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Evening star., 1951-05-01
Two Policemen Suspended
For Nap in Bethesda Car

Two Montgomery County po-
licemen have been suspended for
80 days without pay for sleeping
in their cruiser early Saturday
when they should have been pa
trolling the Bethesda business
area.
The policemen, both attached
to the Bethesda substation, are
Pvts. John o. Duvall, al, ano
Benjamin p. McKnew, 36, both
Of. Silver Spring. Chief Charles
M. Orme suspended them yester.
day after Capt. Ernest Thompson
reported they were found asleer
in police car in a secluded pine
grove near the Congressional.
Country Club at $3.50 am. Sat.
urday.
A police sergeant discovered
the car in the outlying section
|of the beat after failing to meet
lit in routine patrol.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Frederick Radio Station Official
NAMED Head of Rotary District

A young sales manager for 6
Frederick (Md) radio station is
the new district governor-nomi-
nee of the 267th Rotary District
William E. Hardy, 81, president
of the Frederick Rotary Club and
an official of Station WIND and
WFMD-FM, was selected at the
District Conference held Sunday
and yesterday at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Mr.. Hardy will assume his post
July /. He will be form ally
elected at the meeting of Rotary
international, May 20 and 80 in
Atlantic City
800 Att nd Conference.
About 800 persons attended the
Shoreham conference. The dis
trict comprises Al clubs in the
District of Columbia and Mary
land. The Silver Spring. College
Park, Rockville and Bethesda
Chevy Chase clubs were hosts tt
the delegates.
The Washington Club won the
Harry Arnold Cup for club serv-
ice. Other award winners were
Catonsville, community service;
Bel Air, international service;
Frederick, vocational service;
Pikesville, youth service, ano
Frederick, the George Harris Ro-
tary Service Cup for outstanding
all-around Rotary service.
The conference unanimousl,
proposed the present District Gov.
ernor, DR.. j. Morris Reese, of Tow.
son, as a director of Rotary In.
ternational. DR.. Reese's name
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Circus Coming Here
On May IS for
Six-Doy Stand

Ringing Brothers, Barnum &
Bailey circus, with a true Holly
wood touch, comes to Washington
May Is for 6-day stand at
Twenty-sixth street and Benning
road NE.
For the price of a ticket, Wash
ington circus fans may get into
the audience scenes of Cecil B
DeMille's new Paramount picture
'The Greatest Show on Earth
Mr.. DeMille, with Betty Hutton
James Stewart, Cornell Wilde
Dorothy Lamour. Gloria Grahamt
and other stars, will continue
filming the movie during show
time, A. y. Clarke, advance agent
for the circus said today.
The Washington appearance,
will be the Big Shows first tim.
under canvas. Earlier showing,
this year have been under roof.
Top feature Of the 1851 show i
the 100000 musical spectacl,
"Circus Serenade" with a cast O
1000 performers and animals.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
MansIaughter Conviction
OF Student Reversed

Conviction of a University Of
Maryland student on a man.
slaughter charge last January has
been reversed by a Prince Georges
County Circuit Court jury.
Walter Chamblain, 10, was
found not guilty on the charge
last Friday. On January 8, he had
been found guilty and ordered to
pay 5000 fine after a hearing in
Trial Magistrates Court in HyattS-
vile. Through his attorney, Al
bert r. Hassall, Mr.. Chamblin ap-
pealed the verdict.
Mr.. Chamblin, who lives in the
400 block of Brewster avenue,
Silver Spring. was driving a car
which skidded on the ice Decem-
ber % and struck a pole on Uni
versity lane near Takoma Park,
fatally injuring Robert M. Cush-
man, also 10, a passenger.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Civil Defense Manual
EXPLAINS Duties of
Volunteer Fire Guards

An instruction manual describ-
ing first aid" fireflghting for civil
defense volunteers was in the
hands of fire guards of the Dis
trict Warden Services today.
Compiled through the joint eff
fort of the District Fire Depart
ment, the Washington Gas Light
Co. and the Potomac Electric
Power Co., the manual provides
the first detailed outline for fire
fighters of the Warden Services
in case of an atomic attack.
The text points out that after
an atomic explosion ''the regularly
organized fire services will be con-
icerned with combating and check
ing the spread of main fires
brought about by the bomb burst
The responsibility of fire guards
would be to- 'extinguish scattered
fires in their incipient stage
which would be caused directly or
indirectly by the explosion.
Special sections of the book pre-
pared by the utility companies
deal with fires caused by broken
gas mains and short-circuited
electrical equipment. In general
fire guards are told to leave these
hazards to the experts.
AS part of their regular duties
fire guards are told they must
make informative inspections" OF
buildings in their districts. look
ing for special fire hazards, locate
firef1ghtings equipment and spot
entrances, stairways and exits
Fire guards are reminded of the
standing instructions for all gas
users in case of an afraid alert
They are told to turn off gas range
burners. and non-automatic ga:
appliances. They should not turr
OF the gas at the meter or put
out pilot lights.
Only in case a bombing ha,
occurred and the building has beer
badly damaged should valves b,
closed at the main inlet. Ono,
turned off. the valves should b,
opened again only by gas compan.
experts.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Man Cleared, Another Held
In Week End Deaths Here

One man was exonerated and
another ordered held for grand
jury action by a coroner's jury
yesterday at inquests into two
weekend deaths here.
Roosevelt Miller, A, colored, of
the 1000 block of Twenty-fourth
street NV, was held in the death
Of Adam Lockhart. 40, colored, of
the 500 block of Florida avenue
NV. who was shot in the chest
Saturday during an argument over
a card game.
Roland Coates, colored, %, of
the 1900 block of w street NV.
was exonerated in the death of
James Carter, AZ, of the 200 block
of K street NV, whose death was
found to be accidental by the jury.
He died of a fractured skull Sun
day after he was pushed to the
sidewalk by Coates during an
argument Saturday
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Properly Tax
Repeal Due for
Hearings Soon
Joint Senote-House
Inquiry to Consider
Household Goods Levy

Joint House-Senate hearings
will be scheduled soon on pro-
posed repeal of the Districts per-
Sonal property tax on household
effects, Senator Hunt, Democrat.
OF Wyoming. announced today.
The hearings will be held by
the Fiscal subcommittee of the
House and Senate District Com
mittees.
Senator Hunt heads the Senate
group, and Representative Smith
Democrat, of Virginia heads the
House subcommittee.
The tax is inequitable and one
Of the most difficult to apply
fairly, according to District Off
cials and spokesmen for citizens
associations.
Its repeal would mean a loss
of about 100000 year in rev.
enue.
West Offers Suggestion.
The subject came up unexpect-
edly today in testimony by Cor
poration Counsel Vernon E. West
on minor amendment to Dis
trict law concerning refunds for
defective liquor and cigarette tax
stamps bought by retailers.
Mr.. West suggested it would be
better to consider this bill as a
part of the larger measure which
includes repeal of the personal
property tax. He explained the
bill favored by the Commissioners
would continue the personal prop
erty tax on stock -in-trade.
The Hunt subcommittee also
considered bill to give police and
firemen compensatory time off
when they are required to work
on legal holidays. District Off
cials generally favor this bill, but
today recommended a substitute
plan under which police and fire.
men working on legal holidays
would be paid double wage rate
for holiday work.
Cost Placed at $4,000 Yearly.
Police and f1remen in the class
of privates now receive $10.41 a
day. MIR. West estimated the
amended plan would cost the
District about $4,000 a year.
The plans would apply to the
Metropolitan, White House and
Park Police forces as well as the
Fire Department. The plan was
supported by Mr.. West. his assist
ant. Irving Bryan: 1t. Alvin Davis
of the Firemen's Association and
Inspector Clarence H. Lutz, presi-
dent Of the Policoman's Associa-
ton.
Spokesman for the White House
and Park Police who had come
prepared to speak for the COM
pensatory-time-oH plan said they
would send in reports later.
The Hunt subcommittee also
heard testimony in support of a
bill to remove the present numeri-
cal limit of 1873 on the size of the
White House police force. Harry
E. Neal, executive aide to the
chief of the Secret Service. said
this is too small. Under a legisla-
tive rider attached to a recent
deficiency bill, the size of the force
was raised to ITO. Mr.. Neal ex-
planned this provision would run
out June 80.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Lano Extortion Charge
by Grand Jury
In Prince Georges

A Prince Georges County grand
jury has ignored an extortion
charge against Sam Lano, area
slot machine and pinball machine
distributor, States Attorney Car
lyle j. Lancaster said today.
Lano, now under indictment in
Arlington on perjury charges, was
a central figure in the trial last
week of Daniel A. Dugan, member
of the Arlington County Board.
who was found not guilty Satur-
day of malfeasance in Office.
In Prince Georges, Mr.. Lam
caster said a one-year statute of
limitations probably would pre-
vent the prosecution of the mis-
demeanor charge against Lano.
even had the grand jury chosen
to return an indictment. Mr..
Lancaster said he presented the
case to the jury two weeks ago,
however. Witnesses in the case
have moved from the jurisdiction
of the court. Mr.. Lancaster added.
Was Convicted of Threat.
Lano was convicted in January,
1850, in Prince Georges County
Circuit Court for threatening John
Duffy, operator of Duffy's Tavern,
1900 block of Rhode Island ave-
nue., Mount Rainier. He was ac-
cused by a grand jury of "unlaw-
fully" threatening to prosecute
Mr.. Duffy on a bad check charge
unless Mr.. Duffy installed two of
his slot machines.
The Maryland Court of Appeals
first sustained the conviction
which carried years sentence
but later reversed itself and or
dered new trial. The high court
said the indictment was errone-
|ously drawn and should have
charged falsely" accusing Mr.
Duffy instead of "unlawfully,
accusing him.
LanO Was Witness.
In the nearby Virginia county
Mr.. Dugan admitted at his trial
that he had been a close friend
of Lano but broke off his relation
ship. except in few instances
after Lano's pinball machines were
seized in Arlington.
Lano was a witness before the
Arlington grand jury that had
indicted Mr.. Dugan. The grand
Jury charged Lano with perjury
lit said he had denied that he gave
Mr.. Dugan birthday presents last
,tJuly 4. Mr.. Dugan has admitted
that Lano gave him shirts, ties
land cuff links.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Arlington Man Faces
Burglary Trial Today

An Arlington man was to be
tried today in Arlington County
Court on IL counts of housebreak-
ing involving burglarieS of that
many homes in the last six
months
He is w. Raymond Marsh, %,
who was arrested last night at
home in the HOO block of North
Kensington street a few hours
after he returned from a Miami
vacation.
Before he was captured by De-
tectives William Dinsmore and
Walter Kadel, Arlington author
tiles had requested Metropolitan
police to block all bridges linking
Virginia and the District.
The two detectives said Marsh
admitted the burglaries in Airing
tons Westover section, and added
that they were questioning him
about several other crimes.
They said the youthful burglar
specialized in stealing checkbooks
and Identification papers and ther
using them to get about $4,000
in cash. In one case, the detec.
tives said, Marsh is reported tt
have stolen about $4,000 worth o1
Government bonds and cashec
some of them at a Falls Church
bank and some at the Riggs Ma
tional Bank.
Just before he left for Miami
last week. the detectives said
Marsh narrowly avoided beine
trapped in a Washington bank a.
he attempted to cash an $87t
check, on fake credentials.
They said Marsh apparently
suspected something when thu
teller tried to keep him in con.
versation and fled a few second.
before police arrived.
According to the detectives
Marsh occasionally did odd job.
Jas a housepainter. They said HI
had no recent arrest record but
had been in trouble as a juvenile
Evening star., 1951-05-01

the Board of Review in the Judge
Advocate Generals office.
Mrs. Phillips posed as an Ital-
ian national and operated nigh;
club patronized by japanese Off
GERS. She sent information ou;
to guerrilla and American forces
and smuggled food and medicine
to American prisoners.
This is her first visit to Wash
ington, and she said she plans tc
appeal personally to Congress fol
reimbursement for the money she
spent. She has written a book
Manila Espionage" The pre-
miere of a movie based on her ex-
periences is scheduled at Keith
Theater May 16.
Mrs. Phillips is a native of Port
land, Greg. She is the seconc
woman in the United States to be
awarded the Medal of Freedom
presented for her spy work in the
Philippines. Mrs. Anna Rosen.
berg, assistant defense secretary
was the first.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Naval Academy Receives
Stund for Enterprise Bell

A permanent stand for the
ships bell of the Carrier Enter
prise will be dedicated during
ceremonies on Armed Forces Day,
May 10, at the Naval Academy
The mounting, teakwood frame
with a granite base, is being pre-
sented to the Academy by the
Class of 1921. The bell will stand
beside the steps of Bancroft Hall.
The Academy superintendent,
Vice Admiral Harry w. Hill, has
termed the Enterprise the ship
that best symbolized the team
work and aggressiveness of the
Navy during World War II. The
bell was first used at the Acad-
emy to celebrate Navy's 1872 foot
ball victory over Army hst fall.
Evening star., 1951-05-01

Claire Phillips, World War II
American spy. hopes Congress and
the Supreme Court will reimburse
her for $4,000 she spent in medi-
cine and food for American pris-
oners in the Philippines. Mean
time, she has been selling cos
metics door to door to make O
living.
The former spy, who used her
theatrical background to good ad-
vantage to get information from
high Japanese officials in Manila,
was rescued by American forces
after she had been condemned to
death.
When she arrived in Washing
ton yesterday. she had her first
reunion with 1t. Col. Charles C.
Young, who carried Mrs. Phillips,
too weak to walk, out of the Japa-
nese prison in Manila.
At that time, Col. Young was
with the 1st Brigade Cavalry Di-
vision. He now is chairman Of
Evening star., 1951-05-01

time of this years pro-
duction will be an hour and so
minutes, a little shorter than last
year.
Returning to fill the comedy role
OF Billy Lee, Washington's man
servant. is John Tate, who won
acclaim for his performance last
year. Barbara Cole, a veteran OF
the original cast of Oklahoma.
returns as premiere danSeuSe.
Among the seven new principals
lis Jane Russell Schmidt of the
Arena Stage, who will play Mar
tina Washington.
Faith of Our Fathers" which
opens a three month run June l
is again sponsored by the Sesqui-
centennial Commission.
Paul Massman, general man
lager, is in charge of production
for the commission. William
IVerenberg again will serve as di.
rector and L. Poe Leggette will re-
peat as production manager
James Waring, a Catholic Univer'
lsity drama teacher. will be tech
nical and lighting director. ant
stage manager will be Rudolph
Pugliese of the University of Mary
land faculty.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Domestic Relations Court
Studied in Prince Georges.

Possible establishment of a
court Of domestic relations In
Prince Georges County is being
studied by a five-member Subconl-
mittee of the Family and Child
Welfare Committee of the Prince
Georges Community Chest and
Planning Council.
Subcommittee members are
Miss Philemon Mccoy. Miss E.
Susan Hendricks, Miss Evelyn
Conway, Miss M Dorothy Jump
and John p. Lautz.
The new agency would help
protect children in neglect cases,
divorces, separations, adoptions
and other child welfare matters.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Supreme Court Denies
0ber Law Rehearinq
BY the Assoeioied Press

The Supreme Court has refused
to review it's earlier decision that
upheld Maryland's Ober law, which
requires candidates for State and
city Offices to take a loyalty oath
The suit was carried to the high
court by Thelma Gerende, of Bal
timore, who wanted to run for the
city council on the Progressive
Party ticket. However, she con-
tended the law was unconstitu-
tional and refused to sign the
loyalty oath.
The Supreme Court upheld the
law in an April IL decision. Yes
terday it refused to reconsider
that ruling.
Evening star., 1951-05-01

will be submitted at the May
meeting.
Last night, Harold T. Thomas.
representative of Rotary Inter-
national, addressed the closing
banquet.
Native of New Zealand.
Mr.. Thomas, a native of New
Zealand, told the group that his
country felt it's destiny was to act
as a bridge of understanding be-
tween the United States and Brit
ain. Stressing that he spoke in
no official capacity, he added that
there is 98 per cent agreement
and only 2 per cent disagreement"
between the two.
Mr.. Thomas said New Zealand
ers recognized that the United
States is the predominating force
in the Pacific area. He said his
country owed a great deal Of
thanks to America.
With the complete co-opera-
ton of the English-speaking ma
tions, Mr.. Thorn said. I'VE cail
build lasting peace throughout
the world"
At a luncheon yesterday, DR.
Harry c. Byrd, president Of the
University of Maryland. urged a
greater stress on teaching Amer
lean history in schools.
He said America has undertak-
en- a great selling job in accept
ing it's position Of world leader
ship.
But we must understand our
wares and the customs and ways
of living of our customers" DR.
Byrd said, "if we are to sell our
ideals of life"
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Baltimore Water Supply
Increased by New Tunnel
BY the Assoeiated Press

BALTIMORE, May Another
SO million gallons of water daily
was to be available to Baltimore
today.
The city will start receiving wa
ter through a 17-mile tunnel from
the north branch of the Patapsco
River. The Gunpowder River has
supplied all the city's water in the
past.
The new water tunnel was built
at a cost Of $19 million. Another
big dam to create a reservoir able
to supply 100 million gallons daily
from the Patapsco still is to be
built.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
DeodIine Is Tonight
For Virginia State
Income Tax FHinq

Virginia taxpayers must file
tax returns on income and per-
sonal property by midnight to-
night or face payment of a 10
percent penalty.
Rvenue commissioners in Ar
lington, Alexandria, Falls Churcn
and Fairfax County were beseiged
yesterday by residents and bus
inessmen rushing to meet the
deadline.
Usual hours will be observed
today in the revenue offices. Re-
turns postmarked before midnight,
however, will beat tn headline.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
District Guard
|AA Unit Joins
Federal Service
260th Artillery Gun
BottoIion Prepares
TO Go Into Troining
By William J. WheotIey

The 260th Anti-Aircraft Artil-
lery Gun Battalion, District Ma
tional Guard, entered Federal
service today. It is commanded
by 1t. Col. Richard H. Stephens.
1900 New Hampshire avenue, NV.
The group of $50 officers and
enlisted men reported at the Ar
Imory at 7:30 am. to prepare for
the three-day motor trip to Camp
|Steuart, Ga. about 43 miles south
west of Savannah, where the bat
talon will take its preliminary
training.
Some of the members were
granted defermentS from activa-
tion because of school attendance, ;,
and others as hardship cases.
Those in school will join the bat
TALON on completion of their
school work, but the hardship
cases will be referred to the mill,
tary district of Washington for
further action.
Advance Unit Leaves Thursday.
An advance detachment of the
troops will leave for Camp Steuart
Thursday morning to prepare the
quarters for the main contingent
which will leave Wednesday of
next week.
The 380th Gun Battalion, an
other of the local anti-aircraft
artillery outfits commanded by
1t. Col. Theodore w. Lowry, 1706
Arlington avenue, Relay, Md, will
enter Federal service on May is.
This battalion is scheduled to train
at Camp Edwards, on the land end
of Cape Cod, Mass. Now at that
post is the 260th Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Group, commanded by
Col. Leroy S. Mann, SAT- 30th
Place N. W., which has been in
training there for more than six
months. Recently it was ordered
to Fort George G. Meade, Md, to
join the regular 35th Artillery
Brigade, charged with manning
the anti-aricraft defenses of
Washington. but the order were
rescinded.
4 All Units May Return Home.
All of the local anti-aircraft ar
tillery units probably will be re-
turned here after their field train
ing. The 710th Gun Battalion of
the Virginia National Guard, an
Alexandria outfit. which trained
at Camp Steuart, recently returned
to Fort Myer, Va. A number of
the officers of the Districts anti
aircraft artillery participated in
the recent defense program of the
35th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Bri-
Igade in and around the District.
With the departure Of the two
gun battalions. there will be five
local outfits still on the inactive
list. However, one of them, the
I113th Aircraft Control and Warn
ling Squadron already has been
alerted for Federal service next
December l. The others are the
State Staff and Detachment,
headed by Brig. Gen. William H.
Abendroth, commanding the local
guard; the 340th Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Gun Battalion. the 104th
Ordnance Maintenance Company
the 114th Engineer Pontoon Bridge
Company and Radio Controlled
Aircraft Target Detachment. All
these outfits are preparing to take
their annual field training, most
of them beginning on July 10 at
Fort Miles, Del.
Evening star., 1951-05-01
Union NLRB Complaint
Charges Transit Go.
with Unfair Practice

The transit union in Washing
ton has filed a charge of unfair
labor practice against the Capital
Transit Co., it was learned today.
The charge, filed with the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board, does
not concern the company's re-
lection of the unions move for a
80 cents an hour wage increase
and other benefits. Instead, it
grew out of the unions efforts to
be recognized as bargaining agent
for clerks. supervisors and other
employees.
The NLRB case constitutes an
other complicating factor in COM
pany-union relations. One of the
chief complications is the COM
Ipany's denial that the arbitration
clause in the present contract con-
|cerning questions or grievances
which cannot be settled by con-
ferences applies to new contracts.
Fet1tlO0 Names OrOupS.
Last March, the union petit
toned the NLRB for certification
as representative of employees in
these classifications: Depot clerks
and receivers, assistant depot
clerks and assistant or auxiliary
receivers, inspectors, instructors,
stock clerks, assistant stock clerks,
garage clerks, shop clerks, plat
form guards, fare box ''pullers, u
fare box inspectors and repair
men, division supervisors and
money truck drivers.
Later, the company offered the
union employees a wage increase OF
13 cents an hour, an increase in
pension rates and an increase in
sick leave time.
The union rejected this anc
the offer was withdrawn April 10
The company then announced ar
increase of approximately 10 pei
cent for salaried workers as con-
trasted to the hourly paid EN-.
ployes who are members of tht
union. The salaried workers in.
clude the groups the union i.
seeking to represent.
Hit as Interference.
Walter j. Bierwagen, uniol
president, then wrote the com
Ipany it's action was INTENDED tt
interfere with the right of thos,
employees to bargain collectivel.
through representatives of thei
own choosing and to encour
! age them to abandon their effort
at self organization"
On April Is, the union filed tn
unfair labor charge. It wrote tn
company that it was requesting
30-cents-an-hour general wag
increase for those employees, plu
an escalator clause to protect tn
wage rates against any furthe
increases in the cost of living. !
ISaid the demands would not b
limited to those stated.
The company said today that
did give about 900 non-union EN-
Iployes the 10 per cent pay in
: crease but denied it was guilt
OF any unfair labor practice. ]
said the groups the union is seek
> ing to represent include about "a
: employees and these shared in tn
wage boost.