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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Registration Opened
For Income Tex Glasses

Registration for an evening course
in Federal income taxation, to be
given beginning next Monday by the
Federal Tax School, now is under
way. at the schools office, 805 G
street NV, Leonard Baldinger,
director, has announced.
The, classes, from 8 to 8 pm.
Mondays. will be conducted by E..
Edward Stevens, tax attorney. The
course will be held at the Washing
ton School for Secretaries, Press
Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Greek Guerrilla Army
Fills Gaps in Ranks
with Dead End Kids
By Fred Sparks
Foreign Correspondent Of The Star end
the chieoso Daily News

Ifs @Htco9o boHy t~Sws
! ATHENS. Feb. MANY of the
guerrillas now kicking up such an
international fuss in the mountains
of Greece are dead end kids"
Back home they'd be tabled Gu
venile delinquents, part of the local
indictment of rotten slums and psy-
chiatric maladjustment.
No accurate guerrilla statistics ex-
ist, of course. But everyone here
agrees that a big precautionary
be as high as one-third-of the
throat-cutters and village burners
are lusty lads who find the rebel
routine exciting escape from the
economic vacuum of Greece.
Recruiting is Subtle.
Communist recruiting is subtle.
Most prospective recruits hear this
sort Of corner of mouth sales chat
ter:
"Sick of humdrum living? Tired
of herding sheep? Dead broke?
Join the guerrillas and live an &C
tive, outdoor life filled with thrill
ing experiences, including shooting,
looting and raping."
No mention is made of the fact
that Communism and the propa-
cation of same by internal strife
plays a major role in guerrilla's
career.
It is impossible for the Greek gov
eminent or the Americans to ex-
plain to the population the COM
plicated, Snakey, two-faced tactics
of guerrilla recruiting sergeants.
An ambitious teen-ager in Greece
today has little opportunity of get
ting ahead" One of the features of
our American aid program is to pick
countries like Greece off their backs,
dust them off and stand them up.
Then the kids will have a square
deal-and Communism and guer-
rilla-ism will flop. Right now, the
outlook is grim.
Boys Flank In.
So the Communist recruiting con-
tinues and mounts and the boys
come in. At the last count, accord
ing to military intelligence, 1t was
at the rate of 1000 a month. The
Greek army plugs one rebel; two
more sign up.
While to the unframed eye the
rebel army might look like a ragged
peoples" movement, 1t actually is
a well-organized national sabotage
unit. In addition, Greeks are fairly
sympathetic to guerrilla warfare
which has always existed in the
country-although never on this
scale. Greek adventures of 100
years ago took to the hills, coming
down just often enough to de-fez
a Turk. The Turks occupied this
country then.
Therefore even today guerrillas
get a certain amount of romantic
respect from the populace. AS one
lassie in a barren hamlet told me:
1.-THE best looking boys always join
the guerrillas." e.
Villages Raided.
Guerrilla leaders are perfectly
aware that a large percentage of
their estimated 18,000-man army
actually has no interest in political
detectives. Soto make the job at
tractive-a few nonpolitical raids on
defenseless villages are always
scheduled.
These raids are the "pay of"
They furnish plenty of opportunity
to collect the luxuries of life-such
as there are in, Greece-without
Fbothering to pay the cashier.
The Communist hope Is to ex-
haust this country until 1t Is ready
to swallow anything to end the civil
war. So any form of internal
crime-including kidnapping, arson,
forgery, larceny and just plain old
murder-serves the cause"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
Goodwill MEETING Set

Goodwill Industries Of Washing
ton will hold It's 18th annual meet
ing at luncheon at 1880 pm. next
Monday in Barker Hall, Seven
teentn and K streets NV. Speaker
will be Col. Robert s. Allen, col
umnist.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
Civic Group TO Protest
Annexes at Browne

The Federation of Civic Associa-
tions will lodge protest against use
of the Webb and Blow Schools as
annexes to the Browne Junior High
School at the Board of Education's
meeting at $3.50 pm. tomorrow.
Some parents of children at the
schools, meanwhile, still are boy
cotting the two annexes. This phase
of the squabble over the transfer Of
the Blow and Webb buildings from
white to colored pupils was to be
taken up by the boards Buildings
and Grounds Committee late this
afternoon.
Although a parents Steering Com.
mittee has stated its intention Of
keeping children out of the two
annexes, attendance has been rising
steadily since classes resumed Mon
day after the holidays.
The federation, at it's meeting last
night, went on record as favoring q
double shift at Browne Junior High
School until new school facilities
can be completed.
Ernest F. Harper, new president
of the group, however, named q
special advisory board to shape gen.
eral policy of the federation. II
will be headed by Woolsey w. Hall
retiring president, and will include
Mrs. Velma G. Williams and William
D. Nixon in its membership.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
Institutes income Jeopordized
lBy Lack Of Work for Blind

Lack of work for employees Of the
Columbia Polytechnic Institute fol
the Blind is jeopardizing their only
form of income and forcing the in
stitution to operate under q deficit
the Board of Trustees has disclosed
The principal work done by the
institute is recaning chairs, and IL
has sent out a plea for more work
to support the six sightless workers
whose only job is the chair repair
ing done In the institutes base
ment, 1908 H street NV.
Work Drops Sharply.
The Institutes monthly average
of about 100 chairs recaned, rushed
or splinted has been cut to Is In
the post Christmas slump, accord
ing to John Bussard, Germantown
Md World War II veteran, who
is in charge of the workshop This,
he said, has cut an average monthly
income Of about $50 to almost moth
ing.
Although the institute reported
there is an annual slump in repair
work at Christmas time, the pres
ent high cost Of living makes it
particularly hard on the workers
this year.
The compensate for this. the insti.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
Fixed Traffic Tickets
Drop 10 102 in Week

y A. total. of 102 traffic, tickets Werf
fixed" by police last week, new
low for the past seven weekly re-
ports. The previous low was 104
The weekly report issued by
Police Supt. Robert. j. Barrett
showed that of the l62 tickets, 81
had been dismissed wlth@a a warn
ing and nine were Cancelled No
10 precinct led in the number q
tickets which were adjusted. with
Is warnings and two cancellations
for a total of 1s tickets. No. Il
precinct had only one warning and
no cancellations.
Maj. Barrett tried to Withhold
publication of the lists in Novem-
Der, but was overruled by District
officials. For that week, which
ended November %, the total OF
warnings and cancellations was 1T
Last weeks total of 102 was dis
tributed this way: No. l precinct
four warnings and no cancella-
tions, No. 2, three warnings, nc
cancellations: No. 3. eight warnings
one cancellation; No. precinct, II
warnings, no cancellations; No. 5
six warnings, no cancellations
No. 6, nine warnings, one cancella.
ton; No. 7, three warnings, ne
cancellations.
Also No. 8, four warnings, one
cancellation: No. 8, three warn
ings, no cancellations; No. 10, II
warnings, two cancellations; No. II
three warnings, two cancellations
No. IL, one warning, no cancella,
tions: No. 13, 10 warnings, one can
collation.. and traffic department
IL warnings, one cancellation.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
Publishers s. Raise
Offer 10 Be Submitted
To Printers Union

The negotiating committee for
Washington newspaper printers has
agreed to submit to the union an
offer of an SO weekly wage increase
made by the Washington Publishers
Association.
A joint statement released by
Peyton r. Evans. executive secretary
of the publishers association and
j. j. O'Connor. president of Colum-
bia Typographical Union, No. 101,
yesterday stated:
Negotiations have resulted in an
offer by the Washington Publishers
Association Of an increase in wage
rates of So a week, or an increase
of approximately 10 per cent, edec-
tive as of November IL, 1947. This
is being recommended to the local
union by the union committee
The printers voted December 81
to ask the International Typograph-
ical Union to sanction a strike vote
on the four Washington newspapers.
A union meeting has been tenta-
lively set for Sunday for the local
to consider the negotiating COM
mittee report.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
8 Hurt as Bus, Truck
Collide in Maryland
BY The Assoeio,ed Press

FREDERICK, Md, Jan. 6.-At
least eight persons were hurt
none seriously-last night in a col
lision between a Blue Ridge Lines
bus and a truck on U. S. route Al
at Lisbon, Carroll County, % miles
east of here, State police reported
Thirty-seven passengers were on
the bus, a local bound from Balti-
more to Frederick.
Among those hurt were four stu
dents and member of the faculty
of Hood College here, who were re-
turning to school from their Christ
mas vacation. They were given
first aid at Frederick Memorial Hos
pitt and then transferred to the
inflrmary of the woIr1en's college,
where they were identified as:
Martha Kirkpatrick. Severna
Park, Md; Joan Browning. Shaker
Heights, Ohio; Gloria Brothers
Great Darlington. Mass; Jane
Bum, Nazareth, Pa, and Ann Sadol,
Phoenixville, Pa, a member of the
Hood faculty.
All suffered cuts and bruises.
Those admitted at Frederick Me-
mortal Hospital were:
Mrs. Ella I. Johnson, Mount Airy
slight conclusion and body bruises;
Mrs. Dorothy Warfield, Woodbine,
multiple bruises and possible nose
fracture; Miss Gertrude Beach
Woodbine, body 1acerations.
State police said the truck is
owned by a Baltimore feed COM
Dany
Evening star., 1948-01-06
Marshall Plan Nations
May GET Anglo o-French
Summons 10 Session
By the Associotsd Pres.

LONDON, Jan. 6.-Britain and
France are considering calling new
meeting of the l6 nations which
drafted the Paris report to Secretary
of State Marshall on the European
recovery program, British For
eisn Office spokesman said yester-
day.
No specific date has been men,
toned. Some government sources
said the French wanted to hold the
meeting in Paris some time this
month. These informants said the
conference would have this three
fold task:
l. To exchange views on the
thorny issue of conditions which
may be imposed on countries re-
ceiving American aid.
2. To consider the work of tech
nical committees which were set up
in the French capital last Septem-
Der.
3. To debate new problems OF
practical economic cooperation
among the is countries concerned
Curb on U. S. Control Sought.
One informant said Herve AL
phand, French financial expert who
figured in the negotiations for
Frances interim aid pact with the
United States, was pressing for a
united front" of aid recipients tc
limit American powers in admins
tering the program.
This informant said that while
conditional aid" might not worry
the British, it could upset delicate
political balances in countries like
France and Italy, where the Com
munists are a potent political force
The British were said to regard a
meeting of the nations this month
as somewhat early" to review work
of the technical committees, some
of which have meetings scheduled
in the next few weeks. These in
clude the Transport Committee
which will meet January 13 to con
slider needs for railway freight cars
and facilities available for their
production; Manpower Committee
to meet in Rome January rs to dis
cuss training and exchange of work
ers between the Marshall program
countries
A British source said there was
opposition in some circles to re-
convening the 16 nations before the
United States Congress acts on the
Marshall plan.
U. S. Moves Watched.
British planners have announced
that they are working out theil
country's recovery program on tn.
assumption there will be no Ameri-
can aid, but it was learned thai
British Treasury officials wer,
watching every Washington move
They hope the Marshall plan will
be approved without delay.
A Treasury spokesman said the
last dollar of the American loan will
have been spent by Britain before
the end of March. From then unit
the American aid starts Britain will
have to rely on her dollar earning.
and sales of gold reserves to NEE
current commitments in the United
| States.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
Severely Burned Body
OF Silver Spring Man
Found in Parked Car

The badly burned body Of a
Silver Spring man was found in
the front seat of parked auto
mobile early today on the Balti-
more boulevard near Beltsyille
by Prince Georges County police.
The victim was identified by police
as Winfield Scott Beall jr., 80, of
809 King street, Silver Spring, an
employe of the Chesapeake. & Poto-
mac Telephone Co. They said he
worked out of the Wisconsin ex-
change as repairman.
Although police saw no evidence
of foul play, DR.. James Boyd, Prince
Georges County coroner, was to per-
form an autopsy today to determine
the cause of death.
No Evidence of Robbery.
There was no evidence of robbery
and 81 was found in Mr.. Beall's
wallet and 67 cents in his trousers
pocket, Detective 1t. Charles Thom-
sen of the county police said. A
watch and ring also were found on
the body, he said.
Mr.. Thomson said Mr.. Beall,s S
feet were placed as though they
had been on the clutch and brake
pedals and said police are inclined
to rule out foul play unless the au-
topsy indicates otherwise.
Mr.. Thomson said he believes Mr.
Beall became unconscious for some
reason, fell over to the right and a
cigarette he was either smoking or
holding fell to the seat and started
the fire. He said 1t was significant
there was no evidence of fire on the
outside of the car. He said it was
possible Mr.. Beall may have been
affected by carbon monoxide from
the old model car.
Motor Still Running.
Policeman James H. Burgess of
the Hyattsville station, said he and
Policeman William F. Little were
dOOuG y dill. WIlCll GIlCy
noticed a coupe parked with the
lights on and the motor running.
Mr.. Burgess said the windows ap-
.peared to be steamed over on the
inside. He said he opened the door
Of the car and flames burst from
the interior.
Policeman Burgess then noticed
the body lying on its right side on
the seat. He attempted to pull the
body out of the car and when he
could not do so Immediately, grabbed
fire extinguisher from the police
car and put out the fire.
Mr. Burgess said Mr.. Bealls body
and face were badly" burned on
the right side. The policeman ex-
pressed the opinion that fire had
been smoldering in the seat of the
car for somiteme before he opened
the door.
Lived With Parents.
Mr.. Beall was believed to have
been en- route to his home after hav-
Evening star., 1948-01-06
100000 Damages Asked
For Leesburg Plane Death

A suit filed in District Court
today asked 100000 damages from
Pennsylvania Central (CapitaD
Airlines on behalf of the estate
of C. A. Ludlow, SO, Girard, Kans.
one of the passengers killed in a
plane crash near Leesburg, Va, last
June.
Plaintiff is James H. Ludlow
4233 Four Mile Run drive, Arling-
ton, son of the dead man and ad-
ministrator of his estate. This suit
asked damages for wrongful
DEATH
This suit declared Mr.. Ludlow'S
body was destroyed in the crash
and his family was denied the priv
ilege of burying it.
The suit was filed through At
torneys John H. Connaughton ano
Thomas D. Winters. Mr.. Ludlow's
widow, Mrs. Minnie M. Ludlow
lives at Pittsburg. Kans., accord
ing to the suit.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
WeissmuI|er Preparing
To Chance Wives Again
BY the Associoted Press

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Jan. g.
Johnny Weissmuller, the actor and
swimmer, is planning his fourth
marriage as soon as he obtains a
divorce from his third wife.
Plans for his next marriage were
announced last night by Mrs. w. F.
Gates, who said her daughter, Miss
Allene Gates, 22-year- old golfer, and
Weissmuller will be married and
take a honeymoon trip to London.
Weissmuller previously announced
plans to obtain a Reno divorce from
the former Beryl Scott, San Fran
cisco society girl whom he married
in 1899. His previous wives were
Bobbe Arnst, the singer, and the
late Actress Lupe Valez.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
SIowe School Passes.
Inspection; TO Be Put
In Use by Week End

The Board of Education's Build
ings and Grounds Committee today
accepted the new $214,000 Slowe
Elementary School at Fourteenth
and Jackson streets NE, after an
inspection of the building, which
will be used by colored children.
DR.. Garnet C. Wilkinson, first as
siStant superintendent in charge of
colored schools, said he hoped to
have children in the building by
the end of the week
lab Children to Be Moved.
About 143 children now attending
part-time classes in two portable
buildings and private residence
next to the new school will move
over to Slowe. They will go on a
full-time schedule, DR.. Wilkinson
said.
AS the group of school officials,
District officials and Board of Edu-
cation members went over the build
ing, the children watched from win
dows in their temporary buildings.
The Slowe School, modern brick
building utilizing glass brick to
tighten the halls, has four rooms
and a kindergarten completed. The
second floor is unfinished and will
be blocked off until further money
is appropriated for its completion.
All the rooms are large, with solid
banks of windows on one side.
Tiles Last Of Their Type.
The hall floors are of terrazzo tile
This school, and the Richardson
Elementary School which is near
ing completion, will be the last in
the District to have terrazzo tile.
Archie Hutson, in charge of District
construction, explained. From nov
on, all new schools will use asphalt
tile as an economy measure, hes said.
The inspection committee in
Guided School Supt. Hobart M
Coming, DR.. Wilkinson, A. Kiger
Savoy, associate superintendent;
Mr.. Hutson, Merrill Coe, Municipal
Architect; Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith
and c. Melvin Sharpe of the Board
of Education; Mrs. Gertrude H.
Hamm, principal of the new school,
and Col. L. E. Cox, assistant Engi-
neer Commissioner.
The Board of Education will meet
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow to accept the
building officially.
Evening star., 1948-01-06

tute has found it necessary to sup.
plement the earning of it's employees
This, plus the cutting of of Fedora
aid last July, has caused the deficit
Although a private donor made ur
the loss incurred last year, the as
sistance given the institute by pri.
vate benefactors cannot continue te
make up for the current losses
the trustees said.
Training Blind Veterans.
Incorporated in 1900 as training
and employment center for blind
persons, the institute now is training
three blinded veterans in the re-
rushing, splinting and Gaming OF
chairs
Their training is part of the Gl
educational training program spon-
sored by Veterans Administration
Columbia also trains blind persons
in the use of Braille, tipping and
dictaphone work. The trainees pay
small fee only if they are able
Miss Cora Fitton, a teacher at the
institute, said there are several
sightless men and women who live
at home and sell handicraft work,
such as leather goods and crocheted
articles, though the institute. Miss
Fitton teaches handicraft both at
the institute and in homes.
ing visited his estranged wife near
Baltimore, police said.
Mr.. Beall lived with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Scott Beall
sr., at the King street address. He
was separated from his wife, Mrs
Nevada Beall.
His parents said he attended
school at Sandy Spring and hao
been working for the telephone
company for the last 20 years. He
formerly worked at Rockville.
Besides his parents and his
widow, he is survived by a 2-year-
old daughter Caroline, three broth
ers. Walter, Rockville: Stanley and
Albert, both of Silver Spring, and a
sister, Mrs. Louise Gibson, Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
Ohio Officials Refuse to End
Link With Chest AGENCIES

VAN VERT, Ohio, Jan. GA
national policy dispute between the
American Red Cross and Commu-
nifty Chests came to a head here to-
day with refusal of Van Vert
County Red Cross Chapter officials
to break their link with the Chest
organization or to resign.
Mrs. Marcile Borden, chapter
president, said she expected the
National Red Cross to carry q
threat to revoke y the chapter
charter Thursday. She said Basil
OConnor, national president, had
suspended the charter, October IT,
because the 1S47 Community Chest
drive included the Red Cross Chap
ter, and that on December the
local officials were given 80 days by
the National Board of, Governors to
disaf1lliate or resign. ...
I'm view of our firm belief that
our principle is right" she said, I'VE
can not resign"
She said MI. O'Connor had told
the local chapter that American
Red Cross policy now required each
chapter to conduct its own funo
drives without help or afiiliation
with Community Chest or other
campaigns.
Evening star., 1948-01-06
Mrs. Row|es, IS, Dies;
Once Lived on Farm
AT Wardman Park Site

Mrs. Leonora Fowler Rowles, IS,
one of the last members Of the origi-
nal Sunday school of the old Mount
Vernon Methodist Church, died yes
terday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Esther r. Vogt, l441 Harvard
street NV after several months
illness.
She was born in Washington, the
daughter Of Alonzo Randolph
Fowler, owner and operator of the
old Mount Vernon livery stables
between NJ and N streets on Twelfth
street NV, during hte Civil War,
and Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Brady
Rowles. At one time she lived on
q farm where the Wardman Park
Hotel now is located, her family said.
She attended the old Franklin
School and a music conservatory in
Georgetown and taught piano until
10 years ago.
Mrs. Rowles remembered march,
ing with the Mount Vernon Sunday
School class from its old location
at Fourteenth and p sts. NV. to
the new one at Ninth street and
Massachusetts avenue NV. She
also remembered the day in August,
1873, when her Sunday school class
boarded the passenger boat Wawaset
for a trip down the Potomac that
ended in disaster. More than 50
persons were killed when the boat
caught fire. Mrs. Rowles' mother
decided not to let her 60, even after
packing her lunch.
Mrs. Rowles was the widow OF
Oliver Duane Rowles, Washington
businessman, who died In 1915. Dur
ing her latter years she had lived
with Mrs. Vogt and another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, 1888 Bel.
mont street NV.
Besides her daughters she Is sur.
vived by three sons, John P. Rowles.
Lanham, Md: Alonzo Rowles. 100
Todd place NE. both In the sight,
seeing business here: Edwin Fowler
Rowles, Dallas, Tex, and six grand.
children and f1ve great-grandchil.
dren.
Funeral services will be held at
Ill am. Thursday at the s. H.
Hines funeral home, 1901 -Four.
teenth street NV. Burial will be In
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.