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Evening star., 1947-02-07
Canavan Case Slated
To Settle Legality Of
Drunk Driving Tests

Two questions which have been
bothering police and the Corpora
tion Counsels Office about the legal
ity Of scientific blood and urine tests
to determine if person is drunk
may be settled ultimately by a case
which began in Municipal Court
yesterday.
Attorney James K. Hughes asked
Judge George d. Nelson to sup
press as evidence the result of a
blood test given James T. Canavan,
A, of Cheverly, Md, who is charged
with driving while drunk.
Questions raised by the motion
are:
l. Is a person under the influence
of alcohol capable of giving consent
to the tests?
2. Must the police have consent?
Case Put Over to February 20.
Judge Nelson continued the case
until February 20 to give Mr.. Hughes
and Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark King time to prepare argu-
ments on the motion.
"The question Is of the highest
Importance to the people of the Dis
trict," the judge commented. 1T
is worthy of serious consideration
because it is the first time the points
have been raised m the District"
Last year the Municipal Court o1
AHpeals ruled oH: the legality o1
uranalysis as evidence under some
circumstances. The court said thai
If the specimen were obtained with
the consent Of the defendent, tht
result Of the test could be introduced
as evidence in the trial.
The court at that time, however
said the question of whether sths
test could be made without the per.
sons consent did not arise in that
particular case and therefore ruling
could not be made.
Mr.. Hughes contends the blood
test given Canavan, a building en-
gineer with the Post Office Depart
ment, was made without his consent
after a minor accident at Twelfth
street and New York avenue NV
on November %.
DR.. Jean j. Vivino of the Gallinger
Hospital staff testified she drew the
blood for the test from Caravans
left arm with no protest from him
Canavan, however, took the stand
to claim he let the doctor take the
blood because he knew he was under
arrest and thought he had to do it.
Mr.. Hughes claimed the constitu-
tional rights had not been explained
clearly to Canavan by the police
and that they did not tell him he
did not have to take the test.
Mr.. King, on the other hand,
maintained the policemen did tell
Canavan Of his rights. Policemen
L. B. Sims and G. I. Eppard Of the
Accident Investigation Unit testified
they told Canavan they could not
force him to take the test.
tits an act of hypocrisy to ask a
man supposedly drunk to consent to
such a test" Mr.. Hughes declared.
Mr.. Hughes contended blood test
taken without consent forced a man
to testify against himself, which is
expressly forbidden by the Con-
stitution.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
H. A. McFuuI Will Head
KiImurock Civic Body

Organization of the Kilmarock-
Park Knolls Citizens Association,
with H. A. McFaul as president, was
announced today.
Other officers elected at the first
meeting at the Cynthia Warner
School were j. H. Eyeritt, vice pres
ident; G. H. Mace, secretary, and
MRS. Charles M. Brown, treasurer.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Moran 10 Head Alumni .
OF Bethesda Chevy Chase

John Moran has been elected pres
ident of the Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School Alumni Association.
Other officers include Barbara
Baldridge Cunningham, vice presi-
dent; Barbara Dickinson Lancaster,
recording secretary: Marion Har-
desty, corresponding secretary, and
Rennie Quible, treasurer. Miss Dor
othy Young will represent the school
faculty.
At a meeting Tuesday night at
the high school, standing commit
tees will be appointed and delegate
from each class selected to assist
the executive committee and the
corresponding secretary in keeping
in touch with all alumni.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Church Burglars Fail
To Find Loot in Sofe

1ntruders who pried open several
doors and knocked of the combi-
nation knob Of safe last night In
the Florida Avenue Baptist Church
apparently obtained nothing.
The Rev. Robert L. Rollins, pastor,
told police locks were broken on a
side door and on entrances to several
rooms in the building at 625 Florida
avenue NV.
If anything is missing, he said, he
has not discovered 1t. He has been
unable to determine whether the
safe was opened, but it contained no
money, he added.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
|5NaIlled toHead
D. {. Agency for
SIun1 Clearance
Trumun Nominutes
Two Administrators
Of $40. .Ooo, 900 Fund


Five Washingtonians were nomi-
mated to the Districts new Slum
Clearance and Redevelopment Agera-
cy today.
President Truman nominated two
of them-Mark Lansburgh, head Of
Lansburgh & Bro. department store
and prominent civic leader, to serve
five years, and George A. Garrett,
broker and president of the Board
of Directors Of Emergency Hospital,
to serve three years.
The District Commissioners NOM
mated the other three-James E.
Colliflower, widely known leader in
the community and former president
OF the Washington Board of Trade;
Edward A. Dent, tax assessor for
the District of Columbia, and Rich
ard Atkinson, prominent colored
lawyer and former member of the
District Board of Barber Examiners.
The five men must be confirmed
by the Senate before taking office
and setting up the new agency. They
will not be paid themselves, but will
have a paid staff to handle the
work for which the agency is re-
sponsible.
To Manage Fund of 20 Millions.
The law setting up the agency was
passed by the last session of Con-
greSs. 1t authorizes them to have
the management of q 10000, 900 re-
volving fund. The money Is to be
spent for the purchase Of land to
rebuild the city's blighted areas. 1t
is to be appropriated out Of Federal
funds, but is to be paid back with
out interest out Of the income the
agency would receive from rentals
on redevelopment projects.
Before the agency asks for its
money and starts buying land, how
ever, the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission must COM
plete master plan of the District
and then draft detailed rebuilding
plans for selected areas in the
District.
First areas to be rebuilt under
present plans are the Marshall
Heights area in Northeast Washing
ton, the Barry Farms area just north
OF st. Elizabeth's Hospital, and q
small area in the Southwest Sec
ton. ..
Plans Must Be Cleared.
When plans have been cleared by
the District Commissioners and at
public hearings, the new agency can
then 60 ahead with land purchase.
When the land Is bought bids will
be asked on the construction work.
Private enterprise will be given the
first chance to bid, then the National
Capital Housing Authority can step
nn II private business Is not inter-
Tested. &
81 Public low-rent housing, however,
can only be built under the act for
the lowest one-fifth income families
in the city.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Thief Loots Post Office

Ransacking the Howard University
post Office at 525 College street NV,
a thief last night stole S. In pennies.
two 81 bills and an undetermined
number Of postage stamps. Allen
Woolridge, ia Fairmont street NV,
the post master, told police entry
was made by jimmying the front
door.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
u. S., Donish Missions
Raised to Embassies
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

The United States and Denmark
announced last night their diplo-
matte missions to each other will
be raised to the rank of Embassies
They now are headed by Ministers
The United States Minister al
Copenhagen, Josiah Marvel, jr.
probably will be the Ambassador.
Evening star., 1947-02-07

THUMB FUN-A crimson South American frog Of IL which
arrived at the Zoo yesterday is shown the thumb of
Jenner head keeper of the reptile house The frogs
donated by Maurice Brady of nearby Maryland exporter
brought them back with him from South America They
denizens Of the ungles Of Colombia Star STAFF Photo
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
SPEED EFFECTS
IN HOUSTON
However, Traffic Officials
Are Fast Getting Prob
lem In Control.

HOUSTON, Tex. U.H-The Sc
we're growing pains of %thisrapidly
expanding oil and cotton capita
of the South we're accompanied by
an epidemic OF speeding on CITY
streets.
Trafficofficals of the police de-
partment are fast licking hte prop,
lem by the simple expedlent Of
striking where it hurts most-the
offenders pocketbooks.
Police Inspector W. P. Haley salo
that busting Houston is a much
safer city to drive in than 1t was
a year ago. Drivers are slowing
down, and the police who write the
tickets and the judges who assess
the fines are responsible.
A survey of traffic court mdl-
Gated that fines are pouring int
the till at the highast rate in the
city's history. The rate OF arrests
over last year is SIS per cent great
er. and the fines paid amount to
three times as much as last year.
During the first half Of 1916,
only $3.50 speeding motorists were
stopped and licked. But during
the first six months Of this year,
the drive clamped down on 1850.
OF this number, 1885 paid fines
averaging $13.45 for each time in
court, while during the first six
months of 1916, only 7,73O had
paid fines which averaged $8.13.
Fines Swell Golfers
Total fines for speeding in six
mnnths of 1917 amounted to SAB.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15

Ballooning spiders trave1
through the air on silken para
chutes. They have been seen
hundreds of miles at sea, float
inc in midair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
Seek 10 Million In Gold
On Yankee Clipper Hulk

| The long boat, with some 40
aboard was swamped at the en-
trance and only three of its pas
sengers were picked up. The
captain refused to leave his
ship, was trapped in the great
nav in the cliff and drowned
as the tide rose to the cavern
roof.
The Is survivors were 10
crewmen and five passengers,
including Mrs. Mary Ann Jew
ell, the stewardess. Chief Off
Ger Bartholomew Brown, three
days after the wreck, led the
survivors after some narrowing
exploits to a bay on Disappoint-
ment Island.
There they lived mainly on
seals caught on neighboring En-
derby Island and wild goats and
birds eggs. They used a hut
abandoned by whalers.
On Jan. 2, 1867, six months
after the sinking, Brown and
three seamen set out for New
ealand in the small pinnace
without charts or instruments.
They vanished.
Twice, ten and eleven months
after the tragedy, ships passed
heart breakingly close without
seeing distress signals. j
The brig Amherst finally res.
cued the survivors and took
them to New Zealand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
24s, while the first halt OF lS4o
netted only $59, 599.

246. while the first half OF 1876
netted only $59, 500.
Oddly engough, the accident rate
this wear has been slightly higher
than last. The count is sob, com
pared wit 5,348. But what mat
ters most is that deaths and IN
juries have declined.
Only e97 persons were in Jured
in this years accidents as COM
pared with 1923 during the first
half of 1916. Only Is traffic deaths
have been recorded this year,
against SO last year at the end OF
June.
1--WE have Houston motorists
speed conscious" said Inspector
Haley. land we intend to carry
on that way for everyone's good
Ticket handouts for all sorts OF
offenses from overparking to rum
ming through red lights have
zoomed over last year. In March
almost 10, 1000 offenders received
tickets from alert Houston police
men. Even j~aywalkers may find
themselves tapped on the shoulder
to receive a ticket and a dollar
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
Air Line Keeps Tab
On Big Game Fish

MIAMI W.R-Pan American World
Anyways is keeping tabs on migra-
tory game fish all over the West
ern Hemisphere.
In cooperation with the Inter
national Game Fish Association
and the Sailfish and Tarpon Club
of Miami, the airline is organizing
a hemisphere-wide survey of the
travel habits of sailfish, marlin,
tarpon and other big game fish.
Fish will be tagged and their
whereabouts reported when caught
Plastic tags have been distribu-
ted to fishing clubs, hotels, charter
boatmen and amateur fishermen
all over South America. Compare
son of the place the fish was
tagged with the place caught will
aid in charting the most suitable
fishing grounds for deep sea ang-
ling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
Nebraska Solues Problem

LINCOLN, Neb. The sec
rotary of state was hard press
ed for a Gaelic translator, ap-
parently as scarce in these
parts as shamrocks in the Ne
braska sandhills.
But newspaper stories about
the problem interested DR.. Des-
mond Reilly, who came to the
rescue of the secretary's corpo-
ration clerk, Harold Woten.
The trouble began when the
state officially recognized the
trade mark and society emblem
of the Ord Ro-Onorac DIAL gCias
de tea gLac Prionnsas Tuatmu-
man. The state recognized it
but no one else did.
Woten sought to file the or
ganization's documents. But I'm
der what letter? Where could
he put them to insure their be-
ing found by future corporation
clerks?
1t helped not at all to know
the papers were filed by Rea-
NOM Moulton Sean an Brianac
Prionnsa ma nDal gCias ma
Tautmuman, sovereign grand
master and chief executive Of
ficer of the O.R.O.D.G.
D.T.G.P.T.
Catholic priests, city libraries
and University of Nebraska pro-
fessors shook their heads. They
could not translate.
Then Reilly read the newspa-
per stories. He is a bio-chem-
istry professor at Creighton I'm
iversity of Omaha, and one year
removed from Dublin.
"Simple," said Reilly. set h e
society's name is the Most Hon
orable Order of the Dalcassians
of the House of the Province of
Munster.
"The executive officers name
is Raymond Moulton, otherwise
John O'Brien, prince of the up
per are of the Province Of
Munster" translated Reilly.
Woten filed the papers under
three cards-one under &c" as
in "Order," one under I'D" as
in 'dAl gCais," and one under
the pure Gaelic phrase.
Who are the Dalcassians?
They are one of the two fam
lilies from whom all the Kings
of Munster were chosen.
The other family is named
Eoghanachts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
IN MEMORIAM

AS it must to all OF US, deatn
has come to Leslie R. Hummell'
In his passing, the community
has lost a public spirited, un-
selfish, and forceful citizen,
who always responded with his
time, effort and substance to
every worthy cause.
But with us, who were priv
legged to be associated with him
and given the opportunity to OBJ
serve and admire his courage,
loyalty, untiring energy and i'm
%pressive personality the shock
of his sudden and unexpected
death will leave a void for
which even the slow and soften
ing touch of time affords but
little hope of cure.
THEREFORE, BE 1T RE
SOLVED by the officers and di-
rectors of the Cooperative
Building and Loan Association,
that in the death of Leslie Hum
nell, his associates feel keenly
the loss of one who valiantly
and with unflinching determina-
ton performed his duty under
conditions which might well
have caused a man of lesser
mold to turn aside.
That to the performance of
that duty he brought an alert
mind, a sound judgment, and
the ripe experience of a mark
edly successful career.
BE IT FURTHER RE-
SOLVED that a copy of this
Resolution be inscribed in the
Minutes of the Cooperative
Building and Loan Association,
a copy sent to the family Of
Leslie Hummel. and a copy sent
to the local newspapers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15

SYDNEY Australia W.H "A
Sydney syndicate will seek the
fabulous gold of the Yankee clip
per General Grant.
The destruction of the ship in
a cave-like cleft of the Auck-
land Islands 81 years ago left
stories to rival Robinson Crusoe
or the heroes of Joseph Conrad.
The syndicate is spanked by
j. E. tombstone, famed marine
salvage diver who recovered ST.
612, 900 from the steamer Mag
ara off the New Zealand coast
in 1941. Another 500, 900 in gold
will be sought in the hulk of the
Niagara in October before the
expedition heads for the lonely
Aucklands, about 280 miles
south of Ne wZealand.
The value of the gold that
went down with the American
built, 1900 = ton General Grant
may be as high as $40, 600, 900.
Four times previously the gold
has eluded searchers, the last
time in 1904, when an American
deep-sea diver named Captain
Sorenson employed the latest
equipment then available.
Only a handful of the 81 peo-
pie aboard the General Grant
survived its destruction after
living like Robinson Crusoes for
nearly two years on a small Is
land.
One survivor, a sailor named
William Singuily, was the guide
of an early salvage expedition
which failed when the New Zea-
land government refused per-
mission for q search before the
turn of the century.
The General Grant was de-
signed for the run from Aus
tralia to England via Cape Horn.
She was on her maiden voyage
out Of San Francisco under the
command of a Captain Lough-
lin. She left Melbourne on May
4, 1866, with a cargo OF gold,
wool and hides.
About 80 of her passengers
were gold miners from the Vic
toria workings in Australia, then
in hteir heyday, en- route to
spend their diggings in the flesh
pots o Europe. Each was sup
posed to have lined his waist
coat with gold. The manifest
showed 2,576 ounces of gold, but
the cargo included several tons
of spelter or zinc, believed to
have contained told in an effort
to escape an export tax.
On the night of May 10, 1865,
the captain sighted, but appar-
emily did not recognize. Disap-
pointment Island in the Auck-
land group, which would have
told him he was south of his
course. In inky blackness, the
windjammer crashed head-on
into towering cliffs. The ship
drifted into a huge cave in the
cliff face.
Two small ships boat just
barely escape from the cave.
The water in the cave, what
with the ships sinking and rise
of tide, washed over main decks.
A few passengers jumped over
board, swan through the cav
ern mouth, and were picked up
by the small boats outside. A
long boat and a small lskiff were
frantically cut loose from the
ship. The skiff got through with
five aboard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15

Birds walk on their toes only.
What we call the leg of a bird
is really it's foot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
z. p. ROWE


BURGAW, Oct. AZ. P. Rowe,
70, well-known retired farmer of
this community, died here late
today after a brief illness. Sur
viving are two sons, O. G. ano
J. D. Rowe of Burgaw; two
daughters, Mrs. R. E. Hood, Nor
folk, Va, and Mrs. A. D. Nc
Coy, Ashland, Va; one sister,
Mrs. L. B. Saunders, Burgaw,
and one brother, ]. A. Rowe of
Virginia.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Simmons
Funeral home, Burgaw.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
Obituaries
g. 1. MEDLIN

Funeral services for G.. l.. Med
lin, 106 Alabama Avenue, who
died suddenly at his home Sun.
dav afternoon, were conducted
Yesterday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
from the chapel of Andrews
mortuary, by the Rev. Guy G.
Moore, assisted by the Rev. F. L
Kelley. Interment followed II
Bellevue cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Active
Robert Hewett, J. H. Rackley, c.
w. Rackley, r. E. Heath, N. ],
Owens, Lloyd Smith, ST.: Honor
ary; Col. R. S. McCelland, j. A
Carter, G.. H. Woodville, j. M.
Sutton, H. R. Ellis, R. e. Owens
l.. H. Truelove, ]. M. Marsh
burn, Clifton Cavenaugh.
Mr.. Medlin is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Rosa Walker Medlin
daughter, Mrs. G.. w. Walker
grandson. Herbert Walker; two
granddaughter Betty and Caro-.
Medlin of Germany; brother, Ton
Medlin of North West; sister
Mrs. Cora Cook of Raleigh; also
several nieces and nephews.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15

lew, Clyde Valentine Of Ro-
chester, N. Y, and one grand
daughter, Frances N. Valentine,
of Wilmington.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by the Ward
Funeral home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
]. N. VALENTINE

]. N. VALENTINE
J. N. Valentine, 81, of 419 Red
Cross street, retired A. c. L.
engineer died Tuesday afternoon
in Bulluck's clinic after a long
illness. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Helen Rivenbark Val
entine, one son, Francis N. Valen-
tine of this city; one sister, Mrs.
C. D. Richards of Rochester, N.
Y, one niece, Mrs. A. L. Her.
shour, of Oxford, Pa, one neph-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15

Estonia (now part of the I'm
ion of Soviet Republics) is a
country OF quaint old towns.
Tallinn was founded in 1919 A.
D. by King Valdemar II Of Den
mark, on the site Of an ancient
Estonian fortress. The country
has been held successfully by
Danes, Germans, Swedes a d
Russians and Germans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15

ton; two brothers, R ,
P. Cooke of Norfolk, V,
sister, Mrs. Mary B. H..
Groveland, Fla. '
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
JUDGE HANGS OUT
GENUINE DETOUR

WILDWOOD, N. ]. W.H-Charles
Mccarthy, IS, talked the judge out
of a sentence, walked out of the
police station and shortly there
after returned in an intoxicated
state.
This time. he told the court. he
had started for his home about
eight miles away, but was side
tracked by friends.
"Okay, Charlie" the judge said,
"since you were sidetracked, IL
provide you a detour for go days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
ALLIE C. COOKE

SOUTHERN PINES. Oct. "A
Funeral services for Allie c.
Cooke, 81, Wilmington auto
mobile mechanic who died at
the state sanatorium Sunday
morning at $50 o'clock, were
held Monday. Father Herbert A.
Harkins officiated and interment
followed in the Mount Hope
cemetery at Southern Pines.
He is survived by his wife:
Mrs. A. C. Cooke of Whining
Evening star., 1947-06-26
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. Css Ais
ze,

Sioux City, you big, old handsoms
man you.
I: Well, the necktie Is from thers.
20 draw your own conclusions.
She: I just love men who travel.
II BY chance the girl should fail
to zee the label when / hold the tie
toward the moon, could always
drop the end Of it In my soup when
dining and say:
That's nothing. Thank goodness
those Philadelphia stores sell good
ties
philadelphia, = the girl win cry.
Have you seen the Liberty Bell and
Connie Mack?''
We'll. Baby Doll, how do you sup
pose I got this tie? Ties don't make
a habit Of walking all the way from
Philadelphia to here"
Gee, I'm glad we met. she'll say.
Hot dog. am going to cut 4 dizzy
path once those swap ties get here.
distributed By McNaught syndicase. Incl
Evening star., 1947-06-26

Tnter,or Fec Deris Heesen.
retary Krug, charged with drawing
up the balance sheet Of United
states resources-the what have
we got left?" of B. M. Baruch's
constant warnings-is seriously dis
turbed by what his interior expert
ence has shown him regarding de-
pletion Of Americas natural as
sets In his anxiety to get the story
told. Mr.. Krug buttonholes all he
meets with the sad statistics.
Points To Oil Problem.
Everybody, he thinks, ought to
ponder the problem Of oil. Its best
salesman, according to Krug, is
John l.. Lewis who has again over
done it, Because of coal strife. in
dustry and private owners have
been stampeding to natural gas and
oil with the result that we are
consuming more petroleum products
than ever, despite the fact that
Army-Navy requirements have
dropped from IS per cent to s per
cent of total consumption.
At the drop Of hello, Mr.. krug
goes on to cite similar facts about
the exhaustion Of iron, copper and
other vital minerals.
Or. Edwin G. Nourse, chairman
of the Presidents Council OF Eco
nomic Advisers, who will study the
impact on the American economy
of our activities abroad, apparently
feels almost equally sure that
Americans are going to have to face
hard facts. -
In the course of some intimate
soul searchings last week with in
fluential labor leaders, DR.. Nourse
asked how they would feel about
wage controls provided they were
linked with some form OF ra-
tioning and price levels. The labor
ties who averted that drastic step
even during the war were startled.
They admit they would feel terrible
about wage controls; nevertheless
they came away with an uneasy
feeling that labor, which hollers
loudly for liberal internationahsm,
might have to put up or shut up.
Hartman Shares Worry.
Secretary Hartman, who heads
the overall committee of ranking
citizenry, Is sharing his worry in
the form Of tough report on for
eign trade which has gone to the
State Department for study. 1t
suggests that booming United States