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Evening star., 1948-11-19

road and hit the Dumont's car al
most head-on.
BY a miracle, none of the children
was hurt in the accident. They were
taken into town by Mrs. Dumont' S
former landlady and cared for until
their parents could leave the hos
pital.
The cost of saving a human life
is high. Mr.. Dumont had several
broken ribs and a punctured lung
which healed slowly; and the cash
on his wife's face from her fore
head to her left cheek required the
most skillful medical treatment
When they learned what the price
Of this care would be, the Dumonts
were almost desperate.
Bill Paid Out of Fund.
The Hospital Service Agency
backed by the Community Chest
disqualification fund, paid the bill.
Mr.. Dumont, who left the hospi-
tai before his injuries were healed
to start looking for job, said ne
would pay it back.
Il have never asked for anything
in my life" he said, but we are
very grateful to the Community
Chest"
Whether or not Mr.. Dumont can
pay his bill depends on how sue
cessful he is in finding work. The
fact that he is not citizen is
against him. There is little chance
that he can get job which he is
trained to do, and he has found thai
people don't seem to like the idea
of hiring a lawyer to do unskillec
work" S+.
Here again, the workers in the
Chest Federation are taking an in
terest.
ut isn't q question of hand.
out" one of them said. These are
good people who deserve chance
to become useful members of the
community here. When man is
down, a pat on the back may be
charity, but it doesn't help much,
! He has to be helped to his feet
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Man Critically Injured
In Fall From Train

A man tentatively identified as
Oscar Patterson, jr., colored, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y. is in critical con-
dition with head injuries at Freed
mems Hospital after he apparently
fell from Washington-bou train
as it entered the city.
He was found shortly before S
pm. yesterday between tracks about
1000 feet south of the Ninth street
NE bridge.
Police said railroad ticket in
the mans pocket showed he was
travelling from Newark, N. j., to
Denmark, S. C. Identification was
by papers on his person. Police are
investigating and waiting for the
man to regain consciousness.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Two Get Boys Club Awards
For Community Service

The Boys Club last night award
ed its distinguished service medal
and citation to a Washington man
and woman for community service.
Cited were Miss Lydia Burklin,
executive director of Friendship
House, 619 D street Sc, and James
L. Triantafillos, 1910 Congress street
Sc, a commercial artist who has
given volunteer art instruction to
boys at the club.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Deal Expected
Soon on Tract
For Parkway
Parks Office Seeks
IN Acres on Virginia
Shore of Potomac
By Nelson M. Shepard

The National Capital Parks Office
said today it soon expects to acquire
about two and a half acres Of Poto-
mac shoreline, under an agreement
with the Braddock Power & Light
Co., for the Mount Vernon Memorial
boulevard parkway north of Alex
andria
Acquisition of the tract is made
possible by the Commerce Depart
ment, which this week consented to
withdraw its year-old objections to
the transaction, whereby the power
company will get certain privileges
in exchange for the property.
Stack Remains an Issue.
Left for final determination among
the Commerce Departments Civil
Aeronautics administration, the
power plant and the city of Alex
andria, however, is the controversial
question of how high the power
company may build smokestacks.
The CAA has informed Alexandria
officials that unless they allow the
stacks to be lowered to 162 feet from
the proposed 100 feet, it might be
necessary to condemn air rights
over Alexandria.
Park Supt. Irving C. Root said
this controversy Is not involved In
the matter of permit which his
Office hopes to be able to issue to
the company soon in exchange for
the desired water frontage. The per-
NIT would give the power company
access to the river for water re-
quired by the s21 100000 plant now
under construction along the river
front between Alexandria and the
Washington National Airport.
Also, it was said, the company
would be granted a right-of-way
across Government owned land for
an underground power line into the
Pentagon Building and nearby Vlr-
ginia developments.
Viewed as Good Deal.
The National Capital Parks con-
tend the proposed deal with the
power company would be a good
one from the Governments point
of view. The Braddock officials will
defray the cost of dredging two
channels in the river along its
property. This hydraulic fill will
be pumped above the flood level on
Daingerfield Island. just north OF
the. power plant. The island floods
periodically, and it is source OF
much annoyance along the right
of way of the Mount Vernon boule-
ward.
Meanwhile, the Commerce De-
partment, according to Assistant
Secretary John R. Alison, soon
hopes to work out the smokestack
problem with Alexandria officials,
who have been insisting on 100 feet
to keep the smoke from becoming
a public nuisance.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Trial Board Studying
Misconduct CHARGED
To Traffic Policeman

An all-uniformed three-man po-
lice trial board today took under
advisement charges against Traffic
Division Pvt. James B. Gilbert of
conduct prejudicial to the good Or
der of the Police Department and
failing to report to roll call on time.
Pvt. Gilbert was arrested for
being drunk and disorderly by Prince
Georges County police october 81
after he had entered private home
in nearby Meadows. Md, to arrest
a person he suspected of speeding.
He was off duty at the time.
Matthias r. Simmons, colored, told
the board this morning that Gilbert
refused to leave his home on the
grounds he suspected Mr.. Simmons
of being the speeder he observed
while sitting in a parked car in
Southeast Washington.
Wife Called Police.
Mr.. Simmons declared he told the
officer his car had been in his yard
all evening and he was not the man
Pvt. Gilbert wanted. He said his
wife called Prince Georges County
police when the officer would not
leave the house He added Pvt.
Gilbert appeared to have been
drinking.
Sergt. Robert A. Naylor Of the
Prince Georges Police. told the board
he took Pvt. Gilbert to Marlboro
police station and charged him, on
Mr.. Simmons warrant, with being
drunk and disorderly.
Sergt. Naylor said he saw a "bot-
tie of something" on the back seat
of the officers car parked outside
the Simmons home.
On the second charge, Traffic Di-
vision Sergt. l.. H. Peterson told the
board Pvt. Gilbert did not report
for duty the morning after his arrest.
When the officer arrived several
hours after the 7:15 am. roll call,
he appeared dnkempt, needed a
shave and had strong odor of alco-
hol about him, Sergt. Peterson said.
Pleads Guilty.
Pvt. Gilbert, who pleaded guilty
to both charges, explained he has
had nervous ailment for some
time and that it has been his habit
recently to take few drinks to go
to sleep at night. He said he was
on a Southeast Washington street
when an old model car driven by a
colored man passed him. He felt it
was right to give chase even though
he was off duty, he said.
He admitted he probably should
not have entered Simmons home
without warrant, but said he
stayed because he wasn't satisfied
Simmons was not the suspect. Heavy
fog that night prevented him from
getting the license number of the
Car he saw, he told the board. To-
days trial was the first heard under
the new trial board setup whereby
there police officers of the rank of
captain or higher must hear all
police discipline cases where the
complainant Is member of the police
department.
Board members were Capt. Archie
Winfree, No. 6 precinct; Capt. John
E. Fondahl, No. 8 precinct, and
Assistant Police Supt. Milton D.
Smith.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Miss Matthews Custer
From FEPC Is Asked

The Washington Civil Rights Con-
gress today asked the Civil Service
Commission to relieve Miss Annabel
Matthews of her duties as a member
of the Fair Employment Practice
Board on the grounds of personal
racial bias.
The group made no complaint
against Miss Matthews perform
ance of official duties, but said it
was disturbed" because she op-
posed admission of Negroes to the
American Association Of University
Women.
Evening star., 1948-11-19

n SllOoO oAAASA14 SeAASN
a friend on the telephone recently.
DO you happen to know" he said,
where a man who is a doctor of
laws and used to run his own law
office can get a job in this city?'
What kind of a job?" asked the
friend.
ANY kind" answered the official.
And his wife is a trained bacteri-
ologist with two years of medical
training. She needs a job, too."
Il don't understand. I thought
the Community Chest was interested
in charity work
1T is" answered the worker. But
charity is big word
Special Interest in Case.
The people in the Community
Chest Federation are taking a spe-
cial interest in the case which led
to this phone CALL
1t is the case of family known
as the "Dumont family although
this is not their real name.
Their story is not happy one,
but it is a good example of what
the agencies of the Chest are trying
to do for people.
Mrs. Dumont is an American cit
izen. Her husband Paul is citizen
of a Central European country.
In 1887 they took trip to Europe
with their first daughter to settle
up their property there and return
here permanently. They were
caught by the war.
When Mrs. Dumont came home
from that trip several years ago, she
came fresh from q life tnat had
held little but horror for a long
time. She remembered the bomb
ings and the occupations. She and
her family had known the terror
of flight and arrest by both the
Germans and the liberating Rus
slams. Above all, she remembered
the family she had to leave behind
in Italy to await their turn to come
here as immigrants.
Two children, both daughters, had
Evening star., 1948-11-19
James Appeals Conviction
In SIayinq Of Brill Girl
by the Associoted Press

ANNAPOLIS. Nov. 19.-Eugene
H. James, convicted slayer of H.
year-old Marsha Brill, yesterday
carried an appeal from his death
sentence to the Court of Appeals
through Attorneys William H.
Murphy and Charles Houston.
James, who is colored, was con-
victed in Baltimore City Criminal
Court of first-degree murder. The
death sentence was passed by Judge
Herman M. Moser.
James also Is under indictment
in Washington for the Staying OF
Carol Bardwell, II, in Rock Greek
Park last June.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Corcoron Gallery Group
To See Will Rogers Film

Members of the Corcoran Gallery
Association will see David Harum
with Will Rogers at $3.50 o'clock to-
night in the gallery auditorium.
The movie is the third in series
Of film classics presented by the gal
lery this year for its members. Also
TO be shown tonight is short movie
On tapestry weaving.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Five Held for Horn Blowing

Five more motorists have been
arrested In the last "a hours for ex-
cessive horn blowing, police said
TODAY. The horn should be used
only as a warning of danger, police
pointed out.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-09-23

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4
to permit the legislature to fix the
salaries Of the elected state ofiacials.
Be It Rssolvsd. By the ssnate and House
ton In legislative session assembled:
That at the general election to be held IN
this state on the Tuesday next succeeding
the first Monday In November. 1913. there
shall b submitted to the qualified electors
In this state. for their approval and ratid-
cation. or rejection. an amendment to the
Constitution Of the State Of Washington. by
adding thereto Article XVIII, to b en-
titled Compensation Of State Officers" and
section thereof. which shall read ~ fox
lows:
Section I. All elected state officials shall
each severally receive such compensation al
the legislature may direct The compensa-
tion Of any state officer shall not be In.
creased or diminished during his term OF
Office, except that the legislature. at its
thirty-first regular session. may increase OF
diminish the compensation Of all state OFF,
GERS whose terms exist on the Thursday after
the second Monday in January. 1s4s.
The provisions Of sections IA. 16, IL. -.
Of Article II in 50 far as they are inconsis-
tent herewith, are hereby repealed.
Be It Further Resolved, That the Secre-
tary Of State shall cause the FOREGOING
amendment to be published for at least three
(3) months next preceding the election in q
weekly newspaper in every county wherein
q newspaper il published throughout the
state.
Passed the Senate March z. 1947.
VICTOR A. MEYERS,
President of the Senate.
Passed the House March 8. 1947.
HERBERT M. HAMBLEN.
Speaker of the House.
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for the control of smut, doing
away with gas and dust problems
It can treat up to $50 bushels in
an hour. The machine demon
strated in Prosser is powered by
a small electric motor. but could
be powered by small gas engine.
Leo Horrigan expects to Use one
of these for treating his wheat
this year.
Sampson Grain company furn-
ished the wheat used in the dem
onstration and, has information
concerning the treatment.
THINK OF THIS
Many of our houses have base
ments and cellars. Consequently
we have stair cases gong into
the cellar. Many accidents on
farms happen on the cellar stairs,
Every stair case should have a
hand rail, at least on one side. This
can be easily made from y inch
pipe.
Too many of our farm families
store things on the stair case,
merely setting it inside the door
on the first or second step, saying,
ssI'll take it down stairs when
CO." Accidents happen when some
other person goes down the stairs,
not knowing the articles are there.
Both of them land at the bottom
at the same time. Stairs hould not
be used for storage. They should
be kept clear at all times.
A folding gate at the top OF
stairs will be of value if there
are children in the house. White
paint on the bottom step many
times prevents a fall.
So when you have something
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According to the 1945 census,
Benton County ranked 18th anonng
the counties in the state Of Wash
ington in wheat production, pro-
ducing little less than 2 million
bushels of wheat. Whitman county
led the list of wheat producing
counties with almost 13 million
bushels.
There is no doubt that in 1946
the amount of wheat produced in
Benton County was cosiderably
over two million. Yet, what could
it have been if the very best OF
high quality wheat seed had been
used? Insect, rodents and disease
also have taken a toll and reduc-
ed the production of the county.
A number of farmers have used
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County Agents Column
By c. F WEBSTER. Acting County Extension Agent

poison grain to control rodents
and most farmers have been FOL.
lowing the method of smut treat
ment. Nevertheless, the increase
of smut has been noted in the
county as well as all over the
state. .e- ~
This last week Robert Fletcher
Secretary of the Northwest Crop
Improvement association, was In
the county with an employee OF
the DUPONT company, demonstrat-
ing the Slurry method of smut
treatment for seed wheat. Elgh.
teen farmers were present at the
demonstration to see this latest
method and the machine which Is
used. The machine uses Cerasan
: Ma chemical made especially
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In this state on the Tuesday next s''cHn ~
ing the first Monday in losy,a -. =,
there shall be submitted to The 81; =. -
ers of this state, for their adoption or re.
lection. the following proposed amendment
TO the Constitution Of the State Of WASH
ingtOn:
Section Z. Article XI. Constitution of the
State of Washington is hereby repealed.
Be II Further Resolved. That the Secrs-
stitutional amendment to be published for
at least three (3) months preceding the
election In . weekly newspaper in eyer.
county where q newspaper II published
throughout the state.
Adopted BY the House Februar, 5, 1917.
HERBIRr NJ. HAMDLEN.
Speaker of the Hcvse.
Adopted by the Senate March 6. le47.
VrcroR A. MHfEaJ.
President of the Senate.
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prevent pans and coffee pots from
being coated with smoke and SCOT.
Because it's flexible it can also
be bent upsto shield the handles
from the heat. Or on camp stove,
the top can be transformed into
a griddle by strip of foil. The
clean foil makes it possible to cook
a lot of steak or hamburgers at
once.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4

Proposed amendment to the Constitution
repeating Section 2, Article x, which
existing section renders anv county
officer ineligible to hold his office more
than two terms in succession.
Be 1t Resolved. By the House of Repre-.
sentatiyes and the Senate of the State OF
Washington in legislative session assembled :
That. At the general election to be held
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East of The Twin City Airport
Proposed Amendments to the
State Constitution
TO BE VOTED ON NOVEMBER 2, 1913
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
TO Whom, 1t May Concern:

IL
obedience Constitution the Joint Resolutions OF
there hereby published
of the State four
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to take down stairs next time,
think about these things and guard
your cellar stairs.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
LISTING OF
ROOMS FOR TOURISTS

Laurel people interested in rent
ing rooms to tourists this summer
are urged to so inform the Laurel
Commercial club, which will sponsor
a tourist information bureau in the
Commercial club building on Main
street. The club wishes to accom-
MEDIATE all tourists who may desire
to stop over night here.
Home owners who wish to regis
ter their spare rooms will not be
charged a fee, as all expense of
conducting the bureau will be met
by the Commercial club.
An immediate need facing the
club is the listing of rooms for Wis
itors who will be coming to attend
the Laurel rodeo Saturday and Sun
day, May 20 and 80. People with
spare rooms to rent for this oc-
casion are requested to Immediately
telephone 799.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
GEORGE LECTURES ON
EARLY FORMS OF LIFE

Karl George, %geologist and paleon.
tologist when not occupied by every
day affairs, told an interesting story
of the ancient life forms once
Astounding in the local and adjoin-
ing regions when he spoke Wednes-
day evening at a meeting of the
Laurel Kiwanis club. Hundreds of
colored slides that he had made
while touring Montana, Wyoming,
North and South Dakota, Colorado
and Idaho by car, in boats, by air.
plane and on foot were used to il
lustrate his lecture. Shown also
were many precious and semi-pre-
cious gems.
He was introduced by Harlan Rus
sell, the years program chairman
and near neighbor of George.
The speaker appeared to be one
of those people who love all forms
of life, vegetable and animal, and
their dead or living bodies. The
story began approximately in the
Devonian period of the Palaeozoic
era, although there was life even
earlier, preserved as microscopic
skeletal remains in some of the an
cient rocks. 1t ended in the age of
man, one of the recent chapters of
the impressive history of creation
and successive changes that is writ
ten in the pages of the hills and
valleys, barred craigs of mountain
peaks and logs of deep oil wells.
The Kiwanians recognized some Of
photographed specimens encount-
cred in the vicinity of Laurel. They
represented many extinct life forms,
both vegetable and animal, now
in shales and s%andstones. One
that George explained az
some length was a fish found in
Wyoming and embedded in tale. 1t
.ooked very much like some of the
fish now found in the Yellowstone.
All the pictures were of specimens
George has in his museum at his
filling station on East Main street.
They range from tiny pieces to the
great leg bones of former giant
He concluded his lecture by giving
lis version of the creation of the
world and its subsequent develop
nent, a symposium from science and
he Christian bible.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
Mrs. Wage Sustains
Compound Fracture
From GunshOt Wound

While cleaning a basement room
and washing clothes Monday morn
ing, Mrs. Hilmar Wage sustained
a compaund fracture of her left leg
when a revolver she was handling
was a~ccidently discharged. The .38
caliber bullet struck her above the
ankle and shattered both bones.
She fell and later crawled up
stairs to notify the telephone GEN.
trail exchange office of her injury
and to request help. Mrs. Nels Vor-
dahl, a neighbor, was notified. She
and Mrs. Ralph Bailey went to Mrs.
Wages assistance and summoned a
physician and nurse who rendered
first aid. Mrs. Wage was taken
by ambulance to the Deaconess hos
pital in Billings about 11:30.
Her condition is reported good. 1t
is expected she will be in the hos
pital two or three weeks.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26

of the supreme court are nominated
at the primary election on July 20
and elected on a nonpartisan ballot
in November.
When announcing his candidacy
Judge Harwood said: "The office of
judge deals directly with many OF
the most important interests of the
individual citizen and the communi-
ty. Decisions affecting not only
material matters but human life and
character as well are entrusted daily
to the sound discretion of the court.
To fulfill that trust by giving eau
tious and resolute consideration to
each issue coming before the court
will continue to be my highest con-
Germ"
Judge Harwood was elected dis
trict judge in 1886, 1910 and 1914.
He was elected a member of the
state legislature from Yellowstone
in 1884 and county attorney
in 1928.
He was born in Montana in 1891,
the son of a former justice of the
Montana supreme court, E. N. Har-
wood, who settled in Billings liz.
1882. Judge Ben Harwood received
his public schooling in Montana and
later wa graduated from Yale uni
and Harvard law school.
During the first World war he
served in the air corps on the west
ern front. He was wounded at
Chateau Thierry and was ayarded
he American distinguished service
and the French croix de
yuerre. He is a past commander of
Yellowstone post No. a of the Amer
can Legion and a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and sew
rial fraternal organizations.
Judge Harwood is married and the
'ather of two children. His son Ben
IT., who served with the navy in
he Pacific in World war II, is now
!. law student at the University of
Montana. His daughter, Mrs. Dale
,. Gales, resides with her husband;
It 10 Lewis avenu