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Evening star., 1947-05-15

NORFOLK FOR WASHINGTON, Alexandria
preferred. broom unfurn.. for 2-bedroom
WASH. For N. Y..4 rooms. unfurn., in
New YORK Box 426-D, Star. .-1e
WASHINGTON FOR NEW YORK--3h-
rm. apt, completely or partly furnished,
screened porch, in excellent central loca-
tion; large elevator building: for rms.
in central Manhattan; preferably sos or
o0s near West End ave. Box 16b-A, Star.
PETERSBURG, VA. for Wash. D. C.-Ex-
chanGe lovely Arm. furn. apt. for furn. or
unfurn. apt. in D. c. OF suburbs. NE.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
ApTs. SUBURBAN WANTED.
COOPERATIVE ApTs. FOR SALE.

EMPLOYED VETERAN, student, needs
furn or unfurn. Near Md. suburbs pre-.
ferIed. Call SH. 1010. 1Ss
COOPERATIVE APTs. FOR SALE.
COLORED-FOUR ROOMS. Kitchen and
bath, located In ideal NV; section; money
MOUNT REALTY CO.. Du. 2642, 9 am.
to 9 pm. --18
APARTMENTS Of 1 room, kitchen and
bath, S4,250 to $4,000; in Rutland Court,
l725 list. NV.
Apartments Of bedrm.. liv. rm., kit,
dinette and bath, S6,250 to S7,000;. at
1909 Summit pl; NV. Phone for appoint
AID. T29S. EDMUND J. FLYNN {authority
on cooperative plan since i1920-respon-
SO cooperative apartment buildings),
woodward Bldg, RE. 1918 or 1749.
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FOB SALE or rent complete Furnished
12-room house, large porches, z dress
Ing rooms, 2 inside toilets, outside hot
and cold showers; on water front Of Chesa.
psaks Bay; near buses so stores. scn9eol'
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HollSEs uNPURkiisHEp.

MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS
Torn, 3-bath house.. on Potomac Rtvcr.
EiSAsssrM1M SrEG.T keaitels. TSiIs
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ApARTAEhTs UNFuRhIsHEp.

MODEM 3-ROoM APT. available nr. Pa
and MINI. aves. II interested in buying
ultramodern 6-unit apt. bldg. Box ia
BAsEMENT APT. elec. kit, on virginia
country place. cony. to WASH, for .ex-
ems, fresh milk, Box 321.D, Star. --16
6 RMS. AND BATH, $125: or 1st floor,
S65: End, $50 mo-; End comm. 3416 9th
me-, 9-10 pm. los
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APT. HOUSES FOR SALE.

3-STORY DUPLEX APT.-Not a converted
dwelling; In splendid neighborhood; transp
CRANE d HEtAN. Realtors. 81. 1000, ewes.
until pm, -lg
Evening star., 1947-05-15
APIS. FuRk. AND UNFURN.
APARTMENTS EXCHANGED.

2-BEDROOM DUPLEX APT, ne. section;
S39 q month; leaving town; will exchange
for opportunity to buy new 1947 auto
Box 286-D, Star.
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mezsanine library or bedroom AND bath;
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tainins charming tsrr,ss With v outd@ocr @
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brick; near 18th and Kenyons front and
rear pOrches. built-ir gAtage.. OIL nest,
s1ss.1IsSl ssf r. sss
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home; IDEAL for doctor; . spacious, we'll
landscaped lot: 8 rms, osdrn,s. II
baths; oil h.-W.h.; huflt-in EAS4Ge. con-
ssf isis fsSs: Ss.lsss 81 LIS si is rsassns
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charm; 36th st. near p. ayafahle tmmeA.
rsplass 1is esa. e lss spssis csn plaas as:
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payment, Cal *. 1855. YOUNG y PA9-
WYS,fiMa. , fdia NIX nKXs COM. sSoftR. M Mk.--i I'D broom
ISrick, 4 tiIs baths. fpii. basement; substan-
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HOUSES FOR SALE OR RENT.

WANTED. house, furnished or unfurnished
by family with children. s.e., NE, or SUBJ
urbs. Call II. 494l between and 8 pm
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Beard to Urge RepeoI
OF Anti-Lobor Measure

Eugene N. Beard Indepent candi-
date for the House of Delegates
from Arlington in the November
elections, today declared he will
advocate repeal "on constitutional
grounds" of anti-labor legislation
enacted this year by the special
session of the Virginia Legislature
Mr.. Beared charged Gov. Tuck
with "subterfuge" in calling the
special session. The session was
called mainly for the purpose OF
using the State of Virginia, as a
sounding board for the nation and
to enact anti-labor legislature: and
80 not for the purpose Of raising
teachers pay as stated In the CALL :
he asserted
THE 1s47 special session did in
crease teachers pay" Mr., Beard
said, which should nave beer done
in 1916. I charge that it was the
'pay-off' in order to get, the anti
labor bill enacted. > ." -
Evening star., 1947-08-18

Dismantling the $3,00e, 900 Wesi
End gas manufacturing plant. al
Twenty sixth and G streets NV.
which now Is underway, will give
the Foggy Bottom section Its first
major face-lifting in years.
ALI to remain of the Washington
Gas Light Co. plant there by next
year are two large tanks or gas
holders on Virginia and New Hamp-
shire avenues NV. and one small
brick building in the triangle at
New Hampshire avenue and Twen-
ty-f1fth street NV. & a.
Everything else Is to be razed. ,.
With the conversion of Washing
ton to natural gas, the company nc
longer has any use for the plant
The two remaining gas holders
with combined capacity of 4,50O,-
600 cubic feet, will be used as a
standby storage for natural gas in
case of an emergency caused by a
break in the lines from the gas
fields.
Other Buildings to be Razed.
Down will come two other large
gas holders and the buildings hous-
ing the gas manufacturing equip
ment. Parts of some of these build
ings were built before the Civil War
the land probably will be put UP
for sale by the gas company. al
though plans for this phase of the
operation have not been completed
Although at first it was believed
everything would have to be solo
as junk, Russell Mcqueen, produc.
ton manager of the gas company
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Child Ak Victim Dies
Two Others Still in
Critical Condition

One of the three Arlington chill
dren attacked with an az rs they
slept Saturday morning died yes
terday in Arlington Hospital. The
other two remained In critical con-
dition today.
Leslie Gayle, 10, son Of the man
who police said confessed the at
tack, died at 1927 am. Still in
critical condition are Sarah Gayle
6, sister of Leslie, and Joseph Wool
folk, 9, a cousin Of the Gayle chill
dren. -......
All received head injuries when
beaten with the butt end of an ak
by Perley Gayle, Al, colored, of the
1900 block Of South Kenmore street
Arlington, police said. Gayle then
gave himself up at police head
quarters.
Gayle, a $42-a-week employe ot
the Arlington Refuse Department
is held on charges Of felonious as
sault, but Arlington police said he
probably would be charged with
murder today. Gayle had worked
for the county for nine years, police
said.
He told police he was unable tc
care for the children and intended
to kill the family before committing
suicide. He did not explain why he
changed his plans, police said.
Arlington Hospital reported today
that almost $50 telephone calls in
auiring about the children's condi-
ton had been received.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Demolition 7 cam Demonstrates
Tactics Today at Little Creek

commander Of the UDTs, outlined
the duties of these men and the
rigorous preparatory training re-
quired. The two teams of so men
and eight officers each stationed
at the base are attached to the
Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet.
The teams carry out photographic
reconnaissance fiom the 3-fathom
line t1S-foot depth> to the high
water mark on the beach. -
They bring In explosives and use
them in demolishing any encouns
tered natural or man-made obstacles
to landing craft. They may move
inland to observe enemy forces.
They detect and clear mines In
the beach approach. Once the
obstructions and the mines are out,
they mark the cleared channels.
They provide information on the
basis Of which the landing COM
nnand plans the attack. When the
attack forms, the UDTs are on hand
TO guide the assault troops.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Foggy Bottom Gets Foce-Lifting
AsOIdGo Plant C. ONES Down
Star STAFF Photos.

said to his surprise there is q market
for the second hand gas manufac-
turing equipment. -
I'VE advertised the closing of the
plant to the gas industry and got
q surprising response" he COM
mented. He estimated approx
mately so per cent of the usable
machinery may be sold before the
year Is out.
Market Is Good.
IT venture to say we will sell
more this year than was sold in
the past Is years-as secondhand
equipment. We've hit the Market
he added. ...
He said the equipment was being
bought by companies in all parts
of the Nation as we'll as Canada,
Builders have bid for the roofing
and trusses. Some of the trusses,
made of iron, will go to ornamental
ironworks companies.
The two brick stacks, $50 feet
high, will be dynamited.
They're lovely stacks" Mr.. Nc
Queen commented. But there's
nothing much you can do with an
old brick stack but blast 1t down. ~
The East Station Of the gas COM
pany, Twelfth and N streets NE,
will remain, Mr.. Mcqueen said. 1t
is being converted to a standby
plant for the manufacture of gas
with the same heat content as nat
ural gas-also for use I'M case of an
interruption to other facilities. The
conversion is expected to be COM
pleted in September.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
By The Asseeiofsd Press

WISE, Va, Aug. 18.-Faith heal
ers yesterday called on the Lord to
make the walls of Wise County Jail
come tumbiing down-but the bricks
remained In place and so did two
women cultists imprisoned for ham
ding poisonous snakes In public
gathering.
Cultists assembled 100 strong to
emulate the Israelites, whose
prayers brought down the walls Of
Jericho.
Led by their sandy-haired, heavy
set minister, Paul Dotson. the band
began gathering shortly after l
pm, twanging guitars and banjos
and singing. The meeting broke
up shortly after 4 o'clock without
the appearance Of q snake.
Deputy n. r. Tieche said between
10 and Is deputies and State troop
Evening star., 1947-08-18
By the Assoeiassd Press

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 18.-One OF
the Navy's underwater demolition
teams, composed Of seasoned vet
Grams of World War II, today will
show West Point cadets and .Annap-
oils midshipmen how they operate
at the Naval Amphibious Base, Little
Creek.
The frog men," as they have
come to be known because Of the
black rubber webs they wear on
their feet and their big cyclopean
goggles, will repeat. what they did
in Camid / last year. except that
lighter charges viii be used, assur-
ing safety to spectators 100 yards
away.
It will be essentially . demon
stration of how the way was pre-
pared for the shore landings Of
American forces on enemy beaches
in Warld War II.
On the site of the preparations,
Comdr. r. D. Fame, U. 8. N. r.,
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Suspect Freed in Theft
Of S700 in Alexandra

william Hatton, 20, of 1926 Duke
street, Alexandria, reported to Alex
andria police yesterday that his
$700 life savings disappeared from
the cab of his dump truck after he
revealed the location of the money
to a drinking companion.
Alexandria police said they ar
rested the drinking companion but
after intensive questioning, released
him without charges.
Mr.. Hatton, a truck driver, said he
had put his bank balance in the
truck because Of domestic trouble"
Early yesterday, police said they
were told he found the drinking
companion going through the steel
box that contained the money.
The two men began to fight within
the cab of the truck. Mr.. Hatton
said. During the fight. he said, he
hit the other man on the head with
an ak. The men fed on foot. Mr..
Hatton drove to police headquarters
and reported his loss, police said.
The man was arrested and sub
sequently released after he turned
up at the Alexandria hospital to
have O head injury treated.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
1OOVirqiniu Snake Cultists Pray
VuinIy for Destruction of Jail

ers mingled with the singers with
orders to put them In Jail" If they
called on anything but heavenly
assistance to pull down the walls
Of the prison.
The two women inside the jail
are Mrs. Flora Nolan. 34-year-old
brunette, and Mrs. Mary Lou Scott
a plump, 32-year-old blond, who
have refused bond because there Is
no place in the Bible that says any
thing about making bond or paying
q fine" =,
Mrs. Nolan said they were waiting
"for the Lord to open the doors OF
the jail
The cultists left Wise later In the
day to attend rites at Stone Greek,
tagged by troopers and deputies
with orders to kill all snakes that
might appear during ceremonies
and to arrest any member handling
them.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Veteran Inyents Paint
Fatal 10 Cockroaches
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK.-Gaston Johnston,
former serviceman, of New York,
has made paint that kills reaches.
1t is brushed on floors or other
places where reaches appear and
dries to a varnish-like hardness.
Mr.. Johnston, a chemist, says 1t
lasts about six months, and that it
kills reaches that walk on 1t any
time during that period.
The varnish can be washed of
with water but he says 1t requires
hard scrubbing. He reports that the
varnisl1 contains nerve poison that
paralyZes cockroaches and does not
harm other animals in the concen.
tration used for the reaches.
MIR. Johnston produced the roach
varnish as a result OF an appeal
from his sister. Mrs. G. Dahlberg,
who is in charge of a nursery at
Tucson, Ariz. She had trouble with
reaches and did not want to use
roach poisons because of the chill.
dren. She wrote her brother here,
who beads a new chemical speciality
company. He said six months re-
search produced the roach killer.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
baItimorean Is Killed
As Car Falls 100 Feet
In West Annapolis
By-s stoH cor..perd.ns Of fhs ster

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. ia Balti-
more motorist plunged over 100
foot embankment at the end of An
napolis street in West Annapolis
early today and died of broken
neck in Ween1s Creek, Anne Arun-
del County, police reported.
The dead man was Quinten Joseph
Mcdonald, 26, an automobile me-
chanic, police said. Mr.. Mcdonald
they reported, drove off the end OF
Annapolis street, which dead-ends
into the creek, about 2 am.
He was thrown clear Of the auto
mobile, police said, but was believed
to have struck the piling of an old
pier. DR.. E. p. Ritchings, acting
deputy medical examiner for Anne
Arundel said death was caused by
q broken neck. There is only about
three feet Of water in the creek,
police said.
Policeman Allen Stevenson, who
investigated, said Mr.. Macdonald
may have thought he was on Revell
Street, one block south of Annapolis
street, which has a bridge over
Weems Greek.
Police said no barricade was at
the end of Annapolis street but
that a Dead End" sign was posted
in the last block.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Lewis {. Shreye Rites
To Be Held in ARLINGTON.

Funeral services for Lewis e
Shreve, 81, member of on old Ar
lington family. will be held at 2 pm
tomorrow from his home at 100;
North Quebec street, Arlington
Burial will be In Arlington National
Cemetery.
Mr.. Shreve, who retired from the
grocery business four years ago
died Friday at Bethesda Naval Hos
pital. He was a veteran of World
War. I. :, ,..~1
Born in the Shreve3 family home
at 1928 North Quebec street, he at
tended Arlington schools and was
associated with his brother, Ernest
M. Shreve, In the. grocery business
at 1886 Lee highway for many years
Mr.. Shreve is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Elsie G. Shreve: q
stepson, Alvin Kitchen, Vienna, Va;
three brothers and four sisters, Mrs
Grace M. Burke, Falls Church;
Ernest, Arthur and Wallace Shreve,
and Mrs. Elsie G. Butt, Mrs. Virgie
Corbin and Mrs. Dorothy Rountree,
all of Arlington.
Funeral services will be conducted
by the Rev. Herbert Hudgins of
Manassas, former pastor of the
Cherrydale Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Maryland National Guard b
| |beqins Summer Training
By the Assoeioted Press

CAMP RITCHIE. Md, Aug. 18.-
Maryland's 2sth Division of the Ma
tional Guard set up camp here last
night for five days Of infantry train
ing.
Combat veterans Joined with IT.
year-olds in unloading duffe bags,
carbines and MI rifles from the
motor conveys which arrived yester-
day. They have settled down in
the two-story barracks which will
be their temporary home this week.
The 1,189 enlisted men and 80
officers included National Guarvk-
men from Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties, Hagerstewn.
Cumberland, Elkton, Chestertown,
Denton. Salisbury and the Dandy
Fifth" from Baltimore.
Training begins today. Close
order drill, range firing, guard
mount and other military subjects
are on the weeks program.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Squirrel Hunters Told
OF License Discrepancy
sp.eiey p;,poteh to The s,or

LA PLATA, Md. Aug. 1S.-CharleS
County hunters we're warned today
that 1947 licenses already issued do
not mean exactly what they say, in
sofar as squirrel hunting Is con-
cerned.
The squirrel season. Circuit Court
Clerk Patrick c. Mudd explained, is
limited to September 1880. inclu-
sive. Previously, squirrel shooting
has been legal on those dates, as
well as from November Is to Decem-
ber 80.
Licenses so far issued have the old
dates printed on the back, MI. Mudd
refhses toforeeast Whist would hap
pen nsgame warderis apprehend
during the November December Pc
riod "violators' whose licenses speci-
fy those date as open season.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
District Guard Completes
7-Week Training Period

Men of the District National
Guard yesterday wound up their
15-day intensive training period al
Fort Meade The II officers and 307
enlisted men of the Guard returned
to civilian life today.
The carbine firing record of the
163d Military Police Battalion OF
the Guard was announced as the
training ended. 1t. Col. George
Weber, commanding officer of the
battalion, made the highest score
and was the only one to qualify as
an expert.
Eight officers and men received
sharpshooter ratings They were:
S/Sergt. Louis E. Brown, Sergt
Samuel Holderman, Pvt. Charletor
E. Tinkham, TfSergt. William M
Hersman, Capt. John e. Cleary
T/Sergt. Ernest v. Gonzales, Firs'
1t. Nelson r. Jones and Corpl. Irs
Fl, Baker.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Group Urges zoned Areas
For frederick Highway
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

FREDERICK, Md, Aug. 18.-
Members of the Confederation of
Western Maryland Communities,
yesterday urged the preservation
of the scenic and natural beauties
along the new Frederick-Hagers-
town highway on a cooperative
basis.
The group, headed by James H.
Gambrill of Frederick, called for
designation of commercial" and
protected" areas along the 24-mile
route, now, under construction.
The confederation, at meeting
here over the week end with repre-
sentatives OF the State Roads Com
mission, outlined plan to set
apart two major sections of the
highway as protected"
These include "the South Noun
tain protected area" and "the Gam
brill Park protected area
Evening star., 1947-08-18
G.0.P.P Platform
Seeks2-Party
RuIeinVirginia
State Chuirmon Hits
l2-MiIIion Surplus,
Asks Teacher Raises
By the Asseeioted Press

: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Aug. IS
An Affirmative" Republican plat
form as an aid toward making Vir-
ginia "a two-party State by 1919
has been stressed by COP State
Chairman RobertH Woods of Pear
isburs.
Appearing at regional meeting Of
the party here Saturday with dele
gates from the First. Second and
Fourth Districts in attendance, Mr.
Woods criticized the $4,000, 900 sur
plus In State funds he said he had
seen reported In newspapers.
Taxes are not assessed for the
purpose Of creating surplus" he
declared. Referring, to the hundreds
OF tubercular patients he under
stood" were waiting for admission
to Catawba Sanitarium he said, yet
there is no money for the purpose
of treating these people or the main-
tenaTlce of the institution"
Adequate teacher salaries, with q
minimum of s2,400 annually, and a
proposed State constitutional re-
vision also were features Of the plat
form referred to by the State chair
man.
Lester s. Parsons of Norfolk, I'd
district chairman, also criticized the
Democratic State organization "as
bad In its way as was the Pender-
gast machine of Kansas City or the
machines of Tammany and Frank
Hague"
Mr.. Parsons also blasted the re-
cent Democratic primary election in
Fairfax County in which two can
didates came up with tie votes. He
asserted that, rather than selecting
the winner by lot, the choice should
have been made judicially, by re-
count or by another election.
Earl Lutz of Richmond, executive
director of the State Central Com
mittee, showed the delegates a map
depicting the extent of State Or
gafization and predicted Repub-
Hcan victory in 1948.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
P|oeser Sees Inquiry
Showing Greenbe|t
Defects 10 Truman

Investigation OF consumer CO.
operatives In Greenbelt, Md, by q
House Small Business Subcommit-
tee may prove that the early New
Deal public housing project is mot
as pleasant as President Truman
apparently thinks it is" Represen-
tative Ploeser, Republican, OF Mis-
souri, predicted today.
The inquiry will be conducted Fri
day and Saturday in closed session
by the subcommittee, headed by
Representative Riehlman, Repub-
lican, of New York
Representative Ploeser, who heads
the full committee. quoted the Pres
ident as saying recently that its
too bad the story of Greenbelt Is
not better known"
The subcommittee will investigate
alleged ''monopolistic practices" at
Greenbelt as the first step in a gen.
eral committee study of whether
tax-exempt privileges of co-opera-
tives are harmful to free COMPETE
tive enterprise" Additional hear
ings are scheduled in other cities.
The cooperative, Greenbelt Con-
sumer Services, Inc, issued a state
ment saying that "other free enter
prise can come to Greenbelt If it
wants to-" and added that at first
the Government had tried unsuc-
cessfully to get private business in
to the project.
A liquor stores application is "the
only significant attempt by private
enterprise" to enter Greenbelt, 1t
related. The stores application
stirred a local controversy and the
Town Council ordered a referendum.
THE committee may feel that
this is an essential service, but the
townspeople voted it down. 1,106 to
3O9," the co-operative's statement
said. -"
Representative Ploeser said that
witnesses at the Greenbelt hearing
would include the Maryland Eco
nomic Council, the Prince Georges
County Board of Trade and the
Baltimore Retail Merchants Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Two virginians Drown
As Car PIunges Into River
AZ .ha Assosidfsd Press

HEATHSvILLE, Va Aug. 1s.-
The bodies of two Northern Neck
men who drowned when their car
plunged of drawbridge into the
Great Wicomieo River Saturday
were recovered yesterday by rescue
crews working with draglines from
oyster boats.
State Trooper Robert Conley
identified the victims as James FL"
more Butler, "A, Of Browns Store
Northumberland County, and Wiz
bert Green, SO, Of Regina, Lam
caster County.
The drawbridge had swung open
to allow q boat to pass when the
car in which the two were riding
crashed into one railing ana
through another, police reported.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Maryland Man Wounded
By Shotgun Blast in Cafe
Spseiol Dispateh 10 The Stor

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. ia So
year-old bystander was wounded
seriously last night in tavern at
Edgewater, eight miles south of here
when another man discharged L.
gauge shotgun during an argument
According to Anne Arun d =
County police. James Moorland OF
Edgewater, was hit in the legs when
a 2l-year-old colored man fired the
shotgun blindly during an argument
with some other men.
q Mr.. Moorland was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital here where his con-
dition was reported as fair.
Police are holding his assailant
pending the outcome of Mr.. Moor
lands injuries.