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Evening star., 1948-04-02
Anniversarv Fete

The twenty-flfth anniversary Of
the North Star Union, WCTU, will
be celebrated at a luncheon at /
pm. Tuesday at the Odd Fellows
Hall, 419 Seventh street NV. Judge
Ruth Thompson will be the guest
speaker at the luncheon and Mrs.
Ruth Linrud will present program
of harp music.
Evening star., 1948-04-02
Date Selected

June rs has been selected by Miss
Mary Catherine Garvey and Mr..
Paul Connolly, jr., as the date for
their wedding. Their engagement
was announced last September at q
reception given by the bride-elect's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin l..
Garvey.
Miss Garvey, who is home for the
Easter holidays, will return to New
York on Sunday to continue her
studies at the Parsons School of
Design. She will graduate in May.
Mr.. Connolly is from Baltimore and
ne will be graduated from the
Georgetown University Law School
in June.
Evening star., 1948-04-02
limitations Ont

The Pan American Union has is
sued invitations for q concert In
celebration of Pan American Day on
April IA at 9 o'clock in the Hall OF
the Americas. The Symphony Or
chestra of the United States Air
Forces Band will play with Mai
George S. Howard conducting. The
soloist will be Olga Coelho, Brazilian
soprano.
Evening star., 1948-04-02
Delegates Named

Several local women will attend
the 18th general convention OF the
International Order Of the Kings
Sons and Daughters to be held In
Miami during the coming week.
Delegates will include Mrs. H. A. TIN
kle OF Arlington, Miss Ida w. Gill;
lingham and Mrs. James A. Dowie of
Alexandria. and Mrs. Henry s. Eley,
State president of the Virginia
Branch.
Evening star., 1948-04-02
Tea Tomorrow

A silver tea for the benefit Of the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home
infirmary here will be given by Mrs.
j. Harry Phillips at her home, 1886
Ingraham street NV. from to
6 pm. tomorrow.
Members Of the Home Board Of
Esther Chapter No. 5, Order Of the
Eastern Star, will assist.
Evening star., 1948-04-02
Benefit Bridge

The Robert E. Lee Chapter No.
ga. United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, will hold its annual bene-
fit bridge party at $3.50 pm. Monday
in Confederate Memorial Hall, 1922
Vermont avenue NV.
The party will follow the regular
monthly business meeting, which
will begin at 7:30 pm.
Mrs. Jennie Trotter, who is in
charge. Of the party arrangements,
has annouced that there will be
prizes and refreshments.
Evening star., 1948-04-02
PrenHbtial Fete

Miss Mary Jane Latimer, whose
marriage to 1t. G.g) Harold Thayer
Meryman will take place April 10,
was the guest in whose honor Miss
Elene Essary entertained last eve
ming. Miss Essary will be brides
maid for Miss Latimer and her
party was q kitchen shower the
guests being limited to feminine
contemporaries of the hostess and
her honor quest.
Evening star., 1948-04-02
AIH,17nae luncheon

Dr.. Curtis v. Bishop. president of
Averett College, will address lunch
con meeting of local Averett alum
nae to be held at pm. tomorrow at
HE Tallyho Restaurant. Mrs. j,
Richard McFadden q In charge of,
reservations.
Evening star., 1948-04-02
Snterbo0d Party

The Tifereth Israel Sisterhood
will hold its annual box party at
7:30 pm. Sunday at the synagogue.
A plate supper will be served and
members will present q three-act
play. The party was originally
scheduled for pm.
Evening star., 1948-04-02
Ambassador, Lady h0errhapel
Plan Fete for the WmdSoyy
New Czech Envoy Due to Arrive;
Retiring Diplomat Is Honored !.
By Katharine M. Brooks

His Britannia Majesty Ambassador
tain dinner in honor of the Duke Duchess will
be their house for this
the British his cruising
will be White Sulphur Springs for the the Grenier
the week end They will return to
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Virginians Must Pay
Poll Tax by Sunday
To Vote in Elections

Saturday is the deadline in Vir-
ginia for payment of poll taxes to
be eligible to vote in the August
Democratic primary and in the No.
vember presidential election.
1t is necessary to have lived in
Virginia one year by November 2,
l948, In order to vote in the primary
and general election according to
nearby county and city treasurers'
Offices to whom poll taxes are paid.
Persons who moved into Virginia
in l945 or any year before that must
have paid poll taxes for l945, 1916
and 1947 in order to vote. Any one
moving into the State in 1916 or
1947 must pay taxes for the year
they moved into the State, with the
exception Of veterans who are ex-
empt from payment Of poll taxes
for the years in which they we're in
military service. Veterans, however
must be able to produce discharge
papers to register.
Persons who did not receive poll
tax bills should apply to the COM
missioner of revenue in their juriS-
diction to be assessed. All pay
ments are made to county or city
treasurers. Payments made through
the mail and postmarked by mid
night May l are acceptable.
New voters who have not prev
iously registered in Virginia must
do so before they can vote. The
deadline for registration to vote in
the August 4 Democratic primary
is July 3, and the deadline for regis
tration to be eligible for the Novem-
ber general election is october 2.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
S65,00O River Showboat
To Be Ready on Schedule

Supt. Irving c. Root of National
Capital Parks said today the new
S65 900 Potomac River showboat will
be completed on schedule, regard
less Of reported plans Of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra to can
eel its Water Gate concerts this
summer unless financial backing is
guaranteed.
Cancellation of the symphony
concerts might make it difficult to
fill in those dates with other con-
certs or light operas, but it certainly
won't affect our plans to finish work
on the new barge by May 23," MIR
Root said.
A contract was let yesterday fol
installation of sound equipment or
the barge and work is progressing
satisfactorily. Park officials are
holding open the six-week period in
June and July, which they have
been reserving for the symphony
But they will not hold the dates
open indefinitely.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Bethesda Judge Sentences
Bookmaker 10 Six Months

Judge Warren Browning of
Bethesda Police Court Yesterday
imposed six-month jail sentence
and a $1,000 fine on Millard L.
BroadhurSt, 81, of the 4700 block
OF West Virginia avenue, Bethesda
for accepting horse-racing bets.
Broadhurst, formerly a temporary
Montgomery County policeman, was
described by police as head of a
bookmaking group. They testified
he had racing scratch sheets and
S819.25 in cash when arrested
February 81 at Bethesda parking
lot. He appealed the sentence and
was released in $500 bond.
Broadhurst was tried last week
but sentence was deferred until
after attorneys arguments yester-
day. Judge Browning last week
also convicted William ]. Tillman,
20, for violating the gaming laws
and sentenced him to 90 days in
Jail and a fine of 5000. The police
said Tillman worked for Broadhurst.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Adventist Leaders Hear
Talk by Elder Spicer ?

More than 100 Seventh-Day Ad-
ventist church officials in confer
ence in Takoma Park today were
warned against Understanding
the power of God that is now at
work in the earth"
Addressing the opening meeting
of the annual Adventist spring
council, Elder w. A. Spicer, veteran
Adventist leader, charged that COM
placency and dependence on mate
rial things are two great dangers
facing the Christian, church.
Mr.. Spicer began active service
with the Adventist movement in
1881. and served from 1922 to 1880
as General Conference president.
Meeting yesterday the Adventist
Board of Regents added five secon-
Diary schools to the accredited list.
Prof. L. r. Rasmussen, executive
secretary. said there are 55 accred-
tied academies Q2-grade schools
10 colleges, 8 nurses training
schools and I medical college.
The Spring Council, attended by
church executives representing all
parts of North America, will be in
session until May 6.
Evening star., 1948-04-27

held from 7 am. to 7 pm. in the
Fairmont Heights firehouse. Com
pletlng their terms are Councilmen-
-at-large Thornton T. Smith. John
H. Davis and boswell E. Brooks
In office for another year are Mayor
James A. Campbell and Councilmen
Leslie r. Simms, Andrew j. Harri-
son and Clarence Anthony.
Six candidates, including five in
cumbents, are seeking election to
the flve-member Berwyn Heights
Board of Town Commissioners. They
are Robert F. Burnette, present
chairman; George C. Hudgins, Bryan
Hendricks, Lawrence E. ODea and
Than o. Porter, incumbents, and
Mrs. Mary c. Walker. Mrs. Walker
Is the mother of C. D. Walker, jr.
former commissioner and current
secretary treasurer of the town
Election will be held from to 8
pm. In the Berwyn Heights fire.
house.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Sasscer Refuses 10 Debate
tobacco Aid With Sachse

A challenge to debate the question
of aid to tobacco farmers was made
and rejected yesterday in latest de-
velopments in the campaign for the
Democratic primary House nomina-
ton from Maryland's 5th District
Representative Sasscer turned
down an offer to debate made by
his opponent. George Sachse, Glen
Burnie lawyer. Both own tobacco
farms.
In an exchange of kilograms, Mr.
Sachse objected to recent publica
ton of excerpts Of letters he hao
writeen to thank Mr.. Sasscer fol-
work in behalf of tobacco planters
He challenged the incumbent te
debate the question of the deserved
credit.
Mr.. Sasscer replied that his op.
ponent attempted Ito wiggle from
under and discredit your previous
letters Of commentator to me-"
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Takoma Park Citizens Urge
Salaries for City Council

The question of paying salaries
to the Mayor and members of the
Takoma Park City Council was re-
ferred by that body last night to its
Finance Committee for further
study.
The East Takoma Citizens Asso-
citation proposed in letter that the
Mayor receive $500 a year and
council members $500 each in lieu
OF expenses. The group suggested
that the question be submitted in
a referendum in connection with
the May 3 town elections.
The Council, however, did not
specify time limit for the Finance
Committee to report on the matter.
DR.. De Voc K. Meade resigned as
health officer. effective June 80. He
gave as his reason the need to de-
vote time to private practice.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
BY the Associated Pres,

RICHMOND, Va, April 27.-A
soldiers bequest for one perfect rose
week to a girl II love very dearly
withered and died today in the
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
The perfect rose bequest was far
from perfect in a legal sense, the
court held in the will drawn by
Valentine Brown Lawless, who was
killed overseas in 1914.
The case originated in the Court
of Law and Equity at Norfolk where
his will was probated.
In this will Mr.. Lawless appointed
his brother KirWan as executor
made certain small bequests, and
then directed that the residue OF
his estate be converted to cash and
turned over to Kirwan "for a special
purpose to be used as later
bequest."
Kirwan LaWless declined to quail
ify as executor and a sister became
Administrative. She brought suit fol
construction of the will and made
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Virginia Judge
Fovors Shorter
Legal Opinions
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, April 81
Here's judge who wants fewer
legal opinions from fellow jurists
and then not such long ones.
He is Justice Herbert B. Gregory
of the Virginia Supreme Court of
Appeals, who has read judicial opin-
ions for 40 years and spent the last
ID years preparing and delivering
opinions OF his own.
In an article in the current issue
Of the Virginia Law Review, he puts
authors of judicial opinions into
three classes:
l. Those who 60 fitting of into
the philosophy and literature of the
law.
2. Those who write such exhaus-
tive opinions that every legal point
raised is pursued on paper in the
minutest detail.
3. The judges who decide the par
ticular case and nothing more.
1t is for the last type only that
Justice Gregory has words ofhraise.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Firefighter Injured in Fall
Off Engine as Brakes Grab

A District fireman was injured
yesterday when he tumbled from
the top of a fire engine when its
brakes grabbed, according to a po-
lice report.
Pvt. Aubrey T. FELTON,, 40, of 1125
Taylor street, Arlington, was in fair
condition today at Emergency Hos
pital, where he is being treated for
head injuries.
Pvt. FELTON, of Engine Company
No. %, was preparing to jump to
the pavement with hose when he
fell. fellow firemen reported. The
engine was answering what turned
out to be false alarm in the 450O
block of Macarthur boulevard NV.
The vehicle was driven, police said
! by Pvt. James M. Cox, So, of 1914
Sherrier place NV.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Apple Blossom Queen to Visit
White House After ? DAYS Here
Skoting Champion
Will Be Crowned at
Shenandoah Fete

Winding up two-day visit here,
Miss Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill
national ice skating champion and
queen ELECT Of the Shenandoah Ap-
pie Blossom Festival, will be received
by Mrs. Truman at the White
House at 4:45 pm. today.
Miss Merrill will be accompanied
by Mrs. B. Edward w. Barr, chair
man Of the committee in charge OF
the Queen and her court; Mrs. John
M. Steck, jr., and Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Schroth, all of Winchester
Following the greeting by Mrs.
Truman, Miss Merrill will motor
to Rosemont, Berryville home of
Senator Byrd. Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, where she will have dinner
and spend the night. On Wednes-
day she will 60 to Winchester, where
the apple fete will be held Thursday
and Friday.
Blond, brown-eyed Miss Merrill
arrived from Boston by plane yes
terday. She is national women's
figure skating champion.
To Be Crowned Thursday.
Miss Merrill will be crowned
Queen Shenandoah XXI by Gen.
Hoyt Vandenberg, new chief of
staff of the Air Force. in ceremonies
at 8 pm. Thursday in the Handley
High School Bowl. The coronation
will be preceded by a morning of
activity during which the queen and
her court will visit the orchards
around Winchester and will be en-
tertained at special luncheon.
Events also will include the open
ing of Army, Navy and Marine
Corps exhibits. At 1890 there will
be a luncheon for guest notables at
the York Inn, followed by a band
concert for every one at l pm. at
the city hall pavilion. Winchester
is on Eastern Standard Time.
At $3.50 pm, Immediately follow
ing the coronation, the Pageant
OF Springtime," with more than
1000 students Of Handley High
School participating, will be pre-
sented in the school bowl.
Parade at I PM.
From 5 through 7 pm. there will
be band concerts at the city hall
pavilion. Beginning at the latter
hour will be firemen's torchlight
and mummers' parade. At 9 pm.
there will be a fireworks display at
Handley Bowl and a reception for
princesses at the armory.
High light of the second day of
the festival will be the grand fea-
ture parade at 2 pm, led by Bing
Crosby, who will ride in an auto
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Inter-Froternity Sing
Set at MARYLAND u.

The 18th annual interfraternity
sing OF the University of Maryland
will be held at tbs pm. tomorrow
in Ritchie Coliseum, College Park.
TWenty-eight groups will COM
pete in the event which is spon-
sored by Delta Delta Delta. The
best fraternal and sorority groups
each will receive a cup.
Judges will be Fay Finley Shaw
director of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School Choir; DR.. Rob-
ert Harmon. director of the George
washington Glee Clubs and the
Capital Choir, and James Mclean
mead OF the music department OF
American University.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
1akoma Restaurant Owner
Found Hanqed in Kitchen

Walter Henry Allison, SO, was
found hanged. last night in the
kitchen of restaurant he owned
and operated at lilo Flower avenue,
Takoma Park. Md. A certificate of
suicide was issued by DR.. Frank j.
Broschart. Montgomery County dep
uty medical examiner.
Mr.. Allison's body was discovered
about GAS pm, hanged from a
rafter above the kitchen door, by a
friend, Harold Day, 1884 Tenth
street NV.
Police said Mr.. Allison left a
suicide note addressed to his wife
which indicated he was respondent
because his business was bad. In
the note, according to police, he
said, Sorry have to do this.
There is enough insurance to cover
you and the children"
Mr.. Allison, a war veteran, leaves
his wife, a 13-month-old daughter
and an 8-year-old son. The Allison
home is in the $500 block of Green
wood avenue, Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Court Files Plea for Woman
Accused Of kiIIinq Husband
ey tbe Asxoe;o,ed pr,.s

BALTIMORE, April -Sobbine
uncontrollably, a 28-year-old mother
could not answer coherently today
to charge of killing her husband
with a carving knife, so the magis-
trate filed a plea of innocent for her
Mrs. Rita zegzdryn, mother OF
three children by a previous mar
riage, was accused of the fatal stab
bing of her second husband, William
C. Zegzdryn, 20, in their home last
night.
When the weeping woman found
herself unable to speak coherently
Magistrate Frank J. Schap said
IN enter plea of not guilty for
you"
He then ordered Mrs. Zegzdryu
held without bail for a hearing to
be set later by the States attorney
Police said Mr.. Zegzdryn, married
seven months, was stabbed in the
heart but managed to pull the knife
from his chest and stumble to the
door of his home.
He was pronounced dead on ar
rival at City Hospital.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Court Invo|idutes GI's Bequest
|OfRose q Week to Virqinio Girl

public letter written by Valentine
Lawless to his brother on the same
day his will was prepared.
In this letter Mr.. LaWless directed
his brother to use proceeds of his
estate to send "one perfect rose"
every week to a girl whom 1 love
very dearly"
He identified the girl as Miss
Mildred Fitzpatrick and told his
brother never to divulge the contents
OF the letter. The Fitzpatrick family
said she was extremely annoyed
by the whole affair. Miss Fitzpat-
rick later married Harold L. Sutton
of Norfolk.
The Supreme Court held yester-
day that Valentine Lawless had not
made sufficiently specific identifica-
ton of the letter within his will.
The court said no trust fund had
been set up and said the heirs at
law of Mr.. Lawless were entitled to
the monies, amounting to $1,796.04
at death. Subsequently an addi-
tional 81 ,8l4.46 in back pay was made
! by the Army to the estate.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Planned Porenthood Unit
Raises 5000 in Drive

Successful completion of a cam
paign to raise $4,000 has been an
nounced by the Planned Parenthood
League of Montgomery County.
Mrs. w. Oliver Kincannon, drive
chairman, said achievement of the
goal assures continuance of the
Bethesda and Rockville clinics for
INDECENT mothers, and the services
OF the leagues part-time social
worker in the colored educational
project.
The Board of Trustees will meet
at 1890 am. May S. in the assem-
bly, room of Suburban Hospital, Be-
thesda. Miss Lily Baral, medical
social consultant of the county
health department. will speak.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Prosecution Battles
Dismissal Of Milk
Conspiracy Charge

The Government plans to argue
today in District Court that its
indictment against nine defendants
charged with conspiracy to fix milk
prices here is sound and that the
court should not dismiss the bill
John A. Skiles, special Justice
Department attorney, takes up the
case for the Government before
Justice Richmond B. Keech, who
heard four and a half hours O,
argument yesterday by Attorney
William E. Leahy, on behalf Of
Bruce B. Derrick, general manager
of the Maryland and Virginia Mill
Producers, which Is also named ir
the indictment, and seven dairies
The dairies charged in the anti
trust suit are Chestnut Farms.
Chevy Chase, Thompson's, Wake
field, Harvey, Richfield. Lucerne ant
Alexandria.
Third Day Of Arguments.
This is the third day of argu.
ments on various motions filed b,
the defense. An important motion
yet to be heard is one for a 3O-day
poStponement Of trial, filed BY
Chestnut Farms. With the tenta-
tive trial date only eight days away
there was strong likelihood some
delay will be ordered.
Mr.. Leahy launched a strong at.
tack on the indictment and the JUS
tice Department in his lengthy ar
gument to the court. He criticized
each of the II counts.
The attorney maintained that the
farmer cooperative had every right
under a number of Federal statutes
to enter into price and production
agreements with diaries. He cited
the Clayton Act Of 1914, the Capper-
Volstead Act of 1922 and several
agricultural acts, all which he main
tanned specifically exempted farmer
co-ops from prosecution under anti
trust laws.
Inc association cannot possibly
exist unless 1t makes contracts with
distributors, Mr.. Leahy argued
such contracts" he added, cannot
De denounced as conspiratoria]
acts"
Hits at Price, Cutters.
Citing the final count. which
alleges the defendants sought tc
prevent price competition, Mr.
Leahy declared: II hope we can
run every price cutter into bank
ruptcy. so there won't be a repeti-
ton OF the ruinous" period of the
early 1905"
Mr.. Leahy maintained that Fed.
eral laws had been passed since that
time to avoid price-depressing sur.
pluses for farmers. 1T is our right, >
he asserted, Ito become a mo-
nopoly."
The attorney also insisted that the
cooperative has "a perfect right"
to terminate its long-standing Fed.
eral milk marketing order in March
of last year. The indictment
charges this was done to avert &
scheduled price reduction in whole.
sale milk prices.
Mr.. Leahy cited the statute O.
limitations in noting that the Gov.
ernment charges the conspiracy be-
gan as far back as 1880.
Earlier he had predicted tha
allowing surplus milk to entel
Washington would result in a pric,
war, with milk retailing as low a.
4 cents a quart.
The defendants, Mr.. Leahy de.
clared, are entitled to "a decent
indictment" and not "a hodge podg,
of words"
Evening star., 1948-04-27
D'AIesandro Asks Opening
OF Fort McHenry al Night
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, April 27.-Maycr
D'Alesandro thinks old Fort Nc
Henry should stay open at night and
he told the Interior Department so
yesterday.
The fort, over which flew the Stars
and Stripes at the time Francis
Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled
Banner" closes at $50 pm. daily.
The force on duty is not large enough
to keep the reservation open in the
evening. The Mayor wrote to Sec
retary Krug:
Fort McHenry serves not only as
a source of historic pride to our city
This breeze-swept promontory is a
source of welcome relief in the swell
tering weather of Baltimore's mid
summer and to permit fuller enjoy
ment OF it in the evening would be
a real contribution to the health and
welfare of our citiZenry."
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Falls Church Official
Says County Won't
Help Urban Sections

Residents of the Jefferson Village
City Park area adjacent to Falls
Church were told last night there is
no hope of solving their school or
civic problems if they remain in
Fairfax County.
La Rue Van Meter, town attorney
and chairman of the Falls Church
Recreation Commission, made the
statement at a meeting of the JET
ferson Village-City Park Citizens
Association in the Falls Church Odd
Fellows Hall.
Mr.. Van Meter declared that in his
opinion the governing officials of
Fairfax County have no conception
OF the problems which face the
county and have no desire to i'm
prove the lot of the urban areas"
He urged residents of jefferson
Village and City Park to appoint a
committee to solve the local school
problem.
He also said the town Of Falls
Church has several alternatives: It
can continue as second-class city
within present boundaries, deriving
income from the water and other
utilities outside Of the town; 1t can
formally move to annex a large part
Of the greater Falls Church area,
or, 1t can enter into an agreement
with the outlying areas to work out
problems that would arise if they
became part of Falls Church. Or,
he added, the communities could
move to become a part of Arlington
County.
He declared the people governing
Arlington have "a more constructive
approach toward urban problems
than do those governing Fairfax
County"
Mr.. Van Meter predicted that in
time the whole Northern Virginia
area, including Arlington, Alexan-
dria and the northern part of Fair
fax County, would become one city.