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The Miami times., 1952-09-20
The Pigskin Parade !.

This weeks games (Sept. coy
Texas college at Florida A&M
Fayetteville at Hampton
Butler at Texas Southern, Sep. 22
Grambllng at Paul Quinn
Bishop at jackson college
Tuskegee at Alabama A&M
Central State at A&T
CRYING TOWELS OUT AS
COLLEGES OPEN FOOTBALL
SEASON
The nations football players
are swimming in tears p p,uring
from the eyes of their gloomy
coaches, but the football season
will open just the same, il fact,
this weekend for some o! the
college elevens.
No coach is forecasting a sue
cessful season for his team. yet,
no one has thrown in the lowell
because of what he caln, the
"ineptness" of his charges So
with nothing to bank on bit the
woeful means of the ma atoms
coaches, the Huddle with it: cry
ing towel in hand will go oLt on
a creaky limb and guess who will
win the opening games:
Top game of the week sees
Central State face AIT in " hat
has billed in the past as a
scrimmage tilt. It is not so billed
this year. The Huddle picks AIT
on no other basis than it has won
previous battles.
Another big game tests the
usually powerful Florida A0eM
Rattlers against Texas college.
The Texans have not yet caught
UP with the Famcee squad.
Bishop and Jackson college
should have a good one down in
Jackson, Miss, but Jackson will
The Miami times., 1952-09-20

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Evening star., 1952-08-09
Parkland Super Market
Beer License Under Study

The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board today has under considera-
ton the application of the Park
land Super Market. 2101 Alabama
avenue Sc, for a license to sell
light wines and beer.
Israel D., Lahmaia, proprietor 81
the store made atlie application
which was protested by several
hundred residents Of the area. An
application for the same kind o1
IA license at the same place was
rejected in May, 1949.
The District Recreation Board
and civic and PTA groups in the
Garfield : Douglas Heights area
protested the granting Of the Ii.
cense on the grounds it is not
needed and would create q nui-
Sance.
The board also has under con-
Sideration charges that the Cal
vert Shop, 1912 Wisconsin avenue
NV. sold gin to an intoxicated
man. Mossis Stirman. owner OF
the package liquor store and one
of his clerks, admitted selling the
gin to the man but denied he was
drunk. Police who arrested the
man shortly after he left the store
said he was so drunk ahe could not
tell them his name or where he
lived, until he had sobered up sew
eral hours after the arrest.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
County Heads Study Plea
Ito Extend Rent Control

The Prince Georges commits.
sioners are studying a request fol
Extension Of rent control in un.
incorporated areas of the county
"A letter from Hyattsville Loca,
2108, Communications Worker.
of America, said controls will enc
September 80 unless the commits
sioners apply for their continu-
ance.
The letter. read to the county
heads yesterday at Upper Marl-
boro. said the union has made a
survey of unincorporated sections
and believes there is still short
age Of rental housing. The local
said more than 1000 Of It's men,
bers live in Prince Georges and
that large number of them are
renters.
The letter was signed by the
units president, E. H. Darcy,
and its legislative chairman, j. c.
Brooks. jr.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
S1,O63 in Cash Reported
Stolen From Liquor Truck

The larceny of $1,063 in cash
from the glove compartment Of a
truck was reported to police yes
terday afternoon.
Police said Jacob Melman,
owner Of the Modern Liquors
1901 Ninth street NV, told them
he took the money out of the
Second National Bank, Seventh
and E streets NV, to conduct the
stores daily business.
He said that, at about 2::30 pm,
he left the truck for only a few
minutes to go into a store. The
truck, with both doors and the
glove compartment locked. he
said was parked in the 900 block
Of Seventh street NV.
When Mr.. Melman returned q
door and the glove compartment
had been opened and the money
stolen he reported. The dool
handle was broken.
Mr.. Melman told police he may
have been followed blythe thieves
from the bank. The money was
made up of $500 in SO bills, $50(
in flve's, SO dollar bills and $13 ir
coin.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
East Africans Waste
Soil on Cattle 10 Buy
Wives, Educator Says

East Africans are running their
sou and cutting down food sup
plies, because they raise cattle
with which to buy wives.
The International Georgraphi-
cal Union. in session at the Hotel
Statler, was so advised today by
DR.. Ernst Weigt. University oi
Cologne. Germany. in an address
A natives social position de-
lpendS on the number of his live
stock, not its quality, DR.. Weigt
said. Accordingly, soil which
should be used for growing food is
wasted on raising scrawny live
stock.
The men prefer stock raising
and leave working in the fields
to- the women, the educator said
DR.. Weigt told the geographers
that development in East Africa
depends far more on psychology
than on economy. He pointed to
the conservative habits and ideas
Iof the African Negro. He said it
will take time to change the ma
ltives' minds, as well as to deter
mine what can best be grown
under varying conditions of East
African soils and climate.
DR.. Weigt's paper was part of
Ia symposium on tropical Africa.
Tonight in Constitution Hall
the National Geographic Society
will present illustrated reports on
the Chubb Crater in Canada, on
Southern Mexico and on Thailand
Evening star., 1952-08-09
Policeman Faces Charge
|0f Beating Doq 10 Death

A No. 4 precinct policeman has
been accused Of beating a dog to
death.
The charge was lodged against
Pvt. Arnold Arnett by Ambrose
Young, II. colored. of 337 o street
lS.W., the dogs owner.
The United States attorneys
office deferred action on the ac-
Icusation yesterday after a pre-
lliminary hearing. More witnesses
will be called.
Pvt. Arnett and Pvt. Malon H.
lSchreve had investigated a report
that q dog had bitten Jack Locker
Iof 1856 Fourth street Sc. Thurs
day. They took Mr.. Locker with
them in the scout car to Third and
10 streets S.W. to determine il the
Edog had had rabies shots.
The animal lunged at Pvt.
Arnett. who picked up q lawn
mower handle and killed it.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
Ray Gotko to Use Lucky Shoes
In Soap Box Derby Tomorrow

chance" he said happily. "The
racer fits me like glove"
Watching him make the trial
run were five admirers who fol-
low him around wherever he goes
They are his sister. Marian, his
father and mother, Marine Mai
and Mrs. Raymond F. Gotko, POI
Strathmeade street, Falls Church
and two close friends, Charles
O'Neal 16, and his sister Elsie, IA,
both of 215 Fairmont street, Falls
Church.
Ray-"Corkey" to his Derby
Town colleagues-is a favorite at
camp. One of his friends is Peter
kalinowski, IA, the German win
ner. Ray plans to have him over
for a home cooked meal when the
German youth comes to Washing
ton Wednesday for a three-day
sightseeing tour.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
License Protested
For Station Supplying
Capital Transit Music

Transit Riders Association, the
same group that unsuccessfully
contested transit radio broadcasts
yesterday registered it's protest
against renewal of the license Of
WWDC-FM, the station which
supplies Capital Transit's music
news and commercials.
The objection was filed with the
Federal Communications Commis.
sion. which last month granted
the renewal. The riders associa-
ton wants FEC to reconsider it.
decision and hold hearings or
the subject.
Basis for the complaint is thai
the broadcasts. at least insofar al
bus and streetcar passengers art
concerned. are not aimed at the
general public" but at a captive
audience"
Passengers on transit vehicle.
are caught like rats in trap, M
matter whether WWDC-FM wishe.
to please them or not" the pro,
test, filed by Attorney Carl L
Shipley, declared.
The transit operation, moreover
is neither planned for the genera
public nor the subject of choic,
among the persons on whom it j.
inflicted" the petition stated.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
Fathers Baby Gate Invention
Keeps ToddIers From Hunqinq

Mr.. Taylor has eliminated the
open VS.. He fixed screweyeS
along the gate top and ran stout
cord through the eyelets. The
cord control the size of the open
ings so there is never room enough
for the child's head to be caught.
No Chance To Form Loop.
Some time ago, several children
in this area were strangled to
death when their heads were
tangled in the loops of venetian
blinds. Mr.. Taylor, aware that
his gate cord could form loops
when the gate was folded shut and
the cord was slack, knotted the
cord on each side of each eyelet.
There's no chance now for the
cord to form a loop big enough to
admit the child'S head.
He said he canvassed stores here
trying to buy factory-made gate
that's safe and that he couldn I
find one. But his homemade
safety device works as well as any
professional job, and he says any
man can rig one easily at home
It's a simple thing and doesn't re-
|quire a lot of tools. Fl.
Evening star., 1952-08-09

A father here has worked out
a way to use twine to stop babies
from hanging themselves.
His 2-year-old almost strangled
Ia couple Of months ago when the
boy got his head caught in q
baby gate-one Of those contrap-
tions than can be folded into q
compact sheath when not in use.
The father, William w. Taylor,
volunteered his invention to the
public yesterday. after reading of
the narrow escape of a Takoma
Park girl who was caught in a
similar gate.
Child Could Lose Footing.
Mr.. Taylor said the top Of the
ordinary gate is a potential trap
for youngsters. When the gates
open, its top is q series of VS..
"A child peeking over the gate or
trying to climb 1t. is likely to
lose his footing.
There's q considerable chance
he'll catch his head in one of the
IV's and be suspended until he
|strangles. unless someone happens
to rescue him in time,
Evening star., 1952-08-09
Absentee Voting in
MAINE

As SerDice to the Districts
absentee DoterS The Star Is pub
fishing Doting regulations IN
each State for ueTt Nopember's
election. One State tDill be pub
HShed each day. Watch for
yours. Todny'S itstdllment Is for
residents ioho pish to Dote tn
Maine:
General Election: September 8.
Presidential Election: Novem-
ber 4.
Officers to Be Elected: United
States Senator, 3 Representatives
to Congress, Governor and other
State officials. +
Residence Requirement: State,
6 months; town, 3 months.
Registration: In person before
Board Of Registration. Names are
carried forward from assessors fist
and from list of those previously
registered. All males (2i to 7O)
who pay their annual poll tax Of
So have names automatically
placed on voters list but such pay
ment is not requisite to voting.
Dates Of registration vary from
town to town. In small communi-
ties. the selectmen register all per-
sons whom they consider qualified
without even a request for regis
tration. Write your town or city
clerk for information on your
registration.
Absentee Voting: Permitted in
primary and both elections. Re-
quest official application for ballot
from city or town clerk any time.
NOTE: Maine votes only for
President and Vice President on
November 4: all other officers are
elected on September 8.
For further information cali
Mrs. Clarence Fisher. chairman
OF the Doters' serDice, District
League Of Women Voters. Taylor
OO56.
Tomorrow: Arizona.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
THIS SUNDAYS BEST READING
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discussed the Editorial Sections Of interpretation
OF other top developments also is feotuFed.
THE MARINES HAVE LNDD-In hovent noticed copitol
being nvoded the Marine Division asseeon
its convention here this week end Jerry oIear j,
member Of the division Koreo tells about the and the fighting
they represent article in The So Petoria Mosoxins
POLICE WORKS policemen were transferred ont
Of the M precinct When officers went back
their old crime wuned Tots the town. eeeordine
Stor Staff Writer Miriam oenbers who tells the Edtoo
obout the dGeots problems Of bunas police ssoinst
skmpy budget
METROPOLITAN ScNE-A regular feature beginning this week the
metropolitan Scene column in the Edtoo Section John W. Thompsoa
seasoned observer Of ofs Developments the
District Mcrond and Nsnio a-d their effects residents Of
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Evening star., 1952-08-09
Builder Sues Over Delays
On Montgomery BuiIdinq

A breach of contract suit was
filed against Montgomery County
yesterday by the Byrne Organiza-
ton, Inc. of 2607 Connecticut
avenue NV. in connection with
delays in building the new county
Office building.
The suit charges the company's
work was to have begun early last
year. Steel shortages, however
held up work on another con-
tractors job until last February
the suit stated.
According to the suit, increased
labor costs, storage of materials
and other unanticipated expen-
ses caused by the delay have made
it impossible for the Byrne firm
to do the job for $1,154,0O0, the
price agreed on.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
Norfolk Editor Proposes
MARYLAND Be Forgiven
BY the Assoeioied Press

ROANOKE, Va, Aug. 9.-With
tongue in cheek Managing Editor
Tom Hanes of the Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch read the following reso-
luton to a Maryland Virginia
newspaper luncheon here shortly
after Maryland's former Gov.
William P. Lane. jr., spoke:
Whereas, certain segments Of
the National Democratic Party
planned to throw the State Of
Virginia out of said party, and
Whereas. the State of Mary
land prevented the so-called
Democratic Party from throwing
the State of Virginia out on its
ear, be 1t hereby.
Resolved, that the State of
Virginia, acting in the true spirit
|of Christian charity, forgive the
State of Maryland for it's action
in stabbing a friendly neighbor
in the back"
Evening star., 1952-08-09
School Painter Held
In Attack on Girl, 9

A Montgomery County Schoo
Board employe was held for actor
|of the grand jury yesterday on q
charge of assault with intent tc
rape a 9-year-old Chevy Chase
CMd) girl.
Held in the Rockville jail with
out bond was Glendon Elwood Nc
Coy, q, of Route l, Germantown
He appeared before Trial Magis-
trate Oscar j. See in Bethesda
Police Court.
A hearing will be held at 9 am
Monday in Circuit Court in Rock
vile on a petition for writ of
habeas corpus fled yesterday.
Mccoy was arrested August I
the day after the reported assault
He was a painter for the school,
board at the Lynnbrook School
where the alleged assault occurred
While at the Detective Bureau
Office in Bethesda for questioning
Mccoy walked unnoticed out OF
the room and fled the station. He
was recaptured about an hour
later on the White Flint Coli
Course about three miles away
from the station. Some Is police
had searched for him and his
capture came after a mile-lone
chase on foot. Police fired four
shots at Mccoy before he sur
rendered.
According to Detective Sergt
John Patrick Leahy. the defend
ant Is married and has two chill
dren. Sergt. Leahy at the time
of McCoy's arrest said he told
detectives he had gotten out OF
the Maryland Penitentiary last
month after serving four years
there.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
Virginia Revenues
|WM Bring Payers
800 Tax Credit
BY The Assoeiased Pres.

RICHMOND. Aug. 9.-State
Controller Henry G. Gilmer said
yesterday Virginia's revenues in
195l-52 fiscal year reached a total
|of $107 .926.875-sufficient to give
income taxpayers in the State a 9
Iper cent tax credit.
Gov. Battle said last month this
credit was indicated on the basis
of nearly complete revenue calcu-
Ilations furnished him by the con-
ltroller.
The credit will be made possible
under the revised Byrd automatic
tax credit act which provides q S
lper cent credit If the revenue total
passes the $105, ,344.399 mark. The
lcredit increases per cent for each
$3.50. .230 in revenue above that
mark.
Evening star., 1952-08-09

her car collided with another GO
ing in the opposite direction. Her
death was the 31st fatality on the
turnpike since it opened last fall.
Manager Of Office.
Miss Barrett was manager of
the Secretarial and Office Serv-
ices, I'll Fourteenth street NV.
Before assuming that position
five years ago, Miss Barrett was a
secretary at the Times-Herald.
She was an accomplished singer
and was active with amateur
theatrical groups here.
Miss Barrett was on her way to
her Montreal (Canada) home to
visit her mother, Mrs. Marian Bar
rett, and her brother, Frank. An
other brother. Keith, was killed
during World War II while flying
with the Royal Canadian Air
Corps. Her father. Clayton Bar
rett, was killed in an automobile
accident several years ago.
Funeral services and burial will
be in Montreal.
Truck Out of Gas.
Prince Georges County Police
Pvt. David Dudley said Mr.. SCOTS
car struck a truck which had run
out of gas in the 1400 block of
East-West highway in West
Hyattsville. He died of hemor-
rhage and shock due to a crushed
chest.
Pvt. Dudley said the truck was
operated by Johnnie Taylor, jr., 20.
colored, of the first block of Prim-
rose street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Taylor was charged with man.
slaughter and failure to place
warning signals 100 feet to the
front. rear and side of disabled
vehicle. He was jailed in lieu of
81 100 bond. A hearing has been
set for August Is in Hyattsville
Police Court.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
Poultry Worker Held
For Jury in Murder
BY the A..oeioted Press

HARRISONBURG, Va, Aug. 9
Hobart Guy Reedy. 54, a poul
try farm employe charged with
murder in the death of a relative
was ordered held for the granC
jury yesterday by Rockingham
County Trial Justice Porter
Graves.
Reedy, in a statement, has ad.
mitted shooting William Richarc
Reedy, 20. but said it was a cast
of kill or get killed"
The shooting took place at Ho-
bart Reedy's trailer home in the
western part of the county.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
Order
Report on Area
Transportation
ConsuItunt Directed
To Find Right Way
In Solving Problem
BY WiIIiom A. MiIIen

A report on the problem OF
mass transportation in the WASH
ington area was ordered yester-
day by the National Capital Plan
ming Commission.
Harland Bartholomew of st
Louis, consultant, was directed by
the commission to determine what
the problem is and the right way
to solve it.
In his study. Mr.. Bartholomew
will take into account the various
public transportation systems, as
well as the use of private auto
mobiles.
The decision to, make this sur
|vey grew out of Mr.. Bartholo-
news presentation of progress
review of the Districts $l40 mil
lion long-range highway improve
ment plan. Mr.. Bartholomew will
now extend this study to embrace
mass transportation.
Suggested by Gen. Robinson.
This suggestion came from Brig.
Gen. Bernard L. Robinson, Dis
trict Engineer Commissioner, who
Is a member of the commission.
The commissions staff was di-
rected to draw up the final docu-
mentS on the dedevelopment in
the Southwest for Project Area B.
This extends from E to I streets
and South Capitol to Fourth
streets S.W. The commission ex-
poets to give its final approval to
this project next month.
John Nolen, jr., the commits
sion's director. said several re-
quests for a review of the plan
before the Commissioners hold
a public hearing have been re-
ceived from citizens groups and
others.
Mr.. Nolen said the commission
doesn't have time to take up the
plan with these parties before
submitting it to the Commission
ers. He said, however, he expects
the essential parts of the plan
will be made public, so that it
can be studied before the hearing
Provision for Low Rentals.
He said the plan will include
provision for low-rent housing
units. Private enterprise will
have the first opportunity to con-
struct these, Mr.. Nolen explained.
But If it declines, then the op-
portunity will be given to the
National Capital Housing Au-
thority.
Letters were sent out by the
commissions direction yesterday
to interested Maryland and Vir-
|ginia planning agencies, who will
have representatives on the Ma
tional Capital Regional Planning
Council. They were asked to
make nominations to the council
so the commission can act on
them, as required under law. The
council will provide a means for
Ico-ordinating planning among the
various jurisdictions concerned
with planning and development
in the Washington region.
The commission approved a pro-
posed amendment to the harbor
regulations, under which the har-
bormaster would have jurisdiction
over clearing the Potomac River
during boat races.
In another matter. the COM
mission said it needs for infor-
nation on the request of the
National BroadcaSting Co. to in
crease the height of its television
tower near the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
People Victors
|At tConventions,
Lane Tells Press
Candidates Are Best
Men Parties Have,
Ex-Governor Says
BY the Associated Press

ROANOKE. Va. Aug. 9.-For-
|mer Gov. William Preston Lane.
|jr.. of Maryland told newsInen
from three States that the Amer
ican people won victory in both
political conventions this sum-
|mer. The candidates chcoSers he
|said., represent the best of each
party.
The former Governor, a Mary
land delegate to the Democratic
National Convention, spoke to five
different press groups at a Hotel
Roanoke luncheon yesterday.
The Virginia and Maryland
State Press Associations. the Vir-
|ginia and Chesapeake Associated
Press groups and the Del-Mar-Va
Press Association, representing a
three-State area end a two-day
convention here tonight.
In spite of all the mistakes and
errors of both conventions, Mr..
Lane said, the American people
''in silent contemplation will come
Ito the realization that the United
States is the only place on earth
where this could happen"
Reminded of Responsibility.
Mr.. Lane, who is associated with
the Herald Mail Publishing Co. in
Hagerstown, reminded newsmen
of their responsibility in the COM
ing presidential campaign.
"You members Of the fourth es-
tate" he said, "carry an obliga-
ton to the people of Virginia and
Maryland
The newspaper profession, he
said, "can acquit itself in the next
80 days by keeping the debate on
a decent, intelligent level"
The former Governor, looking
back over the path that Maryland
and Virginia have trod together"
devoted much of his talk to high
lights of the early history of both
States.
Mr.. Lane was Introduced by
John Mccormick, president of the
Maryland Press Association. The
more than 200 newsmen and Wis
itors were welcomed following the
luncheon by M. w. Armistead III
associate publisher of the Roa-
noke Times and World-News.
To See Movie Premiere.
The group was scheduled to see
the Virginia premiere of Park
Row" this afternoon. The movie
shows the birth and rise of Ameri-
can journalism.
A number of the newsmen teed
off this morning for the annual
Carl Short memorial golf tourna-
ment. Business meetings were
scheduled for late this afternoon.
Tonight, the annual association
awards will be. made at a ban
quet, after which a ball will be
held.
Virginia newspaper members of
the Associated Press yesterday
elected John Spencer, managing
editor of the Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot. as their chairman. He sue
ceeds Clarke E. Lindsay of the
Charlottesville Daily Progress.
Elected vice chairmen were
Charles Rowe of the Fredericks-
burg Free Lance-Star and Tom
Hanes of the Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch.
Evening star., 1952-08-09
HyatfsviNe Man Killed
When Car Hits Truck;
Woman Dies in Crash

A Hyattsville man was killed
last night when his car struck
the rear of a tractor trailer truck
Charles G.. Scott. 20, Of 1410
Kanawha street, Hyattsville, was
dead on arrival at Leland Memo
rial Hospital. A companion, Henry
v. Olneck, 43, of S31 Fairview ave-
nue., Takoma Park, was admitted
to the hospital with a broken
right leg.
Miss Vivian Barrett, Al, of 2032
Belmont road NV, died when