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Evening star., 1951-12-03
Grour
Loses Fight 10
Block Store
State Court Backs
Street Closing at
Woodward Site
Special Dispatch 10 The stor

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 3.-A
group Of Arlington residents has
lost another round in it's fight to
block construction of a Woodward
& Lothrop store on South Glebe
road.
The Virginia Supreme Court OF
Appeals today upheld a decision
of Arlington Circuit Judge Walter
T. Mccarthy authorizing closing
Of Lincoln street where it passes
through the proposed store site.
Street Was on Plats.
The street never had been laid
but appeared on official county
Iplats. William E. Day, an at
torney who has led a five-yea1
fight against construction of the
store near his home at 312 South
Ivy street. asserted that the pro-
posed Lincoln street should be re-
tanned for possible future use.
Earlier. Mr.. Day and other OBJ
JectorS 10 tne store site fought
commercial rezoning of the prop
erty. Their suit to overrule the
commercial rezoning also was de-
feated in the Virginia Supreme
Court.
Arranged for Sale.
Thomas w. Phillips, attorney
for the real estate firm of Vaughn
& Usilton which arranged for sale
of the property to Woodward &
|Lothrop, said today's decision
clears the way for the transaction
to go through. He said the de-
partment store has a contract tc
buy the property for $220. 900.
The proposed store site is or
the east side of South Glebe road
between Second and Fifth streets
Evening star., 1951-12-03
pomonkey Man Is Shot;
Suspect Held at La Plata
By a s,or stoff CORRESPONDENT


LA PLATA. Md. Dec. 3.-A 81.
year-old man was held in the
Charles County jail today while
State police investigated the shot
gun shooting of Charles Elliott
Baldwin, 40, of Pomonkey.
Mr.. Baldwin's right leg was shat
tered, police said, by a charge fired
Saturday night by Jeremiah Keys,
colored, of Pomonkey. Police said
Keys wife told them the shooting
occurred at Bryans road after a
quarrel.
The wounded man was taken to
Casualty Hospital in the Accokeek
Volunteer Fire Department am
bulance.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Oxon Hill Citizens
To Meet Tomorrow

The Oxon Hill District Citizens
Association will meet tomorrow at
8 pm. in the Oxon Hill Elemen-
tary School.
Further discussion is expected
on the question Of a county liquor
dispensary system, and on q re-
port Of possible State control Of
the. Indian Head highway. L. Har-
old Gibbons, president. said.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Herndon Hopes
To Retain Voice
In School Board
Council to Consider
Ruling Over Change
In County Government

The town of Herndon is SEEK
ing ways to retain it's representa-
tive on the Fairfax County School
Board after January !.
Members OF the town council at
their December II meeting plan
to consider a ruling that Hern-
don no longer will be entitled to
a special county school board
representative when Fairfax
changes to a county executive
government the first of next year.
Commonwealth's Attorney Hugh
B. Marsh advised the incoming
Board of Supervisors Friday night
that the government shift will
eliminate the Herndon school
board representative because the
town is not operated as a separate
school district.
Robinson to Report.
The present representative from
Herndon on the county school
board is Fred w. Robinson, school
board chairman since 1910 and
a member since 1927.
Mr.. Robinson said he wanted
the status of his representation
construed according to law, and
would report on the situation to
the town council December II.
Several town officials predicted
that Herndon would not give up
its school representative without
a fight. One suggested that a
ruling Of the Attorney General
be sought. Another thought an
operating school district might
be re-established in Herndon
which would mean tuition pay
ments for county students who
now attend the combined Hern-
don elementary and high schools.
Herndon has been a school,
minded town since it's incorpora-
ton in 1879. A public school was
established there about that time.
A new one was built in 1912. It
burned five years later, and an
other school was built which
burned in 1928. Again, town resi-
dents Scraped enough money to-
gether to build school. The pres
ent high and elementary school
facilities in the town consist of
that third school, plus three addi-
tions.
Herndon School Is Leader.
1t was not until approximately
18 years ago that Herndon relin-
quished the operation of its school
to the county. The transition was
made as the General Assembly
passed legislation authorizing
Herndon. and several other Vir-
ginia towns. to be separate school
districts for the sole purpose Of
county school board representa-
ftion. The legislation did not re-
quire affected towns to operate
separate school systems.
The Herndon school boasts q
lot OF f1rsts in the county. It be-
came the first consolidated high
school in 1880. had the first school
band. first commercial courses.
first home economics and agricul-
ture courses. There are about $50
students now enrolled in the high
school and about the same num-
ber in elementary grades.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Alexandra Jury
To Inquire Into
Income Tax Cases

A new Federal grand jury. in
Alexandria District Court was
charged today to inquire into any
offenses against Internal Revenue
laws. including income tax VIOLA
tions.
Judge Albert v. Bryan addressed
the 22-member jury at the open
ing of the December term of court.
The Judge said that United
States Attorney A. Carter White
head would present certain re-
quests for indictments but he told
the jurors that they are not linn
tied to the bills presented by Mr..
Whitehead in returning their
findings.
The courts jurisdiction covers
the Eastern half of Virginia.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Maryland State Grange
To Open Sessions al
Frederick Tomorrow
BY The Associoted Press

| FREDERICK, Md, Dec. 3.-The
Maryland State Grange opens its
77th annual meeting here tomor-
row. State Master Edward M
Hotter said 1913 delegates are ex-
pected to attend the three-day
session.
Mr.. Hotter, a Middletown dairy
farmer, said there will be a mix
ture Of business and discussions
of timely topics that affect Mary
land farms and homes"
McKeldin to Speak.
Gov. McKeldin will speak at the
annual banquet at Calvary Meth
odist Church Wednesday eve
ming. Mr.. Hotter said about 400
Grangers and their friends are ex-
pected to attend.
The Wednesday morning ses-
sion will be featured by an ad-
dress by National Master Hershel
Newsom.
The annual meeting opens at
10 am. tomorrow with a report
on the National Grange session.
Overseer to Preside.
State Grange Overseer Sam
Linton. Grayton tobacco farmer,
will preside tomorrow afternoon.
when Chairman Russell H. Nc
Cain of the State Roads Commis-
sion will explain the State roads
program and problems.
Miss Barbara Riggs. world
champion dairy cattle judger. will
tell how the Maryland All team
won its coveted honors in Eng
land. Officers will be installed be.
fore the meeting ends Thursday
afternoon.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Powder Blast Kills Boy, 10.
Playing With Toy Cannon
By the Assoeioted Press

HARNEY, Md, Dec. "a 10
year-old boy was killed near here
yesterday by a toy cannon that
he helped make with a chemistry
set.
The victim was Paul Snyder
son of a Littlestown Pa.) shoe
store operator. The explosion
occurred at Starner's Dam neal
this Carroll County town where
the Snyders have a cottage.
With a chemistry set, Paul and
some playmates had devised a
gun powder. They jammed ii
into a length of pipe and tried
to ignite 1t, the county medical
examiner said.
The powder fizzled several
times, then exploded as they tried
to pound it farther into the pipe
Paul's playmates related. A piece
Of the pipe pierced the boys
heart.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
|Woshineton-Lee Singers
Give Christmas Concert

The Madrigal Singers of Wash
ington-Lee High School will pre-
sent a Christmas candlelight con-
cert at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in
Mount Olivet Methodist Church.
Glebe road and North Sixteenth
street.
A reception in the church dining
room will follow. A silver offering
will be taken for the county's
hard-of-hearing children.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Two Fairfax County Men
Cited in Hit-Run Mishap

Two Fairfax County men have
been charged with hit and run
driving in connection with an
accident at Franconia Saturday
night.
Carol B. Pennington, "a, of
Route S. who police said was
driver Of the car. and Percy j.
Via, 18. of Route S, described
as the owner, were. arrested early
yesterday, about six hours after
9-year-old Linda Taber of Trip
lett lane. near Franconia, was
struck and seriously injured. The
accident occurred on Franconia
road at Wards Corner. Penning-
tons bond was set at $1,000, and
Was at $4,000.
Fairfax police 1t. Richard Utz
and Pvts. E. c. Auterback and
John Reinmiller arrested the two
men.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Baptist Church InstuIIs
6 Members as Deucons

Six members of Congress Heights
Baptist Church last night were
installed as deacons at a service
in the church. Esther and Broth
ers places Sc. The REV. A. Lin.
coin Smith, pastor, presided.
Those installed were Louis A
Quinones, 1908 Savannah street
Sc; Romey Outright. 249 New
comb street Sc; Charles Baugh-
man, 3211 Tenth place Sc; Will
liam Robinson, 736 Xenia street
Sc; A. Scott Hutchison, 1881
Window place NV, and Ray
mond Luby,, COG Brandywine
street Sc.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Vacant House in Southeast
Is DESTROYED by Fire

The Fire Marshal's Office was
investigating a blaze that early
today destroyed a vacant house
at Eighth and Atlantic streets
Sc.
Firemen arrived at the burn
ing two-story frame building at
1:20 am. but were unable to
save it. Flames could be seen for
miles as the old structure was
destroyed.
The house was to be condemned
to make way for q new street, it
was reported. The Fire Marshal's
Office is trying to find out how
the blaze started.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Comedy Auction Set
For Silver Spring

A comedy auction. featuring for.
mer Follies Star Brooke Johns a.
master of ceremonies, will be pre-.
sented at $3.50 pm. tomorrow ir
the McKenney Hills Elementary
School, Hayden drive, Silvel
Spring.
Sponsored by the McKenney
Hills PTA, the event will benefit
the schools equipment fund. Auc.
tioneer Joe Steiner will conduct
the SALE,
Evening star., 1951-12-03
door Battered Down
by Auto, but Thieves
Are FoiIed by Safe

The use of an automobile as s
battering ram to break into {
grocery was reported by polio.
today.
This method of entry was usee
by unsuccessful thieves yesterda!
lat the Safeway store at 772,
Georgia avenue NV, police said
Attempts to open the safe failet
although the dial and hinges were
knocked off.
Police said evidence showed
that the thieves battered dowr
the rear door of the store by ram.
ming it with an automobile
bumper.
The week end also saw two
grocers held up by armed bandits
and one Washington resident held
up and robbed by two unidentified
Marines.
Delicatessen Held Up.
Salvatore A. DiMarco, 48. owner
of the Empire Delicatessen, 90s
New York avenue NV, reported
a tan. blond, blue-eyed man came
into his store yesterday waving q
revolver.
Mr.. DiMarco said the man
forced him to turn over $50 from
the cash register and $40 from his
billfold, then fled on foot.
Two men. armed with revolvers
held up Jerome Gallum. %. al
his grocery store. 1901 Hunt place
NE. escaping with $500.
Mr.. Gallum told police one o
the men asked for pack of Gig
arettes and gave him 81. Whei
he opened the cash register. h
continued. the man produced ,
revolver and demanded the none.
"in a soft voice" Both fled i,
an old model automobile, he said
Robbed of $50 i'm Park.
The third holdup victim, Ed
mund c. Sowards, 40, of 1924 Bilt
more street NV, told police h
was robbed of $50 early yesterda.
in Potomac Park by two Marine
he met at a tavern.
He said after meeting tn
Marines in a bar in the 800 blocl
of Fourteenth street Saturda.
night, he was invited to attend /,
dance with them. However, h,
added, he was robbed and aban
doned in the park after a brie
beating.
Mr.. Sowards was treated at Gar
field Hospital for scalp wounds
He is former Navy man.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Bankers Elect Chuirman

TAPPAHANNOCK, Va, Dec. 8
@.-W. T. Robinson, assistant
vice president Of the Citizens &
Farmers Bank Of West Point. is
the new chairman Of the North
ern Neck division of the Virginia
Bankers Association, elected at
the groups weekend meeting
here.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Editor to TuIk at W&L

LEXINGTON. Va, Dec. s.
Norman Cousins, editor of the
Saturday Review of Literature,
will address the students Of Wash
ington and Lee University. Friday
at the 37th annual tapping cere-
monies Of Omicron Delta Kappa
fraternity.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Mary Washington Plans
Summer Music School
BY ibe Assoeioted Press

op NV NSSoCtotco FSess
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec.
3.-Mary Washington College yes
terday announced plans for q
summer r.usic school.
Edgar Schenkman, director OF
the Norfolk Symphony and Choral
Association, will be director. Pres
ident Morgan L. Combs of Mary
Washington said the school will
be conducted in the new Fine Arts
Center now being completed,
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Women Will Hear JUDGE

Prince Georges Trial Magistrate
Theodore L. Manga will partici.
pate in a panel discussion on I'm.
ternal Security and Civil Rights
at a meeting of the county
League of Women Voters at 8 pm
Wednesday in the Home Eco.
nomics Building of the University
of Maryland.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Area Milk Producers
meet in Murtinsburq
bv ihe As,ocioted Press

MARTINSBURG, w. Va. Dec
|3.-The Maryland and Virginia
Milk Producers Association held
Its annual district meeting here
during the week end.
B. P. Derrick of Washington
manager of the association, said
there was an increasing demand
from the Washington area for
milk produced in this panhandle
area.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
But what causes these sudden

changes Of heart-this voluntary
yielding of the fox to the hounds !?
In New York recently a man
wanted for a series of crimes. in
|cluding bank robbery, surrendered
to authorities. His reason was
clinical. He was getting stomach
ulcers from the hectic game OF
hide and seek.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Glen Haven PTA Will Meet

T. Robert Romero of the Mont
gomery County tuberculosis Asso-
ciation will speak at a meeting OF
the Glen Haven PTA at 8 pm
tomorrow at the. school on Inwood
avenue, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Silver Spring PTA Meets

DR.. Cecile B. Finley. school
psychologist for Montgomery
County. and John r. Childs, pupil
personnel supervisor, will speak
before the Woodside Elementary
|PTA at 8:15 pm. tomorrow in the
school at Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-12-03

itary Institute.
The resigna-
tion of Maj.
G en-. Richard
j. M a r S h a ! ],
VMI head for
the p ast five
years, was an
nounced ye S.
terday by E. A.
Sale. of M a r.
tinsville, pres
ident of the in
Stitute's Board
of Visitors.
Cen Mar.
Evening star., 1951-12-03

been hard up for meal money and
he decided he'd better turn him
self in before II pull a robbery or
something like that"
Others have been known to sur
render because they were sought
in other States for serious crimes
and figured a jail would be a
good place to hide out while the
heat is on. So they turn IN for
some lesser infraction. Still others
seek sanctuary from gang ven
geance In prison.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Bethesda PTA Will Meet

The Parent Teacher Association
of the Bradley Elementary School
Bethesda, will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow at the school to discuss
civil defense.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Arlington Civic MEETING

The Arlington Civic Federation
will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow at
the Lyon Park Community House.
Reports are to be made by the
committees on schools, health and
welfare, legislation and legal
action, and public utilities.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
First Toll on New Bridge

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, Dec.
8 (SpeciaD Samuel S. Vacchi-
ano, La Plata businessman. paid
the first toll collected on the new
Patuxent River bridge, which was
opened Saturday.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Pleasant View PTA Meets

DR.. Fern D. Schneider, a Mont
gomery County school supervisor
will address the Pleasant View
Elementary PTA at 8 pm. to-
morrow in the school.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Arlington Youths Organize

The Arlington County Recrea-
ton Department has invited teen
ayers between IA and Is to q
meeting at 1880 tomorrow at Wal
ter Reed School to organize q
senior teen-age club.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Ulcers Can Drive Criminals to Give Up

fear that he'd commit q more
serious crime!
This fugitive, wanted for some
petty crimes. called police from a
Greyhound Bus Terminal here.
Come and get me-" he said.
"You better get me quick"
Taken into custody, he said he'd
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Gen. Richard Marshall
Resigns as VM| Head
BY the Associated Press

LEXINGTON. Va, Dec. 3.-A
former chief of staff to Gen. Mac
Arthur is ready to bow out as
Superintendent of Virginia Mil
Evening star., 1951-12-03
By Howard |. Dutkin.

Every now and then a lammister
turns into the rat stand and sings
to bright eyes.
Which means that occasionally
a fugitive from justice gives him
self up at the police station and
Iconfesses his crimes or those of
others to detectives.
But what causes these sudden
Evening star., 1951-01-14

The chiefs of four big operating
railroad unions are returning here
early this week in another effort
to win larger pay increases for
their 100000 members.
General chairmen (executive
boards of all four unions recently
rejected a three-year peace pact
which the chiefs had worked out
at the White House with railroad
management.
The top union officers were in
structed to reopen negotiations in
the effort to win better contracts.
The rejected settlement" gave
workers employed in rail yards.
among other things, 40-hour
week and a 26-cents per hour in
crease in pay.
Rail personnel employed in
running the trains in over-the-
road service were awarded the
equivalent of a 10 cents an hour
wage boost. 1t was largely dis
satisfaction with the award to this
large group that led to turn
down of the tentative pact.
A spokesman for the unions said
that the four presidents would &C
to the White House Wednesday
morning for a conference with
John r. Steelman, assistant to
President Truman. 1t was Mr.
Evening star., 1951-01-14
Delay Announced
lin Dispersal LIST

The Budget Bureaus completion
of the list Of Government agencies
to be moved to other cities has
been delayed. 1t was learned today.
A bureau official said the list
making had struck a snag" and
it would not be completed Mon
day as originally expected. The
list will not be in shape to be
forwarded to the National Sc
curity Resources Board until the
end of the month, the official
added.
The procedure calls for the
NSRB to study the decentraliza-
ton proposals and to forward
them to President Truman with
the boards recommendations.
Nature of the "snag" was not
explained.
Evening star., 1951-01-14
Truman 10 Pick Board
On American AirIines
Pilots Wage Dispute
BY the Assoeioied Press

President Truman yesterday
STAYED off possible strike Of
American Airlines pilots by cre-
ating an emergency board to hear
their labor dispute.
The action prevents a strike
for at least so days, since the
board has 80 days in which to
hold hearings and make recon-
mendations for settlement, after
which a strike is forbidden an
other 80 days.
Names of the board members
are to be announced later.
The controversy between the
largest domestic airline and the
Air Line Pilots Association (AFL)
involves number of issues, the
principal one being wage rates.
Union Asks Mileage Basis.
The union has asked that pay
rates be calculated in the future
on a mileage basis, as well as
the hourly basis now used for
determining rates.
The unions idea is that planes
are steadily increasing in speed,
so that flights now are completed
in half or less the time they once
were. It says the time factor
will be further reduced with the
advent of jet-powered commercial
aircraft.
The airline, however. has ar
gued that it is paying its pilots
we'll, and has always taken in
creased speed of flight into con-
sideration in adjusting wages.
Strike Vote Taken.
The mileage factor as proposed
by the union repeatedly would re-
suit in a substantial pay increase
for the pilots.
The National (Railway) Media
ton Board has been attempting
to settle the dispute. Arbitration
was unsuccessfully proposed by
the Government at one point. The
union recently conducted strike
vote and the board decided it was
time to check the case to the
White House for emergency &C
ton.
Evening star., 1951-01-14
Rail Union Chiefs Will Renew
NEGOTIATIONS for Pay Raise

Steelman who helped work out
the abortive settlement.
The four unions are the Train
men, Conductors, Locomotive En-
gineers and the Firemen and
Enginemen.
The wage dispute. now nearly
two years old, was the cause OF
wildcat strike here and in other
big cities just before Christmas.
President Truman seized all OF
the railroads last August to head
off an earlier strike and the Gov
ernment still has technical opera
ton of the carriers.
Evening star., 1951-01-14
Pan American Club
To Hear Ambassador

Senor Don Eduardo Zuleta-
Angel. Ambassador from Colom-
bia, will address the Pan Ameri-
can Club of the YMCA today at
3 pm. in the central assembly
hall.
Ambassador Zuleta will discuss
the development of inter- -Ameri-
can relations. The program also
will include color films of Co.
lombia, Latin American folk mu-
sic and an informal dance in the
ambassadors honor,
Evening star., 1951-01-14

Denmark's highest decoration Is
the Knight Cross of the Order OF
the Elephant. It is seldom award
ed outside royalty. but recently
1t was conferred on the President
of Finland.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-26
MONROE PAVING
EXTENSION IS
GIVEN 0. K.

A tWo-block extension of Mon
roe Street from Sixth to Alice
Street was given the green light
at Tuesdays meeting of city
council.
Engineers explained that the
work will be slowed down by the
necessity of changing all water
taps in the area, to permit con-
struction of a new 30-foot street,
which will be curbed and surfac-
ed with asphalt.
Work is expected to get Under
way when weather conditions per-
nit.
Council also decided that the
south side of Second Street will
be widened to correspond with
the work just completed on the
north side from Fulton to Hayes
Street. The work, which will be
undertaken when sufficient ce-
ment can be obtained, will entail
regarding of IA driveWays, ac-
cording to engineers.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-26
Kiwanis Official
Visits Club Here

1t. Governor John OBrien, of
Avon Lake, representing the
Sixth Division of Ohio Kiwanis
Clubs paid his official visit to the
local Club at the Wednesday noon
meeting in the Evangelical Unit
ed Brethren church when he
conferred with the club officials
regarding Kiwanis interests.
Secretary D. D. Sims, superin-
tendent of the local schools was
the club speaker, when he ex-
planned the school levies which
will be voted on at the coming
election, of which three mills will
be renewal and two mills will be
new issue for needed cost Of
school operations.
President Charles Dewitt, Geo.
Schade, president elect and DR..
Richard Semon will be delegates
to represent the local club at the
Ohio District Convention to be
held in Columbus next week,
when Ray Boiler of the Port Clin-
ton club will be a candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of the Sixth
Division.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-26
ONLY ONE HURT
IN TWO UPSETS

Two accidents were investigat-
ed over the weekend by Sheriff
Merlan Budd. Three cars were
involved, two of them turning
over, but only one person was IN
jured.
Foye McCracken, 48, driving
alone, lost control of his car on
route 2 near Bay Bridge Sunday
morning, striking a car driven by
Richard Becote, of Cleveland.
McCracken suffered body bruises
and abrasions, and was x-rayed
for possible rib fractures. Be-
cote. whose car swerved from the
path of the McCracken vehicle,
escaped injury.
McCracken is employed at the
Magee Marsh.
Three girls were unhurt when
an automobile driven by Delberta
Snyder, of Fremont, went out OF
control at 3:45 a. m. Friday on
the Fremont road five miles west
of the city. Two other occupants
who were unidentified, were UNI
hurt, although the car plunged
into a ditch and turned complete
ly over.