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Evening star., 1951-06-20
Court Acts TO Speed
Attack Trial Of Strait

Defense attorneys have until
Tuesday to initiate pretrial moves
for Norman Richard Strait. 40,
OF Riverdale, who is charged with
raping 72-year-old Bladensburg
woman last February /.
Judge Charles C. Marbury set
the deadline when Strait pleaded
not guilty and asked for a Jury
trial yesterday in Upper Marlboro
Circuit Court.
The trial date was not fixed, but
Judge Marbury indicated it would
be held soon when he remarked
that "the court is anxious to get
this case to a point where it can
be disposed Of"
Strait was arraigned yesterday
on true bill returned by the April
grand jury, which was recalled be-
cause of the unsettled question of
whether grand jury witnesses must
be sworn in open court.
His counsel had contended that
an indictment returned in April
was invalid because witnesses who
testified against him were sworn
without a judge being present.
Evening star., 1951-06-20

tempted by the sight of a fellow
employees billfold or wallet left
unguarded atop desk,
A man with criminal tendencies
is tempted by a house which
shows all too apparent signs OF
being unoccupied.
A sneak thief. too lazy or too
frightened to break into a store,
is tempted to enter when he finds
the door unlocked.
"A recent six-month survey by
our beat men showed doors and
windows of 5000 stores were left
unlocked" Maj. Barrett says. I'm
some cases. safe doors were open,
too."
"The man on the beat is the
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Parents Of Injured Boy
Sue Store for S15O,0O0

A Silver Spring couple is suing
the Hecht Co. for $150,000 on
the ground that their 4-year-old
son was permanently injured when
his hand was caught in the stores
Iescalator last September.
The suit was filed in Montgom-
|ery County Circuit Court yesterday
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry A. Lentz.
and their son, Harry, jr., of 1015
Sterling road.
It alleges that the boy was
permanently injured when his
hand became wedged under the
steel floor plate at the top of the
escalator in the Hecht Co.'S Silver
Spring store.
The suit asks $4,000 damages
for the boy and $4,000 to each
of the parents for mental pain
and suffering" =
Evening star., 1951-06-20
food Control
Job bIsPIanned
For B|adensburq
Dredging Proposed
In Anucostiu River
Tributary Channel

The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
is considering dredging a deeper
channel in tributary of the
Anacostia River to relieve food
conditions at Bladensburg.
This was disclosed yesterday at
ia meeting of the Prince Georges
County Board of Commissioners
in Upper Marlboro.
Robert M. Watkins, planning
commission chairman, indicated
that his agency is studying the
possibility of dredging silt and
debris from an estuary to provide
Ia deeper channel for more rapid
flow-off of water.
The matter was brought out
after the commission had referred
to the Board of County Com
Imissioners a letter from a College
Park woman complaining about
conditions at a house at 3708
Allison street, Bladensburg.
The writer asserted that during
"a recent flood, children going to
the Cottage City school from
Bladensburg waded through sew
age-strewn water up to their
knees.
Nurses Salary Boosted.
In another development at the
commissioners meeting, nurses
of the health department were
placed on a salary basis COM
parable with those who serve in
the Prince Georges General Hos
pital, Cheverly.
The commissioners added 5,289
to the 1852 budget for pay boosts
which the health officer, DR..
Thomas S. Engler, said are neces-
sary to keep the nursing depart
Iment from falling apart.
Higher pay scales elsewhere, he
explained, threatened to attract
virtually all of his nurse person.
incl.
Opposing the raises, Commis-
Isioner Edward ]. Waters provoked
spirited debate when he reminded
his colleagues that $11.889 has
been tackled on the budget in the
last four days.
1--WE will have to stop this sort
of thing" he declared. This is
no way to run a business. When
we sign budget, we should hold
the line"
Mr.. Waters took a similar stand
on Friday when he voted against
a $4,000 civil defense appropria-
ton which will be supplemented
by grants of $4,000 from the State
and $4,000 from the Federal
Government. The money will be
used to purchase medical supplies.
Commended on Action.
A requested $4,000 allotment
for civil defense was disallowed
when the budget was signed
March 81 and this action was
icommended yesterday by Albert
R. Hassall, chairman of the
Icounty's Republican controlled
delegation to the General AS
lsembly.
In a letter dated June IA, Mr..
Hassall told the board that the
money would be wasted and that
the whole civil defense plan lis
Just another foolish idea har-
bored by the National administra-
ton -
The Huntemann-H Huff American
Legion Post 110 urged the COM
ImisSioners to purchase the emer-
|gency medical supplies.
A report by County Police Chief
F. Allen Richards listed a total Of
I5,l32 calls between January l and
June J..
Evening star., 1951-06-20

temptation and watch the crime
rate drop"
The temptation factor is con-
Istantly being referred to by police
officials in discussions of crime
prevention.
A weak employe in a Govern
ment or private Office building is
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Homemaking Students
TO Hear Earle Goodwin
AT Maryland Meeting

Maryland's farm wives attend
ing a one-week short course on
rural homemaking were to hear
two speakers from Washington
today.
Radio Commentator Earle God
win and Olga Moore, author, were
to address the group of some l.
800 women at the University of
Maryland.
Yesterday, Senator O'Conor,
Democrat, of Maryland, praised
the women for their interest in
bettering themselves and their
farm homes.
Miss Kellar HonOred.
Also, during yesterdays assem-
bly,, DR.. T. B. Symons, retired
dean of the university's College of
Agriculture and formerly director
OF its Extension Service. paid trib-
ute to Miss Venia M. Kellar, who
originated the short course in
1923. She retired as assistant di-
rector of the Extension Service
earlier this year after 80 years
at the University.
AS an added tribute, the Mary
land State Council of Homemakers
Clubs took steps to provide a
scholarship at the university in
Miss Kellar's name.
Mrs. Abram S. Pearce, president
OF the Maryland State Council
of Homemakers Clubs, presided
at the election of new officers
Mrs. Leon Spicer of Church Greek
was named vice president and
Mrs. Wilton O'Callaghan of Sill
yer Spring, secretary.
Those Attending Course.
Women attending the course
from Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties follow:
Mrs. Robert Bechtold, Mrs. Mildred E
Bfsndforg ssfa MIS- ns Gnarlss Behr Mrs N. Pauline
Lands Brown. Miss Jane NJ. Cole. Mrs
Ethel Cook. Mrs. E. c. Dietzei Mrs Myic
SrsDfa s DH~nsy ESein Mrs Mn Mamie P9wnl9s, MIS-
Charlotte Elliot, Mrs. S, Fiery. Mrs. clara
T6eims Goodwin: Mssy Mss naaaah' Ffances eray Msy
derson MTs Betty Hdfok MIs Iqase Mrs Bier aeR
s; Jefiery, Mrs. Grover G. i Kirby, | mrs. IS
MILDRED fnI,ase Msst K9hr' Nh Mrs. Laura Ley; Mrs
Mrs. Mabel Milstead. MRS. JESSIE Jisuiey' q
Mingle. Mrs. Sarah W. -Mulliean. Mrs.
Lydia Olson: Mrs; Ora overholser. Mrs.
Mrs Mamie PannebaRer. Mrs A. G. Phf. Fiji.
lips, Miss Lucy M. POLIO, Miss Ethel M.
Eegen Eeges h5S Rasnd deneTisve Robinson Mrs
Starr, Mrs Thomas Taylor. Mrs. Helen
Woodruff. Mrs. Theresa Smith. "
MONTGOMERY County.
,r MRS; Roy Arnold, Mrs. May Little Beall.
Mrs James Botterill, Mrs. Mel Clark. Mrs.
Florence Cleveland, Mrs. Hannah Craigle,
Mrs; John A. DAILY, Mrs: carvel Diller, Mrs.
CLYDE Fletcher Mrs; Elmer Fletcher. Mrs.
Mrs Richard 'Cott Mrs. William r.
icy. Mrs Lois D. Johnson Mrs. NJ Frances
Fontaine, Miss Edythe M. Turner. MRS.
Lois Umstead Mrs Ruth watkins, Miss
Ersncis EssIic Wolfe, Mrs. T. L; .Paigh,. Mrs.
Mrs. Ethel NJ. Mills, Mrs. Mary b. Moses.
Miss Genevieve Mumford. Mrs. Nearle ri
Nichols, Mrs. Harry Nichter. Mrs. Claude
Norson' oron MIS-. GLADYS o'callaghan, Mrs.
James Rabbit, Mrs George F. Ray, jr..
MIS-; Martin Z. Ries; Mrs. Fred Ruth. Mrs.
SarS Erwin J. Snyder, Mrs. Mary A. sousa,
Mrs Mrs Louise Stark. Mrs. Louise Thrift,
Mrs. Everett Trumbo.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
By Wallace E. Cloyton

The prosperous merchant whose
caution in the business world had
helped make him wealthy, backed
his new car out of the garage and
honked impatiently for his wife
AS he waited, his wife, a care
full housekeeper. rushed through
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Fuirfox Red Cross Elects

The Fairfax County chapter of
the American National Red Cross
has elected Mrs. David L. Wing
chairman. Other officers include
Mrs. Edward Howery, Mrs. Lomax
Tayloe, and Mrs. w. Edward
Martin, vice chairman; Miss
Allegro Maynard, treasurer, and
Mrs. Lawrence Proctor, secretary.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Catholic Protests
Bring Film Ban
AT GreenbeIt

The prize-winning Italian film
Bitter Rice" scheduled to oper
tonight at the Greenbelt Theater
will not be shown because o1
Catholic protests.
Philip E, McGonagle, head o1
the Catholic Action Group o1
Saint Hugh's Catholic Church, al
Greenbelt. led the move to bar
the film.
The picture ran nine weeks at
the Dupont Theater in Washing
ton without protest.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Professor Going to Sweden

ANNAPOLIS, June 20 (P.-Dr.
Newton w. Buerger, metallurgy
professor at the Naval postgradu-
ate school. will attend the second
meeting of the International Con-
gress of Crystallographers in
Stockholm, Sweden, this month.
Evening star., 1951-06-20


is t be n Courro
Painted by Mrs Moi Marshall Arlington
meS Senate FrankL Ban Star Phoo
Evening star., 1951-06-20

(Next article: Be on Your
Guard Against Office Thefts.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21
Today In History

1782-The Preside of Santa
Barbara, Calf, founded.
1836-15-minute battle of San
Jacinto establishes the independ-
ence of Texas.
1892 - Cowboys and ruStlerS
battle in Montana.
1898 - United States declares
war on Spain.
1920 - Defeated Germany asks
permission, to maintain an army
of 100000 instead of the prescrib-
ed 100000.
1930-Ohio Penitentiary fire:
over 800 die.
1936-Unemployed take over
the New Jersey Assembly Cham
Der.
1942-United States seizes all
enemy patents here.
Russians enter outskirts
of Berlin as United States armies
stand waiting some forty miles
from the city.
1950-Russia denies all U. S.
charges on plane lost in the Bal
tic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21
pATRoNIzE HOME TRADE

The Citizens grocery advertisements,
published on Wednesday and thursday
demonstrate that Key West housewives
have the opportunity of buying commodi-
ties as cheaply as anywhere else In the
state.
1t is assuring and refreshing too, to
compare the prices for foodstuffs in Key
West with those listed in Miami's news
papers. A few items may be slightly low
er in Miami but they are offset by lower
items on some commodities in Key West.
This city is holding its own in compare
tive prices with other cities in Florida.
Clothing also is selling as low Tin
some instances lower than) as it is in Mi
ami. That fact is an incentive for Key
Westers to patronize home trade. Patron
izing home trade keeps the profits in Key
West and thereby holsters our economy.
If a Key Wester buys out-of-town goods,
he contributes to the economic growth of
some other community.
No residents of any other city are
more devoted to it than are Key Westers
to their home town when the question is
one of loyalty. But many Key Westers are
not wideawake to some of the things they
could do to promote the welfare of their
community. One of those things is to pa
tronize home trade.
But Key Wester who buys out-of-
town goods may say, "The few dollars
send out of town make little difference
one way or the other" That is an "argu-
ment" in line with the voter who declares
his vote won't make any difference in the
result He forgets that the total is made up
of single votes, as the out-of-town buyer
overlooks the fact that the money he sends
away is added to the amount that others
of his attitude send out of town. It's the
grand total that hurts Key West.
1t isn't enough to talk Key West;
we must not miss chance to help Key
West in every way we can if our concern
is to see it continues to grow. All of us
have that concern, as a matter of feeling,
but some of us overlook the concern as a
matter of economy. Our economic life
would become more robust if all of us pa
tronized home trade.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21
TOday's
ANNIVERSARIES

ITS = Alexander Anderson, a
pioneer American wood engraver
of note, born in New York. Died
there, JAM IL, 1870. 4<r
1783-Samuel j. Mills, Congre-
gational clergyman to the colored
in U. S. and in Africa, known as
the father of foreign missionary
work, born in Torrington. Conn,
Died June Is, 1918. i
1915 Henry w Shaw t:.Josh
Billings'D, famous humorist of his
generation, born in Lanesbero,
Mass. Died Oct IA, 1885.
1888 - Charlotte E. Brown,
Rockford, H., founder of wo-
vans clubs, founder and first
president of the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, born in
Andover, Mass, Died Feb. 5.
1895.
1838-John Muir, famed Cali
fornia horticulturist, naturalist,
author and explorer. born in
Scotland. Died Dec. "a, 1914.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21
SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Is science hostile to religion? An an-
swer is found in the discovery, made by
Director Harlow Shapley and Mrs. Vir-
ginia M. Nail of the Harvard College OBJ
servatory, of a star so vast that its diane
ter is more than eight times the distance
from the earth to the sun. Other stars have
been found so big that they would stretch
from the sun to the distant planet Jupiter
Such almost incomprehensible dis
cOveries must rouse feeling of awe that
is in the highest decree conducive to a re-
ligious frame of mind.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21
Of Interest To You. But -.
foo Late To Classify
KAY Writes about World Government:
Says It's Only Thing Can Bring Peace
By RUSSELL KAY

Did you stop consider the policemen on the corner
why he is there and who put him there? Legislative bodies
may make our lows but If there wosnt the
the efforts of voous branches OF Legislative Gcon would
hove no more WEIGHT than the deliberations of debating
cieY. ~
Why do you slow down in school reroin from biting
your neohbo over the head with axe pay income tax and
guard your behavior? Simply because you know ho there
policeman the corner ond judge on bench ana that
brooch of the peace eventually brings punishment
You wouldn't live q community without police
man ony more thon you would live in town without
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21
LTJC. Reilly, Jr.,
Reports For Duty
At Boca Chica

1t. jg) Joseph L. Reilly, Jr.,
USN, reported today for duty in
volving flying with Air Develop
ment Squadron One, Boca Chica
Field, Naval Air Station, Key
West.
Previously, 1t. Gg) Reilly was
attached to MAS. Quonset Point,
Rhode Island as Crash RESCUE
Officer. He has been helicopter
pilot for over three years.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph L. Reilly, 1901 18th ave
nue.. Jamaica, N. Y. He gradu-
ated from Andrew Jackson High
School in 1912.
1t. ig Reilly entered the ma
val service in August, 1912 as g
student in aviation and was COM
missioned as Ensign at Corpus
Christi in August, 1914. '.'''' q
Mr.. Reilly served in VC-65
Squadron aboard the USS Matan-
iku and the USS Savo Island in
the Picific area from December,
1914 to August, 1915. He was
transferred to the USS Sicily in
January, 1916 and remained
aboard her until August, l947
during its Atlantic coastal opera
tons. He say duty with a hell
copter detachment aboard the
USS Columbus on its European
cruise from January to April,
l943, and was latter with the
command at MAS, Quonset Point,
n. /.
Mr.. Reilly is married to the
former Miss Rita Cox, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cox, l09-
06 Springfield Boulevard, Queens
Village, N. Y. They have two
children, Kathleen Anne, 4, and
Paul Edward, % months. Until
1t. (jg) Reilly finds housing in
Key West his family will remain
at the home of his wife's parents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21
IF RUSSIA MOVES 1--WE WILL
a BE AT WAR"

7Ita should be understood" declares
Senator William F. .Knowland, of Call
fornia. IF Russia moves IN Europe, we VIII
be at-war." He adds, 1T is important that
Russia should know that
Mr.. Knowland supports the position
of Senator H. Alexander Smith, of New
Jersey, that the President should consult
Congress before actually dispatching men
to Europe, other than the four divisions
already announced for that area. Insofar
as it relates to future assignments OF
American troops abroad, however, the
resolution STIMULATES that there should be
"cpgxEessional approval"
a.ff the United States Government
agSSes with the view of Mr.. Knowland
thsEa move by Russia would put US into
w. there seems to be little basis for
soE3bblng over the right of the President
to xend troops to Europe. Certainly, if we
wan Russia to know the full scope of our
SUPPORT of the Western democracies, it
maabe doubted whether the Soviet regime
wi1Eget the idea from squabbEe in Con-
grsss over the dispatch of some extra di-
visi0ns to the Continent.
There can be no doubt but that the
committing of American soldiers to an in
tcEa2tional army, set up in Europe, is an
entirely new foreign. relations policy"
foE~this country. Nevertheless, the Con-
stiffffion leaves to the President the right
as Commander-in- Chief, to direct our
armed forces. Certainly, the writer's Of
theehistoric document did not forsee a
tirae when our soldiers should be per-
maRently stationed in Europe, but it is
eqAAlly obvious that they deliberately
PLACED control of foreign policy in the
hands of the President to the exclusion of
thECongress.
ave are not too enthusiastic about a
sitWation where one man, even if sitting
in Ehe White House, can commit this
country to warfare, but as bad as this may
BEL is not as dangerous as permitting
thE1oreign policy of the nation to become
.hepolitical football of the two houses of
Congress- This would be particularly
dangerous in the Senate, where small
greAp of determined men could delay the
neeesSary action and it might be just as
DANGEROUS in the House, if members play
adaplitics, casting their votes solely with
anT1e to. the balloting in the next cleo
tiofrln their district.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21

court, the FBI, u. S. Marshalls,
National Guard, Coast Guard,
Border Patrol and similar enforce
ment agencies.
The very thought of such ac-
ton is ridiculous. How would
you protect your home, your
property, your wife and children?
If a thug stuck a gun in your
face and demanded Your money
would YOU write your legislator
or petition Congress?
But in order to have the law
and order you enjoy you have to
sacrifice some of your freedom.
You have to pay the policeman
and the judge and you must obey
the law yourself.
From the earliest days of his
existence man has not been able
to live peacefully for any length
of time without a policeman on
the corner. Cave men banded to-
gether, chose a leader, and knew
peace within their tribe through
laws and law enforcement. When
they stepped beyond that sphere
of law and order they We're forced
to fight for their existence.
AS civilization advanced, small
tribes banded together to form
communities, communities de-
veloped into states and states
united to become nations. In every
case, the thing that made this
possible was the expansion of
law and order over. more and
more. people and larger and larg-
er areas,
Failure of mankind to take the
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21
OFFERS SOUND ADVICE

Bernard M. Baruch offers some good
advice when he urges the nation to quit
blowing hot and cold" and proceed to
enact legislation for universal military
training.
The industrialist, described by his
press agents as an adviser to presidents,
might address his remarks to the members
of Congress. Only when the elected repre-
sentatives of the people are ready to at
tend to the necessary business of building
our military strength to equal that of Sow
let Russia will there be any chance of a
universal military training law.
Like Mr.. Baruch, we do not know,
and nobody else knows, whether the Rus
slams will plunge the world into another
war but, like him, almost everybody knows
that the peril will be less if this country
swiftly and enduring builds its military
strength. Likewise, it is apparent that
peaceful solution of world problems, and
an opportunity for the free economic de-
velopment of nations, depends upon "our
standing guard with ceaseless vigilance"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-21
Lit. McLinden
Reports For Duty
At BOca Chica

1t. Hugh K. McLlnCen, CoN,
reported recently to Air revelop-
ment Squadron One (VX-D, Boca
Chica Field, Naval Air Station.
Key West, for duty involving fly
ing. He is a helicopter pilot as
well as of conventional military
type aircraft 81"
A native of New York he OBJ
tanned his elementary and secon-
Diary education at Sayville schools
and graduated from the high
school there in 1887 His step
mother, Mrs, Caroline McLinden'
resides at 1886 Caldwell avenue,
Maspeth, N. Y.
With his wife, the former Miss
Elizabeth Anne Scanlon a native
of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
and their three children, 1t. Lin
den has established temporary
residence at 815 Southland street,
Key West, Florida. Their chill
dren are: Catherine Caroline, 5h,
Daniel Hugh, +, and Patricia
Anne, 7 months.
1t. McLinden attended RAN
dolph- Macon College, Ashland,
Virginia for two years priar to
entering flight training in the
naval service. He earned his
wings and was commissioned as
Ensign at Pensacola, Florida in
October, 1912.
i. He is the holder of the Distin-.
guished Flying Cross, six Air
Medals, USS Belleau Wood Presi-
dental Unit Citation, two Pacific
Theater ribbons, American Thea.
ter, China Service Victory, jap
anese Occupation and the Philip
pine independence ribbons.
From May to October, 1943 he
was bomber pilot attached
! to a squadron aboard the USS
Belleau Wood and participated in
strikes on Marcus Island, Wake
Island and Beker-H Holland Island.
He was island-based in the Solo.
mons from October, l943, to May,
1914 and made strikes at Munda,
Bougainville and Green Island.
In this campaign he made six di-
/ rect hits on anti-aircraft enemy
installations at Rabaul and Boug-
ainville for which he received
his first Air Medal. The successive
Air Medals were awarded for his
numerical strike-flights. The Dis
tinguished Flying Cross was
awarded for completion of 80
missions r
| After a tour of stateside duty
he was ordered back to the Pa
cific AIRED in 1915 and was attach
ed to Commander Air Force, Pa
cific and saw service in China. In
April, 1916, he was transferred TO
the USS Antietam and served as
| Landing Signal Officer on her
until November of the same
year. He has performed that duty
for over five years aboard other
carriers.
The historic Philippine INDIE
pendence Day, July 4, 1916, found
the USS Antietam present to
salute the new republic and her
crew and planes took part in the
, celebration. 1t. McLinden was
one of them.
In December, 1850, he piloted
a helicopter which saved a TBM
pilot who crashed in the Atlantic
while qualifying for carrier plane
landing.