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Evening star., 1948-08-26
Trailer Law DeadIine
Won't Be Extended

There will be no extension of the
deadline after next Wednesday OF
the Prince Georges County law pro-
hibiting permanent additions to
parked trailers, County Sanitary
Engineer Charles L. Wood, declared
today. ..
Owners Of trailer camps now in
operation within the county will
be held responsible ii their tenants
fail to comply with the regulations
Mr.. Wood said. Under an ordinance
governing operation of trailer
camps, which was adopted in May
during the special session of the
Maryland State Legislature, trailer
camp operators are required to pur-
chase licenses for their camps by
next Wednesday.
An annual charge Of $25 for each
block OF 10 trailers not to exceed
$3.50 annually, will be assessed
against operators Of the camps.
In addition, individual trailers will
be charged an extra Sc quarterly
each year. No license will be grant
ed unless provisions Of the new Or
dinance are complied with, Mr..
Wood said.
Penalties for violations OF any Of
the provisions viii range from $50
to $500 or up to 80 days in jail, the
regulations asserts.
Mr.. Wood said there are about
six established trailer parks in the
county with a number OF other in
diyidual trailers scattered elsewhere
in the county.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
House Probers Plan
To Check Insurance
Sales by Car Dealers

A House subcommittee investi-
eating questionable trade practices
plans to look into the relationship
between automobile dealers and in
surance companies in the District
and nearby Maryland and Virginia
E. r. Ferguson, jr.. assistant coun-
sci of the subcommittee. said the
inquiry will be conducted in con-
nection with the study already un-
der way into the alleged gray mar
ket in automobiles in the Metro
politan Area.
Much information already has
been collected on many subjects re-
lated to the gray market here, Mr..
Ferguson said, and will come out
when public hearings open some
time this fall. The group is q sub
committee of the House Public
Works Committee.
Some evidence relating to auto
mobile insurance already has come
to the subcommittee, the commit
tee aide said. But the decision to
look further into the car insurance
field was prompted by the decision
of Maryland officials to stop car
dealers from collecting commissions
for insurance on automobiles bought
on the installment plan.
In the District, Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West said he
had received no complaints from
any source about the operations
of automobile dealers in connection
with car insurance purchased along
with a car on the installment plan
As explained by Mr.. West and
others familiar with District law
and practice, it is permissible for
car dealers here to act either as
brokers or as insurance agents, only
II they are properly licensed by the
Dlstict Government. In such ca
pacity, they may properly add the
cost OF car insurance to the bill paid
by the car purchaser. The dealer,
as a broker or agent, then legally
receives part of the insurance COM
mission.
A spokesman for automobile deal
ers said the practice in the Dis
trict is in conformance with the law.
He said he feels sure all reputable
dealers here who include the cost
of insurance IN the bill of sale of
an automobile are licensed either
as broker or as an insurance
agent. 49,.
His company, he said. holds q
brokers' license in Washington and
licenses as insurance agents in both
Maryland and Virginia. His COM
pany did considerable business in
nearby counties as well as in this
city, he said. Action by Maryland
authorities would come as a sur
prise to dealers here, he said.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
zoHing Unit Approves
Establishment Of ;
New Private Schools

The District Board OF Zoning
Adjustment has approved the es-
tablishment of three new private
schools here and the expansion of
fourth.
Meeting yesterday, the board
granted;
The request of the Maret School
to erect a building st Twenty-ninth
street and Cleveland avenue NV.
This building will be the first sec
ton of a kindergarten and grade
school planned at that site.
The request of Samarkand, Inc,
in behalf of the Foreign Service
Educational Foundation, for per-
mission to open private school at
1880 Nineteenth street NV.
The request of Lester A. and
Louise H. Whitney for permission
to establish a pre- school group of
Is children at 839 Rittenhouse street
NV.
Language School.
The request of R. P. Hernandez
for permission to open language
school at 1865 r street NV.
Other requests approved by the
board we're:
Request Of Robert L. Some to
change food store at Alb Randolph
street NV. to an advertising Office !;
request of the Capital Transit Co.
to erect sand drying room at
Maine avenue and U street SW.;
request of Henry F. and Bessie
Reynolds to build a one-story addi-
ton in the rear of 1877 Potomac
avenue Sc.
Also, request of George B. Furman
for permission to remodel building
at southeast corner of Thirteenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
NV. for professional Office use, with
the proviso that no changes be
made to the Massachusetts, avenue
side; request of Lawrence Baker to
erect one-story front addition to
the dwelling at 3107 Dumbarton
avenue NV; request Of David and
Caroline Kaplan to enlarge sun
porch at 1418 Floral street NV; re-
quest of Harry and Rose Geller to
change paint shop at 1746 U street
NV to a pressing and cleaning
establishment: request of estate of
Arthur Taplett to establish a dry
cleaning plant in rear of 1918 G
street NE.
Other Actions Taken.
Also, request of Mrs Edward A.
Bacon to erect two-story rear addi-
ton to 1915 Reservoir road NV:
request of David Sarnoff for struc-
tural alterations to store building at
$40 L street NE. and request of
Floyd Cook to erect a one-story ad-
dition to dwelling at 2211 King
place NV.
The board denied two requests
one of Mrs. Ruby C. Blake for per-
mission to establish a temporary
rooming house at 3511 Thirtieth
street NV. and that OF Lorraine
Clements for permission to change
the first floor of a building at $40
Thirteenth street NE. into a bakery.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Polio Victim Dies, Baby
Born in Lung Survives
BY the Associoisi Press

MORGANTON. N. c., Aug. 26.-
A 34-year-old mother who gave
birth to son in an iron lung died
early today of bulgar poliomyelitis.
The day-old baby was described AZ
doing nicely"
Mrs. Lucy B. Smith, wife OF q
furniture factory worker, Sue
cumbed about 16 hours after a 6b-
pound boy was born under q local
anesthetic. Grace Hospital phy-
sicians performed a Caeserean sec
ton as Mrs. Smith Jay in an In
operative iron lung As soon an
the normal child was born, doctors
snapped on the bellows motors and
shut the doors as the iron lung
resumed pumping.
Mrs. Smith was admitted to the
hospital Tuesday night suffering
from pneumonia. It was discov-
cred then that a virulent type of
infantile paralysis also had set In.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Boy 5, HURT by Auto,
Is 4th Child Hif in 5 Davs

Freedmen's Hospital officials sale
today that Reginald Bryant, S. col.
ored, of 345 Oakdale place NV, is
IN critical condition with head in
juries received when he was struck
oy an automobile yesterday in front
of his home.
1t was the fourth serious accident
In the last five days involving chill
dren struck by cars. The other
three children died.
Police said driver OF the car was
Lawrence M. Bond, 80. of $500 North
Stafford street, Arlington.
M. A. Falcon -Briceno, 40, OF 3714
Fulton street NV, Minister -Coun-
selor at the Venezuelan Embassy
was the driver of a car involved in
an accident yesterday with one
driven by Mrs. Mildred Galloway
AZ, of 4315 Fessenden street NV,
police said. Miss Lucy r. Cross, 81,
of 3411 Davenport street NV, a
passenger in the Galloway car, was
taken to Emergency Hospital, where
she was reported in fair condition
today.
The accident occurred, police said
in the 310O block of Thirty-fourth
street NV.
Evening star., 1948-08-26

cation Of the wreckage soon after
the collision, which occurred around
3 pm. They said the planes ap-
parently had been cruising at an
altitude of about 500 feet.
Two CAA inspectors launched an
investigation today.
Friends of Miss McGilvery said
she took over her post with the
Annapolis Airport when it was
opened about two years ago. She
formerly resided at Mineola, Long
Island, N. Y. +
Miss McGilvery, who had been
flying about eight years, had 2,400
hours in the air when the crash
occurred. She served during World
War II with the WASPS. the or
ganization Of woman pilots who
performed prodigious feats Of flying
around the country. Mostly she
flew pursuit planes.
Her father, Harry Schmitt, New
York accountant, was in Annapolis
visiting his daughter. He was on a
tour of the city at the time OF the
collision.
The bodies were taken to An
napolis funeral homes. Burial
arrangements have not been COM
pleted,
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Mason 10 See Barse
On Phone Service Cut
lin Prosecutor Office

Commissioner Guy Mason today
said he would confer with Chie1
Judge George P. Barse of Municipal
Court on the curtailing of telephone
service in the corporation counsel's
Office there. adding that ''the courts
are not running the District gov
ernment."
The squabble developed yesterday
when the clerk of Municipal Court
ordered that all outside telephone
calls from the corporation counsel's
Office in the court building be
stopped unless they had prior ap-
proval. In addition, the corporation
counsels Office was told that five OF
the eight telephones it has will be
removed and the three phones which
are to remain will be stripped OF
their dials.
Called Economy Move.
Chief Clerk Walter F. Bramhall
explained he ordered the curtail-
ment of service as IAN economy
measure"
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark King. who heads the Districts
prosecuting staff at Municipal Court
wrote letter to his boss, Corpora
ton Counsel Vernon E. West. asking
for relief" He said that the lack
OF phones would make 1t almost
impossible for his Office to handle
business expeditiously.
1t was this letter which Mr.. West
presented to Commissioner Mason
today.
Sees Blow to Service Of Public.
Mr.. West said he was disturbed
| by Mr.. Bramhall's order. Mr.. King
in his letter to Mr.. West. said il
was interesting to note that there
are 20 telephones" in the Offices OF
the clerk of the Criminal Division OF
Municipal Court. He said check
of the days calls showed 1873 incom-
ing calls and "a outgoing calls.
ITO interfere with this necessary
service will materially deprive the
public of that to which they are
justly entitled, namely, the expe-
ditious handling of all matters be-
fore this Office" Mr.. King declared
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Annapolis Planes Collide in Air:
Woman Pilot, ; Others Die
z Craft Lock Wings,
PIummet to Ground;
One Bursts Into Flame

A woman. formerly an Army
ferry pilot. and three men were
killed yesterday when two small
planes collided in midair about 4
miles from Annapolis.
The dead were identified by the
Associated Press as:
Miss Helen E. McGilvery, 3l-year-
old divorce who owned the An
napolis Airport.
Navy Metalsmith sc George c.
Barnett, "a, passenger In her plane.
Philip Mihaltian, 80, of Essex,
Md, pilot of the other plane.
Charles Hydock, an enlisted man
from a naval radio unit at An
napolis. who was riding with Mr..
Mihaltian.
Craft Meet Headon.
Witnesses said the cub trainer
piloted by Miss McGilvery collided
headon with the Mihaltian plane.
The two planes locked wings for an
instant, struggled free to fly past
one another for a few feet 18th
broken left wings, and then out of
the sky like rocks. One burst into
fame.
The cub burst into fame shortly
after it hit the ground, Civil Aero
nautics Administration investigators
said. It fell in a woods on the
Donald Trumpy farm, miles from
Annapolis.
The Mihaltian plane dsintegrated
after the impact. It's pieces fell to
the ground about half mile from
the other ship, crashing in a marsh
at Harness Greek.
Chief Surveyor Warren Suit, rs,
a witness to the crash, said both
crashed nose down with motors on,
one into nearby pine stand, the
other burying itself in the marsh.
Surveyor James Firing, 20, started
to climb into the McGilvery plane,
he said, when 1t burst into flames
less than a minute after it crashed.
The sound of the collision was
like smashing a strawberry box" "
said Francis Orr, %.
CAA inspectors began an investi-
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Tax Cashier Case 10 Go
To Grand Jury tuesday

United States Attorney George
Morris Fay said today he would
present to the grand jury Tuesday
the case of Robert A. Cornelius,
cashier in the Office of the District
collector of taxes, who reportedly
disappeared for day with $50 of
city money last week.
Commissioner Guy Mason ordered
the dismissal of Cornelius, "a, after
he failed to reply on Monday to
charges against him.
District officials said Cornelius
disappeared for "a hours on August
16 and then returned and repaid
the money. but gave no explanation
of his actions. An Army veteran. he
lives in the $500 block of Fifty first
avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1948-08-26

under $4,000 bond on the two
charges for action of the grand
jury.
Chase IL Brief.
The brief pursuit began after Mrs.
Edward B. Ault, 36, OF 14O9 Nichol-
son street NV, repeatedly foiled an
attempt by Kirby to force her to
drive him away in her car from her
parking place in the $500 block Of
Georgia avenue NV.
Police gave the following account
Of the affair:
Mrs. Ault, mother of four chill
dren, was waiting for a son. Barry,
6, to complete a visit to q dentists s
Office across the street, when Kirby
opened the door of her car, flashed
pistol and said, You're coming
with me-"
Mrs. Ault got out and ran across
the street to the Office of DR.. Will
liam Wolf, the dentist, 6605 Georgia
avenue NV. where she telephoned
police. Then, with Miss Nancy
Shenk, 1922 Spring road NV, the
nurse, she returned to the street.
Woman Calls Warning.
Meanwhile, Kirby had been un-
able to find the right key to start
the car and, becoming panicky
opened the door and started to
leave, just as Patrolman Dykes ap-
preached.
Kirby ran across q vacant lot
while Mrs. Ault and Miss Shenk
shouted to Pvt. Dykes to look out
the man has gum
Communicating a taxicab, the po-
liceman pursued the gunman down
Van Buren, street to Thirteenth
street NV, where he got out and
started. walking toward him.
Suddenly the gunman turned and
pointed his weapon. .32-caliber
automatic, at the policeman. Pvt.
Dykes quickly dropped to the ground,
ready to fire his own revolver, and
shouted, Drop that gun, drop that
gun"
After what Pvt. Dykes later
described as "a long minute" the
gunman threw his weapon down
and surrendered. Under questioning
at the precinct station, the captured
man said he had attempted to fire
but his pistol lust clicked"
Pvt. Dykes said he would have
fired but that. just as he was pre-
pairing to do so, woman came out
of her door into the line of fire.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Proying Womon Robbed
OF S65 in St. Putrick's

Police today were investigating
the theft of pocketbook contain
ing $65 from woman praying in st.
Patrick's Church last night.
The victim, Miss Doris Jiminez,
1900 Biltmore street NV, reported
the purse contained other items
valued at SIS, including = silver
compact.
Also under investigation was the
theft Of = piggy bank containing
$500 in coins from the apartment
of Mrs. Carmela White, IA Carroll
street Sc. some time yesterday.
Most OF the money was In dollars,
half dollars and quarter.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Armed Suspect Seized
In Chase by Rookie as
Woman Fois Robbery

A 27-year-old robbery suspect was
being held today for the grand
jury because of the cool, quick
thinking of rookie policeman and
an intended woman robbery victim
The hero OF the incident was
Patrolman Temple J. Dykes Of the
sixth precinct, a former Army MP
The suspect was identified as John
Edward Kirby, no fixed address. He
was charged with assault with intent
to kill and attempted robbery. after
his capture yesterday in a three
block chase, during which he was
alleged to have tried to fire gun at
the pursuing policeman.
Municipal Court Judge Almond
w. Scott today ordered Kirby held
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Two From D. 6. to Lead
Adventist Congress

Two washington leaders of the
Seventh-Day Adventists will head q
four-day Adventist Youth Congress
opening tonight in Philadelphia's
Convention Hall, the Associated
Press reported today.
Elder Daniel A. Ochs. president Of
the Columbia Union Conference of
Washington, will give the keynots
address tonight. Director of the
meeting Of about 5000 delegates
from 365 churches in seven Eastern
States and the District will be Elder
o. s. Hershberger, Columbia Union
youth leader.
Another washington delegate to
the regional conference Is Elder w.
N. Wittenberg, youth leader for the
Potomac Conference.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
| Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for 8:3C
O'Clock tonight. Programs of COM
edy, sports, cartoons and travel
shorts will be shown at the following
Fairgrounds and recreation centers
Buchanan, Thirteenth and D streets e
Consress Heights, Savannah and Randls
streets Sc.
Dupont-stoddert, c street OF Rids,
road Sc
Volta place NV
Powell, Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV
RAYMOND. Tenth and Quebec street,
NV
Hayes. Fifth and K streets NE
Montgomery, Twenty-seventh and ]
streets NV.
Syphax. Half street between and @
streets S.W.
walker, Third and Z streets NV.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
|8S Polio Cases
On '48D.C.List
Three AreNew
Public Health Service
Says Nations Peck
Moy Be at Hand

Three new cases Of infantile'
paralysis were reported by the Dis.
trict Health Department today.
raising to SO The total cases dag.
nosed in hospitals here so far this
year,
The new victims, all admitted TO
Gallinger Hospital yesterday, brought.
the number OF resident patients to
Al, with Al out-of-town. cases re-
ported. The number at this time
last year was five residents and IL
out-of- town cases. y
Admitted yesterday were s.
year-old girl living in the 400 block
Of Ninth street S.W.: a 25-year-old
woman of the 1900 block of PENN
sylvania avenue Sc, and 20-year-
old woman of the 5000 block Of
Branchville road, Branchville, Md. s.,
The Public Health Service. mean
while, said 1t was quite possible that
the peak Of this summers infantile
paralysis outbreak has been
reached.
Increases Still Due In North.
| Reporting that last weeks total
Of new polio cases Throughout the
Nation showed the first crop since
the week ending May 20, the service
said increases may be expected in
some States in the Northern areas
during the next few weeks.
Unless epidemic proportions are
later reported in those areas, how
ever, 1t is quite possible that the
peak of the disease has been reached
for the country as a whole" on
cials said.
The Prince Georges County Health
Department reported a 24-year-old
Radiant Valley (Md) woman dag
nosed at the Naval Medical Center
in Bethesda. as suffering from polio.
She was the eleventh polio victim
from the county so far this year,
but the first adult reported.
Virginia officials listed only three
new polio cases yesterday. boosting
that States 1948 total to 237 cases.
The latest victims were from Buck
ingham. Warwick and Montgomery
Counties.
1916 Total Was Larger.
New cases reported for the week
ending August 81 throughout tho
Nation totaIed am cor,pored u,ith
400 in the preceding week and
1916 for the same period in 1916.
This was the third straight week
new cases dropped behind those re-
ported for the same weeks in 1916,
one of the worst polio years.
But cumulative figures for this
year are still running far ahead of
1916. The current figures bring to
9,743 the total cases for the present
year. compared with 1921 for the
same period last year, and S,841 for
similar span in 1916. The peak num-
Der OF cases two years ago occurred
during the week ending August II.
The epidemic ridden States Of
North Carolina. California and
Texas all showed declines as COM
pared with the week before-Cali-
fornia dropping from 241 new cases
to 206. North Carolina from 1872 to
159 and Texas from 30 to 54.
Rhode Island still is the only State
In the Nation which so far has not
reported a single polio case this
year.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
IVirginio's S ABC Profits
Rise $1,000, 900 in Yeor
sy ths Assoeiossd Press

RICHMOND. Va, Aug. 26.-vir-
ginia's ABC profits for the 1947-48
fiscal year yesterday were placed at
81, ,735, 900, up nearly 81, 800 900 from
the preceding fiscal year despite
relatively smaller profits in the final
quarter this year.
The 12-month figure was compiled
after State Auditor J. Gordon Ben
nett certified to the ABC Board that
its net profits In the final quarter
of the 1947-48 fiscal year amounted
to S3,836,916. This compares with
~ Isl $40 in the same quarter Of
the lel6-47 fiscal year.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Place Sunday Classified
Ads EurIy!

Classified ad customers de-
string to place ads In The
Sunday Star are urged to call
them in early In the week.
This will eliminate the last
minute rush to place ads and
will assure every one prompt
and efficient service. Your
cooperation viii be appre-
ciated.
Remember The Stars
New Telephone Number u
STerling 5OOo.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Two Be|voir Employees
Get Hearing Tomorrow
In Shooting al MPs

Two civilian employees OF Fort
Belvoir are scheduled to face a pre-
liminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Stanley King
in Alexandria at 9:15 am. tomorrow
on charges of assault with a deadly
weapon and shooting along a road
Of military reservation.
The charges grew out Of an Incl
dent Tuesday night in which two
Fort Belvoir military policemen said
they were shot at with pistol.
The men were identified by Fort
Belvoir authorities as Charles l..
Rollins, ~, and William r. Kidd,
38, employees of the posts Engineer
Research and Development Labora-
tory. Both live in dormitories on
the post.
Bullets Hit Two Yards Away.
Fort Belvoir authorities said they
were given the following account by
the two military policemen, Corpl.
Donald r. Hanna, 81, and Pfc.
Lester Elzig, 10:
About 9:15 pm. Tuesday, Corpl
Hanna and Pvt. Elzig parked their
jeep about so yards from a grill on
Route l and started walking to the
grill to investigate a complaint that
some one was throwing bottles at
passing cars.
As they neared the restaurant, the
MPs noticed a parked car in which
three men were sitting. Some one
yelled and the MPs went over to the
car and looked at the men, then
went into the grill. Receiving no
information regarding the bottle
throwing report, Corpl. Hanna and
Pvt. Elzig came out of the restau-
rant and started toward their
parked jeep. The parked car they
had noticed earlier drove of. The
MPs said they saw two flashes and
two bullets struck the pavement
about two yards ahead Of them.
Held in $500 Bond Each.
As Corpl. Hanna raced for the
jeep, Ptv. Elzig commandered a
passing taxi and attempted to pur-
sue the car from which the shots
had come. The chase was unsuc-
cessful but later on the two MPs in
their jeep located the car parked
in front of another restaurant on
the highway. They found q pistol
Of italian make in the car. They
went into the establishment and ar
rested Rollins and Kidd, later turn
ing them over to Federal Bureau OF
Investigation agents.
The FBI yesterday took the men
before Commissioner King where
they were arraigned and placed
under bond Of $500 each. They were
then released.
Evening star., 1948-08-26

local board No. 3, replacing R. Frank
Jones, who was unable to serve. Mr..
Parker had been named previously
to local board No. 10. William F..
Thompson of 654 Girard street NV.
was placed on local board No. 10.
These nominations. submitted to
the Commissioners by Mr.. Leahy.
will be sent to President Truman
for his approval.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Kirwon Named to Heed
Berwyn Legion Post

Albert L. Kirwan has been
elected commander of the Berwyn-
Branchville (Md) American Legion
Post 217. Other officers elected in
clude Lee c. Prickett, first vics
commander; Richard Boyle, second
vice commander; Jack Parsons, ad-
jutant; Roy Conner, finance on
Ger; C. Mayo Attick, chaplain, and
Gerald Burns, historian.
The post also announced 1t will
hold a benefit party at 8 pm. to-
morrow at the Branchvilie Fire De-
partment Hall.