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Evening star., 1948-11-09
u. 5. Agencies Asked
by Truman 10 Outline
Needs for New Laws
BY the Associated Press

President Truman yesterday asked
all Government agencies to let him
know by November 20 what new laws
they think are needed in their field.
In a letter circulated to all de-
lpartments, bureaus and commits
sions, the President also asked
officials to report on any subjects
they wished to have included in the
State of the Union message and the
economic message to be delivered
shortly after Congress opens.
The legislative reports, he said,
should be as complete as possible
by the end of this month, but ad-
dltional listings may be made until
December Is.
1T is expected that your legislative
program will be fully developed by
that date" the President said. He
instructed department heads to file
their reports through the Budget
Bureau, and said they should show
the following content:
81. The subject matter of all legis-
lation which you desire to propose
for consideration at the Forthcoming
session (of Congress-.
%. The state of readiness of legis-
lative drafts and supporting mate
rial.
"3. Reference to the bills and
House or Senate reports in the 80th
Congress concerning the subjects
covered in your program, together
with brief appraisal of the ade-
quacy of these bills.
a.! Your views on the timing of
introduction and congressional con-
|sideration.
IS. The names of other depart
ments and agencies which, in your
judgment, are interested in the same
subjects"
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Iowa Seeks Clue TO Staying
OF Cannery Executive, S.
By the Associated Press

AMES, Iowa, Nov. e.-Authorities
today checked into the Sunday night
movements of a 55-year-old cannery
executive, seeking clue to his gun
shot death.
County Attorney Ed j. Kelley said
the death of Henry w. Chavis
owner of the Ames Canning Co. and
a director of the National Gamers
Association. definitely was not q
suicide. He said there is mo ques-
ton" that Mr.. Chavis' death was
caused by one of three bullet wounds
but whether it was a felcnious
homicide awaits determination al
an inquest"
|. No time has been set for ar
inquest.
MIR. Chavis' body was found by 9
maid early yesterday after she ar.
rived at the Chavis farm home tt
begin her days work. His body was
in pool of blood outside a rea,
door of the home where he and Mrs
Chavis lived alone.
Mrs. Chavis said she had not seer
her husband since Sunday during
the day and had heard no sounds Of
gunshots during the night.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Winchester G. of G. Elects

WINCHESTER, Va, Nov. 9 (Spe-
ciaD William Battaile has been
elected president of the Chamber of
Commerce here, succeeding Curtis
Fray.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Rockville Man. Kills
Himself as Police
Stop Watching Home

After convincing police he woulc
not carry out threat to commit
suicide, jackson Gibbs, 20, killec
himself with shotgun about two
hours after police ceased watch.
ing" his home in Rockville, Md.
early today.
The former guard at the DaviG
Taylor Model Basin, apparently
had missed with the first two shots
police said, because shotgun pellets
were buried in the kitchen ceiling
Shortly before his wife Frances
arrived home from work at 2 am.
police said, he succeeded in killing
himself by placing the gun stock
on the floor and tripping the trigger
with his finger. Police said he had
been drinking heavily.
The couples 4-year-old twin sons
Jack and Ronnie, were awakened by
the shooting. Mr.. Gibbs, according
to police, left note stating, "To
my wife Frances I leave everything. -
DR.. F.. j. Broschart,- Montgomery
County medical examiner, issued a
certificate of suicide.
Police said Mr.. Gibbs called his
father, Robert H. Gibbs, sr., of 1888
Kenyon street NV, earlier in the
evening and said he planned to
commit suicide. When the father
called Rockville police, Patrolmen
James Furlow and Andrew Craigie
went to the home and talked with
Mr. Gibbs. Convinced that he would
not carry out the act, they left, but
continued to cruise in the area to
keep an eye" on the house. police
said.
They went off duty at midnight
and the vigil ceased then, police said
Mrs. Gibbs, an employe of the
Bethesda Hot Shoppe, told police
she did not hear the gunshots and
police believe her husband killed
himself just before she arrived.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
federation Vote Backs
Elected School Board
OF 7 in Montgomery

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation last night indorsed pro-
posals to elect school board men,
berS on a. nonpartisan basis. The
federation met in the Bethesda
Elementary School.
School board members now are
appointed by the Governor on the
recommendation of the State Cen
trail Committee of the party in
power.
The federation's action followed a
two-hour report by Roy c. Potts,
chairman of school subcommittee
Mr.. Potts pointed out that a proposed
bill providing for a change in the
method Of selecting board members
has been prepared by a committee
of the County Council of Parent
Teacher Associations. 1t is now in
the hands of the county delegation
to the Maryland Assembly which
has approved it in principle.
Only opposition was from Lewis
B. Sims and Blair Lee, Sd, who spoke
in favor of the appointment of board
members by the County Council in
stead OF by the Governor.
Three members of the delegation
John r. Reeves, De Witt S. Hyde
and r. Duncan Clarke, and Nathan
Gilbert, president of the County
Council. were present last night to
answer questions regarding the
bill.
Mr.. Potts said that Maryland is
the only State in the Nation In
which members of county boards of
education are appointed by the Gov
ernor, and that 1t is one of three
States in which the appointment of
county boards is made by a State
instead of local authority.
Mr.. Clarke said five MARYLAND
counties have approved legislation
providing for the election of school
board members, but in each case
the Governor vetoed the bill. To
avoid the possibility of a veto the
proposed Montgomery Council bill
provides for county referendum
In November, 1850.
Harold E. Wirth, chairman of the
House Committee, reported that
3,O37 dwelling units at a permit val
uation Of $27, ,730 was started In
the county during the first nine
months Of 1913. Of these, 1884 were
single family units with an average
valuation of $9,S23. The $50 multi.
family units have an average value
of $6,840.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
School Board Called
10 Meet on Dropping
King George Courses
Special pisputeh 10 The star

KING GEORGE COURT HOUSE
lVa., Nov. 9.-The County Schoo
Board has been called" into a spe
cial meeting this afternoon a
Bowling Green in neighboring Car
oline County, commemorative At
torney Horace T Morrison disclosed
today.
The board. which last week wa
advised by Circuit Court Judge Leol
M. Bazile to drop courses at tn
white high school here to equaliz,
facilities with those at the Negro
school, did not at. first invite MI
Morrison or School Supt. T. Bentol
Gayle, the Commonwealth's Attor
ney said later today. Both receivet
invitations.
"As Commonwealth Attorney,
Mr.. Morrison said, II am legal ad,
wiser to the board and the law re.
quires me to be present. I leave i
to you to guess why the meeting
was called"
Land Negotiations Under Way.
Mr.. Morrison last week suggested
that Judge Bazile had exceeded his
authority" in advising the board te
drop chemistry, physics, geometry
biology and second-year algebra al
the King George High School.
Mr.. Gayle serves as clerk to the
School Board.
Mr.. Morrison has under way ne
gotiations to acquire land to double
the size of the present AZ -acre tract
at the King George County Training
School for Negroes at Edge Hill
about three miles from here.
This is the initial step to be
taken to equalize facilities there
since a special referendum Satur.
day authorized issuance of $3.50,
in bonds.
Mr.. Morrison and Mr.. Gayle sale
negotiations were started although
there has been no formal action BY
the School Board. The bond issue
approved, 800 to 245, was to acquir,
more land, build additions to the
present frame structures and pro.
lvide additional equipment.
Thursday Is Deadline.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Morrison ha.
given the school board until Thurs.
day to restore the five c1asse!
dropped from the King Georg,
High School curriculum. The board!
action in dropping the courses wa.
an attempt to comply immediatel,
with Federal court order to equal
ize facilities. The action also wa.
in defense of petition by Negroe
to cite school off1cials for contemp
in failing to bring training schoo
facilities to higher level befor,
now.
| School Board Chairman r. z
Owens has said, however, the boart
would not restore any OF tn,
courses until 1t had the permission
Of Judge Bazile. Mr. Morrison an,
Mr.. Gayle opposed dropping tn
courses.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
|Coroner's S Jury Holds
Man in Shotgun Death
OF Woman in Home :

Orval Norton Jackson, SO, former
Montana rancher, today was being
held for action of the grand jury in
the shotgun-slaying last Friday of
Mrs. Mary Jane Frei, 4s, of 460s
Polk street NE, in the bathroom of
her home.
A coroner's jury yesterday ordered
him held after an inquest at which
police testified that Jackson, in a
written statement. denied having
amy clear recollection" of the
shooting. Earlier, according to po-
lice testimony, the ex-rancher had
admitted discharging the gun at "a
moving figure" but stated he didn't
how" it was Mrs. Frei.
Jackson, described by Jacob Frei
Mrs. Frei's divorced husband, as the
victims uncle by marriage" had
been living at the Polk street ad-
dress since last December, according
to testimony at the inquest.
SOI 1cStlIlcS.
He was arrested less than an hour
after Mrs. Frei, a Civil Service
Commission worker, was found IA
tally shot through the chest and
neck.
Harold ]. Frei, 27, of $50 Thirty
seventh place Sc, the dead wom-
ans son, who testified heswas In the
house with his mother and jackson
at the time of the shooting, told
the coroner's jury Mrs. Frei had
been followed upstairs by Jackson
shortly before it took place. He
testified he overheard his mother
say she was going to get dressed
to go out, because she was afraid
to stay here that night"
The elder Mr. Frei, who gave his
address as 1926 A street Sc, testi-
fed Mrs. Frei's maid had telephoned
him earlier in the evening and said
that "Mr. Jackson wanted 81 900 and
also wanted to take some furniture. /"
Later, he talked to Mrs. Frei him.
self and she was very nervous and
crying" he testified.
Testifies of Threats.
The former husband testified he
had turned over to police letters
written by Mrs. Frei some time ago
in which, he declared, she said "he
(Jackson) always kept threatening
her"
Mr.. Frei replied in. the affirma-
tive when jackson, in cross-oues-
tloning, asked whether he (Jackson)
had told Mr. Frei in a telephone
conversation the night of the shoot
ing:
Il didn't want anything II she
didn't want to give it to me. said
1 was going to the hospital, and
she said she would help me out"
jackson, according to police, was
confined to Gallinger Hospital be-
tween the time of his arrest and
yesterdays inquest, and he was ex-
pected to be sent back there from
District Jail.
1t. John Layton of the homicide
squad testified that Jackson, in his
hrst statement, had said, "he was
afraid of Mr.. Frei and his son Har.
old" and that he thought it was
Jacob Frei" when he fired the shot,
gun. In the final statement, 1t.
Layton testified, Jackson said that
was mot the truth" and simply
stated that things were in q
smoke" prior to- the shooting.
He said he saw .drs. Frei up-
stairs, but didn't have any clear
recollection of the shooting" 1t
Layton testified,
Evening star., 1948-11-09

Lola Arnoa< is grand with begin
ners because she inspires them with
confidence and enthusiasm right off.
How people can 60 through life not
dancing or dancing badly is a puz.
zle to me-" she says. why, Arthur
Murray methods make it easy to be.
come a good dancer in a few
hours" Don't wait-phone EX.
400 or come in today. Arthur
Murray, 1106 COIN. Ave, Wash,
D. c.. or l103 King ST., Alexandra,
Va, OV. $500.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Maryland State Police Report
Incognito Patrols q Success

ing drunken or reckless drivers ane
drivers Of stolen cars.
Most arrests have been along the
Baltimore boulevard, the Baltimore.
Annapolis road, Route 301 in South.
ern Maryland, and Route 13 on the
Eastern Shore.
1t. Weber says the number of VIC.
lations has dropped noticeably.
The incognito policemen usually
are sent to areas where there have
been complaints.
The plainclothesmen do not make
arrests themselves. because motor
lists might take them for holdur
men and resist. They work with
another car of uniformed police
who stay out of sight. The two
cars remain in contact by radio
When the men in mutt spot a vio-
lation, they call the men in khaki
who make the arrest.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Blake Newton, Jr., TO Join
Telephone Company Here

Blake T. Newtons jr., of Rich
mond has resigned as chief counsel
for the Virginia State Corporation
Commission to join the law depart
ment of the Chesapeake and Poto-
mac Telephone Co. here, the COM
mission announced today in Rich
mond. He will move here Decem-
ber l.
Mr.. Newton, who is 80, has been
the commissions chief counsel for
four years. He joined it in 1898
as assistant director of the securi-
ties division and was appointed
division director in 1941.
Mr.. Newton is a native of West
moreland County, Va, and law
graduate of the College of William
and Mary.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. s.-The car
besides yours may be a speed trap
The Maryland State Police are
waiting for motorists who put the
throttle over so, and any automo-
bile on the highways may carry
plainclothesmen, watching unob-
served for traffic violators.
1t. William H. Weber of Pixies
vile, who has directed the new en-
forcement system in its six months
OF existence, says it has produced a
"gratifyingly high" number of
trafic convictions.
Between May and September
four unmarked cars manned by
plainclothesmen, have been re-
sponsible for 459 arrests of drivers
who exceeded speed limits, and So
miscellaneous offenders" includ-
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Navy Plans Retirement
For Cruiser Duyton

The Navy revealed today that II
was putting the 10,000-ton light
cruiser Dayton in moth balls" to
save men and money for its anti
submarine program.
The Dayton. commissioned In
1945 and only recently returned
from duty in the Mediterranean
will be stored with other ships of
the Atlantic Fleet at the Boston
| NAVY Yard
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Fireman Breaks Ankle

Fireman Charles II. Gouge, "a, OF
No. II Engine Co., is in Emergency
Hospital with a broken ankle
suffered when he stepped into a
hole while fighting small grass fire
yesterday on the campus of Trinity
| College,
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Jups Ship Cunories

TOKYO, Nov. 8 (P.-A shipment
OF 400 canary birds will leave here
tomorrow aboard a plane for the
United States. Japanese canary
breeders expected to send about
20 900 to America in the next year.
Evening star., 1948-11-09

2Amazing new easily changeable attach.
.ments that sand buff polish, grind curved
and fat surfaces, faster, easier. Fits any
drill A-inch UP.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Newest u. 5. Cruiser
Can Use 6-Inch Guns
Against Airp|anes
BY the kssocioted Press

PHILADELPHIA, June 26-The
cruiser Worcester. new and mighty
warship embodying major changes
in United States naval gunnery and
design, was commissioned here to-
day.
Vice Admiral j. l.. Kaufman, 4th
Naval District commandant, said at
the commissioning ceremony the
ship reflects the lessons of tough
cruiser war"
Classed as light" cruiser be-
cause her main battery guns are
smaller than eight inches, the Wor-
cester is bigger than many heavy"
cruisers. The Navy said she is $1,000
gross tons displacement and 668 feet
long
Gunnery changes are apparent
throughout the ship. The main bat
terry OF 6-inch guns is mounted in
six main turrets, three forward and
three aft of the main superstructure.
Details of the guns were not dis
closed, but they may be loaded and
fired at high angles for anti-air-
craft defense.
Her commander, Capt. T. B Dugan
of Washington, told the audience of
500 at the commissioning that the
Worcester is the first ship of her
class on which all guns may be used
for anti-aircraft fire" Warships of
the British Empire fleets have done
this for many years but only At
lanta-class cruisers of the United
States Navy, which have a 5-inch
main battery, have been so con-
structed.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Wright Says Secret Police
May Be Called Up Again
Rv the Associoted Press

JACKSON. Miss. June 26-Miss-
Ssippis dormant secret police force
will be called back into action III
the need arises" says Gov. Fielding
L. Wright
He made the statement yesterday
while commenting to neWSmen on
reports of renewed strike violence
against the Southern Bus Co.. Inc,
The reports included slashing of bus
company tires by unknown persons.
Gov Wright said he wanted to
spike the idea that he would be
powerless to use the secret force If
necessary. He told his news con-
ference:
The organization is still lawful
as created by the legislature.
Then he added:
"Anti-vlolence laws are still in
effect"
The force-the Mississippi Bureau
of Investigation-haS authority to
arrest without warrant in crimes OF
violence and to make searches and
seizures. except in homes. without
search warrant.
The anti-violence laws make pun
ishable by death the dynamiting of
public utility They also make pos
session of explosives by persons who
normally do not use them in their
business prima facie evidence of in
tent to commit a violent crime.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

Labor unions in Mexico have
started campaign against further
house rent increases.
Northern Rhodesia has decreed
that natives must work or do with
ont corn ratiOnS
Evening star., 1948-06-27
The Federal Spotlight
|GSI Given Permission to Raise
|Some Food Prices ! to S Gents

kFC-Ihe senate Civil Service
Committee is looking into some
complaints made by dismissed Re-
construction Finance Corporation
employees that there were some ir-
regularities connected with their
diSmisSals.
The employees contend that other
RFC employees with less seniority
are being retained.
RFC officials emphatically deny
this. They declare the Civil Serv-
ice Commission has given the
agency clean bill of health in its
hiring and dismissal procedures.
Layoffs have plagued the agency
during the last two years as a re-
suit of sharp budget cuts Approxi-
mately 1900 employees have lost their
jobs as the RFC has had to retrench.
BOOSTED-A number of COL
leagues of Representative Manasco,
Democrat. of Alabama. are booming
him as the Democratic member of
the Civil Service Commission in
January.
MIR. Manasco, who was recently de-
feated for reelection, was formerly
chairman of the House Executive
Expenditures Committee. Always
alert and sympathetic to Federal
employees problems and Govern
ment personnel matters, Mr.. Man
asco is now member of the l2-man
Hoover Commission which is study
ing reorganization of the Govern
ment.
Mr.. Manasco says he does not
want the job-that he is planning
to return to private industry. But
his friends are hoping he won turn
down the position if it is offered to
him.
fBe sure to listen in today at
3:15 pm. oper WMAL. The Star
station. for Joseph Youngs
broadcast persion OF the Fed
eral Spotlight, featuring addt-
tional neWs of Government df-
| fairs and personalities
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Water Gate to Have New Sound, New Look
When Concerts Start Next Sunday
Music to Be Sprayed
From Floating Stoee
Thot Cost $4,000
By Jones 6. Deone

Concert fans will find the Water
Gate has a new sound, as well as
a new look, when the 18th annual
sunset symphony opens next Sum-
day.
When Soprano Dorothy Maynor
and 10 musicians of the National
Symphony strike up the music for
the gala Fourth of July concert, it's
a sure bet. concert officials say, that
listeners will hear the difference
For $4,000 has been poured into
making the new floating concert
stage one of the best outdoor music
halls in the country.
Sound Engineers in Audience.
Helping to produce the new sound
will be these innovations:
A battery of five powerful loud
speakers centrally located above the
stage and designed to give the i'm
preston the music is coming direct
from the orchestra.
A sound engineer who will sit IN
the center of the audience to reg
ulate the volume with flick OF his
long distance controls. Formerly
the controls were backstage.
A new stage shell consisting OF
novel disffusers. semicylindrical Sec
tions of plywood designed to spray
the music evenly. There are 22 re-
movable, four -foot-Wide sections on
the sides and back, and more FORM
ing the ceiling. Similar equipment
is used in up-to-date broadcastlng
studios
Morale Factor for Performers.
For radio broadcasts a glaSSed-
in radio control room backStage. An
hour of each Sunday night concert
will be aired this summer over Sta
ton WTOP.
Also backstage, a similar control
booth for the elaborate lighting
system.
And to top it off-but for the per-
formers only-a half-dozen dress
ing rooms complete with shower
baths. This, according to Manager
J. E. Mulch. should be an important
morale factor. for the one shower
on the old barge never worked after
the first minute" he recalled.
Designer of the new facilities, Will
liam HauSsmann of the National
Capital Parks, is sure they give the
Water Gate the "country's best
musical shoWboat. AS a matter OF
fact it's the only one he knows Of,
but that doesn't diminish his pride.
Howard Mitchell, Water Gate
Evening star., 1948-06-27

Warren B. Irons, the commission S
chief of retirement, says every case
brought to his attention will receive
his careful consideration.
STATE DEPARTMENT - T h e
State Department will dismiss Is
to 100 of its employees here before
July l.
Another 100 employees slated to
be dismissed will be absorbed in
the departments Voice Of America
program.
incidentally, the department Is
hiring at rapid pace now for its
Voice" program, with 400 positions
due to be filled.