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Evening star., 1952-07-12
10Th Division Heads for Home
After Training at Hill Post

ceron, Of that city, together with
the units OF the 121st Engineers,
from La Plata, Leonardtown,
Prince Frederick and Ellicott City
were scheduled to reach their re-
spective armories about 2 O'Clock
this afternoon.
Mostly Maryland Units.
The 29th Division, commanded
by Mai. Gen. William II. Sands,
of Norfolk, Va, is composed Of
units from many cities and rural
towns of Maryland. and some from
West Virginia.
Maryland units comprise about
two-thirds Of the division. A low
sickness record was maintained
throughout the camp. Principal
trouble for the medics was the
treatment Of infection from CHG
gers.
The morale Of the units has been
high. Even injuries did not
keep some of them away. Sergt.
James G. Watham, top sergeant OF
the Engineers B Company at
Leonardtown. came to camp with
a heavy back brace. He broke his
back in an automobile accident
some months ago. Sergt. Joseph
H. Cullison, supply sergeant from
Ridge, Md. came on crutches. He
broke his foot while playing on his
guard baseball team shortly before
coming to camp.
Economy Program Seen.
The Pentagon's economy pro-
gram was manifested in the field
here. Many Of the newly issued
vehicles had painted on them the
cost of each to the government.
A jeep which was cracked up
early in the camp was left stand
ing where it was wrecked with this
sign alongside:
Speed caused this. l.. One man
badly injured; .. mileage 920: 8
cost to repair, $976. 81. 4. estimated
loss Of use-four weeks"
The repair costs, Of course, were
Lat Government rates.
Evening star., 1952-07-12
Cowboy Come Too Real;
Boy, 8, Dies Of Gunshot
By The Associated Press

BALTIMORE, July 12.-The g.
|year-old wanted to make the game
LOT cowboys and Indians more like
the real thing. Me knew where a
|gun was, and he got it.
A few minutes later his brother,
lS-year-old Arthur Thomas Butler,
was dead, q bullet wound in his
chest.
Police said the father kept a .32-
|caliber revolver in a tool chest.
They ruled it accidental death
Evening star., 1952-07-12
Indicted at Hyuttsville

Seven men have been inducted
into the Army by Selectiye Service
Board No. SIS at HyattSyille. They
are: John r. Pierce, Richard ".
Davis, Richard D. Martin, James
A. Godbold, jr., Walter M. Phillips,
Charlie Hargrow and Donald L
Brennan. 4
Evening star., 1952-07-12
6. o. p. Unit to Reorqunize

The Republican Club of Alex
andria will hold reorganization
meeting at $3.50 pm. Monday in
the George Mason Hotel. An
nouncement of the meeting was
made by r. Tilton Gaines, club
president.
Evening star., 1952-07-12
LonqIey Center TO Meet

The Langley Jewish Community
Center viii meet at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow in the community room
LOT the Suburban Bank, Flower ave-
lnue and Piney Branch road. Ia
'koma Park. /.
Evening star., 1952-07-12

ALEXANDRIA SEEKS TO GET OUT vOTERS-A mock jail has
erected the Alexandria Junior Chamber
to demonstrate that those who don't vote sregardng
OF their greatest liberties Here Eugene Om H chairman of
the Jaycee drive Miss Lorraine Foster
of Alexandria to to the polls Tuesday Last night the Jail
was on King street. tonight will be in Alana and Mon
day it will be carted through the city a truck.
Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1952-11-28
z Killed, ; Hurt as Train
Knocks Man Into Crowd
By the Assoeioted Press

CONCORD, N. c., Nov. 28.-A
Southern Railway passenger train
struck a man and hurled his body
into a crowd with such force last
night that one other person was
killed and three injured.
Dead in the weird accident were
Walter Wilson Nance, 43. of
Marshville and Mrs. Estelle Boone,
about 38, of Norwood. Injured
were Charles E. Ellington of Con-
cord; Miss Ann Tucker of Mount
Pleasant, and Mrs. Minnie Love
Of Harrisburg. ~
Mr.. Nance was hit by a pas
senger train and his body thrown
about Is feet into a group of peo-
pie waiting to cross the tracks.
The impact killed Mrs. Boone,
injured Mr.. Ellington critically,
and the other two victims less
severely.
Evening star., 1952-11-28
IL Housebreakings
Cleared Up by Arrest
OF 5 Boys, Police Say

Police today said they have
cleared up at least a dozen re-
cent housebreakings here with the
arrest of five juveniles who appar-
emily were more destructive than
thieving.
The youths ages range from II
to IA years. All are now being
held at the Receiving Home for
Juvenile Court action. They are
colored.
Police described the juveniles
as a full-fledged housebreaking
ring" masterminded by a IA
Iyear-old. The IL jobs accounted
for by the ringleader's own admis-
sion occurred in business estab-
Ilishments in the 10th precinct.
Three Of the boys were picked
up last night in Dismer's Hard
ware Store. BIT Fourteenth street
NV. Police Pvts. D. M. Smith
and E. M. Moynihan reported they
found the 14-year-old, accompa-
MED by two boys. 13 and II years
told. inside. They had forced the
store door with a crowbar.
Among other break-ins admit
ted by the 14-year-old, who said
he participated in all IL entries
was the looting of the New Lon
don Bakery. 1905 Georgia avenue
NV, November Is. There police
found pies and pastries spattered
all over the store where the boys
had been. All that was missing
OF value was 50 in pennies taken
from the cash register, and an
unknown amount of money from
tuberculosis contribution box.
Precinct Detective Gillespie B
Southcomb reported that in most
of the admitted housebreakings
the 14-year-old, accompanied by
different combinations of his
companions, threw and pushed
merchandise about the stores
While they are still double-check-
ing the stories, police said only a
small amount of loot and cash is
missing in the IL entries.
Police picked up the fourth and
fifth members of the ring after
questioning the three youths found
In the hardware store.
Evening star., 1952-11-28
Sky Flash, Thought Meteor
Sfirs West Coast Search
By the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28-A
bright flash in the northwest sky
believed to be a meteor-last
night sent Coast Guardsmen on
two futile hunts for distress
flares"
The Coast Guard rescue CO.
ordination center here received
its first report-shortly after 8
p.m.-from a tower guard at
Alcatraz Prison, who said he saw
a flash over the north end of San
Francisco Bay.
An 83-foot patrol boat found
nothing there.
A short time later, the Coast
Guard station at Fort Bragg, $50
miles up the Northern California
coast, sent out beach party after
residents said they saw "a reddish
white glow" in the sky offshore.
The flash also was seen at Fair
field, As miles northeast of here,
by Solano County Deputy Sheriff
L. D. Richey. who said it came
from a meteor that first showed
red, then burned out in bright
white light arching through the
sky to the northwest.
Evening star., 1952-11-28
Latvian Girl Here ; Years
Wins Democracy Contest
speciol Dispotch to The Sior

SMITHSBURG, Md, Nov. o.
Mirzda Strazdins. 18-year-old- high
school senior who came to this
country from Latvia three years
ago, won the II speak for Democ-
racy" speaking contest here.
Miss Stradzins, who understood
only few words of English when
she enrolled in school, said she
enjoys the friendliness between
students and teachers in this
country because the Latvian
teachers were rigid disciplinarians.
After graduation next June she
will enter the University of Mary
land School of Nursing. Her fam
lily, which lives on farm near
here, was taken to a slave labor
camp in Germany during World
WAR II,
Evening star., 1952-11-28
What you should know
about your eyes

Did you know many doctors say
there's no such ailment as "eye-
strain?" That wrong glasses can't
permanently damage your eyes,?
Realize the usual chart test may
fail to discover many eye defects?
December Readers Digest cor
rects many popular myths about
the eyes; reports on proper eye
care and tells the facts about
commonere defectsand diseases.
Don'tmiss this importantrep
that gives 4 simple rules to help
protect your precious sight.
Get your December Readers
Digest today: 40 articles of lasting
interest, condensed from leading
magazines, current books.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
BY fha As.oeiated Press

HAVRE DE GRACE, July o.
Five persons have been hospital
ized with injuries suffered when
q tree limb plunged to the ground.
One is reported in critical condi-
ton.
Four others also suffered cuts
and bruises in the accident Mon
day night.
A limb from an old maple tree
fell at the rear of the home Of
William A. Letter, cashier Of the
Citizens National Bank. The
crash attracted neighbors and as
they were standing near the tree
a second and larger limb plunged
down causing the injuries.
Police said that as the limb fell
it pulled down a utility pole carry
ing q 23,OOO-volt line.
Among those taken TO. Hartford
Memorial Hospital were Mrs. T.
Milton Carroll jr.. broken pelvis,
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Montgomery Council
Blasts Order Barrinu
Dog, CAT Adoptions

A recent order barring adop-
ton of Montgomery County dogs
and cats by non-county residents
yesterday was blasted by members
of the county council.
Mrs. Kathrn j. Lawlor charged
that, since the March 3 order,
"dogs have been put to sleep on a
wholesale basis" at the County
Animal Shelter.
The order was one Of seven reg
ulations issued by A. Morton
Thomas, director sof the depart
ment of inspection and licenses.
Mr.. Thomas yesterday said he
had issued the order after he re-
ceived a single complaint last Jan
uary from Mrs. Paul M. Twine,
president of the Animal Welfare
League Of Arlington County.
He said Mrs. Twine criticized
the county for not checking more
closely on persons adopting dogs
at the shelter. Mrs. Lawlor, how
ever, noted Mrs. Twine was "as-
founded" when she learned of Mr.
Thomas action.
Mrs. Lawler led the attack or
the order and moved to order II
rescinded. She then withdrew the
motion when County Manager
Irving G. McNayr and Mr.. Thoma.
agreed to get together on the
regulations.
Mr.. Thomas orders also forbade
adoption of puppies or kittens un.
der two months old. He also
barred advertising, either by ar
individual or the county Anima
Rescue League. Of pets available
for adoption at the shelter.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Virginia 6. 0. P. Told
To Stay Out Of Primary
By she Associated Pres.

Virginia Republican Chairman
S. Floyd Landreth has called on
members Of hs party to stay out
of the July Is Democratic pri-
mary between Senator Byrd and
Francis PickenS Miller.
His statement yesterday was the
first response to move by Mr..
Miller to keep Republicans out Of
the Democratic primary.
Mr.. Miller had asked the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee
to adopt requirement that every
primary voter sign pledge that
he or she is Democrat.
He also called on Senator Byrd
to back him up in the request;
and he asked Mr.. Landreth pub
licly to request Republicans to stay
out Of the primary.
Mr.. Landreth urged Republi-
cans to concentrate on efforts to
back their own Senatorial candi-
date who will be nominated by the
G. o. P. State Central Committee,
In August.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Nine Injured by Big Limb
FuI|inq so Feet F rom Tree

fractured vertebrae. fractures OF
the left leg and chest injuries, and
Harry e. Dyer, jr., prominent at
torney, crushed chest, fractured
jaw and fractured left leg. Mrs.
Carroll was listed in critical con-
dition.
The others hospitalized were
Mrs. Letter. chest injuries; Mrs.
Alice Green. member of the ele-
mentary school faculty, head in
juries, and B. N. Allnutt. severe
hand injury.
The second tree limb was "a
inches across. Mrs. Carroll was
pinned under the pole. The others
were hit by the limb. It fell from
a height Of at least SO feet.
Mr.. Dyer was hit as he tried
to pull Mrs. Lefiier aside. MIR.
Allnutt was hurt as he pulled Mrs.
Carroll's 5-year-old daughter
Barbara away. She suffered only
minor injuries. !.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs presented through
the cooperation of the District,
Arlington County, Prince Georges
County and Montgomery County
Recreation Departments and the
Film Center of Washington:
Washington at Dusk.
Gallinger, F and Twenty-sec-
ond streets NV.
Takoma, Fourth and Whittier
streets NV.
Langdon Park, Eighteenth and
Franklin streets NE.
Rosedale, Seventeenth and
Gales streets NE.
Thomson. Twelfth and L streets
NV.
Congress Heights, Savannah
street and Randle place Sc.
Howard. Fourth and w streets
INV.
Happy Hollow. Eighteenth and
|Kalofama road NV.
CrupRell. Gallaudet and Ken
dali reets NE.
LIND I'm. Sixth and l. streets Sc.
Arlington, $3.50 PM.
Recfeation Center, 481l North
Third street.
Prince Georges County, $3.50 PM.
College Park. Calvert Park. foot
|of Drexel street.
Montgomery County ut Dusk.
Rock Greek Recreation Center.
Leland street and Beach drive.
Chevy Chase.
Colesville Recreation Center,
lColesville Elementary School.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Youngsters Shining Faces Show
Summer Outing Camps Value

At the craft shop, Sandra Sin
clair and Emily Chambers were
painting while other girls learned
to braid.
At Camp Pleasant an excited
knot of youngsters crouched over
a sunny pool. Get him!" shouted
Philip Knight as he scooped with
a piece of wire screening. Allen
Robinson quickly picked a polly
wog off the mesh, put it carefully
into a jar, then ran up to the
cabin area with the prize.
Milton Smith and Norwood
CoehinS eagerly measured a close
horseshoe pitch under the big
spreading trees. Across the near
by campfire area, there is eve
ming storytelling.
And away in a quiet glade
something else was happening
that little boy will long remem-
ber with that warm mixture of
gratitude and admiration. It was
a little man-to-man talk with his
counselor, the fellow who is his
friend. playmate, parent and ad-
visor. The example of the coun-
selors, the experience of team
work, sharing, helping each other
and, most of all, finding oneself
is as great a gift to a child in the
two weeks of camping as is the
fun. .....
The Summer Outings Commit
tees so years of camp operation
and the backing through all the
years of thoughtful residents here
has created a stream of happi-
ness for mer-stricken chill
dren. And the contributions made
through The Stars Summer
Camp Fund. the Community
Chest and other channels are do
ing even more: Those pleasure
packed fortnights of camp life
are building better citizens.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Autos Kill Pedestrian
And Driver in viruinia

Two men were killed in traffic
accidents in Virginia early today,
one Of them a hit-and-run victim
as he was walking on Mount Ver-
non boulevard in Fairfax County.
James Morris Cook, 80, of 237-B
Gray's Hill Village. Fort Belvoir,
was the victim of the hit-and-run
driver, Fairfax police reported. His
body was found about two miles
north of Route / by a Fort Belvoir
cab driver at 3:15 am.
Killed when his car hit a bridge
on Route II, one mile south of
Warrenton, was Duane Royal Hess,
26, of La Grange, Ind. Mr.. Hess
was driving south when he appar-
emily fell asleep at the wheel,
State police reported. He was
driving alone.
Mr.. Cook, a civilian employe at
Fort Belvoir, had a fractured
skull, a broken back, foot, left
arm and collar bone and internal
injuries. DR.. Claude Cooper, Fair
fax coroner, reported.
The body was discovered by
Rufus H. Jones, colored. of 1928
Harvard street NV.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Prince Georges Adds
3 New Departments
AS Fiscal Year Begins

Three new governmental de-
partments are functioning in
Prince Georges County today.
They are personnel, purchasing
and weights and measures.
All were established yesterday
by the county commissioners in
Upper Marlboro on the first day of
the new fiscal year.
Inauguration of the first two
was made mandatory in a law
which superseded the controversial
Sothoron Act, and the third, by a
Statewide measure.
Harold Thomas Rice, 44-year-
old business administrator of War;
Iren Hospital, Laurel, was named
personnel director at $4,000 a year.
He lives at 110 Seventh street,
Laurel.
Hadley Henry Blonien, So, of
1413 VierS Mill road, Rockville,
was appointed purchasing agent.
The post pays $4,000 annually.
Mr.. Blonien has been employed in
a similar capacity by the American
Trailer Co. of Washington.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas E. Mar
eos. 27, was chosen to inspect
weighing and measuring devices.
He will receive $4,000 annually,
plus $1,000 expenses, and will
operate alone this year.
Commissioner Edward j. Waters
objected to all three actions. He
noted that a colleague, H. Wilson
Spicknall, was absent and said
he felt all board members should
be present when the new posts
were filed.
Indicating that he disapproved
appointment of a Montgomery
County resident. Mr.. Waters de-
manded a roll-call vote on the
motion that placed Mr.. Blonien in
office. He voted mo" and de-
Iclined to vote on the other two
choices. Commissioners Thomas
E. Latimer, Daniel A. Abbott and
w. Everett Marion voted in favor.
In other business the commits
lsionerS were informed that the
books Of the Prince Georges Cen
eral Hospital showed a profit of
$885 for May. The hospitals 1852
deficit on June was $57.872.
Evening star., 1952-07-02

hours questioning at the Silver
Spring substation the boy told this
story:
He took the .32-caliber revolver
and six bullets from cigar box
at his grandfather'S home. He
showed it to several friends.
He met Virgil on Edgewood
road, just around the corner from
Virgil's home. AS the victim was
examining the gun the 13-year-
old clicked the trigger several
times.
Fled to Nearby Woods.
The gun went off and Virgil fell
to the street. The other boy be-
came frightened and fled to a
nearby wooded area, about three
blocks from the scene.
He hid the gun under a rock
and threw the remaining bullets
into a mud puddle. Then he re-
turned to the scene.
Police 1t. Carroll v. Miller and
Sergt. Alton Harding took the
older boy into custody about sc
minutes after the shooting. Detec-
tive Sergt. Charles Pearson went
with the boy to the wooded area
and recovered the gun.
The sandy-haired youth, garbed
in blue jeans and striped shirt.
was held briefly at the Silver
Spring lookup, then placed in a
foster home overnight.
Police, the States Attorney and
Juvenile Court officials were to
confer this afternoon to decide
whether the 13-year -old boy
would be tried in Juvenile or
Police Court.
Under ordinary procedures,
Juvenile Court tries all persons
under 14 unless they are charged
withnR capital offense.
TIE victims father. v. D. Bry-
an, works at the Darby Printing
Co., 2414 Douglas street NE
Virgil would have been in the
fourth grade at Oakview Elemen-
tary School next fall.
In addition to his parents, he
is survived by a brother, John
9. and a sister. Joyce Ann. l.
Funeral services for the boy will
be held at the Robert A. Pumphrey
funeral home, Bethesda, at 2 pm
tomorrow. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
School Budget Cut
In Arlington 10 Meet
|Board's d'sAppropriation

The Arlington School Board has
cut its 1952-53 budget to meet the
appropriation approved by the
County Board on April 80.
The board reorganized at a
meeting last night marking the
beginning of the new fiscal year.
Barnard Joy was named chair
man and Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell
was named vice chairman. Both
were reelected last fall.
Pay Increase Retained.
A $100 annual salary increase
for teachers was retained in the
budget. This amount is in addi-
ton to the regular yearly in
Icreases Of $100 or 5000 provided
in the salary scale.
One increase was made in the
budget. The board agreed to put
into effect a new State law au-
thorizing a salary of $75 a month
for board members, instead of $25.
A $4,000 contingency fund was
set up. Board members said this
was necessary because tax esti-
mates are based on total as
sessed valuation of approximately
$272 million. The School Board
had based its proposed budget on
a valuation of approximately $265
million.
Some of Boards Cuts.
In order to provide the con-
tingency fund and to meet the
$151.000 cut from its budget by
the County Board, the board made
these cuts. among others:
Postpone installation of cafe
teriaS in FIVE older schools, $27,-
800.
Drop appropriation for archi-
tects' fees to plan new schools,
$45, 900.
Reduce ALLEGATION for textbooks
$50. 900.
Reduce amounts set aside for
general Institutional supplies
$40, 900.
Cut funds for repairs to fur
|niture and equipment, $27,356.
Eliminate hard-surface play
courts planned for several ele-
lmentary schools, $19,
Lower amount for travel of
teachers, principals and super
|visors to professional meetings.
|$5, 900.
The board also agreed not to
hire two Librarians. four GUS
|todians, an elementary supervisor,
Ia dental hygierist, several secre-
|taries, q visiting teacher and a
research clerk. These positions
we're set UP In the original
budget.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Maryland Phone Job
To Cost A,347,OOO
By the A..eeiaisd P,e.,

BALTIMORE. July 2. - The
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. said yesterday it plans to
spend $4.347 900 for improving its
Maryland facilities.
The money will go for expanded
toll circuits between Baltimore.
Washington and Western Mary
land; into larger facilities at
Bethesda and Carderock Naval
installations, and into its Balti-
more, lakewood and Towson Valley
exchanges.
The company will spend $407,-
600 for expansion of toll circuits
from Baltimore to Washington
and Western Maryland. and $254,-
600 for expansion of facilities at
the National Institutes of Health
near Bethesda and the Nays
David Taylor Model Basin at
Carderock.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
|Car|in Says He'll Stay
lin 10Th District Race
For House Nomination

Charles G. Caflin. jr.. told a
rally in Alexandria last night that
he is in the race for the 10th
District Democratic nomination to
the House to stay.
Speaking to about 60 persons in
the George Washington High
Mr.. Carlin denied reports
that he intended to withdraw be-
fore the July Is primary. He said
three newsmen called him within
an hour yesterday to check on the
Mr.. Carlin said a rumor had
been circulating that a delegation
of Arlington supporters of one of
his opponents. j. Maynard Ma
gruder, had called on him to with
draw. The reports. he said. had
it that the delegation was headed
by State Senator Charles r. Fen
wick of Arlington.
Sees Waste of Time.
Mr.. Carlin said he had received
no such request and if any one did
make such an appeal "they would
be wasting their time"
Senator Fenwick, asked about
the report, declared: II have never
suggested such a thing. I have no
intention of doing so, and I don't
know Of any one else who has"
Senator Fenwick, chairman of
the 10th District Democratic Com
mittee, last night sponsored a
lawn party at his home in East
Falls Church in behalf of Mr.. Ma
gruder, one of four Democratic
candidates for the House, and also
for Wesley Cooper, one of the
two Democratic candidates for the
Arlington County Board.
Commends Byrd Organization.
Mr.. Magruder commended the
State Democratic organization for
its good government. and said
there is no graft or corruption
in Virginia.
He said one of his opponents,
Edmund D. Campbell. Of Arling-
ton, has accused him of being a
machine candidate. He said he
would plead guilty to this charge
if Mr.. Campbell intended it to
mean that he is a member of the
State Democratic organization
that has balanced Virginia's bud
gets consistently and has been free
of corruption.
Mr.. Magruder also addressed a
group of so women supporters at
a luncheon yesterday in the Sea-
port Inn at Alexandria.
In the past, Mr.. Magruder said,
there have been barriers between
the four parts Of the new district.
Alexandria. Arlington, Fairfax
County and Falls Church. To &C
chieve recognition and prestige as
a unit, he said, they must work
together.
Cites Experience Needed.
pitfalls are ahead of q legislator
who has not had experience" he
declared. A candidate without
previous service, he said, would
be of little value to his constitu-
ents, particularly in the first year
Of his term.
Mr.. Magruder was introduced by
Paul Delaney, Alexandria attorney.
Mrs. George Duborg was chairman
of the meeting.