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Evening star., 1948-01-12

Oh Jne IOdQ tO
Berlin, hitting
the car hve
times.
T h e officer ,
Richard r. Bak-
er, jr, lis South
st. Asaph street,
was accompa-
MED by Mrs.
Baker, who was
unhurt, the As
sociated Press
reported.
j.. Maj. Baker, a
former Times
Herald court re-
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Hume PTA to Hear Lunnino

Van Lier Lanning, director of the
Arlington Symphony Orchestra, will
discuss school and community mu-
sic at a meeting of the Hume School
Parent Teacher Association at 3
pm. tomorrow in the school on Ar
lington Ridge road.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
MoryIond Park PTA to. Meet

The Maryland Park High School
Parent Teacher Association will
meet at 8 pm. Thursday in the
school.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Soviet Sentry Wound:
Alexandra Officer
Driving 10 Berlin

A United States Army major
from Alexandria was wounded in
the hand yesterday when Rus
sian sentry fired at his automobile
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11

Mrs. A. A. Moser entertained at
a birthday party Sunday afternoon
in honor of her daughter, Loretta
Moser. The children played games
and were served : refreshments be-
fore the party ended. Guests were
Janey Huntington, Kathy Blackboard,
Jimmy Giblin, Kenny Killian, Andy
Scheidecker, Glenda Lee Gum, Shar-
on Kline, Judy Klien, Judy Miller
and Corky Miller.
Clinton L. Anderson, operating
the Anderson dairy, was called to
Plattsburg, Mo-, last week on ac-
count of the serious illness of his
mother. He returned home this
week. Latest reports are that his
mothers condition remains u~nfavor-
able.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11
Laurel News Items

The officer in charge of the main
navy recruiting station in Helena
has reported that Joseph M. Munoz
Of Route 1, Laurel, was recently
discharged at Alameda, Calf, at
expiration of his enlistment. He
held the rating of motor machinist's
mate third class.
Mrs. John Meng left for her home
in Lebanon, Ore, after a visit with
her mother, Mrs. M. E. Rarick. Mrs.
Meng was en- route from Des Moines,
Iowa, where she had been the guest
of relatives.
Word was received here this week
by Nh. and Mrs. G. j. Gaynor of
the birth of a granddaughter Feb.
II, to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter j.
Casey, son-in-law and daughter of
Mr.. Gaynor, at Chicago. Mother
and daughter are both doing fine.
While on an inspection trip
through Laurel yards, C. V. Berg
land, general manager of the North
ern Pacific, and R. w. Davis, SUI
perintendent at Glendive, made a
surprise call Sunday afternoon at
the home of Nels Vordahl and dis
cussed events from the days when
all three were associated in railroad
service.
Robert S~turtevant, proprietor of
the Laurel Coast-to-Coas store, left
last Saturday by plane for Mime
apolis to attend a convention of
Coast-toCoast dealers from Monday
to Thursday, after which he will
spend a few days visiting friends
and relatives.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11

manager of the company's new V-R
Trading Post that is to be opened
this spring in Cody, Wyo. He had
managed the Laurel store since 1887,
except for two years in navy SER
vice during the war, and has been
associated with the Montana-Wyo-
ming firm since 1886.
Ziegler was active in Laurel COM
munity affairs during his residence
here and was first president of the
Kiwanis club. His wife and two
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11

dising experience, having been as.
ISOLATED with the ]. C. Penney
company in Red Lodge, Darlington
N. D., Oshkosh, Wis, and st. Cloud
MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeberg are natives
of Minnesota, where they were mar
ried in 1885. They have two sons,
Dale, 8, and Roger, 6. The family
now resides in Billings and will
move to Laurel as soon as possible.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11
z|ECLER GOES TO CODY:
FREEBERG SUCCESSOR

Vaughn-Ragsdale company recent
ly announced the appointment of
William A. Ziegler of Laurel as
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11

daughters, residing at SOP Fourth
avenue, will move in about two
weeks to Cody where the Zieglers
recently purchased a home.
w. A. ewes" Freeberg succeeds
Ziegler as Laurel manager. He has
been with the firm the past two
years and for the past year was
acting manager of the Billings store.
He has had considerable merchan-
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11
WrinkleleSS Cotton

WrinkleleSS Cotton
New process has been discovered
for making cotton cloth wrinkle re-
sistant.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11
The Outlook Says:

DIR. and Mrs. D. H. McCauley left
Friday for southern California where
they expect 70 remain for an indefi-
mite period.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11

Babes of Tomorrow
Today's baby will grow rs inches
taller and live Is years longer than
his grandfather.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11
.ALENDAR
.oming Events. >.

Friday, Feb. IS.
Worlds Day of Prayer at 2 o'clock
I at parlor of Methodist church.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11
Friday, Feb. 20.

Friday, Feb. 20.
The circles of the Woman's Socie-
ty of Christian Service will have as
hostesses the following members:
Circle Mrs. E. R. Bradford.
Circle II-Mrs. Eleanor Crawford.
Circle III-to be announced later.
Circle IV-Mrs. Paul Wilson.
Circle V-Mrs. R. H. Sterrett.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Two New Polio Cases
Increase Total Beinq
Treated Here 10 96

Children's Hospital today reported
to the Health Department two new
cases of infantile paralysis, one a
District victim and the other from
Norbeck, Md.
With three cases reported yester-
day, the additions would increase
the 81 cases under treatment here
listed by the Health Department as
of yesterday to SO so far this year.
The victims listed at Children's
Hospital today were a 10-year-old
boy of Norbeck, Md, admitted yes
terday, and 6-year-old girl of the
500 block of P street NV. who
entered the hospital early today.
Yesterday Children's reported the
following cases: An 11-year-old girl
OF the 900 block of R street NV,
"a 10-year-old girl of the 5400 block
of Connecticut avenue NV, and a
l0-year-old Fairfax County girl.
Virginia's daily polio figures, which
had been tapering off recently,
zoomed back upward yesterday when
seven new cases were reported in
the State, making the 1948 total 249.
The State Health Department said
yesterday that opening of Virginia
schools would not be delayed because
of polio.
Evening star., 1948-08-28

reached them in Chicago. They
returned here by plane early this
The Whitehursts, Mrs. Hults and
her 5-year -old son, Arthur, jr., had
seen them off for California be-
fore leaving for North Beach
Thursday evening. They arrived
there about $50 pm. stopped to
eat and then went to the hotel,
Mr.. Whitehurst said. She retired
lin fine health and good spirits"
he added.
He and his wife were awakened
early yesterday morning by noises
from their daughters room. Inves-
tigating, they found her gasping and
unconscious. Medical aid, he said,
did not arrive for more than an
hour.
Maryland State Trooper Stewart
D. Gibson said the woman was dead
when he arrived. He said blood
could be seen in her ear and bruises
were on her left thigh and from her
knee to her toes.
The Hults and their son and Mr..
Hults' mother arrived here from
California, where he operates q
trucking concern, a short time ago.
Mrs. Hults, a former Eastern High
School student, was married in 194l
at Forestville, Md. Mr.. Hults served
in the Navy during the war and re-
sumed his trucking business in San
Francisco after the war.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
First Fairfax Radio Station,
WAX, 10 Start Broadcasts

Fairfax County will have its first
radio station next Wednesday when
Station WAX at Seven Corners,
Va, begins broadcasting.
Lamar Newcomb, former investi-
gator for the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, and his wife,
Genevieve, who have done most of
the work in outfitting the station,
plan to conduct their station as a
community service project. Already
they have arranged to give free
time on the air to the county police
and the ministerial association.
The station is one of the first in
the country to take advantage of a
recent FEC regulation permitting
stations which are far apart on the
dial to share a radio tower. WAX
will share the tower of WQQW.
The new station is located atop a
filling station at Seven Corners.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newcomb, who live
at BIG North Cleveland street, Ar
!ington, will operate the station
themselves
Evening star., 1948-08-28
County 10 Prosecute
Unlicensed Nursery
And Private Schools

The Montgomery County Board
OF Commissioners next week Is
expected to seek prosecution of nur-
sery and private school operators
who fail to apply for or obtain
licenses by the deadline Wednesday.
This was revealed yesterday by
j. Ernest Hawkins, clerk to the
board, who said about q of the
approximately so such institutions
in the county have not yet applied
for permits. Most of the % are
nursery schools, he added.
Action against them would be
taken under an ordinance adopted
by the commissioners last May
and which became effective the
following month. 1t requires an
annual license fee of $40 for schools
having less than six resident stu
dents, and $50 if there are more
than six, to be paid by September
l of each year. The schools also
must be approved by fire and health
officials.
Violators are subject to a $25
fine for each day the otfense occurs.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
Mrs. Maude C. Hite, operator of
the Hite Nursery School near Rock
vile, whose conditional permit, ac-
cording to Mr.. Hawkins, expired two
months ago, has applied for an
annual license. Mr.. Hawkins said
the application was received yes
terday, a few hours after it was
disclosed that she had been sued
for $4,000 by a Washington man
who claims his two children became
seriously Ill at the school because
of inadequate care. The suit was
filed in Montgomery County Circuit
Court Wednesday by Cyril r. Haas,
1894 Twenty-eighth street NV.
Mrs. Hite figured in the news last
Fall when a Washington couple
claimed they found their two chill
dren tied to their cribs in an over
heated and freshly painted room
at the nursery.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Conservation in Bay Held
Lacking Scientific Data
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 28.-David H
Wallace, director of the State De-
partment of Tidewater Fisheries,
said today that lack of scientific
information is causing poor cooper
alton between Maryland and Vir-
ginia on conservation in Chesapeake
Bay.
And. he said, what information is
available is not being passed around
to the right persons.
He described the recent Army
ruling extending fish traps and nets
a mile off the Eastern Shore of Vir-
ginia as "the latest unfortunate ex-
ample of lack of such cooperation. u
Mr.. Wallace criticized the Vir-
ginia General Assembly for failing
to take action on the proposed
Maryland Virginia Seafood Con-
servation Authority. He said it is
an example of the unwillingness OF
Virginia to recognize the bay as a
single biographical unit which calls
for two-State cooperation.
The proposed joint board is to be
considered by Maryland's General
Assembly when it convenes next
January. Mr.. Wallace said many
members of the General Assembly
have already approved the idea."
Il hope that Virginia will accept
her responsibility in the manage.
ment of the bays fisheries" he
added.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
District Enters
Probe Of Death
Al North Beach
Autopsy Here Today
Moy Explain Bruises
On Mrs. Hults' Body

Washington authorities today
were called in to seek the cause Of
death Of young mother who died
in North Beach, Md, hotel early
yesterday.
Mrs. Virginia June Hults, 26, who
was visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl D. Whitehurst, 2155 L
street NV, died during a brief va
cation at the Southern Maryland
resort.
DR.. Hugh Ward, Calvert County
medical examiner. said death may
have been caused by a blood clot on
the brain, but he ordered the body
returned to Washington for exami-
nation because bruises on one
thigh, leg and shoulder, "apparent-
ly had been suffered in WASH
ington."
An autopsy is to be performed to-
day, according to Deputy Coroner
Christopher ]. Murphy.
The Whitehursts and Mrs. Hults'
husband Arthur said she was an al
bino and bruised very easily. She
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Preparations Speeded
To Begin Registering
u. ). Youth Monday

Selective service officials were
making last-minute preparations to.
day to begin registering men Il
through Is on Monday for the Ma.
tons peacetime draft.
The Districts 1,200-person volun.
teer force was virtually complete
and Director Williahm E. Leahy
predicted the machinery would be
well oiled and ready to roll.
Still to be settled is whether OF
not it will be necessary to USE
Roosevelt High School, Wilson High
School and the Thomson Elementary
School, Mr.. Leahy said. This will
be decided before the day is over
he added.
All the city firehouses and police
stations will be used for registration
of the youths when registration be-
gins at 8 am. Monday.
First Call Expected Monday.
1t is likely that few of those to be
registered Monday will be included
in the Aruy's first call for 10000
men since they will be the 25-year-
olds who will be largely deferred.
The first draft call for 10000 men
is expected to be made Monday
An upsurge in enlistments made ii
possible for the Army to cut the call
from $4,000 men. The Navy and Air
Force do not anticipate calling on
the draft for men, since they already
are getting enough volunteers.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, national draft director,
told a National Broadcasting Co.
radio audience last night that Sc.
lective service was a matter of self
preservation and was being ordered
ito avoid a war;"
Gen. Hershey, speaking in Green
vile, S. c., said the draft was de-
signed to protect the United States
against immediate and potential
enemies"
Il do not use the phrase protect
ourselves loosely" he declared.
mo nation as rich as we are, and
subject to as many envious eyes,
can hope to continue in existence
unless it is ready and able to de-
fend itself.
by that I mean defend its very
hearthstones in hand-to-hand fight
ing If need be. And that is not be-
yond the realm of possibility in this
atomic age"
There are about 1000 draft boards
in the country and each has organ
lied about five centers for registra-
tlon, Gen. Hershey said. Following
registration each person will re-
celve a small card with 16 questions
which must be filled out and re-
turned within 10 DAYS.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Bay Span, Route 50 Shift
To Permit Bypass Of Cities
BY the Asseciofed Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 28.-The State
Roads Commission has announced
that relocation of a road will ac-
company construction Of the Ches-
apeake Bay Bridge so motorists from
the North will be able to bypass
principal cities en- route South.
The commission said that COM
pletion of the bay bridge and an
other under construction across
Delaware Bay at Penns Grove, N. j.,
will ease considerably traffic conges-
ton from the North.
Motorists from the North will travel
down Maryland's Eastern Shore
after crossing the Delaware Bay
bridge. After crossing the Ches-
apeake Bay span they will travel on
Route so and Route 301 into Rich
mond.
Route SO will be relocated to by
pass Annapolis. The new route also
will permit bypassing of Trenton,
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore
and Washington
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Youth Shot in Attempt
To Flee Road Gang Dies

Leonard Gillenwater, II, of Safe
City, Va, died yesterday in Arlington
Hospital of a bullet wound suffered
Thursday when he attempted to
escape from prison road gang near
Manassas.
Gillenwater. who was serving five
years for robbery, was one of three
prisoners who attempted to escape
from a road gang Thursday. He
was shot by guard. The others
were rounded up within a half hour.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Phoebus Gets Week More
To File Reply 10 CHARGES

William M. Phoebus, a District
building inspector accused by the
Commissioners of making false re-
ports of inspections he did not con-
duct, has been given an additional
week to answer the charges.
Mr.. Phoebus went to the office
of William H. Carey, jr., director
of the Health Departments Public
Health Engineering Bureau, yester-
day to answer the charges. Mr.
Carey has been assigned by the
Commissioners to hear the inspec-
tors side of the story and report
on it.
Mr.. Carey did not disclose what
happened, saying that Mr.. Phoebus
asked for an additional week in
which to submit further affidavits
The Commissioners granted the re-
quest.
Mr.. Phoebus' attorney, John B
Diamond III, accompanied him tc
Mr.. Carey's ONCE.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Veterans al American U.
Worried by Tuition Rise

An increase in tuition rates at
American University's School of
Social Sciences and Public Affairs
is causing concern to veteran stu
dents there who are attending the
school under the GI Bill of Rights.
When the fall term begins on
September q, the tuition for full
time course-anything from IL to 1s
. semester hours-will be $3.50, univer-
sity officials said. Previously it
ranged from $144 to $216 depending
on the number of semester hours
taken.
Veteran students are wondering il
they will have enough money COM
ing in from the Veterans Admins
tration to meet this rise in tuition
A group of the veterans met yester-
day and appointed a committee OF
five to meet with VA officials Mon
day to discuss the problem.
The CT bill gives a maximum of
$4,000 in education, textbooks and
equipment to q veteran. This sum
must be spread over the four-year
college course.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Driver Falls Asleep, Is Hurt
When Car Strikes Tree

A nap at the wheel of his auto
mobile put a 22-year-old insurance
adjuster in Emergency Hospital with
serious injuries early today.
The victim is John Fowler, 60S
Mcneil road, Silver Spring, whose
car struck a tree at Alaska avenue
and Geranium street NV. Doctors
reported his lung was punctured by
a broken rib.
Police said he told them he must
have fallen asleep.
An another accident, William
jenkins III. 8, colored, Of 754 Quebec
place NV, suffered only bruises
when he was struck by a truck. He
was treated at Garfield Hospital and
released. The driver of the truck
failed to stop. police said.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
New England Labor Record
Outstanding Tobin Says
BY the kssoeioied Press

BOSTON. Aug. 28.-Secretary OF
Labor Tobin said last night that
New England has become skilled in
collective bargaining because we've
had so many more years practice.
The former Boston Mayor and
Governor of Massachusetts, ad-
dressed the convention of the
American Federation of Radio Art
lists, AFL, in his first speech since
accepting the post in the Truman
cabinet.
Mr.. Tobin described New Eng
lands labor-management record as
outstanding"
Labor and management in this
area have exhibited maturity, mu-
tual respect and a clear understand
ing Of their responsibilities to the
public in their dealings with each
other" he said.
Together, in war and peace, they
have by common effort helped to
give this country supremacy on the
battlefield and a position of leader
ship In the effort to make denoc-
racy and lasting peace a reality
throughout the world
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Oak Hill Auction Seen Certain
After Hearing Is Postponed

The bankruptcy auction sale of
historic Oak Hill, former home of
President Monroe, appeared certain
today following indefinite post
ponement" Of a court hearing which
might have blocked the transaction.
Sale of 1,725-acre estate on High
way IS, 10 miles south of Leesburg,
Va, is scheduled for II am. (EST)
on Thursday. September 2.
The first floor rooms of the house
and the grounds are open for inspec-
ton from to S pm. today and
during the same hours Wednesday.
Robert H. McNeill, Washington
attorney for Frank c. Lttleton,
70-year-old owner Of the estate said
he had withdrawn petition which
sought to have the auction can
celled. A hearing on the request
had been scheduled for August 81
at Newport News, Va.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Annapolis Newspaper Gets
Control Of Magazine
RY the Assoeiofed Pres.

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 28.-The Cap
ital-Gazette Press, Inc. announced
yesterday it has acquired a con-
trolling interest in the Chesapeake
Skipper magazine.
General Manager Elmer M. Jack
son, jr., announced at the same
time that the company will move
next month to new Offices on the
ground floor of the Severn bowling
alley at 213 West Street, about six
blocks from its present location
at 3 Church Circle.
1t will be the first move in 80
years for the Evening Capital,
founded in 1884, and the weekly
Maryland Gazette, founded in 1727.
The editorial Offices of the Ches-
apeake Skipper, the q. s. Coast
Guard magazine and the Annapolis
Bureau of The Associated Press
also will be located at the new
quarters,
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Ex-CarnivaI Worker Admits
Assaults on Two Women
BY the Associoied Press

CLEARWATER, Fla, Aug. 28.-A
former carnival worker admitted in
a signed statement today, Sheriff
Todd Tucker said, that he had
criminally assaulted two socially
prominent women here.
One of the victims, the sheriff
said, was a bride-to-be who was as
saulted and sayagely beaten August
5 in the house she was soon to oc-
cupy after her marriage.
Sheriff Tucker identified the man
as Felix Combs, "a, colored. He took
officers, Sheriff Tucker said, to the
homes OF both his victims and gave
details of how he attacked the
women,
The second attack was made on
a woman whose husband was re-
turning from vigilante duty which
special policemen had performed
after the first attack.
The man has been sent to an
undisclosed Jail for safekeeping.
Evening star., 1948-08-28

MIR. McNeill said he had agreed
to indefinite postponement after
Federal Judge Sterling Hutcheson
had expressed a doubt as to the
value Of the hearing.
Mr.. Littleton, who repeatedly
owes about 100000 on the estate,
still cherishes hope of regaining
possession and turning it into a
shrine for President Monroe. Under
the law, he has 80 days in which to
regain possession by paying of the
Indebtedness. AL money paid for
the estate in excess of the debt
will go to Mr.. Littleton.
Bidders are required to submit
10 per cent of their bidding price
at the time the bid Is made. There
were rumors that q check has been
made out for the purpose in the
Leeshurg area amounting to $4,000.
Evening star., 1948-08-28
Byrd Picnic Today
Expected 10 Draw
Crowd Of $500
Special Dispoteh 10 The Stor

BERRYVILLE, Va, Aug. 28.-Sen-
ator Byrd's Northern Virginia
neighbors will join State and ma
tional political leaders today for
the Senator's annual picnic to be
held in grove near the Byrd home
here.
The senator's associates, who
are preparing for the annual event,
said plans are being made to en-
tertain $500 guests. Last year
more than 2,400 attended.
AS in the past, the picnic is ex-
pected to be a mixture of agricul-
ture and politics, with politics this
year on the lighter side" Gov.
Tuck will attend, along with men,
bers of Congress and State officials.
Senator Byrd will make his usual
picnic address during a speaking
program which will include repre-
sentatives Of the Agriculture De-
partment and of the apple industry.
There also will be demonstrations
of new spray equipment, mechani-
cal pruners that operate by COM
pressed air, smudge pots and brush
shredders.
The speaking program. which will
follow 1890 (EST picnic lunch,
will include:
T. B. Byrd. the senator's brother
and production manager of the Byrd
orchards, who will discuss sprays
and general orchard management:
Sam Frazer, executive secretary of
the International Apple Growers
Association, Rochester, N. Y, who
will discuss problems involved in
marketing this years crop; DR..
G. P. Harley, Agriculture Depart
ment, who will discuss hormone
sprays and spray equipment; DR..
A. B. Groves of the Winchester
Agricultural Research Station, who
will speak on fungicides, and DR..
A. B. Porter, Agriculture Depart
ment, who will discuss methods of
controlling the leaf roller and red
mite.
Also on the program will be Tru-
man Mold, Washington, executive
secretary of the National Apple
Institute, and Carroll Miller, Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, executive secretary
of the Appalachian Apple Service.
In event of rain the picnic will
be held at the new Byrd canning
plant here.