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Evening star., 1950-07-29
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Nab Robbery Suspects

Sharp-eyed Washington police
men were credited today with the
jailing of two men less than IL
hours after an Arlington filling
station was robbed of $135.
They bagged them on informa-
ton given by the victim, Chester
Carroll. 2412 Lee boulevard, an
attendant at the station in the
1900 block of Lee highway.
When the bandits drove of
shortly after noon yesterday with
the cash and brake fluid they Or
dered, police flashed a descrip-
ton of the car. At No. 7 precinct
station. Pvt. James Smith heard
the alarm and began giving the
description to each policeman as
he called in from his beat.
In Georgetown, Pvt. John A
Barrett was ahead of the game
He remembered having seen such
a car. AS a matter of fact, he
took its license number when it
made U turn on Wisconsin ave-
nue..
Washington and Arlington po-
lice traced the car to a man who
said he lent it earlier in the day
to two other men. They turned
out to be Clyde F. Williams, 19
and Earl L. Huffman, "a, who
were arrested at their home in
the 1900 block of Fourteenth
street NV. and charged with rob-
berry.
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Girls Rifle Goes Off,
Boy, IA, Slightly Hurt

A 14-year-old Bladensburg boy
was wounded early today when an
old rifle held by a teen-age girl
discharged, she told police, when
she pointed it at him and told him
to leave the house.
The boy, treated at Prince
Georges General Hospital, suffered
a .22-caliber gunshot wound in the
back but doctors said he is not
seriously hurt.
The shooting occurred, Police
men William Wiseman and j. P.
Kearns said they were told, when
the boy and two others walked
into White House Heights CMd.)
home where the 15-year-old girl
was staying.
The policemen said she told
them the other two youths left
the house when she told them to
leave. but that the other boy re-
mained. 1t. Charles N. Thomson,
chief of Prince Georges detectives,
said he was told the girl pulled
the trigger without knowing the
rifle was loaded. He said the girl
probably will not be charged.
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Couple Sues BusIine
Over Gas Seepaqe

An Arlington man and his wife
who claim they were forced out
of their home and made i'll as a
result of gasoline which Seeped
into the house and flooded a we'll,
have filed a $4,000 suit against
the Arnold Line.
Plaintiffs are Frank and Edith
E. Dedera, who lived at 1929 North
Second Place, near the garage Of
the Washington, Virginia & Mary
land Coach Co., known as the
Arnold Line.
Gasoline was found in several
unused wells in the neighborhood
in the spring of 1948. Portions
of the area were roped off by the
county because of the danger of
explosion.
The county called in a number
of experts in an attempt to de-
termine the source of the gasoline
but it was never pinned down.
The Arnold Line whose under
ground storage tanks are only a
few hundred feet from the area,
denied the gasoline was from
them.
Defendants are Joseph L. Ar
mold. company president; Mrs. Ar
mold, his wife, and Manuel J.
Davis. At the time of the incident
Mr.. Davis held the title to the
bus company property.
No trial date has been set.
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SSO,5iO West Virginia
Road Contracts Awarded
Special Dispatch TO The Stor

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, July
28.-Contracts for $80,510 worth
of highway surfacing projects in
Berkeley. Morgan, Jefferson and
Hardy counties have been award
ed the Potomac Construction Co.
here by the State Road Commits
sion.
The Berkeley County contract
calls for resurfacing four miles
of State Route 51-the Inwood-
Charles Town Road-between In
wood and the county line.
The project will continue ir
Jefferson County for one mile tc
the Middleway road intersection
The work will cost $13,440 ir
Berkeley County and $4,764 in JEFF
ferson.
Also to be resurfaced in Jeffer'
son are three miles of the Shep.
herds town Martinsburg Roac
Estate route 4O at a cost o1
$9.329.
Two sections of the old Berke-
ley Springs Winchester (Va.)
road will be resurfaced in Morgan
County at cost of $14,972. 1r
Hardy County, four miles of State
Route As between the Hampshire
County line and Wardensville will
be resurfaced at cost Of ST.
289.
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Man Held on Charge
OF Posing as Officer

A Silver Hill (Md0 man who
police said victimized motorists by
representing himself as a police
man was held in the Upper Marl-
boro Jail today in default OF
$11 900 bond.
Prince Georges County police
identified the man as Charles E
Porter, alias Otto H. Gage, As, q
salesman, of the 500 block o1
Twenty-sixth place.
Porter was arrested at his home
Thursday night on a charges OF
impersonating a policeman and
forgery in connection with bad
checks totaling about $500. He
was seized as he attempted to run
out the back door, police said.
Detective John w. Siddall said
Porter stopped motorists and pre-
tended to write in book similar
to the ones used by policemen
When drivers offered a "bribe, -
Porter would take the money and
tear up the ticket. the detective
said.
He added, Porter also is wanted
in the District for offenses ranging
from embezzlement to impersonat-
ing a policeman.
A hearing on the impersonation
charge will be held Friday in
Upper Marlboro Police Court. The
other charges will be heard in
Hyattsville Police Court August 10.
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Sesqui Events
Where to Go,
What to Do

This year marks the 150th ami
versary of establishment of the
permanent seat of the United
States Government in the District
of Columbia. The national Cap
ital Sesquicentennial Commission
has scheduled the following events
in observance Of the city's 150th
birthday free of charge unless
otherwise noted:
Continuing.
"The American Professional"
paintings and drawings recording
four centuries of American his
tory, at the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art, Seventeenth street and New
York avenue NV.
"Washingtonia" exhibit Of pic
lures, pamphlets and rare books
from the collection Of the District
Public Library at the Corcoran
Gallery.
Also, plan of Washington"
architectural exhibit. Gallery
hours: 10 am. to 4::30 pm.
Makers Of History of WASH
ington," paintings of great Ameri-
cans and their families, the Ma
tional Gallery of Art, Sixth street
and Constitution avenue NV.
Picture of the week: Archbishop
Carroll, founder of Georgetown
University, by Gilbert Stuart.
famous painter of George Wash
ington. Picture of the week lee
tuers at 1890 and 2::30 pm. GAL
lery hours: 10 am. to 5 pm.
"Milestones in American Achieve
ment." an exhibit marking the
seSquicentennial of the Library of
Congress, as well as of the District,
at the Library, First and B streets
Sc. 8 am. to 10 pm.
An exhibit of old pictures, prints
and portraits of early Washing
tonians, at the central Public Lii
brary, Eighth and D streets NV,
8 am. to pm.
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Arlington Church Of Air
Announces Schedule

The Arlington Church Of the
Air has announced the following
program schedule beginning to-
morrow and continuing daily
through Friday:
The Rev. Jackson A. Browne OF
the Lomax A. M. E. Zion Church
will be heard at II a. m. tomor-
row on Station WARL, while the
Rev. George C. Weiser of the St
Michael's Episcopal Church will
speak at 1880 am. tomorrow or
Station WEAM.
Daily 15-minute devotions in,
clude services by the Rev. Pau
M. Kavasch of the Our Savior
Church at 8:45 am. on Station
WARL and Rev. Weiser at 10:1s
am. Station WEAM.
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D. {. Truck Driver Killed
In MARYLAND Crash

(Fronl Yesterdays Final Edition.J
A 23-year-old Washington truck
driver was killed in a two-truck
collision yesterday on Route 240
near Urbana, Md.
The driver, William e. Thomas,
colored, of 1916 Florida avenue
NE, was returning to Washing
ton, driving a Griffith Consumers
truck.
He collided with a truck driven
by James r. Stephen. AZ. of Saw
age, Md, police said. Stephens,
bound for a lime company with a
load of sand, was placed under a
technical charge of reckless driv-
ing.
Thomas was employed by Foy
Watford, subcontractor of Grit
fifth Consumers, and had been
working for him only short time.
No survivors have been located
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7 Guard Officers Resiqn
Commissions in Virginia
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, July 29.-The
commanding officers of two Ma
tiona1 Guard units at Charlottes-
vile have resigned. and their re-
placements have been announced
by the adjutant generals Office.
1t. John G. Castles, Fredericks-
burg, will succeed Capt. c. F. Co.
verley as commanding officer of
Company K. Sd Battalion, 116th
Infantry, and 1t. John R. Thomp-
son, Charlottesville, will succeed
1t. John w. Williams of Company
E of the I'd Battalion.
In explaining the designations
Of the two officers, Adjt. Gen. S.
Gardner Waller said designations
of National Guard officers and
discharges of enlisted men are ap-
proved where sufficient cause is
shown in the application.
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AIexandrian Reported
Missing in Korea

Sergt. Richard Charles Heath,
90. of 313 South Royal street,
Alexandria, is missing in action
in Korea, according to casualty
list No. 46, issued late yesterday.
The list showed five killed in
action, one dead of wounds, 80
wounded, one injured and 1913
missing in action.
Sergt. Heath's wife, Mrs. Regina
A. Heath, said she had been await
ing orders to join him in Japan
before the outbreak of the war.
Sergt. Heath was born in New
York City. He has been in service
since 1910. Stationed at Fort
Myer. he left there last September
for Guam. In December he went
to Japan. He was with the gath
Division.
During World War II, Sergt.
Heath saw extensive service in
the Pacific theater.
Mrs. Heath is employed by
Remington Rand, Inc, here, and
last heard from Sergt. Heath
June 81. They were married last
September.
Sergt. Heath's mother lives at
Richf1eld Springs, N. Y.
Evening star., 1950-07-29
Fairfax Women Voters
Support Adoption Of
County Manager Plan

Adoption of the manager plan
as a means of strengthening local
control over county government
was urged by the Fairfax County
League of Women Voters last
night.
League representatives spoke at
a hearing by a 21-member COM
mission appointed by the Board
of Supervisors to study local gov
eminent. A referendum on the
manager proposal is expected to
be held in November.
Mrs. Anne A. wilkins of Lees
burg pike, first speaker for the
league in the Fairfax Circuit
Court room, asked that the voters
be permitted to make a clear
cut decision" on the manager
issue.
At present, she said, county
residents have a direct voice over
officials controlling only 8 per
cent of the county's budget. The
change would raise this percent
age to SO per cent, she estimated.
Held More Democratic.
Advantages of the manager
plan, she added, would include
appointment of a responsible"
administrative head, appointment
of a School Board "closer to the
people" and a more democratic"
Board of Supervisors because it
would be elected at large, rather
than by districts.
Mrs. A. z. Gardner of Mclean
claimed the manager plan would
permit the county to set up its
own Health Department. The
present department, administered
from Richmond, sponsors a pro-
gram of being quiet about needs
until they can be met" she con-
tended.
Three county officials also ap-
peared before the commission.
Depends on Manager.
Mai. Carl r. Mcintosh, chief of
police, said that if the manager
plan is adopted. police appoint
ments would be made by the man.
ager, rather than by the Circuit
Court judge, as at present. Pro-
cedure under the new proposal
could work out about the same. u
he declared. depending on the
manager.
Sheriff John E. Taylor and
Commonwealth's Attorney Hugh
B. Marsh said they do not believe
the manager plan would mate
rally affect their Offices.
Next hearing of the commission
will be on Tuesday. Speakers will
include representatives of the Fair
fax County Taxpayers Advisory
Association, Treasurer Lewis M
Coyner and Commissioner of Rev.
enue John w. Ferguson.
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Third Democrat Enters
MONTGOMERY Sheriff Race

A three-way race for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Montgomery
County sheriff has been assured
as result of the candidacy of Don
Huntington, 80, founder and chief
of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Res
cue Squad.
Mr.. Huntington "a Bethesda war
surplus goods dealer, filed yester-
day. He has been deputy sheriff,
on a part-time basis, for three
years.
Two other Democrats filed pre-
. viously. They are Charles Jami-
son, former county commissioner
! who has the backing of the Demo
cratic Victory Committee, anc
Leslie Sanders, Bethesda news
paperman. The incumbent, Frank
I. Davis, is seeking the Democratic
J nomination for register Of wills.
Evening star., 1950-07-29
virginian Held in Staying
Offers SeIf-Defense Plea

Edward William Smith, SO, OF
Herndon, Va, yesterday was held
for grand jury action on a charge
of murder in the fatal shooting
of William Honesty, AZ, of Ster-
ling, Va.
Smith, who is colored, pleaded
not guilty before Assistant Trial
Justice Robert Stump. He said
he shot Honesty. also colored, in
self defense.
Smith summoned police after
the shooting. Police said they
found an open knife in the dead
mans hand.
Evening star., 1950-07-29
Fairfax Realty
Assessment
20% above '49
Increase Is Result
Of New Construction
And RemodeIinqs

Fairfax County's 1850 real es-
tate assessment is more than 20
per cent above last year, accord
ing to figures released today by
John w. Ferguson, county COM
missioner of revenue.
The increase has resulted from
new construction and improve
ments to old buildings. Mr.. Fer
guson said a general reassessment
Of all county real estate now un-
derway will be completed by the
end of this year and will be re-
f1ected in the 1851 tax bill.
This years total county assess
ment is $56,577, ,560-an increase
of more than $40 million over the
1949 value Of $45 million. County
assessments are based on approx
imately one-third of true value.
May Go Higher.
Mr.. Ferguson said he expects
the 1850 value to go even higher
when he catches up on some sup
Elemental figures which are still
coming in.
Based on the new assessment,
the county should collect taxes
of $1,804, ,824.17-nearly $350,000
more than last year, he explained.
The area that accounted for
most Of the increased assessment
was that portion of Falls Church
magisterial district within Sani-
tary District No. /. The figure
jumped from about $40 million in
1949 to approximately SIG million
this year, bringing an increase Of
$177,155 in taxes.
The assessment for the part Of
Mount Vernon Magisterial District
outside Sanitary District No. /
is nearly So million this year
an increase Of $1.6 over 1949.
Leads ALI County Towns.
Fairfax led all other county
towns with an increase of $140,-
646 over last years $1.3 assess
ment.
There was little change at Cliff
ton, however, where the new as
sessment of $71,12 was only $273
above the year before.
New assessments for the other
districts and towns are:
Centerville District, $2,245, 1853;
Dranesville District, $2.670.669;
Falls Church District (outside the
Sanitary DISTRICT, $3,904 ,405; Lee
District, 81. .939. .636: Mount Vernon
District (within the Sanitary Dis
trict), $6,492 1868; Providence Dis
trict. $11.8 .889.047: Herndon. $685.
479. and Vienna, $974,029.
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By J. l. MichoeI

Laws passed at short sessions OF
the Maryland General Assembly
have been ruled invalid unless they
affect the State as a whole, and
their constitutionality is subject
to review by the courts.
The ruling was handed down by
Judge Charles c. Marbury yes
terday in Prince Georges County
Circuit Court, Upper Marlboro.
The decision applied to law
affecting house, water and sewer
connections in areas of Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties under the jurisdiction of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
Passed last January at the Leg
islature's first 30-day meeting, the
measure brought the first def1ni-
tion from the bench of the type of
bill that may be acted on at such
sessions. Attorneys predicted the
question will be taken to the
State Court Of Appeals.
The law required the commits
sion to make house. water and
sewer connections. Such work
had been performed by registered
plumbers of the area under dis
cretionary powers gwen the COM
mission in 1948. 1t was approved
by the General Assembly as an
emergency act.
Under the constitutional amend
ment authorizing 30-day sessions
of the Legislature, only three
classes of bills can be acted on
They are those having to do with
budgetary, revenue and financial
matters of the State government
legislation dealing with an acute
emergency and legislation in the
general public welfare"
Concede No Emergency Exists.
Five master plumbers of the
area last night asked the court to
declare the law unconstitutional
They claimed no emergency ex-
listed when it was enacted.
Commission attorneys conceded
Evening star., 1950-07-29
29th Division Reunion
| Opens in Sfaunton Today
BY the Assoeioted Press

STAUNTON. Va, July 29.-Vet-
Grams of the famed 29th infantry
division were holding their annua.
reunion here today and tomorrow
The division, whose members
were recruited in Maryland and
Virginia, Is remembered for its
gallant part in the Normandy in
vasion in World War II. It also
participated in crucial battles OF
the first World War.
A memorial service will be held
tomorrow morning. The speaker
will be the Rev. Dunbar Ogden
jr., pastor of Staunton's First
Presbyterian Church.
The 29th's women's auxiliary
also is holding it's annual meet
ing here. Victor j. Smith of
Harrisonburg heads the mems
group and Mrs. Genevieve Will
liams of Norfolk is president OF
the auxiliary.
Evening star., 1950-07-29
Girl, ;, Is EIectrocuted
By Worm Collecting Device
By the Associofed Press

BRISTOL, Va, July ga s.
year-old girl was electrocuted last
night in a freak accident while
helping her grandfather collect
fishing worms.
The child. Louise Gail Crosse
close, died in the backyard of her
grandparents home when she
came in contact with an electrical
device used to collect worms.
The grandfather, James r.
Groseclose, ST., said he had left
the child alone for a moment
while he went into the garage.
The barefooted girl apparently
had touched an uninsulated part
of the electrical rod, which car
ried 10 volts.
Evening star., 1950-07-29
Mrs. John N. Couden Dies;
Lifelong Resident Here

Mrs. John M. Couden, So, wife
of a retired real estate man, died
yesterday in Homeopathic Hospi-
tai after a brief illness. She lived
at 3519 r street NV.
A lifelong resident of Washing
ton, she attended the old Belcourt
Seminary here. She was a men,
ber of the board of the Episcopal
Eye. Ear and Throat Hospital and
belonged to st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Georgetown.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ian
Mccall, who lives in England.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. Monday in Gawler's
Chapel, 1756 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be In Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-07-29
Direct ter-Congress Pipeline
Planned by Candidate Allen

Iuents to express themselves "di-
rectly and by mail"
The returns would be tabulated
and, together with the recon-
mendations of the advisory coun-
Gil, would become a guide for Mr.
Aliens stand on issues arising in
Congress.
Mr.. Allen also promised to make
frequent visits to each of the five
counties when Congress is not in
session. He said he would speak
with voters and confer with the
advisory council leaders during
these visits.
The candidate, who publishes
the weekly Bethesda Tribune, has
lived in Montgomery County for
the last IS years. He is married
and lives at 1920 Hampden lane.
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Acts of Maryland Short Sessions
Ruled Out Unless Statewide

there was no emergency, but con-
tended the act was in the genera
public welfare. They also claimed
the Legislature alone has the
right to determine whether ar
act it passes under the amend
ment is within the provisions o1
the Constitution.
In his decision, Judge Marbury
held that courts may pass on the
constitutionality of bills adopted
at short sessions of the Genera.
Assembly.
ITO hold otherwise would be tt
declare that any and all legisla-
ton might be passed at short ses-
sions just as at the regular odd.
year sessions" he declared.
Referring to the three types oi
bills specified as eligible in the
constitutional amendment, the de-
cision said the commission meas
ure obviously does not fall within
the first having to do with bud
getary and financial matters o1
the State government"
Judge Marbury also said the act
"does not deal with an acute
emergency"
Cites Appeal to Decision.
He added that limitations in.
herent in the phrase in the gen.
eral public welfare would seem
to preclude consideration unde,
this restriction of local legislation
in all save the very rarest cases
where such legislation could be
held to be for the welfare not o1
the particular community in
volved but of the State as a whole
Citing a Court of Appeals de.
cision defining public local anc
public general laws, Judge Mar.
bury said:
ut would therefore seem thai
the term public general wher
used in defining welfare was in.
tended to mean legislation affect.
ing the State as a whole or q
considerable segment thereof ir
contrast to legislation affecting
a particular county or portions o1
! two counties,
Evening star., 1950-07-29

Plans for establishment of a di.
rect voter to Congress pipeline, il
he is elected, were disclosed TO-
day by w. Prescott Allen, Be-
thesda, candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination from Mary
lands 9th district.
The pipeline, Mr.. Allen ex-
planned, would consist of an ad-
visory council of voters composed
of residents from each of the dis
trict's five counties.
II shall expect this council to
meet regularly and to look to SUBJ
councils within the respective
counties to reflect the opinions OF
the district" he said.
He also proposed to insure his
day-to to-day knowledge of what the
people want by asking his constit-
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Doctors Volunteering
Get $100 Extra Puy
By the Assoeiofed prass

The Army pointed out today
that doctors and dentists volun-
teering for a years active duty
get 500 extra pay a month ir
addition to any other pay.
The 500 extra was authorized
IN 1947 as an incentive to get doc
tors and dentists into service. I
is still in effect for all the armet
forces.
Evening star., 1950-07-29
Front Royal Worker
Dies of Gunshot Wounds

Ray w. Hulvey. 80, Route l
Front Royal, Va, died in George
Washington University Hospital
yesterday of gunshot wounds in
the chest.
Front Royal police said Mr.
Hulvey, a construction worker
who lives at Halls Filling Station
on the road to Strasburg road
shot himself about midnight Fri
day in the presence of his wife
He had been Ill, they said.
Evening star., 1950-07-29
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Editorial Feature Secon-Lawence writes thought
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Edward Tomlnson reports how the Communists
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