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Evening star., 1948-05-28
By Harry Lever

By Harry Lever
TWo-year- old Deane Mellander
must know something about railroad
timetables.
While lost for 80 minutes yester-
day afternoon, he twice craWled
across the Baltimore g. Ohio tracks
near his home in Riverdale, Md,
perfectly synchronizing his crossings
with the movement of passing trains.
His first venture across the rails
was not long after a local went
by. And the second time was just
before one from Baltimore was due
at the spot-precisely, two minutes
before.
Just before essaying a third try,
he was intercepted.
Crosses Car Tracks.
Among other things, he also
crossed the Capital Transit Co. S
tracks twice about the time when
streetcars roll by every few minutes
during Riverdales rush hour.
Chronologically, as based on re-
ports of few people who saw the
seat of Deane's corduroy overalls
swiftly disappear around various
corners, this is what happened:
First he left the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Quentin Mel
lander, at 6407 Forty-sixth avenue,
Riverdale, and started operating in
quarter mile long area.
1t seems he first navigated Capt.
tai Transit's right of way in one
direction, and turned around and
did it again.
Apparently he then paid a visit
to nearby airport and talked
things over with another 2-year- r-old.
He reached a macadam roadway
"a fairly we'll travelled one at that
time of day, with workers from a
Evening star., 1948-05-28
School Group
To Be Active in
Arlington Race
Committee to Restrict
Backing to Those on
Non-Portisun Ticket

The Arlington Citizens Committee
for School improvement last night
voted to participate actively in the
County Board election this Novem-
ber, but agreed to restrict any in
dorsement of candidates to those
running on a nonpartisan ticket.
The action was taken on two
motions. The first committed the
1,40O-member group to take part in
the race. The second, offered by
Daniel A. Dugan, chairman of the
County Board, limited the indorse-
ment.
Limitation Meets Opposition.
The second motion, although
adopted by large majority of more
than 100 persons attending the
meeting at the Arlington Forest
Methodist Church, met with some
opposition.
Opponents declared that the COM
mittee should not be limited in
backing a candidate. They asserted
that the committee should want the
best available person on the board,
regardless of party affiliation.
The organization was formed two
years ago and has devoted its ac-
tivities exclusively to educational
matters. 1t led successful fight
for an elected School Board and
later backed the winning slate for
that board.
Lillywhite Renominated.
Recently, however, when the
County Board refused to appropri-
ate the entire budget requested by
the School Board, many citizens
committee members declared it
would be necessary for the group to
only those candidates ia
vorable to the School Board.
B. Alden Lillywhite. chairman of
the citizens committee, was NOM
mated for a second term. Other
officers suggested by the Nominat-
ing Committee included Mrs. Mark
ham Hanchette, vice chairman; Nor
man -Cramer, secretary; James c.
Pettee, treasurer; Mrs. Charles M.
Torrance, assistant secretary, and
Mrs. Paul r. Hutchings, historian.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Transit Fares
In Maryland 10
60 Up June6
Scents for w Miles;
Company Will Appeal
3-Cent School Rote

Fare increases on the Capital
Transit Co.'S bus and streetcar lines
in Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties will become effective June
6, it was announced today.
Complying with the order Of .
Baltimore court. the company said
1t would file a new tariff schedule
providing for straight five-cent cash
fares in each 1h-mile zone outside
the District. School children will be
transported at a ticket rate OF
3 cents per zone.
The company said, however, that
it would appeal the requirement for
the special school rate, hoping that
the Maryland Court of Appeals will
permit 1t to charge every passenger
S cents.
Losses Still Claimed.
In an opinion handed down last
week, Chief Judge w. Conwell Smith
of the Baltimore Circuit Court up
held the Maryland Public Service
Commissions order for bargain
school fares when granting the gen.
eral increase.
The company maintains that the
scent straight zone rate for all
passengers. which it originally pro-
posed, would still result in loss Of
approximately 1880 on Maryland
operations. 1t says the special con-
cession to pupils will cause greater
losses.
The fare increases have been sub
ject of a bitter fight before the
Public Service Commission and the
court. The proceedings, which were
started last year. were opposed by q
group OF patrons in the two coun-
ties affected, particularly Prince
Georges. That county will be most
heavily affected by the revision in
the zone system.
Weekly Passes Eliminated.
Under the PSC decision, Capital
Transit is permitted to eliminate
weekly passes on the Maryland lines.
The company stated that unused
Maryland fare or communication
tickets not valid after June 6 will be
redeemed at pro-rata value at COM
pany Offices. or prepaid envelopes
may be obtained from the operator
or terminal inspectors for redemp-
tion by mail.
Fare tickets now sold 20 for 81 will
be good until used. Each such
ticket will be good only for a ride
within the new zone limits.
Another proceeding still pending
is the utility's effort to abandon the
old shuttle trolley service between
Beltsville and Branchville. The PSC
decreed that this line be continued
and the company appealed to Judge
Smith, who has yet to conduct .
hearing
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Hack|ey Is Acquitted
In |nEmbezzIement Case
by the Associoied Press

LURAY, Va, May 28.-A Page
County Circuit Court jury has found
former Trial Justice Charles Ken
meth Hackley not guilty of charges
of embezzlement.
The verdict, delivered by Jury
Foreman Robert Burner of Luray,
came late yesterday after 40 min
utes of deliberation. 1t evoked
burst of applause from about 400
persons in the courtroom, and
Judge William B. Ford rebuked
the spectators for their deinonssra-
tion.
Mr.. Hackley was charged with
embezzling $50 while serving as
trial justice of Stanley. During the
third day of the trial, two members
of the Stanley Town Council testi.
fed that Mr.. Hackley was not le-
quired to enter transactions for court
expenses on the record book.
Willie Robinson and w. j. Huff
man. the councilmen, declared the
concil had an understanding with
Mr.. Hackley whereby he was to re-
imburse officers for expenses and
incidentals, and to deduct the
amount from fines.
He did not have to record the
payments on the court records, they
said, asserting that the entire mat
ter was left in his hands.
He was supposed to give council
a check each month for the amount
due them, they said.
Mr.. Hackley had testified that he
entered only $40 of 500 fine on his
record book, because $50 was owed
to him for fees and incidental ex-
penses.
He told the court that he had
changed the $40 to 500 on the book
when the audit was made, but with
the impression that the had been
given credit for 500 elsewhere. Since
he had not, Mr.. Hackley said, the
town Of Stanley owed him 500.
Evening star., 1948-05-28

nearby plant letting out. Deane
crossed it.
He came to a big hedge, full of
brambles and nettles. Deane crawled
right through it and walked across
a big field.
Spotted by Observer.
Now the B. & o. tracks were IN
sight. But so was Deane. The
sharp eyes of Elmo r. Richey, not
far away, we're upon him.
Mr.. Richey was in the back yard
of his home at 4700 Somerset road.
He had been watching Deane COM
ing through the field and began to
wonder why.
BY the time Mr.. Richey arrived
at the track Deane already had
crossed the tracks a couple of times
between trains. Mr. Richey pulled
the youngster off the rails, but then
they lost contact. Deane was
scooting back to the tracks, cleverly
managing to skirt the edge of a little
gully.
Mr.. Richey caught up with Deane
again. just as the whistle OF the
Baltimore bound local shrilled In
| the distance.
Now Mr.. Richey had Deane, but
the lad still was lost. After word
or two about airplanes. Deane
looked ahead and mentioned street
cars So he and his friend went
off in the direction of the transit
line.
BY this time police and the whole
neighborhood had heard about the
nomad in corduroy overalls. And
one of the first to meet the blond,
blue-eyed boy was Miss Ruth Dyer
of New York, sister of Mrs. Mel
lender.
There's plenty of life in this kid
Mr. Richey told her as he sur
rendered the boy.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Fight on AirfieId Item
For Naval Academy
Due in House Today

The Naval Academy airfield prof.
ect, part of a proposed $208, 900 900
naval installation program, faced a
doubtful fate in the House today,
after fighting its way through the
Rules Committee.
Representative Bates, Republican,
Of Massachusetts and other men,
bers of the House Armed Services
Committee refused to agree to a
suggestion that the $4,000 900 An
napolis item be offered as a sepa-
rate bill.
The Rules Committee accordingly
voted late yesterday to report out
the overall bill, including the pro-
posed authorization to acquire 2,40C
acres for an academy indoctrina-
ton airfleld near Sandy Point, Md
Rules Committee members and
Others who opposed the project saic
ian amendment will be offered or
the House floor to strike out tn.
$12, 100000 provision. Republican
leaders planned to call up the meas.
ure for action this afternoon.
Other Projects in Area.
Several other nearby Maryland
and Virginia projects are included
in the bill that would authorize
outlays totaling $208, ,483 900. Of
which about $116,750,000 would bt
for naval installations in Alaska
Guam, Pearl Harbor and other
overseas bases.
Besides the s12,0oo,ooo for the
Naval Academy Airport, other items
affecting Maryland and Virginia
are:
The sum of $205 900 for a chapel
at the Naval Medical Center al
Bethesda, 81 10000 for wind tunnels
and associated facilities at Carde-
rock, Md; $4,000 for acquisition
of 1000 acres Of land at the Little
Greek VaJ amphibious base.
Also 5000. 900 for bombing target
facilities at the Patuxent (Va.)
Naval Air Station. 5000 for LAND
at the auxiliary air station at
Oceana, Va; $2,275, 900 for compile.
ton OF supersonic wind tunnels ano
aerodynamics range at the nava
ordnance laboratory at White Oak
Md, and $4,370 for land acquisition
at the Norfolk naval shipyard.
Airf1eld Project Criticized.
The Rules Committee, which las
Wednesday heard caustic criticism
Of the airf1eld project as we'll as O.
the proposed Bethesda medical cen
ter chapel and cost limits provided
for construction OF officers housing
approved the bill in a brief execu
tive session, following its open hear
ing on the pending draft bill.
Committee members conferred
earlier in the day with Mr. Bate
and Speaker Martin to determin,
whether the controversial airfielt
project could be eliminated from tn,
big bill and stand on its owl
merits"
Mr.. Bates, they said, declared HI
and the Armed Services Committee
believed the project could be de-
bated just as well on its merits l.
brought to the floor with the rest o
the bill, instead of being introduced
at this late date as a separate
measure.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Chest Head to Speak
On County Opinion Poll

Edgar F. Czarra, president Of ths
Prince Georges County Community
Chest and Council, will be inter-
viewed by a World War II veteran.
who conducted a personal public
opinion poll on the Chest, on Sta
ton WGAY at lis pm. Sunday.
The interviewer will be John Kley
of 107 Seventh street Sc, who
undertook the poll project as a
radio broadcasting student at
American University.
Evening star., 1948-05-28

School and the Federal Bureau Of
Investigations National Police
Academy.
Born in Clintwood, Va, Mr. Press
ley was graduated from the Dicken-
son Memorial High School and
studied for three years at Emory
and Henry and Bluefield Colleges.
Mr.. Barnett, Al. has been patrol
man in the Arlington department
since 1886, specializing in accident
investigation. He has been acting
sergeant for three months. He will
replace T. w. Frederick. who re-
signed to become Arlington County
jailer.
A native of Alexandria, Mr.. Bar
nett attended Alexandria High
School and is now enrolled in the
County Police Administration School
conducted by FBI agents.
Evening star., 1948-05-28

C. Burns Presley. 38, a member
of the Arlington County Police De-
partment since 1888, will become
chief of detectives Tuesday, Police
Chief H. L. woodward announced
yesterday.
At the same time. Mr.. woodward
also announced the promotion OF
Policeman H. A. Barnett to sergeant
in the uniformed force. This pro-
motion also is effective Tuesday.
Mr.. Presley will have the rank
of captain and succeed Capt. Hugh
C. Jones, who will retire because of
i'll health.
Mr.. Presley. Virginia State
policeman for more than six years
before he joined the Arlington de-
partment, has been a plainclothes
man since July, l941. He is a grad
uate of the Virginia State Police
Evening star., 1948-05-28
.0'Dwyer Passing Holiday
With Wha|en in Warrenton

Mayor ODwyer Of New York ar
rived last night in Warrenton, Va,
to spend the Memorial Day holidays
with Grover Whalen at LIE Baron
Farm
LIE Baron is the estate Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leon Cotnareanu, who are now
in France. Mr.. Cotnareanu owns
Figaro, Paris newspaper. and his
wife is the former Nine Yvonne
Alexandrine Coty owner of the per-
fume company.
Mr.. Whalen, public relations coun-
sci for Coty and a close friend Of
the Cotnareanus,. is frequent
visitor at LIE Baron.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Alexandria Church Gets
Bulk of Niven Estate

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Rus
sell road and High street. Alexan-
dria, will receive the bulk of the
estate of the late David Mauchlin
Niven, retired Government official,
who died May I. He was 88.
The church was left about $4,000
cash for a new rectory and Mr.
Niven's home. Burnt" Oaks. on Brad
dock road, to use as a temporary
rectory until a new one is built.
Mr.. Nivens was a vestryman for
many years.
The will also included q number
Of cash bequests to friends.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
VFW Unit Backs Buscher
For 4th District Council

Montgomery County Post, No,
1858, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Be.
thesda, has recommended appoint
ment of Charles B. Buscher of Silver
Spring as national council member
for the 4th District of the VFW.
Mr.. Buscher Is commander Of the
VFW's Maryland Department. The
4th District consists Of Maryland,
the District of Columbia and West
Virginia
Evening star., 1948-05-28

disclosed yeSter-
day.
TIL e fir m,
known as the
A rn OIL d Line,
probably W i'll
earn from $40
900 to $50.000
profit this year,
according to M.
D. Mills, who
has been general
manager S / n C e
February. T h e
lin e S e r v e S
points in Arling-
ton and Fairfax
NN,,rfioS
Evening star., 1948-05-28
j. Of M Banquet to Be Held

Graduating seniors Of the Univer-
sity of Maryland College Of Educa-
ton will be honored by alumni at
banquet in the university dining
hall at 7:30 o'clock tonight. DR..
George s. Counts Of Columbia Uni
versity will speak.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Prof. Westcott Honored

ANNAPOLIS, May 20 (P.-Senior
Professor Allan F. Westcott was to
receive the honorary title Of Pro
fessor Emeritus, United States Naval
Academy at q ceremony today. the
Naval Academy announced. With
the close Of this years term, Pro-
fessor Westcott completes more
than - years service.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
GEORGE Mason PTA Elects

Carl Owsley has been elected
president of the George Mason
School Parent-Teacher Association,
Alexandria. Other officers are:
Franklin Thatcher and Mrs. George
B. Love, vice presidents; Mrs.
George r. Jackson, secretary, and
Mrs. Arthur Spillers, treasurer.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
School Sets Music Niqht

The Montgomery Blair High
School Band. Orchestra and drum
will present their second
annual night of music at $50 to-
morrow in the school gymnasium at
Silver Spring. Il
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Arnold Line Reports
Operations al Profit
After Big AT Loss

The Washington. Virginia g.
MARYLAND Coach Co., which lost
an estimated s285,ooO in 1e47, is
now operating at a profit, it was
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Church Supper Planned

The Women's Auxiliary Of the
Darnestown Md Presbyterian
Church will sponsor a baked chicken
and ham dinner from 4 to 8 pm. to-
morrow at the church.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Poppy Dance Tomorrow

The annual poppy dance Of Cis-
Unit, No. Al, American
Legion Auxiliary, will be held at 10
pm. tomorrow at the Silver Spring
Armory.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-22

The farmers themselves are saw
ing the land. In your next admin
lstratiOn they will receive the tech
nical help and assistance which a
creative nation owes to those who
are the custOdians of our land and
the source of our food supply.
"Betters roads, better housing
better education and better health
protection for farm families are all
dependent upon the maintenance of
a stable income. Government poll
cies can and will be directed in
your next administration toward
the steady improvement of farm
living. We need the kind of farm
life that will make young people
want to stay in the country. We
need to lift some of the burdens
from the men and wOmen-yes. and
the children who work our farms"
Governor Dewey described the
rural electrifcatiOn program as
vital" to American farms and
pledged his full support to carving
1t out He praised the current Re-
publican Congress for apprOpri-
ating $800,OO0,OOO for the rural
electriicatiOn program, the largest
ever voted for that purpose.
and nearly half as much as all the
money voted in the entire IA wears
OF its existence.
Governor Dewey denounced CEN
tralizatiOn of control of farm pro-
grams in Washington and promis-
ed that farmers would run the pro-
grams themselves in their own
home communities.
Il am unalterably opposed" Gov
ernor Dewey said, ito any govern
nent policy which tries to run the
lives of farmers or any of the rest
1t our people. We will soon see
he last of administration policies
which try to ram theories down |
heir thrOats.
I'VE will have an administration
which will encourage in every prac-
.lcal way the men and women who
ire doing the job. This nation can
and will save it's soil and it's pro-
1uctive capacity for our children
n the generations to come"
Governor Dewey described food /
production and preparation as the /
latiOn's biggest business"
"Only in recent years." Cover
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-22
DeLUey Outlines
COP Farm Pollen
continued from nrst page,

THE consumer and the farmer" !"
Governor Dewey said, have an
equal stake in maintaining full pro-
ductiOn. Today farming sets tomOr-
rows table and tOmOrrOW's meals
must not be left to chance. It is oh
viOus that it is a. function of gov
ernment in encouraging full DrO-
ductiOn in agriculture, to make
sure that the farmer, by producing
plentifully, is not the victim of his
own production.
The farmer alone of all the vital
elements in our system of free Op-
portunity is at the mercy of unpre-
dictable forces that can provide
him with a good living one year
and impOverish him the next. His
costs are relatively stable but he
sells the produce of his labOrs in
huctuating market that is sub
ject to every kind of speculation
and to every economic force which
sweeps the market places of the
world.
That is why stable price sup
port program is so necessary to
maintaining full production of
the food we need as a nation"
Governor Dewey proposed great
er recognition of the importance of
livestock and livestock products in
the American diet. He said this
type of animal agriculture would
not only make for a healthier peo-
pie but would also help maintain
the fertility of the soil.
Governor Dewey proposed great
ter technical help to farmers in
carrying out soil conservation prac-
tices.
What we need" Governor Dew
ey said, els less politics and more
engineering help and the farmers
will do the job.
eve have listened for years to
political talk about soil erosion.
We have listened so long that a
good many people think the gov
ernment is doing the job. For 1S
years I have been in government
and I know that government will
never save the land of our country. 4
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-22
MILFORD GRANGE

Trophy Grange No. % will bring
The Travelling History to Milford
Grange on Saturday, October %.
Try to be present. Meeting will
open at 8 p. m. promptly. The sis
-ers are requested to bring sand
Wiches.
Group No. 1 served "a Kiwanians
1n Tuesday night under the direc-
ion of Mrs. Mary Lemex.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-22
DT' Marshall Sets Up
1nlGs Seal Sale GROUP
CONTINUED from nrst pager


S. Johnson, George s. Long Pow
Francis S. Lynch, Rt Rev A r
McKinstry, DR.. Ward 7 Miller
James R. MOrford, Thomas I Nov.
pray, DR.. L. D. Phillips, Ernest l.
Priest, DR.. Meredith I SamneI Dr
"A. Il. Stands, Jr., Mrs. Frank G.
IaIIman, Mrs. L. milford Tavlor
DR. Dr. M. A. Tarumianz, J. German
WaIsh; from. Dover, George W
Ayars, Governor Walter w. Bacon.
Dr' EoWln Cameron, George Ebing-
e. MRS. Arthur A. Hearn, DR.. H.
'. Holloway, DR.. JOS. Mcdaniel
DF' george R. Miller and DR.. James
y. MarVll; also Mrs. Willard Dep
UIy OF Laurel, Mrs. William r.
CnanuIer CIi Of DagsborO, Samuel ].
stem Ella c. Emory and DR.. L.
Leland Fox of Seaford. DR.. and Mrs
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-22

William Marshall, Jr., George Grier
and Mrs. G. F. NAPLES of Milford:
Charles L. HarmOnson of Smyrna.
r. w. Helm, Newark; Mrs. PhiliD
d. Laird, New Castle; Marv r
LOOckerman, Greenwood: Vernon
W. McCabe, Ocean View; Samuel
n Culver and George H. Nelson.
Delmar; Mrs. William P. Orr.
Lewes; James M. Tunnel, Jr., DR..
G. M. VanValkenburgh, George
town; Virgil B. Wiley, BridgevilIe.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-22

nor Dewey said, "have we begun to
think about the intelligent use OF
food for greater health, for greater
emotional stability and for better
living for our whole people. We
must do much more along this
line.
I'm my own state, we have re-
Gently created, at our land grant
university, the first school of nu-
triton in the United States. The
building for this school was pro-
vided by the farmers of the state.
The state made a direct apprOpri-
alton for it's staff. The school is
used by colleges of agriculture and
home economics, our state depart
ment of health, and farm and bust
ness organizations to pierce the
veil of many of the mysteries of
good nutrition.
"Thus, through the cooperative
effort of science, the food producer
and professor, and broad public
education, we propose steadily to
raise the level of our peoples
health and stabilize agricultural
These detectives will
be the detectives of your next ma
tiOnal administration"
Governor Dewey made his farm
talk while on a trip that carried
him through Pennsylvania, Ken
lucky, Indiana, Illinois. oklahoma,
Minnesota, Michigan and
New York. Previously, he had
spoken in Iowa, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona, California, Ore
gOn, Washington, Montana, Idaho,
Utah, Wyoming and Kansas.