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Evening star., 1947-03-03
Wife on Trial in Staying
bIames Church Quarrel

A woman on trial in District
Court today in the murder OF her
husband testified that the quarrel
which led to his fatal stabbing last
December arose from her efforts
to make him 60 to church.
I'VE frequently argued about
church-going," the defendant, Mrs.
Mary r. o. Lemon, 46, colored, of
the 1400 block Chaplin street NV,
declared.
Mrs. Lemon said she was "a
church-going woman" and that her
husband, James Lemon, 46, tried to
dissuade her from attending serv-
ices when she attempted to get him
to go to church.
But I didn't realize had stabbed
him with the knife until I saw him
lying there" Mrs. Lemon testified.
The trial began Thursday before
Justice Henry A. Schweinhaut. AS
sistant United States Attorney
Grace B. Stiles is prosecuting and
Attorney Jerry w. Howard is rep
reSenting Mrs. Lemon.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Bureau Study 10 Show
Why Women Work

A Forthcoming study conducted
In cooperation with the Bureau
Of Labor Statistics win present i'm
portant new evidence to show
women do not work merely for pin
money or fur coat money" the
Women's Bureau Of the Labor De-
partment announced today in it's
annual report to Secretary OF Labor
Schwellenbach.
The bureau reported there are
10000, 900 women in the labor mar
ket today, or almost % per cent Of
all employed persons.
The belief held in some quarters
that most women had no need for
employment after the war ended
was "a unwarranted assumption" It
stated. The bureau recalled its war
time survey, during which rs per
cent Of the women interviewed ex-
pressed a desire for postwar jobs.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Texas Bishop 70 Give
Noon Lenfen Talks
AT Epiphany Church

The Right Rev. Clinton s. Quin
Episcopal Bishp of Texas, will de-
liver the MONDAY lenten sermons
this week at the Church of the
Epiphany, 1917 G street NV. The
services are being held at 1905 pm
today through Friday. Bishop Quin
also will preach at the $50 pm.
service Wednesday.
The Saturday MONDAY lenten
service at the Church Of the Epiph-
any, sponsored by the Washington
Federation Of Churches, will have
the Rev. j. S. Albertson, pastor OF
Bethesda Presbyterian Church, as
the preacher.
DR.. L. Ralph Tabor, pastor of
Luther Place Memorial Church, will
preach today and tomorrow at the
lenten service at 1905 pm. at Cove
nant-First Presbyterian Church, N
street and Connecticut avenue NV
The preacher at the services We'd
nesoay and Thursday will be DR..
Edward L. r. Elson, pastor of Cove
nant-First Church. DR.. Fred S.
Buschmeyer, pastor Of Mount Pleas
ant congregational Church, will give
the sermon on Friday.
DR.. Norman Vincent Peale, minis
ter OF Marble Collegiate Church
New York, will talk on the Tech
nique of Successful Living" at 8
pm. today at First Congregational
Church. The lecture is sponsored
by the Washington YMCA.
Speaker at the midweek lerften
luncheon at 1890 pm. at the Gem
trail Branch YMCA, 1895 G. street
NV, will be DR.. Henry w. Snyder,
pastor Of st. Pauls Lutheran
Church.
Evening star., 1947-03-03

It was almost midnight when the
small woman with the tear-stained
face came to the Home Service ONCE
Of the Red Cross. Two children held
tightly to her skirt.
Without saying q word. she
handed a telegram she had been
holding in her hand to the Red
Cross worker who was sitting at the
reception desk.
It was from the medical officer Of
a veterans hospital and began,
Deeply regret to advise that your
husband John Norton died today Of
tuberculosis of the lungs. ="
Arrangements for the funeral?
What about the children? What
about plans for the future?
Red Cross Makes Arrangements.
These were questions that needed
immediate attention but Mrs. Nor
ton was not able to think clearly.
The Red Cross worker xmpe.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Army Still Seeking
5 Meade Escapees

Military and police authorities
today continued the search for five
of 10 prisoners who escaped from
the guardhouse at Fort Meade Sat-
urday.
Maryland State police reported
they recaptured four Of the fugi-
tives yesterday afternoon in a shack
near Elkridge, Howard County. The
men were identified by police as La
mar H. Lewis, 23, and George A.
Gardner, 81, both colored, and
George Willis, 20, and Roy L.
Crawford, Is.
A fifth man, John Jungston, AZ,
was caught Saturday night in the
railroad station at Odenton, near
Fort Meade, by a military police
man, the Army post announced.
According to Fort Meade author
tiles, two guards were overpowered
and locked in a cell by two of the
prisoners Saturday. Eight other
prisoners joined the break but Is
refused to leave, it was said at Fort
Meade.
Evening star., 1947-03-03

Twenty-seven widows Of service
men were helped in January with
filing out forms, securing birth and
marriage certificates and other data
to enable them to file claim for Wild
ows pensions.
No Longer Needs Help.
Mrs. Norton had received the same
kind Of assistance when she returned
to Home Service for, further helr
about q month after her husbands
death. Now, q few months later,
she is making plans for herself and
her children, Jane, 4, and Jack, 6.
She no longer needs the financial
assistance which she was given while
waiting for her pension to be ap-
proved.
Because Of the help she received at
Home Service she no longer is saying
What shall do?" Instead she Is
saying. This Is what ] think ]
should do."
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Clark S Secretary Seeks
High Court Admission

Attorney General Clark today was
to present his secretary to the Sup
RENE Court for enrolment to prac-
tice before the Court.
The secretary, Mrs. Grace M.
Stewart, has been with the Justice
Department for II years and was
graduated from the Washington
College Of Law in 1895. She has
two daughters, Miss Patricia Stew
art, who is with the Reconstruction
Finance Corp, and Miss Barbara
Stewart, q student at Holy Cross
Academy.
Mr.. Clark also was to present
Thomas j. Stickler for admission to
practice before the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Stickler's home is in Kansas
City, Mo-, and his wife is Miss Mar
garet Truman's music teacher.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Mcke|din Fails TO File;
6. 0. P. Drafts D. K. Nice
BY the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 3.-Repubn-
can Mayor Theodore r. McKeldin
will not run for a second term.
He announced three hours before
last nights deadline for filing fol-
the April l primary that he would
not be a candidate.
Deeley K. Nice, city Republican
Committee chairman, was drafted
quickly by the COP city organiza-
ton and filed as a candidate one
hour before the midnight time limit
Mr.. Nice, a nephew of Maryland's
last Republican Governor, the late
Harry w. Nice, will be opposed fol
the nomination by Henry T. Reut-
ter, contractor, who is running al
an independent Republican.
Ten Democratic candidates are In
the field, including Representative
D'Alesandro, City Controller How.
ard E. Crook and John o. Ruther.
ford, clerk Of the Baltimore City
Court.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Expansion Of Airports to Make
D. c. a Leading Flying Center

cutting through h1llS1deS at the Held
and clearing away trees and shrub
berry. It is understood also that
there are plans for more hangers
and other buildings.
The new Washington Baltimore
super highway passes, through one
side Of the field.
New fields in the process OF en-
largement include the Southern
Maryland Airport at Pomonkey, and
the Davis Airport, Daytonsville, Md.
Present landing strips are being im-
proved and new ones planned.
The Blue Ridge Airport, Herndon,
Va, which will have landing strips
and clear approaches sufi1cient to
handle transports II National Air
port is weathered in. is to be opened
in the spring. Extensive repair
shops also are contemplated at
Blue Ridge.
Herndon Has Better visibility.
On high ground, the Herndon
area is often clear when National
Airport and the Potomac River is
fog -shrouded.
In addition to these airports,
there is the Mattaponi Sky Club,
with landing strip and recreation
al facilities, at Croome, Md. An
other aviation country club near
Seneca, Md, has been proposed.
Largest "pilot mill" is Congress
sional Airport, near Rockville, where
approximately $50 students are
learning to fly. Biggest plane cote
is Hyde Field, Clinton, Md, where
95 aircraft, ranging from DC-3s to
Piper Cubs, are berthed.
With all these facilities In the
area, It, is expected there will be an
unprecedented aerial rush on Wash
ington this year, beginning with
cherry blossom time in the spring.
Although hangar space is still
short, due to building material prob
lens, field operators say there will
be plenty Of tie-down space and
repair facilities to take care Of sum-
rner uisitnrs -
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Symphony Delights
Sweet Briar Audience
spsslaI pispeteh 10 The saur

LYNCHBURG, Va, Mar. 3.-A
large Sweet Briar College audience
yesterday acclaimed the National
Symphony Orchestra in a concert
conducted by DR.. Hans Kinder. The
program accented the music of Bach
in the first half, continued with the
Haydn &c Major Symphony" and
concluded with the Second SYM
phony in D Major by Jan Sibelius
Students responded especially to
the Sibelius offering, but were en-
thusiastic over Debussy's claire de
Lune," played as an after-piece.
Wallace Mann, f1autist, won the
applause of the audience with the
playing of the Bach suite which fea-
tured his instrument. If some parts
were less crisply played than the
listeners expected, the suite in its
entirety found especial favor with
the more mature element.
Contrast was a factor in the pro-
gram, vividly exemplified in the
selection Of symphonies by Haydn
and Sibelius and illustrating the
versatility of conductor and orches-
ira alike.
This was the orchestra's 18th an
nual concert at Sweet Briar.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Enough Money Is Raised
To Continue Trinidad Club

The $4,000 needed to keep the
Trinidad Boys Club operating has
been raised, it was reported Satur-
day night at meeting at the club
house, 1119 Wylie street NE. The
160 boys present cheered when 1t
was announced that the donations
had reached $2,028.
The club, which is credited with
reducing juvenile delinquency in its
neighborhood, was In danger OF
having TO close for lack Of funds
Some Of the money was collected
by the boys themselves. Other do
nations resulted from uewSpaper
accounts " the situation.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Alexander BeNs7OOth Birthday
Is Marked by Phone Industry

ernment Printing Office, Police
Headquarters and Treasury Depart
ment also were listed. -
A moving picture portraying the
life Of the inventor will be shown
at the gathering Of 1900 members
of the Pioneers chapter at the
meeting tonight at the Hotel Statler.
The film. ''Mr. Bell" is being shown
for the first time in the District.
MI. Morrison will address the
gathering. Mr.. Coleman will pre-
side. Those present will also listen
to the weekly telephone hour broad
cast, which will include an episode
from the inventors life. with Ray
mond Massey, and violin selections
by Jascha Heifetz.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Fairfax Man Shot
When Wife Mistakes
Him for Burglar

A Fairfax County man was shot
and wounded by his wife last night
when she mistook him for an in
truder in their home at Fairhaven,
on No. ! highway, south Of Alex
'andria, county police reported to-
day.
The injured man is Louis B,
Wright, about 30, Of 65 Fort drive
Fairhaven, who was taken to Alex
apdria Hospital, where his condition
was described as good" Hospital
authorities said Mr.. Wright, a
plumber, was suffering from a flesh
wound in the right shoulder. Police
reported .22-caliber bullet, was
found lodged in his overcoat.
No Charges Placed,
Fairfax police placed no charges
against Mrs. julia Wright, 80, who,
they said, admitted the shooting.
Mrs. Wright refused to discuss the
episode, but the police gave the fol-
lowing version:
Mrs. Wright was at home with
their 2-year-old son when she heard
a noise in the kitchen about 11:15
o'clock. She called out but received
no answer. She called two or three
more times and, still receiving no
reply, got .22-caliber rifle, she told
police.
Mrs. Wright walked into the room
next to the kitchen and warned
that she had the gun (Which she
later told police she had never shot
before and wasn't even sure was
loaded. Following another warn
ing and continued silence from the
kitchen, Mrs. Wright fired. She
then heard a groan, the kitchen door
open and from the yard a voice
which she recognized as her hus.
bands, calling on q neighbor fol
help.
Neighbor Gives Help.
Mrs. Wright went out into tn,
yard and requested the next-doo
neighbor, Paul B. Duke, 63 For
drive, to take Mr.. Wright to tn,
hospital, which he did.
Fairfax police said Mr.. Wrigh
first told them he had been sho
twice in the back, the shots coming
from the direction of the woods IL
rear of his home, as he was opening
the rear door. He later said thai
Mrs. Wright shot him, police re.
ported. ~
No explanation was given for the
lack of reply to Mrs. Wright's calls
prior to the shooting, police said
Evening star., 1947-03-03

the Civil Service Commission.
The White House gave no reason
for his resignation, which is effective
Immediately.
During his service in the White
House, Mr.. Zimmerman worked
closely with the chiefs of the various
Federal agencies to improve man
agement-employe relations in the
Government. He was instrumental
In the drafting of various regulations
designed to improve efficiency.
Mr.. Zimmerman also worked
closely with Federal employees union
groups in personnel matters and
made 1t point to attend as many
tof the union conventions as he could
Evening star., 1947-03-03
AFGE Meeting to Heor
Lawmakers Wednesday

A discussion on what the Gov
ernment Employe May Expect" will
be sponsored by Lodge ~ OF the AFL
American Federation Of Govern
ment Employees at 8 pm. Wednesday
In the Post Office Department re-
ception room, Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Among the speakers will be SEN
ator Aiken, Republican, OF Vermont;
Representative Miller, Democrat, of
California; George D. Riley, staff
director Of the Senate Civil Service
Committee, and James B. Burns,
international president of the
AEGE
Evening star., 1947-03-03
By A. A. Hoehlino

With work underway both to ex-
pand existing facilities and to build
new air fields, the Washington area
will emerge this summer as one Of
the greatest flying centers In the
country.
There are IL fields in adjacent
portions Of Virginia and Maryland
now in operation, and one more
field Is scheduled to open In the
spring. The farthest fields are q
little more than 20 miles from the
center Of the city, and the nearest
are 5 miles away.
According to authorities on pri-
vate flying, there is no city In the
country which has so many avia-
ton facilities so close to the center
Of the metropolitan area.
Flight Instruction Booming.
Flight instruction also Is booming
with nearly 1900 students enrolled
at the various fields. About half of
that number are men and women
learning to fly under the CT Bill OF
Rights.
And a miniature "air force" OF
nearly 500 light planes are hangared
or tied down at the fields.
There has been seasonal slump
In plane buying due to icy weather
conditions. BY late spring, how
ever, it is expected that the num-
ber Of private planes in this area
will be about doubled.
An extensive airfield enlargement
project is under way at Schroms
Airport, Greenbelt, one of the pio-
neer private fields in the area. 1t
was started by Fritz w. Schrom, q
veteran transformer, in 1927.
Three New Runways Planned.
With 5,500-foot paved runway
now in use, plans are in progress to
build three more runways, all long
enough to handle four -engined
transports.
Bulldozers are already at work
Evening star., 1947-03-03

The Tooth anniversary OF the birth
of Alexander Graham Bell. inventor
of the telephone, was being observed
today throughout the industry.
A bronze tablet commemorating
the first transmission of spoken
message over a beam of light will be
unveiled at o'clock this afternoon
at the Franklin School. The expert
ment was conducted there by Bell
on June 3, 1880. Another anniver-
sary party will be held by members
OF the Alexander Graham Bell
Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers
at $3.50 o'clock tonight at the Hotel
Statler.
Scheduled participants in the
afternoon program include Miss
Mabel Hubbard Grosvenor, grand
daughter of the inventor; Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, president Of
the Board Of Education; j. B. Nor
rison, vice president and general
manager of the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co., and G. C.
Coleman, president of the Washing
ton Pioneer Chapter.
Used Selenium Cell.
Bell began his study of the prac-
ticability Of sending sound over light
rays in 1879. He began collaborat-
ing with Sumner Tainter, a maker
Of optical instruments here.
In their first successful effort, they
used q mirror, telephone trans
mitter, parabolic reflector, and a
selenium cell connected to hand
phones. With this photophone ap-
paratus, they sent Tainter's voice
from the roof Of the school build
ing to Bells laboratory at 1925 L
street NV. A beam~of sunlight
was the carrier.
Thte photophone remained little
more than a curiosity for many
years. However. an application OF
its principle, using infra-red rays,
found wartime use in military COM
munications.
First Directory Had One Page.
A year before the successful
photophone test, the telephone
itself was but 3 years old. Wash
ington's first telephone directory
one page-was published in 1879. It
listed 123 subscribers to the National
Telephone Exchange.
The White House telephone num-
ber was l. Bells home was IS. The
Star held ~ and the Associated
Press 8. No. 2 was listed to "Capi-
tol. United States Senate Corrido,
near Secretary's Office"
The Agriculture Department, Gov
Evening star., 1947-03-03
High GSI Bid
Got Priority,
Hearing Told
Private Firms S Offer
On Restoration Job
Lower BY Half

A proposal by Government Serv.
ices. Inc, to restore the Great Falls
Tavern for $1,000 received top con-
.sideration by the National Park
Service, although another private
company offered to do the work for
approximately $50, 600, Senate Civil
Service Subcommittee learned to-
day.
National Park Service "tabled~
the GSI offer because its project
would have required five years, irv-
ing c. Root and Harry r. Thompson.
superintendent and assistant super
intendent of the National Capital
Parks, told the subcommittee.
The lower offer was made as long
ago as 1945 by the Almours Corp.
which conducts restaurants at
Mount Vernon and in various North
Carolina and Florida resorts.
Policy Favors GSI.
Mr.. Root explained that the A.
inours bid is still under considera.
ton He added, however, that the
NPS policy has always been to give
the first, opportunity" in such oper-
ations to GSI.
. The subcommittee's inquiry into
GSI operation OF Government build
ing cafeterias and numerous other
activities also disclosed today that
GSI wanted to establish a check.
cashing service. This would haya
been set up for approximately 250
employees at the NPS yard here,
Mr.. Root testified. NPS, however.
could find no legal authority for
GS1 to do this under It's contract
with the Government.
DO you think GSI ought to 90
IN the banking business?" Subcom.
mittee Chairman Baldwin, Repub-
hcan, OF Connecticut, asked. "The
next thing you know you would
be up against requests to cash pri-
vate checks as well as Governments
checks and then be asked to pro-
vide a credit service. Then Won
really would be in the banking
business"
GSI stipulated that a fee Of 4
cents would be charged for each
check cashed. This money. how.
ever, would merely be suficient to
cover operating expenses. the agency
explained.
Complaints Disclosed.
Before ,adjourning the subcom.
mlttee session until 1915 am. We'd
neSday, Chairman Baldwin pro.
duced score of petitions and let.
ters which complained of the
steadily decreasing quality and in
creasing prices of food In GSr
cafeterias." One petition was signed
by approximately 300 residents of
Arlington Farms. 1t asserted that
the quality Of food there. has sons
down greatly within thea past Dix
months. 49, e5-.,3s.sss .,,.3s...ss :,
Another petition signed sby 10
Government girl employees at Suit
land Hall made similar complaint
and added that dining facilities
were inadequate for the 800 girls
who live there.
One Of the letters. complained of
food and prices at the Navy Build
ing cafeteria.
MIR. Root and Mr.. Thompson Co.
closed that Secretary of the Interior
Krug recently appointed q special
Departmental Committee to study
the general subject Of concessions Of
all kinds held by private companies
on contract with the department.
Senator Baldwin suggested that this
committee be called to make q
progress report to the Senate sub
committee.
Evening star., 1947-03-03

agement was an
nounced by the
White House to-
day.
Mr.. zimmer-
man has been
an adninistra-
tive assistant to
the President
since September,
1945. Previously
he served as as
sistant to the
chairman Of the
Council OF Per-
sonnel Admins
tration, an ad-
yisory agency of
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Fall FutuI to- Women, 101

BALTIMORE, Mar. R.-HeT
children said Mrs. Allan Thomas,
101, had never been sick day until
Saturday, when she tripped on rug
while trying to raise window
blind and broke her leg. She died
in Union Memorial Hospital yester-
day
Evening star., 1947-03-03
DiFksen Pledges
Study Of Report
0nDeeds0ffi
Confers With Horun
On Survey Charging
Agency Is inefficient
By Don S. Worren

hSbuI dilCC~ Glldt PIOpUSdlS lOI IS.
organization of the Office of Record
er of Deeds would be studied by the
House District Committe came today
from its chairman, Representative
Dirkseri, Republican, Of Illinois.
. A formal report on investigation
Of complaints about the Recorders s
office was released Saturday by
Chairman Horan of the House Ap-
preparations Subcommittee in charge
of District budgets. This declared
the ofhce presents a fragrant ex-
ample Of ineficiency" and recon-
mended that the District Committee
60 into the subject.
Chairman Dirksen said he had
discussed the case with Mr.. Horan
and was satisfied the proposals car
ried no suggestion of changing the
traditional" understanding the Re-
corder's job should 60 to Negro.
Recommendations Named. .,
IT know Mr.. Horan has no such
thought, and I hold the same view"
Mr.. Dirksen told an informal meet
ing Of District Committeeman.
Mr.. Dirksen said the Horan rec
concentrations would be taken up
by his committee for study. They
include proposals that the Recorder
Of Deeds become a full time employe
under the District Government;
that, employees Of the office become
District employees under the rules
and regulations of the Civil Service
Commission; that the Auto Lien
Division be transferred to the Dis
trict Government, and that modern
methods Of recording instruments be
installed Immediately.
Mr.. Dirksen also announced Chair
men Cain and Bates of the Fiscal
Subcommittees Of the Senate and
House District Committees had
agreed to hold joint meetings on
the Districts big tax bills. A date
for opening hearings may be set
later today.
While the House District Commit
tee will have but one regular meet
ing each month, Mr.. Dirksen said
extra sessions would be held If
necessary when hearings are COM
pleted on the tax bills. These, he
said, are on the committees must
calendar. Representative Smith,
Democrat, OF Virginia commented
the bills probably would be "contro-
versial" as well as must"
O'Hara Hearing March II.
Representative OHara, Repub-
hcan, Of Minnesota, head of the
Judiciary Subcommittee, will con-
duct, q hearing March II on a meas
ure relating to the licensing of
apartments and other structures and
on a proposed transfer of title of
land in e street S.W.
Representative Simpson, Repub-
lican, of Illinois, head of a sub
committee in charge of bills to re-
vamp the District insurance code,
said he was delaying hearings on
these to await a report from the
Board Of Trade.
Because of the absence of a
quorum, the committee delayed &C
ton until the first Monday in April
on two bills reported by the Beall
subcommittee. One Of these, spon-
sored by Representative McCor-
mack, Democrat, of Massachusetts,,
assures seniority rights for Wash
ington police and firemen who lost
chances for promotion during the
time they were in the armed serv-
ices. The other authorizes $480 a
year extra for three police inspectors
for the use of their private cars on
official business.