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Evening star., 1951-08-11
DC. Boy on Road to Recovery
After ] temperature of 1915

Nine-year-old Samuel Harris.
jr., of 1902 Sumner road Sc, will
go down in the medical books as
the human being whose tempera-
ture hit 107.5 degrees and still
lived, in the opinion of Children's
Hospital officials.
His mother, Mrs. Samuel Harris,
praised attention bestowed on her
boy by Children's Hospital. its
nurses and DR.. Joseph Rose, the
attending physician. And now she
is looking forward to having her
son home soon again. But just
when she does not know. She
describes his recovery as "a mir
acle."
Early this week it was nip and
tuck for the boys life. But with
the aid of sponge baths to reduce
his temperature and other medi-
cation, as well as every known
technique in the medical books,
his temperature was broken and
his life saved. Last night he was
able to watch a television show
and seemed well back on the road
to normal.
"Ronnie." as he is known to his
playmates, was taken to Gallinger
Hospital when his foot began to
swell after a nail from a neigh
boris homemade wagon pierced
his left arkle la~t week. He wp :
Evening star., 1951-08-11

tai. where large amount of dead
tissue had to be removed.
On Monday. conventional ther-
mometers calibrated to lot de-
grees, were useless. Special ther-
mometers showed why-his tenn
perature was 107.5. Despite medi-
cal care, it was we'll above LOG
for several hours. Sulfa drugs
penicillin and other drugs were
administered in an effort to break
the fever. Finally DR.. Rose and
his associates succeeded. Then
they were able to operate and
remove gangrenous tissue from
his foot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris have two
other boys. 5-year old Michael
Andre and 4-year-old Duane Gar
land Harris. And they are look
ing forward to ''Ronnie's" early
return home. too.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Southern Music FestivuIto Open
In Blue Ridge Village Tomorrow

is no small-time project. The Vir-
ginia orchestra will be augmented
by some 40 musicians of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra to
provide a 60-piece orchestra.
The music won't be all high
brow either. Strauss waltzes and
songs from popular scores such as
Oklahoma" have been included
in the programs that will run
through August 26.
I'VE hope it may stimulate more
interest in serious music in Vir-
ginia and the South" Mr.. Haaker
said. "If the first concerts are
successful, we'll Immediately start
working on a bigger festival next
summer.
What we'd like to do is develop
a permanent Southern festival
along the lines of the famed
Tanglewood concerts given eacn
year at Lenox, Mass" (For the
TangleWood concerts the audience
can sprawl out on. the grass and
listen to the Boston symphony.
Backed by Club Federation. =
The 32-year-old Mr.. Haaker,
one-time protege of Jose Iturbi,
has the full backing of the Vir-
ginia Federation of Women's Clubs
in his venture. The Women's Clubs
organized the Virginia orchestra
three years ago.
Also pitching in to lend a help
ing hand is Washington's all-petti-
coat government. Mayor Dorothy
Cox says, in fact, that the festival
contrary to most festivals-will
not operate in the red.
Mr.. Haaker is getting help from
another source, too-the bullfrogs
along the banks of the Rush.
When the orchestra started re-
hearsing the frogs Joined in. show
ing an uncanny knack for croak-
ing in c sharp. Mr.. Haaker'S first
impulse was to clear the frogs out.
But then, he decided to let them
tune in" with the orchestra.
They're even playing other
chords besides c sharp now," Mr..
Haaker said.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Virginia CampFugitive
Caught in District

John Nathaniel Kelly. Is. former
of nearby Virginia
housebreaking gang who escaped
from a State prison camp July 10.
was recaptured here yesterday.
Detective Sergts. J. j. Tolson
and w. v. Christian of the Metro
politan Police fugitive squad ar
rested Kelly in the 24o0 block OF
Fourteenth street NV. They said
his arrest resulted from a tip.
Kelly was unarmed and sur
rendered quietly. police said.
He once tried to escape from the
alexandria Jail and attempted tt
get away from the State prison
camp at Chatham. Va. before the
successful break July 10.
Kelly apparently had been hid
ing out in the District since his
escape, according to police.
He was sentenced last year in
Corporation Court on
"a burglary charge. Alexandria
police described him as the leader
of a burglary ring that included
two brothers. They also have been
sentenced.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Mock Order Calls
For Cosmetics Ban
Charles Town
BY the Asseeiated Press

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va. Aug.
11.-Razor blade and cosmetic
sales were threatened today as
Mayor Nicholas Carson urged
Charles Town residents to. be-
come brothers of the beard" and
Sisters of the swish"
The suggestion was contained
in a mock order commanding"
the men to allow their boards to
grow and the women to shun
! cosmetics and wear early-settler
clothes.
The order was issued as part of
I jefferson County's celebration OF
its 150th birthday September 16-
%. .
A feature of the observances will
! be a pageant tracing the evolu-
l ton If the county from Colonial
\ tim.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Fuirfux Brothers
Stricken With Polio

Two brothers, one 6 and the
other 9, were reported to be the
latest polio victims in Fairfax
County.
The two boys, whose parents
live on jefferson avenue. Falls
Church, Va, were reported by the
Fairfax County health Office yes
terday.
A 59-year-old woman who lives
on Deanwood avenue, Takoma
Park, Md, was reported to be a
polio victim by the Montgomery
County health authorities. She is
In Gallinger hospital here.
A young girl, resident of Alex
andria, was stricken with polio
outside the State. and her case
reported to Virginia authorities
yesterday.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Hiser Gaming Trial Slated
In Marlboro on Friday

Trial of Oscar K. Hiser, so, a
Hyattsville bowling alley proprie-
tor charged with two gambling
law violations. has been set for
next. Friday in Upper Marlboro
Police Court.
Judge Nita S. Hinman Crane
postponed the case at the request
of the defense when it was called
yesterday in Upper Marlboro. The
court continued the $1,000 bond.
Police said Hiser. who lives in
the 4100 block of Colesville road
Hyattsville. is son-in-law OF
Harry w. McNamee, former presi-
dent of the Democratic Board OF
County Commissioners.
Hiser was arrested July II in a
house in Riverdale by Detective
Charles L. Perrygo. He was
charged with operating a lottery
and possession Of numbers slips.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Bodies Of Eight Returned
To MARYLAND From Korea
By the Associated Press

The bodies of eight Maryland
soldiers killed in the Korean fight
ing will be returned to the United
States over the week end.
The Defense Department said
they were among 485 bodies due
to arrive at San Francisco tomor-
row aboard the S. S. Virginia City.
They will be shipped with a
military escort to points desig-
mated by the nearest of kin.
The eight Maryland names on
the list are:
Pfc. Ionic K. Blevins, Hagers-
town; Pfc. Vernon G. Mulligan,
Hagerstown; Pfc. Isaac M. Brad
burn, Homecoming; Corpl. Owenneil
D. Messersmith. Flintstone; Pfc.
Isadore r. Graham, jr.. Deal Is
land; Pvt. Frederick w. Greer.
Baltimore; Pvt. James j. Lloyd,
Mitchellville, and Pvt. George M.
Sims. Berwyn.
Evening star., 1951-08-11

doesn't know how to write notes
He had one of the employees OF
his station write the song after
he hummed the music into a tape
recorder.
Honorable mention went to the
following: Ronny Sherman. Billy
Repaid and Marion Black, all OF
Silver Spring. More than 20 en-
tries were received. @
Judges were Arch Mcdonald,
sports announcer: Art Brown, ra-
dio announcer and disc Jockey
Arthur P. Brigham, editor of the
Maryland News; David Burchak,
director of music for the Mont
gomery County Board of Educa-
ton, and Mrs. Mary Louise Rob-
erts, television performer.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Theft Of Drugs, Cash
Reported in Alexandra

An undetermined quantity Of
narcotics and about $100 in cash
were reported stolen from Whel-
ans Drug Store at King and
Washington streets, Alexandria,
last night.
The burglary was discovered
when the store opened this morn
ing. Inspector Russell Hawes.
chief Of detectives, said the drug
store had been entered through a
basement window. A locked
closet containing the narcotics
had been forced open, he said.
and the money was taken from
the cash register.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Virginia Firemen End
.Luray Meeting With
Parade, Prize Awards
BY the Associated Press

LURAY, Va, Aug. 11.-Virginia
firemen concluded their annual
convention here yesterday with a
2-mile-long parade witnessed by
an estimated 5000 persons.
Fifty units and some 1000 per-
sons rarched in the parade, a
of the Virginia Fire
mems Association meetings each
year.
Prizes we're awarded to the fol-
lowing fire companies and Ladies
Auxiliary units:
Best-appearing company (non-
without a band-Stan-
ley, $50
Alexandria Wins Prizes.
disappearing company or de-
partment with bands-Alexan-
dria, first, $l25; Charlottesville,
second. $50.
Best appearing. with or without
band, from cities under 5000
population: New Market, $50.
Best appearing. with or without
band, cities 5000 to 10000: Cow
ington, $50.
Best appearing. with or without
band. cities over 10000: Alex
andria. $50.
Harrisonburg Auxiliary Wins.
Best appearing auxiliary: Har-
Irisonburg. first. SITS; Baileys
Crossroads. second, $50; Mount
jackson, third, $25.
Charlottesville won the 500
first prize and Alexandria SIS
second prize in last nights band
contest.
In the parade were three Of the
men who were on the Luray fire.
mems team that set world record
flor the reel race in 1904. They
were Jacob Beach. Clyde Batman
and II. H. Hudson. The three are
among the IA survivors Of Luray's
original fire company, organized
so years ago.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
PriinceGeorges
Officials BeIitt|e
Ne
Numbers Profits
Sheriff Declares
He Watched Nelson
Since Toking Office

Charles E. Nelson, a numbers
game financier, didn't make "a
couple Of hundred thousand dol
lars" during the present law en-
forcement regime in Prince
Georges County. Md, its chiefs
vowed today.
Nelson, gentleman farmer,
horse-breeder and North Beach
arcade operator who lives at
Ritchie, Md, yesterday gave the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee an estimate of his worth
and reluctantly admitted he
thought it came from the num-
bers business.
But he declared his only role
was that of financial backer.
With the admission, Chairman
[ O'Conor made it clear he expects
local authorities to follow up the
disclosure of a multimillion-dol-
lar numbers racket in his home
State.
Can't Get Evidence.
" Prince Georges law enforcement
heads made it equally clear to-
day that Nelson has been under
their surveillance since they took
Office.
But it is not what's general
knowledge that makes a case, n
said Sheriff Carlton G. Beall. "It
is what you know. You must
have the proof. If you try and
then miss. you've upset the apple
cart.
"I've been trying to make a case
against Nelson ever since I took
office, shortly after the first of the
year. My deputies and myself
have spent great deal of time on
it, but we've found it impossible
to get enough evidence to bring
Nelson into court, partly-or per-
haps chiefly-because he had so
many front men.
Nelson had moved his head
quarters out of Prince Georges
when I moved into Office"
Trailed Six Months.
Prince Georges Police Chief F.
Allen Richards declared he has
been ION Nelson's trail for the
last six months.
The efforts of the county po-
lice department to get evidence
against him have been intensified
during the last month"
Detective Sergt. Wilson j.
Purdy. who is in charge of the
Upper Marlboro detective bureau,
discounted conjecture that a.
tip" had thwarted a police trap
for a woman identified as Mel
sons wife last Wednesday.
He said police had been in
formed that Madge Nelson drove
a car past the intersection of
Route 3o1 and the Marlboro pike
each afternoon from 2::20 to 2:3oI
pm. The informant said the car
carried numbers slips and money
When police halted the car
wednesday, the woman agreeably
allowed search of the car. Po-
lice found quantity of sacked
vegetables in the back seat and
some dressed chickens in the
trunk.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
d. {. Man Free on Bond
lin Marlboro Assault Case

Maru Maurice j. Sinner, 81, of
the 2300 block Fifteenth street
NV, charged with raping q 23-
year-old Washington woman, was
released in $500 bond yesterday
for a preliminary hearing next
Friday in Upper Marlboro Police
Court.
Bond was set by Circuit Judge
John B. Gray. jr.. in a habeas
corpus action filed by Attorney
Robert w. Mccullough. Deputy
States Attorney Wilmer D. Pyles
did not oppose the defense re-
quest.
State police said the woman
told them the alleged attack oc-
cured August 4 in taxiceb a.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Two Held After Seizure
OF Still Near CheItenham

Two men charged with oper-
ating a moonshine still near Chel-
tenham. Md. have been placed
under $1,000 bond each for ap-
pearance in Baltimore Federal
Court.
United States Commissioner
Samuel W. H. Meloy set bonds
yesterday after the men, both
colored, waived preliminary hear
ings in Upper Marlboro.
They gave their names as Fred
r. Bush, 81, of the 900 block
Sixty-second place, Fairmount
Heights, and Wilmer Brown, So.
of Seat Pleasant.
They were arrested Thursday
by Internal Revenue agents who
seized 800 gallons of mash and
Is gallons of whisky.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
By the Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Va, Aug. IL
It's possible a new and great
American music festival will be
born tomorrow at this tiny vii
lage nestled at the foothills of
the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Brahms and Beethoven, gener-
ally considered strangers to noun
tain territory, will invade this
cozy community of 265 inhabi-
tants in a unique experiment in
Southern music.
It all goes under the billing of
the Blue Ridge Festival, a pet
project of William Haaker. the
energetic young conductor of the
Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Calls Site Perfect Spot"
For a long time I'd been think
ing of starting a music festival
for the South" Mr.. Haaker said
so started shopping around for
a suitable site-some place where
the atmosphere would be just
right.
Then, heard about an old mill
in Rappahannock County along
the Rush River. AS soon as
saw it know it would make per-
feet spot for music festival.
with the mill as a stage. the
live old wood will serve as a nat.
ural resonator to give the music
a rear clarity.
THE audience will be able tt
spread out under shady walnut
linden and maple trees and lister
in perfect leisure. Below the mill
the soft flowing waters of the
river-in the background. the
beautiful Blue Ridge"
Old Mill Renovated.
That's the setting. And since
Haaker's discovery the five-story
mill, dating back to Revolutionary
War days, has been renovated and
benches placed under the tower
ing trees to seat $500 persons.
The festival will run for three
successive Sundays, and as Mr.
Haaker takes pains to emphasize
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Mortinsburg Orders
Builders Tax Cruckdown
By the Assoeioted Press

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Aug.
1.-THE city council has ordered
Fire Chief Ward M. Davis to
deny building permits to CONT ac-
tors and construction men who
have not paid their municipal oc-
cupational privilege tax.
Mr. Davis told the council many
builders have not paid the spe-
cial municipal tax. So far this
year he reported, only one brick
layer and one stonemason nav
paid their fees.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Bar, Medical Society
OF Alexandra Plan
Inquiry in Adoptions

Alexandria doctors and lawyers
are studying ethical and legal
questions involved when members
of their professions negotiate the
placing of babies with foster
parents for adoption.
The Medical Society and Bar
Association plan to inquire into
claims by Miss Barbara Watkins,
welfare director, of a widespread
practice of doctors and lawyers
arranging for direct placement of
babies with foster parents.
AS a result of this practice, Miss
Watson says, the Welfare Depart
ment's own placement and adop-
tion program has been severely
crippled. Out of 80 adoption pc
titions filed in the Corporation
Court within the last year, the
Welfare Department handled only
five and the two licensed agencies
in the city have accounted for
only eight.
State Rulings to Be Sought.
Consequently. childless couples
coming to the Welfare Department
are forced to wait much longer
than they normally would if all
placements and adoptions were
cleared through the department
or the licensed agencies. In addi-
ton, Miss Watson feels that many
Of the direct placements are made
without proper investigation of
the backgrounds of the child.
the natural parents and those who
take the baby.
commemorative Attorney How
ard w. Smith. jr. is studying the
situation because Miss Watson
claims the direct-placement pro-
cedure is prohibited by law. Mr..
Smith refused to give an opinion
Immediately but said he would
seek a ruling from the State at
torney general, If necessary.
Henry B. Crockett, vice presi-
dent of the bar association, also
said attorneys would look into the
matter, probably through the as
sociation's Executive Committee
in advance of the next scheduled
association meeting in November.
II intend to bring the matter
up to determine if any question
of ethics is involved, Mr.. Crockett
said. "Those situations, where
the lawyer arranges for placing
a child in a new home, take place
all the time"
At Least IL Cases Known.
The Welfare Department knows
of at least IL adoptions since
January where the infants were
placed in homes by attorneys or
doctors. The department still
must make an investigation be-
fore the adoption becomes final,
but is reluctant to remove a child
once it has been with a family for
several months.
When authorized agencies han
die the arrangements. however.
careful studies of infants and the
adaptive parents are made be-
fore placements are made.
Armistead Boothe, Delegate to
the General Assembly. said he
was unaware that there was a
possible legal question involved
when doctors and lawyers handle
the proceedings once a mother
signs her consent.
II agree it would be better if
Iall adoptions were handled
through authorized agencies" he
said. "If there is a loophole in
the law, I would support plugging
it up"
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Triple Damage Suit Bill
For GI Homeowners Voted
BY the Associaied Press

The Senate Labor Committee
yesterday approved bill to let
veterans sue for triple damages
if they are gypped in buying a
home.
The House has passed the bill
Suit may be brought against any
one who knowingly sells a vet
eran a home considerably in ex-
cess of the reasonable value" as
determined by the Veterans Ad-
ministration.
Evening star., 1951-08-11

t e S t. or his
" a | t z, TT S
Spring in Silver
Spring. "
First prize in
the con t e st
sponsored by the
Silver S prin g
Board of Trade
was an all-ex-
nse trip to
Nassau.
Mr.. Brechner
dashed off his
winning ON =
position in 20
,o,;y,,,tae hllt he
Evening star., 1951-08-11

changes we're made in the pro-
posed bill.
The committee was made up of
Senator Ben T. Gunter, jr.. of
Accomack. chairman; State Cor
portation Commissioner Ralph
r. Catteran: a. r. Bowles. jr..
n. Justin Moore lard Judge NJ.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Smithsburg Youth Gets
Farm Scholarship

T. c. Herbst, jr., of SmithsDurg,
has been given a scholarship to
continue his study of farming at
the University of Maryland.
Young Herbst, a June graduate
of Hagerstown High, was awarded
the first scholarship at the uni
r"""'-v bv the National Associa-
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Former Killed by Bull

RUSTBURG. VA, Aug. Ii (P1
George Alexander Winston. ST.
year-old Campbell County farmer
was killed at his home near Rust
burg yesterday when bull at
tackled him while being led tt
pasture.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Building Bids Authorized

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. II. up.
Battle yesterday au-
thorized Madison College to in
vite bids for construction of q
$655, 900 science building.
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Rotury to Visit Burke

A fight over the proposed Burke
airport site will be made by men,
bers of the Alexandria Rotary
Club on Tuesday. The Rotarians'
air tour will follow luncheon at
1920 pm. in the Terrace Room
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Silver Spring Man
Wins Song Contest

Joseph M. Brechner, So, mana
ger OF Radio Station WGAY.
has been awarded first place in
the 1851 Silver Spring song con-
Evening star., 1951-08-11
Luroy Postmaster Numed

President Truman yesterday
nominated Carroll E. Beach to be
postmaster at Luray, Va. sue.
.ng (. /. Z ! ed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-20
Striker Of Driver
Gets Year In Jail

Decarure Lyle. 2I-vcar-olc
sailor vino struck Ralph Estevez.
Key West taxi driver with q IA
inch marlin spike On June Is.
was given . wear in jail by Grim
inal Court Judge Thomas S. Ca
70. The charge vas aggravated
assault
G. J Mccarthy. salesman who
sold plastic goods 10 q dozen Key
Westers without delivering it af-
ter money was paid IN advance,
was fined $3.50 or 30 days III jail
At last weeks session. the fast
talking salesman had refunded
$50 To customers but the amount
was not enough 10 cover all the
en7bezzlenent and court costs.
Mccarthy did not have the $3.50
fine money with hin today.
Mario ALVAREZ received a $40
fine for reckless driving: Joseph
Hillgaertner vas fined SIS for
having no drivers license. James
De GraffenarIed was fined S25
for following d car too closely
and paid costs on q no driver $
license charge
Edward Emmett Chaplin paid
SIS for reckless driving
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-20
key West Citizen
SPORTS
uban Women Ball
Players Arrived
Today BY Plane
Paul AlburY Is
Planning A Come
For Them Here

City Recreation Director Paul
G. Albury has put out a call for
al the. Women Softban PLAYERS
IN Key West to meet tomorrow
morning at 10 d. m. in Bayview
PARK.
They will have a few practices
before playing Z possible game
with the Girls Champion Soft
ball Team OF Cuba.
The Team arrived this morning
si10 q. IN ana continued by char
Ter bus TO Miami today. They will
play an All Star Woman's Team
at Moore Park tonight. From there
they VIII 30 TO Hollywood for a
game with the All Stars of Holly
wood women.
The girls will return to Key
West along with their managers
Monday Arrangements are now
being made to plan a game be
tween the Cubans and a Key West
team, If enough ball playing wo-
men show up tomorrow at the
park.
On the welcoming committee
this morning were Albury and
Coach Winston Jones Of the High
School.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-20
(Chapter 3

(Chapter 3
EDITH called on Marcia Eldon
l. few days later. To her sur
prise. when she suggested that
Betsy might like to go with her,
Betsy agreed, as listlessly as she
agreed to anything these days.
The house had been closed for
a long time and. although 1t had
been thoroughly cleaned. 1t sim
held the odor of age. A more de-
pressing room, Edith told herseif,
She had seldom seen. She shud-
dered little. and as she did so
a woman came into the ROOM
Il don't blame you, It is cham
Der Of horrors, isn't it," SAID
Marcia Eldon.
Edith said quickly, I'm your
next-door neighbor, Edith Drum
mond. and this is Betsy, my
daughter"
ooh. Betsy and ] have met,
haven't we? Do sit down-lt you
can stand this CHASTITY place,
said Marcia, and dropped into
chair.
Well" she said, what shall we
talk about?"
Edith flushed. II merely came
to tell you l hope you'll be very
happy in CenterVille.
Thanks. but I don't expect to
be" Marcia announced coolly.
But I'm sentenced to a year here,
So" She lifted her shoulders IN
a little shrug.
I'm sorry you feel that year
in Centervile is equal to a prison
sentence, Mrs. Eldon." she said.
I'm surprised you would come
here, feeling that way"
Il had no choice in the matter,
/ had to find a quiet place where
l could live inexpensively. When
Lucy Cunningham offered me this
old barn. rent free for a year,
what else could / dor"
Edith hid a natural and lively
curiosity.
How is Lucy. by the way? l
haven't seen her in years" she
said.
Marcia's smile was one Of secret
amusement.
Then it's obvious you haven't
seen Lucy recently" she drawled
She's making a perfect fool of
herself, throwing money away
with both hands, sponsoring lot
of cheap little 'hangers-on' who