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Evening star., 1952-10-14
Plea 10 Lift Rent Curbs
In Arlington Is Denied

An appeal by 10 Arlington hous-
ing operators against re-establish-
ment of rent controls in the county
has been denied by Rent Stabilizer
James M. Henderson.
The appeal to- Mr.. Henderson
was another step in the housing
operators battle against controls,
which were re-imposed in Airing
ton on September % at the re-
quest of the County Board. The
next step is to carry the case to
the Emergency Court of Appeals.
Earlier, the housing operators
had attempted District Court ac-
ton to block re-establishment OF
controls. It was held that District
Court had no jurisdiction, how
ever. and the housing operators
were told to follow the procedure
specified by law: appeal to the
rent Stabilizer; then appeal to the
Emergency Court of Appeals.
The Office Of Rent Sterilization
announced that Mr.. Henderson
turned down the appeal. Mr.
Henderson said the action of the
Arlington County Board requesting
controls met every requirement
under the Federal rent law, and
re-establishment of rent stabiliza.
ton under the circumstances was
mandatory.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Suicide Ruled in Death
OF ice Pay Supervisor

Miss Mary c. Halstead. a Gov.
.ernment payroll supervisor, dice
last night at Washington SAM.
tarium about seven hours aftel
she shot herself in the head at hel
Silver Spring home. Montgomery
County police reported.
Miss Halstead, Al, lived at 40:
Leighton avenue with her parents
Mr., and Mrs. Willet Halstead. Mr.
Halstead is a retired colonel.
Police Corpl. Coy Moorefield
said Mr.. Halstead reported his
daughter had been suffering from
mental strain. Also, he said, hel
mother had been in i'll health fol
several years.
The policeman said Miss Hal
stead had beeen away from hei
job for several days because Of i'll
health. About 3 pm. yesterday
Mr. Halstead reported. a shot was
fired in q first-fioor bedroom. The
father said he found his daughter
was lying on the floor, a bullet
wound in her head and a .32-cali-
Der revolver beside her.
Detective Sergt. William Whalen
said Miss Halstead got the weapon
from under the mattress Of her
fathers bed.
DR.. Frank j. Broschart, county
medical examiner. issued q certifi-
cate Of suicide.
Miss Halstead was q payroll SUI
pervisor with the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Evening star., 1952-10-14

dience, or both. He added HI
wanted the tape-recording made
I"in order to pin it down so thai
there will be no wiggling out of il
(the stand on issues").
Says She Avoided Quiz.
The G. o. P. candidate charged
Mrs. Werner had begged OF
answering questions on every &C.
casion they had attended meet
Iings together on ground she had
somewhere else to 60.
Mr.. Hyde also denied his oppo-
.nent's charge that he had told her
before the primaries. he would tie
to the Democratic candidate all
the smear words" which are
Irepugnant to the voters.
He conceded however, he had
said that. in a campaign, "you
must get an issue and personalize
it,"
Mr.. Hyde also denied he ha6
been inconsistent in his stand or
the seizure powers of the Presi.
dent. He said he is definitely
opposed to such powers. He added
he is for "free enterprise" anc
against socialized. medicine anc
general Federal aid to education
Mr.. Hyde however, added, HI
believes some areas, such as Mont.
|gomery and Prince Georges Coun.
ties, must have Federal aid fol
schools and other functions be-
cause Of the predominance o1
Government business there.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Virginia Methodists
Increase Pensions
BY the Associofed Press

NORFOLK, Oct. 14.-Takins
notice Of the higher cost of living,
the Virginia Methodist Conference
yesterday increased pensions fol
retired ministers from $32 to SIS
per service year.
The increase, which is. effective
Immediately, means a minister
who retires now after 10 years o1
service will receive an annual pen.
sion of 1,400.
Higher living costs had caused
the conference at its Saturday
might session to raise minimum
salaries for married preacher,
from $2,400 to $4,000 per year
The minimum for unmarried
preachers is fixed at $2.750. y
The Statistical Committee re-
ported that in the past year $8,-
1872, ,979 was raised in the confer
ence. This figure, an increase Of
$241. 200 over the preceding year
included operating expenses Of the
sol churches in the conference.
At the final session Of its i've.
day annual meeting the confer
|ence approved appropriations Of
$319.518 for general work outside
the conference, including world
missions, and $248,214 for work
within the conference.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Cooper Declares Tactics
.0f Non Partisans Reckless

Wesley w. Cooper, Democratic
candidate for the Arlington County
Board, today accused Non-Parti-
san leaders Of deliberately pittins
apartment dwellers against home
owners, and Federal employees
against non-Federal employees.
A Non-Partisan, q Republican
and an Independent also are run
ming for the four-year term on the
County Board sought BY Mr..
Cooper.
Mr.. Cooper said he was speaking
out against the Non-Partisan In
lf-defense." He said the Nom
Partisans tactics were used tc
"hide their reckless program Of
taxation, spending and favoritism.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
First Barter Theater Play
SET Monday In Arlington

Season tickets for the four Bar.
ter Theater plays sponsored BY
the Arlington Civic Federation
are now on sale through the civic
groups which belong to the fed.
Grafton.
First Of the four plays will be
given at $3.50 pm. Monday in the
Thomas Jefferson Junior High
School, Tickets for this play, THE
Curious Savage" also are on sale
at the Willard Hotel.
The other plays viii be "See
How They Run" on November 10:
THE 'virginian" on January Is
and q fourth play on april IS to
be announced later.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Mrs. Werner Turns Down,Hyde
On Wire-Recorded Quiz Plan.

Mrs. Stella Werner, Democratic
candidate for Congress from the
9Th (Western MarylandD district
today turned thumbs down on q
challenge by her Republican op-
ponent to a public, wire-recorded
question and answer session.
Mrs. Werner's opponent, State
Senator Dewitt S. Hyde. laid down
his challenge in a speech to the
Wheaton Kiwanis Club yesterday
Labelling the proposal "petu-
liant outburst indicating some
desperation" Mrs. Werner said in
a statement today:
IF his campaign is going badly,
i still see no point in lending my
efforts to create an additional au-
dieflce for him. -
Two Debates Were Recorded.
Mrs. Werner said she already
has participated in two wire-re-
corded debates with Mr.. Hyde
one in Bethesda and another or
September 80 in Baltimore.
In his talk before the Kiwanis
Club, Mr.. Hyde was noticeably
on the defensive in answering Mrs
Werner's speech there the previ-
louS week.
At one point Mr.. Hyde charged
her heretofore merely incoherent
remarks are now bordering on the
|hysterical. He said that her re-
marks concerning his stand in a
lprevious question-and-answer pc
riod was "at best. a deliberate
misstatement."
Mr.. Hyde suggested the new
lqueStion-and-anSwer session be
held before reporters. a large au-
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Two Killed in Auto Crash
|At Andrews Identified

The Air Force made public to-
day the names of two airmen
killed in an automobile accident at
Andrews Air Force Base late Sum
day night.
They were Airmen &c Richard
T.. Bang, 81, son of Mrs. Katherine
Borghild Bang of Minneapolis,
Mimi, and Basic Airman Rex
lDelano Riley, 19, son of MIR. and
Mrs. Thomas Henry Riley OF
tReseda. Calf.
Both were based at Boiling Air
Force Base and it is believed had
visited nearby Andrews to drop of
some friends stationed there.
The car in which they were
riding failed to make a curve on
Perimeter road on Andrews base
and crashed into a tree.
The cars driver and owner, Air
man 2/c James A. Lee, 19. of Indi-
annapolis, escaped with minor in
ijuries.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
6. 0. P. Opposes
Arlington Shift
|IoCity Status
State Attorney Hosson
Also Opposes
Incorporation

Opposition to proposed incor-
poration Of Arlington has been
expressed by the County Republi-
can Executive Committee and by
Commemorative Attorney William
j. Hassan.
The G. o. P. COMMITTEES. in a
meeting last night at Republican
headquarters, ITO North Glebe
road. voted unanimously against
the move to make Arlington a
city. The question will come be-
fore the voters in q referendum
on election day. November l..
G. o. P. Chairman Robert l..
Groom said the group was cool
toward incorporation. which would
take effect under a charter pre-
pared in 1916. The change, he
said. would result in loss of ap-
proximately $750.000 a year in
State highway revenues.
Fiscal Features Attacked.
Other reasons cited were that
budgetary and fiscal controls in
the charter are inadequate and
out-of-date. and that some doubt
full points in the charter might
have to be resolved through legal
action.
In his statement, Mr.. Hassan, a
Democrat, also pointed to the loss
OF annual highway revenues. In
addition to these funds, he said,
the county might have to finance
on its own highway and bridge
projects costing millions of dollars.
Incorporation under the pro-
posed charter would be a step
backward, the Commemorative S
attorney said. because the county
has progressed since the charter
was drawn up in 1916. Mr.. Hassan
said that the charter provisions
on fiscal controls would make eff
cient operation of the schools
difficult.
Other Plans Suggested.
Future county needs could be
met through modification of the
present county manager plan or
by adopting an optional county
plan, Mr.. Hassan said.
The Incorporation proposal to be
voted on November 4 has failed to
gain the support of any political
group or candidates so far.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
3 Mariners Start World Cruise
From Here at Dawn Tomorrow

Two Floridians and New Eng
lander will put out of here to-
morrow on global cruise, a va
cation that may take three years.
Forrest Nelson, 81. of Miami,
owns the boat. the Nellie Brush,
a. ketch they'll sail 10000 to 50.-
900 miles. So he's the skipper.
But I'm not going to try to run
things" he said. We'll take a
vote when we've stayed some
place a while, and if two of us
want to go some place else then
we'll go, even if I'm the one who
votes to stay"
Cap'n Nelson's shipmates are
Frank Morton. New Bedford,
Mass, and Alex Foten, 20, an
other Miamian. The three of them
Clipped in about $4,000 each
for the trip.
The Nellie Brush is moored of
the 1900 block of Maine avenue
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Falls Church Official
Demands Breakdown
On Speeding in City

A police breakdown on fast
driving within Falls Church city
limits was demanded last night by
City Councilman Alvin Tasker.
Mr.. Tasker said speeding trucks
buses and passenger cars on West
Broad street Oeesburg pike) are
|a threat to the safety of pedes-
trians. He urged stricter enforce
ment Of the 25-mile-per-hour
limit.
City Manager w. r. Woodbury.
said the rash of speeding viola
tions is probably traceable to the
recent resurfacing of the street
He said he would discuss the prob
lem with Police Chief E. H, Howe
The council voted to increase
the number Of trustees Of the
city library from six to seven
and appointed Miss Elizabeth
Stiles Of 301 Park avenue as the
new trustee.
The council approved q resolu-
ton adopted last week by the
school board to develop a recrea-
ton area on part Of the George
Mason Junior Senior high school
site. The city recreation de-
|partment will operate the To-
acre site.
The council postponed award
ing a contract for installation of
curb. gutter and sidewalk on Great
Falls street from North Washing
ton street to the Washington &,
Old Dominion railroad tracks.
The postponement was voted after
Mr.. Woodbury. reported bids ex-
coed cost estimates provided In
the budget. The council viii re-
consider the bids 1T, Its October
81 YnAAtin0
Evening star., 1952-10-14
|AIexqndrio Hospital
Gets Adjacent Tract
For Future Use

A major step toward future ex-
pansion Of Alexandria Hospital
has been taken through purchase
Of the adjoining Howard property
Van C.. Adams, hospital admin
istrator, announced today.
Sixty-two feet Of the Howard
tract fronts on Washington street
and the property includes a three
story building.
Price of the Howard property
was $65.000. The Howard house
was occupied for 40 years, begin
ming in 1907. by the family of T
Clifton Howard. who operated 9
feed brokerage business. Mrs
Howard was Alexandria'S first
probation officer.
Mrs Malcolm Lamborne. jr.
president of the hospitals Boarc
of Directors, said that funds TO,
the purchase would be raised
through gifts and donations, bene.
fits and through income of hos.
pital trust funds earmarked fol
expansion and building.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Coroner's Jury to Rule
In Abortion Deuth Today

Mrs. Ruth E. Robinson, Of the
1900 block Of Montello avenue
NE, was to appear before a COR
oner's jury today in the abortion
Death Of Mrs. Gladys Mackie. a.
Of SOC r street NE.
Police said Mrs. Mackie died Ia
Gallinger hospital on Saturday, q
day after her admittance FOR
treatment for septecemias tfsult-
ing from an Illegal operation.
Mrs. Robinson Il a and c0lorod
Evening star., 1952-10-14

S.W., where she'll weigh anchor
at dawn for Miami.
She's been bertned there for
six weeks while the sailors have
been rigging her for the seas. Mel
lies a 37-foot beauty. She carries
two masts and also has a So
horsepower diesel engine.
The crew put in here to get away
from Florida's hurricane season,
The ship can ride out a blow all
right, they say. but they didn't
want to be cramped for room
when it came.
They have no scientific purpose
for sailing, nor any other solemn
mission. All they intend to do is
loaf around the world having fun.
None of them is married.
Hundreds \ of husbands will
envy you guys" a visitor said yes
terday.
Yeah" the skipper said. "Peo-
ple've been coming down here
every day telling us that"
Evening star., 1952-10-14
10Th District Nominee!
Argue Over Dates
For Political Debates

A debate over debates between
two major candidates for the
House in Virginia's 10th district
is adding heat to the spirited
election contest across the Po-
tomac.
Answering a statement by his
opponent. Republican Joel T.
Broyhill declared last night he
will schedule no additional de-
bates with Edmund D. Campbell,
the Democratic nominee. He
charged Mr.. Campbell had violated
a gentlemen's agreement.
Nevertheless, the contenders
for the new congressional post
will meet-in debate-at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Annandale School.
The candidates also will appear
together several times more
during the campaign.
Dispute EruptS.
These debates were arranged,
however. before the dispute devel-
oped over joint appearance be-
fore the Arlington League of
Women Voters.
Mr. Campbell touched this off
by declaring late last week that
the Republican nominee had re-
fused to fulfill a commitment for
two debates before the league.
Here are the facts" said Mr..
Broyhill in his answer last night.
Both Campbell and I, after hav-
ing engaged in 10 debates, realized
we were overextended. We had
scheduled so many joint appear
ances that we had no time for
our own party functions and for
radio and television.
Thus, as gentlemen will under
similar circumstances, we got to-
gether and agreed to cancel out
some of our Joint engagements.
We agreed to retain our scheduled
appearances at Annandale on Oc-
tober IA. Belle Haven on October
81, and the League of Women
Voters in Alexandria on October
27. In addition we agreed to ap-
pear twice in Arlington on dates
to be announced later.
Discuss Arlington Dates.
I'm discussing the Arlington
dates it was I, not Mr.. Campbell,
who suggested that they be made
before the Arlington League of
Women Voters. Campbell, him
self, rejected this suggestion. He
gave as his excuse the fact that
the Arlington women voters had
scheduled their meetings too late.
HE said he would prefer hav-
ing earlier dates in Arlington so
that he could have the last hectic
weeks of the campaign open. Ac-
cordingly, I rearranged my own
schedule to meet his convenience
and in so doing I committed my
self to speak at other places on
the nights of the Arlington league
meets"
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Frank Small to Address
q. @. P. Group Toniqht

Frank Small. jr.. Republican
candidate for the House from
Maryland's 5th district, will bt
the speaker at q meeting Of thu
Young Republican Club Of Prince
Georges County at 8 o'clock to-
night in the American Legion
Hall, Cheverly.
George q. Mcdaniel, president
said each club member is to brina
lot least one prospective member
The public II invited.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
All Ten Candidates
For Arlington Board
To Appear Tonight

The 10 candidates for the Ar
lington County Board in the No
vember 4 election are scheduled to
appear on the same platform to-
night.
The meeting. sponsored jointly
by a group of county organiza-
tions, will be held at 8 o'clock at
Stratford Junior High School.
Beginning tomorrow. instruc-
ton in operating voting machines
will be given at the courthouse in
a project of the Arlington League
of Women Voters. The demonstra-
tionS will be given from $3.50 am.
to S pm. Monday through Friday.
until November 3.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Let S Get Out the Vote
? Million Boy Scouts to Help
Get u. S. Electorate to Polls

tlonS. It could be stopped cold by
apathy, forgetfulness or misun-
|derstanding.
"Vote as you please, but vote!"
Lady, you don't have to tell your
age; you can just say, over 81:
but vote" Exercise your K, vote!'
ut will be hot election; don't
be left out in the cold!" Listen,
Read, Look, Talk, Argue, Think:
then vote!"
There are some of the advertis-
ing lines to catch the eye of eligi-
BILE voters and perhaps prod the
conscience of Indifferent citizens.
"They Agree" is the caption
above pictures of Gov. Stevenson
and Gen. Eisenhower in one of the
most popular ads ready for wide
spread use. The nominees, the ad
|proclaims, agree completely that
every qualified voter should vote.
Radio-Tv Appeal.
Motion picture theaters and
television and radio stations are
sponsoring and sustaining fire.
|quent reminders of the value and
desirable volume of the vote. Dur
ing the week or 10 days before
ELECTION day some 1890 stations
will broadcast $4,000 "vote" mes
lsages day. the National Associa-
Ition Of Radio and Television
Broadcasters announces.
Civic, fraternal. commercial and
other national non-partisan Or
ganiaztions have planned special
programs.
Vote placards-not in behalf OF
any candidate or party but in be-
half Of the voting privilege itself
are being displayed in streetcars
and buses. hotel and office build
ing lobbies, and many public
gathering places throughout the
country.
Non-partisan voting informa-
tion booths and absentee ballot
centers are repeatedly more nu-
merous and widespread than at
ANY previous presidential election
The voteless District may not
Iget so many of the visual and oral
aids to voting. But get-out-the-
vote campaigners are not over
looking the fact that thousands
lof District residents can vote in
home States and that other khou-
sands who work here live in Mary
Hand and Virginia. =
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Montgomery Citizens
ASK Sewer Extension
To ArcoIa Community

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation last night urged the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to extend the Sligo
Greek trunk sewer line to the
Arcola community east of Geor-
gia avenue.
This line would relieve 78 homes
now served by unsatisfactory sep
tic tanks. The federation also
asked that pumping stations be
installed in connection with this
line to take care of nine homes
in the upper part of Northwest
branch valley.
Ask Plumbing Code.
The commission was urged to
hold public hearings on the COM
munity's request for sewer lines
The federation's action followed
a plea by Philip Marcus, resident
of the area, and by Blair Lee III
of the Silver Spring Board OF
Trade. The Sanitation and Pub
lie Health Committee had pre-
viously turned down a proposed
resolution of the Wheaton Citi-
zens' Association asking for help
on the sewer issue.
In another resolution the fed
Grafton called on the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission II
adopt the National Plumbing
Code.
Study Requested.
The Federation asked for com
|mittee study on several new reso'
lutions:
/. Seeking establishment Of al
independent post Office in Be
| Ithesda. sponsored by the Bannock
burn Citizens Association. a.
2. Seeking clarification Of tn,
basis on which current assess
ments are being made; a report or
administration of the real prop.
erty tax and desirability of alter.
native sources of revenue, spon-
sored by the Bradley Boulevard
group
3. Seeking uniform application
of new assessments and lowering
of tax rate, sponsored jointly by
the Chevy Chase Gardens ano
Chevy Chase Terrace Citizens AS
sociations.
4. Opposing the operation Of q
refuse disposal site in a residential
A zone. sponsored by the Fairlano
Citizens Association.
5. Opposing any plan or roads
or highways which would result
in directing traffic through pres.
emily established residential areas
sponsored by the English Village.
Bradley Woods Citizens Associa-
ton.
Robert L. Stern of Bethesda
was named to the Executive Com.
|mittee to replace Maurice J. Nc.
Carthy, resigned.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Let's Get Out the Vote
By Robert K. Walsh

Anyone who needs to be
drafted" or even reminded, to
vote in the 1852 election will
find greetings" wherever he or
she turns between now and
November 4.
More than 100000 homes in
nearby Maryland and Virginia
for instance, will be visited No.
tvember / by 10000 Boy Scouts
ito decorate doorknobs with Liberty
Bell cutouts calling attention to
the voting opportunity and obli-
cation.
That distribution, part of the
biggest activity ever staged by the
Boy Scouts of America, ties in
with a still greater national non
partisan vote campaign.
Besides the 2 million Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts and Explorers who
will thus visit 80 million homes
throughout the Nation that day
another 49 organizations with 2e
million members are cooperating
with the American Heritage
Foundation in the most compre-
hensive get-out-the-vote program
in United States history.
Many Media Used.
The drive. already well under
way and given a considerable
share of credit for record voter
registrations in recent weeks
covers almost every phase of pub.
licity, voter information, COM
munication and civic enterprise.
If you haven't yet seen or heard
them, here are few Of the meth.
DDS and media, reminders anc
reiterationS. cooperating in a jot
Of dynamic democracy:
The Advertising Council. a non.
profit public service organization
supported by American business
is working with the Heritage
Foundation-sponsors of the Free.
dom Train-to use the power oi
advertising in newspapers ant
other publications to help boost
the voting total.
63 Million Possible.
1 And a big increase it will have
to be. Only 48,836,579 men ano
women voted for President in 1913
A SO million turnout this year {;
possible in view Of record registrS.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Rebroudcost Of Conservation

The conservation ceremony Of
the Most Rev. Joseph II. Hodges.
auxiliary bishop Of Richmond.
will be rebroadcast By Station
WEAM from Z to $3.50 pm. to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
Mothers Club to Meet

The st. James Mothers Club
will meet at $3.50 a'clock tonight
in the church auditorium, Thirty
seventh street and Rhode ISL b
avenue, Mount Rainier.
Evening star., 1952-10-14
63 Million Possible.

And big increase it will have
to be. Only 48.836.579 men ano
women voted for President in 1913
A SO million turnout this year d
possible in view Of record registrS.