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Evening star., 1948-09-13
Ex-Treosury Auditor
Badly Hurt in Fall

John Braddock, 70. retired Treas
ury Department auditor, is in critical
condition at Emergency Hospital
with head injuries suffered in a
fall yesterday.
Mr.. Braddock, who lives at 4407
Eighth street NV, fell down a
flight of concrete steps at his home
as he started for church. Hospital
attendants said he was unconscious
throughout the night.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
Stur Movies

Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for 8
O'Clock tonight. Programs Of comedy.
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers
Rudolph. Second and N streets S.W
Mcmillan, First and Douglas streets NV.
Rosedale, Seventeenth and Gales streets
NE
Gallinser. Twenty-second and r streets
NV.
Thomson, Twelfth and L streets NV.
Palisades Dana and aherrter places y. Y:
shaw, Seventh street and Rhode Island
avenue NV.
MONTGOMERY, Twenty seventh and ]
streets NV.
Syphax School Half street between u
and o streets S.W.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
7 More Are Picked Up
For Questioning in
Killing Of Policeman

Two new suspects were picked up
by Alexandria police last night for
questioned in the death of Police
Pvt. Robert B. Harris, %, rookie
on the force who was shot early
Saturday.
The latest suspects bring to 20
the number of men questioned by
police. All but six have been re-
leased
Inspector Russell A. Hawes, chief
of detectives, admitted police do not
have a strong case as yet against
any of those being held. The entire
police department, of rs men, has
been assigned to the case in an
attempt to solve the murder of the
policeman who had been on the
force less than three weeks.
Suspect Carries Gun.
One Of those picked up, Inspector
HaWes said, was Hudie Wrenn, SO
colored, of Caroline County, Va, who
had japanese pistol and 6-inch
dagger on his person. Wrenn was
picked up at King and Washington
streets within an hour after Pvt
Harris was shot while making q
routine inspection in the rear OF
the Howard johnson restaurant
about 2:45 am. Saturday.
Although the gun was not loaded,
police found ammunition in Wrenn S
pocket, but said an examination
showed the pistol had not been fired
recently. After questioning him in
the murder case, police charged
Wrenn with carrying concealed
weapons and the case was to 60 to
Police Court today. -
The six being held prior to the
arrests OF the two men last night
were being questioned because
they were the type capable of COM
mitting the crime" Inspector Halves
said, but there is no further evi-
dence against them.
Contributions Received.
Meanwhile. several contributions
have been received for the widow
and her 6-month-old son of Pvt.
Harris. The Alexandria radio sta
ton broadcast spot announcements
for contributions for Mrs. Harris
and Inspector Hawes already has
received donations totaling $210
Attempts will be made today to
co coordinate all efforts into one bene-
fit fund with civilians and a men,
ber of the police department serv-
ing as trustees, he said. A number
of telephone calls have been re-
ceived at police headquarters from
persons offering to help the slain
policeman's family.
Mrs. Harris left Saturday and the
policeman's body was sent Saturday
night to Yeatsville, N. c., for fu-
neral services.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
Montgomery Firemen
In Rockville Meetinq
To Parade Saturday

A parade, fire-flghting demonstra-
tions and a bathing beauty con-
test will be sponsored Saturday by
the Montgomery County Association
of Volunteer Firemen in connection
with its annual convention at Rock
vile.
President J. Spencer Brown of
Sandy Spring, announced that the
entertainment program, starting at
1:30 pm, will precede a banquet
and the annual business session.
The convention will be held at the
Carnival Grounds pavilion if
weather permits, otherwise at the
Rockville flrehouse.
The business meeting will include
election of a president. Candidates
for the office are Marbery Gates of
Rockville, and Leslie Thompson,
Chevy Chase. They were nominated
at the associations last meeting in
Kensington.
10 Awards Offered.
Frefighting equipment and rescue
apparatus from practically all OF
the IA member companies will par
ticipate in the parade opening the
program. Mr.. Brown said that
several companies from counties
other than Montgomery also expect
to compete for 10 trophies and
prizes offered parading units.
The Montgomery County COM
pany entering the disappearing
unit will win a leg on the Mizell
Trophy. Cups will be awarded for
the disappearing and best
equipped apparatus, the best-ap-
pearing and best-eqyipped rescue
unit, the fire company travelling the
longest distance to participate, and
the disappearing women's auxili-
ary.
Other cups will be awarded for
the Oldest piece of fire equipment
entered, the company with the
largest number of uniformed men
in the line of parade with appa-
ratus, and the disappearing float.
Beauty Contest Slated.
Cash prizes will be presented to
the disappearing band and the
best drum and bugle corps.
A bathing beauty contest in
which Miss Montgomery County
Fire Fighter of 1948" will be Sc
lected, will be held on the carnival
grounds after the parade. The WIN
ner will be crowned by Miss Mary
Ellen Norman of Clarksburg, the
1947 queen who now holds the title
of Miss Maryland State Fire
Fighter" as winner of a contest al
Ocean City in July.
The Rockville department will be
host at banquet in the Richard
Montgomery High School cafeteria
at pm. Guests will be association
officers, delegates and alternates to
the convention, other representa-
tives of member companies, beauty
contestants, paraders, judges and
prominent visitors.
The business meeting is sched-
uled at 8:45 pm.
Evening star., 1948-09-13

Say you are potential draftee
just the kind the Army is looking
for. You're single. have no depend
ents, have finished school and are
not engaged in essential industry
Your brother is married, has two
kids, is a veteran. and is going to
school under the CT Bill of Rights.
You're both within the registra-
ton age Q8-25 inclusive), so you go
down to your local registration place
within a couple of days of each
other and register.
Would you think, then, that you'd
both receive your questionnaires
within a couple of days OF each
other. Heck no. You will get your
QUESTIONABLE away ahead of your
brother.
Why? Because the local board
takes a gander at your registration
card and says: Here's a guy right
down our alley. Let's get the dope
on him and, If he's physically okay,
he'll be set to take his place in our
pool of draftable men,
About your brother, the board
will say: I'VE can file this guys
registration card for awhile, be-
cause he's a veteran and obviously
he can't be touched. There's no use
in our sending him a QUESTIONABLE
until we've sent one to all the boys
who really look draftable."
It's barely possible that some 25-
year-olds and even % and 24-year-
olds already have received question
aires. But for you who haven't
here's a brief outline of what your
classification QUESTIONABLE" will
have on it.
It's divided into Is different series
of questions. Everybody answers
the first series. From there on each
series of questions is directed at
different classes of registrants: Tc
Evening star., 1948-09-13
.MotoreyeIist Injured
After Piney Grove Race

Joseph Dredge, 25, of 413 D street
NE, suffered a conclusion yester-
day when his motorcycle swerved
off the Piney Grove racing track
near Hillside, Md, and crashed into
parked trailer.
He was taken to Casualty Hospital
by the District Heights Rescue
Squad. His condition today was
described as good.
Deputy Chief Frank Gorely of
the District Heights Volunteer Fire
Department said Mr.. Dredge was
testing his motorcycle after the
afternoon races. He said the trailer
was unoccupied.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
Smoke FeIIs Fireman
After Oil Stove Blast

A two-alarm fire caused by an oil
stove explosion caused considerable
damage to three story brick house
at 1852 Willard street NV. yes
terday, felled one fireman and in
jured several others.
Firemen were endangered by es-
Gaping gas from melted meter con-
nections and fought the blaze more
than two hours
The fire started in the basement
after the explosion and swept rap
IDLY into the upper floors, f1remen
said.
J. P. McDermott of Engine Co
Is was treated at Emergency Hos
p.tal after being overcome by
smoke. Several other firemen suf-
fered minor cuts.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
7 Hearings Scheduled
Al Same Time by Error
In Prince Georges

Because OF an error on their
schedule, the Prince Georges County
commissioners are slated to hold
hearings in both Hyattsville and
Upper Marlboro at the same hour
Wednesday.
Scheduled for 10 am. at the
County Service Building, Hyattsville,
are the monthly zoning hearings OF
the commissioners, at which time
10 applications will be considered.
Hearings to permit residents of
the Kent election district to protest
property reassessment in their area
will be held in the commissioners
hearing room in the County Court
house, Upper Marlboro. They also
start at 10 am.
Commissioners to Split.
Linden Briscoe, clerk to the COM
said some of the five
commissioner will conduct the zon-
ing hearings and the others the
reassessment hearing. The zoning
hearings, by law. are held the third
Wednesday of each month. The
tax hearings were scheduled by
Louis Kutsch, county tax assessor.
Three new applications for re-
classification of property and two
which were postponed from last
month will be considered during
the zoning hearings. Five applica-
tions for permits authorizing spe-
cial use of property also will be
considered.
Rezoning Requests Listed.
New rezoning requests include
those of Edward N. Lightbown
agent, for, vreclassification from
commercial TO industrial of 20 lots
between Kenilworth avenue and the
proposed new River road, near
Bladensburg; Albert F. Bobick, jr.,
owner. residential to commercial, Of
two lots near Rhode Island avenue
and Branchville road, Branchville,
and Coco Steel Products Corp. res
idential to industrial, of four lots,
near Addison road and r street,
Beaver Heights.
Postponed applications are those
of DR.. Howard F. and Ruth Powell
Strine. Redistribution from resi-
Dental to apartment use of nearly
18 acres of the Nettie Jan Klock
farm, 7500 Walker Mill road, near
Seat Pleasant, and Frank Lillard,
residential to commercial, of prop
erty fronting on Landover road, the
George M. Palmer highway and the
access road between the two thor
oughfares, Landover.
Permits to operate used car lots
are sought for property at Ager
road, near Queens Chapel road,
West Hyattsville, and at 6181 Marl-
boro pike, Hillside. A day nursery
permit is requested for property at
5302 Joan lane, Temple Hills. Also
requested are permits to operate
a private club at 3105 Naylor road,
Silver Hill, and a gasoline service
station at the northwest corner of
New Hampshire avenue and East
West highway, Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
Marcy Backs Clair
For County Board

Support Of Francis j. Clair, can
didate for the Arlington County
Board, was voiced yesterday by
Herbert L. Marcy. former captain
of the White House police under
President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Clair attempted to file in a
Republican primary this fall, but his
petition was rejected by the County
Republican Committee and a
primary was not held. He later
filed for the general election.
In a statement, Mr.. Marcy
termed the candidate wise, sagaci-
Gus and experienced in municipal
and governmental revenue, taxation
the management of public debt and
all phases of political economy"
Evening star., 1948-09-13
High school in Silver Spring, who
acted as moderator in the program.
Students Told of Effort.

students lOId OF LHOTt.
Mr.. Stine told the students and
teachers, most of whom wereFlisten-
ing to radios in their schools, that
the curriculum now in use in Mont
gomery County schools was "one OF
the finest which could be obtained" "
He discussed the recent summer
workshop in which the county
school curriculum was revised and
reminded the students that I'VE
nave the finest. teachers we can
possibly get"
Mr.. Stine said the County Board
of Education was doing all it could
for the comfort" of the students
and he added that he hoped those
who we're in old or uncompleted
buildings would accept it in good
spirit.
DR.. Broome reminded the students
the children should be thankful
they have something that so many
children all over the world are de-
nied-a free education" DR.. Broome
said the school system has added
"a great deal of equipment, includ-
ing more textbooks and more things
for visual aid"
Evening star., 1948-09-13
John Carmen Elected
State Commander Of
Maryland Legion
By the Associofsd Press

OCEAN CITY, Md, Sept. 10
John D. Carmen of Joppa. a Gov
ernment employe who served aboard
the battleship Alabama during
World War I, is the new State COM
mander Of the American Legion.
Mr.. Carmen was elected yesterday
at the closing session of the Mary
land Legion's 9th annual conven-
ton.
He defeated another World War I
veteran, Milton j. Dance, OF Tow
son, GAL to 800. Just before the
voting James c. Vancherie, of Havre
de Grace, withdrew as candidate.
Mr.. Carmen succeeds Harry S.
Allen, who defeated Joseph Doyle,
Of Baltimore, for the post of ma
tional executive committeeman.
In the other contests, C. Floyd
Feete Of Brunswick won over John
Schamell OF Brunswick for the post
Of alternate national executive
committeeman, and John Debus was
named sergeant at arms over Thor
void Steen. Both are Balttmoreons.
Others Elected.
Elected without opposition were
William H. Meyer of Baltimore, in
cumbent treasurer; Benjamin L.
Wolfson, Judge advocate; the Rev
Eugene Stout. pastor OF st. Mary's
Catholic Church, chaplain, and c.
w. Dunton Of Glen Burnie, his
torian.
Thirty-six delegates to the ma
tional convention in Miami also
were named. u
vice commanders were elected aa
follows: -'@s
North Central Shore district
Sydney Brown, Chestertown.
North Central-Vernon H. Land
all, Baltimore.
Mountain - Arthur, G. Ramey,
Frostburg.
Acknowledgement R. Hammer,
Baltimore.
West Maryland-Harman AL
baugh. Taneytown.
Southern Maryland-Joseph H
Fields, Takoms Park.
Vice Commander at large for
Negro posts-Herman I. Daley, Fred
erick.
Mrs. Smith Is Victor.
The Legion auxiliary named Mrs.
Earl Smith of Lonaconing as pres
ident. She succeeded Mrs. Nellie
I. Lynch of Baltimore, who auto
matically took the post of national
executive committeeman.
Mrs. Smith was elected unani-
mously, as were:
Mrs. A. Isaac Murvis of Baltimore,
treasurer; Mrs. Charles Hawkins of
Glen Burnie, chaplain; Mrs. Orville
Roberts of Denton, historian, and
Mrs. Helen Hall Of Baltimore, ser
geant at arms.
The auxiliary selected the follow
ing district vice presidents:
| Mrs. James Rooney, North Central
Shore; Mrs. Vernon Randall. North
Central; Mrs. Edna Hounshell
Mountain; Mrs. Joseph Ferri, Bal
timore; Mrs. Zelma st. Clair, South
ern Maryland; Grace Caltrider
Western Maryland; Mrs. Raymond
Marshall, Southeastern Shore, and
Mrs. Rose Conyer, vice president at
large for Negro units.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
Retired Former Killed
By Auto at Bruddock
Nv the Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md, Sept. 49,
George w. Summers, Ct, retired
farmer was killed last night when
struck by an automobile while
walking on Route 40 near his home
at Braddock.
The county medical examiners
office attributed his death to a
fractured skull.
He is survived by his widow, and
lWo daughters.
Evening star., 1948-09-13

Three residents Of Charlottesville
Va, were killed early yesterday
when their car crashed into the rear
of a truck on Route $50, 2 miles west
of Charlottesville.
The victims were James T. Jones
80; William L. Russ, 80, and Miss
Ellen Wells, 80, all colored.
Another passenger in the car, Miss
Lucille Overton, 10, colored. of Cor
donsville, Va, was admitted to the
University of Virginia Hospital in
Charlottesville, suffering from cuts
and bruises.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
tuberculosis Group
Meets in Montgomery

The Executive Committee of the
Montgomery County tuberculosis
Association will meet at pm. to-
day in the associations Office, 7649
Old Georgetown road, Bethesda.
The group will consider the organ
ization's program in the light OF
needs reflected in its recent X-ray
survey.
Members of the committee are
Walter S. Pratt, jr.; DR.. J. w. Bird.
Mrs. C. M. Upton, DR.. William w.
Welsh, Mrs. william N. Morell.
Winship I. Green, John M. Nc
Inerney and Mrs. Marion lockwood.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
To Discuss Postal Service

George E. Miller. post Office Off
cial. will discuss proposed mail serv-
ice improvements for the Hyattsville
area at meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Prince Georges
Chamber of Commerce at o'clock
tonight at 1882 Hamilton street,
West Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1948-09-13
Cocker Club to Hear BroyIes

Frank Broyles Of Richmond, an
authority on cocker spaniel pedi-
grees and breeding, will speak at
a meeting of the Capital City Cocker
Club at $50 pm, Wednesday at the
Sheraton Hotel.
Browning chief., 1948-04-02
N. 7. Court Decision Holds
Test.Tube Baby legitimate

NEW YORK. - A supreme court
justice ruled that a child born as
the result of artificial dissemination
is legitimate.
The ruling was made by Justice
Henry Clay Greenberg in deciding
that the estranged husband of Mrs.
Julie Strnad, 81. had a right to
visit her daughter. four-year-old An
toinette. who she said was a prod
uct Of artificial dissemination.
Mrs. Strnad claimed that her hus-
band, Antoine, AZ, was sterile since
birth, an allegation he denied. She
sought to prevent him from seeing
the child on the ground Antoinette
was not the offspring Of her ex-
mate. She had won a separation
decree and principal custody of the
child last October.
Browning chief., 1948-04-02
Farm Meehanizatlon Boosts .
Production to Record Level

OMAHA, NEB. - Americans are
harvesting 20 million more acres to-.
day than they did in 1910, although
there are three million fewer people
doing it, and on 10000 fewer farms.
Fast-growing mechanization Of
farms is largely responsible for this
feat, Joseph A. Hoban, merchandise
manager of B. F. Goodrich COM
pany. told members of Midwest Inn
plement Dealers association. He
cited the fact that the nations trac-
tor population" had doubled, from
one million to two million, just since
1910.
Praising ''the way Americas
farmers and other food producers
had come through to ease tragic
conditions in many lands" Hoban
cited the following estimates on the
nations 1947 exports of foodstuffs:
1892 million bushels of wheat, five
times the amount exported in 1899:
88 million bushels Of corn, com.
pared to 80 million in 1899, and 328
million pounds of meat products,
against 1893 million in 1899.
The farm market offered "the
biggest sales opportunity" for in
dustry in 1947, Hoban said, adding
that there is no question that this
market is going forward at as great
or even greater pace in 1948.'
Hoban said that all tractors now
made are rubber-tired, and that
changing all farms rolling stock
from steel to rubber tires produced
an average saving Of "a working
days and 675 gallons of gasoline per
year, for each $50 acres worked,
Browning chief., 1948-04-02
Atomic Danger Zone Posted
For Tests on New Weapons

WASHINGTON.-The atomic en-
ergy commission has posted a
"Danger-Keep Out" notice cover
ing $4,000 square miles of the Pa
cific ocean surrounding Eniwetok
atoll. site Of forthcoming tests of
military weapons"
Hazards will exist" in a rectan-
gular area approximately l73 miles
north and south and 226 miles east
and west, the commission said.
The danger will continue through
out 1913.
Browning chief., 1948-04-02

EDITORS NOTE: ibis NEWSPAPER,
through special arrangement tUitb tho
Washington Bureau Of Western Newsbs-
per Union at 1916 Eye Street, N. w.
Washington, D. C., is able to bring read
ers this Weekly column on problems of
the veteran and serpieeman and bis fani-
Iy. Questions s.7ay be addressed to tbe
above bureau and they will be anslUered
in subsequent column. No replies can
be made direct by mail, but only in tho
column Wbieb tuiH appear in ibis news-
baber REGULARLY.
Browning chief., 1948-04-02
Plane Crosses Ocean With
Dead Motor; Bishop Safe

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. - An Aus
tralian flying boat, carrying 30 pas
sengers and crew Of 6, landed
here safely after flying $50 miles
across the storm-tossed Tasman sea
with one Of its four engines dead.
Among the passengers were Episco-
pal Bishop G. Ashton Oldham of AL
bany. N. Y. and his wife.
Browning chief., 1948-04-02
Railway Passengers Gassed
And Robbed in Romania

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA. - A
band of thieves put all the passen-
gers in a railway carriage to sleep
by using gas and robbed the night
train from Bucharest to Iasi, the
newspaper Natiunea said.
When the passengers woke UP at
Iasi station they found all their lug
gage gone.
Evening star., 1948-12-12

Fine ivory finish blinds with
steel sIots. and incIosed mech
onism. n" to IS" wide and
81" long. Measure inside Of
window.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-08-06
Army Authorities Discover
Soldier Hermit in Hawaii

HONOLULU, T. H.-Army author
tiles here are considering the case
of Pvt. Ronald Magtiong, q. Of
Honolulu who has just ended three
wears of hiding in the hills Of Oahu
near Schofield Barracks after 60
ing absent without leave during the
war.
ggy-haired, plump and looking
lone the worse for his stay in the
hills. he was picked up by military
police detail searching for another
soldier who escaped from Wheeler
field. The detail stumbled upon
Magtiong's hide-away by accident.
twas well-worn army tent com.
pletely hidden in a clrlrnp Of small
trees. There the young soldier said
he had spent three years, obtaining
his food and clothing by carefully
combing a nearby army dump.
Il like the service all right" he
insisted when taken into custody.
He declared he did not know why
he had fled his unit at Schofield.
Before the war he was cook IN q
Waikiki restaurant.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-08-06
Crawling Spider Causes
smush.Up Of Three Cars

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Frank
Warren Swacker, University of Vir-
ginia student from New York City,
blamed a spider for his woes.
SWacker was motoring downtown
when he felt a spider crawling up
his leg. Swacker crashed into a
parked automobile belonging to
Fred w. Hanf of Phoebus. then
caromed into a Second-this one
owned by Police Court Justice J.
Callan Brooks.
When things came to halt,
Swacker, considerably demoralized.
solved one of his problems imnedi-
ately-the spider breathed his last
But another problem, involving
charges Of careless and reckless
driving, is due to be aired in Judge
Brooks court.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-08-06

The photograph above shows
the construction progress being
made at Camp Don-Lee, the
Methodist Youth Camp of the
North Carolina Conference. This
camp is located on the North
shore of the Neuse river, near
Arapahoe. in Pamlico county.
The camp site was donated to
the annual conference by Don
Lee and the camp is being con-
structed through the efforts and
contributions of the 100000
Methodist people of the North
Carolina conference.
The Board of Education is spon-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-08-06

soring the project, but the camp
is owned by the conference itself
and is for the use of all agencies
and activities within the con-
ference according to Rev. J. G..
Phillips, of Durham, Executive
Secretary of the Board of Ed
ucatiOn.
Four campers cabins like the
one pictured above are almost
completed. These four cabins,
together with the bath house
for this camp unit, will provide
lodging Accommodations for 81
campers and 8 adult counselors.
The conference camp commit
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-08-06

tee, of which DR.. A. j. Hobbs, OF
Rocky Mount, is chairman, has
authorized the building superin-
tendent to proceed Immediately
with the construction of a sec
ond camp unit of equal size. The
young people and the conference
camp committee are hoping that
continued interest and support
will make possible the construc-
ton of the dining room and kit
chen unit at an early date so that
complete camp facilities for at
least 200 people will be avail
able for the summer season of
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