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Evening star., 1948-11-22

lob as attorney to the county COM
missioners will be abolished by law
December 2. For that work he re-
ceived 5000 year.
Native Of Rockville.
Though a veteran off1ceholder
Mr.. Welsh has never been elected
to anything" He was once county
attorney under Montgomery's fu-
sion government, served for 10
years as attorney to the Rockville
Town Council, and for four years
was a county attorney in Colorado.
A native of Rockville, he has been
closely identified with its civic un-
dertakings. He helped found the
towns Volunteer Fire Department
about IS years ago, served as fire
chief and later as company presi-
dent.
He was president of the Rockville
Athletic Association and had a
leading part in laying out the ath-
letic field next to the Board of Edu-
cation building. He drove a bull
dozer, cleared trees from the tract
and helped build the field house.
Because of his work, the field was
named in his honor.
He is the father of Barnard T.
Welsh, his law partner, who is a
noted tennis player.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
By John v. Homer


One of the leading personalities in
MONTGOMERY County's changing
governmental picture is F. Barnard
Welsh, unyielding foe of the charter
system.
Still a scrappera at 81, Mr.. Welsh
currently is preparing a suit IN
tended to keep the incumbent coun-
ty commissioners In office for two
years more.
They'll have a hard time getting
around this" he said confidently.
1.-THE purpose of Article ~ Of the
State Constitution is to reduce the
number of elections. 1t provides,
among other things, that county
commissioners shall be elected for
four-year terms.
Rights Are Cited.
"Our Montgomery commissioners
were elected in 1916 to serve for
four years. They still have two
years to 20. We aren't trying to
thwart the will of the people who
approved the charter and author
lied a special County Council elec-
ton January 6. But whether the
people like it or not, the commits
sioners have some constitutional
rights. We propose to try to help
them protect those rights.
Article II states that its pro-
visions for quadrennial elections
supersede conflicting provisions
elsewhere in the constitution. That's
a hard one for them (the Charter
ites) to get around"
Mr.. Welsh thinks that if he loses
the suit for an injunction which
would block the council election, 1t
will be due to technicalities and not
to the weight Of law.
He says he stands to gain nothing
personally, regardless of the out
come. This Is because his present
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Gambling in Pentagon
Held Virtually Halted

Gambling, one-time big business
in the Pentagon Building, has prac-
tically besn eliminated there, &C.
cording to Capt. Joseph Jordan.
head of the police force which
guards the seat of national defense
operations.
Capt. Jordan said the crap Shoot
ing, card playing, and numbers OPP
erations have virtually been stopped
by constant patrol of the building
by the uniformed force. It also
protects the big main corridor lined
with private shops and even a bank.
The record which has been made
by this force is attributed by Capt.
Jordan to the high quality of per-
sonnel and an efficient system. The
control room dispatcher can contact
any patrolman in a matter Of Sec
ones, he said.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Naval Reserve PIuns
TRANSPORTATION Unit

An automotive transportation unit
will be added to the volunteer
Naval Reserve Brigade's training
program January l, the Potomac
River Naval Command has an
nounced.
Membership in the unit is open
to officer and enlisted reservists
experienced in automotive work.
The training program will include
10 monthly meetings and a two
week cruise each year. 1t will
cover general transportation ad-
ministration dealing with garages,
shops, repair depots, spare parts
and cold-weather operations.
1t. James J. Wood, 1705 South
West street, Falls Church, will
command the unit. 1t. Comdr.
Ralph r. Elder, 1910 North Lexing-
ton street. Arlington, will be execu-
tive officer.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Legion Post Asks
Minutes Prayer
Day for Peace

The Silver Spring American Le-
gion post has adopted resolution
calling on its members to observe
a minute of prayer at noon each
day in the interests Of "just and
enduring peace for the world"
The resolution adopted by the
Cissel-Saxon Post asks that other
organizations adopt similar resolu-
tions to make the custom universal.
The resolution expresses conf
dence "in the ability of our fellow
men, with the aid of God, to secure
an adjustment of international diff
ferences leading toward an equit-
able and abiding peace"
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Foundation Opens Drive to Buy
WoodIown for Historic Shrine

One of the noted guests was La
fayette, whose gift, was the carved
oands around the fireplaces of the
two downstairs rooms.
Subscriptions to Save Woodlawn
for the Nation" are being received
at the Offices of Woodlawn Public
Foundation, Lincoln Museum, 511
Tenth street NV. Washington 4,
D. c. Some donatior< already have
been received from patriotic organi-
cations.
Trustees Listed.
President of the foundation trus-
tees is George Maurice Morris, for
mer president of the American Bar
Association. Speaking of the pro-
gram, he said:
The acquisition of this histor-
ically important property as a
national shrine for the benefit of
the present and future generations
is in step with such programs of
education in the ideals and prac-
tices of American democracy as
that recently undertaken by the
Heritage Foundation and
the Nation wide tour of the Free
dom Train"
Other trustees are:
Armistead B. Rood, attorney, JUS
tice Department., secretary; Taylor
Burke, Alexandria banker, treas
urer; DR.. Douglas Southall Free
man, biographer of Washington and
Richmond editor; Attorney General
Clark; David E. Finley, Director of
the National Gallery of Art, and
president of the American Associ-
alton of Museums; Mrs. George L.
Harrison, wife of the president Of
the New York Life Insurance Co.,
and former governor of the Federal
Reserve Board; Maj. Gen. U. S.
Grant, III, chairman of the Natl
onal Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Also Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of
Virginia; Mrs. Dwight F. Davis,
executive vice president. National
Council for Historic Sites and Build
ings; Mrs. Roscoe G. O'Byrne E, presi-
dent general, daughters of the
American Revolution: Robert Woods
Bliss, former Ambassador to Argen-
tina and co-founder of the Dum-
barton Oaks Research Library and
Collection; Charles B. Shaler, presi-
dent general Sons of the American
Revolution: Mrs. T. I. Hare Powell,
regent, Mount Vernon Ladies Asso-
citation of the Union; Col. Bryce
Metcalf, president general, Society
of the Cincinnati: Miss Gabrielle
Page, Richmond. president. Associa-
ton for the Preservation Of Vir-
ginia Antiquities; j. w. Rixey
Smith, president, the Society of
Virginia; Alvin v. Baird, Delaplane
CVa) farmer and retired industrial
ist; Miss Genevieve Hendricks,
member of Executive Board, Amer
ican Institute of Decorators; Will
bur La Roe. jr.. Washington civic
leader. and Elwood H. Seal. attor-
ney, former Washington corporation
counsel.
Evening star., 1948-11-22

More alcoholics are found among
the prosperous than among the
poor, a speaker from Alcoholics
Anonymous told a meeting of the
Washington Ministerial Union to-
day in National City Christian
Church.
The speaker declared the job of
AA was to spot a potential alco-
holic" and do what was possible to
halt his downward progress. He
pointed out that AA does not go to
an alcoholic but, on principle, waits
for the man to call for help.
The Washington Federation of
Churches, through its Comfy Com
Evening star., 1948-11-22

Beautiful Woodlawn, the estate
planned by George Washington as
a wedding present for his adopted
daughter. Nellie Custis, soon will be-
long to the people, if the people SO
will 1t.
A foundation to "Save Woodlawn
for the Nation" is conducting a
Nation wide appeal for $4,000
needed to purchase the property
and perpetuate it along with Mount
Vernon as an inspiring monument
to American history.
Time has become an important
factor in the campaign, the spon-
sors point out, because the money
must be available next January 8
to meet deadline set by the Fair
fax County Circuit Court.
The effort to purchase Woodlawn
and the spacious rolling grounds
overlooking the Potomac River near
Mount Vernon began when it be-
came known the Immaculate Heart
of Mary Mission Society had OF.
fered to purchase the property.
Trustees of the estate had been try
ing to sell the property for more
than a year before this first pur-
chase offer was made.
Was to Be Headquarters.
The mission said 1t planned to
use Woodlawn as American head
quarters for its society.
On the eve of its purchase by
the society, the Woodlawn Public
Foundation, Inc, was formed to buy
the property and devote it to the
interest of the American Nation.
With the consent of the scheduled
purchaser, the court granted the
foundation time to try to raise the
funds.
The foundation Is a non-profit
organization. the trustees of which
are leaders of civic, patriotic and
historical groups.
The history Of Woodlawn, on
Route near Fort Belvoir, predates
the Mount Vernon wedding on Feb
ruary %, 1899, of Nellie Gusts, beau
teous adopted daughter of Washing
ton, and his aide and favorite neph-
ew, Maj. Lawrence Lewis.
Washington himself surveyed the
1000 acres of his Mount Vernon
plantation where Woodlawn was to
be built. He roughly sketched plans
for the lovely Georgian home and
translated his ideas to DR.. William
Thornton, Architect of the National
Capitol.
Became Social Center.
In a letter to Maj. Lewis, Wash
ington wrote enthusiastically that
few better sites for a house than
Gray's hill, and that range, are to
be found in this country or else
where"
History records that Maj. Lewis
and his wife spent IS happy years
at Woodlawn. Near Mount Vernon,
Arlington (the Custis home) and
Gunston Hall George Mason S
home), Woodlawn became the CEN
ter of a brilliant social life.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Value Of Prayer Cited
For Political Leaders

Huston Thompson, former men,
ber of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, yesterday told the YMCA
breakfast forum at 1876 G street
NV. I'VE must not lose sight of the
old-fashioned horizons on which
this Nation was built"
Speaking on Lost Horizons" Mr..
Thompson stressed the value of
spiritual guidance to every impor-
tant political leader" adding that
"every White House occupant from
President Wilson tc date has re-
allied the Importance of the habit
of daily prayer"
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Amen Indicted
In Gaming Raid
On Wa|Iaceites
Accused Of Promoting
Lottery at Veterans
Mixed Dance Here

Four men were indicted today on
gambling charges growing out of q
raid at Laborers' Hall in the 500
block of New Jersey avenue NV.
on October at a party attended
by white and colored supporters Of
Henry A. Wallace, then q Presi-
Dental candidate.
The four are accused Of promot-
ing lottery. The indictment did
not specify the type, but police
said it was selling chances on liquor.
The party was dance and was
sponsored by a veterans group.
The four men named are Sidney
Goldreich, Is, of Alexandria, Va:
Edmund s. Majchrzyk, "a, of the
500 block of Second street NV;
Winston c. Edwards. 80, colored,
and Frank E. Trusclair, 27, colored,
both of the 1900 block of Sherman
avenue NV.
More Than 50 Indicted.
Besides being named on the pro-
noting charge, Majchrzyk is ac-
cussed also of selling chances on
a lottery and possessing papers used
in carrying on lottery, Trusclair
is charged with possessing papers
allegedly used in the lottery.
The four men were among more
than so persons named in a total
of 43 indictments returned by the
Grand Jury Before Judge Richmond
B. Keech of District Court.
-Four other persons were accused
of promoting the numbers racket.
They were Peter c. Gabardini, SO.
Of Capitol Heights. Md; William T.
Whitehead, A, colored, OF the $500
block of Thirteenth street NV;
Nathanial Y. Taylor, SO, colored,
1400 block of Corcoran street NV,
and Theodore F. Hawkins, So, coll
ored, of the 1900 block of Warder
street. NV.
Attack Charge Ignored.
Percy S. Lassiter, %, colored, Of
the 1700 block of Swami street NV,
was indicted on charge OF breaking
into the coffee shop of the Meridian
Hill Hotel, 26o1 Sixteenth street
NV. on November 6.
Police accused him of striking q
resident of the hotel, Miss Bertha
E. Fletchall, but today's indictment
made no reference to this.
William T. Floyd, 38, colored, of
the HOO block of New Jersey avenue
NV, was indicted on a charge Of
carnal knowledge involving a 12-
year-old colored girl.
Six Charged In Storebreaking.
Two men were indicted under the
Districts new sex law. They were
accused of unnatural acts. They
are Edward P. Flaherty, 1s, sailor
stationed at Naval Communica-
tions School, and Bennie Buntone,
81, colored, for whom no address Is
listed.
Six persons were charged with
breaking into a store in the 1900
block of c street Sc. on October /
and taking a quantity of cigars,
cigarets, razor blades and pork They
are Louis Caccarelli, %, 400 block Of
New Jersey avenue Sc; Henry B.
White, 20, 100 block of Massachu.
sets avenue NE; Roland ]. Gauth-
ier. 20, 100 block of Thirty-fifth
street NE; Lester A. Wright, 20,
Landover, Md; Vernon L. Adams,
20, TOO block of Sixth street NV,
and Eugene w. Rollins, 19, 700 block
of G street Sc.
Rollins also is indicted on charges
OF striking policeman with a-chair.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Man Hurt in Collision
Of Car, Concrete Mixer

Norman S. Stinchcomb, So, of 1858
Valley Place Sc, received scalp lac
erations and his new coupe was Writ
ually demolished today when he was
in a collision with a mobile concrete
mixer at Twenty sixth and K
streets NV. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital and returned
home.
C. P. Thompson. 80. of 938 N
Longfellow street, Arlington, driver
for the Super Concrete Co., 5000
block of K street NV, was not hurt
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Turkeys Retail
Here al 14Cents
Above Last Year
65-to-75-Cent Ronge
Established; Supply
Shrinks 80 Per Cent

Housewives began planning theil
Thanksgiving dinners today around
turkey costing IA or Is cents more
a pound than last year.
Turkey prices advertised today
by chain stores were predominantly
73 to rs cents a pound for hens
and IS cents for the larger toms.
At this time last year, the birds
were selling at about so and So cents
q pound, respectively.
Even at today's prices, there was
no assurance every one would gel
the kind of turkey he wanted
Wholesalers reported the supply was
about 80 per cent under last years
and that all the birds available fol
this area have reached here.
Sees Shortage of Hen Turkeys.
Fred Kolker, head of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers poultry
division, predicted it would be next
to impossible to find a hen turkey in
the stores by tomorrow night.
This should lead customers to try
the oft-repeated advice Of dealers
who have insisted all along it is
more economical to buy the larger
toms.
Most leading chains were offering
hens, ranging up to u or IA pounds
each, for 73 cents a pound, but one
was asking rs cents. A large inde-
pendent store was selling turkeys of
all Si1eS for 10 rentS
Profit Margins Cut.
One wholesaler noted that re-
tailers were cutting profit margins
to the bone. Small turkeys were
selling wholesale at 1914 cents a
pound in carload lots today, a
penny up from yesterdays prices,
compared with about so cents a
year ago.
Wholesale prices for larger turkeys
were 81 cents for 16 to 1S pounds
so cents for 18 to 20 pounds, 58 cents
for 20 to % pounds, and 81 for 2o
pounds and up.
The quality of turkeys this year
Is calculated to make the buyer
forget the price, once he sinks his
teeth into a drumstick. One dealer
said the birds generally were of the
highest quality.
For those who prefer already
cleaned turkeys. one store was offer
ing hens at 95 cents and toms for
IS cents.
Other Fowl Plentiful
Like turkeys and food in general,
chicken and duck prices are up over
last year, but these fowl are plenti-
full.
One store priced ducks at 4S cents,
8 cents more than last years price.
Another price was 40 cents for New
York-dressed ducks, while cleaned
and drawn ready for the pan"
ducks were offered at two other
places for 67 and 73 cents a pound.
Baking and roasting chickens
were up about 10 cents over last
year. They were selling generally at
from So to SO cents, depending on
how they were dressed. One store
listed stewing chickens for Al cents
a pound, and another friers for 40
cents.
The prospects were that hen tur-
key prices will rise to IS cents be-
fore Thanksgiving, with toms prob
ably holding their present level, one
dealer said.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Driver to Fuce Probe
In Death of Girl, l8

William B. King, 20, OF 4319
Forty-fourth street NV, was to
appear today before coroner's jury
investigating the death last Sunday
of Miss Beverly Edwards. 18, who
roomed at 4522 Fifteenth street NV.
King, police said, was driver of a
car which struck a lamp post on
Klingle road NV, throwing Miss
Edwards onto the pavement.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Library to Have Holiday

The Central building and all
branches of the Public Library will
be closed on Thanksgiving Day,
Harry N. Peterson, librarian, an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Leoion Unit to lnstoll

Oficers will be installed by Victory
Unit No. 4, American Legion Auxil-
iary at $50 pm. Friday IN the
Legion clubhouse, 2435 Fifteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
UnyieIding Charter Foe.
Has Iona Public Service Record
Prepares Suit to Fight
For Constitutional
Rights Of Bourd

rome of series on Montgomery
County officials tnuolued in the
change to charter form OF gouern-
nent.)s
Evening star., 1948-02-22

Poland, Hungary and the othe'
Eastern countries.
In this situation the opposition
leaders Friday night pulled out oi
Gottwalds cabinet. American dip.
lomatic officials regarded their &C
ton as little short of heroic. They
said it should not be interpreted as
any effort to break the power OF
the Communists but rather as q
desperate move to prevent the Com
munists from taking the power OF
all others in Czechoslovakia.
Yielded to Soviet Demands.
Czech foreign policy has con-
formed consistently with the general
policies laid down by Moscow. Last
summer the Czechs even yielded to
Soviet demands to oppose the Mar
shall Plan, although they desper-
ately wanted to share in its benefits.
But internally, Czechoslovakia has
maintained standards of personal
freedom and rights of free speech
and assembly which have not so
long existed anywhere else in East
ern Europe.
Only Finland, far to the north,
has had similarly good relations
with both the Soviets and the West
ern powers.
Czechoslovakia, in fact, often has
been spoken of as a sort of show
window for Russian good behavior
before the rest of the world.
But Washington is very appre-
hensive that the iron curtain is
about to clang down in front of the
show-window.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Vote TangIe in DIET
Clouds Ashida Victory
BY the Associaisd Press

TOKYO, Feb. 21.-Hitoshi Ashida
a moderate conservative, was chosel
premier of Japan today, but a con
fused Diet vote must be untanglet
before he can take Office.
Ashida was elected by the House
of Representatives with ZIG votes II
100 for his nearest competitor. for.
mer Premier Shigeru Yoshida.
The House of Councillors, how.
ever, gave Yoshida 104 votes tt
Ashida's 102, with ITO needed fol
election.
Under the postwar constitution, II
such Emergencies are not ironed out
in conference with 10 days, the lower
house has the final word. This
means that Ashida gets the job if
the House of Representatives sticks
to its decision, but his narrow mar
gin of victory is expected to make
it hard for him to form cabinet
Ashida, 59-year-old diplomat and
former newspaperman, has been
foreign minister in the retiring coa-
lition cabinet of Socialist Tetsu
Katayama. Socialist leftwingers
who brought about the fall of the
Katayama cabinet, threw their sup
port to Ashida at the last minute
;: Ashida said he hoped to form a
coalition cabinet including members
of the arch conservative Liberal
Evening star., 1948-02-22

| grandmother; Mrs. Margaret NIL
Ter. IS, Of 3517 Ames street NE, the
mother, and Miss Margaret Whid-
den. Is. OF the same address, the
daughter.
Mrs. Miller is employed by Group
disqualification, Inc, and her
daughter is q student at Chamber
lain Vocational High School.
Officials Of the drive meanwhile
reported that they had been able
to schedule locations Of the mobile
units in residential areas through
April 10.
Within a few days q schedule
through June Is, closing date Of the
campaign, will be worked out, they
said.
Examinations are offered to
Washington residents without
charge.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
By the Asseeia,sd Press

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Feb. 2l.-
Esteban de Leon, 26, Mexican flyer,
weak after nine days at seas on
rubber raft, told today how his
companion was lost after their plane
crashed in the Gulf of Mexico.
The flyer related his story as the
Panamanian banana freighter Roa-
tan, which rescued him, steamed
UP the Brownsville ship channel.
Mr.. De Leon said Neil Womack
81, Brownsville pilot, was lost from
the bobbing, wave-tossed raft some
time during the second night after
the crash.
Mr.. Womack, a veteran Navy flyer
served for several years at the
Washington Naval Air Station.
The twin-engined DC-3 the mer
were flying crashed February 10
within five minutes Of It's destina.
ton, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche
Mex. It had taken off from Browns.
vile.
The two managed to get onto the
rubber raft the plane carried.
Mr.. De Leon said Mr.. Womacl
became delirious Thursday Febru.
airy 12) and was obsessed with tht
idea his wife was waiting for hin
and all he had to do was step from
the raft to greet her.
Sometime In the night wa!
awakened when he shouted my
name, but by the time I became
fully awake Neil was gone from thu
raft.
81 do not know whether he fel
from the raft or was seized anc
dragged from it by a shark
IT shouted his name until I wa!
exhausted, but neither saw mol
heard him again"
Capt. A. Cough, master of th'
Roatan, said Chief Engineer Maurice
Brannon and Seaman Harry Cartel
spotted Mr.. De Icons raft February
10 some AT miles north Of Frontera
the Roatan's last port OF call II
Mexico.
Mr.. De Leon said he had no watel
during the nine days on the raft
and for food only a bird and two
fish he managed to catch.
Mr.. De Leon and Mr.. Womacl
were operating the plane for tht
Gaif Coast Transport Co.. Browns.
vile, flying seafood from Yucatar
Peninsula to Texas and New
Orleans. Mr.. Womack was the pilot
The engines operated perfectly