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Evening star., 1948-07-20

Judge James r. Duncan Of the
Civil and Police Court has remained
silent on the jury's recommendation,
but Is known to be an advocate Of
clinical treatment. About two years
ago he asked the City Council to
change the law so that he could
commit alcoholics for clinical treat
ment.
Other recommendations OF the
jury, however, have been met with
prompt response. The Mayor last
week asked the city manager to find
out why no fees were being collected
for scavenger service. The jury
had recommended strict enforce
ment of the law providing for fees
for this service.
A pension plan for firemen and
police, also recommended by the
jury, will be included in q pension
plan for city employees already being
studied by Col. Everett Hellmuth.
chairman Of the council Finance
Committee.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Army Lieutenant Fined
$500 in Hit.and-Run Case

An Army officer was convicted Of
failing to stop after an accident
which had resulted in a per-.=ll
injury and fined 500 in Hyattsville
Police Court yesterday.
According to testimony before
Judge Alan Bowie, First 1t. Richard
w. Durkee, "a, of Fort Meade was
arrested Sunday about three blocks
from an accident in Laurel. Police
testified that his car had crashed
with another, resulting in injuries
to two persons.
The Army officers wife. Mrs.
Kathleen Durkee, 26, forfeited $3.50
collateral on a drunk and disorderly
charge placed against her after the
accident. Mrs. Durkee was a pas
senger in her husbands car.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Committee Is Named
To Plan Takoma Park
Municipal Building

A Citizens Advisory Committee
was named last night by Mayor
John G. Post of Takoma Park to
recommend plans for q new NUM-
ciple building.
The new group will function joint
ly with the Civic Improvement
Committee of the Town Council. At
present council meetings are held
in the firehouse, and a municipal
building would furnish a meeting
place as well as a centralized loca-
tion for keeping municipal records.
Those appointed to the committee
are John r. Whidden, Enery Deni-
son, Ronald Senseman, Thomas M.
Neill, Norman c. Jones, Peter Rem
sen and Lawrence Osterhaus. Men,
bers of the Civic improvement
Committee are Councilmen Sher-
wood Citizens, jr., John T. Perker-
son and ]. H. Mes.
Councilman Walter H. McClenon
announced that city manager, i'm
provements to the budget system
and revision of election procedures
are among amendments to the town
charter now being studied for posi-
BILE submission to the next session
Of the Legislature.
An effort will be made to obtain
cooperation from the Prince
Georges County Board of Commits
sioners for construction of storm
sewers in the portion of the town
lying in Prince Georges County
Councilman Ross Beville announced
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Hunt Pressed for NowOffic
|As SIoop Is Found Unnamed

of duty in the Marianas Islands and
was vacationing with friends and
relatives at Cambridge and Sails
bury, Md. before resuming his
duties at Charleston.
He set out from Cambridge Sum-
day morning to sail down the inland
waterway to Charleston.
1t. Todd is the son Of the late
DR.. George w. Todd, founder of
Peninsula General Hospital and Pine
Bluff Sanitarium at Salisbury.
He joined the the Navy as hos
pital apprentice in 1918 and was
commissioned a lieutenant in 1882
His wife is the former Hannah
White Phelps of Cambridge and
their son, George w. Todd III, re-
gently passed his examinations for
admission to the Naval Academy
The Todds also have two daughters
1t. Todd's two sisters are Mrs
Paul and Miss Roselda Todd, q
member 1.-THE faculty at Western
Maryland College. His brother
Nevins S. Todd, lives in Salisbury
1t. Todd kept his sailing sloor
anchored in the Wicomico River at
Salisbury, at the home of Mr.. Wood
cock.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Broken Weed Trail Traps
Escaped Virginia Prisoner

A prisoner who escaped from Vir-
ginia State Road Camp 80 near
Fairfax yesterday was recaptured
four hours later by a Fairfax police
man who trailed him through the
woods by following bent and broken
weeds.
Fairfax Policeman Hilary jenkins
was searching for the man when he
noticed a trail of bent weeds lead
ing through the bushes just of Lee
highway near Fairfax. He followed
the trail and caught up with the
prisoner, who surrendered.
Police identified the man as John
Gardner, SO, Of Accomack County,
Va, who is serving q 5-year SEN
tence for burglary.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
GAINESVILLE Station
On B. & 0. 10 Close

The Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad
has notified the Maryland Public
Service Commission it intends to
close its Barnesville passenger and
freight agency as of July 81, 1t was
learned today.
The railroad gave insufficient rev.
enue as the reason for its proposed
action.
A company spokesman explained
however, that trains now picking UP
passengers there will continue to
make scheduled stops, thus enabling
residents of the area to continue
using the railroad. The spokesman
said communication tickets will be
available in Washington, while
freight will be handled at the near.
est adjacent agency at Dickerson
Public Service Commission Off.
cials said the notice automatically
will 60 into effect unless complaints
are received. If there are objec.
tions between now and July 81
they said, the commission will defel
the effective date of the closing
pending public hearing. No com
plants have been received so far
tney added.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Alexandra Fines Drunks $40
Despite Heavier Penalty Plea

Drunks in Alexandria still are re-
ceiving the minimum fine of $40 In
most arrests despite a grand jury
recommendation nearly two weeks
ago that penalties for such offenses
be made heavier.
A check Of the Alexandria Civil
and Police Court records since the
grand jury recommendation was
made shows that persons arrested
for drunkenness in the past several
weeks have in most cases received
$40 fines. A number of those who
received such fines are persons with
long records of similar arrests.
The grand jury asked that heavier
penalties be imposed on the habit
ual drunks locked up repeatedly
within a two block area on lower
King street. The maximum penalty
permitted under the law is 500. The
jury also asked that the law be
changed to permit clinical treatment
of persons considered alcoholics.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
| Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for Q
pm. today. Programs Of comedy,
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers:
Knox Hill. 300 Knox street SE.
Mcmillan. First and Douglas streets
Rosedale. Seventeenth and Gales streets
Shepherd. Fourteenth street and Kaimis
road NV.
Stoddert, Thirty.ninth and Calvert
streets NV.
Thomson. Twelfth and l. streets NV.
N y Rrues' Kenyon and Sherman streets
smothers, rorty-fourth street and wash
Kelly Killer. rorty-ninth street and
washington place
: Shows Court. Tventy-dfth and I streetS
NV
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Mary|a,1ds Allotment
0fU.S. HighwayFunds
Scored as Inadequate
BY the Assoeioted Press

CUMBERLAND. Md, July 90
Maryland's allotment under the 1948
Federal highways act is "inade-
quate," and the method of nation
wide distribution is wholly unfair" !"
Representative Beall, Republican, of
Maryland, said last night.
Mr.. Beall said that those States
with small areas but large popula-
tions, of which Maryland is one, are
not receiving just allotment of
Federal funds for primary, secondary
and urban highways" Maryland
has been allotted $4,264 900 out Of a
total appropriation Of $3.50, ,000,00
A member of a House Roads SUBJ
committee, Mr.. Beal advocated dis
tribution Of the funds on the basis
of motor vehicle registration and
population.
Highways Heavily Travelled.
Maryland highways are among
the most heavily travelled in the
country" he said, because of their
proximity to the Nations Capital.
Yet this State is among that third of
the 48 States receiving less than
S. 100000 in Federal aid.
These Federal allotments are not
coming out of some new form of
taxation, but from the motorists who
pay the Federal taxes for gasoline.
And as long as automobile owners
pay the tax, the money should be
spent on those highways that are
used by the greatest number of mo-
torists. Maryland, along with other
States small in area and thick in
population, is getting the grand old
runaround."
Funds Allotted.
The allotment to Maryland pro-
vides 1881 900 for primary high
ways to be applied directly by the
State Roads Commission. An addi-
tional S1,043, 900 for secondary or
"farm-to-market" roads Is to be ad-
ministered by county commissioners
subject to the approval of the State
Roads Commission. In addition, ST.
5o0,0 900 is provided for urban high
ways, to be administered by munich
pal governing bodies.
The expenditures administered by
cities, like those administered by
the counties, are subject to ap-
proval by the State Roads Commits
sion, but not by the Federal Gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
SchooIboy Hit by Car
After AIiqhtinq From Bus

A 10-year-old Fairfax County
school boy was struck by an auto
mobile yesterday after he alighted
from a school bus on Lee highway
several miles west of Fairfax.
The boy, John Lester (Buss)
Goode, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
L. Goode, of Route /, Fairfax, was
treated for cuts and bruises at
Arlington Hospital and released.
Driver of the car was listed by
Fairfax police as Edward E. Wine,
rs, Newport News, Va. He was
charged with reckless driving.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Bethesda Police Identify
D. c. Man Held in Thefts

Bethesda detectives today identi-
fed a 30-year -old Washington man
being held on charges of burglar
izing four Bethesda Chevy Chase
area homes as Jack Travis Regan.
When the suspect was arrested
last Wednesday, he gave his name
as Jack Raymond Of the 600 block
Of c street NE. Investigation re-
vealed his true identity last night.
Regan is accused of having taken
approximately $1,000 worth Of jew
elry and clothing from the homes.
More than half the loot has been
recovered.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Educators Of 19 Nations
Attending N. U. Seminar

Representatives of 10 foreign
countries were among educators
gathered at the University of Mary
land today to discuss means of rails
ing money to rehabilitate educa-
tional facilities in their homelands.
The month-long seminar in in
ternational education" is sponsored
by the Commmission for Interna-
tional Education Reconstruction.
The meeting will end August IA.
Approximately so persons are at
tending the sessions.
Evening star., 1948-07-20

in his memoirs, was there in silk hat
and cutaway.
The sun was out, the white mar
BILE of the amphitheater was re-
splendent and <he large American
flags hung between every interval
OF columns and the huge floral
wreathS before the casket lent color.
Cut in stone in the proscenium
arch was: When we assumed the
soldier we did not lay aside the
citizen" On the left were the
names of the generals the Army
considered its great ones when the
amphitheater was built: Washing
ton, Green, Wayne, jackson, Scott,
Taylor, Grant, Sherman, Thomas,
Sheridan, Mcclellan, Meade, Mer-
ritt and Shafter.
Maj. Gen. Luther D. Miller, chief
Of chaplains, and the Very Rev.
John w. Suter, dean of Washing
ton Cathedral, conducted the Epis-
copal services. Gen. Miller read the
Book of Common Prayer service:
Il am the resurrection and the life,
saith the Lord ="
Dean Suter read from st. Paul's
Epistle to the Romans:
For / am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor prin-
cipalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor
height, nor deapth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate
us from the love of God, which is
Christ Jesus our Lord"
After a prayer by Gen. Miller and
a reading of Washington's prayer
for the Nation, the band played and
the body bearers took the casket
back to the caisson.
1t was a half mile to the grave
site-a bit difficult for some of the
honorary pallbearers, but they
walked it. The crowd lined the
roadways and snapped pictures.
After a brief ceremony under the
canopy covering the grave, the flag
was removed and given to Warren
Pershing and the casket lowered.
Today single sentry kept vigil
over the grave. He and his relief
successors will stand lonely guard
until sundown Thursday. 1t is GUS
tomary to maintain a 72-hour watch
over the graves of famous men
buried in Arlington.
AT Army posts flags will fly at
half-staff for the next 30 days. Flags
on Government buildings went back
on full-staff this morning.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
By the Assoeioted Press

MATHEWS, Va, July 20.-The
mystery of a 20-foot sloop which
sailed into Haven Beach on Chesa-
peake Bay without a person aboard
remained unsolved today.
A search for Naval 1t. George
Todd, jr., 55, who was reported to
have left Cambridge, Md, to sail
the boat to Charlestown, S. c., was
being continued. 1t. Todd is a
nephew of Amos w. w. Woodcock,
prohibition director under Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover.
Naval and Coast Guard authori-
ties at Norfolk were notified late
yesterday of the discovery of the
beached sailboat without its skipper.
Naval and Coast Guard planes on
routine flights over Chesapeake Bay
were asked to look for traces Of the
missing officer shortly before dark
yesterday.
Air Search Continues.
A 5th Naval District spokesman
said a search from the air would
be continued today.
Mrs. Todd, wife of the officer, was
expected here from Charleston dur
ing the night. She had been toie:
in Charleston of the incident yester-
Gay by one of two brothers who
stood on the beach and watched the
boat come in as though some one
was expecting to land.
The brothers, Hudson and Ellis
Hudgins of Diggs, in Mathews Coun-
ty, had camped out overnight on
the beach. Yesterday they said
they saw the boat approach the
beach.
They met it and found nobody
aboard, they said. Everything on
board was in order, they said, and
examination of personal belongings
and papers identified the skipper as
1t. Todd.
Two Cupboard Motors Found.
Two outboard motors were fast
ened to the stern Of the boat, the
brothers said. In the gas tank of
one was a funnel as though it was
ready for fueling, they added.
The boat was turned over to the
custody of Deputy Sheriff Spencer
Hodges in Mathews.
1t. Todd's sister, Mrs. w. B. Paul
OF Cambridge, told Ellis Hudgins
from cambridge that once before
the officer had had a similar Incl
dent. 1t. Todd had fallen from a
boat while making trip and swan
to safety at that time, she said. He
is an excellent swimmer and navi-
gator, his sister added.
1t. Todd recently completed a tour
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Parking Meters
TO Be Installed
AT Hyattsvil|e
Council Members
Oppose Step; Wage
Roises Also Voted

In the face of opposition by mer.
chants. the Hyattsville City Council
will install parking meters in the
business districts.
The council voted 6 to 2 last night
to install the meters on an expert
mental basis for nine months. II
found unsatisfactory they will be
removed.
They will be installed on Balti.
more boulevard, Rhode Island ave-
nue. and adjoining streets, and on
Queens Chapel road and Hamilton
street in West Eyattsville.
In other business the council ap-
proved pay raises for city employees
and voted to get the tenants out of
the Hyatt mansion, which has been
termed fire hazard.
Two Members Oppose Meters.
Councilmen Thomas E. Arnold and
Henry j. Hellman voted against the
meters. They believed the newly
established parking lots and the one
hour parking limit should be tried
further.
The councils Road and Police
Committees will meet at pm. Mon
day to map details for operating the
meters. The committees will lay
their recommendations before the
full council later.
A total Of ITS meters costing about
$4,000 will be installed. It was
estimated they would net $4,000
annually.
The pay raises approved last night
will be retroactive to July !.
Most Of the raises are for 5000
annually. Ten laborers will get 90
cents an hour instead of 82k cents,
and five drivers will receive $105
instead Of 81 an hour.
Amounts to $500 q Year.
The increases amount to about
$500 annually. A motion to pro-
vide straight per cent increase
was lost. In both actions Mayor
Caesar L. Aiello cast the deciding
vote.
In voting to move tenants out of
the Hyatt Mansion, a landmark on
Rhode Island avenue, the council
directed that warrants be sworn
out against the landlady on the
ground that the building is not At
for human habitation, and is fire
hazard.
The warrants are to be obtained
by City Fire Marshal Earle s. Dor.
selle. City Attorney Nicholas Orem.
jr said that the landlady had failed
to get the structure in satisfactory
condition during period Of warning
which had been given her.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
FREELY Market
Up; Sovont Pays
l25Cents Per 100
By the As,oeioted Press

BALTIMORE, July 2O.-The fire.
fly market frightened considerably
today and youngsters here are
scrambling to cash in.
DR.. William D. McElroy, biology
professor at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, is paying IS cents a hundred
for flreflies-dead or alive. A SIC
bonus goes to the kid who makes
the biggest haul.
DR.. McElroy thinks firefy tail
lights" may contain Vitamin K. He
wants enough of the bugs in order
to find out if he's right.
For his project, which has the
support Of the American Philoso-
phical Society, DR.. McElroy says he
needs thousands of f1reflies."
The youngsters can't quite believe
it's true. It's like being paid for
going to the circus.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Arlington Revenue Chief
To Be Honored at Dinner

Arlington Commission of Revenue
Harry K. Green, who is completing
his 29th year in Office, will be hon
ored tonight at testimonial dinner
at the National Airport dining room
More than 400 persons, including
State and county officials, have been
invited, Senator Byrd, Democrat, OF
Virginia, and Gov. Tuck are sched-
uied to speak. State Senator Charles
r. Fenwick of Arlington will act as
toastmaster. A reception will follow
the dinner.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Woman Hurt as Tire
On Scooter Blows Out

Mrs. Margaret Huber, IS, of Hill
crest Cabins, Berwyn, Md, suffered
a fractured skull yesterday when
she was thrown from motor
scooter as a tire blew out.
Mrs. Huber was riding on the
rear Of scooter driven by her hus-
band when the accident occurred on
Baltimore boulevard at Berwyn. Her
husband was uninjured. Mrs.
Huber's condition was termed sat
isfactory today at Leland Memorial
Hospital, Riverdale.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Place Sunday Classified
Ads Early!

Classified ad customers de-
string to place ads in The
Sunday Star are urged to call
them in early in the week.
This will eliminate the last
minute rush to place ads and
will, assure every one prompt
and efficient service. Your
cooperation will be appre-
ciated.
Remember The Stars new
telephone number is Sterling
5000.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Insurance Book Approved

BALTIMORE, July 20 R.-The
State Insurance Department yester-
day announced its approval Of q
new rate and rule book governing
the writing Of IRE insurance by
members Of the Maryland Fire Un-
derwriters Rating Bureau.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
$817,549 for Airport

BALTIMORE, July 20 (P.-Fed-
eral funds of $817,549 have been
allotted to the city Of Baltimore for
initial construction at the Friend
ship International Airport.
The Arizona post., 1948-10-01

strongest argument was expressed
one day when the king had sent
a third company of his loyal SOL
diers to tear him away by force
from his Jewish observances-the
other two companies, instead of
carrying out the order of the king,
had accepted Judaism. AS they
dragged him from his home he
placed his hand upon the Mezuzah
and began to laugh. They turned
to him for an explanation of his
laughter, and he said to them: 1T
is the usual custom that king
sits inside his palace while his
servants stand guard on the out
side. How different it is with the
King of Kings, the Holy One,
blessed be He! His servants dwell
in safety and security inside their
homes while He guards them on
the outside, as it is written in the
Book of Psalms (121:8), The Lord
shall guard thy going out and thy
coming in from this time forth
and forever" The Talmud con-
cludes the story by saying that
the pagan kings soldiers accepted
the Jewish faith and the king no
longer sought to drag Onkelos
from Judaism. He was vanquished
by the religious significance of
the Mezuzah.
The Arizona post., 1948-10-01

amental dogma (Monotheism) the
fundamental duty Qove), the
fundamental discipline (study of
the Law and the fundamental
method (union of '1etter" and
"spirit") of the Jewish Religion"
AS he walks from his home he
again kisses the Mezuzah, recites
the passage 'The Lord shall guard
my going out and my coming in,"
and thus is impelled to take all
the ideas of his religion with him
and implement them even in the
market place.
Once Upon A Time
The Talmud relates that On
kelos, the son of Klonemos, the
classic example of the righteous
proselyte in Israel, had a way of
winning over his former pagan
friends to a sincere understanding
of the Jewish view of God. His
The Arizona post., 1948-10-01
What Is The Mezuzah?

A Morale Building Symbol, Not Superstition
BY RABBI MORRIS MAX,
Executive Vice-Presdent Rabbinica Council of America
Contrasting interpretations
A Jewish college student told of walk he had
taken with nonewsh claSsae through the Jewish section
of the city The gentle noticed the Mezuzah the doorpost
of each home and inquired about it. The Jew who well
versed in the laws and customs of his people gave him full
explanation and ended by saying The Mezuzah you
sign that God is enshrned in the home" The gentle
very much impressed with the deep religious significance of
this ornament and they entered the home of another
Jewish friend he paused to observe the box closely
remarked his the box noticed every home here
The Jewish friend inside the home hearing the gentle pass
remark about purely Jewish ornament said very dspar
agingly "Oh that is just superstition of my old man."
The Arizona post., 1948-10-01

What one Jew had made appear
beautiful by revealing its relig-
ious motive, the other had desc
Grated because of his Ignorance!
An Injunction
What then is the meaning of
Mezuzah? Based upon the injun-
ton of the Torah-"And thou
shalt write them upon the door
posts of thy house and on thy
gates"-it is to serve as a re-
minder to all members of the
Jewish family that In their home
God is enshrined. The little box
gets its name from the Hebrew
word ''Mezuzah" which means lit
orally door-post, on which accord
ing to the Torah, "These words
which / command thee this day."
are to be written. The Mezuzah,
therefore, contains a piece of
parchment on which are written
the passages of the "Shema"
found in the Torah.
The opening verse of this sec
ton of the Torah, called after its
first Hebrew word Shema, mean
ing Hear, introducing the phrase
t'Hear o Israel, the Lord is our
God, the Lord is One," sounds the
keynote of all Judaism and has
been its watchword and confes-
sion of faith throughout the ages.
In it the fundamental Truth Of
the Unity of God is proclaimed.
The Mezuzah
This parchment, containing the
Hebrew passages explained above,
is rolled up and on the back OF
it is written the Hebrew word
"Shaddai," meaning Almighty"
1t is then inserted in wooden
or metal case, so tnat the Woro
''Shaddai' appears opposite a
small opening in the case and is
thus made visible.
The Mezuzah is affixed in a
slanting position to the upper part
of the door-post which is on the
right-hand side as one walks into
the home.
A Reminder
AS the Jew walks into his home
he places his hand upon the Me-
zuzah, kisses it and is thus re-
minded that his home is to be de-
voted to the ideals of the "She-
ma" He is reminded of "the fund