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Evening star., 1948-07-09
Skilled Laborers Return
To 7 Calvert County Jobs
Bv the Associated Press

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, July
|9.-Skilled laborers on two Calvert
County building projects picked up
their tools again today after a one
shift absence from work.
Construction on new school and
repair work on the county court
house was halted yesterday after a
lone picket appeared before the
latter project.
Frank O'Connor, spokesman at the
Washington Office of the Building
and Construction Trades Council
(AFL), said the picket had been
called to duty because lit is q non
union job" He said that to his
knowledge, the workmen had not
been authorized to return to work
today.
The superintendent of the project
Albert Sturtevant, contended that
union labor is being used on skilled
work. He said he was willing to
hire union men for nonskilled jobs
but none was available.
/ Officers of the bricklayers', steam
filters and carpenters unions in.
spected the jobs yesterday afternoon
Mr.. Sturtevant reported, and sale
it would be all right for their mer
! to work today.
Mr.. Sturtevant said the officers
told him they planned to discuss
the matter Monday at meeting
! in WASHINGTON
Evening star., 1948-07-09
.2HeId in Montgomery
On Numbers Charges

Two men we're arrested yesterday
by Bethesda detectives on gambling
charges in connection with num-
bers bets.
Eddie Bratburd, So Of the $500
block of Piney Branch road, Silver
Spring. was arrested in his car at
Piney Branch road and Sunnyside
drive.
Detectives said they found more
than 200 numbers slips and about
$3.50 in cash on him and in his car
He was released under $1,000 bond
pending hearing at 10 am. Tues
day in Silver Spring Police Court.
Detectives identified him as man
ager of the Takoma Decorating Co.
John P. Stewart, 81, of the 300
block of Eighth street NE, was ar
rested near Glen Echo Park Police
said they found large quantity of
numbers slips on him.
Stewart posted 500 collateral
pending hearing at 10 am. Mon
day in Bethesda Police Court.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Widows S Attacker
Begins Life Term

Joseph Dupe) Ross. 54, Takona
Park garbage collector, today began
serving life sentence in the Mary
land Penitentiary, Baltimore. for the
rape of partially blind 72-year-
old widow May IL in her Takoma
Park home.
Ross, who is colored, was SEN
fenced yesterday in Montgomery
County Circuit Court at Rockville
after Judge Charles w. Woodward
said only the fact that he was "very
close to being feeble-minded" saved
Ross from the death penalty. He
was convicted June 20.
Judge Woodward said he anc
Judges Stedman Prescott and Pat
rick Schnauffer, who sat with him
in the case, agreed that Ross shoulc
never be paroled
Declaring he would send the rec
ommendation to the State Parole
Commissioner, Judge Woodward tolc
the defendant:
I'VE mean for you to stay there
until you die"
DR.. Stanley H. Eldred, psychia'
trist at the Chestnut Lodge SAM
tarium, Rockville, told the court
Ross was on the mental dividing
line. between "low normal intelli'
gence and a moron" States Attor'
nev Walter w. Dawson said the mar
had received Jail sentences totalint
% years since 1910 on charges o.
robbery, assault with intent to XII
and housebreaking.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Dedication Tomorrow
For ARLINGTON Church

Bishop j. Balmer Showers of the
Eastern Area, Evangelical United
Brethren Church, will deliver the
sermon at the dedication of the
Arlington Evangelical United Breth-
rem Church at 3 pm. tomorrow at
North Glebe road and Twenty-fifth
street.
Others participating in the service
will include DR.. j. Paul Gruver OF
Martinsburg, w. Va; DR.. Carl Hise1
of Winchester, Va; the Rev. j. r
Coils of Martinsburg, chairman Of
the Virginia Conference Church Elk.
tension Society, and DR.. U. P. Ho-
vermale of Dayton, Ohio, executive
secretary of the denominations De-
partment of Church Extension.
DR.. and Mrs. H. w. Widdoes, for.
mer missionaries in the Philippines
and DR.. w. F. Gruver, retired, for
mer superintendent of the Virginis
Conference. also will take part.
Ground for the new church Wa'
broken on June %. l947. Service!
were held in the parsonage adjoin'
ing the church until the chape
basement was completed on March
1s, 1e4S. The congregation, organ
lied in May, l947, has as its min
lister the Rev. George B. Riley,
graduate of Garrett Biblical Insti'
tute.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
D. {. Youth Held for Action
lin 7 Robberies in County

A washington youth was held for
action Of the Prince Georges County
grand jury, after waving prelim-
mary hearings in Hyattsville Police
Court yesterday on assault and rob-
berry charges involving two District
men.
The Defendant is Paul Harold
Parker, 1S, of the 300 block Of Tenth
street NE. He was charged by
Prince Georges County police with
robbing John G. Conkey, Of 325
Lynn drive, Chevy Chase, and Wer-
ner K. John, 2728 Ordway street
NV, on two consecutive nights,
June is and II.
Both robberies occurred on Bea-
con Light road, East Riverdale,
where Parker, according to police,
pretended his car had broken down
and threatened Mr.. Conkey with q
knife on the the first night and Mr..
John with a rock the next night.
Mr.. Conkey was robbed of $3.50 and
Mr.. John of $40 and a cigarette
lighter.
Police said Parker obtained their
names from list of telephone num-
oers, which he allegedly had found
In a billfold taken from another
Washington man. George Davis, 1904
r street NV. Parker, county police
reported, made appointments with
Mr.. Conkey and Mr.. John on the
pretense that one Of their acquaint-
ances was in trouble and In need OF
assistance. county police reported.
Parker was freed under $500 bond
nendinp the Jury action.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
7 Farm Tenants Held
In Mitche|IviIIe Staying

Two Mitchellville (Md) farm ten
ants. including the father OF the
victim. we're ordered held for action
of the Prince Georges County grand
jury yesterday in connection with
the fatal shooting of Basil E. Duvall
35. colored, also of Mltchellvllle.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mamie Johnson, 36
colored. was held without bond by
Trial Magistrate Alan Bowie in Hy-
attsville Police Court ON a charge
Of muroer. The victims father
Philip Duvall, g. colored, was held
under $1,000 bond on charge OF
being an accessory.
The Staying occurred in the Du-
vail home June 49, The dead mar
was shot through the heart by g
single-barrel shotgun, following ar
argument, according to police, who
at first thought death was the re-
suit of suicide Their investigation
led to the arrest of Mrs. johnson
and Mr.. DuVall.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Route on South Capitol St.
Granted W. N. & A. Buses

The Public Utilities Commission
mas granted the Washington, Marl-
boro and Annapolis Motor Lines per-
mission to establish bus route
within the District, effective Sun
day, between the District line at
South Capitol street and the vicinity
of South Capitol and Atlantic
streets.
The route, inbound, will run from
the boundary line. north on South
Capitol street to Atlantic street and
west on Atlantic street to the ter
minal. Outbound. the route will run
from the terminal on the north side
of Atlantic street west of South
Capitol street, west on Atlantic
street to Nichols avenue, north on
Nichols avenue and east on a cutoff
road to South Capitol street, south
on South Capitol street to the Dis
trict line.
w. M. g. A. also is permitted to
set up terminal stand on the north
side of Atlantic street Sc, 40 feet
west of South Capitol street.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Highways Of District
Get S38,136 Federal Aid

The sum of s3s,136-the District s
share of the $6,oO0,0OO balance re-
naming from funds authorized by
the Federal Aid Highway Act OF
1944-has been allotted to the Dis
trict Highway Department by the
Federal Works Administration.
The money will go into the "un-
programmed balance of the District
highway fund and will be assigned
to a specific road improvement pro-
ject at a later date.
Maryland was allotted SCI, SIT and
Virginia S112,802 from the same
fund for the same purpose.
The FWA also announced the
allotment among 40 States OF a
$4,000 900 fund authorized by Con-
gress for highway construction in
national forests. Virginia has been
given $146,1 1873 of that sum.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
.6,401 Cases
of tuberculosis
Lack Facilities
x-Roy Survey Report
Points to Laboratory
And Hospital Needs

The District has almost no facili-
ties to care for 6,401 suspected
tuberculars uncovered in the chest
X-ray survey, it appeared today.
A picture of inadequate hospital
and laboratory facilities and
shortage of District Health depart
ment nurses was painted yesterday
by DR.. Howard M. Payne. a member
of the surveys medical technical
committee, in a report to a meeting
of survey officials, committee chair
men and workers.
DR.. Payne, a member of the
Howard University medical school
faculty, spoke for DR.. Arthur c.
Christie, committee chairman, who
is confined to his home by illness.
503.398 X-Rayed.
About $50 persons, meeting in the
District Building. heard reports on
the progress and completion of the
survey, which X-rayed 503,396 dis
trict residents.
In a statistical report, Owen
C. Billows, Public Health Service
statistician, said 440,491 of the
x-rays were analyzed. The differ
ence between X-rays made and
those analyzed was accounted for
by the fact that military personnel
and persons already hospitalized
were not counted in the final
analysis.
Of those analyzed, Mr.. Billows
said. 1924 showed positive reac-
ton. and these persons were asked
to return for another X-ray. All
but SOB of them did return and fur
ther study indicated that 1896 were
all right. In addition to those final
ly classified as possible" tubercu-
lars. 2,269 were diagnosed as having
other diseases. and 1,540 others as
having heart abnormalities.
100 Already Hospitalized.
DR.. Payne's report, which followed
brief talks by DR.. George c.
Rutland, District health officer, and
William E. Leahy, general chairman
of the survey, indicated that, of the
suspected cases uncovered. 100 per-
sons already have been hospitalized
and another 80 are awaiting hos
pitalization. These 1870. he said, are
actively i'll advanced patients, who
cannot be treated with our present
facilities"
"As the need for disqualification
is recognized" he said, I'VE must
be ready to give hospital treatment
to increasing numbers before hope
less disease renders their recovery
doubtful"
The survey cost nearly S25O,0OO,
Mr. Leahy told the meeting. He es-
timated administrative costs of fol-
lowing up the cases uncovered at
100000 to $125,000 In addition, the
cost of disqualification for each pa
tient unable to bear the expense
himself will be about $3,400, based
on a years treatment for complete
recovery. .....
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Lone GPO EmpIoye Carries on
Lost Art of 'MurbIing' Paper

brushes and the paints may then be
"combed' or "raked" into intricate
patterns.
Book edges are marbledi after the
volume is formed and before the
cover is added. Sometimes single
sheets are marbled and placed in
the front and back of a book for
ornamentation.
Most fancy books today are edged
with solid colors, or they are
roughened by machine to produce
what bookbinders call "deckle-
edging". A few pseudo-marblers
daub the edge of a volume with a
sponge dipped in paints. This imita-
ton of the true art is called
stippling.
Has Practical Use.
Mr.. Barnes marbles from 100 to
300 books daily, most of them
volumes of patents for the U. S
Patent Office.
"Marbling protects books from
bugs and dry rot" he explains, "So
it has a practical use as well as
making books look good"
Mr. Barnes considers his master
piece to be an edition of about 100
volumes of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's speeches, which were
bound for the Presidents personal
Christmas gifts several years ago.
I'VE had to inclose my dipping
trough to protect the paint from
dust" he recalled. Dust, or even
dandruff falling from the hair, will
mar the work"
Mr.. Barnes believes the Roosevelt
speeches are collectors items now
The were finished with feather
edge, which is one of the basic de-
signs used.
Mr.. Barnes. his wife and three
children live at 1924 Texas avenue
SF
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Body Of Young Matron
SOUGHT in Potomac

Coast Guard vessels today pressed
search for the body of Mrs.
Jacqueline Young Edwards, 10, OF
1918 South Twelfth street, Airing
ton, one of two persons drowned
Sunday in the Potomac River near
Montross, Va.
The body of a friend. Lindsey M
Christian, Is, of Montross, was re-
covered two hours after the acci-
dent.
Both were guests at swimming
party on a small island near Mon
tross. Witnesses said they stepped
into a hole near the shore and were
carried away by the current.
Mr.. Christian, a fisherman, Is sur.
vived by his widow, Mrs. Glady.
Christian; daughter, Cynthia Sue
8 months; his mother, Mrs. Lindsey
Christian, Hennom, Va, and three
sisters, Mrs. Eugene Sumpter, ITO;
Capitol avenue NE: Mrs. Ernes
Nocingo, Montross, and Mrs. JESSIE
Smith, Boston.
Mrs. Edwards is survived by he
husband, Navy Seaman Lawrence v
Edwards; her mother, Mrs. LUX
Young, who lived with her, and fiv'
sisters, Misses Vera, Opal ant
Juanita Young. all of the Arlington
address; Mrs. Charles L. Wiley
Gardiner, Me-. and Mrs. Rober
Kells, Mount Rainier, Md.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Police Chief Appeals
For Is Men 10 Fill
Montgomery Force

Montgomery County Police Chief
Charles M. Orme today appealed
for applicants to fill the 16 vacancies
on the police force.
Expressing concern over what he
termed the unsatisfactory" re-
sponse to date, Chief Orme recalled
that after advertisements were pub
lished for men, 25 applicants an
swered, but only 16 took examina-
tions last week. Of the 16. Chief
Orme said. not more than five are
expected TO be eligible for appoint
ment.
The police chief said a major
handicap in getting men is the in
adequate salary scale He said pri-
Yates start at $4,000 a year with
S100 annual increases to a top sal
ary of $4,000 after four years.
Hopes for Increase.
He pointed out the county COM
missioners had rejected his recon-
mendation that privates start at
1890 a year. He expressed hope
however, that the commissioners
would grant the increase next fall
At present, he said, there are ia
men on the force and all are being
placed under strong pressure" be-
cause of the rapid growth in the
county's population.
Applicants must be between 81
and 30 years and must have lived
in the county at least one year.
At one time, Chief Orme asserted
police career offered distinct ad-
vantages" as far as pay and re-
tirement we're concerned. These ad-
vantages no longer exist, he said
because of improved social legisla-
ton, reduced hours and general
wage increases for workers in pri-
vate industry.
Unattractive Factors.
These factors the police CHIEF
declared, throw into sharp relief
those aspects of police service which
tend to make it unattractive, such
as frequent changes in shifts, work
ing on holidays and at night, ane
segregation from the general COM
munity."
He said the police force has 6
good" disability retirement system
as we'll as provisions for retirement
at half pay after 25 years of service
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Loudoun Backs Sales Tax
For School Construction
Special pispotch to The Sior

LEESBURG. Va, July 9.-Pro-
posals for a State sales tax, with
revenues used for school construc-
ton. have been Endorsed by the
County Board of Supervisors. The
board joined other counties by
adopting resolution recommending
that Gov. Tuck call special session
of the Legislature to consider
adoption of this tax. The vote was
4 to 2.
The question was brought before
the board after letter and slml.
lar resolution from the Franklin
County Board was read. Chairman
Baker said:
Unless we have sales tax, the
persons now paying taxes on per-
sonsl and real estate will have tt
bear the whole burden OF taxation
A sales tax is the only fair remedy
I see. I do not like the idea OF q
few people bearing the whole bur-
den of taxation"
Evening star., 1948-07-09
!; Guide Named 10 Heal
Montgomery County
Welfare Board

Adolph Guide of Rockville has
been elected chairman of the Mont
gomery County Welfware Board. He
succeeds Mrs. Edwin A. Merritt,
Chevy Chase, resigned.
Other officers are Mrs. Lillian w.
Smith, Chevy Chase, vice chairman,
and Mrs. Louis Gravelle, Bethesda,
secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Gravelle
were appointed to the board for six
wear terms, it was announced today.
Edwin Brown was appointed for a
four-year term to fill a vacancy
which has existed for some time.
No Change in Program.
Other board members are Fred
Lutes and Raymond Kemp. Brooke
Johns, president of the Montgomery
County Board of Commissioners,
represents the county heads on the
Welfare Board.
Welfare Board Director William E.
Roger said there will be no "appreci-
able" change in the county's welfare
program despite the refusal OF the
General Assembly to grant an ad-
ditional s2,6OO,O00 for State welfare
needs during the coming year. The
Legislature approved $5O0,000 at its
recent special session.
Mr.. Roger added, however. that no
new cases can be taken on the pub
lie assistance rolls until funds are
available through the closing OF old
cases.
Reports on Aid Cases.
He reported that at the end OF
last month there were SOB persons
receiving public assistance in the
county, 217 old-age assistance cases
66 cases of aid to dependent chill
dren, 9 cases of assistance to the
needy blind. 60 general public as
sistance cases and l66 children in
foster homes.
During the fiscal year ended June
30, 1948, Mr.. Roger said, the Wei
fare Board spent total of $685.
O25.15 and returned to the county
commissioners $25,O01.57 in unused
funds. He explained these funds
remained because State money was
not available to match them during
the past year and assistance grants
were decreased. The average cost
per case, including administration
was S49.66 month, Mr.. Roger said
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Arlington Democrats
Elect WoodIuwn Man

I. E. Kerpelman has been elect
ed to the Arlington County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee from
the new Woodlawn precinct, Chair
man C. Harrison Mann announced
today.
Other appointments listed by Mr.
Mann are Maxwell Caskie and JOS
eph Smyth to the Publicity Com
mittee; Homer Bauserman, E. w.
Hamman. Thomas Broyhill and Ar
thur Pomponio to the Finance Com
mittee, and John W. Jackson as
head of a new voters information
group to inform the public of party
activity.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
House Pointer Is Held
In Refriqerutor Thefts

Melvern E. Glenn, 81. painter,
of the 1900 block of Nicholson street
NV, was arrested Yesterday by
Bethesda detectives on charge of
stealing two refrigerators year ago
from homes under construction at
Wheaton.
Detectives said the refrigerators
were valued at approximately $500.
Glenn was released under $4,000
bond, pending hearing at 10 am
july 19 in Bethesda Police Court
Evening star., 1948-07-09

Tommy" Barnes is highly re-
garded at the Government Printing
Office. where he practices a lost
art.
officials at the printing office
realize his value, because he is one
of the few living persons who can
marble" paper.
The art of marbling has become
almost unknown, owing to the care
with which early craftsmen con-
cealed their trade secrets. Little
has been published about this old
process of coloring the edges of
books in imitation of the veins in
marble.
Tommy" whose full name is
Thomas j. Barnes, figures there
are maybe four or five" places in
this country where marbling is still
practiced. The 36-year-old artist
learned the trade as an apprentice
when he came to the printing office
18 years ago. His teacher was one
of the few remaining exponents OF
the craft, John Brown.
Amazes Visitors by Skill.
Mr.. Barnes knew two other
marblers during his early years at
the printing office-Joe Mitchell,
who recently died, and Joe Wilnow,
who had learned the trade from
his father in England and brought
it to this country.
Although wartime security regula-
tions are still in force at the Gov
ernment Printing Office, visitors in
the past have marveled at the ease
with which Mr.. Barnes splatters
various colored pigments in interest
ing designs over the surface of a
vat filled with gum mixture, then
dips the edge of a book into the
liquid, transplanting his artwork to
paper.
The splattering is done with
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Two Arlington Churches
Will Broadcast Services

Two Arlington churches will
broadcast their II am. services Sum
day, the Arlington Church of the
Air announced today.
Services of Grace Evangelical
United Brethren Church. with the
Rev. George B. Riley in charge, will
be broadcast over Station WARL,
and those of Our Saviour Lutheran
Church, with the Rev. Paul M
Kavasch officiating, will be broad
cast over Station WEAM.
Daily devotions, Monday through
Friday, will be heard over Station
WARL at 8:45 am, with the Rev.
Lee A. Peeler. pastor of Bethel Evan
gelical and Reformed Church, in
charge. and over Station WEAM at
|10:15 am, with the Rev. George c.
Weiser, pastor of St. Michael's Epis-
copal Church, officiating.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
u. 5. Will! Pay S8O0,O0O
For VIRGINIA Reservoir Tract
BY the As,oeioted Press

NORFOLK, Va, July 9.-The Fed
eral Government agreed yesterday to
pay $500, 900 for 1900 acres Of land
required for part Of the Buggs
Island Dam reservoir area.
A, spokesman for the Army dis
trict engineer said his office signed
an agreement with the Roanoke
Power Co., a subsidiary Of the Caro-
lima Power g. Light, for purchase
of the land.
The 1900 acres represents about
20 per cent Of the land which will
be inundated by construction Of
the dam, the spokesman explained.
Signing Of the agreement ended
months of wrangling between the
Government and the Carolina
Power G Light Co.