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Evening star., 1952-06-28
Louk Named as Fairfax
Substitute JUDGE

Appointment of Ralph G. Louk
as substitute judge of the Fair
fax County Court was announced
yesterday by Circuit Court Judge
Paul E. Brown.
The new appointee is 26, and
lives at 1440 Patrick Henry drive
Williston apartments, Fairfax. He
is a native Of Vienna, Va, in Fair
fax County.
Mr.. Louk was appointed to fill
the vacancy created by the death
of Substitute Judge Gabriel Du-
maine, who accidentally shot
himself to death during a night
mare in his Willston Apartment
Mr.. Louk is a graduate of Fair
fax High School and received his
law degrees from George Wash
ington University in 1850. He is
presently employed in the law
firm Of Jesse. Phillips, Klinge and
Kendrick.
Evening star., 1952-06-28

hit the car. knocked over a gas
pump and careened into the ROOT
supports of the gas station. The
driver, James E. Smith, 80, OF
Davidsonville, Md. was unhurt
however. according to State
Trooper Ernest E. Hudgins.
Miss Bean had been a regis
tered nurse since her graduation
from the Columbia Hospital Nurs-
ing School in 1918. She had beer
night supervisor at Presbyterian
Hospital in Newark. N. j., ano
had done private nursing service
before returning to Columbia.
Besides her mother. Mrs. Olive
IB. Beall. and her sister. Miss Olive
r. Beall. she is survived by two
brothers, Samuel w. Beall, jr.
also of Beltsville. and 1t. Col
Olin L. Beall. U. S. M. c.. sta.
toned in California.
Funeral services will be held a
GaSch's funeral home. Hyattsville
at 3 pm. tomorrow. Burial vii
be in st. Johns Cemetery, Belts
vile.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Presbytery SYnodicaI
Re-eIects Mrs. Purdy
RY the Associated Press

FREDERICK. Md, June 28.-
Mrs. Willard G. Purdy, wife of 8
minister at Wilmington, DEL, yes.
terday was reelected to her third
term as president of the Baltimore
Synodical of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A.
The election of officers by the
synodical, women's division Of the
church organization for Delaware
Maryland, and the District ol
Columbia. wound up the five-daJ
annual conference with the SYNOD
at Hood College.
Named vice-presidentS were Mrs
Hubert r. Smoke of Chevy Chase
Mrs. F. Norris Pilchard of Sails
bury. and Mrs. Lloyd G. Ice o1
Baltimore.
The synodical also designated
secretaries for various division!
OF the church's work. and they
included Mrs. Archibald Smith O
College Park and Mrs. ONei
johnson of Bethesda.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Arlington Police Sift Report
I0f Gun Firinq at Yacht

Arlington Police were still
puzzled today by a report that
an unseen gunman firing from the
Virginia shore of the Potomac
River wounded a woman on a
cabin cruiser.
Detective Capt. c. Burns Press
ley said he had been told yester-
day by subordinates that the
woman was injured in the arm
and shoulder Thursday night.
A complete check yesterday Of
the records Of all policemen dur
ing the evening disclosed only a
report by a policeman to head
quarters that a man had been
reported standing on the Virginia
shore shooting at a boat. Four
policemen went to the scene and
searched the area about a half
mile above Key Bridge but failed
to find the man. the repeatedly
wounded woman or the boat.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
IMckeIdin Won't Go
To Governors Talks;
bIames Texas Polio
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, June 28.-Gov.
McKeldin has decided not to go to
the annual conference of Gov
ernorS at Houston "in view of the
polio epidemic which seems to be
sweeping Texas. and particularly
Houston, at this time"
The conference is scheduled to
begin in Houston Sunday.
Mr.. McKeldin is head of the "a.
member delegation which will
represent Maryland at the Repub-
lican National Convention ir
Chicago the following week. Ir
that role, he has been caught ur
in the jockeying between Taft anc
Eisenhower forces. Although h,
has not committed himself solidly
he has acknowledged he favor.
Eisenhower.
In explaining his Withdrawal
from the Governors meeting, Mr.
McKeldin telegraphed Frank
Bane, secretary of the conference
II am greatly concerned about
the possibility, however remote
of bringing the germs back to my
two young children and to this
State"
Gov. McKeldin's son, Theodore,
|jr., is Is, and his daughter, Clara
lis 13.
Mr.. McKeldin told Mr.. Bane
his administrative assistant, AL
bert w. Quinn, will represent him
at the conference and present
papers prepared by the Governor
Mr.. Quinn has a daughter. Bar
bara, 13, and a son, Michael, 10.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
THIS SUNDA Y'S BEST READING
@be Sunday, $faf

THREE BIG QUsTIohsIeIessi0n, going Chicago ticking the
evenfuI lite undertaking
whole convention II million homes courtesy Of three
The story Of tesn the conventions bos down the
three queonsbout money timing and The Editorial
Section eode looks the questions and reports the duss efforts
to get
THE TEXAS STOY-The fight who gets Texos at Choso
mndns omost much attention the bottle tor the Republican
nomnoion ITSELF Both sd-Eehower and Toftsore morhons
arguments Sto Writer Rchord yund
positions taken by the sides oe the Editorial Section
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Woves Mode Order and eoor by so Photographer
Rondoph Routt entitled THE Spirit Of 76."
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Evening star., 1952-06-28
Meeting Set Monday
!l0n Shirley Highway
Railroad Crossinq

Arlington officials are arranging
a meeting Monday with the Bu-
reau of Public Roads to determine
whether anything can be done
about a Shirley highway tran
crossing where a truck driver was
fatally injured Thursday.
County Manager S. T. Lund-
berg said the conference will be a
continuation of previous meetings
on the same subject which were
called because of other accidents.
The truck driver, James Robert
Caudle, q, of Centreville, Va, was
fatally injured when his truck
ran into the Washington and Ole
Dominion Railroad train neal
Shirlington.
Arlington policeman James G
Day said yesterday that witnesse.
reported the signal lights were
flashing, the crossing bell wa.
ringing, the trains horn was blow
ing and other traffic had stopped
at the time of the crash.
County officials said a number
of citizens had telephoned tc
complain that the crossing is haz-
ardous and should be eliminated
Shirley highway near Shirling-
ton was built in 1912 by the Bu-
reau of Public Roads.
H. j. Spellman, division engi-
neer for the bureau, said that a
very serious consideration was
given to elimination of the cross
ing at the time of construction of
the highway. 1t was decided that
a grade separation was inadvis-
able. Mr.. Spellman said. because
a long. expensive steel viaduct
would have been required and the
bureau at the time was doing
everything possible to conserve
steel for military purposes.
Mr.. Spellman said the bureau
considers the crossing is well
guarded with signs, road markings
and signals.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Attorney Will Study
Plan for Negro Beach
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, June 28.-Martin
A. Martin, local attorney, plans to
|go to Colonial Beach next week
to check on progress there to pro-
vide a beach for Negroes.
Mr.. Martin was counsel for nine
Negroes who filed a discrimination
suit against the town because they
were not permitted to use the
bathing beach.
The attorney said he has made
several recent trips to Colonial
Beach and had found the Po-
tomac River town progressing in
providing a separate swimming
area for Negroes.
The discrimination suit filed ip
July, 1850, is pending in Federal
District court here. In its answer
to the suit, the town said it never
had barred Negroes.
Last February, Mr.. Martin asked
dismissal of the suit without pre-
judice after warning the town,
however, another suit would be
brought unless a beach area was
set aside for Negroes.
Colonial Beach was the scene
of interracial fighting in the sum-
mer of 1850 after a Negro group
swan there without interference
by town authorities.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
County TO- Seek
Testimony on
Subdivision
Prince Georges Heads
Move for Transcript
From House Group

The Prince Georges County
commissioners will ask a House
committee for transcript of tes-
timony on construction of vet
erans' homes in the Templeton
Knolls area of East Riverdale.
A committee headed by Repre-
sentative league, Democrat, of
Texas is probing complaints of
faulty construction in the 300
unit project. In addition, suit,
seeking damages totaling $94, 500
has been filed in the county's Cir
cult Court by q purchasers of the
$4,000 to $4,000 homes.
The county heads decided to
request a copy of the testimony
when Commissioner w. Everett
Marion said yesterday in Upper
Marlboro that he was mot entirely
satisfied" with an explanation of
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission S
part in inspecting the buildings.
Watkins Tells of Check.
Planning Commission Chairman
Robert M. Watkins has told the
commissioners that he and two
inspectors of his agency checked
three of the most seriously af-
fected buildings" He said they
were structurally in accordance
with the code in effect when the
development was started in 1850.
Mr.. Watkins expressed the opin-
ion that the trouble resulted
chiefly from lack of good field
supervision"
Because the complaints are in
court" Mr.. Marion remarked,
"Mr. Watkins did not say any
more than was necessary"
1T is my contention" he added,
"that if the construction had been
properly checked, the matter
would never have gone to court.
We have a duty to new people
coming into the county," he de-
clared, ito protect them as much
as possible"
Legislation Indicated.
Commissioner Edward j. Waters
indicated that he plans to suggest
legislation which would require
licensing of building superin-
tendentS.
In other business, the commits
sioners adopted a policy of re-
turning to general funds all money
unexpended by the several bureaus
when the county's fiscal year ends
Monday. They refused to approve
shifts from this to next years
budget of $4,000 in the Depart
ment of Public Works and $2,5O0
in the children's foster care ac-
count of the Welfare Board.
A $26,550 contract for resurfac-
ing of a mile and a half segment
of Gunpowder road from Van
Dusen road to State Route 1913 was
awarded to the Contee Sand &
Gravel Co. of Laurel.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Three Chilrren and Woman
Hurt in Cor-Toxi Crash

Four persons were injured yes
terday in a collision between an
automobile and taxicab at
Twenty third and @ streets Sc,
police said.
Receiving Casualty Hospital
treatment were:
Mrs. Betty Barken, 43. of 1928
Twenty-eighth street Sc, pas
senger in the taxi, injuries to the
head and left leg.
Georgina and Richard Burley. 2
twin children OF Charles A. Burley
|23, of 1921 F street NE, Weather
Bureau clerk. Georgina suffered
Ia spinal injury and Richard a
bruised back and left shoulder
Harold Palmer, 112 years old. suf-
fered contusions of face and nose
The children were passengers in
the car driven by Mr.. Burley
Neither Mr.. Burley nor another Of
his children. Charles. l month old
appeared injured. police said.
Mr.. Burley and Stephen j. Tora-
mick, 81. of 2315 Congress street
Sc, the taxi driver, were charged
by police with failing to give full
time and attention to driving.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Major Form-to-Morket Road
In County Getting Foce-Liftinq
Route % to Lose
5h-MiIe BottIeneck
In Montgomery Area

One of Montgomery County's
most important farm-to-market
arteries is getting a face-lifting.
The State Roads Commission
has started work on the obstacle
course" section of Route % be-
tween Hunting Hill and Darnes-
town. That 512-mile run long
has been a motorists nightmare
with its narrow roadway, tight
curves and hills.
The roads commission intends
to straighten out the curves, slice
the tops off the hills and widen
the roadway to % feet with eight
feet of shoulder on each side.
The new section. engineers say,
will be better than the remainder
of Route % between Hunting Hill
and Rockville, and Darnestown
and Route Is in Frederick County
Those sections were widened and
Strengthened some years ago.
Cost Put at $25O,OOO.
Total cost of the new project
which got under way about June
l, will be $3.50 900, commission en-.
gineers estimate. The roads com.
mission is doing the job itself with
State equipment and a 30-man
laboring force of convicts from the
Maryland House of Correction.
RosSer Elkins of Ellicott City
projects engineer in charge of the
job. said he expects to have the
new section open again about
January /. Traffic. meanwhile. is
being detoured over Highway IL
and the Travillah road.
The new roadway will be black
top, Mr.. ElkinS said.
An unusual and money saving
device is being used in construc-
tion of the new roadway. the engi-
neer said. The old roadbed is be-
ing broken up and used as the
base for the new roadway.
This is not often done, Mr.. FL
kinS said, because most old road
beds do not contain the good ma
terial his men are digging out OF
Route %. The old roadbed, he
said, was more than a foot deep.
Saving $2.75 a Cubic Yard.
Mr.. Elkins said the technique
is saving taxpayers about SITS
for each cubic yard of usable ma
terial dug from the old roadbed
A comparable road-base material
would cost about So he explained
and he figures it costs about q
cents a cubic yard to dig out the
old roadbed and use it again.
The prisoners working on the
project are being housed at tht
State Roads Commission work
camp near Gaithersburg. Beside!
the convicts, about six machinist:
and engineers are working on The
project.
/ In addition to its Importance a!
a market road for many uppel
Montgomery County farmers
Route 28 is heavily travelled as ar
alternate road between Washing.
ton and Frederick.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Viruinian Wants Use
Of D. {. Sewage Facilities

g Maynard Magruder, candidate
for Democratic nomination to the
House from the 10th Virginia dis
trict, believes District sewage dis
posal facilities should be made
available to nearby Virginia.
Mr.. Magruder told a meeting
of the women of the Magruder'
for-Congress Club yesterday that
If elected, he will press for reviva
of a bill introduced in Congress
at his request to permit such use
Nearby Maryland has taken ao
vantage of the Districts sewag
facilities, he said. and has save'
aIlarge amount of money for tn
taxpayers.
Lee Bean. Arlington attorney
announced his support Of MI
Magruder as "the only candidat
who has legislative experience an
q record of achievements over tn
past 10 years"
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Two Resign al Hospital
In Prince Georges Feud

Two key employees of the Prince
Georges General Hospital have re-
signed as a result of feuds among
administrative workers.
They are Controller w. w
Bricker and Mrs. Vera Mills. q
business Office supervisor.
Hospital Supt. Harry w. Penr
yesterday confirmed reports o1
their designations, which are tx
become effective Monday. Mr.
IBricker has been controller more
than five years. Mrs. Mills ha.
been a hospital employe abou
two years.
Mr.. Penn said the resignation
lstemmed from "perSonalit.
lclashes" in the clerical corps. MI
lBricker and Mrs. Mills refused t,
Icomment.
Evening star., 1952-06-28


The truck struck Miss Cath
|arine A. Beall, 81. night super
visor IN Columbia Hospitals
delivery room since 1912. II
missed Mrs. Nan Gingell. the gas
stations operator. who had gone
inside to answer the phone only
moments before. The caller haC
the wrong number.
Miss Beall, member of an ole
Maryland family who lived ir
Beltsville with her mother anc
sister, died shortly afterward II
Leland Memorial Hospital, River
dale. from a skull fracture.
i The dump truck tossed Mis-
lBeall oyer the hood Of her cal
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Prince Georges Patient
Dies in Leap From Window

A 62-year-old patient at Prince
Georges General Hospital since
last November died there yester-
day from injuries suffered two
days ago when he plunged from
a second-f floor window.
Andrew Woodford, who was
critically burned in a fire at the
Marlboro Race Track November
%, had undergone numerous op-
erations and several amputations
in the hospital. He was seen to
fall two hours after he had asked
a nurse to move him closer to the
window to get more air, police re-
ported.
DR.. John T. Maloney. Prince
Georges County deputy medical
examiner, issued a certificate Of
suicide.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
-Four Montgomery Policemen
in Beating Case
Action Follows
17-Doy Probe Of
Prisoners Charge

-Four Montgomery County po-
licemen were suspended for 80
days without pay yesterday after
a 17-day probe into the reported
beating of a prisoner at the Silver
Spring police station Jail.
Suspended by Chief Charles M.
Orme were Corpl. Edward w.
Lechlider. A. of Route 2, Silver
Spring; Pvt. Robert M. Sigwald,
jr.. "a. Of 1929 Chevy Chase drive,
Chevy Chase; Pvt. Steve Preston
Hall. 33, of 1872 Stateside drive,
Silver Spring. and Pvt. Robert w.
McAllister. "a, of 5000 Sonoma
road, Bethesda.
The prisoner involved in the
alleged beating June was Wesley
r. Wilken. %. of IA Manchester
drive, Silver Spring. He said he
was blackjacked in the jail after
being arrested for a traffic viola
ton.
Yesterdays suspensions were
the first in his 71a years as head
of the county police force, Chief
Orme said. The action was sup
ported by County Manager Irving
G. McNayr.
Chief Questions Judgment.
Chief Orme charged Corpl.
Lechlider and Pvt. Sigwald with
failure to exercise Judgment and
discretion in the execution of po-
lice duties by i'll treating a de-
|fendant charged with disorderly
conduct"
Corpl. Lechlider has been a
member of the force for nine
years and has held his present
rank since 1916. Pvt. Sigwald has
been a policeman only since last
October.
Pvts. Hall and McAllister were
charged with failing to properly
charge a defendant with operat-
ing a motor vehicle while under
the influence of alcohol" Pvt.
Hall has been on the force for
five years and Pvt. McAllister
for two years.
The four policemen will have
five days in which to file appeals
with the County Personnel Board.
Pvt. Hall said yesterday he was
going to appeal the suspension.
The official police investigation
OF the alleged beating of Mr.. Will
ken was launched following a
meeting June 10 of the prisoner
and his attorneys-Joseph B.
Simpson. jr., Miss Vivian v. Simp-
son and Henry r. Berger-with
county police officials.
States Attorney COnfers.
Mr.. Simpson said yesterday the
meeting was attended by States
Attorney Walter w. Dawson, Chief
Orme and Chief of Detectives
Capt. G. w. Linthicum.
Mr.. Wilken later identified his
alleged assailants at an informal
lineup at the Silver Spring police
station.
Mr.. McNayr yesterday said the
report of the incident indicated
Mr.. Wilken was lslapped around
and perhaps stSAck with a pair
of handouts" after he allegedly
tried to break a commode.
Mr.. McNayr added Mr.. Wilken
had been handcuffed to the cell
Evening star., 1952-06-28

bars so that he could not sit down
for about 20 minutes.
Pvt. Hall, according to the re-
port, said he had charged Wilken
with reckless driving instead Of
drunken driving Ito give him a
break" His suspension. Mr.. Nc
Nayr said, was based on this
statement.
Police Aerials Bent.
According to Mr.. McNayr, Mr..
Wilken posted $26.45 collateral
on the traffic charge and was re-
leased. He later was picked up
and charged with disorderly con-
duct and tampering with motor
vehicle. after police said he bent
|aerials on police squad cars and
took a night lamp from one of
them.
Mr.. Wilken will appear in Sill
yer Spring Police Court July 8
on the latter two charges.
Attorney Simpson yesterday
said he had been assured he would
be given copy of the complete
investigation of the incident. He
said he had no statement to make
until he had studied the report.
Sergeant Loses Rank
For Sleeping on Duty
Prince Georges County Police
lSergt. John F. Dent was reduced
to private f1rst-class yesterday for
falling asleep while on desk duty
at the Upper Marlboro station.
Acting on the recommendation
of Chief F. Allen Richards, who
took the officers badge and gun
on June II. the county commits
sioners also continued his sus-
pension without pay to the end
of June.
Commissioners Daniel A. Abbott
and Edward j. Waters told Sergt.
Dent. 39-year-old veteran of II
years on the force, that his long
experience and very good record"
saved him from dismissal.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
IVirqiniu NAACP Cited

The Virginia State Conference
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
has been given a Thalkeimer award
for the best-functioning State
lconference among 80 class III
Estates for the fourth time in slz
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Car Attire After Upset,
Pursuing Police Put 1t Out

Three persons were injured
none seriously, in a spectacular
crash in which a fence, and a
utility pole brace were knocked
down as speeding auto over
turned and caught fire at Wash
ington Boulevard and Lee high
way this morning, police reported
! Arlington County Pvts. Joseph
Crissman and c. c. Pearson, who
had been pursuing the auto at
speeds up to IS miles an hour
put out the blaze with a car fire
extinguisher.
Admitted to Arlington Hospital
with a fractured nose and mul-
ltiple cuts, Miss Ethel Jean Swa-
boda, 10, of Baltimore, was re-
ported in fair condition. Treated
for cuts and released were the
driver, Douglas Talley, "a, and an
other passenger, Ellis Lafferty, 80
both of Baltimore.
Police 1t. Walter L. Smith said
Talley will be charged with reck-
less driving and driving on a re-
voked permit.
Talley told police he was not
aware he was being pursued and
that he fell asleep at the wheel
The car knocked down the picket
fence around the home of State
Senator Charles r. Fenwick OF
6733 Lee highway. The telephone
pole brace was sheared off foot
and half above the ground. The
car rolled over twice and burst
into flames as it came to rest on
its top in the eastbound lane.
Commonwealth's Attorney Will
liam j. Hassan said the accident
resulted in Arlington's first case
under a new law effective last
midnight, which provides more
severe penalties for traffic viola
tions. He said Talley if convicted
of driving on a revoked permit
faces a mandatory jail term OF not
less than 10 days or more than si2
months. Previously the law pro-
vided Jail terms at the discretion
of the judge.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Falls Church Man
Dies Near Richmond
In Motorcycle Crash

A 39-year-old Falls Church man
was killed near Richmond last
night when his motorcycle crashed
into the back of a truck.
State police said Rosser James
Shelton of 439 Argyle drive was
thrown into the path of another
car on U. S. Route $50, about 20
miles west of Richmond. The car
ran over him before it could be
stopped, according to the Asso-
ciated Press.
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Firm Loys OFF 1,500

BALTIMORE, June c8 R.-The
Eastern Venetian Blind Co., often
rated as the largest of its kind in
the country, yesterday laid of its
500 workers because it cannot
get steel.
Evening star., 1952-06-28

fatally injured
a 57-year-old
nurse at Co
lumbia Hospital
here.
| The nishap
took place at
Mans Gas Sta
ltion on t n {
B a l t i m or c
boulevard at
the BeltSVlle
curve when q
tire blowout
caused a truck
ito run out o1
Evening star., 1952-06-28
Wrong Phone Number Saves
|One Life, but Truck Kills Nurse

A wrong telephone number
saved the life of Beltsville
(Md.) gas station operator in a
freak accident Yesterday which