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Evening star., 1952-05-11
Exhaustion FeLs Six Girls
High Kicking in Safety Parade

Six Pottstown, Pa, majorettes
worked SO hard in yesterdays S
safety parade they had to be
treated for exhaustion.
Five managed to finish before
keeling over, but one collapsed in
the middle Of q high kick.
Two girls were taken to Emer-
gency Hospital. Their condition
was reported as good.
Pottstown Police Sergt. Harold
Kahn said they were too keyed
up to sleep. and yesterday morn
ing they couldn't eat anything.
A st. Bernard dog numbered up
the street carrying the sign, Il
howl for safety" Outside of the
one pooch, dogs were few, consid-
ering the thousands of children.
Vivian Royalty. II. patrol girl
with the District Heights Elemen-
tary School, was hit by an auto
yesterday. She was about to board
the patrol bus in front of the
school, bound for the parade. She
suffered a broken leg.
The motorist, Kenneth Lee
Shepherd, 80. of TOO Alpine
street, District Heights. was
charged with reckless driving. A
Marlboro Police Court hearing
was set for Friday.
Parade planners huddled after
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Truck Crushes Boy to Death
On Montgomery County Farm
Child, ;, Killed
While at Play;
Driver Cleared

A 3-year-old Montgomery Coun-
ty boy was killed yesterday when
a truck ran over him, on the
farm where he lived.
The child was Douglas Ray
Leith, son of Mr.. and Mrs. An
|derson Leith. His father is a
tenant farmer. .--.-..
Police said the driver. Of the
truck was Raymond E. Snyder,
owner Of the farm about three
miles west of Poolesville.
The report said the boy was
playing with his 7-year-old sis
ter Mary Ann when the truck,
backing up. crushed him. The
driver, unaware of the accident,
drove away. The accident oc-
CURED about noon.
DR.. Gordon Smith of Barnes
vile pronounced the child dead
at the scene. The county medi-
cal examiner, DR.. Frank Broschart
said the boy died of a head injury
No charges were preferred
against the driver.
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laws have gotten into such a
state of hopeless confusion as they
are, has been that the time of the
has been taken up with
paltry, trivial matters that no
Legislature of a great State ought
ever to have to deal with"
Saw Threat to Dog Tax.
A few delegates objected that
their dog tax laws might be
|jeopardized if special legislation
were banned. Others wanted to
retain special road laws.
But the advocates of a ban on
special legislation prevailed. In
today's Constitution. Sections SO
and 64 contain the prohibitions
against special laws for any juris-
diction.
Somewhere along the line law
makers started to figure out ways
of getting around the ban. When
a county wanted some law that
might not be acceptable to other
counties. q formula was devised
so the law would only apply to the
county that wanted 1t.
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formulas that have no particular
relation - the need for legisla-
tion.
Trailer Park Law Cited.
The first such case of note In
this area involved the Fairfax
County trailer park law. 1t per-
mitted a tax on trailer parks in
any county adjoining county
with 1000 residents per square
mile. The Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals last December said this
was unconstitutional special legis-
lation. The formula only applied
to Fairfax. and the high court
saw no reason why only Fairfax
should need such a law.
The next special legislation case
to hit the headlines here was over
Arlington's Department of Assess
ments. The County Board tried
to set up Department of Assess
Iments as permitted by legislation
limited to counties with less than
I60 square miles Of high ground
That legislation had been drawn
for Henrico County. The high
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Bv Mov Lou Werner

Special legislation once was dis
cussed only among the legal ex-
perts in Virginia.
That situation changed fast
since Circuit Judge Walter T.
Mccarthy handed down a deci-
sion last Monday banning Federal
workers from the Arlington County
Board.
He threw out legislation ex-
empting Arlington from a State
ban against Federal workers hold
ing Office on the ground that it
was special legislation.
People who hadn't heard much
about special legislation before, or
given it serious thought, have been
trying to define it ever since.
A good number of them still
aren't sure what it means. Some
who think they understand Won
der what's wrong with special
Legislation. and why is it pro-
hibited.
State Senator Charlss r. Fen
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ground formula also applied to
Arlington. The Supreme Court of
Appeals held it was unconstitu-
tional because there was no rea-
son why a county with go square
miles of high ground needed spe-
cial assessing powers beyond those
of other counties. .
Attorney John Locke Green used
these decisions to advantage in
arguing the suit against Federal
workers serving on the County
Board.
State legislation that dates back
to 1887 prohibits Federal employees
from holding public Office in Vir-
ginia.
Legislation attacked by Mr..
Green was passed in 1928 exempt
ing counties with more than 300
residents per square mile from the
ban.
Judge Mccarthy ruled that this
formula fell in the category of
Unconstitutional special legisla-
ltion. The county has announced
lit will appeal.
Evening star., 1952-05-11

the windup and one said, Best
one we've ever had"
YEAH" said another. "They
get bigger and better every year" ."
This election year had a politi-
cal flavor. Floats and banners
attacked the voting angle from
all sides.
The candidate Safety" won
handily.
The superintendent types
along Constitution avenues curbs
WINGED as acrobatic bellies ex-
lecuted splits, f1ips and hand
stands in front of their school
bands.
Baton twirling amt enough
any more" mourned a man whose
litheness vanished yesteryear.
Nov they got to stand on their
ears"
X X X y
The first aid station treated two
heat exhaustion cases. One was
Marian Jefferson, IA, colored ma
jorette with Kelly Miller Junior
High School.
II guess stepped too high she
said.
4 X \ y
From Dayton, Ohio, came the
Fairmont High School band and
coed chorus line. The. eight-block
routine was the longest dance
they ever performed.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Grace WoIohon Wins
500 Essay Award

Grace Wolohon; daughter OF
DR.. and Mrs. c. H. Wolohon, soc
Underwood street NV, has been
awarded a 500 grand prize in
the Good Citizenship essay con-
test sponsored by the Silver Spring
Civitan Club.
Grace attends the Takoma
Academy of the Seventh Day Ad-
ventist Church. She will read hel
essay on the II Am An Ameri-
can" Day program at 3 pm. next
Sunday over Station WGAY.
Second prize went to Robert
]. Babione, of Bulls Preparatory
School.
Prizes of $25 were given tt
Martha N. Dodson, Montgomery
blair High School, and to Mary
Catherine Fitzgibbon, Academy o1
the Holy Names.
Honorable mentions were given
to Juanita Mae Liu, Takoma
Academy: George D. Sauter
Bulls; Lorraine Magnuson, Mont
gomery Blair. and Madeline C
Walker, Academy OF the Holy
Names.
Good Citizenship Pins for COM
munity and school service were
won by Mary Lou Beck. Academy
of the Holy Names; John Redd
wi. Bulls: Joseph E. Smith. anc
Grace Wolohon, both of Takoma
Academy; John K. Armstrong
and Barbara Ann Dodd, both OF
Montgomery Blair.
Evening star., 1952-05-11

Senator Fenwick in his radio
address defends certain types OF
special legislation. He has spon-
sored some bills based on a popu-
lation formula.
"If the problem is inherent or
present of necessity when any
county reaches a certain popula-
ton, then it ceases to be special
legislation, but general to class, u
he said.
The Senator cited legislation
permitting Arlington to control
automobile speeds as an example
that he believes to be all right.
I'VE use a formula that any
county having a population OF
900 persons per square mile may
establish the speed limits on
streets and highways within that
county. It is believed that this
is a perfectly constitutional and
legal measure because any county
that has that population is bound
to have traffic problems by virtue
Of such population. -" he said
But the courts have frowned or
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Arlington 10 Deduct Dues
For Teachers Associations

Arlington teachers may have
their dues to three education as
Sociations deducted from their pay
checks under plan approved by
the School Board yesterday.
The board stressed that teacher
participation in the plan will be
on voluntary basis only.
The proposal came from the ex-
ecutive committee of the teachers
organization. The committee said
it does not have the clerical help
necessary to collect the dues.
The program will go into effect
when so per cent of the county's
approximately 900 teachers au-
thorize the deduction.
A total of $12 a year will be
withheld in three monthly deduc-
tions Of 81 each. representing the
dues to the Arlington group. the
Virginia Education Association
and the National Education As
sociation.
Only teachers who hold mem-
bership in all three organizations
will be affected.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Virginia 6. 0. P.
Splits in Picking
Four Delegates
Eisenhower Gets z
In Portsmouth; Toft
Choice at CuIpeper
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND. Va. May 10
Virginia Republicans at two dis
trict conventions today split four
national convention delegates
evenly between Senator Taft. Re-
publican of Ohio, and Gen. Eisen-
hover.
AS a result of the second and
eighth district meetings. 10 Of
Virginia's 223 convention dele
gates now have been chosen with
six of them favoring Senator Taft.
two leaning to Gen. Eisenhower
and two uncommitted.
Senator Taft scored a solid
sweep Of the two delegates chosen
at the eight district convention at
Culpeper and also garnered both
alternates.
Chosen delegates to the Chicago
convention July Z were w. E.
TruSler, Manassas merchant and
longtime district chairman, and
r. r. Harmon, Albermarle County
metal fabricator manufacturer.
Both are strong Taft men.
Alternates Also Favor Taft.
Alternates selected also favor
Senator Taft. They were Robert
Hudson of Culpeper. who is in
the chicken produce business. and
Eugene c. Beagle. business part
ner Of Mr.. Harmon. Mr.. Hudson
received 81 votes and Mr.. Beagle
26.
There were a number of Ike
for-President buttons in evidence.
but supporters of the General were
noticeably absent or silent when
delegate voting time arrived.
At one point in the meeting, q
delegate arose to blast Eisenhower
as a New Deal Democrat" His
denunciation met with a chorus
of boos.
In another business matter, the
81 delegates and 81 alternates
chose r. H. Middleton of Albe-
marie County. another Taft sup
porter, to be a presidential elector.
Eisenhower Gets Two.
Gen. Eisenhower at the second
district convention at Portsmouth
picked up his first two supporters
from the Old Dominion. They are
Norfolk Attorneys Lester S. Par
sons, ST., district COP chairman.
and Walter E. Hoffman, unsuc-
cessful Congressional candidate in
1948
Both Mr.. Parsons and Mr.. Hoff-
man said after their election as
delegates that although they will
keep our minds open at Chicago"
they now are leaning to the
candidacy of Gen. Eisenhower.
They were supported at the Ports
mouth session by pro-Eisenhower
forces.
MIR. Parsons and Mr.. Hoffman
defeated two avowed supporters
of Senator Taft. w. j. Stanton
and Mrs. Rhea D. Osborne.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Court Denies Damages
For Blindness by Tear Gas
BY the Asseeiafed Psess

ANNAPOLIS, May 10.-The
Court of Appeals today refused te
allow damages to man who was
blinded when shot in the eyes
with tear gas shell by the sheriff
of Talbot County. But it left the
way open for him to amend his
suit.
Douglas Hill had asked the Ap-
pellate Court to reverse a decision
of Cecil County Circuit Court
which sustained a demurrer filed
by the Fidelity & Deposit Co. oi
Maryland to his suit.
Mr.. Hill sought to recover $10,-
900 damages from the insurance
firm, which bonded the sheriff
A. Raymond Carroll.
In addition to being blinded
Mr.. Hills counsel said he was
''unlawfully and maliciously'
beaten without just cause OF
reason" The incident occurred ir
the Easton jail December 9, 1850
two days after Sheriff Carol
executed his bond to the State.
Mr.. Hill also has fled a $100, ,OO(
suit against the sheriff which i
still pending in the lower court
Evening star., 1952-05-11

wick has tried to clear the air
with a radio broadcast prepared
for today. It will be delivered
over station WARL at 3 pm.
Those who want to know more
than the, broadcast time permits
might thumb through the two
thick volumes of debates during
Virginia's constitutional conven-
ton of 1902.
That was when the lawmakers
first wrote into Virginia's Consti-
tuition q ban against special
legislation.
Delegates argued that special
Legislation should be outlawed be-
cause it took too much time away
from consideration of general laws
needed by the whole State.
w. Gordon Robertson. q dele
gate to that convention from Craig
County, had this to say:
There are evils surrounding
the legislature from which they
ought to be protected. The great
lest evil IN my opinion, and the
greatest reason why our general
Evening star., 1952-05-11

first; Frederick, Md. second; Wi
comico Senior High, Salisbury
Md. third.
Elementary bands - Elkton
Md.
Drug and bugle corps-Aud-
ubon, N. J.
Most unusual display Bicycle
drill team from Hollywood, Fla.
first; Flint. Mich. Senior High
School. second.
Slogans - Westminster, Md.
first. with BEST patrol is self con-
troll; Brooklyn Park. Md, second
with "The best policy on earth
safety first John Eaton Elemen-
tary School, Washington. third
with "Awake-Alert-Alive."
Best f1oats-St. Ursula School
Baltimore. Md. first; st. Peters
parochial school. Washington. Sec
ond; Shepherd Elementary School
| Washington, third.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Arlington Group
Urges Session
Of Assembly
Bon on Federal
Workers in County
Posts Is Attacked

A special session of the Virginia
General Assembly is sought as 9
result of the court decision ban
ming Federal employees from the
Arlington County Board.
T. Oscar Smith, temporary
chairman Of a newly organized
Emergency Conference on Citizen
ship Rights of Federal Employees
called for the special session yes
terday in a letter to State Sena-
tor Charles r. FenWick.
Mr.. Smith said Arlington citi-
zens were outraged" that Fed
eral employees may be barred from
County Board service.
If the decision of Judge Walter
T. Mccarthy is upheld by the
State Supreme Court of Appeals,
Mr.. Smith said at least 40 to SO
per cent of the taxpayers and citi-
zens of Arlington will be prevent
ed from participating in the
county government.
Status of Present Board.
Two of the present Board men,
bers are Federal workers and a
third worked for the Government
when he was elected.
Mr.. Smith said he was aware
that legislation designed to correct
the situation was introduced at
the 1852 session of the General
Assembly. but failed to pass.
He charged that the Arlington
delegation did not press for its
enactment.
Senator Fenwick, however, in a
radio address prepared for broad
cast today (WARL, 3 p.m.). told
of efforts to obtain corrective leg
islation during the recent Assem-
bly, session.
Political Motives Charged.
Your legislative representatives
have been criticized for not doing
something about this matter dur
ing the past session of the Legis-
lature. This has even been done
by persons who know better and
are attempting to make political
capital out of the situation" said
Senator Fenwick.
Legislation requested by the
Arlington Civic Federation was in
troduced in the Senate and House
permitting Federal workers to
serve on county boards, school
boards and hold other Offices in
any county in the State. Com
mittees of the House and Senate
failed to approve the bills. They
said action of the Legislature
might affect the pending litiga-
ton.
The Arlington delegation did
manage to get through legislation
validating certain bond issues, re-
garMess of the suits outcome.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Woodbine Baptist Church
To Be Dedicated TODAY

The new Woodbine (va0 Bap-
tist Church will be dedicated at
2:30 o'clock today.
The Rev. DR.. Ernest F.. Camp
bell,. pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Alexandria. will de-
liver the message of dedication.
The new church is about six
miles southeast of Manassas. Sun
day School facilities are not yet
ready for use, but the sanctuary
is completed and has been used
since Easter.
At today's service, the Rev. j.
Murray Taylor will present a his
tory of the Woodbine Church.
The Woodbine pastor is the
Rev. Charles w. Dick.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Max Spray Named Director
By Alexandra Merchants

Max L. Spray. former managing
editor of the Arlington Daily Sun,
has been appointed managing di-
rector of the Alexandria Retail
Merchants Association.
Before joining the Sun in
March, 1851, Mr.. Spray was for
six years director of information
for the American Red Cross, east
ern area, with headquarters in
Alexandria.
He lives at 205 Park road. Alex
anGria.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Boy, 8, Runs Into Car
And Suffers Broken Lea

An 8-year-old boy suffered q
broken leg yesterday when he ran
between two cars into the side of
a moving car on Georgia avenue
at Wheaton, Md.
James A. Lowery. of 11714
Grandview avenue. Wheaton. was
admitted to Suburban Hospital.
His condition was described as
good.
Driver of the car was James o.
Maxey. SO. of the 1900 block of
Sheraton street, Silver Spring,
police reported.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
PTA to Discuss BUDGET

The Montgomery County budget
will be discussed by Mrs. Ben
Beylor. president Of the board Of
education, before the Montgomery
Hills Junior High School PTA at
g pm. Tuesday in the school au-
|ditorium.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Safety To!!ks
Fuirfux School
Schedule Listed

Inspector Dick Mansfield, direc.
tor of The Stars School Safety
program. will give his Safety Cir
cus' chalk talks at 10 am. at thu
following Fairfax County elemen.
tary schools this week:
Monday: Lincolnia.
Tuesday: Fairfax Elementary.
Wednesday: Fairfax Elementar.
(colored.
Thursday: Floris.
Friday: Herndon H. S. Elemen
taSV.
Evening star., 1952-05-11

bury, Md, patrol, second.
Drum majorette-Rhonda Bib
ber. Greenbelt, Md, civic band.
Drum major-George Dixon
Parker-Gray High School, Alex.
andria. Va.
College and civic bands-Mary
Washington College, Fredericks-
burg, Va.
Junior bands Pottstown, Pa.
first; Fairview. N. j., second
Riverside Junior High, Morgan.
town, w. Va, third.
Senior bands = PottStoWn. Pa.
Evening star., 1952-05-11
Winners in Safety Parade

The winners in yesterdays
School Safety Patrol parade:
Best appearance - Arlington
County, Va, patrol. first; Sails
Evening star., 1952-05-11

DetoiIs Of Biggest Sofety Petrol Porode
Held in District. Poss Al
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Parade planners huddled after
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Six Potstown Pa majorettes the wndup and said
worked hard in yesterdays one we've had"
had 10 hn
Evening star., 1952-04-24

and $50 shuttle relays and two
class mile relays at Penn and
also will have Morty Cohen and
Tex Carter in the high hurdles
and Otis Brown in the discus.
Gordon Rakow, Clarence Gaddy,
Carter and Cohen are in the 48O
relay; Cliff Matthews, Harry
Nordquist, Burke Wilson and Jim
johnson in the $50 relay; Harry
Coss, Jim Pentzer, Wilson and
johnson in one of the mile relays
and Charles Wagner, Ken Thorn
ton, Gus Meier and AL Buehler in
the other.
The Coss. Pentzer, Wilson and
johnson quartet has won in 3:19.S
this year, a figure good enough
to win a class mile at Penn. Dart
mouth had a 3:20.6 class victory
last year.
In the hurdles, Cohen has been
Maryland's winner in three dual
meets. His best clocking was 15.1
seconds, while it took a 14.5 effort
to win at Philadelphia last year.
In the discus, Browns best dis
tance so far is 145 feet, 3 inches,
just a few inches short of the
1864 that took fifth place be-
mind a winning 161-11 last wear.
Evening star., 1952-04-24

along with him and became a
member of the post jumping team.
He scored in the Madison Square
Garden show and helped Fort
Myers squad defeat an inter-
national team.
Between 1912 and 1947, Black
Caddy was on loan to Miguel
Aleman, later President of Mexico
who enjoyed riding the horse.
Black Caddy jumped with the
Mexican Olympic team and also
was featured in a Mexican version
of Western movie.
Noted for his versatility in
handy classes, which emphasized
turns and jumping at angles
Black Caddy'S rivalry with Roxie
was one of the most exciting
chapters in horse show history in
this area. Their duel at Meadow
brook in 1941, when Black Caddy
won with a record jump of 6 feet
j6l2 inches, is still talked about
when comparative performances
are discussed.
Black Caddy's final appearance
was made last June when he won
the modified Olympic over a crack
field.
Hughes had hoped to show
Black Caddy once more this yea,
with his 5-year : old daughter
Robin in the saddle.
HE could be as gentle with q
child as he could be rough with
la strange, older rider" Mrs
! Hughes said.
Evening star., 1952-04-24
Final Test Tomorrow
After Knicks Deadlock
Series With Lakers
BY the Associofed Press

NEW YORK, April 24.-George
Mikan must qualify as something
of soothsayer.
Before the National Basketball
Association playoffs the Minneap-
oils Laker center predicted they
would'go the full seven games.
And, sure enough, the Lakers
found themselves deadlocked to-
day at three games apiece with
the New York Knickerbockers,
with the seventh and deciding
contest coming up tomorrow night
lat Minneapolis.
The Knicks tied the champion
ship series last night with 1868
victory over the Lakers. But it
wasn't Mikan's fault that the
Lakers didn't wrap up their third
NBA title in four years. Big
George scored % points and had
to oppose the Knicks almost single
handed.
The Lakers were forced to oper-
ate without their brilliant floor
man and rebounder, Jim Pollard,
who stayed in Minneapolis with a
back injury. The third member
of Minneapolis big three-Vern
Mikkelsen-missed a good portion
of the game with four and then
five personal fouls.
The game was close until a set
shot by Dick Mcclure gave the
Knicks 63-61 lead. Sparked h-
Max Zaslofsky, the New Yorkers
then ran off 8 straight points to
sew up the victory.
Zaslofsky, with % points, topped
the Knick scoring. He scored 9
points in the last minutes and
this proved the difference for the
Knicks, who refused to abandon
their fast-break style of play.
That's what won it for u.s." Joe
Lapchick, New York coach, said.
l"Our boys kept on running and
wore them down in the end"
Evening star., 1952-04-24
CIV Eyes Title Lead
In Game With VMI;
Pitt Visits Hoyas

George Washington Univer-
sity. its eyes on first place in the
Northern Division of the South
ern Conference, entertains Vir-
ginia Military tomorrow in base
ball game on the Ellipse, while
Pittsburgh inyades Georgetown
in a non-league game at the Hill
top.
American o.. claiming a IL
record in the Mason-Dixon Con-
ference, visits Baltimore Univer-
sity tomorrow in a doubleheader.
Saturdays college baseball
schedule lists Georgetown at
Loyola, VMI at Maryland and
Lynchburg at Catholic U.
CIV is hoping somebody beats
Richmond, which owns a 40
Southern Conference record. The
Colonials, 1875 victorS over Wash
mgton and Lee at Lexington, Va,
yesterday. have a 5-1 conference
mark and have hopes of taking
the Northern Division title. The
ColonialS get their big chance
Monday when they play the
Spiders in Richmond.
Nine errors, 81 walks and three
hit batSmen marred the CIV
W8SL game yesterday. The Cen
erals took a 80 lead in the first
three innings, but the Colonials
came back with four runs in the
fourth on Pitcher Tyson Janney's
wildness and two big errors. Seven
more runs came across for the
ColonialS in the seventh on just
two hits. Three errors by Dave
Waters, Generals third -baseman,
caused most of the damage. The
Generals outhit CIV, 81.