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Evening star., 1947-12-22
.|CCSetsH Hearing
On nAdequacyof
Arnold Service
Arlington Charges
Against BusIine to
Be Aired Jan. II

Charges that the Arnold bus line
is giving Virginia commuters inade-
quate service will be heard January
~ by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The commission today refused the
bus lines motion to dismiss a COM
plant filed by the Arlington County
Board and assigned the matter for
hearing before joint board, whose
members will be appointed by the
District of Columbia and the State
of Virginia. ICC Examiner Tobias
Naftalin will sit in as an adviser at
the hearing, it was announced.
County officials charged the line
has eliminated some services and
provided inadequate transportation
to other points after receiving au-
thcrity in October to increase it's
passenger fares by 5 to 10 cents a
zone.
The bus line, doing business as
the Washington, Virginia & Mary
land Coach Co., said it had elimi-
mated no routes which had taken in
enough revenue to pay so per cent
of the cost of operation, and asked
for dismissal of the complaint.
The rate increase was granted by
the ICC with the understanding
that IF the respondent does not
provide adequate service within
reasonable time after the new fares
become effective" the commission
would take further appropriate
action"
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Hospital Board Asks
Alexandra Council
Ito Discuss Contract

The Alexandria Hospital Board
today requested meeting with the
City Council to discuss a 1948 con-
tract for INDECENT patient care.
The request is scheduled for con-
sideration at the council meeting
tomorrow night.
The city is expected to negotiate
for continuance of the present 1881
per diem rate for INDECENT patients.
This figure was established in the
1947 contract, which was signed last
week after nearly year of nego-
tiation.
D. c. Book, retiring president of
the hospital board, said his group
had not arrived at any proposed
rate schedule but merely wanted to
meet with the council to outline
the hospitals needs for the coming
year.
This afternoon committees from
the Hospital Board and the City
Council are scheduled to meet to
discuss emergency room payments
for 1947. This phase of the 1947
contract was held in allegiance until
the number of "chargeable" emer-
gency patients could be determined
for the past year.
The Council also will consider its
position on acquiring two war hous-
ing projects, Cameron Valley and
Chinquapin Village. The city heads
met with housing and home finance
officials several months ago for a
preliminary discussion about the
two projects. The city has not yet
decided whether it would use the
two projects as low-rent housing for
veterans or favor continued use of
some sections of them by the Army
and Navy.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Policeman S Leg Broken
As Motorcycle Hits Truck

Arlington County Policeman Ray
mond Wanner, %. of 1411 South
Pollard street, suffered broken
right leg yesterday when his motor
cycle crashed into the side of a
truck at Lee boulevard and Fill
more street.
According to police Mr.. Wanner
was chasing a motorist on Lee
boulevard at almost 10 miles an hour
when a truck pulled out of Fill
more street. The policeman was
thrown from his motorcycle into the
air and through the canvas top of
the truck, landing on the floor Of
the vehicle, police reported.
Mr.. Wanner was taken to Airing
ton Hospital, where his condition
was described as good.
The truck driver was not charged,
police said, because his vision was
obstructed by a bus making a turn
into Fillmore street, and the truck
had pulled out to let the bus COM
plete the turn.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Maryland State Police
Continue 10 Search for
Missing Cattle Raiser
BY the Assoeioted Press

LISBON, Md, Dec. %. State
police continued to search today for
clues to the disappearance Of D.
Bierne Pue, 55-year -old cattle raiser
missing since Thursday.
Meanwhile, two boys who, police
said, did not know of Mr.. Pues
disappearance reported seeing a
body, that could be fitted the miss
ing mans description. in a pine
woods near Sunshine, about 10 miles
south of here. Authorities found no
trace of the body, however, when
the boys led them to the spot.
Searching parties totaling about
200 men and women, some of them
on horseback, have been securing
nearby sections of Howard County.
The day after Mr.. Pue walked
away from his dinner table search
ers traced his footprints in south
ward direction until they became
indistinguishable in open fields.
His family said they had assumed
he left the house to look after
ordinary farm chores, and that he
seemed in good spirits at dinner.
Police said he was believed to
have been carrying shotgun and a
white feed sack at the time. The
boys who reported seeing body
near Sunshine said sack and gun
were nearby.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
4 Troop Transports Due
In Time for Christmas
By the Assoc;oted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-The
Army transport Gen. John Pope ar
rives today, the first Of four vessels
bringing more than 5000 military
and civilian personnel back to the
United States before Christmas.
Most of the soldiers are coming
home for separation from the serv-
ice.
The Gen. Pope has 2,045 passen-
gers from Manila and Yokohama.
Tomorrow, also from Manila and
Yokohama, the transport Gen. H. F.
Hodges will dock with 1851 aboard
On Christmas Eve the transport
Gen. H. B. Freeman is due from
Korea ond Okinawa with 1854
passengers and the hospital ship
Comfort, with 35S passengers-most-
ly patients for Letterman General
Hospital here-from Okinawa, Ma
nila and Yokohama.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Lundberg Denies
Police Pay Plea
| Hits Procedure

A resolution of the Arlington
County Police Association, asking
the county board to consider pay
raises for the department, was re-
turned to the association today by
County Manager A. T. Lundberg,
with the comment that the pro-
cedure used by the association
"lacks that kind of Judgment which
every police officer must have"
The five-man committee which
presented the resolution Friday to
Mr.. Lundberg for transmission to
the county board was summoned
into Mr.. Lundberg's Office, along
with County Police Chief Harry w.
woodward and members Of the press
at II o'clock today.
In a letter to the secretary Of the
police association which accom-
panied the returned resolution, Mr..
Lundberg said that he told the COM
mittee originally that the resolution
would not be presented to the
county board and was accepted
from them. not as police officers but
as members of an independent Or
ganiZation."
Evening star., 1947-12-22
3 Youths With Cap Pistol Held
In $1.85 HoIdup of ArIinqtoniun

stopped in the 1900 block and COM
mitted the holdup, police said. The
youths took Mr.. Hockman's wallet,
containing 81, and then gave him Is
cents for bus fare and returned
the empty wallet, police related. He
walked home and reported the
crime by telephone.
Policemen John Kadel and Will
liam Dinsmore said a broadcast de-
scription of the holdup men and
car In which they were riding corre-
sponded, and a car and three occu-
pants they had chased shortly after
l am. The chase, ended when the
automobile pulled into driveway
on North Glebe road, police said.
They listed the driver as Marcy.
After the reported robbery De-
tectives c. Burns Presley and John
Sanders, together with Policemen
Kadel and Dinsmore, went to the
Glebe road home and arrested the
three. The cap pistol was found on
the floor Of the car, relice >said.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Party to Mark First Birthday
Of Baltimore Quuds Today

make up the Hem quartet, the
mother said.
Chief guest at the birthday party
will be John, the quads' brother who
came all by himself one year ahead
of them.
This Christmas will be the quads'
second, if you count q. Yuletide
spent in incubators. The Christmas
celebration will be quiet family
affair, Mrs. Hem says.
AS to presents, I'VE always get
them things in fours, but actually
only one is necessary. If one of the
babies begins to play with q toy,
then the rest Of them want that
particular thing" Mrs. Hem ex-
planned. -.--
Evening star., 1947-12-22

An Arlington man who hitched a
ride with three youths early yester-
day was held up with a cap pistol
by the trio and robbed Of $1.85,
county police said today.
Three youths were apprehended
shortly after the victim, c. e. Hook
man, 2O08 North Illinois street, re-
ported the incident to police. Two
policemen who earlier had given
one OF them summons to appear
in County Court on reckless driving
charges participated in the arrest.
Charged with holdup and robbery,
the accused were listed by police as
Arthur L. Marcy, "a; John 10th,
19, and 15-year-old youth whose
name was not disclosed because he
is juvenile. All are residents of
Arlington.
According to police three youths
gave Mr.. Hickman a lift about !
am. In Rosslyn to take him home.
They drove out Lee highway. but
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Masked Bandit Takes
SIS in Ho|dup Of Night
Manager Of Hotel

A bandit who masked his face
with a green handkerchief while
holding up the night manager of
the National Hotel, 1903 I street
NV, was the object of a police
search today.
The bandit got only SIS, according
to William r. Merrill, 80. the man
ager. He came into the hotel early
yesterday with his hand in a side
pocket and demanded the money
from the cash register, police said
He was described as a slender,
light-skinned colored man about
5 feet 6 inches tall.
Cab Driver Beaten.
Police also reported that cab
driver and two pedestrians were
beaten and robbed over the week
end and one woman had her purse
snatched.
Francis L. Griffith, 80, of 1886
Trinidad avenue NE, the cab
driver, reported that two colored
passengers attacked him and stole
his wallet containing $170 in the
vicinity of Morris road and Erie
street Sc. He said he had picked
them up at Twelfth street and New
York avenue NV. shortly before.
They fled on foot after the robbery.
Bland Barnhart, Al, of IS M
street NV, told police three young
colored men attacked him as he
was walking in the 1900 block of
North Capitol street and took $50
He was treated at Sibley Hospital
for bruises.
Man, 73, Beaten.
An hour earlier Hiram J. Knox,
73, who lives at Soldiers Home, also
was beaten and robbed of $40 by
three colored men as he was walk
ing in the 700 block of Eighth street
NV, according to police. One sus-
pect has been arrested in this case,
police said.
Two boys, IA and 16 years old,
snatched a purse from Miss Marie
A. Lyons, 80, of 652 E street NE,
which contained s14, as she was
walking in the 500 block of Sixth
street NE. with her sister, Miss
Kathryn Lyons. Police arrested the
boys shortly afterward and turned
them over to juvenile authorities.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
MARYLAND Bans JobIess Pay
For1, ,OOOin fraudulent Claims
and the claimants we're PROSECUTED

and the claimants were prosecuted
and paid back the money.
2. Through recent enforcement
efforts 10 weed out claimants mot
actively seeking work." 3,207 per-
sons were disqualified at the Balti-
more Office for the week in which it
was discovered they had not sought
work and about 600 in the counties
lost a weeks benefits for the same
reason.
3. That total payments for the
first two quarters dropped so per
cent as compared with the CORE
spending period of last year-from
s12,683,512 to s6,O64,441.
4. That the number of checks
paid out in the first six months of
the benefit year-347, ,662-totaled
less than 60 per cent of the 682, ,539
sent out during the corresponding
1916 period
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Assessment Ordered
In A||egany Tax Case
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 22.-The State
Tax Commission has ordered the
Allegany County Commissioners to
assess the properties of 16 fraternal
and beneficial associations on
grounds they are not Charitable
and beneficial institutions" within
the meaning of the Maryland tax
exemption statute.
The properties of the associations
concerned had been exempted by
the county commissioners.
The tax commission previously
mad ordered the supervisor of assess
ments, Somerville Nicholson, to
place assessments on the properties.
The county commissioners refused
to tax the properties, so Mr.. Nichol-
son appealed to the tax commission.
Tax Commissioner Joseph H. A.
Rogan said the county commission
could not appeal from the order, but
the property owners could appeal to
Circuit Court once the assessments
were entered.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Prince Georges, Baltimore
Lead State With Traffic Toll

Prince Georges and Baltimore
Counties led all other Maryland
counties in traffic deaths last
months with five each, according to
the monthly report of Maryland
Traffic Safety Commission.
The number of people injured in
accidents in Prince Georges County
was 40. This was second only to
the 103 total of Baltimore County.
Montgomery County, which was
second to Baltimore County in the
number of accidents with total OF
105, had 48 traffic injuries reported.
Only two traffic deaths were re-
ported in Montgomery County in
November.
Totals for the whole State showed
LIS accidents, Al persons killed
and 804 persons injured. OF this
number, Baltimore City had 955
accidents, IS deaths and 447 in
juries.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
U. 5. and Britain 10 Discuss
Reparafions Immediately
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Dec. 22-Britain and
the United States will exchange
views Immediately over the Amer
ican State Departments decision to
halt further reparations deliveries
of dismantled German plants to
Russia and Eastern Europe, the
Foreign Office announced today.
High government sources say
Britain opposes the move because
it would, in effect, void the Potsdam
agreement and could open the way
for far-reaching Soviet reprisals.
The Foreign Office spokesman en-
phasized that Britain has taken no
decision to discontinue delivery of
reparations equipment to Russia or
Russian -orbit states.
Britain's opposition to the Amer
ican policy - announced Friday by
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan-was expressed first, the
spokesman said, in a conversation
between Foreign Secretary Bevin
and Secretary of State Marshall IN
the recent session here Of the Coun-
Gil of Foreign Ministers.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Rites for Arlington Writer
Killed in China SET Today

Burial services for Miss Barbara
Stephens of Arlington, a freelance
newspaper writer, who was killed
July 81 in the crash of Chinese
Air Force transport plane in Sin
kiang, China, were to be held today
at Marking with American Ambas-
sador J. Leighton Stuart officiating
Foreign correspondents and Amer
lean Embassy officials were to par
ticipate in the service at the Nam
king Foreign Cemetery where her
ashes were to be buried, the Asso-
ciated Press reported. !
Miss Stephens had been In China
nearly seven years and was on her
way home when the crash occurred.
The plane was en- route from Halni,
Sinkiang, to Lanchow, China.
She Is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Margaret Stephens, 1901 South
Barton street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1947-12-22

What did the Secretary Of the
State Of Wyoming say to the Bank
ing Commissioner when they met In
Cheyenne in 1887? ''I'd like to find q
plan to assure comfortable retire.
ment for myself and my family"
said the Secretary Of State. "Why'
don't you do what I am doing, buy
Savings Bonds regularly out Of in
Gomez" his friend replied. Today
they have begun the second 10 years
Of their retirement plan. The then
Secretary Of State Is now Governor
Lester C. Hunt, and the former Bank
Commissioner Is the present di-
rector Of Savings Bonds sales. You,
too, can emulate their example. IF
you invest $18.75 each month in .
Series e Savings Bond of SIS ma
turity value over q period Of 20
years and hold ALL the bonds to
maturity you will receive an aver
age yearly income Of 500 for the
ten years following.
U.S.. TSsesssy DsSsrsmtne
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Cumberland Bank BurqIars
Fail TO Crack Depository
BY the Assoeioted Press

CUMBERLAND, Md, Dec. o.
Police were searching today for some
would-be bank burglars who ap-
parently gave up in disgust and left
their tools behind them when the
steel of the banks night depository
proved too tough.
The attempted theft was discov-
cred yesterday by an official of the
Second National Bank, police re-
ported.
They said a large bottle of oxygen
and another of acetylene had been
left behind. A cut one eighth of an
inch deep was found in the bullet
proof metal of the depository.
Merchants holiday weekend re-
ceipts were in the depository. Bank
officials said they amounted to
thousands of dollars"
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Stephen J. Devine Dies;
| Aide 10 Transit Official

Stephen Jerome Devine, SO, as
sistant to the purchasing agent of
the Capital Transit Co., died un-
expectedly yesterday at his home,
1852 Michigan avenue NE.
Mr.. Devine was born in Philadel-
phia and came to Washington about
56 years ago. He attended Tech
High School before he began work
at the old Washington Railway g.
Electric Co. in September, 1906. He
was chief clerk of the stores depart
ment and continued In that capac-
ity after the company merged with
the Capital Traction Co. He was
made assistant purchasing agent in
July, 1943.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Louise A. Devine, and a brother.
William Richard Devine, 3434 Eads
street NE, an employe of Holzbeier-
lein Bakery.
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday morning at the Devine resi-
dence at an hour to be announced.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Montgomery Red Cross
Plans 7 NURSING Glasses

The Montgomery County Chapter
of the American Red Cross will give
two two-week nursing classes dur
ing January, 1t was announced to-
day.
The first course, care of the sick,
will be held at the Gaithersburg
Health Center and at chapter head
quarters in Bethesda.
The second course, mother and
baby care and family health" will
be held at st. Luke's Lutheran
Church, Silver Spring.
The dates that the classes will be
given has not been determined, but
those desiring to enroll may call
Gaithersburg 242, Oliver 1896. chap
ter headquarters, or Shepherd 4642
in Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Kemp Asked 10 Tell
Public His Position on
School Board Suit

Fletcher Kemp, Arlington superin-
tendent of schools, was called today
to state publicly his position re-
garding the suit filed by the incum-
bent county school board question
ing constitutionality of the statute
under which an elected board was
chosen last month.
The request was made by B. Alden
Lilywhite, chairman of the Citizens
Committee for School improvement,
one of the county groups which
worked for passage Of the challenged
legislation.
Purpose Seen as Obstruction.
'Mr Kemp owes it TO Arlington
parents, taxpayers and voters to an
nounce without further delay spe-
cifically where he stands in relation
to the old and new School Boards, -
Mr.. LilyWhite asserted.
THE primary purpose Of this
suit is to obstruct and to delay as
long as possible the school improve
ment program which Arlington
parents and taxpayers voted for
so decisively in the county's first
School Board election November 4
when they chose the new School
Board members by an overwhelming
majority over the old School Board
members who were candidates"
Mr.. Kemp's Office reported he was
i'll today. After the suit was filed
December 13, the superintendent
declared he had mo comment"
Citizens Call for Audit.
Meanwhile it was disclosed that
the Highland Park-Overlee Knolls
Citizens Association has requested
an immediate, independent audit"
of the books of the Old School
Board. The resolution, copies of
which were sent to the State Board
Of Education and the Arlington
County Board, said "the protection
of the public and the schools re-
quires that a full knowledge of all
our financial affairs be opened to
the public"
The incumbent board has an
nounced 1t will not vacate the Office
on January /. when the new board
is scheduled to take over, nor will
it turn over any books or records
to the new group. The suit is set
for December 20 in Arlington Circuit
Court.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
SpotsyIvonio Volunteers
Elect Rawlings Leader
Special Dispoteh to The stor

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec
22.-George Rawlings, jr.. has been
elected president of the Spotsyl-
vania County Volunteer Fire De-
partment to succeed c. Melvin Snow
now vice president.
Earl Gardner was named treas
urer and j. H. zigler, secretary;
Carl Lange, Carol Graube and Ray
mond Jett were reelected to the
Board of Directors.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Driver Held in Accident
FutuI to D. G. Woman

A Washington woman was killed
yesterday when the automobile in
which she was a passenger over
turned on Addison Chapel road,
North Englewood, Prince Georges
County police reported.
She was Margaret Buchanan, Is,
colored, 300 block of L street S.W.,
according to police.
The driver Of the car, police said,
was William c. Anderson, %,
colored, Chapel Oaks, Md, who was
charged with manslaughter and
reckless driving. Police quoted
Anderson as saying his car over
turned when he swerved to avoid
truck which was on the wrong
side of the road.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Arthur Elected President
OF Izuuk Walton Unit
Special Dlspoieh 10 The Stor

Speetot DiSpofeh 70 Inc S10E
WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. 22.-J.
Pinckney Arthur has been elected
president of the Winchester Chap
ter of the Izaak Walton League, sue
ceeding E. E. Harbaugh.
Leonard Sirbaugh was named vice
president and George T. Sanders
secretary treasurer. New directors
are William Wheatley, Robert New
lin, G. T. Binner, jr, and Mr.. Har-
baugh
Herman S. Barr was appointed
chairman of a committee to pre-
pare recommendations for game
and fish law changes to be sub
mitted to the Virginia Legislature
next month in Richmond.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Fruit Growers to Meet

BLACKSBURG, Va. Dec. q
More than $50 Of Virginia's leading
orchardists will convene for a three
day school at VPI, January 6, Z
and 8, to hear discussions on mar
keting trends and insect and disease
problems, and to see demonstrations
of recently developed equipment,
Dr.. E. L. Overholser, head of the
department of horticulture at VPI,
said TO-DAY.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Girl, 6, Detects
Gas Leak, Saves
Parents Lives
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 22.-Mr. and
Mrs. James Ross of Baltimore were
saved from asphyxiation last night
by the presence of mind Of their g.
year-old daughter, Joanne.
jeanne awoke in the night and
detected the odor of gas. When she
was unable to arouse her parents,
she telephoned police.
Her parents were revived short
time later by artificial respiration
administered by police and mu-
nicipal ambulance crew.
Police said a pot had boiled over,
extinguishing the flame.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
BY the Asseeioisd Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. o. Four
small citizens are celebrating today
the event that made them famous
their birth.
One year after their four-fold de-
but in st. Agnes Hospital here,
the Quads are having their first
birthday party, with cakes and
candles.
Their mother, Mrs Dorothy HEM
British wife of former Army Sergt.
Charles Hem, jr.-has invited the
st. Agnes medical staff that super
vised the babies earliest develop
ment for a little reunion.
It's been good and healthy" year
for the three boys and the girl who
Evening star., 1947-12-22
County Chairmen Named
For March Of Dimes Drive
By the kssocioied Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 22.-County
campaign chairmen for next months
March of Dimes drive who were ap-
pointed yesterday by George l..
Radcliffe, State chairman, included:
Anne Arundel, Harry S. Kenching-
ton, Annapolis; Calvert, Perry C.
Bowen, Prince Frederick; Charles.
Fred Cotrufo, Indian Head; Fred
erick, Judge Alton Y. Bennett,
Frederick; Howard, Samuel H. Cap
Ian. Ellicott City; Montgomery, AL
fred C. Paul, Bethesda; Prince
Georges, Eugene B. Plumer, Mount
Rainier, and st. Marys, Col Sheri-
dan Fahnestock, Leonardtown.