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Evening star., 1949-08-01
Outing on Severn !
II .

An outing to Herald Harbor. by
a Seat Pleasant youth organiza-
ton ended in tragedy yesterday
when one of the group, a 10-year-
old boy, drowned while swimming
in the Severn River.
The drowning victim was Philip
Edgar Wells. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Horace r. Wells. 680l c street,
Seat Pleasant.
The boy, a student at the Seat
Pleasant Elementary School, went
to Herald Harbor along with 81
other members of the Youth Club
of St. Margarets Catholic Church,
Seat Pleasant. Among the others
were two of his sisters. Patricia
Ann. IA. and Mary Ellen, IL.
Philip, known to his friends as
Sonny. was missed about $50
pm. Charles Ahlrren and Robert
Stansbu1y of Herald Harbor,
found his body about 7 pm in
10 feet of water. about 20 feet
from shore.
He was pronounced dead by DR..
John NJ. Claffey, Anne Arundel
County deputy medical examiner
who latter issued a certificate of
accidental drowning.
Besides his parents. the boy is
survived by an older brother,
Francis Eugene. Is. and another
sister, Margaret Rebecca, 6. His
father. is a route man for a soft
drink bottling concern.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Blue Ridge Bus Employees
Await Two-Doy Strike Vote

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Aug.1 (Ap.
Drivers and maintenance men
for the Blue idge Transportation
Co. stayed on their jobs today
pending a strike vote scheduled
tomorrow and Wednesday.
Their contract expired last mid
night. Negotiations with the
company on demands for 20-cent
hourly wage increase, three-week
vacations and other benefits broke
down last week.
Involved in the dispute are about
ITS eastern division employees who
belong to the AFL Amalgamated
Association of Street. Electric
Railway and Motor Coach Em-
ployes. Blue Ridge has a main
line from Baltimore and WASH
ington to Pittsburgh and branch
lines in Maryland. Virginia. West
Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Charles Y. Stickell, president Of
the union local, announced the
decision of the employees to stay on
the job pending outcome of the
strike vote.
The old contract called for 81 40
an hour for bus drivers and two.
week vacations.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Falls Church 10 Get
S21,688 in Road Aid

Approximately IL miles of Falls
Church streets inspected by the
Virginia Department of Highways
have been found qualified for
$2l .6S8 in State grants in the cur
rent fiscal year, City Manager Roy
F. Dunn said today.
The State pays cities $4,000 a
mile per year for maintenance of
satisfactory primary road and $500
mile for secondary roads which
meet standards of width and sur
face.
OF "a miles of streets in Falls
Church. 4.88 miles are primary and
IT'S secondary. Mr.. Dunn said
that by widening the surface of
some other streets to the required
30 feet he hopes to add another
mile to the approved secondary
road system. State standards also
call for 50-foot right of way.
The Falls Church budget for the
current fiscal year carries $57 500
for maintenance of streets, in
cluding aid from the State.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Numbers Defendant Says
He Was Only 'Practicing'

An Arlington man who said he
had never written numbers except
for practice" was fined $50 and
costs and sentenced to 80 days in
Jail today on charges of operating
lottery.
Ernest Gatlin, 38. colored, of
the 1900 block of South Glebe
road was found not guilty on a
second charge of carrying a con-
cealed weapon. Judge Hugh Reid
of Arlington County Court said
that he himself had recently car
ried a pocket knife similar to the
one which the State called a con-
cealed weapon in Gatlin's case.
Miss Anna F. Hedrick. attorney
for Gatlin. noted an appeal on the
numbers conviction.
Detective Russell Runyon ar
rested Gatlin on June Is.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Many Area Doctors
Licensed in Virginia
bv the Associated Press

RICHMOND. VA, Aug. IA
large number of doctors in the
Washington area have been IL
censed to practice medicine in
Virginia, the State Board of Med
ical Examiners has announced.
The list, as made public by DR.
K. D. Graves of Roanoke, board
secretary. is as follows:
william Lott Aainsworth, Charlottes-
vile; william Edward Baensch. Arlington;
Walter Francis Becker, Charlottesville;
Charles o Arnold Bohrer Aring,on; Virgil
william Caldwell Dunckei, jr.. Char
lottesyille: Marvin Pace Footer Washing
burg: James Sylvester Gillian. Chariot
tesville; Richard Finley Grise, Charlottes-
vile, and George 3. Guarino. ,Arlington.
ton. faee 5. C Emil Hess G Hidenprandt. IT1 A Wash
ineton: willis Samuel Hood. Falls Church;
John Decator Hoyle, Alexandra.
Paul sadlsf Kemp: Aiexandria; H. Gordon
Washington: George C. Manning, ir..
ange; Walter Stanley Mozden, Alexandria;
ceorse Hermsn Murnh Fd
mund p Naccash Washington Thomas
PARSONS aMs jr charIottesvile: ]@ ]@ 'Io Dorm VS Carl
Pittman. Charlottesville: Glenn Hickam,
Richmond. Charlottesville
Carl fussh schaefer. silver s Spring. 9d e Jeffer
son Jackson Sebastian Washington. D. c.;
Robert Clell Thompson, Charlottesville:
Thomas Walker, Richmond: Hugh Warren.
Charlottesville; Francis Patterson wells,
Arlinston.
Applicants licensed through examinsti
included
Francis Elwood Barrett. Charlottesville;
Suzanne W. Brown. Washington. D. c.:
Donald Hush Ferguson. Cha srlottesville;
Imboden Hobbs. Charlottesville; Miriam
Lending. Charlottesville: Stanley Newman.
Silver Spring. Md; Donald r. Pierce.
Charlottesville.
billiard McCary sholes jr.. Fredericks-
burg; Harvey Daniel Smallwood. Char
lottesville; Charles Franklin Tate. jr..
Charlottesville; Harry Baylor Taylor. ir.,
harlntteSY VILE.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Only One Restaurant Failed
State Test in Falls Church

The Falls Church district SAN
itary inspector has found only
one restaurant which failed to
meet Virginia standards. Dr. H. c.
Bradford, Fairfax County health
officer, reported today.
The restaurant already has
made sufficient improvements to
be approved by Inspector j. w.
Clayton. the health officer said.
The same establishment. he added,
has been given more time to i'm
prove a floor which did not con-
form to State standards.
Both DR.. Bradford and Roy F..
Dunn, Falls Church city man
ager, praised the cooperation Of
restaurant owners during the
course of the inspection, the first
since Mr.. Clayton's appointment
last month.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Pleasant Boy, 10, Bronchvi|Ie- -BeItsvH|e Trolley
ms At Youth Club Makes Ceremonious Last Run

again." said Mr.. Leinbach with
deep sentiment. s.
Ernest Pyewell of Daniels Park
said he had been riding the line
Is years. He had recently heen
using Greyhound buses instead. he
said. ION account of the dirty deal
Capital Transit gave US
Buses Called Cheaper.
He was referring to the fare. 1t
cost 10 cents to ride the aban-
doned line. then IS cents to get to
the District line on the stream
lined cars and l3 cents more to
continue into town. The Daniels
Park people said they could ride in
on the Greyhound buses for 80
cents and they were much faster.
Walter F. Mulligan. retired
Government Printing Office en-
ploye and president of the Prince
Georges County Civic Federation.
who lives at Hollywood. was an
other old user Of the line to make
the last ride.
What can't understand" he
said, "is their abandoning this line
just when 500 new houses are GO
ing up in Hollywood"
Richard Hamilton. a Naval Gun
Factory tool maker, said:
I've only lived out here 10
years. But my wife is an old resi-
dent. I used to use this line when
I came courting."
Mrs. William H. Cook of Dauiels
Park had tears in her eyes at the
end of the run.
I'VE oughtn't to be carrying on
like this" she protested. This
is nothing to celebrate. It's some
thing to feel bad about"
AS for Motorman Long, who was
assigned to the line only a sLort
time ago, he seemed glad when the
last ride was over.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Alexandra Seminary
Gets 100000 Gift for
Building Program

A gift of 100000 to the Vir-
ginia Theological Seminary at
Alexandria for its building pro-
gram was announced today by
Dean Alexander Zabriskie
The Old Dominion Foundation
and the Avalon Foundation each
contributed $150,OO0 to the dona-
ton. Paul Mellon. head of the
Old Dominion Foundation. offered
wishes for success of the building
program from both foundations.
Dean Zabriskie said Mr.. Mellon
was largely responsible for the
Old Dominion donation, and Mrs.
Ailsa M Bruce for the other por-
tion of the gift. Mrs. Bruce is
Paul Melons sister.
The seminary plans to use the
money to build "a new central din
ing hall and kitchen, Dean Ia
brlskie said. Three new DORM
itory buildings are expected to be
ready for occupancy this fall.
Even with the new additions, the
seminary still will be able to ac-
cept only about 40 per cent of
nearly 200 applicants for the fall
semester. Dean zabriskie said.
The dean said a principal rea-
son for the shortage of Protestant
Episcopal clergymen has been the
lack of seminary facilities He
said bishops estimate they coulc
place 1000 new ministers in, tht
next five years.
In addition to the three new
dormitories and new dining hall
kitchen. the seminary also will
have a fourth new dormitory
ready in 1850.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Fairfax Police Asked
To Look for Two Girls

Fairfax County police at Grove
ton have been asked to look for
two 'teen-age girls reported miss
ing from their homes since last
Thursday.
The girls, according to police,
are Claudine Fogle, II, of Engle-
side. and Dolores Rich, Is, of
Bailey's Crossroads. Police were
told by Mrs. George Balderson,
mother of the Fogle girl, that they
were last seen boarding a bus at
Engleside shortly after noon
Thursday.
Police said the Fogle girl has
dark brown hair and wears
glasses. When last seen she was
wearing black and white jersey
dress. Dolores has brown hair
No other description was given by
police.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
FuIIs Church Man Hit
When Pistol Goes OFF

A 28-year-old Falls Church
man accidentally shot himself
yesterday while examining a .25-
caliber automatic pistol in his
home.
Sergt. Lloyd Kelly of the Falls
Church police said Francis
Dasher of Wilson boulevard, near
Seven Corners. was unaware that
the weapon was loaded and had
the first finger of his left hand
over the muzzle. When the pistol
went off, the bullet went through
the finger and lodged In Mr..
Dasher's left leg.
Mr.. Dasher was sent to Airing
ton Hospital.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
College Park Rotorions
To Hear Cleveland

Washington I. Cleveland, area
manager for the Washington office
of the American Automobile Asso-
citation, will discuss driver training
and education courses before men,
bers of the College Park Rotary
Club at a dinner meeting at 6:15
pm. Wednesday in the University
of Maryland dining hall.
Mr.. Cleveland is a member Of
the Rotary Club in Montgomery
County.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Prince Georges Chest
Unit Chiefs Named

Appointment of two unit chair
men to assist in Prince Georges
County's Community Chest drive
for 1850 was announced today by
Smith H. Purdum, chairman of the
county organization.
They are H. Carlyle de Lozier.
a real estate broker, who will head
the Mount Rainier business unit.
and DR.. Albert F. Dilworth, who
will head the residential unit in
Mount Rainier.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Two Suffer Head Injuries
In D. T.. Area Accidents

Two persons suffered head in.
juries in traffic misfaps in the
Washington area over the week
end.
Clyde F.. Belts. Al. of Raleigh,
N. c.. was injured yesterday when
his motorcycle overturned while
rounding a curve on Route l near
the Richmond, Fredericksburg
& Potomac Railroad underpass,
north of Woodbridge. Va.
He was admitted to the Alex
andria Hospital after suffering
a severe scalp injury and multi
pie cuts and bruises.
A l3-year-old boy who fell
when he tried to jump off the
bumper of a moving automobile al
Cedar Hill Cemetery Saturday
was in fair condition today al
Providence Hospital. He suffered
head injuries.
The boy, George Richardson, il
the son of Kinsley Richardson
a grave digger. who lives at tht
cemetery grounds. 1000 Suitlane
road. Suitland. Md.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
B. & 0. Train DeraiIed
In West Virginia.;
Several Are Injured
BY the Associated Press

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va,
Aug. -Four passenger cars left
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
tracks yesterday as the Chicago
Express highballed along a
straight stretch in the mountains
at so miles an hour.
Railroad officials said only one
passenger. who was not identified,
was injured badly enough to be
taken off the train. The passenger
was not believed to be seriously
injured, and was treated by a
physician at nearby Hancock, Md.
Other passengers received treat
ment on the spot for minor in
jurieS.
The last four cars of the west :
bond New York Chicago train
were involved. The last two. both
Pullmans, overturned. The two
preceding them, both coaches, left
the rails but remained upright.
Conductor H. c. Miller of Balti-
more said he was standing in the
rear car when it lurched suddenly
throwing him to the floor. He
said it continued upright for a
time, then turned over.
West Virginia State police at
Berkeley Springs said about $50
yards of track were torn up. One
track, of the three track stretch
remained open. however. and there
was4 no material Interruption in
service. a ~
State police said railroad off
cials on the spot indicated that
the accident might have been
caused by a broken rail. There
was no official cause listed, how
ever. and the railroad began an
investigation.
The engine and the four cars
that remained on the rails pro-
ceeded into Cumberland, where
physicians checked the passengers,
No one was removed from the
train there, observers said.
The train left Washington at
1 pm. The accident occurred
about $40 pm.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
. Star Movies

Community movies. sponsored
by The Star, the Recreation De-
partment and the Film Center, are
scheduled for 9 O'Clock tonight
Programs of comedy. sports. car
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds and
recreation centers:
Keniiworth, Kenilworth avenue and ORD
Highland Dwellings. $50 Yuma street
Sc
Bald EAGLE, Nichols avenue and Joliet
oaninaer. Twenty-second and streets
NV.
virsinia avenue virsinia avenue and
Ninth street Sc.
Lafayette, Broad Branch road and
Northampton street NV
Taft. Eighteenth and Monroe streets n. e.
Rudolph, Second and Hamilton streets,
Parkview. -warder and Otis streets NV
Francis, Twenty-fourth and N streets
Lansston. 221O H street NE.
Barry Farms, 1880 Sumner road Sc
- Camp eimms, Camp simms drive Sc.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Col. Beas|ey Takes Charge
OF f. BeIvoir laboratories

Col. Oscar B. Beasley today as
sumed command of the Arny's
Engineer Research and Develop
~ment Laboratories at Fort Bel
voir.
Col. Beasley succeeds Col. John
c. Arrowsmith. who is to be as
signed as Controller in the Army
Security Agency IN Washington.
Col. ArroWsmith headed the
laboratory since January /, 1948.
Col. Beasley, native of Cedar
Keys, Fla, was chairman OF <the
Field Engineer Committee of the
Infantry School at Fort Benning,
Ga, before reporting 10 Fort
Belvoir.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Stanton Says Rucker
Used 'Gang-Up' Trick
Himself 7 Years Ago

While the major political fronts
were quiet on the eve Of the Vir-
ginia gubernatorial primaries.
sparks still were flying in the
campaigns for election to the
Democratic Executive Committee
in Arlington.
Stan Stanton, one of two candi-
dates accused by third. H. Smith
Rucker, of "ganging up on him
in the race in the Park Lane
precinct, declared today that Mr..
Rucker pulled the same trick
two years ago"
Mr.. Rucker, a supporter OF
Francis Pickens Miller for COVER
nor, is opposed for the committee
by Mr.. Stanton and William A.
Nemeth, both hackers of John S.
Battle. Mr.. Battle is the organi-
zation candidate. while Mr.. Miller
is the most outSpoken anti-ad-
ministration contestant.
An incumbent committeeman
from the Rosslyn precinct. Mr..
Rucker is running in the Park
Lane district this year because of
a realignment of Arlington voting
boundaries. which resulted in q
precincts. Two persons are elected
to the committee from each pre-
cinct.
Stanton's Statement.
Referring to Mr. Fuckers
charge, Mr.. Stanton declared:
Henry pulled the same trick
two years ago :. and Is. got
elected that way.
at was Rucker who started this
whole thing by urging the people
in Park Lane precinct to vote for
one. instead of voting for two,
thus giving the impression that
only one committeeman was to be
elected.
1T was necessary that we cor
rect this false impression and tell
the voters that they were entitled
to vote for two committeeman. "
Mr.. Rucker had stated that both
of his opponents had promised to
run independently and not to form
any combinations. He objected to
their letters which asked voters
to cast ballots for two. The let
ters were accompanied by sample
ballots marked for Mr., Stanton
and Mr.. Nemeth.
Mr.. Stanton declared he had
neither promised nor assured"
MIR, Rucker anything.
Rucker Replies.
Replying to Mr.. Stanton's state
ments. Mr.. Rucker asserted:
las far as pulling any trick
in 1947. the results of the voting
contradict Mr.. Stanton. I just
got out and campaigned and the
people voted-to the tune of 497
for me out of a possible 600.
THE story that the combina-
ton against me was a result of
my actions is absurd. The same
type of letters and sample ballots
have been sent out in other pre-
cincts where the antiorganization
candidates are opposed by ma
chine supporters.
THE teaming-up is simply part
of a countrywide plan"
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Hough to Give Sermon
At Bethel Methodist

The Rev. j. William Hough, pas
tor of Walker Chapel Methodist
Church. Arlington, will be the
guest preacher at the first annual
Homecoming service at 10 am.
Sunday at Bethel Methodist
Church, near Lucketts, Va.
The church Sunday School will
present brief program in the
afternoon and Mrs. LOWE Frye
will relate the church's history.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Lightning Burns Barns;
2 Heifers, Crops Lost

Two heifers were burned to
death and tons of wheat, hay.
straw and oats destroyed when
two barns burned late Saturday
night on the farm of Irving e.
Staley at Urbana. Frederick
County, Md. Firemen said the
blaze was caused by lightning.
Fire companies from Gathers
burg Washington Grove. Hyatts-
town and Frederick succeeded in
saving two other barns.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Baptist Assembly Opens
At Mussunettu SPRINGS
By the kssocioted press

MASSANETTA SPRINGS. Va
Aug. 1.-The Virginia Baptist
Summer Assembly will open here
tonight with an address by Rep
resentatiye Hays. Democrat, of
Arkansas, on Your role as a
Christian leader"
The assembly, under the direc-
ton of DR.. John B. Hill, secretary
of the Sunday School Department
of the Virginia Baptist Board of
Missions and Education. will be
in session through Sunday. Ad-
vance reservations indicate that
a capacity crowd will attend. DR..
Hill said.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
By GEORGE Kennedy

With firecrackers banging away
and it's whistle screaming as it
raced through the dark, the
Branchville- -Beltsville trolley made
it's last run early yesterday.
Members of the Washington
Division Of the Electric Rail-
readers Association. who religi-
ously make all last rides. found
this one enlivened by residents of
Daniels Park who had ridden the
line for years.
The trip was almost hazardous
with revelry. At one spot Motor
man Joseph S. Long had to grind
on his brakes, get off and put out
big bonfire between the rails.
Abandonment of the single
track line, which skirts the
Baltimore boulevard and crosses
it at one point, shortens Capital
Transit Co.'S operation into Mary
land by three miles. The COM
pany said it was losing $4,000 a
year on the run and when the
Maryland Public Service Com
mission denied it permission to
stop service. the company took it's
plea to the Maryland Court OF
Appeals and won.
Once Ran to Laurel.
The line was part of the track
age laid by the Berwyn & Laurel
Electric Railroad, organized Al
years ago. Until 1925 service was
furnished from downtown Wash
ington to Laurel over the line. In
1889 the line was shortened. with
Beltsville as the terminal of a
shuttle service.
The president of the railroaders'
association. Henry Leinbach. a
big, balding young man who Is a
sound physicist at the National
Bureau of Standards. showed up
for the ride with an umbrella over
his arm. DR.. Ira Pearlman, a
pediatrician at Gallinger Hos
pital. another member of the as
sociation who never misses a last
ride, also was on hand.
There were about a half dozen
other members of the associa-
ton, all of whom profess devo-
ton to the continuation of elec-
trio transit but take great delight
in these events because they can
tell new members about rides on
no-longer existent lines.
But the Railroaders were quite
nonplussed by the frenzy of the
local people as the car went Ca
reening through the night. Mrs.
William T. Casey Of Daniels Park
was clinging to the whistle cord
like Casey Jones at the throttle
in another last ride. The boys
who used the car to get to Holy
Redeemer parochial school and
Greenbelt High School. all put two
fingers in their mouths and tried
to whistle loud enough to top the
din.
Banged Dustpan.
C. L. Sayer. a little bald man in
his Cos who also lives at Daniels
Park, supplied percussion by beat
ing a new metal dustpan on the
stanchions. The boys were well
supplied with firecrackers which
kept exploding with distressing
frequency.
The car was festooned with
ribands of crepe paper, which
we're soon pulled down. Edmund
Pendleton, a conductor OF the
lexington line. went along just
for the ride.
The boulevard was crossed and
the automatic red light stopping
motor traffic turned green.
That light will nevers be red
Evening star., 1949-08-01
K. of G. Plans Picnic

Prince Georges Council No.
2809, knights of Columbus. will
hold it's second annual picnic
Sunday, starting at noon. at
Hitching Post Hill. the home of
T Raymond Burch. county men,
ber of the Maryland House OF
Delegates. on Rosemary lane,
College Park.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Drivers Return |
To Job, but New
StrikeIsFearedI |
f
Equipment Operators
Authorize Another
Construction Wulkout

Washington strike = troubled
construction industry was back at
work in force today, but a new
dispute was threatening to de-
velop into a walkout. a
Union operators of heavy equip4
ment - cranes. bulldozers and
shovels- authorized their
wage policy committee to call a
strike at it's discretion in demands
for a 25-cent hourly increase on
the current $3.50 to $3.50 an hour
scale.
There are about $50 men in
volved, members of the American
Federation of Labor's Local II.
International Union Of Operating
Engineers. They have rejected a
10-cent increase and have been
working without a contract since
expiration of their last one May /.
A strike of the operators would
cripple work on all projects now
in the excavation stages. among
them the Dupont Circle UNDER,
pass and the Government Ac-'
counting Office building.
No Meetings Scheduled.
A spokesman for the union said
today that no new meetings on
the dispute have been scheduled.
The industry had three strikes
and seven disputes during July.
and settlement on demands Of
ready-made concrete truck drivers
put the men back to work today
for the first time since Thursday.
Another potential strike was
averted when the Plaster Tenders
Union agreed to new wages.
Today also is to see the first
move toward arbitration of the
Capital Transit Co. wage dispute.
A city-wide strike of streetcar
operators, bus drivers and MAIN
tenance personnel on July l was
averted when Cyrus w. Ching. di-,
rector of the Federal Mediation
and Cancellation Service. stepped
into the dispute and won the ar,
bitration agreement.
5-Man Board to Sit.
Samuel E. Emmons. general
manager of Capital Transit, and
William F. Sims, president of the
union, are to sign a formal appli-
cation for the arbitration today.
The move will establish board
of seven members, from which two
will be removed-one by the COM
pany and one by the union. Then
the f1ve-man board will tackle the
problem. The union asks a 2S-
cent hourly pay raise and other
benefits. .-..
Jehnr Curtin, sof Simpson and
Curtin, Philadelphia labor adviser
and bis. law partner. Hawley
Simpson, will present the COM
pany's case, Mr.. Emmons said
today. For the union, o. David
Zimring of Chicago has been
named and Eli Oliver. Washing
ton attorney. is expected to, be
selected for the employees.