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Evening star., 1952-01-18
Women Republicans
To Hear Taft Address

Senator Taft, Republican, OF
Ohio, will address the Rock Greek
Women's Republican Club at 8
pm. Thursday at the Women's
Club Of Chevy Chase, 7431 Con-
necticut avenue, Chevy Chase, Md
The affair. arranged by the
clubs membership committee
headed by Mrs. Betty w. 'Luttrell
will give Montgomery voters Their
first opportunity to see and hear
Senator Taft since he entered the
Presidential race. The public is
invited.
Among party officials asked to
attend are members of the Re-
publican State and County Central
Committees; Jacob France, ma
tional committeeman. and Mis-.
Bertha S. Adkins, national COM
mitteewoman.
Mrs. Alb Hermann, club presi-
dent, will preside. The Senator
will be introduced by Mrs. Leons
M. Rush, a member of Mont
gomery's all-Republican delega-
ton to the Maryland General
Assembly and vice chairman of the
Republican State Central Com
Funittee.
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in Prince Georges County for the
last 20 years and served as trial
magistrate from 1899 to 1916.
He is vice president and director
,of the Seat Pleasant Bank and is
president Of the Abstract Title
Co. Of Hyattsville. He also is as
sociated in the operation OF a
number of Maryland hotels.
Active in civic work for a num-
Der Of years, he is a member OF
the Prince Georges County Cham
ber of Commerce, the Lions Club
and the Elks and is a 32d-degree
Mason. He also has served as
chairman of the Prince Georges
Community Chest Federation.
Mr.. Green belongs to the Prince
Georges and District Bar Associ-
ations, and Is a member of the
council of the criminal law Sec
ton of the American Bar Asso-
lciation.
/ He is a member Of the Hyatts.
willie Presbyterian Church, is mar.
lried and has two children.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Farmers in Loudoun
To Resume Fox Hunt
spseiol Dispatch 10 The ssor

LEESBURG, Va. Jan. 49,
Farmers in the southern section
OF Loudoun County-and their
hunting friends from the WASH
tington area-were preparing to-
day for another fox hunt.
Tomorrow morning the hunters
will bring dogs into the woods
in an effort to kill of foxes which
are carriers Of rabies. Last Sat-
urday one fox was killed in q
hunt without hounds.
Hunters again will meet at
$50 am. 1t. the ]. r. Downs
service station on Route Z at the
Ashburn road.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Testimony Of Witness
AT Nelson Trial MAY
Void Liquor License

The testimony of a Government
witness at the gambling conspir-
acy trial of Charles E. Nelson and
Is others may result in the can
collation. of his license as a whole.
sale liquor dealer in Prince
Georges County. Md.
Rennie Wilson, who has a liouo,
business in Coral Hill and q
restaurant at Seat Pleasant, was
the f1rst prosecution witness when
the Nelson conspiracy trial opened
in District Court this week.
Wilson told how he got into
the numbers racket with Nelson
and Robert L. Nowland while the
three of them were collectors for
an insurance company in Wash
ington in 1880.
Probe Use of License,
Under cross-examination. Will
son could not recall how he stated
his occupation when he obtained
a license in 1941 to operate q
wholesale liquor business in the
nearby county.
Ernest A. Loveless, attorney TO,
the county's' liquor board, said an
investigation is being made into
how Wilson obtained the license
and what use he has made of II
in the last 10 years.
Wilson told a puzzling story tc
the District jury on Tuesday. He
declared he had been framed" in
February, 1850. when a coloreo
boy ne knew only as Leroy" ran
into his whiskey store ano
planted" a bag of numbers slips
and money under a table.
'Frame-Up" Charged.
Under questioning, Wilson ad.
mitted that Leroy" had beer
working for him for at least q
year on q numbers collection run
He explained that Leroy. whose
last name he could not recall
was supposed to deliver the work
to a store operated by q colored
man he could identify only as
big Dog"
The "frameup" occurred, Will
son said. when Leroy dashed into
his whisky store a few Jumps
ahead of pursuing policemen when
he was supposed to deliver his
parcel to big Dog" .5>- i
Leroy went out a back door
Wilson said. while the police came
in the front and arrested him
He pleased guilty to the charge
he said.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Sosscer { Condidocy for Senate
Endorsed by 3 County Groups

Democratic Central Committees
Ein Montgomery. Calvert and Anne
arundel Counties have andorsed
the candidacy of Representative
Sasscer for nomination to the
United States Senate.
The Montgomery Committees
action, as, contained in 70 state
ment issued to-day by Warren
Browning. chairman. praised Mr.
Sasscer's record "of never sac
|rifcing the public interest to po-
l1tical expediency" and for his
display Of the highest degree of
craftsmanship in Congress"
The veteran 5th District Rem
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citizens' Views Asket
|0n County Distances
For Liquor Licenses

Prince Georges County citizens
have an invitation from the county
Liquor Board to make known their
views as to what distance should
separate schools and churches
from alcoholic beverage establish
ImentS.
Chairman James B. Carrico is
sued the invitation at Upper Marl-
|boro yesterday during a hearing
in which the board approved a
Maryland Park beer permit after
the applicants and opponents COM
promised their differences in q
written agreement.
"The board is seriously consid-
|ering adoption of a rule or recon-
Intending legislation which would
specify such distances" Mr.. Car
rico told delegation of 80 persons
from the Maryland Park and Seat
Pleasant sections.
Armed with petitions listing 800
names, the delegation opposed
change Of ownership of a Glass q
beer license at the Maryland Park
Market, 502 Sixty-fifth street.
George E. Fellows, president of
the Maryland Park Citizens Asso-
citation, and Mrs. Glenda Williams,
president of the Seat Pleasant
|PTA, said their groups objected
chiefly because the market is just
across the street from the TOO
pupil Maryland Park Junior High
School.
Attorney Oscar r. Duley, re-
presenting Meyer Moscowitz, the
applicant. offered to have his
client sign an agreement not to
sell beer for consumption on the
premises provided the delegation
would withdraw its objection to
of-sale privileges. The delega-
tion agreed.
The permit Mr.. Moscowitz re-
ceived allows both on and off sale
and the Liquor Board. its attorney,
Ernest -Loveless, explained, lacks
authority to materially alter its
provisions. For that reason. the
board could neither impose the
on-sale restriction nor formally
approve the written agreement.
F In another action. the board ap-
proved an on-sale beer and light
wine license for Eugene F. Au-
gusterfer, former head football
coach at Catholic University. Mr..
Augusterfer, once a professional
player with the Pittsburgh
Steelers. sought transfer of the
permit from the former license
holder for use at the Four Seas
Grill, 3010 Hamilton street,
Hyattsville.
A new on-sale beer and light
wine license was granted to the
Marlboro Post lis, American
Legion, and two transfers were
approved. They are:
Shift Of a beer and light wine
license from Blair L. Hamel to
Lester's. 5426 Riverdale road,
Riverdale. and from Robert M.
Paulsen to Murphy and Lunsford,
Accokeek, Md.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
School Board Drafts
Spending 1 Request fol
Extra Fairfax Funds

The Fairfax School Board is
preparing to ask permission to ex-
tceed this years budget and, at
the same time. is studying a pro-
posed $500 increase in the teacher
salary scale next year.
A motion was offered at the
school board meeting last night
by Robert F. Davis of Falls
Church, calling on the Board OF
Supervisors to allow the school
board to spend the surplus funds
that are expected from this years
school levy.
MIR. Davis agreed with other
members of the school board, how
ever. to postpone adoption of the
request until the next board
meeting so list of expenditures
can be prepared to show where the
surplus money would be spent.
The county expects. to collect
about $1.2 million in surplus taxes
this year as result of a reassess-
lment that boosted the tax base
for expectations. Since the school
levy accounts for $2.15 of the
total .$2.65 tax rate, about 81
million Of the surplus will accrue
from the school levy. School
officials have been advised they
need the supervisors permission
to make any expenditures beyond
those budgeted.
Surplus Use Debated.
There has been widespread de-
bate on the surplus, since it first
was disclosed in the fall, with
sentiment divided on whether the
money should be spent for schools
or whether it should be carried
over for inclusion in the 1928
budget so taxes can be reduced.
The supervisors have received
stacks of resolutions from PTA
and civic groups supporting both
views, but the governing body as a
whole has never indicated its
sentiment in the matter.
School officials said they pro-
posed to use the surplus first for
items deleted from the current
budget when the supervisors asked
that the tax rate be held down
Some of these items are $50 600
for 20 additional teachers, $181 600
to buy school sites. $4,000 for a
school bus shop and 100000 in
unearmarked funds to carry
School Board operations into the
next fiscal year.
Mr.. Davis and a majority of the
other School Board members said
the remainder of the surplus
would be spent on the school con-
struction program. A sos mil
lion bond issue was voted for new
schools. but plans have had to be
reduced at a number Of schools
because building costs have in
creased.
Teachers Seek Increases.
The $500 increase in the teacher
salary scale for the 1928 ses-
SION was proposed by the execu-
i've committee Of the Fairfax
Education Association. which is
an organization Of county teach-
ers and other school personnel.
The increase would mean a scale
beginning at $4,000 and reaching
$4,000 after 16 years. The present
scale runs from $2,500 to a 100
Teachers with masters degrees re-
ceive 5000 additional, and teach
ers with normal professional cer-
tificates receive $500 below the
scale. The same would apply to
the new proposed scale. !,
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Senate 10 Vote
/ tuesday, on Bill!
For Home Rule
SultonstoH Acts
To Bon Formula on
U. S. Share of Costs
By Don S. Worren

Senate voting on Washington's
home rule bill now is scheduled to
begin Tuesday afternoon. with one
major new element injected into
the issue.
This new phase is q proposed
amendment by Senator Salton-
stall. Republican. of Massachu-
sets, to strike from the bill q
provision fixing the size of the
Federal share Of National Capital
costs at 20 per cent of the Dis
|trict's tax collections. 4
The fixed formula plan con-
tanned in the bill had been used
las one of the selling points, be-
cause Congress for many years
has been following a lump-sum
plan, with totals far below what
the 20 per cent formula would
produce.
Can't Bind Future.
Home rule opponents, however
have not taken this 20 per cent
fixed formula at face value because
one Congress cannot bind q sue
|cessor Congress.
Efforts to gain agreement for
the time Of voting on the home
rule measure yesterday was an
Ioff-and-on affair. .
Senate Majority Leader Nc
Farland tried unsuccessfully early
yesterday for an agreement fol-
a vote today. then on Monday
and finally Tuesday. He finally
won approval for Tuesday from
two Of the bills most out
spoken critics-Democratic Sena-
tors Johnston of South Carolina
and Willis Smith of North Caro-
lina-but he ran into an objec-
|tion from North Dakota's Repub-
Ilican Senator LANCER.
Later Attempt Succeeds.
Senator Mcfarland. however,
tried again at the end OF the day
and found that Senator LANCER
was pacif1ed. The agreement to
start voting Tuesday afternoon
then was reached.
Senator LANCER explained to re-
porters that he had objected in
the first instance because he
thought there were not enough
Senator's on the floor to warrant
such, a consent agreement.
f Under the agreed plan, there
will be additional debate Tues
day., with time divided between
SPONSORS and critics of the plan
tuf in elected city government. 3
Evening star., 1952-01-18

lresentatives is seeking the Senate
seat now held by Senator o 'conor
Democrat who has said he will
not run for reelection.
Mr.. Sasscer has demonstrated
"keen perception Of. and marked
ability to cope with, the many in
tricate problems which confront
cur Representatives in the Con.
|gress.' the: Anne Arundel resolu-
|tion said. :. . = :
Calvert County committee mem.
bers praised Mr.. Sasscer's record
in Congress and said he repre-.
sented the best interests of the
people of Maryland because of his
wide experience and background. >
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supervising, and Lowry, and "oc-
casionally" Kirby, delivering, The
work"
II recall at one time seeing
Kirby come into the place on a
cold winter day to get warm, ~
Mrs. Brown added.
That December the Office moved
back to the Richardson place, and
on August 4. 1949, returned to
Uncle Billy's establishment for
only a week.
To Alexandria in 1949.
The staff was back at the
Richardson home by April II,
1949. with much the same per-
sonnel, the witness said. Mrs.
Brown said they. moved to- the
home of the Nowlands in Alexan-
dria, Va. "in the latter part of
|1949."
The Office remained in Alexan-
|dria until it moved back to the
Richardson home in Seat Pleasant
a few months later.
In late June or early July, 1850,
Mrs. Brown said, headquarters
was again shifted to the garage
on the Nelson farm at Ritchie.
She added Mrs. Nelson gave orders
here and paid her salary, which
had arisen to $33 a week.
That August, the witness re-
called. the firm went to the Mac
Williams home in North Beach
for a week. The Nelson's were
supervising here. and Billy Mac
Williams ran an adding machine,
it was testified.
Offices then were transferred
to a guest house" at North Beach,
remaining there until November,
1850. .a. @
Billy and Bertha MacWilliams
helped run the adding machines,
Mrs. Brown said. and Mrs. Nelson
was paying the hired help.
The Office staff went from the
guest house to the ranch house at
North Beach. Mrs. Nelson was
supervising and paying of the Of
flee workers, Mrs. Brown said
when she was notified she was not
to return to work.
Didn't Go Rack.
'T didn't know what it was all
about, but I did not go back" the
witness added.
did you keep q diary while you
worked for the syndicate?" asked
Assistant United States Attorney
Thomas Walden. :.
'I kept q diary on the winning
numbers and on some Of the places
in which we worked" Mrs. Brown
replied.
Defense Counsel Charles e
Ford objected to introduction oi
the diary on the ground that "this
witness apparently had not ex.
hausted her memory" and ap.
peared In no need Of refreshing
her memory.
The Judge ruled that the mat
tier Of introducing the diary would
be deferred pending further tes-
ltimony.
i Mrs. Brown Is to return to the
'istand for cross-examination or
Monday.
Evening star., 1952-01-18

nomination to
the House of
r e pre- S e nta-
tives.
He will seek
the 5th Mary
land S trio t
seat now held
by Representa-
tive SaSscer in
the May pri-
mary.
Represe n t a.
tive SasScer has
announced for
the Senate seat
held by Senator
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Law on Redisfricfino
Asked in Fairfax on
|2-1 Population Ratio

State legislation to make redis-
tricting in Fairfax County man.
datory when a 2-to-1 population
ratio exists between districts, will
be urged by the County Fedora
tton of Citizens Associations.
In a resolution adopted last
night the federation asked for leg
islation to require redistrictine
within II months after a census
showing 2-to-1 disparity between
districts. The resolution also
would require a new election o1
members of the Board OF Super
|visors a year after the redistrict-
ing had been completed.
The action followed an attack
by Harold Ward, of the fremont
Gardens Association. on a bill be-
ing prepared in Richmond by
State Senator John A. K. Dono-
van.
Plan Special Election.
A committee is now studying re-
fdistricting of the county.
Mr.. Donovan's bill would cali
for a special election after re-
districting to name q seventh
member Of the present six-mem-
ber County Board of Supervisors
The new member would be elect
ed at large and would serve until
the expiration of terms of the
present members.
The bill and a suggested alter
native of letting the supervisors
themselves elect the seventh men,
ber. both drew sharp criticism
from Mr.. Ward.
"The whole purpose Of redis-
tricting is to give a better balance
(between urban and rural areas =
he said. Noting that under the
new county executive form OF
government, supervisor must be
a resident Of the district he rep.
resents, he said he saw in the
bill a chance for gerrymanderine
to set up districts coincidilag will
areas in which the present super.
visors live. @a9assssssss
Cites Ousting of Officers.
Mr.. Ward also took issue with
Mr.. Donovan's statement that unl
der the State Constitution it was
impossible to abolish q position
filled by a general election until
the Office holders term expires
He cited ousting of officers in
Albemarle and Henrico Countie.
when the form of government was
changed and said that the action
had been upheld by the States
highest court. "
The federation also asked fol
legislation setting up a county
public utilities commission with
both administrative and regula-
tory powers. A commission al.
ready exists in the county, but
lit is advisory only.
Kenneth E. Turner, president
who is pressing the move fol
a strong commission, said it should
have powers to grant franchises
require the posting of bonds and
"see to it that the utilities pro.
duce what they promise"
The federation also went or
record as supporting the abolition
of the payment of the State pol
tax as a requirement for voting.
In another motion the fedora.
ton urged that provisions be made
for the payment of both State
and county taxes on a quarterly
semi-annual or annual basis. Most
Virginia taxes now fall due in De-
cember. All legislative proposals
were to be submitted to Senator
Donavan and Delegate Edwin
Lynch.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Mrs. Anne Smith Heads
HillunduIe AuxiIiov

Mrs. Anne Smith, Hillandale
Nd, has been elected president
OF the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Montgomery County Association
of Volunteer Firemen.
Also elected were Mrs. Alice
Troth, vice president; Mrs. c
William Nicol, secretary-treas-
urer;;;; Mrs. Anne Boyd, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. c. r.
Bodmer, chaplain, and Mrs
Eloise Graham, member of the
executive committee.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Heads Mortinsburq Firemen

I MART1NSBURG. w. Va. Jan
|18 (SpeciaD Wallace Hesen has
been named president of Hose
company No. 4, Martinsburg Vol
|unteer Fire Department. He sue
|ceeds Curtis Wolfe. w. G. Keep
|linger was named vice-president;
Earl Eversole, treasurer. and Ken
meth Englebright. secretary.
Evening star., 1952-01-18

|O'Conor, Democrat, of Baltimore.
Senator O'Conor announced Sun
day that he would not be a can
|didate for reelection.
"a Mr.. Green has practiced law
Evening star., 1952-01-18
L.Green, ,HyottsviIIe Banker,
Enters Race for Sosscer's Seat

Walter L. Green Of Hyattsville,
Prince Georges County attorney
and banker. has announced his
candidacy for the Democratic
Evening star., 1952-08-01

Ision to transfer the license from
the 900 block of H street NE. to
the 900 block Of Eleventh street
NV.
The woman. Savita Demetro,
appealed the decision to the Com
missioners who not only rejected
her bid but said they wondered
why fortune tellers are permitted
to operate here in the first place.
They went along with a request
by the license committee that a
study be made of means of "elimi-
mating activities which seem IN
imical to the public interest"
The committee pointed out in
its report that many fortune tell
|ers advertise their services as an
aid to persons engaged in gam
bling enterprises" that they So
licit business from doorways,
windows, and public space, that
their fees are seldom posted and
that they are not restricted as to
where they may set up shop.
The commissioners also sug-
gested the committee look INTO
the possibility of running mediums
out Of business altogether by
means Of legislation.
Evening star., 1952-08-01
Polio Cases in u. ).
Rise 70 Pei. Over
Previous Week 'sTota|

A 20 per cent increase in the
number Of polio cases reported
last week over the previous week
was disclosed yesterday by the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice.
The weekly national commu-
nicable disease summary for the
week ending July 26 reported
1855 new cases. as compared to
1892 cases reported throughout
the Nation the previous week.
In the Washington area, four
new cases brought the total for
the first seven months of 1852 to
68 cases. There were 42 cases
reported in this period last year
Exception in South.
Increases were noted last week
in all sections Of the Nation ex-
cept the South. The only State
in this group to report an in
crease in cases during the week
was Mississippi. which had 54 new
cases last week, as compared to
81 the previous week.
The total for last week was 677
cases higher than for the same
week a year ago. The 1851 total
for the week, 989 cases, was the
same as the average" number of
cases for that week over flve-
year period.
Since March 80. 1852, when the
polio disease year" began, there
have been 1000 cases reported, as
compared to 4.340 for the same
period last year. From the start
of the disease year until this
date in 1949--the Nations worst
polio year-there were 1857 cases
reported.
Two New ID. C. Cases.
The District Health Depart
ment reported two new cases to-
day. Both are colored children;
one a 5-year-old boy. living in the
100 block of D street Sc, who is
being treated at Gallinger Hospi-
tai, and the other a 9-year-old
girl admitted Tuesday to Chill
dren's Hospital. She lives in the
900 block of Forty-sixth street
NE.
This brings the total this year
for the District to Is cases. At
the same time last year there
were only 13.
Prince Georges County has re-
ported its 23d and oath cases of
polio for the year.
A 32-year-old woman. living in
the TOO block of Seventy first ave-
Evening star., 1952-08-01
Officials Act 10 Curb
Fortune TeIIers After
Bilkine Of Man Here

The District License Commit
tee yesterday was instructed tc
prepare regulations to bring for
tune tellers under tighter control
The District Commissioners
gave this order in an aftermath
Of Indignation over the bilking OF
an elderly man by a fortune
teller who charged him $1O9 "for
spiritual guidance and sexual in
tercourse." according to the Ii
censing committees official report,
The elderly complainant, COM
planning that he got neither,
eventually wound up in Criminal
Court with the medium. The for
tune teller subsequently was fined
500 after pleading guilty to q
charge Of petty larceny.
The license committee had
unanimously denied her permis-
Evening star., 1952-08-01
Field Surveys Are Begun
On Rock Creek Sewer

Field surveys and plans are
under way for the new sewer
line in Rock Greek Park to al
leviate the overflow condition
which has closed a section of the
park to picnickers.
It Is expected that bids will be
sought in about so days for the
construction. The work will take
about a year. Congress has ap-
propriated $1.2 million for the
emergency constructing and q
hydraulic survey Of the system.
Meanwhile, the contaminated
section Of the park probably will
remain closed through next sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1952-08-01
Chinese Admit Refugees

HONG KONG (P.-The Chi
nese Nationalist have agreed to
let 446 Chinese refugees from the
Communists. now in a refugee
camp here. 60 to Formosa. The
first allowed on Formosa this year,
they include students, business
and professional men and a few
former Chinese generals and off,
GERS of lower rank.
Evening star., 1952-08-01

niue. Seat Pleasant, is in Gallinger
Hospital with the disease, and an
11-year-old girl, who lives in the
8400 block Of Twelfth avenue, Sill
yer Spring, is being treated at
Children'S Hospital.
No increases in other nearby
communities were reported today.
Evening star., 1952-08-01
Points for Purents-s, Edy'h 7Ao"o. w.'.e.
prompted.

compdnonhip in an actfuity which both child parent
enjoy much rewarding than is that Which is dutv
prompted.
Evening star., 1952-08-01

Father-f you'll take our two
boys fishing I'll take them with
me out to the farm tomorrow. I
don't like to fish. but I do know a
good deal about farming.