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Evening star., 1948-06-18
'HiI|bi||y' Musician
Fined $50 in Fight

An alteration between two hill
billy" musicians in a Bladensbure
tavern June 9 resulted in a $50 fine
in Hyattsville Police Court yesterday
for Billie e. Strickland, IS, of the
1400 block of Chaplin street NV.
Strickland was found guilty by
Trial Magistrate Arthur p. Owens
on an assault charge sworn out by
Connie B. Gay, 80. of s45 North
Lincoln street, Arlington, Radio
Station WARL disc jockey.
Mr.. Gay, who also is the promoter
of hillbilly shows at Constitution
Hall and other places in the WASH
ington area, told the court yesterday
he was eating in the Dixie Pig
Restaurant. Bladensburg, when
Strickland came to his table, struck
him on the neck and knock him to
the floor. Mr.. Gay said he had Just
returned from q show put on by
him at the University Of Maryland.
Evening star., 1948-06-18

Here's the status of the most i'm
portant District legislation awaiting
congressional and White House &C
ton as of noon today:
District supply bill-Passed by Con-
gress, awaiting Presidents signature.
Combined sales tax and high
level" income tax-House-passed bill
now due for Senate action on
calendar call. Passage questionable
because of opposition by Senator
Johnston, Democrat, of South
Carolina.
Home rule-Auchincloss bill fol
elected and reorganized city govern
ment on House calendar but not
likely to come up. Virtually dead;
Direct admissions to st. Elizabeths
Bill to let chronic mental patients
bypass Gallinger passed today
Goes to White House.
Liquor price-fixing-On House
calendar but virtually dead. AL.
ready blocked twice by Representa-.
tive Crawford, Republican. o.
Michigan.
Nominations-Edward A. Tamm
FBI official, to be District Cour1
Justice. Still in Senate Judiciary
committee. Virtually dead.
Nominations-Jud Aubrey B
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Alcoholic Information Office
Handles 500 Cases in Year

The information center has had
difficulty for the same reason. Mrs.
Williams said she knows people
have stayed away because they
thought it was another place where
drinking is viewed from moral or
religious angles. Instead 1t operates
on three concepts:
Alcoholism is disease and the
alcoholic is sick person.
1.-The alcoholic can be helped and
Is worth helping.
This Is a public health program
and therefore a public response
bility'
The committe is an extension Of
the findings on alcoholism at Yale
University that led to the establish
ment OF the Yale clinic and similar
committees in principal cities.
Most of the callers are not alco-
honcs, but wives and employers who
want to know what can be done In
Washington for an alcoholic.
Mrs. Williams has sent some to
sanitariun1s, some to Alcoholic
Anonymous ana some to the munici.
pal clinic in the Force School, l740
avenue NV. Per-
sonnet officers of the Government
agencies have become very interested
in using the office, she said.
I'VE have been trying to bring
this Office to the attention Of section
heads because they are usually GOV.
ering up for some good worker who
Is an alcoholic and by the time he
comes to the attention Of the person
mel ONCE he can't afford another
Slip" she said. But we can't very
well make long-range plans without
assurance We are going TO have funds
to carry on"
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Your Gift-Their Camping
Your Gft-Their Compine
Gifts to Camp Fund Will Keep
Children off Dangerous Roads

Motorists of the District today
were urged by q safety ofi1cial to
contribute to The Stars Summer
Camp Fund as a means OF getting
youngsters of dangerous high
ways.
Endorsement of the fund-rais-
ing campaign was volunteered by
George Raymond Hammond.
safety and education director Of
the American Automobile Asso-
cations District division.
Mr.. Hammond drew this pic
ture Of trafic dangers heightened
by the closing Of schools for the
summer:
THE public, private and pa
rochial schools of Washington
and nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia are no longer protected by
nearly 5000 boys and girls who
serve as AAA school safety pa
trolmen.
THE schools are closed and the
youngsters are on the streets in
far too many instances.
"The camp idea spear-headed
by The Star Is one way to get
those kids out of the way of
buses, trucks, streetcars. passen-
ger cars and, In some instances,
railroad trains.
The sum of $l7.70 a week, on
the average is one of the best
investments car owner or non-
car owner could make to get one
youngsters of the highways for
seven days"
Camps Good Will and Pleas
ant, for which The Star is seek
ing funds, are located only about
IS miles away from Washington
near Triangle, Va. But in the
setting Of the Chopawamsic Ma
tional Park. the camps are far
removed from highways. There
children play ball on q tree
circled field instead Of on the
city streets.
THE drive to help finance q
youngsters trip to q summer
camp" said Mr.. Hammond, fs
a most commendable one at this
time in view of the accent which
is being put upon pedestrian and
child safety on the streets and
highways"
The safety official pointed out
that, mot only will the camp
take these youths off the streets
and roads, but the fresh air and
rest at camp will make them
more alert and better fitted to
avoid traffic dangers for many,
many months after their return"
The plan to get these children
of the streets and into camp, he
said is worth the attention of
the Districts owners of 138,022
passenger cars"
II you want to make sure Of q
childis safety by giving him or
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Wife 'sA|Iergy 10 Guns
Clears Policeman

A case of missing automati tic
pistol and a policeman who said his
wife was "allergic" to guns was set
tied today when a trial board dis
missed charges against the police
man.
The policeman. Pvt. Talbert E.
Bowling, jr., 38, colored, 1910 Second
street NV, a member of the force
since 1941, pleaded not guilty to a
charge of conduct prejudicial to the
good order and discipline of the de-
partment.
John Meadows, colored, 470O East
Capitol street, a taxicab driver, tes-
tilted he gave Pvt. Bowling a .765
nm. foreign-make pistol on or about
October 2 when the policeman
agreed to have it registered and that
the gun was never returned to him.
Pvt. Bowling told the board he
carried the gun for 80 days in his
pants pocket, but never saw the
owner. Finally, he left it at home,
and because his wife was allergic to
guns, hid it in a wardrobe, he said.
When his wife found the gun
there. he moved it to the cellar, but
later was unable to find it, the DO
liceman said. Pvt. Bowling said the
weapon was worth about SIS and he
would make restitution If 1t was not
found
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Move 10 Void Verdict
In Seduction Studied

A motion to set aside the jury ver-
dict in seduction case against Guy
H. Fuller, jr., was under consider
alton by Arlington Circuit Court
Judge Halter T. Mccarthy today
after testimony by the jury fore
man that he had been confused
over instructions.
After hearing the foreman. Earle
r. Hough. 1905 North Seventeenth
street. Arlington. Judge Mccarthy
said he felt he will be required by
law to exclude the jurors testimony
In reaching a decision on the mo-
ton.
Young Fuller, who is 1s, was SEN
fenced to two years in the State
penitentiary after he was found
guilty Of the seduction of Shirley
Jackson, II, of the $500 block of
North Fifteenth street, Arlington.
Mr.. Hough said that his verdict
was not my honest verdict"
but conceded that he was not CO.
creed into it and made up his own
mind. He said, however, that the
majority Of the jury thought that
the verdict was the proper deci-
sion.
Fuller, whose parents operate a
restaurant at Fifteenth and H
streets NE. is free under bond.
Evening star., 1948-06-18
By GEORGE Kennedy

The Alcoholic Information ONCE,
1713 M street NV, has had about
500 problem cases of alcoholics pre-
sented to it since it opened last year.
Mrs. Jane Williams, who operates
the Office, said today she knew from
return calls that many cases have
been helped. but she said no attempt
Is made to follow the history Of the
individuals and build a statistical
story of success.
The ONCE is the principal activity
Of the Washington Committee for
Education on Alcoholism Of which
Judge Walter Casey OF Municipal
Court Is chairman.
The committees work Is supported
by public contributions. A major
event in its fund raising will be q
garden party from 3 to 7 pm. to-
morrow at Hillandale, the vast
Georgetown estate OF Mrs. Anne
Archbold, Standard Oil heiress. at
1905 Reservoir road NV. Tickets
will sell for $50 each at the en-
trance.
one dtffculty that the sponsors
of the garden party and the in
formation center said they have en-
countered is the public's tendency
to confuse their activities with the
traditional temperance movements.
The garden party sounds like an
old-fashjoned social event for the
cause with buckets Of ice cream, a
barrel Of lemonade, two bands and
free movies in the big theater In the
Archbold house. But Mrs. Archbold,
Mrs. John Miller Dougherty and
most Of the women arranging the
affair serve cocktails when they en-
tertain.
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Wife, 79, Is Killed When Truck
And Bus Collide at Peace Cross
Husband Is Injured
Only Slightly in
Traffic Accident

& Mrs. Betty Jane Martin, lS, was
killed last night when the truck in
which she was riding with her hus-
band collided with a Greyhound
bus at the Bladensburg Peace Cross
MRS. Martin and her husband,
John D. Martin, "a, lived with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Butler,
ID 7400 Hopkins avenue, College
Park, Md. Mrs. Martin died in Le-
land Memorial Hospital of internal
INJURIES shortly after the accident,
which occurred about 8 pm. Mr..
Martin was taken to the hospital
for treatment of minor cuts and
bruises.
Prince Georges County police at
Hyattsville said no one on the bus
was injured. Driver of the bus was
listed as w. c. Breidenbough Of
Whitehall, Nd.
eThe Martins had celebrated their
first wedding anniversary last week
END.
Mrs. Martin was an only child.
She was valedictorian Of the grad
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Beatty 10 Head County
Chest Drive Next Year

w. Carroll Beatty of University
Park will head next years Com
munity Chest drive in Prince
Georges County, the county agency
announced today.
He succeeds william M. Werber
of College Park, who was chairman
of the county drive for the past
two years.
Mr.. Beatty. an attorney. has been
a resident of the county for II
years, 1S of which he served as
counsel and clerk for Hyattsville.
He also Is a director and associate
counsel for the Prince Georges Bank
and Trust Co. and Is secretary OF
the Hyattsville Hardware Co. He
belongs to several civic organiza-
tions Of the county.
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Seven Students Get Awards
Al Macfar|and Junior Hiqh

Awards were made yesterday to
seven outstanding students of Mac
farland Junior High School, chosen
on the basis of their good citizenship
and scholastic records.
Robert Ohler and Ellen Julius re-
ceived awards from the American
Legion, David Levi and Sarah Busby
awards from the Arkansas Avenue
Community Association and Joan
Greulich and Sava Tshontikidis
awards from the Daughters OF the
American Revolution.
Irving. Nadelman received the
award presented each year by Roose-
welt High School to the outstanding
athlete of the Mcfarland School,
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Snyder Home, Farm
To Be Auctioned

The eight-room house and 267-
acre farm Of the late Mr.. and Mrs
Ross H. Snyder on the Seneca road
between Darnestown and Seneca
about miles from Rockville. will
be sold at public auction at 1890
am. June 26.
The sale will be held at the home
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder and their
foster daughter, Jane Ann, were shot
to death on November 49, 1916, in
their home by their 15-year-old
adopted son, Robert w. Snyder. He
is now serving life sentence in the
Maryland State Penitentiary.
The sale has been scheduled in
accordance with Montgomery Coun-
ty Circuit Court decree appointing
Thomas c. Kelley and George A.
Hospizor receivers Of the Snyder
estate.
A suit asking the court to decide
the order of death of Mr.. and Mrs,
Snyder and their foster daughter
in order to determine who shall
receive the estate, is pending in
Circuit Court.
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Norfolk Navy EmpIoye Held
In Staying Of Woman
By the Associofed Press

WISE. Va, June ia 34-year-
old civilian Navy employe has been
arrested and charged with the slay-
ing of Mrs. Vivian Caldwell Ellis,
whose badly beaten body was found
of a lonely Norfolk County road
Sunday night.
Lee County authorities arrested
Charles C. Smith, married and the
father of one child, in nearby, Pen
nington Gap yesterday. Smith, en-
ployed at the Norfolk Naval Air Sta
ton, denied knowledge Of the
Staying.
Mrs. Ellis of Durham, N. c., who
had been working as a waitress in
Norfolk and Portsmouth. was di-
vorced from her husband and was
q mother Of two children. Norfolk
County Police Supt. F. p. williams
said her death followed IAN auto
mobile ride and Q drinking party"
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Youth, II, Is Accused
Of MoIestinq Girl, a

A 17-year-old youth was being
held by juvenile authorities today
after the parents Of a 4-year-old
girl said the child told them he had
attempted to molest her yesterday.
The girl told her mother the
youth. who Is colored, had enticed
her into the back room of a store
on Upshur street NV, near her
home. The child identified the
youth from group police rounded
up in the neighborhood.
The suspect was said by police to
have beer arrested seven times pre-
viously on grand larceny and rob-
berry charges.
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Vassar Head Pleased
lover Color Line Ban
BY University Women

DR.. Sarah Blandlng, president OF
Vassar College. expressed "tremen-
dous satisfaction" today at the stand
of the national board of the Ameri-
can - Association of University
Women against a color line in its
membership.
DR.. Blanding spoke at this morn
ing,s session of the AAUWs confer
ence of State presidents which
opened Wednesday at the National
Cathedral School for Girls.
The national association and the
District AAUW Chapter are engaged
in a conflict over membership rules.
The controversy grew out OF the
District groups refusal to admit a
colored college graduate.
A hearing is scheduled in District
Court June % through which the
District branch seeks to keep the
national association from excluding
it from the organization.
d. C. Unit Not Participating.
Since the Washington branch Is
not a State organization. it Is not
participating in the conference OF
State presidents.
While DR.. Blanding did not refer
specifically to the controversy, she
said she felt a tremendous salts
faction that the national board has
recognized one phase of the problem
of group tensions, and has put itself
on record as believing that those
who meet standards of this organi-
zation are entitled to membership
whether they be white, black or
yellow"
Another speaker was DIR. Ina
Corine Brown, professor of social
anthropology at Scarritt College,
Nashville, Tenn, and lecturer at
Vanderbilt, and Fisk Universities.
She also Is associated with George
Peabody College for Teachers at
Nashville.
Police Appointments Cited.
DR.. Brown said that among the
most effective examples of progress
against the prejudice problem is
appointment Of Negroes to police
forces.
In communities where Negro
policemen have been appointed
there has been "a very favorable
outcome" she said. Almost with
our exception, crime has dropped
and juvenile delinquency has
dropped"
She said one of the most serious
aspects OF, discrimination has been
the denial of responsibility to mi
nority groups. which she said we
have kept in psychological de-
pendency."
The speakers we're introduced by
Mrs. Sidney Bluemel of Denver. a
regional vice president of the
| AAUM.
Evening star., 1948-06-18
Postmosters Approved
In MARYLAND and Virqiniu

The Senate by voice vote last
night approved these Maryland post
master nominations:
Patrick ]. Byrne, Berwyn; Donald
N. Canada, Glen Echo; Ruby C. Will
liams. Prince Frederick, and Dorothy
M. Phipps, Shady Side. It also ap-
proved the nomination Of A. Biedler
lHetsel, Harrisonburg, Va.
Evening star., 1948-06-18

her a vacation in a woodland
camp, here's how you can help:
For s35.44. you can send a child
to camp for two weeks.
For $17.70, you can send a child
to camp for one week.
For $2.53, you can send a child
to camp for one day.
If you want to help, send cash
or a check to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund or bring 1t
to The Star cashier. The Star
will be glad to acknowledge gifts
Of any size. The following gifts
are acknowledged today:
Evening star., 1948-06-18

uating class at Mount Rainier High
School in l946. her mother said.
and attended the University OF
Maryland before her marriage. Her
mother is q teacher at Bethesda
Elementary School and her father
works at the Government Printing
Once. Mr.. Martin Is Q carpenter.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
Sill Caruso Building Enviable
Repltation AS Athletic Coach

other team challenged the claim
They scored 264 points to OPP.
ponents 38 in nine games OF
regular season play. This does
not include the Eastern SEMI
final game.
Baseball
Coaching baseball for the first
time in the spring Of as Caruso
turned out team that won II
and lost three. His team OF az
was not as successful as that OF
the previous year, winning only
two and losing six. The sched-
ule was cut short in AZ due to
a number of games being cancell-
ed due to bad weather. -,
This year Caruso's baseball
nine is shaping up fine in prac,,
tee and prospects for a good
season are in store. This years
team will be made up of seven
hoidovers from last years squad
and several promising rockies.
This year with good pitching,
which is expected, and the de-
velopment of one good utility
inficldcr, Coach Caruso will in
all probability field a great team
to add TO his laurels in his third
year as IA coach.
Caruso graduated from Elon
college in l94l and entered the
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
NOT A SMART TRICK

The idiot who yelled fire" Monday night IN the
Ritz theatre probably thinks he is the smar1es1 man
in town because he was able to create so much eS
element by saying just one word
Not only isn't he the snaartest man. ne IS pfooaoiS
the most stupid and sincerely hope that by no"
the fov of the act has sunk through his thick Skull
Fortunately. no one was injured in the mad rush
70 oronv the theatre but doubtlesSly tragedy was
averted only through chance
The occasion should serve to re-emphaslze TO the
average citizen that the thing to do in crowded auoi-
4ori,m when someone yells fire" is not to Jump up
and dash madly for the exit
It would take only matter fminutes Tor thea're
70 he empted in an orderly manner whereas 1t taxes
more than twice as long when everybody gets INTO
the aisle and starts showing
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
Wonder Man With
One Leg Is Star
College Athlete
26-Ye:r.0'dlaw STUDENT Sets
Amazing Record IN
Sports

OXFORD, MISS.-A one-armed,
one-leggud law student at Univer-
sity of Mississippi continues to
amaze everybody with his unusual
athletic proves.
Don Ryback lost his left arm and
his left leg in railway accident
whan he was II years old.
AT the age Of &c, he has behind
him al amazing record despite his
ha"Iirap
Now a sophomore law student In
The upper third Of his class at Uni.
vcrsity of Mississippi, Ryback al.
ready holds one degree from Temple
university in Philadelphia.
A star athlete. he is a nimble
participant in handball, tennis, soft.
bal r'o'5an and swimming.
Ryback is a realist. When he sui.
ferrd his chidhood injuries. he
made ND his mind not to let the
loss of his limbs get psychological
grip on him. He worked hard and
adapted himself to conditions.
Developed Arm.
Not particularly sensitive about
his missing members. Ryback has
developed the remaining arm and
leg to a remarkable degree. And
probably most important-he has
developed his mind to keenness.
When he was graduated from
Temple in l945. Ryback enrolled at
the law school OF University Of
Pennsylvania. Forced by illness to
withdraw, he turned to the South
and University of Mississippi.
There he won respect and has
earned the good-natured kidding OF
his mates, a fact he grinningly in.
terprets as a sign he's accepted as
one of the boys and not as freak.
He gets around with aid Of
crutch, a support which he Yields
with amazing dexterity. He can boot
a football, for distance. straight
through the uprights while balanced
solely on the single crutch.
Excels in Swimming.
In swimming he's at his best.
Using a lunging stroke, Ryback
cuts through the water with speed
and endurance that made many
lwo-armed and two-legged swimmer
give up. Just to add frosting to the
cake, he can do a complete back
somersault off the high diving
board.
Ryback is no SLOUGH on the wrest
ing mat either. Weighing around
$50 pounds, he figures he'd tip
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
Birthday Party
For Kent Stevens

Fifteen children nciped htht
Stephens celebrate his l!lth DIR
thday Saturday afternoon, Marrh
27, when his mother Mrs. Fahoy
Stephens. entertained al their
home with party. Games were
played with Cathy Norris win
ming prize for pInnlng the
tail on the bunny. Guests were
presented Easter baskets as Ia
yors and were served ice cream
and cake.
Mrs. f. C.. Norris, Mrs. I.lRue
Cox, and Miss Violet Jernisan
assisted Mrs. Stephens " Il
hostess ditIeS.
Guests attending were Maj
garet Ann Soles, Dana SOles,
Leon Edward FonVlelle, Don
Wilson, Joe Carroll. Weerene
Stephens. Jay Moore Solcs, Wv
ian Cox, Johnny SoieS, Henry
Neill Wright, Margaret Ann In
man, Annette Campbell, Betsy
Bruton, Douglas BeaIe, an d
Cathy Norris.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
Corn Production
Contest Rules
And Prizes Listed

A corn production contest Tor
all farmers of Columbus County
with SIX cash prizes to be award
ed has been announced by Coun-
ty Agent Charles D. Raper.
Prizes will be based on yield
per acre and cost Of produC-
ton and will be awarded not
later than Nov. Is on the basis
of records submitted to the
county agent before Oct. IS.
First prize will be SIS, second
prize $50, third prize S25, fourth
prize SIS, fifth prize $40 and
sixth prize IS.
= The contest IS being sponsor
ed by the fertilizer dealers Of the
county.
Raper pointed out i'll announ
cling the. contest that OF the l2o,-
092 acres Of crop land III Co.
lumbuS county, approximately
one-half, or $4,000 bushels are
planted 10 corn each year, with
an average yield Of 80 bushels
per acre.
This yield can be more than
doubled with the same amount
of labor" he declared.
REQUIREMENTS for entering the
corn production contest are:
|. Pick out one or more &C
res, measure the land and put
up stakes to mark the field.
,. Use either I good local
variety, certified, or hybrid seed.
3. Harvest the crop and de
termine the yield.
4. Record 10 be sent to coun-
~ agent by Oct. Is, 1918.
S. Select and exhibit 10 ears
10 i farmers meeting.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
VISITS FAMILY

]. A. Huffman jr spent Easter
week end visiting his wife and
infant son, Jimmy, at James
Walker hospital in Wilmington.
Sunday, Mrs. Huffman had as
visitors from Tabor City, Mr&
mrs A. f: Goldfinch ana Mira
mrs William Shelley jr
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
TEACHERS SPEND
EASTER AT HOME.

Among The teachcrS SpendlNg
Easter at.home were: Miss Myr-
tie Bailey, Selma; Miss Kate
Jones and Miss Claire Spivcy,
ElizabethtoWn: Miss Mabel Ross,
Sumter; and Miss Trudy Clark,
Clarkton.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
HOME FOR
HOLIDAYS

Frank McGougan il, student
at Wake Forest, is spending the
spring holidays with his parents,
Mr&mrs Frank McGougan. he
was accompanied home by a
friend, Miss Helen Stack, OF Bur
linSton.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
WILMINGTON
VISITORS

Wilmington visitors the past
week werS Mrs J. +. Bell, Mrs.
b. A. Garrell, Mr&mcS Billy Dor
man, Mrs. James Carroll. Mrs.
J. l.. Dorman, Mr&rnrs j. M. Nc
Cougar, Mrs. Robert Soles and
daughter, Darcus, Mrs. Lewis
Gore, Mrs. Norris Spivey and
Council p. Splvey.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-02
WOMAN'S COLLEGE,
STUDENT HOME

Martha Helen Wcstmoreland is
spending the spring holidays
with her parents, Mr&mrS c. G..
Westmoreland. She is a stu
dent at WSUNC in Greensboro.