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Evening star., 1947-05-12
Five 5uffocafed as Fire
Sweeps 2-Room Home
In Prince Georges

Five persons were burned to death
in their sleep early yesterday when
flames swept the two-room frame
house in which they lived at Fair
mont Heights in Prince Georges
County.
Firemen said all five apparently
were suffocated In their beds before
the flames enveloped the dwelling.
More than $500 feet Of hose was
laid to the burning home. but the
house was almost destroyed when
the fire was discovered about am,
firemen said.
The dead, all colored, were iden-
titled as:
Henry Davis, As, a laborer; his
wife, Mrs. Lille Davis. so; their
granddaughter, Corinne Davis, IL;
Wilson Lee, 81, a cement finisher,
and his wife, Mrs. Daily Lee, Al.
The fire is believed to have started
when emhers fell to the wooden
floor from a stove. County Medical
Examiner James I. Boyd issued GER
tificates Of accidental death.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
Team From Second Army
To Inspect District Guard

Ground force units of the District
National Guard will be inspected
by team from Second Army Head
quarters tonight, tomorrow night
and Wednesday beginning at 8 pm.
The inspections will be held at
the temporary home of the National
Guard at the Municipal Center.
Third street and Indiana avenue
NV, according to Brig. Gen. Albert
L. Cox, commanding the District
Guard.
The inspection schedule is as fol-
lows: tonight - Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery; 260th Anti
aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.
3S0th Antiaircraft Artillery Auto
matte Weapons Battalion, 260th
Antiaircraft Artillery Group. To-
morrow-Headquarters, Headqaurt-
ers Battery and Medical Detach-
ment, 340th Antiaircraft Artillery
Searchlight Battalion. Wednesday
Headquarters, Headquarters Com
pany and Medical Detachment, 163rd
Military Police Battalion, and Head
quarters and Headquarters Detach-
ment,
Evening star., 1947-05-12

The dollar bills which the Rev.
]. Adrian Pfeiffer gave to 325 menu
bers of his Takoma Park Lutheran
Church month ago were returned
yesterday-with five-fold interest.
The best thing about the s1,500
brought in yesterday was the
enthusiastic spirit which accom-
panied 1t on the part Of the givers,
Mr.. Pfeiffer said.
"It solidified our congregation and
inspired them, he explained.
There is another 500 still to be
turned in, the pastor added. The
money will be used as the basis OF
q $25O,O building fund for new
church at Thirteenth street and
Eastern avenue NV.
One of the unusual ways whereby
the parishioners multiplied the dol
lars given to them a month ago was
illustrated by a member who was not
Evening star., 1947-05-12
JuIyk5eleeied
10 Iry Marian
.AsCoIllIllunisf
9 Of Group coIored;
Government to Coll
II Witnesses

A jury Of six men and six women.
nine Of whom are colored. was em-
panelled today In the case Of Carl
Al. Marzani, IS, former State De-
partment employe. who went on trial
in District Court on charges Of con- I
cealing Communist aflliations in
applying for q Federal job.
Counsel for both sides used six
challenges in drawing the jury.
Justice Richmond B. Keech Is pre-.
siding at the trial.
Marzani, who lives in Arlington.
appeared In court wearing World
War II discharge button. He has
been free on $2,5O0 bond since q
.nine-co,lnt indictment was handed
down by the District grand jury in
January.
The Government charges that
the defendant failed to disclose that
he was known as TONY Whales"
in connection with Communist
Party activity, and further alleges
that he was party branch organ
izer in New York City before the
war.
U. S. to Call II Witnesses.
John II. Kelley, jr., special as
sistant to the Attorney General, dis
closed the Government planned to
call II witnesses -all but three OF
them employees Of the State Depart
ment, FBI, Ciyilu Service Commis-
sion and War Assets Administers
tion. Three witnesses, he said, are
members of the New York Police
Department.
Mr.. Kelley asked the prospective
jurors II they ever had been mem-
bers of the Communist Party, ever
submitted articles to the Daily
Worker or New Masses or were mem-
bers of the American Peace Mobili.
zation, international Workers Order.
Washington Bookshop, Committee
I for Democratic Action. or the Young
Communist League.
One woman said she had been
associated with the Washington
Bookshop. She was dismissed from
the jury.
Defense attorney Charles E. Ford
asked the jury q series of questions
ranging from whether they were
opposed to the New Deal" or felt
their Job in Government would be
jeopardized in rendering a decision
in favor of Marzani.
Quizzed on Loyalty Probe.
On this second question, Mr.. Ford
asked the jurors If they were IA
miliar with President Truman's
recent order directing loyalty in
vestigation Of Federal workers.
Mr.. Ford also asked the group IL
they had any opposition to labor
unions or were opposed to helping
immigrants understand the Ameri-
can way of life"
Marzani was indicted into the
Army in October, 1943, and later
transferred to the ONCE Of Strategic
Services as q master sergeant. He
was discharged in 1945, but re-
manned with OSS, which was taken
over by the State Department. AS
a result of Investigations, he was
4 dismissed from the department last
December 20.
Maximum penalty upon conviction
is $4,000 fine or 10 years. or both,
on each Of the nine counts.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
Montgomery 5 Serum
Clinics May Be Shut
On Doctors Protest

A protest by Montgomery County
doctors against county clinic which
immunized persons against Rocky
Mountain spotted fever probably
means the end Of all public immurl-
'ization against other diseases. DR..
", L. Ellicott, County health officer.
declared today.
Although DR.. Ellicott was reluc-
tant to discuss the subject, he indi-
Gated the doctors felt that clinics
of this nature were enroaching upon
their private practice.
There will be no more clinics to
administer the anti-tick serum, or
immunization against any other dis
ease unless actual epidemicS occur,
DIR. Ellicott said. The county has
just completed immunizing 10 Ken
sington residents against spotted
fever. The doctors protest was
lodged on completion OF the clinic.
No Formal Society Action.
Or. u. D. Nourse, Gaithersburg,
president of the Montgomery County
Medical Society, said today there
was some objection in the
lower end of the county" but no
formal action by the society. He
said DR.. Ellicott circularized county
physicians as to their feeling on the
matter. He said he did not know
the results of the poll.
DR.. Nourse said some physicians
in the lower -end of the county felt
the administration Of Rocky Noun
tain spotted fever vaccine rather
interfered with their private prac-
tice."
He declared the program was "all
right in the upper end of the county
where there is a "dearth of physi-
Clans" and that there was no objec-
ton to the health departments
immunization program as "a temp
orary thing"
Ticks Abundant This Year.
The health officer was reluctant
to say whether the banning OF tick
fever clinics would mean that more
people might be in danger Of con-
tracing tick fever this season.
DR.. j. w. Bird of Sandy Spring,
secretary of the county medical So
ciety, said also that his organiza-
tion had not taken formal action on
the matter, although he pointed out
that the doctors were divided on
clinics for tick fever inoculations.
Some physicians, he said, hole
that such clinics are an infringe
ment on doctors private practice.
Reports from people who have
gone picnicking. fishing, hiking OF
worked in the fields this season
in nearby Maryland and Virginia,
indicate there is an abundance OF
ticks this year.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
AnnuoI Banquet Slated
.By Dunburton Council

The student council Of Dunbar
ton College of Holy Cross will hold
its annual banquet at 6 pm. Satt1r-
day in the school dining room.
Recently-elected officers OF the
council are Miss Mary Catherine
Ostmann, 1885 Tilden street NV,
president; Miss Mary Ann Sheehan
1924 Seventh street NV, vice pres
ident; Miss Anna Mary Melhnger
Lancaster. Pa. secretary. and Miss
Gladys Hildreth, Norfolk, Va,
treasurer.
Speaker wiz be the Rev. Joseph
Lilly. C. M, professor Of sacred
scripture at Catholic University.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
Sugar Rotioning Agency
Speeds Book Delivery

Consumers seeking new sugar ra-
ton books for infants, discharged
servicemen and for replacement be-
cause Of mutilation may apply by
letter to the Sugar Rationing Adj
ministration.
Up to now, the Government re-
auired submission OF OPA forms
R-146 and R-194. The new arrange,
ment was ordered TO speed up sery-
ice and TO ease the load on curtailed
field Offices.
Washington consumers should ap-
ply to the Rationing Administration,
1877 West Mount Royal avenue, Bali
timors /, Md.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
Nelson Johnson|io Speak
IN China Fund Campaign

Nelson T. johnson, secretary gen.
eral OF the Far Eastern Commission,
will speak at the current campaign
of the United Services to China at
q meeting Of the Alexandria Rotary
Club at 1890 pm. tomorrow at the
George Mason Hotel The campaigns
purpose is to raise funds for the
support of American health, welfare
and education projects in China.
StanIy K. Hornbeck, former Am
bassador to the Netherlands, also
will discuss the campaign at q meet
ing OF the Kiwanis Club of Bethesda
at noon tomorrow at the Brooke Tea
House, North Chevy Chase Circle.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
Takona Library Drives
For $4,000 10 Pay Debt

The Takoma Park MD Library,
Inc, today began a membership
drive to wipe out $4,600 indebted
ness on the building and provide
S., 600 for expansion.
Designated as the Founders Day
Drive" the campaign win close May
rs with a tea at the library, 8
Sherman avenue. That date marks
the day the library was founded In
1885.
A goal OF 1000 members has been
Evening star., 1947-05-12
Uncle Sam Says

This Is good story and it's about
you, pop. The chapter ] am read
ing Is entitled Security" It tells
about your Payroll Savings, the easy,
automatic way you are building up
comfortable nestegg for the future
of yourself and your family. Best
part Of all, pop, Is the fact that mill
lions of my nieces and nephews
have the same important place In
this story Of q happy future as your
SELF. They, too, are buying United
States Savings Bonds regularly -
United States Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
Davis to Talk in Bethesda
On Stote LeqisIution

How legislation passed BY the 1917
Maryland Assembly viii affect
Montgomery County will be dis
cussed by State Senator Roy Tasco
Davis at forum In the Bethesda
Elementary School at 8 pm. May q.
Sponsored by the Montgomery
County Republican Women's Clubs,
the forum ist open to the public.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
.48 Will GET Diplomas
From Americaniizafion
School on Thursday

Forty-eight recently naturalized
citizens will receive their American
ization School diplomas at 8 pm.
Thursday in the National Museum
Auditorium climaxing National Citi-
zenship week. The ceremonies will
precede the observance Of II Am An
American Day" next Sunday.
In his recent IT Am An American
Day" proclamation, President Tru-
man recalled that "the combined
talents, skills, service and loyalty OF
these native-born and foreign-bo
peoples have brought us VIGOROUSLY
through the greatest Of all wars. "
During the past year 100000 men
and women of foreign birth were
naturalized.
The ceremonies Thursday will be
sponsored by the Americanization
School, as will the city-wide pro-
gram at 8 pm. Sunday at the Sylvan
TheateT.
Clark Will Speak.
Among the speakers Sunday will
be. Attorney General Clark and Ed
ward Arnold, stage and screen star.
Mr.. Arnold is expected to arrive in
Washington Tuesday. One OF the
features of the celebration will be an
"air umbrella" OF Army planes.
President Truman urged that 81
Am An American Day" exercises be
held to help our citizens better ur1-
Iderstand their privileges and re-
Isponsibilities as participants in our
representative democracy, that world
peace and domestic felicity may be
attained"
The American Legion, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Catholic War Vet
erans and many other similar
groups will participate in Sundays
observance.
Million Due to Celebrate.
Employees of the Agriculture De-
partment viii hold an observance
dG osOu p-ll. tOufOAkOW LA AstiiC 0C1ASA
son Memorial auditorium at the Ag-
ricult,re Department. Assistant
Secretary Of Agriculture Brannar
will preside, with Kenneth G
Royal, Undersecretary of War, a.
the principal speaker.
An estimated 5,000, 900 person,
from some $500 communities art
expected to take part In the ma
tional observance Sunday.
Herbert j. jacob, general chair
man Of the committee for the OBJ
servance of the day, will address
Argo Lodge No. 413, B'nai Birth, al
q meeting Wednesday.
At Thursday nights observance,
speakers viii be Justice E. Barrett
Prettyman, Of United States Couri
of Appeals, and Edward J. Shaugh-
messy, special assistant to the Com
missioner Of Immigration and Nat
uralization. The program win open
with music by the Metropolitan Po-
lice Boys Band.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
Welfare Chapter to Meet

The Alexandria cnaptetr of the
Southern Conference for Human
welfare viii meet in the YWCA,
602 Cameron street, at 8 pm. to-
morrow. Moss Plunkett, Roanoke
attorney who was gubernatorial
candidate in last years election,
win speak.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
|CI0 Council 10 Press
Fiqht on Transit Fares;
Flanagan AssaiIed

The Washington C1OS Industrial
Union Council today expressed de-
termination to continue its fight
against the rise in transit fares,
which went, into effect yesterday.
It blasted Chairman James H. Flan-
agan of the Public Utilities Com
mission for arbitrary and unpre-
cented action in refusing to grant
rehearing.
Henry Beitscher, council president,
today charged Mr.. Flanagan with
preparing a written denial of the
CIO request for rehearing yester-
day before he had even read it. He
hit also at Commissioner James w.
Lauderdale's concurrence when "he
was not even present at the presen-
tation of the petition"
In announcing he would press Tor
a reversal of the rate change, Mr..
Beitscher said he was calling to-
gether members of his organization
tomorrow night to consider future
action.
Court Refuses Plea.
Justice F. Dickinson Let's, to
whom the council appealed for a
restraining order early yesterday
morning ruled that the CIO group
must exhaust all its administrative
appeals before seeking court, action.
Mr.. Beitscher went directly from
that hearing to Mr.. Flanagan's home
in a last-minute appeal and was
turned down. Mr.. Beitscher now
believes his next move should be in
court.
1--WE consider that Mr.. Flanagan's
action in turning down our request
before he had even seen it was
highly arbitrary and illustrates that
he Is acting in manner subservient
to the Capital Transit Co., and not
in the interest of the public, which
is supposed to be paramount" Mr..
Beitscher said.
Mr.. Flanagan said today that he
had presented to Mr.. Beitscher and
the CIO attorney, Herman Tocker,
four reasons for denying the appli-
cation which was to be only few
hours before the new fares went
into effect:
/. The matter had been considered
by the PUG for three months a1-
ready.
2. Public hearings already had
been held and all pertinent evil
dence considered
3. More than six weeks were
spent by the PUG in digesting the
evidence presented at the hearings
4. No new facts were presented
which justified delaying the execu-
tion Of the PUG order allowing the
rise.
Fare Now 10 Cents.
The new fares are 10 cents straight
| for single ride and $1.50 for 9
weekly pass. There was no change
| in the rate for school children.
E. C. Giddings, assistant to the
president of Capital Transit, sait
today the switchover at S am. yes.
terday resulted in very little con.
fusion. So far very few tokens have
been returned for refunds, but hi
expects a good many more to bs
turned in today. Tokens may bt
returned for cash at any one of l:
terminals and the main Office al
Thirty sixth and NJ streets NV
land the Lost and Found Office Al
t14l6 r street NV.
He said there had been only few
incidents yesterday Of persons drop.
ping tokens In the car and bus boxe:
by mistake. The company has made
arrangements to have the rider pay
/ the I0-cent fare and be repaid latel
by mail
i The CIO group already has sent
letters to more than go groups which
Joined in protesting the fare rise al
1.-THE hearings some time ago and in
Ivited the groups to join with 1t in
| fighting the move now.
Evening star., 1947-05-12
Trude Bourd to Meet

Donald C. Barnhart Of the Ma
tionai Automobile Dealers Associa-
tion win speak at dinner meeting
of the Silver Spring Board Of Trade
at pm. Wednesday at the Indian
Spring Country Club.
Evening star., 1947-05-12

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