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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-10

The two lovesick teenagers
from Montgomery County who
ran away to Virginia in defiance
Of a court order and then took
poison together. were reported
physically fit today in Roanoke.
The l7-year-old boy and his
l3-year-old sweetheart waited
in the Roanoke Juvenile Deten-
ton Home for transportation
home.
They will be returned to Mont
gomery County as soon as
Roanoke authorities receive Of
ficial papers from the court Of
Juvenile Judge Alfred D. Noyes,
In their home jurisdiction.
Found at Wayside
The two we're found in severe
pain Friday at a wayside on
highway route IL. not far from
Roanoke. They had taken rat
poison, apparently In a suicide
attempt. after their parents and
Judge Moves had tried to keep
them apart.
Taken to q Roanoke hospital.
their stomachs were pumped
and. with additional treatment.
they made rapid recovery. Then
they were transferred to the
juvenile detention home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-10


ton and reduce tax delinquency.
facilitate taxpayers compliance,
and rid the local governments Of
AN Anticipated system that COM
pels taxpayers to be indebted for
unpaid taxes for nearly q year. "
The proposed tax calendar
would make real estate payments
due in August, business license
taxes in January or February,
auto licenses April Is. and per-
sonal property around May /.
State income taxes are now due
December 5. but the report notes
that 9 suggestion has been made
TO move the date to April Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-10
Tax Collection
Plan Proposed
BY PAUL HOPE

A requirement that personal
property taxes be paid before
automobile tags and business
licenses are issued to residents OF
Northern Virginia is recommend
ed in a report released today by a
committee Of the Northern Vir-
ginia Planning and Economic
Development Commission.
The report also recommends
that payment dates Of various
taxes be staggered throughout
the year to improve revenue COL
lection and reduce tax delin-
quency.
The report, dealing with reve-
nue. collection and tax enforce
ment. is one OF a series being
in a $4,000 fiscal sur
vey conducted by the commission.
mot sufficient use is being
made at present of the facilities
of one tax collection process to
collect other taxes" the report
says. This is strikingly the case
with reference to the anomalous
issuance Of licenses without pay
ment Of personal property taxes. |"
Only Alexandria requires pay
ment Of personal property taxes
considered one OF the hardest
to collect--as q condition to the
issuance Of auto and business
licenses. 1t is noted that Airing
ton County officials are doubtful
that such requirement is legal.
I'm event the legal authority
:. is held doubtful. we recon-
mend that enabling legislation
be sought to clarity this author
ity for the local governments. :"
the report states.
The report recommends that
personal property tax payments
be due in April or May and that
real estate taxes be due no later
than August IS. Alexandria's
personal property tax deadline
now is November Is. In Arling-
toni and Fairfax Counties and
Falls Church 1t is December 5.
the same date that State income
taxes are due.
Real estate taxes are due De-
cember 5 in Fairfax and Falls
Church. May is and November
Is in Alexandria and August Is
III Arlington.
The spread Of tax headlines
throughout the year Is beneficial
to the governments as well as the
public. the report says. The COM
mittee would "regularize the flow
Of funds into the public treas
uries. improve revenue collec-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-10
Lovesick Runaway Pair
Receivers From Poison

F. r. Beldt, home superin-
!tendent. told The Star today the
youngsters will remain in his
custody until Judge Moves for
wards papers for their transpor-
tation to Montgomery County.
Meanwhile. said Mr.. Beldt. the
boy and the girl have entered
into the spirit of the closely
supervised program at the Roa-
noke institution.
No Consent to Marry
Parents of the runaways went
to Roanoke during the week end.
The boys father said no consent
had been given for the children
Ito marry.
The couple ran away just a
week before they were found. 1t
was their second such escapade.
The first started September 6,
After forcing their way from the
girls home at gunpoint. they de-
parted in an automobile which
was wrecked near Cumberland.
Md. The boy was convicted Of
assault and Of being a runaway.
but sentence was deferred.
That's when Judge Noyes direc-
ted him not to see the l3-year-
old girl again.
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Concert Series

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct.
10 tSpeciaD The National SYM
phony Orchestra under the direc-
ton Of Howard Mitchell will open
the Lyceum concert series at
Mary Washington College on
October 20. The college series
will include the Ballet Theater
on January Is and the American
Chamber Orchestra on Febru-
airy g.. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-10
MORE ATOMS FOR PEACE

result in oil that might otherwise be
found
Thus Gulf takes giant step forward in its continuous
efforts to adequate supplies Of crude oas wei
the highest quality productsto meet the nations
growing needs.
From here the future looks bright And many scientists
believe it may be loaded with surprises
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08
|. B. Williams,
D. {. Pastor

The Rev. L. B. Williams, 81,
charter member and pastor
emeritus of the First Church of
the Nazarene here. died Wednes-
day in Sibley Hospital.
Mr.. Williams came to Wash
ington in 1900 from his native
Missouri and worked for a time
as an accountant for the Gov
eminent. He was a professional
scribe and author of nine reli-
gious books.
He served three separate ten
ures as pastor of the First
Church of the Nazarene at Six
tenth and Webster streets N. W.,
which he helped to establish. He
also served as pastor of Nazarene
churches in Norristown, Pa:
Norfolk, Va, and Baltimore and
Park Lane, Md.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Marguerite Williams:
daughter. Mrs. Christine Bow
ers of 1900 Hillside road S. E.,
with whom he made his home,
and two sons, Palmer Williams,
of Denver. and the Rev. Chester
A. Williams, minister of the
, Norristown (Pa.) Nazarene
Church.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow in the First
Church of the Nazarene. Burial
will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08
Mrs. Me|chers,
ARTS Patron

FALMOUTH. Va, April 8 up.
Mrs. Corinne Melchers. rs, one
of the founders of the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, died last
night at her home here. She
was the widow of Carl Melchers,
the painter, who died in 1882.
At the time of her death, Mrs.
Melchers was a trustee of the
Richmond museum which she
and other Virginians helped or
ganize in the middle 1905
through private donations.
Mrs. Melchers was the former
Corinne Mackall, a native of
Baltimore. While still in her
teens she went to Europe to study
painting and met Mr.. Melchers
in Holland where he had a
studio.
A native Of Detroit, Mr..
Melchers at that time was al
ready widely known on both
sides Of the Atlantic. They were
married in 1903 and from 1909-14
he was court painter for the
Duchy of Weimar in Germany.
The Melchers in 1915 moved
to Belmont, a Colonial home
here where he maintained a
studio. The home, which they
furnished with outstanding
works of art, is to go to the
State.
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Col. Beverly Ober, Headed
Baltimore and State Police

BALTIMORE. April 8 tP.-
Col. Beverly Ober. police COM
missioner of Baltimore City and
former head of the Maryland
State Police. died yesterday at SIS.
In Ill health for six weeks,
Col. Ober had been on the job
only part-time. However, he
had visited his Office a short
time before he collapsed at his
home.
Col. Ober was appointed po-
lice commissioner on June /,
1949, by former Gov. w. Preston
Lane, jr., to succeed Hamilton r.
Atkinson. He came to the job
from the State police, which he
was named to head in 1889 by
former Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor.
A native of Baltimore County
Col. Ober was the son of banker
and philanthropist Gustavus
Ober. He was graduated from
Princeton University in 1911.
Enlisting in the National
Guard as a private at the begin
ming of World War I, he was
commissioned when the United
States entered the conflict. He
served in France as a captain
with the 29th Division.
He rose to brigadier general.
During the depression of the
'30s, Col. Ober worked three
years in Washington with the
NRA. He returned to Baltimore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08

1.-THE Blue Flame" It was an
instant hit and later she toured
the country with it with big
success. She was mobbed in
many cities by admiring crowds.
The actress made another film,
Kathleen Mavourneen," directed
by Mr.. Brabin, in 1921. and she
came out of retirement in 1925
to make "Unchastened Woman. y
Home Became Museum
In recent years she cut her
long hair and tinted it a deep
red. Her home became an enor-
nous museum of souvenirs from
which she rarely emerged pro-
fessionaliy. However, she was
active socially among her friends
prior to her illness.
For all her fame as a vampire,
Miss Bara always was sensitive
about appearing before camera
and crew with few clothes. OF
with onlookers. Most of her tor
rid love scenes were filmed be-
hind screens.
The actress illness ended hel
last chance to return to movie
work, in the role Oh technical
adviser on a motion picture that
was to be the story of her life
Her husband was not at her
bedside when she died. but he had
been visiting her constantly since
she was admitted to California
Lutheran Hospital. The couple
had no children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08
F. c. Carpenter,
In Printers Union
Over so Years

Fred c. Carpenter, SO. a
printer at the Washington Post
from 1920 until 1850. died this
morning at the Kensington
tMd.) Gardens Nursing Home.
Mr.. Carpenter came to the
Post after 10 years as composing
room foreman at the Elmira Adj
vertiser, Elmira. N. Y. His last
address here was at 1900 Six
tenth street NV. He had been
ill a year.
Mr.. Carpenter was born In
Horses Head. N. Y. He Joined
the International Typographical
Union in 1890. He also belonged
to the Columbia Typographical
Union. Local No. 101.
Funeral and burial arrange.
ments. which will be handled by
the s. H. Hines funeral home
2901 Fourteenth street NV,
will be announced later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08
Mrs. Mary Hinton,
Army Aides Wife

Mrs. Mary Brady Hinton. Is,
lifelong resident Of Chevy
Chase, Md. died today at Sub
urban Hospital after an illness
of six months.
Mrs. Hinton was the wife OF
Robert S. Hinton, an employe
Of the Army Department at the
Pentagon. They lived at 1902
Lynn drive, Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Hinton was a graduate
of Mckinley Technical High
School in Washington.
She is survived by her husband !;
a son, Robert S. Hinton. jr., a
soldier stationed at Fort McNair:
her mother, Mrs. Mamie E.
Brady, of the Lynn drive address,
and two sisters, Mrs. Mary B.
Lovejoy. 1901 Ridge road, Bethes-
da, and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Sisco
st. Petersburg, Fla.
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In Mpn1nrtaiit

BEST, HARRY II. In loving memory Of
my beioved husband. HARRY H. BEST,
wac departed this lie one year ago
today, April 8. 1854
He left a loving memory.
sorrow too great to be told:
But to me who loved ana lost MIN.
his LOVING W WIFE WIFE s aDNS 1''
BIRCA, RICHARD /. In loving memory
OF our Gear rather. RICHARD l. oiRCH,
who passed away three years ago. April
b. 1859.
You. often said we would miss YOU,
Those words have proven true;
We lost our best friend, GEAR father,
When we lost you.
We did not stand beside you
To see your life depart.
But when we nearo that you were gone.
u almost broke our hearts.
SON. GEORGE Al. BInCh: DAUGHTER.
yhNMdE I BOLT; soN-IN-LAW,
BRUOkS, AMY. In loving memory Of
VINO departed this life one wear ago,
April 3, 1854.
WONDERFUL mother. woman and aide,
One VINO was better God never made
a wonderful worker, so loyal and true,
YOUR IoviSu cHfLDREN.
CLARA, ALICE 4. AND JOHN 7. In
memory o! our loveo ones. Mother
ALICE r. CLARK, VINO departed this
lie six years ago. April ). 1919. and
father. JOHN I, CLARK. who left US
twenty years aSo. April Il, 1895.
Deep In our hearts memories are kept
Of the ones we loyed and never forget.
Daughters, viRGlE AND LILLIAN.
COLEMAN. GERTRUDE A. In memory
OF my sister. GERTRUDE A, COLe-
MAN. who passed away SIX years ago
To-Day. Friday. April 3. 1919.
Our family circle has been broken,
A link gone from our chain:
But though we're parted TOR while.
know we will meet again.
DEVOTED SISTER. RUTH JOHNSON. .
FfNNlE, THOMAS. In loving memory OF
my father THOMAS flNNIE. who
passed away thtrty-one years ago today,
April 8, 1874. HIS DAUGHTER.
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Mrs. FaIIon, e.,
Mother Of 4 GIs

Mrs. Gertrude M. Fallon, 81.
whose four sons served in the
armed forces during World War
II. died Wednesday at Sibley
Hospital. She had been Ill for
six weeks.
Mrs. Fallon was the widow
of Thomas A. Fallon. a plate
printer at the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing who lied
in 1913. She lived with a daugh-
ter. Mrs. Helen M. Harding at
1902 Flanders avenue, Garrett
Park. Md.
Mrs. Fallon's greatest pride
was in her sons, all of whom
fought during the last war. One
of them. Francis K. Fallon, was
killed at Two Jina while serving
with the Marine Corps.
Robert D Fallon was with the
1st Marine Division when 1t
assaulted Guadalcanal, and Vim
cent K Fallon landed at Okina-
wa with another Marine division.
The fourth son. Thomas A. Fall
Ion was in the Army.
Mrs. Fallon was a native of
the District. She attended st.
Benedict's Catholic School be-
fore marrying at Is. She was q
longtime member of the Holy
Redeemer Catholic Church. Saul
road and Summit avenue in
Kensington, Md. She belonged
to the Holy Redeemer Sodality.
Annual highlights of Mrs. Fall
Ions life were the Christmas
parties her immediate family
held at her home. Last year,
AZ of her children. brothers and
sisters. grandchildren and great
grandchlIdren visited her.
Her survivors include seven
children: Mrs. Helen M. Hard
ing. Mrs. Harry Mallgrave, 1886
Kilmer street. Kentland. Md;
Mrs. James Friel. 1854 Ninth
street Sc: Mrs. Raymond Raw
lett, 1904 Terrapin road, Glen
mont, Md; Robert D., 76l7
Lombard street, Kentland; Vim
cent K, $40 Darlington street
Sc, and Thomas A., Kentland.
Md.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. tomorrow at the
Church of the Holy Redeemer.
Burial will be in the Washington
National Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08
Unity Sought
By Lutheruns

NEW YORK. April 8 GA
broad. new move toward unifica-
ton of all Lutheran churches in
America was disclosed yesterday.
Proposals aimed at this goal
have been advanced by the
United Lutheran Church, the
country's largest Lutheran body.
1t announced that its presi-
dent, DIR. Franklin Clark Fry,
issued an historic invitation" 10
days ago for such merger talks.
There are II Lutheran denom-
nations in the United States,
with 6.666, 900 members.
There are currently in process
various unity moves among a
limited number Of Lutheran
bodies. Eight Lutheran denom-
nations already cooperate in
wide areas of work through the
National Lutheran Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08
Man Gets Probation
In JobIess Poy Case

A former railroad dining car
waiter was placed on one years
probation today by Municipal
Judge Thomas Scalley for il-
legally accepting 1919 in Rail.
road Retirement Board unem-
ployment compensation.
The defendant, Charles w.
Clay, SO. colored, of the 100
block of Ninth street NV.
pleaded guilty. A former Attain
tic Coast Line employee. he re-
ceived the payments during q
four-month period in 1853 while
he was actually working at
another job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08
Dozen Police Cars Win
Chase at los M.P.H.

and the chase was on. Other
police cars joined in the pursuit
at various points.
The driver. police said, ran
two other cars of the road AZ
he approached Pennsylvania
avenue Sc.
Runs Through RoadbIock
The car crossed the Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge, entered
Seventeenth street Sc. and ran
through a roadblock set up by
Park Police Sergt. William I.
Hayes at Seventeenth and East
Capitol streets.
The chase then proceeded on
A street NE. and onto Four.
tenth street NE. The cab mar
rowly missed hitting another car
broadside at the intersection Of
Fourteenth street and North
Carolina avenue, police said. The
cab then turned left on G street,
going the wrong way, and was
stopped soon afterward when
police began firing.
Catoe was arrested by Pvt.
Francis Mason of the District
police.
Catoe, member of the Police
Reserve Corps, is the brother Of
James r. Catoe, executed muir.
dered and rapist, police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08

A chase involving a dozen po-
lice cars raced from Prince
Georges County into the District
early today at speeds up to los
miles an hour and ended after
police fired two shots on g
street NE.
Arrangement of James l..
Catoe, A. colored. a cab driver,
of the 600 block of Fourteenth
street NE. in Municipal Court on
speeding charges was continued
until April % to allow him to
get a lawyer.
Arrest Follows Argument
Police said the chase started
after Catoe pulled his reserve
badge on another motorist at
Boones Hill road and Marlboro
pike. and berated him for speed
ing" During the argument the
real police arrived and arrested
Catoe.
Prince Georges County police
Pfc. John G. Magruder, jr., and
Pvt Stanley c. Headley said they
finally stopped Catoe's cab after
firing two shots on g street NE,
Instead of following police to
the Seat Pleasant police station
as ordered, Catoe turned right
on Marlboro pike and sped into
the District on Alabama avenue
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Thedo Boro, IS, Dies;
First Vornp' of Films

HOLLYWOOD. April 8 R.-
Death has claimed the first great
femme fatale of the movies.
Theda Bara. She died in a Los
Angeles hospital last night Of
cancer. She was IS.
Although she was born
Theodosia Goodman in Cincin-
natl. film publicists created an
exotic background for her to
match the sultry. tempestuous
screen roles assigned to her by
Producer William Fox. They
said she was born in the shadow
of the Pyramids, the descendant
of kings of Egypt; that her last
name was Arab, spelled back
wards.
She was the original @vamp"
Of silent films, an irresistible
lure to her screen lovers, with
her heavily mascaraed lids and
deep eye shadow, her heaving
bosom.
Lived in SeclusiOn
In private life Miss Bara was
the wife of film director Charles
j. Brabin. She retired from the
movies in 1921 and lived in
seclusion. She had undergone
surgery for abdominal cancer
several times in the last IS
months and had been in a coma
since March 26. q
Miss Bara came to the movies
from the musical comedy stage
in 1914, and after a few minor
roles Fox selected her to star in
"A Fool There Was" It was a
big box Office smash. She fol-
lowed with dozens of films in
which she portrayed the seduc-
tive heartbreaker-"The Vixen. ;"
1.-THE Tiger Woman" 1.-THE She
Devil. 1.-THE Serpent of the Nile. -
"The Sirens Song" when a
Woman SINS" Rose of Blood"
She was starred in Garner" in
rivalry with another studio which
starred Geraldine Farrar in the
same role.
Although Miss Bara was a pro-
Life worker in films her career
was over, for all practical pur-
poses. five years after she played
her first role. She had made 40
pictures; she was played out. "
But she went to New York and
starred in a musical comedy,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08
Legislators in 8-8 Tie
As Fatigue Ends Game

rushed Mr.. Macdonald back In
after Mr.. Ashley walked three
men.
Representative Glenn Davis Of
Wisconsin hurled the five fun
innings for the Republicans. He
got a double in the fourth and
won a watch for being a hitting
pitcher"
The spring training series here
is still tied. the teams having
split two previous contests. The
Representatives are brought here
annually by the Chamber Of
Comerce for fun. relaxation and
training for their annual game
in Washington on June 7 for the
benefit to The Evening Stars
summer camp fund.
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Archie P. Hughes,
HyuttsviIIe Pointer
And D. 6. Native

Archie P. Hughes. So, of $500
Hamilton Manor drive, Hyatts-
vile, Md, died of a heart attack
yesterday while at work at Fifty
eighth and East Capitol streets
He was painter.
A native of the District and
lifelong area resident, Mr.
Hughes was a member of the
Holy Name Society. the Prince
Georges Council. K. of c., and
st. Jerome's Catholic Church
Hyattsville. He was a former
secretary of the Painters Union
Local 1868.
Surviving are two daughters
the Misses Jean and Ann
Hughes. at home; a brother, Ear
Hughes. and two sisters, Mrs
Archie Williams and Mrs. John
Miles, all of Washington.
Prayers will be said at 9:.3C
am. Monday at Chambers fu-
neral home, Riverdale, with mass
at st. Jerome's Church at lC
am. Burial will be in Washing
ton National Cemetery.
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Asa DukIuqie,
IApucheC Chief

RUIDOSO, N. Mex, April 8 up.
Asa Daklugie, patriarch of the
Chiricahua Apaches, died at his
canyon home yesterday of a
heart attack.
Mr.. Daklugie, SO. hereditary
chief of the Chirioahuas. was a
nephew of Geronimo and accom-
panied that notorious Apache on
several raids in the early days
of the Southwest.
He was with a band that gave
itself up voluntarily at Fort
Apache after Geronimo sur
rendered. Geronimo had chosen
Daklugie to succeed him.
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Mao ProcIair1ls
German Peace

TOKYO. April 8 (R).-Chair-
man Mao Tze-tung of Commu-
mist China today ordered an end
to the state of war which has
existed between China and Ger
many since December 9. 1941,
the Peiping radio announced.
The proclamation supplemented
a resolution adopted yesterday
by the standing committee OF
the National Peoples Congress
the radio said in a broadcast
heard here.
The Mao proclamation noted
".. Because of the consistent
policy of the United States, Brit
ain and France of dividing Ger
many, reviving militarism in
West Germany and bringing il
into aggressive military blocs
Germany is now still in state
of division and it is still impos-
sible to conclude a peace treaty
with Germany" as provided by
the Potsdam Conference in 1945
''The state of war between the
Peoples Republic of China and
Germany shall end forthwith and
peaceful relations shall be estab-
lished between the two countries. i"
Chairman Mao indicated
strong Communist Chinese sup
port for Soviet RuSsia's efforts to
halt the rearmament of West
Germany.
Red China is the latest of the
Communist countries to end its
state of war with Germany since
the Soviet Union took that step
January Is. Romania and Bull
garia followed suit last month.
The Western Allies took SINH
lar action several years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-08

DAYTONA BEACH. Fla. April
8 R)-Republican and Demo-
cratic Representatives battled TO
an 80 tie in their "spring train
ing" baseball game last night.
The contest was confined to five
innings because of fatigue"
Each team used just about all
of its 10 players. At times it
was anybody's guess who was
hitting, especially when substi-
tutes and pitchers replaced
themselves.
Representative Torbet Mac
Donald Of Massachusetts, pitched
for the Democrats for four in
nings. and in the fifth Lud Ash
ley Of Ohio relieved him. But
manager sgd Herlong of Florida