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, 1950-05-20
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Hubert Francis

A
Rains visited five maior-league
parks, and washed the games
away. Here are the games that
were postponed:
Dodgers vs.. Pirates Ebbetts
Field.
Phillies vs.. Cubs (shibe Park
Giants vs.. Reds polo Grounds
Braves \ Cardinals Graves
Field)
Senators vs.. Browns tspOrtman
Parkl.
CLEVELAND
The Indians defeated the Red
Soy in their night contest Al.
Bob Kennedy homered for the
Tribe. Pitcher Mike Garcia, who
started for the Indians, had to
leave the game IN the 3rd inning
When he was struck BY q line
drive off the bat Of second-base-
man Bobby Doerr. Sam zoldak
relieved him, and allowed the Red
Sox, Just six hits the rest Of the
way. Lefty Mel Parnell went all
the way for Boston. None Of the
80 49,
two teams regular catcher saw
action. Mat Bats caught for Bos-
ton, and Murray for Cleveland
DETROIT
The Detroit Tigers, with ~ hits
defeated the Philadelphia Athle-
tics, 14-8. Veteran Freddy Hutchin
son won his third game, as Hank
Weiss dropped his third decision
Shortstop Eddie Joost homered
for 4 lost cause in the 9Th inning.
THAT was his third homer Of the
season.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
Spout Run Road Link
To Open Next Week

The recently completed paced
Spout Run connection of the
George Washington Memorial
highway between Key Bridge and
Lorcom lane on the Virginia side
of the Potomac River will be
opened formally to parkway traf-
fic next Saturday.
National Capital Parks and Bu-
reau of Public Roads officials made
a final inspection of the paving
contractors work yesterday and
have accepted it. The completed
g of a mile link. begun early in
1948, provides a continuous park
way from the Mount Vernon estate
to the Lorcom lane-Lee highway
connection.
Supt. Edward j. Kelly of NCF
said the cost of construction of the
link was about $850,00O. It was
delayed a long time by excessive
construction bids.
The Spout Run connection is g
dual highway, with the westboune
lane overlooking the palisades o.
the Potomac. The high level east.
bound lane offers an excellent ap.
proach view to Washington and {
quicker route to the downtown
area.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
Arlington Youth Jailed
AS Court Cracks Down
On Reckless Drivinq

A 20-year-old Arlington youth
convicted of reckless driving, to-
day began serving a Jail sentence
which the court warned may be-
come a common penalty in such
cases to curb "the reckless pace
of county youngsters.
Judge Harry Thomas in Arling-
ton County Court added that such
penalties will increase until this
business stops" He imposed the
30-day sentence yesterday on Carl
E. Stickley of the 1900 block of
South Twelfth road, who was driv-
ing a car which crashed into a
tree Wednesday night.
A passenger, George E. Mon
teith, 26. of the TOO block of North
Fillmore street. testified Stickley
had been drinking.
Three girls. two Of them Is years
old and the third IA, said there
had been no drinking.
You might have killed an,
number of people in that auto
mobile" Judge Thomas tole
Stiokley.
Two of the girls were slightly
injured in the crash.
About two weeks ago, another
case involving young people came
to the attention of Judge Thomas
In that case. he asked Assistant
Commonwealth's Attorney Paul G
Varoutsos to investigate reports
of drunkenness at a Thanksgiving
party given by high schoo,
fraternity.
Mr.. Varoutsos said he expected
to report to the court Monday
that the youngsters had bought
beer for their Thanksgiving cele-
bration in Washington, and car
ried it illegally to Virginia. He
said reports of two accidents in
volving youngsters driving home
from the party had been brought
to his attention.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
Couple Lose Fight to Adopt
Child, 4, Cared for Since Birth

Some one probably will suffer
from a broken heart"
With these words, District Court
Judge Edward A. Tamm yesterday
reached a difficult decision" and
denied a petition by a couple to
adopt a 4-year-old child they
had cared for almost since birth.
He had taken long time to
reach the decision. A hearing on
the adoption petition by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Ehrmantrout. 1871
Wisconsin avenue NV, had first
been held on May 10. The petit
ton for adoption of blond, intelli-
gent Linda Jean, whom the Ehr-
mantrouts had cared for since
she was six months old. had been
filed eight months before.
Case Put Off for Inquiry.
At that hearing, Judge Tamm
had continued the case for SIX
months to give officials more time
to investigate the plea by the
couple for adoption of the child
Judge Tamm said the Ehrman-
trouts had represented to the
court that the child's natural
mother had agreed to the adop-
ton proceeding.
But, he said, testimony at the
hearing indicated the child's
mother, who has been seriously
i'll for some time, was now anxious
to regain custody of her daughter
Judge Tamm noted yesterday
that neighbors had testified the
Ehrmantrouts had given the chilo
excellent care-if anything, he
said, she was little spoiled.
Evening star., 1950-12-09

GLORY to Old Georgia" was the
theme song last night as alumni.
of the University of Georgia raj
lied at a banquet at the Willard
Hotel on the eve of their teams
final football game of the season.
the American Legion's Presidential
Cup contest with Texas A. and M
The Georgians will vie with the
Texans in packing Byrd Stadium
at the University of Maryland this
Afternoon. The pregame pag-
eantry was to start at l pm. The
event, in which leading teams will
be invited to play for the benefit
of the Legion's welfare fund, is
expected to be an annual one.
Football was not overempha-
sized at the banquet. DR.. o. c.
Aderhold. president of the uni
versity, came from the campus at
Athens to make the principal ad-
dress. He told the gathering that
every graduate of the university
is expected to help raise Georgia S
educational level.
The university is to celebrate
it's 150th anniversary on January
"a. 1t is the Oldest chartered
Evening star., 1950-12-09
Veterans Warned Of Risk
On Side Payment for Homes

Veterans who pay more for
homes than is shown on their loan
reports risk the loss Of rights
under all veterans laws, the
Veterans Administration warned
today.
In addition, they face prosecu-
ton under Federal laws, together
with the persons who participate
with them in such deals.
The VA central Office here said
today that, despite repeated warn
ings, cases continue to come to
light wherein veterans have been
induced to pay the builder OF
seller an amount over and above
the sales price shown in the loar
report. Such side payments, Va
said, usually are made to evadt
the ban against sales to veterans
in excess of the appraised "rea'
sonable value"
Evening star., 1950-12-09
Writing Expert Testifies
Against Forgery Suspect

A handwriting expert testified
for the Government yesterday that
signatures on % forged checks
were those of French S. Brawner,
61-year-old former Dumfries CVaD
postmaster who is being tried on
forgery charges in Alexandria
District Court.
w. A. Shulenberger of the
Treasury Department said he be-
lieved BraWner had signed all the
checks although in some instances
there was an apparent attempt to
disguise the hand.
MI. Shulenberger's testimony
was the last before the court re-
cessed until Monday. when the
BraWner trial will go into its
fourth day before a 14-man jury.
Brawner has pleaded not guilty to
the 60-count forgery and embez-
element indictment.
BraWner was acquitted last sum-
mer of another forgery indictment.
Checks involved in the new in
dictment represent income tax
refunds mailed through the Dunn
fries Post Office from 1946 through
1949.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
Nashville Critics Reserved
On Miss Trumon's Sinqinq

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 8 (Pl
Two music critics were reserved
in their comments on Margaret
Truman's singing last night, but
they and the audience of 1,40C
apparently were won over by he,
personality.
Critic Alvin S. Wiggers of the
Nashville Tennessean said: Miss
Truman has lovely, sweet voice
though by no means possessing
the size and resonance required
for opera.
Her charming, graceful ap-
pearance, and her winsome per-
sonality, had her listeners won
over before she sang a note"
Sydney Dalton, critic for the
Nashville Banner. said: LAS a
singer, Miss Truman's chief merit
is her obvious sincerity. Her fu-
ture will largely depend upon this
sincere attitude combined with
making the most of whatever
talent she has for Interpretation.
"The voice itself is limited in
quality and volume and she is still
insecure technically.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS. Dec. 8. - An
Odenton man who agreed to buy
one acre of ground. more or
less" and got only half an acre,
apparently is out the other half,
or his down payment of $1,000.
This came about yesterday
when four of the six Maryland
Court Of Appeals judges ruled
that a buyer could not hold the
seller to account for a diScrep-
ancy in the actual acreage. con-
trasted with the advertised de-
scription of the acreage.
Louis Brodsky of Odenten had
sued for repayment of a $1,000
down payment he made to
Charles H. Hull in 1948. The
Evening star., 1950-12-09

hours before Miss Truman's Con-
stitution Hall concert.
Mr.. Hume said in his review of
the concert that Miss Truman
Cannot sing very WELL and lis
fiat a good deal of the time"
There are few moments during
her recital" the review continued,
when one can relax and feel con-
f1dent that she will make her goal,
which is the end of the song
1T is an extremely unpleasant
duty to record such unhappy facts
about so honestly appealing a per-
sonality. But as long as Miss Tru-
man sings as she has for three
years, and does today, we seem to
have no recourse unless it is to
omit comment on her programs
altogether.
Watkins Critical.
Mr.. Truman has shown resent
ment before-mostly in private
when the critics panned his daugh-
ter's singing. And more critics
have panned it than have praised
it-although the criticism doesn't
seem to have affected her concert
hall, radio and television au-
dienceS.
While Mr.. Hume was inclined to
excuse what he called IAN out
burst of temper" at least one Re-
publican Senator wasn't quite so
charitable.
Senator Watkins. Republican, of
Utah told a reporter:
THAT is what you have to ex-
pect. This is in line with some
of the comments the President
has made when his guardians were
not there to take care of him"
Most Democrats in Congress ap-
parently assessed the incident as
human sort of reaction by a
proud papa whose daughters art
wasn't appreciated as he thought
it should be.
Other Incidents Recalled.
Some of these chuckled and said
it was something that Andrew
Jackson might have done, his
Evening star., 1950-12-09
Car Crash Kills
Man.; Another
Dies Of Injuries
Silver Spring Acciden
Fatal; Pedestrian, 81,
Was Hit Last Month

A 31-year-old Spencerville (Md)
contractor was fatally injured in
an automobile accident today and
an 81-year- old man died as a re-
suit of injuries received last
month.
Plummer w. Allnutt of Spencer
vile died at the Washington Sani-
tarium from head injuries suffered
when his automobile skidded last
night on an icy stretch of Piney
Branch road in Silver Spring. His
car skidded into bank and then
struck tree, police reported.
The death of Mr.. Allnutt, son of
Smith Allnutt. a Silver Spring
real estate man, was the eighth
traffic fatality of the year for the
Silver Spring area.
Two Passengers Hurt.
Two passengers in Mr.. Allnutt's
car Rudolph Bower, 10, of Route
8, Silver Spring, and Herbert Du-
bin, 18, of Aston, were treated for
minor injuries. y
George w. Camack, 81, colored,
Of 8l8 TWenty-siXt street NV.
died at Gallinger Hospital as the
result of injuries when he was
struck by taXicab as he walked
across Memorial Bridge November
18. 1t was the Districts 66th
traffic fatality of the year.
Mr.. Camack had suffered
broken back and severe face cuts
when he was struck by the cab in
the Memorial Bridge accident,
police said.
The cab driver, George B. Shaw,
SIS, of Route l. Vienna. Va, at the
time was charged with failing to
give full time and attention to his
driving and was released under
500 collateral.
Soldiers Car Crashes.
Three Fort Belvoir soldiers mar
rowly escaped death or serious
injury early today when their car
plunged As feet down an embank-
ment near the Pentagon and was
demolished.
Pvt. Edward G. Brockway, 25,
told park police an apparent me-
chanical failure caused him to lose
control of his 1889 model coupe
on Route /. After swerving across
the road for $50 feet the car
plunged down the bank onto a
railroad spur line and turned over
several times.
Pvt. Brockway and Pvt. George
E. Giddings, 19. were treated at
the nearby Naval Annex dis
pensary for minor cuts and bruises.
Pvt. George B. Taylor, %, was
taken to Walter Reed Hospital for
X-ray of a possible broken arm.
Another Silver Spring area ac-
cident last night caused a As
minute power failure over a square
mile area in the vicinity of East
West highway and Washington
avenue.
Police said car driven by John
M Morton, 20, of 1925 Covington
road, Kensington, struck an elec-
trio pole near the intersection
when he swerved to avoid an
other vehicle. Mr.. Morton was
uninjured.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
Truman Letter to Critic Draws Wide Reaction

temper aroused under similar
circumstances.
Some Republicans privately
compared the outburst with Mr.
Truman's crack months ago that
the United States Marines had a
propaganda system that ranked
with that of Russia's Premier
Stain. The President later apol-
ogized for that statement.
To other Republicans it recalled
the language the President once
used when he referred to News
paper Columnist Drew Pearson as
IAN S. o. B." The President
didn't retract that one.
On concert tour in the South,
Miss Truman said in Nashville.
Tenn, "Mr. Hume is a fine critic
and has a perfect right to say
whatever he thinks"
Miss Truman Meets Press.
Arriving by train late in the
afternoon in Nashville, Miss Tru-
man held a brief news conference.
When a reporter showed her a
newspaper giving an account of
the letter, she expressed doubt
that the President had written it.
Advised later the White House
had confirmed authorship of the
letter, Miss Reathel Odum, secre-
tary to Mrs. Truman, who ac-
companied Margaret to Nashville,
said Miss Truman would have no
comment.
Mr.. Hume is 80 years younger
than the 66-year-old President,
and weighs 165 pounds to Mr..
Truman's 18O or more. Friends
said he had no intention of en-
gaging in any controversy. flstic
or otherwise. with the President.
The critic, whose duties don't
often take him to the White
House, said he doesn't expect to
meet Mr.. Truman.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
S3,373,965 or 1877
Reported al Chests
Final Unit Luncheon

The 1851 District Community
Chest Campaign yesterday re-
ported it has received contribu-
tions amounting to $3,373,965, or
78 per cent of it's $4,26O,O00 quota.
The latest contributions, re-
ported by nine units at a lunch
con in the Washington Hotel,
amounted to $42,036.7o.
A breakdown of each unit is as
follows:
Business I-$1,214,416.10, or
1921 per cent of it's $1,658,800
quota; Business II-$173,731.59,
or 7l44 per cent of a $243, 200
quota; Alexandria-S62,641.11, or
77.33 per cent of an sS1, 900 quota;
Arlington-$45,64423, or 1927 per
cent of a $S2,3 quota.
Other Units.
Fairfax-S35, 1866 or 1883
per cent of s39,5OO quota; Mont
gomery County-$87,919.75, or
67.63 per cent of a $3.50, 900 quota
Prince Georges County $751;
770.35, or 81 10 per cent of a $52,-
900 quota; Special Solicitation
S237,812.23. or 1901 per cent OF
a $301 900 quota; Government
SLABS, 3,64295, or 87.69 per cent OF
a 1892, 200 quota.
Yesterdays meeting was the
Chests final unit report luncheon
The Government unit, which car
ries a large percentage of the tota,
campaign figure, will hold its flna
report meeting Monday in the
Hotel Washington.
Mrs. Alben Barkley, wife of the
Vice President, was on hand yes.
terday as about IS volunteer work
ers received Oscars" for theil
fine work and cooperation in the
campaigns!
Recipients of Awards.
Among those receiving thu
awards were:
. Business ii Volunteers: Mrs. Helen Dem
airy, Michael sullivan; Leon Brown
Maurice FRIEDMAN, Bill loOkeT' D. ceAiiSll.
Grail Brown. jr., Herman Neugass: Mrs
: Bernard Berman, R. B. Lambert. M. Gel
, fand. Harold E. Hanson. Don F; Mitchell
Alfred Harman. Bernard Goldstein, Geral!
5 .O'Connor Sidney 2. Mensh. Carl Harl
Clifton W. Jones. Mrs. Agnes. Holmes, u
! B. Fantroy. Mrs. Helena Galloway. JON
Carpenter. Verne Carpenter. Mark Elsen
berg. w. H. Riley Robert Koontz, John N
Harris E. A. Fowler, ROLAND Lamensoorl
Asher Kahn, Mrs. Julian Cohen, ME-
r Betty Miller, Mrs. Harry / HAS MIS-
Elsie Bennett. George 6. Wyland: E. S
Roger Moss. Charles Hall, w. F. Jauuith
Special Solicitation Unit: Mrs. Freder
lex B. Lee Mrs. William J. Glasgow. u
Mrs. Louis c. Arthur. Mrs. William +
Spicer Mrs. Grace Lormans. Mrs. Travl
!, o. Campbell, John z. Miller Mrs. Harr
Frinse GEORGES County: Ms; y5s.rE Ernest "
MILAN of the Southern Oxygen Co. Her
T Montgomery County: Roger Farauhal
n in behalf of the six county newspaper!
= the Maryland News, the Record, Rockvill
4 Times, Takoma journal, the Tribune an
- the Sentinel; the faculty representative
t Of the Montgomery County EDUCATION As
s ISOLATION and the Rock Creek Forest Ele
mentary School. and E. Merritt Douglas!
= superintendent of the Montgomery Count
public schools.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
'Woman's S8,o61 Estate
Found Scattered in House
By the Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md, Dec. 9-Miss
Fannie Louise Zeigler, an elderly
seamstress, left nearly $4,000 scat
tered throughout her house in
boxes and purses when she dice
this week.
Police totaled up the change ano
the 81, $5 and $40 bills and found
they amounted to 1851. 40, plus
$4,000 in Government bonds. The
money was turned over to a bank
and the bonds left with the reg
lister of wills until the estate is
settled.
Miss Zeigler was found dead by
a niece, Mrs. j. Welty Fahrney.
No cause of death has been
given by the county medical ex-
am1ner, although he indicated
natural causes.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
Appeals Court Upsets
Sam Lano Conviction
On Extortion Charge
BY the Assoeioted Press

| ANNAPOLIS. Dec. 9. - The
Court of Appeals yesterday re-
versed the conviction of Sam Lano,
slot machine distributor, on an
extortion charge and ordered a
new trial in Prince Georges
County.
The court found Lano was tried
originally on a faulty indictment.
Reversal came seven months
after Maryland'S high court up
held the one-year sentence handed
Lano in Prince Georges County
Circuit Court. He won a new
hearing and the case was argued
again last month.
Convicted of Threat.
Lano had been convicted Of
threatening to file a bad check
charge against John Duffy, owner
Of a tavern at 4308 Rhode Island
avenue. Brentwood. unless Mr.
Duffy kept two of Lano's slot
machines. Lano denied the
| threats.
The court held the indictment
did not clearly charge that he
falsely" threatened Mr. Duffy.
A week after the reargument
here, Lano was fined 5000 in Arl-
ington, Va. for illegal slot ma
chine operations.
Indictment Count Cited.
In its reversal. the appellate
court declared that the second
count of the indictment failed "to
allege one of the essentials of the
crime"
The second count charged Lano
with "unlawfully" accusing Duffy
of bad check charge, whereas the
law stipulates that it is a misde-
meanor when someone falsely
accuses another of a crime, in
order to extort money.
Lano had been cleared of an
other count in the indictment.
Evening star., 1950-12-09

State university in the United
States.
He told the story of the insti-
tution's growth from a small
liberal arts college to the presen,
university with several profes-
sional schools and an enrolment
of 10000.
Among those introduced was
Miss Anne Reed. of the United
States Chamber of Commerce
She was selected by the Georgia
State Society to be the sponsor OF
Georgia's football team today.
Plans for the banquet were
completed by Erie Cooke, jr., ma
tional commander of the Ameri-
can Legion, and his former class
mate, Mrs. Willett Kempton,
chairman Of the banquet commit
tee.
Members Of her committee
included Mrs. F. C. Brickwedde,
]. r. Radford, jr.. w. G. Brant-
ley. r. w. Fuller, DR.. Mark D.
Hollis, jr., Maj. Capers Holmes,
George Wilson Lanier, Mrs. Stuart
B. Levi. r. Lowry Nicolson, Price
H. Preston and Robert F. Skies.
Those present included Wally
Butts, coach of the Georgia team.
Evening star., 1950-12-09
One Of Six Jai|breakers
AT Norfolk Believed Armed
By the Associated Press


NORFOLK, Va, Dec. Six
prisoners, five of them awaiting
transfer to the State penitentiary
escaped the city jail yesterday.
Shortly afterward one of the
men, repeatedly carrying a subma-
chine gun. went to a relatives
home and picked up his clothing
Police said they had inforna-
ton that three of the men planned
to go South probably to Tennessee
or Alabama.
The man police said was armed
with a submachine gun is William
Henry Bowen, 18, of Norfolk. He
had been sentenced to six years for
grand larceny of $4,000.
Evening star., 1950-12-09

Typical parental indulgence,
he termed it.
But, he said, this testimony was
in variance with a report by the
Board of Public Welfare.
The welfare board report. he
said, complained the physical
conditions of the home were not
up to the boards standard.
But. he said, the board had also
recommended against adoption on
the ground that the adoptol
mothers I. @. is relatively low
when compared to the child's.
Judge Tamm said Mrs. Ehrman-
trout had been a patient at st
Elizabeths Hospital from 1929 tc
1889, but had been released as
cured.
Cites Board Report.
He said further, the Welfare
Board report stated the child had
a very superior 10, and a men
tality of a child twice her age.
After the hearing, while Mrs
Ehrmantrout was crying in ar
anteroom, welfare board officials
told reporters the girl would be
taken Immediately from the Ehr-
mantrouts and placed in a foster
home for the time being.
You fellows have the wrong
idea about foster homes" one
worker said. "They are all very
fine homes"
Mrs. Ehrmantrout was detained
at the courthouse while the child
was picked up. Judge Tamm had
been told at a bench conference
the woman once had remarked
she would kill the girl, rather than
have Linda Jean taken from her
Evening star., 1950-12-09
BUYER Loses Suit Over Acre
Which Proved Just Half of One

property involved is at 1920
Cheswolde road in Baltimore.
The property was advertised as
being zone acre more or less" and
the price. $18.500. Mr.. Brodsky
saw the real estate twice before
signing a contract to buy it. and
later learned that it contained
less than half an acre.
Mr.. Brodsky sued for reimbursal
Of the deposit or a $500 cutback
in the sale price.
The judges who confirmed the
verdict ruled there was no evil
dence Of fraud on Mr.. Hull's part
and that the advertised acreage
was only a description OF the
property. They held that in a con-
tract of sale the buyer takes the
risk when the quantity Of land is
mere estimation and description. u
Evening star., 1950-12-09
S5,5O5 Given to Treat
Fuirfax Polio Victims

A check for $5,505 to help pay
for medical care of Fairfax polio
victims has been received by the
county chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
The funds were provided by the
National Office of the March OF
Dimes organization. Edward K.
Uhler, county chairman, said the
Fairfax chapter is providing funds
for the care, in whole or in part
of 4s of the county'S So polio
victims this year. The chapter
also is paying for care OF A
stricken by the disease in former
years.