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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-11-01
Cecil Cant And Combo
Again at Farm Dell

ern inthe Lakefront City, Cleve-
land. He was, incidentally, one Of
the bands that played for the ma
moth dances of the Elks in their
convention. this summer in San
Francisco. When he finishes his
Dayton contract he will go to the
west coast, opening at the Club
Alabama in Los Angeles. While
there he will also make four shorts
for Astor pictures inc. He has al
ready made some for this firm,
which some Of you have probably
seen. His better known were "Blue
and Lonesome" and "The Ghost"
Cant is one Of those rare ina
a lesson until he entered the armed
CuIdl $ HluSlCldIS. ne never LOOK
services during the last war. He
served inthe special services de-
partment Of the army. He toured
the Pacific Theater of war and
was extremely popular among the
service men. Since his discharge
he has continued to perform as
the first rate musician that he is.
Some of his latest recordings
are: "Fate," 81 Amt Gonna Cry
Anymore" "Singin' the Blues"
81 Hate to Say Goodbye" and 81
Got a Thrill" His most famous
recording was, of course, 81 Won
der" This isthe song that catapul-
ted to him to his postwar fame.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
|Car|in Requests Cour1
To Bar Daughter 5ui1
Over Gazette Stock

In the second round of a family
dispute over stock of the Alexan-
dria Gazette. Charles c. Carlin
jr., president and publisher. has
appealed to the courts to prevent
his daughter from suing him.
Mr.. Carlin yesterday asked
Alexandria Circuit Court to enjoin
the 2l-year-old daughter, Sarah
from prosecuting claim for con-
troll of 49 per cent Of the news
papers stock.
The plea was based on declara-
ton that Miss Carlin entered ar
agreement with her father to per.
nit him to buy 1900 shares ir
the Gazette for $4,000.
In suit filed recently, Miss
Carlin asked the court to require
the Gazette corporation and Johr
w. Tulloch, managing editor, tt
turn over to her the 1900 shares
which she values at 100000. Mr.
Tulloch was trustee of Miss Car.
Inns stock until she became 81
Her father is the only other stock
holder.
Miss Carlin's stock was put ir
trust for her, when she was 8
child, by her grandfather.
The Gazette president has not
filed an answer to his daughter
suit. Both legal actions mature
January 8.
Miss Carlin lives with hel
mother, Mrs. r. r. Taylor, the di-
vorced wife of Mr.. Carlin, at 172s
Abingdon drive, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Poisoning Of ; Dogs
I'm Northwest Probed

Police of No. q Precinct today
are continuing their investigation
of the fatal poisoning of three
dogs in the area near Lowell street
and Loughboro road NV.
Brig. Gen. Willard A. Holbrook,
UsA, retired. OF 5o25 Lowell street
NV, said the family's Dalmation
died Christmas night and that a
veterinarian, who performed an
autopsy, said the cause Of death
may have been strychnine.
In the case of a cocker spaniel
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Long. 1921 Watson street NV,
they said kennel authorities de-
clared the death Of the dog last
Saturday morning was the result
of poisoning.
David E. Mccoy, 5o15 Macomb
street NV, said his family's Dali
nation died December 81 and that
a veterinarian explained rat poi
son prabably was the cause.
At the same time, it. was said,
a cat in the area became Ill, ex-
hibiting the same symptoms as
the Mccoy pet. 1t survived, ap-
parently because cats are more
discriminating than dogs about
their food and this one probably
rejected the poison, after tasting
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Stephenson Retires
From Agriculture Unit

John II. Stephenson of the
Agriculture Departments Bureau
of Plant Industry retired today
after nearly 38 years Of service ir
its information Office.
Mr.. Stephenson, former news
paperman, who was born in Sher.
brooke, Quebec, Canada. has Ions
been interested in the. study o1
fire. fighting and plans now tt
devote more time to this research
He was made an honorary mem
ber of the District Fire Depart
|ment by Fire Chief Clement Muir.
ply In 1948. The membership wa.
renewed this year by Fire Chie1
~. A. Mayhew.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Ii. Montgomery 10 Retire
AS White House Policeman

The Commissioners yesterday
approved the retirement Of 1t. Ed
ward T. Montgomery of the White
House police force, effective to-
morrow, after Is years Of police
duty.
1t. Montgomery, 81, Joined the
Metropolitan Police Department
on December 16, 1924. and trans
ferred to the White House force
July /. 1880.
Other retirements approved, eff
fective tomorrow, are those Of:
| Pvt. Oswold D. Cavis, 81, OF the
White House force, former Park
Policeman: Motorcycle Sergt. EN-
NETT s. Mast Of the Park Police,
and Pvt. Harry G. De Groot. OF
the District Fire DEPARTMENT.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Woman, Is, Burned
Badly in House Fire

A75-year-old woman was burned
critically this morning in q
fire which almost destroyed the
interior of her home at 2513h
I street NV.
Firemen removed the woman.
Mrs. Deliah Suber, colored. from
the second floor of the two-story
brick row house by going up the
stairway and entering the blaz-
ing room where the fire appar-
emily started. Her grandson.
Perry Connor, S, had run from
the house when the fire started
and was uninjured.
Mrs. Suber was removed to
Emergency Hospital where her
condition was described as critical.
She suffered severe burns over
her entire body.
Perry said that his grandmother
started to light the gas kitchen
stove and there was a boom" and
everything caught fire. He was
frightened and crying 80 minutes
after the blaze had been put out
by f1remen and couldn't remember
how he got out.
He is the adopted son of Mrs.
Ethel Connor, who lives with her
mother, Mrs. Suber, on the second
floor of the house. She was at
work when the fire started. Two
women who live in the bottom half
of the house also were away at
the time.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
HefIin Home Wins Prize
For Christmas Lighting

The home of Fl. r. Hef1in, 1917
Dunnell lane, won first place in
the Christmas lighting contest
sponsored by the Kensington
Chamber of Commerce.
Other winners in the chamber S
third annual contest announced
yesterday were j. H. Gawler, 9519
East Stanhope road. second; Hor-
ace Troth. IA Farragut street,
third.
A neH rambler-style house at
Beach drive and Kensington park
way was awarded fourth prize,
Leo j. Paulin. chamber president,
stated that its owners were new
to the community and out of town
for the holidays. They >appar-
emily had some neighbor turn on
heir lights each night, he added,
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Man Crossing Street Hurt
When Struck by Auto

Lucian Smith, IS, Of 1927 I
street NV, is in undetermined
condition at Emergency Hospital
after being struck by an automo-
bile last night at Vermont avenue
and K street NV. He received in
.juries to the head, right shoulder
and left ankle. .
Police said Mr.. Smith was walk
ing across Vermont avenue when
he was hit by a car driven by
Howard r. Arquette, 20. Of 1917
Rhode Island avenue NV. A
hearing Is scheduled to be held
in the corporation counsels office
after Mr.. Smiths recovery.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Board Of Trade Backs
East Capitol Bridge
After Hearing Experts

The District Highway Depart
ment's plan to build the next
bridge across the Anacostia River
along the line of East Capitol
street today had the Endorsement
of the Washington Board of
Trade.
The District Commissioners ap-
proved the proposed location yes
terday. The trade boards High
ways Executive Committee acted
after hearing representatives of
the Highway Department and the
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
The Planning Commission
spokesmen urged construction of
the new crossing at Massachusetts,
avenue.
The board gave these reasons
for supporting East Capitol street:
/. Selection of that site is the
result of future population and
motor vehicle usage projections
based on a Sound" origin and
destination survey of the High
way Department.
2. The site would better meet
traffic demands now and in the
future.
8. A Massachusetts avenue
bridge would serve two roads
while the East Capitol street site
would serve four: Sheriff road,
George N. Palmer highway, Gen.
tral avenue and the Marlboro
road. ... .-..
4. The East Capitol street site
provides good connections for the
shore traffic in the summer.
S. East Capitol street location
provides a better distribution of
highway facilities throughout the
general area.
6. Another bridge over the
Anacostia direct to the downtown
area would stimulate the healthy
development of the central busi-
ness district.
T., The plan is adaptable to fu-
ture traffic demands and can
easily be connected with routes
to the northwest area If neces-
Sary.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Motorist Uses FIoshIieht to Beat
Policeman, Then Drives Away
hashlight-wielding

A hashlight-wieldi motorist
beat a Hyattsville policeman over
the head and smashed his eye
glasses last night and then drove
off when the officer drew his re-
volver.
Pvt. Thomas Bladen, 80, of 1901
Forty eighth avenue, Edmonston.
was released after treatment at
Leland Memorial Hospital. River
dale, for q head cut and a cut near
his eye.
The policeman, who was off,
duty and driving toward Berwyn
in his own automobile with his
wife and two small children gave
the following account:
IT had been following the man
up the boulevard from Brentwood.
His car had Rhode Island tags.
figured he was drunk. At College
Park, he cut me of by driving be-
tween my car and a tractor
trailer. II I hadn't had good
Evening star., 1949-12-30
High School Girl, IS,
Reported Missing

"A 15-year-old Stuart Junior
High School girl, described as ma
ture-looking for her age, today
was listed by police as missing
from her home at 1119 Penn
street NE.
The girl, Mary Frances Kits,
was reported missing last night
I by her father, Oscar L. Kits, "a.
He told police that she left home
Wednesday evening after an argu-
fment with his brother-in-law with
whom the Kits live.
- Mr.. Kits, an elevator operator
for the Acacia Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co., said his daughter had
only about So which she had re-
ceived as Christmas gift when
she left home.
She was described as 5 feet 2
Inches tall and weighs about los
pounds and has brown hair and
blue eyes. Mr.. Kits said she was
wearing short, jumper style pink
and black jacket, a black dress
with a f1owered skirt and high
=. heeled black shoes.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Couple S Hearing Put Off
In Child Neglect Case

A hearing in the case of a
Colmar Manor couple charged with
contributing to the delinquency of
their four children was continued
to February is in Hyattsville Po-
lice Court yesterday.
Trial Magistrate Arthur p.
Owens granted the postponement
after the father, Marvin E. Arthur,
80, said he is attempting to get a
job on Virginia dairy farm.
In the meantime, Judge Owens
said, the children, ranging in age
from is months to 8 years, will
remain in foster homes under the
supervision of the Prince Georges
County Welfare Board.
Arthur and his wife, Martha,
28, were arrested December Z after
Colmar Manor town police re-
ported finding both intoxicated
and the children living in filthy
conditions" and badly In need OF
food.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
American Folklore Society
Honors Robert W. Gordon

Robert w. Gordon, founder OF
the Archives Of American Folk
Song Of the Library of Congress
yesterday was chosen the first
honorary American member OF
the American Folklore Society.
The membership formerly has
been given each year to q foreign
educator. Mr.. Gordon, now re-
tired, was honored for his work
at the library.
Miss Ann Gayton, professor. OF
anthropology at the University Of
New Mexico, was elected president
Of the society at the conclusion
of its 61st annual meeting at the
library. The next general meet
ing Of the society will be held
July 28 and 20 at the University
of Indiana. bloomington, Ind
Other officers are:
Louis Jones, director Of the
New York Historical Association
and William Fenton. Smithsonian
Institution ethnologist. vice presi.
dents, and MacEdward Leach
English professor at the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania. secrftary-
treasurer.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Capt. Rios Sued
For $500,000
.ByEastern Air
Line Charges Bolivian
Was Responsible for.
Crash Killing 55

Eastern Air Lines today sued
Capt. Erick Rios Bridoux for
$500, 900 damages in District Court.
charging that the Bolivian pilot
was responsible for the air crash
at National Airport last November
/ when SIS passengers on a DC-4
airliner were killed.
The suit dealt only with the de-
struction of the airliner itself and
made no mention of liability for
the deaths of the passengers and
crew, largest toll in United States
airline history.
Capt. Rios, pilot of the military
plane which crashed with the air.
liner, was charged with having
caused the collision, due to his
own "carelessness, recklessness
and negligence"
Capt. Rios, sole survivor of the
crash, was released from hospital
ization on December %. The Bo-
livian pilot has denied any blame.
The CAB hearings closed on No
vember IA pending presentation Of
a new statement by Capt. Rios
once he has fully regained his
strength.
In today's suit, filed by the law
firm of Bigham, Englar, Jones &
Houston, it was stated that the
collision was not caused or con-
tributed to" by any fault or neglect
on the part of Eastern Air Lines.
The papers, very brief in form.
sought the damages only on the
basis of destruction of the airline's
machinery, equipment and ap-
purtenances.'
While the airline's lawyers were
not Immediately available for
comment, it was believed that
court determination of liability for
destruction of the plane itself
would be a deciding factor in
settling any liability question aris-
ing from the passenger deaths in
the crash.
Evening star., 1949-12-30

brakes, we would have had an ac-
cident.
II kept after him and kept blow
ing my horn and telling him I was
a policeman and to pull over. He
stopped and I got out and showed
him my badge and asked him why
he was cutting everybody of Che
also had cut off an oil truck.
Then he started getting smart
and told him If that's the way
you feel, I'll call the county police.
"He got back in his car and
when he did stood in the way
He tried to run me down. I've
got marks on my pants to prove it
Then he got out of his car with
a big hashlight In his hand. He
hit ME twice. ! backed up on the
sidewalk. I pull my gun and he
got in his car and drove of.
1--WE seen him before and
won't make any mistake about his
identify If I see him again."
Evening star., 1949-12-30
TroyeI.Foci|ities Set to Handle
Heavy PrehoIidoy Exodus

of a tavern or night cluD mas te
close "at any time on January L.
Usual Saturday night closing time
is 2 am.
Washington County, Md. o1
Which Hagerstown is the county
seat. gets q two-hour extension or
closing and the deadline will be
q am. In Montgomery and St
Marys Counties the closing time
also is 2 am. and in Howard ]
am.
Legally, Virginia is arid as fal
as public drinking Is concerned
The Saturday night closing law
calls for IL pm. with no excep-
tions for New Years eve. It Is
illegal to carry your own bottle
into night clubs and roadhouses
In the State.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Section Heads Named
For March Of Dimes
Polio Fund Campaign

Committee heads for the ap-
preaching March of Dimes" drive
for funds to fight polio have been
named by Edgar Morris, general
chairman of the drive here.
The three District Commis-
sioners, John Russell Young, Guy
Mason and Brig. Gen. Gordon r.
Young. will serve as honorary
chairmen.
Headquarters have been set up
at 1850 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
where Mrs. Wayne Parish will be
secretary.
To Bring Poster Girl Here.
Mr.. Morris announced that
plans are being made to bring the
March of Dimes" poster girl,
Wanda Wiley. 81 of Austin, Tex,
here for the opening of the drive
She was polio victim in 1913.
The fund campaign will be con-
Quoted over the Nation from jan
uary IA to January 81 with the
Washington opening to be held
a few days before the beginning
of the Nationwide drive. The
date will be announced later.
Other officials named for the
drive were:
Robert v. Fleming, treasurer;
John M. Christie. assistant treas
urer; j. j. Krohr, controller, anc
James c. Russell, secretary.
/ Rash 'Mile of Dimes" Heard.
Committee heads include vii.
liam j., McManus. special gifts;
Bryson Rash, Mile of Dimes
committee; George A. Crouch and
Carter T. Barron, theaters; Col
Harvey L. Miller, sports, and Mrs
Edward C.. Magdeburger, women's
activities.
Also Frank La Falce and Rick
j. La Falce, public education;
Frank Weakly, hotels; A. Marvin
Braverman. speakers; Mr.. Russell
coin cards: DR.. Hobart Corning
and Msgr. John s. Spence, public
and parochial schools, Jake Flax
motion picture exchange; Shep
Allen, uptown theaters, and Mil
ton s. Kronheim, ST., retail bev-
erage stores.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Symphony Fund Drive
Quota Of $4,000 Set
For Business Gifts

National Symphony leaders are
hoping Washington businessmen
will buy a bigger share in the
city's musical future this winter.
Leaders of the orchestra's goth
sustaining drive today announced
a $35 900 quota for business. The
drive will open January 10 and
will seek $4,000 in all-the same
as last year.
Named business chairman for
the second year was Hugh K,
Dufheld. manager for Sears, Roe
buck & Co. in this area. Vice
chairman will be Mrs. Sidney
Sherwood, wife of the secretary
of the Export-Import Bank.
Under Mr.. Duffield's leadership,
129 business firms that had never
before helped the symphony were
enrolled in last years drive. Mr..
Duffield's quota, however, was 200,
and this time he hopes to reach
it, he said.
The business group also hopes
to continue an upward trend in
the size of gifts. The chairman
emphasized that the orchestra
cannot survive without more gen.
erous support, as well as more
contributors among the business
firms of the area.
Business already this winter. has
shown increased interest in the
orchestra and its value to the
community, Mr.. Dufield pointed
out. Six firms are sponsoring the
annual series of educational con-
-certs for school children-the
first such sponsorship-making
free admission possible for the
first time.
The symphony association Is
businessmen leaders hope to find
more such sponsors for next year
the chairman said. The $35. 900
fund goal for the business unit,
however. is separate from this
project, he emphasized.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Arlington Man Fined
On Liquor Chorge

= One man was convicted and an
other acquitted of charges of pos
sessing illegal whisky in Arlington
County Court yesterday.
Judge Hugh Reid imposed a fine
of $50 on Charles K. Bowles, col
ored, 4700 block of North Seven
teenth road, Arlington. Gilbert
Moten, colored, of the 2100 block
of North Culpeper street, was &C
quilted. They were arrested in a
vacant lot in the 1900 block of
Lee highway December %. Police
said they had gallon jug OF
y,oOonShine.
Evening star., 1949-12-30

sion officials had this to say about
toll roads: while many States
are building toll roads to provide
revenue funds for future construc-
ton, Maryland, thus far at least,
has felt something of moral
obligation not to do so. Due to its
geographic location, the collection
of road tolls amounts to charging
admission to the Nations Capt.
tai"
No Toll Road in South.
Federal officials here say there
is no toll road in the South to
serve through travel. It is con-
sidered unlikely that Virginia
would favor toll roads. because the
good condition Of U. S. Route
Number / precludes the State set
ting up toll road in competition
with this.
Likewise there is practically no
chance that a toll superhighway
would be constructed in the Dis
trict.
The Maryland State Roads
Commission has plans for a su-
perhighway from Baltimore to
link up with York. Pa, and
the Pennsylvania Turnpike. which
now runs from near Harrisburg
to near Pittsburgh. Another ap-
proach to this turnpike could be
by way of the new Washington
Frederick superhighway.
The Maryland Commission also
has plans for a new Baltimore to
Frederick superhighway.
Highlights of Progress.
Here are highlights of the Mary
land road program:
/. The Baltimore Washington
Expressway is now under construc-
ton from the Baltimore City line
to the Jessup road, near Jessup.
The highway on into Washington
is planned to skirt Fort George G.
Meade. run through Beltsville and
Greenbelt and meet the District
at New York avenue NE. The
Federal Government is expected
to build from the Jessup road on
into the District. The nearly 12I
miles of superhighway the Roads
Commission is building will cost
almost $15,000.0o0. It includes a
new bridge across the Patapscol
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Washington to Be Hub of Network From Maine Florida
By WiIIiom A. MiIIen

Washington is destined to be-
come the hub of a great network
of superhighways that will fit into
a gigantic Maine to- Florida pro-
gram.
With Maryland and Virginia
pushing important highway i'm
provements, the program in this
area is far beyond the drawing
board stage, for some links have
been completed and others are
we'll under way. New bridges, no
tably across Chesapeake Bay and
the York and Patuxent rivers, will
carry the traveller over sizeable
bodies of water.
Paramount in the program Is
the new Baltimore Washington
Parkway, stalled for the time be-
ing on the District side, due to
lack of adequate Federal funds.
although Maryland is actively at
work on its part of the project.
Because final plans for a route
either directly through Baltimore
or bypassing that city have not
been threshed out. the program
seems stymied there also.
Vital Links in Program.
Vital links in the program are
the new Annapolis Washington
and Frederick Washington high
ways.
Virginia has made its contribu-
ton in the form of the Shirley
Memorial highway. which stretches
from near the Pentagon Building,
bypassing historic Alexandria, to
join U. S. Route l near Wood
bridge. improvements on Route
are in progress in the Old Do
minion also.
Look at the overall picture. In
Maine, from Portland to Kittery,
stretches the Maine Turnpike. a
toll road. New Hampshire is con-
tinuing the program through the
narrow portion of that State that
touches the ocean. Officials say
Massachusetts, has no present plans
for continuing this specific pro-
gram, but there are fine highways
that link up the State. east and
west.
Through Connecticut, the VIII
bur Cross highway and the Mer-
rit Parkway toll thoroughfare
carry the traveller to New York
City. The Hutchinson River Park
way in New York is another link in
the lengthy travel chain.
118-Mile Jersey Pike.
From the George Washington
Bridge across the Hudson River,
the 118-mile New Jersey Turnpike
is planed to Deepwater, N. j., clear
across the State. running in a
southwesterly direction. It will
connect with the Delaware Me-
mortal Bridge, now being con-
structed near Wilmington. The
New Jersey Turnpike, toll road,
will cost $3.50. 100000, according
to estimates. Construction is
slated to begin early next year,
with November. 1851, set as the
completion goal.
Delaware is planning an ex-
perssway across the State as al
link in this Atlantic Seaboard
ultra-motorway.
Maryland State Roads Commits
Evening star., 1949-12-30
n6overnor and Mrs. Lane
Plan Open House Monday
BY ihe Assoeio,ed Pres.

ANNAPOLIS. Dec. 30.-Govern-
n1ent House will be open house
TO Marylanders Monday.
Gov. and Mrs. Lane announced
That the traditional New Years
Day reception at the executive
mansion will be held that day. :.
New Years. Day itself would
sonflict with church services" a
spokesman said.
AS usual, there will be no in
titations. Judges. generals, leg
slators and ordinary citizens are
welcome.
Also by custom, the days fes-
tivities will begin with a private
reception for officers of the State
Guard. headed by Maj. Gen. Milton
A. Reckord. They will be enter
tained from noon until 2 pm.
Open house for every one lasts
hDm 4 until z pm.
Evening star., 1949-12-30

River, as well as a spur road to
the Baltimore City Friendship Air
port, now being built.
2. The Annapolis Washington
Expressway: Parts Of this are
under contract and under con-
struction. It will replace the old
Defense highway as the major traf-
fic carrier from the new Chesa-
peake Bay Bridge. This entails
the building of new bridges across
the Severn River, about a mile and
a quarter upstream from the pres