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Evening star., 1950-06-24
Paper Says K|an Seeks
Members in District
BY the Associated Press

ATLANTA, June 24.-The At
lanta Journal says that at least
one organizer for the Ku Klux
Klan has been dispatched to
work in the District of Columbia.
Sam Roper. imperial wizard
Of the Association of Georgia
Klans, has just spent three days
In Washington and was told that
$500 recruits for the Klan could
be enlisted there in 60 days." the
newspaper reported in a story
yesterday.
Roper "is said to have learned
that there is objection on the
part of many residents of Wash
ington to non-segregation at
public parks and in swimming
pools" the Journal continued.
Declining comment on the Dis
trict Of Columbia organizational
report, Roper said Klan recruiting
is picking up" in some Northern
States, particularly Indiana and
Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Kansas City Police Kill
Lover S Lane HoIdup Man
by the Asseeioied Press

KANSAS CITY, June 24.-Police
killed an unidentified Lovers
Lane hold-up man in an exchange
OF shots near a northside city
park early today.
Detective j. j. Halvey said the
man was surprised in the act of
holding up a couple by two patrol
men who had been summoned by
Calls Bosworth. a motorist, who
fled the scene when the armed
man attempted to rob him and a
companion.
Detective Halvey said the hold
up man fired at Patrolmen Carey
Majors and Eugene Todd. One
bullet struck and lodged in Majors
heavy leather tunic belt.
The officers returned the fire as
the man fled in the darkness.
Approximately half an hour later
his body was found sprawled face
down in an abandoned pigpen,
Detective Halvey said. At least
three of the police shots had struck
him.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Model Planes
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motorists to the highways back to
the city and vicinity. Military
authorities have studied the whole
matter Of traffic control, and con-
gestion is expected to be elimi-
mated entirely.
The meet, which is free. will get
under way at 8 am. when the
first of about 400 youthful con-
testants will start flying their
little airplanes in competition for
a large array of coveted trophies,
medals and prizes.
Continuous Action Set.
Spectators can come out at any
time. There will be continuous
action throughout the day.
Arthur Godfrey, the television
and radio star, will land at An
drews in his DC-3 transport plane
between 2 and 3 pm. He hopes to
stay a short time and watch the
young people fly their planes. Mr..
Godfrey is a leading proponent of
aviation and has given his per-
sonal Endorsement to the non-
profit National Capital Show,
which has as its purpose the
fostering of interest in aviation.
Spectators will be able to see
about a dozen of the newest
fighter planes, including jets on
the ground and open to public
inspection. In addition, the Air
Force will have on hand a static
ground display of guided missiles,
a mock-up of the fuselage of a
B-45 Tornado jet bomber and
other attractions. &c.
Dogfights Scheduled.
Late in the afternoon, when the
model contestants have concluded
their competition, and while the
points are being tailed. the 121st
white House" Fighter Squadron
of the District Air National Guard
will put about 16 speedy F-48
Evening star., 1950-06-24

"Thunderjets" in the air in
spectacular show. There will be
dogflghts between the jets and the
121st's B-26 attack bomberS. 1t
Col. w. w. Millikan commands
this unit.
There will be plenty Of soft
drinks, frankfurters and ice cream
on hand. at standard prices.
The show is sponsored by The
Star, National Airport Club and
Veterans of Foreign Wars, in as
sociation with the Plymouth
Dealers of Metropolitan Washing
ton. The facilities of Andrews are
being offered through the courtesy
of the 1050ti1 Air Base Wing. The
field is commanded by Col. Robert
A. Gardner. The operations and
project officer is Maj. Roland M.
Jehl.
John T. Brock is president OF
the show association, and Will
liam A. Pennoyer is contest di-
rector. More than 100000 persons
attended the big meet last year
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Here's How to Get
To Model Air Show
By Bus Tomorrow

Here is the bus schedule to
Andrews Air Force Base on
Sunday. as provided by w. M.
g. A. Bus Co. The fare is
80 cents each way.
Buses will leave Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue NV, every hour from
7:45 am. to 11.45 am, and
every half hour from 1915
on throughout the entire
afternoon.
There will be an immediate
special transfer along the
line at Suitland, Md.
All buses will arrive right
at the contest area, and spe-
cial sections will be run so
there will be no crowding.
On return, buses will leave
the model air show every half
hour from 1855 to 7:55 pm.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Operator Of Bus
And Motorist Held
In Fatal Accident
(From YESTERDAYS Final Edition.

from Yesterday's Final Editionl
The driver of q Capital Transit
bus and an automobile driver to-
day were ordered held for Mu-
nicipal Court action in the death
Of another motorist Tuesday
morning at Twentieth and K
streets NV.
The bus driver. Joseph M. Sim
cic, II, of It'll Nineteenth street
NV. and Alexander r. Miciotto.
43. OF $500 Seventeenth street
NE, were ordered held by q cor
oner's jury under the Negligent
Homicide Act.
Heston Simon, rs. colored. of
ZIG r street NE. was killed in the
accident when he, was thrown
from his car. Witnesses said the
bus struck Mr.. Miciotto's car. then
hit Mr.. Simon's and stopped
against a parked car after striking
a house at 925 Twentieth street
NV. Mr.. Miciotto's car also hit
Mr.. Simon's automobile, 1t was
said.
The bus was making its final
run south on Twentieth street at
1:25 am. Mr.. Miciotto was driv-
ing east on Twentieth street and
Mr.. Simon was going north on
Twentieth street. witnesses said.
Traffic lights at the intersection
had been cut off about am.
Mrs. Catherine Simon, 28, wife
of the dead man, testified she
saw both the bus and the other
car before they struck her hus-
bands vehicle. She said the car
had entered the intersection, but
that the bus had not.
Another witness, william Beres-
ford, cab driver of 1884 New
Hampshire avenue NV, testified
Mr.. Miciotto's car passed him be-
fore it reached the intersection at
Twentieth and K streets. Mr..
Beresford said he (Beresford) was
exceeding the speed limit (25 miles
per hour when Mr.. Miciotto
passed.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
France
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tomorrow and to return to their
respective capitals for further in
structions.
1t was the first time under
Frances postwar fourth republic
that the National Assembly
formally refused q vote of con-
fidence to a prime minister. In
the past, 81 such votes had been
asked and always had been ac-
corded. Mr.. Bidault himself had
won six such ballots.
The constitution requires that
the opposition get an absolute
majority-311 votes-in order to
throw the cabinet out.
The Socialists, who have sup
ported the government even
though they left the cabinet last
February. announced yesterday
they were deserting Mr.. Bidault
on the salary issue unless some
new element" appeared in the
situation.
The Socialists have said they
want the Schuman Plan to sue
coed. But they said also the pro-
posed coal-steel pool would be
dangerous unless the British
Joined. Britain has Stunned the
negotiations SO far.
A number of other matters also
are troubling the Socialists, In
cluding Frances fight with the
forces Of pro-Communist Ho Chi
Mimi In Indo-C China. Many So
cialists feel their party's anti-im-
perialiSt, anti-militarist tradition
is directly opposed to Frances
present policy in Indo- China.
A government defeat seriously
hampers talks now taking place IL
France between the leaders Of the
three French-sponsored Indo- Chi.
nese states-Viet Nam. Laos and
Cambodia.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro of
Baltimore reluctantly sprouted
wings today as he flew from Wash
ington with President Truman to
dedicate his city's new Friendship
International Airport.
Wearing a white suit and a
white Stetson hat. Mayor D'Ales-
andre showed up at National Air
port well ahead Of the scheduled
departure time of 1920 am. The
Mayor, who has for many years
avoided aircraft, told reporters he
hadn't slept a wink last night"
Although he had said previously
that he was praying for rain to
cancel the projected fight, he said
he changed his mind this morning.
II want to have the greatest
airport in the world dedicated in
the sunshine" he said.
The Mayor made no effort, how
ever, to disguise his nervousness.
He recalled that several of his
Maryland colleagues had been
killed IN airplane accidents.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

phere (Which reaches upward
about rs niles and burned up
in our atmosphere.
1T was the most brilliant and
the brightest meteor-if it was a
meteor-I've ever seen. It looked
like a sky rocket"
Mr.. Anne said "it started out
like a shooting star-a blue flash,
and a vapor trail appeared about
five or six minutes later"
A number of people at Monroe.
La, telephoned their newspaper
that they'd seen a flying saucer
and the CAA counter: mo flying
saucers are scheduled over Mon
roe tonight"
At Austin, Tex, A. x. James,
an airlines agent, said he saw the
flash and "shimmering, it ap-
peared and disappeared like it was
going into another dimension. :"
1t was "unearthly," he said.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Baltimore Man Stays
Divorce, Shoots Self
And Drives 5 Miles
by the Assceiofed Press

BALTIMORE, June PA man
shot a 22-year-old divorced moth
er four times today as she lay
sleeping, killing her.
Police reported the man then
wounded himself below the heart
with q shot from a .38-caliber
pistol. He fell over the body of
the young mother, with whom he
had quarreled recently.
A few moments later he stag
gered to his feet, struggled up the
steps Of the North Calvert street
basement apartment and to his
car.
He drove S miles to his home
Police found him there, his head
in the kitchen oven and the gas
turned on. He is in serious con-
dition in Mercy Hospital.
Police identified the woman as
Mrs. Dorothy M. White, mother of
q 4-year-old daughter, and the
man as James T. Clare, SO.
heating contractor. Clare and his
wife separately recently. police
said. They added he and Mrs.
White had been friendly until a
recent quarrel.
Police 1t. Albert Hansen said
witnesses gave this account of
events:
Mrs. White and two men had
been to a cocktail lounge. Then
they went to the apartment, which
belonged to one of the unidenti-
fed men.
Mrs. White complained of being
Ill. She went to the bedroom and
went to sleep. A short time later,
one Of the men went in to see how
Mrs. White felt. AS he walked
into the bedroom he heard shots
and found Clare standing over her
body, a pistol in his hand.
Before he could be stopped,
Clare turned the gun on himself.
AS he fell across Mrs. Whites
body, the other man retrieved the
pistol and placed it on a dresser.
Clare pulled himself to his feet,
tried to find the pistol, then stag
gered out without 1t.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
T rumun
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million in Federal funds and 9
$12 million Baltimore bond issue
was designed to serve Washington
and Annapolis. as well as Balti-
more. The driving time for the
81 miles to Friendship is about
an hour and 10 minutes from
downtown Washington.
Criticizes "M0ssbacks."
In his speech Mr.. Truman de-
clared that IF we had listened to
the mosSbacks who complained
about competition we would never
have given up the stagecoach.
1--WE must have and we will have
In this country a modern and
efficient air transport system to
help meet our needs for modern
transportation"
He added that the kind Of Fed
eral, State and city cooperation
which went into the airport
strengthens rather than weakens
State and local governments.
Urges Local Initiative.
"In all these programs the ini-
tiative must come from local citi-
zens; the planning must be done
In the locality: State and local
governments must adopt the nee
essary laws and ordinances, set up
the necessary boards or commits
sions and, in many cases. raise
most of the funds" the President
said.
"This kind Of cooperation be-
tween State and local governments
and the National Government is
one Of the most constructive as
poets Of our national life today.
This airport is an example of
democratic government in action. "
Some 400 law enforcement Off
GERS, guided by radio from the
nine-story control tower at Friend
ship International, shepherded a
huge traffic flow to and from the
field, midway between Annapolis
and Baltimore.
100000 Visitors Expected.
About 100000 visitors were ex-
pected to inspect the airport,
which is four times the size of
New York's La Guardia Field.
Activities started at $50 am.
with public inspection Of the
luxurious administration building,
its conference rooms, roomettes
for travellers, nursery, dining halls
and various civic. commercial and
transportation exhibits assembled
for the occasion.
Shortly after the dedication, a
Seaboard and Western Airlines
freight carrier was to roar of to
Europe, the first international
flight from the terminal. Regular
airline traffic is scheduled to start
August /.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Virginia Transit Co.
Won't Increase Fares
by the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, June 24.-The
Virginia Transit Co., which signed
h two-year pact Tuesday with a
motor coach employees union, said
Yesterday it will not increase its
fares in 1850.
The promise was made by the
pompany when it revealed it must
pay the State $18,400 as the Old
Dominion's share of VIC profits
tor more than four months of
State operation. The company had
been controlled by the State under
the Virginia Public Utilities Labor
Relations Act since February II.
The total cost of the Scent pay
BOOST granted its employees under
Me recently signed contract will
Ne approximately 100000 for
Richmond, Norfolk and Ports
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Fire Balls
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NSSA4UAAAAC0 l. 4OAk4 ~ oO i dSSs[
fire was travelling from east to
west. In Fort Worth. Tex, the
nearest thing to it was reported
moving from south to east.
Astronomer Oscar Monnig said
he made telephone checks of the
fire balls trajectory at Monroe
and Lake Charles, La, and at
Houston. Tex. All these, he said,
indicated that the phenomenon
was travelling southeast. Most re-
ports said it was moving west.
1.-The meteor was the sort that
leaves sustained dust trail usu-
ally visible for a radius of 800 to
$50 miles," Mr.. Monnig said. He
figured the appearance of the
fiery streak was caused by the
suns reflection on the dust.
Because a Lake Charles radio
man sighted the object directly
overhead. Mr.. Monnig assumed
the meteor "fell somewhere in the
swampy coastal country south of
Lake Charles"
However, Rex Flowers, CAA
aircraft communication at Abilene,
said he talked with 1t. Bryant at
S:02 pm. (CST), about the time
fiery streak was seen there. Mr..
Flowers didn't know whether the
streak was jet vapor but sug-
geSted it probably was. The plane
landed at Biggs a little over an
hour later. at 8:12 pm. MST.
The appearances of fire in the
sky apparently were most spec
tacular over Louisiana's Gulf
Coast region.
Believed 1t q Meteor.
Some thought they were seeing
"a meteor. Others thought it was
the reflection of the suns last red
and gold rays on a vapor trail.
But there were elements of doubt
in both beliefs.
The Galveston. Tex, Weather
Bureau said q ship $50 miles at
sea reported seeing the flash.
At Fort Worth, Sergt. L. w.
Matthews Of Carswell Air Base
said that at 7:40 pm. (cST) a
bright green streak flashed across
the south and east toward Hand
ley "a community on the eastern
edge of Fort WORTH, but a lot
farther away than that"
At the same time, the suns
rays on the vapor trail Of a high
flying B-36 gave the illusion Of O
slowly travelling comet over Fort
Worth.
| But Sergt. Matthews said the
green streak was no vapor trail.
He said it was travelling too fast.
Others in the Fort Worth area re-
ported seeing the green streak and
B-36 trail as separate phenomena.
DR.. David v. Guthrie. director
of the Louisiana State University
Astronomical Observatory, was
sure it was meteor. But, like
Monnig, he hadn't seen 1t.
Like Sky Rocket.
Now Orleans weather observer
l.E. A. Aime, who did see it, wasn't
sure what he saw. He carefully
reported the aircraft vapor trail
eory. then said:
W"It looked like something that
came from outside our atmos-
Evening star., 1950-06-24

Mesquite and Utah juniper, re-
garded as pest" trees in the
Southwest, have been found to
make good fence posts.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

The tolloipino is the tert OF
President Traman'S speech to-
day at the dedication OF Friend
ship international Airport. near
Baltimore:
Evening star., 1950-06-24

eSxa- found vic n. 2. ave and q st. :
&.$S0i. can before pm.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Polio Total Increased
To393by3 New Cases

Three more polio cases have
been reported at health depart
ments in the Washington area,
making total so far this year of
393.
The Districts 164th case-com-
pared with 96 at the same date in
1949-is a 4-year-old colored boy
Of the 4700 block of Blaine street
NE.
Montgomery County's 10th polio
victim of 1850 is a 7-year-old boy
Of Route 2, Dickerson, Md, who is
at Children's Hospital.
Fairfax County's new case, the
49th this year, is a 27-year- -old
woman of Annandale She is in
Gallinger Hospital.
On nationwide basis, polio de-
creased last week although it was
higher than for the same week in
1949. New cases last week totaled
1851 compared with 1896 the
week before. The 1949 figure was
LAT.
The cumulative total is 1884
for the current disease" year, the
Public Health Service announced,
compared with $1,000 for the
corresponding period last year.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
HYattsviIIe Lions 10 Give
PLAQUE for Heaviest Vote

The Hyattsville Lions Club will
award a Good Citizenship
plaque to the municipality OF
district in Prince Georges County
having the most precinct votes
on election day, November 7.
The group announced today it
will present the plaque after the
election in a move to encourage
county residents to vote.
I'm the last few years." the
club declared, there has been in
Prince Georges County and in
the Nation as a whole, an alarm
ing increase in the number of
registered voters who fail to cast
their ballots on election day.
Every man and woman who is
an eligible voter and does not cast
his or her vote at each and every
election is helping in a large
measure to destroy the freedom
which we all enjoy today. There
are too many people believing in
the fallacy that their one vote
will not make any difference"
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Sales Tax Revenue Rise
Reported in Maryland
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Oct. The
sales tax added 21.14 per cent
more to State funds in the first
quarter of the current fiscal year
than during the same period of
1949.
A report from Controller j.
Millard Tawes Yesterday showed
sales tax collections from July l
to October l, 1850. of $7973,-
548.34. During the first three
months of the last fiscal year.
$6,582, ,288.78 was taken in.
AS usual, the 2 per cent retail
sales levy was the States largest
revenue getter. The 13 major
sources of tax revenues, includ-
ing the sales tax, produced l1.79
per cent more than they did for
the three-month period of 1949.
The total collected from the 13
major taxes was $32.034, ,977.03, as
compared with $28,656, 1888 last
year. The gasoline tax showed a.
24.63 per cent increase over last
year to bring in only $549,155.19
less than the sales tax.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Democrats Demand That Reid
Prove His Campaign Charges
The Democratic candidates for

The Democratic candidates for
the Montgomery County Council
today challenged Republican
Council Candidate John c. Reid
to put up or shut up on his
reported statement charging
Democrats are backed by big real
estate operators seeking d kill
ing"
Mr.. Reid was quoted yesterday
as telling meeting of the Leland
Bradley Citizens Association that
real estate developers plan to buy
residential property on the un-
derstanding it will be rezoned to
commercial use if the Democrats
win.
The Democratic candidates
stated today that if Mr.. Reid can
substantiate his collusion charge,
they will withdraw from the
political race. They demanded
that Mr.. Reid give realty opera
tors names and properties and
the names of Democrats with
whom deals have been made.
In Montgomery County, only
the County Council can grant re-
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Montgomery's Per Capita Tax
Tops Average of % Counties

Montgomery County taxpayers
contribute a larger per capita
share to the cost of State govern
ment than the average of the %
other counties, according to a
study by County Finance Director
Alexander K. Hancock of the fis-
cal relationship between the
county and State.
His findings are outlined in a
41-page booklet. made public yes
terday. in which he also analyses
the contributions of the other
counties and those Of the State
to local governments.
According to the study, each
man. woman and child in Mont
gomery County paid an average
Of $49.71 to the State during the
12-month period ended June 30,
1949. The average per capita
share Of other counties was $44.95,
while Baltimore taxpayers handed
over S64.74 each.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
New Yorker Gets Term
In Arlington Burglary

A New York man was given q
two-year penitentiary sentence ir
Arlington Circuit Court yester-
day after a jury found him guilty
of stealing jewelry from the home
of Mrs. Juanita Cassidy, 3137 Key
boulevard.
Joseph DeMarco, 38, who rep
resented himself at the trial, was
accused of looting Mrs. Cassidy's
home after they had been &C
quainted about a week. DeMarco
admitted the offense but asserted
he risked life and limb to see
that she got the jewels back"
The jewelry was stolen Sep
tember 7 and was valued at more
than $500. 1t was recovered after
DeMarco revealed he had placed
it in storage locker at Union
Station.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Bishop Goodwin S Message
Read 10 { Episcopal Women
BY the Assoeiofed Press

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct.
26.-Delegates to the 58th annual
convention of the Woman's Aux
iliary of the Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia today heard the annual
message from the Right Rev
Frederick D. Goodwin, D. D.,
Bishop of the diocese.
Other speakers at final sessions
OF the meeting at two churches
here were the Rev. Paul T. Koch
of Japan and the Rev. Alexander
H. Easley, rector of Trinity
Church, Charlottesville.
Mrs. Henry Taylor of Walker
town was installed as president
of the organization last night al
ceremonies which included an ad-
dress by the Right Rev. John
Boyd Bentley, former Bishop o1
Alaska.
Bishop Goodwin appointed Mrs
Taylor to a two-year term yes
terday to succeed Mrs. Harrison
Wexford of Warsaw, who resigned
without finishing her term be-
cause of i'll health.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
.0ber Law Declared
Sill Tentative
BY the Assoeioted Press

| BALTIMORE, Oct. 26. The
Special Assistant Attorney Genera
charged with enforcing Mary
lands Ober Anti-subversion Law
explained yesterday that no one
has been prosecuted yet under the
statute because it is still "tenta-
tive law"
The Ober law, passed by the
1949 General Assembly and pro-
viding fines and Jail sentences for
subversives. will be voted on in a
referendum November Z.
Assistant Attorney General O.
Bowie Duckett replied to an ar
ticle in the October issue of the
Maryland Teacher, official publ
cation of the State Teachers AS
sociation. The article. written by
the magazines editor, Nilsson c
Raver, urged defeat of the law at
the polls.
you ask why no arrests
charges or indictments have been
made :. ?" Mr.. Duckett said ir
a letter to Mr.. Raver.
Primarily" he explained, "the
Communist Party has not beer
adjudicated subversive by oul
Maryland court or by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Furthermore, should a Mary.
land citizen be prosecuted under
a tentative law which may be dis.
approved and annulled by the
voters of our State?"