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Evening star., 1949-11-03
County Reorganizes
Blood Donor Service

Reorganization of the Mont.
gomery County Blood Donor Serv.
ice, in progress for two months.
has been virtually completed with
Col. w. M. Blunt of Bethesda as
chairman.
The service now will operate
under q central committee at
county Red Cross headquarters,
Bethesda. with subcommittees in
different communities. An Advi-
sorry and Liaison Group is included
in the new setup.
Vice chairman is Mrs. William
G. Hill Of Kenwood. Others on
the central committee are Mrs.
Francis Hill. jr.. Kenwood: Mrs.
George B. Hartman, Westmore-
land Hills; Mrs. George M. Porter,
Bethesda: Mrs. William Chase,
Chevy Chase. and Paul Shinkman,
publicity director.
Chairmen for the subcommit-
tees. which include representa-
tives Of many local organizations,
are Mrs. Frederic P. Lee, for Be-
thesda; Mrs. Clarence Roberts, for
Damascus; Mrs. Robert B. RAN
som, for Gaithersburg; Mrs. Rob-
ert s. Caviness, for Kensington:
DR.. John Fawcett Of DawsonvilIe,
for Poolesville; Mrs. Steven O.
Beebe. for Sandy Spring; Mrs.
Warren Hopkins, for Silver Spring,
and Mrs. J. Wilson .Dodd. for
Takoma Park
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Baltimore Physician Accused
Of Illegal Operations Plot

latter 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. DR.
MacCrowe was described as seri-
ously i'll when his bail was posted.
He was convicted on an abor-
ton charge in 1899 but won q
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 .
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
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
Woodfleld 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!
E Ranging in age from 6 to II.
the five boys and four girls all
have good scholastic records, &C.
|cording to Mrs. King.
Since space is at premium In
the Kings five-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 1t ap-
pears, because there's plenty to
do on a l59-acre farm.
All have specific duties to per-
form each morning and after
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 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 20 cents per 100 pounds,
according to the economic situa-
ton.
He said the new order would
replace Federal pricing formula
which was rejected two years ago
by the cooperative. This old for
mula based the price Of milk on
butter prices.
Mr.. Derrick described the WASH
ington 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
Merrill Cites Losses
On Suburban Bus Run,

The suburban areas must show
they can support bus service
financially before the service can
be expanded. E. D. Merrill, pres
ident of Capital Transit Co.. told
the Silver Spring Board of Trade
last night -. -...
Mr.. Merrill said that in 194S
the company lost 16.9 cents per
bus mile Travelled to provide Sill
yer Spring with service. He said
the 1913 losses on the Silver
Spring service amounted to near
lly $4,000.
The businessmen had asked
whether service could be i'm
proved.
Mr.. Merrill said the company
'can only go as far as economics
will let it. The number of trips
made by the buses are dictated by
the number of passengers.
"The normal daily run is 23(
trips in Silver Spring." he said
with a 10000 seating capacity
However, only one-third of tha
capacity Is ever used. Compare
this with the District of Colum.
bias almost full capacity on ever,
trip"
He indicated the losses in tn,
Silver Spring operation must b,
made up by the overall Washing
ton bus operation.
Mr.. Merrill said the company
has already expanded In Silvel
Spring, too much for present pa
tronage,
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Five Students Interviewed
For Montgomery Jobs

Montgomery County officials
yesterday continued a search fol
qualified county employees by in
terviewing five civil engineering
students of Virginia Military In
stitute for the county's Depart
ment Of Public Works.
The students were interviewed
at Rockville by County Manager
Irving G. McNayr and George
Papageorge, director Of public
works.
The conferences are part Of q
recruiting campaign started by
the County Personnel Board ir
an effort to staff new depart.
ments. The plan not only is 9
move to get young blood" but
also is designed to get the best
qualified persons available, Mr.
McNayr said.
He said he thought that under
the county's merit system, can.
didates for such job openings
should not be limited to county
residents.
Mr.. McNayr said the selection
Of Richard L. Black. research
assistant to the county manager
was the first instance of hirins
an outside resident under thi!
plan. Mr.. Black, a former resi-.
dent of Butler, Pa, attended tn,
Wharton School of Finance a
the University of Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Family With 9 Attending School
Getting Its Tax Moneys Worth

noon, including feeding the chick
ems and hogs, milking the cows,
preparing lunches and washing
dishes.
Those having any spare time
can cut some wood for the stove.
Six. of the children are active
in All Club work and the oldest.
Herbert, II, won first prize In
the poultry judging contest at the
University of Maryland last year.
BY winning this prize. Herbert
became eligible to enter the East
ern States Exposition at Spring
field, Mass, where entrants from
13 North Atlantic States were
judging. He and his cousin, Doug
las King. won the team poultry
judging championship there.
The other children are James,
6: William, Z; Opal, 9: Dorothy,
10; Margaret, IL; Henry, 13; Earl
Is, and Pearl, Is.
And when they troop OF te
school, Mrs. King heaves . sigh
OF relief. Because, as she putt
it. x am free for the nrst time
In II years"
Mr.. King. who does carpentry
in addition to operating his farm.
is q brother of Julian p. King
Of nearby Cedar Grove, a men,
Der Of the county delegation to
the General Assembly.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
By fhe Associoted pre.,

BALTIMORE, Nov. 8. - 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 foray
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Dynomjting for Gas Pipeline
Shakes D. C.. in Mystery Blast

mlting. we made arrangements te
be in on this one"
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 department s
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, sis 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 Clendenin
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, flanked witt
slight ridges of granite wrenched
from the river bottom, according
to Edward Hohmann, foreman fo1
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 fol
the dynamiting. one mechanic OF
the job said a number of specta.
tors had gathered near the scene
about 3 miles above Potomac, Md.
to watch.
The man. H. A. Buddy" STAN.
mer Of Winchester, Va, said HI
looked on from about 1000 fee
away and felt no conclusion. Win.
dows were set ajiggling in a hous,
about a mile away, but there wer,
no other reports in the immed.
late area. Said Mr.. Stammer:
There were q few fish stunned
but they were still wriggling."
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Man Gets 30 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 q
lottery.
William Honig. IS, of the 400C
block of Lee highway. was ar
rested October Is 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 HONG
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Auto Believed
Used in Bank
RobberyFound
Two in FuIIs Church
Theft Of $13,468
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 1942 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 off their trail.
For few hours yesterday police
were close on the trail of the
bandits and arrived at oil Sticks
at three curves along Little Falls
road less than an hour after the
bandits car had passed. They
recovered the clothing and false
mustache 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
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
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0fficiaIsWarned
ToEqua|izeA||
Virginia Schools
PuIIen Of Maryland
Tells Convention of
Need for Action Now
By the Assoeiofed 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 its
counties or face the dangers Of
Federal control Of education.
Thomas G. Pullen, jr., Maryland
superintendent of schools, told q
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 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. It 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 1t
considers the real value Of prop
erty. if it demands 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 q 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.
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
] IfFederal control, not only In
'fschools, but in every activity.
] " am confident that If the
States do not provide adequate
education the Federal Government
will and it will do so undoubtedly
in way not acceptable to many"
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Maryland Council
Backs Proposed Laws
To Control Lobbyists
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3.-The
Legislative Council has given it's
tentative approval to four proposed
laws aimed at keeping lobbyists
under better control during ses-
sions of the General Assembly.
The Council-1nterim Commit
tee of the Legislature-held a
hearing yesterday on the question.
Members were pretty we'll in
agreement that persons who seek
to influence votes have to be
watched pretty closely. They also
agreed that those same lobbyists
are often help to the legislators.
Measures given preliminary ap-
proval would: Require lobbyists
and their employers to report fees
and expenses; provide for stand
ard reporting forms for both
lobbyists and employers: provide
for issuance Of credentials to reg
|istered lobbyists. and require reg
istration Of lobbyists who appear
before the Council.
Proposals to Be Studied.
Referred to the councils Judici-
ary Committee were proposals
that lawyer-lobbyists report what
percentage of their annual retain
er is paid for legislative activity,
that State officials be required
to stick to measures affecting
their departments, and that a
Joint General Assembly Commit
tee be named to keep a close check
on lobbyists.
Attorney General Hall Ham
mond separated lobbyists into
four groups and gave these
definitions:
l. Professional-Lobbying for a
fee.
2. Intramural-Legislators lob
bying each other, "the most effec-
tive method"
3. 'Olympian-From on high.
. kind with which you are all
familiar" As an example of
type 3, he told about an attorney
generals aide some years ago
who solicited votes because the
Governor wants it passed"
4. Newspaper editorializing.
Several women's groups ap-
peared before the council to urge
that Maryland set up a censor
board for comic books. t
Action is DELAYED.
The councils judiciary commit
tee voted to defer action. That,
according to Senator George w,
Della. Democrat, of Baltimore, put
the idea to eternal rest"
The women said comic books
which stress sex and crime should
be banned from the sales racks.
Members of the committee said
they would do all they can to help
PTA groups, schools and libraries
to encourage children to read
better" books and comics.
The council also:
Approved measure which
would prohibit practitioners Of
physical therapy from using the
little doctor"
Took under advisement pro-
posals by Director Ernest A.
Vaughn of the game and inland
fish commission that fees be raised
for county resident hunting licen-
ses and nonresident fishing and
hunting licenses.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Virginia Poll tuesday
To Fill Senate Vacancy
And 5 House Seats
BY the Associofsd Press


RICHMOND. Va, Nov. 3.-One
contest for a Senate vacancy and
% House contests. involving IS
seats in the House Of Delegates,
will be decided by Virginia voters
Tuesday.
Voters In most communities will
have only Statewide contests on
their ballots, with constitutional
amendments to repeal the poll
tax attracting more interest than
contests for Governor, lieutenant
governor and attorney general.
Republicans furnish most of the
Opposition to the dominant Demo-
cratic Party in most of the legis-
lative contests, but there is a
sprinkling of independents and
at least one Progressive.
Senate Race Within Party.
The Senate contest is between
Copeland Adams and George W..
Palmer in the district composed of
Amelia. Lunenburg, Nottoway.
Powhatan and Prince Edward
Counties. Both are Democrats.
E. O. McCue, now a delegate, is
upopposed for the Senate seat
from the 26th district vacated by
John S. Battle, Democratic nomi-
nee for Governor. The district is
composed Of Albemarle, Fluvanna,
Greene, Madison and Charlottes-
vile.
Mr.. McCue. nominated for re-
election as a delegate in August,
decided to run for Mr.. Battles
Senate seat. Henry B. Gordon,
nominated with Mr.. McCue for
a seat in the House, must run in
a three-cornered race in the gen.
eral election because two other
Democrats entered the contest
after Mr.. McCue dropped out. The
newcomers are James F. Dulaney
and c. r. Dorrier. The House
district is composed Of Albemarle,
Greene and Charlottesville and Is
entitled to two delegates.
Other House Contests.
Other House contests include:
Alexandria a-Armistead L. Boothe,
incumbent Democrat. against r..
w. Buckingham, Republican.
Arlington-tWo be elected.
Maynard Magruder and George
Damn, incumbent Democrats, and
I. Lee Potter, Republican.
Fairfax-Edwin Lynch, Demo-
crat, against Douglas A. Clark,
Republican.
While the Republicans offered
no opposition in majority Of the
States legislative districts. v. 8.
Shaffer, Republican, has no OPP
position In Shenandoah. tradi-
tionally Z Republican county.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Electric Coop Urges
Pay Arbitration by
; Maryland Judges
Special Dispoteh TO The Star

HUGHESVILLE, Md, Nov. s.
The Southern Maryland Electric
Cooperative announced today
that it would agree to arbitration
Of a year-old wage dispute with
union employees provided the issue
lis decided by the three judges of
Marylands seventh judicial cir
cult.
Directors Of the cooperative
said after q 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 a Is per cent increase or
submit the question to arbitration.
Throughout months of negotia-
tions, coop directors have re-
fused to do either.
Their attitude brought q thinly
yelled hint last week from Charles
M. Quinn, business agent of Local
70 in the National Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers. AFL, that q
strike would be called If the COM
pany's policy was not changed.
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 wage increase is concerned. :"
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 decision"
A walkout of the 10 employees
involved would threaten disrup-
ton OF service to nearly 10000
subscribers in Calvert, Charles,
Prince Georges and st. Marys
Counties.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Two Men Burn to Death
As Fire DESTROYS Shack
BY the Associated 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 & 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
Maryland PTA Units
Meet in Baltimore
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3. - Dele
gates to the 34th annual conven-
ton of the Maryland Congress of
Parents and Teachers got their
three-day meeting underway this
morning with a songfest.
Representatives from almost ev-
cry Parent Teacher Association of
the state were in attendance. The
theme for this years gathering
Is "the home, the school, the
civil march forward"