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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
Australian Bull Ants
Winging Way To u. S.

The ants, described by those who
have been bitten by them as
''fierce and aggressive" will be
used in experiments to determine
their origin, social structure and
environmental adaptibility.
Miss Clark, listed in the Aust
ralian who's Who" as a member
of the renowned Walter and Eliza
Hall Institute of Melbourne, will
conduct the experiments along
with DIR. C. P. Haskins, OF the
Haskins Research laboratory, New
York city.
Special permission for the ants
entry into the U. S. was granted
See AUSTRALIAN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
Bite Of VoraciOus Fish
akeSLife Of Swimmer

in a tidal canal North of Jackson
vile where big ocean fish fre-
quently venture.
Two women and one youth COM
panion, John Perritt, 18, of Jack
sonville, watched he1p1ess1y while
Rives thrashed about the water in
his duel with the fish.
The fish bit a huge chunk out of
Rives' left calf and the leg mad to
be amputated at once The fish
swan off after the one savage at
tack, leading to the belief that it
was a barracuda since a shark,
having tasted blood. would have
stayed for the kill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
Anti-JeWiSh Riots
Spread In Britain
Mob Of Over 1000 Sets Fire Liverpoo
Building, Block Cars, Fire Department
Trucks; Scotland, Wales Joining In

london, Aug. A. WD - Police
,.trols were heavily strengthened
T. Great Britain's largest cities
.,nieht after anti-Jewish out
Srsaks which had spread from
Tneland to Scotland and Wales.
mob of more than 1000 sci
IRE to a threestory building in
liverpool tonight because it con.
lined Pewlsh cabinet makers
n'orkstop. Crowds gathered near
Nv blocked street cars and buses
~ w impede fire engines. Others
armed in false alarms to diver
them The building was damaged
throughout the day crowds o1
holiday makers ranged the streets
# Liverpool, stoning windows Of
Jewish establishments and at.
tempting to fire synagogues. Some
shops we-e looted, some wrecked.
Since the rioting started Sun.
dsv night disorders had been re-
norted in London, Liverpool, Bir.
mingham, Manchester, Newcastle,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05

ST, AUGUSTINE, Fla, Aug. 4
- U.H - The bite OF a voraclous
fish. believed to be barracuda,
proved fatal today to Ralph Reg.
inald Rives, Jr., University OF
Florida sophomore who failed TO
rally after amputation OF his man
gled left leg.
Huge quantities of whole blood
had been transfused into Rlves.
viens but initial loss of blood and
the shock of the attack and am.
putation defeated his chances OF
recovery, Flagler hospital attend
ants said.
Rives, who lived In Jackson
vile, was bitten while swimming
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
CORN PRICES REACH
HIGHEST LEVEL In
CHICAGO'S HISTORY

CHICAGO, Aug. A. P) Hot,
dry weather over the Midwest
caused corn prices to boom to the
highest level in the 99-year his
tory of the Chicago Board of Trade
today. All corn futures advanced
eight cents, the daily limit, with
corn closing at rec
ord peak Of 1922 3-8.
Grain dealers said that corn
needed moisture. Apprehension
was expressed over crop deter
ioration as a result of very high
temperatures and clear skies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
Benson To "I1andle'' Groom;
Chief Locates Fire Boat Letter
"RED EARS"

COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. A.
up - ]. w. Bailey of Anderson
completed a 60-day training
course comprising bookwork,
first aid and matters related to
his candidacy for an appoint
ment to the South Carolina
State Highway Patrol. He had
even been assigned to a district.
Today Chief Highway Com
missioner issued this edict:
South Carolina Highway patrol
men must be able to drive a
car. He had just learned:
Bailey can't drive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
The Weather

FORECAST:
south Carolina and North Carolina -
tts'uy cloudy, warmer Tuesday, con-
..ued hot Wednesday, scattered after
'''A thundershowers.
:. tBy U. S. Weather Bureau)
,,a chronological data for the "a hours
'"0'hg 30 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
H. .'w a m. IA; 1880 a. m. IA; 1870 p. m
rn Gto p. m. rs; Maximum 90; Mini
"''h u; Mean 80: Normal 79.
HUMIDITY
+. 'sO a m. 90; 7:3O a. m. &C; 1880 p. m
!" 1870 p. m. 81.
PRECIPITATION
Inn ,o!al for "a hours ending 1880 p. m
wv inches.
~ rolal since the first of the month
nn@ inches.
. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
~ TIDES FOR TODAY
from the Tide Tables published b.
rn., HIGH LOW
hgton ------ II ST am. 6:55 am
Sasoob,.. - - pm e:ss pm
'0'iporo Inlet - 9:28 am. 3:42 am
g., 9:47 pm. 3:43 p. m
i.sSn sunrise s:2e; Sunset 1903; Moonris'
tsv;p' s;p.' Moonset 8:e3a.
IVer stage at Fayetteville, N. G. .
a. Monday - feet.
more WEATHER On Page 1--WE
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05

See MEYER On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
FORECAST,

Wilmington and vicinity: Partly
cloudy and warmer today; Wednesday
continued hot with scattered afternoon
thundershowers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05

See NEGOTIATORs on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05

See FRITZ On Page Two
Evening star., 1947-10-12

The cooperative has come
to private eviction. In the
Washington oreo. there now
ore obout IS flying clubs,
most Of which belong to q
moster organization. the
Washington Association Of
Flying Clubs.
One of the oldest and
most octive Of the local
groups, the Revenue Aero
Club, was organized in 1910
by Louis A. 6orr, 800 North
Piedmont street, Arlington,
recently reelected as presi-
dent. He interested severoI
other employees Of the
Bureau Of Internal Revenue,
and within two months the
club hod II members and
had bought its first "colIec-
tive" plane. Dues now ore
S. q month, plus the MEM
bership fee Of $llO. Flying
time costs q member $3.50
on hour, a sowing Of about
$40 over prevailing air.
field rotes.
A typicol Aero Club out
ing was q recent trip to
Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
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. GRAY HAIR

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in the privacy Of your homel
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See how amazing Mary T. Goldman's work
Evening star., 1947-12-04

g n t e r a t Charies MCINTOSH
Springfield, Mo-, while serving
six-year term for violation Of the
Dyer Act.
None of the others has been cap
tured.
Sheriff Lewis said the slight, dark
haired Mcintosh unfolded fabu-
lous saga of untutored flying, a
casual landing for fuel, and of
diving at boats on the Mississippi
and Tennessee Rivers.
Mcintosh was arrested as a sus-
picious character after his presence
at a Jackson landing field was re-
ported to officers, the sheriff said.
Follows Wrong River.
After going lover the fence"
Mcintosh told officers, he became
separated from his companions and
spent his one night of freedom IN
a corn shock.
Wednesday morning, he said, he
hitch-hiked to Springfield. climbed
into a plane and started it up and
took off,"
He said he was heading for his
home at Dayton, Ohio, and was
looking for the Mississippi River as
guide, but that he followed the
Tennessee River and flew to Muir
ray, KY, where he ran out Of gas.
The sheriff quoted Mcintosh as say
ing he landed In a cotton field
close to a farmhouse. The man gave
me 10 gallons of fuel oil and I put it
in the plane and took off again.
II didn't have a bit of trouble
landing or taking off just pulled
the stick and up she went"
Never Had Flight Training.
Medical center records at Spring
field showed that Mcintosh had NO
fight training, but that in 1916 he
stole a plane in Indiana while
AWOL from the Army and flew it
successfully.
Mcintosh said he amused him
self during part of his flight in the
light plane by diving at boats he
saw on the rivers.
Il was still lost and just flying
around" his story continued when
I ran out Of fuel between Selmer
(Tenn.) and Jacks Creek. I landed
on a farm and the plane ground
looped and crashed. I crawled out
of the plane and hitch-hiked to
jackson. I must have hurt my left
leg"
At Jackson, he continued, he
begged so cents from man and
got directions to the airport.
II went out to the field to get
me another planes sand I was look
ing around when The officers came
up," he related.
Other Prisoners at Large.
Mcintosh was being held at the
Madison County Jail today. He
Evening star., 1947-12-04

spent large portion Of the night
under questioning by the FBI, espe-
cially as to the possible whereabouts
of the other escaped prisoners.
Meanwhile, no trace had been found
of the remaining prisoners since
three of them terrorized farm
family with a homemade knife and
a pitchfork Tuesday night, before
fleeing in neighbor's car.
The three were identified from
photographs as William Mcclellan,
%, of Cumberland, Md; Edward
Elsbury, 81, of Mariana, Pa. and
Charles r. Maley, "a, of Spring
field, Ohio.
Elsbury was serving seven-year
sentence for conspiracy and at
tempting to escape from United
States marshal at Columbus, Ohio:
Maley was serving 20 years for at
tempted robbery of Columbus
(Ohio) bank and Mcclellan was
serving three years for Dyer Act
violation from Pittsburgh, Pa.
The fifth man is Edward Marion
Evening star., 1947-12-04

hands Of the
law last night,
Sheriff ON
Lewis reported,
as he prepared
to take off In a
second plane.
Sheriff Lewis
identified the
man as 24-year-
old Charles Lee
Mcintosh, who
escaped Monday
night with four
CO m p a n i o n S
from the United
States Medical
Evening star., 1947-12-04
KuriIe Fishing Productive

Fisheries on the Kurile Islands
contributed heavily to Russias 1s47
catch, including cod, Siberian and
numpoack salmon, plaice, crabs,
WaruSes, seals and whales, with
herring making up IS per cent of the
total catch.
Evening star., 1947-12-04
Convict Fleeing Prison
Crashes Plane, Caught
While Taking Another
By tns Associated Press

JACKSON, Tenn, Dec, 4.-Un-
daunted by a crash landing in a
stolen plane. a potentially danger
GUS" Federal convict fell into the
Evening star., 1947-12-04

Harrison, 81, who was serving five
years for Dyer Act violation ct
Little Rock, Ark.
Evening star., 1947-04-22
1okomu Park Council Decides
To Ask New Check on Sprino

Water from the Takoma spring
will be analyzed again by Maryland
Health authorities, the Town Coun-
Gil of Takoma Park decided last
night.
Chairman H. G. Heffner of the
Health Committee requested the
action, explaining that the last re-
port was that the water showed
some contamination, possibly due to
surface drainage. Many citizens do
not agree to the report. however,
Mr.. Heffner said. A sign at the
spring warns users take the water
at their own risk, but citizens con-
tinue to use it.
The first step in a permanent
street improvement program was
taken when a public hearing was
ordered on proposed concrete road
construction on Hudson avenues
from Flower avenue to block SIS, Gill
bert's subdivision, Roanoke avenue
from Kennebec to Hudson avenues,
and Houston avenue from Roanoke
to Flower avenues. Date for the
hearing has not been set.
The widening, Strengthening and
Improvement of Lincoln avenue
from Carroll to Jackson avenues
also was authorized. Surface i'm
provements we're ordered for Holly
avenue. Sycamore and woodland
Evening star., 1947-04-22
kensington 10. Open
Firehouse Sunday

Gov. Lane and other State and
county officials have been invited
to attend the dedication of the $780,
900 firehouse of the Kensington Vol
unteer Fire Department Sunday.
Eugene j. G. Raney, chairman of
the Board OF Trustees of the Mary
land State Firemen's Association,
will be master of ceremonies for the
affair, which will commence at 2
pm. in front of the hrehouse.
The Silver Spring Elks Boys Band
will play, and representatives from
other fire departments in Prince
Georges, Montgomery, and Fred
erick Counties will be honor guests
at the ceremonies.
A special event will be the pres
entation to the State Firemen's As
sociation of a 1914 model Seagrave
pumper from the Hagerstown Fire
Department. 1t will be kept in the
associations museum, to be built at
College Park.
Edward w. Wilkes is chairman of
the committee in charge of arrange
merlts.
G. Leonard Daymude Is chief of
the fire department, which was
started in Kensington in 1918. The
department moved from the base
ment of the armory to its new
building last October.
Evening star., 1947-04-22
Gun Factory Worker Found
Fatally Shot in New York

Frank J. Jones, 80, supervisor
in the boiler making shop at the
Naval Gun Factory, was found dead
yesterday In a New York hotel
with bullet wound In his head.
Detective James Pritchard Of New
York police force said Mr.. Jones
had apparently put the muzzle Of
a pistol into his mouth and fired
one shot, the Associated Press re-
ported.
Mr.. Jones, who lived at 10-A
Hillside avenue, Greenbelt, Md, had
been reported missing from his home
Saturday night by his wife, Mrs.
Eva Jones. According to the AS
sociated Press, Mr.. Jones had
registered at the Van Cortland Hotel
Friday night.
In a note addressed to his wife
and found in the room, Mr.. Jones
said he was born either 400 years
ahead of time or. 400 years behind
time. because everything has gone
wrong with me-"
In addition to his wife, he Is sur.
vived by four children, Barbara,
Is; Frank jr., IL: Patricia, 9; Char
lotte, Q; his mother, Mrs. Catherine
Jones, and q sister.
Evening star., 1947-04-22
Codes Like Districts
Are Recommended BY
Bethesda Chamber

Adoption of a Montgomery Coun.
ty building, electrical and plumbing
code similar to that of the District
and the appointment of a fire
marshal were recommended last
night by the board of directors OF
thes Bethesda Chamber of Com
merce.
The State Roads Commission was
asked to prohibit daytime parking
on Wisconsin avenue from the Bank
of Bethesda to Middleton lane te
ease traffic congestion.
Committee chairmen were named
as follows: Alfred Rinaudot, com.
mercial development: Mrs. John M
Nader, civic development; Robert
Beall, legislation and legal action;
Roger Wing, membership; Philip
Schaefer, publicity; Marvin Sim
mons. public utilities; Henry Con-
nor, roads and bridges; Dr.. Bruce
Benjamin, welfare and education
and Ed Bass, safety, with A. J.
Bargagni as co-chairman.
The group selected the following
delegates to the Montgomery Coun-
ty Civic Federation: Willard Egolf
Samuel Stonebraker and John r
Reeves. King Mularkey, Mr.. Wing
and Mrs. Reed Bradley were chosen
as alternates.
Delegates named to the Bethesda
Fire Board are John Fulks, Wady
Imirie and Walter Bogley, and to
the Library Association, Burrell
Marsh.
= Mrs. Katherine Bradley Bell was
appointed executive secretary, to
succeed Mrs. Betty Norman, who
resigned recently.
Evening star., 1947-04-22

avenues from Ethan Allan to Elm
avenue and Ash avenue from East
ern to Elm avenue. At the public
hearing the cost of construction
program will be announced.
The council voted to oppose the
granting Of an off-sale liquor license
requested by the Avenue LIQUOR
Store, 6705 New Hampshire avenue.
At the public hearing at 10 am.
Thursday at the Courthouse, Upper
Marlboro, Councilman Heffner will
represent the town.
The Takoma Park League of
Women Voters suggested changes In
the order of business at meetings of
the council. It was claimed that a
brief review by the Mayor of action
taken between meetings would in
crease our knowledge of the work of
the council -
Ralph G. Shure urged the council
to consider the improvement of Lee
avenue from Hancock to Maple ave-
nues, as developers plan to construct
several apartment houses on the g.
acre tract.
The council was advised that the
GlaizeWood-Kentland Citizens AS
sociation, comprising Glaizewood
Manor and Kentland Village, has
changed its name to the East
Takoma Park Citizens Association.
Evening star., 1947-04-22
Contract for Final Link
Of Beaver Dam Sewer Lef

The Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission yesterday an
nounced it had let a contract for
construction of the final link of the
Beaver Dam Branch trunk sewer to
the Leo Butler Co. of Silver Spring
for low bid of $123, ,568.
Work is expected to start immedi-
ately. the announcement said. When
completed the trunk sewer will run
from West Lanham Hills to Kenil-
worth along the Beaver Dam branch.
The final link will be built from
Sixty-second street in Cheverly to
the site OF proposed pumping sta
ton on River road.
The commission also announced
award of contract for construc-
ton of an outfan sewer for the
Springbrook Terrace subdivision to
the M. j. Bles Construction Co. of
Mclean, Va, for $12,949. The sewer
will run from the subdivision, near
East Riverdale, to the Northeast
Branch trunk sewer.
Evening star., 1947-04-22
HyaffsyiIIe Citizens
Nominate AieIIo and
Holden for Mayor

Caesar L. Aiello, Washington at
torney and Hyattsville councilman,
and Paxton M. Holden, War De-
partment employe, last night were
nominated for mayor of Hyattsville
at the city convention In the mu-
nicipal building.
Citizens also chose candidates
for council in nominating conven-
tions which followed the mayoralty
meeting. The general election will
be held May S.
The ward candidates:
First ward-Thomas e. Arnold,
incumbent; Howard M. Smith.
Second ward-H. Wilson Spick-
nall, incumbent.
Third ward-Robert r. Pitt, In
cumbent until last week when he
was named mayor to fill out the
term of the late E. Murray Cover;
Hiram L. Lawrence.
Fourth ward - Four-year term:
Frederick M. Coxen, incumbent; r.
Edward Miller. Two-year term:
Henry Hellman; Jack M. Pearce.
All of the terms are four year
with the exception Of the one post
in the fourth ward. This ward is
new and the present councilmen
were appointed. In this election,
the wards first, one short term is
necessary to stagger the expiration
dates as in the other wards.
Mr.. Aiello now represents the
second ward but his term does not
expire for two years. If elected
mayor he vii resign and the council
will name his successor.
Evening star., 1947-04-22
Court Order Halls Work
On 7 Arlington Buildings

Visiting Judge John Paul at Fed
eral District Court in Alexandria
yesterday issued a preliminary in
junction to halt further construc-
ton work on two buildings at 1881
and 1888 Wilson boulevard, Airing
ton.
Yesterdays order took the place
Of a temporary restraining order
issued at the Governments request
last month. The injunction is In ef-
feet pending further court action.
The Government In requesting
the restraining order last month
alleged Thomas j. Broyhill was con-
structing the two buildings in viola
ton Of the Veterans Housing Pro-
gram. In an answer filed yesterday,
Mr.. Broyhili stated he was under
the impression that such controls
had been lifted. He said further he
was at that time ignorant Of the
requirement concerning the auth
orization necessary from the Civil
ian Production Administration"
Evening star., 1947-04-22
Man Held for Grand Jury
In Beating Of Girl, II

James E. Gingell, 29-year-old
Wheaton tMd) carpenter, today was
ordered held for action of the grand
jury on charges OF assault with, in
tent to kill. following a preliminary
hearing in Bethesda trial magistrate
court.
Trial Magistrate Warren Browning
ordered the man held after testi-
mony by Montgomery County police
that Gingell, who Is married and
has three children, admitted hating
everything with skirts and attack
ing Kathryn Jane Bradshaw, ii, Of
kensington on April 13.
Miss Bradshaw, who appeared In
a highly nervous condition and had
bruises about her left eye, testified
that man had followed her from
store in Kensington the night Of
April Is, struck and choked her near
lumber yard.
Evening star., 1947-04-22

written by Florence Switlick, starts
out this way:
Long wave your Red, your White
and your Blue.
Oh. Soul of America, I salute you"
A devout poem, Prayer" written
by Eleanor M. Clinton, starts this
way:
Dear God, devoutly now I make
this prayer:
Grant me no blessing that I would
not share
With every living soul beneath the
sky
Who needs thy loving grace as much
as T."
The opening lines of 'Nocturne," I"
by Mark Park Heaton, goes like this:
What Is this quiet love that folds
my heart
In warm embrace and holds my body
still"
Gillette Tolbert, who halls from
South Carolina, penned "The Lonely
Road" The opening stanza follows:
Past and-fields, bright with rumex
And Lanaria,s linen blue
Past crab-apple and jessamine vines,
The lonely road runs through
A strip of country where, perhaps,
A traveller on his way
May pause in spell bound ecstasy
Upon an April day"
Evening star., 1947-04-22
Boy, 7, Starts House Fire
And Hides Under Bed

A 2-year-old boy started a fire In
his home at 1062o Dunmoor drive
Silver Spring. yesterday ) by lighting
a piece Of paper from the gas stove
pilot and dropping it into a basket
of clothes, town firemen reported.
The fire, which did little damage,
was extinguished by a neighbor
with garden hose just as firemen
arrived Fremen, however, said
they helped find the child who
started the fire, little John Downs
son of Mr.. apd Mrs. Joseph H.
Downs, hiding under the bed.
Mrs. Herbert L. Gill, who lives
next door, heard Mrs. Downs calls
for help and ran in with the hose.
The blaze was confined to a utility
room.
Evening star., 1947-04-22
Arlington Grand Jury
Indicts>5ix Persons

Six persons were named in nine
indictments returned by an Arling-
ton County grand jury yesterday as
the April term of Circuit Court
opened with Judge Walter T. Nc
Carthy presiding.
The jury found no true bill
against Raymond D. Jeffries, 20, of
the 300 block North Stafford street,
who had been charged with hit-and-
run driving following an accident on
March 81 in which Mrs. Frances
Hull, rs. colored, was injured.
Indicted were:
John Frank Cabs, IS, of $500
North Twenty-second street, Arl-
ington., on two counts of forging
and uttering $500 check Cabs
pleaded not guilty and trial was
set for May 8.
Robert E. Jenkins, 80, Vienna. Va,
on three separate indictments
charging grand larceny. Police said
Jenkins took pocketbooks from
three women to whom he gave rides
In his automobile. Jenkins pleaded
guilty to all indictments and his
case was referred to the probation
officer.
George H. Hughes, 80, Falls
Church, Va, two indictments charg-
ing grand larceny which police said
grew out Of sales of automobiles.
Hughes. president of the former
Hughes Cab Co., also was indicted
on similar charges jointly with Ray
mond Robinette, 80, also of Falls
Church. Both men pleaded not
guilty and trial was set for May g..
Robert Lee Ray, 81. of 400 block
H street NV, washington, on
charges of. breaking and entering
Spurrier Motors, 1911 Wilson boule-
ward. He pleaded not guilty and
trial was set for May 10.
Richard o. Kittleson, 5lo2 Four
teenth street NV, grand larceny.