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Evening star., 1951-09-03

ton and to keep enough space
open so that cars and buses serv-
+ ing the sections adjoining the
renovated roadway can get in and
out. The third party that must be
pleased is the contractor who can
not be delayed by any temporary
lstreet-relief measures.
II know the occupants are rails
ing the devil about the dust, and
The through-traffic people don't
like the detour." Mr.. CLANCY says
But we're doing everything pos
sible to please every one and gel
the job done as soon as possible. .
Because of the layout of roads ir
the area, the detour has to &C
through Avondale to Chillum
road, Sargent road, Riggs road
and Ager road back to that sec
ton of Hamilton street where the
construction project ends.
Mr.. CLANCY points out that
residents north of the project
could cut across to Thirty seventh
place through Mount Rainier, OF
out Ager and Riggs roads to New
Hampshire avenue or Rock Greek
Church road to get to downtown
Evening star., 1951-09-03
How Gambling and Crime Flourish The Story of Two Counties

are not easily obtained unless the
police can provide a judge with
detailed and convincing facts to
justify the search.
In Prince Georges and some
other counties of Maryland it is
argued that the Bouse Act hinders
the prosecution of gamblers.
Prosecution Successful.
But in Montgomery. Police Chief
Charles M. Orme stated that de-
spite the burden placed upon Of
f1cers. they successfully prosecuted
90 per cent of all gaming cases
from January. 1948. until June
1851. In that period Montgomery
charged 81 persons with violating
the gaming laws.
During all of 1949 and 1850
only 81 gaming cases were tried
in Prince Georges County, accord
ing to Sheriff Beall. The sheriff
said that in the eight months
since the Republicans took office
last January, there have been AZ
gambling cases with a total Of So
defendants. Sheriff Beall raid con-
ivictions were obtained in all the
local cases but one.
5. Jail Sentences. Downey Rice
the Stenate crime investigator, de-
Iclared that he had been unable to
find a single instance in which a
gambler went to jail during the
10-year administration of A
Gwynn Bowie as States attorney
for Prince Georges County.
Mr.. Bowie said it never was
the practice of the courts in his
county to jail defendants ir
gambling cases. He emphasized
that these are misdemeanors. He
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Autopsy Fails 10 Show
Cause Of Girls Death

Cause of the sdeath of 16-year-
Iold Lillian Rosario, who collapsed
Saturday while sitting with her
two infant sisters in their home at
I514 Fifteenth street Sc, re-
mained a mystery today.
Acting Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy ordered chemical analyses
after an autopsy failed to disclose
the cause of her death.
She was found on the floor in
the hallway of her home by her
aunt, Mrs. Mona Ramez, 1741 Ly-
man place NE. An icebox door
was open and inside the food for
the babies had been upset. A bot
tie of water had been spilled on
the floor. The girls sisters, Emma
4 months, and Stelle, ID months,
were asleep in an adjoining room
Lillian graduated from Stewart
Junior High School in June and
had planned to become beauti-
clan. Her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ricardo Rosario, said she had not
been in i'll health.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Foirfox PTA to Open
Season on Thursday

The Fairfax Elementary School
Parent Teacher Association viii,
hold its first meeting of the yeal
in the school cafeteria at 8 pm
Thursday.
Mrs. Hugh B. Marsh, associa.
tion president, announced that the
meeting would be a social affall
for parents. teachers and friends
of the school.
Mrs. Harold F. Weller, Hospi-
tality Committee chairman, anc
Mrs. Bennett w. King, Mrs. D. j
Quarton and Mrs. r. j. Coar VIII
be in charge of the reception OF
teachers.
Evening star., 1951-09-03

over 20 years and reducing several
hillockS.
1t also has meant, to motorists
immediate pain, a wide detour of
around S miles for many outlying
residents. Other compliments in
clude the apartment dwellers and
businessmen of Queenstown who
lately have been smothered by
dust from temporary street facil-
tiles right beside the highway
project.
Mr.. Clancy sees himself as a
man caught in the middle as a
result of the Inconvenience the
project has caused.
In the drst place he realizes
the work is tying up one of the
heaviest-traveled thoroughfares
in the Washington area. The Bal
timore boulevard with its huge
Interstate truck traffic has N av-
erage daily volume only slightly
more than double that of Queens
Chapel road. On Sundays, in fact,
the latter probably averages close
to $4,000 cars, the engineer said
His problem, thus, is to provide
through traffic with detour Civ
ing reasonable access TO Wash;rg-
Evening star., 1951-09-03

recalled that in 1949 a numbers
runner convicted in Circuit Court
was sentenced to serve three
months, and pay a 5000 fine as
well. In this case. however, the
conviction was reversed on appeal
because the evidence had been OBJ
tanned by illegal search. The de-
ifendant did not go to jail.
| This year, Jail terms have been
more frequent in Prince Georges.
Terms have been meted out in the
police courts as well as in Circuit
Court.
| In Montgomery County the cir
cult judges have been imposing
jail sentences for years in gam
bling cases. Frequently they ap-
ply the one-year maximum, in ad-
dition to the top fine of $1,000.
They have had little opportunity
to hand out such penalties since
1949; the last big gambling trials
| in Montgomery were held in
March of that year.
1 6. The Public Attitude. In
Southern Maryland there always
has been greater tolerance of
gambling not condoned elsewhere.
Slot machines, pinball machines
and betting are widely accepted
there A prominent citizen de-
scribed the attitude as one of will
ingness to live and Jet live.
There has been less pressure for
strict law enforcement than in
such areas as Montgomery.
Z. Law Enforcement. Lack OF
public pressure has had an effect
upon law enforcement, or lack of
it, in Prince Georges. But high
officials deny any knowledge of
political corruption.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Monument Ground
Street Bid Due

Bids will be asked soon on a
project to re-arrange streets neaI
the Washington Monument at In
dependence avenue S.W.. to i'm
prove the flow of traffic using the
highway bridges.
The District highway Office said
the bids probably will be invited
within 80 days and that the work
should be completed within a
month after that.
The street changes are a part
of a long-range project to provide
a more direct link of Fifteenth
street with the Fourteenth street
bridges, between Constitution and
Independence avenues. The
changes will eliminate some OF
the curves in the present road
through the grounds.
L. NJ. Hedgecock, deputy en-
'gineer for streets, said the work
contemplated this summer will
help channelize the bridge traffic
which frequently becomes snarlec
during rush hours.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
.2Howard Faculty Members
Receive FuIbright Grants

Fulbright grants for study ano
research in England and France
this year have been awarded tc
two faculty members at Howard
University.
Miss Doris Vallean Evans. 1926
Irving street NV, will study al
oxford University. DR.. Mercer
Cook, professor of French at How
ard, will do research in Paris dur
ing the coming school year.
Miss Evans scholarship is ar
unusual extension of the Fulbright
Award which is normally made
for one year. Oxford University
recommended the renewal fol
Miss Evans, who graduated in
1945 "summa cum laude" from
the School of Music at Howard.
A 1851 graduate of the univer-
sity, Miss Dolores E. Churchills OF
1925 Linden street NE, will do
graduate work in Spanish at the
University of California this fall.
She has been awarded a scholar
ship by the General Education
Board at the university.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
BY John w. Stepp

At the price of a lot of sweat
dust and tears-to say nothing Of
Ia $520.700 appropriation-motor
lists in the West Hyattsville Mount
Rainier area are getting an i'm
proved highway that should prove
we'll worth their present tribula-
tionS.
The project is the 5,300-foot
stretch Of Queens Chapel road be-
tween the District line and Hamil-
ton street.
1t was started about a month
ago and still has at least 10 weeks
to go before completion. BY that
time. the estimated 1880 autoist:
who drive over it daily will have 9
four-lane dual highway that will
be virtually curveless.
The vast increase in population
of the general area in the last IL
years necessitated the operation
according to Joseph CLANCY, dis.
ltrict engineer for the State Roads
Commission.
1t has meant tearing up the en-
tire old roadway, unbending a
nasty curve at Thirtieth street
that has plagued traffic for well
Evening star., 1951-09-03

Washington if they don't like the
Idetour.
AS for the dust nuisance, he in.
tends to spread some gravel ano
calcium chloride over the dirt
surface to keep down the dust
The main roadway itself will be
laid a lane at a time and thrown
open to traffic as soon as the con-
crete hardens, according to the
engineer.
The road is being increased
from 20 feet to "a feet, excluding
space for a center parkway o.
from 3 to 10 feet. A strip of the
road. which was laid about a yeal
ago from Hamilton street almost
to Chillum road, will be wideneo
to meet the new dimension.
This will leave something of a
bottleneck at the bridge over the
Northwest Branch of the Ana.
costa until steel for widening the
bridge can be obtained, probably
next year, Mr.. CLANCY said.
Meanwhile. the State is going
ahead with plans to resurface, in
the near future, the extension OF
Queens Chapel road north oi
Hamilton street to the Baltimore
Boulevard. he said,
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Virginia Asks Ideas
On Cutting Down
Traffic Death Tolls
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. S.-Do
you have an idea how to cut down
on highway traffic deaths in vir-
ginia?
If so, you'll be welcome at the
State Capital when the Virginia
Advisory Legislative Council holds
"a public hearing on road safety
'on September 81, at 1890 am.
All comers. the VALC said, will
be given a chance to air theil
views on the cause and prevention
Iof accidents.
The VALC is currently working
on a request from Gov. Battle to
study all aspects of Virginia's sky
rocketing highway death toll. Il.
findings will be reported to Mr.
Battle for consideration by the
General Assembly next January
Evening star., 1951-09-03
District AFL Chief Sees
improved Labor Relations

Improved labor relations in the
District were predicted in a Labor
Day statement today by c. F.
Pfeller, president of the Washing
ton Central Labor Union, AFL.
Noting that the holiday this
year is part Of a larger observ-
ance of Union Labor Week" pro-
claimed for the District by the
Commissioners, Mr.. Preller de-
scribed the proclamation as "the
most important landmark in rec
ognition of the common interests
of labor. management and the
consumers in our great capital
city"
Mr.. Preller reported that union
lied workers make up about 250,-
900 Of the labor force in the
Washington area.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Leesburg Attorney Named
Loudoun Trial Justice
speeial oisno,eh 10 The S,eI

LEESBURG. Va, Sept. s.
Carleton Penn. II, Leesburg at
torney, has been appointed Lou
doun County Trial Justice to
fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Lucas D. Phillips.
The appointment was made by
Judge j. r. H. Alexander.
Mr.. Penn is a graduate of the
University of Virginia law school
and served as a lieutenant in the
Marine Corps during the war. A
native of Virginia, he is the son
of Col. Carleton Penn Of Rich
mond, and the late Mrs. Penn
Col. Penn is with the department
Iof taxation.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
McFarIand Sees
Extra Hours for
Tagging Senate
Some Overtime Likely
If Adjournment Dute
Of Oct. ! Is to Be Met
BY the Associo,ed Press


Senate Democratic Leader Nc.
Farland warned his colleagues to-
day they must put in some over
time if Congress is to finish up
its chores by october and go
home
1--WE are up to date now on the
must list" Senator Mcfarland
told a reporter. We've had to
do a little pushing and there's
more ahead of u.s."
The overtime system worked on
the $7.286 $50. 900 foreign aid bill
which the Senate pushed through
last week in two extended days.
Drive to Go Home.
Senator Edwin C. johnson,
Democrat. of Colorado said the
unusual speed on this bill shows
the drive to go home is on.
He said he has no doubt that
the October / quitting goal will
pe met.
The Senate was in recess today.
will hold a token session Tuesday
and then return to the lawmaking
grind Wednesday
House Misunderstanding for
the Senate to catch up-are on
19-day vacation until Septem-
Der IL.
Next major bills for the Sen
ate are a e5.8 billion military
construction bill and a record
breaking armed forces appropria.
ton carrying more than $50 bill
lion when it passed the House.
Tax Bill Action Set.
Senator Mcfarland said he ex-
poets to begin Senate action on
the 81 piilioE tax increase meas
ure September 10.
For Wednesday, Senator Nc
Farland asked the Senate to act
on a bill that would authorize
transfer of a number of destroyer
escorts tc Latin American and
European. nations.
"We may consider postal in
crease and postal pay bills this
week also" he said.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Florists Choose Miss Truman,
Mrs. Cdfritz as Ideal Models

Miss Margaret Truman and
Mrs. Morris Cafritz, Washington
social figure, are among 10
women named as the country's
perfect models for 10 nationally
favorite corsages, the Florists
Telegraph Delivery Association
announced today.
The association, which is hold
ing its annual meeting at the
Shoreham Hotel this week, Sc
lected for each corsage the
woman with the ideal person
ality, charm and type of beauty
to wear it.
Miss Truman was named as
the woman ideally suited to wear
the camellia and Mrs. Cafritz
selected for an orchid corsage.
Evening star., 1951-09-03

The convention opened this
morning with registration. A del
|egation was to lay a wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at
II o'clock this morning. The group
will meet through Friday.
Others named to the corsage
honor roll were Alice Bauer, golfer,
-of Midland. Tex, chrysanthe-
NUNS; song stylist Hildegarde,
the rose; Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst, jr., gardenia; Mrs. Gard
ner Cowles of New York, anthu-
rum; Yolande Betbeze, Miss
America, the Rothchild lily; Lar
raine Day. New York actress, vio-
lets: Tallulah Bankhead, strelitzia,
and Elizabeth Taylor. sweetheart
roses and forget-me -nots..
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Defense Work
Deepens Crisis
In Parking Here
Hopes for Dispersal
Had Ended Projects
To Ease Situation

Defense activities have aggra-
waited the parking crisis here, ac-
cording to the annual report of
the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic to the Commissioners.
Early indications that a Federal
dispersal and ~ decentralization
program would be approved had
a bad effect on active parking
projects, it said.
Then. after the proposal failed
to be approved. parking demand
intensified and parking projects
already scheduled for development
were killed or delayed. the city
heads were told.
The report explained that many
old buildings, some of them vacant
since World War II, and being
considered for demolition for
parking use, now have been leased
as Office space.
Projects Halted.
Many projects were brought to
a halt by a National Production
Authority order of last January,
and bids for redevelopment of the
Western Market are indefinitely
postponed because of the materials
situation, it was noted.
Net parking gains during the
fiscal year ended June 80 totaled
an estimated $500 additional
spaces. but 10000 more spaces are
needed for the goal of ga. 1000 park
ing spaces, according to the fig
ureS.
The Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency staff has worked with de-
velopers of new designs. The re-
port promised that more would
be heard of at least three new ap-
proaches to parking projects when
pilot models are completed later
this summer.
Private Enterprise Helped.
The report said that during the
year, the agency continued to fol-
low the basic policy of helping
private enterprise in the develop
ment of off-street parking facil-
tiles. But its chairman, Charles
NJ. Upham, has advised the Com
miSsioners the time has come for
the city to assemble land for park
ing use under provisions of the
Parking Act. This was intended
as a supplementary measure.
AutomC bile registration in
creased 6.356 during the year to
reach the all-time high of 208,727.
Issuance of new drivers permits
and learners permits did not keep
pace with rising registrations,
however. A total of 30,468 new
permits and 36.041 learners per-
mits were issued as compared
with 33,243 new and 40,727 learn
ers' permits issued a year ago.
Permit Renewal Increase.
The number of drivers permits
renewed increased from 66,231 in
the previous fiscal year to 83,74l
last year.
Revocation and suspension Of
drivers permits increased from
6,278 to 7,05l.
Forty-nine per cent of the 316,-
TAB vehicles inspected during the
year were rejected on initial in
spection.
The District received the Out
standing Achievement Award
given by the Institute of Traffic
Engineers for it's accomplishments
in traffic engineering control, the
report noted.
Over one million feet of street
painting for the guidance and
control of traffic was accom-
plished during the fiscal year as
compared with 100000 feet in the
previous fiscal year.
Approximately 1000 additional
parking meters were installed dur
ing the year.
Evening star., 1951-09-03

Northwestern Railway System, oi
which he was vice president, to
come to the Veterans Administra-
ton.
During World War II. Mr.. Gray
Ia major general, served as direc-
tor general of the Military Rail-
way Service in North Africa ano
Italy and later in the entire Eu-
Iropean theater.
The Community Chest will at
tempt to raise $3.730.000 in the
metropolitan Washington area. A
total of $320,000 is to be raised
for the USO.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
By John v. Horner

Disclosures before the Senate
Crime Investigating Committee
have raised questions about the
reasons for obvious differences in
moral tone between the two
Maryland counties that adjoin the
District.
Prince Georges County was sin
gled out by the Senate probers
for extensive criticism. It was pic
tured as a haven for the gambling
fraternity over a long period of
years-a community in which il
legal bookmaking and particularly
the numbers racket were per-
mitted to flourish. And charges
of attempted bribery were aired,
with implications of some official
corruption.
Montgomery Cited as Example.
| Montgomery County on the
other hand, got a clean bill of
health 1t was cited as an out
standing example of what can be
done to prevent organized gam
bling and other forms of crime
when law enforcement officials
knuckle down to their job.
While important differences do
exist between the neighboring
counties. it is not easy to find a
complete answer to the question,
Why?
Both individually and collec-
lively. citizens in Prince Georges
have tried to find the answer, and
failed. There have been official
inquiries, too. Gambling reports
are routine with county grand
juries. But these Investigations
have been singularly unproductive
of tangible results.
Many leading Prince Georgeans
are disturbed by the recent un-
favorable criticism. Some are in
dignant. They have offered a va
riety of denials and defenses. The
more important defenses are listed
below, together with related in
formation on Montgomery:
1. Population Problems. So many
new residents have moved to the
county in recent years that it has
been virtually impossible to cope
with new situations. particularly
with reference to policing. Mont
gomery has had an almost COM
parable increase in population.
| 2. Proximity to Washington. II
/ is contended that Prince Georges
| is the victim of it's geographical
location-that criminal elements
have spilled over into the county
from the District. Senate crime
investigators said Montgomery
which is just as close to Wash
ington, hasn't allowed criminals
to take hold.
! 8. Policemen. The Prince &C.
orges police department is under
manned. 1t has only so county po-
licemen to cover 500 square miles
and protect 1913, 900 residents. In
% towns. there are another $50
local policemen, many of whom
serve part-time. Under the new
Republican administration, both
the Sheriff's Office and the police
department exercise police author
jty.
Bigger Police Force.
In Montgomery, there are $50
county policemen for about 500
square miles, protecting 10000
residents. Town policemen are the
exception, the most notable ex-
ample being Takoma Park. The
sheriff's Office devotes most of its
attention to the processing of
court papers, leaving to the police
! all policing authority.
/ 4. The BOuSe Act. This Mary
land law prohibits the use Tin mis-
demeanor cases. of evidence OBJ
tanned by illegal search. In making
la case against a numbers operator,
for example, the police can make
q legal search only after obtaining
a warrant from a judge. Warrants
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Woman Gets Locksmith
After Fire Ladder Fails

Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie of
1915 Sixteenth street NV. forgot
her key yesterday and learned
that a fire department aerial lad
der won't reach Seventh-foor
apartment windows.
Firemen of No. 3 Truck Com
pany raised their highest ladder,
but the angle at which it leaned
made it too dangerous to extend it
the additional IL feet needed to
reach Mrs. Imbrie's window. After
two hours a locksmith arrived to
open her door.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Amherst Alumni Picnic

Amherst alumni, families and
Undergraduates are invited to the
fall picnic of the Amherst Wash
Iington Alumni Association Satur-
day at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Recreation Center on Norwood
drive. Further information may be
obtained at ST. 4567.