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Evening star., 1950-04-06
Miss Dunborton of 1850
To Be Crowned Nov d

Miss Mary Moroni of Richmond,
will be crowned Miss Dunbarton
Of 1850 on sports day at Dun
barton College of Holy Cross May
%, it has been announced. Her
maid of honor will be Miss Pa
tricia Sawyer, of 5208 Augusta
street, Bethesda.
The members of Miss Moronis
court will include Miss Ann Burke,
2702 Woodley place NV; Miss
Jane Patton of Springfield, ILL.,;
Miss Jean Shellhorn of Caldwell,
N. j.: Miss Maureen Cullinane,
of 6402 Eighth street NV; Miss
Margaret Hook of Dayton, Ohio;
and Miss Patricia SullivanSo of 3741
s street Sc,
Evening star., 1950-04-06
Contract LEI for Improving
Area at Great Falls, Md.

A $39,7O0 contract for additional
parking areas and landscaping of
the grounds of the old, recon-
structed tavern at Great Falls,
Md, is in process of being awarded
TO the low bidder, the National
Capital Parks Office announced
yesterday.
The work will be done by the
Russell Carter, jr.. Paving Co.. Of
6S57 Eastern avenue. Takoma
Park, Md With 80 days stipulated
for completion, park officials said
the work was planned to put the
Great Falls area in better shape
for the summer business.
Two new concrete parking lots
will adjoin the tavern. Each will
be 1e0 feet long. One will provide
space for 20 automobiles and the
other for about IS buses.
New paving approaches to the
tavern from the main highway
will be added.
Evening star., 1950-04-06

pocket. The policemen took the
frames to the wrecked car and
searched the interior until they
found several pieces of broken
glass. The glass fitted the frames
perfectly, Pvt. Longo said.
When the policemen learned
the car had been taken from the
600 block of H street NV. short
ly before the accident. they
charged Patalas with unauthorized
use of an automobile.
After the broken glass had been
fitted into the spectacles for the
benefit Of Judge Quinn, Patalas
was held under $1,000 bond for
grand jury action.
Evening star., 1950-04-06

"Our Lake Tahoe country Il q
sportsman's paradise. My hus-
band is an ardent fisherman, and
President of our Ski Club be-
sides. After an active day out
doors, good hot coffee is the first
thing he asks for, but I've found
it has to be really good. When
coffee prices rose tried cheaper
brands, but Gerry said they
tasted weak. So started using
more and more coffee per cupV
Evening star., 1950-04-06

$50 I learned II was true econ
omy to switch back to our favorits
coffee-Maxwell House. There's
nothing so satisfying as that Good
to the Last Drop flavor-and
Maxwell House is 80 rich and full
bodied we get more truly good cups
of coffee from every pound. Be-
sides, we never have leftover wasted
coffee when serve Maxwell House.
We've decided bargain coffees
aren't bargains by comparison at
all. We've found with Maxwell
House we get our moneys worth. It
certainly is Good to the Last Dropr
Evening star., 1950-03-19

assisted by Mrs. John Free, Mrs.
William Eichner and Mrs. R. P.
Christensen.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Club Institute
Slated Tuesd0y

The Woman's Club of Ashton
Heights will hold it's first club
institute at luncheon meeting at
noon Tuesday in the club house
at 413 North Irving street, Airing
ton.
Speakers will include officers
and committee chairmen from the
Fourth District. Virginia Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs. and Mrs.
Arthur H. Buell., chairman of the
American home department of the
Virginia Federation.
Mrs. Leonie Gilbert. Fourth
District president, will talk on the
su ect. Federated Women S
Clubs" and Mrs. John Shower,
president-elect, will discuss "Wel-
fare" Chairmen who will speak
are Mrs. Colin C. Macpherson,
citizenship; Mrs. r. C. Dorsey,
fine arts; Mrs. Homer Trimble,
legislation, and Mrs. Earl Lester,
international relations.
The meeting will also feature
annual reports by the clubs de-
partment and committee chair
men.
Mrs. E. J. Stocking is president
Of the Ashton Heights club.
Evening star., 1950-03-19

poetry editor and book reviewer.
Mrs. Sulkie will review I'm De-
fense of Democracy" by Thomas
H. Johnson and Eleanor Roose-
velt'S This I Remember" She
will be introduced by Mrs. William
j. Hartmeyer, president of the
Laurel CLUB.
Rounding out the afternoon will
be musical selections presented by
the District Choral Group, accom-
panied by Mrs. G. Carville Bowen
and directed by Mrs. Robert A.
RagainS.
During the business session,
which will start at 10::30 am, Mrs.
Frank M. Stephens. federation
president. will speak on American
Education and International Ten
sions." based on the report of the
Educational Policies Commission,
National Education Association.
A report also will be made on
the experiences of clubwomen who
made the United Nations tour at
Lake Success on March 8. OF the
140 Maryland clubwomen who
made the trip, 80 were from Prince
Georges County.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Sorority Events to Include
Theta Siq Mutrix Brunch

assisted by Mrs. John Free. Mrs.
William Eichner and Mrs R. P.
Christensen.
AIpho Chi Omeeo Benefit
Members of Alpha Chi Omega
living in the Washington area are
collecting clothing and household
equipment for rummage sale to
be held Saturday for the benefit
of cerebral palsied children.
Arrangements for receiving
donations are being handled by
Mrs. Paul T. Kosiak, 1882 Fitz-
gerald lane, Alexandria.
Nationally, Alpha Chi Omega
offers scholarships to provide spe-
cialized training in cerebral palsy
for professional workers.
Washington area alumnae make
their contribution to the program
by working with the Montgom-
cry County Cerebral Palsy Asso-
citation, the District Society for
Crippled Children and the North
ern Virginia Chapter of the Ma
tional Society for Crippled Chill
dren and Adults.
Last fall three rooms were set
aside for cerebral palsied children
of Montgomery County in the Sill
yer Spring Elementary School as
a start toward more complete edu-
cational facilities. Alpha Chi
Omega has taken the initiative in
giving the quarters a cheerful
appearance and local alumnae
have made curtains, painted
murals and posters illustrating
principles of speech and have do
mated needed articles.
Tri DeIto Teo
The Washington Alliance of
Delta Delta Delta will honor
seniors of the chapter at the
University of Maryland at a tea
to be given next Sunday at the
home of Mrs. Howard Hosmer,
5027 Reno road NV.
Evening star., 1950-03-19

| Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church,
Executive Board meeting.
Columbia Heights Art CIub-Tomorrow,
80 pm, with Mrs. E. T. Fulton, 1S4g
| Irving street NV; speaker, Mrs, Inez
Sheldon Tyler, Dante and Petrarch."
PEO isterheod-Tomorrow, 8 pm, Chap
ter J, with Mrs. Charles D. Marshall,
7l10 Marion lane. Bethesda.
HEDGES, 1870 North Ingiewood street,
Arlington: fashion show.
Democratic Women's National Council
speaker Jennings Randolph, Women
Daughters of Colonial Wars-Tomorrow
n.I3ns PM PAR .,.cila CHAPTER dt9 a9nse annual
District Cancer Aid Group-Tomorrow
$50, pm, Raleigh Hotel presentation of
check to Children's Hospital.
District League of Republican Women
uesaay IT 6;tS 6o h evsnlng study sr9np
Davis Elkins. 2029 Connecticut avenue
NV: speaker, Senator Arthur v. Wat
TWsneth Ge utsh Street Ffds NW m poea % ,tSa4
group.
Excelsior Literary Club-Tuesday, 1880
p.m... Kennedy-Warren Hotel, luncheon
meeting and book reviews.
Capitol Hill History CIub-Wednesday,
| 1890 pm, with Mrs. Jason Waterman.
1908 Edgemoore lane. Bethesda.
Minerva Club Of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fra
ternity, Washinston City Rho Chapter
Thursday. 1924 Nineteenth street NV,
monthly meeting end luncheon for Uni
versity of Maryland Minerva Club.
Inner Wheel Club of WashinKton-Fri-
day, p.m., country fair at home of
Mr.. and Mrs Emory Hutchison. 1929
Hillbrook lane NV.
Prince Georges County Federation of WON
ems Clubs-Friday, 1O:30 am, Star
| Hall. Mount Rainier. Md, business ses-
| sion and program by fine arts depart
| ment.
Navy Dental Wives Club-Saturday. $50
| pm, Ofhcers' Club. National Naval
| Medical Center, Bethesda; annual spring
cocktail party.
B'nai Birth Women, Arro-Tomorrow
2 p.m., membership reception. with
Mrs. Sidney Heckinger in honor of Or
| A. L. Sachar, president of Brandeis
! University, and Mrs. Sachar.
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Hebrew Home
for the Aged-Tomorrow 1870 pm
dessert LUNCHEON, and meeting at 1925
| Spring road NV.
| City Of Hope, Washington Auxiliary
| Tuesday. II am, Washington Hebrew
CONGREGATION, medical board meeting
| Membership meeting at 1:30 pm.
National Federation OF Temple Sister
Evening star., 1950-03-19
On the Engagement Pad

hoods, Mid-Eastern District-Wednes-
day and Thursday. War6man Park
Hotel, annual conference.
Northeast Hebrew CongreE alton Sisterh ood
Thursday, $40 pm, Sherwood
Presbyterian Church.
District Daughters of the American Rev
oIution-Tuesday s PM, Capt Wen
dell Wolfe Chapter with Miss Mary w
Allen, 1929 Columbia road NV. To-
morrow. pm. Prince Georges County
Chapter with Mrs. NJ. @. Hughes, 5521
Colorado avenue NV. Tuesday, pm;
Federal City Chapter with. Mrs. M. r
Loatman, 540S Nebraska avenue
speaker, Mrs. George D. Nolan, State
historian. Thursday, pm, Col. James
Mccall Chapter, chapter house; speaker
James Gallahorn. District Americaniza-
ton School principal. ''Americanism--
Training in the American Way OF Life y
virginia DAR-Saturdsy' pm: Francis
Castieman, $500 North Twenty-second
street Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
.AAUW Officers
To Be Speakers

DR.. Althea Hotel, national
president of the American AS
sociation of University Women,
will be the guest speaker at gen.
eral meeting of the Arlington
branch of the AAUW to be held at
8 pm. Tuesday at the Lyon VIII
lage Community house.
DR.. Mildred Taylor, State presi-
dent of the organization, will also
be a guest at the meeting. All
other Northern Virginia branches
have been invited to attend.
DR.. Taylor will speak on the
aims and interests of the AAUW
at meeting of the Falls Church
branch to be held at 8:15 pm.
Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
Lloyd Meehan, 400 Linden lane.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
DR.. Reed to Speak
At Alumni Meetinu

DR.. Helen Dwight Reed will
speak on Education and Interna-
tional Understanding" at lunch
con meeting of the Washington
Branch of the University of Buf-
falo Alumni Association. to be
held at l pm. Saturday at the
Annapolis Hotel. The speaker is
chief of the European section OF
the Division of international Edu-
cation Relations, United States
Office of Education.
The business session will in
clude an election of officers. Miss
Jean Hamilton, 2l23 I street. is
in charge of reservations, which
close Tuesday.
Evening star., 1950-03-19

Comdr. William J. Lederer, Mrs.
Mary Heaton Worse and Miss
Gerry Dick will speak at the
Matrix brunch of Theta Sigma
Phi, national professional frater-
nifty for women in journalism, to
be given at 1890 pm. next Sum-
day at the Washington Hotel.
Comdr. Lederer, chief of the
magazine branch of the Depart
ment of Defense, is the author
of the recently published "All the
Ships at Sea-" Mrs. worse, au-
thor of a number of books, has
covered the American labor stu
alton for many years. Miss Dick,
associate editor of American Mag
azine, will conduct symposium
on free-lance writing.
The brunch will mark the 41St
anniversary of Theta Sigma Phi.
Mrs. Orville H. Kneen is chair
man, assisted by Mrs. Faye Jo-
hannes Marley, Mrs. Stacy v.
Jones, Mrs. B. w. Rodenwold. Miss
UrSel Daniel and Miss Katherine
Daley. Miss Helen Hamer is the
president.
Chi Omeeo Luncheon
Doris Fleeson. columnist of The
Star, will speak on Democratic
Ideals and Realities" at the
founders day luncheon of Chi
Omega sorority to be given by
the Washington Alumnae Associa-
tion at 1890 pm. Saturday at the
Kennedy Warren Hotel.
AS an additional feature, Miss
Geraldine Stowell, president of the
alumnae group. will present a
plaque to the outstanding Chi
Omega senior at George Washing
ton University. Miss Ruth Michel,
president of the chapter. will pre-
sent cup to the most promising
pledge.
Mrs. Frederick Dirks is chair
man of arrangements and is being
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Fine Arts to Be Featured
On Federation ProQron0

Much-a-do about the fine arts
will highlight the Executive Board
meeting of the Prince Georges
County Federation of Women's 5
Clubs to be held Friday in the
Star Hall. Mount Rainier.
The afternoon program will be
conducted by the Fine Arts De-
partment and will include an ex-
hibit of arts and crafts made up
of work done by club members
during the year. The department
chairman, Mrs. Freeland Rams
dell, will be in charge of the ex-
hibit.
The literary part of the pro-
gram will feature Mrs. Thomas A.
Sulkie, former New York Times
Evening star., 1950-03-19

pm. Station wBcc. radio section re-
hearsal THURSDAY, s:l5 pm, Ameri-
Mrs. Nj Georgette Killer. Saturday. 1880
am. radio section broadcast.
Petworth Woman's CIub--!Tomorrow. s
Rary 'E,s Foser speseer Mrs WY" Mae
Maueh, Pine Books, Book Making,
Binding and Illustrations" Tuesday
j. E. cribbs. Friday, 1880 pm, New
Orleans Restaurant, art section lunch
con; speaker, Mrs. Ana Luisa Branger.
sasa.a oassy atfaehe Of 0 MY se smsfr4h
Takoma Park womens Club-Tomorrow,
1880 am. 103 orme. street. garden
section; Tuesday 12:l5 PM JeSap
ment Wednesday, 1915 am. Pepeo
Building. homemakeT department DEM
onstration and luncheon. THURSDAY,
s;l5 pm. = Grant avenue. drama de-
partment.
woman's Club Of Ashton HeiEhts-Tues-
day, noon, clubhouse, luncheon meeting
ana trst club institute.
Kenilworth Ladies' Guild - "Wednesday;
With Mrs leslie 5iaI H Hnksl ksrsleo sao
road, Chevy Chase, Md.
Woman's Club of Woodside-We6nesday
13;30 pm, with Mrs: Heward Ss,ard Smith smith
pm. Greenbelt Legion Hall, guest
night square dance.
Silver Spring Woman's Club--Tomorrow'
pm, Woodside Methodist Church
with Mrs. wilbur Mehring, s4O5 Cedar
street Friday, home and garden group
to visit National Flower Show.
Alexandria Woman's Ciub-Thursday,
PM, Cameron Street Recreation center;
Library OF Congress-.
Sororities
SIGMA Kappa Alumnae-Tomorrow, s pm.
Nneteenth Nine cent '0stpn street. Arlington to or
ganize new Northern Virginia alumnae
chapter.
Alpha Delta Pi. Alexandria-sonth Arlins-
luncheon, with Mrs. J. Frank Kendrick.
25O6 South Lynn street, Arlington
Chi OMEGA. Washinston Alumnae-Satqr-
day l239 PM d.v kenneqyMarIea .neaker H1-
Doris Fleeson.
Zeta Tau Alpha-Saturday. ] pm. Little
Tea House Arlington Som6ined
and 5nsfo1 5uniof aoa AiSmnse NSTanstn oroups.
College Clubs
St. Joseph's College washington Alumnae-
Today, 4 to q pm, tea with MISS Mary
" Columbus, 5000 Sixteenth street NV.
University Of Buffalo Alumni--Saturday
pm, Hotel Annapolis, luncheon meet
ing; speaker, DR.. Helen Dwight Reid
Education and International Under
standing"
Miscellaneous Clubs
Catholic Daughters of America. Court Fl?
To-day, to Z pm, > Scott circle. st.
PatrickS tea dance.
Puerto Rican american Women's League
Today, 5 to Z pm, tea for new mem
bers with Mrs. Antonio Fernos-lsern,
2713 Woodley place NV.
District League of American Pen Women
To-day, league studio, art exhibit.
YMCA Pan American Club-Today, 3 pm,
1876 G street NV, reception speaker,
DR.. Antonio Fernos-Isern. Commissioner
from Puerto Rico.
Junior Metropolitan Heart Guild-Today,
to IL pm, Stansbury Lodge, Missouri
and Georgia avenues, beneft square
dance for cardiac children.
Woman's National Democratic Club-To-
morrow, 1880 pm, luncheon: speaker,
Adrian Fisher. legal adviser of the
State Department. Friday, 1890 pm,
bridge and canasta luncheon.
Wemans Christian Temperance Union
Tomorrow, S pm, North Capitol Union,
with Mrs. Hugh Jacobs, 2020 Third
street NE. Wednesday, 1890 am.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
WCTU Board to Meet

An executive board meeting of
the District Women's Christian
Temperance Union will be held at
1890 am. Wednesday at the
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church. Mrs. Guy F. Glossbren-
ner will preside.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Civic ond Study Clubs

American Association Of University Wom-
s pm. Room 2is5, Labor Department,
combined study groups Tuesday, pm,
1!40 X street NV, legislative Com
mittee.
AAUW, Arlinston. Branch = Tomorrow,
writing group with Mrs. r. c. Hodges.
muS,as IueS,dsy ,,,s : pm; Lyon Vtllage Com
choral sinsing, with Mrs. William SEQ
Gs1erv Gnsid IhursdaZ; thur n,,l:a 20 pm Phillips
making group with Mrs. Ben White.
AAUW. Bethesda Chevy Chase Branch
TOMORROW, s pm Montgomery Junior
co CO. iege; &C. speakers peak Dean Hggh G; Price
a. = Junior College in the Community"
terror Buildings Voice Of America" tour.
AAUW, Falls Church Branch-wednesday
Mildred Taylor State president
Washington CIub-Tomorrow. IL am.
sook eani chat bat Tuesday: II am, speaker,
in Washington" Wednesday. i pm.
luncheon.
University women's CIub-Tomorrow, 4
Wm1nn eFS Fsn. tea igeaksr von, Mis- Faith Faith
7:45 pm. Shakespeare group: speaker.
D and dsersf se pramatg R W0oSs
dengnstEstiOn fps H.I0 ii ans tae on use
ehony Orchestra. t'0" BY VIVA " s'e Meyer. sya
Cohen, Social Security and You" -
Leasue Of Women Voters Of Montgomery
WGAY. Tomorrow, pm Rockville
Group. Group; :2i West Mont.omsry Avenue;
ture mset OF MMontSsomery Mont County Govern
S0yf5nmsn| Tnian en|,.s. study sroup' MGntso%s5y
liam Allan. ASSIGNMENTS Tuesday.
s:l5 pm; international relations study
sions iS Of I oocapied ep JAPAN. my Wednes- seRnes-
etdv day 10 sm internaions relations
Helen Provinse; "Chinese American Re
lations.'' Wednesday,. SAG pm. Sill
nue er spTn WednesSsE T9ap $s35 sS Dennis R,n
Scharf. Local Government" Thursday,
s3I153 pm: New silver Spring gropp'
Helen Derryberry. and Mrs. Rose Kramer.
ORGANIZATION of the League"
Business, Professional Clubs
District Business and Professional Women's
CIub-Tomorrow, 7:30 pm, YWCA,
Public Affairs Committee.
District Home. Economics Association
Tuesday, s pm, Potomac Electric Power
Co. Auditorium: speaker, Miss Jean
Fisher, Modern Trends in Decora ting
Small Homes and Apartments
Arlington Business and Professional wom-
ems Club-Tuesday. $3.50 pm, George
Mason Hotel. dinner" meeting.
Soroptimist Club of Observation-Disclosures
day. ] pm. Willard Hotel: speaker, Ida
Jean Kahn, Food and Figures"
Zonta Club of Washington-Wednes
1870 pm. Roger Smith Hotel: speaker
Mrs. Helen T. steinbarger. preview OF
Community Clubs
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase-Tomor-
row, pm, garden section; speaker,
MISS Margaret c. Lancaster, What Do
You Want in Your Garden Thurs
day, ! pm, fashion show and card
party benefit for welfare program Fri
day, $50 pm, recreation section.
Junior Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
Today, $50 pm. radio section, with Miss
Elizabeth Wiehle. Bethesda Tomor-
row. pm, clubhouse. arts and crafts
section. Tuesday, 7 pm. Silver Spring
Lanes. sport section. Tuesday, $50
Evening star., 1950-08-20
by Louis Berg
This Week Morie Editor

her The Dash" Dash or Hyphen, Miss Vera
Ellen is stopper She stole the now-famous
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" number Tin
Words and Music'') from under Gene kely's
agile feet She was easily the hottest number in
"On the Town."
Vera-Ellen was born in Cincinnati cher father
was piano tuner there) and came by her hyphen
through actual christening - Vera-Elen Robe.
She entered show business by way of a Major
Bowes amateur unit and the Music Hall Rock
ettes
A 2l-Ymch Waist
She is just a few years out of her teens and
looks even younger "a round-faced little girl
who looks as if she were meant to be plump
land she eats like horse, too) but who man.
ages to have one of the slenderest waistlines (2l
inches) you ever saw.
Her dancing can be real slinky and voluptuous
- and this is amazing because in person she
is the cute type.
They wanted to send me to kiddie school at
M-G-M," she confesses "and me one-time
married woman!''
Her climb has been rapid, to say the least.
A year ago Vera-Ellen wasn't even listed in
Motion Picture Almanac Hollywood direc-
tory of stars and players.
This year she is beyond all doubt the top dane
ing star OF the screen. The End
Evening star., 1950-08-20

CPRICHTLIEsT of numbers in the new, sprightly
- Fred Astaire musical. Three Little Words,
is the pantomme dance routine illustrated below.
1t is called The Hooters at Home
The idea behind it is how married dance
team might be expected to behave in their fam
lily life together. Here the Hooters are at the
breakfast table, their feet tapping time to the
clatter of knives and forks as they let the toast
pop where it may
Fred Astaire's partner in this dance is his best
as well as his latest. She Is Vera-Ellen, nick
named by columnists - for typographical rea-
sons - ''The Hyphen" Her press agents prefer,
for reasons which are even more obvious, to call
Evening star., 1950-05-30
Bogby K. King Dies on Way
7oDecorute Grave of Son

Bagby r. King, So, former met
ropolitan police lieutenant who
drove here from his Virginia home
yesterday to put Memorial Day
flowers on the grave of his son
died before he could carry out
his mission.
Mr.. King, a veteran of 81 years
on the force at the time of his re-
tirement a year ago, had stopped
at the home of his sister in law
Mrs. Norman Roland, at Broad
Creek, Md, enroute to the Prov
idence Methodist Church Gene
terry at Friendly, Md. Shortly after
his arrival, he complained of feel
ing dizzy, and died a few minutes
later. His wife Mrs. Culena Thorn
King, was with him.
Mr.. Kings son, Harold Rivers
King, was killed in an auto acci-
dent several years ago. Mr.. King
will be buried beside him after
services at the Providence Church
at 2 pm. Thursday. Flags at al
precincts will be at half staff unit
after the funeral.
Mr.. King. who had hundreds o1
friends in and out Of the police
department, was the senior mem.
ber of the force at the time of hi
retirement. Fellow officers de.
scribed him as zone Of the best
policemen ever to wear the uni.
form"
The last five years of his police
career were spent at the fiftt
precinct.
Evening star., 1950-05-30
Man Who Shot Wife
Freed in $500 Bail

Homer H. Whitlock, %, a Naval
Research Laboratory worker, was
released yesterday on bond of
$500 in the shooting of his 23-
year-old wife early Sunday.
The wife, Dorothy Whitlocks
mother of their two children, is
in Providence Hospital with q
bullet wound in her neck and
head. but is in good condition, the
hospital said today.
Whitlock, charged with assault
with intent to kill, was held ORR
ginally on a $4,000 bond. but was
released on the reduced bail after
relatives, including his mother,
asked that it be reduced. The
hearing was held before Arthur P.
Owens, Prince Georges County
trial magistrate.
His case has been set for June Z.
The shooting occurred at the
Whitlock home in Camp Springs.
Md, and he was captured about
two hours later after he returned
from the hospital where he had
taken his wife. After the shoot
ing, police said. he telephoned
Prince Georges county police. told
them he had shot his wife and
gave them his address.
Evening star., 1950-05-30

II always think Of defendants
as human beings like myself"
Perhaps this feeling stems from
a patient understanding of the
foibleS of mankind, reached after
q lifetime as Negro-and q
lifetime of fighting to obtain
equal rights for his race. Perhaps
he possesses a genuine sympathy
for the lawbreaker because he
feels that, but for q chance meet
ing in a Saratoga Hotel room, he
might himself be in the position
of the defendant.
Gives Reasons for Law.
His favorite quotation - one
many criminals have 'heard-is
HE who knoweth the reason OF
the law, knoweth the law" To
most of the defendants who come
before him in criminal actions
Judge Scott attempts to explain
the reason for the law. And he
attempts to explain to wife-beat-
ers, or those who have threatened
their enemies, or those who have
stolen petty goods, why the law
exists to discourage that sort OF
thing.
But for certain other defend
ants, Judge Scott has little SYM
pathy and words of censure in.
stead of advice.
"You can suggest a bond as higl,
as you WISH" he will tell an AS
sistant United States Attorney in
a case involving a man accused OF
assault with a dangerous weapon
Maybe the word will spread and