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Evening star., 1949-09-12
Livestock and Poultry Lead
In Virqinia's S Farm Income
BY the Asseeiofed Press

RICHMOND, Sept. 12.-Live-
stock and poultry accounted for
81 cents of Virginia's farm dollar
last year.
The other 40 cents, the State
Agriculture Department says. was
derived from-tobacco, Is cents;
vegetables, Z cents; peanuts. S
cents; grain, 6 cents; fruit, 5
cents, and miscellaneous crops
and Government payments, 10
cents.
Total cash receipts of Virginia
farmers for the year were esti-
mated at $451 ,902. 900. OF this
sum more than $4,000, 900 rep
resented Federal payments.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Boy, 4, Last Of Line, Follows
Fother, Grandfather in Death

Claxton, ST., followed his son. A
retired Silver Spring contractor
and one of the last of the famed
Morton Cadets, he died at the
age of r.. of pneumonia.
Last July II, on what would
have been the 17th wedding ami
versary of the Claxton Juniors.
Arthur B. Claxton III was
stricken.
The little boys mother said the
father, son and grandson were
so close that although she had
to tell him of her husbands
death she never could bring her
self to tell him his grandfather
also had died.
In addition to his mother, little
Bert" as he was called, is sur
vived by two sisters. Kathryn
Virginia. IL. and Martfh Jeanne,
10. They live in Shady Side, Md.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
10000 Maryland Teacher!
Will Meet Next Month
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 1.-THE
problem of communism in rela-
ton to public education will be one
of the topics discussed at next
months convention of the Mary
land Teachers Association.
Nearly 10000 teachers from all
sections of the State are expected
to attend the October 1922 gath
ering.
DR.. John K. Norton, chairman
of the National Education Asso-
cations Commission on Educa-
tional Policies, will speak on
Keeping American Education
Free"
He will discuss what to do about
Communists and party liners who
obtain jobs as teachers.
DR.. Norton is director of the
Division of Administration and
Guidance at Columbia Univer-
Sity's Teachers College.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Three Men Recovering
From Boat Explosion

Three Washington men burned
yesterday in boat explosion near
Solomons, Md, were reported in
good condition today.
The men are r. Window Harris,
so, a real estate dealer. 214 S
street NV; Frank Studwood, 40.
barber, BIT Otis place NV, and
Henry Ellis, 81, truck driver, 1751
s street NV. All are colored.
Admitted to Calvert County
Hospital, Prince Frederick, they
were expected to be transferred
today to Freedmen's Hospital.
Cedric Heath, executive secre-
tary of the Solomons Yacht Club
said the explosion occurred as the
40-foot boat was being fueled at a
pier at BoWen'S Inn.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
MI. Vernon Fair Benefits
Fire Department Squad

Sixty dollars was raised for the
Mount Vernon (VaD Volunteer
Fire Department rescue squad al
the fourth annual fair and agri-
cultural exhibit of the Mount Ver-
non (Va.) Citizens Association
Saturday. at Fort Hunt Park.
First, second and third prizes
we're won by William T. Conner
of Arcturus, Va. in the amateur
arts and Photographic depart.
Enent.
Mrs. M. L. Draper of Arcturu.
won first prize in the division fol
oil paintings.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Montgomery Woman
| Kills Self al Rest Home
A. fhs Asxocinfad Press

MOUNT AIRY, Md, Sept. 12.-
Mrs. Agnes Matilda Brown, SO
was found strangled yesterday al
a rest home here. A silk stocking
was wrapped around her throat
and tied to a bed post.
The woman became a patient
at the home three weeks ago. Hel
husband, Titus, is a patient in the
same home. Their home was al
Purdum, in Montgomery County
Mrs. Brown was found by an
attendant. She was pronounced
dead by DR.. James Kerr OF Damas-
Gus.
The Howard County medical
examiner issued a certificate OF
suicide.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
) Youths Face Calvert Trial
In Slot Machine Tamperinq
by the Assocjoted Press

PRINCE FREDERICK. Md,
Sept. 12.-Three Annapolis youths
are to stand trial here Friday on
larceny charges involving alleged
tampering with slot machines in
Calvert County.
The three are John w. Wood,
%; John r. Brady. 20, and Walter
H. Jones. 20.
They are charged with tamper-
ing with slot machines so that
they could be operated without
coins and then playing them until
winning combinations came up
and paid off.
Police say they obtained $25 by
this method from a machine in a
snack bar in Solomons and an
other 81 at a snack bar near
Prince Frederick over the week
end.
Wood and Brady were held in
the county jail in default of 81 ,000
bond. Jones was freed on 81 ,00C
bail. The hearing will be held be-
fore Trial Magistrate William w
| Duke.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
| Youth Warned
On ExertionD Dies
| Playing Football
By the A.seeiatsd Press

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 12.-Doc-
tors warned 19-year-old Thomas
Richard Byrd against playing
strenuous games like football-ne
had a weak heart.
But the small. blond athlete
loved the game and continued to
play.
Yesterday he got into a pickup
football game on the Chesterf1eld
Heights athletic field here.
Teammates said he intercepted
a pass, made a long run and was
tackled. He then loped back to
the huddle and collapsed.
Young Byrd was rushed by car
to a nearby hospital and there
pronounced dead on srrival.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Crashing Of Plane Into Wall
Feature of Benefit Air Show

How would you like to crash
into a wall for a living?
That's Capt. Tommy Walkers
idea of earning his keep. He does
it with airplanes. About 5000
people saw him demonstrate the
dangerous feat at the Flying
Tigers Air Circus benefit perform
ance for the District Department
of the American Legion yesterday
It's rather a violent spectacle to
see an airplane fly into plaster
board wall at 80 miles an hour,
especially when the wall is held
upright by two stout wooden poles
which inevitably must shear the
wings in half.
That is what happened at Hybla
Valley, Va, Airport. When the
34-year old stunt flyer crashed the
training biplane, the parts flew
everywhere with a great rendlng
noise.
fuOG Is OHHuuts
Yet when the cloud of dust had
disappeared there was Capt. Walk
er climbing unhurt from the cock
pit and the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Rescue Squad, which had been
standing by, put away their fire
extinguishers because there was
no fire.
Before joining the RCAF, RAF
and the United States Air Force,
Capt. Walker flew with the Chinese
Air Force. On his jacket is also the
emblem of the Caterpillar Club,
the organization of men forced to
parachute from a plane. and the
wings of the Civil Air Patrol.
"It was a seaplane last week,
he said of the ship used yester-
day. II fix them up myself. I get
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Virginia Clio Council
|nsta||s Webber at
Concluding Session
BY the Assoeioted Press

DANVILLE, Va, Sept. 12.-
Charles E. Webber was installed
as president of the State CIC
Council at the concluding session
of a three-day convention here
Saturday. Mr.. Webber headed
the slate of officers which was re-
elected.
The unionists blasted away with
equal Vehemence at the "Byro
machine and leftist elements
within the councils own ranks
The latter were told to "get ir
line with president Philip Murray's
program or get out"
SIS for Jobless Urged.
The Virginia Democratic ad-
ministration and Senator Byrd
were a continual target of con-
vention speakers and resolutions.
They came in for more at the final
session when the convention
adopted resolutions reiterating op-
position to the anti-picketing law
prohibiting sympathetic picket
ing" and pledging "to make every
effort to repeal it, including efforts
to make a test case of the consti-
tutionality of the law"
The convention voted to work
for changes in the Virginia Un-
employment Compensation Act,
claiming that the maximum OF
$40 per week "in this era of high
prices is completely unrealistic."
Changes called for by the CIO
Council are:
l. A maximum OF at least $35
per week. plus dependency allow
ances for workers with families.
2. A benefit period of 26 weeks
instead of 16 weeks. ,
3. Elimination Of numerous
unfair" provisions which dis
qualify workers for all or part OF
their unemployment compensa-
ton, especially in event of q
strike.
Critical of Acts Administration.
In connection with the changes
to be sought in unemployment
compensation, the convention wa:
critical of administration Of the
act in Virginia.
A resolution citing problem!
encountered by unionists in OBJ.
tanning compensation was "tht
unco Operative and often con-
temptuous attitude of employees
of the commission toward worker.
applying for benefits" Also citec
was "the tendency on the part o1
many deputies to take the EN-.
ployers word as final in a hear.
ing on a compensation claim"
The convention formally re-
quested the Unemployment Com.
pensation Commission Ito con-
duct public hearings for the pur-
pose of securing information lead
ing toward a complete reorgani-
zation of administration of the
law"
Evening star., 1949-09-12
By the Asseeiofsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. Il
State Commissioner of Agriculture
L. M. Walker, jr., says the dis
placed persons program in Vir-
ginia is not a great success thus
far.
But" he adds, "the idea has
excellent possibilities if greater
care is used in screening the i'm
migrants and more attention is
paid to their capabilities"
A great many of the families
that have been brought to Virginia
farms from Europe. Mr.. Walker
notes. are making good, although
Evening star., 1949-09-12
N an Perishes
In Fire, Brother
Leaps 10 Safety
Painters Body Found
In Cuved-in Ruins of
Montgomery Home

A Montgomery County man was
burned to death and his brother
leaped to safety from a roof top
when fire destroyed their home at
Ounce Orchard early today.
The dead man was Howard L.
Mobley. 46. Police said he appar-
emily died while trying to reach
telephone on the first floor Of
the seven-room frame house.
Mr.. Mobley was a painter, en-
ployed for the last three years by
the Robert A. Pugh screen manu-
featuring company at Halpine, Md.
His brother, Carlton Mobley,
So, with whom he lived. escaped
from the blazing building by
crawling to a window and jump
ing from a porch roof to the
ground.
The fire broke out shortly after
l am. Its origin was undeter-
mined.
Fireman Injured.
Two members of the Gathers
burg Volunteer Fire Department..
Byron and Myrell Miller, found
the charred body in the basement
ruins after the flooring had caved
in.
One fireman, Leslie Briggs, 80,
captain of the Gaithersburg unit,
suffered a mashed thumb while
fighting the blaze and was treated
by a Gaithersburg physician. The
Gaithersburg company was joined
by the Rockville Volunteer Fire
Department. Ounce Orchard is
about miles northwest of Rock
vile.
Police said the two men were
awakened by smoke and bumped
into each other at the top Of the
stairs leading to the first floor.
Carlton Mobley told police he was
unaware his brother went down.
stairs. He said he crawled to the
window and, after leaping, ran to
a neighbor's house to phone for
help. Police said the line appar-
emily was out of order because Of
the fire and that Mr.. Mobley had
to get in a car to obtain aid,
Two Men Lived Alone.
Police said the two men lived
alone at the house.
DR.. Frank j. Broschart, county
medical examiner, said he would
issue a certificate of accidental
death.
Carlton Mobley is employed as
paint salesman in the paint de-
partment at Sears Roebuck & Co.
in Washington.
Besides Carlton, the dead man
also is survived by two other
brothers, Samuel H. Mobley Of
Boyds, Md. and Clarence. Roa-
noke, Va, and two sisters. Mrs.
Hattie Radliff,. Ounce Orchard,
and Mrs. Helen Watkins, CATH
lersburg.
His parents were the late Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew j. Mobley Of
Ounce Orchard. Another sister.
Mrs. Mrytle Bolton, of Ednor,
died about a year ago.
Mr.. Mobley's body was removed
to the Gardner funeral home,
Gaithersburg.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Virginia Jewish Group
Approves Veterans
Activity at Peekski||
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. 12.-
The Jewish War Veterans of Vir-
ginia, holding their annual con-
vention here, yesterday approved
without reservation" the activi-
ties of veterans groups at the
Paul Robson concert-meetings at
Peekskill, N. Y.
In commencing the veterans
groups, the Jewish War Veterans
passed a resolution which said in
part:
I'VE oppose mob violence by
any group or groups and do not
condone that type of activity re-
gardless of the organization TAX
ing part. and irrespective of its
target"
VA OfficiaI Defends Action.
But, the resolution continued,
I'm our judgment, the units of the
major veterans organizations
which participated in the So
called Peekskill incident were act
ing in accordance with the best
interests of the American COM
munity in expressing opposition to
one who has publicly repudiated
those ideals for which Our COM
rades fought and died. =.
The Westchester County vet
erans groups which took part in
the two demonstrations denied
participating in any violence.
Before the resolution was adopt
ed, the convention heard Joseph
F.. Barr. associate solicitor Of the
Veterans Administration, Wash
ington, assert that the veterans
who participated in the Robson
incident were doing what all de-
cent Americans should do-de-
fend liberty"
Alexandria Man Elected.
The 200 delegates elected Sam
A. Warsnch of Norfolk, COM
mander, and DR.. Yale Passama-
neck of Richmond, senior vice
commander.
Other officers elected in the
closing session of the two-day
convention:
Larry Left, jr.. Alexandria
junior vice commander; Bernard
Levitin, Portsmouth, Junior vice
commander; Irving Krukin, Nor
folk, quartermaster; Nathan Blum
Norfolk, adjutant, and Rabbi
j. j. Finkle, Newport News, chap
lain,
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Arlington BIoodmobiIe
Stopping Place Shifted

The Red Cross bloodmobile's S
stopping place in Arlington will
be permanently changed Friday
to the corner of Wilson boulevard
and North Piedmont street.
The mobile unit, which visits
Arlington every three weeks and
operates between 10 am. and 4
pm, has stopped at the intersec-
ton of Wilson boulevard and
Highland street for the past year.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
.McCurrun's Son Forfeits
$84 on Traffic Charges

Collateral totaling $84.35 was
forfeited today in Bethesda Police
Court by DR.. Samuel P. McCarran,
81, of 5051 Bradley boulevard,
Chevy Chase, who was to have
faced trial on three traffic charges.
DR.. McCarran, son of Senator
McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada,
was accused on September of
exceeding 10 miles an hour on
Wisconsin avenue, Bethedsa. He
also was charged with driving on
an expired permit and for failing
to have a registration card for
the automobile, which bore license
plates which read: "USS-1-Ne-
vada."
Evening star., 1949-09-12

them for a few hundred dollars.
The stunt climaxed an after
noon of aerobatics, power dives
and parachute jumping.
Red Grant of Leesburg. Fla.
casually rode the wings of a bi-
plane as it flew upside down and
engaged in 8-point rolls at $50 tt
1,000-feet altitude. He didn't even
have the headache he probably
should have had because, shortly
before that, he performed a para
chute Jump from about 5000 feet
and delayed pulling the ripcord
for half the distance down.
Delayed Jump Variation.
Tommy Boyd, another stunt
man, presented a variation of a
delayed Jump. He donned giant
"bat wings" and as he dropped
the usual few thousand feet with
out pulling the ripcord he tipped
through the air instead of just
falling straight.
Capt. M. A. Every and Maj. Art
Davis staged an aerobatic duel
with their craft spewing a heavy
trail of smoke to enhance the
performance. Maj. Davis then
rolled his plane into nearly 80
consecutive spins on his way down
from 5000 feet and topped the
descent with a double loop.
Other events included fyover
by the 121st Fighter Squadron of
the District Air National Guard
and Marine helicopter demon
stration. The progress was an
nounced by Rex English who acted
in the same capacity at the Cleve-
land Air Races.
Legion officials said the proceeds
would go into the welfare fund
here
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Marine Hurt Critically
As Auto Hits Abutment

Pvt. Leonard Harry Birney, 19.
U. S. M. c., suffered a broken leg
and jaw early today when his car
struck a bridge abutment on No.
highway, south of Woodbridge
Pvt. Birney, who lives at 2647
Duke street, Alexandria, and is
stationed at Quantico, was placed
on the critical list at the Quantico
Marine base hospital because of
loss of blood.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Fuirfux Scout Leaders
To Hold Conference

Boy Scout leaders of the Fair
fax District will hold their an
nual planning conference Satur-
day and Sunday at Camp Herbert
Hoover near Criglersville, Va.
Joseph H. Freehill, district
chairman, said that all scout
masters, committeeman, institu-
tional representatives and cub
masters and their assistants have
been invited.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
3 in D. T.. Who Paid
u. ). Slot Machine Tax
May Not Be Only Users

Internal Revenue Bureau offl-
cials said today they cannot de.
termine exactly whether the 81
owners who paid a Federal taa
on "coin-operated gambling ma
chimes" here during the last flSca.
year are the only ones operating
such illegal devices in the Dis
trict.
"Our job" a bureau spokesman
explained, lis simply to collect
the tax provided by law about 1C
years ago and not to enforce any
local law against slot machines.
The fiscal year report, now be-
ing prepared, shows the bureau
collected $19,270,940 throughout
the country during 1889 fiscal
year from the 500 tax on COIN
operated gambling machines and
a $40 tax on pinball machines
that do not pay off.
Although coin-operated payoff
devices of that kind are illegal
here, they are not against the law
in various other States.
Collection of the Federal tax
in areas where such machines are
illegal is largely catch as catch
can" procedure so far as the
bureau is concerned, the official
said.
THE tax is on the law books
and it is up to the owners of such
machines to pay it," he added.
"But we don't make any special
effort to locate machines. OF
course, if our agents go into prem
ises and find machines on which
the tax is not being paid we take
appropriate action to enforce col
lection"
Names and locations of the
taxed machines are not given out
by the bureau.
The report lists 6.961 places
paying taxes on machines of both
kinds in Illinois, 5,919 in Texas
and SOAP in California. New York
State had only 624. Figures are
mot yet available for Maryland
and Virginia.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Virginia sec 10 Hear
Protests Tomorrow on
Phone Rate Raise Plea
by the Assoeiafed Press

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. Ia
Opponents of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. request
for rate increases aggregating
nearly $4,000. 900 a year will have
their inning tomorrow before the
State Corporation Commission.
Witnesses for the company who
testified in the first phase Of the
case in June will be recalled for
interrogation by counsel for the
20 municipalities and the League
of Virginia Counties which are
making the fight on the new rates.
After the cross-examination of
these witnesses is concluded it is
probable that another recess will
be ordered to permit the oppo-
nents of the rate increase to pre-
pare their direct testimony.
Fifteen witnesses testified for
the company. The opposition
plans to challenge the figures
which they presented on the val
uation of the property on a re-
placement basis and also on the
depreciation item.
The company's witnesses testi-
fed that the replacement cost OF
it's intrastate properties. "as
built" is $145, $4,000 and that
after depreciation this figure would
be $114,682 900. The wide margin
allowed by the company's experts
for depreciation is one OF the ma
jor issues in the case.
The company seeks the increase
in rates because of heavy capital
investments in its expansion and
modernization program and the
heavy increases in wages in the
last few years.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Fairfax County Offices
To Stay on 5-Day Week

Fairfax County Offices under the
jurisdiction of the Board of Super
visors will continue to operate on
a f1ve-day week, the board has de-
cided.
A five-day week has been in
effect during the summer.
The Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court remains open until
l pm. on Saturdays as required
by State law. The Commonwealth S
attorneys Office also is open until
l pm. on Saturdays.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
P|anner Urges
Vast Program
ToDeve|opU.S.
Long-Ronge Projects
Would End Fears of
Crash, AltschuI Says
BY the Associoted Press

A National Planning Association
official said today that a desperate
need exists for "a long-range pro-
gram for building a better Amer
ica."
1t would be insurance against
depreSsion-a domestic program
more magnificent in scope and
more imaginative in design than
anything we have heretofore con-
templated," he contended.
Frank Altschul, chairman OF
the planning associations Com
mittee on international Policy
set forth his adea as an argument
against "blundering into the fu-
ture." He said America must plan
for the future because world eco
nomic developments may lead the
Nation into a dangerous situation
otherwise.
THE corrective lies in our own
hands," he said in his report.
THE domestic market for foods
and services which our economy
can so bountifully provide is ca
pable of limitless expansion.
Would Limit Government Role.
There is work in this country
crying out to be done =,
slums to be cleared, houses and
roads, schools and hospitals to be
built, railroads to be modernized
and reconditioned. There are the
substandard areas of the deep
South which urgently require in
tensive effort"
If comprehensive program
could be launched with full public
support, unemployment problems
would cease, the fear of depres-
sion would vanish, and a rising
national income would create
markets for United States prod
ucts and those from abroad, Mr..
Altschul declared.
Recognizing that Government
would have to play a part, Mr..
AlGSCIlul SdlO CllAo WO01d VIC SASo2 ~
defined and limited. 3
Defends Cost.
Mr.. Altschul said it is improb-
able that "the equilibrium of the
world economy can be re-
stored barring a vigorous forward
movement in the United States" :"
Anticipating arguments that
the plan would cost more than
the Nation can afford, he main
tained this country could afford
anything better than another
world depression.
The Government corporation
is a mechanism that might be
used to provide funds where pri-
vate capital unaided could not
undertake a desirable project, Mr..
Altschul said.
The planning association is a
private nonpolitical organization.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Firemen's Auxiliary
To Meet in MARYLAND

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Maryland State Firemen's Asso-
citation will hold a conference at
10 am. Thursday at the Southern
Hotel, Baltimore.
Spencer j. H. Brown, president
Of the association. will speak at
D luncheon.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Greater Care in DIP Selection
Is Urged byVirginio Official

they are not finding any land OF
milk and honey in America.
Others, he says. just can't make
the grade as farmers and may
wind up as laborers in the urban
centers.
"Too many of these people come
to this country with the idea that
money is plentiful and that little
work is required of them. That,
of course, is a wrong conception
and in the selection of persons to
be rehabilitated in this country
care should be taken that they
understand exactly the problems
that will confront tfem,s he said.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
BIockIee Kills 20 Deer
In Virqiniu Area
Special Dispatch TO The sfor

WINCHESTER, Va, Sept. Ia
More than 20 deer in the mountain
area of Frederick County have
died of blackleg in recent weeks.
Game officials said the disease
Is extremely infectious and is al
most always fatal. They said 1t ID
usually contracted through 9
scratch on the hooves or mouth
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Over IL Club to Open

The "Over 81" Club of the Ar
lington Jewish Center, Lee boule-
ward and Fenwick street, will start
its season with an informal dance
|st $50 PM, September f8.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Pythions Meet Thursday

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. IL
Rl-The 82nd annual convention
of the Maryland Grand Lodge.
Knights of Pythias will open here
Thursday. The Pythian Sisters Of
Maryland will hold its And an
nual gathering at the same time.
Evening star., 1949-09-12

'vada.' ,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28

U. S. production of broiler
chickens now is about four times
larger than in prewar years.