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Evening star., 1948-05-31
c. c. Mac 7 ovish Dies;
Carroll Descendant
By the A,soeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, May 81. Charles
Carroll MacTavish, 90, great grand
son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, died in a hospital here
yesterday.
Mr.. MacTavish was educated at
private schools here and in Eng
land. Until Is years ago, he Travelled
extensively throughout Europe and
the Middle East with his wife, the
late Mary Bergin MacTavish.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday, with burial at the new
Cathedral Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-05-31
Tolls Were Shocking

BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (P.-It was
a shocking experience every time
tolls were paid at the Beardstown
bridge. City Electrician Arthur
Zeick discovered that cars crossing
the asphalt covered board floors OF
the bridge built up supply of static
electricity which caused a shock
every time customers handed the
bridge tender a coin. A "grounder'
made from long -pronged sweeper
type rake has solved the problem.
Evening star., 1948-05-31
Oldest Inhubitunts TO Meet

The Oldest Inhabitants will rem
inisce on early springs. pumps and
water courses of Washington at
their meeting, 7:3O pm. Wednesday,
in the Old Union Engine House,
Nineteenth and H streets NV. John
Clagett Proctor. president, will pre-
side.
Evening star., 1948-05-31
CEMETERY LOTS.

PRICE REDUCED-5 choice lots in Ma
tional Memorial Park Cemetery All )
for S795 or separately $500 each. Gail
W. G. SMITH. MA. $3.50. -3
CEDAR HILL CEMETERY-l0 adjoining
sites in lots SS3 and 90.2. on hillside near
walk. Catholic section 27i $50 per site.
LU. oS55. 81
FOUR SITES in Trinity section of FIT. Lin
I nlxn. hacf
Evening star., 1948-05-31
Dfatha

WILSON. HATTIE On Friday May
IS. 194s. at Galinger Hospital. HATTIE,
WILSON. She leaves to mourn their
loss: nephew, Leon N. Brogdon, and a
half-brother, French Johnson. Friends
may call at Boyd's Funeral Home, 1898
Goth st. NV, Sunday. May 30, at l pm
Funeral from the Little Sisters of the
Poor, $50 H st. ne. at am. Tuesday,
Tune /. 81
day, M Nay "a, is4s' a, % LetteTman o9 aeneqal M9aI
Hospital. San Francisco. Calf, LOUIS
GEORGE WILSON. After 10 am. Sum
day. May 30, friends are invited to call
at the MCGUIRE Funeral Home, 1890 9th
ST. NV, where services will be held on
Tuesday. June /, at l.. noon. Interment
Arlington National Cemetery 81
Evening star., 1948-05-31

AMBULANCES.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Court Denies New rial to James
In SIuyinq of Baltimore Girl

Under Maryland law, premedita-
ton must be proved before a de-
fendant may be convicted of first
degree murder.
Prosecutors countered by arguing
that psychiatrists had testified at
his criminal court trial that James
MS a responsible person." within
the meaning of Maryland law re-
lating to mental competency.
Psychiatric Report Stressed.
Prosecutors said the psychiatric
reports tended to establish a motive
that James killed the girl because
of his hatred for women"
Judge Herman M. Moser, who con-
victed the janitor and odd Jobs man
in September after a three-day
trial, followed the usual practice
OF not sitting with the other circuit
judges as they reviewed the case.
Whether James is sentenced to
be hanged or is given a life term
is within Judge Moser's discretion.
After sentence, a further appeal
is. expected to be taken to the Mary
land Court of Appeals in Annapolis
James was not in court during
today's arguments.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
DR.. RuhIand Will Try
To Get Alcohol Clinic
Under Health Aqency

Health officer George c. Rutland
will try to have the Districts Alco-
holic Clinic Act changed at the next
session of Congress so the Health
Department will supervise the
clinic.
The District Commissioners in
October 1947 appointed committee
to set up the alcoholic clinic and
while they have held many meetings
they have never been able to pro-
duce plan that would be satisfy
ing to themselves and the Health
Department.
Holders of liquor licenses in the
District have contributed $85,048.3 SO
under a 10 per cent tax to run the
clinic. The only money spent of
this sum is small amount which
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board has paid for printing re-
ceiptS.
DR.. Rutland from the beginning
OF controversy has held out for
complete supervision of the clinic
by the Health Department. The
committee appointed by the Com
missioners under the Hebert Act
have maintained that it should be
run as separate department of the
District government. The Health
Department has suggested DR.. Leo
pold E. Wexberg, head of the Health
Department mental clinic, as head
! of the alcoholic clinic, but he has
been rejected by the committee.
Health Department officials have
contended that if the clinic is es-
tablished it will have to have the
help OF the departments many med
ica1 services. They say it would be
impossible for the director of the
clinic, who will have no Health
Department supervision, to COM
mandeer facilities of the depart
ment, and that he could not operate
successfully If he did not have the
facilities at his command.
DR.. Rutland said his efforts to
change the bill would in no way
affect the collection of the tax from
liquor dealers.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
DC, Officials 10 Meet
tomorrow i on Hospital
Contracts for Indigents

District officials are to meet to-
morrow morning to put the finish
ing touches on contracts allowing
the District to pay the city's non
profit hospitals for treating INDECENT
patients, Commissioner Guy Mason
said last night.
The Commissioners met with
Health Department and District
legal officials for several hours Tues
day in an attempt to agree on final
wording of the long delayed con-
tracts, but plans for Fridays man.
moth welcome for President Truman
pushed further developments into
the background.
The hospitals, meanwhile, have
submitted claims for July, August
and September. totalling more than
100000 against an appropriation of
$735, 900 for the purpose this year.
1t is based on rate of SO for each
day of bed care/and 50 for each
clinic visit by eligible indigents.
The claims have been approved
tentatively and the money can be
paid as soon as the contracts are
signed, according to Health Depart
ment officials.
To Confer Later In Day.
Mr.. Mason said officials of the
District Hospital Permit Bureau
which certifies payments for in
digent treatment-and District legal
and budget representatives will 60
over the contract provisions tomor-
row morning. He will confer with
the group later in the day, the Com
missioner said.
Whether the contract will come
up with a clear-cut definition of
what an INDECENT is-for its pur-
poses-is still uncertain.
Mr.. Mason said he is perfectly
willing to have the hospitals them
selves determine indigency," subject
to approval Of District officials,
rather than have the permit bureau
certify each patient before a claim
can be made.
Subsidy Rule Out.
In any case, however, he added,
payment will be made only on the
basis of actual service rendered
by the hospitals and not on any
basis of subsidy"
The contracts also should apply
only to District residents, he said.
About 80 per cent of the patient
load in some of the hospitals is
composed of non-residents of the
District, he added.
But there is no reason why the
District should pay for these people, /"
he declared. District taxpayers
have eonugh of load to bear al
ready,"|
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Planners Recommend
Denial Of 8 Rezonino
Pleas in Montgomery

The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
yesterday announced it has recon-
mended denial of eight rezoning ap-
plications and approval of five. The
applications are scheduled for hear
ing this month and in December
before the Montgomery County
Commissioners.
Three of the petitions recon-
mended for disapproval are located
on the corner of Ethan Allen and
Sycamore avenues in Takoma Park
The applications, made by Deborah
Smith weaver, Earl H. and Rose
+. Burdine and Elizabeth B. Dowell
ask commercial zoning for resi-
Dental A property.
Denial also was recommended for
the application of Samuel E. Bogley
for commercial zoning of residential
A property on Old Georgetown road
and Cabin John road. (Greentree
road, Bethesda. In recommending
disapproval the planners noted that
the development of the National
Institute of Health's new 500-bed
hospital and research building, now
under construction, suggests the in
advisability Of any new commercial
zoning on Old Georgetown roac
until plans of the institute are COM
plete.
Other applications recommended
for disapproval include that OF
Esterlene Bell for rezoning of q
portion of the Brooke Tea House
property On Blair road, Silver
Spring, from residential c to COM
mercial, and Of Sinclair Refining Co
for commercial zoning of a lot al
the corner of Chicago and Gist
avenues, Silver Spring.
Public hearings will be held by
the Montgomery County Commits.
sioners on all the petitions, with
the exception of Mr.. Bogley's, or
November 16 in Silver Spring. Mr.
Bogley's application is slated to bs
heard next month In Bethesda.
Evening star., 1948-11-07

munication Service, with headquar-
tiers at Gravelly Point.
First 1t. Peter r. LaForce, %, of
1893 Homer avenue, Suitland, Md,
also attached to the AACS.
3 T/Sergt. Paul E. Mauzy, 81, of
Calhoun, KY, who was stationed at
Boiling as an aerial engineer.
All Are Married.
All are married and all except
1t. LaForce have children.
The bomber left Boiling early Fri
day and stopped at Westover (Mass.)
Air Force Base en- route to Stephen
vile.
Last radio communication with
the plane was at 3:31 pm. Friday,
the Associated Press reported. At
that time, with weather very bad"
it was over the field.
officials said the plane might
have been directed to come in for
landing under guidance of the
ground radar crew, or told to climb
and circle into another approach.
Capt. Meyer, a native of Railway,
N. j., entered the Air Force in 194l
and saw 16 months of combat duty
in the South Pacific as a fighter
pilot with the 5th Air Force. He
is an Air Force career man who
learned to fly at the age of IS
and taught flying before entering
the service at outbreak of the war.
He has been stationed at Boiling
for the last IA months. His wife is
Mrs. Evalyn Meyer of Scotch Plains,
N. J. They have a 14-month-old
son, Raymond, jr. Capt. Meyers
mother lives in Railway.
For the last two years, Col. Kicker
has lived in Arlington with his
mother, Mrs. Burt Kicker. He has
16-year-old son, Ward. A native
of Seattle, Wash, he is graduate
of the University of Michigan.
Col Kicker entered the Army
about six months before the Pearl
Harbor attack and was assigned
to duty in Manila when the Japs
invaded the PHILIPPINES. The in
fantry officer was captured and
held by the Japs throughout the
war.
+ Capt. Lilies has a wife and baby
daughter here. His mother, Mrs.
Lessie Horton, lives in Raleigh, N. c.
1t. La Force and Mrs. Virginia La
Force were married last July. Capt.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Families Here
Await News on
Plane Search
5 on Bomber Lost
In Newfoundland
Live in D. c. Area

Wives and families of six men
aboard Boiling Air Force Base
bomber missing in Newfound-
land since Friday today awaited
word from air search units pre-
pairing to renew operations at
dawn.
Eleven planes from nearby Air
Force and Navy bases criss-crossed
the area around Argentia through
out yesterday. and additional air
craft were being prepared to re-
new the effort this morning. Hope
has by no means been abandoned,
it was said by Air Force officers in
charge.
Five of the men have homes in
the Washington area, and the sixth,
a Canadian Army major, has been
living here temporarily while at
tending the General Staff College
Evening star., 1948-11-07

at Fort McNair. Search planes
were ready to take of at dawn today
weather permitting, from the Air
Force base at Stephenville and the
big Navy base at Argentia in South
ern Newfoundland.
Officers at Boiling were advised
late yesterday that the BIS medium
bomber was believed down some
where in the vicinity of Argentia
The aircraft, on routine training
mission, was last heard from, it
was said, while attempting to make
a radar ground-controlled approach
to Argentia In thick weather Fri
day afternoon,
Men Aboard.
Those aboard were:
Capt. Raymond F. Meyer, jr., 26,
of 1905 Washington boulevard, Dis
trict Heights, Nd. the pilot, an as
sktant operations of1icer at Boiling.
1t. Col. Eugene 8. Kicker, AZ, of
936 North Kenmore street, Airing
ton, an assistant 10 Secretaryof the
Army Royal, WHO Is attached to
the National Board for the Promo
ton of Rife Practice.
Maj. H. L. Forsyth, 80, of 816 s.
Ode street, Arlington, and Toronto,
Canada, a student at the staff COL
lege.
Capt. Matthew B. Lilies, jr., 27, of
1902 Third street Sc, who is at
tached to the Airways and Air Com
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Washington News
Flying Snake
AT DolecorIio
Bites Plumber

James Cox, AZ, plumber at the
Dalecarlia reservoir, yesterday told
Providence Hospital doctors of a
flying" snake which sprang from
reservoir wall, bit him on the
temple, then collapsed quietly in
the bottom of the boat Mr.. Cox was
rowing.
Mr.. Cox, of 6925 Macarthur boule-
ward NV, said he was cleaning
leaves from the reservoir Friday
when his boat touched the wall, he
said, a three-inch snake jumped at
him. Co-workers killed the snake
after Mr.. Cox had rowed back to
the reservoir Office. 1t was sent to
the Zoo for examination.
Mr.. Cox was released from the
hospital yesterday.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 6.-The ST.
preme Bench of Baltimore today re-
fused to grant hew trial to Eugene
H. James, 81, convicted of first
degree murder In the knife-slaying
of Marsha Brill, II.
He will be brought into criminal
court next week and sentenced to
death or life imprisonment.
James, who is colored, has been
indicted in Washington for the
strangely parallel killing of Carol
Bardwell, IL. in Rock Greek Park
less than two weeks before Marsha
met her death.
Defense Attorneys Charles H.
Houston of Washington and Will
liam H. Murphy of Baltimore today
argued that James was so mentally
deficient that the confession ad-
mitted at his trial could not be
regarded as voluntary act.
Prosecution Failure Charged.
They contended the prosecution
failed to show his killing of the
Brill girl as she was bicycling with
companions last July was a deliper-
ate act, thought out in advance.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Alexandria PTA Council
To Meet on Tuesdoy

A city-wide general meeting OF
the Alexandria Council of Parent
Teacher Associations will be held at
8 pm. Tuesday in the Mount Ver-
non School, Alexandria.
DR.. Karl H. Berns, assistant Sec
retary of the National Education
Association, will speak on "Our
Responsibility for Universal Educa-
ton" Music will be furnished by
the glee clubs of Mount Vernon
School under the direction of Mrs.
Elizabeth Knight.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Second Of Twin Spans
10 Await Construction
On 7 Other Projects

District highway officials have de-
cided to build the proposed K street
underpass at Washington Circle and
bridge and underpass for. Military
road NV. under Sixteenth street
and over Rock Greek before the
second span off twin bridges planned
in the Potomac.
This was disclosed last night with
announcement by S. R. Harrison,
engineer of streets, that the pro-
posed second span may be post
poned for several years because of
more urgent" projects.
The piers for the first Potomac
bridge-a few hundred yards east Of
Highway Bridge-are almost ready
for erection of the steel super
structure. Original plans called for
destruction of Highway Bridge as
soon as the East span was COM
pleted, with work to begin at that
time on the second span.
One-Way Traffic Planned.
The latter is intended TO carry
only southbound traffic, with the
first new bridge assigned to north.
bound traffic only. Now, Mr.. Har.
rison said, it is planned to assign
the first four-lane bridge to north
bound traffic while the old two-lane
Highway bridge will carry the same
, motorists back to Virginia in the
evenings on a one-way basis.
Engineer Commissioner Gordcr
R. Young announced about month
ago that construction on the seconc
span would not begin until aftel
1850 because of the District sesqul.
centennial celebration.
'We believe that the first span
together with the old Highwa,
Bridge from Fourteenth street NV.
will serve adequately until othel
more urgent projects can b,
started Mr., Harrison said. H,
emphasized the second span is no
abandoned, only postponed.
Circle Part of System.
The $1,00G,000 Washington Circle
underpass is part of the overall
plan for development of K street
as an arterial highway for express
traffic from Rosslyn to the eastern
boundary of Washington. The
Whitehurst Freeway-the elevated
portion of K street from Rock
Greek to the Key Bridge-is near
ing completion.
The Military road improvements
Mr. Harrison said, are planned te
widen the present two-lane under.
pass under, Sixteenth street to speed
up crosstown traffic already making
extensive use of Military road as ar
arterial highway from Northeast te
Northwest.
He said funds for the Military
road underpass and the bridge tc
carry Military road over Rock Greek
probably will be sought in the Dis
trict budget for the 1871 fiscal veor
Evening star., 1948-11-07
; More Arrested
In Anti-Noise Drive

Arrest of three motorists yesterday
in the Police Department campaign
against unnecessary hornblowing
brought to So the number of drivers
cited since the drive began Octo-
ber 20
Hundreds more have been warned,
however" said Inspector Arthur e.
Miller, of the Traffic Division.
Pointing out the drive was receive
ing much publicity ''by word Of
mouth" Inspector Miller said he
personally has warned some 20
motorists, and all but one admitted
they had heard about the polics
campaign"
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Mass at Maryland U.
To Honor War Dead

A solemn high mass will be sung
in Ritchie Coliseum at the Univer-
sity of Maryland next Sunday in
memory of those who gave their lives
in the service of the country.
The ceremony is the seventh an
nual armistice memorial service
sponsored by the Prince Georges
Council, Knights of Columbus.
Evening star., 1948-11-07

La Force is from Danville. N. Y.
His wife is a native Of Muskegon,
KY. He entered the Air Force soon
after the war broke out and has
been stationed here two years.
Sergt. Mauzy and his wife, Marie,
have O young child.
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31

| he was arrested and taken to the
County Jail by order of Nagistrate
George Collins.
Ernest NJ. Jefferson was tho win
ner in the Sussex Trust Comnanv
contest, guessing when the hig
birthday candle would burn ont The
candle burned a total of fftv-tbres
days, nineteen hour and fftv-four
minutes. Mr.. Jefferson was awarded
! the first prize of twenty-five dollars
The second prize Of fifteen dolIare
went to Mrs. Pauline Banning. third
prize of ten dollars. went tn Mr.
Amanda DOdd and fourth prizp If
five dollars went to Mrs. Grace VIII
son.
Harry Webb, for MANY wears
street supervisor and water works
superintendent, has resigned his
position due to i'll health. He is sue
Ceeded by Clifford Elliott.
On Christmas Day. mr.. anF Mrs
Charles L. Jackson. Broad Street
entertained Mr. and Mrs. OrvilIe
tanning of Bridgeville and Mr.. John
Banning OF Cannon. Dinner euests
On Sunday Of the Jacksons were Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Emerson and Mrs
Mary Lee of Wilmington and Mrs.
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31

is -, ap pany, Harrington, and Mr.. Short
plant in Seaford 1- 'n' ~ iOii
c,, Inc NJ. Y. F. of Grace Methodist
C,il'Ich iluIch sang Christmas Carols on
and 'Toillas nna Eve through the streets,
bar. ~ eSented several shut-in mem
OeIS IS.,"Ih with baskets of fruit
ont ison e Fire Company was called
GuIie GuI LVe times during Christmas
iloy. ihoIIuays. The first cali was at the
Holiie et OF Charles Allen. East Front
3eaee.. ,-oae The kitchen, attached to the
at,.a al VI the home, was totally de-
SslOyed: Ffremen were able to save
@ .ne main building. The second fire
was, " aS al Oak Orchard. where a sum-
TI IrIeI cottage was badly damaged
; ne thlrd call was at the home or
lLenIy HISy Stout, in the REYNOLDS
in muich district. A twO-story dwell
l'ls was completely DESTROYED. TO-
EGlner &c with most of the furniture
! ne fourth call was to the home Of
NJ M. NlDblett in the St Johns dis
~ - lc'' ms dwelling was a total loss.
! lie next and last call came from
NJ: NJ: ana Mrs. Noah E. Warren. on
= "iUH street, Milton, where a fire
nau lid Deen discovered in the bedroom
IIIee rooms were badly damaged
"eIore T the fire was extinguished.
Two persons lost their lives in
gIIlhlng Ir, arguments Christmas Eve
lie hrst was the death of Mary
by stabbing with a poe
I,I, heI knife, allegedly in the hands of
" me PerRins. Perkins was arrest
Gu and taken to the Sussex County
JAIL Georgetown, where later he
suicide by hanging in his
,el. Ine second was the death of
Nlrs' Joseph Draper. Jr., who was
9hot by her husband at their home I
On Hazard Street. Draper claims
mat he shot his wife in self defense (
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31

Pelt, Martin COverdale and Richard
I EIlingswOrth of Milford. After tn,
party the group met the Senior NJ
I. +. members and enjoyed carroll.
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Jones, Sr.. en-
tertained to family dinner durins
the holidays. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Hummel Sapp, Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Jones, of Wilmington: and Mr.
and Mrs. A. r. Jones, Jr.. and chill
0ren of Ellendale.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. Warren spent
the holidays with relatives.
j James DickersOn OF WilminotOn
spent the holidays with his parents
here. = -
Mrs. Carrie Kincade of PennsvI-
vania, Is visiting Mir. and Mrs. A 7
Millman
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Tim
mons during the holidays were Al
ton TimmOns of Dover and Mr. and
Mrs. c. A. Timmons, Jr.. of WiIm-
ingtOn, Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. J. Hovt and
daughter We're holiday guests Of lIr
and Mrs. Walter Hoyt and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Sh0cklev and
son. Tommy. of Clenolden. Pa. are
spending few days at their home
here.
Mr and Mrs. L. J. Fleming enter
tanned guests on Sunday.
Mr. and Afpc Ot;c Vxrotl ~,
ford, visited Mr.. and' mrs. Horace
Webb during the weekend.
Mrs. L. J. Smith of Philadelnbia
spent the holidays at her home here
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence SammOns
entertained to a Christmas dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Messick. Mr. !
ana Mrs. Bayard Messick of Milton. I
and Miss Dorothy Messick of viii /
Delaware.
On January 3rd. there will be a .
Get Acquainted Bingo Party" spon-
sOred by the Glendale P. T. A Ad-
mission. soc Prizes will he given
Refreshments on sale. Tines ON !
at Ellendale School.
Until further notice the EllendaIe
school will be opened each Friday
right, beginning January 10th from
eight until ten for basketball activi-
les. Soft drinks and hot dogs will
De sold by the Glendale P. T. A.
All members of the Association are
invited to attend. Come out for an
5vening of sport.
'huTch News:
GLENDALE Methodist Church
Rev. James O'NeiI, pastor
Sunday, January 2nd
sunday School services at 10 am.
n charge Of F. w. Ireland. Sup't
PREACHING at II a. m. by pastor
NJ. Y. F. meeting at 6:45 D. m.
Worship service at 7:3O o'clock.