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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Relief Cases Drop
In All Categories
Husband HeIdin KiIIinq
After Row on NAACP

An argument over the time
devoted to anti-segregation &C
tivities by Mrs. Hester v. King
led to her shotgun death at
the hands of her husband,
Prince Georges County police
said today.
The 68-year-old former
president of the Prince Georges
County chapter of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People was
fatally wounded at 2::30 pm.
yesterday in the family home
in the $500 block of Odell road,
Beltsville.
Detective Sergt. Richard
Pearson said her husband,
Douglas w. King, TO. is charged
Douglas w. King. TO, was
charged with murder.
King today waived prelimi-
nary hearing and was ordered
held without bond for action
of the Prince Georges Grand
jury by Hyattsville Peoples
Court Judge George j. O'Hare.
Mrs. King was felled by a
blast from a 12-gauge shotgun
which struck her in the left
chest and shoulder. She was
pronounced dead at the scene.
The husband called police and
the Beltsville Rescue Squad and
was waiting for them when
they arrived.
According to Detective Pear
son, King said the couple
had been arguing for the past
two days about Mrs. Kings
lobbying activities at the Mary
land Assembly in Annapolis for
a public Accommodations law. He
complained, Detective Pearson
said, that his wife had been
spending too much time away
from home on NAACP activi-
ties. Mrs. King was president
of the NAACP chapter for nine
years and relinquished the Of
flee only this month.
Police quoted King as say
ing the argument reached q
climax yesterday when Mrs.
King accused him of turning
down the setting on the refri-
gerator. King, according tc
Detective Pearson, said he
grabbed the shotgun when his
wife picked up a butcher knife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

1--WE HAVE A large cement
plant on our line" says Mr..
Grotz. "Construction of the
runways at Chantilly Airport
called for a tremendous
amount of cement. The con-
tract called for truck deliv-
cries. I obtained ST million
from my board to purchase
trucks. We asked permission
of the ICC. 1t took two years
to get a decision, which was
negative. BY that time it
didn't matter. The airport
runways had been finished"
The executives readily adj
nit that the railroads had a
lot to do with bringing about
their current sorry situation.
They fathered the ICC in
the 1905, our Oldest regu-
latory agency. 1t protected
railroads from competing
with one another and it pro-
tected the shipper from I'M
fair practices.
But in this century, it pro-
vided the new trucking in
dustry with an opportunity
to cut rates. Not until 1888
was the regulatory power of
the ICC extended to truck
ing. Railroads today account
for less tran so per cent of
our transportation.
Yesterday we went up and
over Catoctin Mountain.
On the horseshoe curve
above Thurmont the streams
were running over their
banks. The trees and rails
and ties we're coated with ice.
1t was warm and comfort
able in the rosewood-pane
drawing room of the presi-
dents private car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Coal, Oil Groups Fight
Biq-User Gas Rate Cut

ness to the Metropolitan Area
and get new customers with
the lower rate. This would in
crease it's revenues during the
summer months, he said, when
the company experiences a
slump in gas sales because most
of its business is for heating
purposes.
Jerome j. McGrath, counsel
for the Oil Heat Institute, told
the P. U. C. the oil industry is
interested in whether the new
rate would ultimately result in
a Gloss of considerable revenue"
TO the gas company.
The National Coal Associa-
ton was the other party ap-
pearing in opposition at the
public hearing held by the
P U. c. in the District Build
ing.
Alvin J. CARRIER, engineer Of
the General Service Admins
tration's public utilities divi-
sion said GSA is in favor of
the type of rate proposed by
the company. But he said that
at the charge proposed it would
be of mo economic advantage
to the Government" to use the
rate. This analysis, he said. is
based on a survey of the gas
uses by existing government
facilities in the Washington
area.
us. ConSumticn
Consumption of gas by Fed
eral facilities in the Metropoli-
tan area represents 2 to 212 per
cent of the company's total
business, a company spokesman
said.
Mr.. McGrath attempted to
ascertain the names of poten-
tial customers for the new rate
But the company counsel, c,
Oscar Berry, said the informa-
ton provided by the company
on the type of customerS-in-
dustries, schools, office and
apartment buildings-was suf-
ficient for the P.U.C.'s purposes
and that the company should
not have to give the names to
its competitors.
Chairman James A. Wash
ington, jr.. said the PUG. will
rule on whether the gas COM
pany will have to disclose the
names.
| Spokesman for the company
explained that gas air condi-
tioning is one of the main items
of business the company is aim
ing aG with it's new rate. Called
"interruptable rate-large vol
ume." the rate would apply only
to customers using an amount
of gas that would cost $3.50
per month minimum under the
rate.
The company. which serves
about 100000 customer meters
in the Metropolitan erea, also
has applied for approval of the
rate to the Virginia State Cor
poration Commission and the
|. Maryland Public Service Com
mission. No hearings on the
proposal have been set by these
bodies, a company spokesman
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Annapo|isKi||s
Bill 10 Tighten
Sunday Laws
Exemption Pleas
Too CompIieoting
For Committee
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 27.-The
Senate Judicial Proceedings
Committee today killed a bill
which would have frightened
Maryland Sunday selling laws.
The committee referred the
matter back to the legislative
council for further study. The
measure had been recon-
mended by the legislative coun-
Gil, with strong support from
the Maryland Council of Re-
tail Merchants.
The bill was designed to give
Maryland uniform Statewide
law regulating Sunday sales to
replace what supporters called
a "hodgepodge" of local regu-
lations. In general, the uni
form law would have frightened
the regulations.
The controversial issue was
referred to the Legislative
Council by voice vote with one
or two diSsents.
Many Pleas for Exemption
! Senator Margaret c. Schwein.
haut, Democrat of Montgomery
a member of the Judicial Pro-
ceedings Com m tee, said
There were so many requests
for exemption and exemption
by occupation, all having some
merit, that the bill with these
exemptions would not meet the
goal of a true Sunday closing
law"
She also said that religious
implications were. strongly in.
volved and some provisions
seemed arbitrary and unfair
as they affected adherents o.
certain faiths"
The bill was based on the
belief that Sunday should be
set aside as a day of rest.
Occupations Make Pleas
At hearing last week there
were requests for exemption!
by real estate statesmen ane
car wash, laundromat anc
cemetery owners. The bill al
ready had exemptions for fill
ing stations, roadside stands
food stores, drug stores ane
similar establishment.
The strongest opposition
came from persons who sait
. the legislation was an infringe
ment on personal liberty an,
legislative regulation Of re
ligious observance. AS drafted
the bill would have allowe'
persons who observe thei
sabbath on Saturday to worl
, on Sunday provided that the.
: filed affidavit with police say
. ing they did not work on thei
sabbath.
The police registration wa
: labeled by opponents as ,
"Gestapo tactic"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

said. This is what she said she
is after.
The ballet will be per-
formed June 3 as part of the
First International jazz Fes-
tival beginning May 81. The
festival, including II musical
will be sponsored by
the Presidents Music Commit
tee of the People-to- People Pro-
gram. Mrs. Jouett Shouse is
of the committee.
There have been jazz balletS,
but Miss Becker said that no.
body she knows of has tried
pure improvisation, which will
comprise about a third of her
work. The rest, she emphasized
will be carefully planned chore-
ography.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

ARTHUR CROFT, presi-
dent of the Western Mary
land, is holding a press con-
ference in his private car at
the end of this little train.
"Our railroad made money
last year. 1t is making more
so far this year. But the
BIO lost a fantastic
amoYet."
He explains that his rail-
road is rather small fry in
the current situation of pro-
posed mergers. In the 1920s
the BIO purchased what
amounted to control Of the
line but the Interstate Com
merce Commission ordered
the controlling stock to be
held in trust by the Chase
Bank of New York-now the
Chase-Manhattan.
I'VE have two vice preSi-
dents of Chase on our board.
I was a Chase vice president
before being named presi-
dent of this railroad" Jervis
Langdon, jr., a tall Lincoln
esque man, says. He ad-
dresses a knot of so or go
men gathered in the rain at
the rear of the train in
Westminster. His talk is a
triumph of brevity.
II am the president of the
BIO. This is a Western Mary
land train. I am authorized
to invite you into the dining
car for breakfast. Under the
circumstances, I think that
is good public relations"
One car is bare except for
folding chairs and a motion
picture screen. After show
ing an excellent color film
entitled Science Rides the
High Iron," the railroad
executives ask for questions.
The literature contains a
striking figure. Union Sta
ton in Washington pays
more than 100000 in taxes.
National Airport pays none.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Hate Preaching Laid
To Black MusIims

at Lorton and the District Jail
with the MuSlims has abated
in recent months, Mr.. Clemmer
said that this militant :. . and
aggressive" group in July, 1860,
brought about a major dis
turbance."
He said that some of the
white inmates at Lorton had
complained to the prison au-
thorities about agitation by the
Muslims. The Correction De-
partment director said as a
result of earlier incidents some
of the Muslims had been put
in control cells when in July,
1860, they started shouting,
throwing food at prison guards
and marring walls at Lorton.
Threats to Use Gas
1t was necessary. Mr.. Glenn
mer said, to threaten the dis
orderly inmates with being
sprayed by fire hoses or the
use Of tear gas in an effort to
quiet them down.
He said that the disturbance
had gone on "for hours and
hours"
Mr.. Clemmer said the atti-
tude of guards and officers
at Lorton and the District Jail
is very bitter" toward the
Muslin inmates.
For his part, he said. II try
and adopt the attitude of a
social scientist and understand
the phenomenon.
Speaking of Fulwood, Mr.
Clemmer said he is occasionally
friendly" but is a "braggart''
whose leadership was danger
GUS during the 1860 disturb
anceS at Lorton.
Mr.. Clemmer said Fulwood is
one of about 10 or 80 Muslims
lat Lorton and about so men,
bers of the sect at the District
Jail.
He said that if it weren't for
the fact that they "agitate
other inmates unduly be-
cause of the doctrine of hate
they could probably hold sep
arate services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

and ignored his orders to drop
it.
King is retired from the
Department of Agriculture's
experimental farm in Beltsville.
He and Mrs. King had cele-
brated their 50th wedding an
niversary last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
BY PHIL THOMAS
Star Staff Writer


Members of the Black Mus
linn sect have been refused
permission to hold religious
services at Lorton Reformatory
because they preach a doc
trine of hate"
This was the reason given for
the refusal as revealed in papers
filed in District Court in the
case of William T. X. Full
wood, who has charged that
he has been Disseminated
against at Lorton Reformatory
because of his religion.
F'ulwood was sent to Lorton
about two and a half years
ago to serve a two-to-eight
year sentence for robbery.
The statement by Donald
Clemmer, director of the Dis
trict's Department of Correc-
tons, was made at a question
and answer session with Full
woods lawyer, e. Barrett Pref
lyman, jr., on January 20
and 81.
Mr.. Clemmer said Fulwood
was considered leader of the
Muslims at Lorton during 1859
and 1860. At that time, Mr..
Clemmer revealed, authorities
at Lorton were faced with a
very touchy situation resulting
from preaching that Fulwood
had done to about Is or 80
followers on the baseball field
at Lorton.
Fear of Riot
Mr.. Clemmer said reformatory
authorities were afraid that the
Muslims, who "extol hate of
the white race" would upset
other inmates at the institution
and possibly bring on a riot.
THE hate they generate is
visible and tangible in the
prison community, which is
explosive, anyway" Mr.. Glen
mer said.
MY duty is to keep the
prison quiet-we may blow ur
tomorrow"
Conceding that the trouble
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Total Remains
209 Higher
Than in 81
BY BETTY MILES
Star Staff Writer

For the second straight
month relief cases involving
children have dropped in the
District-this time by 58-after
rising steadily since 1855.
Cases in this category of Aid
to Dependent Children had
passed the $500 mark when the
first drop of II was reported
in December.
Overall, there were 113 fewer
welfare cases in January, the
first time in many years that a
decline has occurred in all five
relief categories, Gerard M.
Shea, welfare director, noted.
An overall decline of % was
reported for December.
The number OF persons on re-
lief also dropped an unprece-
dented $50 in January, to
33,341. Normally, the increase
in the number Of persons has
outstripped the rise in the
number of cases because the
major increase in the past has
been in Ado cases involving
several children in each family.
In spite of the decline re-
ported, there still are 209 more
cases on the rolls today than
a year ago. The overall jan
uary total was 1906.
The February figures are not
yet tailed.
Cheaters Sought
Mr.. Shea attributed the de-
cline to the work of inveStiga-
tors, more social workers in
the field, and an intensive eff
fort to tighten up the relief
rolls. He said IS per cent Of
his headquarters staff is con-
CeICrdIlIlg Oh TelleI.
A special investigating team,
drawn from the departments
corps of regular investigators.
is conducting study of S per
cent of ADO cases, drawn at
random from the rolls. The
team, which went to work in
November, was set up at the
request of Senator Byrd, Dem
ocrat of West Virginia, chair
man of the Senate District
Appropriations Subcommittee,
to ferret out possible cheaters.
The first report since the
| special investigation started
was released last month. 1t
showed that II of 20 cases IN
vestigated were found ineligi-
BILE.
Distribution of Food
Another attempt to get at
cheaters was a warning sent
out this month with all relief
checks. Results may be re-
Elected in the February count.
Five persons removed them
selves from the rolls after re-
ceiving the notice, and others
notified the department of
their possible ineligibility. They
also are being investigated. A
second notice spelling out
changes in status that create
ineligjhility will go out this
month.
Mr.. Shea told the Public
Welfare Advisory Council yes
terday the city hopes to dis
tribute surplus food from only
one central Building in the near
future. A rental property has
been located in Southwest
; Washington which could house
the food and provide space for
necessary pre-packaging and
distribution, he said.
If the District succeeds in
completing negotiations for the
property, the IL branch dis
tribution centers in churches,
neighborhood houses and pub
lie housing projects would be
!; closed, as would another dis
tribution point at the District
Repair Shop at Seventh and U
streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
The
Rambler
Rides
The High Iron
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

TIE been travelling on the
railroad
All the lifelong day.
I'ue been travelling on the
railroad
Just to pass the time
G,Day.
CUMBERLAND, Md, Feb.
27.-It was an invitation the
Rambler couldn't refuse. 1t
was to take a two-day jour-
ney over the mountains on
the Western Maryland and
back on the BIO.
This with 2-hour whistle
stops at Westminster and
Thurmont, overnight here at
Cumberland and stops at
Martinsburg and Rockville
on the way back while rail-
road executives told the story
Of the plight of our principal
common carrier.
Come to think of it, the
Rambler hadn't been on a
railroad for years, to say
nothing of spending the
night in that luxurious cara
vansary of by-gone days-a
Pullman car.
There is a sign on the door
Of this car. It reads: Pull
man Has Not Had a Fatality
in 10 Years"
The railway age is not
over. Listen to these men a
while and you'll be sure of
that. And you will feel just
a bit guilty about your indif-
ference-our indifference-to
the difficulties the railroads
have been experiencing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
REUNION
WurFriends
Meet,CIose
Long Cap

A red-haired miss from
Cairnes, Australia, today is re-
paying the visit of an Ameri-
can CT to her home during
World War II. Her trip is the
result of 20 years of CORE
spondence.
The story began when Mary
O'Reilly was a freckle-faced
girl who helped bait the crab
bling net for her father and an
American CT on the Barron
River near Cairnes.
When the 7-year-old made
her first holy communion on
the Fourth Of July, 1943, the
CT and his buddies (many Of
them went AWOI, to do so)
filled the first three pews of
the church.
Stationed at Cairnes
The CT, George A. Hall, now
a 81 year old Government
Services Administration po-
liceman who lives at 1909
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. spent
Is months in Cairnes before
joining the war in the South
Pacific.
During that time he was
adopted" by the family of the
little girl, as were many Arneri-
can soldiers.
The O'Reilly family and Mr..
Hall continued their friendship
through correspondence. Last
Friday Miss O'Reilly repaid
the visit. Now %, she is a
stenographer in Toronto, Can
ada. Tonight she flies back
there after her day visit
with the Halls.
II just love it down here y
she said of Washington. "I'd
love to become a citizen. but
Australia has no quota for
immigration. Now I'm trying
to get a job with the British
or Australian embassies. That's
one chance have for staying
here"
Coming Back in April
! During her visit with Mr.
Hall and his wife, Miss O'Reilly
and the EXCL have reminisced
about those earlier years. II
her plans work out, she'll be-
come a permanent resident OF
the Nations Capital. She plans
to make another trip here ir
April.
AS she sat in the Halls liv.
ing room and fondled a heart
shaped brooch made of airplani
plexiglass which a CT made fol-
her, Miss O'Reilly recalled how
she broke the ice with thu
American soldiers.
ooh, it was easy to get &C
quainted with the Yanks," SHE
said. Il just told a little fiji
and said I had an 18-year-ole
sister at home and would brins
her along one day."
Evening star., 1962-01-29
Ferdinand Bauer, 81, Chef
Famed as Cake Decorator

Mr.. Bauer came to the
United States around 1900 from
his native Austria and moved
to Washington in 1904. He
last lived at 1342 Girard street
NV. His wife died in 1913.
Mr.. Bauer was a former
member of the Masons and the
German Sangerbund here.
He had a small grape arbor
at his home and his own hot
house.
He leaves two sons, David F.,
of 4242 North Fifteenth street
Arlington, and Fred, of Miami,
Fla; three grandchildren, and
one great-granddaughter.
Services will be at 2 pm.
Wednesday at the Hines Fu-
neral Home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
George Washington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
Carey B. DuIoney,
Ex-Novy EmpIoye

Carey B. Dulaney, 10, who
retired in 1859 after is years
as an employe of the Nays
David Taylor Model Basin, died
yesterday in Suburban Hospital
after a heart attack.
Mr.. Dulaney, a native of
Ruckersville, Va, came to
Washington in 1927. He worked
for the Safeway Co. before
joining the model basin staff.
He was a member of Chevy
Chase Baptist Church and of
the Masons.
He leaves his wife. Mrs.
Beulah Dulaney of the home
address, $500 Quesada street
NV, and a son, Carey B.
Dulaney, jr., of Harrisonburg,
Va. ~
Funeral and burial services
will be at 2 pm. tomorrow in
Ruckersville.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
Mrs. MondeII, B,
Widow of
City Druggist

Mrs. Phillip Mandell, 70,
widow Of Washington druggist
and a lifelong resident here,
died yesterday at the Washing
ton Hospital Center after a
heart attack.
Mrs. Mandell, a frequent con-
tributor to local charities. lived
at 4545 Connecticut avenue
NV. The former Sophie Dodek,
she attended District public
schools.
Her husband died last year.
The couple had been married 40
years. 80
Mrs. Mandell leaves a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Beady Freeman Of
3l07 Fessenden street NV; a
son, Melvin, Of 3116 Davenport
street NV. and two sisters,
Mrs. Sidney Simon of the home
address and Mrs. Leon Rus
lender Of 1908 Fifteenth avenue,
Takoma Park. She also leaves
six grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow at the Bernard DAN
zansky & Sons Funeral Home,
350l Fourteenth street NV.
Burial will be in King David
Memorial Garden.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
David Crystal, 79,
Apparel Maker

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Jan. 30
(AP).-David Crystal, 70, board
chairman Of one of the Nations
largest m a n u f acturers Of
women's dresses, suits and
SportSwear, died at his home
yesterday after long illness.
Mr.. Crystal also maintained
a residence at the Dorchester
Hotel in New York, home of
David Crystal, Inc, the firm
he founded almost 60 years ago.
Mr.. Crystal started out as a
$2-a-week stock boy in a New
York department store when he
was 16. At %, he had saved
81 500 and started his own skirt
manufacturing company.
Today, Crystal apparel is
sold by more than 10000 stores
in the United States and is
licensed in many foreign coun-
tries. The company annually
crosses $18 million.
Mr.. Crystal, a native Of
Montreal, retired as president
of the concern in 1851 and took
over as board chairman.
Evening star., 1962-01-29

Ferdinand Carl Bauer, 81, a
well-known pastry chef, died
Saturday at the Washington
Hospital Center after a brief
illness.
Mr.. Bauer was pastry chef at
the Willard Hotel from 1905 to
1882. During that time, he be-
came widely known for his
pastry decorations.
One of his works was a
mandolin made entirely OF
sugar. Another time he made a
basket adorned with lifelike
roses made from pure sugar.
Visitors to the Willard often
asked to see Mr.. Bauer at work.
Among those who did so were
President Calvin Coolidge and
julius Garfinckel.
After leaving the Willard, he
worked until the late 1950s as
a free-lance cake decorator
and centerpiece creator. Dur
ing the 1855 transit strike, a
customer paid Mr.. Bauer's cab
fare both ways to bring a
fancy cake from far Northwest
to far Southeast.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
c. M. Hobart,
Ex-Representutive
Of Westinghouse

Charles Montgomery Hobart,
SO, an employe of the Westing-
house Corporation for A years,
died today after a heart attack
at his home, 5000 Sixteenth
street NV.
Mr.. Hobart, a native of
Roanoke, Va. and member of
the class of 1912 at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, lived in
the Washington area for "a
years. He began his career with
Westinghouse in Texas imme-
diately after his graduation,
and was transferred here in
1888. At the time of mis- retire
ment in 1856 he was a sales
representative engineer.
For some time after his re-
tirement Mr.. Hobart was asso-
ciated with an engineering con-
sultant firm here.
He leaves his wife, Iwilla, of
the home address; three STEP
children, Emmett Reid of San
Francisco; Mrs. Vivian Haire
of Berkeley, Calf, and Mrs.
John Shields of Tucson, Ariz.;
a brother, Thomas D. Hobart,
jr., Of Roanoke, Va; a sister,
Mrs. George Hutchinson of
Lynchourg, Va; six grandchil-
dren and four great-grand-
children.
Memorial services will be at
l pm. Wednesday at Gawler's
Funeral Home. 1855 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.