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Evening star., 1963-09-19
Woman Gone,
Estate Taken

After an exhaustive search
made in vain for a District
woman who vanished more
than 20 years ago. a court order
has been signed turning her
$4,000 estate over to the Gov
ernment.
Declared legally dead by
United States District Court
Judge Edward A. Tamm was
Mary Thomas, said to be in
her late 40's when last seen
here about 1941. The estate
was q house in Northeast
Washington and accumulated
rents amounting to $2,5OO.
Her holdings came to light
about five years ago when
her late real estate brokers'
own estate was being settled.
He had carefully taken care of
her property, but had not been
able to contact her for years.
Assistant United States At
torney Ellen Lee Park, deputy
chief of her Offices civil di-
vision, said an FBI agent had
attempted to locate Mary
Thomas or any relatives who
might be living. His assign
ment took him through several
old record offices, homes and
the District morgue.
An elderly man who once
had rented the Thomas home
told the agent that he seemed
to remember being visited by a
Mary Thomas on several oc-
casionS during the 1930s.
But she said she was not
going to be around any more
because one of her sons had
recently drowned in the Ana
costa River" the old man said.
"She said this part of town
reminded her of the tragedy" /"
But the agent couldn't verify
the story.
Miss Park explained that a
person by law is considered
dead if he cannot be located
within seven years. A law
passed in 1857 says that prop
erty of persons who have died
without a will passes to the
District when no heirs can be
located.
Evening star., 1963-09-19
DC. Transit Athlete
Ewes Foroco Estate

IMr. Faraco lives there with
his wife.
Mr.. Faraco said he is await
ing the return of Mr.. Chalk
from a trip abroad to discuss
the purchase further.
The transit commission is
currently considering whether
to approve D. C. Transit's pro-
posal to pay SIS million fol-
Mr.. Faraco's 78 per cent con-
trolling interest in the Arnold
Lines.
During the hearings, the
question arose whether there
were any other agreements be-
tween D. C. Transit and Mr..
Faraco in connection with the
sale. D. C. Transit and D. C.
Realty are subsidiaries of D. C.
Transit System, Inc, Of Della
ware. D. c. Transit Is a District
of Columbia corporation.
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Alexundriuns
ToGet Free
MuIti-Test

The Alexandria Health De-
partment will hold its 14th an
nual multi-test for all city resi-
dents from 9 am. to 5 pm. Sep
tember 80 through October 4 at
SIT North st. Asaph street.
The multi-test, unique in the
Washington area, includes q
chest X-ray, dental check, urine
analysis for albumin and su-
gar, blood sugar and blood
pressure checks, height, weight
and vision.
About Is to 35 minutes are
required for each person taking
the multi-test. Between 500 and
900 persons can be tested each
day.
The multi-test is not intend
ed as a substitute for a ply
sical examination by the family
doctor. Health Department Of
ficialS contact family physicians
If tests reveal any abnormal
conditions.
More than 5000 persons took
the free multi-tests last year,
and some 10000 Alexandrians
Evening star., 1963-09-19
JEFFERSON LETTER ON SHIFT
OF CAPITAL IS ACQUIRED

WILLIAMSBURG Va. (AP).-Colonia Williamsburg
says has acquired letter written by Thomas Jefferson
then Governor of Virginia concerning the movement Of
the Colonial capital from Williamsburg to Richmond.
efferson letter asks the Virginia Board Of Trade for
ships to transport the Commonwealth property the
James River to the seat of government during the
American Revolution
The letter is in Jeffersons handwriting and is dated
March 49, $780, Colonial Williamsburg says previously
was unknown to historians
The removal of the capital from williamsburg took
place the threatened invasion by British troops
The new Jefferson letter indicates the finaity Of the
transfer.
Evening star., 1963-09-19

An affiliate of D. c. Transit
System, Inc. intends to pur-
chase the Walnut Hill estate
in Virginia owned by the board
chairman of the WV&M Coach
Co. (Arnold Lines), The Star
has learned.
A price Of $75O,000 has beer
negotiated in a tentative
agreement" for purchase of the
27-acre estate on Annandalt
road, Fairfax County, w
George Faraco, the owner, tolc
The Star yesterday.
The estate would be held "for
investment" by a subsidiary oi
d. C. Realty and Development
Co. part of the business empire
of o. Roy Chalk, president oi
D. C. Transit, according to a
letter received late last month
by the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Commission
from Mr.. Chalk.
The transit commission hao
inquired into the possibility OF
the sale of Walnut Hill during
recent hearings over D. C.
Transit's proposal to purchase
Mr.. Faraco's controlling inter-
est in the Arnold Lines. Mr.
Faraco said that the purchase
of the estate is not conditioned
upon the sale Of his interest
In the bus company.
Mr.. Chalk's letter did not
spell out what his realty busi-
ness would do with the estate.
The estate is located in a
rapidly developing subdivision
and is one Of the few large
tracts Of land left in the area,
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Paradox Seen
In Discrimination
And Segregation

Segregation and discrimina-
ton are paradoxical in the
American community, accord
ing to Rev. Edward A. Hailes,
executive secretary Of the Dis
trict NAACP.
He told the River Terrace
Community Organization last
night that the idea CT racial
inequality runs contrary to the
self-eyident truth that all men
are created equal.
"It takes a lot Of UNDER
standing, dedication and stabil-
Evening star., 1963-09-19

have taken it since the program
began thirteen years ago. The
Alexandria Arlington Tuber-
culoSis and Health Association
and the Virginia Health De-
partment are co-sponsors with
the city's health department.
The test also is indorsed by the
Alexandria Medical Society.
Volunteer workers from COM
munity agencies will provide a
baby-sitting service at the test
ing center.
Evening star., 1963-09-19

accept his election as Suffragan
Bishop of Washington.
The Indianapolis rector Of
Christ Church Cathedral was
elected to the post at a special
diocesan convention Monday
in Washington Cathedral.
No date has as yet been SET
for Dean Moore's conservation
as a bishop.
Evening star., 1963-09-19

ity to devise ways and means
to implement the American. I"
He advised them to develop
q broader concern for all
humanity"
"Those who have never felt
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Indiana Rector
Accepts Post as
Suffrogun Bishop

The Rev. Paul Moore, jr., Of
Indianapolis, Ind, yesterday
notified the Right Rev. William
F. Creighton, Episcopal Bishop
of Washington, that he will
Evening star., 1963-09-19

the singing darts Of discrimi-
nation" do not understand this.
he added, but it is difficult to
wait when you are forever
fighting the degenerating sense
of nobodineSs."
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Texan Resigns
House Seat to
Become Judge

TAYLOR, Tex, Sept. 27 (AP)
Homer Thornberry, Democrat
of Texas, resigned last night as
Representative of the 10th
Texas District effective Decem-
ber 20.
Mr.. Thornberry tremb lie d
with emotion as he made the
announcement to about 1900
men attending an appreciation
barbecue-p picnic on the San
Gabriel River near Taylor.
Gov John Connally, ore of
those present to honor Mr.,
Thornberry, said he would make
an announcement in a few
days" concerning the special
election to name Mr.. Thorn
berry'S successor.
Mr.. Thornberry is resigning
to accept a Federal judgeship
He is a member of the House
Rules Committee. 1t was ap-
parent the December 20 effec-
tive date was set in order tC
insure he could remain in the
House through the present
session.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Miss Merchant,
DescenduntofOI
Alexandra Family

Miss Sarah I. Merchant, 70,
the descendant of a Colonial
Alexandria family, died of can
Ger Wednesday at the Home for
IncurableS.
Miss Merchant, a native Of
Alexandria. was a great-great-
granddaughter of George
Washington's gardener and a
granddaughter Of Confederate
Mai. George Duffy, a silver
smith who made a pair of spurs
for Gen. Robert E. Lee. An
other ancestor, Edward Bates,
was a signer Of the Non-Im-
portation Agreement Of 1776 of
Fairfax County.
Educated at Alexandria and
Washington schools, Miss Bates
retired seven years ago from
the Acacia Life Insurance Co.,
where she worked IL years.
She was active in the Epiph-
any Episcopal Church, 1917 G
street NV.
Miss Merchant of zoos Co.
lumbia road NV, leaves a
brother, Lawrence C. Merchant
of 2720 Kirkwood place, West
Hyattsville.
Services were today.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Health Van -.
Tests Reveal
Multiple Ills

The Districts mobile health
van for person age 40 and over
has now tested 1883 persons
and turned up 8,595 health
problems or suspected problems
among them.
Only one out of five men and
women have gone through the
tests without one or often two
or more health abnormalities
being found.
The data is of special i'm
portance because the van is not
a permanent program but an
experimental one.
AS released by the District
Health Department, the 1858
persons were found to have
abnormal. blood pressure in l.
468 cases; overweight, 1884;
electrocardiogram, 1,145; hear
ing loss, 998; glaucoma, 966;
visual acuity, 703; syphilis, SIS;
chest X-ray, Ali; anemia, 282; ;
diabetes, 254; heart sounds,
also 254; oral cavity abnor-
malities, 1872, and neck prob
lens, So.
Statistics on how many of
these abnormalities we're known
before the tests by the per-
sons screened have not yet
been developed.
Nor have exact cost figures
per person been fully de-
veloped. Originally, however. 1t
was estimated to cost roughly
81 per person given the full
range of tests.
The van, is at Benning road
and Minnesota avenue NE.
Next Wednesday it will be at
5138 Grant street NE, near
Division avenue.
The unit will be open from
noon to 7 pm. on Tuesdays
through Fridays and from 8
am. to 4 pm. on Saturdays.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
TB Gain Alarms
New York City

NEW YORK, Sept. 81 (AP).-
tuberculosis. thought to be
near extinction a few years
ago, has had an alarming re-
Surgence in New York City this
year, reports DR.. George James,
city health commissioner.
In discussing the comeback
of the disease yesterday, DR..
James said the number of TB
cases increased IL per cent in
the first eight months of this
year. He estimated there would
be 5000 new cases this year,
about the same number as in
1859.
What is especially alarm
ing" he told newsmen, lis that
a trend has been reversed"
Most of the new cases, he
said, were among Negroes and
Puerto Ricans. He noted that
slum conditions or overcrowded
living conditions present "a
greater opportunity for in
fection."
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Mrs. M. Bodine,
Lifelong Resident
Of Montgomery

Mrs. Mary Olivia Bodine,
10550 Macarthur boulevard,
Bethesda, a lifelong resident
of Montgomery County, died
yesterday in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda.
Born in Maryland, Mrs. Bo-
dine was a member of the Her.
mon Presbyterian Church in
the Cabin John area for over
so years. She was a past coun-
selor and charter member of
Tomlinson Council los, Daugh-
ters of America.
The widow Of Thomas E.
Bodine. Mrs. Bodine is survived
by three sisters, Mrs. Charles
Bodine Of the home address,
Mrs. Isabelle Anderson, 35l5
Albemarle street NV. and Mrs.
Robert Day, 4831 Del Ray av-
enue. Bethesda, and a brother.
J. Russell Redden, of Dallas,
Texas.
Services will be at II am.
Monday at the Robert A. Pum-
phrey Funeral Home. 1857 Wis
consin avenue. Burial will be
in Parklawn Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Senator Scores
Trip by Kennedy
BY the Associated Press

Senator Miller, Republican OF
Iowa. told the Senate yester-
day he regrets that the tax
payers Of the United States are
paying the entire cost" Of Presi-
dent Kennedy's To-day trip
through Western States.
He said the presidential trip
had been announced as nom
political and in the interests
Of conservation.
Senator Miller said reports OF
Kennedy speeches and meetings
in dicated d partisan politics
Thus, he contended, the costs
of the trip should be borne
by the Democratic National
Committee"
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Lillian Roth Gets
Divorce, Her Fifth

PHOENIX. Ark. Sept. q
(AP). - Lillian Roth, divorced
from her fifth husband yester-
day. says she has no plans to
remarry.
I'm So years old and I've had
it." she said after her 16-year
marriage to Thomas B. Nc
Guire. jr., publishing heir was
dissolved.
Mr.. MCGUIRE, 40. sought the
divorce on grounds Of physical
and mental cruelty and habit
ual intemperance. She filed a
counterclaim yesterday and was
awarded $4,000 for attorneys
fees.
The couple met while men,
bers of Alcoholics Anonymous.
They married In l947 and sep
arated in 1860.
Miss Roth Is author Of the
best selling novel "I'll Cry To-
morrow" which told Of her
rise from the depths Of alco-
holism.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Group in Chevy Chase
To Aid Negro Housing

! A newly formed organization
of Chevy Chase ID. c. citizens
last night pledged itself to well
come Negro residents into that
upper Northwest community
.'in an atmosphere of neighbor-
illness and decency."
More than lis white home
owners in the area voted
unanimously to establish the
Chevy Chase Neighborhood AS
sociation and seek housing op-
portunities for Negroes there.
In a statement of purpose,
the association said it will
encourage open occupancy and
welcome Negro families moving
into this area. We want the
community to know that we
support fair housing practices. "
Pressure Reported
Harry F. Conn, temporary
chairman of the neighborhood
group, said the organizations
establishment was hastened by
"efforts by some residents and
realtors to keep Negroes out Of
Chevy Chase" Homes in the
area sell from about $4,000 to
$4,000.
Mr.. Conn, president of a ma
tional labor press service, said
Evening star., 1963-09-27

he knowns of only four Negro
homeowners now living in the
Chevy Chase Cd. c. area who
do not have diplomatic status.
The association cited an Urban
League prediction that by 1870
Negro families may account for
10 per cent of the community's
population.
For Housing Only
Our aim will be exclusively
housing" Mr.. Conn emphasized,
"and the problems that go with
it," The Chevy Chase Neigh
borhood Association Should
not be considered in the same
light as a local citizens asSo-
ciation," he said.
In its first order of regular
business last night, the new
group voted down a resolution
favoring exclusion of real
estate agents and firm owners
from the associations execu-
tive committee.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
August Dietz, Sr..
Printer, Author

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. q
(AP).-A funeral service will
be held here tomorrow for
August Andreas Dietz, sr., "a, a
German-born printer, engraver
artist, philatelist and author
who founded the Dietz Press
here.
Mr.. Dietz, who came to this
country with his parents when
he was 4 years old, died last
night.
He gained fame by designing
a now widely used type face
known as "Ultimo" in the
1905. He wrote a 495-page
volume, THE Postal Service of
the Confederate States of
America" which represented 30
years of research.
He is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Charles G.. Mackay
of Penn Yam. N. Y. and Miss
Freida Meredith Dietz of Rich
mond; three grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Police Arrest 4
In Z District
Gambling Raids

Four persons were arrested
in two rapid-sequence raids by
the Metropolitan Police gam
bling squad yesterday after
noon in Northwest Washington.
The raiders, led by 1t. Albert
Fielder and equipped with a
search warrant, kicked in the
door of an apartment at 933
L street NV. at 2:15 pm.
There, 1t. Fielder said, they ar
rested Woodrow M. Reeves, 81,
on a charge of operating a lot
terry. Police discovered a guam
tity of numbers and horse
racing bet slips.
1t. Fielder described the place
as a relay office" where bets
are taken by telephone and re-
layed. He estimated the opera
ton did a $1,000 to $500 a
day gambling business.
Reeves was taken before
United States Commissioner
Sam Wertleb and released in
$1,000 bond pending arraign-
ment.
Fifteen minutes after the
first raid, the squad struck two
blocks away at 935 o street
NV, where they arrested three
persons. Arrested there on
charges of operating a lottery
were Richard Reeves, 48, his
wife, Hannah, AZ, and Claude
C. Hawkins, 81, of 920 o street
NV. The Reeveses were no re-
lations Of the Woodrow Reeves
arrested in the first raid.
1t. Fielder described the sec
ond place as a drop" where
money passes through, and es-
timated it did a daily business
of $500 to $500. The three sus-
poets were released in $1,000
bond pending a preliminary
hearing today.
Evening star., 1963-09-27

correspondent for several news
papers and was an editor and
writer for an Oklahoma news
paper before joining the State
Department.
Member of Societies
He was a fellow of the Amer
ican Geographical Society and
a member of the Pan American
Society. the Academy of Poll
cal Science and the American
Academy of Political Science.
His wife, the former Isabel
Nicholas Phillips. of CharlotteS-
vile, Va, died in 1861.
Mr.. Sholes, of 2841 Twenty
ninth street NV, leaves two
daughters. Mrs. Thomas F.
johnson of South Point Farm,
Berlin, Md, and Mrs. w. Fox
all MacElree, of Chester
Springs, Pa; two sisters, Mrs.
Agnes S. John and Mrs. Ger
Ntrude S. Goodman, both of
Washington, and six grand
children.
Services will be at noon to-
morrow at st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Thirty-second and o
streets NV.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Dfatha

BARBER. WILLIAM L. OF $50 Roseland
lane, Rockville, Md, on September
rs, 1858, husband Of Lottie L. Barber
stepfather Of S, M. Rogers. Prayers nj
Chambers Funeral Home, s6S5 Georgia
ave, Silver Spring, Md, on Saturday,
September 20, at II am. Interment
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
BIANCANIELLO, MARY T. on Wednes,
day, September as, 1853, MARY T.
BIANCANIELLO OF $500 Nebraska ave
NV, daugher Of the late Michael and
Caroline Biancanielloi beloved sister
Of Mrs. Livia Pometto and Mrs Elvdia
DiMlsa, Ray Banello, James May and
the late Bessie Sesso. Friends may call
At the Rinaldi Funeral Home, 74oC
Georgia ave, NV, where prayers will
be said Saturday, September 20, al
e:A5 ami thence 10 the Shrine Of the
Most Blessed Sacrament Church, where
the holy sacrifice OF the Mass will be
offered at 9!J0 am, for the rep0se Of
her soul. lnterment 81. Mary's Gene.
terry Relatives and friends invited, ~
BODINE. MARY o. (OLIED. on Thurs.
day, September 76, 1888, MARY o.
(OLIE) BODINE Of o50l Macarthur
blvd, Bethesda. Md, beloved wife oi
the late Thomas II. Bodine, sister Of
Sarah r Bodine, Isabel r. Anderson,
Dorothy v. Day and J. Russell hedden.
Friends are invited TO call at the Be.
thesda. Chevy Chase Funeral Home Of
Robert A. Humphrey, Bethesda, Md.
where services will be held on Monday,
September 20, at II am. lnterment
Parklawn Cemetery. "
BOWIE, JANE r. on Wednesday, Sep.
tember rs, 1863. al Physicians Memorial
Hospital. La Plata, Md, JANE n.
BOWIE of La Plata, Nd beloved sister
s. Bowie. aunt OF Mrs. Rosalie ouade
and Frances NJ Bowie. Remains rest.
ing at the Arehart Funeral Home, Inc,
La Plata, Md, until Saturday, Sep.
tember 20, at l0.A5 am. Funeral sery.
ices at the Christ Episcopal Church.
La Plata, Nd, at II am. lnterment
Mount Rest Cemetery. Prayers Friday
at 7.30 pm.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Dr.. Leon S. Nc Daniel
Founder of COLLEGE

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept. q
CAP).-Dr. Leon S. Mcdaniel,
rs. founder Of the former
Kanawha College at Charles
ton, W. Va, died yesterday of
a heart attack.
He founded Kanawha in 1882
and was its president until 1t
merged with Morris Harvey
College in 1899. He was a
faculty member at Morris Har-
vey until retiring II years ago.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Edward R. Murrow
Losing His Voice

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27
PO.-Edward R. Murrow,
director Of the United States
Information Agency, said here
last night he is losing his voice
and he doesn't know why.
II really don't know what's
wrong with my voice." Mr..
Murrow said hoarsely, 1T
started to go a few days ago."
II went to doctors Wednes-
day in Washington and they
didn't know why either. I have
to see them again"
Mr.. Murrow spoke here yes
terday at q meeting of the
Federal Bar Association. Last
night he accepted an award
from a philanthropic organiza-
ton.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Walter II. Sho|es Dies:
Sent to Vichy by U. S.

Walter H. Sholes, 80, a For
eign Service officer for 81
years, died at his Northwest
Washington home yesterday
after a short illness.
Mr.. Sholes, who retired in
1947, was Americas special rep
resentative to the French Vichy
government during World War
II.
His first tour Of duty was to
Alden, Arabia, and he later
served as consul general and
embassy secretary in Switzer-
land, Mexico, Sweden, Italy
and Belgium.
A newSpaperman by training,
he often said he entered the
diplomatic service on a bet.
While covering a story in the
office of the late Senator Owen
of Oklahoma, a member of the
foreign service examining
board, Mr.. Sholes said he didn't
think the qualifying test was
at all difficult.
Made Bet With Senator
Senator Owen wagered he
couldn't pass it. Mr.. Sholes bet
he could, took the test, passed
it, and was soon a consul in
Arabia.
In 1925 he served as the
United States official observer
at the International Maritime
Congress in Sweden.
A native of New York City,
Mr.. Sholes was graduated from
the Emerson Institute in Wash
ington, Columbia University
and the University of Berlin.
4 He worked as a Washington
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Constance Tyler,
Lifelong Resident

Miss Constance Ellen Tyler,
So, a lifelong resident of the
District, died at her home, 1925
Connecticut avenue NV, yes
terday after a long illness.
Miss Tyler was a member of
st. Johns Episcopal Church at
Lafayette Square for many
years and was elected vice re-
gent for the District of Colum-
bia to the Mount Vernon Ladies
Association in 1852. This or
ganization administers tn e
Mount Vernon estate.
Funeral services will be at
noon tomorrow at st. Johns
Church. Burial will be Monday
at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Western Union
Honors 3 Retirees

Three Western Union Tele-
graph Co. employees we're hon
ored at a retirement luncheon
at the willard Hotel yesterday.
The honorees were Ralph
Miller of 5319 Pard road, Coral
Hills, assistant operations man.
ager of the Washington office,
with so years service; Fred
Neal of 7505 New Market drive,
Bethesda, manager Of customer
service of the Washington Of
flee, with Al years service; and
Sam Sweeney of 3701 Connec-
ticut avenue NV. Washington
press representative, with 46
years service.
M. G.. Ihrig, Western Union
district manager, presided at
the retirement ceremony.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
CrenatOrilIm

VI NIIItt UJI IIIIII
J. William Lees Sons Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
4th 81. and Mass Ave. Ii. 5.52oo
Rinaldi Funeral Home
1Aoo GEORGIA AVE NV. RA. 3.7AII
2 Blks North OF Walter Reed Hospital