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Evening star., 1947-11-26
Maryland. Spending Hit
is Million in October
By the Assoeiofsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 26.-Maryland
revenues during october totaled
$10,309, 1892. compared to $5.946, ,722
last year, but State expenses came
to $15,962,419 during the month,
compared to $9,217,147 in the same
period last year.
Controller James J. Lacy reported
that total State receipts for the
fiscal year, which began July /, for
the special and general fund were
$43, ,752, ,341, against disbursements of
$37,912,477.
Just what the State surplus will
be at the end Of the present fiscal
year is to be estimated at the close
of this month.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
District Man Gets IS Years
In MARYLAND Assault Case
b. the Assoeiofsd Press

ELLLCOTT CITY, Md, Nov. 26.-
Frank J. Venting, 80, of the 500
block of H street NE, Washington,
was convicted yesterday by a How
ard County Circuit Court jury Of as
saulting with intent to rape a HILL
side, Md, woman and was sentenced
to Is years in the Maryland State
penitentiary.
Venting, bartender, pleaded not
guilty.
The jury deliberated less than an
hour before returning a verdict Of
guilty without capital punishment. -
The woman, "a, accused Venting
Of attempting to assault her August
IA in a woods near Forestville, Prince
Georges County, after she had Wis
tied an inn where he tended bar. She
spent four days in a hospital.
Venting, who took the stand in
his own defense, told Judge James
Clark and the jury he had taken the
woman out and had beaten her up.' >
but denied he had tried to assault
her.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Court Reyerses Boar
In Liquor License
Grant for First Time

The Prince Georges County Cir
cult Court, for the first time since
it started hearing liquor appeal cases
In the county, has reversed decision
of the Prince Georges County Board
of Liquor License Commissioners
which granted a permit to a res
taurant near Clinton, Md, Septem-
Der 18.
The. decision involved granting of
an on-sale license to sell beer and
light wine in a restaurant operated
by Joseph w. Shuler. The establish
ment Is located on Route S, the
Southern Marland pike, in the Wood
land subdivision, at jenkins Corner,
midway between Clinton and Camp
Springs.
Judge Charles c. Marbury, in pass
ing judgment after two-hour
appeal session in Upper Marlboro
yesterday, declared granting of the
license was illegal and must be re-
versed.' Testimony showed not
enough qualified signers had been
included on Mr.. Shuler's petition for
a license.
Attorney George G. McLeish, who
represented more than a dozen resi-
dents of the area, contended that
when the application was approved,
it contained signatures of only four
property owners. Ten are necessary,
he asserted
Vance v. Vaughn, attorney for
the County Liquor Board, declared
afterward he considered the appeal
as test" case.
Judge Marbury conceded the
Liquor Board was acting under
difficult circumstances" in that it
did not have access to registration
books of the county because they
had been impounded by the Senate
Investigating Committee recounting
the votes in last years Senate race
between Senator O'Conor, Demo-
crat, of Maryland, and D. John
Markey, his defeated Republican
opponent.
The board granted the license
contingent on Mr.. Shuler's ability
to obtain the necessary signatures,
the court was told. The boards
action was taken despite objection
from more than 10 persons of the
community.
Evening star., 1947-11-26

Alertness by a Maryland State
trooper after reading a story in The
Star has resulted in the solving of
the armed holdup of a District cab
driver near Andrews Field.
The State trooper, Corpl. Lester
D. Gray, upon seeing an Associated
Press dispatch in The Star on No
vember 10, describing the capture Of
three teen-agers in connection with
a holdup Of a cab driver in Rich
mond, noticed a similarity to the
armed robbery of Javier Mora,
Washington cab driver, two days
before.
Captured After Wreck.
In Richmond, the three were cap
tured after their victim, whom they
robbed Of $40 and watch, escaped
from the moving cab, hailed another
one and followed in pursuit.
Noticing in the Richmond dis
patch that the trio came from the
Washington area, Corpl. Gray, who
is assigned to subheadquarters at
Waldorf, Md, went to Richmond with
Roy Bright, probation officer for the
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Alexandra Hospital
Gets New Rate Offer
On Indigent Patients

The Alexandria City Council last
night made a new offer to the Alex
andria Hospital in the INDECENT care
rate controversy after hospital
spokeslnen told of financial crisis
at the hospital.
The city offered to pay 1881 a day
for INDECENT patients plus 50 for each
acceptable" emergency case treated
at the hospital, the total cost not to
exceed $4,000. .r-
The board had asked for the 1881
rate plus a $4,000 grant as recon-
mended in the recently completed
hospital survey conducted by a staff
of New York experts.
: May Borrow to Meet Payroll.
D. C. Book, hospital board chair
man, said the board would act
promptly on the new offer. When
asked by a councilman if the hospi-
tai corporation could change Its set
up as recommended in the survey,
Mr.. Book said the council must
realize the changes would take time.
I'VE have reached an emergency
we can't wait until we put these
things in effect before receiving
financial aid" Mr.. Book said.
Clarence Robinson, board member,
commented that the hospital would
be doing good If we meet this Sat-
urday's payroll" He said after the
meeting it probably would be neces-
sary to borrow the necessary funds
for part of this weeks payroll.
The City Council Hospital Com
mittee recommended only the 1881
rate without an additional grant.
Mr.. Book explained that at this rate
the city would owe the hospital about
$4,000 for INDECENT patients cared
for during the last II months.
200 Oppose Rezoning.
The council tentatively author
lied rezoning of a large tract Of land
owned by Catherine Delaney at
Beverly drive and Wellington road
from A residential to C-1 residen-
tial to permit construction of null
tiple family dwellings. A delegation
of citizens from the Beverly Hills
area presented a petition with 200
signatures opposing the rezoning on
grounds that it would depreciate one
of the city's best single family
dwelling areas.
The new project is to contain 1872
housing units at an estimated cost
of $1,865 900. The Council by a six
to three vote requested the city
attorney to draw up the necessary
ordinance to put the rezoning in
effect.
December 20 was set as the final
date for payment of personal prop
erty taxes.
The Council increased curb, gutter
and sidewalk fees. The sidewalk fee
was increased from 64 cents a foot
to $1.20 and the curb and gutter
fee raised from $3.50 to $1.90.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Builders Defend
-HomesCriticized
By yBrooke Johns
Commissioner Said
Houses at Wheaton
Would Be Slums

A spokesman for a construction
company which Is building 1,400
homes on a 328-acre site on Viers
Mill road near Wheaton, Md, last
night defended the project from
an attack by Brooke Johns, presi-
dent of the Montgomery County
Board of Commissioners.
Mr.. Johns predicted yesterday
that the project would become a
"slum area" in several years. He
described the houses as "shacks." "
He made his statement at a meet
ing of the board with representa-
tives of four county civic and zon-
ing organizations at the Rockville
Courthouse. The representatives
urged the commissioners to comply
with master zoning planes in re-
zoning property in the suburban
area.
Cost Put at S4,500 Each.
In reply, Mr.. Johns said it would
be to the organizations interest to
fight the Viers Mill road type Of
development more than apartment
house and commercial projects.
He said the bungalows are costing
the builders about $4,000 each but
will be sold for about $500 each
and that the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission will have to
spend 100000 to extend water and
sewer lines to the project.
In taking issue with the commits
sioner, Harold Strauss, secretary of
the Harris Construction Corp, New
York. declared:
1--WE challenge Mr.. Johns or any
one else to compare the cost of our
homes and the materials used with
other new homes"
Figure Called Ridiculous"
While confirming Mr.. Johns esti-
mate of the selling price. Mr.. Strauss
described the $4,000 figure as "ridic-
ulous" He did not reveal the actual
construction cost of the homes.
Mr.. Strauss said the homes will
be sold only to veterans with no
down payment required.
Sanitary Commission officials con-
firmed the 100000 figure given by
Mr.. Johns as the final cost" but
explained the commission has been
committed so far to serve only a
small number of the homes. In
this connection, it was learned
building permits have been issued
for only 81 to date.
Mr.. Strauss also said the Board
of Education has agreed to buy 10
acres of the property for a school
site.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Tuck Urges Wide Study
Of Programs for. Stute
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 26.-An
overall view of the States needs
was advised by Gov. Tuck yesterday
in calling on Virginians to wait and
see what the entire situation is be-
fore committing themselves to any
one program.
In statement sent to members OF
the General Assembly and others
he said:
ANY program for the advance
ment of our public services must be
financially sound and must take in
to consideration all important fields
of State activity"
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Regan Told TO Face Court
In Auto Theft Case Today

Edward J. Regan, %, of the 44oo
block of Quarles street NE, who
is in on trial in District Court for
auto theft, will appear in court to-
day or he will get little sympathy
from Justice Edward NJ Curran.
Regan went on trial Monday for
theft, which the Government says
occurred last December He was free
under $1,000 bond, but when court
convened yesterday he could not be
found. A bondsman informed Justice
Curran that Casualty Hospital had
reported the defendant was there.
Regan said he had taken a dose of
battery acid which he had mistaken
for beer
Casualty Hospital officials said
they could find no evidence of burns
around Regan's mouth, but they
agreed to keep him overnight for
observation.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Frisbie Wi||Fi|I
Arlington Board
VdcancySoon
Court Clerk Says
Judge Hos Selected
Democratic Leader

Alfred E. Frisbie, member of the
Arlington Democratic Executive
Committee from the Virginia High
lands precinct, will be appointed to
a vacancy on the Arlington County
Board, it was learned today.
Arlington Court Clerk H. Bruce
Green said Mr.. Frisbie will be named
by Judge Walter r. Mccarthy. Mr.
Green said the formal order making
the appointment had not been
drawn this morning, but that it
would be soon.
Mr.. Frisbie will fill the vacancy
left by the death November of Leo
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Silver Spring Students
Give Food for Hospital

Pupils at Parkside School, Silver
Spring, contributed more than 300
cans and packaged articles Of food
for the Montgomery County General
Hospital at Sandy Spring at an
assembly program this morning.
! Mrs. Grace Zeller, principal, was
in charge of the project, which
precedes the annual Donation Day
at the hospital, December 8.
Evening star., 1947-11-26

c. Lloyd, who had served for num-
ber of years. Mr.. Lloyd's unexpired
term runs until December 81, 1948.
Mr.. Frisbie is serving his first
elected term on the Democratic
Committee, having served previ-
ously as an appointee.
Mr.. Frisbie, 36, lives at 636 South
Twenty-fifth street and is employed
by the stock brokerage firm Of Owls
Bros. He has lived in Arlington for
nine years, is married and has two
children, aged II and 6.
He served as an enlisted man in
the Pacific during World War II.
He is a member of Fort Scott Amer
ican Legion Post and the Jefferson
Civic League and is superintendent
of the junior department of Airing
tons Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Membership on the county board
will be his first public Office.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Commissioners Study
10 Petitions 10 Rezone
Land in Montgomery

The Montgomery County COM
missioners today had under advise
ment 10 petitions to rezone land to
commercial use In the Silver Spring.
Wheaton and Colesville area.
Hearings on the applications were
held yesterday before the commits
sioners in the Liquor Dispensary
Building, Silver Spring.
Strongest opposition was voiced
by representatives of the Woodside
Park Civic Association to three petit
tions for commercial zoning of land
on the northwest side of Colesville
road between Fenton and Spring
streets. The three properties in
volved now are zoned residential
C and are owned by Gordon A.
O'Connor, Pearl B. and r. H. Bell
man and the Maryland Real Estate
Co.
400 Oppose Rezoning.
c. A. Weigel, 911s Woodland road,
Silver Spring. president of the
WoodSide Park Civic Association
presented a petition signed by ap-
proximately 400 home owners in the
area opposing the three applications
on the grounds that property values
would be reduced and the master
zoning plan for the Silver Spring
business district would be violated
Evarts Wagg, 9O14 Alton park
way, warned that if the northern
boundary of the business section is
extended, mo one can tell where
it will stop"
Others protesting the petitions in
cluded DR.. c. w. Rees, 86l3 Cedar
street; E. C. Weeks, 1900 Pinecrest
circle; E. F. Klinge. 9O05 Fairview
road; Samuel H. Horne. 91l2 Alton
parkway, and Blair Lee III, editor
of the Maryland News.
In recommending that the petit
tions be denied, the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission said:
1T has been the general local
understanding that Fenton street
would mark the outer limit of the
Silver Spring business district as it
extends along ColeSville road"
Plan Held Outdated.
Donald K. Staley, attorney for Mr..
O'Connor and the Bellmans, con-
tended the master plan was drafted
about two years ago and has been
outdated by the commercial growth
of the community.
Presenting petition signed by
about 80 persons in the area favor
ing the applications, Mr.. Staley
charged that most of the opponents
live several blocks from the prop
critics involved.
Another petition which precipi-
tated some opposition was filed by
Alfred and Daisy T. Steiner. who
sought the reclassif1cation from res
idential A to commercial D of lot
in the Paint Branch Farms subdivi-
sion near Colesville.
w. H. French, 3010 Wisconsin
avenue NV, and N. E. Newton,
Mount Rainier, said approval Of
the petition would lower the value
of land which they own near the
Steiner property.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Gov. Lone to Give Talk
On MuryIund Traditions

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 26-Gov. Lane
will talk on Maryland Traditions"
at a meeting Of the Naval Academy
Women's Club at 2:3o pm. Tuesday
at the North Severn Ofilcers' Club,
with Mrs. Rollo N. Norgaard pre-
siding.
The choral group of the club will
present selections under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Kenneth L. Palmquist.
Mrs. E. M. Jackson, jr., is program
chairman.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Dr.. ShipIey, Methodist
Editor, Dies in Baltimore
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 26.-The Rev
DR.. Richard L. Shipley, 68, editor
for eight years Of the old Methodist
Protestant Recorder, official organ
of the denomination, died unex-
pectedly yesterday at his home here.
He served as editor from 1882 to
1910, when he became pastor of the
West Baltimore Methodist Church,
a charge he held at the time OF
his death.
Dr. Shipley is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Cora Belle Roberts
Shipley, and two daughters.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Tokomu Park Democrats
Elect Mrs. Brunqurt

Mrs. Raymond Brungart, 4ls
Piney Branch road, Takoma Park
has been elected president of the
Takoma Park Women's Democratic
Club succeeding Mrs. Arthur B. JOS
eph.
Other new officers are Mrs. Laur-
cite Collier, vice president; Miss
Anne Billings, recording secretary;
Mrs. Aileen Nicodemus, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Harry B. Gra-
ham, treasurer; Mrs. Philip Woods
parliamentarian, and Mrs. Joseph
and Mrs. Mary Dodge, auditors.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
; on Maryland Force
Injured in Car Crash
By the Asseeiatsd Press

SALISBURY, Md, Nov. 26. -
Three members of the State police
force were injured today when the
car in which they were riding
crashed into an electric light pole.
Police identified the injured. all
treated at Peninsula General Hos
ptial, as: Trooper Garland r. Wal
ters, who was driving his own car,
fractured right rib and bruises;
Clerk Charles l.. Adams, possible
fractures OF the right jaw and right
thigh and Clerk Howard Travers,
possible fracture OF left ankle.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Gov. Tuck Rules Out
Long Holiday Week Ends
BY the Associofsd Press

RICHMOND, Nov. 26.-The hope
of State employees that there might
be long week ends in view for
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Year, has dwindled with a word
from Gov. Tuck.
The Governor said yesterday he
would not declare the Fridays, fol-
lowing the three as State holidays
and would expect State workers to
be on the job as usual.
He said, however, he had no OBJ
lection to their taking a day of
their annual leave on one or more
of the Fridays.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Mrs. Truman to See Concert

BALTIMORE. Nov. 26 tP).-Mrs.
Truman will come to Baltimore for
the concert Of her daughter Mar
garet December 10, Mrs. Lillian
p. Bonney, concert manager, an
nounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
County Boord Forbids
CurroIIton Manor Hotel
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 26.-The Anns
Arundel County Commissioners yes
terday turned down an application
for a permit to construct small
hotel at Carrollton Manor by John
M. Garrette of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
HyuttsviIIe Church Service

A Thanksgiving service and morn
ing prayer will be held at 1890 am.
tomorrow in Pinkney Memorial
Episcopal Church, Forty-second av-
nue. and Gallatin street, Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Young Democrats to Meet

The Young Democrats Club of the
District will meet at o'clock to-
night at 1926 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV. Representative johnson,
Democrat, Of Oklahoma, will speak.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
BY JOHN L. SPRINGER
AP Newsfeatures Writer

NEW YORK-If anybody is
betting on chances of war on a
basis Of past performances, the
odds now r against it.
There are more examples in
American history of serious inter
national arguments having been
settled peacefully than there are
of those that eliminated in war.
AS against six declared wars
in which the United States has
been engaged since the Revolution
there have been ten times of
tension" which ended calmly.
War talk has been prevail
emit during much of the coun-
fry's existence.
The colonies had barely got go
ing IS a united government when
it looked as though they might
have TO bare muscles against
France. That was in the 1905,
when the revolutionary French
government tried to get America
to take its side in its conflict
with a dozen European powers
and Britain.
When the u. S. refused TO in
tervene the French began to hit
at American shipping and de-
manded a loan as appeasement.
All America took up the cry Of
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, am
bassador to France: millions for
defense, but not one cent for tri-
butte"
Gen Washington was beckoned
from retirement TO command the
hastily formed army, American
seamen armed their merchant
ships and there were numerous
skrimishes at sea.
War clouds grew blacker and
even his bitterest political enc
mics announced their support OF
President John Adams foreign
policy. Abruptly, in 1899, the new
French dictator Bonaparte offer
ed a peace treaty.
There was another close call in
1746 after the Democrats had ell
ected James X. Polk president on
a virtual war platform slogan
lied as "Fifty-Four Forty or
Fight"
Under the terms of the Louisi-
ana Purchase, the u. S. claimed
il had rights to all northwest ter
ritory right up to the 81 degree
40 minute latitude at the Alaskan
border. The British had long main
tanned a counterclaim, and when
discussions got nowhere war talk
began to mount. Finally, however,
an agreement was reached putting
the Oregon boundary at the forty
ninth parallel, its present border.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

clared war, nor did the crisis in
1916 when President Wilson sent
troops under Gen. Pershing to
search out the bandit Pancho Vii
la who had raided the own of
Columbus, N. M.
Bookies trying to establish odds
on wal or peace would not find
the whole answer in what hap
pened in the past, however. It's
always easier to figure what made
the last war inevitable" than to
tell what the current situation
portends.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

There had been tense moments
in 1891, too, when a Chilean mob
killed two American sailors in
Valparaiso and injured several
others. This argument was settled
when the Chilean government ap-
ologized and paid $4,000.
Relations with Mexico were
strained during World War /. In
1914 the U. S. INTERVIEWED against
the new revolutionary govern
ment there and the Navy ever
held Vera Cruz for several months.
But that did not develop into de-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
Odds Are Against Wan On Basis Of.
Past Performance In u. S. History

America had three other brush
es with the British. In 1868, John
Bull grew ~apolectic over the
"wanton insult" given by U. S.
Marines who stopped a British
steamer carrying two Confederate
ENJOYS on their way to Europe.
President Lincoln hastily put an
end TO the war-like noises by re-
leasing the ENJOYS.
Also during the Civil War the
British built and loudly applaud
ed the successes Of the famed Con-
federate cruiser Alabama and
other vessels which preyed on
Union shipping. Northern hot
heads were all for taking on the
British too. And the feeling was
reciprocated. Throughout the ear
ly part of the Civil War Britain
and France both appeared eager
to step in the struggle against the
."up-start Yankees" Historians
say The Northern victories at Get
tysburg and Vicksburg, however,
convinced them they were back
ing a losing cause.
In 1895, when Britain allegedly
violated the Monroe Doctrine in
the Venezuela British Guiana
boundary dispute which had been
going on for more than half a cen
fury, President Cleveland accus-
ed her of willful aggression" He
threatened to resist by every
means" any British appropriation
of mineral-rich lands which the
u. S. regarded as Venezuelan. In
that case a get tough policy
paid off because the British pub
lie. recoiling from the "unthink-
able horror" or war, put pressure
on their government to arbitrate.
Waving the big stick helped
produce peace in several other de-
licate situations.
When Napoleon III tried to set
up a French empire in Mexico
during the Civil War and was
slow in removing his troops Union
veterans oiled their guns for ac-
ton. Napoleon, sick Of the whole
Mexican business anyway, order
ed his army home.
Twice a show of strength avert
ed what might have developed
into out-and-out shooting with
Germany. In 1889, when a Ger
man CONSUL hoisted his flag on
Samoa-over which the U. S. had
joint claims as a proteetorate-
and when German sailors tramp
led the American flag in the
streets, President Cleveland rush
ed warships to the scene.
The willingness of the u. S. to
intervene in a matter involving a
remote little island-plus a hurri-
cane which put both naval forces
out of effective action-are be-
lieved to be factors which led the
German Chancellor Bismarck to
agree to a joint p%rotectorate over
Samoa by the U. S, Germany and
Britain.
Thirteen years later Theodore
saw red when German
warships blockaded Venezuelan
ports to enforce a claims settle
nent.
T. r. charged the Germans with
to get some control over
he approaches to the Panama
then building, and he or
1ered Adm. Dewey to be ready
Tor action on an hours notice.
Roosevelt then demanded arbitra-
at the threat of war. The
German emperor backed down
htrriaItu !
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

Do not stack rubbish or trash
SO close to the heating plant that
it will catch fire on a cold night
when the furnace is being over
worked.