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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-16
Birthday Dinner Held

A birthday dinner was held Sun
day, September 5, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Irwin Custer in honor Of
Mr.. Clusters seventy-second birthday.
A large basket lunch was spread on
the lawn under the trees.
About fifty relatives and friends
gathered for the occasion. All Of Mr..
Clusters four children and their fam
lilies were there, with the exception
Of Melvin Custer. All twenty-five
grandchildren were present.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Irwin Custer, Oakland; Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayward Custer and family, Mr.. and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-16
service, Thursday, 7:45 p. m.

service, Thursday, 7:45 p. m.
Crellin-Sunday Church School, 10
am; Adult c. E., 7:15 pm; Worship
and sermon, 7:45 pm; Prayer SER
vice, Wednesday, 7:45 p. m.
Lynndale-Sunday Church school,
10 a. M; Young Peoples service,
Tuesday, 7;45 p. m.
Underwood-Sunday Church school,
10 a. NJ; Business Meeting, Friday,
September 18th, 7:45 p. m.
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ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL

Rev. Austin Schildwachter. Rector
St. Matthew's, Oakland, 500 a. M,
Holy Communion; HOO a. M, SER
vice and sermon; 10 a. m, Church
School.
Anderson Chapel, Swanton, $3.50 a.
M, service ard sermon.
Our Fathers House, Altamont, 1870
p. m., service and sermon.
St. Johns, Deer Park, 4 p. M, ser
vice and sermon 2nd and 4th Sun
days.
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SAND SPRING CHURCH OF GOD
Walter |. Martin. Minister.

Sunday School at 10 a. NJ, Wilbur
limbaugh, superintendent. Young
Peoples Group meeting, at p. M,
Walter Martin, Jr., leader. Divine
worship at p. m.
Keller Glade
Sunday School at 10 a. M, Adolph
Guthrie, superintendent. Worship SER
vice at II a. m.
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BITTINGEK LUTHERAN PARISH
Curt II. Rune. Pastor

The sound film, "The Child of
Bethlehem" will be shown in Jen-
nings at p. m; in Bittinger at 9 on
Sunday.
Worship in Bittinger and Sunday
school meetings at the regular hours.
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EV. UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH
Mountain Lake Park. Md.
Rev. George w. Simpson. Pastor

Paradise-W Worship and Preaching,
10 a. M; Sunday Church school, II
a. M; Young Peoples service, 7:45
p. m.
cHenry-Sunday Church School,
10 a. M; Worship and Preaching,
11:15 a. m.
Loeb Lynn-Sunday Church school,
10 a. M; Adult C. E., 7:15 p. M; Wor-
ship and Sermon, 7:45 p. m; Prayer
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CHURCH OF ST. PETER THE
APOSTLE
Oakland, Maryland

Masses, Sunday at 500, 900, 1000
and 1900; Confessions on Saturday
from 500 to 600 p. m. and from 1880
to $3.50 p. m.
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UNION HOLINESS TABERNACLE

Saturday services over public ad-
dress system at 1870. Young peoples
meeting Saturday evening at $50.
Sunday school at o'clock. Preach
ing at 300.
Young peoples meeting Sunday
evening and Tuesday evening at $50.
Preaching, 1880, Sunday evening.
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Mrs. Wade Bernard and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Brenneman and FAM
lily. Mr. and Mrs. John Beaehy and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Custer, Mr..
and Mrs Ellis Harvey and family, all
Of Swanton; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Custer, Mrs. Florence Schlossnagle
and Andrew Schlossnagle, Accidents;
Miss Mae Steyer, Steyer; and Mr..
and Mrs. Forrest Winthrop and fam
liz. Mabscott, W. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-16

Bermuda was hit by n violent hur-
ricane, with winds of 100 miles an
hour.
Two thousand persons were bat
Ting forest fires in California
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ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Denver c. Pickens. DID,. Pastor

$3.50 a. M, Church Sunday School
f. Ray Jones, general superintendent,
in charge. Glasses for every member
of the family from the youngest to
the Oldest
1O:45 a. M, Morning Worship
Sermon subject, "God SO Loved That
He Gave" The choir will sing Far
mer's Gloria in Excelsis" and Mr..
Jay L. Bell will sing "An Evening
Prayer" by Babriel
500 p. M, The Junior Youth Eel
lowship will meet at the church for
an outing, at which time the group
will be reorganized for the coming
year.
$3.50 p. M. Senior Youth Fellow
ship will meet at the church under
the sponsorship of Mr.. Ray Crowther.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
I'd. E.. Women Killed,
I Persons Injured
In Maryland Crashes

Two Washington women were
killed and seven persons injured in
automobile collisions in Maryland
yesterday.
The dead:
Miss Earline Virginia Nelson, %.
colored. 1717 T street NV, killed
instantly in head-on collision
about 1890 pm. on the Washington
Baltimore Boulevard near Savage,
Md.
Mrs. Hildegard Sturgis, 26, colored,
924 TWenty-fourth street NV, who
died in st. Mary's Hospital, Leonard
town, four hours after suffering a
fractured skull in a collision on
Route 242 near Morganza, Md.
Riding in Brothers Car.
Mrs. Sturgis, a Navy Yard secre-
tary, was one of five passengers in
a car driven by her brother, William
S. Harley, %, of the Twenty-fourth
street address. Maryland State Po-
lice said the car sideswiped a jeep
driven by Parran A. Howe of Glenn
ents, Md, then crashed into trees.
The injured, all colored, were ad-
mitted to st. Marys Hospital. They
are:
Mrs. Iresa Harley. 26, wife of Will
liam Harley, reported in serious con-
dltlon with a possible broken neck.
Jacqueline Harley, 5, her daughter.
who suffered leg injuries, not seri-
Gus.
Carlita Elizabeth Sturgis. S.
daughter of the dead woman, in fair
condition with a broken leg.
Miss Josephine 'Witherspoon, 90
Of 2414 K street NV, Howard Uni
versity student, in good condition
after suffering cuts.
Driver Held in Bail.
Harley was charged with man
slaughter and reckless driving and
released under $1,000 bond.
Miss Nelson died after car in
which she was riding collided with
another driven by Thomas K. Hall,
80, of Fairfield, Md, according to
State Police.
E. E. Hines, "a, colored, of 627
Otis place NV, the driver of the
first car, was reported in fair con-
dition today at the University of
Maryland Hospital in Baltimore.
Mr. Halls wife and daughter were
treated for minor injuries on the
scene.
Both Hines and Hall we're charged
with manslaughter and reckless
driving, with bond set at $1,000, po-
lice said.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
$4,000 Attend Model Air Show
As Compete for Trophies
Baltimore Youth Takes Top Senior Honprs
And CIorksburg Contestant Leads Juniors

back again next year." was their
stout-hearted promise.
More than 10000 bottles of soft
drinks and an endless chain OF
frankfurters were consumed and
many people even brought their
own food
Red Cross Treats 36.
At the Red Cross first-aid center
one dignified woman asked for some
cold water for her two puppies, ex-
planning that she had brought them
ice tea, but they didn't like it. Red
Cross attendants treated SO con-
testants and spectators during the
day for everything from finger cuts
to a bee sting. They were directed
by Miss Bradley Thompson.
Among the winners from the Dis
trict and vicinity were Herbert
Danick, II, of 1928 Orren street
NE, last years champ. first place
in the Martin 202 event; Richard
F. Norford, II, of IT'S Jackson
street NE, leader in the Fairchild
event; Albert L. Jones, jr., II, For
Stville, Md, who won the United
Airlines event, and Harry Mord-
horst, 81, of $500 Central avenue,
Alexandria, Va, first in VFW Post
I9271 event.
In addition, young Norford won
several Civil Air Patrol prizes, in
cluding a model jet engine, $50 in
cash and the BurnStine, Inc, ieWelry
company speed cup.
Falls Church Youth Wins.
Billy Hinman, II, of 40 Great
Falls street, Falls Church, Va, also
received several CAP awards, in
cluding model jet engine, S85 in
cash and the D. Harold Byrd and
Aero Insurance Co. trophies do
mated through CAP.
Other District area winners who
won CAP prizes were Dutton G..
Stoy, II, of 206 North West street,
Falls Church, model jet engine,
and Edward Andrus, II, of r. F. D.
2. Alexandria, $35 in cash.
The Plymouth automatic dealers
OF the Washington Metropolitan
Area are sending two winners from
the District, two from nearby Vir-
ginia and two from nearby Mary
land to the Second International
Model Air Show in Detroit August
ID to %. Those chosen were con-
testants Danick, Mordhorst, Nor
ford, Jones, Roger Barron, of
Springfield Va, and Sam Borr, 8506
Georgetown road, Bethesda, Md.
Others winning first place in main
events were Benton Cleveland,
Hampton, Va, Airport Transport
event; James Ripken, Air Terminal
Services event; A. j. Fleischmann,
jrs Baltimore, Colonial Airlines
event: James Cotton, Baltimore,
Trans World Airlines event; Preston
Cook. Suffolk, Va, Capital Airlines
event; Charles p. Eichelberger.
Hampton, Va. Braniff International
Airways event, and Robert Schade,
Hampton, Va, American Airlines
event.
Other Winners.
Also William Cannon, Hilton
Village, Va, Northwest Airlines,
event; Bob Perkins, VFW event;
Roger Teter. Elkins, w. Va, Donated
Trophies event; Gerald Weir, Burke
Va, Corr's. Hobby Supply event;
Henry w. Speilman, jr., Baltimore,
CAP event, and Robert H. Evans,
Baltimore, Aero Club event.
Don Benson, 10, of San Juan,
Ruerto Rico, won the trophy for the
contestant who Travelled farthest to-
Evening star., 1948-07-26
Pedestrian, Auto Driver
Hurt Near Darnesfown

A pedestrian and the operator of
the car which struck him were in
jured in d traffic accident on
Route %, near Darnestown, Md,
last night.
The pedestrian, Ebert Wolfrey,
81, of Sugerland, near Polesville,
was admitted to Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, with cuts in his hip,
shoulder, and scalp a possible con-
cussion and internal injuries.
The driver, william r. Boxa1l, 80,
of the 1900 block of B street Sc,
suffered a broken left arm and was
admitted to the same hospital.
Mr.. Boxall was injured when his
car went approximately $50 feet
after striking Mr.. Wolfrey, hit q
bank and overturned.
MIR. Wolfrey was removed to the
hospital by the Rockville Rescue
SQUAD, while the Gaithersburg
Rescue Squad took Mr.. Boxall.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
Strasburg Woman Faces
Staying Trial Tomorrow
By the Associotsd Press

WOODSTOCK, Va, July 26.-Mrs
Julia Emily Emmart, As, will go on
trial tomorrow in Shenandoah
County Circuit Court on a charge OF
numbering her druggist husband
George Allen Emmart.
Mr.. Emmart, 43, was shot fatally
with a pistol in his drugstore at
Strasburg August 30, l947. The cor
oners inquest which followed an
autopsy reported the bullet which
caused Mr.. Emmart's death entered
his heart.
Mrs. Emmart did not apply for
bail and has been In Jail at Wood
stock since the killing except for
four months at Southwestern State
Hospital, Marion, where she was
under observation.
Judge Elliot D. Marshall denied a
motion by the Commonwealth Sat-
urday requesting continuation of the
trial because DR.. James B. Pettis
one of three psychiatrists who ex-
amined Mrs. Emmart, is on vaca-
ton.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
East Falls Church Branch
OF Posfoffice Will Move

The East Falls Church (Va.)
branch postoffice will move into a
new building to be erected at Lee
highway and North Washington
boulevard, it was learned yesterday
Until recently the station, a
branch of the Falls Church Office,
was operated by B. M. Bridwell
under a contract. Now stated en-
tirely by Civil Service personnel,
the station will remain in Mr.. Brid-
well's quarters until the new build
ing is ready for occupancy. which is
expected about November l.
Regular carrier service will be op-
Grated by the branch after it is in
stalled in the new quarters. The
change in status was made because
OF the increased business resulting
from the population growth OF the
area 1t serves.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, July 26.-Mary-
lands automobile liability insurance
rates have been increased between
Is and 80 per cent, the Baltimore
Daily Record said today.
The business newspaper says the
National Bureau of Casualty Under
writer's announced the rate boosts
and listed them as part of Nation
wide rate revision program.
The rate revisions are traced to
steadily" increasing repair costs
and court verdicts resulting from
automobile accidents.
In Maryland, the rates on private
passenger cars have been raised an
average of 1873 per cent for bodily
injury and 1913 per cent for prop
erty damage liability insurance, the
Record reports.
For commercial cars the property
damage rates have been increased
80 per cent but there has been no
change in the bodily injury rates.
Under the new schedules a private
passenger car owner in Baltimore
who uSese his car for business now
will pay $50 instead of $48 a year
for combined bodily injury and
property damage coverage. In Cum
berland, Md. the same owner will
pay $37 instead of $50 and in An
napolis, $31 so instead of $2750.
The Daily Record report says the
Casualty Underwriters Bureau also
announced a new classification of
private passenger automobiles. It
will apply to cars not used for busi-
ness but which are operated by per-
sons under Is years of age. The
rate for this class will be within 5
per cent of the rate for automobiles
used for business.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored by
The Star In cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for 9
pm. today. Programs of comedy,
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers.
Bald Eagle. Nichols avenue and Joliet
Chevy Chase: Forty-nrst and Living.
ston streets NV.
Hoover. Second and " streets s.w.
Kenilworth. Kenilyorth avenue and Ord
:, Rudolph. Second and Hamilton streets
TAFT Eighteenth and Monroe streets
DougIass Dwelling. 1000 Alabama ave.
NV.
Howard. Fifth and W streets NV.
Lansston, Benning road and Twenty
fourth street NE.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
200 Arlington Citizens
Demand Investigation
|0fW.,V. .&M. Busline

Two hundred Arlington residents
have signed petition asking an
investigation to determine if the
Washington, Virginia & Maryland
Coach Co. is providing the minimum
bus service required by its charter.
The petition, directed to the Sen
ate and House District Committees
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and the Virginia and District
Public Utilities Commissions, asks
further that an investigation be un-
dertaken with a view to consoli-
dating the suburban metropolitan
areas in North Virginia presently
being 'serviced' by the said company
within single bus and trolley
transportation system"
In regard to the first request,
the petition asks that the bus COM
pany immediately restore a rea-
sonable bus schedule" on the 3-F
Iee highway to Falls Church, line
and "other poorly scheduled routes. y
Specifically, the petitioners ask that
the intervals between buses be not
more than 10 minutes during rush
hours and 20 minutes at other
times.
Fare Increases Noted.
The 'signers most emphatically
protest the present deplorable state
of bus transportation" between
Washington and Arlington and
within the county.
Fare increases were granted the
company recently, the petition
states, ION the basis of contemplated
Improvements in service" The i'm
provements, however, were never
forthcoming inasmuch as their
revised bus schedule contained CAL
culated deceptions and were other
wise never in fact strictly adhered
to-"
: After obtaining the increases, the
company reverted to drastically
poorer schedules which it pub
lished under the guise of newly
improved service" the petition al
leees. The time between 3-F buses
under the revised schedules was
extended as much as 40 minutes,
Notwithstanding that the '3-F
community has been growing at a
rate favorably comparing to that of
any area in Arlington" the petit
tion states.
Trip to Clarendon Cited.
1t has become virtually "prohibi-
tive" to attempt to travel short
distances in Arlington. the petition
ers declare. They cite specifically
the trip from Lexington street and
Lee highway to the main shopping
center of Clarendon.
Two changes of buses are neces-
sary to travel the short distance
in the above instance and the time
consumed therein on a Saturday
afternoon has reached two hours" !"
the petition asserts.
The bus riders also complain of
the length of time between rush.
hour buses and claim that it is
virtually impossible" to board a
bus along K street west of Con-
necticut avenue during those periods
because the vehicles are full.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
CarLiabi|it|ns 2 Policemen Hold Off
Rates Reported Raised Mob in Alexandra
|15-30Pct. in MARYLAND In Soldier S Shooting

Two Alexandria policemen held
off an angry mob of 400 Saturday
night until other officers arrived to
disperse the crowd, averting a posi-
BILE riot.
The crowd, which gathered at
Queen and Henry streets. became
angered when one of the policemen,
Pvt. Wilmer. Gator, shot a soldier
who had knocked another police
man to the ground.
Police gave the following account:
Pvt. Gator and Pvt. C. L. Baber
responded to trouble call at Queen
and Henry streets. When they
arrived, they found large crowd of
colored persons milling about, but
no one seemed to know what the
trouble was or who had called the
police.
Soldier Refuses to Move.
Pvts. Gator and Baber tried to
get the crowd to move along"
A Fort Belvoir soldier. Pvt. Eu-
gene Butts, colored, %, refused to
move as ordered and asked the
police what they would do about it.
The policemen arrested Butts and
placed him in their scout car. The
prisoner jumped from the car on
the other side and ran down the
street, with Pvt. Gator in pursuit.
Butts eluded Pvt. Gator but ran
into Pvt. Baber, who stopped him
by firing two shots into the air.
Pvt. Baber was leading his prison.
er back to the squad car when a
man identified by police as Joseph
Hunt, colored, 20, of the TOO block
Gibbon street, Alexandria, turned
to the crowd and asked, "Are we
going to let them take him in?"
Holster Torn From Side.
This aroused the crowd and it
began to encricle Pvt. Baber and
his prisoner. Pvt. Gator had not yet
rejoined his fellow policeman.
Hunt rushed up to Pvt. Baber
and struck him on the head, then
knocked the policeman to the
ground. Butts had Pvt. Baber under
him when Pvt. Gator pushed through
the crowd. Pvt. Baber felt his
holster and gun torn from his side
and shouted to Pvt. Gator, Look
out, he's got my gun"
As Butts jumped to his feet with
Pvt. Baber's gun In his hand, Pvt.
Gator shot him. 4
Pvt. Baber recovered his service
revolver and with Pvt. Gator, they
held of the crowd until IA other
policemen, including many who
were OF duty, arrived. The other
officers were called by a woman
on orders of the two policemen.
Third Youth Arrested.
Butts was taken to the Alexandria
Hospital by the Alexandria Rescue
Squad. His condition was described
as fair.
Pvt. Baber was treated at the
Hospital for bruises. He
had q large knot on the side of his
head.
Butts was charged with felonious
assault.
Robert J. Moore, 10, colored ar
rested in the affair, received a SIX
month jail sentence on charge Of
obstructing Justice this morning In |
Civil and Police Court. |
A disorderly conduct charge was
continued.
Trial Of Hunt on similar charges
vas postponed until September 8.
Evening star., 1948-07-26

enter. He flew in for the meet. His
father is Navy civilian employe.
Don missed out ON the other prizes,
which were donated by the airlines,
various aviation organizations and
VFW posts,
Bill Coyle, radio and television
director of The Star, was at the
public address system throughout
the day. Carl A. Hopkins was
director of the show.
Air attaches Of so nations were
guests at the show.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
By Harry Lever

More than $4,000 persons, pos
sibly the largest crowd ever tc
attend a model airplane show
enjoyed a day of thrills yester-
day at Andrews Air Force Base
where the third annual National
Capital Model Air Show was held
The large attendance was due tt
combination of sunny skies, the
lure of model aviation and a pro.
gram of spectacular events, which
included the arrival of the British
jet planes, the giant Navy airplane
Constitution and display of All
Rescue Service equipment.
Nearly 300 of Americas best
model plane flyers were at the meet
when it opened at 8 am, under
sponsorship of The Star, National
Airport Club, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the Civil Air Patrol.
Performance Is Checked.
When the coveted trophies and
other prizes were awarded late in
the evening it was found that many
of them went to youngsters in this
area. Whether or not they had
broken any records will not be de-
termined Immediately, since per-
formance data had to be checked by
the Academy of Model Aeronautics,
national governing body of the big
meet.
Spectators. began arriving at the
field early by automobile, bus, mo-
torcycle, bicycle, on foot and, in one
case, on horse. BY l pm, nearly
10000 persons were on hand and
from that time on an endless line
of cars awaited to be assigned park
ing space at the entrance to the
show area. Soon, brightly colored
coolie hats dotted the landscape
protecting their wearers from the
sun.
When the points were Tailed at
nightfall, James Ripken, 10, of
Baltimore, received the VFW
Trophy and was named senior meet
champ, and Bob Perkins, II, of
Clarksburg, w. Va, was presented
with the National Airport Club
Trophy and named junior meet
champ.
Richmond Man Wins Trophy.
Top honors for The Evening Star
Trophy went to William M. White
hurst, 80, OF Richmond, Va.
One of the most spectacular
crashes happened to George Zorb,
20, of BIT Third street Sc, whose
Glass B plane was equipped with
a Glass c engine. "It was just too
powerful an engine for the plane. -
he explained after one wing fell off
in flight.
A plane not entered in the show
but which attracted crowds was an
autogiro model built by Capital
Transit bus driver H. Ray Keith.
"a Of 1912 Newark road, Colmar
Manor, Md. What he described as
"just bunch of wood blocks put
together in three hoursf few i'm
pressively with its three rotor blades
twirling.
Typical of the many little trag-
edies of the day was the nose-dive
crash of the Glass G model entered
by John E. Belgard, 81. of 1922
Thirty-third avenue, Hyattsville,
Md. He and William E. French, 81,
Of $50 Roxboro place NV, had
worked all night 10 get their plane
ready for the show. But we'u be
Evening star., 1948-07-26
VA Official at Richmond
Named to New Post
sv the Assocjoted Press

RICHMOND, Va. July 26.-Don-
aid B. Alexander, formerly budget
chief of the Veterans Administra-
ton Richmond branch office, has
been named director of special serv-
ices, Deputy Administrator James
B. Cress announced yesterday.
As special services director Mr.
Alexander will supervise a variety
of activities at VA hospitals in Vir-
einia, Maryland, West Virginia,
North Carolina and Washington.
3. Raymond w. Locke, who has been
Mr.. Alexander's assistant. will sue
ceed him as budget chief.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
Crosh Hurts Truck Driver

George T. Deacon. about So of the
1900 block of Columbia road NV,
suffered multiple bruises and a
shoulder injury when the ice cream
vending truck he was driving over
turned yesterday on the Viers Mil
road near Rockville. He was adj
mitted to Suburban Hospital.
Evening star., 1948-07-26
SoumsviIIe Boy browns

STRASBURG, Va, July Is (Pf.-
Donald Peer, 13-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Peer of Saumsville,
Shenandoah County, drowned yes
terday In pond on Bryan A. Hep
ner's farm. near Fairview, while
swimming with friends.