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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Girl, ;, Runs Parked Car
Into Grace Church Front

A car parked with it's motor
running was thrown into reverse
by a 3-year-old girl yesterday
and crashed into the front Of
the Grace Methodist Church on
New Hampshire avenue. injuring
one woman, Takoma Park police
reported.
Police said the freak accident
occurred just as Sunday School
was letting out. Only q few
people had come out of the
church.
Mrs. Frances Moody, 81, of
538 Beacon road. Silver Spring,
suffered a slight leg injury when
she was struck by the car. The
car also tore down church hand
railing.
Police said Vincent p. WILDER
of 1108 Kihgwood drive, Takoma
Park, had stopped the car on
the church parking lot, left the
motor running and got out to
wait for his daughter who was in
Sunday school. Another daugh-
ter. Lynn. pushed the gear shift
into reverse. causing the car to
roll backward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

coroner, said the fatal wound
was deep cut which went in at
the neck and penetrated to the
lung. Miss Alma also was
stabbed in the right breast. in
the liver. in the abdomen, in the
right thigh. in the right forearm.
and on the head. There were
cuts on her right hand, which
apparently were inflicted as she
grasped the knife in an attempt
to defend herself.
Miss Alvina was slashed on the
chest and right arm.
Twenty Detectives Detailed.
Twenty detectives went to
work on the case almost imme-
diately. There were IL men
available nearby, under the
command of Capt. Fuss, who had
just returned to the 18th pre-
cinct station house after a gam
bling raid.
Police said neighborS who
heard sounds of the scream and
struggle thought it was "just an
alley fight" Nobody outside the
house saw the killer flee, and
the weapon was not found.
Detective Sergt. Lawrence
Hartnett of the homicide squad
questioned Miss Alvina yester-
day at the hospital, but police
said they learned little new.
ALI persons questioned yester-
day were released. Capt. Felber
said detectives were scanning
mo" cards-police records
which indicate how known GRIM
inals normally operate - and
that persons with records Of
knife attacks and housebreak.
ings would be questioned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

14-member group which has
been indorsing a full slate Of
candidates. The election is
March %.
Mr.. Cole, AZ, is backed by the
reactivated Takoma Park Home
Rule Committee. which was
formed last week around four
insurgent members of the citi-
zens' advisory group.
A native of New Jersey, Mr..
Cole is a graduate of the Uni
verslty of Pennsylvania and
came to the Washington area
in 1910. He has lived in Takoma
Park since 1948 and currently is
president of the Takoma Park
Library Association.
He has been employed by the
Minneapolis Honeywell Regula-
tor Co. since 1888 and currently
is the executive assistant to the
vice president of its Government
projects office in Washington.
He was the engineer who helped
design. the air-conditioning Sys-
tenn in the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Camp Pickett GI Held
In Stolen Car Chase

A 19-year-old soldier was ar
rested by Maryland State police
last night after a hit-run acct
dent in a stolen car and a Smile
chase along the Baltimore boule-
ward at speeds ranging up to IS
miles an hour.
Army Pvt. William j. Holt,
colored, of Camp Pickett, Va,
was held on nine charges after
being halted by traffic at a police
roadblock in Laurel.
He Is to be turned over later
to Baltimore police in connec-
ton with the theft of the 1858
automobile which he was driving.
The chase started about 10
pm. after State Trooper David
r. Moore found a station wagon
parked in the middle of the
boulevard near Waterloo. The
driver said he had just been
sideswiped by a car which kept
going south.
Trooper Moore drove along the
highway until he spotted a
parked car with its left side
damaged. When he got out to
investigate. the car sped off and
Trooper Moore gave chase.
At Laurel. about IS cars were
backed up across the highway
and the fleeing car damaged
three Of them. Trooper Moore
then seized Holt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

Mrs. Norma Azlein, of 1919
Thirteenth street NE. assistant
registrar. who was named acting
registrar today.
Miss Preinkert worked almost
every Saturday during registra-
ton time and often worked Sum-
days in her Office as well. She
habitually took work home with
her. Many times, Mrs. Allen
said. Miss Preinkert went with
out lunch during busy times in
the Office.
The % women in the office
and a number of former stu
dents and former employees spent
a good portion of the day yes
terday on the telephone. passing
the word of Miss Preinkerts
death and spreading condolen-
ceS
Miss Preinkert was one of
those very friendly people who
went out of her way to make
friends with people. When any
one new came to the Office or
joined the staff, she often went
to visit them to introduce her.
self"
Office parties, including the
ones at Christmas time and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Police Wound Man
Sought in Staying Of
Wife in Maryland

| CRISFIELD. Md. Mar. l.
State Police shot and captured
Norris Taylor early today after
cornering him in an oyster
shucking house about a half mile
from where his wife was shot
to death yesterday.
The 43-year-old tavern opera
tor was taken to McCready Hos
pital in critical condition with a
bullet wound in the chest.
Police 1t. C. C. Serman said
Is troopers surrounded the
shucking house after owner Har-
old Nelson reported some one
had broken into the building.
| A call was made for Taylor to
come out, 1t. Serman said and
when no answer was received the
troopers broke in.
When confronted by the police
Taylor made a motion as if to
take a weapon from his clothes.
1t. Serman reported. He was
shot by Corp. Thomas Foxwell of
the State police.
1t. Serman said Taylor told
him he had shot his wife and
stepdaughter yesterday and that
he had hidden the gun in the
nearby woods.
Thirty law enforcement off,
GERS. two planes and four boats
from Maryland's tidewater fish
cries commission joined in the
search after Taylor's 40-year-old
wife, Mrs. Margaret Ella Taylor,
was found dead in the couples
two-story frame house.
A 21-year-old stepdaughter,
Mrs. Peggy Dorman Walker, was
in hospital here with super
fetal shotgun wounds in the
shoulder which she said her
stepfather inflicted during
family argument.
Somerset County Sheriff Muir
ray Wood said Taylor served time
for bootlegging during the pro-
hibition era.
The Taylors have three teen
age daughters and 10-year-old
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Campus Echoes Praise for Miss Preinkert

showers for mothers-to-be and
women leaving, always were at
tended by Miss Preinkert. Mrs.
Azlein said.
THE girls always came back
to see her after they left and
she always remembered them, :"
said Mrs. Azlein. She added:
Her personal drive was ter
rifle Her energy was just
boIndless. She could work cir
cles around the youngest of US. :"
Mrs Margaret Geary of Hyatts-
vile. Miss Preinkert's secretary
since 1914, said she. very often
worked late on her women's club
activities so that this would not
interfere with her duties as
registrar.
Miss Preinkert's club activity
also was international in scope.
Formerly president of the Mary
land Federation of Women's
Clubs. she was one of a group
touring Europe for the nat~Anal
federation in 1850.
At one time she was vice presi-
dent of the American Associa-
ton of Collegiate Registrars and
chairman of the National De-
Tense Department of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs.
A native of Washington, she
attended Central High School,
George Washington University
and the University of Maryland
before she began her career in
the latter institution as a stenog-
rapher in 1919.
University officials and faculty
members were shocked yesterday
at the news of her death. The
faculty called off a tea planned
to honor DR.. and Mrs. Symonds,
which Miss Preinkert was to
have attended.
! Miss Preinkert held a masters
degree at Maryland and was
working toward a doctorate.
Funeral services will be held at
Bpm. Wednesday in the campus
chapel and pallbearers chosen
from among Miss Preinkert's
associates. Glasses scheduled
after pm. will be dismissed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

mice things are said about
everybody after he's dead, but
everybody said something nice
about Miss Preinkert while she
was living"
This was the reaction Of Har-
vey L. Miller, publicity director
at the University of, Maryland.
to the death of Miss Alma
Preinkert, the schools registrar,
at the hands of a killer early
yesterday morning.
"She had the love and respect
Of everybody at the college, was
never too busy to lend helping
hand or pass along a friendly
word" said Mr.. Miller.
His sentiments were echoed by
many who knew Miss Preinkert
in the more than 80 years she
served the College Park institu-
ton, first as clerk, then as as
sistant registrar. and since 1885
as registrar.
DR.. T. B. Symons, acting pres
ident. called Miss Preinkert a
very capable, efficient and
friendly woman" whose reputa-
ton as a registrar was interna-
tional.
Miss Preinkert was in charge
Of registrations for 5000 stu
dents in 80 different parts of
the world, in addition to $4,000
or IA. 900 here" DR.. Symons said.
Including extension students
Miss Preinkert handled the rec
ords of some $4,000 persons.
Even more important. she was
in charge Of keeping the grades
of all these students-as you can
see very important to keep &C
curately." DR.. Symons said.
"A hard worker herself. Miss
Preinkert assembled a very eff
ficient force, and all her en-
ployes loved her. The college is
suffering a big loss"
The % women who worked
under her in the Office of the
registrar. called Miss Preinkert
one of the best loved figures on
the campus.
She worked right along with
the girls and was extremely
loyal to her job and to u.s." said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
McHenry to Fly
Red Cross FIdq
IowOId Glory
BY ths Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 1.-The
American National Red Cross
flag will be raised for the first
time below Old Glory on the
official flag pole at Fort McHenry
tomorrow morning.
The Red Cross flag will be
raised by Brig. Gen. William C..
Purnell, deputy commander of
the goth Division of the National
Guard. Gen. Purnell is chair
man of the 1854 Embarrassing
campaign for the Baltimore Red
Cross.
Permission to raise the, Red
Cross flag on the Fort McHenry
f1agpole was granted by the Ma
tional Parks Service.
The annual Red Cross fund
raising appeal opens today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Commission
Backs Sales Tax
In Alexandria
Reel Estate Levies
And Business Fees
Included in Report Z

A 2 per cent sales tax, real
estate assessments based on full
market values, and extension of
business license taxes today
were recommended by the Alex
andria Citizens Advisory Tax
Commission in a report to the
City Council.
If the city finds. it's possible
to cut taxes, the commission
suggested that personal property
taxes on household items be
abolished.
The report concludes two
year study of Alexandria A.
nancial problems by the six
member commission.
The commission said it favored
theAsaleS tax only if the city finds
it. needs additional income be-
You'd those sources now available.
The commission said it would be
preferable if other nearby Vir-
GINA communities adopted the
sales tax simultaneously with
Alexandria.
The commission said the cur
rent policy of assessing real prop
erty at so per cent of appraised
value should be discontinued as
soon as possible and future ass
sessmentS be based on 100 per
cent Of fair market values. This
would not mean an automatic
increase in tax bills. however,
because the commission recon-
mends that the tax rate be re-
duced accordingly. The. COM
mission stresses that real estate
taxes should be kept at current
levels at least until 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Replacement Starts
OF Street Lights in
Nearby Montgomery

"A five-year program to mod
ernie long out-dated street
lighting in suburban Montgom-
cry County is under way.
The program calls for the re-
placement of some 5000 street
lights along arterial highways
and poorly lighted residential
streets.
When the job is completed. the
county will be paying the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. an
estimated additional $4,000 a
year to lease the lights. Bethesda
and Silver Spring now have
about $4,000 a year budgeted
for street lighting.
Called Long Overdue.
The program is long overdue.
according to Mason Butcher.
county public works director
The Public Works Department
and Traffic Engineer Eugene
Clifford have been working with
Pepco for more than a year on
the long-range plan.
The county recently turned on
the new lights along the Rock
vile pike from Glenbrook road
in Bethesda to the Rockville city
limits.
Forty-six of the new lights are
of 10000 lumen density. The
county pays $54 a year to lease
each. Another lib are of 1000
lumen and cost the county about
$50 a. year each. Similar lights
have been erected along Viers
Mill road as far west as Wheaton
City.
During the first year of the
porgram, Pepco is expected to
replace some $500 lights working
from the District line outward.
The present lights are 600 and
1000 lumen.
The new lights to be installed
by Pepco are $500 lumen and
will be leased at $23 each.
The county, Mr.. Butcher said
yesterday will be getting more
light for it's dollar under the
new system despite the increase
in total cost.
Pepco to Pay for Work.
During the first year Pepco is
expected to replace most of the
lights in the old sections of Sill
yer Spring, and Bethesda. The
county is not responsible for
street lighting in incorporated
areas.
Generally aking lights
slated for replacement lie in an
area between the District line
and Old Bladensburg road to
Colesville road. Forest Glen road
and Easily West highway. The
new system also will be installed
as far north as Jones Bridge road
at Wisconsin avenue. On the
west the outward boundary
swings in closer to the District
line crossing Massachusetts, ave-
nue. near the Western Suburban
High School.
The cost of replacing the light
is borne by Pepco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
New Bill Asks
Curb on Milk
Pricing Power
Move Would Exempt
Arlington County
From State Control
By. Alex R. Preston
Stur Sfoff CORRESPONDENT

RICHMOND, Mar. IA new
attempt to exclude Arlington
from the retail price-fixing
powers of the Virginia Milk Com
mission was to be made in the
General Assembly today.
Also a House committee was
expected to act on a Senate-ap-
proved bill to give Federal en-
ployes the right to hold local
Offices in counties which ap.
proved the action by referendum.
Arlington Delegate j. Maynard
Magruder disclosed the latest
move directed at the milk COM
mission. Similar attempts have
been made in previous years.
without success, and a resolution
offered at the current session to
reStudy the powers and makeup
of the commission has failed to
get out of committee.
Would Exclude Richmond.
In what may be the final eff
fort in this direction before adj
journment March 13, Mr.. Ma
gruder said he will go before the
Agriculture Committee with an
amendment to another bill. That
measure would exclude the Rich
mond area from the commits
sion's retail price fixing power.
Mr.. Magruder simply would
include Arlington in the area
excluded
The government employees bill
already has progressed half way
through the legislature. The bill
of Senators Charles r. Fenwick
OF Arlington, and John A. K.
Donovan of Fairfax, passed the
upper branch about two weeks
ago but has been languishing
before the House Privileges and
Elections Committee, since.
Sales Tax Showdown Near.
In previous discussions, the
measure was shown to have con-
siderable opposition but the pat
rons expressed confidence they
could pry it loose.
The fate of local option sales
tax legislation may be finally
determined on the floor of the
House this afternoon. Up for
final action is the Warren Sem
ate-approved bill to give WASH
ington and eight other southwest
Virginia counties the right to
impose retail levies.
The House already has voted
down a similar proposal for
Arlington and the consensus is
that any sales tax legislation
at this session has slim chance.
Should the Warren bill go
through, however. Senate
approved bill for Arlington
identical to the one previously
killed in the House could be ex-
pected to go through.
Fairfax Delegations Due.
Delegations of Fairfax County
and other areas were expected
here tomorrow to appear at COM
mittee hearings on bills to revise
the Fairfax County sanitary dis
trict laws and to place privately
owned water companies under
more strict State control.
Both proposals are set before
the House General Laws Com
mittee at 3 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Paintings Of the West
By Leigh Are Shown

An exhibition of the Western
paintings of William Robinson
Leigh began yesterday at the
Washington County Museum of
Fine Arts. Hagerstown. Md. and
continue through March.
The exhibition will include
more than so paintings, covering
nearly half-a-century of the art
lists work. The group depicts
wild West" days as we'll as the
modern scene. Six canvases were
painted within the last year and
have not been exhibited before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Gu Alumni to Honor
Four at Luncheon

Four Catholic University
alumni will be honored at a
luncheon tomorrow at the Bur-
lington Hotel, 1870 Vermont
avenue NV.
The university's alumni club
will honor Vincent L. Toomey,
3135 Highland place NV, class
Of 90; DR.. Frank a Biberstein,
jr., 1921 Otis street NE. class
of '23; DR.. Thomas F. Collins,
322 H street NE., class of %:
Leo Brady, 1905 Dunlop street,
Chevy Chase, Md, class of Al.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Younemon to Speak

Wilbur H. Youngman, The
Stars garden editor, will address
a meeting Of Pioneer Grange 737
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the Grange
Hall, Falls Church Annandale
road, near Annandale, Va. A film
on flower gardens will also be
shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Tolk at Alexandra Church

The Rev. Inayat Nash of PAX
istan will address the woman's
auxiliary of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church at o'clock tonight in
the church, Russell road and
Mason avenue, Alexandria, Va.
Mr.. Nash is graduate student
at the Virginia Theological Semi
nary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

least a two
way fight for
the seat to be
v a c a tie d by
Mayor r oS S
H. B eville.
Another cam
didate, George
M. Miller, a
member Of the
Takon1a Park
City Council.
has been put
up by the Cit
liens Candi-
date Advisory
Committee a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
SPAGHETTI Dinner

A spaghetti dinner will be held
by the Court Forest Glen No. 961,
Catholic Daughters of America,
at 6 o'clock tonight in st. Mich
ael's Church auditorium, 824
Wayne avenue, Silver Spring.
Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Legion Anniversary Plans

The 35th anniversary of the
American Legion will be cele-
brateo by College Park Post No.
211 at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
College Park Knights of Column
bus Hall. $500 Baltimore boule-
ward. The meeting is open to
the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Boy Tribes Established

The Silver Spring YMCA
started nine Y-Indian Guide
Tribes to get boys from six to
nine years old into activities
with their fathers. The groups
engage in sports and Indian
style handicraftS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Cole Enters Race
Al Takoma Park

Gordon H. Cole. an engineer
who has been active in civic af-
fairs, has announced his candi-
dacy for Mayor of Takoma Park.
His decision to run inSures at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Detectives PRESSING
Search for Slayer Of
u. Of Md. Registrar
Continued From First Page)

Continued From First Page.)
in the killers haste to flee, purses
and other items were strewn
about the floor of the bedroom
where the attack occurred.
Crime Reconstructed.
Capt. Felber reconstructed the
crime this way:
The sisters had been out play
ing bridge during the evening.
They returned home about am.
Nearly an hour later, the killer
stole stepladder from the rear
of rooming house at 1451 Bel
mont street NV, near the
Preinkert home. &
He placed the ladder against
the west side of the yellow clap
board house and climbed to a
window about 10 feet from the
ground. He broke the glass and
reached inside to unfasten the
lock.
Enters Middle Bedroom.
The window leads to the living
room. From there he made his
way to the middle bedroom on
the second floor, where Miss
Alma lay sleeping.
She apparently awakened as
he was ranSacking the room, and
attempted to get out of bed.
Police theorize the killer pushed
her back on the bed and began
slashing her .viciously.
Miss Alvina, who had removed
her hearing aid. heard the
sounds of the struggle family
from her rear bedroom. She at
first thought it was in an alley
at the rear of the house, end
looked from a window.
Then she realized that the
struggle was inside the house.
and rushed into her sisters bed
room. to find the slayer slash;ne
at Miss Alma.
LungeS at Sister.
Miss Alvina grasped the mans
shoulders and attempted to pull
him away from the bed. He
turned and struck at her several
times with the knife, wounding
her, then fled from the room and
down the stairs.
Miss Alvina followed. He rar,
through the living room into
the kitchen. and fed through a
rear door.
The screams of the two
women, meantime, had
awakened Mr.. and Mrs. Henry S.
Heine. 1884 Chaplin street NV,
Mrs. Heine Is a sister OF the
Misses Preinkert.
Mr.. Heine got a revolver and
ran to the rear of the house, but
the killer was gone.
COllapSeS In Hallway.
Miss Alma made her way
downstairs, bleeding profusely.
She collapsed in a hallway, and
died on the floor there, beneath
a parrots cage.
Mrs. Heine ran into the street
screaming:
Help! Some one just mlT-
dered my sister and stabbed the
other one!"
At this point. three men
William r. Gray, Is, of 1912
Chaplin street NV: Joseph Ba-
roch. %. of 926 c street S.W..
and Jack Bailey, 25, of 936 Vir-
ginia avenue S.W.-arrived in an
automobile. They had been out
for the evening and were accom-
panying Mr.. Gray home.
The three leaped from the
car. Mr.. Bailey ran into the
house and saw Miss Alma's body
lying on the floor. Miss Alvina,
he said, was running around
with blood gushing from her
chest and face"
Runs to Gasoline Station.
Mr.. Gray, meantime, had
run to gasoline service station
two blocks away to call police.
but before he had finished the
call, heard sirens of arriving
police cars.
A physician on a Health De-
partment ambulance pronounced
Miss Alma dead, and her body
was taken to the District Morgue.
The ambulance took Miss Al
vina to Garfield Hospital, where
she was reported in fair condi-
ton today.