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Evening star., 1949-08-19
Purple Heart Parade
In Cumberland 1oniqht
By the Assoeiotsd Press

CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. 49,
With business sessions scheduled
through the day and big parade
at night, the national convention
of the Military Order of the Purple
Heart was slated to reach the peak
Of its activity today.
About so organizations. includ-
ing 13 of the orders divisions, will
be led, by the Marine Band from
Quantico, Va. and the End Army
band from Fort Meade In the
march tonight.
The meeting is due to wind ur
tomorrow with election of officers
a public memorial service and q
banquet. .
The delegates, ex-soldiers who
were wounded in battle, yesterday
heard their national commander
Clifford A. Parmenter Of Long
Beach, Calf, call. for a national
co-ordinating agency of all anti.
communist groups.
Mr.. Parmenter declared Z
united front against Communism
is the surest way to defeat it.
effects in the United States.
The delegates attended a cere.
mony yesterday afternoon at ths
plant Of the Celanese Corp. ol
America here to dedicate a me.
mortal to Celanese workers WHIT
were killed in World War II.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Baltimore Stadium TO GET
10000 Additional Seats
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.-Mayol
Thomas D'Alesandro announced
yesterday that bids will be asked
November l on 10000 additiona,
seats for the Municipal Stadium
site of the Navy-Notre Dame foot
ball game October 20.
Work now is underway on the
first contract for 10000 new seats
The second group of seats will be
built along the east and west sides
OF the field. The Mayor said hall
will be permanent and half re.
movable. A total of 10000 seats
eventually will be provided.
Earlier, the Board of Estimate.
approved an agreement which
called for the contractors to leave
present seats in seven of the sta.
dium sections until after the game
The board was told that the move
would make a total of $4,000 seat.
available for the game. The Navy
has agreed to pay the $4,000 pen.
atty which the contractors have
declared the delay in dismantline
seats will cost them.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Bready Named 10 Substitute
For County Trial Magistrate

Arthur c. Bready, Silver Spring
attorney, has been appointed by
Gov. Lane as substitute trial
magistrate for Montgomery
County, it was learned today.
The job was established under
provisions of a law passed at the
last session of the General As
sembly which fixes the salary at
500 a year.
The law also provides that II
the substitute serves IS days or
more for a regular trial magis-
trate, he will receive the same
rate, of pay as the latter, whose
salary will be reduced accordingly.
Mr.. Bready. 40, said he had
been recommended for the job by
the Democratic State Central
Committee for the county.
A native of Montgomery, he
lives in the Piney Branch Apart
ments on Piney Branch road near
Flower avenue and has practiced
law about IL years. He has been
active in Democratic work In the
10th precinct Of the county's 18th
election district.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Guided Landing Saves
Admiral From Crash

A high naval aviation officer
narrowly escaped crash land
ing at Andrews Air Force Base,
when the small transport plane
in which he was co-pilot, was
brought in by ground control ap-
proach. almost out of fuel, during
the bad flying conditions yester-
day afternoon.
Rear Admiral L. M. Grant,
Bureau of Aeronautics representa-
tive for the Central District at
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
in Dayton. Ohio, was aboard the
Navy JRB-4 transport, which was
brought down by GCA with only
II gallons of gasoline left, just
enough for about 20 minutes o1
flight.
The plane was to land at Ana
costa Naval Air Station after
the trip from Wright-Patterson
, but it could not land there be-
cause of the 200-foot ceiling and
2-mile visibility and the lack of
GCA at AnacoStia.
With 1t. Col. w. A. Rawls of
Wright-Patterson at the con-
trols, the ship made for Andrews,
to be landed through the aid of
GCA facilities of the 190th Air
ways and Air Communications
unit of the Military Air Trans
port Service.
Admiral Grant also has been
handling the additional assign
ment as a member of the Air
craft Scheduling Unit in Dayton,
He is from Norfolk, Va.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Hyafsvi|Ie Man Is Held
For Grand Jury in Assault

James c. Rust. 81. of the 57o0
block Of Thirty-ninth avenue
Hyattsylille, yesterday was held
for the Prince Georges County
grand jury on two charges of as
Sault.
Police accused him of attempt
ing to shoot his estranged wife
Elsa, 81. A bullet from a o.
caliber rife grazed his wife's
cheek and ear and he was charged
with assault with intent to kill.
Rust also was charged with
simple assault on Martin j. Clune
6208 Forty-first avenue, at the
home Of the Rusts' daughter
Rust's wife had been living there
since her separation from him
Rust was freed under $4,000 bond
on the first charge and $500 bond
on the second.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Work 10 Start on Postal
Annex in Silver Spring

Construction of a $50.000 Nlrcel
post annex to the Silver Spring
Post Office is expected to start
within the next few days.
The work will be done by Silver
Spring Property Management
Inc, and is designed to double
the post Offices facilities, accord
ing to Postmaster William E
Bowman. The annex will be at
Newell road and Kenneth streets
;First-class postal service also
will be available in the new build
ing. Completion is scheduled fol
late November to enable postal
employees to handle the Christmas
rush, Mr.. Bowman said.
Mr.. Bowman also announced
that a second branch Of the posi-
Office will be opened in about 9
month at Wheaton. The frs
branch Office at Woodmoor ha.
been in operation About a year.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Benning Bus Line Terminus
To Be on New York Avenue

The Benning bus terminus, now
at I street between Tenth and
Eleventh streets NV, will be
changed to the south side of New
York avenue between Tenth and
Eleventh streets NV. on August
%, the Capital Transit Co. an
nounced today.
Buses leaving the new location
will operate east on New York
avenue, K street and Massachu-
sets avenue to H street and
thence over the present route, the
transit company said. Eastbound
Benning line buses from Lafay-
cite Square will change from their
present route at Thirteenth and
I streets NV. to operate south
on Thirteenth street, east on New
York avenue. K street and Mas
sachusetts avenue to H street and
thence over the present route.
The change will eliminate de-
lays occurring on Twelfth. K and
Tenth streets NV, the company
said,
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Goithersburg Railroad Crossing
Case Put Before County Court

The question of whether Cal
thersburg CMd.) officials have
authority to require the Baltimore
g. Ohio Railroad to maintain
watchmen at its crossings in the
town, was before Montgomery
County Circuit Court today.
Charles K. Davies, town attor-
ney, has requested the court to
prohibit the railroad from using
the Chestnut street crossing until
it restores to duty the watchman
who was removed last August 8.
He claims in his suit that both
the town charter and an ordi-
nance passed by the municipality
on August / require the railroad
to keep watchmen at all of its
crossings in the town. The only
other railroad crossing in Cal
thersburgis at Summit avenue
Evening star., 1949-08-19
T. Oscar Smith to Head
Cox Election Compuiqn

T. Oscar Smith. who missed a
seat on the Arlington County
Board two years ago by about 100
votes, has been named campaign
manager for Robert w. Cox, non
partisan candidate seeking elec-
ton to the board in November.
Mr.. Cox, budget officer of the
Federal Communications Commits
sion, also announced appointment
of Mrs. Virginia Stitzenberger as
assistant campaign manager.
To date Mr.. Cox, who was NOM
mated at a convention called by
representatives of a number OF
Arlington groups, is the only
opponent of the incumbent, Basil
M. De Lashmutt, Democrat. The
election for the four-year term on
the hve-member board will be held
November 8.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Moose Lodge Will Hold
Silver Sprinq CurniyuI

A carnival will be held by Silver
Spring Lodge 658, Loyal Order of
Moose, Monday through Septem-
Der 3 at the grounds on Georgia
avenue near the District line.
C. Walter Hendrix Is general
chairman. Proceeds will 60 to the
fund for the purchase of q club
house at 926 Wayne avenue. Sill
yer Spring.
Evening star., 1949-08-19

constitute an unwarranted privi-
lege for veterans" and would be
contrary to the best interests OF
the State"
|. A sharp factiona1 contest was
developing over the campaign for
department commander between
John D. Zebelean, jr., and Ken
meth Hammer. both Baltimore
lawyers. The election will be to-
morrow.
Meanwhile, the 8 and 40-fun
branch of the Legion auxiliary
elected Mrs. Anne Plumley Of SILL
Decatur street, Hyattsville, as
chapeau (president).
Mrs. Plumley is employed by the
Maritime Commission in Wash
ington and has been active In
auxiliary affairs In Hyattsville and
throughout the State. A native
of Ashville, N. c., she has been a
resident of Hyattsville for % years.
1,1O0 Delegates Attend.
The Resolutions Committee was
set to bring dozens of proposals
out on the aoor for action by the
900 delegates.
The committee declined to dis
close whether they would approve
one of the pro-bonus resolutions
or urge passage of the one against
cash payments to veterans.
While the Legionnaires were
wrapped up in a maze OF resolu-
tions and reports. members OF the
auxiliary prepared to elect Mrs.
Joseph Ferris of Baltimore as
president to succeed Mrs. Earl
Smith.
The traditional Legion parade
will be held tonight.
Business Sessions Held.
In business sessions yesterday:
Grafton Lee Brown, chairman
of the Legion's Unemployment
Committee, reported that Of the
IS 900 Marylanders out of work
on June / more than 10000 were
veterans.
William L. Limberg. regional
manager of the Veterans Admin
istration, told the delegates that
ex-servicemen in Maryland re-
ceived a total of $13,310,000 in
pension payments and other ben
ef1ts last year.
The Housing Committee report
ed that 23,512 veterans Of World
War II are dissatisfied with their
present housing conditions. OF
those dissatisfied, 76.p per cent are
tenants, IA per cent live with rel
atives, per cent own their homes,
2 per cent are buying their homes
and 2 per cent are boarding.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Democrats Back
4toFi|IPostsi in
PrinceGeorges
Purdum and Buscher
Recommended for
Recreation Board

The Prince Georges County
Democratic State Central Com
mittee last night recommended
the appointment of four men to
fill vacant county posts. The re-
Communications will be forwarded
to the county commissioners.
Smith H. Purdum of Hyattsville
and c. Gerard Buscher of Berwyn
were recommended for the newly
created county Recreation Board.
The central committee conferred
with the county commissioners
before making its recommended
tions. The commissioners will
appoint two members of the four
man board.
Other members of the board
will include an appointee of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and an
appointee of the county board of
education. 1t is understood the
planning commission representa-
tive will be its chairman, Irwin
I. Main of Seat Pleasant. The
board of education appointee has
not been selected.
Secretary of Boys Clubs.
Members of the recreation board
will serve two-year terms. The
board was created by the State
legislature last winter to co-ordi-
nate recreation activities through
out Prince Georges County.
Mr.. Purdum Is the son of the
late Smith w. Purdum, who was
second assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral. Mr.. Purdum is secretary of
the Prince Georges County Boys
Clubs.
Mr.. Buscher is vice president
of the county boys clubs. He is a
son of Alexander L. Buscher,
chairman of the board of election
supervisors.
j. E. Stout Appointment Urged.
The central committee also
voted to recommend that the COM
missioners appoint John E. Stout
of Lanham as relief desk clerk for
the Hyattsville and Upper Marl-
boro county police stations. He
would succeed George Shepp of
Chillum district, who has resigned.
Allen Morrison was recon-
mended for appointment as mag
istrate in Greenbelt to succeed
Thomas Freeman, who resigned
when appointed postmaster.
The central committee decided
not to make recommendations for
a vacancy in the parole Office,
and for county sanitary officer.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
$4,000 Pupils Slated
To Attend Fairfax
Schools in Fall

Fairfax County schools are pre-
pairing for approximately 14,00(
students, an increase of 1000 ovel
last year, when the fall session
opens September 6, Supt. w. T
Woodson said today.
Forty county schools, including
four new basic buildings" which
are expected to be completed ir
September, will be stated by ap.
proximately $50 teachers.
When finished, the new build
ings will be used for first, second
and perhaps third grade students
Existing buildings in the same
areas will include all grades, the
new buildings providing space fol
| an expected increase in primary
enrolment.
Double Shifts Possible.
The new schools are being built
at Tysons Corner, Weyanoke
Penn Daw and Holm Hall.
The Tysons Corner School will
relieve overcrowding at Dunn Lor-
ing School. Mr.. Woodson said
The Weyanoke School is between
Lincolnia and Annandale and the
Holm Hall School is south o1
Fort Hunt road near Tauxemont
in Mount Vernon district.
The new building on Nortt
Kings highway at Penn Daw i!
expected to take care of some o.
the primary students who other.
wise would attend Grovetor
School.
Even with the new schools, tn.
superintendent declared, it Is no
certain that all schools can avoie
"double-shifts." with some grade!
attending a halliday.
New High School Head.
Falls Church High School will
have a new principal, Gen. Viii.
liam S. Rumbough, formerly 6
teacher there. At Fairfax High
School, Craighill Burks become.
assistant principal.
New principals Of elementary
schools are Mrs. Dorothy B. Col
lier. Fairfax: Glenn s. Wells
Fairview. and Mrs. Virginia D
Andrews, Franconia.
| An additional industrial arts
teacher has been appointed fol
Falls Church High School and g
band instruction program will be
started at Mount Vernon High
School. The other three county
high schools-Falls Church, Fair.
fax and Herndon-already have
band instruction.
To transport more than 1000
students the school board ha.
purchased eight new buses, max.
ing the total in operation 81.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Maryland DIP Total
Put at2,177 With
40 New Refugees

Maryland's displaced person
population will reach Att with
the arrival in New York tomor-
row of 40 refugees destined fol-
new homes in the Free State.
The International Refugee Or
ganization. which handles pass.
age of displaced persons said the
40 would be among 844 passenger.
aboard the Marine Marlin, which
left Bremerhaven, Germany, Aug
ust 10.
Also aboard the ship will be
one person who will make his
new home in the District and four
who will live in Richmond, Va.
Maryland communities, and the
new residents they are scheduled
to receive, include the following:
Waldorf-Jerzy Luczycki, 80,
Polish, gardner, his wife, Helena,
80, and child, Anna, 2, sponsored
by the National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Serafin,
81, Polish, farmer, his wife, Jad-
wiga, 80, and children, Antoni, 8,
and Jan, S. sponsored by D. Smith.
Taneytown-Jaroslaw Kawalec,
AZ, Polish, and his wife, Maria, Al,
sponsored by the United Ukranian
American Relief Committee.
Scotland-Iwan Ustymenko, a.
Polish. farmer. his wife, Katyna,
"a, and children. Maria. 2, Halyna
2, and Luba, S, sponsored by H
Beal.
Westminster Ivan Weitshev
"a, Russian. driver. his wife. Vera
~, and children, Anna. II. ano
Tamara, 2, sponsored by UUARc
Berlin-Valter Raudkivi, 46, Es.
tonian. farmer, his wife, Leida
As, and child, Lillian, 18, sponsored
by H. Heine.
Bethesda-Henry Liszko, 81
Polish, army officer, and his wife
zoja, IS, sponsored by A. s. Gard
liner.
Takoma Park-Ludwigs Lange
49. Latvian, matchmaker. and his
wife, Lima, IS, sponsored by E.
Born.
Scheduled for settlement in the
District is Mychajlo Romoniuk, A
Polish, farmer, sponsored by
NCWC.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Transfer Of Ferries
Down Bay Unlikely
On Bridge Completion
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 10. - Is
there any chance of moving the
States ferries down to the lower
part of Chesapeake Bay once
Maryland builds = big bridge
across to the Eastern Shore?
Chairman Robert M. Reindollal
of the State Roads Commission
indicated today that there isn't
The idea has cropped up several
times over the long years that
Maryland has been contemplating
a bridge across the bay. 1t came
up at a meeting of the Cam
bridge City Commissioners this
week.
The offhand comments included
one that Cambridge is too late
Crisf1eld already has done some
spadework on getting the ferry
line in its bailiwick.
Part Of Trust Agreement.
Here is what Mr.. Reindollar said
about it:
II see no harm in those people
down there trying to get them
selves ferry. But the Roads
Commission is duty bound to dis
pose of the ferries. That is part
of the trust agreement under
which it foated the bonds for the
bay bridge.
1T requires absolutely that we
dispose of the ferries. There is no
inclination on the part of any
body connected with the commits
sion at this time to do other than
comply with this provision"
Logical Crossing.
Commissioner Daniel Wright
brought the subject up at Cam
bridge. He said logical cross
ing for a new ferry line would be
from somewhere in Calvert County
on the Western Shore to eithel
Cooks Point or Taylors Island or
the Eastern Shore.
A new bridge is now being built
between Taylors Island the Dor.
chester County mainland. A cross
ing from Cove Point to Taylors
Island would be the shortest jump
possible across the bay below the
bridge.
Mr.. Wright suggested that the
Cambridge Chamber Of Commerce
the Junior Chamber Of Commerce
and the City and County Com
missioners join in a campaign to
get a ferry terminal for Dor
chester County.
AS far as is known. no move has
been made to form q private cor
poration to operate a new ferry
line across the bay either at Cam
bridge or Crisfield.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
hcNayr Denies Seeking
Las Vegas Manager Post

A report that he is seeking the
job of Las Vegas Nev) city man
ager was denied today by Mont
gomery County Manager Irving
G.. McNayr.
A story in Las Vegas news
papers had listed Mr.. McNayr as
one of 16 candidates for the $10.-
800-a-year post. Mr.. McNayr now
receives $4,000 a year.
The county manager said he
had asked officials of the Nevada
city for information about the
job, but he emphasized he would
not file q formal application.
II am very happy where I am. "
he declared.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Star Movies

The only community movie to
be held tonight, after having been
postponed by rain, will be at
Stephens playground, Twenty
first and L streets NV. A pro-
gram Of comedy. sports, cartoons
and music will be shown.
Evening star., 1949-08-19

where a watchman still is en-
ployed, according to Mr.. Davies.
The attorney also contends
Chestnut street is heavily travel
ed, that approximately so trains
use the crossing daily and that
the automatic signal system there
is inadequate.
Charles w. Prettyman and David
Belts, representing the railroad,
have filed a demurrer to the suit
in which they argue that the
charter provision and the town
ordinance are invalid.
Mr.. Prettyman said the auto
matte signal system, which in
cluded gates, warning bells and
lights, was installed at the cross
ing about six years ago. A watch
man has been stationed at the
crossing since 1914. Mr.. Davies
said.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Sister Of Victim
Is Treated for
Lead Poisoning
HyuttsviIIe Nurse
Assigned to Advise
Family on Right Diet

The 3-year-old sister of
Hyattsville girl who died OF lead
poisoning was being treated today
for the same ailment at Chill
dren's Hospital.
Elizabeth Carver, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude L. Carver.
4503 Decatur street, was admitted
to the hospital last night after an
examination showed she was suf-
fering from chronic lead poison
ing, according to hospital author
tiles. They said the condition was
not acute"
Her sister, Claudette, 4, who.
her parents said, had been eating
paint off furniture for the last
year, died Saturday in Prince
Georges General Hospital.
DR.. William Manion, hospital
pathologist, said an examination
of Claudette's body fluids at the
National Institute of Health, Be-
thesda, revealed "16 times the
1lOIul dI1lOullG VI lcdQ.
Health Officer Visits Home.
Meanwhile, DR.. Thomas S. En-
glar. Prince Georges County
health officer, who visited the
Carver home yesterday, said
nurse will be assigned to advise
Mrs. Carver about proper diets for
her three other children.
Accompanying DR.. Englar were
Montgomery Morrow, a county
health inspector, and Miss Ruth
Coveney, a public health nurse.
In a statement issued after the
visit, DR.. Englar said his principal
interest in the case is Ito protect
and help, as far as possible, the
other children in this family"
Our other interest,"" he added.
"is in widespread education OF
the public in matters of nutrition
so that such regrettable episodes
may be prevented"
Declaring the other children
appeared well fed, DIR. Englar
emphasized that "even a plump
child is not necessarily a properly
fed child"
Criticizes Advertising.
"A young child can be kept fat
on diet mainly of white bread
and potatoes" he said, "a diet
perhaps gravely lacking in the
vital elements which regulate
sound = growth and strength
en- resistance to infection and
disease.
Such hidden hunger may be at
the roots of such strange cravings
and such outlandish ways of sat-
isfying them as exemplif1ed in the
case OF the little girl who gnawed
the thick layers Of paint off sew
eral square feet of furniture and
swallowed the material she OBJ
tanned in that way"
In discussing the Health De-
partment's efforts to promote
proper feeding Of children, DR..
Englar attacked the competition
Of advertising"
1T is very hard" he explained,
ito convince mother that whole
wheat bread is tine best for ner
children when an attractively coll
ored billboard depicts a cut
loaf of bread, its cross-section the
snowy white Of the paper on v hich
the advertisement is printed . -
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Fruit Growers Fight Mice

BLACKSBURG. Va, Aug. 19
R.-Virginia fruit growers have
donated $1,000 for research work
in orchard mice control at Vir-
ginia experiment station, DR..
Frank Horsfall, acting head OF
the horticultural department
said yesterday.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
AIphonso [. Ivey, IS, Dies

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 10 R.-
Alphonso Lynn Ivey, IS, president
and general counsel of the Vir-
ginia- Carolina Chemical Corp,
died last night Of heart attack
as he entered Broad Street Sta
tion to board q train for New
York.