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Evening star., 1949-11-03
BY the A.seeiossd Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3. The
criminal court grand jury yester-
day accused DR.. Albert MacCrowe
OF Baltimore with conspiracy to
perform illegal abortions.
Indictments against him were
returned along with similar ac-
cusations against five women and
four men.
The others were arrested about
two weeks after squads of detec-
tives raided three houses in Bal
timore and a farm near Hemp
stead, in Carroll County close to
the Pennsylvania line.
Charged with the physician
were Paul T. Leather of Hemp
stead. Thelma Ensor and Girls T.
Campbell, Upperco. In Baltimore
County, and six Baltimoreans
listed as Laura M. Kitchens,
Mary Taylor, Raymond Coffman,
Marie Coffman and Freda Coff-
man. The Coffmans described
themselves as contractors.
DR.. MacCrowe's Office in the
northeast residential section was
one Of the places raided when
the detectives made their toray
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Six Naval Station Workers
Get Suggestion Awards
By the Associoisd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 3.-Six civil
ian workers at the United States
Naval Engineering Experiment
Station have received beneficial
suggestion awards, the Navy an
nounced today.
Milton Trapp of Edgewate,
topped the list with two awards
He received $40 for development
Of a portable boring bar and $2s
for a portable drill press.
Others receiving prizes were
Mrs. Beatrice G.. Munroe, $25
and Douglas s. Stallings, $40
both Of Annapolis: Charles r
Brady Of Crownsville, $25: Nor.
man w. Remoser. jr., Baltimore
$40. and William B. carraway. jr.
Eastport. SO.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
By J. B. Zotmon

One Montgomery County fam
lily, for sure, is getting its moneys
worth from school taxes.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. King Of
Woodf1eld have nine children at
tending the Damascus elemen-
tary and high schools, which they
believe is the largest number of
school children in a single fam
lily in the county.
This works out we'll for both
the parents and children. When
one of the children is stumped
for an answer to an arithmetic
problem for example, he gets the
answer from the brother or sister
who has just completed the grade.
And. they don't have to ask
daddy!
Ranging in age from 6 to II,
the five boys and four girls all
have good scholastic records, ac-
cording to Mrs. King.
Since space is at premium in
the Kings f1ve-room house, the
nine children arrange their home
work after school so all aren't
studying at the same time.
This isn't as hard as it ap-
pears, because there's plenty to
do on = 159-acre farm.
All have specific duties to per-
form each morning and AFTER
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Baltimore Physician Accused
Of Illegal Operations Plot
months of investipa.

after several months of investiga-
ton.
He was not arrested at that
time. however. The raiders said
they seized and photographed
medical instruments. gauze, band
ages and hospital equipment. DIR.
MacCrowe was described as seri-
ously Ill when his bail was posted.
He was convicted on an abor-
ton charge in 1899 but won a
new trial and was acquitted the
second time.
The grand jury charged that
all 10 of the accused conspired
to perform abortions on five
women who were named and
divers other women whose names
to the grand jury are unknown. y
There are seven charges of
abortion and one charge Of at
tempted abortion. The latter in
wolves a policewoman who posed
as an expectant mother while
working on the case during the
summer.
Four of the charges allege four
illegal operations on the same
woman between January Of 1887
and April Of 1949.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Hearings 10 Be Held
On Milk Price Plan

Hearings will be held this month
on a Federal order regulating the
price paid to milk producers in the
Washington area. Bruce B. Der
rick, secretary of the Maryland
and Virginia Milk Producers Asso-
citation, told a meeting of Loudoun
County dairymen last night.
Mr.. Derrick said the new order
will contain a price formula based
on labor, feed and living costs. He
said the order would allow milk
prices to shift up and down, in
brackets of % cents per 100 pounds,
according to the economic situa-
ton.
He said the new order would
replace a Federal pricing formula
which was rejected two years ago
by the cooperative. This old for
mula based the price of milk on
butter prices.
MIR. Derrick described the Wash
tngton market as among the best
IN the country, but warned pro-
ducers they must meet the growing
demand for milk or face the loss
Of the market.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Toy Pistol Used
In Six HoIdups,
Suspect Says
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3.-Edward
H. Chalk, 38-year-old laborer.
pleaded guilty to six charges Of
armed robbery yesterday and said
he worked only with a dummy
pistol. He was ordered held
under $65,000 bond for grand
jury action.
Police arrested him Sunday and
picked UP plastic toy that looks
like an automatic pistol. Capt.
William j. Feehly testified that
Chalw said it was his only weapon.
Several holdup victims disputed
this and said they were confronted
with q real gun. Others said they
weren't sure.
Chalk is accused OF getting
about $446 in the holdups between
October is and October 80.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Oyster Dredge Law
Is Argued in Court
BY fhe Axsocinfad pr.ss

PRINCESS ANNE, Md, Nov. 3.
The constitutionality Of Q
Maryland law which removed re-
strictions on the size of oyster
dredge boats allowed to operats
In Somerset County waters was
argued in the county Circuit Court
yesterday.
The 1949 Legislature amended
the dredge law so that Somerset
County was removed from the
102-ton weight limit which for
merly applied.
Dorchester and Talbot County
limitations remained In the act.
The so-called big" dredgs
boats have an advantage over
smaller ones in that they can stay
out on the bars for longer
stretches and bring more oysters
to shore. They usually carry
bigger dredges.
Clifton and Clyde Webster, two
Winona (Md.) small" d,edgs
boat operators, filed an injunc-
ton. suit to keep the big boats
Iof the bars. A temporary in.
junction was granted in Septem-
Der.
The case before Judge Edmund
H. johnson yesterday was to de-
eide whether the injunction would
stick.
Meanwhile. the big boat oper-
ators are sitting on the side.
lines while the smaller dredge
boats are working in Tangier
Sound, one Of the best oyster
grounds in Maryland waters. The
dredging season started Tuesday.
Judge johnson promised a quick
decision.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Riddick Named 10 Head
Charlottesville Chamber
Special Dispoteh to The Sior

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov.
ST. v. Riddick was elected pres
ident Of the Charlottesville and
Albemarle Chamber of Commerce
for the coming year at a meet
ing of the Board of Directors to-
day.
Harvey L. Williams was elected
vice president for the city, sue
ceeding S. T. McAtee. and George
Palmer II was elected vice preSi-
dent for the county. succeeding
Dan D. Owen. Zeb P. Miller was
reelected treasurer.
Frank A. Calhoun, retiring pres
ident, was elected representative
to the national council and Ran
dolph H. Perry was reelected ex-
ecutive secretary.
Mr.. Riddick is associated with
the Hill g. Irving funeral home.
He is a past president of the
Piedmont Shrine. past president
Of the Lions Club. and has been
active in civic affairs for several
years.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
HectricCo-op
Arbitration by
JudgesUrged
Directors Offer Plan
To End Pay Dispute in
Southern Maryland
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

HUGHESVILLE. Md, Nov. s.
The Southern Maryland Electric
Cooperative announced today
that it would agree to arbitration
of year-old wage dispute with
union employees provided the issue
is decided by the three judges of
Maryland's seventh judicial cir
cult.
Directors of the cooperative
said after a meeting here last
night that they felt Judges John
B, Gray, jr., of Calvert County;
Charles C. Marbury, Prince
Georges County. and John Dudley
Diggs. Charles County, should be
named to settle the dispute be-
cause of their knowledge of local
problems and because they rule
on civil and criminal matters af-
fecting Southern Maryland peo-
pie and property.
The meeting was called to con-
slider an ultimatum from labor
leaders demanding that the coop
grant Is per cent increase or
submit the question to arbitration.
Throughout months of negotia-
tions, coop directors have re-
fused to do either.
Union Hints at Strike.
Their attitude brought thinly
veiled hint last week from Charles
M. Quinn, business agent of Local
10 in the National Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers. AFL, that
strike would be called if the COM
pany's policy was not changed.
Union officials could not be
reached Immediately for comment
as to whether they would accept
the three circuit court judges as
arbitrators.
In a letter to the union today
George R. Quirk, coop president,
said the labor view of the matter
had been given renewed and
careful consideration" and that
the company believed nothing had
transpired to cause it to change
its position. consequently, the
board rejects your proposal so far
as a wage increase is concerned"
State Intervened.
"The board" the letter said,
has always felt a fair and i'm
partial consideration of the wage
issue. the only question in dispute,
by persons familiar with the Sec
ton in which the co-operatives
operate would provide fair basis
for a decision"
A walkout Of the 10 employees
involved would threaten disrup-
tlon OF service to nearly 10000
subscribers in Calvert, Charles,
Prince Georges and st. Marys
Counties.
The union called its strike for
last June 20 but it was averted
when Joseph F. Di Domenico.
State commissioner of labor and
industry. intervened and directed
both sides to submit briefs. After
reviewing the arguments Mr.. Di
Domenico held the coop respon-
sible for a continuation of the
dispute because of it's failure to
agree to arbitration.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
De Bough Again Heads
Berkeley Soil Program
Special Dispatch 10 The S.or

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Nov.
81. G.. De Baugh. farmer and
dairyman. has been reelected
chairman Of the Berkeley County
Agriculture Conservation Program
1t was announced today. ..
Also renamed were Albert T.
Brichner. vice chairman, and
Charles E. Coils. County Agent
w. N. McClung will continue to
serve in an ex-officio capacity.
Alternates to the committee are
E. F. Miller and Charles A. Nc
Lurkin. They succeed S. D. Puff
enburger and Roscoe Rauch.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Workers Held in no|dups
During Their Lunch Hour
By the A.,eeiutsd Press

SOUTH CHARLESTON, w. Va,
Nov. "A junior craftsman and
a clerk at a big chemical plant
were charged yesterday with using
their lunch hour to stage a series
Of holdups.
Chief Of Police Harold A. Mas
ter identified them as Richard
Carlton Berlin, 81, and Anderson
Coffman, 81.
Both are charged with robbing
a loan company Of about $700 on
September ~. Berlin Is charged
with holding UP girl clerk and
getting $443 from q telephono
company office last Friday.
'The didn't figure they would
need any alb" said Detective
Sergt. B. E. Smith. Officers de-
clined to tell how they got on the
trail. Trade secret" they said.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Man Gets 80 Days, Fine
For Arlington Lottery

An Arlington man was SEN
fenced to 80 days in jail and
fined $50 and costs when he was
found guilty in Arlington County
Court yesterday of operating a
lottery.
William Honig,s IS, of the 1000
block of Lee highway, was ar
rested October 18 in a Cherry
dale pool hall. according to De-
tective Russell L. Runyon.
Two Arlington police officers,
Charles A. Wood and Richard
Frederick, testified they had
placed numbers bets with Honig.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Durham Firm Submits
Low Bid on Route 40 Job
BY the Associated prsss

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3.-The
Nello L. Teer Co.. Durham. N. c..
has submitted low bid Of $942.-
sos, for construction Of 3.5 miles
of dual highway between Finks-
burg and Westminster.
The Carroll County project calls
for q highway separated by a
parkway. It is scheduled for COM
pletion next year.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
0fficia|sWarned
It.
ToEqua|ize
.irginiaSchoo|s
PuIIen Of Maryland
Tells Convention of
Need for Action Now
BY the Assoeiofsc Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 3.-vir-
ginia school officials today dis.
cussed a warning from a top
Maryland educator that the Old
Dominion must equalize educa.
tional opportunities in all it,
counties or face the dangers Of
Federal control of education.
Thomas G. Pullen. jr., Maryland
superintendent of schools, told Z
meeting of school superintendents
here yesterday that Illustration
after illustration of great dispar-
ity' in salaries of county and city
school teachers can be given"
His talk keynoted the opening
of the four-day Virginia Education
Association convention.
Teacher Salaries Unequal.
Virginia. he said, must equalize
the educational opportunities. re-
gardless of the wealth Of the in
dividual county.
In some counties, DR.. Pullen
said, teachers salaries are as low
as $1,000 a year. In some they
are $4,000. He thought that was
quite q disparity.
Average salaries in Virginia
cities range from $1,000 to $4,000,
he Said.
State Must Take Charge.
"The whole thing is very clear"
Mr.. Pullen said. THE State. with
It's other sources of revenue, must
help. 1t Is true that it is helping.
but undoubtedly not enough and
not in the way to guarantee any
degree Of equality in educational
opportunity.
Real equality of opportunity
can be guaranteed only if the
State takes into consideration the
number Of children to be edu-
Gated in each county or city, If it
considers the real value Of prop
erty, If it demands a basic pro-
gram of education and then es-
tablishes a fund sufficiently large
to enable it to aid each division
to the end that the division will
not have to carry a heavier tax
burden than the others.
I'm old-fashioned enough to
believe in States rights" DR.. Pull
len said, "but I also believe In
State responsibility. ssss
Critics Are Censured.
Those who criticize Federal aid
and Federal control have no nor-
NAL or intellectual right to in.
weigh against such control and
direction unless they take the
proper steps to avoid it.
Those leaders within any State
who fail to provide educational
opportunities for all the people
are the most powerful forces in
bringing about Federal aid and
Federal control, not only In
schools, but In every activity.
Il am confident that II thu
States do not provide adequate
education the Federal Government
will and 1t will do so undoubtedly
IN . way not acceptable to many"
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Arlington Schools Close
Two Days Next Week

Arlington public schols will be
closed Tuesday and Friday next
week.
Tuesdays closing is because Of
the State election. Most Airing
ton schools are used as polling
places. On Friday, the Armistice
will be observed.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Auto Believed
Used in Bank
RobberyFound
Two in Falls Church
Theft Of $l3,468
Still Hunted

Two bandits who robbed the
East Falls Church Branch Bank
of $13,468 shortly after it opened
for business early yesterday were
still at large today.
Arlington County Police who
broadcast a lookout for two men
in a 1912 Hudson sedan immedi-
ately after the robbery, an
nounced last night that they had
recovered a black 1947 Buick at
Twenty sixth and Glebe road, Ar
lington, which they believe had
been used by the robbers.
The one remaining license plate
on the Buick matched a license
plate found at Little Falls road
and Lexington street along the
getaway route of the bandits.
Escort Believed Used.
Investigators surmized that the
bandits may have had accomplices
who used the Buick as an escort
car to block pursuit until the
robbers felt confident they had
shaken police of their trail.
For a few hours yesterday police
were close on the trail of the
bandits and arrived at oil slicks
at three curves aleng Little Falls
road less than an hour after the
bandits car had passed. They
recovered the clothing and false
one of the bandits wore
as a disguise and tossed into a
ditch.
Oil Jar Found.
On Lexington street, Arlington
County police also recovered an
unbroken glass jar filled with
heavy oil and a quantity of roof
ing nails. The bandits evidently
tossed three of these jars from
their car as they rounded the
curves on Little Falls road in the
hope that the cars of pursuers
would either skid from the road
or puncture their tires.
The Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation, having jurisdiction in bank
robberies where the bandits cross
State lines. has assigned several
agents to the case. The FBI in
vestigators took custody of the
Buick found on Glebe road, but
did not disclose whether they
found any clues in the car.
Evening star., 1949-11-03

mlting, we made arrangements to
be in on this one" ...s
DR.. Tuve said that so far as
he knows yesterdays blasting was
the first opportunity in the Wash
ington area to study underground
rock formations through the vi
brations. Results will form a well
come part of his departments
study of the Appalachian region,
which had been charted already
both to the north and south of
Washington.
THE reason people felt It," he
explained. lis that all of the area:
around Chevy Chase is sitting
right on rock. which carries the
vibrations"
Completes Trench for Pipe.
The blasting was a last step
in the 268-mile laying Of a 26-inch
natural gas line from Clendeflin.
w. Va, to Rockville. It completed
the trench in the river bed, first
half of which was ripped open
last month.
The ditch is about 20 feet wide
and 100 yards long, fianked with
slight ridges of granite wrenched
from the river bottom, according.
to Edward Hohmann, foreman for.
the Atlantic Seaboard Corp. sup
plier Of gas to the Washington
Gas Light Co., which will use the
line. The line is being laid by the
H. c. Price Co. Of Bartlesville,
Okla.
Although most Of Washington,
and even Montgomery County
police. were ignorant of plans for
the dynamiting, one mechanic on
the job said number Of specta-
tors had gathered near the scene,
about miles above Potomac, Md,
to watch.
The man, H. A. Buddy" Stam-
mer of Winchester, Va, said he
looked on from about 1000 feet
away and felt no conclusion. VIM
dows were set ajiggling in house
about mile away, but there were
no other reports in the immed-
late area. Said Mr.. Stammer:
There were a few fish stunned,
but they were still wriggling."
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Two Men Burn to Death
As Fire Destroys Shack
BY the Assoeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3.-Two
men were burned to death early
today when fire destroyed a small
shack near the Locust Point yards
Of the Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad.
Police identified the victims as
Edward Rafter, So, and Eugene
Phoenix, 80. Both men apparent
" used the shack as a permanent
dwelling. police said.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
ZyImon Tokes Fuirfux Post

DR.. J. D. Zylman has taken over
duties as president of the Fairfax
County Medical Society. Other
new officers are DIR. H. Garnett
Snead. vice president: Or. Eman-
uel Newman, treasurer and DR..
Alice Kiessling. secretary.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
(Yesterday'@ ouotationsJ

Baltimore quotations supplied BY the
United States Agriculture Department:
bushei baskets and Eastern crates. 8. 8.
N inch uD., i,75:s5; Psnnns;ly.nis;; Ds:
doiaen sies Delicious. onsn "a a. inch np s5 Jona:
th.ns. 2,a inch up. 1.5o; Mcintosh. 2ha
inch up 800; Romes. sh inch IN up fair sd
snais and New
various varietle. orchard Tun. ,an es-7S,
Katahdins. .. s. No. l. size A. unw.shsd' ssa
2'oo-4o: mostly around s.s5; 5o-posnd
paper sacks. 1.1O-20: -,
Sweet pSt.tosMssast MARI, dnili Mary
best, $50; Puerto Ricans. 2.OO-5O; ordi-
nary to fair quality 1o0,75;, White Sh .aIs; ms
M-bushel hampers, Golden mostly, l.1O.
Snap Beans Dull.
Snap beansLMarket dull; bushel ham: ,Ia:
gRiask Rfias 'Ha 1alentines sa1ss.'' soash c.reas
iissS i.oo.I e: Virainia: strinsi:s. BLACK Val
en1has. aims PsS1 BEANS 70 MARKET sSout stesds;
ssSss 90 R;mss' ssT sss; sS Virsini: ordinary
auasss; sssss:;!fsnpea. Neg = jersey and Penn
Broccoli-Market dull, crates, Pennsyl-
sey. IS. Is. lev higher; Us, i.60-l.7b
sTassels sprouts MAJ slishsl, n. y weak: I:
s5 saaSs rev er.se. aGs. sss sSsSo sft Ions
Cabbage Weaker.
Cabbage. - Market, slightly weaker
bushel baskets, packed locally, round ane
Danish aSs, MeS York e61S Cents s3aS;r
csfoiin. sTeai o'sS reand se s57s cents lev nisS
100; 50-pound sacks. North Carolina
round. SOL go. according to quality;
and PsnnsyISsnis. sussei baskets. ioo
i'as; csuliiiowermMarket iaS nasnkt slightly weaker
fsS fs5: f.s hsh 'as ia e'e' poorss aoAf
v.:s.a ssIsE'1srn.'1gsnis Dozen s 5.''
fair quality, l.50-s. 90. jumbos. 1.0o-I 60 60
New York fa,5 ,.s,. e .oGad a.ae.s spssIit'
..s
aTd ns .gnp eEs, 5eD s5Ss ssssn ssn' e.ber
crates, Iceberg. 2 dozen. 1902 %; postl'
v.ss sssaa s.sa: Cd ssn.ss :sn
low as 100; .pints.. 20.22 cents.
Sssas. Ssms.r,, hss%P:g: s.1S.s sSo-s.7'; -'u'hs
dium. New YORK. S.5o-s.75. ~ m
Parsley--curly, New Jersey and Penn
sylsania; half bushels. I:oo-1;25;
New Jersey, ,half-bushel hampers and bas
kets. topped. washed. 76,1
Peppers--Market dull: Wonders an,
buli-nose @ type medium to large M New M MJer
Pumpkins-Maryiand. bushel baskets
Rsdislrs nearby. Der bunch
lila; New Jersey, 80 bunches, LOO.
s:sf:t siiys n:.ls, s.ss.ns sinn.s s.
sauash--Market slightly weaker. dul
others; Florida. bushel hampers, nat
white. few 800; A.busnel hampers. ysl
Jersey, bushel baskets, acorn. 1.OO-1 %
Tomatoes-Nearby. half-bushel hampers
few LIS: repacks. cartons, 10 approxi
mately 1-pound boxes, IS. mostly 200
| Turnips-Topped, washed. MARYLAND
Jersey .as nssssg sass:
hampers, 1880; poorer low as IS.
Poultry Quotations.
Poultry---Market dull; receipts mod
5H-4 pounds. $500; few hishsr, naosti
1880; pullets. 4-4h pounds, 52-33: fes
s s.ss mostl, S sa Is; % Isns..iahss.. fis
ducks, $3.50; turkeys, supplies tnsuncisn
Livestock oustatlsns.
| Cattle-5OO: sizable holdoverS on sal
aGston ,e 70 .i.s fFssh y.s. Tses9si si 1sk :nd
| opening round; scattered lots slaughte
steers and bulls steady; medium and 800,
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Dynomiting for Gas Pipeline
Shakes D. &. in Mystery Blast

Residents of upper Northwest
Washington and adjoining sec
tions of Montgomery County were
recovering from a slight case of
the shakes today.
BY last night most of the more
worried citizens had discovered
through hundreds of frantic tele-
phone calls to police and FIRE sta
tions and newspaper off1ces-what
the noise was all about yesterday
afternoon. For almost an hour
though. even police and rescue
workers had been scurrying about
in an effort to find out just where
and what the loud explosion was
It turned out to be a routine
dynamite job about 10 miles
northwest of the District, where
a construction crew blasted tons
Of granite from the Potomac River
bed to make way for a natural
gas pipeline. Almost 10000
pounds of explosive went of. as
against a 25.O00-pound blast on
the same job early last month,
when not a single citizen became
upset.
Scout Cars Investigate.
It was shortly after pm. that
the inquiries began pouring in.
Callers could not say just where
they thought the explosion had
occurred, but almost invariably
were positive 1t was lust a short
distance away.
For some reason the area
around Thirty-ninth street and
Military road NV. was a favorite
spot for speculation. No. 8 police
precinct sent several scout cars
there to investigate, but discov-
cred nothing except excited resi-
dents hurrying. for another OBJ
scure reason, toward Forty first
street.
The Bethesda Chevy Chase
Rescue Squad, which had its two
ambulances and one rescue truck
chasing about roads in the county
for more than an hour -and-a-half
found one woman in the 5000 block
of Baltimore avenue, Bethesda
who was sure her own boiler hao
exploded.
"She wouldn't go back in," sale
Chief Don Huntington, until We
had checked it and treasured her.
Checked by Seismographs.
There were many reports o1
doors being blown open and win.
dows rattling in their frames, but
these were discounted as unlikely
by man whose job is studying
such explosions-and who. in fact
kept close eye on this blast.
He Is DR.. Merle A. Tuve, director
of the Carnegie Institutions De.
|partment of Terrestrial Magnet.
ism. who had observers strewr
over a 70-mile radius from tn,
scene-each equipped with a port.
able seismograph.
ITO us, it's just like observin,
an earthquake when you know il
advance when and where it's goinl
to be-" declared DR.. Tuve. "Whe,
we read about last months dyna