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Evening star., 1948-05-14

Henry Chin Bow. 50, who runs q
launlry at 303 E street NV. ended
q month long legal wrangle with
District authorities IS richer then
when he started.
Although Bow was found guilty
In Municipal Court of violating the
District Building Code in hs base
ment laundry, Judge Thomas D.
Quinn accepted his personal bond In
imposing sentence, after receiving
a report that the place had been
fixed up. Meanwhile. q sympathetic
Star reader sent in a S. bill toward
the support of Mr.. Bows eight
children.
In previous appearances before
Judge Quinn, Building Inspector
Charles O'Conneu had told the court
the laundry was fire hazard to
tenants in the apartment house
Evening star., 1948-05-14

featured at . program to be held In
Clendenen Gymnasium at Ameri-
can University at 1880 pm. tomor-
row, sponsored by the All-India
League OF Washington in co-opera-
ton with the East and West Asso-
citation and the university.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Housing Authority Aids
District Cleanup Drive

The National Capital Housing
Authority Is going to participate
actively in the District cleanup
campaign, it was announced yester-
day.
All 47 projects under the direction
of the authority have set aside the
period from June to II for a major
cleanup drive, the Bureau Of SAM
tation Of the District has been In
formed. The District has agreed to
provide extra service in collecting
the trash collected during the drive.
Most Of the Housing projects are
located in the Northeast and South
east sections Of the city.
India Program PIonned
Music and dances of India will be
Evening star., 1948-05-14

Ione-hour period each day. when
presumably he slept, the report
said.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-01

pounds and during the second period
0.243 pounds, or a 28.9 percent in
crease. Similar figures for lamb
gains were 0.411 pounds and 0.474
or an increase of 1873 percent. The
average final weights of lambs on
the range increased from 70.8 to 75.4
pounds.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-01
In Lighter Vein

Fellows who drive with one hand
on the wheel are usually headed for
the aisle of a church. Some of them
will walk down. others will be ar
ried.
Teacher: Quite a few plants have
"dog'' for an antecedent. For ex-
ample, dogwood, dog rose and dog
violet. Johnny, can you think of any
other?
Johnny: Yes, ma'am. Collieflowe<.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-01

When I pay 50 for a chicken dinner
/ don't expect TO get three grains OF
corn. a cup of laying mash and a couple
of pieces of gravel"
$50 you asked Geraldine to marry
your"
"Yes, but I didn't have any luck"
"Why didn't you tell her about
your rich uncle?"
ST did - and now she's my aunt-s
Tree: A solid thing that stands in
one place for so years and then sud-
denly jumps in front of a woman
driver.
"It's so good of you, doctor, TO
have come this far to see my hus-
band"
"Not at all, madam, not at all.
I have a patient next door, and l
thought I'd kill two birds with one
stone"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-01

II still think we should get a horse.
80. I'm afraid you are expecting too
much from these vitamin pills
School teacher, to little boy-"1f
a farmer raises $500 bushels of
wheat and sells it for 81 per bushel
what will he get?"
Little Boy-"An automobile
Doctor: Pat. your wife has just
presented you with quadrupletsI-
Pat: -Four crYin' out loud!"
Lady Tourist-"Do you have any
outstanding sights here?"
Hotel Clerk: eyes ma'am, we have
the only helium plant in the world"
Lady Tourist: Every interesting
and is it in bloom?"
He who believes that evening"
has the same meaning as night
should note the effect it has on 4
gown
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-01

Advertisements in MONTANA FARMER-STOCKk
dows through which reliable advertisers tell you abo
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Takoma Citizens Picnic
Attended by Nearly 100

The Citizens Association Of Ia
koma. D. C. held their annual picnic
last night on the Takoma Park
Fairgrounds Fifth and Van Buren,
streets NV, with nearly 100 per-
sons participating.
Jesse C. Suter spoke on the limited
possibility of District legislation
passing before the adjournment of
Congress.
The association adopted resolu-
ton commencing the accomplish
ments of Senator Capper, Republi-
can. of Kansas during his almost
80 years as member of the Senate
District Committee, in which he
served a number of years as chair
man. He has announced that he
will not run for reelection.
The work of Carl c. King, one of
the pioneer workers in the associa-
ton, was praised by speakers and
he was elected an honorary life
member
A resolution was adopted calling
the attention of the director of traf-
flc and 9Th precinct officials to the
excessive speeding of motorists over
Piney Branch road, which extends
into Maryland and was termed a
speedway"
Community singing was conducted
by Miss Ruth Ivers and Miss Marie
/ Whitbeck. The business session was
conducted by Charles H. Whitbeck
president.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
; Hurt as Train Hits
Auto in Chevy Chase
Shoves Il 597 Feet

Three Maryland men were injured
Yesterday when the car in which
they we're riding was struck and
showed SGT feet by a Baltimore &
Ohio freight train at Jones Bridge
road in Chevy Chase, Md.
Injured we're Fred L. Smith, %,
of Walkersville, the driver, who was
treated for scalp lacerations at Sub
urban Hospital and released, and
Clarence Huffer, IS. Frederick, and
Ralph Smith. So, Walkersville, who
were admitted. Their condition
was reported to be good today.
Bethesda police said the 21-car
freight train was backing across the
intersection at a speed OF about 3
to 10 miles an hour when the col
Ilision occurred. The caboose struck
the car as it was halfway over the
crossing. The rear coupling pierced
the car, which went 597 feet down
the track before the train came to
a halt Damage to the caboose
was negligible,
There is only a sign at the inter-
section.
The engineer of the train was r..
M. Carrell, 48, Branchville, Md. The
conductor was Franklin r. Lake, 81.
Arlington, who was conductor of a
IB. & o. freight train which in May,
l947, struck a Congressional Country
Club bus, killing three club employees
and injuring five others. That acci-
dent occurred on the same line at
the Dorset street crossing in Beth
esda, about four miles west OF the
scene of yesterdays collision. Mr..
Lake was one of four trainmen
acquitted of manslaughter.
No charges have been placed in
connection with yesterdays accident.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Addition Asked
To House State
Department
s42,150, 900 Request
includes Census
Building at Suitlond

Congress has been asked to au-
thorize a S42,150,000 extension to
the present State Department
building and construction of a build
ing at Suitland, Md, for the Census
Bureau.
A request for the structure came
from Maj Gen. Philip B. Fleming,
Federal Works administrator. 1t
was referred. with a proposed bill
to the House Public Works Com
mittee for consideration.
In his letter Gen. Fleming said
the measure would authorize the
Federal Works Agency to extend
and remodel the State Department
building at Twenty-first street and
Virginia avenue NV. to house all
facilities of that department.
The entire project would cover
four blocks, from Twenty first to
Twenty third, and from c to E
streets NV.
The building at Suitland, Md, to
be constructed on Government
owned land near other buildings al
ready used by the Census Bureau,
is needed, Gen. Fleming said, for
activities in connection with the
1850 census.
Cites Shift in Use.
Explaining the need for the State
Department addition, Gen. Fleming
pointed out the present building on
Virginia avenue was constructed in
1889 for the War Department. Con-
gress authorized and appropriated
not only for construction of the first
ton of all the land required for
the completed structure, including
existing buildings which were made
available for wartime use by the
Government
Construction of the Pentagon
and the unification program" Gen.
Fleming explained, caused a change
in the designated use of the building.
1t was then assigned as headquar-
ters for the State Department and
as a nucleus for activities of that
Department which were assigned to
buildings in that immediate area.
Occupies % Buildings.
I'm 1943 the State Department
occupied about 100000 square feet
of space in II buildings: on May l,
1916, by expansion and transfers, the
Department had increased to 1,190,-
900 square feet in "A buildings. The
Department now is occupying ap-
prox1mately LITE, 900 net square feet
in % buildings"
Construction Of the building will
vacate for other use or release, about
325, 900 square feet of leased build
ing and about 275,0OO square feet in
Government-owned buildings.
The old State Department. build
ing at Seventeenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV. now houses
the Budget Bureau and executive
Offices of the White House.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
HyattsviIIe Pay Raises
Await Committee Report

The Hyattsville City Council last
night decided to await a report of
its Civil Service Committee before
acting on proposed salary increases
for city employees.
Mayor Ceasar Aiello pointed out
if the pay increases are not acted
on until after the beginning of the
fiscal year July /, they can be made
retroactive. DR.. V. R. Boswell is
chairman of the Councils Civil
Service Committee.
The council accepted a petition of
property owners for concrete side-
walks on Jefferson street between
Thirty-sixth and Thirty eighth ave-
nues. A hearing on the petition
will be held June 81.
1t was voted to ban parking on
the south side of Decatur street
between Forty-first and Forty
second places.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Fairfax Towns
And Alexandra
Voting Today
Five Council Seats
In Vienna Sought
By 10 Candidates

Voters in Alexandria and the
Fairfax County towns of Falls
Church, Vienna, Fairfax and Cliff
ton go to the polls today to choose
municipal officials
-Four Democratic candidates for
City Council in Alexandria, Albert
A. Smoot, Leroy S. Bendheim,
Marshall S. Beverley and Roy C.
Bragg are unopposed for the four
Alexandria Council seats and there
has been no campaign for write-in
opposition.
In Vienna 10 candidates are seek
ing five Town Council seats. John
Nichols and Joseph Davies are
candidates for Mayor.
Falls Church voters will elect a
Mayor and three councilmen. Albert
Orme is unopposed for Mayor. Two
candidates are seeking election from
both the first and third wards, and
in the second ward j. H. Mccarthy
incumbent, is unopposed.
Fairfax Council Vacancies.
Six candidates are seeking the
six Town Council vacancies in the
town of Fairfax. No candidate has
announced for Mayor and the write
in votes will decide the winner.
A comparatively light vote was
expected today in municipal elections
in most localities elsewhere in the
State.
Voters in several cities and most
of the 185 incorporated towns were
going to the polls to cast their bal
lots for councilmen, Mayors, clerks
or recorders, treasurers, sergeants
and assessors or commissioners of
revenue.
The councilmanic elections were
OF chief interest.
Interest High at Richmond.
Interest was probably at the high
est pitch in Richmond, where voters
were electing a nine-man Council
under the city's new charter. The
candidates include 20 independents
and nine-man slate backed by the
Richmond Citizens Association.
In Lynchburg. four candidates are
running for the three seats to be
filled on City Council.
Danville's ballot carries two can
didates for Mayor and eight for
City Council. Some 5000 voters
there are expected to elect a Mayor
and four councilmen.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Summer High School Opens
In Montgomery June 28

The seventh annual summer high
school for Montgomery County stu
dents is scheduled to open at the
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
on June % for an eight-week term.
William G. Pyles, assistant principal,
will be director of the summer
school.
Two classes will be held daily, one
from 9 to 1880 am. and the other
from 1890 to 3 pm. High school
students thus may earn two credits
for the summers work. Tuition is
SIS per credit for residents of Mont
gomery County, with an additional
fee of $40 per credit for out-of-
county students.
Any high school course desired by
registrants will be given if mini
mum of Is pupils register for it. Mr.
Pyles requests that students register
at once, as the number of registra-
tions will determine the courses to
be offered.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Arlington Girl, IA, Wins
VIRGINIA UDC Essay Prize

Mary Meade Harnett, IA, Wash
ington-Lee Junior High School stu
dent. won the first Arlington County
prize and the third State prize in an
annual essay contest sponsored by
the Virginia Division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, it
was announced yesterday.
Mary, who will receive book and
a IS cash award, won the prizes for
an essay on Mary Custis Lee.
Michael Mason. 49,, of Washington
Lee, won second place in the county
contest for his essay on Gen. Robert
E. Lees wife.
In another phase of the contest
an essay on Admiral Raphael
Semmes of the Confederate Navy,
Betty Patricia Rogers, 13, OF Thomas
Jefferson Junior High School, won
first prize in the county. Raymond
Orndorff. 13. of Washington-Lee
placed second, and Caroline Hurst,
IA, Thomas Jefferson, received
honorable mention.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Gaming Probe Slated
To Resume Today;;Fay
| Silent on Casino Raid

Resumption of the special grand
jury investigation Of gambling here
was expected today. following a
weekend recess that extended
through yesterday.
There was speculation some OF
the persons arrested in the raid
early Saturday on Rocway Towers,
a gambling casino near Laurel,
Md, might appear eventually as
witnesses in the inquiry because OF
their Washington area connections.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay, however, refused to
say whether the raid, conducted by
Maryland State police, was made in
cooperation with the local investi-
gaticn.
He spent most Of yesterday con-
ferring with Assistant United
States Attorneys John w. Fihelly
and Charles B. Murray, his chief
assistants in the inquiry.
Beyond a possible temperance
of Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett
who testified all day last Friday
there was no indication as to fu-
ture witnesses as the special grand
jury entered its fourth week.
The secret investigation has ap-
peared to have consisted so far In
providing the % jurors with back
ground information on the status
Of gambling operations here. Most
Of the witnesses have been police
officials.
It has been expected known big
shot" gamblers, including those
with headquarters in Maryland and
Virginia, will be subpoepaed before
the special grand jury completes its
StJ1dv
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Virqinia Clio Council Backs
Souther in House Race

Arthur Fuller Souther of Airing
ton, candidate for the 9Th District
Democratic nomination to the House
in opposition to Representative
Smith, has been Endorsed by the
Virginia CIO Council.
President Charles G. Weber said
CIO members were being urged to
work also for the primary nomina-
ton of James P. Hart, jr., Roanoke
attorney who is opposing Senator
Robertson; State Senator James E
Gardner of Richmond, opponent OF
Representative Gary in the Sd Con-
gressional District, and Robert w
Menefee, Roanoke, one Of three
candidates for the vacant House seat
in the 9Th.
| The CIO Council also Endorsed
several candidates in today's mu-
nicipal elections, including John
Flipp for the Fredericksburg City
| Council.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Officers Reelected
AT Study Guild Meeting

All officers of the Study Guild
Catholic Library last night were re-
elected at the organizations annual
meeting at the library, It's Rhode
Island avenue NV.
The officers renamed are:
Miss Anne Fitzhugh, president;
Miss Virginia Mccormick, vice pres
ident; Miss Mary Mcbride. secre-
tary; Miss Genevieve Cushing,
treasurer, and Miss Clara Harring-
ton, librarian.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Truck Driver Acquitted
lin Girls Traffic Death

Walter Ray Cubbage, 81, Of Plum
Point, Md, was acquitted on a man
slaughter charge yesterday, but was
fined 500 for rec4less driving in
connection with the traffic death OF
a 4-year-old Upper Marlboro girl
May %.
Mr.. Cubbage, dealer for The
Star, was driving a truck which
struck Carol Scarborough, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Scarborough,
on Largo road, near her home at
Upper Marlboro. The child died OF
a fractured skull and other head in
iuries in Providence Hospital, Wash
ington. She had been hit by the
side of the truck.
In acquitting Mr.. Cubbage. Trial
Magistrate Alan Bowie at Marlboro
ruled that no gross negligence" was
involved, a necessity to convict on
manslaughter count. The magis-
trate in finding him guilty of reck-
less driving, told Mr.. Cubbage he
should have slowed down" when
he saw the girl.
Mr.. Cubbage appealed the reck-
less driving conviction.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
1akoma Park Mayor
And Council Sworn In

John c. Post was sworn in as
Mayor of Takoma Park by Retiring
Mayor Oliver w. Youngblood last
night at special meeting of the
newly elected council.
In turn, he swore in the following
council members: Herman G. Heff-
ner, ]. H. Mes, Walter H. McClenon.
Sherwood Citizens, jr.; John T.
Parkerson. Ross H. Beville and H.
Brooks Perring. All were elected
for tWo-year terms.
In turning over his office, former
Mayor Youngblood, who has served
eight years, extended congratula-
tions to Mayor Post in a brief ad-
dress. At the May election the
number Of councilmen was in
creased from six to seven, due to
growth of the town.
The new council adopted an ordi-
nance retaining the present $1.2O
per $100 town tax rate for the COM
ing fiscal year.
Permission was granted Our Lady
of Sorrows Catholic Church to hold
carnical July 1911 at Ethan Allen
and Jackson avenues.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Two D. 6. Youths Held
In County Auto Thefts

Two Washington youths, arrested
Friday in connection with a series
of larcenies from parked automo-
biles in the Bladensburg area
waived preliminary hearings in
Hyattsville Police Court yesterday
in favor of jury trials in the Prince
Georges County Circuit Court.
The youths, Leonard D. Yates, 10
of the 1700 block of Capitol ave-
nue. NE, and Edward D. Donald
son, 20, of the 1400 block Of Z
street NE. were released under
$500 bond each.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Other graduates were
D. G. Man Forfeits 5000
In County Numbers Cqse

James Williams. So of the 1000
block of New York avenue NV,
forfeited 5000 in Upper Marlboro
Police Court yesterday on two
charges, including one for possess
ing numbers slips.
williams, who is colored. was ar
rested April % after minor COL
lison on Marlboro pike, near Upper
Marlboro. He forfeited $3.50 on the
numbers charge and $50 on a reck-
less driving count.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Fenwick Reoppointed
To Boxing Commission
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, June 8-Gov.
Tuck yesterday reappointed State
Senator Charles r. Fenwick of Ar
lington to the State Boxing and
Wrestling Commission for a five
year term.
He also reappointed for four-year
terms two members of the State Dry
Cleaners Boards. Ray Barrett of
Norfolk and Stewart H. Woody Of
Richmond.
As members of the Virginia COM
mission on the Washington and Lee
bicentennial celebration, he named
John Newton Thomas of Richmond.
State Senator L. U. holland of New
port News and State Senator Gar
land Gray Of Waverly.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Teller in Alexandra
Indicted After Barring
S999 EmbezzIement

A bank teller who, with his pastor,
informed the Alexandria First Ma
tional Bank he had embezzled
1893 .01 of its funds, was indicted by
Federal grand jury at Alexandria
yesterday.
Earl Carl Mueller, $500 block
South Nash street, was indicted on
a charge of embezzling the funds,
which the United States Attorneys
office said had not been missed until
the teller confessed the crime on
advice Of his clergyman.
Gardner L. Boothe, bank official,
said the bank did not want to
prosecute Mr.. Mueller because full
restitution had been made. He
said the matter, however, had to be
reported to the examiners. Mr.
Boothe explained the. shortage had
not been discovered because 1t oc-
Cured between scheduled bank
examinations.
Teller Six Years With Bank.
Mr.. Mueller had worked for the
bank about six years, and the in
dictment charged embezzlement oc-
Cured between January, 1912, and
March, 1948. Mr.. Mueller has left
the bank and is working elsewhere
in Alexandria. He was freed under
$500 bond.
He was not arraigned after his
indictment because Federal Judge
Albert v. Bryan disqualified him
self. The jurist served on the
banks board of directors before
being appointed to the bench.
Last June $27 900 was stolen from
the banks night depository. David
Briggs. colored, a former janitor at
the bank, is serving eight years for
that crime. Mrs. Eulalia Matthews
Washington fortune teller known
as Madame Yvonne, and Briggs wife
are awaiting grand jury action for
receiving stolen property in the
theft.
Henry Spangler, 200 block East
Windsor avenue, Alexandra. was
another Of the "a persons indicted
Yesterday. He was charged with
using the mails to defraud by selling
through the mails an alleged cure
for sinusitis and other nasal all
ments. His business was known as
Bullock's Laboratories, Inc, the
United States attorneys Office re-
ported.
Other Indictments.
Others indicted were Emerson j.
Fling, former temporary mail car
rier in Arlington, charged with
destroying a number Of postal cards
instead Of delivering them: William
IF, Walton, selling liquor at the
Pentagon; Noah T. Nelson and Ken
meth Decker, theft on Government
reservation darlington Cemetery;
Joseph Chester Miazga, involuntary
manslaughter in the trafiic death OF
Marie Mabel Meyers on May 26,
1916, and auto theft; Robert Lee
Alexander, colored, carnal knowl-
edge in a penal institution, and
Grady Morris, photographing United
States currency.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Montgomery Players
Invited to Tryouts

Members Of the Montgomery
Players have been invited to attend
tryouts for the Washington Theater-
Alliance production, Joan Of Lor-
raine."
The tryouts will be held at the
Foundry Methodist Church dramatic
hall, Sixteenth and P streets NV.
at 8 o'clock tonight and tomorrow.
The production will be staged AZ
the Sylvan Theater y July.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Dance RecitoIs Planned
AT CheverIy School

Dance recitals for benefit of the
Prince Georges County Boys Club
will be given Saturday and Sunday
at the Cheverly- Tuxedo Elementary
School.
The program, annual revue Of
the Mercedes B. Frazier School Of
Dance, will consist OF 80 acts by
120 boys and girls. 1t is entitled,
THE Big Top"
The Saturday show will start at
8 pm. and the Sunday perform
ance at 2:30 pm. Tickets will
cost 81,
Evening star., 1948-06-08

ready is Council member, was
elected by seven votes over Howard
Bean, Bureau of Standards employe.
Mr.. Daymude received 191 votes. A
special election will be held to choose
a successor to Mr.. Daymude' S
Council seat when he assumes the
office of Mayor July l. Mrs. Harman
and Mrs. Parker also take Office
July l.
The two unsuccessful Council can
didates we're Douglas Birchby, 16l
votes, and Robert Caviness, 130
votes.
Mr.. Daymude succeeds Col. c. V.
Sayer as Mayor. Col. Sayer has
served four 2-year terms.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Geddy to Head Alumni
or William and Mary
Nv the Assoeiossd Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. June g.
Vernon M. Geddy Of Williamsburg,
has been reelected President OF the
Society of the Alumni. College OF
William and Mary.
Carroll B. Quaintance, Crawford,
N. j., was re-elected vice president,
and Edward N. Islin, Newport News,
secretary.HeaSurer.
Evening star., 1948-06-08

M RS. Harman
polled 226 votes
and was first in
a field of four
candidates seek
ing t h e t W o
Council S e a t S i.
The other seat
went to James A.
I. Parker, drug
gist, with 218
votes.
In a n a r d
fought race for
Mayor, Leonard
D a y m u d e ,
plumbing ION =
.a4an ,.-hn al
Evening star., 1948-06-08
mrs. McMiIIin Honored
Al Mary Baldwin Exercise,
ev the Assoeiotsd Press

STAUNTON, Va, June 8.-Mrs
Lucille Foster McMillin of Wash
ington. first woman member of the
Civil Service Commission, was pre-
sented an Algernon Sydney Sullivan
award in recognition of career OF
distinction rejecting honor upon
her alma mater at Mary Baldwin
colleges graduation exercises yes
terday.
Fifty graduates received Bachelor
Of Arts degrees from DR.. Frank Bell
Lewis, president Of Mary Baldwin,