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Evening star., 1947-08-07

Hines, Washington center fielder Of
the 1905, and the opposition was
Providence.
Did you ever walk along and see
money on the ground and reach
over in a hurry to pick it up?" Mr..
Cleary began. That's the way
Hines was that day. playing in close
when the short liner was hit at him
and he scooped 1t up.
There were runners on second
and third. Hines rushed In and
Evening star., 1947-08-07

the late T. W. Noyes, editor Of The
Star, should be invested.
The new members are Eugene p.
ODaniel. 70: Robert G. johnson.
70; Thomas w. Brahany, II: Charles
vincent Schoheld. 81: Herbert Ed
win Copeland. "a, and Ernest T.
Boyd, 81.
Tea consumption In the United
States Is three-quarters of a pound
per capita per year.
Evening star., 1947-11-03

An overnight sailboat race at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis nearly
ended in tragedy early yesterday
when a 19-year -old midshipman was
washed overheard into dark and
rough sea.
David Dunham Davision, son of
Rear Admiral Ralph E. Dawson,
commander of the Jacksonville
Naval Air Station, was the victim
of the near tragedy. He was one
of the crew of six aboard the 61-
foot cutter Highland Light which
put out from the Naval Academy on
an overnight race at pm. Satur-
day. The race was against eight
other yachts, over course which
ran south to Cedar Point, 80 miles
south of Annapolis and return.
At about 2:40 am. yesterday, the
Highland Light was pounding
through a choppy sea near the I'm
ish line, about a mile of Polly Point
AS Midshipman Dawson walked
toward the stern the yacht yawed
wildly. He lost his footing ano
disappeared over the side.
1t. Wilbur G. Sherwood, q. S. N.
the security oficer aboard turned
back and made three sweeps over
the spot before abandoning the
search. The Highland Light set Out
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Capital Transit Directors
To Meet Today on Fare Rise

Capital Transit Co. directors will
meet late today to discuss the ad-
visibility of asking for higher fares
to offset a 15-cent hourly wage in
crease granted by an arbitration
board.
Officers of the company Saturday
went over the problem of meeting
an additional $2,310,0oo yearly in
wages and other benefits, and will
report on what economies must be
made.
Although it may be necessary to
curtail some services, there will be
no reduction in operating personnel,
an official said. On the contrary,
the new agreement calling for five
day week indicates need for more
employees.
Meanwhile, Division $50, Amalga-
mated Street Electric Railway and
Motor Coach Employees, scheduled
meetings at 10:30 am. and 8:15 pm.
tomorrow in the Pythian Temple to
discuss their new wage gains.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Midshipmun Falls Overheard,
Swims 2 Miles in Boy to Safety

at full speed for the Reina Mercedes
Dock at the Naval Academy.
At about 3 am. six Harbor patrol
boats put out from the harbor and
searched the area for several hours.
Shortly after am. officers at the
Naval Academy received telephone
call from Midshipman Dawson, who
said he was having coffee at the
home of DR.. George C. Basil at Bay
Ridge. An ambulance was sent i'm
mediately and Midshipman Dawson
was returned to the Academy Hos
pitaL
Inclined to make light of his ad-
venture, he told officers that he had
decided, after falling overheard, the
chances of his being found in such
rough water were slight. So, he
said, he got rid of most of his
clothing and started swimming in a
direction which he hoped would
bring him to Polly Point.
He stopped of to rest once on an
island on the way, he said, and then
came ashore at about 5 am. after
swimming about miles. The first
house he came to was DR.. Basil's.
Midshipman Davison's main con-
Germ was the loss of new pea jacket
which cost him $40.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Blind Learn Machine Operation
To Teach Others to Hold Jobs

and a set Of machinist's clamps with
threaded screws and threaded holes.
Practice in Other Shops.
This period of instruction COM
pleted, the blind counselors now
have been assigned to a variety of
shops here for further practice.
These shops are at the Golderaft
Candy Co., Southern Dairy, the
Hecht Co., Gruver Manufacturing
Co., Elite Laundry, Wilkins Coffee
Co., Bowen g. Co., National Electric
Machine Co. and Schneider Baking
Co.
Charles Grider, a counselor for
the blind in Alabama, who appeared
to have no trouble in running a
lathe, said: There's no doubt a
blind man with the proper aptitude
can do these repetitive jobs on ma
chimes that already are set up"
One of the instructors was Francis
r. Schultz of Mckinley High
School. He showed the blind men
how to adjust the height of work
under the milling machine cutting
tool by turning a wheel.
A worker with his sight would do
it by looking at a dial opposite the
wheel. Mr. Shuttle showed the blind
workers that turning the wheel the
distance between two Of its five
spokes means a change of two
thousands of an inch on the mill
ing machine.
I'm surprised at what they can
accomplish" Mr.. Schultz said of the
blind students. Their attention is
considerably better than that Of
the average high school student. I
can't afford the slightest slip of the
tongue If I give instructions and
then. later. give them differently,
they correct me-"
Evening star., 1947-11-03
1000 al Faith Festival
Hear Princeton Professor

= More than 1000 persons attend
ing the second annual festival of
faith" at National City Christian
Church yesterday heard DR.. Elmer
Homrighausen, professor at Prince
ton Theological Seminary, declare
nothing can stand between a mind
and truth"
Asserting that Professionalism did
not mean protesting" but rather
discovery of the original Christian
faith, DR.. Homrighausen urged his
hearers to recapture the spirit of
the reformation In their daily lives.
DR.. Arthur S. Femming civil
service commissioner and president
of the Washington Federation of
Churches, also spoke. Participating
in the interdenominational service
were DR.. j. Warren Hastings, pastor
of National City Church; DR.. HALEY
B. Taylor, pastor of Fifteenth Street
Presbyterian Church, and DR.. Alfred
Wesley Hurst, pastor of Cleveland
Park Congregational Church.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Radio Station Mishap
Interrupts Arnold Talk

A record transcription needle
jumped the track in Station
WMAL's studios yesterday, causing
q broadcast talk by former Assistant
Attorney General Thurman Arnold
to be apparently interrupted with
the words Communist propaganda. !"
The incident occurred when the
phonograph needle failed to start
in the first groove of the big tran
scription disc as the records were
changed in the middle of the pro-
gram. The entire phrase reads
without shadow of proof that mo-
ton pictures have been made the
vehicles of Communist propaganda. "
The voice was that of Mr.. Arnold
himself.
The broadcast carried talks by
Mr.. Arnold and others in Hollywood,
New York and Washington in criti-
cism of tactics of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
in its investigation of communism in
Hollywood.
Listeners to the. 30-minute tram
scribed address, sponsored by the
Committee for the First Amend
ment besieged the WMAL switch
board with calls.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Third Hijacking Suspect
Is Held in $4,000 Bond

The third suspect in the at
tempted hijacking of $4,000 worth
of liquor from a truck in interstate
shipment here last Wednesday was
placed under $4,000 bond today by
United States Commissioner Need
ham C. Turnage, who set hearing
for next Friday.
Melvin T. Eckloff, %, arrested
Saturday night on Bladensburg
road NE, told the commissioner he
wanted time to obtain a lawyer.
Eckloff was picked up several
hours after the second suspect,
Willie Hodges, %, who also is held
under $4,000 bond and awaits a
hearing Friday.
They are charged with theft from
interstate shipment along with a
truck operator. Howard Whitehair,
80, of the 100 block of Eleventh
street NE, who is being held in
New York for extradition to the
District.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
3 False Alarms Charqed
To Man in Half Hour

The aftermath of a motorized
post Halloween prank which is esti-
mated to have cost the District s4O0
was to take place today in Municipal
Court when 36-year old Alexan-
dria man was to appear on charges
that he turned in eight false fire
alarms at the rate of one every four
minutes early yesterday.
Caspar S. Wolf, 814 N. Overlook
drive. Alexandria, who is charged
with the false alarms, Is said to
have used taxicab to speed from
firebox to f1rebox on his rounds in
Southeast Washington.
His activities are said to have
started with an alarm from the box
at Nineteenth. street and Potomac
avenue Sc. at 1887 am. They were
climaxed in the interception of his
taxi on the Eleventh street bridge
after the firebox at Eleventh and
I streets Sc. was pulled at 1:09
am, police said
The taxi driver was not charged
by police. He said he was driving
his passenger as directed and didn't
know of the false alarms. Fire alarm
headquarters estimated that false
alarms cost the taxpayers an aver
age of $50 each.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Narcotics Crackdowr
Seen in Indictment
'0f IS Persons Here

A breakdown on narcotic law vio-
lations in the District was indicated
today with the indictment Of Is per-
sons on narcotic charges, some of
them being named on multiple
counts. Seven of the IS were Chi
nese.
Among those named on narcotic
counts we're Lawrence w. Peden,
100 block of Massachusetts, avenue
NV; Dorothy " Rogers. 1400 block
of Fairmont street NV: Richard
T. Davis, AZ, colored, 2100 block of
Ninth street NV; Paul Jones, COL
ored, first block of Myrtle street
NE; Wilbert A. Warren. 1900 block
of Union street S.W.; Elmo Willard
Pledger, 1000 block of Massachu-
setts avenue NV: Blanche English,
800 block of Tenth street NV, and
Richard Regan. 700 block of Quack-
enbos street NV.
Chinese Are Listed.
The Chinese were Lee Sick Wing,
400 block of Ninth street NV; Wing
On Wong, 300 block of Fifth street
NV; Harry Lee, 500 block of H
street NV; Lee Hen, TOO block of
Sixth street NV: Lee Hen Yee, 900
Block of G place NV; Hong Wong,
700 block of Sixth street NV, and
Choy Gee Pun, 900 block of G place
NV.
The indictments were among ~
returned by the grand jury before
Justice David A. Pine of District
Court.
John NJ Gatling, So, of the 200
block of Sixteenth street Sc. was
named in one indictment on three
charges of assault of a dangerous
weapon on charges of allegedly fir
ing shotgun at three colored chill
dren who had been playing in a tree
in front of his home on October 9.
The three children suffered minor
wounds, police reported. The chill
dren are Barbara Kyler, 10, of 1900
block of B street Sc. Algernon
Tompkins. 10, of 200 block of Seven
teenth street Sc, and Russell
Henry, II, 1900 block of B street Sc.
Indicted in Escape.
The grand jury indicted Bennie
Melvin, 36, colored, of the 400 block
OF Lamont street NV. on a charge
OF escaping the custody of the
United States marshal on Octo-
Der II, Melvin supposedly was On
the way to POST bond in District
Court on a housebreaking charge
when he made his getaway, accord
ing to police.
King w. Carter, AZ, whose address
is listed as the Potomac Hotel, was
indicted on charge of false pre-
lenses for allegedly passing a bad
check for $1.150.
Three men were indicted on pan
dering charges. They were listed as
Floyd j. Miller, 27, colored, 1900
block of Seventh street NV; Nor
man M. Hollins, "a, colored, 1900
block of Vermont avenue NV, and
William c. Hill, 80, colored, of New
port News. Va.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Ex-5Iave, 100, Found
Dead Near Home

The body of Mrs Martha Thomas,
l00-year-old former slave who dis
appeared more than five weeks ago
from her home near Burke, Fairfax
County, was found yesterday less
than a quarter mile away.
The aged woman, well-known in
the neighborhood as Aunt Martha,
apparently had become entangled in
a barbed-wire fence in thicket be-
hind the abandoned Pearson school,
house, according to DR.. Nelson Po-
dolnick, Fairfax County coroner.
DR.. Podolnick said her sweater was
caught on two barbs of three
strand fence. He said he found no
evidence of foul play and believed
death was due to natural causes
The coroner added that he would
hold up issuance of a death certifi-
cate for few days pending compile
ton of a police investigation.
The body was found by Ben
Winger about 7:30 am, Fairfax
police reported.
Mrs. Thomas had lived alone in a
four-room house on her 40-acre
farm since the death Of her husband
about 80 years ago.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Practical Nurses Finish
First One-Yeur Course

The first graduates of a full one
year course in practical nursing in
a District hospital received their
certificates at Doctors Hospital yes
terday.
Nine students who completed the
course introduced by Doctors HoSpi-
tai last fall were congratulated by
DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, administra-
tor and DR.. Oscar B. Hunter, secre-
tary of the hospital.
The girls, eight of whom are from
the Washington area, received pins
with their diplomas, and later were
guests at a hospital reception. DR..
William G. Morgan, past president
of the American Medical Associa-
ton, spoke.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Mser. Reilly Is Heard
On Radio Hour of Faith

Displaced persons of the world
arouse our sympathy and interest,
while displaced souls should enlist
our prayers and sacrifice" Msgr.
John j. Reilly said yesterday in a
radio address over Radio Station
WMAL- The talk also was broad
cast nationally.
His sermon, first in O series of
November addresses on the Hour
of Faith program, marked All Souls
Day with discussion Of "Christ's
Own Displaced Persons" Msgr.
Reilly is director of the National
Shrine of the IMMACULATE Concep-
ton Of Catholic U:x.Sersity.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
-Victory Medal Awards
To Police Postponed

q Rain today forced postpone
ment of the scheduled presentation
OF Victory Medals to AL World War
Fl veterans now on the Metropol-
titan Police force.
The presentation was to have
been made this afternoon on the
west lawn of the Municipal Center,
800 Indiana avenue NV. A spokes-
man for the Army said another date
for the ceremony would be set in q
few days.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
By Froncis P. Douglas

The milling machine which was
cutting a channel In block Of steel
stopped whirring.
Now" directed the instructor
take off two -thousandths of an
inch more"
The man operating the machine
adjusted 1t so the steel block came
under the cutting tool again and
gave a wheel a turn. Then he ran
his hand along the, metal framework
of the machine until it came to the
control lever and the machine start
ed cutting again.
The man operating the machine
was blind.
He was one of nine blind indus
trial employment counselors work
ing for State vocational rehabilita-
ton agencies. The counselors are
in Washington attending an insti-
tute to train them in preparing
other blind workers for jobs IN in
dustry.
The, institute, the first of it's kind
to be held here. is sponsored by the
District Rehabilitation Service and
the Office of Vocational Rehabilita-
ton of the Federal Security Agency
with the cooperation of other or
ganizations including the District
public schools.
Demonstrate to Employers.
The purpose in training the, blind
employment counselors is that when
they got back to their jobs in the
States they can demonstrate to an
industrial employer what blind
worker can do, and then they can
train the blind worker to do the
job for which there is an opening.
Much preparation was made in
advance not only to teach the blind
men but also to make sure they
would operate milling machines
lathes and other shop equipment
safely. The blind fully understand
the Importance of the safety factor
Arthur Kramer of the Illinois
Services for the Blind referred to
the milling machine as "a regular
meat grinder if you're not careful.
Arthur Voorhees,, industrial
placement specialist for the blind
at the Office of Vocational Rehab-
ilitation, who is blind himself, ex-
planned the preliminary steps ir
the training. A safe point of con-
tact with the machine must be
determined and a safe method o1
determining by touch whether the
machine Is running.
Paths Set for Hands.
Then, safe paths for the hands
from the contact point to and from
the controls must be worked Out
as well as method OF observing
by touch how the work on the ma
chine is progressing.
The instructors are not blind
but the blind had to show then
how to 60 about the job of teach.
ing a person who had lost hi
sight. The man who did this was
John B. McAulay, industrial spe.
cialist of the Office of Vocationa
Rehabilitation, who was in charg'
of the shop work unit of the train
ing institute. The work was done ir
the Bell Vocational High School.
In addition to working on lathe!
and milling machines, the bline
counselors familiarized themselves
selves with the operation Of buzz
with the operation of buzzsaws, drill
dresses, sanding belts and drums
power hack saws, grinders and hane
tools.
Each man was assigned two prof
ects in shop work-to make meta
cribbage board, which involved thu
drilling of many evenly spaced holes
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Wounded Husband Held
After Wife Is Found Slain

A woman was killed and her hus-
band was wounded in the leg in
double shooting early today, at 936
N street NV, according to police.
Mrs. Cleo Deal. 80, colored, was
found unconscious in her bed, police
said, with a gunshot wound in the
chest. She was taken to Gallinger
Hospital and pronounced dead
shortly after 3 o'clock this morning.
Police arrested her husband, John
Lynn Deal, 80, colored, and held
him for action of the coroner. Deal
had a gunshot wound In the right
leg when arrested and was treated at
Freedmen,s Hospital. Police said
Deal was shot by Willie Coleman,
colored, 81, of the 1900 bloek Of
California street NV, who was
in the house at the time.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Lane 10 Request
.14cExen1ption
On Sales Tax
State Administration
Lists 7-Point Program
For Special Session
BY the Asseeiofed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 3.-The State
administration will sponsor
seven point program Of legislation
to be introduced at the special ses-
sion of the General Assembly con-
vening Wednesday, including an
amendment to the sales tax law
to raise the exemption of cents
to IA cents.
In announcing the program last
night, Gov. Lane said he plans
to ask the Legislature for permis-
sion to present it in person at
joint session of the House and
Senate, land to make to them my
recommendations thereon"
Meanwhile the Legislative Council
planned to hold its last meeting
before the special session today in
Baltimore. 1t was expected the
bills containing the administration
program would be presented to the
council for its approval. Several
other matters will come before the
council, including a proposal for
a bond issue to finance new
$2,000,0 900 State office building in
Annapolis.
Baltimore to Get Tax Power.
The Governors formal statement
listed the following program:
Il. Grant to Baltimore City on .
temporary basis the authority to
levy special taxes except in certain
fields pre-empted by the State and,
at the request of the city admin
istration, authorize the submission
to the voters in 194s of a $2,5OO, 900
stadium loan and an $8,000,0 900 pub
lie building construction and bond
issue.
g. Raise the minimum figure at
which the sales tax is imposed from
9 cents to IA cents and, in addition,
authorize the Board of Public Works
to increase the minimum figure
within specified limit if continued
revenue collection from this source
justif1es reduction in the scope Of
the levy.
IS. Modify the restrictions now in
the law in the type of road con-
struction which may be financed
from authorized bond issues and
grant the State Roads Commission
broader discretion in the planning
of the new highway program.
a. Provide funds to permit the
State, in collaboration with Balti-
more City, to adjust to maximum
of $40 per day, if earned, the pay
ments to private hospitals for the
care and treatment of INDECENT
patients.
49, Allocate a sum not to exceed
SIPS, 900 for use as matching funds
for local airport construction where
Federal and local funds are avail
able and construction plans are
complete and approved.
IS. Revise the provisions of the
d947 Construction Loan Act to per-
NIT funds authorized hereunder to
be utilized in accordance with re-
vised structure planning.
~. Supplement public welfare ap-
preparations to permit an increase
in minimum allotments to the ex-
tent of the raise in subsistence living
costs since adoption of the current
State budget"
Among other bills which State
officials have indicated would be in
troduced at the special session Is
one to plug a loophole in the States
oyster laws.
The attorney generals Office dis
covered the present law applies only
to licensed oystermen and that per-
sons without licenses can catch
oysters both in and out of season,
except in the Potomac River.
The Office has prepared measure
to take care of that.
Evening star., 1947-11-03
Martha Tilton Loses
$4,000 in JeweIry
By the Assoeiufed Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Martha Til
ton, the singer, told police yesterday
she had lost $4,000 worth of jewelry
and might have dropped it while
walking from a theater to her hotel
room Saturday night.
Miss Tilton said the jewels were
in a case which she did not miss
until about two hours after she
reached her room. She is appearing
at a theater here,
Evening star., 1947-11-03
AAA Resolution
Drawn 10 Hit
CarSa|e'R
Convention Opens;
Gen. Young Tells of
D. c. Traffic Woes

A resolution demanding that the
automobile industry stop "racketeer-
ing" in the sale of new and used cars
was ready for presentation to the
45th annual convention of the Amer.
ican Automobile Association, open
ing here today.
The resolution was one of severa.
drafted by the Traffic Safety Com
mittee of the association for action
by the more than 500 delegates.
The committee, headed by Lou E.
Holland of Kansas City, called at
tention to "overloading new cars
with accessories and failure OF deal
ers to follow lists made by them"
Other Resolutions Due.
other resolutions to be presented
to the delegates urged:
Prohibition of liquor sales at gas
oline filling stations because such
sales are IAN open invitation to
drunken driving"
Retaining domestic production OF
gasoline for home needs and supply
ing commitments made under the
Marshall plan from foreign sources.
Requiring heavy trucks and COM
mercial vehicles to have sufficient
power to keep moving in the normal
flow Of traffic.
Gen. Young Heard.
Washington has serious traffic
and parking problem, Brig. Gen,
Gordon r. Young, District Commits
sioner. said in welcoming address
In no other field has there been
such a change in Washington lie as
In the field of automobile trafflc,
he said. He mentioned the Com
missioners' Planning Committee re-
port. from which, he said, a de
tailed plan for highway improve
ments has been worked out.
"The money is in sight for the
first eight years of this program,
the principal source being the gaso-
line tax" he added.
Parking is especially critical in
Washington, due to the large pro-
portion of automobiles, to the alb
sence of city-wide subway systems
and to the extreme concentration OF
our principal traffic generators" he
said. Publicly owned and operated
parking facilities may become nee
essary here, he said, but I'VE hope
the problem can be solved by pri-
vate enterprise"
Mounting Costs Stressed.
Rapidly mounting costs of car
ownership and operation may force
millions Of drivers from the high
ways and seriously threaten future
development of automotive trans
portation, H. J. Brunnier of San
Francisco, association president
warned in the keynote address.
The car owner suffers the double
impact from current inflationary
trends, he said.
With his pocketbook depleted by
the prices and taxes he must pay as
an individual the motorist finds
that practically every element
entering into car ownership and
operation-with notable exception
of tires-is far above pre-war levels
he said.
Russell E. Singer of Washington
executive vice president, told the
meeting that parking conditions
continue to be major problem in
most cities.
A total of 2,5OO,OOo motorists now
are members of AAA clubs, nearly
double the pre-war total, officials
ren0rted