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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1951-11-01
Shuhuia News

The Federation Of Lodges met with
II. b. A. Lodge No. 127, Sunday, Oc-
tober 7. After devotional services,
a splendid program was rendered by
members of the nine lodges belong
ing to this group. Response was Civ
en- by Mr.. Calvin H. Brown, Veteran
Instructor of the Quitman Colored
School. Total amount raised, $11625;
$50 Of this amount was raised and
donated to Bro Bill Conner, one of
lodge 127's oldest members. oldest
in relationship to his membership.
The next session will meet with Bro
ther Jam Jasper, president of Lodge
40, Quitman.
Bro. w. E. Edwards, Pres.
Mary A. MCGOWAN, Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1951-11-01
By Rnx. PAUEs0N

"We're either gonna pay for this
war as we go or our Freedom is
gonna be gone with the wind :,
gone with the windy Socialistsl~
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1951-11-01
Heidelberg News

The Heroines Of Jericho, Court No.
No. 235 has lost a faithful member,
Sister Molhe Samson, who passed
October p. 1851 She was a mem
Der Of the court for II years. Her
funeral was conducted by one of her
school mates, Rev. E. w. Rogers 9th
-r ministers were Rev. J. H. Hendrix
Rev. J. B. GamDeu, and Rev. c. M.
Webb. Brown Funeral Home was in
charge
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49, Alov McMilIion-5
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400 Rev. James patrick-lo
20, po,, uires-25
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mate in the Convention, 1852.
l. VIM. Crowell-1O
?. Willie Chappell-8
3. Rev. R. W. Radcliffe
4. Rev. R W. Radcliff-1
5. B. W. Willis-1O
9. Mrs. Minnie Irby-1O
10. III. McCall-3
20. R. H Horne-5
Il. Floyd Otto
D. ]. c. wilHams-2o
%. Rev f. B. Blackman-15
Is. Mrs. Earle Anderson-1O
%. NV. Pitts-2O
80. j. Anderson-1o
81 W. M. Bell-2O
80. B. Browns
80. Mrs. M J. smith-2o
80. jill. Myers-1O
40. Mrs. Lerene Butler-12
ASS. Rev. D. Richardson-2
Al. Rev c. S. Jackson-1s
q. VT. Thompson-1o
So Cleveland Coles
So. Jackie Thompson-2
81. Mrs. Onnie Mobley-1O
IS. lloyd Goins-Io
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249, Mrs. Luvenia Husbands
252. 0. S. McGee-5
253. T. c. MilIer-l5
254. Rev. Jas. Patriek-25
PSI c. c. Cooley-35
$50. M. Pages
26l. M. W. Walkers
262. Charley Bowens-2O
1858. Mrs. Aleatha smith-1O
2se. L. B. Booths
267 CD. cotton-25
ZiU--fA. y. DdIIlGll-AO
272. Mrs. w. H. Crosby
276. w.K. Kent-3
277 Sam Daniels-2
278. Will Edwards-15
285. Mrs. J. E. Moore-1
288. Ace Evans-35
200. L. Bonner-8
294. B. H. Seals
299. C. W. Robertson:
300. Mrs. Anna McMillion-1o
3O1. IL. Moore-35
3O4 Mrs. Ulden Barnes-10
sO6. H. K. Watts
8o8. Mrs. M. E. curry-1o
BIT. John Perry-o
324. Mrs. Fannie Crockett-1s
1928. PIP. Bayless-5
331. Mrs. Charity Johnson-2
387. Prof. A. C. Drummond-a
8a9. I'm. McNair-s
844. w.H.J. weaver-s
a47 c. NJ. weathersby-l
348. Prof L. G. Knight-15
1853. Rev W. S. PRICE,
854. Rev J.E. Graoe-4o
1855. WI. Felder-85
858. Mrs. S. E. Brooks
1868. IL. Walkers
1863. Davis Trotter-lo
373. Aaron Trotter-1o
875. Mrs. Eta Hartfield-1O
877. Mrs. Pete Bang
378. VIM. Kinslow-2O
381. Mrs. Bertha Johnson-5
1888. win Gandy-5
3o4. Mrs. Julian Andlews-lo
1893. l.ls Mary A. Walkers
5a9 sam Thomas
o02 Bo1.rt C,Cips-8
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80. John Scott-1O
50. Prof. Thos. Blakney-8
IS. Mrs. Cordelia McAIlum-5
90. G. B. Arrington-8O
%. shelle Perkins-ao
95. Mrs. Annie Rogers-1O
So. Rev ]. E. Grace-1O
lO2. Mrs. Irene Allen-1O
lO3. MRS. E. L. Jones'
lO5. L. B. Marshall-1o
1903. Joseph salter-3
112. J. c. Coleman-3
ll8. H. c. Jennings
ll6. Ellis Walkers
118. Gus Jaynes-3
l19. Gabe Horne-1O
12l. Mrs. Mable Kendrick-15.
1913. Melvin Clark-3
l25. Mrs. Eletha Whites
1877. Levi Mccarty-3s
1870 Sandy Hawkins-1o
1873. Rev. VIM. King-1O
1876. Marshall Clark-15
1856. R. H. Holman
1877. D. W. Wooten-15
1879. Rev. T. E. Ellis-15
LAG. Mrs. Minnie Young-5
147. Joe Hussey-5
l48. G. W. Milsap-5
ISL. jill. McLaughlin-5
l52. W. R. Smiths
1853. Mrs. Maggie Davis-ls
$50. jerry Lang-2
l6l. Ames Johnson-lO
ia. c. L. Halo
l7G. Derias Croft-1o
178. EN-. Dunn-1O
1885. Walter Tate-1O
$780, VIM. Kinslow-25
1884, c. W. McLaughIin-2O
1876. Mrs. Christine Lucas
1856. VIM. KonsIow-5
1873. Fav. e. D. Willlams-5
1879. Earl McNeil-2
200. zonie Henry-5
2cL H. S. Jones-15
2o2. w T. Pruitt-5
2os Ben Phiuips-lO
205. Ben Green's
g03. Mrs. Lizzie Pansev-10
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1951-11-01
Names Of Presidents and
Their Quotas

We give herewith the name Of the
president, his lodge number and the
number of members he h "a S been
kindly asked to report in the 1900
Membership Drive. which will term
mate in the Convention, 1852.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Amateur Gunsmifh
Is Ruled Suicide

Alvin Haley Barr, A, an anna
teur gunsmith, was found dead
last night in his home, 4132 North
Twenty-first street, Arlington with
q bullet wound in the head.
County coroner w. c. Welburn
issued a suicide certificate. He
said death occurred early yester-
day.
Detective Dudley Rector said
the boGy was found by George r.
Clark 4522 North Nineteenth
street. who had gone to the home
to discuss an accident in which
both were involved last week.
Detective Rector said Mr.. Barr
was separated from his wife and
was q insner employe Of the Ma
tionpl Rifle Association. He said
the dead mans home contains
many guns Of all types and a fully
equipped gunsmith shop. He
added the death weapon. q a.
caliber pistol, was still clutched
in MIR. Bars right hand.
An official Of the Rifle Associa-
ton said the dead man formerly
was employed as q technical writer
for the groups publication, The
American Riheman. He said Mr..
Barr has been doing free lance
writing for the last year for the
association and several other
sporting magazines.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Alfred Hansen, Insurance
Official for D. c. Agency

Alfred Hansen, 81, an insurance
official here, died early today al
Emergency Hospital after q long
illness. He lived at 1927 North
Thirty-fourth street, Arlington.
For the last three years, Mr..
Hansen had been assistant man.
ager Of the Washington agency
for the Prudential Insurance Co
of America, with Offices in the
Washington Building.
A native Of Grand Rapids,
Mich, Mr. Hansen worked at Pru-
dential Offices in Detroit and in
Charleston, w. Va, prior to COM
ing here.
Mr.. Hansen was an active
church worker and was a deacon
at the Cherrydale Baptist Church
in Arlington. He also worked with
the international Christian Lead
ership and the Washington Chris
tian Businessmen's Committee.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Laannah c. Hansen, and a
daughter. Joann A. Hansen. Two
sisters and four brothers also sur
yive.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Friday at the Cherrydale
Baptist Church. North Twenty
first and Quebec streets. Burial
will be in Grand Rapids.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Arthur Waesche, ST.,
III, tobacco Farmer

Arthur Cassell Waesche, ST., II,
a Mitchellville (Md.) farmer for
the last IL years, died Tuesday in
Prince Georges General Hospital
after a short Illness.
Born and reared at Beailsville,
in Montgomery County, Mr.
Waesche lived for a short time in
the District where he operated q
grocery store. Soon after his mar
riage to the former Eva Walker
of Washington, he moved to
Mitchellville.
4 Mr.. Waesche's 240-acre tobacco
farm, known as Rose Lawn, is
located on Enterprise road.
Mr.. Waesche was a first cousin
Of the late Admiral Russell w.
Waesche, wartime commander OF
the Coast Guard who was credited
with the services great expansion.
Admiral Waesche died in 1946.
Besides his widow, Mr.. waesche
leaves a son, Arthur c., jr., of
Mitchellville; two daughters, lars.
Ralph B. Hunt and Mrs. James B.
Hutton, jr., both of Alexandria,
and i've grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at IL
am. tomorrow at the home.
Burial win be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry here.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Conrad 6. WeitzeI,
Retired D. {. Fireman

Conrad G. Weitzel, 81, a retired
District fireman, died yesterday
after a long illness at his home,
SIC Eighth street S.W.
A native of the District, Mr..
Weitzel attended the old Jefferson
School, Sixth street and Virginia
avenue S.W.
He retired from the fire de-
partment with % years service
about IL years ago when his eyes
were burned while fighting q
blaze. His eyesight was impaired,
but he was not blinded.
In his early days as a fireman
Mr.. Weitzel drove the old No. 4
horSe-drawn engine. The truck
was equipped with a coal-fed
steam pumper. Most Of his serv-
ice was spent as driver Of the
hook-and-ladder truck for No. Is.
He was with No. rs Engine Co.
when he retired.
Mr.. Weitzel was on duty when
the Knickerbocker Theater COL
lapsed in 1922 and for the Kann
store fire in 1925.
He was a member of the Re-
tired Police and Fireman's Asso-
citation, the Retired Firemen's As
sociation and the Family Relief
Association. He was a member of
st. Dominic's Catholic Church, Sis
Sixth street S.W.
Funeral services will be at $3.50
tomorrow at the church. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery,
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Mrs. Agnes Blanche CowI
Funeral Services Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes
Blanche Cowl were to be held at
|3 pm. today in the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV.
Mrs. Cowl, widow Of BENJAMIN
Guy Cowl, a patent attorney, died
Monday in her home, q Seventh
street Sc, after a long illness.
Mr.. Cowl died more than 80 years
ago.
She was born in Bladensberg,
of an old Southern Maryland
family. Her mother was a Ma
|gruder. Her father was James A.
Suit Of the family Suitland was
named for. Mrs. Cowl was a men,
Der Of st. Marks Episcopal
Church, 301 A street Sc.
She leaves q son, Guy D. Cowl,
vice president Of the McLachlen
Banking Corp, and a daughter.
Mrs. Doris L. Thomas, Of the
Seventh street address.
Evening star., 1951-08-23

the Winchester (Va.) stockyards
where he had sold the cows. Capt.
Linthicum said Baldwin implicated
Hambleton who in turn implicated
Dupont. his son-in-law.
Mrs. Paul said the three cows,
each worth $1,000 vanished Mon
day night. Truck tire tracks were
found in the pasture and wire
fence had been cut.
Thefts Near PoOlesville.
Frederick authorities said Keg-
ley and Faulkner are involved in
the theft Of two steers from the
farm of Ringgold Hart, near
Poolesville, in August, 1850: two
heifers from the Sandy Spring
farm Of Chester Claggett in Sep
|tember, 1850, and an Angus cow
from Sydney Wells of Poolesville
last March.
Their depredations in Frederick
County. police said, accounted for
the theft Of two steers and a COW
from Homer Rem, Adamstown,
last April, and one heifer from
each Of the farms of william
Ewing, Adamstown: Earl Page,
Adamstown; Francis Whitmore Of
Walkersville. and Martha Harris.
near Dickerson.
Edward Edwards. 20, and Rob-
ert Lanham, 80. employees of Tay-
lor Hardin, owner Of q large farm
near Upperville, were jailed at
Leesburg by Deputy Sheriff C. F.
Reed and State Traffic Officer Roy
S. Smith.
Police said that during the alb
Sence Of Mr.. Hardin, the two
loaded a 415-pound steer in the
back Of their automobile and took
1t to Marshall, Va, where it was
sold for 500.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Wichita Eagle Editor
Resigns 10 Come East
By The Associutsd Press

WICHITA, Kans., Aug. 23.-
Russell P. johnson, executive edi-
tor Of the Wichita Eagle since
January, 1947. resigned yesterday
effective September l to accept
the executive editorship Of an East
Coast newspaper.
The. Eagle announced Richard
M. Long win continue as night
managing editor and Earl e. Shaw
viii be day managing editor for
the newspaper. which publishes
and evening editions.
Mr.. johnson came to the Eagle
from the South Bend, Ind.
TSibune after 81 years service, the
last 10 as city editor. He pre-
viouSly was on stats of the South
Bend News-Times and the Jack
son, Mich, News.
Mr.. johnson said he was not at
liberty to give the name Of the
Eastern newspaper at this time.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Jesse Byrd Hanson, At,
Commerce Specialist

Jesse Byrd Hanson, Al, Of 5709
IThirty-third street NV, q COM
Imercial specialist in the Com
lmerce Departments Office Of In
ternational Trade. died yesterday
in his home, after an illness OF
two years.
Funeral services were to be held
lat 8 pm. today In the Ives funeral
home, 284T Wilson boulevard, Ar
|lington. Va. The Rev. DR.. Fred
lerick j. Libby will of11ciate. Burial
will be in Marietta, Ohio.
A native Of Heard County. Pa,
Mr.. Hanson was graduated from
Mercer University, in Macon, Ga,
in 1928, and came to Washing
ton about 1892. The following
year he started work for the Gov
Iernment.
Mr.. Hanson was q member Of
the Laymen's League Of AL Souls
Unitarian Church and of Delta
Sigma ri. national professional
fraternity.
He is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Margaret Ludwig Hanson;
three sons, william, Robert and
John: his mother, Mrs. Matte
May Bledsoe Of Carrollton, Ga. !;
Ia sister, Mrs. Irene Patterson Of
Chattanooga, Tenn, and two
brothers, Herman Hanson Of Car
|rollton and Ferris A. Bledsoe Of
Washington.
Evening star., 1951-08-23

and of the Lions Club. He also
was president Of the Silver Spring
Shopper shopping news pub
lished every two weeks.
Native Of Indiana.
Born in Attica, Ind. for many
years he was associated with mems
wear stores throughout the Mid
west. He came to Washington in
1928 and for a number Of years
worked as q buyer for Raleigh
Haberdasher, Grosner's and the
former Parker-Bridgett store.
In 194e, Mr.. Robinson opened
his own store, Robby's Mems
Wear, at 1887 Georgia avenue.
Although not active in politics,
Mr.. Robinson was named by Gov.
O'Conor in 1945 to fill a vacancy
in the Maryland House Of Dele
gates. In making the appointment,
Gov. O'Conor said Mr.. Robinson
represents the type Of citizen
who should be called on at this
period to assist in legis-
lative decisions Of the present and
postwar period" Mr.. Robinson
served until 1947.
Was Bank Director.
Mr.. Robinson was q member
Of the Board of Directors of the
National Bank and of
the Executive Board Of the Silver
Spring Hospital Association. He
also belonged to the Silver Spring
Masonic Lodge and United Pres
byterian Church Of Atonement,
Md.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Nella
S. Robinson, he Is survived by two
daughters. Miss Eileen Robinson,
of the home address, and Mrs.
Richard s. Wickham, Of Odessa.
N. Y; q sister, Mrs. James Coffing,
and a brother, Russell Robinson,
both Of Attica. and a grandson.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Crowd Will Pick
Grabs From, Air
At Maryland Feast
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 23.-There
are kinds of ways to catch crabs,
but to grab them right out Of the
air already steamed is something
new.
That's what Western Maryland
ers will be able to do Saturday.
It's part Of a stunt by the League
of Maryland Sportsmen to better
acquaint the Western brethren
with the hard-shelled creatures.
The crabs viii be parachuted
Singly and by the crate from an
airplane piloted by Charles w.
Purcell, World War II flyer.
The first drop" will be made
about 3 pm. Saturday over O.
league gathering on the Potomac
River IL miles outside Of VIII
Transport.
A similar feast will be held at
the same time at Pikesville for
Eastern Shore members and their
families and those from the CEN
trail and southern part Of the
State.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Virginia Police Seeking
Two Escaped Conyicfs

Northern Virginia police are
seeking two convicts who escaped
from a road gang at Bull Run In
Prince william County.
The prisoners were identified
las John Nathaniel Kelly. Is, Of
the $500 block Of Fourteenth
street NV, and Howard e. Bald
win, 80, Of Richmond. Kelly was
serving a 16-year term for bur-
|glary. and Baldwin. a 15-year term
on two store breaking charges.
Police said Kelly has escaped
from Virginia prison camps on two
previous occasions.
The two were part Of q seven
man convict detail cutting brush
alongside Highway 211 when they
escaped Tuesday. Police said they
ducked into the tall brush out OF
the guards sight and crept away
before they were missed. The con-
victs were assigned to State Con-
vict Road Force Camp No. 26 near
LeeSburg.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
House Bill Would Stop
Plant Dispersal Order
By the Associated Press

A bill to rescind President Tru-
mans August 10 order for dis
persal of future defense plant
construction or expansion was in
troduced today by Representative
Patterson, Republican, Of Con-
necticut.
"It is mandatory that Congress
take affirmative action in can
ceiling the executive order of the
President directing industrial dis
persal If there is to be integrity
in the democratic process Of Gov
ernment," Mr.. Patterson said in
a statement.
The bill Is similar to one intro
duced in the Senate Tuesday by
Senator Martin. Republican, Of
Pennsylvania, who noted that the
Senate and House had rejected
the dispersal idea as an amend
ment to the Defense Production
Act.
Mr.. Patterson declared that
there is absolutely no merit to
the industrial dispersal fallacy.
Even If there were, the duty Of
Congress Is clear. II we are not
to act as mere puppets subject to
the will and whim Of the chief
executive a statutory repeater
must be adopted by the Congress. ''
Yesterday, Senator Kilgore,
Democrat. Of West Virginia, de-
Tended the Presidents action. He
said In a statement the President
was following the old adage don't
put all your eggs In one basket"
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Alexandra Chest Drive
Section Leaders Named

Section leaders in the 1851 Alex.
andria Community Chest cam.
paign were announced today by
Harry Bendall, chairman Of the
Business I division of the drive
They are:
City Councilman Roy c. Bragg
public service and utilities; irwin
M. Hufford, bakery manager, foods
beverage and chemicals: D. w
Duke. department store manager
apparel and general merchandise
Also Charles II. Mason, auto
mobile agency manager, automo-
tive and equipment: Marvin VIII
son. insurance man and board
chairman Of the Alexandria Hos
pital, real estate. finance and in
surance;, j. Paul Tribes, automo-
bile agency vice president. organi-
cations and schools, and Clarence
C. Simpson, contractor. construc-
ton and manufacturing.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Mrs. RudoIpRS. Allen,
|HyaftsyiIIe Civic and
Catholic Lay Leader

Mrs. Rudolph s. Allen, So, a
leading Hyattsville clubwoman,
died last night after a long Illness
at her residence, 4105 Gallatin
street.
Mrs. Allen was the founder apd
first grand regent Of Court Prince
Georges, No. 1904, Catholic
Daughters Of America. At one
time she also was vice grand re-
gent of the Maryland organiza-
| ton.
Always active in community af-
fairs, she was a past president of
the Prince Georges County Fed
Grafton Of Women's Clubs and the
Maryland State Federation of
Women'S Clubs.
Born in Philadelphia, she was
the former Ann E. F. Mccarthy.
She attended the Girls CONNER
cial High School there and came
to the Washington area about 40
years ago.
Aided Veteran Program.
Mrs. Allen was a secretary to
the director Of the University of
Maryland's extension service dur
ing the early years Of the division.
After World War I she was Sec
retary to DR.. James G. Townsend,
who was in charge Of medical
icare for World War veterans in
this area.
During the 1930s. Mrs. Allen was
named by Maryland's Gov. Harry
w. Nice to serve on the commits
sion that drafted the States old
age pension law. She recently
worked to secure the passage OF
Maryland's Ober law requiring
candidates for Office to sign a nom
Communist affidavit.
Noted Parliamentarian.
Considered a top-fight parlia-
mentarian, Mrs. Allen often was
consulted on questions of pro-
|cedure.
Her husband, who survives her,
is an administrative assistant with
the Agriculture Departments Bu-
reau Of Animal Husbandry. He
has been q Government employe
for 81 years.
Her daughter, Mrs. Raymond j.
Riley Of 3539 A street Sc, and two
sisters, Mrs. Lucy G. Mccarthy ot
College Park, Md, and Mrs. Laura
". Clair Of Riverdale. Md, also
survive.
Funeral services will be at 10
I'm. Monday at st. Jerome's Cath
olic Church, Hyattsville. Of which
she was member. Burial will be
in Washington National Cemetery
Evening star., 1951-08-23
FuIIbock Given Pardon
To Return to Annapolis
Ry the Assoeioted Press

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 49,
The Utah Pardons Board has
pardoned a fullback prospect to
allow him to continue his career
at the Naval Academy In Annapo-
lis.
Released from q jail sentence
was Jack Perkins, %. Pennington,
Utah. He was serving q 60-day
term for assaulting Louis Lloyd,
80, North Pennington.
J Mr.. Lloyd, wearing jaw brace,
said that Perkins and four others
beat him after he protested their
use Of obscene language. Perkins
admitted his part In the affair but
blamed his action on drinking a
combination of beer and vodka.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
ILowmen Getting Upper Hand
Over Nearby Area Cow RustIers

Holster that shootin' arm, pod.
ner!-the lawmen are getting the
upper hand on the cattle rustler!
who have been riding the nearby
range.
A pair Of rustlers drew stiff
prison terms in Frederick County
Circuit Court yesterday while In
nearby Montgomery County police
rounded up three men on charges
Of stealing cattle, and in Leesburg
Va, two were jailed for stealing q
steer.
Sentenced to five and four-year
terms, respectively, in Frederick
were James Kegley, "a, OF Adams
ton, and his brother-in-law, Jack
son Faulkner, "a, of Westmin-
lister.
High Handed Larcenies."
Both men pleaded guilty and As
sociate Judge Patrick M. Schnauf-
fer described the cases as "Ghe
most high-handed larcenies" he
had heard Of in his nine years on
the bench.
Charged with stealing three
cows from the farm Of A. Hard
ling Paul, Of Germantown, Monday
might, three Washington men were
released under bail pending a
hearing August 80 in Rockville
Police Court. They are Victor
E. Baldwin, 80. a restaurant oper-
lator, of the 1400 block OF Chaplin
street NV; Robert L. Hambleton,
A. a District school system engi-
neer, and John M. Dupont, %, a
carpenter, Of the 400 block of
Fifteenth street NE.
Detective Capt. G. w. Linthi-
cum said Baldwin was arrested
Tuesday night by Detective Sergts.
Frank Griggs and Jesse Day at
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Rain-Making Endeavors
Abandoned by New York
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-New
York City's rainmaking program
officially went down the drain
yesterday. Meteorological instru-
ments Of DR.. Wallace E. Howell
are being turned over to Hunter
College.
DR.. Howell was hired at 500
"a day during last years critical
water shortage to produce OF
stimulate rain over the upstate
watersheds.
The Harvard professor ac-
cumulated most Of the $11.00C
worth Of equipment to establish
Ia weather field station near Liv.
|ingston Manor. N. Y. The sta
ton never was built.
The instruments were turned
over to the geography department
of the woman's college, a city
institution, by Water Commits
sioner Dominick F. Paduano, who
said:
"This department has no pres
ent or future intention to engage
in seeding clouds"
Evening star., 1951-08-23
J. P. BickeII, Active
In Cunudiun Mininq

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-J. p.
Bickell. 81, Toronto mining mag
nate, died yesterday Of a heart
attack.
Lord Beaverbrook in 1910 called
Mr.. Bickell overseas to join the
four-man British Airplane Sup
ply Board. For two years he
helped push production up.
Evening star., 1951-08-23
Bids Asked on Resurfacing
|0f Prince Georges Roads
RY fha Asseciafed Press

BALTIMORE. Aug. 23.-The
State Roads Commission today
advertised for bids on the re-
surfacing Of two highways in the
Prince Georges County suburbs Of
Washington.
One project calls for the i'm
provement Of State Route 500,
the Queens Chapel road, from its
intersection with Route 40, Ager
road, to its intersection with
Route /, the Washington Boule-
ward, a distance Of almost 2 miles.
The other job is on State Route
218, the Suitland road, running
from the District Of Columbia line
to Route 458 at Suitland. This
Is 1.6 miles.
The bids win be opened here on
September IL.