun 1948-50, the Cover
nor said.
Asked If he had his eye on any
Federal aid programs which he
might disapprove. the Governor said
he could not say now what he
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Legion, vW TO Open
Poppy Sales Tomorrow

The annual sale Of poppies by
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Amer
ican Legion posts will open tomor-
row in Arlington.
Poppies will be sold in the schools
tomorrow and on the streets Friday
and Saturday. The VFW John
Lyon Post will have booth in the
Clarendon section Friday and Sat-
urday.
Members of the post, the auxiliary
and the color guard will participate
in rally there at 8 pm. Saturday.
Truman Adams, Austin J. Mat
thews and Mrs. Virginia Dalby will
direct sales for the John Lyon Post
and Mrs. Josephine Levy and Mrs.
Lawrence Batson will be In charge
for the four American Legion posts.
American Legion Post No. 139 will
place poppies on sale tomorrow at
the following schools:
Nellie Gusts, Hume, Matthew r.
Maury, Charles A. Stewart, WASH
ington-Lee. Cherrydale, John Mar
shall and Dolly Madison.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Stone Ridge Estate
OF George Hamilton
Bought for School

The Society of the Sacred Heart
has announced the purchase OF
"Stone Ridge" the former residence
of the late George E. Hamilton. on
the Rockville pike near Bethesda.
The 35-acre estate will provide
the site of the Societys Country
Day School, which has been at Ills
Massachusetts, avenue NV, since
1928, the announcement said.
A new wing will be added to the
house to accommodate classrooms,
study halls, play room and din
ing room for the elementary and
secondary schools, which will open
at the new location In September.
The gardens and the small farm
of the estate will provide the oppor-
tunity for an informal study of gar
dening and farming to the students
of the school, and the society plans
the development of recreation
grounds, including tennis and bas-
ketball courts, hockey field and an
archery range.
The Country Day School is one OF
an international group of schools
and colleges maintained by the So
ciety of the Sacred Heart.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Couple From AP Stoff
WED at Westminster
BY the Assoeioted Press

WESTMINSTER, Md, May 10
Miss Veronica Olga Kompanek,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew j.
Kompanek of Cumberland. Md, be-
came the bride of Oliver Waldbridge
De Wolf, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
G. De Wolf of Kearney, Nebr, IN a
double ring ceremony here today.
Bride and bridegroom are men,
bers of the staff of the Washington
bureau of the Associated Press. Mr..
De Wolf lives at 1910 G street NV,
and Miss Kompanek lived at 1910
Thirty-fourth street NV.
DR.. Fred G. Holloway, president of
Western Maryland College, officiated
at the ceremony in Baker Chapel.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Art Show Scheduled
At The Plains Friday
snexiaI pi.pa,eh 70 The stet

THE PLAINS. Va. May To-
An exhibition of 80 works of art
are to be on display as the first
Neighborhood Art Show opens here
at 8 pm. Friday.
The show, which has attracted
widespread interest in Loudon.
Fauquer, and neighboring commune
ties, is to be judged by Eben r.
Comins, Bertha Noyes and Clara
r. Saunders.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Citizens Group Urges
Arlington 10 Back
School Bond Issue

Arlington voters were urged yes
terday by the Citizens Committee
for School Improvement to support
the $4,000, 900, four point school bond
issue proposal which will be sub
mitted at referendum May ~.
On the same day the voters will
pass on the question Of how school
board members shall be selected and
a $5,150,o00 bond issue for general
county improvements.
The fnal bond proposal, an
nounced by the school board last
week, is a decided improvement"
over the preliminary proposal pre-
viously published, the committee
said, as public kindergartens and
full-day sessions for first and second
grades are placed at the top of the
ballot instead of at the bottom.
In it's original bond proposal, the
school board sought an arbitrary
punching" Of elementary and sec
ondary school additions into two in
termingled priority groups which
would have been extremely confus-
ing" to the voters, the school i'm
proyement organization asserted.
The committee previously had de-
nounced the school boards bond
plan as utterly ignoring the public
will"
DR.. Oscar r. LeBeau, chairman
of the 700-member school committee.
said that the referendum will give
Arlington residents "a long desired
opportunity to vote on two Of the
most significant school issues ever
to be presented to an American
community"
The voters will decide if they wish
to change the present method OF
appointing school board members
by the school trustee electoral board
which is appointed by the circuit
court judge. If change is voted.
the voters will decide If the school
board is to be elected directly by
popular vote or appointed by the
county board.
The Executive Committee OF the
school improvement organization has
gone on record as urging Arlington
voters to favor the direct election Of
school board members, and will
recommend adoption OF this stand
by the organization at its next meet
ing May "a.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
3 More Appeals Dockefed
In Virginia Bank Fraud
By the Assoc,o.ed ptess

RICHMOND, Va, May 10.-Ap-
peaIs were docketed In United States
Circuit Court today for three more
of nine persons convicted by a
Federal District Court jury of aid
ing in misapplication of funds OF
a Fredericksburg bank.
They were for Joseph A. Sewers,
cashier Of the Floyd County Bank:
Delegate Joseph E. Profft. president
of the bank, and Kyle NJ. Weeks,
Profit's law partner.
Appeals were docketdd yesterday
for Hugh N. Rakes. Lee$burg dairy
man; his wife. Mrs. Lillian G. Rakes.
and Harry Lamson. Washington
real estate dealer.
Notice OF appeal has been re-
ceiyed for Clarence L. Robey. presi-
dent OF the Purcellville National
Bank, and D. E, Nelson, Roanoke
real estate dealer.
Evening star., 1947-05-11

at the University of Hawaii. He
taught vocational agriculture in
Bucks County, Pa, for three years
before joining the Navy. He taught
agriculture in one of the Nays
courses until his discharge early in
1916.
While working in Montgomery
County during the last year. he gave
special attention to the 1916 victory
garden program.
AS vegetable crop specialist at the
University of Maryland, he will
spend all of his time on extel sion
work with vegetable growers. ac-
cording to DR.. !. G. Haut, head OF
the Horticulture Department.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Inter-Faifh Group 10 Hold
Meeting in Arlington

A meeting sponsored by the Ma
tional Conference of Christians and
Jews will be held Wednesday in
Arlington to discuss the advisability
of establishing an Arlington COM
mittee of the National Conference.
The meeting will be held at 8:l5
pm. in the Pershing Drive Chris
tian Church, North Pershing drive
at North Highland street. Arlington.
The Very Rev. James A. Caulfield
of the Holy Name Rectory of WASH
ington: DR.. Frederick E. Reissig,
executive secretary of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches, and
Rabbi Henry Segal of Bnai Israel
Congregation, viii participate In .
panel discussion.
Evening star., 1947-05-11

court judge. Mrs. Florence Cannon.
The term of Board Member r.
Freeland Chew also expires Decem-
ber 81, but he has indicated he will
seek reelection.
& Mrs. Cannon, who lives at 4008
Eighth street, South, is the second
woman during the past week to
announce for a seat on the board.
Earlier In the week; Mrs. Charles
Planck announced she would run. :
A resident OF Arlington for the
last "a years, Mrs. Cannon has been
active in civic and welfare work. She
was president of the federation in
1912 and 1943 and received the or
ganiZation's gold medal in 1914 for
distinguished and meritorious civic
endeavor."
She is now chairman OF the fed
eration's Radio Committee and Com
mittee on Revenues and Expendi-
lures of the county government and
vice chairman of the Legislation and
Legal Action Committee.
Mrs. Cannon organized the Ar
lington Welfare League in 1924 and
is a member of the board OF di-
rectors of the Arlington Council of
Children's Home Society of Virginia.
She also is a former trustee OF the
Arlington Bureau of Nursing Service.
The widow of the late Hamilton
Cannon, she is employed by the
Office of the Quartermaster General
as methods examiner.
Mrs. Cannon said she would de-
vote her attention to improving rec
reation, library, public health and
school facilities, If elected.
Mrs. Cannon declared, II seek
election to the County Board as a
means of putting into official oper-
alton and to practical use almost
Is years of active interest in the
public affairs OF Arlington"
Meanwhile, Harrison Mann,
candidate for the House of Dele
gates from Arlington, urged county
voters to approve the forthcoming
bond issue and School Board
referenda.
It feel it is essential that each
point in the four-point $1,000 900
bond issue be voted" he asserted,
lin order to give Arlington we'll
integrated school program"
Mr.. Mann also expressed ap-
proval of direct election Of the
School Board.
He also favored legislation amend
ing the present law to provide for
separate, nonpartisan election OF
the School Board.
Members of the School Board now
are named by School Trustee Elec-
toral Board. The referendum will
permit voters to decide whether to
elect the board directly or to per-
NIT its members to be named by
the County Board.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Dr.. Hooker to Discuss
Tukomo Park History

Dr.. William Hooker. president OF
the Takoma Park Historical Soci-
ETY., will speak ON the history OF that
community at q meeting OF the
Montgomery County Historical !So-
ciety at the Community House,
Sandy Spring. at 8 pm. Thursday
r. Bentley Thomas, president Of
the society. win preside.
Evening star., 1947-05-11

crop specialist IN
the department
of horticulture,
t h e university
announced yes
terday.
Mr.. Bender, who
was born and
spent his youth
on a vegetable
and dairy farm
in York County,
Pa, Is a gradu-
ate of Pennsyl-
vania State Col
legeI a n d h a S
taken graduate
work there and
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Style Show at Foirfox High

Students from home economics
classes Of Fairfax County high
schools will present . fashion show
and contest at s pm Friday at Fair
fax High School. Contestants will
model clothes they have made in|
their classes during the rear.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Red Cross Unit to Elect

The Prince Georges County Chap
ter. American Red Cross. viii elect
Ioficers ct its meeting May 26 IN
the First Methodist Church, $500
Baltimore avenue, Hyattsyille.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
E, K, Bender Takes
Maryland u. Post

Edward K. Bender, assistant Mont
gomery County agent, has resigned
to join the Extension Staff at the
University of Maryland as vegetable