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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Club Launched
In Virginia TO
Back Thurmond
Richmonder Attempts
To Put States Rights
Party on BoIIot
ey the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. "a
States Rights Club to back the
Thurmond- Wright ticket in Novem-
Der has been launched by Frank
P. Burton, jr., of Stuart, 5th Dis.
trict chairman for the Young
Democratic Clubs of Virginia.
Mr.. Burton, son of State Senator
Frank P. Burton, said yesterday
he can guarantee that Thurmono
will be qualified for a place on the
Virginia ballot"
He reported from his Patrick
County home that support was roll
ing for the new organization, but
said he could not give any names
as yet.
Supports Thurmond.
He said he has telegraphed the
South Carolina Governor and
States rights candidate for Presl-
dent his personal support.
His action followed meeting OF
the Executive Committee of Vir-
GINA Young Democratic Clubs here
Saturday when the majority decided
to 60 along with Virginia's old
Democrats in November. The eX-
ception was Cloyd Martin of Rad
ford, who resigned as secretary OF
the committee rather than support
President Truman, and Mr.. Burton
who strongly dissented the action
of the group.
The States Rights Club will be
open to all corners, without the age
limits imposed by the Young Dem
ocrats, Mr.. Burton said. There as
yet has been no afhliation of the
club with the Young Democratic
Dixiecrats," backed by Mr.. Martin
at the Saturday meeting.
Party Nominees Endorsed.
The committee met here Saturday
night for a tumultuous four-hour
session, high lighted by a fill
buster" in behalf Of the States
rights group, and climaxed by res
oIution to indorse the state party
nominees"
The resolution did not mention
either the Truman-Barkley OF
Thllrrnond- Wright tickets
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DC. AnGuord Puts 81 Fighters
Into Smart Display of Precision

on you because they are not allow
ing for your speed. You can see a
tracer 60 by now and then, but 1t
isn't as bad as you might think"
Another civilian in the air yester-
day was Maj. w. A. Millikan, g.
year-old representative for the
Goodyear Tire g. Rubber Export Co
here and commander of the squad.
ron. He lives at 3346 Martha Gusts
drive, Alexandria.
He had Is accredited kills with
the Eagle Squadron in Europe dur.
ing the war-and came down yes.
terday worrying that perhaps hi!
boys might have been little ragged
in their formations.
Three Are Airline Pilots.
Three others on duty here art
candidates for those you'd thinl
had enough of flying. In civilian
life they are pilots for Capital All
Lines.
One is Col. Melvin c. Carlow
deputy commander of the 113tf
Fighter Group, who has $4,000 hour!
of flying time-and took militar!
leave to report for duty here.
Another is Capt. Harry B. Manue
of Silver Spring, assistant group
maintenance officer. The third !!
Capt. Erwin A. Young of Alexandria
training and gunnery officer for the
121st.
Gen. Cox was highly pleased with
the supply situation at this Nationa
Grard encampment. His one thorn
Supply S/Sergt. ]. NJ Hreachnack
1914 Ninth street NE, reported NJ
had no shoes for one man.
The size? Thirteen and a half .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Is Arrested in Virginia
In Gas Station Gaming Raid
By the Associoted Press

ROCKY MOUNT, Va, Aug. O.
The operator of service station
near here and IL other persons were
arrested yesterday in raid by seven
ABC men and two State troopers.
H. L. Wyland, ABC investigator
for FRANKLIN County, said the serv-
ice station operator is Charles
Crump Menefee, A, who was
charged with operating common
nuisance and a gambling house.
The officers said they conflscated
$500 in cash. including $3.50 in silver
dollars, 3 cases of beer, A pints and
"a fifths of legal whiskey, u decks
of cards, 9 pair of dice and 2 slot
machines.
Mr.. Wyland refused to give the
names of the IL other persons ar
rested in a back room of the serv-
ice station. He said, however, a
county official was among the group.
Some of them, including three boys,
weren't gambling, he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Ten From Washington Area
Named 10 Naval Academy

Ten Washington area men have
received appointments to the Naval
Academy as midshipmen OF the
class of 1852. They are:
Jerrold M. Zacharias, son of Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Ellis M. Zacharias,
444 Forty-seventh street NV:
Donald E. Gunther, son of Capt. and
Mrs. Louis E. Gunther, 2231 Cali
fornia street NV; Jesse S. Cook III.
son of Col. Jesse S. Cook, jr, sta
toned at the Pentagon; Robert C. E.
Craven, son of Capt. and Mrs.
Francis S. Craven, Washington;
Ralph Carson, son of Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Hazard Carson, 2700 @
street NV: John p. Allen, son Of
Capt. and Mrs. Glen r. Hartwig,
4801 River road, Bethesda; Steve
Boggs, son of Chief Petty Officer
and Mrs. Steve v. Boggs, 10 Cap
stan street S.W.
Also, Maynard w. Dow, son OF
Mrs. Caroline H. Dow, College Park.
Md; w. B. Miles, son of Capt. and
Mrs. M. E. Miles, Ill Shadow road.
Chevy Chase, Md, and Grafton S.
Plat, son of Capt. and Mrs. Com
fort B. Platt, 6403 Beechwood drive.
CHEVY Chase, Md,
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1947 Population
|0f D. {. Rises
$4,000
Nations Total Put
At 143,4l4,000, Goin
Of9.8% Since 40

The District of Columbia had
population of S61 900 on July l, l947,
a lump of $4,000 from the figures
when the decennial census was
taken in 1910, the Census Bureau
said last night. The bureau re-
ported a United States total of 49,
Ala 900 in 1947, which is an increase
OF 9.8 per cent.
The booming birth rate primarily
was responsible for the overall figure,
the excess of births over deaths
amounting to 11,738,000. Civilian
immigration added another LOIS, 900.
The percentage growth here was
1913 over the 663 ,091 Of seven years
previously, rejecting the wartime
expansion of the Government.
D.. Tops Is States.
The total put Washington almost
on even terms with the S85 900
people in Maine, and topped the
population of thirteen other states
New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode
Island, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Delaware, Montana, Idaho, Wy
oming, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah
and Nevada.
Maryland's population jumped
fro 1924 to 2,139,000, and Vir-
ginia's from 2,677,773 to 1895, 900.
The growth Of the Pacific Coast
was the greatest sectionally. The
bureau, reporting great migration
between the States, figured Califor-
MAS gain since 1910 at AL per
cent. Oregon's at 41.8 per cent and
Washington's at 1858 per cent.
8 Coast States Gain.
These were the 1913 States in
population growth. Together the
population rose by 1881 900, or 400
per cent, to a total of 13,7l4,000.
California, with 9,8I2, 900 residents,
edged closer to Pennsylvania as the
second largest State in the Union.
having passed Illinois and Ohio
during the. war.
Nine States lost population-Ar-
kansas, Kentucky. Mississippi, Ok
lahoma, West Virginia, Nebraska.
North Dakota, South Dakota and
Montana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Common VD FoIIocies Fought
InPamphIet Issued by District

Possibly the most persistant OF
these is the belief that syphilis and
eonorrhea are the same disease
an unfortunate confusion generally
accepted by 18th and 18th century
doctors.
Another serious popular mistake
is to think that blood test to de-
termine whether or not patient
has syphilis is an immunizing in
incubation against the disease
Others believe that the blood test,
which is only for syphilis, applies
to gonorrhea too.
There is one misconception that
health officials are determined to
clear up. Many people, they say,
are still convinced that venereal
disease liz incurable, or that in time
it will cure itself. These people
must be told that gonorrhea and
syphilis can now be cured quickly
and easily with penicillin, and that
neglect of either disease is tragic
and deadly course.
Drinking Cup Fallacy Fought.
Probably the most widespread
fallacy, and one which will prob
ably never be entirely dispelled, is
that drinking cups, toilet seats and
towels can spread syphilis and gon-
orrhea.
One reason why the belief is SO
general is that physicians and public
workers who knew better consid-
cred it useful misconception from
their point Of view. 1t made things
easier for the patients, who might
otherwise avoid treatment because
of shame.
Today, however, this belief which
has proved boon to manufacturers
of fancy and expensive "sterilizing'
gadgets, is being fought. Patients
who claim these Mushroom contacts
as the source of their infections are
being told firmly that there never
has been an authenticated case Of
fgonorrhea or syphilis contracted &C.
cidentally except through sexuaI
intercourse.
The reason for this about-face
by health workers is simple. They
are alert to the vital necessity o.
tracking down the contacts of in
fected patients. Only if they are
brought in for treatment can thu
chain of infection be broken.
| Tomorrow: problems OF the
Health Departments telephone
information center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Farmer Killed by Car
In Maryland; Woman
Dies Of Crash Injuries

A Mechanicsville, Md, farmer was
injured fatally yesterday when
struck by an automobile as he
walked on Route 5 near Mechanics
Vile.
The man, James johnson, 30, died
in st. Mary's Hospital Leonardtown,
at $50 am, about three hours after
he was admitted.
State Policeman J. r. Trammell
said William Richard Swami, %, of
Helen, st. Mary's County, had been
charged with reckless driving and
manslaughter in the accident.
A Washington woman who was
injured in an automobile truck
crash a week before died yesterday
in Alexandria Hospital She was
Mrs. Gladys McCulloch, 40, of 511
Oneida place NV, who was a pas
senger in a car driven by her hus-
band, Robert, 81. The automobile
and truck collided on Route l, south
Of Alexandria. Mr.. McCulloch was
released from the hospital last week
Ronald I. Lining, S, of Dumfries
Va, was seriously hurt yesterday
when he was struck by a car as he
played in the yard of house at
Groveton, Fairfax County.
He was reported in fair condition
today at Alexandria Hospital. where
he was taken by the Penn DaW Res
cue Squad. The hospital reported
he was treated for shock, left arm
fracture and scalp and ear cuts.
State police said Ronald, son o.
Clayton Lining. a carpenter, wa.
playing in the yard with cat wher
car driven by Alvin v. Lloyd, 20
of the 300 block of North Pitt street
Alexandria, went out of control
They said the car swerved from
State Route 631, knocked down two
ornamental iron posts, ran into tht
yard and struck the boy. Five othel
persons in the vehicle were unhurt
Mr.. Floyd was charged with reck'
less driving, police said.
Two-year-old John Thomas Mas
sey. jr., 1121 Colonial avenue, Alex.
andria, suffered fractured leg yes
terday when struck by a car in the
300 block of North Columbus street
Alexandria. Police said the chile
ran from between two parked carr
into the path of an automobile
driven by Robert I. Carter of Alex
andria. The boy was treated al
Alexandria Hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
CandidatesStart
Lining Voters
In maryland
Light Campaigning
Begun in House Races;
BeoII Picks Manager
o.. I~L.N u>..
By John v. Homer

House candidates in Maryland
Democrats and Republicans alike,
have begun appealing for November
votes although heavy political cam
paigning is not scheduled to start
until after Labor Day.
Strings in the opposing camps
were topped today by the announce
ment of Representative Beail, Re-
publican, of the 9Th district, that
he had appointed Maj. Gen. Joseph
Byron of Hagerstown to manage
his campaign for reelection. Ar
thur Hillen of Bethesda will con-
tinue as Mr.. Beall's political agent.
Gen. Byron, an official of the
HagerstoWn Hide & Leather Co.,
and president of the First Federal
Savings & Loan Society of Hagers-
town, is brother of the late William
D. Byron, who served in the House
from 1888 to 1941.
Brother Was Democrat.
The general, of course, is a Re-
publican. His cate brother was a
Democrat. Representative Byron's
former assistant F. Bryne Austin of
Takoma Park, is running against
Mr.. Beall as the Democratic nom
inee for the House.
Mr.. Austin has announced no
formal campaign plans but he has
been active since he won the party
nomination in close primary cleo
ton two months ago. An organ-
ization worker of long standing, he
recognized the value of personal
contact in his own campaign and,
since the primary, has missed few
opportunities to mingle with the
voters at all types of public gather
ings.
One Of Mr.. Austin's principal
workers is Will Allen, Bethesda
neWspaperman and member of
Americans for Democratic Action
who almost nosed him out for the
House nomination in the June pri-
mary.
In Marylands 5th district, Rep
resentative Sasscer, renominated
without incident by the Democrats
is sailing along serenely, confident
that his organization will produce
the votes to return him to Capitol
Hill.
Attending Meetings.
Mr.. Sasscer's Republican oppo-
nent is C.. Maurice Weidemeyer
Annapolis and Washington lawyer.
The incumbent, like his Republic
can colleague, Representative Bean,
has been working at the Capitol
because of the special session OF
Congress, but he has found time
recently to attend a series of meet
irgs in widely separated areas OF
the district.
Last week, for example, Mr.. Sas-
seer attended Farm Bureau picnic
in Charles County, Coast Guard
outing at Kurtz Beach and a picnic
in Howard County.
His adversary, Mr.. Weldmeyer,
took enough time from the practice
of law to arrange for the establish
ment of campaign headquarters In
Annapolis, under a plan outlined
by the Maryland State Central
Committee.
He counts on the apparent trend
toward the Republican Party to
help him unseat the veteran Rep
resentative Sasscer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Thieves Fail Second Time
In Two Days 10 Loot Safe

A second attempt within 48 hours
to rob the safe at MAYORS Seafood
Restaurant, Wheaton, Md, early to-
day again proved Improbable.
The thieves knocked off the dial
and got into the 300-pound safe
but found it empty. Saturday the
safe was rolled out to the sidewalk
by two men who were frightened
away by a motorist before they at
tempted to open it.
Montgomery County police said
Pearson Naylor, co-proprietor, told
them that because of Saturdays at
tempt, money which normally would
have been placed in the safe last
night was hidden elsewhere. About
$50 was in the safe when the first
attempt was made.
Entrance Saturday was made
through the front door. Today, a
window was broken.
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Engraving Bureau Printer
In HOSPITAL After Auto Crash

Martin A. Dyer, SO, of 1925 Thirty.
first street NV, printer at the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
was reported in satisfactory
condition today at Bethesda Nava
Hospital, where he was taken aftel
being injured in an accident al
Seventeenth street and Rhode
Island avenue NV. early yesterday
Mr.. Dyer, who received head in
illries, was driver of car which
was involved in a collision with one
driven by Melvin Walton, %, of q
West Mount Ida avenue, Alexandria
Two other persons were hospitalizeo
after the crash. Police listed them
as Miss Helen Long, 10, of 1920
Twenty sixth street NV, ano
Dennis Shidet, %, of the Alexandra
address.
Miss Long was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital, where she was said
to be in good condition. Mr. Shif1et
who is at Mount Alto Hospital, also
was reported in good condition
Both were passengers in Mr.. Wal
tons car
Police charged Mr. Walton with
cOllidine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09


Chest funds. The money will be dis
tributed by the Community Chests
of Alexandria and Arlington, Fair
fax, Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties and United Community
Services in the District.
Mr.. Alison was named to his fund
raising job by Assistant Secretary
of the Interior C. Girard Davidson,
chairman of the Government Unit
Of the campaign. Mr.. Alison's as
signment will be to organize group
of volunteer solicitors who will make
a special appeal to Government ex-
ecutives for gifts. His group will
make up the Government wing OF
the campaigns Special Gifts Unit,
of which E. Cortlandt Parker is
chairman.
Named to his assistant secretary
ship by President Truman in l947,
Mr.. Alison formerly was colonel
in the Army Air Corps. He has
been air attache in Moscow and saw
combat service as fighter squadron
commander in China. He also took
part in operations in Burma, the
Philippines and Okinawa. He lives
at 1887 H street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Public Welfare Board
Reports Reduction in
PAYMENTS in June

Decreases in the amount of money
spent in June for aid to dependent
children and general public assist
ance-as compared to the same
month last year - were reported
today by the Board of Public We'll
fare.
The boards monthly analysis OF
the expenditures of its funds
showed:
A total of 100000 was spent for
aid to dependent children in June
as compared to $103,374 spent in
June, 1947, decrease of 13 per cent.
A total of $5,9O6 was allotted to
families under general public assist
ance as compared to Sill, 482 in June,
1947, a decrease of 48.6 per cent.
) A total of $46,229 was spent for
one-person cases under general
public assistance as compared to
$49, TBS, a decrease of per cent.
Old Age Aid Increases.
Old age assistance showed an in
crease of 20 per cent, with 500, 1876
spent as compared to $93,513, and
aid to blind cases also rose, with
$9,715 expended as compared to
9,034, an increase of rs per cent.
Welfare officials explained the de-
creases were the result of efforts to
reduce financial assistance.
The actual number of cases re-
ceiving assistance in June were
Old age assistance, 1885; aid tc
dependent children, 4,103 in 1855
families; aid to blind, 2l9: genera
public assistance. IS families anc
l,066 one-person cases.
Average Payments.
The average payments for old age
assistance were $40.33 and for aid e
dependent children, s75.36 family
or 1881 a person. The blind re.
ceived an average of $4436 while
under general public assistance fam
lilies received an average OF $62.1'
or $50 80 a person. One-person CASES
averaged $43.37.
The report stated that 241 chill
dren were enrolled in its six day
care centers with an average dali!
attendance of 142.
The average daily population a
other welfare institutions were: Dis
trict Training School, GAL; Indus
trial Home School for Colored. 176
Industrial Home School for White
1875; National Training School TO
Boys, 1T; National Training Schoo
for Girls, II; Receiving Home TO
Children, Ill; Home for Aged ant
Infirm, 1862; Municipal Lodginl
House, 80, and Temporary Home TO
Soldiers and Sailors, Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Girl, 5, Severely Burned
PIoyino With Matches

A Swear old girl is in Gallinger
Hospital today with severe burns
because she and her sister played
with matches.
She is Mae Lille Jackson, colored,
1920 First street S.W. The girl and
her sister Barbara. 6, were playing
with matches yesterday when the
younger child's clothing caught fire.
police said. She was burned on the
left side and arm. Hospital officials
said today her condition was fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
By ChorIes J. Yorbrough
Stor Stoff Correspondent

DOVER, Del, Aug. 9.-Combat
flyers who earned the right to the
old rocking chair but prefer to sit
on parachute put up "a laundering
reasons why here yesterday.
1t was show day for the Air Ma
tienai Guard-the day when a civil
ian pre-law student and a business
man make you believe they can sub
stitute enthusiasm for gasoline in
the tanks OF an PAT Thunderbolt.
The 16 black-nosed PATS OF
Washington's 121st Squadron helped
squadrons from Virginia, Maryland
and Pennsylvania churn up some
wartime activity in this all but
deserted base. Where there were 40
maintenance men 10 days ago. the
Air Guard moved in with 1900 and
more than 100 planes for tWo-Week
stay.
ga Planes Stage Display.
The performance today, marked
by the air and ground review, was
the halfway point of the en-
campment.
For men who join the weekend
flyers, it was a smart display OF
precision. They put the "a Thunder
bolts in the air, pulled them through
three swift passes over the review
ing stand. peeled off and set them
down on the runways in an almost
four minute clip.
At least four Governors were
scheduled to appear. The fact that
only one-Gov. Tuck of Virginia
stood with Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox
on the reviewing stand failed to
dampen the pilots enthusiasm. With
Delaware's Secretary of State Will
liam j. Storey and Col. H. C. B.
Claggett, jr., of Washington, they
were among 1000 or more who
watched the review.
Lieutenant TOws Target.
1t. Caleb L. Reeder of 544
Eighteenth street, S. Arlington, was
one of the pilots overhead. If any
one man should be little weary OF
airplanes it should be Lieut.. Reeder.
A part of his chores thus far has
been towing a 30-foot target for the
other boys to fling so caliber am
munition into.
He saw the machine guns blink
ing over Hanover. Germany, on
March 8, 1914 - from two Focke
Wulf 1905. Twenty minutes later
he was parachuting right into Is
months of prisoner -of-war status
at Stalag Luft I.
One of the boys firing into 1t
Reeder's target over the Chesapeake
last week was eagle-eyed 1t. Clifton
M. Eisele, jr., of Riverdale, Md, who
scored II hits out of 225 rounds to
set the top mark in gunnery COM
petition thus far.
Did that stir up that queasy feel
ing in the tow-plane pilot2
"As long as you can look down
their gun barrels you're safe he
grinne6 They don't have q bead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Hanging Of Bushwood Man
In Tent Ruled Suicide

A certificate of suicide has been
issued in the death of Jesse Knott
so, who was found hanged Satur-
day night in his tent at Lexington
Park, Md.
The death was ruled suicide
by the st. Marys County medical
examiner, DR.. J. S. Lane of Leon
ardtown.
Mr.. Knott, who worked at the
Patuxent River Md Naval All
Station, was a veteran of Worlc
War I. His body was found hanged
from a pole across the top of the
tent. He was believed to have beer
dead since Friday. Mr.. Knots
home was in Bushwood, Md, but
he was living in Lexington Park te
be near his work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Special Dairy Course
Planned at Maryland

The University of Maryland's De-
partment of Dairy Husbandry will
offer a training program this fall
in the manufacture and processing
of market milk and ice cream.
University officials announced
that trainees will work in the uni
versity's dairy plant and will be
permitted to take some college
courses. They will be paid for their
work in the dairy plant.
University officials said the tenta-
tive starting date for the nine-week