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Evening star., 1948-11-16
Commissioners Study
Report on Barrett's
Reserve Corps Plan

The commissioners today received
the corporation counsel's report on
Police Supt Robert j. Barrett,s plan
for a civilian police reserve corps,
but deferred action for further
study"
The city heads may act on the
proposal at Thursdays board meet
ing.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Oliver Gasch, who worked on the
opinion. said his recommendation
calls for adoption of most, but not
ali, OF Maj. Barrett's plan. He said
the Commissioners seemed to be
favorably disposed toward the pro-
posed auxiliary police program.
Maj, Barrett made the proposal
some time ago in anticipation of
the report of the Office of Civil De-
fense Planning, which urged forma-
tion of police reserve units to help
meet the contingencies of modern
warfare.
Maj. Barrett's version of a police
reserve calls for arming, uniforming
and training large number of spe-
cial policemen and other qualified
civilians for service with the police
force in the event of unforeseen
circumstances
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Traffic Ticket Adjusted
In Anti-Noise Violation

The first reported adjustment Of
a trafic ticket for unnecessary
horn blowing appeared today in the
Police Departments weekly sum-
mary of tickets fixed" last week.
Willie Miles, %, colored, 54s
Twenty fourth street NE, was
warned against future violation at
No. 2 precinct station, after he told
Pvt. J. v. Dolan he was blowing
his horn to warn a pedestrian.
A total Of SO warnings and five
cancellations was issued by the de-
partment last week. A breakdown
Of the adjustments, by precincts
follows:
No. Is warnings, one cancella-
ton; No. 2-8 warnings; No. 3-9
warnings. one cancellation: No. f.
7 warnings; No. 81 warning: No
6-S warnings; No. lone warning
one cancellation; No. 8-6 warnings
2 cancellations: No. 9-4 warnings;
No. 1913 warnings; No. Ill warn
ing; No. 12-7 warnings; No. 13-3
warnings: No. 14-2 warnings;
traffic division. II warnings.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Woman Dies in Hospitsl
After Drinking Poison

An employe of the Army Map
Service died at Gallinger Hospital
early today after telling police she
had drunk poison.
Police identified her as Mrs.
Charlotte Allen. 40, of 1924 Euclid
street NV. During World War II
she was a temporary clerk in the
mail service section at the City
Post Office.
Her husband, Thomas L. Allen,
Sc. had been a clerk there from
1920 until his retirement last July,
1t was said.
Police said Mr.. Allen called for
an ambulance shortly after / am.
Mrs. Allen was pronounced dead
three hours later. Her body was
taken to the morgue, where an au-
topsy is to be performed today
Surviving, in addition to her hus-
band, are two daughters, Mrs Rob-
ert S. Oakley, 1901 N. Pershing
drive, Arlington, and Mrs. John W.
Grosskurth, 427 Mellon street Sc
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Arlington Services He'''
For Admiral Stiff, 81

Funeral rites with military honors
were held in Arlington National
Cemetery today for Rear Admiral
Edward Rhodes Stitt, 81, former
surgeon general of the Navy and
holder of the William Crawford
Gorgas Medal. Admiral Stitt died
Saturday in Bethesda Nayal Hos
pital.
Thirteen rear adrnirals, four of
whom have held the post of sur
geon general, served as honorary
pallbearers at the funeral, to-
eether with two doctors, both former
Navy medical officers.
Admiral Stitt, who served the
Navy AZ years, was surgeon general
from 1920 to 1928. He was retired
in 1881. An author and teacher. he
received the Gorgas Medal in l941
from the Association of Military
Surgeons of the United States as "a
distinguished scholar and an au.
thority of international fame or
tropical medicine"
Evening star., 1948-11-16
-Four Business Offices Here
List Thefs TotaIinq S875

Four business executives, three ir
the same building, reported thefts
from their Offices during the week
end totaling more than $875.
Victims with Offices in the Wash.
ington Building, Fifteenth street
and New York avenue NV, were
John E. O'Neil, general counsel
Small Brewers Association, un-
known amount of cash and stamps
Howard M. Startling, manager, Cas-
ualty and Surety Co.. stamps, cash
and jewelry totaling $500, and Fran
els E. Simmons. manager, American
Viscose Corp, $25 in cash and
stamps. All the Offices were entered
with pass key.
Vincent P. Ahearn, executive sec
retary of the National Sand and
Gravel Association, reported $3.50
in cash, 5000 in stamps and some
payroll checks taken from his Of
flee in the National Theater Build
inc
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Ex-Printer's Wife Wins
81, 300 in Soop Contest

Mrs. Robert H. Bodell, 720 Upshur
street NV, today is awaiting a
check for between $4,000 and $500
as a prize for a statement she sub
mitted in a national contest on the
merits of soap product.
The prize was a new automobile,
but Mrs. Bodell said that she elected
to take the money, because neither
she nor her husband drive.
Mrs. Bodell is the wife OF q re-
tired printer of The Star.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Bethesda C.. of C..
Awards KuhnCup
To Station WBCC

The Bethesda Chamber Of Com
merce voted last night to award the
Oliver Owen Kuhn Memorial Cup
to Radio Station WBCC for the
greatest contribution during l947
to the orderly development of Be-
thesda as a high-class residential
community. The presentation will
be made at the December meeting.
Established in 1887 by The Eve
ming Star as a memorial to Mr.
Kuhn. former managing editor of
The Star and resident of Bethesda
for many years. the cup is awarded
annually through the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce. The award
is made to the person or group
making an outstanding physical
improvement in the community
during the preceding year. Because
of the lack of building during the
war years the cup has not been
awarded for the last three years.
The Suburban Hospital was the last
recipient in 1914.
The chamber elected the follow
ing four new directors: Leslie Bell.
jr.:; Claude Hyson, Carol Sager and
Kenneth Trunnell.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Traffic Advisers Seek Fay 10 Survey Court
Delay 10 Study Plan for For Records System TO
Revocation Hearings Spot Crime Repeaters

A survey OF the United States
Attorneys Office in Municipal Court
will be made this week to determine
the best system for recording all
crime complaints brought there.
This step was revealed yesterday
by United States Attorney George
Morris Fay as a move to keep closer
check on persons named as offenders
in the more than 10000 cases which
annually come before his assistants
in the lower court.
Would Catch Repeaters.
While perhaps no more than hall
the total number of complaints
actually wind up before a judge, Mr.
Fay explained. closer check on all
alleged offenders is planned to spot
quickly any repeaters.
Thus, on the basis of the records
where a wifebeater may have beer
turned loose on his good behavior
after his first appearance in the
Office, he could be ordered to stand
trial on any subsequent complaint
his wife might make.
Some sort Of card index system
would give us quick reference to all
the reported crimes" Mr.. Fay said
with the heavy volume of business
the office transacts every year, that
is the only way we can keep track
of each individual named in crime
We certainly can't rely on memory
and hearsay about previous Of
tenders" g. -s
Perversi0n Cases Listed.
At the same time, Mr.. Fay re-
vealed that the police Sex and Vice
Squads are keeping records at his
request on all sex perversion crime
of a minor" nature.
The purpose of this reference is
to keep track of the specific offense
when the general charge, for ex-
ample, is "disorderly conduct" Mr.
Fay said.
He added that. when minor sex
offenses are repeated by the same
defendant, action might be taker
under the section Of the Districts
recent sex law. where by sexuaI
psychopaths may be sent to st
Elizabeths Hospital for treatment.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Flyer Killed in Crash
On Job Only a Week
BY the Assoeioted Press

RIVA. Nd, Nov. 16.-A pilot bled
to death when a plane of the Tide.
water Fisheries Department crashed
and overturned in South Down
Lake yesterday.
The "spotter" plane was an am
phibian which had been used by
Gov. Lane.
Friends said Charles Henry Mas
tiers, q, who was pinned in the
cockpit, had waited a year for a
flying job, only to die the week after
he got it. He was pronounced dead
on arrival at Annapolis Emergency
Hospital. Doctors said he died Of
shock and severe hemorrhage
when his right foot was severed.
Mr.. Masters widow and two small
children live at Eastport.
Only other passenger on the flight
was William McCrary Hobbs Of
Brooklyn, Md, an airport mechanic.
He was taken to Emergency Hos
pital suffering from head cuts and
severe shock, but officials said today
his condition was satisfactory.
Mr.. Masters, Naval Reserve en-
sign, had been bomber pilot dur
ing the war.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Worker Indicted
In Glen Burnie
Murder Case
True Bills Returned
In Less Than z Hours
In Double Staying
By the Assoeiotsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 16.-Thomas
A. Edwards, q, a sugar plant worker,
was Indicted today on charges Of
numbering a young Glen Burnie
couple two months ago.
The Anne Arundel County grand
jury returned true bills against
Edwards, who Is colored, in less than
2 hours.
The jury, including one colored
man and two women, was called
into session especially for the case
by States Attorney James c. Nor
ton, jr.
County Police Chief John H.
Souers and Detective Capt. Henry
j. Kriss of Baltimore were the only
witnesses to enter the jury room
after Mr.. Morton.
Separate indictments charged
Edwards with the murders of John
H. Mahlan, 25-year -old Glen Burnie
Post Office worker, and Miss Mary
c. Kline, 18-year- typist, whom
Mr.. Mahlan dated weekly.
Edwards in Baltimore Jail.
Mr. Mahlan's blood-stained ana
bullet-pierced car was found aban-
doned in bean patch southeast Of
Glen Burnie on September l8. The
bodies were found two days later in
a clearing of a dead-end road 6
miles west of Annapolis.
The indictments fixed the date Of
the slayings as September II, the
night Mr.. Mahlan and Miss Kline
were last seen alive.
Edwards, who lives in Freetown,
a colored community near Glen
Burnie, Is in the Baltimore City
Jail.
Authorities have quoted Edwards
as saying he shot the couple after
walking up to their parked car
near Glen Burnie
Edwards has denied that robbery
or rape was his motive One ques-
toner said the suspect was angered
because the Mahlan car crowded
him of the road as it turned into
narrow lane. Investigation has
disclosed that Miss Kline had not
been raped, but her watch and Mr..
Mahlan's billfold continuing about
So is missing.
Meanwhile, in Baltimore. Kermit
Coates, colored, %, who was one OF
the many picked up for questioning
in the double Staying case, died to-
day of injuries he received in what
apparently was highway accident.
Tipoff Report Denied.
Patrolman Leo j. Kinsey of the
Anne Arundel County police said
there was nothing to reports that
Coates had been the topof man in
the arrest of Edwards.
Coates was found unconscious in
. bean patch off Solleys Road in
upper Anne Arundel County Satur-
day night. ga.
He died In South Baltimore Gen.
eral Hospital today without regain
ing consciousness.
Mr.. Kinsey said Coates apparently
lost control of the truck he was
driving. The truck hit the concrete
collar of an abandoned we'll and
circled back to the roadway Coates
apparently was thrown clear when
the truck hit the well.
The officer said Coates had been
under routine watch because he
lived at FreetoWn.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Two Boys, IS and Is, Held
In Cash, CIothinq Theffs

Two boys. IS and 16 years old,
who were arrested by detectives early
yesterday in connection with two
robberies, were charged with house.
breaking today and scheduled for
Juvenile Court action.
Detective Sergeants NunAo Bon
accorsy and Arthur H. Molle accused
the youths of stealing $784 from the
Westchester Apartments Pharmacy
Saturday night and a quantity Of
clothing from a cleaning establish
ment in the 1900 block of @ street
NV. Sunday night.
Acting on a tip. the detectives hid
in the hotel room which the boys
had rented and arrested them. They
said the boys returned from the
Q street robbery with their arms
laden with clothing.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
7 Polio Cases Result
In Georgetown Prep
Closing Week Early

Discovery OF two polio cases al
Georgetown Preparatory School In
Garrett Park, Md, has led to clos
ing the school more than a week
before the Thanksgiving holidays.
The schools headmaster, the Rev
William F. Maloney, S. j., said to-
day that unwillingness of parents to
keep their boys in school led to the
decision to close, even though doc
tors had recommended continuation
of classes.
Condition of the two patients wa:
described as satisfactory" ir
Georgetown University Hospital
They are Henry O'Brien, II, D.
Pittsburgh, and Lawrence Kennedy
l6, of Mount Kisco, N. Y.
Blow to Football Hopes.
The shutdown was seen as fatal
blow to Georgetown Prep's hopes OF
representing Catholic schools in the
first annual high school-prep school
football game December 4 for the
District schoolboy championship.
The Rev. Thomas Dugan. director
Of athletics, said it would be next tc
impossible to play a game scheduled
next Friday with Gonzaga. If il
were postponed until after the holi-
days, Georgetown would have nc
time to get ready for that game
and possibly the championship game
in the same week Georgetown's
unbeaten team has won seven games
and tied one.
Both of the boys stricken with
polio were members of the junior
varsity team. They lived on the
second floor of the main building
The elder boy became i'll Friday
morning and the second on Satur-
day.
Parents Advised of Outbreak.
After Father Maloney wrote to
the parents advising them of the
outbreak, several students did not
attend school yesterday and when
other parents indicated they would
withhold their sons, it was decided
to close the school.
The Thanksgiving holidays were
scheduled to begin next Tuesday
and continue until November 29
Father Maloney said school would
reopen November 20, and that the
studies missed by the shutdown
would be made up by shortening the
Christmas and Easter holidays.
Founded in 1889, the Jesuit school
has 255 pupils. lis OF whom board
at the school. Practically all the
boarding students had departed for
their homes today.
Meantime, Deputy Coroner Rich
ard Rosenberg said he would issue
certificate today that bulbar polio
was the cause Of the death Novem-
ber 7 of Calvin Friedlander. S. of
1925 P street Sc.
The boys death was the seventh
polio fatality in the Washington
area this year, according to the
District Health Department.
Calvin died at his home shortly
after he awakened with high tenn
perature, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bob Friedlander, said. He had COM
planned of a sore throat the previous
dav
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Salt Lake City
SeoguNs Occupy
Zoo CAGES Here

A couple of Salt Lake City sea-
gulls are new acquisitions at the
Washington Zoo today, occupying
outside cages in the birdhouse.
They arrived yesterday from the
Zoo in the Utah city. DR.. William
M. Mann, director of the Zoo here
said they are medium-size ring
billed inland gulls of the type living
on large lakes, and that although
they are on the "youngish side, they
are mature"
It has been some time since ring
bills have been in the Zoo here, DR.
Mann said. They eat meat and
fish.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Truck Driver Is Indicted
In Assault on EmpIoyer

Reginald I. Smith, a., of the 1900
block Of Harrison street NV, has
been indicted by the Montgomery
County grand jury on a charge of
assault with intent to murder his
former employer, Walter E. Carter,
vice president of the RUSSELL Young
Ice Cream Co. here.
The indictment was one of 28 re-
turned yesterday.
Smith, according to police, at
tempted to shoot Mr.. Carter August
II at the latter's home, 461o Nor
gan drive, Chevy Chase, after the
company executive discharged him
as truck driver.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Dr.. Wruther Named
To Research Boord Post

DR.. w. e. Wrather, director Of the
Interior Departments Geological
Survey. was named chairman of the
Committee on Geophysics and Geog-
raphy of the Research and Develop
ment Board today by DR.. Karl T.
Compton, chairman.
The group will study problems
within the scope of earth sciences
including weather and climate
strategic minerals, water supplies
and contamination and studies OF
the ocean. 1t also will consider ex-
ploration expeditions and other
types Of field research.
| DR.. Wrather lives in Westmore-
| land Hills. Md,
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Retreat for Students
To Sturt Tomorrow

The annual religious retreat OF
Catholic students in public high
schools will be held tomorrow and
Thursday at Is District and 1s
Maryland churches.
The services will begin at 9:3O
am. each day and conclude at 2::30
pm.
The retreats are sponsored by the
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
of the Archdiocese of Washington.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
District Baptists
ToAct on Budget
OF $262,448
World Mission Week
Planned in February,
Convention Is Told
By Cospos Names

The District Baptist Convention
was to vote late today on a $262, ,44s
budget for l948-9 at its annual
meeting in the National Baptist
Memorial Church.
OF this total, $11O, 900 is earmarkeo
for convention operating costs and
an equal amount for work outside
the Washington area. The sum OF
s41 500 will be used to pay of in
debtedness.
The Rev. Frank K. Brasington
director of missions, announced that
a world mission week will be held
in Baptist churches here from Feb
ruary 6 to IL. He announced also
that conference at which DR.. W.
K. White, president of Baylor Uni
versity, will speak will be held here
March 81 and %.
Campaign Announced.
DR.. Edward B. Willingham, pastor
of National Memorial Church, an.
nounced an evangelistic campaign
to be held in the IS Washington
Baptist churches next September
Is to october S. DR.. c. E. Mat.
thews, of the home mission board
Southern Baptist Convention, will
direct the campaign.
1t was expected that the Rev
Clarence w. Crawford, pastor o.
Calvary Baptist Church, would be
reelected president Of the conven.
ton this afternoon. The meeting
is the 72d annual assembly of the
convention.
Other officers expected to be re-
elected are Herbert w. Ludwig OF
Petworth Church, vice president;
Elgin Smith of First Church, treas
urer, and Mrs. Earl Pendell Of Avon
dale Church. secretary.
Requirements Vetoed.
A recommendation of the con-
vention's advisory committee that
future candidates for ordination be
required to "enter into the pasto-
rate or mission work Of the North
ern or the Southern Baptist Con-
vention" was voted down at the
meeting yesterday.
Opponents said such step would
infringe on the right Of individual
churches to ordain candidates for
the Baptist ministry.
The advisory committee reported
that four of five candidates brought
before it for interviews had salts
fed District convention standards
for ordination and were subsequently
ordained. They were Klein Parks
of Calvary Church, Lloyd Frederick
of Metropolitan Church. William j
Cumbie and Robert F. Woodward OF
Silver Spring Church. The fifth
candidate, who was turned down by
the committee because he did not
meet educational requirements OF
the convention, later was ordained
by his church.
The principal address at the meet
ing at 7:30 o'clock tonight will be
given by DR.. Shields T. Hardin OF
Orange, N. j. The talk will follow
the installation of officers to be
conducted by the Rev. Ward B
Hurlburt, pastor of Brookland
Church.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Man, 63, Freed on Bond
In Case InvoIyir~ 'Ainor

Max Zipkin. SO, of 311 lteenth
street NV. was release on $2,500
bond by Judge Thomas D. Quinn
today after his arraignment in
Municipal Court on charge of
carnal knowledge. He will appear
in court again Friday.
zipkin was arrested by Detective
Sergt Richard Mccarthy of the Sex
Squad. on complaint of the parents
of a 13-year-old girl. Sergt. Nc
Carthy said an examination showed
the girl had been assaulted.
Evening star., 1948-11-16

The District Commissioners today
are being asked to withhold any ac-
ton on the proposed reorganization
of the Board of Revocation and
Restoration of Operators Permits
until three committees of the Com
missioner's Traffic Advisory Board
have had more of a chance to study
the matter.
Advisory board members agreed
last night. at meeting in Municipal
Center, to request the city heads to
refrain from action at this time. The
committees concerned with the study
are laws and regulations. enforce
ment and motor vehicle administra-
tion. Members of these groups will
report on the results of their study
at a special meeting with the ex-
ecutive committee at 1:30 pm. Mon
day in the Municipal Center.
Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
last night was requested by advisory
board members to review the plan
he recently offered to replace the
Revocation Board with a panel OF
hearing officers. He had pointed out
that permits now are suspended or
revoked without warning and Offend
ers are not told of their right to
appeal.
Appeals in Majornty.
Charles Stofberg, special assistant
to Commissioner John Russell
Young, has quoted statistics of the
Division of Vehicles and Traffic,
however, to the effect that more
than half of the motorists whose
licenses are suspended or revoked
do appeal the action.
The Commissioners have been re-
ported to oppose the plan. Last
night Mr.. Keneipp said the plan has
not yet been submitted to the city
heads but would be when agreement
has been reached with Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West, who is ex-
pected to receive the proposed meas
ure today.
Nathan M. Lubar, advisory board
member, told the meeting that there
exists a tremendous amount of public
i'll will because of the present revo-
cation procedures
Mr.. Keneipp reiterated an earlier
statement that the present setup is
"unwholesome" and his plan was
given support by A. Julian Brylawski
another board member, who said 1t
offers "a chance of fair play Tor the
motorist."
Plans for Trouble Spot.
Mr.. Keneipp disclosed he is rec
ommending to the Commissioners
that traffic lights in the city flash
red from l am. to am. and SC
serve as stop lights. Most lights
now are turned off altogether.
The board also heard the pro-
posal to turn Fourth street trafhc
at Florida and Rhode Island ave-
nues NV, into S street, which now
is channelized and equipped with
traffic signals. The intersection
vas termed one of the city's top
trouble spots.
Mr.. Keneipp said I'VE have done
all We can with signs" in the area
of Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Irving
streets and Sixteenth street at Co.
lumbia road and Harvard street
NV. but this area will need "a
major operation" A similar revi-
sion is planned at Union Station
Plaza, he said.
A city-wide survey Of CONNER
cial loading zones is being under
taken in an effort to eliminate bar
riers to additional parking space
the board was told.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
County Police Plan Dance

A dance featuring the music of
Alvino Rey. nationally known gui-
tarist, and his orchestra will be held
at the University of Maryland
Armory at 8 pm. tomorrow, under
sponsorship of the Prince Georges
County Municipal Police Association.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
5 Children III Of Drinking
Solutions Found in House

Adults accustomed to keeping
medicines and rubbing compounds
around the house were cautioned
by Children's Hospital physicians
yesterday about letting the solu-
tions fall into the hands Of chill
dren.
The warning came after. treat
ment of five children over the week
end for stomachaches which came
as result of drinking turpentine,
oil of wintergreen and camphoir.
The children are all out of dan
ger, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Executive Bourd to Meet

The Executive Board of the Amer
ican Women's Legion of the World
Wars will meet tomorrow, at II am,
! at the Mayflower.
Evening star., 1948-11-16

you seem to be off to an excellent
start in your observation work"
The boys farmer keeps a super
visory eye on his work.
Henry is in the first year of junior
high school here. He is active in
All Club and Boy Scout work.
, 1948-01-09
ATTENTION.

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by Mr.. Fabio's place. 9
We are ready to serve the
public and viii do our best
to satisfy you. ~
When you want any Of our
speciality, stop to Malu Store
at Mr.. Fabio's also at Para
disc Store.
CARLOS r E
MANAGER.