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Evening star., 1951-05-05
Clothing Store Show Window
Smashed After 2-Cur Collision

tions for the District, was in col
lisicn at Third and L streets NV
with q tractor trailer driven by
Robert Worthy. At, colored, o1
1900 Jefferson Davis highway
Arlington.
Mr.. Worthy was charged with
changing lanes without exercising
proper caution.
Taxi Hits Embassy Car.
A Health Department automo.
bile driven by Joseph G. Bynum
"a, colored, of 1706 First stree
IS.W. collided with a taxi driver
by Make j. Marinelli of 5701 st
IBarnabas street Sc, police re-
ported. Neither driver was in
Ijured.
Ibrahim K. ABLY, 80, Of tn
Syrian Embassy told police yestef
day an unidentified taxicab strucl
5 the left rear fender of his ca
while it was parked in the nortl
! drive of the Library of Congress
Damage Eas estimated at $35
The tax Sab continued withou
stopping.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
2 Virginia Judges Named
To Judicial Council
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND. Va, May 5.-Cir-
cult Judges Walter T. Mccarthy
of Arlington and J. Jordan Tenn
pie of Prince George County
yesterday were named to the Vir-
ginia Judicial Council.
Announcement of the appoint
ments was made by Chief Justice
Edward w. Hudgins of the Vir-
ginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
The Judicial Council is charged
with studying procedure and the
administration of justice. Il
recommends action to the Legis.
lature.
Judge Mccarthy of the 35tt
judicial Circuit was named to re-
place Lemuel F. Smith of Chariot.
tesville recently appointed to the
Supreme Court of Appeals. judge
Temple of the Third Judicial Cir.
cult succeeds another recent
Supreme Court appointee, Judge
Kenon C. Whittle of Martinsville
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Detroit Drivers
Park in Canada
In Transit Strike
By the Associated Press

DETROIT, May Detroit S
transit strike is driving some mo-
torists right out of the country
With parking space at a premi-
um in the downtown area, some
businessmen have adopted the fol-
lowing practice:
They drive their cars downtown
then through the Detroit Windsor
tunnel and park it over on the
Canadian side of the river. The
tunnel charge is SO cents.
Then they take a 10-cent bus
ride back to the United States
getting off in the heart of d. Il
town and so doing very little
walking.
The Canadian stunt costs ST 20
but that's about the same as th'
jam-pasSed big lots charge in De
troit.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
'Hopa|ong Cassidy 70 Lead
School Safety Parade

William (Hopalong Cassidy
Boyd, cowboy hero of TV and the
movies, has accepted an invita-
tion to lead the 18th annual school
safety parade on Constitution
avenue May IL.
AS honorary grand marshal,
MIR. Boyd will ride at the head
of a parade at which $4,000 patrol
boys and girls are expected.
The evening before the parade
a safety roundup" will be held
at the National Guard Armory.
Mr.. Boyd will present American
Automobile Association honor
medals to school patrolmen who
have saved life during the past
year. Attendance at this event
will be limited to school-safety
patrols, police and motor club
oficiSls cooperating in safety
programs.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Montgomery Expects
.Biq Revenue Increase

Montgomery County will get
about 100000 in additional taxes
during the fiscal year beginning
July /, as a result of new assess
ments, it was learned today.
This estimate is based on the
Icounty's present $190 basic tax
rate, assessors explained.
They said the assessments
practically all of which were on
new property, are expected to raise
the county'S assessable base by
about $50 million. The present
base is approximately 1926 mil
lion.
In addition to assessing new
property. assessors re-evaluated
properties in the Potomac, Rock
vile and Colesville districts out
side the Metropolitan area. AS
sessments in all three districts
were raised about SIS million.
The new assessment figures will
go on the tax books July /.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
5 Groups Investigate
.0xon Hill Explosion;
a Victims Recovering

Five different agencies today
were investigating an Oxon Hill
(MdS explosion which burned the
wife of an Air Force officer and
their three children.
The blast yesterday knocked
out the windows and bulged the
ceiling, walls and floor of an
apartment at 2609 Southern ave-
nue.. just over the District line in
Prince Georges County.
Mrs. Mary Alice Fortune, wife
of 1t. Leon R. Fortune of Boiling
Air Force Base, was recovering in
Walter Reed Hospital from severe
burns about the head, arms and
legs.
The Fortune children, Sharon
Lynn. S; David Leon, 3, and Diane
Elizabeth, 9 months, all were re-
ported in good" condition at
Children's Hospital. They are
being treated for burns on the
heads, arms and legs.
What caused the explosion re-
manned mystery while police, fire
inspectors, gas company engineers
and others checked through the
shattered apartment.
The most likely explanation, In
vestigators said, was gas accumu-
lation. But f1remen said jets on
the kitchen stove were turned off
and the kitchen windows appar-
emily were open at the time of
the blast.
Most of the damage was in the
living room of the second-foor
apartment. Mrs. Fortune NUT
tered repeatedly, just after the
explosion, that it occurred when
she turned on the television set
there. Later, however. she told her
husband she believed she was in
the kitchen at the time.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Changes Authorized
AS Senate Passes D. T..
Teachers Salary Bill

Six changes in the District
Teachers Salary Act are author
lied in bill passed yesterday by
the Senate and sent to the House
The measure would establish a
new class of assistants, consult
ants and supervisors, allowing
higher pay for about 20 persons
in that classification without pro-
noting them to the grade of
school principal.
The probationary period OF
service of teachers would be in
creased from one to two years, in
line with practice in other cities.
Other provisions would allow
the promotion of 5 librarians
and about 25 vocational shop
teachers without the requirement
lof a masters degree; permit
teachers who on June 80, 1947
held a position requiring mas
ter's degree or its equivalent to
continue in such positions, and
establish the new post of chief
examiner for colored schools at
the salary of $1,000.
The Senate also passed and sent
back to the House a bill with an
amendment, to protect the civil
service and retirement rights of
a fireman or policeman serving
as director of District Civil De-
fense.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
-Four Area Boys Awarded
St., Johns Scholarships

Four area boys were awarded
four-year scholarships to st.
Johns College yesterday.
The boys won the $500 scholar
ships to the high school in COM
petitive exams taken by about 300
elementary students last Satur-
day. The school is located at
1925 Vermont avenue NV.
The winners are Terence Davies,
IA, of 1437 Inglewood street, Ar
lington, student at st. Charles
School; Michael Carnes, 13, of 524
Maple Ridge road, Bethesda, a
student at Our Lady of Lourdes
School; Philip Dillon, 13, of $500
Colesville road, Silver Spring, a
student at st. Bernadette'S School,
and John McNerney, 13, of 862
North Jacksonville street, Arling-
ton, a student at st. James
School, Falls Church.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
How to Pick q Mate Author
Finds Marriage Here q Gamble

living that is artif1cally high COM
pared to the rest of the country
The speaker saw no solution to
the problem of wives and mothers
forced into the roles of bread
winners to the neglect of their
families. He advised questioners
to seek a simple life on a lower
budget-elsewhere."
Mr.. Adams estimate of the
chances of happy home life ir
Washington climaXed a sombel
appraisal of the state of the Amer
Iican family in general. The speaker
said he agreed with the thesi!
that domestic life in the United
States is facing a crisis similar tt
/ that which led to national de.
clines in ancient Greece ane
Rome.
Facts and Predictions.
Social workers attending the
meeting were presented with these
facts and predictions:
/. The divorce rate over the
past so years has accelerated some
80 times faster than the marriage
rate. Unless checked, so per ceD'
of all marriages will end in divorce
within 25 years.
2. Youth is in revolt against
Iparents-not because children are
Irebellious, but because "the COM
mon obectives of family living
are no longer present today
Families no longer work together
and the home as an educational
institution is a thing of the past
3. A growing sensualism and
materialism is reflected in our ad-
Ivertising, literature and enter
Itainment, together with~a genera.
break down of old family virtues
and institutions.
This situation, which the speak.
er argued leads inevitably to ma
Itional decline, can be corrected
by an aroused and alert society
the group was told.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Grand Jury |ndicts
JonkeI on & Counts in
Ending Election Probe

A Baltimore grand jury's in
lveStigation of the Maryland SEN
Iatorial campaign last fall was
ended today with six indictments
returned against Jon M. Jonkel,
campaign manager for Republican
Senator Butler.
The jury's failure to mention
Senator Butler in it's report had
the effect of clearing him of any
election irregularities.
The indictments, returned yes
terday, were based on series of
preSentmentS made public
Wednesday charging Mr.. Jonkel
with Maryland election law vio-
lations.
States Attorney Anselm Sodaro
said he would confer soon with
Mr.. Jonkel's attorney to set date
for trial.
Not a State Resident.
The grand jury charged Mr..
Jonkel with serving as political
agent for Mr.. Butler during the
primary election without being a
citizen or resident of Maryland
and accused him of acting with
out being duly appointed, the As
sociated Press reported.
A similar indictment was
worded about the same, except
that it covered the general elec-
ton.
A third charge accused Mr..
Jonkel of failing to make f1nan-
cial report of the primary cam
Ipalgn and receiving contributions
which he did not list.
A similar indictment lists $27,-
100 in contributions which Mr..
Jonkel did not report within 20
days after the general election.
Failed to Keep Accounts.
The last two indictments allege
that Mr.. Jonkel failed to keep ac-
curate and complete records dur
ing the primary and general elec-
ton campaigns.
Meanwhile, Senator Butler, who
defeated veteran Democrat Mil
lard E. Tydings, issued a state
ment expressing confidence that
Jonkel did not knowingly or in
tentionally violate the law.
"It would be highly improper for
me to make any statement about
the indictments while the matter
is still pending before the court, "
he added, except to say that all
of the counts reflect only techni-
cal violations.
Evening star., 1951-05-05

Having a happy married life in
Washington is a tougher job than
anywhere else in the country.
This is the sum of advice on
the District offered yesterday by
Clifford Adams, associate profess
sor of psychology at Pennsylvania
State College, author of How to
Pick a Mate" and editor of the
Ladies' Home Journal Depart
ment, Making Marriage Work"
In fact, at a meeting of the
Health Welfare and Recreation
Conference at the Shoreham
Hotel, Mr.. Adams offered small
hope to District married couples
that their marriages would work
in Washington's peculiar atmos-
phere." His repeated advice tc
questioners was "go and live some
where else"
Residents "Have No Roots"
The normal hazards of getting
along with a spouse are empha-
sized here. he said, by the fact
that a large percentage of resi-
dents have no roots whatever"
Even. long-term residents may
not regard Washington as a per-
manent address," he declared, and
"a sizeable proportion of people
live in apartment houses and never
establish strong community con-
tacts."
In addition, the Nations Capt.
tai "as the hub of Government is
agog with rumors, scuttlebutt and
gossip, disquieting to all though
many persons are never directly
affected" 1t is, furthermore, a
city of competition, pull and
political personal maneuvering
filled with many escapists ano
malcontents who are unable to ad-
just in their native localities"
Behind the 8-Ball."
The net result, Mr.. Adams said
is that Washington married
couples "are behind the 8-ball,
trying to maintain a standard Of
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Taber Asks Cut
|0f 10Per Cent
lin D. Fund
Republican Reiterutes
Opposition to Full
$12 Million Payment

Representative Taber, Repub-
lican, of New York, today reiter-
Iated his long-standing opposition
to a $12 million Federal payment
to the District, declaring it ought
to be cut by at least 10 per cent.
Mr.. Taber is ranking Repub-
lican member of the House Ap-
preparations Committee before
which the pending District supply
bill will come for action, probably
in about two or three weeks.
"I am not saying I will try to
Iget the $12 million figure in the
present budget cut" Mr.. Taber
declared, "but it ought to be
done" A 10 per cent slash would
bring the payment down to $1O.8
million.
$12 Million Payment Sought.
The District Commissioners
budget for the next fiscal year
beginning July l, as sent to Con-
|gress by the President, carries a
$12 million Federal payment. The
city supply bill is under considera-
ton now by the House Appropria-
tions subcommittee headed by
Representative Bates. Democrat.
of Kentucky.
Executive hearings will be re-
sumed by the subcommittee Mon
day morning, following the first
two sessions Thursday and yes
Iterday.
Mr.. Taber noted there was mo
payment" to other communities
by the Federal Government, de-
spite the fact that the Govern
ment has big Office buildings all
over the country. There are many
in his congressional district in
New York, he said.
Donohue Criticizes Congress.
Referring to the Federal pay
ment to Washington. the New
Yorker branded it "case of spe-
cial privilege"
F. Joseph Donohue, the new
District Commissioner, who has
taken part in the current appro-
priation hearings on Capitol Hill,
yesterday contended Congress is
unwilling to assume its real share
of the responsibility toward sup
port of the city.
During the past 20 years he de-
clared the Federal Government
has increased its annual contribu-
tion to the city by only So million,
while the city expenses have risen
I$114 million.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Stanley Golden Heads
Handicapped Lodge

Stanley A. Golden of Arlington
last night was elected president OF
Lodge "a, American Federation OF
Physically Handicapped, at its
meeting in St. Johns Episcopal
Church, Sixteenth and H streets
NV. Also elected were:
John c. Norman, first vice
president; Miss Virginia w. Ham
mond, second vice president; Miss
Katherine Tisdale, third vice
president; Miss Anne Castles, Sec
retary; Ralph Anderson, treas.
urer; Miss Virginia Rittenour, re.
porter for the Valor, organization
newspaper, and Mrs. Harriet
Owens, Refreshment Committee
head.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Old Meeting House
Gets Plaster CeiIinq

First major step in restoration
of the Old Presbyterian Meeting
House, Alexandria, Va, was COM
pleted this week with replacing
of the lime mortar ceiling by a
$4,500 one of plaster.
Futher steps in restoring the
old Colonial church, which was
reopened for worship in June, 1949
are being planned. The original
church was built in 1774.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Briton Gives Nelson Bust
To Annapolis Museum
BY the Assoeioted press

ANNAPOLIS, May 5.-The Ma
val Academy museum has received
a bust and engraving of Admiral
Horatio Viscount Nelson and a
silver sword captured during the
Algerian war.
The three-inch bust and engrav-
ing were presented by DR.. Herbert
j. Aldous of Portsmouth, England
He said cruising American mid
shipmen had made an extremely
favorable impression" on him two
years ago.
The silver sword was given by
Stephen Fairbanks of bingham
Mass, great-grandson of Commo'
dore John DoWneS.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Press Group Prepares
Scholarship Tests

Arrangements have been com
pleted for the second annua.
scholarship examination by the
Montgomery County Press Asso-
citation from 8 am. to noon neXt
Saturday at Richard Montgomery
High School, Rockville.
Permanent rules for awarding
journalism scholarship will bt
adopted at the associations JUNE
session, the group decided yester.
day at luncheon in Montgomery
Blair High School, Silver Spring
The scholarship will go to 9
June graduate of a Montgomery
County high school who wants tt
prepare for a Journalistic career
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Burkley to Dedicate
HiIImun Medical Center
By the Associoted Press

PHILADELPHIA, May 5.-The
Sidney Hillman Medical Center, a
Joint venture of labor and man
Iagement from Philadelphia S
clothing industry, will be dedi-
Gated today by Vice President
Barkley.
The $1.3 million project will
Iprovide free medical treatment for
about $4,000 members of the
Clothing Manufacturers Associa-
ton and affiliated unions.
The center's 40-man staff will
be headed by DR.. Joseph A. Lang
lbOrd.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Safe in Bethesda Looted
OF $3.50, Police Suv

A safe at John Ligon, Inc.
Bethesda avenue and Ligon lane
Bethesda, was ripped open last
night and $269 in cash taken
Montgomery County police re.
ported.
They said the safe was in a real
office and that the burglar appar-
emily entered through an unlocked
window.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Portsmouth Star
Reporter TO Test
Ban byCourt
| Judge Oost Bors
| Stuff Because of
! Critical Story
By the Assoeiofed Press

PORTSMOUTH, Va, May S.
Vernon Barrett, Portsmouth Star
reporter, plans to be in the Nor
folk County Circuit Court Mon
day despite a ban against Star re-
porters by Judge Edward L. CAST.
The newspaper said yesterday
it's reporters are not barred from
the court since mo order has been
entered" in the courts order book.
Judge CAST announced Thurs
day that the Stars reporters
would be barred from his court
room.
This ban will be in effect un-
less and until I am compelled by
legal writ to withdraw it," the
judge announced.
Judge CAST said he took the
action because of a story pub
Ilished In the Star under the head
line Judge Fell Into Two Legal
Errors in Bawling Out Star Re-
Iporters."
News Story Called False.
A story in the Star that Mr..
Barrett had been required to
stand in court to listen to Judge
CASTS criticism of a previous story
was termed false by the judge.
All he wanted, the judge said,
was a fair and truthful presen-
tation of facts, and he added
that the newspaper would will
ingly sacrifice this court and the
lentire judiciary of the Common
wealth and the Nation to gain an
advantage in the current county
political campaign"
The Star called on Judge CAST
to set forth specific complaints
as to when and how he had been
misquoted. And the newspaper
added:
THE columns of this newspaper
are open for any statement Judge
CAST desires to make or present
to the public. They have always
been so open to him.
DlHer IN FOlltlcS.
"The Portsmouth Star does not
wish in any way to misrepresent
Judge CAST, and a statement from
him as to how the Star misquoted
or misrepresented him is courted."
The Portsmouth Star and
Judge CAST are on opposite sides
of the Norfolk County political
fence.
The Star has said it favored
ELECTION of supervisors who would
appropriate money to provide a
police force capable of driving
racketeers out of the county"
During the past week Judge Oast
has publicly dressed down Sheriff
]. Arthur Hodges and Circuit Court
Clerk E. T. White. Neither took it
lying down.
Threatened Court Clerk.
Sheriff Hodges said yesterday
that Judge CASTS critical state
|ments concerning missing evidence
in recent manning trial consti-
tuted a reflection upon county po-
lice personnel generally. And,
Sheriff Hodges said, "the fact is
that while all police now are ap-
pointed by me as sheriff, there are
more by far on the county police
rolls today who originally were ap-
Ipointees of Judge CAST than of
mine. This stands IL to 5 on
Judge CASTS side"
On Thursday, Judge CAST
threatened to punish Mr.. White,
the clerk of the court, for con-
tempt. The threat came during
a dispute between the two over
the payment of jurors. Judge
CAST said Mr.. White was slow in
preparing checks for the jurors.
Mr.. White said the checks were
prepared as soon as possible.
Judge CAST then accused Mr..
White of "glaring" at him and told
the clerk that if he did not take a
seat he would be held in contempt
of court.
Mr.. White told a reporter yes
terday the payment of jurors is
entirely in the hands of the
!; clerk of court"
Evening star., 1951-05-05
SodoIity Breakfast

The ladies of the st. Michael's
ISodality, Silver Spring, Md. will
hold their third annual commun-
ion breakfast at 9 am. tomorrow
at the Stone House Inn, -Four
Corners. Msgr. Thomas P. Nc
Carthy, director of the Informa-
tion Bureau of the National
lCathohc Welfare Conference, will
be the speaker.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Small Packers
UrgeContro|s
End at Once
Independents Fear
Meat Shortages,
Black Markets

Small meat packers who met
here yesterday have agreed that
price and other Government con-
trolls should be removed immedi-
ately from meat to prevent black
markets and severe shortages.
Representatives of the National
Independent Meat Packers AsSo-
citation were here for "a special
meeting as a result of price con-
trolls and slaughtering restrictions,
to see what might be done to have
controls lifted.
These regulations have bled
certain portions of the industry
white" Wells E. Hunt, chairman
of the group, said. "They have
already resulted in maldistribu-
ton and shortages.
Mr.. Hunt conferred yesterday
afternoon with Michael V. Di-
Sale, director of the Office of
Price Stabilization.
Tried to Get Commitment.
1--WE tried to get commitment
from him on when we might eX-
pect some relief" Mr.. Hunt de-
clared. HE told us that he was
working as rapidly as possible on
revising the regulations, but that
with a short staff he could make
no promises"
C. B. Heinemann, president of
the packers organization, said his
association is interested in getting
all controls removed. He said he
and other members of his group
have been meeting with individual
Representatives and Senators to
explain their position.
But we do not have enough
commitments" he said, Ito block
or remove controls"
Mr.. Heinemann said beef pack
ers have been caught in a
squeeze" by the price-freeze.
Sausage manufacturers have been
particularly hard hit, he said.
Likened to Last War.
Were going to have the same
situation as we had under OPA
during the last war" Wilbur La
Roe, jr.. the associations general
counsel, said. People who aren't
controlled are going to be able to
go to the markets and outbid us
because the Government won't let
us bid above a certain figure"
He pointed out that contractors
buying for the armed services do
not have to worry about ceiling
prices, and that they would get all
the beef and pork.
And the black markets are 60
ing to get lot of it," he said. TITS
going to be impossible to police
every market in the country-the
OPS tells us that"
OPS last week reduced by 10 per
cent the price packers can pay
for live animals.
See Supply Reduced.
Mr.. Heinemann said this will
tend to reduce the supply of good
grade beef cattle.
Farmers will not feed grain to
animals if it is in short supply and
commands a high price in the
. market" he said. ''If the Gov
ernment reduces the price of ami
mails. the inevitable effect is to
discourage feeding grain to the
animals.
Present restrictive Government
policy encourages the production
and sale of thin animals and thus
artif1cally holds down the quantity
of meat" he added. "On the
other hand, much more meat
could be made available, without
any increase in the volume of
animals, if feeding were encour-
aged"
1--WE have no intention of block
ing price controls in general" Mr..
Heinemann said, but we want it
taken off livestock and meat"
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Rev. Howorth Accepts Call

| BALTIMORE, May S P).-The
Rev. Boyd Roberts Howarth,
Baltimore pastor and secretary
of the Protestant Episcopal dio-
cese of Maryland, has accepted
call to Become pastor of st. Marks
Church in Gastonia, N. C.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
VFW Dance Tonight

Servicemen, veterans and the
public are invited to a free enter
tainment and dance ~ the Ad-
miral Peary Post, Veterans OF For
|eign Wars, at 8 o'clock tonight at
13W New Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Western MARYLAND Queen

WESTMINSTER, Md, May (P).
Janet Herring of Westminster will
be crowned Queen of the May
in annual May Day festivities at
| VT tern Maryland College today.