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Evening star., 1948-07-12
) Escape Fairfax Jail
During Services, Are
Quickly Captured

Three escaped prisoners were
back in Fairfax County jail today
after short-lived freedom yesterday
Captured within three hours after
they walked out of the jail during
religious services about 4:10 pm
were Raymond Nash, 18; Benjamin
H.. Turner, %. and Henry johnson.
IS, all colored.
Nash surrenderec In Fairfax
Cemetery a half hour after the
walkout; Turner was caught about
7:15 pm. a short distance north OF
Fairfax, and johnson gave up to
Policeman Richard Wahl about 80
minutes later near Fairfax High
School.
Nash's captors were Policemen
Pierce Lysinger, Stanley Dodson
and Sergt. Cecil Brown. Turner
was picked up by bloodhounds from
State Prison Camp 80 who were
being handled by two trustees from
the camp.
Sheriff John E. Taylor said the
three men jammed the lock of the
door of the second-floo bull pen
in which they were held, when they
we're shut in earlier in the day. The
jamming was done with metal
spoon, he said. When the door was
closed, it clicked" as though it were
locked. He said they apparently
waited until the churches services
SO they could file out while every
one else was occupied.
A guard discovered the escape
when he went to feed the prisoners
and found the bull pen" door ajar
The last Fairfax break occurred in
January, 1947, when three men got
into the attic and slid down rope
fashioned from blankets. All were
subsequently captured.
OF those who escaped yesterday
Nash was serving a 12-month SEN
tence for reckless driving and leav-
ing the scene Of an accident; Tur-
ner was awaiting q hearing on
breaking and entering charges, and
johnson was awaiting a hearing on
charges of grand larceny and break.
ing and entering.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Venezuela President Plans
New Orleans Tour Today
Bv the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, July 12.-The
President of Venezuela planned an
inspection today of the port where
the international merchant fleet o1
Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador
was born.
A boat ride along New Orleans
13-mile waterfront was the first
item on busy days program fol
Romulo Gallegos, the Venezuelan
chief executive. who arrived here
yesterday on the last lap of a good
will tour of the United States.
1t was here IA months ago that
the first three vessels of Flota Mer-
cante Grancolombiana. S.A. - the
Great Colombian Merchant Fleet
a cooperative venture of the three
countries-assembled and sailed fol
the Caribbean.
The ships had been purchased ir
the United States and outfitted al
Gulf ports,
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Firm 10 Study Fare Rise
Requested in Baltimore
Nv the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, July IA New
York engineering firm has been
retained to make a study OF the
Baltimore Transit Co. in connec-
ton with the utility's application
for a fare rise.
Gov. Lane announced this in
Philadelphia, where he is attending
the Democratic Convention. The
Governor also disclosed that special
counsel has been named to assist
Phillip H. Dorsey, peoples counsel,
before the Public Service Commis-
sion, in handling the fare case.
Wilson K. Barnes, Baltimore at
torney, will aid Mr.. Dorsey in
preparations for a PSC hearing on
the transit petition.
Gov. Lane said the Roberts Or
ganization of New York will do the
investigative work. This is normally
performed by the PSCs chief en-
gineer, but the commission post has
been vacant since the resignation Of
Paul L. Holland.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Motorist Held in Bond
.0fS300 After Accident
|njuring ; Pedestrians

A motorist was held in $500 bond
today in Municipal Court pending a
hearing on three traffic charges
lodged against him after an acci-
dent in which three pedestrians
were injured.
William L. Angola, %, of SIS
Sixty-eighth street, Seat Pleasant,
was ordered held by Judge Walter
J. Casey. who continued the case
until August IL on request of the
Government.
Mr.. Angola was charged with
leaving after colliding, failure to
give right of way to a pedestrian
and driving to the left of a street.
car loading platform.
Police said Mr.. Angola was the
driver of car which struck Marine
Sergt. Robert Virden, q, of Guam
tico, Va The accident occurred at
Fourteenth and H streets NV, late
yesterday.
Treated at Hospitals.
Sergt. Virden was knocked against
two companions, Sergt. Maj. DAME!
Houghtaling, 20, and his wife, Mrs.
Audrey Houghtaling, %. They were
knocked down.
Sergt. Virden was treated at
Emergency Hospital for head and
leg injuries and removed to Be-
thesda Naval Hospital. The Hough-
talings also we're treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for cuts and bruises.
Police said they obtained the IL
cense number of the car from a wit
ness. Maryland State Police visited
Mr.. Angolia's home where a tele-
phone call was made to Mr.. Angola,
who was. said to be visiting friends
in Virginia. Later Mr.. Angola tele-
phoned police and was instructed to
appear at the hearing today.
Man and Woman Injured.
In another accident John Casalet,
"a, of 1707 Lamont street NV,
and Miss Allah Frances Thompson,
26, of 3l14 Sixteenth street NV,
suffered conclusions and cuts and
we're taken to Casualty Hospital =
The accident occurred. at Sixth
and E streets NE. late yesterday
afternoon as Mr.. Casalet was re-
turning from Annapolis. His car, in
which Miss Thompson was a pas
senger, collided with another auto
mobile driven, according to police,
by Richard Hammond, 10, of Hern-
don, Va, pianist on Radio Station
WEAM. Mr. Hammond was not
hurt, nor was his brother, Frank H.
Hammond. Is, of Landover, Nd, a
PASSENGER.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Wallace Delegates
Named in Maryland
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, July 1.-THE CEN
trail committee of Maryland's Pro-
gressive Party last night elected SO
delegates to cast Is votes at the ma
tional convention in Philadelphia
July 1925. when Henry A. Wallace
is expected to be nominated for
President.
No action was taken at the meet
ing on the State party's choice for
President and Vice President, for
the Maryland unit committed it
self to Henry A. Wallace and
Senator Taylor, Democrat. of Idaho,
at its State convention last spring.
Among the platform suggestions
offered by the Prince Georges County
committee members and adopted by
the entire group was a proposed
plank calling for "the protection
of dairy sco-operatives under their
present tax-exempt status" and an
other urging a strong farm plank. VI
II was glad to see the committee
take this action" Harold Buchanan
State director of the party said
later, "for, although Mr.. Wallace
Is a farmer we have not had any
literature from our national head
quarters on farm issues.
The Prince Georges unit also
successfully backed proposal ask
ing for "an increase in Federal ap-
propriations for reclamation and
soil conservation"
The committee nominated four
National Committee members. They
are DR.. John Camper, the party's
candidate for Congress from the
4th District; James Stewart Martin,
Annapolis, party co-chairman; Mrs.
Eleanor Nelson Soyring, Baltimore,
and Mr. Buchman
Evening star., 1948-07-12
BardweII Case Cited
By Writers Opposing
Maryland Press Curb

Three Washington area news
papermen yesterday told a radio
audience that proposed court rules
for Maryland would gag the press
on certain kinds of news.
Speaking on forum over Station
WGAY, Silver Spring, the news
papermen cited the capture and
confession of a Baltimore janitor
in the recent slayings of Carol
BardWell here and Marsha Brill. in
Baltimore to illustrate the effects
of the rules.
Joseph M. Matthias, Bethesda law
yer and neWSpaperman. said similar
contempt rules in Baltimore City
prevented the publication by papers
there of the accused mans confess
sion to police and pictures and
other details which were carried by
the Washington press.
Phillip j. Austensen, president OF
the, Prince Georges County Press
Association and a reporter for the
Washington Post, contended the
right of mothers in Washington and
Baltimore to know that the girls
attacker had given police confes-
sion ranks equally, at least, to
fair trial for the slayer"
John w. Coffman, jr, president
of the Montgomery County Press
Association and editor of the Ia
koma journal, attacked the pro-
posed rule 9, which would forbid
printing accounts of actions and
statements of suspects and prevent
officials from discussing cases fol-
publication.
The program was conducted by
Ernie Tannen. the stations com
munity reporter"
Evening star., 1948-07-12
BY the Assoeiated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. July
12.-Virginia' first history of World
War II will be published Thursday
by the Albemarle County Historical
Society under the title Pursuits OF
War"
The 456-page volume, written by
Gertrude Dana Parlier and seven
co-authors, has been edited by w
Edwin Hemphill, editor of the So
ciety.
Pursuits of War" is not only the
first such history to appear in Vir-
ginia, but is the second book-length
local war history to be published by
the more than 5000 counties Of the
United States. Its 283 narrative
pages describe wartime activities OF
the people of Charlottesville and
Albemarle County both at home and
abroad.
The book. which is fully indexed
contains complete list of over S.
400 Charlottesville and Albemarle
County men and women who served
Evening star., 1948-07-12
456-Poge Book Will Tell Story
OF AIbemur|e's Part in War

in the armed forces, with separate
blue star and gold star honor rolls
for city and county. twenty-five
full-page pictures, including por-
traits of three local winners of the
medal of honor, illustrate the his
tory. It's fifteen narrative chapters
refer to about 750 individuals, some
$50 organizations. churches and
agencies, approximately 125 places
and about IS business concerns OF
Albemarle County and Charlottes-
vile.
Publication of the volume culmi-
mates three years of work by men,
bers of the Albemarle County His
torical Society, the editor and his
collaborators, and various COM
munity leaders. The project, un-
derwritten on a non-profit basis by
the Peoples National Bank OF Char
lottesville, grew out Of the society's
desire to preserve q comprehensive
record Of the war years and to pay
tribute 10 the achievements Of the
city and county.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Judith Quentin Derby
And DR.. Ames to Wed
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 12-The en-
gagement of Miss Judith Quentin
Derby, granddaughter of President
Theodore Roosevelt, to DR.. Adelbert
Ames, Sd, was announced yesterday
Miss Derby, a graduate OF st
Timothy's School, Catonsville, Md.
is employed by the United Nations
Her mother is the former Miss
Ethel Roosevelt. Through hel
father, she is connected with the
Alden and other New England
families.
DR.. Ames is on the staff of the
Presbyterian Hospital here. He
served as a captain in the Army
Medical Corps and is a graduate OF
the Harvard Medical School. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Adelbert
Ames, Jr.. OF Hanover, N. H.
The wedding will take place al
OYSTER Bay in the autumn.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Cerebral Palsy Group
Elects Capt. Hurriss

Capt. George L. Harrlss, U. 5. N,
has been elected vice president Of
the Montgomery County Cerebral
Palsy Association.
The newly-forIned group also has
named Mrs. Rupert L. Dunn to be
secretary, and Rodney Hart to be
treasurer. The organization. which
grew out of the survey of such
cases taken in the area last year.
previously, elected Henry g. Milans,
jr., as president.
Mr.. Milans announced that mem.
bership in the association was open
to the public. Purpose Of the group
is to establish facilities for rehabili-
tation of the handicapped, with
special emphasis on cerebral palsy
cases. ~
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Voticon-Like' State
For Jews Suggested
By Arab Leader
ey the Associoted Pres.

CAIRO. July l2.-Abdel Rah-
man Azzam ,Pasha, secretary
general of the Arab League,
proposed last night that the
world consider setting up a
symbolic state like Vatican City
to represent its 12,000,000 Jews.
Declaring 1t is obviously '.h-
possible to get the worlds a.
600 900 Jews into on country of
their own, Azzam Pasha said a
state such as the Vatican would
meet their religious fanati-
cism" without exposing them to
a divided loyalty-and result
ing anti-Semitism--in the
countries where they live.
Asked whether the Arabs
would agree to such a state
being set up in Palestine, he
said that is another question.
Then he added: Il do not care
where it is because it would
have no nationals aspirations
and no aggressive intentions
against other countries"
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Open House Program
Set at Queens Chapel

Merchants at the Queens Chapel
Community Center, Hyattsville, will
hold an open house" program be-
ginning at pm. tomorrow, on a
lot in the 5000 block Hamilton street.
The 50-piece Washington Gas
Light Co. Band viii play, and new
equipment of the Hyattsville Volun-
teer Fire Department viii be on
exhibit. 80,
Prince Georges County ofieials
viii attend.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
D. Detectives
Seek 10 Sew Up
bardwe|| Case
Two Go to Baltimore
To Run Down Angles
In jones' Confession

Two Washington detectives wer,
in Baltimore today running dowr
some angles" in the Carol Bardwel
murder case.
Assistant Detective Chief Robert
v. Murray, who made the trip Will
Homicide 1t. Edgar E. Scott, woulc
not elaborate on the nature OF the
angles"
1t is considered likely, however
the police wish to plug some holes
in the confession Of Eugene v
James, 31-year-old colored janitor
before turning the information ovel
to the District Attorneys Office.
Capt. Murray said police may
confer with United States Attorneys
this afternoon or tomorrow ant
indications were that the grand jury
may receive the evidence by next
Monday.
Won't See Suspect Again.
Their work today would not in
volve another conversation with
James, Capt. Murray added.
James is in Baltimore JAIL already
indicted for the fatal stabbing o1
11-year-old Marsha Brill in Balti-
more last Tuesday and for the rape
robbery of a 32-year-old Baltimore
woman June Is.
He will be arraigned in Baltimore
Criminal Court at 10 am. tomorrow
on the two charges there.
J. Bernard Wells, Baltimore States
attorney, said James would be taken
before Judge John Tucker, hand
cuffed and with strong police guard
He will be asked how he pleads
whether he wishes jury trial and
whether he has counsel. If he Is
without counsil, the court will ap-
point an attorney to defend him.
Mr.. Wells said he understood James
has no counsel at this time.
Says He Used Same Knife.
Arrested less than II hours after
the Brill murder near Pimlico.
James at first denied it. He first
admitted the June IS attack, then
broke down in the Brill case and
finally confessed to the BardWell
Staying, Capt. Murray said. =
James said he slashed the Bard
we'll girls throat twice with a
butcher knife, the same weapon ne
plunged into the Brill girls chest.
Capt. Murray was believed to be
interested in mailing down any loose
particles OF the James confession
Police are convinced James is guilty
and are certain the clashing bits OF
evidence can be made to flt with
proper investigation.
Seeking to Fix Time.
Thus they are seeking to fix more
definitely the time James left Baltl-
more on his journey to Washington
and to delineat more clearly the
details of the attack itself.
In his confession Brill told how
he caught freight for Washington
about 7:3O am. Sunday. June n,
and, after spending most OF the day
sightseeing, encountered 11-year@
old Carol riding her bicycle through
a wooded section of Rock Greek
Park near Seventeenth street and
Colorado avenue NV. 1t was here
he said he attacked her.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
County Charter Government
Is Goal of Walter F. MuIIiqan
Retired GPO Worker
Now Finds More
Time for Civic Duty
By ChorIes A. McAIeer

If Walter F. Mulligan has any
thing to do about it, Prince Georges
County will get charter system of
government.
That is one of the things the
president of the Prince Georges
County Civic Federation hopes to
promote now that he has more
time for civic affairs.
Retired two weeks ago after As
wears as an electrician at the Gov
ernment Printing Office, Mr.. Multi
gan decided to start campaigning
for a charter government similar to
the system sought in Montgomery
County.
He also hopes to organize indie
pendent voters OF the county.
Independent in Politics.
I'm neither a Democrat nor a
Republican" Mr.. Mulligan asserts.
When I first came to the county
IS years ago, I knew nothing about
politics so I registered as an inde-
pendent. 1--WE never had any rea-
son to change"
Being in the middle is nothing
new to him. His wife is a Republi-
can and his two children are Demo-
Gratis.
II hear It from both sides but
vote for the candidates think are
best" he said.
Mr.. Mulligan, who will be 70 next
February, always has been civic
minded. Besides heading the county
civic federation for the past IL
years, he has been a president at
one time or another of the county
Chamber of Commerce, the Inter-
federation Council of Citizens As
sociations and the Berwyn Parent
Teacher Association.
Other Jobs Held.
He Is chairman of the Joint
Transportation Committee of the
county, still delegate to the Inter-
federation Council, past worthy
master of the Beltsville Grange, q
Silver Star member of the Maryland
State Grange, secretary for the past
Is years OF the county Pomona
Grange, and chairman of the board
of trustees for the Berwyn Elemen-
tary School. Moreover, he Is a
member of the Advisory Committee
to the county Board of Education
was chairman for eight years and
currently is a member at large OF
the Southern Maryland District Of
Boy Scouts, Is member of the board
of directors OF the Prince Georges
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Life Ter1ler Held
In Solitary After
|Lorton Escape
Reformotoy Trusty
Will Be Transferred
To U. S. Penitentiury

William j. CARMEL, 54-year-old
Lorton Reformatory life termer, was
in solitary confinement today after
less than a hours Of freedom as .
fugitive.
Donald G. Clemmer, head of the
Department Of Corrections, said
Carnell, convicted of murder, would
be sent to the Federal Penitentiary
at Atlanta after trial in the United
States District Court In Alexandria
for escaping from the reformatory.
Meanwhile Mr.. Clemmer said, Car
nell would be held In maximum Sc
curity."
CARMEL, who walked away from
the reformatory grounds at about
S pm. Saturday, was recaptured
Yesterday afternoon in drugstore
in the 100 block of Seventh street
Sc. Capt. John A. Duncan OF the
Lorton guard apprehended him.
Trusty at Reformatory.
Carnell was sentenced to life
term in December, 1880, for the
robbery Staying of Louis Bush, go.
president of the Grey Line Motor
Tours and a bank director. Mr..
Bush struggled with the gunman.
who sought. to hold him up In the
garage at his home at 1884 Fulton
street NV. and was shot twice.
Carnell was a trusty at the re-
fotmatory and worked with the
landscape division. After his flight
Saturday bloodhounds were used IN
a search of adjacent territory.
Mr.. Clemmer said that on the
chance the fugitive might visit a
man recently released from Lor-
ton who lived in Southeast WASH
ington, a lookout was posted IN the
vicinity of Seventh street and North
Caroline avenue Sc.
Offered No Resistance.
Carnell walked into the drug
store at about 4:45 pm. and seated
himself at the coda fountain. Capt.
Duncan followed him in with his
pistol drawn. According to Mr..
Clemmer. Carnell looked SO pitiful"
that Capt. Duncan realized he would
have no trouble with him and re-
placed his pistol in its holster.
Carnell went with his captor with
out a struggle.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Man, 95, Shuns
Soft Life Despite
Broken Ankle
BY the A.socio,ed Press

ELIZABETH. N. j., July H.
Albert Seaman. who has a birth
certificate to prove he's 95 years
old, says the soft life isn't for him
he wants to get out of the Elizabeth
General Hospital and back to work
Doing odd Jobs in a local restau-
rant, Mr.. Seaman slipped and
broke an ankle
I've worked since I was 10 years
old" he told perplexed hospital
authorities, "and I'm tired of taking
it easy here. I don't need q big
salary. All want is to make enough
to live somewhere, eat and buy
clothes"
He came here from Florida several
years ago, he says, after losing touch
with his family Of II children.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Electric Plant al Riverton
Nav Be Ahead Of Schedule
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

WINCHESTER, Va, July H.
Construction work on the Potomac
Edison Systems new electric plant
at Riverton may be completed
ahead Of the scheduled date, De-
cember /, 1949, according to the
contractors on the $500, 900 prof.
ect
The plant, on a bluff overlooking
the Shenandoah River, is being
built under the direction of San
derson g. Porter of New York.
Railroad sidings have been con-
structed, along with contractors
buildings and work on the plant
itself has been started. A cofferdam
has been built in the river for con-
struction Of the intake and conden-
sor pit.
The Riverton plant will supply
current for industrial, domestic
and municipal consumers in the
Southern part Of Potomac Edison's
territory. It will be tied in with
other stations as far north as
Cumberland, Nd, and beyond for
emergencies.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
NhU Faces Hearing Today
In Labor Board CHARGES
By the Associoted Pfesx

NEW YORK, July 12.-The Ma
tional Labor Relations Board open.
hearings today on charges Of unfair
labor practices against the GIG
National Maritime Union.
The charges, filed by the NLRB
claim the union in its negotiation!
with Atlantic and Gulf Coast ship
operators has insisted on maintain.
ing a preferential hiring system
alleged to be unlawful.
The charges were filed June 80
after complaints came from ship
operators that the NMU sought tc
include in any new contract pro-
visions for the union hiring hall
which they claim is illegal under
closed-shop provisions of the Taft.
Hartley Law.
The union hiring hail, by which
the union selects men to fill ship
Jobs, is the crux of the dispute
which threatened a national mari.
time strike June Is, when previous
contracts expired.
The union now is under an 80-daJ
Federal court anti-strike injunction
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Registration Set Tomorrow
For Adult Education Glasses

Registration for new adult educa-
ton classes at Leland Junior High
School, Chevy Chase, will be held
from 7 to 10 pm. tomorrow at the
school.
Glasses include sewing, furniture
repair, woodwork and ceramics.
They are taught in either is three
hour or "A two-hour sessions.
At Takoma Park Junior High
School classes in food preservation
will be held from 8 am. to 8 pm.
tomorrow and Wednesday and from
6 pm. until midnight tomorrow,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Other classes will be organized II
registration warrants.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
JAW Local Regains Control
Al AI|is After 8 Months
Blythe Assoeioted Press

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. July 12.--For
the first time in the last eight
CIO United Auto Workers Local. 24a
mcntns of it's turbulent history, the
at Chalmers Co., was operat-
ing under its own power today.
An administrator appointed by
the UAW executive board last De-
cember returned control back to the
local yesterday The local an
nounced it wanted a 20-cents-an-
hour wage increase for 1850 pro-
duction workers in the firms West
Allis plant. 1t rejected a company
offer of an 8 per cent increase.
equivalent to Is cents an hour.
The offer, made to $4,000 workers
in nine Chalmers plants, has
been accepted by all except the
main plant here,