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Evening star., 1947-11-24
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Evening star., 1947-11-04
Lincoln Memorial
Attracts 1,326,770

The Lincoln Memorial, with 1885,
ITO visitors, ran a close second as a
tourist attraction on the National
Park Service list during the travel
year which ended on September 80,
Director Newton B. Drury reported
today.
The Lake Mead Recreational Area,
in Arizona and Nevada, with 1,342,-
402, led every area or park on the
list but the Lincoln Memorial, in the
runner-up position, was far ahead
of all other national shrines ,or
monuments.
Compared with the more than
100000 visitors to the Lincoln
Memorial, where no admission is
charged, only 62,031 people were
curious enough to pay to enter the
House Where Lincoln Died on Tenth
street, NV. Thomas Jefferson Me-
mortal attracted only 628,467 visit
ors; the Washington Monument
805,317; and the Lee Mansion in
Arlington National Cemetery, $685.
377 visitors.
The Blue Ridge Parkway, in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, though
still incomplete, ranked third to the
Lincoln Memorial, with 1,314,353
visitors.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Montgomery Reports
AN-Tin1e High Listing
Of 53,447 Voters

Montgomery County now has an
all-time high of 53,447 voters on
its books as a result of the regis
tering of 8,731 new persons prior to
midnight Saturday.
This was revealed yesterday by
Ward Caddington, clerk to the
county's Board of Election Super
visors, who announced that regis
trations in the boards Office at
Rockville and in II other communi-
ties during the month was more
than double the number of any pre-
vious year. !
Number May Rise More.
Persons who signed up in Mont
gomery County where a permanent
election board is employed, filed
their" declarations and registered
simultaneously, Mr.. Caddington re-
ported. The total number may
rise again, the election clerk said
with the additional registration
prior to April 2: the day the books
close for the May primaries. OF
residents turning 81 before then
and of persons who previously had
filed their declarations to vote but
who never had registered.
Democrats in Lead.
OF the October registrants> In
Montgomery County, 1908 were
Democrats, 3,345 were Republicans
and 778 were miscellaneous or those
who declined to state their party
Affiliations, Mr.. Caddington re-
vealed. The county totals now in
clude 35,398 Democrats, 1893 Re-
publicans and 3,156 others, he
added.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Maryland Sales Tax
Nets S5,702,622 as
Repeal Fight Begins
By the Assoeiaied Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.-The 2 per
cent sales tax on most retail trans
actions over 9 cents raised $5,702,6 ,622
in Maryland during the first three
months of its application.
In announcing that figure last
night, State Controller James j.
Lacy said the yield would go about
$25 10000 during the fiscal year
ending next June 80 unless an ad-
ministration proposal to raise the
exemption to IA cents is enacted at
the special session of the General
Assembly convening tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Maryland Eco
nomic Council, embracing civic
groups in q Maryland communities,
is laying plans for a drive to. have
the act repealed.
Repeal Efforts Planned.
Robert Black of Norbeck, council
president, said the group plans to
have repeal resolutions presented
simultaneously in both Houses OF the
General Assembly with bipartisan
sponsorship.
If that move fails, he said, the
council will press for an amendment
that would call for a referendum on
the act at the November 1948 elec-
tions.
Delegate Pollack, Democrat OF
Baltimore, said some time ago re-
pealer would be offered and a sub.
stitute program for raising revenues
would be presented.
One method suggested was a tax
on handbook betting.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Maryland Court Of Appeals
Rules 0df BrauIf Decree

The Maryland Court Of Appeals
today overruled limited divorce
granted last year to Albert e. Brault
40, of Chevy Chase, from Mrs. Mar
garet H. Brault, 80. Mr. Brault. an
attorney, is a former Montgomery
County public utilities agent and
trial magistrate.
The decree entered in Montgom-
cry Circuit Court on grounds of
cruelty and constructive desertion
awarded Mr.. Brault the custody OF
their three children. This was re-
versed by the appellate court today.
Since the marital status remains
unchanged, the court said, there was
no award Of alimony.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Southwest Group Told
Racial Report on D. {.
is 'Undemocratic'

Michael Troiano, president of the
Southwest Citizens Association, last
night said the report issued by the
Presidents Committee on Civil
Rights was "undemocratic" in criti-
cizing the Districts attitude toward
race segregation.
He said the report had been pre-
pared by persons not living in this
area and not understanding its prob
lens. A similar objection to the
same report was. recently issued by
Clifford H. Newell past president of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions.
Discussion of the committees re-
port was postponed until the next
meeting to give the associations S
Executive Committee time to study
it and make recommendations.
Before the matter was sent to
committee upon the motion of Jo-
seph Schneider, the meeting was
advised by Gilbert Striner, a men,
Der, there was nothing to be afraid
of" in bringing the matter out in
the open for discussion.
Frank Hurst, another member,
warned the association that prop
erty values would be driven down"
if restrictive covenants were de-
clared unlawful.
Earlier, Sergt. John F. Ryan, lai-
son officer between the metropoli-
tan police and the public, pleaded
for acceptance by the citizens OF
their responsibility to maintain law
and order.
In explaining the methods by
which the police are trying to reduce
the crime rate in the city, Sergt
Ryan revealed investigating officers
now are taking palm prints as well
as finger prints in an effort to catch
well-known "cat" burglars who rifle
trousers pockets after crawling on
hands and knees through bedrooms
The meeting was held in the
Southwest Branch Library, Seventh
and H streets S.W.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Old Boy Line Considers
Adding z Cruise Ships
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.-The Old
Bay Line service between Baltimore
and Norfolk had plans under con-
sideration today for adding two new
cruise ship type liners to the two
ships now in service.
Company officials said the new
ships would more than double pres
ent passenger and freight capacity.
Plans call for $50 rooms each, COM
pared to 1873 and 140 rooms in the
old ships.
The firm said its plans would stay
in the blue print stage until 1t
settles claims against the Govern.
ment for ships taken for war duty
in 1912.
Evening star., 1947-11-04

The thousand people in Armstrong
High School auditorium were not
aware the National Symphony Or
chestra had a special surprise for
them.
A printed line in the program
issued last night before the second
in the 1947-48 series of Neighbor-
hood Concerts under the sponsor
ship of The Star was the only clue
they had.
Francesca Da Rimini, by Tschai-
kovsy," the line read. 1t hadn't been
played by the National Symphony in
three or four years. But now Con-
ductor Howard Mitchell was ready.
He tapped with his baton for atten-
ton.
Enchanted BY Music.
AS the selection progressed, the
audience became aware that here
was something different. There were
little musical pinwheels that came
from nowhere and went nowhere.
There was a curious vagueness about
it all. Indefinable little notes came
from violins. There were elusive
myriads of them.
The audience lost itself. 1t was
like being enchanted.
There were some listeners who
understood the meaning of the eerie
musical wisps. They had read of the
tragic love of Francesca and Paolo.
These listeners knew this was the
engrossing musical narrative Of the
two lovers in the Second Circle of
He'll, from the Fifth Canto of Dante's
Inferno.
Storm of Applause.
Here, the National Symphony was
depicting the tortures and agonies
of the condemned and the turmoil
OF Hades. And when it was over the
listeners didn't move. They de-
ferred to the effect Of this master
piece.
Then they applauded as neigh
borhood audience never did before.
Three times Mr.. Mitchell asked his
orchestra members to rise to re-
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Mrs. Go|dsborough Hurt
In Crash Near Frederick

Mrs. Laura Goldsborough, wife OF
District Court Justice r. Alan Colds
borough, was reported to be in a
satisfactory condition this morning
at the Frederick (Md) Memorial
Hospital where she was taken yes
terday after being injured in an
automobile accident south of Fred
er4ck.
Mrs. Goldsborough suffered head
cuts when the automobile in which
she was passenger left the road
and crashed into an iron fence sur
the Monocacy Battlefield,
police said.
The driver of Mrs. Goldsborough's
car was listed as Willie Thomas, SO,
colored, 115 Eighth street NE, a
at District Court.
Evening star., 1947-11-04

ceive their honors. Only then die
people depart.
In the first part Of the program
adults and children saw Mr!Mitchell
mould his 81 musicians into a per-
fectly synchronized unit. They liked
the almost automatic way violin
bows gracefully and uniformly
swept upward during Haydn's
Symphony No. SO in B Flat Major"
And they liked the beautiful melan-
choly of Wagner's "Traume."
Gratitude Expressed.
This was the music the Symphony
was playing during its Neighborhood
Concerts. Woolsey Hall, president
of the Federation of Civic Associa-
tions and guest speaker during in
termission, summed it up:
Tonight" he said. 1--WE renew
our expression of gratitude to The
Evening Star for sponsoring the ap-
pearance in this neighborhood audi
torium of our National Symphony
Orchestra, for here in our very pres
ence it executes with perfection the
moving works of the great music
masters of the ages.
I'm fact" he added, "the beauty
and power of the artistry of these
masters of music transfigure us
stirring us to our very spiritual
depths touching here with
tenderness, there with energy, now
with holy aspiration -.
Next Concert Nov. IL
Mr.. Hall thanked WMAL. The
Evening Star Station, for broad
casting the concert, under direction
of Bill Coyle, the newspapers radio
director.
Among the guests was Lillian
Evanti, noted soprano, and daugh-
ter of the late DR.. w. Bruce Evans
founder and first principal of Arm
strong High School.
The next of the Neighborhood
Concerts will be held at Woodrow
Wilson High School on November
IL Tickets now are being distrib-
uted in The Star Lobby and also
are being made available to the
schools,
Evening star., 1947-11-04
County x-Roy Survey
'Meetinq Called TONIGHT

Plans for a chest X-ray survey in
Montgomery County are to be out
lined tonight at a meeting spon-
sored by the Montgomery County
tuberculosis Association.
Leo G. Koepfle, chairman of the
Montgomery County Chest X-fay
Survey Committee, will preside at
The meeting at 8 o'clock at Suburban
Hospital, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
.Skidding Auto Kills
Driver, Several Hurt
In Traffic in Storm

Heavy rain, driven by strong
winds, was responsible for automo-
bile accidents which caused one
death and injury to several persons
yesterday and last night.
Skidding on wet roadways led to
the traffic fatality in Montgomery
County and the serious injury of a
young woman in Fairfax County.
Heavy property damage also re-
suited from the storm.
William Dodson, "a, a plumber of
Fairland, Md, died last night in
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, of in
juries suffered about 7:30 pm. when
his automobile slid into a tree on
the Viers Mill road, 3 miles east of
Rockville, Montgomery County,
police reported He suffered skull
fracture when thrown from the We
hicle.
Girl Hurt in Same Crash.
Miss Louise Campbell, 20, of Rock
vile. passed a fairly good night"
at the hospital, attendants said. aft
er treatment for lacerations suffered
in the same accident. A third per-
son, whose name was listed as Ben
jamin Harding, was shaken up but
not seriously hurt, the hospital re-
ported. He was not admitted as a
patient
When a light truck slowed down
to go over the crest of a hill on
Route so yesterday afternoon, pas
senger automobile rammed into it
injuring two persons, and setting the
stage for a second collision a short
distance to the rear five minutes
later, according to Fairfax County
police
The police said an automobile
driven by Miss Barbara Ann Nc
Hugh, %, of Uniontown, Pa, crashed
into the rear of truck driven by
Miss Della Joseph, %, of Middle
town, Ohio, half a mile east Of
Pender.
Car Is Demolished.
Miss McHugh was admitted to Ar
lington County Hospital with a pos
sible fracture of the pelvis. Her
automobile was demolished when ii
struck telephone pole after hitting
the truck. Miss Joseph was admit
ted to the hospital for observation.
Before the wreckage could be
cleared away, an automobile driven
by Charles w. Payne, jr., 100 South
Pitt street, Alexandria, piled into
three others parked Immediately be-
hind the scene of the first crash, the
police said. No one was hurt in
this collision.
Two women were taken to hos
pitals after being injured in traffic
accidents in the District yesterday.
Mrs. Ottlie r. Signen, AZ of RID
l, Laurel, Md, was reported in a
serious condition at Casualty Hos
pital with a broken back and right
leg. Police said Mrs. Signeu was
struck by an automobile while cross
ing First street at East Capitol
shortly after 3 pm.
Woman Hit by Streetcar.
The driver, identified as Robert
r. Padgett, 81, of POT Pennsylvania
avenue Sc, was charged with driv-
ing with a defective windshield
wiper, police said.
Mrs. Nina Garfield, 40, of 1905
Seventeenth street NV, was struck
by streetcar on Connecticut ave-
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Choral Society TO Present
Elijah 0ratorio Tonight

The Washington Choral Society
will open its 18th season at $3.50
o'clock tonight in Constitution Hal
with a presentation of Mendels-
sohn's oratorio Elijah"
The choral group of 200 singers
directed by DR.. Louis A. Potter, will
be accompanied by a full symphony
orchestra, four guest artists and q
13-year-old boy soprano. The guest
artists are Anne Mcknight of New
York, soprano; Ruth Brazil of Phila-
delphia, contralto; Norman Carey
of New York. lyric tenor, and Robert
Nicholson of Washington, baritone
The 13-year-old soprano is Ron
aid Gibson, student at st. Adams
School and member of the Wash
ington Cathedral choir.
Tickets for the season are on sale
at Snow Concert Bureau, 11oS G
street NV.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Montgomery Drafts
Bill 10 Speed Tax
Reassessments

Legislation providing for reassess-
ment of property Immediately after
it is rezoned will be introduced at
the special session of the Maryland
General Assembly by the Montgom-
cry County Delegation, it was an
nounced today. The Legislature
will convene in Annapolis tomor-
row.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed that
the delegation decided last night
against proposing legislation giving
the county commissioners any addi-
tional taxing powers,
Directed at Idle Land.
According to Anders R. Lofstrand,
ir., the Montgomery delegation
chairman, the reassessment bill was
recommended by the county COM
missioners to prevent rezoned land
from lying idle.
Under present law, he explained,
county property is reassessed every
five years. AS a result, he said,
many persons have had residential
property rezoned for commercial
use but have paid no additional
taxes on it, nor have they taken
advantage of the rezoning.
The delegation met with Walter
w. Dawson, chairman of the Re
publican State Central Committee
for the county, to review bills which
the group plans to introduce.
Tax Position Reversed.
Gov. Lane announced several
weeks ago that he would support 9
bill giving counties and municipal
tiles special taxing powers. At a
meeting of the Legislative Council
in Baltimore yesterday, Delegate
Lofstrand said Montgomery needed
taxing power to Offset increased
costs of government, but the delega-
tion reversed the position last night
Before the Legislative Council, At
torney General Hall Hammond in
terposed a personal objection to the
principle of special taxing powers,
the Associated Press reported. Mr.
Hammond resides in Baltimore
County, which also favored the bill
before the council.
IT am convinced Mr.. Hammond
said, that to grant these powera
at this time would be most unfor-
tunate yielding to expediency with
serious consequences to the chance,
now foreseeable, of obtaining an in
telligent, co-ordinated and planned
tax system for the whole State, in
conjunction with the rest of the
country"
Mr.. Hammond mentioned the
studies of various governmental and
other agencies on tax uniformity,
adding that the plan advanced by
the recent Governors conference
alone would mean Maryland would
be relieved of $100000.000 annually
it now pays in Federal taxes of one
kind or another.
Evening star., 1947-11-04

nue. near N street NV. She was
taken to Emergency Hospital with
injuries to her right side, police re-
ported. The car was operated by
John T. Williams, 40. Of 1924 A
street NE, reports said.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Lee School PTA to Meet

How to make parent-teacher CO.
operation more effective will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the Robert
E. Lee School Parent Teacher Asso-
citation in Arlington at 8 pm. to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Bliss Urges Jury Duty
Training in Schools

Washington high schools should
provide training in jury duty to
students who will some day be called
upon to act as jurymen in District
courst, according to Col. E. Goring
Bliss, secretary of the District Jury
Commission.
Speaking last night before meet
ing of the Georgetown Progressive
Citizens Association, Col. Bliss said
one difficulty encountered was the
inexperience of young men in the
procedure and terminology of the
courtroom when called for jury duty.
Instruction after the jury has been
selected Is at best hurried and con-
densed and the performance of the
jury suffers as result, he added.
Evening star., 1947-11-04

The driver, identified as Robert
r. Padgett, 81. Of 207 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc, was charged with driv-
ing with a defective windshield
wiper, police said.
Mrs. Nina Garfield, 40, of 1905
Seventeenth street NV, was struck
by a streetcar on Connecticut ave-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01

There are approximately 1000
weather observers GA ships These
send their observations regularly
to weather stations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
Sunday School
Lesson
Scripture: II Kings 1857,
32-37; 20:12-l7

~
By WILLIAM E. GILROY, DID,.
Judah became the Southern
Kingdom of Israel after the divi-
sion into the southern and northern
kingdoms through Jeroboam's sue
cessful revolt against Rehoboam,
son and successor of Solomon.
The strength of David and the
glory of Solomon soon Waned when
a people who ought to have been
united with a common heritage in
history and religion became strife
torn and divided. In this history
there is a solemn warning for peo-
pies of today, particularly modern
democracies, where those of wide
ly different origins must live to-
gether in peace or bring upon
themselves sorrow and devasta-
lion.
The freedom that our, demo.
cratic lands accord in speech and
action is being used by some to
promote discord and draw lines
Of hate and prejudice, sometimes
in the sacred name Of Christ and
Christianity.
Along that way SO surely lies
ruin that all who love God must
set themselves to do everything
possible to promote the national
strength that can come only to a
people united in justice and right
%eousness.
The Northern Kingdom, as we
have seen, was the first to fall. II
was swept away eight centuries
ibfeore Christ when the armies OF
Assyria came down upon it. Its
people became known to history
as the Lost Ten Tribes" The
ISouthern Kingdom survived for
another 1876 years, but it also went
down before the armies of Baby.
Ion.
Our lesson tells of an interlude
in this 136-year downfall when a
good king, Hezekiah, and a noble
prophet, Isaiah, were dominant in
Judah. 1t is the story, too, of a
great deliverance prophesied by
Isaiah, when a plague of disease
struck the great army with which
Sennachecib, the Assyrian, came
to conquer the people.
But Judah's course, as the title
of this lesson indicates, was I'm.
steady. Periods of better living,
wise kingly guidance, and welfare
u,oro ptarpoivod with ~ar;oJc ~
bad leadership and idolatry.
Hezekiah himself, though a good
king, was by no means perfect.
He did a foolish thing when be
vainly displayed to ENJOYS from
the king of Babylon his wealth
and the treasures Of his palace.
The prospect of loot, in ancient as
in modern times, was a fruitful
cause Of war and invasion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
CHRISTIANITY HAS
CHANCE in JAPAN
DR.. Frank H. Mann Asks
Assembly For Bible
Appropriation

MONTREAL, May 81. -P- An
American Bible society represent
alive told Southern Presbyterians
meeting here that christianity,
having recently won an officialnod
of approval from the imperial ia
panese family, has an unprece-
cented opportunity OF winning tou-
sands of converts in Japan.
The speaker, DR.. Frank H.
Mann of New York, a secretary
Of the Inter-D socie-
ty, in asking the Presbyterian
church in the United States for
az annual appropriation of $4,000
for the distribution of bibles In
Japan, declared:
There are many forces bidding
for the heart Of Japan. Commu-
nism and the ancient religions OF
old empire are among the Sc"
Reporting that for the first time
in history christian missionaries
have had an audience with En-
peror Hirohito who urged that
spiritual and moral reform be en-
phasized in the rebuilding OF the
defeated nation, he said:
"cThis does not necessarily m
ply that the imperial family is
ready to embrace christianity but
it does represent considerable aa-
vance towards official recognition
Of the christian faith in japan"
Quotes Macarthur
He quoted General Macarthur
to the effect that there now
exists an opportunity without
counterpart" in japanese life ''for
the spread of christianity among
the people of the Far East
/. DR.. Mann's statement followed
a report by DR.. c. Darby Fulton,
Nashville, Tenn, executive secre-
tary of the church's foreign mis-
sions committee, that. "great pro-
gress" has been made since the
end Of the war in all foreign mis-
sions fields, Japan, China, Korea,
Brazil and Mexico.
DR.. Fulton urged the 87th Cen
eral assembly to take advantage
Of the golden opportunity" in for
eign lands by placing greater en-
phasis on this work.
With all committee reports re-
sflecting steady growth of the
church. the Assembly considered
So, 435, 415 budget for benevo-
lences in 1948-49, largest in the
church's history. Presented to
commissioners (De1egates) For ac-
ton during the wek-long assem-
bly,, the budget calls for an ex-
penditure of 1925, 115 more than
last years outlay.
Missions Lead
The two largest items are for
missions, with 81, 494, 4O4 allotted