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Evening star., 1947-07-08
Keystone Case Affects
1000 Virginia Drivers
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, July 8.-The
State Corporation Commissions &C
ton in revoking the license of the
Keystone Mutual Casualty Co. Of
Pennsylvania to do business in Vir-
ginia last week has affected nearly
1000 operators of privately owned
motor vehicles in the State
Motor Vehicles Commissioner C.
F. Joyner, jr., said yesterday that
about 1900 of these have been or
dered to halt operation of their
cars until they can furnish salts
factory proof of financial RESPONSE
bility. Mr.. Joyner explained that
the State Motor Vehicle Financial
Responsibility Act requires that OPP
orators who have been convicted of
certain traffic law violations and
those who have been involved in
serious traffic mishaps must furnish
proof of financial responsibility.
The sec action was taken after
that body learned Keystone was in
solvent,
Evening star., 1947-07-08
SO-Degree Temperature
Forecast Here Today

The sun will be hidden by cloudy
skies this afternoon, holding the
temperature to a high of about
80 degrees, the Weather Bureau
reported
A clear, cool night is forecast with
q thermometer drop to about 81
degrees. Tomorrow will bring clear,
sunny weather with continued mod
crate temperatures. The high yes
terday was 30 degrees at 400 pm,
and the low today was Sc degrees at
s:54 am.
II the bureaus prediction of clear
weather tonight holds up. a concert
of the Don Cossack Chorus, post
poned twice because of rain, will be
held at $3.50 o'clock at the Water
Gate, accompanied by the National
Symphony Orchestra.
AS a result, spectators will see a
combination of the high lights OF
both Sundays and tonight's sched-
uled programs.
Featuring the Don Cossack part
of the program will be presentation
of Soloduhin's Sword Dance" by the
entire ensemble. And Violinist Jan
Tomasow will play the Tchaikovsky
Concerto-scheduled feature of to-
nights program. Tickets held for
either of the programs will be
honored tonight
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Curb on Bi|ge Wafer
In Streams Demanded
By the Asseeiafed Pres.

ANNAPOLIS, July s.-Gov. Lane
yesterday called on the new Mary
land Water Pollution Control Com
mission to curb the contamination
caused by ships which discharge
bilge waste in inland waters.
In q letter to DR.. Joseph H. Nc
Lean, commission chairman, the
chief executive asked him to CO.
operate with Capt. George E. Nc
Cabe, Baltimore port captain. in
halting these violations and the
detrimental effect they are having
not only on marine life but on the
pleasure resorts of the Bay and its
tributaries.
The governor said he also asked
other agencies to collaborate in any
program that might be developed
He specifically mentioned the
Steamship Trade Association, the
Maryland Pilots Association and
the Baltimore Office of the United
States District Engineer.
The disregard of regulations
reached such proportions over the
week end" the Governor wrote DR.
Mclean, that most OF the bathing
beaches in thee upper regions Of the
Bay were coated with thick scum
of oil"
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Bond Set for Woman
In Husbands Death

Mrs. Katherine Weaver, 80, of
Cottage City, Md, today is free
under $4,000 bond while awaiting
action of the Prince Georges County
grand jury on a charge of murder.
Mrs. Weaver was arrested after
the fatal shooting of her 43-year-
old husband. Joseph, at their home,
1902 Thirty ty-seventh avenue, Cottage
City, last Wednesday night. She was
released yesterday afternoon after
her attorney, Robert w. Mccullough.
obtained a writ of habeas corpus.
Bond was set by Judge Charles
c. Marbury in the County Circuit
Court of Upper Marlboro when
States Attorney A. Gwynn Bowie
announced he had no objection to
releasing Mrs Weaver under bond.
Mr.. Mccullough pointed out that
Mrs. Weaver had been a resident Of
the county for more than II years
and had two daughters to care for.
Earlier yesterday Mrs. Weaver had
been ordered held without bond for
the grand jury after her attorney
waived a preliminary hearing in
Hyattsville Police Court before Trial
Magistrate Alan Bowie He also
entered plea of not guilty
The next session of the grand jury
will be in October
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Alexandra Expected
To Seek Wafer Plant

Jerome Powers, president of the
Alexandria Water Co., has officially
notified City Manager Carl Bud
wesky that the company will moi
accept the city's bid of $2,750,000 fol
purchase of the utility.
This action Is expected to prompt
the City Council to take steps to.
night for condemnation of the pri-
vately owned utility. Although the
water company told the Council
several weeks ago it would not be
willing to sell at any price, the pur.
chase offer was authorized at g
closed Council session two weeks ago
IT is expected that Councilman
Paul L. Delaney, who originally
moved for city purchase of the water
company, will offer motion tonight
to start condemnation proceedings
Councilmen first considered pur.
chase of the water company after
they learned the utility had agreed
to furnish Fairfax County devel-
oper with 100000 gallons of water
daily.
The city officials fear the water
company may continue to supply
outside areas, which might interfere
with the supply for Alexandria.
The water company, however, has
announced $1,000,000 improve
ments program which, it said, would
enable it to supply the entire Alex
andria area adequately.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Maryland Officials
Study Protection
of State Resources
By the Associated Press

SOLOMONS, Md, July 8.-Main-
tenance of free enterprise and the
protection of natural resources were
described as interrelated problems in
discussions among State conServa-
tionists who are ending a two-day
Chesapeake Bay trip aboard the
Maryland yacht Potomac today.
Chairman John E. Clark of the
Board of Natural Resources presid-
ed at yesterdays session of the
board and representatives of six re-
lated organizations.
He said the Nations whole politi-
cal philosophy is tied up with the
problem of conservation" and that
if the Nations resources become de-
pleted to point where "the Gov
ernment has to step in to feed the
people, there won't be much freedom
left"
Progress Regarded as Slow.
"a free economy depends upon
free ownership and control of land, -
he told the group 1T will be too
late so far as our land is concerned
when the topsoil is washed down
the Chesapeake Bay and we have
only the subsoil left
Former Board Chairman Edwin
Warfield, jr., said some progress has
been made in State conservation
"but considering the size of the
problem, none of us can be satisfied
with what has been done"
State Officials Give Reports.
State officials who reported on the
work their departments were doing
in the different fields of conserva-
ton included:
State Forester H. C. Buckingham
who told the group Maryland's new
park program would get under way
soon.
Ernest A.. Vaughn, director of the
Game and Inland Fish Department
who said the program of stream sur
veys had gained impetus with extra
funds supplied by the Federal Coy
ernment.
DR.. R. v. Truitt of the Research
and Education Department, who said
his group was ready to start nat
ural resources inventory which
would be an aid in determining fu-
ture State conservation policies.
DR.. T. B. Symons of the University
of Maryland Extension Service, who
said the soil conservation service
program reached its highest point
of accomplishment last year.
DR.. Joseph T. Singewald of the
Geology, Mines and Water Resources
Department, who gave progress
report on stream studies and the
mapping of State lands and shore
line improvements.
After an inspection of the State
Marine Laboratory here today, the
conservationists will return to An
napoliS.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
HighSchoo|He|d
'Disgracefu|' at
.Hydttsvi||e
Mayor and Council
Back Fire MorshuI's
Report on Conditions

Conditions at the Hyattsville' High
School were described as disgrace
ful' in a report last night to the
Hyattsville City Council by Fire
Marshal Wayne C. Read. His re-
port was forwarded to the Prince
Georges County Board of Education.
The Mayor and city councilmen,
who inspected the building some
days ago at Mr.. Reads suggestion.
concurred in his report
The report cited conditions in the
toilets, some of which were out of
order; trash and rags in closets.
plaster fallen off walls and ceilings
in many of the rooms and other
conditions such as a door found
hanging by one hinge.
In other action, the Council in
structed City Attorney W. Carroll
Beatty to draft an ordinance to
prohibit raising chickens anywhere
in the city limits Decision was
reached after citizens protested the
practice which exists in some areas
under the present ordinance.
After 13 property owners protested
proposed rezoning from residential
A to commercial D of 4501 Longfel-
low street, the Council voted to
reject the application.
The Council rescinded previous
action to abandon city maintenance
of an alley in the rear of two lots
on Oliver and Oglethorpe streets.
Howard C. Dingee, city treasurer.
reporter tax bill receipts collected
on statements due on and after July
l amounted to $49139 1t also was
reported the city's deficit now Is
little more than $4,000 which Is
less than was anticipated when the
budget was prepared
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Finder of $705
| Refuses Reward
For Its Return

When a Washington visitor from
South Bend, Ind, went into a drug
store phone booth at Tenth and F
streets NV, yesterday to make a
call she left her wallet containing
her entire capital-s105.70. 1t was
returned by a man who refused a
reward.
The visitor, Miss Gladys Peterson,
made her call and hurriedly left
the store before Jesse D. Myers OF
Bryans Road, Md, who was in the
next booth, could catch her.
Mr. Myers, former Adjutant
Generals Office employe, took the
wallet to police headquarters. Miss
Peterson returned to the store and
reported her loss for relay to police.
Mr.. Myers was in the general as
signment squad room at headquar-
tiers when a call came over the
police radio that wallet was miss
ing from the store phone booth.
Miss Peterson was called to the
Office where she identified her
purse and offered a reward. But
MIR. Myers refused.
Evening star., 1947-07-08

Leland G. Worthington OF Ber-
wyn was suggested to fill Mr.. Galt's
present position as a member OF
the commission. The third COM
mission member is Lacy Shaw OF
Montgomery County.
Mr.. Ball was urged for the va
eancy created by the recent death
of Henry W. Cord of Ardmore. The
nominee is in the insurance buSl-
ness and is president Of the TWen-
tieth Ganham) District Demo-
cratic Club.
Is Patent Attorney.
Mr.. Gait is patent attorney and
q former member of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission. He was Endorsed for
the post formerly held by the late
Frank B. Smith.
Mr.. Worthington, a veteran of
World War I, was supported for the
commission post by the Prince
Georges County American Legion
Council. He has had engineering
and surveying experience and is a
former faculty member of the Uni
versity of Maryland and the Hyatts-
vile High School.
Both Mr.. Cord and Mr.. Smith
were members of the State Central
Committee and successors to them
were appointed last night.
They are G. Gerard Buscher of
BerWyn Heights and Henry H.
ONeilf of Bladensburg
Organizer of Legion.
Mr.. Buscher Is chief record clerk
of the National Federation of Fed
eral eEmployes and has lived in the
Berwyn area for Is years. A vet
eran of World War II, he organized
and is the first commander of the
new Berwyn- -Branchville Post of the
American Legion. He also is a
member of the County Caravan
Club and the Young Democratic
Club.
Mr.. ONeill is a substitute county
trial magistrate and has lived in his
community for many years. He is a
veteran of World War I and has
been active in community affairs.
Edward A. Fuller, Hyattsville
newspaper publisher, was elected
committee secretary. This post for
merly was held by Mr.. Smith.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Boy Cured in Virginia
OF Rare Asiatic Disease
By the Associofed Press

RICHMOND, July 8.-One case OF
an Asiatic or semi-tropical disease,
so rare that it has seldom If ever
been diagnosed and treated in this
country, has been found-and cured
in Virginia, the State Health De-
partment Bureau of Communicable
Disease Control said today.
The disease, kala-azar (black
fever, was diagnosed by physicians
of the University of Virginia Hos
pital at Charlottesville after the vic
tim, 7-year-old boy who had come
to this country from Greece seven
months earlier, had suffered for
three months with the ailment which
baffled physicians of his home town
in Southwest Virginia
The disease, in the form in which
it afflicts youths, is called splenic
anemia of infants, according to DR..
w. A. Browne, director of the Bu-
reau of communicable Disease Con-
troll.
DR.. Browne expressed the belief
that the young victim contracted the
disease in Greece.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Adoption Case Inquir,
Procedure Defended
By Montgomery Bar

The Montgomery County Bar
Association today defended the
present procedure in the county
for investigating adoption cases
which was under attack last week
by the County League of Women
Voters and other groups.
The lawyers. group expressed its
confidence in the State probation
officers who have been appointed
by the Circuit Court to handle the
investigations. The criticising state
ments last week maintained that
matters affecting adoption should
be handled by trained welfare
workers.
THE Bar Association of Mont
gomery County" the statement said
unanimously indorses the action
heretofore taken by the court In
the matter of the selection of its
investigating officers and Of the eh1-
cient and expeditions administration
of the adoption laws
Prompt Action Praised.
The Bar Association further
praised the prompt investigation
of adoption cases which, it said, is
obtained under the present investi-
eating officers.
A conference on the matter be-
tween Circuit Judges Stedman
Prescott and Charles w. Woodward
and representatives of the County
Community Chest, is scheduled at
the Rockville Courthouse today.
The conference was requested by
the Chest after last weeks protests,
Committees Appointed.
David Belts was named chairman
of a committee to urge the county
commissioners to have the reference
to deeds typed on county land tax
records. Other members are Donald
A. De Lashmutt and John Bowman
In another action, the association
appointed Mr.. De Lashmutt chair
man of a committee to investigate q
law requiring that resubdivisions Of
old subdivisions be outlined in rec
on old land records. Other members
of the committee are Mr.. Belts ano
Frank Tyler.
1t was pointed out that although
the law is about 20 years old, it Is
not being enforced.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Silver Hill Woman Held
In Thefts From Friend

A 24-year-old Silver Hill md }
woman today awaited grand jury
action here charged with the lar
ceny of about $400 in clothing and
jewelry from a Washington woman
who repeatedly befriended her last
month.
Ordered held under 81 900 bond by
Judge Thomas D. Quinn was Gloria
M. Thomas. She pleaded not guilty
when arraigned yesterday in Mu-
nicipal Court.
Police reported that Mrs. Anr
Lyddane, of the 2800 block oi
Twenty eighth street Sc, told then
she shared her home with the de-
fendant,' but that after five days oil
rooming together the Silver Hill
woman disappeared along with tht
clothing and jewelry. Detective
Sgt. G. L. Norris said he recovered
the missing articles in the Silver
Hill home
Evening star., 1947-07-08
PAGEANT to Re-enoct
Battle of Monococy

Commemorating the 83d ami
versary of the Battle of Monocacy
a re-enactment of the 1864 strug-
gle will be staged at the battlefield
near Frederick, Md, at 10 am. to-
morrow.
Following the pageant, spon-
sored by the Frederick Junior
Chamber of Commerce, program
will be held at Mount Olivet Gene
terry. where 400 Confederate soldiers
are buried.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Fenwick to Open Series
OF Radio Talks Toniqht

Charles r. Fenwick, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for the
Virginia Senate will give the first of
a series of five radio talks over sta
ton WARL, Arlington, at 8:12
O'Clock tonight. He will discuss his
record as member of the House of
Delegates and his platform.
Mr.. FenWick is being opposed for
the nomination by Frank L. Ball. ir.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
$29, ,093 Given Hospital
In ArIinqton Drive

Recent contributions to the Ar
lington Hospital fund campaign
have brought the total to $29 ,093.53
the hospital announced today. This
total represents 6l.9 per cent OF the
goal of $4,000.
Among recent gifts was a check
for $5 from the eight members OF
Den 4, Arlington Cub Scout Pack
l65, which is sponsored by the
Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Tuck's Action Awaited
On Rent Board Members

RICHMOND, Va, July 8 P.-
Gov. Tuck today was confronted
with the task of recommending as
quickly as possible to the Federal
housing expediter in Washington
the names of Virginians needed to
help administer the new Federal
rent control act of 1947.
A local board of five members is
required for each of % defense
rental areas of Virginia. The local
boards, all of whom must be volun-
teers, will have as their major func-
tions the prevention of imitation,
the stabilization of rent levels and
the adjustment of hardship cases.
The law requires that the expe-
diter, Frank R. Creedon, make the
appointments
The Virginia defense rental areas,
each of which must have local ad-
visory board on rent control, in
clude:
Arlington-Al Charlottes-
vile, Front Royal, Lexington, Guam
tico,, Winchester, Fredericksburg
and Staunton.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Playground Is Planned
Near Arlington Church

Plans are underway for construc-
ton Of a community playground at
North Troy and Twenty-flrst streets,
Arlington, L. Clifton Aer. president
of the North Highlands Citizens AS
sociation, announced today
A drive to complete collection of
funds and equipment will be
launched at a meeting of the associ-
alton at o'clock tonight at the First
Nazarene Church. The land on
which the playground will be located
was donated by the church and is
adjacent to it.
Evening star., 1947-07-08

who did not appear, yesterday wrote
a letter to the committee setting
forth seven conditions under which
he would respond to the commit
tees summons:
His summons before the commit
tee should be signed by response
BILE officer of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee; five days notice
should be given for his hearing; a
copy of the Executive Committee's
resolution; a statement of author
|ity; for "a formal inquisition': ap-
pointment of an investigating SUBJ
committee which does not include
candidates who are required to SUBJ
stantiate their own rights to file;
advance notice of the nature Of in
formation desired, and that the
hearing would be open to the public
Evening star., 1947-07-08
District Store Official!
Meet Today 10 Study
Maryland Sales Tax

District department store officials
met this morning to decide whether
they should collect 2 per cent tax
on goods purchased by Maryland
residents.
Under the new Maryland use law,
State residents who buy in the Dis
trict would pay the same tax they
must pay Maryland merchants.
While about 400 District mer-
chants have obtained application
blanks from Maryland officials to
collect the use tax, most have been
holding off until today's meeting to
decide policy on the collections, a
Washington Board of Trade official
said. The session was to be held at
the Offices of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association in The
Star Building.
Applies to All Items.
The law, which became effective
last Tuesday, applies on all taxable
items bought in the District by
Marylanders. State officials expect
to collect most of the revenue, how
ever, from charge accounts and
large items bought in the city.
The State today sent more than
40 investigators and auditors into
the field to make an overall check
up of the sales tax operation.
State Controller James J. Lacy
said the investigators will check ur
on licenses and aid merchants with
collection problems wherever pos
sible. At preliminary meeting in
Baltimore, the investigators were to
discuss rules and regulations brought
up by problems of collecting the
levy, the Associated Press reported
All but about $4,000 of the $4,000
State retail merchants have been
registered, a tax division official
said.
Four Hotels Fight Tax.
Meanwhile, four Baltimore hotels
have instituted court proceedings in
an effort to invalidate the State tax
charges on living accommodations
or other services" for transient
guests.
The petition, naming Controller
Lacy as defendant, was filed in Cir
cult Court yesterday by Hilary w
Cans, attorney for the Lord Baltl-
more, Emerson, Southern and
Observation-Disclosures Hotels.
The petition said the sales act title
contains no mention of a tax on
service of any kind" and that pro-
visions of the act taxing services
therefore were unconstitutional.
It also claimed that the State
could not legally impose sales
tax on wholesale purchases made
by hotels on grounds that many
such articles while not separately
billed to the guests are consumed by
them and the price of all
said articles is taken into account
in determining charges for accom-
YpoIo finpc
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Grain Highway Crash
Demo|ishes 7 Cars;
Drivers Not Badly Hur1

Two men, one a former Maryland
State policeman, escaped serious
injury today when their automobiles
collided head-on in an accident on
Grain highway near Defense high
way.
The injured men, Howard j. Elliot,
30, who resigned two weeks ago from
the State police at Waldorf, and
William A. Price, Al, both of Balti-
more, were taken to the Prince
Georges General Hospital, Cheverly
where their conditions were reported
as not serious. Both suffered unde-
termined injuries.
Both Cars Demolished.
According to Prince Georges Coun-
ty police, both cars were demolished
Five persons were injured in two
automobile accidents in northern
Virginia last night, Virginia State
police reported.
As the result of a crash at Mar
shall, Bruce Snyder, 32 and his wife
Elizabeth, %, both of Keyser, w. Va.
were taken to Emergency Hospital
Mr.. Snyder was reported in critical
condition with a fractured rib and
a punctured lung. His wife received
a fractured nose and an injury tc
her right eye.
Cars Collide Head-On.
Three persons were injured in q
head-on collision on I,eesburg pike
near Colvin Run Bridge about s
miles west of Falls Church.
Mrs. Gertrude A. Storey, So, Riv-
erdale, Md, said by Fairfax County
police to have been the driver of one
car, was admitted to Arlington Hos
pital with a fractured hip.
Police said Perry Lee Cecil, So, OF
Sterling, Va, was the operator of a
second car and received a broken
left arm and lacerations and that a
passenger in his car, Miss Ruth
Curry, rs, of Herndon. Va, was ad-
mitted to the hospital with pos
sible fractured left arm.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Hearing Slated
On Rent Raise
AtSpriing knoI|s
Tenants Will Meet
Tomorrow in Office
Of Control Board

Tenants Of the Spring Knolls
apartment development will meet
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the Silver
Spring Office of the area rent direc-
tor to air their grievances over re-
cent rent increases ordered for Al
units.
Walter Heath of the Maryland
Rent Control Board said he would
hear the tenants who complain
their rents were raised from SGT to
SIS month on July without ad-
vance notice.
A spokesman for operators of the
apartment said the increases were
authorized by the board in Balti-
more.
Isadore Bassoff, attorney for the
tenants, claimed there was no basis
for the increase and that the ten
ants were seeking a revocation OF
the price rise.
All of the units involved. are two
bedroom apartments.