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Evening star., 1948-12-31
Arlington Man Is Sought
After State Tax Conviction

A bench warrant was issued yes.
terday for the arrest of an Arlington
man tried in his absence and foune
guilty of failing to file a Virginia
tax return.
Judge Hugh Reid ordered the ar.
rest of Kenova O. Karns, 2712 South
Nash street, after imposing a S5t
fine in Arlington County Court. A
hearing originally was scheduled
Wednesday, but the defendant die
not answer a summons and the
case was continued until yesterday
In two other cases involving fail
ure to file State tax returns, Abra-
ham Spero, 1856 South Columbus
street, was fined $40 and Daniel H
Freshman, 200 North Thomas street
also was assessed $40, but payment
was suspended.
Mr. Spero, it was reported, had
filed the return and paid the re-
quired tax before appearing in court
yesterday, but Judge Reid imposed
the fine because the defendant had
failed to appear on Wednesday as
originally scheduled.
The three cases brought to 80 the
number which have been decided
recently in County Court. All OF
the cases, which were instigated by
Commissioner of Revenue Harry K
Green, were prosecuted by Assistant
Commemorative Attorney Paul D.
Brown
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Boy Student Wins
New Year Trip
| To New York

A New Year week end in New
York, climaxed by a radio interview
during the New York Philharmonic
Symphony program, is in store for
an 18th grade student at Calvin
Coolidge High School.
Graham Holland, son of Comdr
j. Graham Holland, U. S. N. R., and
Mrs. Holland, 1905 Fourteenth ave-
nue., Takoma Park, was to leave by
plane today as guest of the Standard
Oil Co. of New Jersey.
The youth, 16, is working at school
on a project to achieve the best
artistic balance between music ano
dialogue in radio"
He was one of three teen ayers
chosen to be guests on a Week Enc
With Music" in a national addition
contest. His name was entered by
Station WTOP, Columbia outlet ir
Washington.
On arriving in New York, he will
participate in a carlton concert al
Rockefeller Memorial Church
Riverside drive, will have dinner al
Hampshire House and attend the
production Make Mine Manhat-
tan" After meeting the stars Of
that show, he and the other contest
winners will attend a midnight
party welcoming the New Year.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Fire Engine and. Auto
Collide in ARLINGTON

An Arlington fire engine and an
automobile collided at Lee highway
and Glebe road yesterday afternoon
as the engine responded to fire
alarm.
Police said the engine from Ball
ston Co.. No. 2. which was north
bound on Giebe road. collided with
an automobile travelling east on Lee
highway. Neither vehicle was pro-
ceeding at speed of more than IS
miles per hour. Damage was slight
to both vehicles.
The engine was driven by Timothy
E. Thompson, 80, 204 South Veitch
street. Arlington. and the car by
Thomas S. Kite, also SO, of 700 North
Monroe street, Arlington, according
to police.
The fire, at 4767 North Twenty
fourth road, involved faulty oil
burner. There was no fire.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
HyattsviIIe Man Receives
Coast Guard Commentator

John K. Hughes. %, of 5000 Ham,
ilton street, Hyattsville, Md, today
received the Coast Guard commen-
dation ribbon for putting out fire
aboard the cutter Dione on De-
cember Z, 1916.
Rear Admiral r. T. McElligott
chief of Coast Guard personnel,
presented the award.
Using oxygen breathing appar-
atus, Mr.. Hughes single-handed
fought galley oil stove fire with
water fog apparatus for 20 minutes
The ship was docked at Norfolk
Va, for repairs.
A native of Maryland, MIR. Hughes
enlisted in the Coast Guard June
30, 1941. He served at five life boat
stations on the Maryland coast, the
Coast Guard amphibious detach-
ment in England, the frigate USs
Orlando and the cutter Dione.
He was DISCHARGED June 30, 1947
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Tavern Proprietor
In Brentwood Fined
500 for Sunday Sale

The proprietor Of a Brentwood
Md, tavern was fined s1O0 in Hy.
attsville Police Court yesterday
after pleading guilty to q charge o1
permitting the sale Of whisky on q
Sunday.
Similar charges against proprie-
tors and bartenders in two other
Maryland taverns, which also were
scheduled for hearing yesterday
were postponed by Trial Magistrate
Arthur P. Owens.
The fine was paid by Thomas v.
Whalen, 66, of the $500 block of
Rhode Island avenue, Brentwood,
owner of the White Horse Tavern.
A charge against Paul L. Piper, A,
of the 3400 block of Rhode Island
avenue, Mount Rainier, bartender
in the place who is alleged to have
made the sale, was nolle pressed
on recommendation of Assistant
States Attorney Hervey G. Machen.
The cases against William P. Nc
Lean, %, of the 6lO0 block of Gen.
tral avenue, Capitol Heights. owner
of the M g. S Bar, in the 5000
block of Central avenue, and Ernest
F. Guy, SO, of the 400 block of
Forty-ninth avenue, Capitol
Heights, bartender in the tavern,
were postponed until January IA in
the Upper Marlboro Police Court.
Charges against Mrs. Bessie Glib
son. "A. proprietor of the Tick Took
Tavern, University lane and Riggs
road, and Walter Longcobe, "A, a
bartender in the tavern, were post
poned until February at Hyatts-
vile.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
By John V. Horner

The vivacious, public-spirited WON.
an who will represent the Bethesda.
Chevy Chase area on Montgomery
new council has many diverse
interests.
She Is, first Of all, housewife and
mother. She does all her own house
work, cooking and the family sewing
But Mrs. Dorothy S. Himstead also
possesses wide knowledge Of polit-
ical affairs. She has written pam.
phlets on local taxation and county
government. She has conducted
study groups on civic issues. She
crusaded for adoption Of the charter
Enjoys Dancing.
Still Mrs. Himstead finds time fol
bridge and dancing. Currently she
and her husband are learning the
rhumba.
Mrs. Himstead's election is assured
because she is unopposed in neXt
Thursdays election for the council
in District No. 4. Thus she will be
the first woman ever to occupy sc
high a position in the Montgom.
cry government.
She talks with great enthusiasm
and speed-in French as well as
English. Her father, John A. Scott
once headed the classical language
department at Northwestern Uni
versity. From him she learned sew.
eral tongues.
Then, after graduating from
Northwestern, she studied abroad
Later she taught French and othel
subjects at Illinois College, Pear.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
S4,O00,OO0 telephone
Expansion Approved

Expenditures of $4,OoO,oo0 for i'm
provement and expansion Of tele-
phone facilities in Washington were
authorized yesterday by the direct
ors of the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co.
The major portion of the amount
approved. $1,880,000, will be spent
for a great number Of relatively
small projects, involving the con-
struction, replacement and removal
Of telephone plants in Washington
during the first quarter of 1949.
An item Of $1,104,000 for the in
itial installation of dial equipment
in the company's Brookland center
was approved. Completion Of the
installation will make $500 new
subscriber lines available, thereby
taking care Of about 1000 untitled
applications now on file and pro-
viding for future telephone growth.
In Anacostia, installation Of the
fourth unit of dial equipment was
authorized, at a cost of $802 900, to
provide 1000 additional subscriber
lines.
To expand long distance circuits
between Washington and points in
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia, an expenditure of $45 900 was
approved
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Man Fined 500 for Trying
To Get Girl, IA, 10 Drink

A man who was accused of at
tempting to induce a 14-year-old
girl to drink alcoholic beverages in
a nearby Maryland tavern Wednes-
Gay night was fined sl00 in Prince
Georges County Juvenile Court yes
terday and given a six-month sus-
pended sentence in the Maryland
House of Correction.
James A. Rowe, q, a roofer, who
lives on Powder Mill road, near
Laurel, also was placed on probation
for one year by Trial Magistrate Ar
thur P. Owens.
Rowe was arrested by Policemen
Emmett Gray and Joseph Hill in the
Tick Took Tavern, University lane
and Riggs road, after the girl, a
resident of the Beltsville area. re-
ported he tried to buy drink for
her
During the hearing Roy D. Bright,
County probation officer. declared:
Prince Georges County will not tol-
crate this sort of practice any more
than it will tolerate the establish
ments selling to minors"
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Legion, Lions Club Raise
$500 for Lusby Family

A total of $500 has been collected
by Prince Georges County Legion
naires in cooperation with tn,
Southgate Lions Club for the Lusby
| family. whose Clinton home wal
destroyed Christmas morning by &
fire that claimed the life of one o.
their three daughters.
The collection has been conduct.
ed by the IA American Legion posts
of the county and their auxiliaries
in cooperation with the Lions Club
The goal is $1,000.
The fire was started by a kero-
sene stove explosion. Margaret, s.
year-old third-grade student ir
Clinton Elementary School, was
burned to death. Mr.. and Mrs
Grover Lusby, both %, were badly
burned leading their other two
daughters, Barbara, 7, and Doro.
thy. 2, to safety.
The collection Is expected to be
swelled over the weekend by benefit
performances at the Sidney Lust
Theater in Upper Marlboro. Con.
tributions for the Lusbys may be
mailed to the Clinton Bank or tc
Rheuben Randall, past commander
of the Suitland American Legion
Post, 1920 T street Sc. Checks
should be designated for the Grover
Lusby Fund.
Evening star., 1948-12-31

A group of citizens will demand
early next month that the Arlington
School Board discontinue religious
instruction in the public schools, it
was disclosed today.
L. D. MacIntyre, chairman of the
Arlington Provisional Committee for
Separation of Church and School,
said he will call on the board to
comply with a Supreme Court rul-
ing in an Illinois case last March.
The court sustained a contention
that the Illinois program was un-
constitutional.
Mr.. MacIntyre said he had been
unable to find any difference be-
tween the Illinois and Virginia
methods of instruction.
The Arlington plan, which is
standard throughout Virginia, per-
mits pupils to enroll voluntarily In
religious education classes con-
Quoted during school hours by in
structors not employed by the State
These teachers are paid by a local
Council of Religious Education. In
most cases the classes are held on
school property.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
County Christmas Unit
Assisted 100 Families !

The Prince Georges County
Christmas Bureau, an agency afhli-
ated with four welfare organiga-
tions, assisted more than 100 needy
families this year, Chairman Bern
ard J. Nees reported yesterday. !
The bureau, operated in conjunc-
ton with the county Welfare Board.
Community Chest, Catholic Chari-
ties and Social Service League, dis
tributed total of 104 baskets which
were filled with food, clothing, tpys
and other articles.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
New Monticello Route
'Highwayt 10 Manassas
Urqed on Planners

The Northern Virginia Regiona
Planning Commission today ha.
under consideration a proposal tha'
1t indorse construction of a new
highway between Manassas and tn.
Shirley highway near, Lincolnia, ir
Fairfax County.
The Endorsement was recommended
last night at a commission meeting
in Fairfax by Leroy E. Peabody
chairman Of the highway and trans.
portation committee of the planning
group
Action on the proposal was
deferred until the next commission
meeting January 27, however, be-
cause Of the small attendance re-
sulting from the illness of several
members.
Monticello Route.
AS proposed, the highway would
follow the route previously recon-
mended for the Monticello highway
The Monticello route would extend
from Washington to the home of
Thomas Jefferson. The section con-
sidered by Mr.. Peabody's committee,
however, would end at Manassas.
In recommending that the commits
sion approve the proposed thorough
fare, Mr.. Peabody listed a number
OF reasons, including the following
l. Railroad communication services
to the communities that would be
connected by the proposed route
Clifton, Fairfax Station, Burke and
Springfeld) have been declining.
2. There would be saving of 6
miles for the considerable" traffic
now using the present routes be-
tween Manassas and Washington.
Rights-of-Way Available.
3. The new route would offer
traffic relief to Route 211 and Vir-
ginia Route % between Manassas
and Centreville), and would relieve
congestion at Seven Corners on Lee
boulevard near Falls Church.
4. For a portion of the proposed
route, there are existing roads and
rights-of-Ways available, and there
are ample" supplies of road ma
terials available along the proposed
right-of-way
1T seems likely to your commit
tee," Mr.. Peabody told the commits
sion. that the proposed route would
shortly become an important link
in the Virginia highway system"
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Corcoron Gallery to Give Away
2OTons of Coal for ASKING

getting it out, however, because the
coal bunkers are inaccessible fol
any but handwriting methods.
About 20 years ago. the Corcoran
was allowed to use Government
steam to heat the building. The
coal is left from those days, and fire
underwriters have asked that 1t be
removed. What is more, the gallery
is hard up for space, and even a
few coal bins will come in handy
gallery officials said.
The gallery first tried to sell its
coal to a fuel company, but the
hauling prospects chilled the COM
pany's interest. Several charities
were contacted but could find no
use for it.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Neighborhood Concert
To Be Held Thursday
At Roosevelt Hiqh

The next in the 1853 series
of neighborhood concerts by the
National Symphony Orchestra
under the sponsorship of The
Evening Star, with Howard
Mitchell conducting, will be held
in Roosevelt High School, Thir-
teenth and Upshur streets NV,
at $3.50 pm. Thursday.
Invitations, which are issued
free by The Star, may be obtained
at Roosevelt High School, Mac
farland Junior High School. Pet
worth, Raymond, w. B. Powell.
Health. West, Brightwood and
Truesdell Schools. at the Recrea-
ton Department at Sixteenth and
Lamont streets NV. and from
the business counter in the lobby
of The Evening Star Building.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Armory Workers Ruled
IneIiqibIe for Pay Rise

The Controller General has ruled
that the Is civilian employees of the
District National Guard Armory are
not eligible for the $3.50 Federal pay
raise authorized for Government
workers by the last Congress.
1t is expected, however, that the
new Congress will pass legislation
granting the increase to all District
employees. retroactive to last July l.
Workers in some bureaus of the
municipal government already have
been ruled eligible to receive the
raise.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Vireinion Gets 5 Years
For 6 Housebreukines

Isaiah S. Higgins, 20, Of Gum
Spring, Va, was sentenced to i've
years in the Virginia Penitentiary
in Fairfax Circuit Court yesterday
for six housebreakings which police
said netted him about 1922.
Higgins, who is colored, pleaded
guilty to the offenses. which aoc-
Cured during August and Septem-
Der at variohs county restaurapts.
Judge Paul Brown imposed a i've
year sentence for each charge, .sbut
directed that the sentences run son-
currently. .
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Contract Limit Increase
On D. {. Purchasers Asked

District Purchasing Officer Roland
M. Brennan has asked the Com
missioners to increase the purchas-
ing limit of contracting officers
from 81 900 to $4,000, he said today.
Rising prices have forced Mr..
Brennan to request the purchasing
limit increase, he said.
His Office needs greater freedom
In making purchases, Mr.. Brennan
declared, so that he may take ad-
vantage of fluctuations in the mar
ket to the benefit of the District.
This is particularly true Of PERISH
able food which is purchased on a
monthly basis, he added.
Evening star., 1948-12-31

The Corcoran Gallery of Art has
several thousand works of art. 1t
also has about 20 tons of coal. The
coal must 60.
So gallery officials have sent out
"free coal" call to any body who
wants a ton or more and is willing
to haul 1t away himself with his
own equipment. The only hitch is
that the fuel is buckwheat coal,
the smallest grade of anthracite,
and it is unsuitable for a stove or
for any furnace that doesn't have
a blower.
But there it is for any chilly per-
son who has some sacks and truck,
and it's worth 1885 per ton at cur
rent prices. It will be warm work
Evening star., 1948-12-31

sons College, Cornell 1owa) and
Syracuse.
Born in Baltimore.
She was born In Baltimore, but
her family moved to Illinois when
she was young girl.
For two years Mrs Himstead was
president of the Washington alum
nae unit of Kappa Alpha Theta
Sorority. She belongs to the Chevy
Chase Methodist Church. She is a
Democrat
Her husband, Ralph E. Mimstead,
Is general secretary of the Amer
lean Association of University Pro-
fessors. Formerly he specialized in
the teaching of constitutional law.
The Himsteads have one son,
Scott, a senior at the Friends Sid
we'll School. They live at 21O Rose
mary lane. Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Youth Rally Set Sunday
In Alexandria Church

An interdenominat tional young
peoples rally will be held at 3 pm
Sunday in the First Baptist Church
212 South Washington street, Alex
andria.
Jack Wytzen of New York, direc-
tor of the Word of Light Fellowship
will conduct the rally.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Roll Executive Promoted

ROANOKE, Va, Dec. 81 P.-
George Dunglinson, jr., vice presi-
dent in charge of traffic of the Nor
folk & Western, has been appointed
executive vice president of the rail-
way, a new position, the general
ofhces announced yesterday.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Mrs. Himsteod's S Many Interests
Led to Job on Charter Council
Housewife, Mother
Has Wide KNOWLEDGE
Of Political Affairs

fThis Is one in q series OF
sketches on candidates for the
net1 Montgomery County Council
in the election Thursdoy.)
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-02
Mother E H.
And c. L. Bocot
Dies At Laurel

Mrs. Thomas r. Bacot, mother
of E. H. and c. L. Bacot of Pas.
cagoula, died early Monday morn.
ing at her home in Laurel after
very brief illness.
She was born near Raymond
Miss, a daughter of Joel and
Sarah Crisler Thigpen, both mem
bers of prominent Kinds county
families, and she had come to
Laurel is years ago to make her
home with her daughters, Misses
LiMae and Mabel Bacot. During
her residence in Laurel she had
been an active member of the
First Baptist church and had many
friends who mourn her passing
Mrs. Bacot had also made many
friends and acquaintance during
her visits to her sons in Pasca-
goula.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the First Baptist church at
1890 a. m. Tuesday by the Rev,
L. G.. Gates and the Rev. James
W. Parrish. Interment was in the
family lot in the Raymond GENE
terry.
Active pail bearers were Goode
Montgomery, Jr., Jimmie Mont
gomery, Curtis Noble, Curtice
Cameron, H. w. Graves and Philip
H.. Berry. Honorary pail bearers
were members of the Mizpah
class of the Baptist church and
w. j. Cranberry and r. c. Gulley,
Jr., of Pascagoula, R. A. Biggs,
Gordon Williams, Villas Scott, T.
F. Gladish, w. E. Standifer, La
mar Puryear, Paul Ratliff, Kelley
Williams, R. L. Long, DR.. Frank
Goodwin, Joe Hand and MCGEE
Goodwin of Raymond, DR.. j. B.
Jarvis, Denton Gibbes, ST., DIR.
T. E. Brent, R.. H. Watkins, C. D.
Boyd, ]. c. Miller, Ross Moore,
Judge Roy Noble of Laurel.
She is survived in addition to
her two daughters and two sons
who reside in Pascagoula, by two
other sons, Thomas j. Bacot of
Cleveland and ]. P. Bacot of Boil
ton, and six grandchildren.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-02

lowing organizations. In Pasca-
goula, Pascagoula Lodge No. AS
Il. o. o. F., Circles of the First
Baptist church, Presbyterian Aux
Hilary, Methodist Church, Young
Womens Business Club. Bust
ness Girls Club, Church of the
Nazerine, Lutheran Church, Pro-
gressive Club, Knights of Collm-
bus, Elks Club, Pascagoula Wo-
man's Club, Pascagoula Music
Club. Mrs. Charles Brash and No
Ian Hatten.
In Moss Point the following or
CARNATIONS we're contributors, w.
M u. First Baptist church, Young
! Mems Business Club. Woman's
/ Club, Fortnightlv Club; in Kreole.
First Methodist Church, First
Baptist Church.
Much credit goes to the mem
bers of the decorating committee
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-02
Funeral Services
In Huzlehurst
For c.. T. Wilson

George Thomas Wilson, 70
years old, died at his residence,
l412 18th ST., on Tuesday, Dec
ember 80, at 3:l5 a. m.
Mr.. Wilson was a native OF
Kemper county, but had been a
resident of Pascagoula for the
past four years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
May Branning Wilson; and three
daughters, Mrs. Helen johnson
and Miss Hazel Wilson, both of
Pascagoula, and Mrs. Merle Nixon
of Jackson; and five sons, Land
and Rupert, both of Hazelhurst,
and BURNS, Steve and Prentis, all
of Pascagoula.
He is also survived by one sis
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-02
News From Fort Bayou -.
NSWS1 1OHE OF DUYUU
Visitors Arrive To Spend Christmas
Holidays With Fort Bayou Families

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Campbell
of Wesson, Miss, r visiting hi:
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Camp.
bell, during the holiday season.
Mrs. Roosevelt Havens anC
twin daughters and eldest daugh.
ter, Miss Jean Bond, visited her
sister, Mrs. Raymond Mallette
last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hinton Farley and
children visited Christmas Day al
the j. L. Farley home.
Alton Delaney from Kreole
is spending the holiday season
at the homes of Hubert Mallette
and Walter Delaney.
Miss Jean Campbell is home
for the holidays.
The Fort Bayou Baptist church
had a Christmas tree and program
this past week with the Rev. Will
lie Spiers giving the Christmas
story and Santa presenting gifts
to all the Sunday school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Davis from
Perkinston r visiting the Da-
Wis and Griffin families during
the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Cicoria
from Tulsa, Okla, are visiting al
the Tom Cicoria home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olin Delaney
from Kreole are visiting at the
Walter Delaney home in Fort
Bayou.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul G.. Carter
spent Christmas Day with Mrs.
Carriers parents, Mr. and Mr..
Lester Mallette.
Mrs. Cora Mallette, better
known as Aunt Cora, is visit
ing for the weekend with her
o and family in Ocean Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Phillips are
visiting Mr.. Phillips parents at
Louin, Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Campbell
are visiting at the A. B. Campbell
and Howard Davis homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Mallette
celebrated Christmas by having
all their family at home. MI. and
Mrs. Roy Phillips of Biloxi, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Wardrop and
children and Mrs. Mallette's
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Yocum from Chanute
Field, Ill.
Mrs. Ina Rushing and children
from Woolmarket visited her par
ents and also the Raymond NAL
lettes Christmas Day.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-02
Red Cross Extends
Thanks For Help
In Christmas PortY

The Community Services for
Camp and Hospital of the Jack
son County Chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross express their sim
cere appreciation and thanks to
all organizations and individuals
who assisted in making the
Christmas holidays ar outstand-
ing event for the Veterans Hos
pital, Biloxi, and Keesler Field
Hospital.
Not only were gifts presented
but the mess hall and lounges
were decorated through contribu-
tions received.
Contributions of gifts and mo
ney were received from the fol-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-02

ter, Mrs. ]. N. Mevay Of vidalia,
La, and two brothers, Felix Will
son of DeKalb and Math Wilson
Of Preston; ten grandchildren and
one great grandchild.
The body was sent to Hazel
hurst by Fails Funeral Service
where the services were conduct
ed on "Wednesday, December 81,
from the Hartman Funeral Home.
Interment was in the Hazelhurst
cemetery.