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Smyrna times., 1951-06-28
The Smyrna Times
PHONE 1921 SMYRNA. DELAWARE

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Smyrna times., 1951-06-28
GAME
PLANNED HERE
CONTINUED from Page onel

kins, Ennis & Deakyne; R. Grier,
b. O'Neill, r. Belber, B. Seward,
M. Haley, Wilson A; D. Jacobs, E.
Ross, Rothwell; P. Bickling, Clay
ton; Webster, A. Reynolds, Hartly.
Support Needed
The crowds at the Smyrna Soft
ball League games every Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday nights have
been very disappointing to date.
The few who have attended have
witnessed good games and have en-
joyed evenings of good ciean fun.
The league was formed with the
purpose in mind of supplying re-
creation for both players and spec
Smyrna times., 1951-06-28
NEW PRESIDENT JR. COLLEGE
DIR. Paul Slaybaugh Unanimously
EIected President of Wesley

DIR. Paul Slaybaugh Unanimously
Elected President of Wesley
The board of trustees of Wesley
Junior College, Dover, unanimously
elected DIR. Paul Slaybaugh, di-
rector of admissions of Westmin-
ster College, Fulton, Mo-, to the
presidency of Wesley at their
meeting last week. The new pres
ident will assume his duties at
Wesley on July 1, replacing DR.. o.
A. BARLEY, who has been appoint
ed district superintendent of the
Dover District of the Peninsula
Methodist Conference. Before 60
ing to Westminster, DR.. Slaybaugh
was for twenty-five years head
master of West Nottingham Acad-
emy, Colora, Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1951-06-28
PROGRESS ON NEW SCHOOL
Architect Expects to Have Plans
Ready for July Meeting of Board

Arc1tlCect Expecbs 10 nave IlHhS
Ready for July Meeting of Board
Despite various hindrances to a
speedy start on the building of the
new elementary school in Smyrna,
it is learned that there is progress
due to removal of government re-
strictions on the erection of new
buildings. G.. Morris Whiteside,
architect, expects to have the final
plans ready for the July meeting
OF the State Board of Education,
The present plans generally call for
start of actual construction about
the first of September. The Board
of Education of the Smyrna Spec
ial School District is receiving an
additional $50, 900 through the 1851
Legislative School Building Act
which will help cover the increased
Smyrna times., 1951-06-28

cost in construction, according to
announcement by Superintendent
of Schools George w. Wright.
Smyrna times., 1951-06-28

at Z p. m. Mrs. Fleming is in
charge of the program which will
consist of group singing, games,
and square dancing.
Smyrna times., 1951-06-28
SHOW AT WELFARE HOME
Vaudeville Show of Nine Acts to
Be Presented on Fourth of July

BE Presented on Fourth of July
The residents of Smyrna, as well
as the residents of the State Wei
fare Home, are invited to attend a
vaudeville show of nine acts to be
presented on the fourth of July at
6 p. m. due to the generosity Of
Mr.. and .MrssJ. C. Llndy of Will
mington, who have provided many
such entertainments at the home.
The attendance of Smyrna people
is contingent on good weather,
with the show being staged out
doors. Miss Emma Payne is in
charge of arrangements, assisted
by other members of the staff at
the home.
Evening star., 1951-09-21
Descendant Of Boone
Crow Indians Appear
AT Marine Pageant

A descendant of Daniel Boone
and group of Indians of the
Grow Tribe will be featured in a
tableau aboard a cruiser taking
part in tonight's marine pageant
of Hains Point. The pageant
opens the power portion of the
Presidents Cup Regatta.
Austin Fortner. an attorney
with the Federal Trade Commits
sion and member of Capital
Yacht Club. has signed Chief Left
Hand and several other Crow In
|dians as members of his crew on
his yacht Aloha.
Mr.. Fortner is a descendant OF
Boone and he thought it appro-
pirate to arrange pact with the
Indians for tonight's boat parade
The program starts at 8 O'Clock
with a concert by the U. S. Navy
Band under the direction of 1t
Comdr. Charles Brendler and songs
by the D. c. Keys, a barbershor
quartet.
An hour-long parade of some SO
boats from local yacht clubs, all
decorated with bright lights, be-
gins at 8:45 pm.
The program concludes with a
water ski exhibition by the nat
ional doubles champions, Evie
Ford and Bruce Parker. They will
be assisted by members of the
Beverly Ski Club.
Regatta officials announce seats
are available for tonight's pro-
gram and power races tomorrow
and Sunday. They may be pur-
chased at the scene or at regatta
headquarters in the Willard Hotel;
in Room 204, The Evening Star
Building, or from the American
Automobile Association. the Fair
way Sports Store, the Talbert
Ticket Agency in the Willard or
Frank Del Vecchio & Sons.
President Truman is expected to
view the first heat of the feature
Presidents Cup race tomorrow at
$40 pm. Races begin at 1920
a m. tomorrow. and at 1920 pm.
Sunday. Second heat of the Pres
ident's Cup is at 2:25 pm. Sunday
and the third. at 4:40 pm.
AS many as IL Gold Cup boats
are expected for the feature event.
"Details on the races in today's
sports section.)
Evening star., 1951-09-21
BY the Asseeiaied Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. al
The Anne Arundel County Jail
stands to lose its treasurer. pur-
chasing agent, night warden and
prisoner escort-he's up for a
parole.
But there's another barrier to
hurdle before 37-year -old Blaine
Decker can get his freedom. He's
wanted in his home town of New
York on a charge of stealing a
car.
Maryland would be happy to
parole the man whose Jail run
ming acumen has cut operating
costs.
But this State cannot parole
a prisoner wanted by another
State. It may only commute the
sentence to allow him to be picked
up.
So Parole Director A. Earl Ship
ley has written a persuasive rep
Presentation" to New York authori-
ties asking them to lift the de-
tainer against the invaluable
Decker.
Decker. serving three-yea1
Evening star., 1951-09-21
Conference Prospect
Seen Better in Strike
|0fW. N. & A. Drivers

Prospects for a meeting in the
w. M. & A. bus line strike looked
better today after a peaceful night
indicated a more conciliatory atti-
tude on both sides.
For the first day since about
100 drivers and mechanics walked
out at 1901 am. Sunday there
were no charges of interference or
vandalism.
Amenable to Parleys.
Both union and company repre-
sentatives were believed to be
Iamenable to any conference which
the Federal Mediation and Con-
Iciliation Service might call.
Conciliator Henry G. Baker ex-
pected to contact each side in
anticipation of a meeting within
a short time.
The company has continued to
operate II of SO buses over its
lines between Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue and Prince
Georges County points.
Had Demanded Withdrawal.
Union officials earlier demanded
that the company withdraw the
buses as a condition to any meet
ings looking toward a settlement
During this week eight pickets
have been arrested at the Brad
bury Heights garage on charges
OF attempting to prevent buses
from leaving the premises.
Five Of the union men were to
appear in Upper Marlboro Magis-
trate's Court today on disorderly
conduct charges.
Evening star., 1951-09-21
Moonshine From Friends,
Roomers Draws $3.50 Fine

Robert Whistine has generous
friends and big-hearted roomers,
he told the court.
One of his pals borrowed his
truck and returned it, with four
cases of moonshine aboard. The
roomers put another three cases
in his basement.
Prince Georges County police
found it all August 4 and carted
it away. They charged the 40
year-old colored man who lives
in the 1400 block of Chapel Oaks
with possession of untaxed whis-
key.
Judge Theodore L. Miazga heard
the case yesterday in Hyattsville
police court.
"I'll be easy-going. too." he said,
your fine is a paltry $780,"
Evening star., 1951-09-21
.Five-Year Park Plan
On Taylor Run Tract
Urged in Alexandra

Partial use of the Taylor Run
Parkway property for a municipal
park and development of a five-
year park expansion program in
Alexandria were urged last night
by the city's Community Welfare
Council.
At a meeting sponsored by its
Recreation Committee, the coun-
Gil adopted two resolutions to pe
presented to the, City Council
Both we're introduced by Henry
Fowler, as chairman of the recre-
alton committee.
One resolution asked that the
city council dedicate the west side
of Taylor Run parkway for ex-
pansion of Burgess Park. The City
recently announced it would sell
the Taylor Run property, which
formerly was the site of a tenn
porary veterans housing project
The portion indorsed by the well
fare council for park use includes
about seven acres.
A second resolution asked the
city council to have it's planning
commission develop a five-year
program of park acquisition and
expansion. The resolution states
that candidates for city council in
the spring municipal election will
be called upon to indorse expan-
sion of parks.
Evening star., 1951-09-21

safety. He works from an Of
flee in Barracks A at Waterloo
and patrols the distance from
city line to city line.
In May. Trooper Walters an
sWered a call to another acci-
dent on Beltsville curve.
"An automobile and a trac-
tor-trailer had collided head
on" he recalled. I'm the au-
tomobile. a man was dead. The
driver of the truck was injured.
1--WE learned later that the
driver of the auto was a vet
eran of Korea. We picked up
his Purple Heart from the mid
die of the highway"
Don't Care" Attitude.
Speed, heavy traffic and a
"don't-care" attitude of motor
lists make the highway stretch
one Of the most dangerous in
the State, Trooper Walters said.
So far this year. at the four
Evening star., 1951-09-21
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the Waterloo light, to Route
176, 2l,525; Route 176 to the
Howard County line, 21,430;
Howard County line to Hale
thorpe. 22.530. and Halethorpe
to Baltimore, 1851.
A little more than II per cent
of the traffic consists of trucks.
So far this year. there have
been more accidents than last
year, but fewer people have
been killed or injured. Statistics
for the first six months of 1850
show an II per cent decrease in
deaths, II per cent decrease
in injured, and a 13 per cent de-
crease in personal injury acci-
dents.
Too Much Transient Traffic.
Trooper Walters credits en-
forcement with the change.
you can't use education on
Highway l." he said. You get
too much transient traffic.-peo-
pie from out of the State, people
any educational program
wouldn't reach"
In the first six months of 1850,
% people died in traffic on
Highway l. For the same period
this year. 25 have been killed.
For the same two years. COM
Evening star., 1951-09-21
Maryland Ruling Solicited
In Overweight Truck Case

Hyattsville Police Court Judge
Theodore L. Miazga will ask Mary
lands attorney general to tell him
how to figure fines for truckers
whose vehicles carry more than
5000 pounds excess weight.
Warren Andrew Tucker of
Laurel was found guilty yesterday
of loading $500 pounds too much
on his big trailer. He admitted
4,800 pounds overweight.
He contended that the law pro-
vides that the penalty be Q cents
pound for the first 5000 pounds
and cents a pound for that in
excess of 5000. That would mean
SIP, as he figures it.
But the Prince Georges County
States attorneys Office holds that
when the overweight is more than
5000 pounds, the scent rate ap-
plies on the total. Under that
formula. MFR. Tucker would have
to pay $312.
Evening star., 1951-09-21

parative figures on injured are
25l and 1873. respectively.
But according to the volume
of traffic" Trooper Walters
pointed out. "it ranks fourth in
the State among the highway
killers. Routes 4, 13 and II are
higher in percentage"
However. Highway rs heavy
traffic makes it the deadliest and
bloodiest in the State.
Force of Is Men.
To cut down the State patrol
has an average of nine men
operating out of the Waterloo
Barracks every hour, and six
men from Hyattsville.
The men, under 1t. M. NJ.
Puncke. work a 12-hour shift,
theoretically, and about a IA
hour shift actually.
But until you can get people
to realize that it may be their
own arm that is torn out of it's
socket, or their own head that
is going to be pushed through
the top of an automobile or
sheared off by a heavy steel door,
about all you can do is try to
stop the speeders and the
drunks," Trooper Walters said.
Some of them are going to
escape you and wind up in the
morgue,"
Evening star., 1951-09-21

danger spots, 10 have been killed
and 27 injured in 80 accidents.
An extra watch is maintained
at those places by the patrol
men.
The greatest danger is be-
tween 10:30 pm. and l am
particularly on week ends.
That's when the people
start going home" Trooper Wal
ters pointed out, land when the
beer joints start closing"
Heavy use of the highway is
indicated by the Maryland Road
Commissions traffic count for
1850.
36,749 Autos a Day.
It showed that 36,749 autos
on the average-traveled the
road each day from the District
Line to Peace Gross. From Peace
Cross to HyattSvllle, the count
was 24,379 each day.
Then it went up again, to 49,
222 from Hyattsville to College
Park. Other sections of the
highway showed this amount of
travel each day:
College Park to the Prince
Georges County line, 25,113;
Prince Georges County line to
Route ITS, 1884: Route ITS, at
Evening star., 1951-09-21
Two Chever|y Police
Held for Grand Jury
On Bribery Charge

Two Cheverly (Md) town po-
licemen accused of accepting
bribes lost their bids for acquittal
last night but won a sharp verbal
battle waged to escape fingerprint-
ing by county authorities.
Judge Theodore L. Miazga in
Hyattsville police court ordered the
officers, John r. Connock, Al, of
the $500 block on Sixty-third ave-
nue., and Ernest F. Allen, ~, of
the $500 block on Inwood street,
both of Cheverly, held for grand
jury action.
The Cheverly officers, both sus-
pended, are charged with accept
ing a $40 bribe from Edward E.
Merson. 20. of Laurel, Md. MIR
Merson and a girl companion said
the policemen at midnight August
Il took the money in lieu of ar
resting them for disorderly con-
duct while they were parked or
private property outside the towr
limits.
Judge Studied Briefs.
Both policemen denied the
charges and have maintained thai
they never saw their accusers
until after the complaints were
filed.
Judge Miazga heard the case
two weeks ago but withheld de.
cision while he studied brief.
submitted by opposing counsel
Defense Attorney Ignatius j
keane contended that they shoulc
be freed because they lacked DO.
lice authority when beyonc
municipal border lines.
Assistant States Attorne,
Woodrow A. Shriver counteret
that adherence to this viewpoint
would be tantamount to permit.
ting officers to use their badge!
as weapons in the commission o1
illegal acts and then as shield:
to escape responsibility.
Use of Force Approved.
The court did not rule on thu
point. Instead, Judge Miazg;
said he held the men for tn,
grand jury on prima facie evi
dence and not conclusive proc.
of guilt.
Shortly after his ruling. Judg,
lMiaEga acted effectively as
peacemaker in the dispute which
ensued when Detective Sergt. Ear
j. Huber attempted to take the tw,
Evening star., 1951-09-21

accused men to the fingerprintingI
room.
He said County Police Chief F.
Allen Richards had ordered the
action in case the policemen were
held for the grand jury. Mr.. Shri-
yer told Detective Huber to carry
out his order "by force if neces-
sary."
AS physical struggle appeared
imminent, Judge Miazga stepped
IN. He ordered the principals to
cease debate while he completed
arrangements to release them on
$500 bond. In the silence that
followed the Cheverly officers
slipped away. Mr.. Shriyer said
later that he had agreed to omit
the fingerpritning because he un-
derstood the prints are already
available.
Evening star., 1951-09-21

one car. In the other, four were
Killed. There were no survivors.
For the Beltsville curve, listed
among the Terrible Four" Sec
tions of the highway, Trooper
Walters had another story.
THE driver of pickup truck
was rolling around the curve
with his arm dangling out the
window" he said. "a tractor
trailer was coming in the oppo-
site direction.
THE tractor trailer side
swiped the pickup truck, tore off
the entire left side. The drivers
arm was ripped off. and a part
OF his shoulder went with it,"
Blind Hill at Waterloo.
One-Spot, a blind hill at Wa
terloo. is the fourth danger spot
on the highway. The pedes-
trian slaughter there was de-
scribed as terrific by Trooper
Walters.
The troopers job is traffic
Evening star., 1951-09-21
By jack Jonas

The people who live near
Betsville curve on the treach-
erouS stretch of highway / that
runs between Washington and
Baltimore saw another accident
yesterday afternoon.
1t wasn't as bloody as some
they'd seen, but. except. for a
shade difference in speed,
clear view ahead and ideal road
conditions. it might have been.
-Four persons were hurt, one
critically, when a tractor trailer.
headed north, braked to avoid
hitting another car, skidded,
and collided head-on with a
southbound automobile.
The truck driver, Garland r.
Jones, "a, of Buckner. Va, es-
capped with knee cuts.
Woman Critically Hurt.
Those in the auto were less
lucky. Mamie Brack. 35, of
Augusta. Ga, was in critical
condition with a broken left
leg, broken left arm, severe cuts
and shock.
Her son, Ronald Eugene
Brack. 4, suffered head cuts and
a possible conclusion, and her
brother, the driver, Lamual Jay
Robertson, 40, also of Augusta,
suffered multiple cuts on the
body.
Prince Georges County po-
lice said the truck driver, haul
ing a load of whisky north,
applied his brakes when two
cars in front of him halted
suddenly. He bumped one of
the cars. then the load ir his
trailer shifted, swinging him
into the southbound lane and
into the Robertson auto.
Youths Free Injured.
Three youths who were adj
justing the top of a convertible
nearby, freed the three injured
from the auto before police ar
rived 10 minutes later.
Beltsville and Bladensburg
rescue squads took the injured
to Leland Memorial Hospital.
The accident, which came
shortly before 2 o'clock. hap
pened short distance nortn of
Montgomery avenue in Belts
vile.
But it wasn't the worst the
people on highway / between
Baltimore and Washington had
seen. For example. a year ago
last May. Maryland State
Trooper Garland R. Walters
walked along the highway in
blood that oozed over the soles
of his boots.
Seven people lay on the road
way, dead or dying, victims of
a miscue on the curve that
winds south of the Patapsco
River bridge.
''The stream of blood on
the highway was so broad
we couldn't step over it," Troop
er Walters said. We had to
slosh through it."
The 28.9 miles of route l be-
tween the District line and the
Baltimore city limits look inno-
cent enough in the daytime.
But 38 people died on this
stretch last year, more than
one for each mile of the four
lane roadway to Baltimore. And
this year. the record threatens
to be as bad or worse, with 27
dead so far.
The accident in which the six
died came in March of last
year, at one of the four trouble
spots ON the highway-the Pa
tapsco River Bridge at the Bal
timore-Howard County line.
Toll Began Early This Year.
This year, the toll began early.
At 8 am. on New Years Day,
two automobiles rammed head
on on Guilford Hill, at the ap-
proach to Route 80. another
trouble spot.
When the troopers counted
the dead, there were seven.
Three from Washington died in
Evening star., 1951-09-21
Anne Arundel Jail Faces Loss
OfTreusurer and Prize Inmate

sentence for stealing jewelry from
a former lady friend in 1949, has
handled bank deposits for the
county that ran as high as $1,000
AS purchasing agent, he has cut
costs of running the jail. and in
his other duties he has been highly
dependable.
Decker has received so many jot
offers from Annapolis residents
that he's in a position to be choosy
when he gets out.
And, it is reported-he has
fallen in love.
"I hear he's interested in some.
body's daughter around here" Mr.
Shipley commented.
Evening star., 1951-09-21
Phone Today to Place
Sunday Classified Ads

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day classified DDS until 2 pm. tomor-
row. But you con help avoid flood
Of telephone coils and possible deloys
by eollins todoy.
The Stor carries more classified ods
thon the three other Washington news
papers combined. Use this tremendous
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sell goods or services. Phone Sterling
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Evening star., 1951-09-21
New Flag Secretary

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Sept. 21 up.
The Naval Academy's superin-
tendent has new aide and flag
secretary, 1t. Ralph S. Wentworth
of Annapolis. He succeeds 1t.
Comdr. Ralph G. Leedy, who will
serve as supply officer on the heavy
cruiser Albany.
Evening star., 1951-09-21
Reserve Officers to Meet

The Reserve Officers Association
of Arlington, Robert E. Lee chap
ter, will meet at 3 pm. tomorrow
for an oyster roast and shrimp
feast at the Dunn Loring (VaD
home of Capt. Harry j. Marx of
the Naval Reserve. association
IpreSident.
, 1951-01-13
Auto Salesman
Held For Theft

William Edward Wilburn, %,
salesman for the Kelly Car Co.,
404 N. Main St., was arrested by
bet. Leslie j. Adams and charged
with the theft of an automobile
and embezzlement of $1100.
Wilburn is charged with taking
the car and money from the
company on Jan. 4. According to
bet. Adams, Wilburn left for st.
Louis with an unidentified wo-
man and went on a spending
spree. He had only SO on his per
son when he was arrested. He ad-
mitted spending $1091 OF the
money taken.
, 1951-01-13
Recorder Of Deeds To
Sneak AT Bethel Church

New York and assistant Pastor of
Abyssinian Baptist church under
Adam G.. Powell Sr.
A prominent political figure,
DR.. Sheppard is also Chairman of
the Foreign Mission board of the
National Baptist Convention and
has been pastor of Mt. Olivet Bap-
fist church since 1926. Mt. Olivet
is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The rally is being sponsored by
the Brotherhood of Bethel Baptist
church. Edward Digger is presi-
dent and Rev. George w. Lucas
is pastor.
, 1951-01-13

A Juvenile burglary wave end
ed Friday with the roundup OF
four teen-age youths by a squad
headed by Sgt. Jack Smith and
aided by Diets. Jack Peaks, Ralph
Hogan and Raymond H. Schlang-
en-.
The youths, three of them aged
Is and the fourth 16, admitted
burglarizing "a places beginning
back in 1949.
Following a tip, Sgt. Smith be-
gan a rigid investigation OF the
$95 burglary of the Palace Bowl
ing Alley on w. Third st. January
2, Smith and his detail began