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Milford chronicle., 1947-06-27

Mr.. Hodgson was married in 1881
- MISS Helen L. Baker, of Avodale,
"a, who was graduated from the
University of Delaware in 1880.
lhey have three children.
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-27

In the symbolism of heraldry,
purpure-purple is the color OF
royalty and rank.
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-27

Classified Ads get results.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Fairfax Inquest Set
In Hunting Fatality

An inquest into the fatal shooting
Sunday of Roger Bradshaw Spindle,
jr.. 16. Fairfax High School student,
will be held at 10 am. Thursday
at the Fairfax Courthouse, Coroner
Nelson Podolnick said today.
The youth, according to Fairfax
police and DR.. Podolnick, was shot
while hunting with friend, Philip
Mitchell, 49,, Bull Run, who was
holding the .22-caliber rifle the two
were using when it was discharged.
DR.. Podolnick said the bullet
struck young Spindle in the chest
and he died almost instantly. The
two youths were hunting on the
farm of Randolph Eagles, between
Cehterville and Bull Run.
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. tomorrow from the Center
vile Methodist Church. Burial will
be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Falls
Church. The body is at the Spindle
home, Centerville. Survivors include
the youths parents and one sister,
Catherine Priscilla, an elementary
school student.
A junior at Fairfax High School,
Spindle had attended the Manassas
Vocational School for one year.
Young Mitchell, the son Of L. M.
Mitchell, is a 1947 graduate of Fair
fax High School and employed on
his fathers farm.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Robbery Case Hearing
For Woman Continued

The preliminary hearing for Miss
Annette Sims, 80. Of Bristol, Va, IN
connection with the assault and rob-
berry Of a District novelty jewelry
salesman last September 2, slated
for yesterday in Hyattsville Police
Court, has been continued in
definitely.
The continuance was granted by
Substitute Trial Magistrate Henry
H. ONeill at the request of Prince
George County police. The woman
was held under $500 bond on rob-
berry charge, following her return
to the county last Wednesday by
the FBI.
Two District men, Samuel H.
Craddock, jr., %, and Earl Childress,
26, both Of the TOO block Of Sixth
street S.W., are free under $1,000
bond each while awaiting action OF
the Prince Georges County grand
jury, also on robbery charges.
The three are accused Of robbing
Charles K. Raker of the 200 block
of Rock Creek Church road NV. of
his automobile and more than $4,000
in personal jewelry, cash and mer-
chandise, after beating him on a
secluded road near the Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Attorney Retained 10 Fight
For BeItsvi|Ie CarIine

Residents of the Berwyn area last
night voted to employ an attorney
to represent them at hearing to
be held by the Maryland Public
Service Commission next Tuesday
on q request of the Capital Transit
Co. to abandon the Beltsville-
Branchville shuttle streetcar line.
About TO members of the Belts
vile, Berwyn and Hollywood Citi-
zens' Associations met at the Ber-
wyn School under sponsorship OF
the Joint Transportation Commit
tee of the Vansville-Berwyn dis
tricts.
The group voted to retain Louis
B. Arnold, corporation counsel of
University Park, to represent 1t at
the hearing.
The meeting also heard reports
of David K. Hart, chairman of the
Joint Transportation Committee;
Sidney Lust and Ray Burch.
Members of the committee, in ad-
dition to Mr.. Hart and Mr.. Burch,
are E. E. Pywell, M. w. Sincell,
R. c. Zeipalt, Clifford Boeteler,
Walter Mulligan, Dwight Lord and
Douglas Cruikshank.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Trial by Jury Ordered
For Ain Gambling Case

Four District men, arrested by
Prince Georges County police last
Friday in a gambling raid on a
Mount Rainier apartment, were Or
dered to stand trial by jury in the
County Circuit Court, Upper Marl-
boro, instead of receiving prelim-
mary hearings in the Hyattsville
Police Court, as scheduled yester-
day.
The jury trials were requested by
Assistant States Attorney Harvey
G.. Machen, and were granted by
Substitute Trial Magistrate Henry
H. O'Neill, who presided at the
Hyattsville Court yesterday.
The four men are James H. Moore,
38, of the $500 block Of Buena Vista
terrace Sc; George E. Simon, 38,
of the $500 block of Seventeenth
street NE; James F. Hassett, jr., 81,
of the 300 block of v street NE. and
James r. Robey, As, of the 800 block
of Maryland avenue NE.
Each is free under $1,000 bond,
after being charged with bookmak-
ing and possession of lottery slips.
The men were seized, along with
race betting and numbers writing
forms and equipment, when police
raided an apartment in the $500
block of Bunker Hill road, Mount
Rainier.
Meanwhile, similar trials by juries
for IA other men, arrested earlier
in three other gambling raids in
the county, are ready for docket
ing on the schedule Of the circuit
court, which resumed its fall session
yesterday after q recess Of more
than two weeks.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Paul n. Johnson, AZ,
Arlington Deputy,Dies

Paul N. johnson, AZ, an Arlington
deputy sheriff and assistant county
jailer, died today in Arlington Hos
pital short time after he suffered
a heart attack while on duty at the
Jail.
According to County Jailer Re-
land r. Howes, Mr.. johnson was
stricken shortly after o'clock In
the jail office. He was treated there
by a private physician and was
taken to the hospital by the Fire
Department ambulance.
Mr.. johnson lived at 5738 South
Third street, Arlington. He was 4
native of Arlington and had worked
for the county government since
1887 He was appointed deputy
sheriff about four months ago. He
was scheduled to become jailer on
January L.
Mr.. johnson had been active In
the fire department and at one time
was member Of the rescue squad.
Survivors include his father, L.
K. johnson, foreman of the county
printing department; his widow,
Mrs. Ressie Johnson; a son, Paul N.
jr., an employe of the county print
ing shop, and eight other children.
Evening star., 1947-12-02

Amos VILLAIN willie" Magruder
was to celebrate his 9th birthday
anniversary today fiat on his back
at Suburban Hospital, Bethesda,
and he's not very happy about 1t.
Mr.. Magruder, a member of one OF
Montgomery County's Oldest fami-
lies, has been active most Of his life
and he'd much rather be home In
Rockville than living in bed with q
broken hip-even though he is do
ing "very we'll"
A descendent of the Revolutionary
hero, Maj. Samuel Wade Magruder
(also a Montgomery County mani, :,
the patient has lived in the county
all of his life and was an active
farmer until 1912. He now lives with
three of his daughters-the misses
Edith, Violet and Naomi Magruder,
Evening star., 1947-12-02
County Resident, 81, Unhappy
Over Birthday Fete in Hospital

at 397 Great Falls road. Two other
daughters live in Bethesda. They
are Mrs. w. A. Carlisle. S706 Old
Georgetown road, and Mrs. I. w.
Shoemaker, AIS Rosedale avenue.
Mr.. Magruder also has sister, Miss
Julia Magruder, IS, who lives IN
Rockville.
Although he wasn't aware of it
yesterday when a reporter visited
him, MIR. Magruder was to be feted
today at the hospital by his daugh-
tiers. The party was to be a surprise
and the nurses will be special guests.
An ardent sports fan, especially
of baseball, Mr.. Magruder spends a
great deal sof time when he is home
listening to the radio. Since last
February he has been confined to
his room nearly all Of the time. He
fell November "a and broke his hip.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Gorm|ey Gets 5 Years
And Dionne } Years
In WAA Fraud Case

George A. Gormley was SEN
fenced to five years imprisonment
and Louis v. Dlonne to three years
by Federal Judge Albert v. Bryan
yesterday at Alexandria. .
Gofmley was convicted by a H.
man jury last month of fraud
against the Government in connec-
ton with War Assets Administra-
ton excess materials sale near Alex
andria. Dionne, who was indicted
jointly with Gormley, pleaded guilty
10 the charges last summer.
Denied New Trial.
Before sentencing Gormley, Judge
Bryan denied motion by his at
torney, Andrew w. Clarke, for a
new trial. Gormley was freed un-
der $1,000 bond pending outcome
Of an appeal to the Federal Circuit
Court of Appeals, which Is expected
to be heard In January.
Dionne, a former WAA employe,
admitted during Gormley's trial last
month that he changed sales docu-
ments during a WAA sale so that
Gormley received more material
than he paid for. Gormley denied
knowing that the sales slips were
manipulated so that he received the
extra goods.
Ten indictments were returned by
Federal grand jury yesterday at
the Alexandria court prior to the
sentencing of Gormley and Dionne.
Two Fugitives Sentenced.
Two men who were indicted for
escape from jail and one for at
tempted escape pleaded guilty to
the charges and were sentenced.
They were: George Gotrell, colored,
and Ralph D. Mullis, both Of Wash
ington. who escaped from thea Dis
trict workhouse at OccoQuan, SEN
tenced to- one year and one day;
Bobbie Taylor, colored, of Wash
ington, who tried to escape from
the District reformatory at Lorton,
sentenced to three months.
Others indicted included:
Fred w. Bray of 3O8 East Del Ray
avenue, Alexandria. and Albert l..
Elwell of Falls Church, indicted
jointly for theft on a Government
reservation in connection with the
disappearance of scrap lead from
National Airport: Paul L. Junkins
and Joseph Patrick Fee of 1853
Thirty-fifth street NE, indicted
jointly for theft of Government
property in connection with calcu-
lating machines reporteds stolen
from the Pentagon. and Albert
Adolphus Rogers of Stafford Court
House, charged with forging and
uttering War Bonds.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Probe Of Property SoIes
In KeniIworth Uroed

An Investigation by the Real
Estate Licensing Board Of recent.
property sales in the Kenilworth
area was requested by the Keni-
worth Citizens Association last
night.
The properties were sold to col
ored people in violation of cove
nants, members said. and "irTeeu-
larities" in sales transactions were
questioned by the group.
Sergt. John F. Ryan, Police
partment public relations omcer ort,ng ~
dressed the association, po,na pa.ras
out the need for citizens, ems. rtrnent. rn1U
ton with the Police Depcon. Dsnt con.
'' Charles Maize. prssidsseSK re- ase SKenil-
sss's Ssss: e. .ss Gs ss"s street NJ
Evening star., 1947-12-02
| 4O-Foot Flames
| Rise in ChiIium
From Gas Leak

Gas escaping from 6-inch main
on Sargent road, just west OF Ager
road, Chillum, Md, ignited and
burned for an hour today before a
working crew repaired a break in
the line.
Firt fighters from Mount Rainier,
Hyattsville and Brentwood esti-
mated that flames reached height
of 40 feet at one time. There was
no explosion, however. and no one
was reported injured.
Howard Noyes, general superin-
tendent, Washington Gas Light Co.,
said the gas apparently seeped
through cracks in the ground and
was ignited in a manner yet to be
determined.
In the community it was reported
that the gas caught fire from auto
mobile exhaust sparks. While there
was no explosion, residents said,
there was a flash on the surface.
The fire was reported shortly after
am, Mr.. Noyes said, and service
was restored about $50 am.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
NewSchooIFund
MayBeSought
In Montgomery
Request Predicted
For So, 600, 900
Building Program

The Montgomery County Commits
sioners may be asked to approve a
new school construction program
costing at least 100000 when the
current $4,000, 900 authorization ex-
pires in June, 1949, E. M. Douglas,
assistant school superintendent, pre-
dicted today.
Mr.. Douglas said the additional
funds will be necessitated by the
constantly increasing county popula-
ton.
He recalled that school officials
last spring asked the General As
sembly to authorize appropriations
totaling $4,000, 900 to be spent over
a four-year period.
Survey to Start Monday.
Instead" he said, I'VE were grant,
ed $5,000,000 over a two-year period.
As a result of the rapid growth Of
the county, 1t seems apparent we
will need in excess of the difference
of the two amounts in 1949."
The actual request, he explained,
WILL NC OCOCl lllllCO dlUCl d So1fCy VI
school construction needs, scheduled
to begin Monday, is completed. The
survey will be made by faculty men,
bers of the county's 81 schools.
The study also will determine the
order of priority of projects included
in the two-year s5,000,000 program
now under way.
Will Consider Transfers.
Mr.. Douglas also disclosed that
the survey will ascertain the need
for transferring students from over
crowded schools to buildings which
have more adequate facilities. He
said a certain amount of inequitable
student distribution Is believed to
exist in some areas because new
housing developments have "mush-
roomed" unexpectedly while can
collation. of housing projects in other
areas has resulted In low enroll
ments
At the same time, Mr.. Douglas
said, the Board of Education has
acquired a 71a- -acre site adjacent to
the Potomac Elementary School.
Plans for use OF the site were not
disclosed.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Christmas Seals Bring
$5,203 in Arlington

Receipts from the sale OF
Christmas Seals by the Arlington
tuberculosis Association stood
today at $5,203, r. D. Baker seal sale
chairman reported.
Goal of the drive, in which 2,10C
letters containing seals have been
sent to county residents, is $35, TOO
It was enormously reported yester-
day that $27,034 had been received
The amount should have been listed
as $2,734, Mr.. Baker said.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Retired u. S. Workers
To Meet in ARLINGTON

Members of Arlington Chapter No
7, National Association of Retired
Civil Service Employees, will meet
at 8 pm. Friday in the Rucker
Building, Sixteenth street and North
Court House road, Arlington, to
complete the organization of the
chapter.
Mrs. Jean Fox, 2502 North Wash
ington boulevard, Clarendon, is Sec
retary of the chapter, open to former
Federal employees of the Arlington
area drawing civil service retire.
ment annuities.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Jewish Center to Open
New Building on Friduy

The new building Of the Arling-
ton Jewish Center, Lee boulevard
and South Fenwick street, will be
opened for services at 8 pm. Friday.
The rites viii be conducted by Rabbi
Ira Sud, assisted by Jack Werner,
cantor, and q choral group led by
Mrs. Monte Swarz.
Dr.. Julius Schneider, director Of
the National Institute Of Social Re-
lations In Washington, will speak
on Prejudice and Discrimination"
at . forum which will. follow the
services.
The new building Is to be dedi-
Gated In January.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Woman Severely Burned
When Oil Stove Exp|odes
By the Asxocioted Prass

ELKTON, Md, Dec. 2.-Mrs.
Samuel Onizuk, %, was severely
burned when an oil stove over which
she was preparing breakfast for her
three children exploded in the
kitchen of her Newark road home
today.
Union Hospital reported she was
in critical condition with third
degree burns.
Her mother, Mrs. Mary Butler, IS,
suffered second degree burns on the
head and her brother-in-law, An
drew L. Onizuk, 26 was in the hos
pital with an arm injury and body
burns.
Elkton firemen extinguished the
blaze, which tore through the rear
of the Onizuks' two-story frame
home, miles north of here.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Tuck and Lane Confer
On Oyster and Fish
Conservation Study
BY stoff Correspondent OF The stor

COLONIAL BEACH, Va, Dec. q
A report recommending measures
for a peaceful settlement Of differ
ences between Virginia and Mary
land over oyster and fish conserva-
ton was being prepared today fol-
lowing a shipboard conference yes
terday between the Governors OF
the two States and the special two
State commission studying the
problems.
During a cruise that began here
yesterday and continued down the
Potomac River to Lewisetta, Gov
Tuck of Virginia and Gov. Lane of
Maryland discussed the final draft
of the commissions study. The
commission report is expected to be
made in time for Gov. Tuck to pre-
sent it to the Virginia General AS
sembly when it convenes in January
Agree on Potomac Measures.
Former Virginia State Senator G.
O'Conor Goolrick, chairman of the
joint commission composed of three
Virginia and three Maryland men,
bers, said the group has reached
agreement on measures that should
settle differences in the Potomac.
He said the commission has yet to
agree on all recommendations for
fish conservation in the bay waters,
but predicted that the report would
be harmonious.
Meanwhile, before boarding the
Maryland State yacht Potomac"
here yesterday as guest of Gov.
Lane, Gov Tuck made a tour Of
oyster boats and packing plants.
Il would like to see for myself
some of the results of the shooting
I've heard reports of in this Sec
ton" the Governor said.
He was told that Colonial Beach
now is the only blockaded port on
the Atlantic seaboard" This was in
reference to the heavy patrol Mary
land now is maintaining in the river
in an effort to prevent illegal dredg-
ing of oysters.
Stay on Yacht Overnight.
Members of the commission re-
manned overnight on the yacht to
talk over the fish and oyster situa-
ton.
Included in Gov. Tuck's official
party were Mr.. Goolrick, former
State Treasurer w. Tayloe Murphy
OF Warsaw. and Mayor William D..
Williams of Colonial Beach, all
members of the study commission;
and Charles M. Lankford, jr., State
Fisheries Commission, and Carter
LoWance, the Governors executive
secretary.
From Maryland came three mem
bers of the study commission, Maj.
Robert A. Archer, Fred Webb and
William F. Hilgenberg, John E.
Clark. chairman of the Commission
OF Tidewater Fisheries for Mary
land; A. S. Creighton, commander
of the Maryland Patrol Fleet; David
H. Wallace, executive secretary OF
the Maryland Department of Tide
water Fisheries, and C.. F. Tucker
executive secretary to Gov. Lane.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Calvert County Open!
Trials Of 80 Today in
Slot Machine Cases
BY stof Correspondent Of The stor

PRINCE FREDERICK, Nd, Dec.
2.-Trials of 80 persons indicted for
m ain tanning gambling places
through the operation of slot ma
chimes, were to commence today
In Calvert County Circuit Court.
The trials were to begin yesterday
with that of Joseph E. Rose, North
Beach real estate developer, against
whom seven indictments were re-
turned, but postponement was
granted when defense attorneys ex-
planned associate counsel from
Washington was not present.
In dismissing the jury until today,
Judge John B. Gray, jr., explained
the first case scheduled could not
be heard because of a misunder-
standing.
Three Cases Set Today.
Three cases are set for today
They are those of Mr.. Rose. George
Lyles of Paris. and Mrs. Emma j.
Ewald. also of North Beach. who had
two indictments returned against
her.
In all, 56 indictments were re-
turned last month against the 80
defendants. mostly from the North
Beach and Solomons Island areas.
Chief Judge William Loker had
charged the jury to investigate "un-
scrupulous activities of gambling
interests within the boundaries" of
Calvert County and said that slot
machines operated in public places
and could not exist without con-
curance of law-enforcement officials.
He indicated that gambling interests
reached beyond politics and into the
very vitals of the community's
economic life"
Not guilty pleas had been entered
by all of the defendants and more
than score filed demurrers claiming
particulars of the alleged of1enses
we're not properly charged by the
grand jury Judge Gray overruled
these objections yesterday.
States Attorney Arthur w.
Dowell told the court he was ready
to prosecute all of the cases. De-
fense counsel are Benjamin Hance,
David A. Harkness, Frank Boyd and
j. Wilmer Johnson. State Senator
Louis Goldstein, now on wedding
trip, also is defense attorney.
Other Defendants.
Other defendants, with the num-
Der of indictments indicated where
more than one charge has been
placed, are the following:
North Beach area-Wesley Stin-
nett, 5; Clarence Lumpkin, 2; Fan
ME L. CLANCY, Robert E. Hooper. 2;
James B. Lyons. James Caparetta, 2;
Russell D. Grund, Charles E. Mel
son, 2; Heber McWilliams. 2;
Thomas Tozallo, Rebecca Cohn,
Frank and George Griffin. jointly;
Frederick Spasaro, Marie Taft.
Solomons area-G. Edgar Bowen,
2; Maize w. Evans, James P. Wood
burn, Charles Brocato, Maud Lang
ley, William NJ Rekar.
Also, George D. Turner John
Sotak and Robert S. Mead, 2. all of
Prince Frederick; Marvin Stinnett,
2, Sunderland; William E. Weant,
owens; Cora M. Fortier, West
Beach; Eugene Pardue, Lusby;
Mary Hicks, Owens; Robert L.
King, Sunderland; Sherbert Dowell
and Garner Grover, jointly, of st.
Leonards; Theresa J. Becker,
Breezy Point: Archie Weems, Port
John Alex CLANCY, Cha
neys Corner, and Mrs. Benjamin A.
Garner, Huntington,
Evening star., 1947-12-02
4 Alexandra Boys Held
On2Thefts in Same Shop

Alexandria police yesterday
charged four boys with breaking
into the same store twice and steal
ing equipment valued at $3.50.
The four boys. aged II and Is.
first broke into the American Radio
Service Co., 3127 Duke street, Octo-
Der 28 and took $50 worth Of equip
ment, according to 1t. Russell "A.
Hawes, chief Of detectives. The Sec
ond incident occurred q month later
1t. Hawes said $155 worth Of the
stolen goods had been recovered.
He said the investigation and arrests
were made by Detective Thomas
Woods.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Couple and 5 Children
Lose Home to Flames
by the Associated press

GAMBRILLS, Md, Dec. 2.-The
four-room home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinton Arnold and their five chill
dren was destroyed by fire yesterday
after Mr.. Arnold, Naval Academy
dairy employe, had lighted kindlins
in wood stove.
A dairy spokesman said the family
lost all their clothing and furniture
in the fire. which started in the
chimney.
No one was injured, but Mrs
Arnold and the children ran bare
footed from the house. They were
taken In by Mrs. James A. Butler,
a neighbor, and later transferred to
the Navy's farm.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Dr.. 6. F. Stover Named
Western MARYLAND Dean
BY the A,socio,ed Press

WESTMINSTER, Dec. 2.-Ap-
pointment of DR.. George Franklin
Stover, a member of the Western
Maryland College faculty for the
last two years, to be dean of the
faculty and professor of education
was announced today.
DR.. Slower will assume his new
posts on February /, when Dr. L.
M. Berthof leaves Western Mary
land to assume the presidency Of
the College OF the Pacific.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Buzuur to Aid Church

A turkey dinner and bazaar will
be held at AL Saints Episcopal
Church, Chevy Chase, from II am.
to 8 pm. tomorrow under the aus
pices of the Rector's Aid Society
There will be luncheon from hoon
to 2 pm. and the dinner will be
from $50 to s pm.
Evening star., 1947-12-02

after differences with the council
involving beer license application.
A native Of Hyattsville and a
lifelong resident, Mr.. Orem Is a
graduate of Duke University. He is
the son Of q former county superin-
tendent of schools.
The Hyattsville council approved
a delegations request for black
top surface on Thirty sixth avenue,
which is now In process Of improve
ment. The project includes con-
crete curbs and cutters.
Property owners will be assessed
at the estimated rate of $7.27 per
front foot for improvement. On
behalf Of the community, the coun-
Gil accepted from Mrs. Robert Fet-
tiers an oil portrait of her father,
Christopher C. Hyatt, who founded
the city. The painting will be hung
in the council chamber.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Mclean Group to Meet

The Taxpayers Protective Com
mittee Of Mclean, Va, viii meet at
8 o'clock tonight In the Franklin
Sherman School to discuss forma-
.tion Of the proposed Fairfax County
Sanitary District No. 3.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Citizens Group to Elect

The Hampshire Suburban Citi-
zens' Association will elect oficers at
8 pm. tomorrow at the Ray School
in Takoma Park, Md.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Hyattsvi||e Names
Nicholas 0rem, Jr.,
As City Attorney

Nicholas Orem, jr., member of
the law Arm of Duckett, Gill &
Anderson, was elected city attorney
OF Hyattsville by unanimous vote
Evening star., 1947-12-02

Of the ity
un Gil last
night.
Mr.. Orem sue
ceeds w. Car
roll B ea t ty,
whose resigna-
tion,.8 8was ..ac-
cepted effective
immediate
Mr.. Beatty,
W no resigned
November IA but
was persuaded
to remain in Of
flee t e m p or a.
rily insisted on
being relieved