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Evening star., 1950-03-27
z Prisoners, Fugitive
To Be Charged Today
In Centreyi|Ie Staying
By the Associated Press

CENTREVILLE, Md, Mar. q.
Three men were to be charged
today with beating to death and
robbing Centreville sstorekeeper
Queen Annes County States At
torney Edward Turner said last
night two men now in custody
would be formally charged with
the murder a week ago Sunday OF
72-year old Winchester Smith.
He identified the two as Mon
roe Vaughn, 54, and Harry Wat
kins, 81, both colored laborers
who live in the county.
13-State Alarm Issued.
A murder warrant also was to
be issued for a third man still at
large. He was unidentified but
described as a 46-year-old. 200
pound colored man from nearby
Willoughby. A 13-State alarm
has been broadcast for his arrest
Vaughn and Watkins have, ad-
mitted their part in the Staying
and have implicated the third
man, who they said was the ring
leader, Mr.. Turner stated.
Three other men were present
at the murder and robbery but
remained outside the store, ac-
cording to Mr.. Turner. He did not
say what charges would be placed
against them. They also are be-
ing held in jail here.
They were identified as Wat
kins' two brothers-Thomas, 26,
and William Jerry, 19-and Ar
mold Smith. 10.
Crime Described.
Vaughn. who has been held
since Wednesday, said in a state
ment that the six men went to
the store Saturday night to rob
Smith. but there were too many
people around, Mr.. Turner re-
ported.
Here's the rest of Vaughn S
story as Mr.. Turner told it:
They returned Sunday and
Harry Watkins beat Mr.. Smith
unconscious with a hammer. They
emptied the cash box of about $50
and left.
They returned after going two
or three miles, however. because
they had left the hammer behind
Smith was still alive, but the un-
identified man still at large hit
him with an ak. He put the ak
back where he had found it be-
hind the counter.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Virginia Citizens Want
Better Schools and Roads

Schools, roads and stores are the
civic improvements wanted most
by citizens in Dominion Hills and
Paisley Forest areas of Virginia.
The three subjects are in the
lead in a door -to-door survey to
find what community residents
want most in the way of civic i'm
provements. The survey is being
made by the directors of the
Dominion Hills Paisley Forest
Civic Association headed by
George j. FrieSem.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Doctors al Johns Hopkins
Study Jobs in Atomic War
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 27.-Doctors
from seven States, Puerto Rico
and the District of Columbia gath
cred here today to learn what they
could do in event Of an atomic war
They are attending a week-long
course at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity under sponsorship of the
Atomic Energy Commission and
the National Security Resources
Board. The agencies are planning
similar courses for other regions
of the United States.
For the next five days the doc
tors, nine of them from the Dis
trict, will attend school seven
hours day. Beginning with ele-
ments of nuclear physics. the
course includes lectures and films
on medical aspects of atomic ex-
plosions and the psychological ef-
fects on a population which has
experienced them.
Conducting the series is DR.. Per-
rim H. Long of the Hopkins De-
part of preventive medicine.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Front Royal Teenogers Form
First Gury'Crosby Fan Club

Jose, Calf, has been invited to
visit Front Royal Saturday. which
has been named "Bing Crosby
Day."
On that day, his father will
dedicate the towns new stadium
and participate in all-day cere-
monies including a barn dance
Those buying tickets for the
barn dance automatically will be-
come charter members of the
club.
All proceeds of the days events
including the world premiere OF
Bing's latest picture, Riding
High" will go into the stadium
fund for development of the ath-
letic field.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Boy,13,Dies ofWount
Apparently Inflicted
lin Russian Roulette

What may have been an expert
ment in Russian roulette resulted
in the death yesterday of 13-year-
old Robert Lee Ferguson ol
Meadows, Md.
The boy died at 3 am. in Provi-
dence Hospital of a gunshot wouno
in the left temple inflicted by an
old .22-caliber revolver. Deputy
Coroner Richard M. Rosenberg
issued a certificate of accidental
death.
Investigators indicated they
never will know the details OF
how or why Robert fired the fatal
bullet about 6 pm. Saturday
while alone in a bedroom of the
Ferguson home.
They only know that Robert
had expressed an interest in the
strange pastime in which the con-
testant places one cartridge into
a revolver cylinder, spins the
cylinder, places the barrel to his
head and pulls the trigger.
The odds usually are five to one
against death. The old revolver
which Robert took from a dresse,
drawer had seven chambers.
Since the revolver held onl,
the fatal bullet, there was M
certainty that the boy was aware
that it was loaded, police said
The weapon belonged to Robert.
brother, Harvey. 20. who shared
the bedroom. Harvey. employed
as a mechanic, was away from
the home when the tragedy oc.
CURED.
He recalled having chased
Robert away from the gun sew
eral times before.
Roberts parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey Leon Ferguson, and his
sister, Sylvia. II, heard the gun.
shot Saturday evening from othel
rooms of the house. When they
reached the bedroom, Robert wa!
leaning against bed. He sale
he had shot himself, then lapsee
into Inconsistencies.
Somewhat discrediting the theor!
that the boy was playing "rou'
lette" was the statement of De.
tective Wilson Purdy of Prince
Georges County police that thu
gun chamber did not revolv'
readily.
DR.. James I. Boyd. Prince
Georges County medical exam
iner, agreed with DR.. Rosenbers
on the accidental death report.
Other survivors are. two sisters
Mrs. Gloria Huss of Washington
and Mrs. Winifred Mong of Sea
Pleasant. a brother. Melvin, ane
two grandparents, Mrs. Rober
Storm of Winchester, Va, ane
John Ferguson of Laurel, Md.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Luroy Woman Missing;
Car Found at EIkton
By the Assoeiifed Press

ELKTON. Va, Mar. 27.-Ne
trace has been found of Luray
woman whose car was found here
yesterday about 100 yards from
the Shenandoah River, Elkton po.
lice said today.
The car was returned to Luray
by the woman's husband. Francis
Oliver Black, and deputy from
the Page County sheriff's office
Police said they believed the
woman, Mrs. Alta Black, had lef1
her home because of a domestic
argument. They said there wa.
no reason to believe she remained
in the Elkton area.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Legal Aid Offered Quakers
Discharged in Maryland
By the Assoeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 27-Three
Quakers who lost their jobs be-
cause they refused to sign loyalty
oaths required Of public employees
by the Ober law, were offered le-
gal aid today.
The offer came from the Amer
lean Civil Liberties Union through
Jack Levin, one of it's Maryland
branch directors.
The three dismissed are DR.. Mi
riam E. Bradley, head of the
Baltimore health departments tu-
berculosis bureau; Elizabeth Haas.
librarian, and Doris Shamleffer.
who worked for the State depart
ment of employment and registra-
ton.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Special Dispatch TO The Sior

FRONT ROYAL, Va, Mar. 27.-
The No. Gary Crosby Fan Club
of America has been formed by
the teenagers of Front Royal and
Warren Counties, it was an
nounced today.
The club was formed in recog-
milton of Bing's eldest son, who
has sung several times on his
fathers radio program. Gary's
brothers, Dennis and Phillip
have been invited to become ma
tional presidents of their BROTH
ers first teen-age admirer club.
Gary, a student at the Bell Ar
mine Preparatory College, San
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Virginia Progressives
Elect Officers, Score
u. 5. Po|icy,on China
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND. Mar. 27.-Elec.
ton of officers and passage of q
number of resolutions featured
yesterdays convention here oil
the Progressive Party of Virginia
The group said the Truman ad-
ministration is rushing the United
States headlong into war by de-
velopment of the H-bomb and its
failure to trade with Russia ano
China and is building up a de-
preston in the South through
it's refusal to sell surplus cotton
to the new China government.
Delegates said they favored
stepping up unemployment COM
pensation to $35 a week for one
year. outright repeal of all Jim
Grow" laws in the South, public
works program of hospital and
road construction and elimination
of the poll tax and police bru-
tality."
Urging the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People to carry the case OF
seven Negroes convicted of charges
of raping a Martinsville white
woman to the United States Su-
preme Court, the group agreed
to circulate petitions on behalf
of the Negroes.
David M. Shelton of Roanoke
was elected State chairman tc
succeed Mrs. Virginia F. Durr o1
Arlington. Mrs. Durr was nameC
vice chairman, along with DR.
L. F.. Palmer of Hampton; Will
liam johnson and Mrs. Clara
Saba, both of Roanoke, and John
Drew of Richmond.
Mrs. Sonora B. Lawson of Rich
mond was named secretary, ano
Wilbur Reavis of Richmond was
reelected treasurer.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Slime Up Again
For School Post
In Montgomery
| He Would Accept
| New Term on Board;
| Name Is Submitted

Montgomery County's school
board member whose term expires
May l. yesterday announced he
would accept reappointment.
He is H. Stanley Stine. SIT
Bennington lane, Silver Spring.
His name was submitted to the
Montgomery County School Board
Nominating Convention yesterday
by the Parkside Elementary
School Parent Associa-
ton.
In another development yester-
day the directors of the Silver
Spring Board of Trade decided
not to participate in the conven-
ton.
political Implications
Einar B. Christensen, president
of the trade body, said this deci-
sion>was made because of "polit-
ical implications either now or in
the future"
He said the group was 'vitally
interested" in having good schools
in the county and in the State
and felt the present administra-
ton on both levels had done a
good job.
Mr.. Stine's entry brings to nine
the number of candidates for the
school board vacancy. They will
be voted upon at the convention
tonight at the Leland Junior High
School. A list of five names will
be submitted to Gov. Lane for
his consideration in making the
appointment.
Also submitted yesterday was
the name of Mrs. Roland Green.
RID No. l, Gaithersburg She is
sponsored by the Montgomery
County Farm Bureau.
Mrs. Scharf a Candidate.
On Saturday Mrs. John Scharf,
1928 Hampden lane, Bethesda,
chairman of the local government
study group of the county League
of Women Voters, became a candi-
date. Mrs. Scharf is sponsored by
the Bethesda Elementary School
PTA.
Earlier nominees include Mrs.
Ben B. Baylor, jr.; Nathan R.
Gilbert, George E. Muth. DR.. Web
ster Sewell, Frank A. Tyler and
Earl L. Williams.
In allowing his name to be
placed before the convention, Mr..
Stine said he would accept the
post If appointed. He added that
he was not actively seeking re-
appointment"
The only candidate from the
Eastern suburban area, Mr.. Stine
this year completes a six-year
term on the board. A lawyer, he
is vice president of the District
Title Insurance Co.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
You and Maryland Taxes
Most JobhoIders in MARYLAND
Must File Income Tax Returns

On unearned income dividends,
interest. annuities. etc., per
cent.
| Unless you're in the upper
brackets. a change made this year
will save you some money on
small investment income. The
rate has been lowered to 2 per
cent when unearned receipts do
not exceed $500.
Most J0bholders Must File.
Who must file? Almost every
one with a steady job. The law
says you have to send in a return
if you are a resident of Maryland
and:
l. You are single, or married
and net living with your husband
or wife, and made more than
$1,000 during the year.
| 2. You are married, living, with
your husband or wife, and your
combined income was more than
$4,000.
8. You are in a business which
showed gross sales or receipts of
more than $5,000-whether or not
you netted a profit.
Non-residents have to file, too,
on money actually earned in
Maryland.
Just because you have to submit
a return doesn't mean you neces-
sarily owe tax. Deductions may
save you the expense. But if you
fall into any of the three cate
gories above, be sure to have your
return in the mail by April Is,
addressed to:
Controller of the Treasury, In
come Tax Division. "a Hopkins
place, Baltimore /, Md.
(Tomorrow: Who is and who
isn't resident" OF Maryland for
taY-pavinp p1,rnoses
Evening star., 1950-03-27
U. Of Virginia to Hold
Scientific Open House
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Mar.
e7-Pupils from 1874 Virginia High
and preparatory schools will see a
scientific open house" here Sat-
urday on subjects from astronomy
to zoology.
The open house will feature a
display of the University of Vir-
ginia's teaching and research in
the sciences and a competition for
the students themselves.
Evening star., 1950-03-27

f1H1S IS the trSt OF StT articles
dealing With the Maryland income
tGIJ
BY the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 27. Paid
your Federal income tax?
Had enough of income taxes
for a while?
Maybe you have. But Maryland
hasn't. It's own income tax is due
April Is.
Most Marylanders and some
out of Staters who have made
money in Maryland must file q
return by that date.
With the return, you must in.
clude at least a Is per cent dowr
payment on the amount you owe
Maryland is counting on about
S24.5 million from it's income taz
this year. Most of the revenue is
deposited among general funds
1t helps pay for schools and other
State functions.
A portion is Withdrawn and dis
tributed to the cities and coun-
ties.
Exemptions and Deductions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marylander pay
their tax, with few exceptions, on
the calendar year. Some busi-
nesses keep their books on fiscal
year basis and file returns for a
different 12-month period. But
individuals pay the tax on money
received from January l to De-
cember 81.
AS with the Federal tax. there
are exemptions and deductions.
You pay on what's left at these
rates:
On earned income (salary
wages, rents, business profits
etc., 2 per cent.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Rail Tank Car 0verturns;
Flames Raze Nearby House
BY the Assoeiofed Press

ROANOKE, Va, Mar. 27.-A
blazing Norfolk & Western Rail
way tank car loaded with gasoline
overturned near here yesterday.
The tank car, part of a 78-car
freight train, caught fire when it
lost a truck near the community
of Webster, six miles east of Roa-
noke.
Flaming gasoline spread rs feet
to the 100-year-old frame house
occupied by Alton Clement, a N.
& w. employe, and destroyed it.
Mr.. Clement, his brother and sis
ter escaped uninjured, as did train
crewmen. Rail travel was tied
up for nearly four hours.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Evening Herald Courier
Discontinued in Bristol
By the Assecioted Press

BRISTOL, Va, Mar. 27.-The
afternoon edition of the Herald
Courier was discontinued today
and it's editorial personnel was
combined with the news staff of
the morning Herald Courier.
Future plans call for publica-
ton of the Herald Courier in the
morning and the recently-sta
Virginia Tennessean in the after
noon, both in the same plant, ac-
cording to Herald Courier Pub
Usher Carroll Reece.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Rescue Squad Helps Save Life
With 2 Fast rips to Blood Bank

The Bethesda Chevy Chase
Rescue Squad has received credit
for saving another life.
Two fast trips to Washington to
procure blood from the Red Cross
blood bank saved an obstetrical
patient at Suburban Hospital yes
terday, DR.. Ralph Baker, chief
resident physician, said.
"She, wouldn't have made 1t
without the rescue suad," DR.,
Baker asserted.
The squad-used to being called
Evening star., 1950-03-27

nOunceQ yes
terday.
The service is
sponsored by
t h e Medical
Center and the
Bethesda Coun-
Gil of Churches.
The r e v.
Fred c. Rey-
nolds, superin-
terldent of the
w a S h i n G
ton East Dis
trict of The
M e t h o d / S t
Church, W i'll
Evening star., 1950-03-27

in such emergencies-was asked at
SIP am. to procure blood from
the bank. They got two pints and
returned it to the hospital in q
minutes after a 16-mile round trip
to the blood bank.
The hospital found this wasn't
enough and called for more blood.
A 21-minute trip by the rescue
suad-the second within an hour
brought two more pints of the
required type.
That was enough. according to
DR.. Baker.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Arlington Boy, 10, Hit
On Head as SWING Breaks

A. 10-year-old boy was admit
ted to Arlington Hospital yester-
day after the frame of a swing
broke and struck him on the head
The boy is Jackie Foster, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Foster,
1901 South Dinwiddie street, Ar
lington.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Maryland U. to Present
StreumIined 'OtheIIo'

The University of Maryland
theater group will present a
streamlined version of Shake
speare's "Othello' at $3.50 O'Clock
each night this week.
The play has been cut down
from five acts to two. The first
act will contain IL scenes and the
second. 10.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Motorcycles Is Killed
In Baltimore Accident
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE. Mar. 27.-A 20.
year-old member of a motorcycle
group was fatally injured yester.
day when his vehicle hit a rail-
road track, hurting him to the
ground.
Four other motorcyclists wit
messed the accident, which killed
Fred A. Hall.
His passenger, Madeline BARLEY
"a, suffered broken ribs and q
fractured collarbone.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Gen. Evans to Speak

Brig. Gen. E. A. Evans, executive
director of the Reserve Officers
Associations national headquar-
tiers, will address a meeting of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Chapter at
8 pm. Wednesday in the Recrea-
ton Center, Norwood drive and
Wisconsin avenue.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Minstrel Show at Oxen Hill

A minstrel show. sponsored by
the Oxon Hill Lions Club and
staged by the Capitol Heights
Lions Club will be presented Fri
day at the Oxon Hill High School.
Evening star., 1950-03-27

A procession of clergymen will
precede the service. The Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School A-Cap-
pella Chorus of go voices, di-
rected by Mrs. Faye Finley Shaw
will sing. The services will be
broadcast by Station WBCC.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Easter Sunrise Service Sci
Al Naval Medical Center

An Easter sunrise service will
be held on the grounds of the
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda,
at $50 am. April 9, it was an
Evening star., 1950-03-27

(This is the first OF sir articles
dealing Uith the Maryland income
taT.l
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-26

In view of the easy coupled with the physical obstacles in the trade has been surprising that companies venued in but proved be unable sustain themselves review of the history of Aaskas shipping shows that during periods good times and rapid expansion Alaska has attracted number of these operators and that they dsap peared when the boom tapered off.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-26
NO"EASY WAY"

The history of Alaska is filtered with the corporate hulks of operators who thought there was an easy way to serve the trade. It has been characteristic that the majority has sought some trick way to "skim the cream" during boom times rather than to carefully measure the re- quirements and equip themselves for long term operations.
 The min1mum requirement for any operator has been merely to obtain ship or fleet of ships by whatever means he could, to file schedule of rates and then to begin service to whatever ports or areas he thought might offer satisfac- tory opportunity.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-26

ahe Antitrust suit brought against the Alaska Steamship Company charges that we have "con- spred' to effect virtual monopoly of the water transportation business in the Alaska trade.
 We have emphatieaIIy denied each and all of the charges made against us. But mere denial does not prove point. The facts must be drawn from the background of the entire problem. from his own knowledge. They were apparently ignored by the Antitrust investigators.
 We already have discussed the political ele- ments involved. Here are the important physical factors.
 A SHOESTRlNG WAS NOT ENOUGH
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-26
Full Time1 Full Scale
 and Fully Equipped ...KAS THAT "c0NSPLRAcY"7

the history Aaka shipping trade than sixty have and the Territory Only the Alaska Steamship Company served all of Alaska with dependable year extended period i been fully prepared to do the job
 Despite the Antitrust charges made against the obstacle competition This point obvious when the facts areco considered
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-26
OUR FIELD IS ALL OF ALASKA

The Alaska Steamship Company has been under obligation all of Alaska But believe prncple and exper has borne that the of company pany unaterab tsd the welfare and economy the Territory of Alaska We believe that only by providing negrated we'll balanced service all of Alaska aid in the growth and development the Territory and the long insure the of operations Since the Alaska Steamship Company has its and facilities committed serving Alaska vitay concerned the future of the Territory for survival
 Despite the unlimited opportunity to invest in and enter the Alaska trade who else has forward with ships and leash the line all and with balanced service? For the past years the Alaska Steamship Company alone has served the entire Troyno other operators have established overall service.
Evening star., 1950-09-10
Parkway
Continued From First Page.)

struction of the parkway as soon
as the land is purchased" added
Mr.. Lee in a letter to the Ma
tional commission.
The Montgomery County Civic
Federation earlier this year
adopted a resolution requesting
immediate acquisition of the re-
manning land needed for the park
way. Approximately rs per cent
of the park land in the Mont
gomery County section already
has been bought.
Would Be Continuous Park.
Recalling the Civic Fedora
tion's action, Mr.. Lee said it had
recommended a policy of park
and recreation development of the
tracts already bought.
The new bond issue authorized
by the Maryland commission actu-
ally will total $298, 900 of which
$4,000 will be used to refinance
two earlier issues which have been
held by the United States Treas
ursr without interest for the g.
year period permitted under the
Capper- -Cramton Act. Mr.. Lee said
the new issue makes a total of
$448,000 supplied by the Maryland
Commission in the past 10 years
for the park.
The long-range plan for the
parkway. based on the Capper-
Cramton Act of 1880. calls for a
continuous park on both sides OF
the Potomac between Great Falls
and Mount Vernon, except for the
portion within the District.
Evening star., 1950-09-10
Police Private Held
For Shooting ProwIer

Police Pvt. Mason T. Lewter,
who fatally shot a prowler while
working off-duty hours as night
watchman for Bladensburg
metals firm, yesterday was booked
on a technical charge of man
slaughter.
Prince Georges County police
released him without bond in the
custody of 1t. Lafone Stark
weather of the Twelfth Precinct
where Pvt. Lewter is assigned.
He will get a hearing Thursday
in Hyattsville Police Court.
Fred Shelton, 43, colored, died
IA hours after the shooting in
Freedmen'S Hospital. He had been
shot in the chest and arm.
Pvt. Lewter reported that he
fired at the man whom he said
he saw inside the Silbey Iron &
Metal Co.. 340O Kenilworth ave-
nue.. He told county police that
when he ordered the prowler to
come out with his hands up. the
man flashed a pistol which he
tried to fire at another man who
came on the scene with the po-
liceman.
The prowler's gun misfired,
however. Pvt. Lewter said it was
at that point that he fired four
times at the prowler.
Police reported that Shelton
lived behind the iron company.