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Evening star., 1953-06-28
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enough to stage it? She felt as if
she were clinging to a narrow
ledge over an abyss while violent
winds fought to throw her down.
After closing her eyes and ask
ing for strength she said, looking
down at the photo of Lakshami.
81 think she must have loved you
very much" She stole a glance at
him through her eyelashes. He
held his left wrist arched and
something told her that it was
now the second hand of his watch
that he was frowning over so
closely.
lHE revolver rose and pointed
at her breast.
II think" she went on, still
gazing down at the photo. ''she
must have been thinking of you
in the moment that picture was
taken. Don't you think so?"
And yes, she had guessed cor
rectly. His eyes could not resist
the photograph. the face he had
loved so tragically. They turned
for a last glance of agonized
tenderness at its delicate beauty
and in the second Martha acted.
She sprang forward, and her
hand, armed with despairing
strength, seized the gun. Before
he could snap out of the trance
into which her words and the face
of his lost bride had betrayed
him and summon his reserve of
maniacal strength the. black gun
had been wrested from his hold.
Martha, closing her eyes, aimed
it at the window and fired a
single shot.
A SINGLE shot. Then, as he came
at her with his mad, tragic face
contorted, she turned the gun
round and held it out to him.
When he snatched it from her
she spun round. closed her eyes
again, clamped her hands over
her ears and whispered, Good
by. Davy," in case it was good
by.
Suspense then, tearing a great :
wound in her consciousness for
three terrible seconds and then
she stiffened at the report of the
second shot.
Evening star., 1953-06-28

A sob like a small child's burst
her lips, and she stumbled to the
door. blind with tears and crop
ing desperately for the lock. :.
Y on took a fearful chance"
the gruff police officer protested
when she'd told her story half
an-hour later. "A fearful chance.
Passing a loaded gun to homi-
cidal maniac and turning your
back on him! Why didn't you
throw it out of the window? Or
hold him up with it till my chaps
got there? They'd just pulled up
their patrol car outside when you
fired; after Mrs. Sanderson rang
the station / sent them along to
see how you were" "
Martha said, Il understood
him. you see. He had two shots
left, one for me and one for him
self - one for revenge and the
other for death. And l was sure
he wanted death more than
revenge. ifhe couldn't have both.
''lT SEEMS an odd thing to say
after what he did to my friends,
but when the time came / wanted
to help him. So / fired the shot
he'd intended for me and and
gave him back the bullet he'd
saved for himself. Surely he's
better off now than waiting to be
condemned to a lifetime in a
madhouse. "
HE was mad, all right" the
officer put in grimly.
1T wasn't his mind under
stood" she said quietly, ''but his
heart. That was broken, too"
He didn't look sympathetic
enough for her to complete her
explanation. 1t was quite a SIM
pie one, in fact. Merely that she
loved as Daya Ram had loved.
And that night. when she had
taken out again the golden future
she had folded away and saw it
stretch magically again before
her, the future with Davy, she
drifted smiling into sleep. But
smiling on a tear-stained pillow.
Tears for three friends who
wouldn't be at her wedding now.
For three friends 80: and one
enemy. The End
Evening star., 1953-06-28

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Evening star., 1953-02-21
Judge Accuses
Evangelist Of Fraud
In Insurance Claim
By the Assoeio,ed Pres.

BALTIMORE. Feb. 21.-Fed-
eral Judge William c. Coleman
last night told evangelist Jerry
Owen he had committed "delib-
crate and willful" fraud and re-
fused to give the Walking
Bible" a cent of his $4,000
claim against an insurance COM
pany.
Mr.. Owen had pressed his
claim in court after the COM
pany refused to reimburse him
for items he said he lost in a
fire at his home here in No
vember. 1851.
The company introduced evi-
dence during the two-day trial
to show the boxer-turned-evan-
gelist had collected insurance
payments after four other fires
in various parts Of the country.
S Mr.. Owen, known as Curly"
as well as "The Walking Bible"
displayed a visible start when
the defense came UP with his
first wife after he testified that
her mother told him she had
been killed in an auto accident.
The now Mrs. Beverly A..
Cash of Tampa, Fla, told the
Judge, hearing the case without
a jury, "It seems to be a pat
tern Of his, after he is away
for a while, for a fire and trouble
to start"
Evening star., 1953-02-21
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Evening star., 1953-02-21
Logan Presses Fight
Against Property Tax
Raise in Maryland
BY the Assoeieted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 2l.-House
Democratic floor leader Logan
pressed the States financial es-
timators today to raise their
sights again solanother cent can
be cut of the, proposed property
tax.
The tax was supposed to 60 up
after June 80 from GOA cents to
11.29 cents on each 500 worth
of real estate. The Board Of
Revenue Estimates met last
Tuesday at Mr.. Logan's insist
ence and increased its forecast
of all collections by more than
IS million
"By the same token as they
have been Understanding reve-
nues they've been too conserva-
tive on assessments" Mr.. Logan
said.
Moves have been made to APP
ply the additional money to re-
ducing the income tax by Is
per cent and to raise the prop
ertv tax to only 9.29 cents.
Now Mr. Logan wants another
look taken at the basis for de-
termining the property tax. He
is sure another penny hike can
be avoided. thus leaving 1t at
8.29
And he said the Ways and
Means Committee, of which. he
is chairman, lis hopeful Of cut
ting enough out Of the budget to
take on another 2 cents so the
property tax can stay at 6.O4
cents"
The chairman is going to ask
the State Tax Commission to
revise its estimate Of the value
Of assessable property. The COM
missions figures are used with
out question by the Board of
Revenue Estimates. It taxes the
property enough to meet the
States bonded indebtedness.
It's the practice Of the COM
mission to take the past years
assessable property and increase
it by Q per cent.
This is too conservative, /"
claimed Mr. Logan. ''The actual
increase for the past several
years has been 8 to 10 per cent. "
Evening star., 1953-02-21
2O1 U. n. Flyers Rescued
From Behind Enemy Lines

A total Of 20l United Nations
flyers downed behind enemy
lines in Korea have been res
cued-the majority of them
snatched up by a special hell
copter detachment of the 3rd
Air Rescue Squadron.
In addition, 78 others have
been picked up from coastal
waters around the battle area
by air rescue units. the Air
Force said other downed airmen
have been recovered by the Navy
and some have evaded capture
and escaped on their own. The
Navy was unable to provide sta
tiSticS.
The Sd Rescue Squadron's sole
mission is to make dangerous
flights into enemy territory,
usually protected by a cover of
fighter planes. but constantly
presenting good targets for Conf
munist anti-aircraft and small
arms fire.
The detachment was equipped
initially with Sikorsky HIS heli-
copters, but after the need for
bigger load-lifting capability
was shown, the newer and larger
Sikorsky H-19s were sent to
Korea.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Sharks and 0ctopi Hmid,
Geographic Lecturer Says

Sharks and octopi are rela-
lively harmless and the parrot
fish probably helps to build
beaches for human beings, Capt.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau Of the
French navy told the National
Geographic Society lecture au-
dience in Constitution Hall last
night.
Capt. Cousteau, who is about
to start around the world on q
four-year oceanographic expedi-
ti0n sponsored by the society, is
one of the worlds most expert
enced deep-sea divers. He told
his listeners that sharks and oc-
topi are timid and usually will
keep away from divers unless
attacked. He added, however.
that when sharks cruise near
the surface In their normal
feeding areas, they can be
dangerous.
n He said he and his colleagues
have observed 40 and 50-pound
parrotflsh which spend most of
their lives grinding huge chunks
OF coral into fine sand during
their feeding. The net result.
he said. Is tons Of sand which
ultimately finds its way to the
beaches.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Auto Show Opens Today;
11O Models on Exhibit

The 1853 automobile offerings
from the United States and
three European countries go on
display today at Washington's s
oath annual auto show at the
Armory.
officials called it a So million
show, with 11O models, on the
floor, including a number of ex-
perimental productions Ameri-
can industry has put up for
mere looking and gasping pur-
poSesi
Attendance during the nine
days-through March lis ex-
pected to exceed last years rec
ord 10000. The show is open
from 2 to II pm, with enter
tainment scheduled at 3, 6 and
8 p.m., each day.
The entertainment today and
tonight and through Monday
will feature Miss Teresa Brewer,
whose current hit Til / Waltz
Again With You." has hit the
million record sales mark.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
8o9b Increase in Beds
For tuberculosis in
Virginia Suggested
BY the A.soeiosed Press

RICHMOND, Feb. 26.-Ade-
quate hospital care of tubercu-
losis in Virginia calls for $500
beds-an SO per cent increase
over the present estimated 1900
beds-declares a report to Vir-
ginia citizens released here.
The report, "The Study of
tuberculosis in Virginia--1952," +"
is the result Of $4,000 study
jointly sponsored by the State
and the Virginia tuberculosis
Association. 81
Asks About Effort.
It goes into all aspects of treat
ing and preventing what it
terms "Virgipia's most impor-
tant communicable disease prob
lem," and it concludes that NOW
is the time for an all-out effort
to eliminate. the disease in Vir-
ginia.
Thkty-one recommendations
are set forth. In nearly every
case, responsibility for carrying
them out is pinpointed on one
or more of several agencies in-
cluding the State Department Of
Health, the, State tuberculosis
Association and the General AS
sembly.
DR.. Roscoe p. HANDLE Of the
American Public, Health Associ-
alton, who recruited the stan.
and directed the independent
study. summarized the major
recommendations at a meeting
of the sponsoring committee
yesterday.
The "basic recommendation"
of the report, say its authors. is
that it and "all source material
gathered for its preparation be-
come the basis for a long-range
program of public information
and education for the purpose
Of informing the public in Vir-.
ginia about tuberculosis and pre-
pairing them for effective action
against the disease"
The report recognizes that
from a practical point of view.
the provision Of beds must be
achieved gradually"
Evening star., 1953-02-21
.H.3 Million Budget
For Arlington Schools
Offered by Rutter
BY Tom Burke

A budget request of nearly
$7.3 million for operation Of
Arlington public schools in the
fiscal year beginning July /,
was presented to the ! school
board today by Supt. T. Edward
Rutter.
The plan calls for spending
nearly SIS million more in the
next year than will be spent in
the current budget. A $500 pay
raise for all teachers who are
below the maximum pay level is
proposed.
The pay raise plan would af-
feet about TOO Of the 776 teach
ers now employed and would
give Arlington the highest be-
ginning teacher salary scale in
the Metropolitan Area.
No action was taken by the
board which plans to hold a
public hearing on the proposal
at 8 pm. March 5 in the Strait
ford Junior High School.
Await Assessment Figure.
Mr.. Rutter said his Office could
give no information on what
increase. If any, would be re-
quired in the tax rate to meet
the record budget. He said the
real estate assessment base figure
will have to be established be-
fore the tax rate necessary to
finance the budget will be known.
approximately 81 million of
the total $7.285, ,955 requested by
Mr.. Rutter will come from State
funds. A small payment, about
100000. is anticipated from
Federal funds, and the remain
der, about $6 million, will have
to come from county taxes.
Mr.. Rutter said a 10 per cent
increase in pupil enrolment is
expected next September. He
listed this as the largest single
factor contributing to the bigger
budget. The enrolment will
jump to 21,340 from the present
19,400 figure, he predicted.
Other Cost Factors.
Among other factors contrib
uting to the increased costs, Mr..
Rutter said, are:
/. An increase of $377, 900 in
the cost Of amortizing conStruc-
ton bond issues and loans (from
1884, ,982 in the current year to
$911 $40 in the coming year,.
2. The proposed teacher salary
increase which will cost $375 900.
3. Normal yearly increases for
school employees under the pres
ent salary plan, which will cost
about $155,000.
/ 4. A raise in the school con-
tingency fund from $4,000 to
500, 900.
S. Adjustment of salaries of
non-teaching personnel to con-
form to salary payments made
to general county employees,
which will cost about $4,000.
The salary scale for beginning
teachers with bachelors degrees
would be raised from $4,000 to
$500 and for those with mas
ter's degrees from $1,000 to
$4,000. Top pay for bachelor
degree holders would remain at
$1,000 and for master degrees
would stay at $500.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Three Men Arrested
In Store Breuk-in

Three men were arrested and
charged with housebreaking at
a Safeway store at HOS N street
N w. early this morning,
The men, all colored, are Rus
sell Gaines, 19, of the 100 block
Of o street NV: Lewis Edward
johnson, %, Of the 100 block of
Swami street NV, and Francis
Proctor. 81. of the 1000 block of
Columbia road NV. They were
arrested at 1:4O am. when Pvts.
Walter j. Connolly and Billy
Smith Of the second precinct re-
ported spotting them at the stcre
during a routine scout car cruise.
Police say they found a bag full
Of burglars tools at the scene.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Students al Wilson
Continue Complaints
On School Cafeteria
By james 6. Deone

Woodrow Wilson High School
students still are unhappy about
their school cafeteria.
The Wilson Beacon, student
newspaper, yesterday reported
pupils are complaining food is
unappetizing and too expensive.
The Beacon also reported sales
have fallen nearly 80 per cent
and customer satisfaction has
declined more than s75 per cent.
Much unwanted food has
found its way to the trash cans"
said the Beacon.
Others Join Protest.
The Beacon dealt with the
cafeteria situation in an editorial
entitled "Crisis Creates Crusade" Z"
Wilson'S student council COM
planned to school officials sew
eral weeks ago about the effects
Of a school system cafeteria re-
organization, and students and
parents at other schools have
been Joining in the complaints
recently.
"Wilson used to pride itself on
its flne cafeteria" said the Bea-
con. 1T is unfortunate that this
satisfaction is no longer pos
sible,"
The paper said inferior food
items now are being sent to the
school, including coarse -four. in
effective baking powder, made
quate seasoning and "repulsive''
canned orange juice.
Rap Loss Of Grill.
The editorial also complained
about poorly planned menus, and
it attacked the enforced aban-
donment of a once-popular
cheese grill because some other
schools don't have any.
''Is it progress to pull an ef-
f1cient cafeteria down to the
level of the one least-well
equipped?" the editorial asked.
The paper said Wilson's cafe
terra staff isn't to blame. It said
the central management should
adapt menus to needs and equip
ment Of individual schools, pro-
vide bigger servings and allow
more free choices.
School officials this week said
they were working on the com.
plants. They also blamed part
OF the trouble on low-quality
grade canned goods being bought
from the Government, and said
they hoped to correct this.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Brake Trouble Found
On Another Train
Bound for District

A crack Boston to- Washing
ton passenger train experienced
slight brake trouble" last night
after leaving New York and was
taken out of service at Baltimore.
About 800 passengers were
transferred from the train, the
Patriot. operated by the New
York, New Haven & Hartford
and the Pennsylvania and due
in Washington at 1925 pm.
They were placed aboard the
Pennsylvania's Arlington. which
originates in New York and is
due in Washington at 1925 am.
Inspection of the Patriot was
made at Philadelphia and again
at Baltimore. Inspectors looked
particularly at the airbrake
valves or angle cocks. Incor-
rectly located angle cocks on a
New Haven-Pennsylvania train
were blamed for the runaway
wreck in Washington's Union
Station January Is.
r. w. Grigg, superintendent
Of the Baltimore Division of the
Pennsylvania, said the brake
trouble encountered by the en-
gineer was not the kind attribu-
table to angle cocks.
He understood the engineer,
Gin handling air from the engine
had to make a too heavy reduc-
ton in pressure before getting
proper braking."
The train, aside from Penn
sylvania locomotive, consisted
entirely of New Haven cars, the
Pennsy said.
The train was brought to
Washington for another inspec-
tion here.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
D. {. Man Gets ; Years
In Heroin Conviction

A 22-year-old Washington man
today began serving q three-year
sentence after being convicted
in Alexandra Corporation Court
of possession Of heroin.
Maurice johnson, colored> of
the 1900 block Of Vernon street
NV, was convicted yesterday
before Judge Franklin Backus.
In addition to the jail sentence.
he was fined $3.50.
Commonwealth's Attorney
Howard Smith. jr.. prosecuted
the case.
Evening star., 1953-02-21

eating subordinate authority to
a local government"
Appeals Court Judge E. Bar
rett Prettyman, in the decision
last month, held that even If
the anti-segregation laws Of 1872
and 1873 were passed legally,
they became invalid because OF
lack of enforcement in the dec
AIDES that followed.
To this argument, the District
petition replied:
Judge Prettyman's alterna-
tive Is plainly without merit.
It is elementary that failure
to enforce the law does not
change it,
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Two Bundits Tie Up
Grocer and Take SIS

Two bandits bound and robbed
a grocer of SIS In his store last
night.
Jacob Janus, 49, whose store IS
at 3213 Sixth street NV. said
the two: men came in at 9:15
pm. One carried q gun. The
other bound Mr.. Janus with rope
and ordered him to lie on the
floor. The man with the gun
rifled the cash register and the
men fled.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Three Men Rob Two Boys
Of Newspaper Collections

Two boys collecting for 4
newspaper reported they were
robbed last night by three un-
identified colored men in front
of the Brookland School on
Tenth street NE.
The boys. Robert A. Hennin-
ger. IA. 904 Irving street NE,
and Albert Gannett,' IA, 3412
Seventh street NE, told police
they were standing in front Of
the school about 11:15 pm.
when the men approached them
from the rear and asked where
their money was. Young Hen
ninger told them he had none.
The men then searched them
and took $55 in bills from young
Henninger and $37 from the
Gannett boy.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Missouri Mon Named
Assistant PIMA Chief
By ihe A,,oeio,ed pr,,,

Secretary Benson has appoint
ed Preston Richards, native Of
Charlton County. Mo-, as assist
ant administrator Of the Agri-
culture Departments Production
and Marketing Administration.
Mr.. Richards has been a depart
ment employe since 1880.
Mr.. Benson also appointed e.
NJ. Norton to head the dairy
branch, where he has been serv-
ing as deputy director for several
years.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Lyon ViIIuqe Social Meetino

The annual social meeting of
the Lyon Village Citizens Asso-
ciation will be held at 8 pm.
Monday at the Lyon Village
Community House in Arlington.
There will be a brief business
session. followed by the annual
association party.
Evening star., 1953-02-21
Thomus Jefferson PTA,

The Thomas jefferson Junior
High School Parent Teacher AS.
sociation win celebrate Found
er's Day" with a special George
Washington Day program at 2
pm. Monday in the school, 816
South Walter Reed drive, Ar.