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Evening star., 1947-02-12
Gregg Kin Fight
S1,1O6, Gift
10 Secretary
Aunt, 96, and Cousin
/ To Contest Bequest
To Mrs. Elise WeIden

The viii Of the late Wallace e.
Gregg, rs. retired Washington dairy
man. leaving his entire estate to
his secretary, will be contested by
Mr.. Gregg's relatives in Montgom-
cry County Orphans Court, Rock
vile, next Wednesday.
The estate has been estimated
variously as being worth about
81, 100, 900.
Notices of contest were filed yes
terday, by Mrs. Brillena M. Swain
son, 96-year-old aunt of Mr.. Gregg,
who now lives at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home, 5000 New
Hampshire avenue NE, and by
Mrs. Manning Gasch, Vienna, Va,
cousin Of the deceased dairyman.
Their actions were filed by Attorneys
Joseph j. Malloy and James H. Pugh
at Rockville. Mrs. Swanson is a
sister of Mr.. Gregg's mother, at
torneys said.
In the will filed in Rockville, Mr..
Gregg, who died January 26 at SUBJ
urban Hospital, Bethesda, named
Mrs. Elise Jones Welden, of 1915
Massachusetts, avenue, NV, as sole
beneficiary. Mrs. Welden was en-
ployed as a secretary to Mr.. Gregg
for several years.
Mr.. Malloy said the contestants
will argue that undue influence"
over Mr.. Gregg was exerted by Mrs.
Welden, which resulted in an 'un-
natural distribution" of the estate
by the will. The arguments are
scheduled to be heard in Orphans
Court next Wednesday.
Asks Collector Be Named.
At the same time, MIR. Malloy filed
Ia petition In District Court asking
for the appointment of a collector
for the estate, pending settlement
of the contest. It requested that
Mrs. Bessie M. Ghiselli, of 3512
Porter street, NV, daughter of Mrs.
Swanson, be named the collector.
In asking for a collector, the at
torneys asserted Mr. Gregg's total
estate is valued at 81 ,106,290.
John F. Lillard, ST., Hyattsville att
torney, and an executor of the es-
tate together with Mrs. Welden,
however, said he does not believe
the final value Of the estate will
exceed $500, 900.
j. Blynn Welden, husband of the
beneficiary, said he believed the es-
tate would come to "about one-f1fth
of the $1,000.000 estimate" He said
he did not wish to discuss any fur
ther aspects of the case.
| viii Executed In 1912.
The will, which was executed in
March, 1912, had codicil dated
June, 1916. The codicil eliminated
a $40, 900 bequest originally made
tosa family chauffeur.
Mr.. Lillard said that Mr.. Gregg,
whose wife died five years ago, left
no immediate next of kin. The
lawyer said, however, Mr.. Gregg had
labout 19 relatives.
It is expected the Orphans Court
.tnext week will refer the contest to
Montgomery County Circuit Court.
Mr.. Gregg operated the former
1Gregg's Dairy at Sixth and o streets
NV, founded by his father, John
w. Gregg.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Mild Measles Epidemic
Reported in Montgomery

Dr.. v. L. Ellicott, Montgomery
County health officer, revealed to-
day the county is in the midst Of q
measles epidemic slightly heavier
than last year at this time
He added, however, no deaths have
been reported. Dr.. Edwin w. Broome,
superintendent Of county schools,
said the absentee rate throughout
the school system is about u per
cent, which he characterized as
normal"
Measles, Dr.. Ellicott warned. Is
more dangerous than most childhood
infections, rs 1t can lead TO pneu-
monia, and Is most yirulent In chill
dren under 3.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Alexandra Council
Approves Tightened
Food Control Law

The Alexandria City Council last
night passed and ordinance tighten
ing regulation Of food handling es-
Establishments. 4
Councilmen unanimously ap-
proved the ordinance on first, second
and third readings. Prepared by the
City Health Board, the new law
empowers health officers to suspend
and in some cases revoke permits re-
quired of all establishments covered
by the ordinance.
No objections to adoption of the
ordinance were brought to the at
tention of the council.
Food Inspection Authorized.
The ordinance authorizes Health
Department inspection of food
samples "as often as necessary" to
detect contamination. The health
officer or his representative can
condemn any food or drink he finds
contaminated or adulterated.
A citizens request for paving OF
the alley in back Of his home
prompted the Council to instruct
the city manager and the city
engineer to study q plan for paving
alleys throughout the city. w. L.
Robbins, 217 East Monroe avenue
described the condition of the un-
paved alley at the rear of his resi-
dence. Councilman Everett A. Hell.
muth made the motion for the sur
vey.
Action on the long pending ordi-
nance to control sales of pistols ano
reyolyers again was delayed after
discussion of alternate regulations
Police Chief John S. Arnold told the
Council he favored the ordinance
that would place heavier response
bility for sales on the dealer. Spokes-
men for gun clubs, however, sug-
gested modification of the measure.
Machine to Cost $2,410.
Purchase Of a new cash control
machine for the Office of the city col
lector at a cost of $2,410 was au-
UIlUIZGO d4tCI ~ WcN 0AOuSAio ooV W
City Manager Carl Budwesky that
an old machine now in use may
break down and tie up work.
Rezoning requests granted by the
Council were: 1923 North Payne street
from C-1 residential to D-2 COM
mercial; ITO and 112 East Del Ray
avenue from B residential to d.
commercial; 1905 Mount Vernon
avenue from b. residential to d.
commercial; 526 North Pitt street
from A residential to DE- CONNER
cia, and several lots on the east side
Of Royal street between Madison
and Montgomery streets from C-1
residential to e industrial
The Council denied requests to
rezone the following: 313 East Brad
dock road from B residential to DE-
commercial; rear portion $40 Prince
street from C-1 residential to d.
commercial, and lot on Quaker
lane near Braddock road from A
residential to d. commercial.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Montgomery Board
Reaffirms Opposition
To Sales Tax Plan.

The Montgomery County Board of
Commissioners yesterday reaff1rmed
its opposition to a sales tax for the
county unless there is a similar tax
in the District.
Asked by Wilton Allen, county su-
pervisor of assessments for q formal
stand against a sales tax, Brooke
Johns, chairman Of the board, said
that the commissioners at meet
ing Monday of other boards of COM
missioners in Annapolis had stated
their opposition.
Mr.. Johns pointed, out that both
the Montgomery and Prince Georges
commissioners had voted against q
State sales tax unless q similar tax
Ills enacted in the District.
Mr.. Allen declared that sales
taxes, when they were established in
bordering communities Of New York
City before the metropolitan area,
nearly ruined the businessmen of
the small towns.
Commissioner Wesley I. Sauter,
said he believed such a tax would
ruin" business In Montgomery
County If the District had no such
measure.
But" he added, Il have a sneak
ing suspicion we are going to have
a sales tax"
At the special meeting in An
napolis 10 Of Maryland's Is counties
indbrsed sales tax.
The commissioners, reversing a
former position, voted to continue
operation of the central switchboard
at the Chevy Chase Firehouse.
The Montgomery County Associa-
ton of Volunteer Firemen had asked
that a central fire alarm system be
installed for the county. Yesterday
the commissioners learned that the
installation would cost $4,000. The
present switchboard is maintained
at cost of $40 a year.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
New Paper Appears
On w. and 1. Campus
~ the Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Va, Feb. ia
new student weekly newspaper.
The Voice, made its appearance
on the Washington and Lee campus
yesterday with q policy editorial
stating that '.personalized news Is
ever stressed"
Printed in Amherst, The Voice
lists a staff of rs students, headed
by william s. Allen Of Pittman,
N. j.; william H.. Hart Of Fort
Wayne, Ind, and Joseph B. Martin
of Falls Church, as editor In chief.
Evening star., 1947-02-12

t4lC GdSJC1 II o4o-
trict Of Virginia,
He steps down
after II years
OF service as
senior Judge OF
the Eastern Dis
trict, where he
h a S presided
over the Rich
mond and Alex
andria divisions
of the court.
Judge Pollard
now has under
a d vi S ernent q
motion by'James
Evening star., 1947-02-12

,
Mr.. Bell was born In Potomac,
Md, and was a graduate Of Rich
ard Montgomery High School,
Rockville. He had served n months
in the Navy and was a freshman
at George Washington University.
The funeral will be held from
the william Reuben Pumphrey fu-
neral home, Bethesda. Burial VIII
be in the Potomac Methodist
Church Cemetery.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Gertrude w. Bel, and q sis
ter, Miss Helen D. Bell, both OF the
Garfield street address, and 9
brother, George E. Bell, jr., 65l3
Fairfax road, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Rites SET for John {. Bell,
Fatally Injured in Crash

Funeral services for John Clark
Bell, 20, of $500 Garfield street,
Bethesda, who died Monday from
injuries received in an automobile
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Marvel to Be Ambassador

President Truman yesterday NOM
mated Josiah Marvel jr., now Min
lister to Denmark. to have the rank
of Ambassador.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Do You Know That

The new building Of the Chill
dren's Hospital will provide an
urgently needed formula and
special diet kitchen, both under
the close supervision of the
Health Department.
A summary of the progress of
the building fund campaign
follows
Amount needed $1,000, ,Oe0. 90
Contributed to Friday ,171,397 IA
Received over the
week end - 2,021 .06
To be raised 126,681. so
Contributions should be sent
to the Children's Hospital New
Building Fund Campaign, Thir-
teenth and v streets NV,
Washington 9, D. c.
Evening star., 1947-02-12

The steel skeleton of Central Heating Plant has
command Of the riverside skyline at the edge of George
town at Creek and Potomac park
way 1t will serve group Of Federal buildings
Above is side the street In the fore
ground coal yard used parking space by
workme temporary storage for heavy items OF
euupment.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Judge R. n. Pollard
Will Retire Shortly
(Fron, Yesterdays Last Edition.)
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 12.-Judge
Robert N. Pollard, 66, today an
nounced he will retire from the
United States District Court for
Evening star., 1947-02-12

accident, will be
held at 2:30 pm.
tomorrow.
He was the
son of the late
G. Edding t on
Bell, form e r
Mo n t g o m e ry
County sheriff.
Accor d j ng to
police, the car
he was driving
la st Fri d q y
night skidded on
the snowy Rock
vile pike and
collided with a
Greyhound bus
near Rockville.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-02
Works 90 Years
Without Break

ST. LOUISE. c. Wright, 49,
year-old employee of the Musick
Plating company, has been on the
job in the same plant since 1887
without vacation. In all, he has
been wa y from the plant only
Is working days in sixty years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-02
DON OUIXOTE

Continued From Page Five)
Gently killed, was to appear for
a charity fight. All afternoon
people were engaging taxis IN
advance, and large queoues form
ed outside the offices where tick
cts are sold-if you could get
them, for as much as 500 and $40
a seat, Manuelote, by the way
was one of SPANS wealthiest
men - his wages are 100000 Pc
setas for one afternoons fight. in
which he must kill two bulls. He
fights in Spain during the sum,
mer, in Mexico in the wintc:.
Descriptive of the Spanish tenn
permanent twas. a report of the
fight given by beautiful Span
ish girl-in. good American Eng
lish. She is AN airline stewardess
at the !TWA. terminal in Madrid
and has spent four months in the
States. What man. she said,
"Superman"'.
She explained that Manuelote
was gored in the leg by the bull
and the First Aid team rushed
into the arena. Bleeding badly,
Manuelote brushed them aside
and proceeded to kill the bull.
Then he got first aid. as the
bulls ears-trophies of the fight
were brought to him while the
First Aiders bandagsd him up.
Only sugar, olive oil and pota
| toes are still under ration con-
troll in Spain, but the people
complain that the ration is not
enough--and the price too high.
Sugar, for example, sells for Csc
pound. But there is plenty to
eat in ,the4restaurants and hotels.
There is surprising freedom of
speech, considering the control
Franco maintains. A Spaniard
who does not like the govern
ment, or who prefers monar-
Ichy will not, hesitate 20 tell you
lso, plainly and frankly, and
within earshot of others.
Il do not understand the Am
erican attitude toward SPAIN"
Scandinavian exporter had told
me in Lisbon. "You MUST accept
Franco-there is nothing else but
Communism. If you have a de-
mocracy in Spain-you will have
another Civil War in two weeks.
The marks of the Civil War of
1868 are visible elsewhere in
charred and, Quilted buildings in
Madrid, and empty trenches near
the outskirts. But the scars are
being rapidly removed, in huge
building boom, all over the city.
There is new construction every
where.
Spain is beautiful country and
Madrid with all its history,
handsome buildings, narrow
streets and broad boulevards, its
art, its songs and laughter -
IN spite OF It's poverty ana 'Squd-
lor and ,suffering-is a magnifi-
cent city.
But one cannot escape the
thought that Cervantes' famed
Don Quixote is still abroad in the
land, the Knight in Armor still
battling windmills. His loyal
companion, Sancho Panza, rides
along, discouraged but unbeaten
hoping that some day, somehow,
the castels of control and red tape
will come tumbling down, with
a happier, more comfortable way
of life as the vista for the flu
ture.
The air is composed of 1903
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-02
Swallows Razor
Blades; Boy Lives

BELFAST, Ireland.-A 14-year-
old boy who swallowed a packet
of razor blades, one after the
other, in a suicide attemtp, sur
vived. A doctor said all of the
blades were recovered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-02

eggs--sood ones-to throw
if they didn't like the de-
cisions. But practically no.
body. naturally. would throw
anything away.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-02

The air is composed of 1903
per cent nitrogen, 1000 per cent
oxygen and other gases totaling
less than one per cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-12
COLUMBUS COURT
TO OPEN MONDAY
Murder Case To Feature
June Term OF
Superior Court
Special to the Star

WH1TEV1LLE, June II Carl
Prince, young white man of Tabor
City, will be tried for the murder
of Luther Thomas, colored, of the
Prince section, in the June term
of Columbus County Superior
Court, which will open on Mon
day, June 16, with Judge @. K.
Nimocks, Jr., of Fayetteville, pre-
siding.
The Prince case is the only
murder indictment on the docket,
which includes SO other eases of
various charges.
Prince is alleged to have shot
Thomas in the back of the head
with a shotgun on December 2,
following an argument over some
whiskey that the white man
claimed the negro had stolen. In
his confession to deputy sheriff,
w. H. Billiard, Prince stated tina.
Thomas had reached for a pitch
fork just before he fired the fatal
shot. The body of the negro was
not found until 70 days after the
shooting.
Searching parties secured the
countryside for the 70 days after
Thomas disappearance, but were
never able to locate anyone who
had information as to his where
abouts. New made mounds which
looked suspicious to the officers
and searching parties were dug
into: in one case officers uncover
ed the body of a goat whose last
resting place has never yet been
satisfactorily explained.
After his confession, Prince led
the officers to a secluded, dense
thicket, a half-mile from The
Prince section, where the shoot
ing was alleged to have occurred.
There the nude body OF the A.
year-old negro was found in a
state of partial decomposition.
Prince could not explain why he
had stripped off the dead mans
clothes, simply saying, Il acted
foolish.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-12
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, June IL = ll Led
oy choice steers, which scared to
$4,000 a hundreuweight, livestock
prices today gained in just abolt
all classes ana grades. Hogs were
up Is to 81 cents, cattle up Is cents
to S1.00, and sheep Is to so cents
higher.
Most good and choice barrows
and gifts took $1,000 to S24.75 the
top, and comparable sows sold
between $3.50 and $19.25. Ship
pers bought 500 of the 5000 on
sale and. packers brought in an
additional 1000 direct.
Most of the cattle advance was
on steers and yearlings, good and
choice offerings taking $500 to
$28.25 and the practical top stop
ping at $28.75. Two loads merited
the $4,000 peak, however. Good
and choice heifers had $24.75 to
$26.85 while good cows sold up
to $21.00, bulls to SITS, and veal
ers to $4,000.
Clipped lambs topped at $685.
while native spring lambs reach
ed a new seasonal high of S27. 90.
Slaughter ewes generally were
steady at $500, but a few choice
kinds moved up so cents to So
25.
Total receipts included 5000
cattle, 800 calves. and 1000 sheep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-12
CHAPTER ~THIRTY-E1GHT

<'Chinai" whispered Diane. for
lornly. to the empty room. China,
the other end Of the world. Rufus
wouldn't ome back. 1t was too
far.
Then. with some shock. she
Grew away from this sadness she
was letting in For q moment she
breathed as though she were run
ming; the next she was calm.
She'd been unset. naturally be-
u it YVES all SC sudden! After
a little she was thinking: Its
grand Rufus has This chance to GO
away" Thinking of Paoe's flash
of honesty. II never really loved
YOU" Page must have written IN
that letter. Poor Page. perhaps
still loving Bill! But there in the
south. meeting other men. Page
might get herself t~ooe'her, as
Rufus had implied. Rufus, who
with every reason to be resentful,
was only kind!
That evening she said to Bill:
TITS all over between Page and
Rufus. Rufus stopped in today and
told me-"
brought his broken heart to
you, did he?"
Bill laughed. but II had a brittle
sound and she saw red creeping
over his cheekbones. She steeled
herself to answer evenly: mo. He
came in to say goodby. He's going
to China for six months, for the
Northrup Syndicate"
They were sitting in the living
room where they had drawn the
davenport before a small open
fire. Bill had the pages of a brief
in his hands and Diane some knit
ting.
Bill threw the papers to the
floor, jumped to his feet, looked
down at Diane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-12
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, June 11-(P-USDA)
Butter firm: IA SO score 63.5;
A 92-62-62.5; B S-6O-6O.5; C 8s-
58.25-59. Eggs barely steady and
unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-12

the small clenched fist timidly
with the tip of n finger.
Then she remembered What
did my husband say when ne knew
it was a girl? Were you there?"
Il Vas the n who told him.
He didn't say anything. He just
looked glad it was over. That's the
way they all look. l told him to go
home and get some sleep and then
come back. And now you're to go
to sleep Mrs. Arden. You didn't
have such a hard time, but there
isn't any such thing as an easy
time"
The nurse gathered up the baby,
carried it away.
A girl. Diane pressed her hand
against her mouth to still the hys-
terical laughter rising in her. She
mustn't-not when she had failed
Bill SO terribly! She would feel
guilty for breaking that law which
decreed the first baby in an Arden
family must be a boy, another
William Beresford Arden. There
was that old silver mug waiting,
the portrait
Into her bemused consciousness
crept the sense that the baby
shared her guilt with her. They'd
ganged together. against all the
Ardens. They would have that
bond. And didn't it make the baby
more hers, all hers? Bill had want
ed a boy. She drifted into sleep
| with a smile on her lips.
Her father came before Bill did.
The opening Of the door weakened
her and she saw his face over the
nurses shoulder, his mouth work
ing. perspiration on his temples.
"Only a minute, Mr.. farrell"
the nurse said autnoritatively.
He stood over her, inarticulate
in his relief.
She smiled up at him. II told
you everything'd be all right" I'm
fine. I could get up this minute
and turn a cartwheel, Dad!" Her
hand found his. It's a beautiful
little griffin going to call her
Nellie!"
A tear rolled down j. Emmet's
ca her, cheek. He rubbed it away
with tn back Of his hand, turned
abruptly and left the room, shut
ting the door a little noisily behind
him.
~ H A0sn1lnneH ~.s.-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-12
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK, June II WH -
Produce markets: Potatoes: IDOL
lars per 100 lbs. unless otherwise
indciated) unsettled. Names
Katahdins No. l. 400; Katahdins
No. l, so lbs. 2.00-10; Calf.
Long White No. l, 4.25-75; Red
Pontiac No. 1B 2.25-35; Prince Ed
ward Island Green Mts. IS lbs.
bags seed 800; No. l, 4.25, Katah-
dins No. /, 4.25; Sebagos No. l,
4.25; Floridas. bags Sebagos No.
l, ~3.50-4.00; No. 1B 2.50-3.00; bu.
basket Sebago No. l, 2.75, Katah.
dins No. l, 2.50-60; Alabama Bliss
Triumps No. 1B 2.25-35. Sebagos
1.5O-3.25; South Carolina Bliss .Tri.
umph unWashed 2.05. Is; Chippea.
wa No. l, $50; Cobblers 1.00-3.75;
Katahdins, Sebagos 1.50-3.25;
South Carolina Bliss Triumphs
unwashed 2,5o-.75; Chippewa No.
l, As. Chippewa No. l, $50 Cob
blers 1~.00-3.75; Katahdins unwash.
ed 800; Long White No. /, $50;
Cobblers 1.oo-s.75; Katahdins I'm
washed 800; Long White No. /,
3.50-.75; Sebago No. l, $50; Sebago
and Katahdins, 1.75-2.00; North
Carolina Cobblers 1.00-3.5O; New
Brunswick Green Mts. or Katah-
dins No. /. 3.75-4.15. Sweet po-
bushels baskets steady.
New Jersey Jersey type No.
75-3.Oo; Jersey type 10 bushels
l. 1885; Jersey type, processed
1925. Vans bushels baskets, North
Carolina Puerto Ricans No. / tub
2.25-4.25; No. 2 tub 1.o0-50, Jum-
DO tub 1850; unbiased tub. @.
$3.50 Texas No. l., bu. box $50.
Live poultry. irregular. Tur-
key hens 34-38; ROSTERS old 1917.
Ducks Long Island 1925; rabbits
all varieties 20-30; fowls 28-46;
broilers 28-40; pullets 1854.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-12
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, June IL - (P) -
Closing foreign exchange rates
follow Great Britain in dollars,
others in cents:
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 7 1915 per cent dis
count Or 92.06 IA U. S. cents, up
l-8 of a cent;
Europe: Great Britain $4.O2 "a,
unchanged; France Franc) "a
1-8 of a cent, down 90 1-8; Swed-
en- Kcona) 27.85, unchanged;
Switzerland Franc) Comb 49,
40, Unchanged;
Latin America: Argentina Free
24.46, unchanged; Brazil Free s.
so; unchanged; Mexico 20.62, I'M
changed.