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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09
BY JANE EADS
First OF Four Articles\


WASHINGTON - 4 rather har
assed young man entered a state
registration office and asked to
see his birth record.
He scanned a photostatic COPY
a clerk handed him. and blew
his top.
He said that a couple of months
earlier he had been offered a re-
sponslble position. Then at the
last minute the offer was with
drawn There had been no expls.
nation.
Now, he said he saw that the
employer must have gotten a copy
OF his birth certificate in a thor
ough effort to investigate his fit
ness.
The entry on the birth record
for Occupation Of father was in
an insane asylum"
MY father was chief psy-
chiatrist, not a patient rue
fully explained the young man.
This incident was related by
Helen c. Huffman, social science
analyst, National Office of Vital
Statistics, U. S. Public Health
Service. She says the story illus
trates the necessary evil re-
suits of having the registrars Of
flee give out a certified copy of
an entire certificate whenever anv
of the recorded information is
needed.
Some 5000, 900 birth certificates
are issued in the United States
annually. For many this means
tragedy.
Thousands use their certificate
for necessary proof of age, citi-
zenship and so on. But sometimes,
says Miss Huffman, the birth re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09
only Boy Friend
Reason For Marriage
Young Bride Tells

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 8.-P-The
nineteen-year-old bride of Frank
Maxa, appearing as a witness in
married her 82-year-o1d husband,
a Maryland rock and gravel ty-
coon, because he was the only
boy friend I ever had -"
Tall, brunette Hazel Rutherford
lMaxa, appearing asa witness in
a suit brought by her husband to
declare himself incompetent as
a step in annulment proceedings,
told the court she met Maxa
while she worked in an Aber-
deem, Md, shoe factory three
lyears ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09

cord is also "a public announce
ment of a persons LEGITIMACY,
OF his bad blood because his
mother had syphilis Or of his
criminal tendencies because his
father was in a penitentiary at
the time of his birth"
Had vital statisticians known
a generation ago that some s.
O0o,OO O copies of birth certificates
would now be. issued annually,
they could have PLANNED better,
she adds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09
General Strike
Reported Called
After Massa Clash

ROME, Nov. 8.-P)-The
Italian news agency Ansa re-
ported tonight that a general
strike had been called in the in
dustrial Ligurian city of Massa
following a clash there yester-
dav between police and unem-
ployed. Massa has a population
of 101, 900.
Police broke up a demonstra.
ton of approximately 300 I'M
employed who tried, Ansa said,
10 force their way into a govern
ment building.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09

They might have foreseen
what would happen when the COM
plete record is placed in anybody's
hands.
She says they could have de-
signed the certificate so that il
could be reproduced in sections,
for one thing.
Then a photostat could be made
of the parts a person needs for a
particular purpose and nothing
more. Medical and stastical data
could have been placed in a conf.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09
Letters To The Editor
CONTINUED From Page Six

tCOntlnueQ from rage SIX)
drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to
pleasant Dreams"
In her death the Ministering
Circle has lost an intrepid lead
er and each member has lost
a friend.
The Ministering Circle offers,
in loving memory, the following
resolution:
"Resolved that this memorial
be included in the records Of the
Ministering Circle, that, a copy
be sent to the family of Mrs.
Dick and one to the press of
this city"
BESSIE c. DARDEN
SUE M. MCQUEEN
JULIA WORTH SPRUNT.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09

BIDS ARE TO BE ACCEPTED ONLY AT THE H;Hmins<
CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER, 2O5 North Second Street winning
ton, N. c. OF November 10 and IA, 197 g a m. to II oon
Awards will be made daily upon completion. of bid tapuIa.ons"
CataIogs with complete Information on the sale and M pro PenS
offered will be available It the property locations at IN !I> "n
Carolina Customer Service Centcrs during the inspection n SAL
period.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
W. Newton Jeffress,
Firm Founder, Dies

William Newton Jeffress,, H.
founder of w. Newton Jeffress, Inc.
railway supply business, died yester-
day in Doctors Hospital after several
months illness. His home was on
River road, Bradley Farms, Md.
Mr.. Jeffress formerly was South
ern representative of the Carnegie
Steel Corp. in charge of the Wash
ington Offices. He resigned in 1922,
after Is. years service, to form his
railway supply company. His busi-
ness originally represented dozens
OF companies in the railway equip
ment field His of1ice was at 1871 X
street NV.
Mr.. Jeffress was born and edu-
Gated in Danville, Va. His parents
we're the late Charles Berkley and
Agnes Hatchett Jeffress.
He was member of the National
Press and Congressional Country
Clubs.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Charlotte Lee Jeffress, Bradley
Farms, Md; two sons, Thomas Mel
son Jeffress, Travilah, Md, a build
ing contractor with offices at 90s
Twentieth street NV; G. Newton
Jefress, 1900 @ street NV, = real
estate broker at 1915 street NV.
and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wander Hyden, 1881 Bancroft place
NV.
Funeral services will be held al
2 pm. tomorrow in Gawler's chapel
1855 Pennsylvania avenue NV
Burial services will be private.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Dugan to Seek Conference
On Uses for Neyius Tract

z A conference between the Ma
tienai Capital Park and Planning
Commission and the Arlington
County Board over uses for the
Nevius tract will be sought by County
Board member Daniel A. Dugan, he
announced last night.
Mr.. Dugan said he will ask the
board to meet with the commission
since the latter undoubtedly" will
have to pass on the use of the land
1 proposal to use the land ut Lee
boulevard and Ridge road as q site
for q Veterans Administration hos
pital was defeated In Congress and
Representative Smith, Democrat, Of
Virginia, has told the board he will
oppose Its use as an extension for
Arlington Cemetery.
Before the Government took the
Land, the owner, A. M. Nevius, had
planned to use 1T for an apartment
hotel. Mr. Dugan said he felt the
Park Commission would oppose such
q project on the site and, In view
Of this, the land could be best used
for residences. ...
Both Representative Smith and
Senator Byrd, Democrats, Of Vir-
ginia, have told the County Board
they feel the tract should be re-
turned to private ownership.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Hobeos Corpus Action
Halted in Brio Case

A habeas corpus action in the
case of John T. OLeary, Marine
Corps private convicted by a Navy
court board of brutality al
the Severn River naval command
brig, was withdrawn by his attorney
L. P. Burke, in District Court today
Mr.. Burke announced that he was
withdrawing the civil action after
Government attorneys stated the
case is being given further consid-
Grafton in the adjutant generals
Office OF the Navy Department.
The 19-year -old Marine was given
ls months last spring after being
convicted in connection with the
abuse of prisoners in the Navy brig
His court-martial was one of a series
resulting from an investigation OF
kangaroo court" activities at the
Severn brig.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Lame Will Speak
Friday Night at
Bethesda Rally

Gov. Lane Will talk on Taxes" at
10 pm. Friday during an open-air
rally launching 14-week Shop
III Bethesda" campaign sponsored
by the Bethesda Chamber Of Com
merce.
The rally, starting at pm. with
concert by the Montgomery Coun-
ty High School Band, will be held
in the Bethesda Shopping Center,
Wisconsin avenue and Leland street.
Miss Peggy Wilson, Miss Wash.
ington Of 1s47," will participate in
the program.
Gov. Lane will 60 to Bethesda
from Baltimore after delivering an
address over Radio Station WBAL
1T $50 pm. Friday. He will have
Maryland State police escort and
Will be met at Connecticut avenue
and East-Wes highway by Mont
aomerv County police. He will be
accompanied by his daughter, Miss
Dorothy Lane.
William X. Hodges. president Of
the Bethesda Chamber Of Com
nnerce. will be master OF ceremonies
for the rally. To encourage Bethes-
da shopping each store participating
in the campaign will remain open
Mondays and Fridays until 8 pm.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Bannockburn Heights
Group Halls Suit 10
Test Contract Clause

Charging that "the defendant
and others" are seeking to make Is
racial and religious issue out Of .
purely legal or contractural matter,
nine residents of Bannockburr
Heights today withdrew a breach
Of covenant" petition they had pre-
sented last week In Montgomery
County Circuit Court. ,
The petition, filed by Attorney
James H. Pugh, sought to test q
covenant clause which forbid oce,,-
pancy of the subdivision by NE
groes, Jews, Persians or Syrians.'
The petitioning residents sought to
have declared illegal the occupancy
Of a home at e9ls Wilson lane by
Aaron Tushin, = Government
enpioye.. ,a,stEz> q 8
= A Spokesman, for, the residents
said the original petition had beer
filed Ito determine the validity Of q
covenant to which all property
owners had agreed by written con-
tract" - %''
Some. people sre attempting te
make 4 national issue OF it." he
asserted. Claiming the resident,
had no intolerant motives in order.
ing the court action, the spokesman
said the petition had been with.
drawn until such q time as it car
be brought up as =, purely legal
Paul ;Richman, director Of tn,
Washington office of the B,nat
Birth Amti-defamation League
earlier had branded the petition :,
Un-
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Fort Meade Soldier Held
In Assault on Girl, 5
by tho Asseeietsd Press

FERNDALE, Md, Sept. 16.-Pvt
Alfred Goings, 2s, stationed at Fort
Meade was ordered held without bail
by Magistrate David bunker yester-
day on a charge of raping a 5-year-
old girl.
Anne Arundel County police said
the girl was enticed from her home
on Jessups road and attacked in an
abandoned building nearby. The
girls father found her and the sol
dier there when he started search
for his daughter, Sergt. Robert Flan-
merry reported.
The girl was taken to Fort Meade
Hospital where her condition was
reported as satisfactory.
Pvt. Goings, who comes from
Oklahoma. will face hearing Sep
tenaber 26.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Judge Refuses to Take Sides
In Martins and Cows Case

Judge George D. Nelson today
refused to take sides In a neighbor-
hood feud which he described as
a perfect Martins and Coys case
except for the missing shotguns and
mountains" .....
The trouble, he learned, started
when one housewife objected to
her neighbor's shaking out dust
mop near her window. 1t wound
up in Municipal Court with the
finger at all parties after dis
missing an assault charge against
the husband of the nep-shaker.
you're all old enough to know
better" Judge Nelson said. If
you can't live together in peace,
some one had better move away
Walter e. Ayres, 81, who lives with
his family in an apartment in the
800 block of Ridge road Sc, was
accused by another tenant, Mrs.
Louise Heaps, 30, of having slugged
her with mop.
Mrs. Heaps testifed Mr.. Ayres'
wife was in the habit of shaking
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Rites Held in ]. Arlington
For Charles |. Hill

Funeral services. for Charlie.
Lauriston Hill, who died yesterday
at his home, 1913 North Piedmont
street, Arlington, were held at II
o'clock this morning at the Ives
funeral home, 2847 Wilson boule.
ward, Arlington. Burial was to be
in Loudon Park Cemetery, Balti-
more. Mr.. Hill had been Ill q week
Mr.. Hill was retired year-and-a.
half ago As a part-time receptionist
at the Motion Picture Association Of
America, Sixteenth and I streets
NV. During World War II he va,
lobby receptionist at the United
States Chamber Of Commerce.
Mr.. Hill came to Washington
about 1910 from Richmond, Va.
where he was born. He was engaged
as an insurance, refrigerator and
vacuum cleaner salesman fol- Is
years. In World War I he, was
executive cleark of the procurement
division OF the War Food Admins
tration. He moved 10 Arlington
about 1923. He blonged to the
Masonic lodge.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Margaret Silver Hill, of the Pied
mont street address, and q son
Robert D.. Hill, 1907 North Fifth
street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Boy Sees Auto Kill His Dog
After Lonq-Awuited Reunion

little dog in New Zealand. That
was about eight months ago.
But everywhere Mr.. and Mrs
Candy and Jacky went to live, land
lords said no dogs allowed. y
FINALLY Peewee was sent to Wis
consin to be cared for by Jaeky's
grandfather until the Gandy's found
a kindly landlord who would let dogs
in apartment houses. That hap
pened recently. -- III.
One of the first things that was
done was to bring Peewee here be-
cause Jacky always pleaded for him.
When Jaeky saw him get hit yes
terday he cried and helped bring
the dog inside. .~-.-.-,-------,-, +,
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Free Dog InocuIotions
Over, Police Point Out

Assistant Superintendent Of Po-
lice Walter Thomas today. had Is.
sued q reminder that the period OF
free dog inoculations is over and
that persons wishing to have their
pets inoculated must have 1t done
by private veterinarians at theil
own expense. e
Several citizens complained to po-
lice headquarters they had been
erroneousiy informed by policemen
on the beat that inocuiations were
still being given at the dog pound
Mr.. Thomas pointed out that the
tree shots" ended on August 8.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
10000 Homes
ToBe Reserved
For Veterans
Legion Gets Lists
Of Housing Planned
Or Under Construction
By George Beveridee

Washington's building and rea
estate industries today gave thu
American Legion lists of 10000 hous.
ing units planned or under construc.
ton which will be made available tt
veterans.
Under a new plan sponsored BY
the Legion's District department
builders will notify the organization
as soon as the units become ready
Veterans who register with the Or
ganization then will be told where
the units can be found.
The program was announced at q
mesting of Legion officials and rep.
resentatives of the Home Builders
Association of Metropolitan Wash.
ington, Building Owners and Man.
ayers Association and the Washing.
ton Real Estate Board.
Lists Include Prices.
Lists turned over by Donald L
Chamberlin, president of the home
builders group, included 1000 renta,
units and 5000 sales developments
The lists included prices and loca-
tions.
Mr.. Chamberlin said 1,702 of the
rental units will be ready for ap-
plicants within a month. Ground
has just been broken on most OF
the others. he said, which will begin
to he available next April.
He said about IS per cent Of the
homes under construction for sale
will be ready in 80 days.
Owen C. Holleran, District Legion
commander, stressed that the>service
will amount to an advanced notice
priority" for veterans who register
with the Legion. He said builders
have agreed to hold off for u hours
before opening rental lists to any ore
else, as each development becomes
completed,
The lists will be revised daily,
Mr.. Holleran said.
He said that according to Legion
estimates. between 1000 and 10000
veterans, here are in need of hous-
ing, but that most of them want
10 rent.
$4,000 Applications on File.
However, Waldron E. Leonard
director of the Veterans Service
Center said he has on file more than
1900 veterans applications for
housing.
I'VE figure the city is about $4,000
units short for good housing" he
added.
Charles Hillegeist, president o.
the Washington Real Estate Board
said the situation will be greatly
handicapped" by Government plan!
to bring several thousand Fedora
employees back to Washington ir
the next few months.
The Legion will begin accepting
registrants for the housing lists this
afternoon at the Legion Clubhouse
at 2437 Fifteenth street NV Ap-
plicants should bring copies Of stheil
discharge or membership cards ir
veterans organizations as proof o1
their status as veterans.
Mr.. Holleran said the service will
be extended to all veterans.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Finder of $1,000
Gets 500, Plans
To Buy Clothes

A 33-year-old man who found
81 900 wrapped with a rubber band
last Thursday at Eleventh and E
streets NV, today received 500
reward from the man who lost it
and the latter was given back his
money by the Police Department
Inspector Clement P. Cox, chief
property clerk. returned it to the
loser, Carl Mehrstedt. So, of 134
Thomas street NV. after a hearing
at police headquarters.
The finder. William G. Roop, 1913
Tenth street NV, said he would
use the reward to buy clothes. He
rolled a beer keg over the money
last week and called police.
Mr.. Mehrstedt lost the money,
he said, as he was on his way to pay
q bill.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Advisory Board Told
By Barrett He will
Back Traffic Division

Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett last
night personally treasured members
of the Commissioners Traffic Ad-
visory Board he has no intention
Of disbanding or reducing the per-
sonnel Of the Traffic Division or the
Accident Investigation Unit but, on
the contrary, intends to support
these groups in every possible way.
Maj. Barrett made his statement
at a meeting Of the board In Munich
pal Center, after Washington I.
Cleveland, chairman Of the boards
Enforcement Committee, told OF IA
meeting in the police superintend-
ent's ofice last Tuesday. -'.s
Commenting on rumors that the
AIU personnel is being depleted,
Maj. Barrett said he has no fr1ten-
tion of weakening the unit"
IT feel about the AIU the same
as felt about the homicide squad
when / was chief Of detectives, Maj.
Barrett said. II will cooperate with
the tranic division. The rumors that
I want to disband the AIU are I'M
correct. They have my help"
Maj. Barrett termed Inspector
Arthur E. Miller, chief OF the traf-
fic division, as "one of the most
outstanding trafdc inspectors Of the
country" and said "he has my full
cooperation" -...&.,s. :. :
Maj. Barrett also told the group
he would support fully the forth
coming trafic, violators' school,
which will run for three sessions be-
ginning next month. =.
Trafic Director George E, Ksneipp
told the board about proposed
changes in parking signs. in which
parking ?, would be designated by
green letters and no parking by
red ones. -.
Approval. Of the board was given
to the proposal for the District to
purchase 1000 additional parking
meters Immediately on pay-as-
you-go basis. ~.
The committee on motor vehicle
administration has approved a re-
quest to ask for $4,000 in the 1949
budget that would permit re-exam-
ination of all drivers every six years.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Girls Death While Playing
In Home Will Be Probed

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
today said he planned to investigate
the death of 9-year-old Marion
Scruggs, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Carter F. Scruggs, 1919 Argyle ter
rece NV.
The girl died last night at Chill
dren's Hospital from injuries re-
ceived Sunday when she fell against
tricycle. while playing in the base
ment of her home.
DR.. j. c. Wynkoop. the attending
physician, said death was probably
due to cerebral hemorrhage.
In addition to her parents, the
child is survived by a younger
brother. Funeral arrangements have
not been made pending completion
of the coroner's investigation.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Grand Jury Fails
To |ndict Police
In C|egg Probe
20 Witnesses Appear
In a Days Of Hearing
On Beating Charge

A grand jury today declined to
indict two policemen who were ac-
cused Of beating Julius w. Qegg,
colored, 2e-year-old war veteran
who had been arrested on complaint
Of a waitress.
Twenty witnesses appeared dur
ing four days of hearings last
week after Police Supt. Barrett
and Attorney Roger Robb, acting
for Clegg, agreed to place the entire
matter before the grand jury with
out making specific charges against
either of the tive policemen.
Ofhcials of the United States at
torney's office refused to comment
on the case today other than to say
that the grand jury apparently saw
no cause for action.
Accused Men Not Named.
Testifying in yesterdays two-hour
long session were Inspector Floyd A.
Truscott, chief of detectives, who
handed the investigation of Clegg's
charges; Acting 1t. Richard McCar-
thy, chief of the sex squad, and De-
tective Sergts. David S. Ennis and
Alexander J. Kapsol.
Authorities have refused to name
the two members Of the sex squad
whom Clegg accused of beating him
while he was being held allegedly
without any charge being placed
against him.
Clegg, an employe of the Wash
ington Post, who lives in the 11O0
block of Twenty-first street NE,
was available yesterday but was
not recalled for further testimony. He
testified when the hearings opened
last Wednesday.
According to Mr.. Robb. Clegg was
held for "a hours without any
charges being filed after his arrest
near Thirteenth and e streets NV.
on August 2.
Indicted In Wife Staying.
After declining to act in the Clegg
case, the grand jury returned an in
dictment charging f1rst-degree mur-
der against Henry T. Wright, 70, of
913 Perry street NE, in connection
with the fatal shooting of his wife,
Lulu Bell, 40, on June 3.
According to police accounts:
Wright entered the kitchen of their
home about pm. on June 8 and
announced his intention of shooting
his wife. He fired three shots at
her and one at his mother-in law,
Mrs. Maggie Fitzgerald, who had
placed herself in front of her daugh-
ter, the police records related.
AS the two women ran from the
kitchen, Wright went into the living
room and fired a shot into his right
temple which only blinded him. He
was taken to Gallinger Hospital.
Mrs. Fitzgerald, SO, has recovered
from a wound in her back.
In another indictment, the grand
jury named Joseph Crage,. 65, of nc
fixed address, in connection with
the swindle of $500 from Ricardo
Elias Aparicio, a representative OF
the Bar Association Of Lima, Peru
last August l.
Evening star., 1947-09-16

out her floor mop 80 that the dust
always blew In my windows"
Il told her to stop it, but when
she refused, ran out and grabbed
the mop" the witness said. she
wouldn't let 60 SO we tussled until
I let 60 the handle and she fell of
the front porch"
Her husband joined in then and
called me vile names and DETAINED
my character in front of my chill
dren," she added. Naturally I OBJ
jected. I hit him with a broom and
he cracked me on the arm with the
mop with all his force"
Il gave up the fight then and left
him standing there shouting some
thing about being the king Of Ridge
Row." =. ~. .-,
Ayres denied he Intentionally
struck Mrs. Heaps and added, 81
can bring in witnesses by the num-
bers to prove she used vile language
and hit me first"
In answering Judge Nelson's ad-
rnonishment, Ayres said he already
Is looking for = new home for his
family,
Evening star., 1947-09-16

Little Jacky Gandy's cocker SPAN
iel was just a dream to him until
two months ago.
For a long time before that, he
couldn't keep q dog because land
lords didn't want them around
apartment houses.
But late yesterday, only a few
weeks after Jacky and Peewee had
really got together as daily pals,
he saw the dog killed by a hit and
run driver in front of his house
at 1908 Massachusetts avenue NE.
The 7-year-old boy was given
Peewee by his father, Jack, q Navy
instructor at Anacostia Receiving
Station who had obtained the black
Evening star., 1947-09-16
Woman Burned in Hotel
As Ciqurette Sets Fire

Mrs. Opal Starr, 36, Of Memphis
Tenn, guest at the Lord Calvert
Hotel, College Park, suffered FIRST
degree burns on her face and body
yesterday when the bed on which
she was resting caught fire FROM =
lighted cigarette, Prince Georges
County police reported.
She was admitted to the Leland
Memorial Hospital. Riverdale, where
her, condition was described today
Is fair. She was Arned on the face,
neck, chest and arms.
The IRE was extinguished by other
oecuparts Of the hotel .,.
Evening star., 1947-09-16
UpperMarIboroM MonShot
While Walking on Rood

Albert B. Sanbury, 81, of Upper
Marlboro was wounded III the hip
by a shotgun about 4:45 am. today
while walking on the road at
Rosaryville, Prince Georges County,
Corpl. c. c. Zumbrun OF the State
police reported.
Mr. Sanburys assailant Is being
sought, Corpl. Zumbrun said. The
injured man was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital by John r. Foote.