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Evening star., 1951-05-31
500 Maryland Laws
Go Into Effect Toniqh|
BY the Asseeiuted Press

BALTIMORE, May 31.-More
than 600 of the 768 laws passed
by the 1851 Legislature go into
effect at midnight tonight.
One set revises motor truck
weight regulations and provides
sitter and mandatory penalties
for violations.
Another series sets heavier
penalties on narcotics law vio-
lators. Still another new law
makes the sentencing Judge,
rather than the Governor, re-
sponsible for setting the date o1
execution of convicted criminals
Also after tonight, veterans OF
the fighting in Korea become
eligible Tor all State veterans
benefits and a new system of
property tax assessment goes into
effect. The law compelling segre-
cation Of races on Chesapeake
Bay ferries, on the books for many
years, goes out of existence.
Gov. McKeldin has signed I'll
of the 768 bills passed by the 1851
General Assembly. Some Of then
went into effect Immediately az
emergency measures. Others will
take effect later.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Thousands Ask Tickets
For Last Journey Today
|Of Old WHO'D. Train

Several thousand applications
have been received for tickets this
Afternoon on the last passenger
run of the Washington g. Old
Dominion Railroad from Rosslyn
to Purcellville, Va.
The capacity, however. will
limit the riders to an estimated
100 when the one-coach train
pulls out Of Rosslyn at 1928 pm.
on the 90-mile round trip over
a roadbed almost 100 years old.
Patronage Dwindled.
Years ago, the Northern vir-
ginia railroad hauled thousands
of passengers over a line extend
ing to Bluemont, Va, but patron
age has dwindled in recent years
to handful.
The small train has been MAX
ing two daily round trips, how
ever.
The demand for tickets on the
last run grew out OF a sentimental
interest in the passing Of the serv-
ice. M. w. Rives, chief clerk. said
the railroad sells only cash fares
land the capacity of the train is
only 100 even with the express
compartment used for extra seats.
The train is being discontinued
under Virginia State CORPORATION
Commission authority after the
postoffice announced 1t would stop
using the train for hauling mail.
Main Revenue Lost.
That knocked out the main rev.
enue from the passenger service
which already was suffering from
decreasing passenger business ar1c
rising costs.
An official said only 2,013 pas.
sengers were hauled during April
The fares of $410. he added, were
not enough to pay wages OF the
trainmen.
After today the railroad will dt
only freight business.
The railroad has tried before tt
drop it's passenger service. Mrs
Nellie Fletcher of Leesburg, Va.
actively fought to have the servic'
maintained.
The service was suspended fol
about a year in the early '40s, bu
was resumed during the Worlc
War II period after both the Stat'
commission and the ONCE Of De-
fense Transportation ordered 1t!
continuance.
In the 1920s the w. & o. D
operated 20 passenger trains daily
A commuter train was operated
until about a year ago. It's dis.
continuance left only the one.
coach train making it's last rur
today.
John w. Kelly, conductor fol
81 years, hopes to take a vacation
after he brings his train in today
Then he expects to go into The
w. & o. D. Office.
He said the 81 years as a con.
ductor for the w. & o. D. ha.
been about like working for othel
railroads-only more fun.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
By George Kennedy
Stor Stoff Correspondent

NORFOLK, Va, May 31.-
Three very old men, two of them
los years Of age and the. third
104, are here for the final re-
union of the United Confederate
Veterans.
They are William Joshua Bush
of Fitzgerald, Ca; William D.
Townsend of Ola. La, and John
Sailing of Slant, Va. The last.
who arrived last night, is the
youngest.
Bernard M. Baruch. whose IA
ther was a surgeon in the Con-
federate army. was here for the
Memorial Day exercises. Gov
Battle will be here later in the
week. But the three old men, who
have outlived their companions,
are the stars of this event.
Mr.. Baruch, a frequent adviser
to former Presidents. had this to
offer IN his brief off -the-cuf adj
dress.
What should America be fear
full of now? Why should we be
fearful of living to face the diff
culties Of the day? Those who
have gone before us were not
afraid to die.
When we have settled our diff
ferences our enemies viii find our
people will be of one mind and
behind the President in whatever
decision is made"
The Norfolk Firemen's Band
broke into Dixie" when there
was lull in the speaking.
Nine Others Still Alive.
Nine other veterans of the
armies of the Confederacy are
living but were unable to accept
invitations to attend.
OF the three, the man who is
taking the spotlight and enjoying
1t is Gen. Bush. The title Is
honorary, given him at a previous
reunion Of the UCV.
Gen. Bush was a 15-yearTu1d
boy on his fathers plantation near
Macon, Ca, when the war started.
OF late years he has been inclined
to say that he was in most Of the
battles from the ones at Manassas
to the final defense of Richmond.
But the battle his family is sure
he was in was the Battle Of
Atlanta,
h IN 1922 just after Gen. Bush
had married q school teacher 40
years his junior Che was rs and
she was IS and she is still teach
ing school he took her to the
battlefield and showed her a
stump he had crouched behind.
Confederate veterans seem to- be
able to marry late in life without
benefit Of pensions. Mr.. Town
send ! married his present wffe
(his fourth) when I've was 94
Was a Technical Advises
But to get back to Gen. Bush !:
Two years ago Twentieth Century
Fox asked if they could use his
name as a technical adviser on a
Civil War picture, Two Flags
West" It was just a publicity
stunt. He didn't have to do any
Evening star., 1951-05-31
a New High Schools
Nearing Completion

Prince Georges County will oper
four new high schools next fall
with a total student capacity oi
5000.
The new schools, costing a tota.
of about IS million are North
western, Suitland, Bladensbure
and Fairmont Heights. Fairmont
Heights will be for colored stu
dents.
All of the buildings are virtually
complete. Suitland and North
western are the largest of the four
each having an enrolment capac-
Iity of 1000.
All four schools incorporate
many modern facilities such as
practice apartments for interior
decorating students, nurseries te
teach child care, cooking labora-
tories and Photographic dark
rooms.
They also have well-equippeo
music, art, woodwork and meta
work shops and science labora-
tories. The cafeterias are designed
to seat almost 600 students.
None of the four schools has ar
auditorium although all have
large gymnasiums. Space has
been set aside for construction o1
auditoriums in each school wher
funds are available.
The Northwestern high school
which is located on Colesville
road, between University lane ano
Queens Chapel road, will hold
open house from 1880 to 9:3(
o'clock tonight and tomorrow
night, and 2::30 to 5 pm. Sunday
will be the senior
high school for the areas now
served by Greenbelt. Hyattsville
and Mount Rainier high schools
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Committee 10 Select
Queen Of July a Fete
In Prince Georges

A high school senior will be
chosen tomorrow night to be
queen of Prince Georges County's
annual Fourth of July celebration
in Magruder Park, Hyattsville.
The independence Day Celebra-
ton Committee will meet at 8
pm. at the Riverdale Elementary
School to select Miss Indepen-
dence of 1851" from among these
candidates:
Nancy Coon, Bladensburg High:
Jeri Fedorchak, Greenbelt High;
Nancy Dorset. Laurel High:
Nancy Jean Mitchell, Mount
Rainier High; jeanette Devlin,
IHyattsville High; Carolyn Smith,
Frederick Sasscer High: Edna
Brinton, Oxon Hill High. and
June Glenn, Maryland Park High.
The girls were nominated by
the senior class of each school
Also to be honored at the gath
ering will be the IL winners Of
a countrywide essay contest for
school children on the subject,
What independence Day Means
to Me-"
Winners in the elementary
school competition are:
First prize. Gloria Palazzo. Lam
ham: second, Carol Marie Schmid.
st. Jerome,s; third. Morgan Hum
mel, st. Ambrose. and honorable
mention, Mary Carroll Lee, st.
IJerome's; Shirley Rose Ronk. St
Ambrose, and James McLarney,
Holy Redeemer.
Junior high school winners are
first, Shelby Jean Powers. st.
lJerome's; second, Anne Lippert,
list. Jerome's; third, John K.
| Keane, st. Jerome's, and honor
able mention, Sylvia Mathews,
Brentwood; John j. Flynn, Holy
IRedeemer, and Maureen McCon-
tnell, Holy Redeemer.
Arthur Brunei, chairman of
the essary contest committee,
said competition has been re-
Iopened in the high school division
and winners will be determined
later.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Youth Faces Hearing
On Charges Of GI's Wife

Thomas Marvin Smith, 81, of
the 2100 block Of S street NV,
faces a hearing at 10 am. tomor-
row in Upper Marlboro Police
Court on a charge of raping a 20
lyear-old married FBI clerk.
He was arrested yesterday after
the woman, whose husband is a
soldier on duty in Newfoundland.
complained to Washington police
she had been threatened with a
knife and criminally assaulted in
Prince Georges County, just over
the District line. Smith is being
held without bond in the Upper
Marlboro iail.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
3 Centenorions Take Spotlight
At Final Confederate Reunion

ting. But in gratitude they sent
him a uniform they had made
for him-a copy of uniform
worn by Gen. Robert E. Lee.
He loves that uniform. It was
never too hot-and it gets hot
in Fitzgerald, Ga.-for him tc
wear it, although it is of heavy
woolen material with a high COL
lar. He would sit on the porch
and run his fingers over the gold
braid on his sleeves and on ths
collar.
The movie people asked him t.
come to Atlanta for the premiere
and Gov. Herman Talmadge sen
a car to pick him up with a mo
torcycle escort that took him tn,
200 miles to Atlanta at 80 mile
an hour. The Governor made hin
la lieutenant colonel on his per,
sonal staff.
1 Again Gov. Ta1madge's highva.
lpatrol showed up to take him Il
THE airport at. Jacksonville, Fla.
for the trip here. He was indig'
nant when he discovered that tn,
tairport manager had rolled out .
wheel chair for him. He waved i
away. He liked the hostess. HI
soon went to sleep.
This Record Is Official.
Mr.. Townsend came all the wa!
from Louisiana on a train with
his wife. Military records of tn,
Confederacy were sometimes lost
often non-existent. but there il
no doubt about his service. HI
was a private with Company
of the 9th Louisiana Infantry
That's in the records Of the Ad'
Ijutant Generals Office in Wash.
ington because he, was captured
during the war and paroled aftel
the surrender.
But he doesn't want any men.
tion made Of that. He doesnt
want 1t known that he was 9
prison6f.
MT. Sailing, who arrived las
night. may steal the show from the
other two. He hasn't a gray hail
in his, head and he is lively as 9
cricket. He never saw an air.
plane on the ground before he
boarded Z the Navy plane thai
brought him here, "A Baptist con-
gregation had planned to baptize
him prior to- his trip but 1t was
decided that The waters of Clinct
River were too cold and the cere-
tmony was postponed until July.
The final reunion Of the United
Confederate Veterans and the an
Inual convention of the Sons Of the
Confederacy, now in progress, vii,
lend Saturday with a mammoth
parade and re-enaotment of the
battle, of, the Merrimac and tht
Monitor between models of the
same size built for the occasion
ON the same waters where the
original battle took place.
Evening star., 1951-05-31

Fairfax County
Board of Su-
perviSors from
t h e F a ] ! S
Church magis-
terial district,
subject to the
A u g u t pri-
mary.
She will op-
pose G. B. Run
yon, the Demo-
cratic incum-
bent, who has
announced he
will seek re-
election.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
JuveniIeCourt
Survey Sent 10
JudgeCockriN
Committee Suggests
Appeal to District
Judges on Secrecy
By Miriom Gutenberg

The Juvenile Court study COM
mittee, in its long-awaited report
on the court, steers clear Of per-
sonalities despite the controversy
now swirling about Judge Edith II.
Cockrill, it was learned today.
The four-member committee
has sent its 50-odd page report to
the judge and assumes she will
make it public in the near future.
Judge Cockrill has said she will
withhold any recommendations
for Strengthening out the contro-
versy over her secrecy order until
she has read the findings Of the
study committee.
Two designations Handed I'm.
Her order, limiting inspection
Of Official court records and COM
pletely shutting off information
about the case histories Of adults
and children known to the court.
has been at the core of the con-
troversy which has already
prompted two designations from
the court.
The study committee, it was
learned, deals with the records
question by proposing an amend
ment to the law giving the Juve-
nile Court judge primary author
ity to say who gets access to court
information but providing for ap-
peal to District Court.
That proposal represents a COM
promise between what Judge
Cockrill has said she wanted and
existing practices. Judge Cockrill
proposed that she get the final say
on inspection Of court. records.
The present law leaves that to
District Court, as far as official
records are concerned.
Social Files Involved.
The present argument, however,
is not as much over the official
records as over the information
gathered by case workers about
the background of the children.
Community agencies which in the
past have been getting this infor-
nation direct from court workers
were shut of from it by order of
Judge Cockrill, and at this point
the District Court orders for in
spection of records apply only to
the official records.
To reopen the social files two
proposals have been made:
Commissioner F. Joseph Dono-
hue is leading the move to draft
an amendment spelling out which
agencies should be given access
to court information and what I'M
formation they should get.
Van Arkel Suggests Agreement.
Senate District Committee
Counsel Gerhard P. Van Arkel, in
a memorandum to Committee
Chairman Neely and Senator Ke-
fauver. Democrat, Of Tennessee.
said he believed no amendment
was necessary. He took the view
the controversy could be resolved
by an agreement before Judge
Cockrill and the community
agencies affected by the informa-
tion ban.
The study committee. appoint
ed by Judge Cockrill in the wake
Of storm of protest over court
designations last year. has made
a few other suggestions for
amendments to the law in the
still-secret report.
These amendments are proposed
where the committee considered
the law inadequate or not working
too we'll. The report deals with
court organization, procedures
and policies, but not with the
person who administers them.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
IMsgr. Spence to Speak
AT University Exercises

The Very Rev. John S. Spence.
director Of the Office Of Education
for the Catholic archdiocese Of
Washington, will speak at the bac-
Icalaureate exercises Of the Univer-
Isity of Maryland at pm. Sunday.
Msgr. Spence, who is assistant
pastor Of st. Matthew's Cathedral.
is also a judge on the matrimonial
curia and director of the El Cami-
no Real Society and the st. Mat.
thew's Cathedral Club.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Arlington Police Plan
Benefit Ball Come

Arlington policemen will lay
down their night sticks and pick
up baseball bats June 81 In the
annual benefit game with county
firemen.
The game will be played al
|8 pm. at Washington-Lee High
School stadium.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
LonqfeIIow School Show

The Longfellow School in Beth
esda will hold a pet show and
fair beginning at l pm. Satur-
day in the school, Edgemoor
lane. Inspector Richard Mansfield,
safety director Of The Star, viii
sketch children attending the fairI
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Prof. Leiins Reelected

DR.. Peter P. Lejins. professor
Of sociology, University of Mary
lands College of Arts and Sciences,
has been reelected for a second
year as president of the faculty
club. DR.. Lejins is a resident of
College Park, Md.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Trucks in Maryland
Must Have New Taqs
Beginning Today
BY the Asseeiated Press

BALTIMORE. May 81
Beginning today, commercial
vehicles in Maryland must
display the new white-on--
black 1852 license tags.
Passenger cars and motor
cycles have been required to
use the new tags since May
IL.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Andrew Chapel Choir

The Andrew Chapel Choir Of
the Colesville Methodist Church
will present a musical program al
I8 O'Clock tonight at the church
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Mrs. Wilkins Opposes
Runyon in Fairfax Bid
For Supervisors Post

Mrs. Anne wilkins of Leesburg
pike, near Bailey's Cross Roads,
a member of the District Bar
today entered the race for the
Evening star., 1951-05-31
CerebruI PuIsy Meeting

The Prince. Georges County
Cerebral Palsy Association will
meet at 8:15 o'clock tonight In
1.-The County Service Building, Hy-
iattsville.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Greek Ship Pulled Off
Cope Henry Sondbor
By the Associoted Press

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 20.--A
210-foot salvage steamer today
freed the SIS. Theafano Livanos
from Cape Henry sandbal
which had held her prisoner fol
AZ hours.
The Curb, a 2.300-horsepowel
vessel. arrived Friday from Cape
May, N. j. She put line aboard
the 4,80O-ton stranded freightel
early today.
AS high tide approached. the
Curb began to pull the Greek shil
toward the west. inward from th'
sea. The Theafano Livanos an.
swered the pull on her stern slow
lly and the freighter soon wa
free of the sandbar.
! The Curb headed for Newpor
News anchorage towing the Greel
shin
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Police Get Tip on Plot
To Blow Up Stork Club
By the Assoeieted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Police
hastened to the Stork Club to-
night to investigate an anonymous
telephoned tip that it would be
blown up.
They searched all eight stories
of the building housing the club
but found nothing. There was nc
disorder among 200 diners on the
lower floors.
The call was received by a tele-
phone operator and relayed te
police.
The caller said the famous night
spot would be blasted because Il
refused to admit Negroes.
Negro Singer Josephine Baker
has complained that Stork Clut
walters ignored her in visit there
last Tuesday
Evening star., 1951-10-21
AttIee Calls Bevan Loyal,
Fiqhter OF Communists
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Oct. 20.-Prime Min
lister Attlee went out of his way
tonight to describe Aneurin Bevan
leader of the leftwing Laborites
as "a loyal colleague of mine"
In his final radio broadcast be-
fore next Thursdays general elec.
ton, Mr.. .Attlee said the Conserva-
tives had tried to make Mr.. Bevar
out as a bogey man. The Prime
Minister declared:
There is one stunt which
has been the subject Of a whisper
ing campaign by the other side
1t is to the effect that after the
election, I shall resign and be re-
placed by Mr.. Bevan, and that Mr.
Bevan is a Communist.
"Mr. Bevan is not a Communist
Indeed, he bore a leading part il
fighting the Communists in Soutf
Wales"
Evening star., 1951-10-21
a u. N. Movies Planned

Four United Nations motion
pictures will be shown at 8 pm.
Tuesday at the Arlington Uni
tartan Church, 4451 South First
place, near the intersection OF
Lee boulevard and Pershing drive
The showing is sponsored by the
education committee of the
Woman's Alliance Of the church
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Work
Of Venezuela Praised

CARACAS.-Malaria control is
better organized in Venezuela than
anywhere else in the world. This
is the opinion of DR.. Rolla B. Hill,
regional director of the Rookie
feller Foundation Medical Division
Said DR.. Hill: Sanitation de-
velopment in Venezuela has been
remarkable. Venezuela is among
the first countries which have
succeeded in harmonizing pre-
Iventive medicine and curative
medicine. 1t is without question
the best organized in the worlo
as far as malaria control is con.
cerned."
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Sop Of BroziIion Tree
Subs Nicely for Milk

SANTOS. Brazil. - Milk grows
on trees in parts of Brazil, Not
coconut milk. either, but the sap
of the macaranduba tree.
A glass of this sap is said to
be as nourishing as a glass OF
milk. 1t contains "a per cent
butter fat. 4 per cent sugar. 4 pei
cent minerals, and So per cent
natural water.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
6S.Year.0Id Man Beaten
And Robbed by Gang

A 68-year-old man was severely
beaten and robbed of his empty
wallet and his wrist watch by sew
eral men as he walked along E
street NE. last night.
The victim, who walked into the
9th Precinct station to report the
attack, was William C. James, OF
is Ninth street NE. He was taken
Ito Casualty Hospital and was re-
ported in fair condition. He was
unable to identify his aSsailants.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Performers SOUGHT

The Floris (Va.) School will ac-
cept student applicants for its
November 9 talent show between
10 am. and pm. tomorrow. Per-
formers are sought in several age
groups, from primary school ages
to Is and over.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Heavy Hand on Horn
Drows Fine in Mexico

MEXICO CITY.-You'd better
not sound your horn while driving
in a number of Mexican cities
unless you're prepared to pay a
stiff fine or can explain that yor
were facing a real emergency.
Mexico City. Puebla, Guadala.
jara, Tampico and San Luis Potos
all have enacted ordinances pro.
hibiting horn blowing except II
great emergencies. Violators art
subject to fines as high as 10l
pesos (about $1l.50).
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Austria Costs Skyrocket

The cost of living index Of
Austria's s Institute for Economic
Research has attained a total six
and one-half times the April.
1945, figure.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Candidates to Speak

The nine candidates for the
Arlington County Board will ad.
dress the Stonewall Jackson Citi.
zens' Association at 8 pm. tomor.
row in the Jackson School, 85s
North Edison street.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
$200, 900 More Set Aside
For Bird Protection
By the Associoied Press

President Truman yesterday
signed into law a bill providing
an estimated 100000 additional
for enforcement Of the migratory
bird hunting laws.
The measure earmarks Is pei
cent of revenues from bird hunting
stamps for enforcement and ad-
miniStration. The remaining IS
per cent remains earmarked fol
wildlife refuge development, &C
QUESTION and maintenance.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Orchestra Opens Series

FREDERICKSBURG. Va, Oct
20 (SpeciaD The National Sym
phony Orchestra under the bator
of Howard Mitchell will open thu
current Lyceum series at Mary
Washington College at BIS pm
Wednesday in George Washington
Auditorium.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Medieval Merehont Guild

The 18th century Guildhall OF
St. George, recently restored, is
one of the most complete exam
piles of a medieval merchant guild
left in England.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Killed in Crash

HIGHLAND PARK. Ill.. Oct.
20 (PD.-Mrs. Nancy Hunter, 48
Milwaukee. was killed and three
other persons hurt today when
their car struck a tree here.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Lenqth of Miles Varies

School girls leaving Northern
Ireland for a walking tour Of
Sweden were warned that one
Swedish mile is equal to six Eng
Ilish miles.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Arkansas Musicians Don't
Fiddle al Election Time
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Oct. 20
The Arkansas State Music Con-
vention elected a new president
today.
His name: Elmer Fiddler.
Evening star., 1951-10-21
Foster Mexican Train

improvement in the Mexican
rail line linking Tampico and
Monterrey is expected to reduce
the passenger train time from IL
to nine hours.