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Evening star., 1947-07-12
Motorist Held in Deaths
OF Woman and Baby Here

Edward c. Butcher, %, colored,
IT'S First street NV, was held for
the grand jury yesterday in the
deaths of Beatrice Chambers, SO,
of 1912 D street Sc. and Melvin
Platter, jr., 10 months of the same
address, both colored, as the result
of an auto collision.
Testimony revealed that . nose
bleed had been the initial cause OF
of the two deaths and injury OF
eight other persons in the collision
which occurred at North Capitol
and H streets.
Butcher testified that Clarence
Moss, 81, a roomer In the First
street house, had asked him to drive
him to hospital because he had
a nosebleed. Butcher said he kept
blowing his auto horn as he drove.
He struck car driven by Oscar
Crowder, jr., 26, colored Of Fifteenth
street Sc, in which the others
were riding.
Mrs. Chambers and the infant
were killed instantly.
In another case, the death OF
william I. Mccarthy, 30, Of Dor
chester, Mass, who was struck June
%, was held accidental by the coro-
ner's jury. The verdict released
Talburt T. Asby, q, of Herndon,
Va, driver of the Car which struck
Mr.. Mccarthy at North Capitol
street and Massachusetts, avenue
opposite the City Post ONCE.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
Adequute Armed Forces Urqed
At Fort Stevens Ceremony

1t is mandatory that we have ad-
equate armed forces because there
is no assurance that World War
II will be our last, Lee R. Pen
nington of the FBI, and a past de-
partment commander of the Amer
ican Legion, said last night in ad-
vocating a. year of universal military
training for American youths.
Mr.. Pennington was speaker at
the 18th annual commemorative ex-
ercises and ceremonies marking
the 83rd anniversary OF the Civil
War Battle of Fort Stevens" The
program was held under auspices OF
the Department of the Potomac,
Ladies of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
The event was; held at the fort,
Thirteenth and Rittenhouse streets
NV. The fort marks the point OF
deepest penetration by Confederate
forces into the District during the
Civil War. President Lincoln wit
messed the battle in which the in
vading forces were repulsed.
Mr.. Pennington emphasized that
trainees under system of univer-
sal military training could not be
Evening star., 1947-07-12
A-1Q ~ THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
AY, II,
Senators Picked
To Open Inquiry
On Police Here
McGruth Heads Group
Calling Public Hearing
Monday in Probe

A six-man subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee will make
a preliminary investigation at an
open hearing Monday into the pro-
posed full-scale probe of police ad-
ministrations here.
This Is to gather support for the
investigation resolution which seeks
a grant of $25, 900 from the Senate's
contingent fund to finance the pro-
posed inquiry.
Senator McGrath, Democrat, of
Rhode Island was named chairman
of the special District subcommittee
to handle the entire matter. He
said witnesses at the Monday ses-
sion would include the District Com
missioners, Police Supt. Robert j.
Barrett and representatives of the
Washington Post.
The full Senate District Commit
tee at an executive session yester-
day gave formal approval to the
resolution seeking authority for the
full-scale investigation.
Senate action on this, however,
would be deferred until after the
preliminary hearing Monday, Sen
ator McGrath said. This is designed
to fortify the position of the COM
mittee when it seeks the approval
of the Senate Rules Committee on
the requested ALLEGATION of SIS, 900
to cover the expenses of an investi-
gator or counsel and clerk-hire.
Others named to work with Sen
ator McGrath> on the preliminary
investigation and later on the full
probe, assuming it Is ordered by
the Senate, were: Senators Ball Of
Minnesota, Flanders of Vermont
and Cooper of Kentucky, Republic
cans, and Sparkman of Alabama
and Holland of Florida, Democrats.
Senator McGrath said the special
group at the first session at 2 pm.
Monday would want to know par
ticularV what are the practices in
the handling of police statistics,
how long these have been in force,
who is responsible for them and
the extent to- which the rank and
file of the police department are
affected by them.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
a Youths Held After Racinq
Ja|opies on Navy Airstrip

Four District youths, arrested
Thursday night after police re-
ported finding them testing their
stripped-down jalopies on a Naval
Reserve airstrip at the Governments s
agricultural research farm at Belts
vile, Md, face trial in Hyattsville
Police Court on charges of trespas-
sing.
The four are Roy o. Nagel, 81, of
the 1900 block of Quincy street
NV; S. Otto Naecker, 10, and Ray
mond A. Giovannoni, 20, both of the
500 block of Rittenhouse street
NV; and Charles F. Corsillo, 10,
of the TOO block of Georgia avenue
NV.
The youths posted $3.50 collateral
each after Prince Georges county
Policemen Arnett w. Cord and
Horace King responded to the air.
field following telephone tip. The
policemen said they found the
youths roaring up and down" the
runway at high speeds.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
Former Interior Aide
Weds Ex-WAC Major

A former Army colonel who
helped the japanese rehabilitate
their fisheries and a former WAC
major who helped bring Japanese
war criminals to trial were married
last night in Chevy Chase, Md.
They are Reginald H. Fielder
one-time chief of the Fishery In
dustries Division of the Interior
Department, and Regina Smith o1
New York and Amarillo, Tex.
They were married by the Rev
Dr.. Charles w. Lowry at All Saints
Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Fielder has been a special
assistant to the director of the Fish
and Wildlife Service since he re.
turned here last fall. He will leave
soon to become vice president of q
fish-packing firm at Long Beach
Calf.
The couple met in Japan, where
Mrs. Fielder aided in setting up the
military tribunal in Tokyo which is
trying Japan's leading war criminals
While in the Army, Mr.. Fielder
was in charge of fisheries activities
for one year, under Gen. Macarthur
in Japan.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
Soap Box DerbyHeut Results
;hsler.. 15, Of 2aOo GOOD Hope ROAD

pTeschsIsI.' s To- OF 23oo GOOD Hope road
Twenty; eighth hsst-Waltsr ss NJ Tsuntroy e.
Larry Finisecy, 10. OF 71S South Eighteenth
Iiss' linss Sd, IA. Of sss L street NE, third
twenty ninth, heat--James Joy, .13. oi
3412 ouesada street NV, first: Robert J
Rsehie Rasf Mo- OF seeond S aipsft Mhs T.
Of 3115 Rittenhouse street NV, third:
Thirtieth neat-HarTy II. Harris; Il, q q
sa na@tCa ssrsss ae's road ~
EXPORT street NV, third.
Gaithersburg Boy First in 3Ist.
Thirty-nrst heat-Tommy Hershey y T.
% ls aSss c.ss e. II eos NUI
Douglas F. Dean, Il. Of sSs North Ran
dRh srss nsnssse ssssDs;d Es 1s
ksrn St Shs7 H. stFsf' 800 h:s 7s;aon heT"fa
ArIpsren. SfeSnd nSdeatwillam King 49,
1900 Branch avenue Sc. first; Robert L.
Knisht, l3. Of 1902 Alabama ayenue; Alex Lex
sndTla Va second Ranaid third HINES Oh ioi'
Thirty fourth heat-Buddy cutshaw. IA,
% 11s oi a 9ss sF srse Ts SW eWvEy
Thirty -ffth heat--William Middleton
10, of 3194 Westover drive NV, nrst;
Freddie McCutchan. Is, 1920 Thirteenth
Street NV, second: Fred Miller, IA, OF
$3.50 Richie road Sc, third.
Thirty-sixth heat-Cassell MONTGOMERY
Is, of National Training School, first
George Mulloy, "A, OF 5102 Fourteenth
street NV, second.
Thirty-seventh heat-James z. Osborne
10. of 1909 North Second road, Arlington
first; Thomas Neal 1a., of 1924 Mime
sofa avenue Sc. second.
Thirty eighth heat-Jerry Marsden, Is
of 216 Ninth street S.W.. drst: Francis
K. Powell, jr., 13, of 335 Lowrie place
NE, second.
Thirty ninth heat-John M. Shepherd
Is, of 31O9 q place Sc. and Russell H
Sheets, 13, Route / Vienna, Va, in dead
heat; Jack e. Schneider, Is, of 1887 Mac
Arthur boulevard NV, third.
Fortieth heat-Eddie Shymansky, 13. Of
5O4 z street NE, first: Jaques J Smith
49, Of 69O4 Wissiomine road NV. sec
ond; Paul Spangler, IL, of 1928 SIXTH
street S.W.. third
Evening star., 1947-07-12
Dismisses S1,146,600
0PA Meat Price Suit

District Court Justice James w
Morris yesterday dismissed a two
year-old treble damage suit brought
by the Office of PRICE Administra-
tion on grounds former Admins
traitor Chester Bowles' successors
made no showing of a substantial
need for continuing the action.
The court granted a motion te
dismiss made by defense counsel
in the case. The motion contendeo
that Mr.. Bowles resigned as ad-
ministrator after the action was
filed in his name and was succeeded
by Paul A. Porter, who later also
resigned, but no substitution was
made in the action.
The suit asked $1,146,6 900 damages
for alleged overceiling price sales
of beef during the year preceding
the action against partners in the
Wright Beef Co.. 1900 block OF
Fourth street NE. The partners
were Berry C. Wright and Sam
Siegel. The action against Mr.
Wright was dismissed earlier.
Defense attorneys were Bernard
MargoliuS and joseph Danzansky
Evening star., 1947-07-12
CIaytons Give Million
To Johns Hopkins
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, July ia 81, 900, :
600 research grant has been received
by the Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine from, Undersecretary Of
State and Mrs. Clayton.
Announcement Of the gift was
made yesterday by DR.. Isaiah Bow
man, president of Johns Hopkins
University. Two days previously,
Mrs. Clayton disclosed the gift
but did not identify the institution.
DR.. Bowman said the gift was
made as a permanent Endorsement,
and is contained in 10000 shares Of
common stock In Anderson, Clay
ton 81 Co.
Income from the donation. one of
the largest ever received from an
individual, will be applied to such
medical research as may be decided
by a special committee to be ap-
pointed soon, DR.. Bowman said. He
added that terms Of the gift permit
it to be used for any research re-
garded as most important to the
Department OF Medicine 'in the
present state of development Of the
medical sciences"
Evening star., 1947-07-12
Senate Employees
Facing Delay in
Tuesdays Pay

Senate employees today were no
ticeably more glum than their House
colleagues at the other end Of the
Capitol.
The reason was the news that
they won't be paid next Tuesday
because Congress hasn't completed
sction on the 1913 legislative appro-
priation bill.
House employees were unworriec
They get paid once month and
the next payday is scheduled for
July 81, when Congress undoubtedly
viii have completed action on the
bill. Senate employees get paid twice
0 month, with Tuesday scheduled
as the regular semimonthly payday
Evening star., 1947-07-12
Inch Of Rain Recorded
In District Area Storm

A heavy thunder-and-lightning
storm drenched the Washington
area last night with nearly an inch
of rain, accompanied by winds
reaching 80 miles an hour.
Police reported little storm dam
age, however, despite the prolonged
electrical display. strong winds and
heavy ,downpour.
Today Is expected to be warm and
clean, the Weather Bureau forecast
said, with highest temperature
about IS degrees. The humidity is
expected to rise to 80 per cent. To-
night will be cool and tomorrow
warm again.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
.Conferees Agree Navy
Should Get 4 Billion
from Yesterdays Last Edition. }

from Yesterdays Last Edxtion)
Senator Saltonstall, Republican.
OF Massachusetts,, said today Senate
and House conferees have agreed on
a Navy appropriation bill allowing
expenditure of "just over four billion
dollars" in the current fiscal year.
He said House conferees have
agreed to accept part of Senate in
creases that will allow the Navy
395, 900 men and $4,000 officers during
the 12-month period beginning last
July !.
He said the compromise also pro-
vides $4,000, 900 contract authority
for purchase of new naval aircraft
for anti-submarine patrol and re-
connaissance.
Senator Saltonstall told reporters:
II think that this will give us the
numbers of men, ships and aircraft
needed for an effective fighting Navy
during the next year. The cuts will
delay some of the ultra -moderniza-
ton plans such as increased radar
installations
Senator Saltonstall said the COM
promise permitting expenditures of
lust. over $4,000, 900" Is more than
5000 ,000, 900 below President Tru-
mans budget estimate.
Evening star., 1947-07-12

called except by Congress and could
not be sent into combat except by
declaration of war.
Capt. Joseph A. Walker, Of the
Amerlcanism Committee of the
American Legion, who also spoke,
stressed the need of clear, calm
thinking" and of careful delibera-
tion'' at the present time when
peace has not yet come to this
world
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, III pre-
sided. John G. Bugbee of Gushing
Camp Sons of Union Veterans, read
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Mrs.
Charlotte w. Stumph, patriotic in
structor and chairman, led the au-
dience in the recital of. The Ameri-
cans Creed" So.
Mrs. Elmerdeen B. McDermott,
department president, placed a
floral tribute at the fort, accom-
panied by Mrs. Frances Revelle,
president of Oldroyd Circle, and
color bearers of the department.
Music was provided by the Metro
pohtan Police Band, 1t. Charles
Benter conducting. Fort Stevens
Post, American Legion, assisted in
arrangements.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
48 Prince Georges Cobs
Obtoin New Insurance

Only 48 of Prince Georges Coun-
ty's 80 registered taxicabs have OBJ
tanned new insurance since the in-
valuation June 20 Of all policies
issued by the Keystone Mutual Cas-
ualty Co. of Pittsburgh, County Cab
Inspector Harry G. Mercer re-
ported today.
The remaining cabs, Mr.. Mercer
pointed out, cannot operate legally
until insurance Is obtained.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
Heat results in today's running OF
the Soap Box Derby follow: a

Heat results in today's running OF
the Soap Box Derby follow:
First ieat-charles 8. Dean. IS. of s22
Fo@as j. 'iFee1 Neen A5nss'a e asoa
sYsbiebsla y E sbsla 49, Of aaoo Good Hope road
Second heat-Alfrsd Ashton h j; u;,s,l IF aso2
s7 is7, Aiexandria, Va. third
Third hsatMThsodore Padsstt l,so,si y; Of
kuby as r'efnla lba e ia1s s'1ss9 Street
second; James W. Wallace, Is. OF 1910
D street Sc, third ~ n,sn, % ., as,o
Lee boulevard. Arlington, first; Ralph W.
Heuprich. IL. or 41I2 Eiehteenth Place
Ne second; charles nsfon rgGua H. tb,4s 9f 494l
a75i chesapeake street NV. nrst: Curtis
a'assSs II ss5s hSesfs
sixth hsat-,Wlliam +. Holmes; II; Of
ess csszes Ha1ns w. fns be'hfsdf koate Me l.
Es44 zss fhsFsa Ts%~s
s'fssss; Seventh Ahfssstn hsstRopert @ sprias: 10 Of
stewart. IT, a. of AiexandTis; Va, sec, e.
Eighth heat-Harry M. Hart, l3. OF 1897
snsrdan nst Rlchsra s15ee5 5uten c 4oos
SON SON ii. Of Route i. Falls Church. Va,
ouines Ninth Dlsse nss'keofas fst wass W!ssn
Of s5$e South Seventh street, Arlington
Tenth heat-Richard Mankin. l2. Of
2390 Good Hope 1ss rSad !fr.i rss A9e1n seen
Bun Sunker eahiS Hill road "a faaii Me-. third. ''
Wilson Wins 11th Heat.
Eleventh heat-Burke L. Wilson, II. Of
1881 Hamlin street NE. first; Jerry W De
second; Junis Young, IA, Of 2oa2 savan-
Twelfth heat-Wayne W. Miller. II; OF
II. o Of % i4os @ Hortf, Fillmore street, Airing:
ton, second, John F. Mermel, II, Of 6207
Twentieth PLACE. Hyattsviile: Nd third
Hartman, @ Is. Of 1854 Irving street NV,
Fourteenth heat-Johan y, yon Ny Nqmsrs. s,;
Ss:,:; s1s5s: RsSs cS:vs's n
gfsssnttss hs:MsttseT hs:tTe b Boring 49,
So som j. j. Amions: Is, Route 4; Aiex.nd5ia; 5sa
"a, second; ;a. John NJ Appel VI AHA ha. of 1859
Of RID 2, Silver Spring, Nd, frst; T. Foster
ena: anss'ssa; sesnni: M efiss0y. M +. Of so7 II
Eighteenth heatLEonald Blsekmsn; l5.
Charles n: Baumen, ID. Of 3647 ouesada
Nineteenth hsat-Harry Brown, jr. y.
ward Bohan. Il, Of $685. Bangor street
Sc. second; Jack Cook Is, Of 7aa Kexia
street Sc; third ,.u.. u.,nrrv %
Of 1851 Allentown road Sc. nrst; Will
liam 8. Swami. II. Of s3oo Good Hope
5esepss jSss SE Hss sss0pa sehoeI Third f'n Oh
Twenty first Heat to Charles Buck.
Twenty.nrst heat-charIes Buck, l3. Of
I09 LonKfellow street NV. nrst; Donald
NV sss9sna Sssy BSrrs ssr.e1 nE fEoyn third 3D. H.
H. asniy oi nGsi ssless qss Don sSeess
Ra. Ms vsnas $500 y. sisaRa
TTwenty-third heat-sherwin De SAINTS,
r. 6 sssa s eay 81 slss 1s
NV. second; Paul Croft a. of 7sl xenia
of ios Wsst@oresnd sssSue
Park, frst:' James r. johnson. IT,. IL,
Route s, Alexandria, Va, second: Henri
Waters. IL. OF 6512 Sixth street NV
Twenty-fifth heat-Bin Diliey.. 10: Of
3739 Appleton street NV, nrst; Alan
Dunbar, l3, of 90 Farragut place NV.
second; Robert r. Drechsler, Is, Of 2300
Good Hope road Sc. third.
Twenty-sixtn heat-Walter R.. Hun, II.
wilkinson, 12, st. Joseph's. second: THOMAS
View. II. Of 800 Fiftieth street NEa thiTd.
Twenty.seventh heat-John broyies. Il.
Il. Bali Sd, "A. OF 2405 Burke avenue.
Alexandria, Va, second; Thomas T.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
S|um Clearance Fund
For District Restored
By Senate Committee

The Districts slum clearance pro-
gram had new lease on life today
as a result of the Senate Appro-
priations Committees action in re-
storing a $95,000 appropriation for
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission for the 1948 fiscal
year.
The $500 request had been re-
fused by the House.
AS voted by the Senate group,
s45, 900 would be used to prepare the
report of a comprehensive slum
clearance plan here-$35,000 for a
survey to determine slum areas and
$4,000 for a survey to determine
the lowest 20 per cent income groups
who would benefit from slum rede-
velopment under the law.
The so-called master survey" by
the Park and Planning Commission
is a necessary preliminary to the
work of the Land Redevelopment
Agency, recently set up to handle
slum clearance projects.
Other Cities Are Cited.
The planning commission money
is for making its survey only, and
not for any demolition of slums, or
rebuilding of the blighted areas.
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III, chair
man of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, testify
ing before a Senate Appropriations
subcommittee on the item, pointed
out that many other cities already
are engaging in very definite
urban redevelopment projects in
order to get rid of their blighted
areas and rehabilitate them.
Among these cities, Gen. Grant
told the committee, are st. Louis,
indianapolis, Philadelphia and Los
Angeles.
Other Witnesses Appear.
1--WE hate to feel that the National
Capital is way behind" he added.
Other witnesses who asked for
restoration of the 5000 item were
Mrs. John c. McClintock Of the Citi-
zens' Council for Community Plan
ming and the Mrs. Monroe Burk OF
the District of Columbia League of
Women Voters.
In reporting out the independent
offices appropriations bill yesterday,
the committee went along with the
House in granting $780, 900 for the
acquisition of land to develop the
George Washington Memorial Park
way.
The committee included $1,700, 900
for initial work in the construction
of the District hospital center here.
It also voted $3.50, 900 for a national
institute of mental health at Be-
thesda. Both these items were pre-
viously approved by the House.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
School Robbed of STAT

st. Johns College High School
1925 Vermont avenue NV, was
robbed of SAT last night by thief
who entered through an unlocked
side window and rified desks and
cabinets, Brother F. Thomas, r. s.
c., principal, reported to police
The money was in five pay envelopes
for employees of the school.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
Welfare Advisers Retained

RICHMOND, July II B.-Grif-
fenhagen Associates has been re-
tanned by the Executive Committee
of the Mitchell Commission to assist
it in studying problems in connec-
tion with public welfare work in
Virginia.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
Dr.. Muier to Preach

DR.. Walter A. Maier. radio preach
er and evangelist, will occupy the
pulpit at Christ Lutheran Church,
Sixteenth and Gallatin streets NV
at the II am. services tomorrow
when he will discuss conditions In
Germany.
Evening star., 1947-07-12
District Court Sets
Record, Disposing Of
5,914 Cases in Year

District Court accomplished more
work during the year ended June
80 than in any other year of its his
tory, according to the annual report
of Assignment Commissioner John
H. Sullivan.
A total Of 5,914 cases were dis
posed of during the year by the IL
justices. The 1903 civil cases
cleared from the calendar exceeded
the total disposed Of in any pre-
vious year by TIT, Mr.. Sullivan re-
ported yesterday. 80,
The disposition Of I ,8a1 criminal
cases leaves only 246 remaining on
the criminal calendar. OF these
1863 are available for trial.
There are only seven cases on the
criminal calendar a year old or
more, and l3 are between six months
and a year old. In six of the year
old cases, defendants have been In
st. Elizabeths Hospital for two and
a half years. OF the 13 more than
six months but less than a year old
only five are available for trial.
1,754 New Indictments.
There were 1,754 new indictments
during the year. This number add
ed to the cases on the calendar July
l, 1946, and those added by order
for new trial brought those on the
calendar to 2,067 during the year
In commenting on the progress
shown by the report, Mr.. Sullivan
cited the two-year-old system OF
assigning criminal cases for trial
Under this system, assignments OF
criminal cases are made by the
assignment commissioner rather
than by the United States attorney
Continuances were granted less
often and trial dates were assigned
more quickly after indictment
usually within one week, and many
other changes were made under the
system.
Laws Favors System.
Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws, In
a statement to the judicial Confer
ence of Judges in the District June
6, asserted his belief the system
should be permanent one, and at
tributed to it q situation where
trials may now be said to be cur
rent"
Additional statistics on criminal
business handled by the court dur
ing the last year reveal that there
were go lunacy hearings and 2t
extradition hearings. There were
1859 arraignments and 1850 SEN
fences heard.
Among civil matters, uncentesteo
divorce cases represented the larg-
est number disposed Of during the
year. A total of 2,233 were cleared
from the calendar, as compared
with 1,760 in the previous year.
Elapsed Time Cut.
Since October, 1916, civil jury
actions have been accelerated by
one month in the time elapsing be-
tween the time a case Is placed or
the trial calendar and the date II
is reached for actual trial. The
time is now six months.
Nonjury actions have not beer
accelerated. They take nine months
to be reached for final trial after
being placed on the trial calendar
Where in 1899 there were 1,37s
civil cases a year old or more, there
were as of June 80 this year 548
AS of October l, 1916, however
there were only 402. Civil cases 6
to IL months old dropped from 2,81e
on October /, 1916, to 918 as OF
June 80.
Total cases more than six months
old dropped from 3,218 to 1,466. OF
the 1,466 included are 831 divorce
matters.
Evening star., 1947-04-03

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