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Evening star., 1951-10-03
Two Burned as Fire
Roufs Six at ARLINGTON

Two persons were burned this
morning in a fire which routed
six persons from a house at 1O42
North Danville street, Arlington.
The blaze was confined to a
f1rst-floor bedroom occupied by
Mrs. A. j. Garland, owner of the
house. who was burned about the
face. Neighbors said she was
treated by a private physician.
Floyd Simpson, who also lives
on the first floor with his wife,
was also burned slightly about
the face and head as the couple
assisted Mrs. Garland from her
two-story frame house.
Also in the house at the time
were Mr. and Mrs. w. F. Mayer
and Mr.. Mayors son by previous
marriage. Daniel, IA, who live on
the second floor. A seventh resi-
dent, Chester Rhoden, was at
work.
No estimate of damage could be
obtained and the cause of the fire
was undetermined. Arlington fire
ofdclals are investigating,
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Dr.. Lombard TO- Head
Silver Spring Kiwanis

DR.. Peter N. Lombard, of s12
Sligo avenue, Silver Spring, yes
terday was elected president OF
the Silver Spring Kiwanis Club
succeeding the Rev. Philip C. Ed
wards.
Also elected in the meeting at
the Silver Spring Hot Shoppe
were George Shefts, vice president,
and Joseph Saunderson. treasurer
Elected to the board Of direc-
tors were Russell Woolford, An
drew J. Kessinger, Robert T.
Haslam, Bert Broom, George Fur
|zer. Chris A.. Ebeling, jr., and
Charles w. Miller
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Tighter Guard Is Urged
AT Brownsville HOSPITAL
BY the Assoeioted Press

BROWNSVILLE, Md, Oct. s.
Residents of this area have called
a meeting tomorrow night to plan
a campaign for greater security
at the Brownsville State Mental
Hospital for Negroes.
Seven patients, five of them in
sane criminals. have escaped from
the institution since September II.
Two are still free.
Residents of the area called on
Gov. McKeldin two weeks ago to
demand transfer of criminals to
another institution and erection
OF a fence around the hospital.
The citizens meeting will be
held at 8 pm. in the, parish hall
of the Methodist Church at Severn
Crossroads. about three miles
northwest Of the hospital on the
Generals highway.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Polk Charges
Plea in Assault
Case 10 Guilty
Attack on Arlington
Bride Is Admitted
In Fairfax Court

In a surprise development,
James R. Polk, 10. Arlington, one
'of two men accused of criminally
IaSsaulting young Arlington
bride three months ago, withdrew
his earlier plea of not guilty and
entered a guilty plea in Fairfax
County Circuit Court today.
His action came "a hours be-
fore he was scheduled to go on
trial on a charge of assaulting
the 20-year-old bride after alb
Quoting her from her Colonial
Village apartment June 26.
Also charged with rape is Will
liam Robert Payne. Is, Bethesda,
whose trial is set for Monday.
Arlington Delays Action.
Both men have been indicted in
Arlington County on charges of
kidnapping, burglary and abduc-
ton but Arlington authorities
have not yet set trial dates pend
ing results of the Fairfax trials.
AS Fairfax Circuit Court opened
this morning. Judge Arthur w.
Sinclair told Polk:
Il want to explain that if you
enter a guilty plea, you will be
fully and freely admitting the
charge and there will be no trial" I"
The judge advised the stocky,
curly-haired defendant that the
only thing the court had to do
IN such a case was to direct the
probation officer to make an in
and report prior to
sentencing. He then read aloud
the statute covering the offense,
which carries a maximum penalty
of death.
Fully Understands Case.
DO you fully understand" the
judge asked. do you still want
to plead guilty?"
Polk. who had displayed no
emotion while listening to the
judge, replied, "Yes."
Judge Sinclair then set Novem-
Der 2 as the date for the probation
officer to submit his report and
continued Polk's confinement in
the Arlington jail because it has
better security facilities than the
Fairfax jail.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Upper Montgomery
Groups Proposed to
Assist Planners

Plans to organize a citizen
planning committee in each of
Montgomery County's 10 rural
election districts were announced
today by the Upper Montgomery
Planning Commission.
The groups would review the
commissions activities and assist
in collecting information needed
in preparing Zoning, subdivision
and similar plans.
The commission urged organi-
cations and individuals to recon-
mend persons for membership on
the committees.
Thomas c. Kelley, Darnestown,
is chairman of the commission
Other members are County Coun-
Gilman Lathrop E. Smith, Ira
vilah; Marshall Davis, German
town; Kennethg Windham. Wood
field, and Frederick Gutheim.
Mount Ephraim.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Circuit Court UphoIds
Nomination Of jeff
To Fairfax Board

The nomination of Clarence B.
Jett to the Fairfax Board of Sup
ervisors was upheld in the county
circuit court yesterday.
A special three Judge court dis
missed suit challenging the Au-
gust Democratic primary In which
Mr.. Jett defeated the incumbent,
E. c. Sheads. An independent,
Patrick A. McKenna, will oppose
Mr.. Jett in the general election
on November 6.
Supporters of Mr.. Sheads had
contested the election on grounds
that electioneering was permitted
too close to the polls at Lorton
Precinct and because of other al
legged irregularities. The election
contest involved only the District
seat on the Board of Supervisors.
Attorney Howard w. Smith, jr.,
representing Mr.. Jett, won a dis
missal. after Mr.. Sheads' case had
been presented.
Most testimony concerned the
presence of Mr.. Jett and his wife
at the polls on election day. Judges
at the Lorton Precinct conceded
that Mrs. Jett sat inside the Lor-
ton School Library where the vot-
ing was conducted checking
names on astax list. They said Mr.
Jett came in several times to bring
voters to the polls. The judges
also acknowledged that they
opened the polls at $50 am. East
ern Standard Time, instead of
Daylight Saving Time. as they
were supposed to.
Tilden Fisher testified that Mr..
Jett told him at the polls: vote
for me. and you'll vote for the
right man."
Judges who heard the case were
Arthur w. Sinclair of Fairfax, Earl
L. Abbott of Clifton Force and T.
L. Mutton of Abingdon.
Mr.. Sheads was represented by
Attorney Roy A. Swazey.
Evening star., 1951-10-03

ribbon for Ayrshire bulls and the
grand champion Of all dairy cattle
bulls in the four previous Mary
land fairs where he has been
shown.
Wauwatosa Star Jewel, a beau
tiful Ayrshire COW with calf from
the farm of William Hill & Sons
near Woodbine, in Howard County,
came a cropper. Winner of the
blue ribbon for her class in three
previous fairs, she placed third
against the competition here.
But perhaps the best indication
of the prosperity of the farms
hereabouts is not their products
but the manufactured goods on
Evening star., 1951-10-03

The herds are almost all Hol-
stein, he said, and if there has
been recent trend it is to the
Holstein, the biggest milk producer
among the dairy breeds.
There are some Guernsey and
Jersey and Ayrshire herds from
the county in the cattle sheds, but
most of these snowy cattle on dis
play here are from show farms to
the east. Thus Two Star, a 4-year-
old Ayrshire bull, which took the
blue ribbon today. is from E. G.
Knatz' Therapia Farm near Owens
Mills in Baltimore County. Two
Star, who is a youngster for such
honors, has won both the blue
Evening star., 1951-10-03
MckeIdin 10 Lead
Tour Of Mary|and's
Highway Projects
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Oct. 3.-Gov.
McKeldin will go on tour next
week with newspaper editors and
radio newsmen in the first of a
series of f1rst-hand checks on the
1851 progress of Maryland's high
way building program.
The initial inspection starts
next October IL, in the five upper
counties of the Eastern Shore. II
will continue on Saturday through
the four lower counties.
The schedule for later tours in
cludes:
October 15-Prince Georges,
Charles. Calvert and St. Marys
Counties.
November 9-Annie Arundel,
Montgomery and Howard Coun-
ties.
To View Some Buildings.
The program is the 1851 edition
of project the State Roads Com
mission started in 1949 to acquaint
newsmen with the States am
bilious plan for overhauling its
highways.
Gov. McKeldin asked that the
1851 tour be broadened to include
visits to construction projects at
some of the States institutions,
such as colleges and hospitals.
Nathan L. Smith, director of the
State Department of Public I'm
Iprovements, will go along to ex-
plain the non-highway projects
under his jurisdiction.
Weighing Stations Planned.
Meanwhile the State Roads
Commission said today it is going
to install permanent weighing
stations at six new locations tc
intensity enforcement of laws
against overweight trucks.
The new stations are designed
to speed up the weighing process
for all trucks, as we'll as catch the
violatorS.
They will be located on u. S. 4C
just north of the Susquehanna
River bridge near Havre de Grace
U. S. 301 near the north end OF
the Marlboro bypass; U. S. 13 in
Wicomico County Just south OF
the Delaware line: U. S. SO near
the new Kent Narrows bridge;
U. S. 40 west of Baltimore near
Pine Orchard, and the New Balti-
more Washington expressway just
south of Baltimore between the
Dorsey and Jessup roads.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
By George Kennedy
Stor Staff Corresnondanf

FREDERICK. Md, Oct. s.
Bumper crops at bumper prices!
The cumulative effect of several
years of TINS can be seen at the
Great Frederick Fair, which
starts its second day today.
Natures cornucopia has spilled
generously on fertile Frederick
County this year despite an end
of-the-season drought.
There Is more of almost every
thing at the fair than ever before.
More corn. more cattle, more
swine. more chickens, more fruit,
more cakes, more pies and more
people.
Not as many draft horses.
though.
The fair grounds will be open
through Saturday. On that day
the exhibitors will be packing up
while Irish Horan and his driving
daredevils entertain the crowd by
SomerSaulting automobiles at high
speeds on the race track.
Henry Shoemaker, who has
been county agent here for the
Department of Agriculture for 25
years says he has never seen
anything like it.
Field Corn Display Effective.
The display of field corn goes
almost as far as the eye can
see. Any dozen ears of the
hundreds Of dozens submitted
would have received the blue
ribbon in bygope years. But,
since the war, hybrid seed corn
has made the perfect ear stand
ard. rather than the exception.
Mr.. Shoemaker reports that the
winter wheat crop was probably
the best on record in yield per
acre. The field corn yield was
good, although reduced somewhat
by dry weather. The late sweet
corn for the canneries, or freez-
cries. or whatever they should cali
them today, was a bit hurt by the
drought.
Totals may not be as high in
the small grains, he said, because
in the past five years there has
been pronounced trend to less
grain and more hay and pastur-
age.
Most Herds Are Holstein.
Frederick is still one of the great
dairy counties of the Nation. There
has been a small invasion of the
beef cattle. but almost all of the
county's pasturage is reserved for
the producers of milk for the
Washington and Baltimore mar
ketS,
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Bumper Crops HighIight Exhibits at Frederick Fair

display and for sale to Frederick
County farmers.
Biggest Equipment Display.
The whole area behind the back
stretch of the race track is taken
up with agricultural equipment. It
is the biggest display to date.
There had been bit of rhubarb
between the fair management and
the farm equipment dealers in re-
cent years. and they stayed out.
But here they are with the small
combines that have made Eastern
farms great grain producers, new
types Of nayloaders and small au-
tomotive machines that do every
thing from plowing to moving the
front lawn.
It's not only the farm equip
ment that reflects the prosperity
Iof the local farm market. The
domestic displays are just as i'm
pressive. with deep freezers and
electric mangles and electric
ranges and 20-inch- tube tele-
vision sets.
It was real farm crowd that
attended the fair yesterday. The
view afforded by the television
sets of the Dodgers drubbing the
Giants drew only three or four
onlookers before each set.
And the fair has been rehabili-
tated as moral force. Signs
before the grille shows on the
midway. instead of saying For
Men Only" suggest bringing the
whole family. The show plac-
arded as "The Secret of Life" or
What Makes Us Tick" is billed
as an educational treat.
No One Makes Book.
kefauverism reigns supreme
The trotters and PAGERS racing
around the half-mile track are in
a competition of horses and
trainer and driver. No one is
making book. Charles U. Price
the Republican States Attorney
elected on reform ticket, is see
ing to that, and his dictum is
being enforced by Frederick
new police chief, w. w. Corbin
on loan from the State police
force.
| And among the many attractive
displays in the building devoted
to domestic economy and home
furnishing is a daintily decked
out dressing table. entered by one
OF the All girls. A sign on il
says:
use these cosmetics"
Each item is labeled for It's
vitamin content and they are,
so help me, a quart of milk, a
carrot and a plate of spinach.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
By Jack Jonas

Policemen here are convinced
there's nothing new under the
skull OF a motorist when he's
caught for speeding. He comes
up with the same shopworn ex-
cuses day after day.
Judges and traffic officers
mostly are bored by the feeble
alibis offered, and wonder what's
happened to the fertile Ameri-
can imagination.
A Metropolitan Police Depart
ment motorcycleman, for in
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Autopsy Set in Death
OF 76-Yeur-OId Woman

A 76-year-old woman died at
Casualty Hospital yesterday after
being found unconscious in the
bathtub of her home at 81 H
street NV.
She was Mrs. Ella Miller Davis.
An AUTOPSY was scheduled toe]av
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Students to Visit UNI

High school seniors from the
Metropolitan Area have been in
vited to visit the University of
Maryland Saturday, when they
will tour the school and attend
the George Washington Maryland
football game,
Evening star., 1951-10-03

hour? Besides. friends are wait
ing for me in Washington for
dinner"
A motorcycle officer spotted
woman racing along a busy
street, and gave chase. But a
block away the car wheeled into
a filling station, screeched to a
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Boss to Address PTA

Harold Boss, treasurer of the
Montgomery County Council of
PTA's, will address the McKenney
Hills PTA, Silver Spring, at $50
O'Clock tonight on the county
referendum for an elected school
board.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
FiddIers to End Melon
Time in Murtinsburo
Special Dispatch TO The Star

MARTINsBURG, w. Va. Oct.
"a fiddlers' contest at l pm.
Sunday at watermelon Park" A."
five miles southeast of Berryville,
Va, will bring John N. Miller's
watermelon season to a close.
Mr.. Miller will offer $1,000 in
cash prizes to the three best
f1ddlers. measured on an ap-
plauSe meter.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Citizens Challenge
New Hampshire Ave.
Rezoning Decision


commissioners are studying a re-
quest to reconsider a ruling which
rezoned a 21s acre tract on New
Hampshire avenue between the
Hillwood shopping center and Un-
iversity lane from apartment to
commercial use.
A request that their September
10 decision be reviewed was voiced
yesterday at the commissioners
meeting at Upper Marlboro by
Attorney Milton Kramer and
George w. Schwager, represent
ing the Hampshire Greens Com
munity Association.
A letter from the Takoma Park
Town Council supported the citi-
zenS' viewpoint. The property
was reclassif1ed after the Mary
land National Park and Planning
Commission approved the change.
Claim Sign Was Posted.
The civic group spokesmen
based their request on a conten-
ton that residents of the section
had not been notified of the Sep
tember 19 hearing. They asserted
that statutes require that such
hearings be advertised in local
newspapers and that at least one
sign proclaiming the hearing be
posted on the property.
The commissioners replied that
a planning commission official
had sent them an affidavit that
a sign had been posted. Commits
sion Chairman Robert M. Watkins
said last night it had been put
up in a conspicuous place. The
board said the hearing had been
advertised in a Prince Georges
weekly.
Mr.. Kramer said he had been
informed that the planning COM
mission had put up a sign but
claimed he had not been able to
learn where. The commissioners
agreed to inquire into this matter.
$1,000 Appropriation Approved.
In another action the board
adopted a motion designed to end
a long-standing dispute between
the towns of Tuxedo and Cheverly
over a storm drainage problem
which has been aired in the
courts.
The motion approved a $1,000
appropriation for rebuilding Fifty
seventh avenue, Tuxedo. when the
drainage line is installed. Con-
struction of the line appeared vir-
tually certain when 81 per cent
OF the owners of abutting proper
ties yesterday agreed to pay $22,-
600 under special improvement
district rules. Previously the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission agreed to finance an
estimated $4,000 of the total cost.
Attorney Earl Pryor, represent
ing the property owners, made it
clear that they expect to receive
partial reimbursement from the
State Roads Commission, the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the
town of Cheverly. He said flood
conditions on Fifty-seventh ave-
nue. were caused by development
OF the town of Cheverly.
Road Improvement Requested.
The board adopted a motion Of
fered by Commissioner Edward j.
Waters asking Wilson T. Ballard,
a former member of the State
Roads Commission, to confer with
them Friday at Hyattsville on
plans for new two-lane highway
between Branchville and Beltsville.
Also approved was a request
that the county include in its road
program a 1.6-mile
segment of Iceland road between
Oak Grove and historic ST. Barna-
oas Episcopal Church, Iceland.
The commissioners received a
report from David A. Mcnamara,
treasurer and assistant superin-
tendent of the Prince Georges
General Hospital, that the insti-
tution's operating loss in Septem-
ber was $11,958.21.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Alexandra Girl Honored

Sara C. McDermott, COL Wood
land terrace. Alexandria, has been
awarded a postgraduate scholar
ship in medical social work by the
National Foundation for Infan-
tile Paralysis. Miss McDermott is
now attending Bryn Mawr COL
lege.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Rockville Meeting Set

The annual meeting of the
Rockville Pike Business Associa-
ton will be held at the Montrose
School. 8 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-10-03

0"Sf3, eH11St WIG WO1A1ctA1 6OU OUV cIIU
dashed into a side door marked,
Ladies"
Turns His Motorcycle.
The policeman turned his
motorcycle and continued his
patrol.
Sometimes occupants of speed
ing cars. when they are halted.
try to confuse the traffic police
men about who was driving.
Maryland State Patrol Sergt.
Champ zumbrun halted a car
on Route ] north Of Washington.
Evening star., 1951-10-03

stance, spotted an auto following
an ambulance speeding through
the streets. He stopped the
motoriSt, asked if he had a legi-
innate excuse for following the
ambulance.
Sure" the man said. MY
wife'S in there"
Evening star., 1951-10-03

passed by the 1851 General AS
sembly. however, transfers the
building inspection functions of
the park and planning COM
missicn to the county. And as he
reads it, Mr.. Macdonald said, the
law also transfers all existing
building codes from the commits
sion to the county, including the
new code.
Mr.. Macdonald said he believes
further hearings should be held
for the upper county. which was
not represented in the original
hearings, with view toward pos
sible amendment of the new code.
Rezoning Approved.
The council granted these re-
zoning applications:
/. Application from N. H. and
r. B. Fairbanks to reclassify two
lots on Chaney Terrace in Gill
bert's addition to Takoma Park
from single-family residential to
apartment residential.
2. Application of Robert L
Saunders to reclassify a lot or
Montgomery avenue just east oi
Wisconsin avenue in Bethesda
from single-family residential tc
commercial.
8. Application from Mabel
Allen Crocker to reclassify part
of a lot on Silver Spring avenue
near Georgia avenue from single
family residential to commercial
All three applications were
recommended for approval by the
park and planning commission.
The council also voted, on re-
quest of the National Citizens
Committee for United Nations
Day, to declare October "a al
United Nations Day" in Mont
gonlery County.
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20
Library Club

A reorganization meeting of the
Library Club was held Wednesday,
Sept. II, 1851. Pat Beck, Vice
President of last years club presid-
ed. Oficers were elected for the
coming year. President, Joan Nc
Matt; Vice-President, Marlyn At
Tx; Secretary, Diane Shortt;
Treasurer, Richard Comegys. The
club now has thirty-five members.
The club will meet every two
weeks on Thursday afternoon at
3:35. The club members will share
in the responsibilities of the Libr-
ary and try to make necessary i'm
provements during the year. So
cial events are also being planned
by the club members. The faculty
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20
SCHOOL
REPORTER
Wear and Company

Last Tuesday, September IL,
grades 2 to IL or approximately
725 students, went to the assembly
to see Wear and Company perform.
Mr.. Wear and his wife, Jane, who
are recognized as one of the ma
tions foremost magical teams, pre-
sented fascinating program of
magical miracles and illusions. Mr..
Wear, who stresses humor even in
more serious tricks, is recognized
as the fastest escape artists since
the days of Houdini and presents
the famous Flight of Life" in
which he change places in only 8
minutes with his wife who is lock-
ed in a box by a member of the
audience. The performance was
thoroughly enjoyed by the stu
dents, and this is but the first in a
series of professional assemblies to
be presented this year.
Second Week of Football Practice
Mr.. Stellatella has set up a
schedule which the squad follows
every night when they have prac-
tice. First they have the general
exercises. Then there are wind
sprints followed by blocking and
tackling. They then run through
the plays and take two laps around
the track. A few members of the
squad stay later than the rest to
practice kicking. 1t has been very
hot the afternoons of practice. A
few of the boys have become dis
couraged. One has turned in his
suit. 1t was Immediately taken
over by Bill Warner, promising
candidate for the center position
for our fine aggregation.
Cheerleading
The cheerleading squad has had
several practices and is getting
ready for the first football game on
October 10. Candidates for the
junior varsity and one varsity po-
sition will try out this week. The
varsity members from last year are
Joan McNatt, Pat Beck, Marlyn
Attix, Clara Attix, Shirley Cross
ley, Marjorie johnson and Louise
Shane.
Hockey
The girls have been practicing
very hard the last two weeks rr-
der the direction of their coach,
Miss Reed. They have been doing
conditioning exercises and skilIs.
MO schedule has been set up so far
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20

ten transcriptions. The inscription
on the large silver loving cup is as
follows:
Second Prize
Public School Division
Waterman's 1851
National Shorthand Contest
Awarded To
John Bassett Moore School
Smyrna, Delaware
Members of the class whose
work won this honor were Deborah
Ballard, Jane Conley. Jean Conley,
June Cook, Joan Davis, Dolores
David, Betty Sue Jarman, Kather-
inc Jones, Ruth KINNEY, Joyce
McNatt, Doris Slaughter and Shir-
ley Smith. Their instructor was
Mrs. Gwendolyn Marshall Smack.
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20

for either the inter-scholastic or
the intermural games.
Stenographic Students Win
Loving Cup
A class of twelve second-year
stenagraphic students at the John
Bassett Moore High School was
awarded a loving cup as second
prize in Waterman's 1851 National
Shorthand Contest in the Public
High School Division. The sets of
papers entered in the contest were
written with the Waterman Short
hand pen. The local entry was
picked by the panel of judges head
ed by DR.. Herbert T. Tonne, of the
Foundation for Business Education,
for overall excellence of Gregg
Shorthand notes and the typewrit-