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Evening star., 1951-07-31
Burke Airport
Site Is Indorsed
BY Trade Board
Five Factors Listed
For Utilization of
Area in Fuirfux

The Board Of Trade TODAY
stands on the record in favor Of
the Burke, Va. site for Washing
toms new alternate airport.
On recommendation of its avia-
ton committee, the board off,
cially indorsed the site as chosen
by the Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration almost two months ago.
The 4.500-acre location is 17il1
miles southwest of Washington
and five and a half miles west Of
the high-speed Shirley highway.
With its Endorsement, the board
jumps squarely into the contro-
versy which began within "a hours
after the Commerce Department
announced the CAA-choSen site.
Surveys Hardly Begun.
BY now with preliminary sur
veys not even completed. Fairfax
County is on record opposing not
only the Burke location but any
in Fairfax County. Maryland
from Gov. McKeldin to Baltimore
aviation interests-also opposes
the site in offering and urging use
of Baltimore's vast new Friend
ship p-International airport, seven
miles from Baltimore.
The Board of Trade listed five
factors on which it based the
Endorsement of Burke:
81. Safety-Because of it's ele-
vation (the average runway ele-
walton will be $50 feet above sea
IleveD it is generally free of ground
fogS and low visibility.
20. Proximity to Washington-
1t is estimated that Is minutes
will be required to reach the air.
port from the zero milestone on
the Ellipse via Shirley highway.
Traffic Control Feature.
SO. Traffic control-Burke is a
Sufficient distance away from Ma
tional to permit maximum utili-
zation of the new field stimuli
taneously with the operation of
National.
I 4. Topography-The topogra-
pny of the Burke area is such as
to render it adaptable as an
airport site with a minimum
amount of engineering.
IS. Observation-Disclosures con-
Quoted by CAA reveal that the
; Burke site requires the displace-
ment of fewer homes and per-
sons than any other site which
fulfills the above conditions"
, Howard c. Drake is chairman
Of the Board of Trades aviation
committee. Rufus C. Phillips is
; chairman of the committees air.
port facilities subcommittee which
made the initial studies.
Evening star., 1951-07-31

fare said he would get change in
the shoe shine place. When he
was long overdue, Mr.. Crump
went after him and found the man
gambling in a back room. Police
rounded up everybody, including
Mr.. Crump.
The second time he went to a
party to a friends house and had
been there less than five minutes
when police arrived and rounded
everybody up. The third time he
wanted his car washed, found the
washboys shooting crap in an sl-
ley. While he was watching,
police arrived and rounded every
body up.
The Commissioners ruled Mr.,
crump should have another
chance.
Evening star., 1951-07-31


Drury as Park Service director
April and promoted Mr.. Dem
array from the Office of associate
director, it has been known that
the new dierctor probably would
be succeeded in year or so by
Conrad L. Wirth, associate direc-
tor. Mr.. Wirth's name as the fu-
ture parks director is discussed
freely in informed departmental
circles.
Mr.. Drury and Secretary Chap
man repeatedly had disagreed over
policy matters. Mr.. Drury since
has become chief of the Califor-
MIA State Park System at San
Francisco.
When Mr.. Drury's forthcoming
removal became known last Feb
ruary several leading conserva-
tionistS appealed unsuccesSfully to
President Truman to retain him.
One of them, DR.. Waldo j. Le-
land, former chairman of the Ma
'tional Parks Advisory Board,
quoted Secretary Chapman as
saying he had a sentimental rea-
son for making the change-to
honor Mr.. Demaray for 48 years
Of Government service by making
him director for short period.
Mr.. Leland said then that Mr..
EDemaray at 81 was near retire
ment age and had asked for re-
tirement the preceding June.
Mr.. Demaray, native of Wash
Iington, entered the Federal service
as an Interior Department mes
senger in 1903. He has been in
the National Park Service for SO
years.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Butler Joins Senator LIST
OF Home Rule Co-Sponsors

One more Senator yesterday
added his name to the list of those
asking to co-SponSor the revised
washington home-rule bill.
Senator Butler, Republican, of
Maryland, brought the total to II
five more than the number of
co-signers on the earlier Kefauver-
Taft bill, which has been bottled
up in the Senate District Com
mittee.
Senator Butler said he believes
the new bill carries proper del
egation OF authority" to the pro-
posed city council and, therefore
is better than the earlier bill.
The Senate District Committee
is scheduled to act on the new
plan tomorrow. A majority of the
13-man committee now seems
ready to send it to the Senate for
approval.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Commissioners Give Hacker,
With 3 Strikes, Another Chance

Three strikes should not consti-
tute an out when a man is beset
with the kind of hard luck that
follows Hobart F. Crump, taxicab
driver, in his travels about Wash
ington. the District Commissioners
ruled today.
Mr.. Crump, who lives at 4440 E
street Sc, appealed to the Com
missioners from decision of the
Board of Revelations taking away
his hackers license because of
three disorderly conduct con-
victions.
It happened this way, Mr..
Crump explained. The first time
he drove a fare to a shoe shine
parlor and was unable to change
the $40 bill the man offered. The
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Heavy Terms Given
Narcotics PeddIers in
'Get Tough Policy

The recent "get-tough" policy
OF District Court judges dealing
with seasoned drug peddlers was
still very much in effect today.
with to men drawing long prison
terms.
A woman apparently new to the
trade drew a suspended sentence
and three years probation from
one of the two sentencing jurists.
Judge James w. Morris gave that
chance TO Mary E. Nicholson of
the 1900 block of Marion street
NV, convicted of selling two
marihuana cigarettes.
Judge Morris dealt sternly, how
ever, with David Chan of the 800
block OF Sixth street NV, who
pleaded guilty to selling IL grains
OF heroin to an undercover agent
on a street corner. He was sem
fenced TO serve from 8 months to
2 years.
Judge Edward A. Tamm SEN
fenced Jesse Smith, %, colored,
OF the 5400 block of Grant street
NE, to serve from 40 months to
10 years. Only last week, Judge
Tamm imprisoned Smiths CO.
defendant in one case for 80
months to & years. He is George
B. Broadus, IS, colored, of the 600
block of Fifty-ninth avenue, Fair
mont Heights, Md.
Smith and Broadus pleaded
guilty together to a charge they
illegally transferred 6,776 grains
of marijuana to a Federal under
cover man last March. Broadus
also admitted peddling an addi-
tional TAO grains on the same day
to the same agent.
In his second case, Smith
pleaded guilty to transferring a
total of 1872 grains of marjuana
and IL "reefers" to undercover
men on seven different occasions
in January and March. In all,
the marijuana involved would
have made at least 5000 REFERS,
police estimated.
Judge Morris ordered 6-to-20
years imprisonment for Harry
L. Burger, 46, of the 600 block of
Sixth street NV, who admitted
carnal knowledge of a six-year-
old colored girl last April.
Another Girl Case.
Judge Tamm sentenced Henson
[. Hawkins, 80. colored, of no fixed
address. to serve from 8 to 1O|
years for taking indecent liberties
With 10-year-old colored girl
Heavy penalties also were i'm
posed by Judge Morris in two gun
point robberies. Four-to-twelve-
year terms were ordered indiyidu-
ally for James L. Perkins. 49, of
ne 500 block of Tenth street NE.
charles E. Parhand. 10, of the 600
olock OF Orleans place NE, and
E. Jackson, %, of the 900
'lock OF Florida avenue NE, all
'olored. This was a $65 robbery.
OF another holdup trio, Carl M.
Jackson, 81, a soldier stationed at
me Naval Gun Factory, and John
Z. Reid, %, Of the 1900 block of |
J street NE. got 4-to-12-year
sentences, while Pvt. Richard C |
saunders, 81. of Boiling Air Force
5ase, drew from 3 to 9 years in
prison. All are colored. Their
ob netted 1929. / |
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Arlington Candidates
Bid to yard Porty'

Candidates in next Tuesdays
Democratic primary have been
invited to speak at a yard party
at 8:15 pm. Thursday at the home
OF State Senator Charles R. Fen
wick, 6735 Lee highway, Arlington.
Leonard o. Hilder will be master
OF ceremonies. The public is in
tHited.
Evening star., 1951-07-31

IlenG, SAID he
will retire this
fall.
Although he
has not yet set
h S retirement
date, he said he
and Mrs. DEM
array will then
go to Tucson.
Ariz., to visit a
married daugh-
ter.
Since Interior
Secretary Chap
m a n Gus t e d
NJ q III 1 d
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Personal Properly Tax
Returns Due by Midnight

Personal property tax returns
are due in the District by mid
night tonight.
Penalty for late filing is 20 per
cent of the tax due.
Returns may be filed in Room
215 OF the District Building until
4:45 pm. Mailed returns should
be postmarked by midnight.
The tax applies to household
furnishings, jewelry, property -
storage and merchants stock in
trade and equipment.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Dinner at Oxon Hill

The annual Ladies Guild dinner
will be served at the st. Barnabas
Church Hall, Oxon Hill. at S pm.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Park Chief 10 Retire
After 48 Years With
Interior Department

Arthur E. Demaray, promoted
to director of the National Park
Service four months ago after 48
years with the Interior Depart
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21

personal property by some Ohio
industries.
Tic OEA nov convened in its
30th conyention-calied it @lega-
lized tax-dodging9
The protest came III d resolu-
tion ono Of q adopted by the
conventions $50 delegates.
Its legalized tax-dodging,
said y. w Bash Of Lorain, who
said Lorain schools stand to lose
100000 next year in local tax
money because of recIassification.
The Ohio supreme court sever
al times has ruled Industrial pro-
perty-like pottery kilns and blast
furnaces-nay be reclassified as
personal property because they
can be disnantled and moved
PersonaI property taxes are
levied at onls 30 per cent Of real
property
The resoutics tfges the OEA
to try to find a solution to the
property reclassification problem.
In other resolutions, OEA dele
gates called for a higher priority
rating for steel and other critical
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
gIsoCIAL sEcuRrTY

6hoONiAI SECURITY
Recent surveys show that the
great majority Of small business
firms do not know or realize that
they are liable under the new So
cial Security Act which went in
to effect last January. 4 poll of
small businesses show that only
about one third Of the nation S
16 million small business firms
knows that they are required to
make Social Security payments
under the revised act.
In the meantime, the taxes
owed BY small firms is accumu-
lating. Self employed persons do
not make tax payments until next
March when they file individual
income returns. At that time the
total tax for 1851 must be paid
in full. The tax will Zoe about S81
for those earning more than
$500 per year Under this
amount the tax viii be 212 per-
cent of income.
Social Security administrators
have voiced alarm over Ignorance
of the law by individuals and
small businessmen. Self ,pxnployed
retail merchants make up the ma
jority Of the group in question,
it was said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
State Department
Fires Service

WASHINGTON-tP)-John Ste
wart Service, long a controversial
figure in American diplomacy
and a target of pro-communism
charges, was fired by the state
department Thursday.
The department acted after the
governments highest loyalty re-
view board ruled there was a
reasonable doubt" as to his 10y
atty.
The ruling, dated back to the
famous "Amerasia' case of 1945,
was based on the boards finding
that Service gaye secret docu-
ments at that time to a magazine
editor the board said Service sus-
pected of communist Ieadings or
connections.
In reaching lis decision. the
review board reversed a finding
Of a State Departments own 10y
atty security board which had
been favorable to Service on the
basis of the same evidence.
A State Department announce
ment of the dismissal expressed
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
SOCIAL SECURITY APPLIES TO
NATIONS SMALL BUSINESSMEN

no agreement with the review
boards conclusion. Tt made clear
that the department had no choice
in the matter in view Of that
conclusion.
Service himself lapeled the aca
ton as "a shock, 4 surprise, an
injustice" and said that on the
basis Of his record there could be
no doubt of his loyalty. He ard
his attorney, Charles Z. Rhetfs,
We're understood to be considering
whether the case, which has now
run the full course of govern
ment procedures, might be taken
into court.
The Amerssia case developed
more than six years ago. The
magazine "Amerasia" was edited
by Philip c. Jaffe Of New York
VINO became acquainted with
Service after the diplomat re-
turned home from one Of his tours
Of duty in China
Subsequently a number Of clas-
sified government documents,
chiefly from the state and Navy
Departments, were found in the
Amerasia offices. Jaffe, Service
and four other persons were ar
rested on charges of conspiracy
to commit espionage.
Jaffe and two others were in
dicated on a lesser charge Con-
spiracy to remove government
documents Illegally. The editor
pleaded guilty and was fined
$500.
But the other three persons, in
Guiding Service, appeared before
the grand jury and it refused to
indict them. The diplomat then
was re-instated in the foreign
service from which he had been
suspended.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21

March ], 1852. take any number
Of fish regardless Of size and at
any time Of the year. The excep-
ti0ns were:
H. Tho waters OF the state ash
hateheries were not aberalized.
2 Commercial fishing ii Lake
Erie was not included. 3. Lake
Pymatuning IN Ashtahula Coun-
ty was not liberalized. 4. Those
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
LooTfNG STOPS

SINGAPORE- LPl-An Amer
ican shipping lines representative
has returned from Indonesia with
reports that looting-for a long
time the scourge of shippers
has virtually ceased in Jakarta's
main port Of Tanjong Prick.
T. J. Cokely Of American Pres
ident Lines, said Tanjong Prick
is the best operated port in IN
donesia today
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21

waters which are included il
posted fish sanctuaries. D. Those
public bathing beaches which are
under the administration oF the
Department ol Natural Resources.
Other than those except ons
Ohio's 1900 miles of streams and
2h million acres Of impounded
waters will be without restrictions
after March /.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
Ohio Fishinq
L-iberaIized

The Ohio Wildlife Council in
one sweep liberalized fishing III
all waters Of Ohio ia which the
fish life Is under the jurisdiction
of the Division of Wildlife.
With only few exceptions,
in Ohio may. effective
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
OLDEST DRIVER

SHEET HARBOR N. S.-(Rt-
Nova Scotia's licensed automobile
driver is 93-year-oid Henry Hall
Of this eastern shore town Active
and alert despite his years, he
has had only one accident in 30
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21

materials used in construction of
new school buildings, and urged
federal aid for new buildings con-
struction. The OEA also urged
the state 60 guarantee higher
minimum salaries for teachers
with five 10 16 years experience.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
AUTO ON FIRE

F'iremen were called Sunday
evening to cNtinguish q fire in
al auto owned by a Mr. fTaskins
on $. Walnut St. Defective wir-
ing caused the fire, according to
firemen, who estimated damage
around S100.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
OEA Protests
I Eax-Dodoinq

COLUMBUS. P,lTae Ohio
Educational Association has issu-
ed formal protest over re-
classification Of real estate to
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21

years Of driving he knocked the
hub cap off another car while
passing on narrow road 50
years ago.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21

Miss Lucy Dean of Columbus
spent wednesday with Mrs. Ar
thur Farley.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
DWoRKIN'S DEPT. STORE

For fhe convenience of our customers who
were unuble 70 ger in during the snow storm
We will be open Mondoy. December "A fiII
1000 in Fhe evening.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21

SEE THIS TODAY 1T WON'T LAST LONG
BEAUTIFUL tNTERloR R-RADlosA AND heater
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21

AS THAT DEPENDABLE va. ENG INE-RADto g. HEATER
RY CLEAN BODY AND INTER- oR-sEE THIS TODAY
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21
as MERCURY SEDAN

Al CHEv. SPEC. DIX. 4 DIR.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-12-21

WE TOOK THIS CAR IN AT Low DoLLAR-VVE Wi
SELL IT AT Low DoLLAR-PERFEcT CONDITION
, 1951-04-12
Our Most Important Safeguard

mo dictator can get along with an Independent
press" writes the Los Angeles Times. This observation
was prompted by what happened to La Prensa of Buenos
Aires, a newspaper which was founded in 1869 and has
long had a worldwide reputation for integrity and ac-
curacy. LIE Prensa achieved a very large circulation and
it prospered accordingly. But it did the unforgiveable
it was often critical of Juan Peron's dictatorship in Ar
gentia. So finally it has been done to death as a free
medium of news and opinion. It has been taken over by
Peron's government and is now being run under the super
vision of a committee from Peron's rubber-stamp Con-
gress. It's distinguished editor, DR.. Gainza Paz, escaped to
Uruguay after. a close brush with Argentine police who
were trying to arrest him.
The press of Argentina, with a single exception,
is now wholly controlled by the government. There will
be no dissenting voice, no matter what the dictator does.
Of all the safeguards which a people have against
oppression, the free press is the most important. 1t is not
a coincidence that every dictator-communist, fascist, or
what have-you-starts to muzzle the press as soon as he
takes over the government. That is a matter of sheer
necessity. For when men can speak and publish what they
believe to be the truth, injustice cannot long flower. Truth
is what all dictators fear the most.
That sentence from the Los Angeles Times editori-
al should be remembered by everyone: mo dictator can
get along with an Independent press"
, 1951-04-12

Elected because of his qualities
of leadership, DR.. Womack is al
so believed to be the first Negro
minister to be elected president
of an organization with white
ministers in the South. He is pas
tor of Main Street Baptist and an
alumnus of Virginia Theological
Seminary and College of Lynch
burg.
One of the white ministers
who is a member of the associa-
ton said DR.. Womack's election
was based on merit and moi his
race. He highly praised the new
president for his able leader
ship and said he had set an ex-
ample that others i'm the city
would do well to follow.
A native of Prospect, Va, DR..
Womack came up the hard way.
, 1951-04-12

the jury has been excused while
defense attorneys attempt to prove
their contention that the state
ments were extorted from the pri-
soners by coercion, threats and
drugs, and should thus be thrown
out by Judge Smalley.
The defense is basing its argu-
ment for elimination of the "con-
fessions" on a series of decisions
handed down by the United States
Supreme Court in NAACP cases
between 1886 and 1913, declaring
confessions by torture to be a
denial of due process of law, and
thus violative of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the United States
Constitution.
, 1951-04-12

English had been visibly I'M
comfortable during the latter part
of the morning session of the trial
and had been under sharp sur
veillance by officers in attendance.
Noticing the defendant hopping
his brow and perspiring profusely,
the sheriff and another officer
moved swiftly to his side to offer
him a drink of water. At this
point Superior Court Judge Ralph
J. Smalley interrupted the cross
examination of the witness by one
of the defense attorneys to inquire
as to whether a recess was needed,
but upon being assured that
nothing was amiss, he directed the
lawyer to proceed.
Later, during the luncheon re-
cess. DR.. Edgar J. Fiestal and DR..
Frank A. Noziato examined Eng
fish, prescribed sedatives, and or
dered twenty-four hours complete
rest for him before the trial could
continue. His ailment was di-
agnosed by the physicians as a
leaky heart valve caused by an at
tack of rheumatic fever suffered
in 1910.
John Mckenzie and Horace Will
son, two of the men being tried
, 1951-04-12

16 months, however, DR.. Womack
raised enought money to pay off
all the church debts.
DR.. and Mrs. Womack, the latter
of whom is very active in aux
iliaries of the church, are on the
faculty of the Jefferson High
School.
, 1951-04-12

for the 1948 murder of William
Horner, an aged secondhand fur
niture and junk dealer, are being
defended by a battery of lawyers
retained by the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of
Colored People. Raymond Pace
Alexander of Philadelphia heads
the staff of NAACP attorneys, as
sisted by j. Marcer Burrell of
Newark and Clifford B. Moore of
Trenton.
THE OTHER FOUR prisoners
Ralph Cooper, James Thorpe, Nc
Kinley Forrest, and Coils English
are being represented by other
counsel. All except Wilson signed
confessions" which were used in
their first trial to convict all of
them. A new trial was ordered by
the New Jersey Supreme Court,
which reversed the convictions on
appeal.
At the time of the recess, the
court was in the process of hear
ing testimony which the defense
hopes will prevent the state from
entering the Confessions" in evi-
dence. For the past two weeks,
, 1951-04-12
Conference To Hear
Anne Arnold Hedgman

DURHAM, N. c., April IL, CA
NP)-The 10th annual conference
on the conservation of marriage
and the family, to be held at
North Carolina College here April
1928, will have as one of it's
principal participants, Mrs. Anne
Arnold Hedgman, assistant to Os-
car Ewing, administrator of the
Federal Security Agency.
, 1951-04-12
ministerial Association
Backs Tve Democracy

CLIFTON FORGE, Va. April IL (ANP)- The Min
isterial Association, with a membership of over four to
one of white members, elected DR.. A. A. Womack presi-
dent. It is the first time in the history of the association
that a Negro minister has been chosen for the top office.
, 1951-04-12
Warehouse DESTROYED

HONOLULU, April IL, (ANP)
Fire of undetermined origin, in
the midst of one of the worst
tropical storms in Hawaiian his
tory, completely destroyed, the
warehouse occupied by Oahu
Papers, the company owned and
operated by Frank Marshall Da-
Wis, poet and former contributing
editor of the Associated Negro
Press.
, 1951-04-12
Illness OF Defendant
Delays Trenton 6 Trial
By N LEE MOON

TRENTON, April II (SpeciaD-It was a hush
ed and tense courtroom that heard a court attendant an
nounce that the re-trial of the Trenton Six on the
charge of murder would be temporarily adjourned be-
cause of the illness of Coils English, one of the defend
ants.
, 1951-04-12


He had to wait until he went to
Virginia Theological Seminary and
College to take his high school
work. He received his ABB. degree
in recognition Of his successful
pastoral work.
When DR.. Womack began his
partorate of Main Street Baptits
Church, the congregation was
$4,000 in debt. The church had
been unable to pay even the in
terest on the church debt. Within
, 1951-04-12

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