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Evening star., 1952-06-12
Heads Masonic Lodde

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, June
IL (SpeciaD Robert G. Butler,
officer in charge of Veterans Ad-
ministration affairs in this city,
last night was elected worshipful
master of Robert White Lodge,
A. F.. and A. NJ, succeeding Ken
meth c. Kesecker.
Evening star., 1952-06-12
Robbers Take Over Hotel, Operate Il for ; Hours

switchboard. another operated the
elevator. the third ran the desk
Arriving and departing guests
were robbed methodically of cash
and jewelry, then hustled into the
room with the imprisoned hotel
staff.
The robbers left at am.
Police said they took $lO2 from
the hotels cash register and a
much larger amount from the
guests.
Evening star., 1952-06-12

larry chaplain. Mrs. E. Maude
Dudley. The Rev. Ira Sanky
Ernst. pastor of the United
Brethren Evangelical Church, will
pronounce the invocation and
benediction.
Other sessions of the conven-
ton will be held in Naval Lodge
Hall, $50 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc, at 1:30 and 7 pm. Saturday.
Evening star., 1952-06-12

headquarters at
B ollin g Air
Force Base, is
b e i n g reas-
signed.
He will leave
Boiling July l
to attend the
Air War College
at Maxwell Air
Force Base, ,
M o n t g Omery,
Ala.
Col. Kemp
will be replaced
here by Col.
XIr I'LL; L
Evening star., 1952-06-12
Col. Kemp 10 Leave Boiling
For Air War COLLEGE

Col. William T. Kemp, jr.. who
has been chief of staff of Head
quarters Command of the Air
Force since December, 1948, with
Evening star., 1952-06-12
Rood Numed for Division

MILWAUKEE (P. - Wisconsin
thinks so much of its 32d (Red
Arrow Division that it is re-
naming State highway. High
way AZ has recently become high
W9V 81
Evening star., 1952-06-12

time, Mr.. Williams arrived with
his gun. He and State Trooper
Raymond Scarrachio, summoned
by neighbors, sought to rescue the
child.
Snyder, who was serving 212 to
5 years in Green Haven State Pris-
on for auto theft. had escaped
Tuesday.
Putnam County District Attor-
ney Fred A. Dickinson said a mur-
der charge against Snyder would
be presented to a grand jury to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1952-06-12

WrigglesWorth, a senior pilot. who
presently is attending the Air War
College.
Col. Kemp is familiar to Max
we'll, having served as chief of
staff at the base there, as we'll as
attending the personnel manage
ment course at Maxwell in 1948.
During World War II, he was
assigned to the 9th Air Force in
England, France and Germany.
where he served as assistant di-
rector of personnel for headquar-
tiers, 9th Air Force.
Evening star., 1952-04-16

tering the Army in World War I.
After serving in the 116th Field
Artillery in this coutry and for a
brief period in France, Mr.. Blount
moved to the District in 1920. He
was employed on Stepember 18 of
that year at The Star and worked
continuously on the paper until
his death. His main duties in the
composing room were as an ad
man and proofreader.
He was an active member of the
Masonic Lafayette Lodge 10, and
|of the Second Baptist Church,
Seventeenth and East Capitol
streets. He was also a member of
The Evening Star Club.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Alice R. Reeves, of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, whom he mar
ried in 1923; two sons, Charles,
jr., 1902 Gallatin street, Rogers
Heights, Md; and Judson w.
Blount. of the home address.
Other survivors are a daughter,
Mrs. Eileen JaimedeS, also of the
home address: two brothers,
Thomas F. Blount and E. Henry
Blount, both of Savannah; two
sisters, Mrs. Alma Davis, of Bur-
bank, Calf. and Mrs. Lily O'Don-
nell. of Pensacola, Fla; and two
grandchildren, David c. Blount.
2, and jeanne Marie Jaimedes, two
weeks old.
Services will be held at / pm.
Friday at Gawler's funeral home.
1856 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Burial will be at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. =.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Mrs. John E. Gully, 80,
TQkomu Park Resident

Mrs. John E. Gully, 80, a resident
OF Takoma Park for 27 years, died
Monday at her home, 7505 Carroll
avenue.
Mrs. Gully was the former Amy
Elizabeth Bennett of Union City.
Ind. She was a member of the
Sligo Seventh Day Adventist
Church.
She is survived by her husband,
retired printer; a son, Harrod E.
Gully, of Eugene. Ore, a daughter,
Mrs. Clarence w. Taylor, of the
Carroll avenue address; three
grandchildren, and four great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were to be held
at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the
Takoma funeral home, with burial
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Raymond |. Pitfman, Jr.,
d. {. Newspaperman

Raymond L. Pittman, jr.. 33. a
reporter on the Washington Post,
died today of cancer at Mount
Alto Veterans Hospital. He had
been i'll for more than a year.
Mr.. Pittman of 946 Northamp-
ton drive, Silver Spring, came to
the Post in 1851 as an assistant
city editor from the news staff of
the Richmond Wa.) Times-Dis-
patch. He became i'll shortly
afterwards. but returned later as
"a general assignment reporter.
A native Of Orrum. N. c., he was
graduated in 1910 from Wake COL
|lege, where he was, editor Of the
school newspaper.
Mr.. Pittman is survived by his
widow. the former Nell Morris; a
daughter, Judith Morris Pittman:
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond L. Pittman, Fairmont, N. c.;
two brothers, DR.. Hal w. Pittman,
Chicago, and 1t. j. Graham Pitt
man. assigned to the Sd Naval
District Headquarters, Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
DR.. Samuel {. Hatcher, g.
RandoIp Macon Official
BY the Associated Press

ASHLAND. Va, April 16.-Dr.
Samuel Claiborne Hatcher, 81,
vice president. secretary and treas
urer of Randolph Macon College
for 81 years until his retirement
in 1947, died Monday at his home
here. (
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted tomorrow at 1O:3O am.
from Duncan Memorial Church
on the college campus.
Mr.. Hatcher, a native Of Cum
berland County, was widely known
in the Virginia Methodist Confer
ence and formerly served pas
torates in Richmond, Norfolk.
Petersburg and Farmville. He
had been a trustee of Randolph
Macon College since 1907.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
1nez j. Hatcher; three daughters:
a son; a brother, and five grand
children.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
High Court Opinions
Are Highly Critical
OF Electoral CoIIeqe

The electoral college has been
handed some hard knocks by Su-
preme Court justices.
Written opinions issued yester-
day on the courts April decision
in an Alabama case dealt with
only one aspect of the electoral
system. The ruling left room for a
more basic test of a presidential
electors freedom" And the two
dissents left the college little to
cheer about.
The court held that candidates
for elector can be required to
promise they will support presi-
Dental and vice presidential can
didates of their national party.
Justices Jackson and Douglas dis
sented.
Justice Reed wrote in the ma
jority opinion that the 18th
amendment does not prohibit an
elector from announcing his
choice beforehand. He cited his
tory as teaching that the electors
were expected to support the
party nominees"
No Ruling ON Pledge.
The court did not rule on
whether an elector, when once
chosen in a State primary OF
convention, can legally break a
pledge he made to get on the bal
lot.
The Alabama case involved ef-
forts of the State Democratic or
ganization to require candidates
for elector to sign pledges that
they would vote for national party
nominees. The Alabama Supreme
Court had held that such pledge
requirement violated the Consti-
tuition. The dispute was between
the regular Democratic organiza-
ton and a group Of States right
ers.
Justice Jackson's dissent at
tackled the electoral college system
itself.
1.-The demise of the whole elec-
toral system would not impress
me as a disaster" he declared.
"At its best it is a mystifying and
distorting factor in presidential
elections which may resolve a
popular defeat into an electoral
victory.
Open to Corruption.
"At it's worst it is open to local
corruption and manipulation, once
so fragrant as to threaten the sta
bility of the country. To abolish
it and substitute direct election of
the President, so that every vote
wherever cast would have equal
weight, would seem to me a gain
for simplicity and integrity"
AS for the Alabama situation,
Justice Douglas protested that
the courts ruling was Sanction
ing a new instrument of power
in the hands of any faction that
can get control of the Democratic
national convention, to make sure
OF Alabama's electoral vote"
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Bennett Bush, Former
Phone Company Worker

Bennett Bush, SIS, of 1901 Con-
necticut avenue, collapsed and
died suddenly last night during
the annual dinner of the Friend
ship Fire Association.
Mr.. Bush, a former employe of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co., was at the dinner to
present a ticker tape recording of
a six-alarm fire to Fire Chief
Millard Sutton. The dinner was
in honor of Chief Sutton.
Mr.. Bush is survived by his
mother. Mrs. Nettie Bush of
Washington. His body was taken
to the Danzansky funeral home at
3501 Fourteenth street NV. after
he was pronounced dead of nat
ural causes at Emergency Hos
pital.
The dinner was held at Hotel
24OO.
Evening star., 1952-04-16

the Spanish-A War held
the post of Assistant District
Commissioner.
Responsible for many engineer
ing improvements in the District,
he was in charge of improvement
of the Capitals water system and
tree planting during his assign
|ment here. The Georgetown res
|ervoirS were constructed during
this period.
Headed Old Barracks Here.
Gen. Burr commanded the old
Washington Barracks, now Fort
McNair, from 1902 until 1906. He
also was assistant chief of Army
Engineers in Washington from
1910 to 1914.
During the Spanish-American
War, Gen. Burr, then a lieutenant
colonel in the Volunteers, COM
manded the beaches at Daiquiri,
Cuba. During World War I, he
headed a brigade of field artillery
III I'll d11CC.
After returning from France,
he commanded the river and har-
bor district in New York City.
A noted military engineer, Gen.
Burr designed and built the first
steel canal gates in America. They
were part of the old Cascade
Locks on the Columbia River.
Saved ROckaway Beaches.
Gen. Burr, a native of Boone
vile. Mo-, worked as a consulting
engineer in New York for many
years after retiring from the Army
for age in 1923. During this Pc
riod he was called in by New
York City authorities to save the
Rockaway Beaches on Long Island,
which were washing away with
the tides. Gen. Burr successfully
designed a piling jetty for the
job.
He also supervised building of
the Provinceton (Mass.) Pilgrims
Monument.
He is survived by a son, 1t. Col.
John G. Burr, retired; a daugh-
ter, Miss Charlotte Burr, both of
2013 N street NV; five grand
children and six great-grand-
children. Another son, Col. Will
liam E. Burr, died three months
ago. Both sons and two grand
children were graduated from
West Point.
Graveside services with military
honors will be held at 10 am.
Friday at Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Kerr Backs His Bill
For 100 Pct. Parity
To Boost Farm Prices

Senator Kerr. Of Oklahoma. a
candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, asked
Congress today to boost subsidies
on major farm products.
He urged quick approval of his
bill that would require the Gov
ernment to support key farm
prices at 100 per cent of parity.
Senator Kerr was a witness at
a Senate Agriculture subcommittee
hearing on three proposals to
strengthen farm prices.
Senator Young. Republican, of
North Dakota, pleaded for a bill
that in effect would keep the dol
lars-and-cents value Of parity
higher. This would make the
Government pay more for price
support starting in 1854.
A third bill before the subcom-
mittee would authorize the Sec
fetary Of Agriculture to offer price
at 80 per cent of parity
on non-basic farm items when
ever the Government wants higher
production.
Quizzed by Anderson.
Senator Anderson, Democrat, of
New Mexico. a former Secretary
of Agriculture. fired hostile ques-
tions at the witnesses. He said
the Governments price supports
on peanuts already are costing the
Government So for every acre
planted. He singled out potatoes
as another sore spot.
Senator Kerr. however, argued
that farmers might not reach the
Governments production goals
unless price supports are raised.
when we call on industry to
produce vast quantities of defense
materials, we guarantee a speci-
fed price," Senator Kerr said
When we call upon our farmers
to produce in greater abundance,
they are entitled to know that in
so doing they will not be penalized
by falling prices"
Asks 100 Per Cent Parity.
Senator Kerr's plan for prices
at 100 per cent of parity would
apply to wheat, corn, cotton, rice,
peanuts, tobacco, wool, hogs, eggs
and farm chickens. Also beef
cattle, whole milk and butterfat,
soybeans. flaxseed and dried
beans.
Grain sorghums, barley, oats
and rye would be supported at a
price so high that they would not
undersell corn on the basis of
comparative value for livestock
feed.
Senator Kerr also indorsed the
less sweeping price support pro-
poSals of Senator Young and Sen
|ator Russell of Georgia, who, also
lis a candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
US. Workers Get Approval
To Seek Office in Bowie
BY the Associated Press

It's all right now for Federal
employees living in Bowie. Md, to
campaign-as supporters or can
didates-in non-partisan elections
for town officers.
The Civil Service Commission
gave it's approval today. Under
the Hatch Act, which prohibits
political activity by Federal work.
ers, the commission may authorize
exemptions for local elections in
communities where large numbers
of the voters are Federal em-
ployes.
The commission said it already
has authorized similar exemptions
covering most other municipalities
and political subdivisions in the
vicinity of Washington.
The exemption for Bowie ap-
plies to selection of three COM
missioners. attorney. clerk-treas-
urer and policemen.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
WaIdrop Sale Of S525,OOo
Stock Given Approval

District Court Judge James w.
Morris has given tentative ap-
proval for the sale by Frank c.
Waldrop of $525,0 worth of his
holdings in the McCormick-Pat.
terson trust to the estate of the
late Eleanor Patterson.
Mr.. Waldrop, executive editor Of
the Times Herald. is one Of the
executors of the estate of the late
Times Herald publisher.
In papers on file in District
Court yesterday, it was revealed
that Mr.. Waldrop desires to sell
to the estate IS units of McCor-
mick-Patterson trust holdings left
to him by the publisher. Each
unit was valued at $35,000.
Judge Morris gave his approval
to the proposed sale; contingent
upon there being no opposition
expressed before the Motions
Court on May 8.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
HIT Mrtttnrtattt

PHILIP b. In memory Of my
dear husband, PHILIP B. McCONCHIE,
who passed away April 16, 1947.
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
Memories are treasures no one can steal;
Beautiful memories are all / have left
OF one whom loved and will never forget.
The covers Of life's book are closed
For the one l loved so well,
But loving deeds of bygone days
Are what the pages tell:
McCONCHIE.
MORRIS. GEORGE. In loving memory Of
my husband, GEORGE NORRIS. who
passed away April l6, 1851.
No one but God knows how much
miss you.
YOUR LOVING WIFE, VERONICA NOR
RIS.
OBERY, LOUISE VASHTI. tribute of
love and devotion to the memory Of my
dear mother, LOUISE VASHTI OBERY,
who left me seven years ago today. April
16, 1945.
Seven sad and lonely years have passed
The shock I received that day
I still remember well.
Days Of sadness still come o'er me,
Hidden tears so often flow:
Memories keep you always near me.
Though you left seven years ago.
Some day, mother. hope to meet you.
But I shall clasp your loving hand
In fairer and better land.
BELOVED DAUGHTER. LOUISE e.
PERRY
Evening star., 1952-04-16

EN- 2/C BERNARD E. A
s-- tribute Of love to the memory Of
PEMBERToN PE PlsslToS 0HS EN- a1e EKNAaD Who was a
t killed in action seven years ago
today. April 16, 1945. on
Okinawa.
In my heart love to stray
Along the road of yesterday;
To live again in memory
The happy days that used to be.
To hear his laugh, to see him smile.
To talk with him a little while; .
] love to linger on the way
That leads me back to yesterday.
DEVOTED AUNT.
QUILL. THOMAS F. In loving remem-
brance Of our dear husband and father,
THOMAS F. QUILL, who passed away
four years ago today, April IS, 1948. An
ni'erSaF' mass a WIFI Fl A2Esiss ASD FzG1nY GhgF'h
RANDALL. MARY MAGGIE. In loving
memory of our dear mother. MARY MAG
GLE RANDALL, who departed this life
one year ago today. April 16. 1861.
Oh. how we miss you. mother, dear.
! AS we look back today one year;
Your voice is still. your smile Is gone,
But in our hearts your love lives on:
LOVING SON AND DEVOTED DAUGH-
TER75NNi1LA"' PER5NiI LENwooD AND sAL.1E
ROBINSON, CLIFTON. In loving memory
Of my dear son. CLIFTON ROBINSON.
who passed away one year ago today,
Aprll 10, 1901.
You left behind an aching heart
That loved you most sincere;
never did and never will
FORGET you. Clifton. dear.
nFS9IED soN MOTHER LENA j. ROBIN
ROSE, WILLIAM II. In deep respect to
the memory of our dearly beloved father
WILLIAM H. ROSE, who departed this
life five years ago today, April 10, lD47
W.. have only a memory, dear father,
We cherish our whole lives through;
But the sweetness will linger forever,
AS we treasure the memory Of you.
DEVOTED CHILDREN, OLIVE, GLADYS,
TAYLOR. FRANCis Leo. Sacred to the
and nephew; FRANCIS LEO TAYLOR,
who departed this life ten years ago to
day, April IL, 1912.
We miss his love. his CHEEKY ways,
Please God. tust let him know
That we down here do not forget,
We loved and miss him so.
TERS, BRoTHERs AND UNCLE Al
THOMPSON, THELMA BLOUNT. In mem
THEI.AdA BLOUNT THOMPSON who en-
tered into eternal rest four years ago to-
day, April 16, 194S.
Not ours to know the reason why
Unanswered is our prayer,
But ours to wait for Gods own time
To lift the cross We bear,
Not ours TO know the reason why
From loved ones We must part.
But ours to live in faith and hope,
Thoush bleeding from the heart.
MOTHER AND FATHER. JOSEPH T. AND
HENRIETTA BLOUNT: BROTHERS,
JOSEPH c. AND CHARLES. BLOUNT;
SISTER-IN-LAW. HILDA BLOUNT.
WOOD. ALBERTA IRENE. tribute Of
love and devotion to the memory Of my
dear sister, ALBERTA IRENE WOOD. who
left me one year ago today. April 10,
1851.
Her gentle face and patient smile
With sadness recall;
She had Q kind word for each
| And died beloved by all.
DEVOTED BROTHER, JAMES WILLIS.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Jopon, Belgium Keep Pocts

TOKYO, April Is (P.-The
Foreign Office announced today
that Japan and Belgium have
agreed to continue current trade
and financial agreements until
new pacts are negotiated. They
originally were scheduled to ex-
pire when the peace treaty be-
comes effective. >+a
Evening star., 1952-04-16

been i'll fol
a b out tW G
weeks.
Mr.. Blount,
of 2407 Chew
erly av e n u e,
Cheverly, Md,
was born on
August 10, 1897
in B e a u f OR t
County, S. c,
He served his
apprenticeship ip
as a printer on
the Savannah
(Ga.) Morning
News before en-
Evening star., 1952-04-16

yesterday al
Walter r e e q
Hospital. H {
had been i'll
about five years
Gen. Burr was
assigned to the
Engineer Corps
after gradua.
ton from West
Point in 1882
He spent about
IL years of his
long military
career in Wash
ington, a n q
Evening star., 1952-04-16

JOE ALEXANDER, Commander;
c. H. MCCARTHY, Chaplain. 16
sNARR, MARTIN L. on Tuesday. April
! 3: 1859. at Suburban Hospital. Bethesda,
Va. Body resting at the Dellineer Flu;
neral Home, Woodstock, Va. Funeral
services Friday. April Ii, at 2 pm. at
Toms Brook. Va.
STUART. JAMES. ton Tuesday night. April
15, 1862, in Charles Town General Hos
gARf gtd fhsses Seesed TowR of Maj Mabel
and father of Mrs. Mabel Gray, and Al
fred Stuart. Friends may sall at the
Funeral services at the Middieburg Meth
odist Church.. Middleburg, Va, Friday
morning, April Is, at II o'clock. Inter-
ment Brookside Cemetery. Englewood'
N. j.
SWANK. ALLEN EDMONSTON. On Mon
day April T. 1882 ALIEN FIN EDModN- Mon
brand. sister Of Annie Golden Mcconchie.
Funeral Home. 2oo7 Nichols ave. Sc,
9n taes and freRds An5 IN Invited &c
s pm. Wednesday. April 1e II
THOMPSON, BUFORT. On Monday, April
IA, 1862. BUFORT THOMPSON OF 1910
Robert Thompson other relatives and
the Malvan & Schey Funeral Home, 424
K ST. NV. between IL noon and pm.
Wednesday. Funeral and interment
Concord, NJ c.
CHRISTINE r. On Tuesday.
April 3, 1852, at Gallinger Hospital
CHRISTINE r. VALENTINE of 321
Lowrie pl. ne, daughter of Lily and Paul
Valentine. sister of Pauline, Verdell.
Vivian, Jean, Rebecca, Lowrine, Paul A.
and Benjamin P. Valentine. She also is
sirvived by host of other relatives and
friends. The late Miss Valentine may be
viewed at Stewards Funeral Home. 30 H
st. me-, after pm. Thursday. where
services will be held Friday. April 1S, at
/ pm. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
IL
WARD. MARIA. Passed to her eternal
reward April 13, 1852, in Lynchburg. Va,
after long illness, MARIA WARD, loving
mother of Evelyn T. Ward and Vivian
Ward Brown Of Washington. d. c.. and
1900 18th st., 1Iynchburg. Va. Funeral
Wednesday, April 16. at pm, from the
Eighth Street Baptist Church, Lynchburg,
Va. 16'
WHITING, ELMER. On Sunday. April 8,
1852. at his residence, 432 9Th st. s.w..
ELMER WHITING, beloved HUSBAND of
Mrs. Lucy Whiting, stepfather of Yyonne
Johnson. brother of Mrs. Adele Crawford
and Ellsworth Whiting. He also Is sur
vived by a brother-tn-law, Andrew CraW-
ford, and ether relatives and friends. Re-
mains may be viewed at his late resi-
dence after 5 pm. Wednesday. April 16.
Funeral Thursday. April IL, at l pm.
from Barnes e. Matthews Funeral Home.
GA 4th st. s.w.. Rev. A. Joseph Edwards
officiating. 1nterment Harmony Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
lit Mfntnriattt

ADDELLE, CHARLES W. A tribute Of
love and devotion in memory Of my dear
husband. CHARLES w. ADDELLE, who
departed this life fifteen years ago today.
April 16. 1887.
The one God gave me and took away
Is at peace in the isles of the blest,
And even in sorrow, when bitter tears
flow,
know God in His wisdom knew best.
Sometimes it's hard to understand
Why certain things must be,
But there Is q reason for 1t all
Beyond our power to see.
HIS DEVOTED WIFE, SUSIE E. ,ADDEILE.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Lord Broudbridqe

LONDON, April 16 R).-Lord
Broadbridge of Brighton, former
Lord Mayor Of London and Con-
servative member of Parliament,
died today, He was SO.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Francois Coqne, Sculptor

PARIS, April Is (P.-Francois
Cogne, 76. sculptor. died yester-
day. He had done busts of many
famous persons, including Win
ston Churchill and Georges Glenn
|enceau.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Gen. Burr Dies at o.:
Former Assistant
D. T.. Commissioner

Brig. Gen. Edward Burr, 90,
second Oldest living graduate of
West Point and former assistant
District Commissioner here, died
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Charles {. BIount,
Chever|y Resident and
Printer al The Star

Charles E. Blount, 81. a prin-
ter at The Star for 81 years, died
yesterday at Leland Memorial
Hospital, Riverdale, Md. He had
Evening star., 1952-04-16
$3.7 Billion Insurance Paid

HARTFORD. - Insurance pay
ents to policyholders and bene-
flciaries in the United States in
the fiscal year 1850 exceeded $3.7
billions in volume.