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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Sailor Beats Off Attack
On Hams Point; Held

A 22-year-old sailor, who was sit
ting in an automobile with a girl
friend on Hams Point early today,
successfully fought off an assailant
who attempted to rob him, park po-
lice reported.
Seaman 1/C Ralph Nutting, at
tached to the Naval Air Station,
Anacostia, was with Miss Dolores
Dominic, 10, of 1917 Rhode Island
NV, police said.
Officers later arrested Willie Clay
80. colored, 1900 block of Ninth street
NV, as he wandered barefooted in
the vicinity. He was charged with
assault and attempted robbery by
park police, and was to appear in
Municipal Court today
Police reported Clay, who admit
ted the attack, pulled alongside Sea
man Nutting's automobile in an
other car and jumped into the
sailors back seat. He grabbed
Seaman Nutting, but was met with
flying fists. At this point, police
said, one of two other colored men in
the other auto yelled to their COM
rade to shoot the sailor and grab
his wallet. -
Seaman sNutting kept fighting and
the assailant. fed. Police said she
lost shoe in the automobile and as
he ran across the golf course lost
the other The two men in the
other car had pulled away.
Police said Clay gave them the
first names Of the two other men.
Officers who arrested Clay only a
few minutes after the attack were
Pvts. P. S. Jadwin and M. M.
Delano.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Perjury Complaint Reveals
Nevada Proxy Divorce

CARSON CITY, New. Aug. 25.-A
divorce by proxy" the first of its
kind to come to light in Nevada, was
disclosed here yesterday after the
filing Of perjury complaint,
Principals in the case are Delmar
James Frazier. SO. arrested recently
in Concord, Calf, on a charge of
performing an illegal operation, and
Henry Martin Leigh of New York.
Leigh was granted divorce here
last April 26 from Anne Mitchell
Bernard Leigh. The hitch, authori-
ties say. is that it was Frazier who
obtained the divorce. not Leigh.
The complaint filed by District
Attorney Richard Waters and signed
by Attorney Richard r. Hanna
charged that Frazier appeared last
April 2 Sand falsely swore in a di-
vorce suit that he was Henry Martin
Leigh. The divorce suit charged
cruelty Mrs, Leigh's appearance
and waiver to the suit was signed
in Salisbury. Southern Rhodesia
No charge has been placed against
Leigh.
Mr. Waters said Mr.. Hanna's COM
plant was founded on information
obtained from the sheriff Office. at
Martinez, where Frazier was jailed
following his arrest.
Mr. Waters said that If thu. charge
against FRAZIER in proved he will file
conspiracy charges against Leigh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
District Tax Cashier
Ordered DISCHARGED

The Commissioners have ordered
the discharge of Robert A. Cor
nelius, cashier in the Office of the
Collector of Taxes, who disappeared
briefly with $50 of city money a
week ago.
When the 34-year-old cashier
failed to reply to charges against
him, Commissioner Guy Mason yes
terday ordered his dismissal. Under
the law, he had until noon Monday
to file an answer. Mr.. Mason said
/ he waited until late yesterday to
make sure the reply was not in the
mail and then took the action.
Cornelius disappeared for "a hours
on August is, according to District
officials. He then returned and
repaid the missing money-but gave
no explanation.
| Mr. Mason said the dismissal ends
the Districts interest in the affair
ANY further charges would have to
come from the United States attor-
ney's Office.
Cornelius. an Army veteran, had
been employed by the District for
more than two years. He lives in
the $500 block of Fifty first ave-
nue. Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Violent Quake Shake.
Northwest Argentina
RY the Axsocioted PIasx

BUENOS AIRES, Aug SIS
violent earthquake shook the noun.
famous region of Northwest Argen-
tina early today, but reports indi-
Gated damage was only AiGM Only
onestfeath was exported. Wsss
The epicenter was about 40 miles
north of Salta, where the residents
fed into the streets in theH. night
clothes. One. rnan AtAdyfom a
heart attack there and zS% one
story Buildings collapsed. The shock
also was felt in neighboring Tucu-
man, Jujuy and Santiago del Estero
provinces.
The quake, registered here about
8 ~ am, equaled in intensity the
one which occurred January IS. 1914,
in San Juan Province and which
caused heavy loss of life and prop
erty damage.
ROME, Aug. 25 (P,.-Many thou
sands of Southern Italians are camp
ing out today, afraid to return to
their homes because of earth trem-
ors which have shaken them almost
daily for fortnight past.
Foggia, a city of $4,000, was de-
scribed in Rome press dispatches as
deserted. Authorities estimated SO
buildings will have to be torn down
there and that 400 homes had been
destroyed in nearby Montesantan-
gelo and San Giovanni Rotondo
Smoke and hot air issued from
earth cracks near Montesantangelo
the dispatrf1eS said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Maryland Press Hits
Extension Of Bans
On Crime News
By the Associofed Prest

L
SALISBURY. Md, Aug. 25-The
Maryland Press Association today
served notice 1t is unanimously and
vigorously opposed to State wide
extension of the Baltimore court
rules which restrict crime news.
| The association said the rules are
contrary to the best interests of
the public because
l. They deprive the public of &C
curate information.
2. They lead to loss Of confidence
in public officials and the demo-
cratic form of government
3. They tend to foster corruption.
4. They put the welfare Of an
accused above the welfare of the
public.
Letter to Judge Bailey.
The associations esolutio n
against Statewide extension OF the
rules and It's arguments against
them were embodied in a letter
handed to Judge Levin Claude
Bailey Of Salisbury, one of the
members Of the first judicial circuit.
Judge Bailey is chairman of the
Court Of Appeals standing Commit
tee on Practices and Procedures. A
subcommittee of his group has rec
commended that rule 904 of the
supreme bench Of Baltimore be
made rule 9 of the Court of Ap-
peals. Judge Bailey's committee
has taken no action on the recon-
mendation.
The Baltimore rule prevents
newspaper and radio discussion of
evidence found against an accused
after his arrest. 1t prohibits police
officers and prosecutors from relat-
ing any statements an accused has
made. particularly any confession.
The press associations resolution
and arguments were drawn up by
special committee headed by John
Worthington, publisher Of the Belair
Aegis.
Little Meaning Seen.
The group said the proposed rule
would have little meaning because
newspapers and radio stations in
neighboring States and the District
Of Columbia would not be bound BY
it and citizens of Maryland would
turn to these sources for news.
1t also protested any restrictions
on photographs of an accused. It
agreed, however, the courtroom
photographs are improper.
Five Baltimore radio stations and
newscaster are now under citation
for contempt OF court in their ham
ding of news In Baltimore murder
case.
Their hearing is scheduled for
October after the defendant comes
to trial late in September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25

EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. IS
-Grimy and wan from II days in
the bush. DR.. Vance Murray, go. re-
turned to Edmonton last night
vowing that his flying days are over
The Washington doctor pilot has
satisfied RCAF officials that his
crash in the wilds of Northern AL
berta was an accident and that nc
desire to escape from civilization
prompted his crackup at lonely
Chip Lake, 30 miles southwest of
his announced destination, Grande
Prairie, Alberta. But two weeks
OF wandering through the bush has
cured his zest for air travel.
The twin -engined Cessna aircraft
that DR.. Murray overturned in the
bush when he ran out of fuel, miles
off his course, August 7, now is the
property of J. Mccullough, the trap
per who found him at Nose Greek
few miles from the scene OF the
crash, and brought him back to
safety by pack-horse.
Planned to Sell Plane.
The doctor explained he planned
to ferry the plane to Fairbanks,
Alaska, and sell it there. He blamed
poor oversight for the 10-degree de-
Walton of his course that landed
him in the Northern Alberta wilder
ness.
He was at a loss to explain the
rumors of an abandoned airfield 100
miles from the nearest road, or
trail where he was said to be seek
ing back-to-nature holiday.
RCAF officials claimed the in
formation was contained in a letter
he had written to a Washington
friend. They had planned to charge
him with filing an incorrect flight
plan, causing a search which cost
$35, 900.
Limps From Injury.
Still limping from a knee injury
suffered in the crash, DR.. Murray
said he had been "misquoted' and
denied any intention OF departing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
District WV Opposes
Control Of Guard

An American military dictatorship
is seen as possible by District De-
partment of Veterans of Foreign
Wars If the National Guard is put
under the Army.
This position was stated in the
preamble to a resolution adopted
last week by the heads of this group
of veterans and made public today.
The, opposition will be pressed at the
national encampment which is
scheduled to begin at st. Louis
Sunday.
j. H. McVay, chairman of the
Legislative Committee of the local
department of the VFW, said that
so far as he knew this was the first
move of the veterans to throw their
influence against the plan drawn up
by a board headed by Assistant
Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray.
The resolution was made at
special meeting of department off,
GERS, post commanders and the dele
gates and alternates to the conven-
ton. The resolution instructs the
delegates and alternates to make
clear the opposition Of the depart
'ment to the proposals OF the Gray
Board, which, If adopted, -
might have the effect of ending the
present peacetime status Of the Ma
tional Guard"
The group also adopted a form OF
resolution which the District dele
gates and alternates will present to
the convention.
This says that although there are
well-informed people in all ranks OF
the Army who have striven to sup
port the guard, the hostile, unin-
formed or unsympathetic group too
often prevails, to the damage of the
National Guard and the national
defense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
District Marine Reserves
Compete for Rifle Trophy

CAMP LEJEUNE. N. c.. Aug. IS
Washington's Marine Corps Reserve
Battalion. the 5th Infantry, is on
the rifle range here today firing the
MI automatic rife.
There is keen rivalry among the
members of the battalion. for there
is valuable prize for the top scor-
er. He will receive the Capt. James
V. Stanley award. This Is a gold
watch presented annually by the
battalion executive of1icer, Maj
David F. Condor.
Capt. Stanley. with whom Maj
Condor served for three years, was
killed in October, 1914, on Peleliu
Island in the Pacific.
The Marine Reserves set up their
camp here last Sunday for a two
week training grind. After complet-
ing the range work, they will begin
assault tactics, tank-infantry In
'struction and routine close -order
drill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Six False Alarms Keep
Police, Firemen Busy

Scores of police scout cars and
motorcycle units were called out to
cover the eastern sections Of the
city early today as six false alarms
in that area kept firemen on the
jump until two suspects were ar
rested.
Twenty-four pieces Of fire appa-
ratus responded to the false alarms
all of which were pulled in less
than an Hours time, fire officials
said. Some equipment went out
twice, it was reported. -
Pvt. E. P. Grafton. driver fol
Inspector George R. Waldrodt, night
police supervisor. said during the
furry of alarms there was so much
fire equipment in the street the
engines nearly ran into one another
at intersections"
About so policemen were involved
in the blanket search, he said.
Two men. arrested shortly after
the sixth alarm was turned in from
box at Thirteenth and B streets
NE, were charged with making the
false calls.
They were identified by police as
Terrell Roberts, jr, 26, of the 710C
block of Tucker road, Oxon Hill
Md, and Lester Cicala, 81, of the
1900 block of B street NE.
Appearing in Municipal Court this
morning before Judge John P. Nc.
Mahon, the accused men were held
on $500 bond each. Their cases were
continued until August 81.
The suspects were arrested by
Traffic Division Pvts. William K
Everett and David Chefer, who said
they saw the men riding in an
automobile resembling one glimpsed
earlier near fire box by Inspector
Wallrodt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Auto Insurance Practice
Ruled Illegal in Maryland
BY me Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE. Aug. 25.-The state
Insurance Department said yester-
day it will issue an order stopping
automobile dealers from collecting
commissions on insurance covering
cars bought on the installment plan
Hazelton A. Joyce, deputy insur-
ance commissioner. said he had q
ruling from Attorney General Hal
Hammond that the practice is H.
legal. Mr.. Hammond decided i,
violates the Maryland anti-rebate
law.
Automobile dealers have long col
lected considerable sums from the
insurance business. When they sci
a car ION time" the cost of the policy
is part of the conditional sales con.
tract. The dealer then gets com.
mission from the insurance com.
Ipany.
Mr.. Joyce said the department
probably will issue an order mex
week setting a date for termination
Of the practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Arlington Decides
Negro Students Must
Pay Own D. {. Tuition

With the exception OF some high
school seniors, Arlington Negro chill
dren who attend District schools this
year must pay their own tuition.
This was decided last night by
the Arlington School Board in a
move designed to build up attend
iance at Hoffman-Boston. the coun-
tvs only Negro high school. so that
the institution will be eligible to
be accredited by the State.
The board last year paid tuition
for SO Negro students in District
schools, some of whom commended
they could not get the subjects they
wanted at Hoffman-Boston.
Assistant School Supt. Charles J
Walsh told the board that a number
of improvements had been made al
Hoffman-Boston, including renova.
ton of the library and the audi
forum. He said also that the school
will have a full-time librarian anc
a full-time music teacher this year
I'VE are prepared to offer any
course now taught in Washington.
Lee High (the county's only white
high school to Hoffman Boston
students if sufficient number art
interested" Mr.. Welsh declared.
He pointed out that If the en-
rollment can be increased by 80 O,
40 pupils over last years figure OF
60, the State has indicated the
school will be accredited.
"Accrediting is not a matter OF
subjects offered" he said, its SIM
ply matter Of sufficient enroll
ment."
In the case OF high school seniors
the board said it would consider re-
quests from parents that tuition be
paid by the board so the students
could graduate from the District
schools they have attended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Laney Hits Arkansas U.
On Admitting Negro

LITTLE ROCK, Aug. 25.-Gov
Ben Laney said yesterday he could
see no grounds for allowing any
Negro to enter" the University OF
Arkansas Medical School lat this
time"
Commenting on announcement OF
the university board that Edith Mae
Irby, 20-year-old Hot Springs Negro,
would be admitted to the medical
school at the next term, Gov.
Laney said:
Hundreds of white boys who tried
to get into the medical school be-
fore, were told they couldn't get in
because they lacked room.
IF we had medical school big
enough to accommodate everybody.
then the boards action would have
been justified"
The university board said a class
of 90 had been accepted from list
of 230 applications from Arkansas
residents.
Gov. Laney said he was not con-
suited by the university board on
the matter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
.Yugos|av Air General
Escapes 10 Romania
by the Assocjoted Press

BUCHAREST, Romania, Aug. Is.
Maj. Gen. Pero Popivoda of the
Yugoslav Air Force said in a letter
published today that he had escaped
by plane from Yugoslavia to Ro-
mania August IA.
Gen. Popivoda said In his letter,
printed in Scantiea. organ of the
Romanian Workers Communist
Party, that he had escaped 80 as
not to become a victim" of Dictator
Interior Minister Alexander) Ran
kovic."
(The Yugoslav government has
announced that border guard
killed Gen. Arse Jovanovic, for
mer chief of staff of the Yugo-
slav Army, and another man and
captured Maj. Gen. Brancko
Petricevic while they were at
tempting to flee into Romania
August IL. The announcement
said Col. Waldo Dapcevic prob
ably" escaped)
Gen. Popivoda accused Rankovic's
secret police of mass reprisals'
against those who still adhere tt
the Communism of Marx and Lenin
The Communist Information Blu.
reau last June accused the regime
of Yugoslav Premier Marshal Tito
of departing from the MaSx-Lenin
line.
He also accused Vladimir Velebit
Yugoslav deputy foreign minister
and former Ambassador to London,
with spying and Miloyan Djilas,
minister without portfolio with
trying to fool party members with
demagogical lies
He concluded by saying that II
present Yugoslav leaders do mot
mend their ways. the party and the
Yugoslav people will find the neces-
sary forces to bring the country
and the party back to the true
doctrine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
North and South Meet
10 Discuss Racial Problem
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. rs
Southern spokesman square off to-
day to tell visiting Yankees why the
South feels as it does about Presi-
dent Trumans racial policies.
They joined II Northern business
men in a formidable forum on the
South's problems, with emphasis or
the racial question.
Back of the discussion lay the
hope that an interchange of views
and ideas might do away with the
wrangling between the North anc
South over the civil rights issue. >.
That's what the eight Montgomery
civic clubs had in mind when they
invited the Northerners here.
The Northerners we're guests o.
the Blue Gray Association, which
sponsors the annual North-Soutf
football game.
Today's discussion wasn't limited
to racial problems, but R. F. Hud
son, jr., the moderator, said thai
would be the highlight. Mr.. Hudson
one of the promoters of the forum
is assistant publisher of the Mont.
gomery Advertiser Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
'S150,00o Transport
Survey Of D. {. Area
Nears Completion

Washingtons sl5o,OOo transpor.
tation survey. now nearing comnle-
ton. will furnish the city up-to-dats
figures on census, employment,
parking problems, use of public
transportation and a scattering Of
other data, in addition to latest
travel statistics.
Officials expect that the huge sur
vey, begun in May. will be COM
pleted by the end of the week after
Labor Day. Its purpose is to pro-
vide a basis for future road con-
struction around the Capital
through a study Of the travel habits
OF the people of Washington and
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
The survey is in two forms. One
is through interviews at one OF
every 20 dwelling units in the city.
The other is through establishment
of interview stations on "a major
highways. to query motorists about
their routes and destinations.
Individual Trips Charted.
The personal dwelling interviews
VIII furnish all the supplemental
information. according to William
D. Heath, director of the survey.
Residents Of each unit are tabu.
lated on each Of the interview forms,
as well as their occupations and
employment. The numbers of cars
owned by occupants are listed,
Residents then are asked what trips
they made the previous day and by
what means Of conveyance. The
route of each trip is charted and
private motorists are asked where
they parked during the day.
In addition, the surveying stan
are working through the Public
Utilities Commission to check travel
of every 10th taxicab in the city, as
we'll as every 10th truck.
The Capital Transit people are
particularly enthused." Mr.. Heath
said. They feel the information
will help them revise schedules and
get better all-around service"
Residents Cooperative.
Residents interviewed. Mr.. Heath
said, have been generally co-opera-
tive, but there still have been
small number who have refused to
give us any information" About 100
men have been working on the
survey, though the staff now is down
to 80.
The information now Is being
coded and will be put on punch
cards by the District Highway De-
partment's planning survey unit.
Preliminary statistics are expected
to be ready by November, Mr..
Heath said.
The roadside stations have been
set up on a 24-hour basis for major
highways with l6-hour watches on
those lesser used.
Half the study's cost is to be borne
by the Federal Government, while
the Districts share is expected to
be about S52,500. Under the plan,
officials said, Maryland will pay
about $13,500 and Virginia, ABOUT
So, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Murray, Cured of Flying Test,
Denies He Fled Back to Nature

from his Edmonton Grande Prairie
course.
II guess they just didn't under
stand writing" he said.
Squadron Leader j. T. Arnold,
Northwest Air Command flying on
Ger, who returned with DR.. Murray
after questioning him about the
flight. said he was convinced that the
pilot strayed from his course acct
dentally.
DR.. Murray told of his wanderings
after leaving his overturned plane.
Taking his food, clothing and the
planes compass, he started out on
foot to find his way back to civili-
cation. He left note on the air
craft and scattered a few others
alond his route to guide possible
reScuers. These notes guided Mr..
Mccullough to him at Nose Greek.
The pilots food supplies were
almost exhausted when he was
found, and he was weak from ex-
posure and his skinny rationed diet.
This morning DR.. Ralph B.
Snavely, chief of the Medical de-
partment, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
said the note he received from DR..
Murray dated August 5 mentioned
only that he was going to look
over an abandoned airfield" and
was leaving civilization" the next
day. The letter $50 described by Dr.
Snavely as "a friendly note to the
Medical Division staff" did not
mention any back-to-nature vaca-
ton plans, he said
DR.. Snavely said he had no idea
where the report of such plans came
from. He said DR.. Murray's desti-
nation was Alaska, where he
planned to visit areas he had
covered during his flying days with
the Medical Division.
The division chief said he as
sumed the Abandoned airfield was
known to Canadian authorities and
sent them the contents Of the note
as a clue in the search.