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Evening star., 1947-01-11
Two Institutions 10 Share
In Estate Of Mrs. Wheat

Two local institutions-the Dis
ciples Home for the Aged, in the zoe
block of Walnut street NV, and
the Episcopal Home for Children,
Nebraska avenue and Rock Greek
Ford road N.W.-are to receive the
greater part of more than $4,000
estate left by Mrs. Beulah H. Wheat
Mrs. Wheat, who lived in the 1900
block of Madison street NV, dled
here> December 4. She was the
widow of Richard w. Wheat, for
many years with local hardware
concern. A petition for probate of
her will was filed yesterday in Dis
trict Court.
Under the terms of Mrs. Wheat's
will, the two institutions are To
share equally in the residuary es-
tate after other bequests are taken
care of. Principal among the other
beuuests are household furnishings
valued at $1,000, and Jewelry, valued
at $3.50, which are to be shared
by two cousins, Mrs. Emma S
Boyd, 1865 Kennedy street NV.
and Mrs. Jane H. Graves, Abs New
Hampshire avenue NV. There also
are seven other bequests, ranging
from $50 to $500.
Mrs. Wheat's property includes
real estate. listed at an assessed
value of $9.045, and personal prop.
erty, valued at $23.574. The Wash.
ington Loan g. Trust Co. was named
executor of the estate.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
WoiIing Infant Found
In Roll FREIGHT Car

A 12-hour-old boy was found
abandoned in box car at the New
Jersey and I street Sc. railroad
yards early today when its lusty
squalling attracted the attention of
two passing workmen.
The baby, who is colored, was clad
only in a petticoat, according to
police, but three blankets formed a
warm nest for the child. The freight
car was on siding.
Samuel Beery, 449 New Jersey
avenue Sc, and William Barber
2014 Portland street Sc, both col
ored, were walking along the tracks
on their way to work, they told po-
lice, when they heard the babys
cries.
The child was taken to Gallinger
Hospital. Doctors said he is in ex-
cellent health.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Decision Due Monday
On Members Of House
District Committee

Personnel of the House District
Committee will be completed Mon
day, it was indicated today as both
Republicans and Democrats con-
tinued their study of the complex
problem of assigning their members
under the Congressional Reorgan-
ization Act.
Representative Dirksen, Republic
can, Illinois, selected by leaders to
be chairman of the District group,
was out of the city over the week
end, but is expected to return Mon
day. Reports of his assignment to
the important local post were greet
ed with enthusiasm in Washington
official and civic circles.
Membership Undecided.
The House District Committee will
consist of IA Republicans and IL
Democrats, according to the ratio
established by the majority. Other
members, besides Mr.. Dirksen, a
veteran champion of District legis-
lation, are still to be determined,
one spokesman said. But the slate
will be decided over the weekend by
the subcommittee of the Republican
Committee on COMMITTEES.
The subcommittee will be ready to
report the complete lineup for all
House committees to the full Com
mittee at 10 am. Monday. If the
committee approves, the list will &c
before the Republican Conference
Monday afternoon for final ap-
proval, and to the House for action
on Tuesday.
Democrats today had nothing fur
ther to report on their efforts to as
sign the minority members to COM
mittees. Ratios of all committees
have been fixed by the Republicans
and communicated to the Democrats
for their information, but have not
yet been made public.
Important Post Undecided.
Meanwhile, one of the important
local pests, that Of chairman of the
District subcommittee of the House
Appropriations Committe, remained
officially undecided today, according
to Republican leaders. But signs
still pointed to selection of Repre-
sentative Horan, Republican, OF
washington.
Subcommittee chairmen will not
be picked by the Republican Com
mittee on Committees, 1t was ex-
planned, but will be selected by each
committee itself. -..
Representative Taber, a Republi-
can, of New York, slated to be chair
man of the House Appropriations
Committee, today continued to as
sert that no final decision had beer
reached on the Craftsmanship OF the
District subcommittee to handle the
local supply bills.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
; Men, One Painless
Break Fairfax Jail,
Flee in Clerk Scar

Local and State police from New
York to Florida were searching to-
day for three men, one of them
painless, who escaped last night
from the Fairfax Cunty Jail and
drove off in a policeman's automo-
bile. &
The three men, according to police,
include two Washington area resi-
dents. They were identified as
Lawrence William Brown, 10, of the
100 block of C street NE, who was
awaiting grand jury action on
charges of breaking and entering,
and Charles Lee Myers, %, of the
100 block of South Fairfax street,
Alexandria, who was awaiting trans
portation to the Virginia State Peni-
tentiary to start serving two-year
sentence on a charge of breaking
and entering.
The third youth was identified as
Robert James Muligan, n, of Jack
sonville, Fla, and Schenectady, N. Y.
He was being held on a charge of
automobile larcency. Last Sunday,
he was forced into Hunting Creek,
below Alexandria, by Virginia State
Trooper E. c. Trice during chase
North on Route No. l.
Their escape was discovered early
last night by Henry Curtis, county
jail maintenance employe, who no.
ticed a rope of blankets hanging
from a window in the attic of the
two-story building. William Lowe,
jailer, had talked with the trio less
than an hour before their escape.
He said he saw nothing unusual at
the time.
Police said the men climbed to the
top of their tWo-story detention cell
and broke through the ceiling into
the attic. They squeezed through
iron bars in the window and slid
down the blankets.
No tools were found, police said
today.
One of the youths, believed to
have been Brown, apparently lost
his pants in the escape, police re-
vealed. A pair of dungarees were
found dangling near the window.
Police said the trio took an auto
mobile belonging to John H. Hale
man, radio dispatcher and clerk,
who was on duty at the time Mr.
Haleman sent out the broadcast de-
scription for the men and his own
car.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Alexandra Medical Group
Indorses Broad PROGRAM

The Alexandria Medical Associa-
ton has indorsed a five-point pub
lie relations program, including a
medical survey of Virginia.
DR.. James A. Gooch, association
president, said the program recon-
mends that the study include needy
cases, disqualification and develop
ment of health units, clinics and
hospitals to meet community needs,
Other points, he said, are distri-
button of information concerning
preventive medicine, proper local
State and national legislation; ad-
vising, indorsing and assisting the
extension of medical care, and
stimulating and integrating medical
thinking.
The new program, he added, is to
be co-ordinated with similar pro-
grams in area councils throughout
the State.
Meanwhile, DR.. Gooch announced
the appointment of Drs. Colin Mac
Rae and Charles v. Amole to the
Alexandria Board of Health for two
and one year terms, respectively
DR.. James w. Love was appointed
Alexandria counselor on the area
body.
Evening star., 1947-01-11

Should the District give Maryland
a cut of its gas tax receipts to
finance improvement Of roads near
the Capital, because a large propor-
ton of gasoline bought here Is
burned up on Maryland roads?
eyes," said Robert M. Reindollar
chairman of the Maryland State
Roads Commission, at the first OF
a series of luncheon sessions spon-
sored by the forum committee OF
the Washington Board of Trade at
the Mayf1ower Hotel yesterday.
mo" said District Highway Direc-
tor H. c. Whitehurst.
1--WE wouldn't object II you were
to do it for us too" said Burton
Mayre, jr., traffic and planning engi-
neer for the Virginia State Highway
Department.
Improvement and Funds Needed.
The whole thing came up when
Mr.. Reindollar urged the develop
ment of the Maryland road ap-
proaches to the Capital. He said he
didn't see how they could be proper
ty financed unless more money came
from somewhere.
Washington, he pointed out, really
bears the same relation to the State
OF Maryland as Baltimore, where AZ
per cent of the Free States gas tax
is raised. In terms OF dollars, this
is $3.50, 900.
The only difference, he continued,
is that the whole State as well as
Baltimore benefits, whereas the gas
tax raised in Washington never finds
its way into the Maryland ex-
chequer.
d. C. Spending Cited.
Capt. Whitehurst rose to the de-
fense Of the District.
How about all the hard-earned
money District residents pay out to
Maryland, for real estate on the
shore and for everything they buy?"
he asked. Mr.. Reindollar earlier
had pointed out that 66 per cent OF
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Missing $1,000 Violin
| Object Of Police Search

The $1,000 Guadagonine violin
played by George zazoski of Brook
line, Mass, before President Truman
and his family and a Constitution
Hall audience Thursday night is the
object of police search.
Mr.. Zazoski told police he dis
covered his violin was missing while
returning to Boston by railroad after
the Boston Symphony Orchestra
concert here. Mr.. Zazoski believed
the violin was left either in the
Union Station concourse or in his
berth on the train. The instrument
is in a black leather case inside a
canvas case bearing his initials. the
musician reported.
The violin was made in italy In
1754 by a master craftsman named
J., B. Guadagonine.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Church Federation's S
Drive for S4,10O
Launched al Dinner

The 9th annual financial cam
paign of the Washington Federation
of Churches was underway today
after nearly $50 members, repre-
senting the 1877 churches in the or
ganization, met last night at the
Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth ano
H streets NV, for dinner and cam
paign instructions by federation
officials.
DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, executive
secretary of the federation, declared
cooperation in an enterprise OF
this sort "is tool for the COM
munity welfare and understanding. y
DIR. Glenn Speaks.
Edward F. Lacey, executive secre-
tary of the National Traffic League.
and DR.. c. Leslie Glenn. rector of
st. Johns Episcopal Church, made
brief talks. Arthur S. Flemming,
general chairman of the fund cam
paign, presided over the meeting.
Campaign Director Purcell Storey
explained the various divisions with
in the general campaign and the
goal to be reached by each. He gave
final instructions to the volunteer
workers who will begin their work
today.
January 10 will be official fedora
ton Sunday" in many District
Churches time when cooperative
Professionalism will be explained anc
congregations given an opportunity
to contribute to the federation
Nearly all member churches have 6
part of their yearly budget set aside
for the federation.
$44,1O0 to Be Raised.
The federation represents % diff
ferent denominations and is man.
aged by board of directors com
posed of 80 clergymen and laymen
It has its own headquarters building
at 1751 N street NV. The organ
ization employees fulltime staff o1
18 and has volunteer staff OF more
than 500 workers. 9'@ o. !
OF the $68,919 budget for the fisca
year, nearly 5000 is met by the
Community Chest and other sources
leaving $44,l0O to ebe raised from
individuals and the various churches
First report meeting of the drive
Will be held in hte Calvary Baptist
Church on January 81.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Bethesda PTA to Meet

Pending and proposed school leg
islation on national and State levels
will be discussed at the meeting
of the Bethesda Elementary School
Parent Teacher Association at 8
pm. Tuesday in the school audi
torium. John r. Reeves, delegate
to the Maryland Legislature, will
discuss the subject on the State
level, and Leslie M. Able. president
Of the County Council Of PTA. will
present the county angle.
Evening star., 1947-01-11

A Lake Placid or Miami trip is
not necessary for seasonal fun, says
J. Merrill Connor, chairman of the
committee for the Board of Trades
Winter Holiday" dinner.
The dinner; which will be a
double-header to accommodate ad-
vance reservations, will be enlivened
by acts from New York in keep
ing with the winter holiday theme.
The same dinner show will go OIL
at the Mayfower Hotel ballroom
for both sections of the dinner
that of January 81 and that of
February /.
Requests for reservations received
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Edward Snowden Quits
MONTGOMERY Police Job

Edward Snowden Of Sandy Spring
temporary Montgomery County
police desk clerk. resigned today
Mr.. Snowden had served both at
the Silver Spring and Takoma Park
stations 4of the county police since
his appointment in 1945.
His resignation became the Sec
ond In as many days by members
|of the county police force. Yester-
day 1t. = Frank A. Lane. former
county chief of detectives, an
nounced he was leaving to enter his
own detective business.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Karrack TO Head Business
Unit in Symphony Drive,

David B. Karrick, president of the
Fidelity Storage Co.. will head the
business committee in the drive for
a s175,000 sustaining fund for the
National Symphony Orchestra, Ed
ward Burling, jr., general chairman,
announced today.
Mr.. Karrick's vice chairmen are
Lee D. Butler, Frank r. Jelleff and
Harold N. Marsh.
The business committees quota
in the drive is $25, 900, Mr.. Burling
said.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Badly Hurt Woman Says
Men Pushed Her From Car

A woman identified by police as
Mary Magruder, SO, was found lying
in the street at Fort Foote road,
Oxon Hill, Md, early today with
severe head injuries she said were
suffered when she was pushed from
a moving automobile during the
night.
She said she lived In the 1900
block of Bladensburg road NE,
ninth precinct police said.
Casualty Hospital aides, who de-
scribed the woman's condition as
"fair," said she told them she was
pushed from moving car by two
men. The report is being investi-
gated by Maryland police of the
Marlboro substation.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
MARYLAND Bid for Part of D. C..
Gas Tax Nets Only Argument
By RudoIph Kouffmonn ]

all summer traffic on Southern
Maryland roads comes from the
District.
How about all the Maryland
people who spend money in the
District?" said the champion OF
Maryland.
Eyes, but hew about the income
of Marylanders which is made in
the District and not taxed?" Capt
|Whitehurst shot back.
The argument surged back and
forth. In the end, nobody agreed to
pay anybody anything.
Following a talk by Leslie Will
liams, city planning engineer for the
American Transit Association, who
prescribed a seven-point program to
prevent congestion and blighted
business areas in Washington, Capt
Whitehurst, Mr.. Reindollar, MIR
Marye and Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant
III, chairman of the National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission
gave their views.
Outline Plans.
Can't. Whitehurst traced the Dis
trict's latest transportation plans
| for the future, made public the end
Of last year.
MIR. Marye outlined Virginia s
plans TO increase to 100000 vehicles
a day the capacity Of the 10 major
approaches to the District. A 74,0o0-
vehicle-a-day increase in capacity,
or about so per cent, is needed. he
said.
Maryland needs $500, 900 900 worth
of road improvements, Mr.. Rein
dollar told the forum in tracing his
States immediate plans for the
washington approaches.
Gen. Grant stressed the need for
an Alexandria bridge, plus future
crossings of the Potomac.
The meeting was conducted by
Charles M. Upham, chairman Of the
Board Of Trade Highways Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Second Bill Offered
To Add ; Judges
To Municipal Court

Proposed legislation which would
provide three more judges for the
Municipal Court here was widely
hailed in Washington today as a
solution to the troubles of the tribu-
NAL, generally considered the most
overburdened court in the District.
A new bill to add the judges was
introduced yesterday by Senate,
Johnston, Democrat, Of South Caro-
lima, after a somewhat different
measure had been introduced re.
Gently by Senator McCarran, Demo.
crat, of Nevada. Both went to the
Senate District Committee.
Chief Justice George P. Barse o1
Municipal Court today declared hi
was very much gratifled" over the
new bills.
While he did not specify which
one he favored, he declared: "The
proposal for additional judges in the
Municipal Court is what I consider
nonpolitical legislation, and should
be passed on it's merits"
Wide Support Cited.
Judge Barse added he had been
advised that the proposal to add the
judges would have the support, in
principle, Of Attorney General Clark
the District commissioners, the Dis
trict Bar Association, the Judicial
Council and the Washington Board
of trade.
The measures may come up for
consideration at the next melting OF
the Senate District Committee
slated by Chairman Buck for next
Thursday.
Senator Johnston's measure pro.
vides that, out of the 13 judges o1
the court, two may be nonresidents
with certain qualifications. Senator
McCarran's bill requires all judges
must be residents of the District
and shall have been engaged ir
private practice Of law here for al
least five years, Immediately prior
to their appointment.
Flexible on Nonresidents.
The Johnston bill contains similar
requirements for loca. judges but
would permit appointment of non.
residents who have been members
of the bar of the highest courts iI
their States, and who a1e members
of the District bar; or those who
have been members of the bar fol
five years, and have been employed
as attorneys in either the District OF
Federal governments here.
In the last Congress, measure
compromising provisions of different
bills introduced by Senators McCar-
ran and Johnston passed the Senate
but was killed in the House.
Judge Barse long has recon-
mended three additional Judges foI
the court, which he said showed a
formidable" average of 5000 new
cases each month of last year. This
was a 9.01 per cent increase in
new cases per month over the aver
age for the preceding year.
The cost of additional Judges, he
pointed out. was a small item" COM
pared to the cash income of the
court. A record breaking 81, ,383, ,6Ss
in fines and forfeitures was paid
into the criminal branch during the
past calendar year, according to
Walter r. Bramhall, chief clerk.
Evening star., 1947-01-11

lat the Board of Trade Offices indi-
cate that the two nights are run
ming almost even in popularity.
) Working with Mr.. Connor ON ar
|rangements are Dallas P. Fry, D.
Russell Myers, j. w. Warner, Ray
nond M. Florance, Maurice S. May
DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald, How
ard C. Drake, Joseph c. McGar-
raghy, B. NJ. McKelway, j. Garrett
Bethel, Joe M. Baker. Edward T.
Offutt, jr, William J. McManus,
George A. Ford, Horace w. Talley,
Harold S. Harwood, A. w. Lee, Mil
ton H. Schlosser and Raymond A.
DuFour.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Nearby Airports
.ToGet U. 5. Aid;
D. {. Lacks Plan
$77,e55 for Capital
Waits on Setup to
Utilize Grant

Small airports to cost 1887 500
in Virginia and $565, 300 in Mary
land were included today in a ST.
sol ,865 list Of 800 Federal-aid pro-
jects in which the States are par
ticipating but the District of CO.
lumbia is not. The Government puts
up approximately half the cost, with
States or cities paying the remainder.
The report released today by Civil
Aeronautics Administrator T. p.
Wright on first airports to be built
or improved under the Federal plan
reveals that $77,955 was set aside
for the District, but local officials
had mo program as Of December g.
to use the Federal appropriation.
Engineer Commissioner Gordon r.
Young said the District has not
participated in the plan so far be-
cause of lack of a matching fund
and the apparent lack of a suitable
site for private flying within the
District. He added however, that
the appropriation is accumulative
from year to year, and District Of
ficials are exploring the possibility
of having the act amended to allow
development of fields in nearby
Maryland or Virginia either inde-
Ipendently or on cooperative basis
with the States.
Alabama to Participate Later.
Only Alabama in addition to the
District has failed so far to come
forward with plans to take advan-
tage of the National program, but
State officials have assured the CAA
that active plans are in the making
for early participation.
First awards by the CAA were
made on the assumption it was the
intent of Congress to give immediate
aid to private flying through de-
velopment of small as against large
airports. 1t was pointed out that
many large airports were built dur
ing the war and can be used by
the larger cities while smaller land
ing fields in classes one, two and
three were neglected.
This formula for allotment of
funds, however, has been challenged
by spokesmen for cities like Balti-
more, New York, Chicago and De-
troit, who are expected to take their
demands before Congress for
larger share of funds for improving
big airports in classes four and five.
Cities Spending Big Sums.
While Maryland, for example, is to
get only about $4,000, 900 under the
whole seven-year plan, Baltimore is
now seeking $4,000,000 for building
a new municipal airport, and Detroit
officials are asking almost half OF
Michigai's total of $4,000, 900 for an
airport in Wayne County.
The progress report by Mr.. Wright
covers only small airports in one,
two and three classes to be con-
structed at an estimated cost to the
Government of $33 1899 ,265 with local
or State government sponsors put
ting up an additional $37, ,692, 800.
Amounts were apportioned among
the States on the basis of area and
population, plus $6,690,849 assigned
to 80 States from a discretionary
fund, and $531 $50 from funds ap-
portioned to Alaska, Hawaii and
Puerto Rico.
The act requires the CAA to sub
NIT plans to Congress for larger
airports in classes four and five at
least two months in advance of the
fiscal year in which the funds are
to be apportioned.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
PTA to Hear Safety Talk

Safety" will be the subject of
the Somerset School PTA meeting
to be held at pm. Tuesday in
the school auditorium. Dr.. Mere
dith F. Burrill. member of the
Montgomery County Safety Council
will describe the present program
Ia the county.
Evening star., 1947-01-11

CHURCH FEDERATION FUND OPENS DRIvE-Three figures
in the 9th annual financial campaign of the Washington Fed
Grafton Churches discuss plans at last night at the
Calvary Baptist Church. which opened the drive Left to right
Frederick Reissg executive secretary Dr. Arthur
Flemmng president and Dudley F. Hoffman, chairman of
the Special Gifts Committee Star Staff Photo