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Evening star., 1950-01-09
Maryland Drivers Warned
Of Winter Traffic Hazards

BALTIMORE, Jan. 9.-Mary-
land motorists generally have
escaped adverse driving conditions
this winter, but Gov. Lanes Citi-
zen's Highway Safety Committee
predicts trouble is "just around
the corner"
1t urged that a check be made
now OF winter driving equipment,
such as chains. defrosters and
heaters, warning that the traffic
death rate goes up during the
winter months.
Snow. ice and hazardous traffic
conditions which have been spared
Maryland so far this season are
just around the corner, and so is
serious trouble for those motorists
who will be caught off guard" the
committee said.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Wine, Headache Powders
Cigarettes Hold. ; Men

Three itinerant laborers are be.
ing questioned by Alexandria DO.
lice in grocery robbery.
Among the items stolen early
yesterday, according to Benjamin
Teri, owner of the Gateway Mar.
ket, 701 South Patrick street, were
cough drops, cigarettes, headache
powders. a quantity Of canned heat
and a half gallon Of wine.
Booked for investigation are
Thomas Newkirk, "a, of Warsaw
N. c.; Clarence McKinnon, 48, o1
Lakeland, Fla. and William Jones
AZ, no fixed address. All are. col.
ored. They denied entering the
store.
Most of the loot, police said, wa.
recovered when the men were ar.
rested before noon yesterday a.
they walked along a railroad track
near Duke street. Police said the
grocery was entered by cutting 6
screen and breaking glass in 6
side door.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
-Four Bethesdans Appointed
10 Hospital Fund Group

Representatives Of four Bethes-
da civic organizations have beer
appointed to the Suburban Hos
pitfalls 100000 membership and
purchasing fund campaign COM
mittee. :.
They are Robert w. Mitchell
Civitan Club; Burrell H. Marsh,
Rotary Club; Neill F. Raab, XII
wants Club, and Robert M. Burk-
lin, Lions Club.
Mrs. Betty Ruth McDevitt will
be chairman Of the door or-to-door
solicitations for the campaign.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Ross|yn Laundry Wall,
Damaged byFire, May
Have 10 Be Rebuilt

One exterior wall of a Rosslyn
laundry probably will have to be
rebuilt as a result of a three
alarm fire that swept the struc-
ture yesterday.
Arlington Building Inspector
Andrew Jensen said he could not
make a. final determination until
he makes a more detailed examin-
alton of the building of the In
'dustrial Laundry at 1407 Lee
Highway.
Damage was estimated at $lO,-
900 to $4,000 from the fire which
swept through the building for
more than an hour before it was
brought under control by five
Arlington fire companies.
Laundry officials cannot make
an accurate estimate of damage
to the building contents until an
inventory has been completed.
The laundry rented overalls
towels and cleaning rags to gaso.
line stations and other industrial
businesses.
Deputy Fire Chief Percy E
Finisecy said the cause of tn,
blaze had not been determined
but that it started in the rear o.
the building near several contain.
ers filled with oil-stained clothing
and rags which had been returned
for washing.
-Four f1remen were hurt fighting
the blaze and traffic was blocked
for more than an hour on Lee
highway. Police detoured motor
lists by way of Wilson boulevard
The f1remen were F. D. Higgins
jr.. Company No. 4, and Robert
Hughes and Buck Cumberland
both of Company No. 3, who were
treated for smoke inhalation
Fireman Charles Marcy, also o1
Company No. 8, was treated TO,
a hand cut.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Montgomery Scout Official
To Meet Leaders TUESDAY,

William H. Condor of Boston
has assumed his duties as Mont
gomery County Boy Scout field
executive.
A Scouters' round-table is
scheduled for tomorrow night al
the County Building in Bethesda,
at which Mr.. Condor will be in
troduced to county Boy Scout
leaders.
Mr.. Condor, who resides at 5000
Bradley boulevard, Chevy Chase,
was until recently assistant Scout
executive of the Worcester, Mass.
. Council. He entered Scouting in
: 1889 and served in Pittsfield
Mass. until 1912 when he entered
the armed services with the 315th
Glider Infantry Regiment, 82d
, A1rborne Division. He received
the Presidential Unit Citation, the
: Purple Heart and the Croix De
Guerre. He was discharged in
1945 as a first lieutenant.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Silver Spring Kiwanis Club
InstaIIs Edward Fineran

Edward v. Fineran, BOG Edge
wood avenue, has been installed
as president of the Silver Spring
Kiwanis Club. He succeeds Charles
M. Marsteller.
Other officers are DR.. Peter N
Lombard, vice president; Joseph
Saunderson, jr., treasurer, and
Trusdell Wisner, secretary. Direc-
tors are the Rev. Phillip c. Ed.
wards. Henry c. johnson, Joseph
M. Lyons. Loren L. Murray, Jesse
Nicholson, George I. Shefts and
Royal G. Sherburne.
Miss Edith M. Stern. Readers
Digest writer, will speak at a spe-
cial Ladies Day luncheon at 1880
pm. tomorrow at the Hot Shoppe
1880 Georgia avenue.
Evening star., 1950-01-09

Speaker Theodore Sedgwick o1
assachusetts.
Many private citizens, especially
in Georgetown. elected to share
their homes with distinguished
but less fortunate persons whose
duties brought them to the new
seat of Government.
No less a parsonage than Vice
President Jefferson lived in a
boarding house for over three
months. Operated by proprietors
named Conrad and McMunn, the
house stood near the Capitol at
the northwest corner of New
Jersey avenue and c street Sc.
The Vice Presidents only lux
ury was a private sitting room.
He modestly ate his meals at the
lower end of the table used by
the 80 other roomers. It was
from these unpretentious quar-
tiers that he walked to the Capt.
tol finally on March 4, 1901, to
be sworn in as President.
Conrad and McMunn's was
built and owned by Thomas Law,
44-year-old Englishmen who came
to Washington to invest a for
tune he had made in India. Law
erected numerous substantial
houses along New Jersey avenue
and became one of the city's lead
ing citizens. His wife, Elizabeth
Parke Gusts, was the grand
daughter of George Washington S
wife.
Conrad and McMunn's original
three row houses were remodeled
after some years as offices for the
Coast Survey. Later they became
a hotel. the Varnum, and stood
until supplanted by the New
House Office Building in 1929.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Upper Marlboro
Voters to Brinq
ThenOwn Ballots

Upper Marlboro voters will take
pencils and handy scraps of paper
to the ballot box today for a
write-in election which will deter
mine the three men or women who
will serve as town commissioners
for the next two years.
The election, in which there will
be neither official ballot nor des-
ignated candidates, will be held
at the first house from to pm
Incumbent commissioners are T
Van Claggett, jr., Richard H
Sothoron and Roland r. Ryon.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
March Of Dimes Rally Set;
REGIONAL Director 10 Speak

A March Of Dimes rally will be
held at 8 o'clock tonight at the
Bethesda-C Chevy Chase American
Legion Post home on Rockville
pike at Old Georgetown road.
Chairman Martin Iverson an
nounced that Joseph P. Nee,
regional director of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
sis, will be the guest speaker.
Catherine c. Gaule, State repre-
sentative of the Foundation, also
will speak.
All area chairmen and workers
are urged to attend as are the
heads Of country clubs and Or
CARNATIONS. Parents of some of
the children helped by funds col
lected here will tell how the NAL
ady affected their homes.
The drive is conducted by the
Montgomery County Council Of
the American Legion, which also
administers the fund for the care
Of needy polio sufferers. Charles
H. Davidson is president Of the
council, .
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Arlington {. Of {. 10 EIec1
IS Directors THURSDAY

The Arlington Chamber of Com
merce will elect Is directors at
the annual membership meeting
at 8 pm. Thursday in the Rosslyn
Gas Co. building, 2700 Shirley
highway.
The directors then will choose
a president, two vice presidents
and treasurer for the 1850 term.
A film. Turning People Into
Customers" will be shown by
Frank U. Fletcher of Radio Sta
ton WARL. Outgoing President
Sidney Johnston and Business
Manager Paul A. Hill will report
on 1949 activities of the chamber
Evening star., 1950-01-09
McGrath Backs
Tapping 10
Protect Security
Says 1t Will Continue.
Policy Stond Follows
1 Adverse Reactions
BY the Associated Press

Attorney General McGrath said
yesterday the Justice Department
will continue wire trapping to OBJ
tain information sin view of the
emergency which still prevails and
the necessity of protecting the
national security"
Although he did not indicate
that there was any connection, Mr..
McGrath issued a statement Of
policy in the wake of these two
developments:
/. A ruling by New York Fed
eral judge that the Government
must prove that it can prosecute
Judith Coplon and Valentin A.
Gubitchev on spy conspiracy
charges without relying on data
obtained by wire tapping.
2. A strong denunciation of wire
tapping, made by James Lawrence
Fly, former chairman of the Fed
eral Communications Commission.
Mr.. McGrath said that the de-
partment's present policy on wire
tapping had been established by
President Roosevelt and was fol-
lowed by three previous Attorneys
General-Robert H. jackson. fran
els c. Biddle and Tom Clark.
Mr.. McGrath quoted a 1914
letter by President Roosevelt in
which the latter said wire tapping
should be used against those per-
sons not citizens of the United
States and those few citizens who
are traitors to their country, who
today are engaged in espionage or
sabotage against the United
States"
The Attorney General did not
expand on what he called the pre-
vailing emergency. In referring
also to the need for protecting the
national security, however, he
presumably was speaking of cases
involving possible espionage, al
though a spokesman said the
statement was not directly in
spired by the Coplon- Gubitchev
trial.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Auto Crash Fatal
ToFort be|voir
Army Sergeant
Three Other Soldiers
Hurt as Car Hits
Truck on Route !

An Army sergeant stationed al
Fort Belvoir was injured fatally
last night when the automobile
in which he was passenger col
]ided with the rear of a tractor.
trailer truck in the 2800 block o1
Jefferson Davis highway (Route
-, Arlington.
Three other Fort Belvoir sol.
diers were hurt In the same crash
which occurred at 11::45 pm,
about mile south of Washington
The dead man was identified by
Arlington police as Sergt. Roy F
Jackson, ~. He was pronounced
dead from a fractured skull on
arrival at Arlington Hospital.
The injured. all taken to Fort
BeNoir Hospital, were M/Sergt
Marvin E. Taylor, 80, and Pfc
Eugene Campbell, %, both OF
whom suffered cuts and bruises
and a lacerated face, and Sergt.
Walter M. Lindsey, %, whose in
juries were listed as a lacerated
scalp and a sprained ankle.
Arlington police did not learn
who was driving the car. The
truck driver was listed as Otis
r. Major, Is. of Norfolk, Va. Both
vehicles were northbound when
the crash occurred.
Two persons were injured in
another accident on the Baltimore
boulevard in Laurel about 4 am.
today, according to Laurel police.
They were Miss Ruth B. Curran,
20, of 1400 Meridian place NV,
who suffered head and knee cuts,
and William j. Spies, 20, a SOL
dier stationed at Fort Myer, a
face cut. Police said Miss Curran
fell asleep while driving, causing
her car to hit a tree.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Seventh-Doy Adventists
Open Conference Toduy

Vital Issues facing the churches
will be discussed at a two-day
conference Of 1875 ministers and
laymen Of the Potomac Confer
ence, Seventh-Day Adventists
opening this afternoon in the Ia
-koma Park Adventist Church
Carroll and Wilson avenues, Ia
.koma Park, Md.
Elder Daniel A. Ochs, presi-
dent Of the Columbia Union Con.
ference. will preside. Meeting.
today will be at / and 7 pm, ane
tomorrow at 8 am. and 2 and I
pm. Elder George S. Rapp i.
pastor of the host church,
Evening star., 1950-01-09
School Finds Horses HeIp Bad Bows

There are other animals which
help exert that mute influence
toward rehabilitation which is
carefully nursed along by the
teachers. The farm has the usua,
Stock-cows, hogs, chickens, cats
Run without Hired Help.
The farm is run without any
hired help. The students do every.
thing, from caring for the live.
stock to working in the dining
room. They mend the tools, paint
the fences, build and repair the
wagons.
Even though they don't live
there, the boys strike roots, Mr.
Shaw says. Gradually the feeling
of loneliness and rebellion fades
away.
OF course, there are classrooms
But it seems more like a school
disguised as a farm than farm
that just happens to double as
school.
That difference may be minor
but in the delicate task Of emo
tional rebuilding it counts. Read
ing. writing, arithmetic and the
needful minimum of social disci-
pline come much easier to the
formerly difficult" boys in such
an atmosphere.
This is the 11th year of opera
ton for Highwood. Boys from II
years upward are admitted.
They attend school from 8 am
to 3 pm, the same as all other
Baltimore public school children
But it's the only school in the
system where pupils sometimes
show up at Z am. to start the
davis work
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Potomac Commission
Twill Hear Address BY
Author on THURSDAY

Frederick Gutheim, author of
Ihe Potomac" will address the
winter meeting of the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac River
Basin here this week.
Mr.. Gutheim, who lives at Dick
erson. Nd, will speak at a dinner
meeting of the commission Thurs
day night at the Washington
Hotel. His topic will be "The
Future of the Potomac Basin and
What the Interstate Commission
Can Do About IT.
Edwin r. Cotton, commission
director, said the commission at
its two-day meeting Thursday and
Friday Is expected to announce
the formation Of a Wildlife and
Recreation Committee.
He said the committee, which
Is expected to consist Of nationally
prominent men in the fields of
wildlife and recreation, will ex-
pend the commissions activities
in the Potomac Basin.
"As basin streams become
cleaner" Mr.. Cotton said, "the
development Of wildlife and rec
reational programs become more
important. AS proper land use is
a means Of reducing pollution,
wildlife and recreational develop
ment is a natural result of cleaner
strearns:.
Mr.. Cotton said Thursdays ses-
sions will be taken up with meet
ings Of standing committees. Mr..
Gutheim's address will follow at
1880 pm, and more committee
reports will be given Thursday
morning.
During the Friday meeting,
Commission Chairman Harold A.
Kemp, District sanitary engineer,
will present a scroll to Raymond
v. Long. commission past chair
man.
The meeting will end at pm.
Friday.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
u Executives to Advise
|M. U. Business School

A 22-member council of retail
executives has been formed to ad-
wise the faculty of the University
Of Maryland's College of Business
and Public Administration, DR.. j.
Freeman Pyle, dean of the college,
has announced.
The store presidents and mer-
chants association directors Of var
ious Maryland cities will offer ad-
vice on personnel requirements Ct
Maryland retail organizations and
the type Of training and research
activities needed by merchandising
firms.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Il Club Officers to Meet

Mrs. Joseph Lyons, recently
elected chairman of the Southern
Maryland district, United Women's
al Democratic Clubs, will sponsor a
luncheon and round table discus
sion for club presidents and officers
aaat pm. tomorrow in the Ameri-
'can Legion clubhouse, $500 Chev-
erly avenue. Cheverly. Md.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Virginia Professor Finds
Original Of Southey Poem
Special pispoteh 10 The s,or


FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan
9.-The original manuscript o1
Joan of Arc" the poem credited
with making Robert Southey IA
nous. has been found in England
by a Mary Washington College
English professor after a six-year
search.
The manuscript is the discovery
Of BENJAMIN w. Early. Acquired
by Harvard University for $400, II
will be sent the college here shortly
for use by Mr.. Early in work for a
doctorate thesis. IT,
Mr.. Early said the principal sig-
niflcance Of the 1893 work is In
revealing Southey as a young ''left
winger" Of his day.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 9.-"Horses, +"
said Louis Shaw, "are about the
best teachers in the Baltimore
public school system"
The principal of Highwood
School at suburban Catonsville
went on to explain:
Horses never complain, and
they bring out the best in the
boys. Whenever I can't talk to
a boy, the horse can"
From this it may be gathered
that Highwood's seven horses play
an important part in the schools
curriculum.
It's no riding academy-far
from it. Highwood is a school
for Baltimore's problem children,
the youngsters who somehow don't
adjust to normal school life and
authority.
But a visitor would never guess
that HlghWood actually is an in
stitution for youthful delinquents
or pre-delinquents, in technical
parlance.
Teachers there don't use these
words. Signs at the entrance to
the seven-acre property read:
please drive carefully. Children
and horses at work and at play"
IS Boys in School.
Inside. at work and at play, IS
boys from elementary schools
throughout Baltimore are slowly
changing their attitudes towards
life.
Just how much the school diff
fers from grimmer institutions of
the kind was made clear by Anna
Evening star., 1950-01-09
odd Jobber' Is Held
BY Alexandra Police
In Fishmarket Death

] Alexandria police today were to
continue questioning a 62-year-old
handyman in the death of Mrs
Edith Dix, 81, who died December
81, day after she was was found
unconscious in a room at the rear
of a fish market.
Held for questioning is Car
Blackwell, of no fixed address, who
was picked up in Richmond Fri
day night and booked for in
vestigation, according to police.
Detective Inspector Russell A.
Hawes said Blackwell has admitted
that Mrs. Dix attended a drinking
party in the back room of the fish
market at 2141s Queen street the
night before she was found there
on cot, bleeding and unconscious.
Mrs. Dix's death in Alexandria
Hospital was attributed by DR..
John Sims. Alexandria coroner,
to cerebral hemorrhage caused
by a blow on the head.
Inspector Hawes said Blackwell
denied any knowledge of how
Mrs. Dix might have been in
jured. He was quoted as saying
Mrs. Dix passed out" before the
other guests departed, the de-
tective said.
Blackwell, described as an "odd
jobber" who has worked in and
around Alexandria for several
years. was reported to have been
given permission to live at the
fish market while it was being
remodeled.
Blackwell was quoted by In
spector Hawes as saying he tried
to revive Mrs. Dix but decided to
leave the city when he found he
could not.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Queens Chapel Citizens
Elect Hugh Mac DonneII

Hugh e. mcdonnell has been
elected president of the Queens
Chapel (Md) Citizens Association
He succeeds G. w. O'Neill.
Other officers are John A. Nc
Lean, first vice president; Frank
W. Weismiller. second vice presi-
dent; Brother Cecelian. of De La
Sale College, secretary, and Will
liam j. OBrien, treasurer. Direc-
tors are Edgar A. Merkle, Daniel
M. Greene, G. Edward Pfuger, F. O.
= Walters, Clarence w. Herman and
E. w. Van Vliet.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Tokomo Park Chamber
To Hear Talk on Zonino

Blair Lee. III, vice chairman of
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission,
will lead q discussion on zoning
at a dinner meeting Of the Ia
koma Park Chamber Of Commerce
at z pm. Wednesday at Nelson s
Restaurant, 18 Carroll avenue.
MIR. Lee will explain the COM
missions views on the zoning
problem in Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Walton ' League Seeks
ReorganIliiz!edI Virginia
Fisheries Commission
BY fhe Axsoeiofsd Press

RICHMOND. Va, Jan. e.-In q
resolution to be presented to Gov
Tuck, directors of the State Divi-
sion Of the Izaak Walton League
of America have called for the
complete reorganization of the
State Fisheries Commission ION 9
professional basis"
The board also asked the Gov.
ernor to proclaim an annual Con.
servation Week" In addition, the
group pledged $500 for the Wild.
life Conservation Essay Contest
sponsored jointly by the league
and the Virginia Game Commits.
sion.
Six Changes Sought.
The reorganization resolution
presented by Jordan A. Pugh III
president of the Norfolk chapter
asked that:
l. All inspectors employed b,
the commission ''be regularl,
trained in law enforcement, con.
servation practices and other du.
ties" and that they wear uni.
forms when on duty.
2. All inspectors be required te
devote. full time to their employ.
ment and that pay scale simila,
TO that established for game war.
dens be established for the in.
spectors.
3. The practice of "on-the-spot'
arrests, convictions and assess.
ment OF fines for law violations be
prohibited.
4. The commission be instructed
to set aside and restrict from
commercial fishing during appro.
pirate seasons certain areas of the
waters Of the rivers and bays OF
the commonwealth as spawning
grounds for shad or herring, trout
and other fish. .s
Ask License Issue Reform.
S. All licenses or bottom lease
agreements, etc.. be issued only
by the Commission of Fisheries
its deputies, or clerks of courts,
and that the inspectors employed
by the commission be expressly
prohibited from issuing any such
licenses.
s. The commission membership
be increased to seven and that
they be selected, as far as pos
sible, from the tidewater, stipu-
lation being made that no person
engaged in commercial seafood
industry shall be eligible for men,
bership thereon"
The resolution also asked that
the commission employ a full-time
executive director, continue and
expand the photography studies
and that the commission work
with Maryland and North Caro-
lima for the development and pro-
lection Of >seafood resources.
Evening star., 1950-01-09


said:
Most of the boys love the
school so dearly that they can't
think of a worse punishment
than having to leave it before
their time is up"
Many of the lads come to this
school with a deep suspicion of
authority. Some come from
broken homes. Many arrive with
hostile emotions.
So, HighWood figures, start by
letting them exert a little au-
thority-plus the responsibility
that's part of it.
Horses serve we'll. The young.
sters care for them, drive them,
ride them, love them. Certain
subtle, but important, bonds are
established,
Evening star., 1950-01-09

to the major problems with which
he has dealt?
The answer is mo" Because he
is convinced that his handling Of
controversial matters were In the
best interests of the State.
In fact. he scarcely had taken
Office before he had to demon
strate his ability to make a firm
decision.
Service across Hampton Roads
had been interrupted by q strike.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Oxon Hill PTA to Meet

DR.. M. Allen Pond Of the Public
Health Service will speak on your
School Health and Safety Pro-
gram" at a meeting Of the Oxon
Hill Md.) Parent Teacher Asso-
citation at 8 pm. tomorrow In the
elementary school.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Young Republicans to Meet

Members of the Young Repub-
lican Club Of Montgomery Coun-
ty will discuss National legislative
issues at the groups January
meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in the
Bethesda County Building.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
FuirIinaton PTA to Meet

Arlington School Superints;, lent
William A. Early will speak at a
meeting of the darlington Ele-
mentary School Psrent-Teacher
Association at 7:45 O'Clock tonight
at the school In Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Macarthur PTA to Meet

DR.. Helen K. Macintosh of thu
United States Office of Education
will address the Douglas MacAr.
thur Elementary School Parent.
Teacher Association at 8 pm
tomorrow at the school on Jan.
ney's lane, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1950-01-09
PTA to Hear Psychiutrist

DR.. Katherine Rice, psychia-
trist. will speak on the Emotional
Development Of Children at. a
meeting Of the Stonewall Jackson
Elementary School Parent Teach
er Association, Arlington, at
o'clock tonight,
Evening star., 1950-01-09
Hershey Drive Choiirmun

Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di-
rector of selective service, will be
chairman of the Montgomery
County Red Cross campaign in
March. Gen. Hershey lives at
1911 Radnor road. Bethesda.