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Evening star., 1949-04-09
Kent Godfrey Enters
Virginia House Race

Kent Godfrey, Falls Church
real estate man. announced today
that he will be a candidate for the
Virginia House OF Delegates from
Fairfax County in the Republican
primary August 2.
MFR. Godfrey. who lives at II;
East Westmoreland road. is a
member of the Fairfax Count,
Republican Committee.
The candidate said he propose.
to strengthen the school system
through additional construction
and advance In teachers salarie.
by drawing from what he termed
an $50. 200. 900 State surplus. More
State funds. he declared. should
be a1located to Improvement oi
secondary roads. He termed a
sales tax unnecessary If I'VE would
collect all the taxes that are
already assessable."
Mr.. Godfrey is member Of the
Greenway Downs Citizens Asso-
citation. the Falls Church PTA and
the Chamber OF Commerce. He
studied at Columbia University
and attended Brown University
Providence, r. I. He Is an Episco-
palian, is married and has a
daughter in school.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Suburban Hospiia!
Purchase Still Sought

The Suburban Hospital Associa- :
tion plans TO 20 ahead With nego-
tiations for purchase Of the hospi-
tai from the Federal Government,
John A. selby. president, reported
at the association 3 annual meet
ing last night,
The Government has offered "a
sell the hospital 10 the association
for si35 5000.
Pledges totaling tS0.95i In the
association fund drive waS re-
ported.
Members of the Board os
Trustees were elected a. follows
Three year term-~Mrs. Alvin Al4s
binoe and William Hodges: two-
year term-Randolph O. Baaflop.
Mrs. Charles %. Heron, l. Howell
La Motto. In. William N. Mogrsg.
Wesley Sauter. Mr. selny. John II.
Wheeler and Col Paul II, 0ftfTln.
and one year term--Carroil Nor
gan.
The board will meet April % 70
elect new osfacers.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Two {. & @. Virginia Trains
Ordered Discontinued
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, April 9.-The
State Corporation Commission
yesterday granted the Chesapeake
g. Ohio Railway Co. permission to
discontinue two trains and to
change the schedule of another
operating between Richmond ano
Charlottesville.
A hearing on the petition was
held Thursday.
A result of the order will be to
make some changes in train
schedules at Richmond. Char
lottesville and other points along
the line.
The order becomes effective next
Friday. Trains 141 and a will be
discontinued and the schedule OF
Number Al will be changed.
The C. g. O. also was granted
authority to consolidate trains
Nos. 3 and 43, Nos. 4 and IS. anc
to change the schedule Of No. 4
between Charlottesville and West
Virginia effective April is.
Evening star., 1949-04-09

Mrs. Gloria Mae Hunter. 2Z, OF
Rockville, was burned last night
when she ran into a flaming trail
er ait Cabin John to save her
younger sisters baby, who she
thought was trapped inside.
Mrs. Hunter was pulled from
the trailer by her father, John
Sipes. of Sixth street, Cabin John.
who ran after her. MFR. Sipes then
re-entered the trailer to see II he
could rescue the little girl but he
found that the baby and her
mother, Mrs. Mary Lou Dixon, IT,
had escaped through a window.
Mr.. Sipes made his way out un-
harmed.
The fire broke out about z pm.
when Mrs. Dixon accidentally
spilled turpentine on a kerosene
stove, she said. The Cabin John
Fire Department put out the blaze
before it caused serious damage.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Arlington Courthouse
Work 10 Start April 18

Work on the site of a $427 ,00C
north wing addition to the Ar
lington Courthouse will begin
April 10, County Manager A. T
Lundberg said today.
Actual construction of the
three STORY structure will not start
until several large trees have been
removed and the rear portion OF
the Jail torn down. The building
is expected to be completed within
a year.
The third floor of the wing will
house a new Jail and living quar-
ters for the .jailer. Pending COM
pletion of the project, prisoners,
other than those locked up over
night, will be held in the Fairfax
County Jail.
Tentative plans call for location
of the police department on the
first floor and basement Of the
new wing with an elevator run
ming between the department and
the jail.
Shefiff j. Elwood Clements said
the new jail will house rs pris-
oners as against the So maximum
at present.
The present red brick jail, fire.
quently criticized by the State,
was built in 1898.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
3 Council Candidates
To File in Falls Church

Three new candidates for seats
on the Falls Church Council have
announced their intention to file,
Thomas H. Graham, 225 South
Lee street, said he will seek to
represent the first ward. Albert
Z. Hovey-King and Joseph II
Mari said they would run from
second ward.
Mr.. Hovey-King, 800 North For
est drive, operated business sup
ply and equipment business in
Washington. Mr.. Mari, OF 3l1
Maple avenue is an employe OF
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tel
ephone Co., Falls Church.
Mrs. Merrill Lee Chanel has an
nounced she will not be a candi-
date for reelection. Another in
cumbent, John c. .McRae, said
yesterday that he has mot with
drawn" from the race.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Woman Burned Hunting Boby
Already Suved in Trailer Fire

The trailer is located behind Mr.
Sipes house.
Mrs. Hunter was taken to Sub
urban Hospital by the Gler
Echo Rescue Squad. She was re-
leased after treatment for first
and second degree burns Of the
hands and legs.
An earlier fire yesterday at a
Kenilworth paper salvage yare
was fought by firemen from nine
Prince Georges companies for
four hours.
The flames destroyed large
quantities of salvage paper
stacked in rolls over three block
area. Firemen prevented the
flames from spreading to the
nearby Southern Oxygen Co
plant.
The paper was stored on the lot
by the Penn Paper Co.. Of Isle
lexington place NV.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Committee Is Chosen
By Virginia Cities 10
Fight Phone Boost
By the Asseeietsd Ptsss

RICHMOND, Va. April 9-The
league Of Virginia municipalities
has announced a l2-man COM
mittee to handle It's campaign be-
fore the State corporation COM
mission against granting the Che
sapeake as Potomac Telephone Co.
an increase in service rates
A hearing on the telephone
company's petition tentatively has
been set by the sec for June l3,
The leagues Richmond ONCE said
yesterday the committee will meet
here at pm. next Friday to map
strategy.
Appointed to the committee yes
terday by Mayor Leslie T. Fox OF
Portsmouth. president OF the
league. were the following city and
county officials:
Richmond. J. Elliott Drinard,
city attorney, and J. Edward Metz
ger, director Of the department OF
public utilities; Norfolk, c. A. Har-
rell. city manager: Roanoke. Ar
thur s. Owens, city manager: Ar
lington, A. T. Lundberg. county
manager: Danville. Everett (
Carter, mayor; Newport News. J
c. Biggins. city manager. Ports
mouth. w. Guy Ancell. city man.
ager: Alexandria. Robert S. Mar
shall, jr.. city manager: Lynchburg
Robert D. Morrison. city attorney:
Colonial Heights, Fred r. Shep-
herd, mayor: Orange. H. r. Knoell,
town manager.
Harold I. Baumes. executive di-
rector of the league, said the men
listed on the committee had not
yet agreed to serve. He said. how
ever. that he believed none would
decline the appointment.
The increase asked by the tele-
phone company has been listed as
amounting to rs cents a month
on individual and two-party resi-
dental units and $3.50 a month on
business telephones.
The company's petition for the
increase declared higher rates are
necessary to assure earnings COM
parable to prewar incomes. Com
pany expenditureof some $50 0.0o0.-
900 in extensions and improve
ments since the end of the war
was also cited by the c. e. p.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Old Dominion Citizens
Elect Norman w. Lee

Norman w. Lee has been elected
president of the Old Dominion
Citizens Association. a new Ar
lington group covering areas for
merly embraced by the Livingston
Heights Civic League and the Lee
Heights Civic Association.
Other officers include Jack
Dixon. vice president; T. c. Hud-
son, treasurer: Mrs. r. w. Turpen,
recording secretary, and Mrs. w.
D. Marshall, corresponding secre-
tary.
The next meeting of the organi-
zation will be at 8 pm. Wednesday
in the United Brethren Church,
Twenty-fifth and North Glebe
road.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Marine Pilot CrawIs
To Safety After Plane
Crashes in Anacostia

A Marine pilot crawled to safety
from his burning plane after it
crashed at the AnacoStia Naval
Air Station last night and burst
into flames.
Maj. A. c. Penny. 81. Of 2l0O
South Fifth street. Arlington. Va.
the pilot of the F-6-F Grmman
Hellcat. was uninjured. He is at
tached to the Navy Bureau of
Aeronautics.
The accident occurred about 7
pm. when the plane was coming
down to land after completing a
routine local fight. Maj. Penny
said he thought the landing gear
was down. but 1t was still re-
tracted. The plane hit on its belly
and became ablaze.
Mai. Penny shut of the ignition
and crawled from the flaming ship
as soon as it came to a halt. Base
f1ref1ghters put out the blaze. but
the plane was badly damaged.
A witness to the crash was Pfc.
Paul Quinn. 20. a chaplain's assist
ant at Boiling Air Base. who lives
in a barracks close to where Boil
ing and Anacostia join. He was
resting in his bunk when he saw
the Grumman circling with its
wheels up and thought this was
unusual, since the ship appeared
to be coming in for a landing.
"I watched it closely as 1t flew
right over the barracks" he said.
Then it hit the runway with a
lot of sparks and went UP in
flames"
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Cab HoIdup Victim
Identifies Suspect

A Washington taxicab driver
has identified Fort Belvoir SOL
dier as one of three men who
robbed him of $6 and forced him
at gunpoint to drive to Richmond
Va, yesterday, according to Fair
fax County police.
Detective 1t. Grafton Wells said
he would go to Richmond today
to question the soldier identified
by Richmond police as Pvt. Roy
L. Palmer, 81.
The cab driver. Walter Hutcher'
son, %, of 5614 First street NV,
reported the robbery to Richmond
police after the three men left his
cab. Police said Palmer was ar
rested shortly afterward and iden-
titled by Mr.. Hutcherson as ont
of the trio he said had robbed him
The driver told police he picked
up the trio at about $3.50 pm
yesterday. and was told to take
them to Fort Belvoir.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Annapolis Democrats Back
CLANCY for DuIin's S Seat
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS. April ga second
man has been Endorsed to succeed
wilbur r. Dulin as State Senator
from Anne Arundel County.
He is Edward q. CLANCY, attor-
ney and former secretary OF state
of Maryland. who received unani-
NOUS Endorsement by the First
Ward Democratic Club of Annapo-
lis.
delegate William F. Stronger,
also a Democrat, recently was in
dorsed by the Anne Arundel
County commissioners.
Senator Dulin. who has been
named a member of the State
Racing Commission. said he viii
not resign his post until an ap'
pointment LIS made.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Tired of fWoitinq,
Driver erUneoupIes
Freight Cars
= BY the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, April 9.-Ever sit
stewing in your car while a SEEM
ingly endless freight train blocked
the crossing?
Well, you know how Lester L.
Sanders felt then. But he did
something about it.
He got out yesterday and un-
coupled two cars. But before he
could drive across as the front
end of the train pulled away he
was nabbed by the gateman.
Magistrate Frank Schap or
dered him held for the grand jury
on a charge of tampering with
railroad property.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Dr.. MeGough Accepts :
Alexandria Health Post

DR.. Thomas r. McGough has
accepted appointment as Alexan-
dria health officer, and will as
sumo the duties May Is. he said
yesterday.
DR.. McGough. health commits
sioner of Tuscarawas County
Ohio, came to Alexandria yester-
day to seek living accommodations
He was appointed several weeks
ago and his acceptance was
anticipated.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Five Students in Arlington
Gel Health Contest Prizes

Five students at Arlington Ne.
gro schools yesterday were award.
ed prizes In a poster contest con.
Quoted In connection with Ma
tional Negro Health Week.
In the high school group the
winners were Sherman Bullock
and Raymond Burreil. both oi
Hoffman Boston School. In the
intermediate department the win-
ners were George johnson. q
sixth-grade student at Kempez
School. and James Green. In the
sixth grade at Hoifman-Bo Boston.
In the primary section. John
Henry Flood. Kemper School
third-grader, was the winner.
The posters. for which prizes
were awarded by the Arlington
tuberculosis Association. are on
display at the County Health De-
Dartnent.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Mon Held in County
After Attuck on Girl, IL

MONTGOMERY County poasce To-
day were questioning o man In
connection with the reported rape
OF an ii-year -oid colored giri ut
Dsckerson, Nd. last night.
The girl vas reported In fair
condition at Suburban Hospital.
Police refused 10 give further de-
tails until they had completed
Questioning Of the suspect
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Silver Spring optimists
InstoII Officers Tuesdoy

New officers of the Silver Hprfn3
Optirnist Club viii be installed
Tuesday at D charter night dinner
as the Stone House Inn. Four
Corners.
They are Edward Baker. press :
dent. Ralph Latx. vice PRESIDENT !
Fred Kirby. secretary. Carroll OLE
liam. treasurer. and John Efnosy.
sergears-at-arra.. New menoefs
of the board Of directors include
Brooks Stewart. Harold Pierce. Dr.
STANLEY Heller and Jack Andersen
Evening star., 1949-04-09
". M. |. Dormitory Theft.
Investigated by Police
Dr. shs Aaexsassd Press

LEXINGTON. Va. April p
Chief n. B. Wright Of the Lxirlg-
ton Police Department said yesser-
day he is conducting an insestiga-
ton of the reported theft Of about
$3.50 from rooms In the Virginia
Military Institute dOrmitories.
He said school authorities sum
moned him after O group Of eight
students reported they had missed
small amounts Of money from
their rooms.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
2 PTAs in Falls Church
Will Meet on Tuesday.

The parent-teacher associations
of two Falls Church schools viii
meet Tuesday while the PTA of 9
third school has postponed its
meeting until the last week OF
the month.
The Oak Street School group
will convene at 1880 pm. and the
Madison School PTA at 8 pm
The Falls Church High School
PTA will not meet until the week
of April Is. the exact date to be
announced,
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Tug Nudges Dog
lon Horbor Swim
To Pier Rescue
Ar 30 Ass%saassa 4 essss

BALTIMORE. April a tue
boat nudaec d water soaked spit
dog 10 assore yesterday 10 II could
be pulled out Of tie haFnog. iI
Watchman Z. n. White hean
the dog hoaisng In the ehtIlsrss
water. bur couldn't lure u "a
shore. Neither could John 0TirsEis
Of the Society for The Pgssentlosl
Of Cruelty TO Animals. 81
Finally. q pa&sa18 ttas puahs1
tfe dos Close 10 per and 0girgsss
grabbed ID II
Evening star., 1949-04-09

the r e vi e "
and II e + a | d
6 o t under way
last n g h t a {
Takoma Park.
The program
included a pag-
e a n t., W t h
y o u n g people
from the Wash
| n g t on Mis-
sionary College
and the Wash
ington Santa
rum and Hos
pital partici-
pating, w h ic h
Evening star., 1949-04-09
House Passes
D. {. Rent Bill
Without Debate
Senote Fight Due
Over Omission OF
Foir Net Proviso

TS conferences f~Fxxts CT sx-
tegssTs, q! Dgssstes F~xst Snn8 n8ees -
Jana sa neat yvag Fszsw tAews q
SssAsp ngft o. isse senate seos.
Tire Fse gse1 measure 80 pAssea
eusck3y - ;tas itsa~e wsasuas se.-
hzse sssgFily a<so-w ADJOURNMENT
Late YESTERDAY Il camel e~
amended az iAss 1o~ss usses rasea
q Ire Senate.
When tlse cestegves asrcemsat
srial csssae up fer asgsgs1 = ansxg.
tam bat s1scla regsagt aas e1x.s
priority and might as considered
sometime early neKt wexA II sa-
proved by Ire senate Ghr b.!
would Sc 10 the Waite noa~e
An attack on The c<ssatcsrsx ~.
port has herH tl.Tpa te fard es Sen.
stoT Mccarthy Republican. O.
Wisconsin Hts amendment % tga.
seY' in The D2aF3c; bill pgosts tslgsa
10 sIve landlords a ~tAls RET op-
Grating income VAS rejected by
the coniefeeS Such a pgc, issas
is carried In the ncN national
rent act for the STATES
Retails Old RA~es.
Instead. The conference report
would continue the psr@sa basis
O! determining rent eriltnEa OF a
compatibility basis Th4s gives
the rent administrator authority
to IN comparable rents on cam-
parable Twins accommodations
Senator Mccarthy has charged
that III IS completely dishonest
for Congress To weaken rent con-
trolls for every city IN The Nation.
except the Capital. Where Con-
gresSincn and theig once help are
renters
Chairman MeusAth Of the SEN
ate District Committee vii! de-
fend The conference rrpart lie
will contend that the ialT ntt
operating income basis would be
unavoidable and unfair
Vote In Z Mlnutes-
Representative Harris Deme-
crat Of Arkansas. piloteti the con-
ference report through the House
IN exactly two minutes late yea
terday lie explained The House
conterees eoneuFfcd With some
Senate amendments durins the
conference.
But VT could not agree 10 dis
turhlng the entire rent control
act here by accepting the indie
scrsbaole formula proposed hy
Senator Mccarthy" he said 1t
would have brought nothing but
chaos, court litigation and gen.
eral congestion
Changes In Biil.
Changes made Ia the District
rent act by the extension bill
would.
Prohibit the eviction after
March, |. is4s. OF tenants who
refuse 10 buy into a cooperative
apartment house unless sa per
cent OF the tenants we're owners.
Provide that housing ancommo-
dations resulting from conversion
after April / this year shall con.
tinue 10 be under control unless
the rent administrator here issues
an order deconirolling them after
finding that the conversion result
ed in additional self-contained
family units.
Strike from the present District
law the criminal penalties for vto-
iation of the act and regulations.
Permit deeontfol OF rooms for
transients in hotels and establish
mentS OF less than so rooms.
Prohibit the recontrol Of any
housing accommodations which
have previously been decontrolled.
Meanwhile. District Rent Ad-
ministrator Robert cogswell il
operating under n StopRap act en-
tending the present Law 10 the end
OF April.
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Fred G. PolIord to Run

RICHMOND. Va. April 0 RI.-
Fred G. Pollard. 30. Richmond at
torney. yesterday announced his
candidacy for the House OF Dele
gates. subject TO the Democratic
primary. He is q son Of Robert
N. Pollard. retired Federal Judge,
Evening star., 1949-04-09
Boy, 5, Killed by Truck
Buying Ice Cream for
Friends He Protected

A 5-year -old boy who KEEP, his
younger playmates from running
into the streets. was killed sester-
day beneath the wheels OF an tee
cream truck in front OF his home
at Rogers Heights. Nd
He was Thomas Stephen
Sneathern. son OF Chief Petty Of
ficer and Mrs. Troy S, Sneathern.
53o6 Hamilton street,
In another accident yesterday
Mrs, Hilton Coleman. 33. colored.
OF 3l42 Stanton road s E. was IN
jured fatally when the taxi in
which she was riding vaS in col
lision with a streetcar AT Florida
avenue and lexington place N Z
The Sneathern boy WAS killed
when he went into the street TO
purchase Ice cream for his friends
Protected Girl From Teasing.
He was always looking out for
the other children. said Mrs Ann
Dougherty who was at the Sheath
ern home to offer condolences this
morning. She recalled how Tommy
protected her 4-year-old daughter.
Edith. when big boys" tried TO
tease her.
Gerald Pearl. another neighhor
said that several days ago Tommy
had pulled his 2-year-old brother
Charles and Mr.. Pearls 4-yeAr-
old daughter Claudia Jean from
the street.
HE literally dragged them TO
the sidewalk to keep them out OF
the way OF cars, Mr.. Pearl said.
Mrs. Sneathern said Tommy
spent most OF his time caring for
his younger brother. Neighbors
reminded her they considered
Tommy q protector OF all their
children.
When he came TO me for money
for popsicles yesterday I told him
we had several in the icebox." said
Mrs. Sneathern. She said she
gave him some money when
Tommy told her there were not
enough popsicles for all his play
mates.
Hit as Truck Starts on.
Prince Georges County police
said Tommy had made his pur-
chase and was crushed beneath
the wheels OF the truck as 1t
started to drive off. The driver.
Arthur I. Anderson. 10. OF 1856 l.
street Sc. was charged with reck-
less driving and manslaughter.
and was released under sl.ioo
bond for appearance next Thurs
day in Hyattsville Police Court.
Tommy's body is being flown to
Whittier. Calf. for burial. The
Sneatherns. originally from Cali
fornia. had moved 10 Rogers
Heights in January from Hawaii
when Mr.. Sneathern was trans
ferred here. He Is stationed at
Anacostia.
Mr.. and Mrs Sneathern are
driving to California for the fn-
neral.
2Ist Fatality In District.
The Washington fatality was
the 2lst OF this year. Mrs Cols-
man was returning from grocery
shopping. She was thrown from
the taxi. but the driver. Leroy T.
Moore, 43. colored. OF 1888 First
street S.w.. was uninjured.
Operator of the streetcar was
Robert L. Tanner. 81. OF 70 New
York avenue NE.
A Charlotte. N. C.. visitor. Fred
erick N. Thompson. Sc. suffered
head and back injuries late last
night when he was struck by a
streetcar at Connecticut avenue
and L street NV. He was taken
TO Emergency Hospital. where his
condition was described as good
today. Operator OF the streetear
was listed as Paul c. De Ment.
sf3 North Carolina avenue S-E.
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Evening star., 1949-04-09
Adventisfs Celebrate
Founding Of Official
w
Review and Herald

A celebration commemorating
the start of publishing work by
the Seventh Day Adventists and
the founding of the official paper,
Evening star., 1949-04-09

announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
.0uster Of Store Suit
To Collect on Credit
Gamble Reversed

The Municipal Court of APP
peals has reversed a ruling In
which Judge Milton S. Kron-
helm, jr., voided a contract be-
tween a credit store and an elder
ly, ear-sighted $18-a-week la
borer, who agreed, then changed
his nina. about buying a SIS
pair of shoes on credit.
Judge Kronheim. in his de-
cision last June, held that such
contract was q gamble. since
the store had mo sound basis
for granting such credit" AS
a result, the judge not only tossed
out the stores small claims suit
for s12 in defaulted payments,
but he ordered returned of the
buyers SO deposit on the shoes.
But the appellate court, with
Judge Andrew M. Hood writing
the opinion. declared Judge Kron-
helm "misconceived the law of
the case"
Although evidence showed the
Universal Jewelry Co., Inc, 635
F street NV, found very little
in favor of" granting credit to
Joseph McIver. IS, colored, still
there was no showing that the
store practiced fraud, misrepre-
sentation or duress" on their
customer. Judge Hood found.
distressing cases of apparent
overcharges and overselling are
often encountered. but we know
of no remedy under existing law,
except that of education of the
buying public" the judge de-
clared.
Judge Hood noted trial findings
that Mr.. McIver, 2010 Stanton
road Sc, was extremely near
sighted" and signed the contract
with an *" But he disagreed
with Judge Kronheim's ruling that
the buyer was "incapacitated"
from making contract because OF
his eyesight.
The appellate judges also spe-
officially dismissed Judge Kron-
helms view that the transaction
was a gamble. and thus could
not be brought into court.
In reversing Judge Kronheim's
ruling, the appellate court or
dered a new trial to determine
whether Mr.. McIyer, as he
claimed, purchased the shoes on
condition he could return them.