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Evening star., 1949-06-21
Community Series Introduces
Movies to Tiny First Nighters

beat the ground with pop bottles
and clapped approval OF Mickey i
maneuyers,
When the June. lsss. middle
weight championship aght be
tween Graxiano and Zale aashec
on the screen. boys yelled for q
knockout as they drew back then
f,sts and hit those beside them.
More than 250.ooo persons are
expected to attend the 500 shows
that viii have been given al 81
Recreation Department play
grounds when The Stars summer
movie season ends September !
The Ave individuals short subjects
that make up the hours enter
tainment are presented In CO.
operation with the Recreation De
partment and The Film Center,
At . o'clock tonight the free
movies will be shown at the fol-
lowing Fairgrounds and recreation
cents:
Roseaals. Seventeenth ana Gales streets
jefferson. Eikhth and h streets o W
Txln ossa rsartssn'A ana Tasse'
''fs Tslsss Is,s..s Tenth street .a'
paiEaiss. Dana ana shsrrisf places
NV
Hiliefesk Taiyty-sseena aas psnss'
stre&sa ST
Ride Radas read end Barns STREET q
NcnYos, Georgia avenue sna CssuMeAa
Gnevs court. Twsnsy- nfth sad ! strses'
n1ew, Ninstssnth street ana nsnnaAt
4 bcexIass -pws,ians. 5000 AlsAAaA ass
Evening star., 1949-06-21

II was more than just the hrsi
night-it was the first movie-fos
at least two youngsters at Bald
Eagle Playground. one OF IL Dis
trict playground, where The Eve
ming Star community outdoor
movies opened a lo-week run last
night.
Casandra Alternately. 10 months
old, and jeffrey Donovan. %
months. aren't talking yet on their
discovery. But Judging from the
way Casandra clapped her rattles
and Jeffrey ran UP 10 the screen
to stare al Laurel and Hardy
wrecking q boat. their criticism,
will be favorable when they learr,
TO talk.
Before the show began. children
at Bald Eagle. Nichols avenue and
Joliet street S.W., threw down
their baseball bates and gloves tc
help put up the movie screen and
set up the movie protector. Spec
tators spread blankets under the
sky and huddled under dishtowels
shawls and sweaters to camouflagt
themselves from mosquitoes.
Virginia Mccubbin. 7. who lives
across the street from the play.
ground, said she came every nigh,
to the community movies last year
until II was bitten up by mosrui.
toes" This year Virginia startec
of the season with lots Of covers
Two Mickey Mouse cartoons
brought soueals from children, whit
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Send q Kid to Comp

Some of those who have sent
gifts to The Evening Star Summer
Camp Fund have wondered just
how the children are selected fol
camp.
Here's how it works:
More than 1000 children ap-
piled to go to Camps Good Will
and Pleasant this summer. There
were places for only 760 of them,
and funds for even fewer. So the
selection had to be a very careful
one.
It began in the spring, when
placement workers from more
than a score of organizations had
a one-day conference with the
Summer Outings Committee of
the Family Service Association,
which operates the camps.
They were told the require
ments. The children should be
between 9 and II years old, al
though an occasional needy g.
year-old may be accepted. They
are eligible only If they are not
going to any other camp for any
period of the summer and have
no other chance to leave town
And, most important, they must
some from families that haven't
the money to give them any sum-
mer vacation at all.
Need Determines Selection.
Then the agencies told the Sum-
mer Outings Committee how
many places they would like to
fill at each camp. The commit
tee has no set allotment for each
agency. The selection 10 based
on the children wlo~ most need
to go to camp.
The agencies that choose the
children are the ones who know
them and their families best. They
know how far the family budgets
will stretch. They know about
hard-working mothers and their
fears for their children and about
the other kind Of mothers, too.
They know about the children
who don't get enough to eat and
about the ones who run the streets
for lack Of a better place to rlay'
The agencies include settlement
houses, health services. hospitals
family welfare agencies caIdren's
institutions and the juvenile
courts of the Metropolitan Area.
The Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society, for instance. knows what
sickness means in the homes
visited by its nurses. The Amer
ican Legion Welfare Department
wants the children Of veterans to
get the breaks for which their
fathers went to war. The settle
ment houses see the chilren every
day and know how starved they
are for q little fun.
Some places, too. are saved for
Evening star., 1949-06-21
come q separate school division
xxri&la ifr osrrp, cn1YSor.irafandoYaf

come separate school division.
with its own superintendent.
Among the possibilities to be
reviewed. the city attorney said.
are operation under the Fairfax
County. Arlington or Alexandria
superintendents or appointment of
"a Falls Church superintendent.
The council approved August 10,
l9a nd 20 for presentation of the
Virginia Village Park festival. The
Park Committee has raised SO, 600
through festivals in the last two
years.
Tax on an American Legion
carnival for the benefit Of spastic
children will be WAVED. the coun-
Gil agreed. The affair Is set for
July ILLS.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Six Indicted in Arlington
As Circuit Term OPENS

Six persons were indicted yes
terday as the June term of the
Arlington Circuit Court opened,
with Judge Walter r. Mccarthy
ON the bench.
A grand jury. with Ralph e.
Remington as foreman, returned
true bills against the following:
Leland Thomas Atherton. jr., ls,
robbery; Donald II. Shorter. 33,
colored. 1898 Jefferson Davis high
way. breaking and entering: VIII
liam Donald Goodman. "a. grand
larceny: Eddie Russell. alias 8.
b. Coleman, a. colored. felonious
assault; Howard Burton McKinnis.
20, and Raymond Z. Brown. a.
both soldiers stationed at Arling-
ton Hall. robbery.
Atherton was said by the Arling-
ton Commonwealth attorneys
of1ice to be In custody In the Dis
trict. and Goodman TO be In New
York. Extradition proceedings
have been instituted against Good
man, the Office said.
Evening star., 1949-06-21

Montgomery Policeman
Quits After Suspension

Colin Pete) Turner. q Mont
gomery County policeman sus-
pended pending an investigation
Nof his conduct Saturday night.
has resigned. County Manager
Irving q. McNayr announced late
yesterday.
The investigation was begun
after q motorist complained that
O recklessly-driven police car mar
rowly missed striking him at .
am. Sunday.
The incident occurred after
Turner and O Takoma Park city
policeman had answered q call to
quiet loud party. Turner was
relieved Of his badge when police
reported they detected the odor Of
alcohol on his breath.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Falls Church Hearing
Set on Budget Calling
For 40c Tax Rate Cut

The Falls Church City Council
wiz hold a pablic hearing July
Is on a proposed 1949-50 budget
calling. for a Accent reduction in
the municipalities total tax rate.
Presented last night. the budget
provides for expenditures totaling
$304,83S. This compares with
S265 .487. including capital outlay,
spent during the current 10-month
fiscal period, which was shortened
from the regular 12-month period
because of q change in the start
of the city's fiscal year from
September / to July !.
Although the city's tax rate
would remain at $1.80 per 500.
plus $2.65 for schools, residents
will not pay for the Accent Fair
fax County tax because Of the
change in the towns status to q
second-class city last August.
Since the $1.80 tax rate Is the
maximum the city can charge
under its charter. officials could
not retain the Accent rate for
other municipal purposes.
The proposed budget does not
include water expresses. which al
ready have been approved for the
coming fiscal year. A tentative
school budget will be presented at
the July Is hearing.
Councilman Lee M. Rhoads. a
member Of the Finance Commit
tee. who presented the budget to
the council, said $33 400 would be
allocated for capital outlay. High
way expenditures would be re-
duced by $4.640 to SCI, 900.
Planning and annexation ex-
penses would total $13,3S0 and
cost sewer replacement is esti-
mated at $4,000. The committee
cut $500 budget recommended
for the Teen Canteen to $4,000.
La Rue Van Meter, city, attor-
ney. told the council that Fairfax
County and Falls Church school
officials will meet Monday In the
office Of G. Tyler Miller, State su-.
perintendent Of schools, to discuss
whether Falls churco win be-
Evening star., 1949-06-21
AIexondrio Boys Comp
Opens for Seoson

The Alexandria Police Boys
Camp mt Kiimarnock. Va. on
csally opened for the season yesser-
day with the arrival Of 90 boys for
q two-week stay.
Other groups win Be- taken devn
each week The camp II spcnscred
by the Alexandyia Police Asocsa-
ton and 10 financed By public ccn-
Hibutscna.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
HyahsviIIe Puts Tax
On Slot Machines and
Places Selling Beer

1lC KY dtIoFkA4C S4ty SSAA4SA.
last night passed ordinances tax
ing slot machines and beer and
wine establishments. The tax will
be 20 per cent of the county Ii
cense fees.
The slot machine ordinance be-
comes effective Immediately and
the beer tax July /.
In submitting the slot machine
ordinance. City Attorney Nicholas
Orem, jr.. who had been asked
by the Council to prepare it. ex-
pressed the opinion that Hyatts-
vile could not prohibit the op-
Grafton of the machines in the
city. They were legalized in a
county wide referendum last June
q, although Hyattsville voted
against them by substantial
margin.
Fees Range Up to $35.
The slot machine ordinance pro-
vides a tax of SIS a year on class
A machines that offer only free
plays; $40 on pinball or claw
machines. which dispense awards
and $35 on the console type ma
chimes. In addition a clerks fee
of 81 will be charged for issuing
or transferring a license.
Only beer and light wine car
legally, be sold in Hyattsville ane
the schedule of license fees range!
from SIS to $12.
Council voted to buy a new
trash and garbage truck for $4,13l
and q used truck and 1,600-gal.
Ion tank for $5.270. the latter te
be used for cleaning streets.
Salaries of mechanics in tn.
city warehouse were increased. ef.
fective July !. Francis b. Arnold
head mechanic, hereafter will re-
ceive $2,816.80 a year and his as
sistant. King D. Clark, $2,69l 80
Mrs. Sumner Named Clerk.
Mrs. Julia X. Sumner wa!
named clerk TO the city treas.
urer at $1,000 q year. effective
August /.
DR.. Leonard Hays was appoint
ed city health officer at 500 &
year.
Assessments on q number o1
sidewalk projects. mostly In Wes'
Hyattsville, were deferred unit
July 5. It was explained an errol
had been made in compiling the
figures.
H. r. Prangley was named chair.
man of a committee to arrange
dedication ceremonies for the
opening of the extensions of Agel
and Queens Chapel roads In Wes'
Hyattsville.
An ordinance was adopted en-.
abling the city TO order installation
of stop signs without passing
separate ordinances. Under the
new ordinance motorists emerging
from an alley will be required t<
stop before crossing the sidewalk
even If no stop sign Is posted.
Fireworks Guarantee Voted.
The Council voted to guarantee
payment Of 81 ,267 for fireworks ir
the July 4 Metropolitan Ares
celebration to be held In Magrudel
Park. Hyattsville.
Permission was given Memorial
Post No. 749. Veterans of Foreign
Wars. to hold carnival this week
The Council voted to join the
Maryland League of Municipalities
appropriating $240 for annual dues
for the year starting July /.
Fire Marshal Earle s. Dorrelle
was commended for winning the
award for most efficient work of
any such oficial In the State. His
salary was raised from $500 to $500
O year,
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Arlington Worker Hurt
In 40-Foof Foil OF Tree

An Arianxtcn County esups0y~
waa injured today wfs~n lie felt
about 90 feet fFcn q tree he wAa
s0ppsna
Roosevelt Ass6r~w. Il. nnanwes,
DO eaoek 81 South Twenss -seeoesd
street. suffered o aoksa ies aad
s<vsresy esss wrists lie was tak*n
In AndeTson Clinic for x~rays 10
nee IL there wwss other tnjafaea.
co<srsy os1esals haa6 ~. Anar~w
fen wnen Eaa safety oess eenkA
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Slayer of Policemen
Viii Be Hanged July 8
Dr. me Assessossd Press

ANNAPOLIS. June 2k-Roy
Arnold Wood win be hanged july
0 for the murder Of q Baltimore
policeman. the Governors. ONCE
announced yesterday.
Gov. Lane has signed q death
warrant setting the date for
Woods execution. m aide said.
Weed. 2<-year-old hrickiayey
from whitehall. Md. was SEN
tenced to die for shooting Patrol
man Joseph d. Benedict In Hala-
more In February. is4s.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Cumberland Weather!
Threat Of New Flood;
Potomac Still Falling

New flood threats which gave
Cumberland. Md. bad moment
last night, abated today as reha-
bilitation work continued In the
hard-hit areas OF Virginia and
West Virginia.
Western Maryland's largest city
was menaced briefly when cloud
burst near Midland. 20 miles west.
quickly filled mountain rivulets
and partly flooded Shaft. a mile
from Midland. g.
| It was such a cloudburst. falling
on the heels of long steady rain.
that caused the flash floods last
Friday in which at least nine per-
sons lost their lives and millions
OF dollars worth of damage was
done.
Roads were blocked at Shaft and
communications cut, but the crest
moved past Cumberland without
spilling out of the banks.
River Still Falling Here.
Here the Potomac continued Its
slow fall. At the Letter Gauge II
had dropped from a peak Of lac
feet yesterday afternoon to about
10 feet this morning. That still Ia
about 8 feet above normal. The
Wisconsin avenue gauge read "a
feet ut high tide this morning
almost, a foot under yesterday
afternoons high tide reading.
AS one result of the floods ir
the Bridgewater and Stokesville
areas of Virginia. the District Cir
Scout Camp May Flather must be
closed for the summer. The Dis
trict Councils Executive Commit
tee decided at a meeting yester-
day that food damage was toe
great to carry on this season.
Cost Of replacing the buildings
washed away was estimated al
$4,000. Mrs. Monte Appel. COM
mittee chairman. said the Scouts
definitely would rebuild. but are
faced with q Embarrassing prob
lem. About 500 girls had planned
to attend the camp this summer
Their money will be refunded un-
less they wish to contribute II
toward the rebuilding fund. lead
ers said.
District Escapes Damage
| The District escaped the food.
with little damage. Between 2:
and 80 rowboats broke away from
Fletcher's Boathouse. near Chain
Bridge. but all except six were
recovered 2 miles downstream BY
Jack Baxter, who operates an.
other boathouse near Key Bridge
At Petersburg. w. Va. and
Bridgewater. centers Of the week.
end flood. q search continued fol
several persons still missing. Red
Cross workers and health Officers
fought against an outbreak oi
disease by giving inoculatioris and
disinfecting wells.
The Red Cross area ONCE iYl
Alexandra reported about 500
families affected In the Peters
burg area and 1855 around Bridge
water. About so homes were de-
stroyed at Petersburg. 800 dam
aged, 335 farm structures washed
away or damaged. and 200 other
buildings destroyed or damaged.
In addition to crop losses, about
| loo, 900 chickens and so. 900 sheep
and hogs were lost In that area.
The Red Cross was providing
food for 200 persons at Petersburg
and 100 at Bridgewater. Shelters
were furnished for 200 at Peters
burg and a at Moorefield, w, Va.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
VIRGINIA License Taxes
On Gross Receipts Upheld
sy NE Asse<iassd pssss

RICHMOND. Va. June 2i.-The
Virginia Supreme Court Of APP
peals yesterday underlined the
right Of virginia cities TO collect
local license taxes geared to gross
receipts of business and profess
sional men.
A unanimous decision by the
seven justices upheld Danvflle
Corporation Courts finding that
city license levies imposed by q
Danville ordinance of December
30. i947. were valid I'm light Of
both the Virginia code and con-
stitution.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Lions Elect Brouit

Albert Z. Brault. Montgomery
County lawyer, was elected gov
ernor of District 22-C and chair
man Of the state council Of gov
ernors last week at the convention
/ or the Lions Club international
In Atlantic City.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Church Fete Begins Tonight

The queen Of the june festival
at the Church of Our Savior
|Sixteenth and Irving streets NE,
win be crowned at 8 O'Clock to
might. The festival viii continue
tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Charles County Votes
Today on Leea|izaiion
OF Slot Machines
se.e,eI pi.pa,sh 70 N. Star

LA PLATA. Md. June al
Charles County voters were bal
loting In q referendum on the slot
machine issue today. with hackers
and opponents waging a hard
campaign which they said would
continue until the polls close al
z pm.
The County Ministerial Asso-
citation announced here last night
at the last OF a series OF county
wide meetings that their workers
will ring ooorbells and their cars
will take voters to all IL polling
places In the 10 election districts
Similar tactics will be employed
by the Restaurant Owners Asso-
ciation. which has xpearheaded
the drive for legalization OF the
devices.
IF slot machines are legalized
and most observers predict that
they viii be. Charles will become
the fifth Maryland county TO dc
50. An act signed by former Gov
|O'Conor made the machines legal
In Anne Arundel County. Their
operation has been approved IN
referendums In st. Marys. Calver,
and Prince Georges Counties.
Hard to Persuade Farmers.
With warm. humid weather pre-
vailing. workers for both sides are
finding 1t difacult to persuade
farmers to leave their tobacco
planting and stripping long enough
to vote.
Despite this, the concensus OF
predictions Is that from 80 70 20
per cent Of the county's 1000
eligibles win vote today. One
observer forecast that 2,s0o votes
win be cast and that the machines
will be legalized by q majority Of
675.
The Rev. Harold A. Milstead,
head of the ministerial associa-
ton. said his group would make
no prediction. but added. We
will not concede defeat until the
vote La cast"
Lower Taxes Promised.
Slot machine proponents nave
based their appeals for support
largely on the promise that taxes
WIN be lowered II the machines
are iegaiized.
Claims of proponents as 10 the
revenues we're challenged at last
nights meeting by w. Algie Cook
sey. president Of the County Farm
Bureau. Slot machines. he DE-
ciared. VIII take more than s2.-
600 900 out Of the county each
year. thus lowering living n vel
as moral standards.
The net result. Mr.. cooksey
forecast. sould be that the county
viii lose financially II slot ma
chimes are legasixed.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Send Kid to Comp
Needs of Children Determine
Selection for Summer Outinqs

the children who come to the at
tention of the Summer Outings
Committee through The Evening
Star Summer Camp Fund appeal.
Every case is investigated so
that the camps will truly serve
the chilren you want to help-the
children who need camp most.
Because the need is so great.
every one of those 760 places
should be filled and the only way
they can be filled Is with your help.
For $17.92 you can keep child in
camp a week. For 1854 you can
give a child two-week vacation.
You can also help the children
with heart defects. There are
places at camp for SO of them. but
funds enough for only 81 without
your gifts. For $23 you can give a
child with a heart defect a week
in camp. For $46 you can send
such a child to camp for two weeks.
BY Cash or Check.
II you want to help those who
need your help most. send cash or
check to The Evening Star Sum-
mer Camp Fund or bring it to The
Star cashier. The Star will be glad
to acknowledge gifts of any size
from individuals end organiza-
tions. The following gifts are
acknowledged today:
Previously acknowledged $5,075.72
Evening star., 1949-06-21
D. {. Pay Raises
Up for Action by
Z Senate Units
House Posses Second
Bill to Cover 5000
In Retroactive Boost


tees may act today on House
passed bills to give $3.50 retroac-
tive pay raises TO virtually all
employees Of the District govern
ment.
The measure approved yesterday
by the House to take care Of about
5000 classified workers was to
come before the Senate Civil Serv-
ice Committee Chairman John
ston has promised early action
There was no certainty. however
that the committee would send
the measure to the Senate floor
today.
More definite was the prospect
that the Senate District Commit
tee would approve the House
passed bill to provide the $3.50
annual pay raise retroactive tc
last July for teachers. police
firemen and per diem employees.
One of Five Bills.
This measure Is one of five or
the agenda Of the District Com.
mittee for consideration today
Two Of the others would raise
salaries of judges of Municips,
Court and the Municipal Court oil
Appeals and provide for two per-
manent judges for Juvenile Court
Pay raise legislation designed tc
remove the inequity when city
workers were denied the raise
given to Federal classified work
ers last year Is virtually certain
Of enactment. Funds to pay thei,
cost are provided by the new city
revenue law. including the 2 PEI
cent sales tax.
The bill approved by the House
yesterday also would give the
$3.50 retroactive pay boost to about
5000 Foreign Service officers anc
employees. These workers, like the
District classified employees, failec
to benefit from the general Fedora,
pay raise act of last year.
Over $4,000. 900 Involved.
The Budget Bureau has esti.
mated the retroactivity for the
District employees involved woulc
amount to about $2.507. 900 ane
that Of the Foreign Service work.
ers. to about 81 $4,000.
All personnel in the two group.
now earning $4,000 or less woulc
get the raise.
Chairman Murray Of the HOUSE
Civil Service Committee. WHIT
sponsored the bill. called 1t simple
justice" to remove the pay in.
equality under which District ane
Foreign Service employees have
been working almost year.
Rich Commends Bill.
Even Representative Rich. Re
publican. of Pennsylvania. whit
scrutinizes all measures costini
money. commended the bill.
Il congratulate the committee
on figuring out where they wer,
going to get the money befors
they spent It," he commented.
He said he was referring to de.
lay in action on the pay rails.
legislation for the District classi'
fed workers until after the Dis
trict's new tax bill. including I
sales levy. had become law.
The Pennsylvania economy ad'
vocate pointed out the sales tal
would help pay the increased sal
aries during the next fiscal year
He asked Mr.. Murray:
And the District of Columbia |.
not going to ask my district bacl
in Pennsylvania to pay more?"
Mr.. Murray assured him hi.
constituents would not be callee
on to pay for the pay raise here
No one objected to the bill dur
ing the brief discussion.