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Evening star., 1948-10-16
Two in Assembly Back
Montgomery Charter

Two members of the all-Repub-
lican Montgomery County delegation
to the General Assembly today an
nounced their support of the pro-
posed county charter.
They are State Senator Roy Tasco
Davis of Silver Spring and Mrs
Leona Rush of Chevy Chase.
Both said they supported the first
charter, which was. proposed In
1914, adding that their support OF
the newly proposed charter "re-
affirmed" their earlier positions
The 1914 charter was defeated.
% Senator Davis declared that 81
see no reason to change my previous
position on the charter, which ]
consider to be a nonpartisan issue
and I will vote for it at the coming
election"
Mrs. Rush said that while the
charter does not answer all of the
problems of Montgomery County
at this time, I feel very strongly
that it is step in the right direc-
ton"
She recalled that she worked for
repeal of the Lindsey law at the
1947 session of the General Assembly
at the request of the Charter Com
mittee.
The Lindsey law, which is still on
the statute books, prohibits non
partisan election of councilmen in
any county having charter form Of
government.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Tulip Hill Sold in Arundel;
Home Was Built in 1745

Tulip Hill, historic Maryland
showplace near Galesville, Anne
Arundel County, has been sold BY
Mrs. E. H. Kondrup and her daugh.
ter, Mrs. George Gray, to Mr.. ano
Mrs. Lewis r. Andrews of New
York.
The 15-room home, regarded as q
classic example of Georgian archi.
lecture, was built in 1745 by Samuel
Galloway. An object of interest te
students of Colonial architecture. II
has been among the homes in the
Maryland tours of gardens ano
houses.
The purchase price for the home
and its 55-acre estate on the West
river. was not disclosed, but the
amount paid was reported to be
slightly less than 100000 The
sale was handled by Frances Powell
Hill, 1903 Twentieth street NV.
Mr.. Andrews went to the Far East
after serving with the British army
in World War I. He has been en-
gagged in business in Shanghai since
1919.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Auto Of Couple Slain
In Maryland Brought
Here for Study by FB|

FBI laboratory experts today were
examining blood-stained seats, win
dow bullet holes and sandy marks in
the automobile of John H. Mahlan,
Glen Burnie CMd0 postal clerk, who
was murdered with his l8-year-old
friend. Miss Mary c. Kline, last
month.
The car was driven here yesterday
from the Anne Arundel County
police headquarters garage. Five
glass jars filled with earth and sand
from several sections of the county
also were turned over to FBI agents.
County police indicated techni-
clans will compare the deposits with
earth and sand that formed a foot
print in the rear of the automobile
when it was found four weeks ago
today in a bean patch off the Old
Annapolis road, three miles from
Glen Burnie.
Bodies of the 25-year -old postal
clerk and Miss Kline were found
three days later west of Annapolis,
about IL miles from where the car
was discovered. Both had been shot
in the head.
An FBI spokesman said he did not
know how long the examination
would require. Whatever report is
made will be given only to county
police, he said.
While county police continued
questioning tive Negroes taken into
custody Thursday night in Annap-
oils, Chief John H. Souers disclosed
that two white men were being
sought for questioning. He refused
to say what connection they had
with the Investigation.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Youth, 13, III Two Years,
Dies Of Hodqkins Disease

Earle Edmond Vincent, jr., 13, son
Of District fireman, died at his
home in Mclean, Va, yesterday OF
Hodgkins disease, a seldom durable
glanduiar malady.
The boy had been i'll for two years
and was under the care of four doc
tors. He entered the eighth grade
of Falls Church High School this
fall but had to withdraw. Active in
sports until his illness, young Vim
cent was a member of Mclean Boy
Scout Troop 1913.
He is survived by his father, Earle
E. Vincent Of No. Truck Company
here; his mother, Mrs. Mildred G
Vincent, and two brothers, Paul
Robert, IL, and John Ernest, z.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. Monday in St. Johns Episcopal
Church, Mclean. Burial will be ir
National Memorial Park Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-10-16

auditorium has not been altered
drastically. There are new pastel
stage hangings and the entire house
has been repainted.
The new screen has been mounted
at an angle to receive pictures with
out distortion from the projection
booth above the second balcony. A
fabric covering has been stretched
across the orchestra pit.
Most startling change Is in the
lounges on the mezzanine. Chinese
decor has >.been adopted. Bright
colors are everywhere-in lamps
rugs, chairs, wallpaper. Red flow
cred carpeting covers the stairways
main lobby and landings.
Plate Glass Doors.
Linoleum tile has been laid in the
outer lobby. The front of the house
has been dressed up with heavy plate
glass doors and chromium frames
for the poster panels.
The projection room has been
renovated and projecting equipment
of the newest type installed.
Until shortly before last nights
re-opening, workmen were busy
completing the remodeling.
There Is little about the theater
now to recall that there, and in
predecessor playhouses on the same
site, the traditions of the speaking
stage were preserved for more than
century.
The sound track and the hickering
shadows have broken the spell,
which such as z. H. Sothern, Julia
Marlowe, Joe jefferson, Maude
Adams, Mrs. Leslie Carter and stars
of more recent days Joined in
weaving. r *
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Tuck Says State
will Resist i, ),
Interference
Will Fight Any Effort
For Mixed Schools
He Tells Tax Official.
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. l6.-Gov.
Tuck has made clear what he feels
Virginia's stand should be in face
Of the civil rights doctrine.
He told an assembly of Virginia
commissioners of revenue here last
night that Virginia means to stick
up for its States rights. This, he
said, the State should do with a
minimum of interference from the
Federal Government.
Noting that two instances had
arisen in the State this year, aimed
at what he termed the establish
ment of mixed schools" the Gov
ernor said:
II want to tell you right now that
# have the power to stop it, there
won't be any mixed schools in Vir-
ginia.
: IF the people in New Jersey or
some other place want to eat with
Negroes and marry them, it's all
right with me, but I don't want
;anybody coming down here to tell
this State how to attend its busi-
mess" the Governor declared.
:, Asserting that he had heard a
great deal recently about our school
system" the Governor was of the
opinion that it is within the States
province to settle such civil rights
issues as anti-lynch laws, poll tax
questions, and segregation.
In other remarks to the assembly,
the Governor said he believed the
economic situation of the Federal
Government would be better if
Washington legislators took a tip
from Virginia.
The Governor said he was CON
vinced" taxpayers in all States
would be relieved of millions Of
dollars of unnecessary expenditures
'' if the Federal Government
exerted one-third of the effort that
Virginia exerts to operate efficiently
and economically"
Yesterday afternoon. the assembly
heard an address by Tax Commis-
sioner Morrissett.
Elected new president of the as
cembly was Harvey w. johnson OF
Prince Georges County. He sue
ceeds Garrett G. Ballard of Bedford
County.
Evening star., 1948-10-16

IF you treat people well, they'll
treat you WELL" Mr.. Potter philoso-
phizes. Il know almost all of my
passengers. I say please and
thank you to them, and they ap-
preciate it."
There are only two things about
bus driving that stretch his cour-
tesy, he says. One is when people
give him wadded transfers and he
has to straighten them out, and the
other is when he is a passenger on
bus or streetcar.
Most streetcar and bus drivers
make me nervous when I ride with
them," said Mr.. Potter, who lives
at 1447 Oak street NV,
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Automobile Inspection
: Begins in Virqinia.

I The semi-annual automobile in
fspection in Virginia began yesterday
land will continue to December /.
I The drive originally was scheduled
TO begin October l, but was delayed
because of holdup in distributing
inspection 'stickers to garages which
have been designated as inspection
sstations.
81 Virginia State police urged mo-
;toristS to have their cars inspected
early to avoid the last-minute rush
which last year clogged inspection
garages on the final days of the
campaign.
Il More than go garages in Arlington
alexandria and Fairfax have beer
designated as inspection stations.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Turkey Farm Exhibit
Set at Charlotte Hall

The Norman Turkey Farm at
Charlotte Hall, Md, will show of
its 10000 turkeys and new buildings
and equipment with second annual
turkey tour from / to 5 pm. to-
morrow.
The farm Is on Route S, about IS
miles south Of Washington.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Anti ] ootIing in Other Cities
Shows DC. .LawCun Curb Horns

Unless Washington motorists are
different breed from those OF
other cities at home and abroad
there is no reason to suppose police
can't stop unnecessary horn blow
ing here for good.
Anti-tootling ordinances, the rec
ord shows, have been successfully
enforced for long periods in many
other cities, and there are whole
foreign countries where, in obedience
to national laws, no citizen would
think of blowing his horn except
for real emergency.
Washington is not q noisy city for
lack of sporadic reform attempts
There have been many authorizing
campaigns" and drives" here. All
of them resulted in short, sharp in
creases in the number of horn
honk arrests. Each time normal
bedlam was restored within q few
weeks.
Last Drive in 1941.
The last full -fledged drive"
against unnecessary use of auto
horns took place here in l94l. In
less than two months, police ar
rested 295 offenders. The peak week
produced 70 arrests. The whole busi-
ness was speedily forgotten, how
ever: in all of 1945. there were only
rs arrests, although tootling was
rampant. In the first eight months
of this year, there have been 1875
arrests.
This time, according to Inspector
Arthur E. Miller, it is going to be
different story. Chief of the
Police Departments traffic division,
Inspector Miller says he now is in
augurating not an anti-noise Crack
down" drive Of the familiar type.
but rather a permanent effort to
keep his men reminded of the local
law on horns, and Of their duty to
enforce it.
Among American cities which
prove it can be done, perhaps the
most outstanding example is Mem
phis, Tenn. Boss Ed Crump ordered
the elimination of tootling there
early in the recent war and there
repeatedly has been no letdown
since. In nearly every block. signs
remind the motorist of the city's
anti-honking ordinance, which is NO
more severely phrased than ours.
And the police see to it that Mr..
Crump has q quiet city in which to
live.
The experience of New York City
likewise has shown the possibilities
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Rezoniing Petitions
Approved, ; Denied
In Bethesda Area

The Montgomery County Commits
sioners have approved four recon-
ing petitions and denied three. ALI
are in the Bethesda area.
They also have scheduled IL ap-
plications for coming changes in the
Silver Spring-Takoma Park area for
November 16 in the Silver Spring
Liquor Dispensary Building. A 18th
petition will be heard December 7 in
the Betesda County Building.
The zoning petitions approved are
Covington Motor Co., Inc, resi-
dental A to commercial D of land
on the north side of Elm street near
Wisconsin avenue.
B. e. o. Petition Granted.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, resi-
dental A to commercial D of prop
erty adjacent to the Covington
Motor Co. tract.
Thomas E. Hampton, two Pc
titions for the Redistribution from
residential A to commercial D of
property on the south side of Cor
dell avenue in the Woodmont SUBJ
division.
Those denied were:
Charles L. Cooley, jr., residential A
to commercial D of one and a half
acres at Macarthur boulevard and
Potomac road.
John S. Bigelow, residential A to
commercial D of two lots on the
north side of Cordell avenue near
Old Georgetown road.
James c. Dulin, residential c to
commercial D of about three acres
at Bradley boulevard and Arlington
road.
Petitions to be Heard. Nov. 16.
Applications to be heard beginning
at 2::30 pm. November Is in Silver
Spring are:
DeSoIsh Deborah, g Weaver. residential A. to
amore avenue, Takoma Park
~ Elizabeth 8. powell residential A to
coTnmsrfial ne & p D Of sycamore avenue
tial si,x to commercial D Of 8 Sycamore
IN ~. Eoston' agent Tor FRANCES Peck
residential c to commercial b Of 9Oi
FeTsnlng drive, Silver Spring.
! FREQ W. and Harriet r. Jones, resi-
Genital A to commercial D of PROPERTY
n, ~ the l1100 block of Georgia avenue
sinclair Refining Co., two petitions TO,
reclaSsihcation from residential to com.
merclal D OF 731 Gist avenue, and S7Ia
old Bladensburg read, Silver Spring
Esterlene Bell, residential c to con-.
mercial D of 7710 Blair road, Silver
william T. and Mary c. Bowman, resi-.
Dental to commercial D OF land on
rnT,b George ., nssS svsnus about one-third mile
Helen e. Mejia. residential A to COM
mercial D Of four acres along Georgia
avenue e about one-fourth of mile north
Earl 4. and Dallas K. Blundon, resi-.
Dental A to commercial D of q lot al
M MXisrs Mill road and Ennalls avenue
j. r. Athey, residential A to CONNER.
cial d Of land at the intersection of the
Burtonsville and Laurel roads at Burtons-
vile.
!, The Bethesda hearing at 2:3o pm. De.
Samuel E. Bogley for the reclassificatior
from residential A to commercial D oil
property at Old GEORGETOWN road sne
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Settlement Seen
Near in Phone
Wage Dispute
Long-Lines Workers
Tentatively Accept
Offer of 9.3 Cents :.

A wage dispute between long.
lines telephone workers and tn.
American Telephone g. Telegraph
Co. appeared on the way to settle.
ment today.
The number of long Lines worker.
In Washington varies, but there arr
usually about 400 workers here, &C.
cording to a spokesman for thu
Chesapeake G & Potomac Telephone
Co.
Negotiators representing 25,00t
long-lines workers yesterday accept.
ed tentatively an A. T. g. T. offel
OF a 9.3-cent average hourly wage
raise. The employees are member.
OF the CIO American Union of Tele.
phone Workers.
John j. Moran, head of the union
said the offer was subject to tn.
approval of the unions Executive
Board, which will meet Monday.
Workers Average $1.25.
According to an A. T. & T. spokes.
man the 9.3-cent raise would mean
an average of IL cents an hour more
for plant workers, 9 cents for traffc
operators and 8 cents for clerical
employees.
The union said that workers In
Al States and the District now ay.
erage $1.25 an hour. The last re.
ported union demand was for an
across-the-board increase of $6 q
week.
The company said settlement at
the current offer, plus overtime and
diherential pay, would cost more
than $5,000,000 a year.
Meanwhile, there were no moves
IN the wage negotiations between
the Chesapeake & Potomac compan,
and two divisions of the Communi.
cations Workers of America Gnde.
pendent) in Washington.
The workers have rejected a com.
pany offer of 50 to 81 weekly. in
creases for 5000 traffic department
employees and 50 to Sc more fol
about 5000 craft employees of tn,
plant department.
Cites Other Raises.
Mrs. Mary E. Cannon, presiden
OF the unions Division so, repre-
senting the traffic workers, said tn
company, while making no accept
able offer to the workers, had raisee
salaries of supervisory workers b.
upwards of IS a week.
A spokesman for the COMPANY
said, I'VE don't believe any increase!
to supervisory people have any bear.
ing on wage negotiations or offer!
that have been made" There ha.
been talk of a strike but one is mo-
considered imminent.
In Atlanta negotiations between
the Southern Bell Telephone Co
and the CWA broke down early to.
day. Neither side said it saw much
hope of settlement.
In Chicago, however, a Fedora,
mediator announced settlement o1
a wage dispute which had threat.
ened to cripple service In downstate
Illinois and Northwestern Indiana
A three-week series of spot
walkouts In Michigan ended as tele.
phone union leaders In Detroit
pledged four-day truce at the re.
quest Of Gov. Kim Sigler. $50 ss
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Dr.. Reissig to Speak
At St. Luke Church

The Rev. Frederick E. Reissig
executive secretary of the WASH
ington Federation of Churches, will
speak at a meeting of the Men OF
st. Luke Lutheran Church. Coles
vile road and Highland drive, Silver
Spring, at 8 pm. Monday
DR.. Reissig will talk on What
Christian Laymen are Doing In
Europe" He recently returned from
eight months service in Geneva as
public relations officer for the
Provisional Council of the World
Council Of Churches.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Court rt'sAuthorityCited
lin Baltimore News
Gag Contempt Case

A bill OF particulars filed at Bal.
timore shows that contempt pro.
ceedings against five MARYLAND ra.
dio stations which broadcast re.
ports about a murder case are basec
on a courts general power anc
authority" to assure fair trials, a.
well as the Baltimore courts much.
discussed news gag" rule.
The particulars were detailed ir
papers fled yesterday by the State.
Attorneys office. They had beer
requested by the defendant radio
stations and a news commentato,
after broadcasts on the arrest ot
Eugene H. James, janitor con-
victed of the murder of Marsha
Brill, lin Baltimore, and indicted
for the Staying of Carol Bardwell,
here.
Under the Baltimore court rule
the publication of certain informa-
ton is prohibited in criminal cases
before the prisoner is brought to
trial. The prohibition includes con-
fessions.
20 Days to Answer.
The bill of particulars filed today
said the contempt proceedings are
based not only on the courts rule
but also upon a general power
and authority of the court to issue
citations for contempt for the pro-
lection of the prisoners rights tc
fair trial"
The defendants are the Maryland
Broadcasting Co., operator of Sta
ton WITH, and its commentator
James P. Connolly; the Baltimore
Radio Show, Inc, operating Station
WFBR; the Baltimore Broadcasting
Corp, operating WCBM; Hearst
Radio, Inc, operating WBAL, and
Sidney H. Tinley, jr., owner of
WSID. Mr.. Tinley, incidentally,
has challenged the court to show
why it has authority over his sta
ton, located outside the Baltimore
city limits.
The defendants have 20 days more
to answer the contempt citations,
which were issued by Judges Emory
H. Niles and John T. Tucker.
Extension Of ~Gag' Opposed.
An extension of the Baltimore
"racn r,,le RI all courts of Marv-
land is under consideration by the
Maryland Court of Appeals, but
that proposal is being opposed by
newspapers, broadcasters and affili-
ated groups.
The court has deferred sentencing
James pending disposition Of his
motion for q new trial In the Brill
case. The Bardwell murder trial
has not been scheduled.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Numbers Raids Net ;;
One Known 10 Police
As Big Gambler Of '30s

Three persons, including a man
described by police as one of the
biggest gamblers in the city during
the 1930s, were scheduled for ap-
pearances in Municipal Court today,
after their arrest on gambling
charges yesterday.
Arrested in the rear of a poolroom
in the 1900 block of Fourteenth
street NV. by Vice Squad detectives
and charged with setting up gam
| ing table was William P. Moses, So,
who gave police his address as SIS
M street NV. He was released
under $4,000 bond.
Vice Squad 1t Roy Blick said
Moses, a convicted gambler, used
to be one of WashingtonS biggest
operators in horse-race betting.
In the raid, made. after under
cover men said they observed a
man place bet with Moses, police
found telephone, two radios and
quantity of>uumbers slips and bet
books, 1t. Blick added.
Horace E. Butcher, 80, colored, of
the 500 block of E street NE, was
arrested at Georgia avenue and Har-
ward street NV. and charged with
operating lottery and possession
Of numbers slips, after police said
they saw another person place a
bet with him. Found or Butcher
were rundown tape slips for keep
ing accounts and bet book, police
said.
In raid at the home of Mrs.
Dorothy M. Johnson. 36, colored, of
the 1700 block of Seaton place NV,
police found numbers slips and a
bet book on Mrs. Johnson, they said.
She was charged with operating a
lottery and possession of numbers
slips.
Butcher and Mrs. johnson were
released under $500 bond each for
their court appearance todav
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Two Arrested in Bethesda
On Noisy Muff!er Charges

Bethesda police were continuing
their drive against noisy mufflers
after two men were convicted in Be-
thesda Police Court yesterday on
charges of having inadequate muf-
hers on their cars.
Suspended sentences were imposed
on Calvin F. Hustler, 201 Harvard
street, Glen Echo, and James L.
Iverson, 1902 Flower avenue, Ia
koma Park Police said their cars
had mufflers which did not reduce
sound adequately.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
20 Cases 10 Be Presented
To Arlington Grand Jury

About 20 presentments, including
three charges of murder. will be
made to the grand jury, when the
October term of the Arlington Cir
cult Court convenes Monday.
The grand jury is the first in
four months, and the number of
cases is greater than usual, accord
ing to Assistant Commonwealth S
Attorney Paul D. Brown, in charge
OF presenting them.
In addition to the slayings, all of
which involve colored persons, cases
to be presented include man
slaughter, rape, hit and run, felon-
ious assault and larceny. Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy will preside.
Evening star., 1948-10-16

of noise control where police are
alert to the law. New York got
excited about the pandemonium in
its streets in 1885. The city govern
ment organized a potent. Noise
Abatement Committee. Police served
offenders with more than 10000
summonses and nearly 300 900 warn
ings. The lasting result is exemplified
by the fact that, last year, New York
was ranked 63rd among noisy Amer
lean cities by sound laboratory con-
Quoting street-corner tests. Wash
ington ranked sixth.
Success in curbing the notorists s
horn-honking propensities appears
to depend more on the attitude OF
the police and the judges than it
does on the severity of penalties
which may be imposed on offenders
In Memphis and New York, fines
legally may range up to $50. In
Dallas, Tex, another quiet city, the
ceiling is 500. Here, however, a
person convicted of excessive footing
theoretically could receive a $500
fine. or 10 days in Jail, or both.
In this country, the South seems
to have taken the lead in effectively
outlawing the tootler. Columbia
s. c., is one town in which he ap-
pears to be virtually extinct.
MussOlini Curbed H0nking.
In the foreign field. the first
large-scale experiment in the curb
ing OF traffic noises was conducted
or a national scale in Italy, under
Mussolini's regime. The law was
proclaimed" December IA, 1884.
For one week the police issued
warnings to offenders. Then they
started handing out tickets, even to
tourists.
The significance Of the expert
ment was that, for three years
thereafter, there was a drop in traf-
nc deaths in Italy of about 1000
per year.
A dictatorship form of govern
nlent does not, however, appear to
be a prerequisite to the successful
control Of unnecessary traffic noises.
Sweden rigidly prohibits non-emer-
gency horn blowing in the cities. So
dio Romania. before the war.
Many foreign cities Havana,
Cuba and Paris, France. are two
examples-successfully enforce rules
against horn blowing at night. Such
an ordinance was tried out for a
few years in Washington during the
early 1s3os. but the experiment was
unsuccessful
Evening star., 1948-10-16
DR.. Burnhort to Speak

The Rev. DR.. William R. Barn.
hart, head of the department of re-
ligion and philosophy at Hood Col
lege, Frederick, Md. will speak on
Doom or Dawn-The Atomic Age
and Religion" at 8 pm. tomorrow
at meeting of the Rockville Lay
mans Association in the Rockville
Christian Church.