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Business Paper Editors
Ito Hear u. ). Officials

Approximately so business paper
editors will meet here tonight and
tomorrow to hear off-the-record
estimates of national and interna-
tional conditions by Government Of
ficials.
The meetings, at the Statler Ho-
tel, are part of a series of bi-monthly
informal conferences with legisla-
tive and governmental leaders, con-
Quoted by the National Conference
of Business Paper Editors.
William McChesney Martin, jS..
president of the Export-Import
Bank, will speak at dinner session
at 7::30 o'clock tonight.
The editors at breakfast session
at $3.50 am. tomorrow will hear
Speaker Martin and william T.
Farley, president of the Association
OF American Railroads. At a / pm.
luncheon they will hear John C..
Virden describe the Commerce De-
partment's new Office Of Industrial
Cooperation, which he heads, and
Charles Kindleberger, consultant in
the Office of Financial and Devel-
opment Policy. State Department,
will describe ALLEGATIONS Of steel and
other materials under the Marshall
plan.
Paul Wooton, Washington corre-
spondent for the New Orleans
Times-Picayune, is president Of the
business editors group.
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Boy, IA, Struck by Auto,
Awarded $4,000 by Jury

A District Court jury yesterday
returned a verdict for $4,000 in
favor of 14-year-old Bernard Will
liams and his mother, Mrs. Eva
Vance, for injuries the boy received
when he was hit by an automobile
in Cheverly, Md, last July. The
boy and his mother live at $40 f
street NE.
The verdict was the result of an
Iinquisition to determine the amount
of damages, following a default
Judgment handed down earlier be-
cause of failure of the defendant
Ralph O'Neal of Glendale, Md, tc
defend the suit.
The jury in the court of Justice
James w. Morris returned a verdict
for $4,000 in favor of Bernard for
foot injuries and for $4,000 in favor
of Mrs. Vance for expenses.
Mr.. ONeal was joint owner, with
his wife, of the automobile which
struck the boy, the court was in
formed Although Mrs. O,Neal al
legedly was driving the car at the
time. she was not a defendant when
the case finally went before the
court because she had never been
served with a copy of the suit.
Bernard and his mother were
represented by Attorney Earl H
Davis.
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$50 Negro Ministers Hold
Prayer Meeting al Capitol

A prayer march" on Washington
by $50 ministers belonging to the
National Fraternal Council of Negro
Churches in America yesterday was
featured by a mass prayer meeting
on the middle steps of the Capitol
few moments before President
Truman arrived to deliver his state
of the Union address.
After individual prayers offered by
pastors from the Is States repre-
sented, all joined in a prayer for
help in breaking down the barriers
between races, creeds and nations. ~
The prayer session was led by DR.
w. H. Jernagin, Washington director
of the council and pastor of Mount
Carmel Baptist Church.
DR.. Mordecai w. johnson, presi-
dent Of Howard University, after
wards addressed the Washington
visitors at the Mount Carmel Church
Other talks on the present status of
civil rights legislation were delivered
by representatives of civic and polit-
ical organizations.
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Miss Helen Keller, noted blind
and deaf teacher, author and lee
turer, was in Washington today to
tour the public schools in behalf of
a Embarrassing drive for the pur-
chase of special states for the blind
in Europe.
She attended the Board of Educa-
ton meeting with her companion,
Miss Polly Thomson, and Mrs. Philip
Sidney Smith, board member, who
has been her lifelong friend. Years
ago, at the turn of the century, 1t
was Mrs. Smith who accompanied
Miss Keller on the day that the
blind woman entered Radcliffe Col
lege.
Meets Other Members.
Miss Keller was introduced to all
board members, school officials and
newspaper reporters who were at the
meeting.
Today her schedule was as follows:
Jefferson Junior High School and
Truesdell Laboratory School in the
morning, luncheon at the Burdick
Vocational High School and an
assembly in the afternoon at Roose-
velt High School, with student
government groups from all junior,
vocational and senior high schools
and upperclassmen from Roosevelt
High School.
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Malcolm kerIin Honored
By Banquet on Retirement

Malcolm Kerlin, administrative
assistant to the chairman of the
Export-Import Bank and executive
assistant to eight Secretaries OF
Commerce, was honored by associ-
ates last night in a banquet at the
Maydower Hotel.
Mr.. Kerlin retired yesterday after
~ years Of Federal service, which he
began as clerk in the Post Office
Department. He joined the Com
merce Department as assistant tt
the Secretary in 1929, remaining
there until 1946 when he assumed
his position at the Export Import
Bank.
Secretary of Commerce Hartman
and Daniel w. Bell, president of the
American Security & Trust Co.
were among those offering best
wishes to Mr.. Kerlin last night. A
silver service and a wrist watch
were presented by Commerce De-
partment employees.
Mr.. Kerlin lives with his wife ano
three children at 5000 Broad Branch
Sead NV.
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a From u. S. Medical Mission
Reported Held by China Reds

Three American medical mis-
sionaries and the young son of two
of them are believed to have been
taken captive by Communist troops
withdrawing from Yencheng, China,
on the Peiping-Hankow railroad,
according to a report received to-
day by Seventh-Day Adventist
headquarters in Takoma Park.
The whereabouts of two other
missionaries and their families are
unknown, the report added.
Those thought captured are DR..
and Mrs. Eric McMullen, Ronald
McMullen and Miss Gertrude Green,
a nurse.
Otis G. Erich and Merritt Warren
are missing but may be safe and
unable to communicate with their
China headquarters, it was stated
at the Takoma Park headquarters.
The report was received from the
president Of the church's China Dl-
vision by cablegram. 1t was ex-
planned.
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probable capture of the Nc
Mullens and Miss Green was re-
ported without confirmation by the
Chinese governments Central News
Agency, according to the Associ-
ated Fress.)
Miss Green was graduated from
Washington Missionary College and
first went to China in 1886, church
headquarters recalled. The cable
gram from China suggested the
medical missionaries were captured
because the Communists wanted
their medical skills, it was added
Mrs. Warren is reported to have
a brother living in Washington
The mission in Yencheng is un-
derstood to have been destroyed by
the withdrawing Communist forces
This would make the second time
Miss Green had been forced from
the mission by its demolition, since
she was there when the Japanese
destroyed 1t during the last war
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Ga||inger |nadequacY
Cited as sYouthIsGiven
2 Years for Assaults

Municipal Court Judge George D.
Nelson sentenced an 18-year-old
boy to two years imprisonment on
assault charges yesterday in case
which the jurist declared points up
the woeful inadequacy" Of Gallinger
Hospital.
The jurist referred to the escape
last spring from the hospitals
psychiatric ward of the youth,
Arthur Davis, of the 100 block of
Fourth street NE, after his arrest
on the assault charges. He was re-
arrested Tuesday.
Assistant United States Attorney
Warren Wilson Informed the court
Davis was sent to the hospital by
the court for mental observation.
Mr.. Wilson added a report from the
hospital indicated Davis was not in
sane but had been drinking heavily.
Matter "for Public Interest"
Agreeing with Mr.. Wilson that the
hospital staff undoubtedly is doing
"all it can do" with the facilities it
has, Judge Nelson declared that
this is a matter for the public as
a whole to take an interest in"
1--WE can't leave it to a few people
to carry the full burden" he went
on, adding the Nations Capital
should have an institution of which
it could be proud
Davis was accused on March 10
of assaulting four younger boys
when he went to Stuart Junior High
School in an intoxicated condition.
He was sentenced to serve s.:s
months on each of four assault
charges and to pay a $25 fine or
80 additional days on an intoxica-
ton charge.
He repeatedly had escaped from
the hospital psychiatric ward April
l, after being admitted March IL.
Previous Offender.
During 1916, police records indi-
Gated, Davis was sentenced four
times to 30-day jail terms for as
sault.
Repeated assaults, the jurist de-
clared, indicate absolute disrespect
for the law on the part Of the de-
fendant."
Perhaps light sentences have
helped to promote that attitude, y
he added.
Judge Nelson said, for the pro-
lection of the public, he feels heavy
sentences are the solution in cases
of repeated assaults.
1--WE can't blow hot and cold"
he told an attorney in another case
who said he felt that, in cases of
those who live in unfortunate sur
roundings, the circumstances which
lead them to misbehavior should be
taken into consideration.
We've got to be consistent" the
jurist declared. "By that, I mean
all of the Judges"
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Higher Rents Sought
By Kennedy-Warren

Rent increases for the 317-unit
Kennedy-Warren Apartments, 1888
Connecticut avenue NV, and a
total of 356 units in seven other
apartment buildings have been asked
in the last 10 days, the Office Of the
District Administrator of Rent Con-
troll disclosed today.
Ernest F. Williams, general coun-
sci, said today "good-siZed" back
log of applications filed as much as
a month ago is awaiting hearings
Hearings on the newest requests will
be held in about six weeks, Mr.
Williams stated.
All, BIT units at the Kennedy
Warren, one of the city's largest
apartment buildings, are affected by
rent increase petitions filed in be-
half of B. F. Saul Co., agents, and
Klingle Corp, owners, it was re-
vealed. Increases ranging from
1876 to 20 per cent over present rents
are asked, with $62.48 as minimum
and $227 as top monthly rent. Pres
ent limits are $55 and $3.50.
In petitions involving two other
buildings, the Saul firm is seeking
an 8 per cent raise for so units at
25l7 K street NV. and an increase
of 7 per cent for 46 units at 2147 O
street NV. New levels at the K
street address would range from
$3.50 to $62.10, as compared with
the present $3.50 and $3.50. In
creases averaging about 81 are
sought at the o street building.
Other buildings for which petit
tions were filed since January were
listed as follows: 2123 I street NV,
81 units: 1415 Chaplin street NV,
40 units; 706 Eleventh street NV,
81 units; 1897 Eleventh street NV,
63 units, and 1925 Thirteenth street
NV 40 units
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cies are screened out and are giver
hp-reading lessons. In many cases
according to DR.. Mitchell, the stu
dents become so adept at lip-readine
they don't need hearing aid.
Prepare Health Lessons.
DR.. Mitchell's duties also include
working with teachers in preparing
health education lessons.
In high, schools, teachers attempt
to translate disease prevention
theories into action. Thus, In
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, DR.. Mitchell has ar
ranged to have the students par
ticipate in the county tuberculosis
Association campaign.
A similar program will be started
soon at Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School, DR.. Mitchell said.
After his health program ha!
gotten under way, DR.. Mitchell
plans to launch a rheumatic fevel
survey to determine the extent o.
the disease among children. HI
hopes to obtain Federal funds tt
help.
Syracuse Graduate.
A graduate of the Syracuse Uni
vers!ty Medical School, the 5e-year-
old physician has been in public
health work all his professional
life.
Before coming to Montgomery
County he was health officer on the
lower East Side in New York ano
taught public health to senior med.
ical students at New York Univer-
sity.
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Campaign Launched to Improve
Health in Montgomery Schools
First FuII-Time Head
Coils for Increase
In Nursing Stoff
By J. B. Zotmon

Under the guidance of their first
full-time school health director,
Montgomery County teachers are
learning how to spot physical and
mental illness in their students.
It's part of comprehensive pro-
gram designed by DR.. Harold H.
Mitchell, former New York district
health officer, to improve the health
of county school children.
Speadheading the drive are the
county's 10 public health nurses,
who are using films and illustrated
books in conferences with teachers
and principals.
Only one obstacle stands in the
way-a shortage Of nurses, DR..
Mitchell said. He estimated about
10 more nurses are needed. A re-
quest for the additional personnel
will be submitted soon to the county
commissioners, he added.
Manual Prepared for Teachers.
To supplement the conferences,
DR.. Mitchell is preparing a manual
for teachers. In addition, he has
organized a staff of nine county
physicians, who have agreed to give
periodic physical examinations to all
students.
The first step was the distribution
to teachers of charts for each stu
dent on which are listed symptoms
by which physical or mental defects
can be recognized.
At the bottom of each chart, the
teacher is asked to note the num-
ber of days on which student has
been absent as a result of colds,
upset stomach or other reasons.
For example," DR.. Mitchell ex-
planned, "the teachers are being
taught to observe when child stays
out of school for a few days and
then returns with cotton in his ears.
Or if he holds a book close to his
eyes,"
If the parents cannot afford to
go to a private physician, they will
be told how to use free medical
facilities in the community, DR..
Mitchell said.
Emphasis will be placed on chill
dren referred to the nurses by the
teachers, he asserted. Thus, diseases
will be caught in their early stages
and the spread of infection pre-
vented.
Children showing hearing deficien-
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ForresfaI 10 Testify First
AT Services Oil Inquiry

Representative Short, Republi.
can, of Missouri, chairman of 6
special Armed Services subcommit.
tee on oil, announced today after 6
closed session that Secretary of De-
fense Forrestal will be the first Of
some 40 witnesses at hearings tt
begin January 10 at 10 am.
The subcommittee will survey
present and future requirements fol
the Nations security, the Represen.
tative said. Some of the hearings
will be in closed session when the
lawmakers consider research in fue.
problems, he said.
Leading off the list Of witnesses
with Secretary Forrestal will be Man
Ball, chief of the oil and gas divi-
sion, Interior Department.
On January 81, Representative
Short said, the subcommittee will
hear Eugene Holman, president OF
the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
or the assistant to the president, H.
w. Page, an economist. 1t also will
hear Walter S. Hallanan, chairman
of the National Petroleum Council
and also president of the Plymouth
Oil Co., a small independent con-
Germ.
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|HeIenKeIIer 7 ours Schools Here
lin Drive to Aid Europe's Blind

Tomorrow the schedule includes
visit to Douglass Simmons Ele-
mentary School, where sight
conservation class is organized, and
Banneker Junior High School in
the morning, followed by luncheon
at the Margaret Murray Washing
ton Vocational High School. In the
afternoon she will meet another
assembly of student government
leaders at Armstrong High School
to tell them about the need of
funds for the blind in Europe.
Tells Board Of Europe.
At the Board of Education meet
ing yesterday Miss Keller told of
the situation in Europe. Libraries,
workshops and the agencies that
obtained work for the blind were
destroyed by the Nazis, she said.
Most Europeans are being cared
for by various organizations, but
the blind have been overlooked"
she said. "The American Founda-
ton for Overseas Blind is the only
agency that is trying to befriend
them.
With 10000 braille states we
shall be able to start some of
Europe's young blind on the long
road of life which they must sit
out through darkness" she declared.
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Bus|ine 10 Hollywood
lis Offered in Place Of
BeItsvi||e Trolley Run
By John V. Horner
Stor stoff Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Jan. 8.-The Capt.
tai Transit Co. today offered to pro.
vide bus service between Branchville
and Hollywood, Md, If it is per.
mitted to discontinue the present
trolley service to Beltsville.
The offer was submitted to the
Maryland Public Service Commis.
sion in the closing minutes of 8
three-day hearing on the abandon.
ment petition, which has been bit.
terly contested by citizens in Prince
Georges County.
Under the proposal, the company
bus would operate for a distance o1
approximately one-third the length
Of the 3.2-mile trolley line. Transit
attorneys indicated that trolley
patrons beyond Hollywood would be
expected to use other means o1
transportation to the District. In
questioning witnesses, they suggested
the Greyhound and Trailway bus
lines operating over the Washing
ton-Baltimore boulevard.
Citizens of the Beltsville section
strongly objected to the suggestion
citing traffic hazards. especially
for school children, and the crowded
conditions of the Interstate car
riers. Some told the commission
yesterday that the big buses fire.
quently refused to stop for pas
sengers bound for the District be.
cause of lack of space. Others
pointed to the infrequency and ir-
regularity of the bus transportation
AS the commission prepared te
resume another hearing involving
proposed bus fare increases ir
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties, Chairman Charles B
Bosley announced that no decision
would be made Immediately in the
abandonment case. The rate hear
ing was scheduled to reopen in the
afternoon.
Final witnesses in the trolley case
offered conflicting expert testimony
on cost estimates and accounting
practices of Capital Transit with
respect to the Beltsville- -Branchville
line
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College Students Death
.By Train Held Accident

A certificate tentatively listing
death as accidental was issued yes
terday for Walter J. Vereen, Fl,
University of Maryland sophomore,
who was killed Tuesday night when
struck by a Baltimore 81 Ohio Rail-
road train at College Park.
DR.. James l. Boyd, Prince Georges
County deputy medical examiner.
reported he was Withholding final
report until Prince Georges County
and university police complete their
investigation into the whereabouts
of the youth prior to his death.
Police said his body would be sent
to Raleigh, N. c, for funeral
services. .A.lsj
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Montgomery Achieves
81 Pct. of Chest Goal

Community Chest funds collected
in Montgomery County have reached
approximately $4,000, or about
81 per cent of the $124, 900 goal, ac-
cording to Miss Mary Lucas, cam
paign director.
She said that although the CAM
paign books we're closed December
81, q number of checks have come
In since then.
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PVT. Jones Faces Trial
On Three Charges in
Arrest Of Stathis

Pvt. Jerome j. Jones of No. 10
Precinct will face Police Trial
Board on charges of false arrest,
unnecessary use of the baton and
making a false statement in con-
nection with his arrest of Peter j.
Stathis, Is, Police Supt. Robert j.
Barrett has announced.
Maj. Barrett said the charges are
being drawn up in accordance with
recommendation of Pvt. Jones'
commanding officer, Capt. Walter
Storm.
Capt. Storm suspended Pvt. Jones,
%, colored, on Tuesday, less than
two hours after Municipal Court
Judge Walter j. Casey freed Mr..
Stathis of a disorderly conduct
charge and declared he could see
mo occasion for the arrest and
subsequent use of force"
Mr.. Stathis, an unemployed tile
setter, testified he was smashed in
the face" with a nightstick Satur-
day night by Pvt. Jones when the
policeman went to an apartment
where Mr.. Stathis was visiting and
directed the occupants to clean up
some trash.
Court Charge in Prospect.
Meanwhile, following a conference
of principals and witnesses in the
case late yesterday in the Office of
Assistant United States Attorney
Warren Wilson, Mr.. Stathis' attor-
ney, Allen j. Krouse, said charges
to be preferred at court against the
policeman will be held in allegiance
until the Police Department CLEANS
house" in the matter.
After the departmental charges
are disposed of, however, Mr.. Krouse
added. well come back again." re-
gardless Of their outcome. y
The alleged beating occurred when
Pvt. Jones went to the apartment
of Mrs. Mae @. Davis and her a.
year-old daughter Diane at 6501a
Newton place NV.
At one point during the Municipal
Court trial, Judge Casey said he
must reject the testimony" of the
policeman in favor of contradictory
testimony of Diane Davis, who said
she witnessed the incident.
Mr.. Stathis had testified Pvt.
Jones entered the apartment with
out waiting for his knock to be
answered and was Every abrupt" in
asking Mrs. Davis to clean up news
papers blocking the entrance.
Stathis Story Corroborated.
When Mr.. Stathis volunteered to
pick up the papers, he continued,
the policeman said he would stay
and see that the trash was cleaned
up. The arrest and alleged blow
occurred after an ensuing conversa-
ton, in which Mr.. Stathis said he
referred to the policeman's "enter-
ing the premises Illegally"
Pvt. Jones testified he was leaving
the apartment when Mr.. Stathis,
who was picking up the papers,
turned on him and used abusive
language. He said he struck Mr..
Stathis with his billy only after he
had reached for him twice and had
been showed back twice.
The Davis girl, who generally cor
roborated Mr.. Stathis' story, said
the policeman walked in without
knocking. She said she heard no
profanity.
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2 Men Fined and jailed
In Arlington Policy Cuse

Roy H. Taylor. 40, of the 200 block
of North Barton street, and Edgar
C. Dewhirst, SO, of the 1900 block
North Oak street, Arlington, were
fined $50 each in Arlington County
Court yesterday and sentenced to
80 days in jail on charges of num-
bers writing.
The two were arrested last month
at a service station Taylor operates
on Washington boulevard. Taylor's
Jail sentence was deferred for a
week to give him time to put his
business In order.
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Builders in Montgomery
Required to Clear Streets

Montgomery County builders are
required to clean up streets near
their construction jobs under an
ordinance adopted yesterday by the
county commissioners.
The law fixes a maximum fine of
$25 for all builders convicted of
failure to clean up dirt-littered
streets for which they are response
BILE.
1t also applies to property owners
whose land has been washed onto
roads by rain. In each case, 48
hours are given to have the dirt
removed after notice to the person
RESPONSIBLE.
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Hancock Man Is Killed

HANCOCK, Md, Jan. P.-
Franklin P. Watkins, 20, was killed
yesterday when the car he was driv-
ing skidded on an icy road several
miles west of here and overturned.
, 1948-07-29
Notice
Notice

A TEMPORARY MANAGING COMMITTEE has been
set up to arrange for the organization of THE NEW ST.
CRoIX TURF CLUB. The following classes Of membership
have been tentatively decided upon:
l. CHARTER MEMBERS at $500, initial payment
2. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS at $500 per period
Charter Members will be entitled to all privileges, in
Guiding voting for, and election to, office in the Club.
a meeting of all Charter Members will be held on Mon
day afternoon, August 2, at 500 o'clock, in the Municipal Com
nittee Room in Christiansted, for the purpose Of organizing
the Club.
ADRIVE is now being made to enlist as many r
MEMBERS as possible. All persons interested in becoming
Charter Members of THE NEW ST. CROIX TURF CLUB
will please contact Mr.. Harry Mackay and Mr.. Lloyd w.
Joseph in Frederiksted, and in Christiansted Mr.. Laurence c.
Merrill at the Drug Store and MI. WI Messer.
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
, 1948-07-29
NOTICE OF sHERIFF's SALE

TO be sold for and on behalf Of "R. H. Amphlett Leader
Esq, Attorney for complainant, Robert |. Merwin 9
Company.
There will be offered for sale at a Public Auction to be
held on Monday, August 9, 1913, at zoo O'clock PM, in the
fort yard Of christiansted, the following articles:
Viz: /. Ten Q) Sewing Machines Singer, Model 5115)
2 Three 81 Tins 5 gal Paint Gray
g. A. Matthias
Acting Sheriff