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Evening star., 1948-10-23
St. Johns Alumni Hold
Homecoming Today
Bv ,he Assee;o,ed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 23.-Alumni Of
st. Johns College will converge to-
day on the 252-year -old college green
for their annual homecoming exer-
cises.
William P. Maddox, '21, director
of the Foreign Service Institute Of
the State Department at Washing
ton, will act as toastmaster at a
homecoming banquet o'clock this
evening in Carvel Hall. All alumni
who have something to say" will
be asked to speak at the open dis
cussion, Alumni Secretary Edward
F. Lathrop said.
John S. Kieffer, president of the
Great Books" College, and Mrs.
Kieffer will hold an afternoon re-
ception at their home.
Brig. Gen. william C. Purnell of
Baltimore, president of the alumni
association, will conduct the business
meeting at 3 o'clock this afternoon
in Mcdowell Hall.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
by the Associoted pye,s

BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.-Another
triumph for the new drug chloro-
mycetin-this time against tick
transmitted Rocky Mountain spot
ted fever-was claimed yesterday.
A team Of researchers reported in
the Annals Of Internal Medicine
that the drug-derive6 from a mould
found In the soil Of Venezuela-had
proved effective against IS cases Of
the disease. ...-
They said it checked the fever in
about two days, on the average,
whereas untreated cases regularly
have fever for is days unless death
occurs.
They said the drug, which ap-
pears to have no harmful side ef-
fects, stopped fever faster, required
smaller dosages, and thus was
easier to administer to patients than
para -anaino nobenzoic acid (paba)
which requires a little over three
days, on the average. to check the
fever. There has been some evi-
dence, they declared. Of toxicity
from Its use.
Authors of the report are Drs.
Maurice C. PiIloffs, Ernest G. Guy,
Leonard Lister and Theodore e.
Woodward of the University Of
Maryland School Of Medicine and
DR.. Joseph e. Smadel Of the Army
Medical Department Research and
Graduate School, Washington.
Their announcement followed by
only . few months published reports
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Laurel Hacker Killed
As Cab Leaves Road
; Hurt in District

Henry H. Sealock. q, Laurel taxi
cab driver, was killed early today
when his taxi crashed into a culvert
about a mile north Of Laurel after
he apparently fell asleep at the
wheel, State police reported.
Mr.. Sealock. who lived at IS A
street. Laurel, was alone when the
accident occurred about $40 am,
police said.
In the District, three persons were
injured early today in a three-car
collision at West Virginia avenue
and Mount Olivet road NE.
The accident occurred, police said,
when car driven by John ]. Culli-
name, 81. Of $40 Fifteenth street
Sc, Catholic University student,
was turning into Mount Olivet road.
Mr.. Cullinane's car first collided
with one driven by James r. Can
non, 23. of 812 Eighth street NE,
which was going south on West Vir-
ginia avenue, and then struck an
other automobile which was halted
at stop sign on Mount Olivet road,
according to police. The third
driver was listed as Demetrio Font,
1864 Holbrook terrace NE.
Girl in Hospital.
Admitted to Casualty Hospital
with head injuries was Miss Eliza
beth J. Johnson 20, of 4l3 Van
Buren street NV. She was reported
in fair condition this morning. Mr..
Cannon and Mr.. ,Cullinane both were
treated for minor injuries and re-
leased. .,.
Police charged Mr.. Cannon with
colliding and Mr.. Cullinane with
failing to yield the right OF way.
The vehicles suffered more than
$500 In damages, police said.
In another accident late yester-
day, 13-year-old bicyclist was sent
to Emergency Hospital with leg in
Juries after being struck by a taxi
cab at Connecticut avenue and
Chesapeake street NV. The cab
driver was listed by police as James
Washington. 80. colored, 17o6 r
street NV.
Police said the victim had been
riding east on the wrong side Of
Chesapeake street.
Two More in Hospital.
"A two-car crash late yesterday
sent two men to Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda.
John P. Lacy. 20. Of 5517 South
wick street, Bethesda, suffered head
injuries and Carl j. Ettare, %.
Rockville, suffered a possible leg
fracture and face cuts when their
cars collided about a mile south of
Garret Park road on route $40.
Their condition was described as
rood today.
Evening star., 1948-10-23

It mattered little to Bessie Nichols
that she had no lawyer to defend
her against charges of armed rob-
berry read out yesterday in Prince
Georges County Circuit Court.
First of all, said the tall, shapely
blonde of II, she's innocent. And be-
sides that, she smiled-showing deep
dimples-she's in love and soon to
be married to a big, handsome
Marine"
Having just been arraigned on the
robbery charge. Bessie has had no
opportunity yet to convince judge or
jury of her innocence. But she pro-
duced an abundance of evidence to
prove the romance.
A trifle self conscious while spec
tators gazed at the best looking
prisoner in the room, Bessie
nervously adjusted the diamond
sparkler her f1ance had placed on
her finger just one day before-in
the Prince Georges Jail.
A furtive glance to the rear of
the courtroom, broad smile and
an occasional wink, was Bessie's re-
assurance that things would be all
right. In the back sat Marine Pfc.
Quincy Perry. 10, the fiance, blush.
ing and watching her every move.
Bessie pleaded not guilty to the
seyen-count indictment accusing
her OF helping two youths hold up
and rob q taxicab driver at Brandy
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Collect Sales Tax
OrQuit, t,MoryIond
Warns Salesman
by the Asseeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2a.-The local
salesman for a Virginia laundry
supply firm either must collect the
Maryland sales tax on supplies he
sells in the State or quit his job.
That Is an ultimatum from Mag
istrate James H. Ellis, jr.
Oficials of the State controllers
office told Magistrate Ellis yesterday
that the Virginia Carolina Supply
Co. of Richmond had not collected
the Maryland 2 per cent sales tax
on about $l50000 worth of equip
ment sold in the State.
William A. Comrades, Baltimore
salesman for the firm, was accused
Of being equally responsible for the
default. His attorney pleaded that
Mr.. Comrades was a victim of cir
curhstances and had no criminal
intent.
Magistrate Ellis released the de-
fendant without q verdict on the
understanding that his company
would either comply with the law
or Mr.. Comrades would quit his job.
Evening star., 1948-10-23

States anti-Truman drive, it also Is
the home of the man leading at
tempts to swing the. State to Presi-
dent Truman. The pro-Truman
forces are led by Robert Whitehead
of Nelson County, who is likely to
swing that county's vote to the
President. 1t is doubtful, however,
If he can win much more support
In this district, which probably will
vote for Gov. Dewey. State Senator
Curry Carter of Staunton does not
hold this view, however.
Four years ago the city of Win
chester gave Gov. Dewey l,095 votes
to 1000 for President Roosevelt
With Senator Byrd so near, it is
likely that his home area will dc
the same thing again, perhaps more
so, because of the Thurmond split
In the Democratic Party.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Man Held as Burglar Breaks
Back in Three Story jump

An intruder who police said bur-
glarized four apartments early to-
day at 724 South st. Asaph street,
Alexandria, broke his back when he
leaped from the third floor of the
apartment building in an attempt
to avoid capture.
Police gave the following account:
Pvts. Carl Nyeberg and Thomas
Proctor were summoned to the st.
Asaph apartment house by Miss
Ida Lansden, who said she had
heard some one trying to enter her
apartment.
When the policemen arrived, they
heard a noise on the floor above
them. Pvt. Nyeberg ran to the
third floor and saw man run into
an apartment and lock the door be-
hind him. A resident in the apart.
ment screamed and quickly un.
locked the door to let Pvt. Nys-
berg in.
The officer ran to an open win.
dow from which the intruder appar.
emily had jumped and saw him
starting to run away from the house.
He fired shot over the mans head
and ordered him to halt. At the
same time, Pvt. Proctor. who had
run out Of the front door Of the
house. seized the man.
Police said their prisoner did not
complain Of any i'll effects from his
Jump until about six hours after
his arrest. He was taken to the
Alexandria Hospital, where it was
found he had q broken back. Police
have not yet filed charges against
him.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Fotmett Gill Scout, Confined to WheeIchon,
Still Takes Part in Groups Activities
Hopes to Get Job
As Secretary Since
She Can't Hike

Among the approximately 1000
delegates to q regional conference
Of Girl Scout leaders at the Hotel
Statler yesterday was one woman
who attended the sessions in a wheel
chair.
She is Miss Louise Barnhart, So,
of Greensburg, Pa, who came here
with a companion in an auto from
her home, so miles east of Pitts
burgh, for the 23d annual con-
ference Of Scout Region Three
which includes the District, Mary
land, Virginia, Delaware, West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania. The con-
ference closed yesterday.
AS a girl in Greensburg, Miss
Barnhart enjoyed hiking through
the woods with her Scout troop,
camping and cooking food over open
fires. Later, she was troop leader.
But at the age Of Is she was in
an automobile accident. She was
confined to bed until recently. Be-
fore the accident, she worked as q
physical therapist. She doubts she
can return to that work.
Miss Barnhart appreciated more
than most Of the delegates the SYM
postum on the value Of outdoor
camping in the Scout program. This
program places emphasis on re-
sourcefulness, belonging" service
and international friendship.
Miss Barnhart was to leave today
on the return trip.
''I hope to be able to get around
on crutches soon," she said. II won't
be able to go on hikes with the
girls, but I plan to get job as secre-
tary of the Girl Scout ofnce In
Greenburg."
The convention closed with the
election of officers. They are Miss
Elenore L. Hoover of Waynesboro,
Pa, chairman; Mrs. James A. Shelly
of Amble, Pa, first vice chairman;
Mrs Harold G. Stohl of Warren, Pa,
second vice president, and Mrs.
Jacob H. Lavenstein OF Petersburg,
Va, secretary.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Falls Church Council
Approves Tax Boost,
Plans Budget Hearing

The Falls Church Council last
night approved a tentative budget
for the current fiscal year calling
for a 30-cent increase in the tax
levy.
The council will hold a public
hearing on the proposed budget
November %.
The s265. 900 budget submitted to
the council by Budget Committee
Chairman Samuel j. Dennis was
approved with only minor amend
ment. Employment of a city en-
gineer, planning engineer and sani-
tary engineer is provided and $14,-
900 is set aside for annexation
studies.
City Held Too Small.
The present city, Mr. Dennis told
council members, is too small in
area and population to do an effec-
tive job of providing services. -
Annexation is a costly thing" he
said, 'but 1t holds out the possibil.
ity of operating as an economical
community"
Councilman John r. Eakin said
the proposed $3.50 rate, coupled
with county rate of $3.05, is too
high for a city of 5000 population
He urged that some revenue other
than property taxes be tapped to
bring In additional revenue.
Included in the water fund Sec
ton of the budget are provisions
for a $4,000 extension of water
lines in the Leesburg Pike-Lee
Boulevard Heights area and for
purchase Of Water Department
truck.
Council to Hear Reports.
In other business, the council
voted to hear at its next meeting a
report from Councilman Sherman
Wells on an option the city holds
to purchase a tract owned by Burns
N. Gibson. City officials hope to
construct a new municipal building
on the Fairfax street site and, If the
council votes to continue with the
plan, provision must be made in the
budget for renewal Of the option, it
was said.
The council approved a proposal
Of John C. White, chairman of the
Teen Cariteen Board Of Trustees, to
purchase $785 gas furnace for the
Hillwood Avenue Youth Center.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
$4,000 Bail Frees Woman
In Baby kidnapping Case
By the A.,oe;o,sd Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.-Mrs. Lena
Shif1ett, charged with kidnapping q
10-week-old baby from its carriage
last Tuesday, has been released un-
der $4,000 bail to await trial.
She was permitted to leave the
jail yesterday after two professional
Dcndsmen put up the money and
said they would not charge her for
the service.
The 44-year-old woman Is charged
with stealing little 10 Ann Mezza-
notte, while her mother, Mrs.
Michael Mezzanotte, was in . drug
store. The baby was found and re-
turned to her mother q hours after
she was reported missing.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
|VFW Leader Backs Curb
On MARYLAND Subversiyes

Support Of the proposed amend
ment to the Maryland Constitution
outlawing subversives from State
Office has been urged by Ward w.
Caddington, commander of the Vet
erans Of Foreign Wars in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties.
The amendment, if adopted,
would prohibit any member of an
organization advocating the over
throw Of the Government through
force and violence from holding an
elective or appointive Office in the
government Of the State or any Of
It's subdivisions.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Group0rganizes
ToMake0akHin
Shrine
Gen. Gront Heads Unit
Seeking to Restore
james Monroe Estute

A new Washington group, still In
It's organizational throes, has evinced
high interest in the preservation Of
Oak Hill, former Virginia estate OF
President James Monroe, it was
learned today.
It Is the National Council for His.
toric Sites and Buildings, chartered
In the District in June, i947, with
Maj. Gen. U. s. Grant III, chairman
Of the National Park and Planning
Commission, as its president. David
A. Finley, director Of the National
Gallery of Art, is chairman of the
board.
+ Oak Hill, its great buff-walled
mansion and 1,725 acres, was sold
at public auction September 2 to
Thomas N. De Lashmutt, former
Arlington builder and now a gen.
tleman farmer at Evergreen Hill, z
miles south Of the former Monroe
estate. -
80 Days to Reclaim.
The sale price was $22o, 900, but
the owner, Frank c. Littleton, was
given 80 days in which to reclaim
the estate. Mr.. Littleton refused a
reported offer of 100000 for the
mansion and land more than 10
years ago.
Mr.. Littleton attended a meeting
Of the new National Council in
Washington this week, General
Grant disclosed, but he said no def
mite action was taken. It Is known
that Mr.. Littleton is making new
efforts to preserve the estate as q
national shrine.
The purchaser, Mr.. De Lashmutt,
has said he plans to renovate the
huge house, live in 1t and farm the
land.
Even as public notices went UP
for sale Of the estate, the newly.
formed group here adopted a res.
olution terming Oak Hill as "emi-
nently worthy of preservation as a
shrine for the benefit and use of the
American people"
I'VE are very much interested In
the preservation of Oak Hill Gen.
eral Grant said today, "but right
now there doesn't seem to be much
we can do about 1t when more than
$200, 900 is involved"
Financed Solely by Gifts
The new group Is a non- Govern
ment agency, financed solely by
contributions, he explained. It's ON.
GERS also include Mrs. Dwight r.
Davis as executive vice president;
Kenneth Chorley, president of Colo.
nial Williamsburg, Inc, as vice pres.
ident and Ronald F. Lee, chief his
torian for the National Park Serv.
ice, as secretary
1t has opened Offices in the old
Ford Theater, 511 Tenth street NV,
with Frederick Rath as executive
secretary.
Its first annual meeting, coupled
with membership program, Is
scheduled for early next month.
officials said.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Hoffman-boston Hiqh
May Be Accredited in
|1948, Principal Says

A belief that Hoffman-Boston
High School, Arlington's only Sec
ondary school for Negroes, will be
accredited for the first time this
year was expressed yesterday by
Stephen M. Sydnor, the principal.
Mr.. Sydnor, who is completing the
annual report for the Virginia De-
partment Of Education on which he
hopes approval will be based, said
the school now has sufficient pupils,
teachers and library facilities.
With additional teachers hired
this year. the principal said. all re-
quired subjects, plus some electives,
can be taught.
Enrolment Increases.
Enrolment eighth through twelfth
grades has increased from 86 last
year to $50 now, he said. OF the
total, 88 are in the eighth grade,
As in the ninth, 20 in the tenth,
Is in the eleventh and in the
twelfth. Last year, 81 of the 86
pupils were in the eighth grade and
only one student was graduated.
The County School Board this
year refused to continue tuition pay
ments in District schools for Arling-
ton pupils, thus forcing the stu
dents to attend Hoffman-B Boston or
pay their own tuition.
THE chief problems which we
have at Hoffman-Boston are over
crowding and adjustment, which
arise from the fact that we have
pupils in all grades from the first
through the twelfth in the one
building" Mr.. Sydnor said.
New School Needed. =
He said two temporary classrooms
which will be obtained later will
help, but we are much in need of
the elementary school which Is be-
ing planned ."
I'VE have no lockers, no gymna-
sium. no showers and no place for
the pupils to eat" he added. 'The
gymnasium, new shop and new cafe
terra which it is proposed to build
with money from the Also, 900 bond
issue to be voted on November 2 are
needed badly.
Il surely hope ali citizens Of Ar
lington - will vote for the bond
issue, 30 that both white and colored
schools may get the space they
need"
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Trucker Freed in Deoth
Of Buntum Cor Driver

Leonard F. Robinson, 26, of the
800 block Fiftieth street NE, was
acquitted yesterday in Upper Marl-
boro Police Court Of manslaughter
and reckless driving charges aris-
ing from fatal accident August rs.
Mr.. Robinson was charged after
a heavy truck he was driving COLI
lided with a bantam car driven
by Lewis e. williams, 40, Of 720
Virginia avenue Sc. The accident
occurred at Military highway and
Naylor road.
Police testified the automobile ap-
parently proceeded through o stop
sikn Just before the crash. y
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Maryland U. Regents
Deny Racial Bar in
Graduate Schools
by The Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.-The Uni
versity Of Maryland Board of Re-
gents said yesterday that all stu
dents applying for admission to its
graduate schools are accepted or re-
jected on the basis of their quail
ificaticns, regardless of race, creed
or color.
The statement was issued after
representatives of a dozen organiza-
tions argued at a hearing that set
ting up special graduate schools for
Negroes does not mean equality Of
opportunity for an education.
They insisted that Negroes should
be admitted to the university's pro-
fessional schools and colleges.
Opposed to Segregation.
There can be no equality where
there is segregation" said Franklin
H. Williams, special counsel for the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
Senator Tydings, Democrat, Of
Maryland, asked what would happen
if the university duplicated its
school brick by brick for Negro STU
dents. Would they be satisfied?
mo-" Mr.. Williams replied. He
argued that Negroes still would have
the legal right to enter the white
schools.
The Maryland Committee on
Equal Educational Opportunity was
another of the groups TO argue
against separate schools.
Scholarships Called Inadequate.
It asked the regents to declare a
public policy for graduate profess
sional training of all races, creeds
and colors and implement the state
ment with directives to the heads
of the university's divisions.
Rabbi Morris Lieberman, a men,
ber of the committee, said the
States system of out-of-state schol-
arships has proved inadequate.
The State has been paying about
500, 900 a year to support students
in schools which will accept them
for courses which Maryland does not
provide in its State-supported
schools for Negroes.
The university Law School has for
several years accepted Negroes, but
all the other divisions, both in Bal
timore and College Park. have not
permitted any to enroll.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Dunn Will Represent
Murtinsburq G. orc.
ey the Assoeiofed Pres,

,MART1NSBURG. w. Va, oct.
23.-The Martinsburg Chamber Of
Commerce has nominated w. N.
Dunn, president Of the Dunn Woolen
Co. here, for another two-year term
on the Board of Directors Of the
West Virginia Chamber Of Com
merce.
Mr.. Dunn has been a member Of
the board 10 years.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Employers Urged TO Provide
Job and Pay Sterilization
By the Assoeioied Pgsss


VIRGINIA BEACH. Va, Oct. a.
The Institute on Industrial Rela-
tions asked employers yesterday to
join q campaign to stabilize the
jobs of millions Of workers.
The institute, sponsored by the
National Association of Manufac-
turers, wound up It's fiye-day annual
session with an appeal to employers
to look beyond this years employ
ment peaks and to provide produc-
tive year-'round work and pay in q
continuing prosperity.
An institute spokesman said en-
ployers in 26 States are trying to
stabilize jobs through sound. prac-
tical programs. He added that
task committees" have been estab-
lished in 81 cities to help employers
use every means at their disposal.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
lie Tourneou to Speak
At HyuttsviIIe Church

r. G. lie Tourneau, a manufac-
turer, of Longview,s Tex, chairman
of the Christian Business Mems
Committee International, will speak
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the First
Methodist Church, Hyattsville, Md.
The congregations Of II neighbor-
ing churches have been invited to
participate in the service.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Baltimore County Farmer
Gored 10 Death by Bull
fFrom Yesterdays Last Edition.)

TFTUHt 1coIeTUuyS LUSt EuttIOTy
BY the Assoeioisd Press
PARKTON. Md, Oct. 22.-William
Henry Mays, 58-year-old Baltimore
County farmer, was gored to death
today by o 1.600-pound bull in his
barn.
: A son told police his father ap-
parently was trying to get the ami
NAL into stall. He had missed his
father while they were rounding up
the stock and found him on the
barn floor. About the same time
the 4-year-old bull charged out q
door and into the field.
Mr.. Mays Is survived by his widow,
four sons and q daughter.