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Evening star., 1948-05-14
Showdown in Battle
OF University Women
Due in Court June IS

The American Association OF
University Women and its Wash
ington branch had their day in
court yesterday, but it turned out
to be just preview OF the main
attraction June Is.
Chief Justice Bolitha ]. Laws of
District Court granted 30-day pre-
liminary injunction against the ma
tional group by consent of oppos-
ing counsel. Meanwhile, motions
for summary judgment will be filed
and dispositions taken for final
hearing June IS on whether the ma
tional association can GUST the
Washington branch in a racial dis
pute.
1t was explained that the courts
action was a procedural one which
eliminated the need for three or
more arguments on legal maneuvers
before the issues of the case finally
reach the court.
Before the court took action,
Charles A. Horsky, representing the
national group. made several at
tempts to say that the refusal of the
Washington branch to admit a
colored eoalege graduate started the
controversy.
Justice Laws sustained objections
on the ground that the racial issue
did not appear in the complaint.
When he proposed the shortcut to
final decision, however, he said he
had heard enough to gather what
the true issues in the case are.
This is the kind of a case that
should be disposed Of on it's merits
as soon as possible" he said.
The Washington branch, repre-
sented by John A. Croghan, is fight
ing to keep itself from being ex-
cluded as a branch of the associa-
ton. The national group takes the
position that the branch has auto
matically excluded itself because its
bylaws are in conflict with the ma
tional bylaws on the question OF
membership.
Evening star., 1948-05-14

Her sensitive finger remembering
what her eyes could not see, a
nearly blind 72-year-old Takoma
Park widow yesterday placed her
hands on the face of a man and
identified him as her attacker.
Shaken by the dramatic revela-
ton, the assailant signed a con-
fession in Silver Spring Police Sta
ton, Detective Chief James Nc
Auliffe of Montgomery County said
Identified as Joseph Duke Ross
81, colored, Of Takoma Park, he
was charged with rape and held
without bond in Rockville Jail.
The attack occurred at 1880 pm
Wednesday when the widow, who
had lived alone since her husbands
death three years ago. went to th'
back porch of her little home or
Jefferson avenue, to get pan ol
rainwater.
She was accosted by a man wht
said he had a special delivery letter
and asked for directions to another
address. Smelling alcohol, the WON.
an told him the address did not exist
and ordered: Now get out of here.
Instead, the man seized her b!
the throat, choking her until sh'
lost consciousness. She became con
scious again while being attacket
In the living room.
Il prayed to God that woult
either die or he would 60 away,
she told Inspector McAuliffe.
Before again losing consciousness
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Attocker of Blind Widow, 70,
Identified by Sense of Touch

she felt her hand touching the mans
head. She moved her band over
his neck, his face, his hfad to "see"
what he looked like.
When the man left Eshe called
her physician, DR.. Wallace N. Nook,
805 Carroll avenue, and he in turn
called police.
mo one with perfect vision could
have furnished us with a better
description, Inspector McAulifte
said.
The attacker was described as
bald, with a fringe of hair on the
sides. He was stocky, there was a
large wrinkle at the base of his
skull and he wore a cap without a
visor.
The widow also observed an un-
pleasant odor-a clue that William
Hobbs, Takoma Park Police Station
desk clerk, associated with garbage
rand with a garbage collector named
Ross.
Ross was picked up at his home,
but denied all allegations. After
several hours, police decided to take
him to the widows home.
Taking her hand, a policeman
placed it on Ross face. Carefully
she traced its outlines, the head, the
back of the neck Then she said
That is the man."
Police said Ross admitted drink
ing more than half a bottle of wine
Wednesday evening, but that he
remembered" everything up to the
time Of his arrest.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Safeway Emp|oye Put
On Probation in Theft;
Accomp|ice Is Jailed

Charged with stealing $2,5l3 be-
longing to Safeway Stores, Inc,
Charles De Board, %, of the $500
block of Quarles street NE, was
placed on probation in District
Court today while youth said to
have assisted him was sentenced to
serve from 6 to 18 months in in Jail.
An employe of the Safeway store
in the 900 block of Eleventh street
NV, De Board took the money
April l to deposit 1t in bank, po-
lice said. Instead, according to the
evidence, he turned the money over
to Charles S. league, 10, of the TOO
block of Twelfth street NV, and
reported he had been robbed. The
money was recovered.
Justice Richmond B. Keech, who
imposed sentence, said league was
on parole from a conviction for
transporting a stolen automobile in
Texas ad that De Board not only
had a clean record previously but
had been asked to resume his work
for Safeway.
Ciberto r. Campbell, 27, was SEN
fenced by Justice Edward M. Cur
ran of District Court to serve from
five to Is years on a charge of as
sault with intent to commit carnal
knowledge, involving a 13-year-old
colored girl. No address was listed
for Campbell, who is colored.
In another District Court SEN
tence, Justice Y Alexander Holtzoff
gave Pope Eberhardt, 26, colored, Of
the 1000 block of Fifteenth street
NV from three to ten years for
manslau1hter in the fatal shooting
last February of Walter C. Nelson,
81, colored, of the 1000 block of
Thirtieth street NV.
Oscar v. Reel, 80, colored, of the
1900 block of B street NE. was SEN
fenced to serve from three to nine
years by Justice Keech for a SO pick
pocket robbery.
Isabel Mcqueen, 10, colored, was
gievn from six months to 18 months
by Justice Holtzoff on a charge of
arson for starting fire in a dwell
ing in which she lived in the 100
block of Virginia avenue S.W.
Leonard J. Miles. jr., 18, Marine,
was given from one to three years
by Justice Holtzoff for robbing a
man of small amount of cash and
a watch. Miles repeatedly had been
drinking with the man prior to the
robbery.
Kenneth E. Diehl, 80, 1853 Park
road NV, was given from six
months to 18 months by Justice
Curran for forging checks for small
sums.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Post Office Asks Addition
To Mail Equipment Shops

A proposed bill to authorize con-
struction of an addition to the mail
equipment shops of the District City
Post Office has been submitted to
Congress by Postmaster General
Donaldson.
In a letter to President Vanden.
berg of the Senate. the Postmaster
General declared there is urgent
need of additional facilities" at. the
mail shops Ito take care OF the in
creased postal business"
The bill would authorize an addi-
tional two-story and part-basement
building reinforced concrete and
"all-glass factory-type building" ad-
jacent to the present building.
A total limit of cost OF 81 500, ,0OO
would be provided by the bill.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
$1,000 Gift Permits Sturt Here
On New Cancer Registry Setup

Because check for $1,000 turned
up in his mail, DR.. Jay Mclean,
director of the Health Department
Bureau for Cancer Control, will be
able to go forward at once with
plans to establish new type OF
cancer case registry here.
The check, which DR., Mclean
described today as "a complete sur
prise" arrived recently from
Baltimore woman he had treated
while in private practice there. she
explained she wished to cCntr.orte
to his present work, DR.. Mclean
said.
Acceptance of the donation was
approved by the Commissioners
Tuesday after they had been no.
tilted by DIR. George C. Rutland,
District health officer.
DR.. Mclean said the donor orjgi-
naIly was an asthma patient OF
doctor with whom he had been as
sociated in Baltimore. When tnat
doctor died, DR.. Mclean added, he
attended her for time until leav-
ing for advanced study in Europe.
The $1,000 will be used largely in
setting up a registry of cases on
which his bureau has been keeping
a continuing check, DR.. Mclean
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Students S Skull Fractured
BY Ping-Pong Paddle

A 16-year-old Roosevelt High
School student was in Garfield Hos
pital today with a skull fracture suf-
fered when he was struck by a ping
pong paddle thrown by schoolmate
in playground game.
The accident occurred when the
victim, Robert Wehneman, son of
Mrs Marion Lewis. 1880 Crittenden
street NV, stepped into the path of
the paddle, school officials said. 1t
was tossed by William Simpson, IS,
son of Lit. and Mrs. William A.
Simpson, 1893 Quebec place NV,
as he finished game.
Both youths were participating in
physical education activities on the
school playground.
Doctors said the skull fracture was
slight and the youth might be re-
leased within a day or two He
also was treated for cuts.
Evening star., 1948-05-14

said. He explained it would be pat
termed, in part, on system in use
in Connecticut which has proved a
gauge to the increasing effectiveness
of cancer control methods.
He pointed out that case survey,
such as conducted BY the Health
Department last year, could estab-
lish the mortality rate, but not the
life expectancy of an average case.
The Connecticut registry, in use
number of years, has provided
such indices, for example. as the
relatively longer life span of breast
cancer sufferers, DR.. Mclean stated.
Last year 20 per cent more Of the
patients afflicted with this form OF
the disease were alive one year after
first observation than had been true
in 1885, the Connecticut case-fol-
lowing registry revealed. he said.
IF can get this registry estab-
lished here. I'll feel something has
been accomplished he added.
with our restricted budget, the
81 900 will be most helpful
The Commissioners and DR.. RUN
land have expressed their apprecia-
ton to the Baltimore donor. and
DR.. Mclean plans to thank her N
person this weekend.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Church Sale Blocked
By 'Reverter' Clause

Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws of
District Court yesterday dismissed
a suit through which trustees of the
old Mount Tabor Methodist Church
sought authority to sell the church
property to get funds for a new edi-
fee on Wisconsin avenue near CAL
vert street NV.
Justice Laws held he could not
grant authority to sell because OF
q "reverter" clause in a deed of
1874 by Joseph Weaver, who died
in 1881. Under the terms of the
deed, the church site at Thirty
fifth street and Wisconsin avenue
NV, was given only for church
purposes and was to revert to the
heirs of Mr.. Weaver If it ceased to
be used for such purpose. The
heirs include seven grandchildren
of Mr.. Weaver.
Meanwhile, the Mount Tabor
church has consolidated with two
others, the Congress street Metho-
dist Church and the Aldersgate
Methodist Church under the name
of st. Luke's Methodist Church
The three congregations are plan
ming to build the new church.
The grandchildren of the late
Mr.. Weaver include Maurice E
Weaver, 2l01 Wisconsin avenue
NV; Joseph w. Freeman, 20ls
Wisconsin avenue NV: Louis Free
man, 22o2 Hall place NV; w. Ed
mund Freeman. 4813 Drummont
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md; Henr!
E. Weaver, jr, Margaret Weaver
and Joseph C. Weaver. all of 202!
Wisconsin avenue NV. They art
represented by Attorney B. Wood
ruff Weaver.
Attorney George c. Gertman
representing the trustees of the ole
Mount Tabor Church, said he plan,
| to appeal from the decision.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Youth Accused by Girl
Denies Promise 10 Wed

Trial of a 19-year-old Washington
youth on charges of seducing an
Arlington teen-age girl went into
the second day in County Circuit
Court today.
A 12-man jury yesterday was told
that Guy H. Fuller, jr.. 10, of the
first block of New York avenue NV.
had gone back on his promise to
marry Miss Shirley Jackson, II, OF
the $500 block of North Fifteenth
street. Fuller denied he had prom
ised to marry Miss Jackson and also
declared he is not responsible for
her pregnancy.
The mother of the complaining
witness, Mrs. H. R. Jackson. testified
that Fuller told her over the tele-
phone early in 1947 that he would
marry her daughter. The defend
ant denied this.
Miss jackson attends the Bell Vo-
cational High School.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Steam Shovel Operator
Held in Tree Uprootinq

A charge Of uprooting a holly
tree on a Maryland State right
of-way without first obtaining a
permit was brought against steam
shovel operator in Montgomery
County today.
David o. Prince. State tree in
spector, arrested Laymond C. Red
ding, Takoma Park, for uprooting
a 50-year-old holly tree on State
highway property at Georgia ave-
nue. just north of Old Bladensburg
road in Wheaton.
Mr.. Redding is employed by a
firm building a shopping center at
Wheaton. He will be given pre-
liminary hearing at $50 am. Tues
day in Silver Spring Police Court
Maximum penalty is SIS fine.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Charges Of Assault
With Intent 10 Kill
Placed Against Evins

Charges of assault with intent to
kill were formally placed today
against Herman D. (ChucD Evins,
80, in the shooting of his wife and
13-month-old son Wednesday night.
Evins was brought before Judge
Hugh Reid in Arlington Police Court
to hear the charges, but formal ar
raignment was deferred until May
%.
His wife, Mrs Elizabeth Evins, 23,
in Arlington Hospital. and baby,
Robert Herman, in Georgetown Hos
pital, have favorable prospects OF
recovery, Commonwealths Attorney
Denman T. Rucker told the court.
Mrs. Evins has gunshot wounds in
the head and arm and the baby was
shot in the head
Evins surrendered to Arlington
and Fairfax police yesterday morn
ing at gasoline station near Lang
ley, Va, about IL hours after the
shooting in his home which climaxed
continuing disagreement between
him and his wifes family.
When he appeared in court today,
dressed in blue suit and blue OPEN
collar sports shirt, he remained quiet
while Judge Reid read the identical
warrants charging him with intent
to main, disfigure, disable and kill"
his wife and child.
Then he commented in q low
voice: ~.-.... ..ss.s-.;..., .r Il
"I don't like thu idea that r had
intent to kill the baby"
At the request of Mr.. Rucker,
Judge Reid set bond totaling $4,000
on the two charges after the prose-
cutor said there was strong evil
dence of generalization"
Evins admitted shooting his wife
and son shortly before 10 pm. We'd
nesday in a bathroom at 41O0 North
Thirty-seventh street, Arlington,
where the Evins family lived with
her mother and stepfather, Mrs.
Elizabeth Winston and William H.
Winston, Mr.. Rucker said.
T Evins was quoted by Mr.. Rucker
as saying a disagreement arose over
the question of whether his family
should move from the house, owned
by Mrs. Winston. Evins also was
quoted as saying he found Mrs. Evins
and her mother removing the be-
longings of his wife and the baby
from his bedroom.
Surrenders After Auto Wreck.
Evins, an employed of the Army
Map Service, who was sergeant In
the Engineers in 1945 and 1916, sur.
rendered to police.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Crowds Due al Airport
Tomorrow 10 Mark
80 Years Of Airmai|

Large crowds are expected at
National Airport tomorrow after
noon to help the Post ONCE De-
partment and the Air Forces cele-
brate the 30th anniversary of air
mail service.
Commercial aircraft to be open
for public inspection from 1:30 to
5 pm, include a new sleeper-type
Lockheed Constellation, postwar
Martin 202 manufactured in Balti-
more, and three Douglas DC-4 four
engined transports.
All of the planes will serve to IL
lustrate the enormous increase in
size, power, range and reliability OF
present-day mail carriers over the
Army "Jennies" which inaugurated
the first air mail service in the
United States here on May IS, 1918.
Thunderjets to Take of.
Contrasting also will be the speed
of two new Republic P-84 Thunder
jet fighters, one of which will take
off from National at o'clock at
the same time the second takes off
FROM New sYqrkt new Idlewild Air
pdrts to fly bvdr the same route
taken by the pioneering "Jennies." ;"
The Thunderjet leaving from
Washington will be dispatched by,
Postmaster General Donaldson.
The plane is the newest to go on
operational duty with Air Force
fighter squadrons.
Difference in speed Is roughly
about 8-to-1 between jets in the
00-mile-an-hour class and the
Jennies which had to keep pushing
to reach an average speed of 80
miles an hour.
The Constellation plane to be on
display will be furnished by Trans
World Airline; the Martin 202 by
Northwest Airlines, which recently
extended It's route to Washington,
and the DC-4s by Capital, Ameri-
can and Eastern airlines.
DC-4s to Fly Route.
Eastern Air Lines also will stage
flight over the route in a DC-4 to
celebrate the anniversary and carry
mail for the benefit of stamp col
lectors who will be mailing souvenir
covers with special cachets. Amer
ican Airlines will fly similar mis-
sibn out of New York.
The two planes will leave Wash
ington and New York at 12:45 pm.
each stopping in Philadelphia to
load and unload mail.
Spectators at tomorrow's program
will include five Chicago high school
students who won an essay contest
sponsored by United Air Lines on
the subject of How 80 Years of Air
mail Have Affected the Progress of
Our Nation" They were to arrive
at National today as guests OF
United on a tour Of Washington,
which will be part of their reward
for winning the contest.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Uncle Arrives to Search
For MISSING Student

Washington police today were on
the lookout for l6-year-old high
school student who was reported
missing from his home in Spring
Valley, N. Y, since April l.
According to an uncle, Henry
Stephan of New York. who arrived
here in search of him today, the
youth, Melvin Kaufman, tried to
make collect telephone call to his
mother, Mrs. Abraham kaufman,
last Sunday. The call originated
here. he said. 1t was not completed.
The youth has no relatives in
Washington, his uncle said. He is
interested in photography and may
have found employment in this
work. he added.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Dr.. CorI Davis, Professor
At U. of M., to Retire
By the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, May 14.-Dr. Carl
L. Davis, professor of anatomy at
the University of Maryland School
of Medicine for 90 years, plans to
retire this summer.
DR.. H. Boyd Wylie, acting dean.
said DR.. Davis had asked permission
to leave his post June 80. He be-
comes 10 on July 8.
DR.. Davis received his medical
degree from Georgetown University
in 1902. He served his interneship
at Garfield Hospital, Washington.
He also is chairman of the An
atomical Board of Maryland.
Evening star., 1948-05-14

the precaution or ripping out the
telephone, escaped about 8 pm. with
$500 in cash and checks from jew
Aers Market and Liquor Store, 1904
Fourteenth street NV.
A holdup man at the Pittles Bak-
cry, 7709 Georgia avenue NV, lost
his nerve when Mrs. Judy T. Cava-
liere, the store manager, slapped his
wrist as he took the money from the
cash register. The man dropped the
money and ran. after pushing Mrs
Cavaliere screaming to the floor.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Police Give Fay
Address LIST
|0f Gamblers
Special Squad Aids
In Preparing Doto
For Investigations
By Chris Mothisen

United States Attorney George
Morris Fay had before him today
the addresses of the principal known
Washington area gambling opera
tors.
The addresses were furnished Mr.
Fay's Office late yesterday by 1t.
Roy Blick, chief of the police vice
squad, who had been assisted in
compiling them by special detail
drawn from outside his squad.
A list of well-known gamblers was
furnished by 1t. Blick May l at
the request Of Assistant United
States Attorney John w. Fihelly,
one of Mr.. Fay's principal assistants
in preparing information for the
special grand jury to be impaneled
Monday to investigate gambling.
Addresses were incomplete, how
ever, particularly of persons resid-
ing In the District. Mr.. Fihelly,
therefore. asked 1t. Blick to provide
the additional data, and the latter
obtained extra help to do the job.
Fay Refuses Comment.
Mr.. Fay would not comment today
on receipt of the addresses and
would not indicate the use to which
the material would be put.
Delivery of the data, presumably,
concluded active police preparation
for the grand jury inquiry.
In an exchange of letters last
week, Mr.. Fay informed Police Supt.
Robert j. Barrett he felt the grand
jury should decide what investiga-
tive assistance it wanted.
Mai. Barrett, who had offered
Mr.. Fay extra investigators, stated
he agreed but indicated he thought
Mr.. Fay wanted some help because
of Mr.. Fihelly's request of 1t. Blick.
In reply, Mr.. Fay stated he didn't
think gathering the address data
was investigative work of the sort
contemplated by Maj. Barrett.
Information Piling Up.
Mr.. Fay, Mr.. Fihelly and Assist
ant United States Attorney Charles
B. Murray continued to give most
of their time to the gambling in
formation still coming to the Office
by telephone call, letter and per-
sonal visit. Mr.. Fay has stated all
information would be checked and
the confidential status of inform
ants would protected.
It. Blick's squad, meanwhile, was
active yesterday in the 1000 block
of Third street NV. In raid on
a residence, detectives arrested Will
liam r. Bailey, 43, colored, and
charged him with operating a lot
terry and possession of lottery slips.
Bond was set at $500, pending a
hearing today before United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage.
Police reported quantity of
numbers game books and slips, to-
gether with marked money, said to
have been used by undercover men
in making plays, was found at the
Third street address,
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Mrs. KIoss Reelected
By Wushinqton-Lee PTA

Mrs. Carl Kloss has been re-
elected president of the Parent
teacher Association of Washington
Lee High School, Arlington. Other
officers are:
Ralph Clark, first vice president;
Mrs. Carl B. Gerber, second vice
president; c. M. Richmond, third
vice president; Mrs. Albert Hender-
son, recording secretary; Mrs. Clar-
ence Watkins, corresponding secre-
tary; E. c. johnson, parliamentar-
ian; Mrs. H. Jerome Graham, treas
urer. and Ralph Pulks, historian.
Evening star., 1948-05-14

hill road, Silver Spring.
John r. Reeves, Republican men,
Der of the Maryland House Of Dele
gates, outlined party policies at the
meeting. The new officers will meet
at 4 pm. Sunday in Mr.. Coyle's
home to plan election-year activi-
ties.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Even the Kitchen Sink-Three
Of Them-Tuken by Thieves

Police. who have given Washing
ton thieves credit for robbing houses
Of everything but the kitchen sink,
had to revise their estimates after
three sinks were reported stolen yes
terday from a vacant house in the
200 block of K street NE.
Also missing were two gas stoves,
q bathtub, two toilets and IA radia-
tors.
More conventional bandits yester-
day held up business establishments
With varying success. One, who took
Evening star., 1948-05-14

4 o u n I y at a
m e e ting last
night at the Ma
sonic T e m pl e,
Silver Spring.
Others elected
were Mrs. Olga
E. Beck, Chevy
Chase, vice pres
ident; John F.
Kelly, S ilv e r
Spring, treasur-
er, and Mrs.
Frances G. Has
sell, Bethesda,
secretary.
Mr.. Coyle lives
tot OEC2 Thnrn-
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Young Republicans Elect
I'VE. CoyIe in MONTGOMERY

William E. Coyle, radio and tele-
vision director of The Star. was
elected president of the Young
Republican Club of Montgomery