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Evening star., 1949-08-02
Hyahsvine Policemen
Accused Of Hitting 7
Boys Seen Lettering

The parents of two Hyattsville
youths last night accused two city
policemen of striking the boys and
placing them in Jail without 1iling
charges against them.
The complaints against Police
men William A. Duvall and E. w.
Thompson were brought at the
City Council meeting.
Both officers admitted hitting
the boys. Policeman Duvall said
he struck one lightly" with the
back of his hand after the youth
became impudent and dared" the
officer to strike him.
Policeman Thompson said he
slapped the hand of the other
youth when the latter reached in
to his back pocket.
Referred to Committee.
According to Police Chief How
ard H. Holmes. the youths were In
group seen lettering around the
Professional Building early last
Saturday. He said the building
had been entered twice in recent
weeks and more than $500 taken.
The Council referred the matter
to its Police Committee for 4
report August .l5. >.
The Council also voted to sap-,
point. another, sftail- time pohce-
MAJ. .@lncreasinssthe force to eiskt..
Cof1ncilmaisH. Wilson Spick6xd1
voted against the motion to ap-
point the new officer. saying that
no funds for@him had been Pre-
vided in thescity and that City
Auditor John w. Bradley had
warned of unbudseted. I expenii-.
lures.
Chairman Styne of q special
committee studying the proposed
nonsegregated legitimate theater
in Hyattsville. announced the
group has decided to take no ac-
ton on the application of the Ma
tional Repertory Theater. Inc, for
a city permit to operate the
theater.
Mr.. Styne pointed out that a
renewal of the lease on the build
ing had not been obtained by the
repertory group.
Booster Crop Endorsed.
The Council was told that little
attention was being paid to park
ing meter regulations between 5
and 6 pm. in the Queens Chapel
shopping center and the Police
Committee was asked to investi-
gate.
The Council indorsed creation
OF the new Greater Prince
Georges County Booster Commit
tee whose first function will be to
arrange for dedication of the ex-
tensions of Agar and Queens
Chapel roads in West Hyattsville.
The State Roads Commission sug-
gested to the Council last night
that November l be set as a ten
tative date for the ceremonies.
City Attorney Nicholas Orem,
jr., was directed to represent
property owners protesting the
rezoning of property at Forty
fourth and Oliver streets from
residential A to residential C..
Such rezoning would enable the
building of apartments on the
site. The hearing will be held
August II before the county COM
missioners in Hyattsville.
After complaint of noise from
the unloading of new automobiles
at a dealers plant on the Balti-
more boulevard near Forty-fourth
avenue. the council decided to
adopt an odinance making it un-
lawful to make unnecessary noises
between midnight and 6 am. in
the city.
It was decided to turn over to
the volunteer fire department the
former quarters of the city library
on the second floor of the old
Municipal Building. At the same
time the size of City Treasurer
Howard c. Dingee's office will be
doubled and a cashiers cage
installed
Evening star., 1949-08-02
Quirino Trip Delayed Doy

MANILA. Aug. IL (P.-Presi-
dent Elpidio Quirino last night
postponed his departure for
Washington by one day. The
new schedule calls for him to
arrive in Washington at $3.50
p.m- August s. No reason was
given for IS, change.
Evening star., 1949-08-02
Californian Challenges
Florida SmuIImouth Bass
By the Associated Press

LA JOLLA, Calif.-One more
item has been added to Califor-
nia-Florida rivalry. DR.. Carl L.
Hubbs, professor of biology at the
University of California. says
Florida's smallmouth bass are
really largemouth bass.
The statement is made in a
paper Hubbs published with DR..
Reeve M. Bailey of the University
of Michigan. The paper says that
smallmouth bass have been
planted in Florida, but they do
not do we'll. And it suggests that
claims of record smallmouths
caught in Florida be disallowed
because these fish really are large
mouths.
Evening star., 1949-08-02

Independent Fire is taking Brit
ish lion emblems off buildings and
substituting harpS.
Evening star., 1949-08-02
China
Continued From First Page.)

another column southwest in the
direction OF Suichwan, 235 miles
from Canton.
Omcial reports said Nationalist
planes scored direct hits Monday
on Red Gen. Lin Piao's headquar-
ters at Hankow and destroyed it.
There were no details.
Evening star., 1949-08-02
Many Car Buyers
=! ear'kxaMtf'|ron' !
D. {. Sales Tax!

MARYLAND & VIRGINIA RESIDENTS ARE EXEMPT!
Residents of Maryland or Virginia buy car in
Washington without paying the D. c. title fee excise tax
Eales rax( Maryland residents must still pay the old
established Maryland title fee excise Virginia residents
buy tax:free in the District of Columbia.
Remember it you more to buy in Washington!
DC RESIDENTS MUST PAY TAX Wherever THEY BUY!
Hyourea Washington RESIDENT you're required by law to
pay the title fee excise alesax regardless of where you
plan purchase your car You can't the by buying
an automobile outside of the District of Columbia Re-
member, it costs you no more to buy in Washington!
NO NEED TO CHANGE YOUR BUYING HABITS!
Automobiles in Washington and Maryland taxed
until they re titled Washington residents title their
cars in the District of Columbia, Maryland residents in
Maryland and Virginia residents in Virginia. You gain
absolutely nothing by changing your buying habits
Remember, it costs you more to buy in Washington!
WASHINGTON AuToMoTIvE TRADE ASSOCIATION
Chandler Building l427 Eye St. NJ w Ex 1901
Evening star., 1949-08-02

Holland will use alminum cases
for transporting fish. as the metal
can be more readily cleaned than
wood and does not absorb odors.
Evening star., 1949-08-02
Hong Kong Vessel Runs
Nationalist Blockade

SHANGHAI, Aug. 2 (P.-The
80O-ton cargo ship Edyth Moller
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Phone Rate Hearing
Told Of A. 7. &T. Aid
By the Associofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 15.-
The State Corporation Commis-
sion was told that the plan by
which the American Telephone &
Telegraph Co. finances its Bel
subsidiaries is highly advantage
GUS to the latter.
Statements to this effect were
made yesterday by D. r. Belcher
A. T. & T. Treasurer, during cross
examination at rate hearing in
which the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. of Virginia is seek
ing rate increases. C. & P. of Vir-
ginia is one of the Bell companies
owned by A. T. & T.
Among other things, Mr..
Blecher said equity capital that
now pays about SIS per cent on
market value would have to yield
8 to IL per cent if it were is
sued by a alphabetically inde-
pendent Virginia company.
Morton L. Wallerstein, counsel
for objecting counties and cities,
was told that mo public regula-
tory body ever has had any juris-
diction" over approval of the SO
dividend A. T. & T. has been pay
ing since 1921. His line of ques-
tioning indicted he thought the
A. T. g. T. dividend possibly was
reflected in the cost of Bell Sys-
tenn operations.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Taft Says Ohio Farmers
Are Pretty Well or
BY the Assoeioted Press

WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE,
Ohio, Sept. Ex-senator Taft, Re-
publican, of Ohio yesterday told
a group of farmers in this corn
hog belt area he thought they
were pretty well off,"
Senator Taft now is in the
midst of a 100-day report to the
people" which will take him into
all sections of the State.
In his appearances here and in
London. Ohio, yesterday he spoke
repeatedly against the farm plan
|of Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan.
Senator Taft explained his op-
position by charging the plan
would have the Federal Govern
|ment paying high prices for farm
goods and selling them for lower
prices through subsidization of the
farmer.
When a Madison County farmer
reminded the Senator farm prices
have dropped II per cent and
prices in stores 3 per cent" Sen
ator Taft replied:
8 Farmers still are pretty well
of. Yousstill. are receiving prices
|of 1o1 per cent OF parity"
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Montgomery Board Refuse,
To Transfer Bui|dinq Title

The Montgomery County Liquor
Board today refused to comply
with bill passed by the County
Council last May providing for
transfer to the county of title to
the Liquor Dispensary Building in
Silver Spring. The title now IS
held by the Liquor Board.
Board Chairman j. Forest
Walker said the agency acted on
the advice of its attorney, James
w. Gill, who claimed the law is
unconstitutional.
Council President Frederick P.
Lee, when informed of the boards
decision, said the council would
confer with County Attorney
David Macdonald to decide wheth-
er to take the question before the
County Circuit Court.
The council bill is almost iden-
tical with one introduced at the
last session of the General Assem-
bly, but which was defeated in the
State Senate.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Missile Laboratory
Enoineer Named

The Bureau of Standards today
announced that William Shannon
specialist in the field of electro
mechanical and X-ray apparatus
has been appointed an electronics
engineer in its guided missile lab
oratory.
Mr.. Shannon served in the
Navy as a lieutenant from 1912
to 46. He was a design engineer
with the General Electric X-Ray
Corp. in 1916 and 1947, and since
then he has been assistant chief
electronics engineer at the Naval
Ordnance Plant in Forest Park
III. He is a native of Chicago
and was graduated from the Uni
verSity of Illinois.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
G|andu|ar injections
Said 10 Work Miracles
In Some Polio Cases
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15.-An
authority on glandular secretions
(steroids) announces a cure for
certain phases of polio, rheumatic
fever. arthritis, gout and other
maladies of the connective tissues
DR.. Harvey Billig, jr., head OF
Wartime Research on Steroids fol
the Navy at the California Insti-
tute of Technology, told the South
ern California Section of the Inter
national College of Surgeons yes
terday that he had accomplished
cures in some thousands of cases
The treatment, he said, is by
injecting the glandular secretions
into the muscles, and the connec-
tive tissues maladies "can be cured
with dramatic suddennsss."
Toxic. Effect on Glands.
Maladies such as polio, he ex-
planned, in addition to destroying
nerve tissue, inhibit steroid pro-
duction by a toxic effect on the
secreting glands.
DR.. Billig, a fellow of the Inter-
national College Of Surgeons, said
the glands include the adrenal
cortex, the ovaries and the testes
under the guiding influence of
the pituitary gland. The reduced
glandular production results in
contraction of ligaments, he added
Qigaments are made of connective
tissue).
The consequence is deformities
commonly resulting from infantile
paralysis and arthritis, the physi-
clan said.
Ligaments Can Relax.
Steroid injections, he added,
cause the ligaments to relax. He
said that when the treatment is
used in the first stages of the NAL
aides, they work seeming miracles.
"The artificial injection of
steroids," DR.. Billig said, "gives
the glands a rest. Sometimes,
though, they do not recover fully
and the artificial use of steroids
must be continued"
Manipulation of damaged joints
or muscles should follow the in
jections, the physician says.
DR.. Billig is assistant professor
of orthopedics at the College of
Medical Evangelists and is on the
stats of three hospitals.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Truman Is Hopeful
Negotiations Can
Settle Steel Dispute
By the Associated Press

President Truman expressed
hope today that negotiations
in the steel dispute will
progress toward a settlement.
The steel dispute was
brought up at Mr.. Truman's
news conference. He was
asked whether he considered
the attitude of Philip Muir
ray, head of the CIO Steel
Workers, was proper in in
sisting on acceptance of the
fact-f1nding boards formula
when it was agreed in ad-
vance that the findings would
not be binding.
Mr.. Truman said he hoped
the negotiations would pro-
gress toward a settlement.
Then he said he thought
there was a decided difference
between accepting a thing as
a basis for negotiations and
acceptance of a recommended
ton outright.
Evening star., 1949-09-15

Maj. Gen. Anthony c. Nc
FAuliffe, nominated by President
Truman yesterday to head the
Army Chemical Corps, knows
Management Counselor James V.
Hunt, too.
If confirmed, Gen. McAuliffe
will succeed Maj. Gen. Alden H.
Watt, whose friendship with Mr..
Hunt was widely discussed during
the Senate "five-percenter" in
quiry.
Mr.. Hunt, whose activities
prompted the inquiry, has a pic
ture of Gen. McAuliffe in the gal
lery of autographed photographs
on his Office walls. The one from
the general is inscribed to Col
and Mrs. Hunt, with warm re-
CARDS"
Testimony at the hearing
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Dulles Offers Bills 10 Free
DPS Held for Deportation
By the Associated Press

Senator Dulles, Republican, of
New York, acted yesterday to free
so Catholic and Jewish refugees
being held for deportation. He
said they will be "liquidated" if
sent back to Hungary.
The New York Senator intro
duced bills to clear six of the
group from deportation proceed
ings and said he will offer similar
measures for the remainder as
soon as complete records of their
cases have been sent to immigra-
ton officials here.
They are being held without
bail on Ellis Island despite what
Senator Dulles said were promises
by the immigration Service that
they would not be subject to
prosecution pending g. change in
the Displaced Person Act.
Senator Dulles explained that
the so were among those who ar
rived in this, country after April
l, 1948, on transit visas but re-
manned in this country. He said
the law makes no provision fol-
them to apply for permanent
status as residents.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Alexandra Girl, 4, Injured
By ARLINGTON Mans Car

Constance Forman, 4, daughter
of Mrs. Dolores Forman, COS Bev-
erley drive, Alexandria, suffered
q fractured collarbone yesterday
when she was struck by an auto
mobile near her home, Alexandria
police said. She was treated at
Alexandria Hospital.
The police said the, driver was
John w. Vermilyea, 81, of the $500
block of South Wakefield street,
Arlington. who told them he
could not see the child.
Mr.. Vermilyea said he was re-
tired from the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department a few years ago
because of a physical disability
resulting from gymnasium exer-
else. The disability prevents his
sitting erect in an automobile, the
police said,
Evening star., 1949-09-15
D. T.. Residents 10 See
Color " Broadcasts
Within Next Month

Washington residents will be
able to see a practical demonstra-
ton of color television within the
next month.
The Radio Corp. of America
perfectors of one of the three
methods of television in color,
which will be examined by the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion beginning September 26, has
announced that receivers will be
set UP at downtown locations after
FEC officials have had an oppor-
tunity to view color transmissions
Furthermore, all owners of tele-
vision sets in this area will see
programs transmitted in color
only they won't know it.
One of the features of the RCA
method of color telecasting is that
the programs may be seen in black
and white on ordinary sets with
out modification.
RCA officials say they plan to
use the regular commercial pro-
grams of WNBW for their expert
ments. Thus, such programs will
be seen in. color on experimental
sets equipped with adaptors, and
in black and white on regular
receivers.
A spokesman here said six ex-
perimental receivers for demon
strations before FEC officials
probably would be installed on the
roof of the Washington Hotel. He
said as soon as the officials have
completed their studies, the re-
ceivers will be moved to accessible
spots in downtown Washington
and the public demonstration will
begin.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Two American Flyers
Still Held by China's
Reds After II Months
By the Associated Press

NANKING, Sept. 15.-Efforts by
American officials to obtain the
release of two American flyers held
by Chinese Communists for IL
months have been unsuccessful.
An American embassy spokeS-
man said repeated efforts have
been made both in Peiping and
Marking to negotiate the release Of
the two servicemen. Diplomats
here have been told that local
Communists have no control in
the case and inquiries made by
Peiping Consul General Edmund
o. Club so far have been fruit
less.
The two flyers are Navy Chief
Electrician William c. Smith and
Marine M/Sergt. E. c. Bender.
Smith lives in Columbia Falls.
Mont, and Bender in Cincinnati.
Ohio. The two failed to return last
October from what American Off
cials describe as a routine training
mission over Red territory from
the former American naval base
at Tsingtao.
Previous reports said the two
men were safe and well and were
being held somewhere in Shan
tung Province.
The embassy spokesman said no
further progress had been made.
either, by Mukden Consul Gen.
eral Angus Ward and his staff
of nine in leaving that Man.
churian city. They have been
isolated in Mukden since last
November. The State Depart
ment ordered the consulate closed
last May and Mr.. Ward since
has been trying to obtain Com
munist permission to leave.
The last word received from
Mr.. Ward indicated all final
preparation had been completed
for departure from Mukden.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
No Affect on Situation
In Miami Strike Seen

MIAMI, Fla. Sept. Is (P.-Set.
tlement Of the Chicago printers
strike likely will make no differ.
ence in the Miami situation. where
union printers have been out al
the Miami Herald and Miami
Daily News since January /, saio
Emmet c. Choate. representative
Of the publishers.
I'm glad to see it settled, OF
course" Mr.. Choate said last
night, 'but I can't see that it will
make any difference here. The
composing rooms here were never
closed. Others replaced the union
printers.
Under Florida law. the men
have been replaced and are not
under the Taft-Hartley law.
There is a wide difference in
the two situations. Wages never
entered into the dispute here
The break was over substitute
methods of using machines
Printers wanted jurisdiction ano
the publishers would not agree
to 1t"
Evening star., 1949-09-15
McAu|iffe, Named to Succeed
Watt, Also Knew '5-Percenter

brought out that Mr.. Hunt listec
Gen. McAuliffe as a reference
The general, according to the tes-
timony, gave Mr.. Hunt an "excel.
lent" reference.
This came up when the Sena-
tors were being told about Mr.
Hunt representing the Deering-
Milliken Research Trust in its ef-
forts to get a contract from the
Chemical Corps. DR.. Norman
Armitage, an official of the trust
told the Army inspector general
he talked with several of those
listed by Mr.. Hunt as references
before deciding to do business with
the management counselor.
Presidential Assistant John R
Steelman also was listed as ref
erence. He said Mr.. Hunt was
"Okay"
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Lung Collapse Fatal
To Erco|ino 1rip|et
Being Anesthetized

A sudden collapse of both lungs
took the life of one of the l6-
month-old triplets of Mr.. and Mrs
Anthony Ercolino, TOO Irving street
NE, just before the child was to
undergo surgery for a skull de-
feet yesterday at Gallinger Hos
pital.
The child died while anesthesia
was being administered, and the
cause of death at first was not
known.
An autopsy, however, showed
the child had blister-like forma-
tions in both lungs, according tc
DR.. Richard Whelton. medical su-
perintendent. When the anesthesis
was given, he said, the "blisters'
ruptured, causing complete col
lapse of both lungs.
Earlier Surgery in July.
DR.. Whelton said attempts tc
revive the child by drugs anc
other means were unsuccessful. II
was impossible, he said, to know
of the condition before anesthesis
was given.
The operation was to correct 6
premature closure of "soft-spot'
bones in the child's skull. Normal
ly, the soft spots" permit ex-
pansion of the brain during the
first few years of life.
DR.. Whelton said the child
Paul, already had showed signs
of personality change and menta
retardation as a result of the de-
feet. The first stage of the cor
rective surgery was performed
during July.
One Escaped Defect.
Another of the triplets, Law
renee. also suffers a similar defect
but surgery has not yet beer
recommended, the doctor said
The third child. Carol Sue. ap-
parently escaped the defect, he
said.
The Ercolinos have one other
child, Richard, 5.
Funeral services for Paul will
be held at 1880 am. Saturday al
Chambers funeral home, 140(
Chaplin street NV. Burial will
be at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
M. H. Marlin, IS, Dies

NEW HAVEN, Sept. Is P)-
Mahlon H. Marlin, IS. former
president and treasurer of the
Marlin Firearms Company, died
yesterday at his home here after
a long illness. He retired in 1915
from the company, a manufac-
turer of sporting arms and razor
blades. It was founded by his
father, John M. Marlin.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Yaehtsman Acquitted
In Fatal Race Mishap

Tommy Keane, 48, Washington
yachtsman and head of a hotel
supply firm, was acquitted last
night on a charge of causing the
death of a spectator at the Mary
land Yacht Club regatta June S.
The charge against Mr.. Keane
was dismissed at Pasadena, Md.
by Magistrate Hugh K. Holmes,
who said no evidence was pro-
duced to show that the fatal acci-
dent resulted from gross negli-
gence, the Associated Press re-
ported.
"A technical charge was placed
against Mr.. Keane. who lives in
the 1900 block of Glover driveway
NV, after the death of Louis E.
Watson, 18, Cambridge, Md. dur
ing the regatta program at Fair
view, Anne Arundel County.
Police said the young spectator
was injured fatally when Mr..
Keane's speedboat crashed into a
14-foot craft occupied by Mr..
Watson and Harry Bowen. %,
Baltimore.
The police said Mr.. Keane was
testing his hydroplane. Miss
Steaks, before a qualifying heat
for the annual regatta. It swerved
off course and struck the other
craft.
Mr.. Bowen said when he saw
the racer approaching he called
to his companion to jump, then
leaped himself. The hydroplane
struck and broke his leg. He and
Mr.. Keane managed to stay afloat
until rescued. Mr.. Watson's body
was recovered by beach f1remen
after half an hours graphing.
The drowned youth was grad
uated from Crisf1eld High School
this spring.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Second Cross Burning
Attributed to Prank
BY the Associo,ed Press

TOWSON, Sept. 15.-Police to-
day attributed to ''pranksters" the
second cross-burning to occur in
Baltimore County within a week
The burning 8-foot cross first
was seen about $50 o'clock last
night near the entrance to the
Timonium fair grounds.
No Negroes live in the commu-
nifty where it was burned. The
scene was miles from where
another cross burning occurred
early Friday morning.
Evening star., 1949-09-15

The European house sparrow
was imported to the United States
In the 1e50s to aid in the extermi-
nation Of the geometrid cater
pfllar.
Evening star., 1949-09-15
Younq on Vacation

Joseph Young Is on vaca-
ton. The Federal Spotlight
column will be resumed on
Tuesday, September 20. The
Federal Spotlight radio broad
cast, however, will be heard
as usual at 11:15 am. Sunday,
September 18, over WMAL,
The Star station.