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Evening star., 1947-07-15
Missing Girls Bicycle
Is Found in Maryland
Ry the Assoeiuted Press

CATONSVILLE, Md, July Is
A bicycle believed to have been
ridden by 14-year-old Anne Ryan
missing from her home since $3.50
pm. Saturday, was found last night,
but there was no clue to the girls
whereabouts, police reported.
County and military police and
neighbors, searching all day for the
girl, found the bicycle near the
Patapsco River bridge. The girls
mother, Mrs. William Ryan, identi-
fed the bicycle, which was undam-
aged.
Mrs. Ryan described her daughter
as 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 1l9
pounds, and having brown hair and
ewes
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Mount Rainier Legion
Calls Meeting July ~

The Huntemann-Huff Post ITO
Mount Rainier, Md. will meet at
$50 pm. Thursday July "a. at East
ern avenue and Thirtieth street
Mount Rainier. Veterans and
legionnaires are invited, Perry A
Martin, assistant to the adjutant
announced.
The following officers were elected
at the last meeting: Fred r. john
ston, ST., commander; William j.
Abdalla and John E. Shields, first
and second vice commanders; Rob-
ert w. Heslop, finance officer; w
Warren Rolfes, sergeant-at-arms
Mr.. Martin, historian, Keith G
Harder, ST., chaplain, and Robert w
Johnston, adjutant.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Doctor Named for Survey
Of Alexandra HOSPITAL

DR.. ]. r. Clemmons, administrator
of the Roosevelt Hospital in New
York, has been selected to conduct
a surEey s0f the. Alexandria Hospital
in order to establish basis for
settlement of the INDECENT care rate
dispute between the hospital and the
City Council.
Hospital authorities and council
men agreed to the survey by a dis
interested expert after repeated at
tempts to settle the dispute failed.
Announcement of the selection OF
DR.. Clemmons was made yesterday
by the five-man committee set up
three weeks ago under the mediation
plan offered by the Council of Social
Agencies. DR.. Clemmons is sched-
uled to begin his survey next Tues
day.
The dispute between the city and
hospital arose when the hospital
asked for q $8.81 per diem INDECENT
care rate and a $4,000 cash grant
The Council, however. has stuck by
a recommendation of its Hospital
Committee that the per diem rate
be set at 81 without any cash grant
Evening star., 1947-07-15
| Maryland Slayer,
| Facing Hanging,
Offers His Eyes
By the Assceiuted Press

BALTIMORE, July 15.-A Deal
Island waterman sentenced to be
hanged August for the murder OF
his sweetheart has offered his eyes
ito someone who can use them"
Warden Patrick j. Brady of the
Maryland Penitentiary said today
the condemned man, Ross j. Alb
bott, had discussed with him the
means by which his wish could be
fulfilled.
Abbot was convicted of first
degree murder after the body OF
Pansy Twigg was found on the
beach at Deal Island July 70, 1916
Somerset County authorities testi-
fed Abbott shot the woman, carried
her into the water, held her under
water for several minutes, then car
ried her body back to the beach.
Warden Brady said, Abbot has
written to his family about his de-
sire to give his eyes to someone. )" .
He mentioned the matter to me, too.
I don't believe anything has bees
done about 1t since" y
Evening star., 1947-07-15

National Capital Parks forces to-
day began clearing the banks of the
Potomac River along the Mount
Vernon boulevard of thousands of
dead "bug fish" that have made the
boulevard park areas unpopular to
picnickers in the last few days.
Edward Kelly, assistant superin-
tendent of National Capital Parks,
said the job was to be undertaken
by the regular maintenance crew
for the boulevard park areas. He
said the workers would do what
they can" to remedy the condition,
but pointed out that it would take
some time to clear the decaying fish
along the entire area from Alexan-
dria to Mount Vernon.
Properly known as menhaden or
alewiyes, the tiny fish have been
dying by the thousands in the poll
luted waters of the Potomac. Fish
ard Wildlife Service experts say the
bug fish," as they are known by
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Share in Science Funds
For U. Of Maryland Sought
BY the Assoeioted Press

DR.. H. C. Byrd, president of the
University of Maryland, has asked
Representative Meade, Democrat, OF
Maryland to attempt to change a
House bill creating a national
science foundation so the university
and other public institutions would
be eligible for funds.
DR.. Byrd, in a letter to Mr.. Meade
pointed out that che bill passed by
the Senate provides for distribut-
ing on a geographic basis q specific
portion of the money allotted.
He added that he understood the
bill introduced by the House Inter-
state Commerce Committee had nc
such provision and said this is ex-
ceedingly disappointing to all Of us
| who are connected with public in
stitutionS.
DR.. Byrd said that this proviso had
been fought in the Senate by those
very few private universities that
consider that all national research
should be centralized iS a few big
institutions. u
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Park Service Begins Clearing
River Banks of Dead Bug Fish

fishermen, are dying from lack OF
oxygen. reduction of salinity in the
water due to heavy rains, and pollu-
ton. -
Alexandria fishermen, however,
attributed the mass fish fatalities to
too much oil in the water from
nearby industrial plants. One fish
erman explained that the bug fish'
at one time thrived in the waters
near Alexandria to such an extent
that they got in the way of shad
fishing.
While the "bug fish" have never
been used for food, they are used
extensively in the manufacture OF
oils, meal and fertilizer.
No investigation by the Fish and
Wildlilfe Service has been author
lied, but the Maryland Department
of Tidewater Fisheries had an in
quiry under way yesterday to deter
mine what should be done about the
dying fish, which also line the Mary
land shores of the Potomac.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Z Arlington Men Held
In Front Door HoIdup
OF Silver Spring Home

Two Arlington men were being
questioned at police headquarters to-
day in connection with number o1
Washington area robberies after the
third in a series of "front-door'
holdups was reported last night In
Silver Spring.
The men, % and SO, were arrested
early today by No. z precinct police
on a lookout broadcast following the
Silver Spring robbery.
John Norton, 10824 Old Bladens-
burg road, reported he answered. d
Knock on the door at about II O'Clock
last night and was confronted BY
two, perhaps three, men. One OF
them held pistol.
Mr.. Norton said the bandits forced
him and his wife to lie on the floor
while they ransacked the house ano
fled in an automobile, taking $55.
The two men arrested were moi
charged Police said they also were
wanted for questioning by Arling-
ton authorities.
Last nights Silver Spring holdur
was similar to two other recent
Maryland cases.
In one Spruce Baird, Mount
Rainier roadhouse proprietor, ano
his wife were robbed of cash ano
jewelry totahng $1,000.
In the other Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Cosman, 1912 Bradley boulevard
Bethesda, reported being robbed o1
81 900 in cash and jewelry.
Both couples reported being boune
and gagged by two young bandits.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Second Payment
Ion Income Taxes
| Due in Maryland
By the Associafsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, July 15.-The Sec
ond installment of the Maryland
1916 income tax payments-for per-
sons who chose to pay their. tax
ouarterly-is due BY midnight to-
night.
Most Marylanders put down the
entire amount of their tax in one
payment early this year.
quarterly payments should be sub
mitted to the income tax division at
Annapolis or the Pythian Building
in Baltimore. The checks are to be
made out in the name of the con-
troller of the treasury.
Controller James J. Lacy advised
that taxpayers include with their
checks or money orders the quar-
terly statement from the controllers
ONCE.
Mr.. Lacy reported that payments
OF income taxes during the fiscal
year, including amounts due from
previous years, total BIS. .34s s,Ss6.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Mrs. Regan Appointed
To School Board by
FaIIsChurch Council

Mrs. Mark Regan. former presi-
dent of the Falls Church Parent
Teacher Association, will assume Of
fee as one of the three members
of the town School Board September
for three-year term.
The appointment was made last
night by the Falls Church Town
Council as it accepted the PTA's
recommendation of her appoint.
ment. She succeeds Mrs. Malcolm
Smith, whose term expires at the
end of next month.
The council was informed that
construction of the 100000 gallon
water storage reservoir in Virginia
Forest will be completed in three
weeks.
Complaints were voiced at the
meeting from delegation of Vir.
ginia Forest and Falls Park citi-
zens who protested flood conditions
in the area.
Walter Follin, member of the
council, informed them that the
physical contour map project, start.
ed year ago, is still under way
and antiflood measures must avail,
completion>of the map.
The council voted to hold a public
hearing July % on a building code
for the town. At the same time
La Rue Van Meter, town attorney
submitted a proposed ordinance Gre
ating a board of health.
The Falls Church Teen Theater
asked the council to exempt it from
the amusement tax for perform
ances it has given and plans to give
in the future to raise funds for a
teen age canteen. Examination OF
the recently enacted town amuse-
ment tax law revealed that such
performances are exempt, the group
was told
Evening star., 1947-07-15
10 Virginia Airpofs Get
Above Average Rating
By the A,soeiotsd Press

Ten Virginia airports - more
than the average number for
Southern States-are listed as
"above average" in recent survey
by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association.
The. association said the survey
showed that only 443 of 5000 civil
ian airports in North America
measure up to the code of safety
service-courtesy set up by the or
ganization.
The Virginia airports listed as
above average:
University of Virginia, Charlottes-
vile; municipal airport, Franklin;
Luray Airport, Preston Glenn Air
port, Lynchburg: Bufords Airport,
Montvale: New Market Timberville
Airport, Glenrock Airport, Norfolk;
Woodrum Field, Roanoke; Kenam
Field, Weirwood, and West Point
Municipal Airport. .. ....
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Years Third Polio Case
Reported in ARLINGTON

Arlington County's third infantile
paralysis case of 1947 and possible
tick fever case in Montgomery
County were reported yesterday.
The condition of AZ -year-old
Arlington boy, admitted to Chill
dren's Hospital with poliomyelitis
was said to be satisfactory today
The boy is a resident of South
Arlington Mill drive. One of Arling.
tons infantile paralysis cases this
year proved fatal.
A 31-year-old Germantown md
woman is recovering in Suburban
Hospital, Bethesda, from what may
have been a case of Rocky Mountain
spotted fever. Although the Mont
gomery County Health Department
listed the case as spotted fever, the
fourth this year in the county, doc
tors at the hospital said If it was q
case Of tick fever lit was a very
mild one"
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Meeting Called
To Study Action
On Candidates
Democratic Group to
Pass on Question
Of Qualification

Gardner L. Boothe. chairman of
the Eighth Congressional District
Democratic Committee, today an
nounced he has called a meeting of
the committee at noon Monday at
his Office in Alexandria to review
findings of the Arlington Democratic
Executive Committee on whether
the various candidates to that body
are properly qualified.
The Arlington committee is sched-
uled to rule on qualifications of
candidates at a meeting Thursday
night at Arlington Democratic head
quarters after hearing reports of the
special certification subcommittee
that conducted quiz of Democratic
candidates.
Mr.. Boothe said he called the
meeting of his committee in COM
pliance with request of the Arl-
ington committee.
Impartial Hearings Sought.
Harry Grant, chairman of the
subcommittee that studied qualifi-
cations of candidates, said a meet
ing of the full 9th District Commit
tee was requested in order to give
every candidate an opportunity to
ask the official appeals body of the
party for full and impartial hear
ing" Mr.. Grant pointed out that
the 9th District Committee was not
connected with the election of can
didates to the Arlington committee.
I'm order to be wholly fair to all
Of those who fled" Mr.. Grant said,
"the committee also took cognizance
of the shortness of time between
now and the period when the official
ballots must be printed, and re-
quested that the District Committee
be convened without waiting for
action by the Executive Committee
and any resulting delay"
Inquiry Completed Last Week.
After action by the Executive
Committee. it Is understood that the
District Committee will be fur
nished with copy of the resolution
under which the subcommittee
operated, a transcript of the pro-
ceedings of the subcommittee, as
well as the action of the Executive
Committee.
The subcommittee completed its
inquiry into the qualifications of
candidates last week. About IA Pro-
gressive Democratic candidates,
however, boycotted the inquiry pro-
ceedings, claiming that they had
fulfilled all requirements in order to
run for election as Democratic
committeeman.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Gas Company to Argue
Against Rate Inquiry

Representatives of the Rosslyn
Gas Co. plan To explain why they
feel gas rate reductions are not
feasible at this time, at a special
session of the Alexandria City Coun-
Gil tonight. =.
Councilmen were asked by the
Arlington Public Utilities Commits
sion at last weeks meeting to join
with the commission in hiring an
expert to determine If there is a
possibility that gas rate reductions
might be obtained.
The Rosslyn Gas Co., however, has
been granted an opportunity at to-
nights council session to be heard
in opposition to the PUG proposal
that the rate structure be inves.
tigated, it was learned. ,.
The council withheld decision or
the PUG request at last week:
meeting.
Also scheduled to come up tonight
is further consideration of purchase
of the Alexandria Water Co. by the
city. No further steps toward ac'
QUESTION of the privately ownee
utility have been taken since it wa!
learned that the water company hac
turned down a $2,750,000 purchase
offer by the city.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Sales Tax; Interviews
With D. {. Retailers
Started by Maryland

Walter E. Kennedy, official OF the
Maryland State controllers Office,
began a session of personal inter-
views with District retailers at the
Washington Board of Trade office
today to acquaint local retailers with
their responsibilities under the
Maryland 2 per cent use tax.
Mr.. Kennedy said he would remain
in the Board of Trade Offices until
S pm. and would return again next
week if District dealers need further
nformation. Z
The Board of Trade said it Is res
Eceiving 40 to so calls a day concern.
ing the new tax, a companion meas
ure to Maryland's 2 per cent sales
tax, which became effective July l.
District retailers most concerned
with the responsibility for collecting
the tax are those in Washington who
deliver merchandise in Maryland
partly with their own trucks and
partly with common carriers, and
merchants who lease trucks for de-
livery service.
Tax Fight Planned in Virginia.
Meanwhile, in Arlington County
plans for formation of a Statewide
organization in Virginia to fight
imposition of a sales tax were laid
last night at a meeting sponsored
by the Clarendon Business Associa-
tion.
J. Maynard Magruder was chosen
chairman Of a f1ve-man committee
to 60 ahead with plans for an anti
sales tax association. The meeting
was attended by representatives OF
about Is civic, consumer and busi-
ness organizations of Arlington.
Other members OF the f1ve-man
committee are Judson Reamy, jr.
secretary; Paul Hill, Charles Toone
and George w. Mckenzie.
Warned by Maryland Man.
It was voted to sponsor a State
wide movement after Robert I
Black of a Maryland consumer Or
ganization, warned that Virginia
should perfect an organization now
to fight the sales tax 50 that Vir-
ginians would not find themselves in
the same predicament as Maryland
residents. He pointed out that il
was easier to prevent imposition o1
tax than to have it rescinded once
it is approved. G
Col. Christopher Garnett of Ar
lington compared a sales tax to the
prerevolutionary tobacco tax in Vir-
ginia and charged that imposition
of such a tax was "inequitable."
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Shuttle Buses Carried
1884 During June on
State Department Run

A special shuttle bus service oper-
ated by the State Department be-
tween its new" and "old" head
quarters carried 22,984 passengers
last month, officials reported today
Two old buses borrowed from the
Navy maintain a schedule of de-
partures every IS minutes during
the working day from each of the
two terminals-one from the rear
of the new State Department Build
ing at Virginia avenue and Twenty
first street N. W., opposite the old
State Department Building.
With its principal political Offices
now concentrated in the new
building and economic Offices in the
"old" headquarters, State Depart
ment operations still overflow into
80 other buildings. The bus route
is arranged to cover some Is OF
these. ..-..
Oficials say the service saves con-
siderable time for department per-
sonnel required to 60 from one office
to another. But they are working
toward a still greater concentration
of offices in the area around the
new" headquarters to eliminate SO
much travelling.
The special bus service was
started with one vehicle on April q
soon after State Department offices
began moving into the new build
ing. The second bus was added on
April IA, when the schedule of Is
minute departures was established
Besides the two main buildings
those covered on the route include
three former apartment buildings
between Twenty-first and Twenty
second streets on c street NV.
housing the Foreign Service Insti-
tute, Once of Special Political
Affairs. Office of Public Affairs ano
asome other Offices; four buildings
lin a row between c and E streets
on Twenty-third street NV, con-
tanning the departments research
and intelligence units, Office of the
Foreign Service and files; the old
Washington Auditorium, at Nine
teenth and E streets NV, housing
the Division Of Map Intelligence;
the Office of Controls at SIS Twen-
ty-second street NV; economic
units at 718 Eighteenth street NV;
the old ManpoWer Commission
Building at 1778 Pennsylvania ave-
nue NV, housing international
information and cultural divisions
and other offices; the Winder
Building at 604 Seventeenth street
NV, housing the passport division;
the Grant Building, at s32 Seven
teenth street NV, housing some
cultural offices, and the Walker
johnson Building at 1884 New York
avenue NV, housing administra-
tive offices.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Plank Killing Suspect
To Be Taken 10 Scene
To Refresh Memory

Fairfax County police today
hoped to refresh the memory of a
suspect in the Norman LIE Roy
Plank murder by taking him to the
scene of the shooting of the Dis
trict Small Claims Court deputy
clerk.
Detectives who spent II hours
yesterday questioning the suspect
Alvah B. Martin, 20. said he told
conflicting stories concerning the
time he left the home of Plank's
sister, Mrs. Nell L. Burrer, at 410e
Forest lane. Chesterbrook Woods
near Falls Church.
Plank's body was found on the
basement floor of the Burner home
early July z. According to detec-
tives, Martin has said variously that
he left the Burner home on the
evening of July and on July 6
Under questioning in the Fairfax
Jail, Martin insisted he left the home
about 7:3O pm. July to get some
liquor in Washington and did not
return.
Former Story Cited.
1t. H. T. Magarity, Fairfax County
defective chief. disclosed, however
that while he was driving Martin to
Fairfax from New York the suspect
said he was in the house until the
night of July 6.
The story of leaving on July 5
with $I4 to buy whisky and failing
to return, is the same story Martin
told in a signed statement at Kings
ton. N. Y, where he was arrested
last Friday after police noticed he
was driving the car Mrs. Burner had
reported missing.
Martin also may face possible wit
nesses to substantiate or break
down his alibi today.
Photographs to Be Checked.
Chief Carl Mcintosh of the Fair
fax police said Martin would be
brought to hotel on G street. NV
where he said he stayed after leav-
ing Plank. Fairfax County police
want to know when he arrived at
the hotel. The chief said police
photographs would be checked in
an effort to learn the identity OF
a woman with who Martin said he
stayed at the hotel.
Martin also may be brought face
to face with G. w. Mcdonald, a
Vienna (Va) carpenter who told
police he believed he saw Plank
and Martin together about II pm
July at the Vienna Volunteer
Fire Department carnival. Iden-
tification by Mr.. Mcdonald would
contradict Martins claim that he
last saw Plank at 1880 o'clock that
night.
1t. Magarity said there was a
"big gap" to be filled before the
police confer with Commonwealth
Attorney Hugh Marsh to determine
whether to file murder charges,
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Please Phone Your Sunday
Classified Ads EARLY in the Week

Saturday rush for Sunday classified advertising has
great that telephone facilities have been over
This rush result of customers phoning ads
the last minute before the Saturday deadline.
avoid the annoyance of repeated busy signal we
urge to phone their Sunday ads any
Monday through Friday-from 600 am to 900 pm In In
this way your ad will be handled promptly and efficiently
with the minimum of inconvenience Save Saturday for
those who place their ads earlier We appreciate your
better service.
Evening star., 1947-07-15

COMMITTING BETWEEN STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICES
Johnstone assistant chief of the State Departments Gen.
Services Division and Bratberg head OF his motor
transport section line of department employees boarding
that maintain special service between
old State Department headquarters The of
the building the background of the picture above The
map below the followed by the buses to tie to-
gether the 80 buildings in which the departments
Offices are scattered. Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Pistol Match Announced

BALTIMORE, July IS R.-Om-
GERS of Federal, State, and NUM-
cipal law enforcement agencies will
compete in q pistol match tomor-
row on the range Of the sparrows
Point police. the Maryland Police
Association announced Neyesterday.