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Evening star., 1948-10-16
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lin Baltimore News
Gag Contempt Case

A bill of particulars filed at Bal
timore shows that contempt pro-
ceedings against five Maryland ra-
dio stations which broadcast re-
ports about a murder case are based
on a courts general power and
authority" to assure fair trials, as
well as the Baltimore courts much
discussed news gag" rule.
The particulars were detailed in
papers fled yesterday by the States
Attorneys Office. They had beer
requested by the defendant radio
stations and a news commentator
after broadcasts on the arrest OF
Eugene H. James, a janitor con-
victed of the murder of Marsha
Brill, "in Baltimore, and indicted
for the staying of Carol Bardwell,
here.
Under the Baltimore court rule
the publication of certain informa-
ton is prohibited in criminal cases
before the prisoner is brought te
trial. The prohibition includes con-
fessions.
20 Days to Answer.
The bill of particulars filed today
said the contempt proceedings are
based not only on the courts rule
but also upon a general power
and authority of the court to issue
citations for contempt for the pro-
lection of the prisoners rights tt
a fair trial"
The defendants are the Maryland
Broadcasting Co., operator of Sta
tion WITH, and its commentator
James p. Connolly: the Baltimore
Radio Show, inc, operating Station
WFBR; the Baltimore Broadcastine
Corp, operating WCBM: Hearst
Radio, Inc, operating WBAL. ant
Sidney H. Tinley, jr.. owner Of
WSID. Mr.. Tinley. incidentally
has challenged the court to show
why 1t has authority over his sta
ton, located outside the Baltimore
city limits.
The defendants have 20 days more
to answer the contempt citations
which were issued by Judges Emory
H. Niles and John T. Tucker.
Extension Of Gag Opposed.
An extension of the Baltimore
gag" rule to all courts of Mary
land Is under consideration by the
Maryland Court of Appeals, but
that proposal is being opposed BY
newspapers, broadcasters and affill-
ated groups.
The court has deferred sentencing
James pending disposition OF his
motion for a new trial in the Bril-
case. The Bardwell murder trial
has not been scheduled.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Navy Will Abandon
Gray Gorb in Year
In Favor of Khaki

The Navy's wartime gray uni
form, introduced by Admiral
ErnestJ. King. former Chief of
Naval Operations, is being
abandoned in favor of khaki.
The department announced
today that the gray clothing
would be tossed aside after a
year, during which officers can
wear their present supplies out
only while on sea duty and Re-
serves, can put them on for
short training duties and drills.
Dress uniforms will be white
for summer, blue for winter.
The gold stripes indicating rank
must go all the way around the
sleeve-not halfway, as they did
during the war.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
4 Rezoning Petitions
Approved, ; Denied
In Bethesda Area

The Montgomery County Commits
sioners have approved four recon-
ing petitions and denied three. AL
are in the Bethesda area.
They also have scheduled II ap-
plications for zoning changes in the
Silver Spring-Takoma Park area for
November 16 in the Silver Spring
Liquor Dispensary Building. A 18th
petition will be heard December 7 in
the Betesda County Building.
The zoning petitions approved are
Covington Motor Co., Inc, resi-
dental A to commercial D of LAND
on the north side of Elm street near
Wisconsin avenue.
B. & O. Petition Granted.
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad, resi-.
dental A to commercial D of prop
erty adjacent to the Covington
Motor Co. tract.
Thomas E. Hampton, two pc
titions for the reclassification from
residential A to commercial D o1
property on the south side of Cor.
dell avenue in the Woodmont sub.
division.
Those denied we're:
Charles L. Cooley, jr., residential
to commercial D of one and a hall
acres at Macarthur boulevard anc
Potomac road.
John S. Bigelow, residential A tt
commercial D of two lots on the
north side of Cordell avenue neal
Old Georgetown road.
James G. Dulin, residential c tt
commercial D Of about three acre.
at Bradley boulevard and Arlington
road.
Petitions to be Heard. Nov. 16.
Applications to be heard beginning
at 2:30 pm. November 16 in Silver
Spring are:
Deborah, 6; Weaver. residential A t,
Elizabeth s Dowell, residential A t.
commercial D of 4 Sycamore avenue.
Earl H and Rose E. Burdine, residen
~ y" SoAH'ciSldl ~ u o oyCdWOT
Phil D. Poston. agent for Frances Peck
residential c tn commercial of 90
| PerShing drive, Silver Spring.
Fred w. and Harriet R. Jones, resi-
GENITAL A to commercial Of propert
IN the ll100 block of Georgia avehue
| Silver Spring.
Sinclair Refining Co., two petitions 70
reclassiheation from residential c to com
oid 1Bsla1densbgrg sa1dea read, Silver Spring.
mercial of 7710 Blair road, Silve
William T. and Mary C. Bowman. resi-
GENITAL A to commercial d of land O.
noTfp meGTgia ., SosSa avenue about one-third mil
Helen c. Mejia, residential A to com
mercial OF four acres along Georgi
avenue about one-fourth of mile mort
I EsrI 4 and Dallas x. slundon,. resi-
Viers Mill road and Ennalls avenue
J. r. Athey, residential A to CONNER
Gial d OF land at the intersection of til
burtonsville and Laurel roads at Burtons
The Bethesda hearing at e:3o pm. d.
eembel will be on an application b
Samuel E. Bogley for the recla ssificatio
from residential to commercial Q {
property at Old GEORGETOWN road an
Evening star., 1948-10-16

The lights are on again at the
National Theater, and they are
brighter than when the old play
house was holding forth as the
Capitals sole haven for legitimate
drama.
It's motion pictures at the Ma.
tional now-"important" motion pic
lures only, the management prom.
ises. And the once drab theater has
taken on the gaudiness common te
all late-model film temples.
The new policy was inaugurateo
last night with the American pre-
mier of The Red Shoes" an Eng
lish production. Klieg lights threw
their glare against the building and
into the outer lobby. The marquee
was f1ag-bedecked. There were
broadcasts and television pickups
from the front of the theater.
Many Changes.
The Womens Advertising Club of
Washington sponsored the first
showing as a benefit for it's welfare
projects.
The National abandoned its stage
show policy with the end of the
last season because of an impasse
between the management and Ac-
tors Equity Association, the per-
formers union, over admissions.
The 0r,erat0rS refused m a6onf the
non-segregation policy demanded by
Equity. 81
Handbills urging patrons to pro-
test the change were passed out in
front of the theater last night by
the Council for Civil Rights in the
Nations Capital"
Many changes have been made
in the conversion from stage shows
to cinema. Once inside and seated,
Evening star., 1948-10-16

however, National patrons will fee
at home. The seats are the same
and the general appearance Of the
auditorium has not been altered
drastically. There are new pastel
stage hangings and the entire house
has been repainted.
The new screen has been mounted
at an angle to receive pictures with.
out distortion from the projection
booth above the second balcony.
fabric covering has been stretched
across the orchestra pit.
Most startling. change is in the
lounges on the mezzanine. Chinese
decor has been adopted. Bright
colors are everywhere-in lamps
rugs, chairs, wallpaper. Red flow.
cred carpeting covers the stairways
main lobby and landings.
Plate Glass Doors.
Linoleum tile has been laid in the
outer lobby. The front of the house
has been dressed up with heavy plate
glass doors and chromium frames
for the poster panels.
The projection room has been
renovated and projecting equipment
Of the newest type installed.
Until shortly before last nights
re-opening, workmen were busy
completing the remodeling.
There is little about the theater
now to recall that there, and in
predecessor playhouses on the same
site. the traditions of the speaking
stage were preserved for more than
a century.
The sound track and the Pickering
shadows have broken the spell,
which such as E. H. Sothern, Julia
Marlowe, Joe Jefferson, Maude
Adams, Mrs. Leslie Carter and stars
of more recent days joined in
weaving.
Evening star., 1948-10-16

IF you treat people well, they'll
treat you WE'LL" Mr.. Potter philoso-
phizes. II know almost all of my
passengers. I say please and
thank you to them, and they ap-
preciate it."
There are only two things about
bus driving that stretch his cour-
tesy, he says. One is when people
give him wadded transfers and he
has to straighten them out, and the
other is when he is a passenger on
a bus or streetcar.
Most streetcar and bus drivers
make me nervous when I ride with
them," said Mr.. Potter, who lives
at 1447 Oak street NV.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Mrs. Forrington Heads
|Women's S 6. O. P. Clubs

Mrs. Joseph r. harrington, wife
of Hawaii's delegate to Congress,
was elected president of the Ma
tional Federation of Women's Re-
publican Clubs yesterday at the Or
ganizationis annual convention in
st. Paul, the Associated Press re-
ported.
She succeeds Mrs. Addison B
Green Of Holyoke. Mass, and will
take office January /. Mrs. Far
rington also is president Of the
League of Republican Women Of
Washington.
Evening star., 1948-10-16

,of noise control where police are
alert to. the law. New York go
excited about the pandemonium II
its streets in 1885. The city govern.
ment organized potent Noist
Abatement Committee. Police servec
offenders with more than 10000
summonses and nearly SOC, 900 warn.
ings. The lasting result is exemplifiee
by the fact that, last year, New Yorl
was ranked 63rd among noisy Amer
ican cities by a sound laboratory con.
Quoting street-corner tests. Wash.
ington ranked sixth.
Success in curbing the motorist'.
horn-honking propensities appear.
to depend more on the attitude Of
the police and the judges than il
does on the severity OF penalties
which may be imposed on offenders
In Memphis and New York, fines
legally may range up to $50. Ir
Dallas, Tex, another quiet city, the
ceiling is 500. Here, however, 6
person convicted of excessive footing
theoretically could receive a $500
fine, or 10 days in Jail, or both.
In this country, the South seems
to have taken the lead in effectively
outlawing the tootler. Columbia
s. c., is one town in which he ap-
pears to be virtually extinct.
Mussolini Curbed Honking.
In the foreign field. the first
large-scale experiment in the curb
ing Of traffic noises was conducted
or a national scale in Italy, under
Mussolini's regime. The law was
proclaimed" December IA, 1884
For one week the police issued
warnings to offenders. Then they
started handing out tickets, even to
tourists.
The significance of the expert
ment was that, for three years
thereafter, there was drop in traf-
fic deaths in Italy of about 1,0OC
per year.
A dictatorship form of govern
ment does not, however, appear tc
be a prerequisite to the successful.
control of unnecessary traffic noises
Sweden rigidly prohibits non-emer.
gency horn blowing in the cities. Sc
dio Romania, before the war.
Many foreign cities - Havana
Cuba and Paris, France, are two
examples enforce rules
against horn blowing at night. Such
an ordinance was tried out for 8
few years in Washington during the
early 1930s, but the experiment was
unsuccessful
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Settlement Seen
Near in Phone
Wage Dispute
Long-Lines Workers
Tentatively Accept
Offer of 9.3 Cents

A wage dispute between long
lines telephone workers and tn,
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co. appeared on the way to settle.
ment today.
The number of long lines worker.
in Washington varies, but there art
usually about 400 workers here, &C.
cording to a spokesman for the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone
Co.
Negotiators representing 25,0Ol
long-lines workers yesterday accept.
ed tentatively an A. T. & T. Offer
OF a 9.3-cent average hourly wage
raise. The employees are members
Of the CIO American Union of Tele.
phone Workers.
John j. Moran, head of the union
said the offer was subject to the
approval of the unions Executive
Board, which will meet Monday.
Workers Average $1.25.
According to an A. T. g. T. spokes-
man the 9.3-cent raise would mean
an average of IL cents an hour more
for plant workers, 9 cents for traffic
operators and cents for clerical
employees.
The union said that workers in
Al States and the District now av-
erage SLIPS an hour. The last re-
ported union demand was for an
across-the-board increase of $6 a
week.
The company said settlement at
the current offer, plus overtime and
differential pay, would cost more
than $5,000,000 a year.
Meanwhile, there were no moves
in the wage negotiations between
the Chesapeake & Potomac company
and two divisions of the Commune
cations Workers Of America dnde-
pendenD in Washington.
The workers have rejected a COM
pany offer Of 50 to 81 weekly in
creases for 5000 traffic department
employees and 50 to Sc more 70,
about 5000 craft employees of the
plant department.
Cites Other Raises.
Mrs. Mary E. Cannon, president
of the unions Division so, repre-
senting the traffic workers, said the
company. while making no accept
able offer to the workers, had raised
salaries of supervisory workers by
upwards of S. a week.
A spokesman for the company
said, I'VE don't believe any increases
to supervisory people have any bear
ing on wage negotiations or offers
that have been made" There has
been talk of strike but one is not
considered imminent.
In Atlanta negotiations between
the Southern Bell Telephone Co.
and the CWA broke down early to-
day. Neither side said it saw much
hope Of a settlement.
In Chicago. however, a Federal
mediator announced settlement of
a wage dispute which had threat
ened to cripple service in downstate
Illinois and Northwestern Indiana.
A three-week series of spot"
walkouts in Michigan ended as tele-
phone union leaders in Detroit
pledged four-day truce at the re-
quest OF Gov. Kim Sigler.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
DR.. Reissig to Speak
At St. Luke Church

The Rev. Frederick E. Reissig,
executive secretary of the WASH
ington Federation of Churches, will
speak at a meeting of the Men Of
st. Luke Lutheran Church. Coles
vile road and Highland drive, Silver
Spring. at 8 pm. Monday
|, DR.. Reissig will talk on What
Christian Laymen are Doing in
Europe" He recently returned from
eight months service in Geneva as
public relations officer for the
Provisional Council of the World
Council of Churches.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Police Faces Red
Each Push on Brakes
Toots Scout Car Horn

A policeman's lot Is more
than unhappy when a scout
car horn sounds of against the
antihorn- blowing campaign.
That happened to two po-
licemen yesterday. Defective
wiring caused the horn of their
car let out a blast every time
the brakes were applied.
They had an uncomfortable
as we'll as noisy half hour be-
fore they reached the police
garage. They heayed quiet
sighs of relief when they fixed
the wires and again were ready
to keep their ears open for mo-
torists who sound horns heed
lessly.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Two Arrested in Bethesda
On Noisy Muff!er Charges

Bethesda police were continuing
their drive against noisy mufflers
after two men were convicted in Be-
thesda Police Court yesterday on
charges of having inadequate muf-
ferS on their cars.
Suspended sentences were imposed
on Calvin F. Hustler, 201 Harvard
street, Glen Echo, and James L.
Iverson, 1902 Flower avenue, Ia
koma Park. Police said their cars
had mufners which did not reduce
sound ALTERNATELY
Evening star., 1948-10-16
5000 at MT. Pleasant Niqht'

A crowd estimated by the sponsors
at 5000 persons turned out last night
for the annual Mount Pleasant
Night" outdoor party of the Mount
Pleasant Businessmens Association,
1t was held at Park road and Mount
Pleasant street NV.
Evening star., 1948-10-16

organization yes.
terday at a meet.
ing of its Boarc
Of Trustees ir
the YWCA.'
Mr.. j e lie +
prominent bust
n e S S m a n and
civic leader, was
voted into Office
by the b oard
shortly after II
rejected a pro-
posal to broaden
its public repre-
sentation by add
ing SO new men,
berS who are not
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Trustees Elect
JelIeff asFirst
.UCS President
Study Of Broader
Public Representation
Voted After Defect

Frank r. Jelleff was elected
first president of United Community
Services, as the new central welfare
organization virtually completed its
Evening star., 1948-07-12
3SmaII Children Abandoned
In Union Station by Mother

Three children, S. 2 and l year
of age, who were found abandoned
in Union Station last night, were
in the Receiving Home today await
ing return of their mother, who said
she would "be back to get them
if find job and home"
The children, all colored, were
found about midnight on bench IN
the station by Washington Terminal
Policeman E. N. Reid, with q note
signed Mother" pinned to a bag
of clothes. The note read in part:
ITO whom it may concern: / am
leaving my children here because
I didn't have a home for them.
I didn't have money to feed them.
If I find a job and home I will
be back to get them. love my
children and this hurts me more
than anything to leave them. Tell
them love them. > . Mother"
The children were turned over to
the Police Women's Bureau, which
took them to the Receiving Home.
The oldest, Theodore, said her
brothers name was Ronald and her
sisters name was Rosalind. She
said she didn't know their last name
or where they lived,
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Observation-Disclosures
Founder Shuts Up Shop

The infantry veteran who built a
national organization of Veterans
for Eisephower-though he never
saw or had any contact with the
general In his life-reluctantly shut
up shop yesterday.
Richard L. Hawkins, 33, who de.
cided with a group of friends at a
Christmas party that Gen. Eisen-
hover would make an ideal presi-
Dental candidate-and President
and then went to work on the idea
said today he had no other candi-
dates to put forward.
Mr.. Hawkins opened a national
headquarters of Veterans for Eisen-
hover at 3 Thomas Circle on April
1. From that time until yesterday
he wrote hundreds" of letters to
veterans all over the Nation and
spent about $500" on his campaign
mostly for postage stamps.
Mr.. Hawkins thinks President
Truman may be elected.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Winchester Gas Company
Announces Safety Steps
BY the Associated Press

WINCHESTER. Va, July H.
The Consumers Utilities Co., gas
company here, says it is complying
with a recent City Council order
to keep its mains filled with a NAL
odorant in order that possible leaks
in pipes may be more easily de-
tected.
The company is employing an in
spector to make daily trips along
streets under which mains are laid
to scout for leaks. Easements are
Icing checked for proper ventila-
ton.
These were among the chief rec
ommendation made by the Fed
eral Bureau of Mines. following its
investigation of the cause of q re-
cent explosion which wrecked the
Rayless Department store, causing
one death and injuries to 81 per-
sons
Bureau investigators said the
blast may have been caused by a
match lighted in the store base
ment.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
First Services Held
|At Bethesda Church

The Rev. William F. Creighton,
rector, offered dedicatory prayers
yesterday at first services held in
the new st. Johns Episcopal
Church, a $4,000 structure at Wis
consin avenue and Bradley lane,
Bethesda.
Ground breaking exercises also
were held for the parish hall OF
Chevy Chase Methodist Church, 6401
Connecticut avenue. DR.. Clifford
Homer Richmond, pastor, spoke and
George E. Harris. charge lay leader,
presented the spade to William L.
Orem, jr., chairman of the church
Building Committee.
Bishop J. Balmer Showers, Of the
Eastern area of the Evangelical
United Brethren Church, spoke at
dedication services for the second OF
four units of the Evangelical United
Brethren Church at North Glebe
road and Twenty-fifth street, Airing.
ton. F. H. Lane, Building Commit
tee chairman, presented the key tc
the Rev. George B. Riley, pastor.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Cumberland Youth Heads
Maryland Boys State
By the Assoeioted Press

FORT, MEADE, Md, July 12.--
Charles Sitter of Cumberland was
inaugurated yesterday as Governor
of Boys State.
Some 500 relatives and friends Of
the high school youths participating
in the American Legion sponsored
government program attended the
ceremony in an auditorium at this
I'd Army headquarters post.
The boys legislature is scheduled
to convene today. along with the
councils of the various boys munich
palities.
The Rev. DR.. Joseph Mccormick,
director Of education of the Catholic
archdiocese of Baltimore, gave the
invocation that started the inaugu-
ration. The benediction was given
by Herman Graham, whose father
is a minister. The youth conducted
religious services yesterday morning.
The visitors were welcome to Boys
State by Harry s. Allen, State come
mander of the American Legion.
Today, the boys will visit Annapo-
lis. They will tour the Naval Acad-
emy. the State House and other
points of interest.
Evening star., 1948-07-12
| Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and THE
Film Center, are scheduled for 9
pm. today. Programs Of comedy.
sports, cartoon and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play.
grounds and recreation centers:
Bald Eagle. Nichols avenue and Joliet
Hoover. Second and streets sw.
Kenilworth Kenilworth avenue and
Lafayetts. northampton street and Broad
Rudolph. Second and Hamilton streets
NV
Taft, Eishteenth and Monroe streets
NV.
Francis, Twenty fourth and n streets
Howard Playground, Fifth and W streets
nv go
Lansston Benning road and Twenty
fourth street nv.
Evening star., 1948-07-12

General Hospital and also Of the
county Community Chest.
Mr.. Mulligan is vice president OF
the Federal Electrical Workers
Union, Local 121; member of the
board of trustees of the 1nterna-
tional Brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers Benefit Association, men,
ber of the board of management
for Sthe county YMCA and life
member of the B. B. French Lodge
No. Is, Masons.
Won Star Trophy.
Besides all this, he is an amateur
ornithologist, being an associate
member of the American Ornitholo-
gist's Union. He holds permits from
the Federal Government, Maryland
and Virginia to collect birds and
nest eggs.
Mr.. Mulligan was cited for his
civic achievements in 1910 when the
Civic Federation presented him with
The Evening Star Trophy for out
standing public service.
Now that he is retired. he will
have more time to carry on these
activities. Many Of his leisure
hours, however, will be spent
around his home and one-acre o1
property at 92l0 Forty ninth avenue
Daniels Park, now part OF incorpo.
rated College Park.
Mr.. Mulligan expects to spend the
winters in the low Rio Grande
River region, near Brownsville
Tex, with a daughter, Mrs. Betty
Goldman.
A son, Capt. Walter F. Mulligan
jr., 80, is fight commander of ar
air rescue unit stationed at Goose
Bay, Labrador. The elder Mulligans
also have an adopted daughter
Janet. 12
Evening star., 1948-07-12
Brush Fires on Coast
Brought Under Control
By the Associofed Press

SAN DIEGO, Calf, July H.
Mountain brush fires which burned
one firefighter to death and de-
stroyed number of homes and
orchards were reported under con-
troll yesterday.
About 10000 acres were burned
over in the Cleveland National For
est.
Duane Poore. 10, member of a
Forest Service Crew, was the victim
The fire in which he died burned
over about 1000 acres in three days
in the Barrett Lake region. The
other most serious fire in the same
general area roared through the
tinder-dry brush around the village
of Suncrest.
Four of the approximately 100
homes in the mountain town and
a number of outbuildings were de-
stroyed.