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O'Conor Plans to Pick Fair Rent Committees For Maryland Areas By the* Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, July 6. — Gov. O'Conor planned today to appoint Fair Rent Committees for different sections of Maryland in a \nove to help hold price lines somewhere near their present level. The committees had been sug gested by the Real Estate Board of Baltimore. The Governor said he would pro ceed first with the appointment of committees to function in the Bal timore metropolitan area. Cumber land, Hagerstown and the Wash ington suburban area. Citizens with rent complaints will have opportunity to air them be fore these groups, and the commit tees will endeavor to have tenants or landlords comply with the recom mendations they hand down in each case. Recommendations Awaited. Gov. O'Conor is awaiting recom mendations for appointments from the Real Estate Board, the Balti more Association of Commerce, vet erans’ groups, the Maryland Citi zens’ Political Action Committee and the Apartment House Owners’ As sociation. He said the public reaction to the committees and the data they as semble ’’might be of considerable use to the State in revealing the need for emergency <rent control) legislation. Several groups and individuals have suggested that he call a spe cial session of the State Legislature to enact emergency rent controls. Funds to Be Provided. He said that State law officers “are inclined to the belief that a valid statute can be drawn to con trol rents in the event a dire neces sity exists resulting from an ex traordinary housing shortage.” Gov. O’Conor said the Fair Rent Committees would be supplied with sufficient State funds to carry cut their wrork and that personnel of State departments and State records: would be made available to them as needed. Couple Hit by Car At Lincoln Memorial John V. Kenny. 40. and his wife. Mrs. Lelia Kenny, 35. of West Haven, Conn., were taken to Emer gency Hospital in undetermined condition with head injuries after they were struck by an automobile' yesterday as they were crossing the circle at the Lincoln Memorial, police reported. The car was driven by Howard E. Byrd, 23. of 2201 G street N.W., ac cording to police. Mr. Byrd was charged with failing to give full | time and attention to his driving1 and released in $500 bond pending outcome of the injuries of Mr. and Mrs. Kenny. William E. Ohler. 8. of 37211 Georgia avenue N.W. suffered a fractured collar bone and body bruises when he was struck by a taxicab' yesterday as he stepped off i a streetcar loading platform in the 3700 block of Georgia avenue N.W. Taken to Children s Hospital, he j was reported in good condition to day. Police listed the driver of the taxi as Jay F. Dodd, 24, of 907 Jef ferson street N.W. In undetermined condition at Casualty Hospital was William Thomas Hale, 54, of 124 Third street N.E. with a possible brain concus sion suffered when he was hit by a streetcar. Police said Mr. Hale was struck in the 200 block of Penn sylvania avenue S.E. and listed the operator of the car as Joseph Sur den, 39. of 4020 Georgia avenue N.W. Communists Kill I Seven Greek Soldiers By the Assoc'a'ed Press ATHENS. July 6.—The Greek Parliament was informed today that a band of 150 Communists had at tacked a company of troops camped near Kilkis, east of Salonika, and killed seven soldiers. Athens newspapers said the at tack followed a demonstration at the camp by hundreds of women and children who called on the sol diers to throw away their arms and; join them, crying “We are demo-! crats.” Some tents in the camp were reported fired. The ministry of public order said; It had not received a report of the incident, and members of Parlia ment supported a resolution censur ing Minister of Public Order Spyros Theotokis for failure to achieve or der in Greece. The resolution was offered by a member of the rightist Zervas party. Continuing disorders were blamed by several members on delay in ex ecuting 150 persons under sentence of death. Former Minister of Public Justice Mavros told Parliament he had issued an order for the executions but that it had been countermand ed, following a “friendly” recom mendation from the then British Ambassador, Sir Reginald Leeper. A bill was deposited in Parlia ment providing for deportation of families of soldiers who desert to join mountain bands. D.C. Girl to Help Rebuild Hostels In Europe More than 100 young Americans, among them 13-year-old Maryalice Finckel of 1418 Rhode Island ave nue N.W., were pedaling their way toward Luxembourg and the Nether lands today accompanying tools and building materials to help rebuild European youth hostels damaged and neglected during the war. The group, led by Monroe Smith of Northfield, Mass., arrived in Paris late Wednesday night, according to the Associated Press. They spent Thursday sightseeing and as guests at a reception given by Elsa Schia parelli, the fashion designer. Miss Finckel said the group came over to work and not merely as tourists. “The State Department allowed us to come as a good-will measure.” she declared. "We all had to pass tests in carpentry and building before we left, and we’re working our way.” Her father, j. Alden Finckel of this city, said he expected his daughter's trip would last about 10 weeks. Miss Finckel attended the Holton Arms School. END OF BICYCLE TRIP—John Mclntire, 15 (kneeling), and Arthur S. Moreau, 15, both of Landover Hills^Md., shown as they reached their homes after a 400-mile bicycle trip to Norfolk and back. John is pointing to the broken frame on his bicycle, which collapsed near his home. —Star Staff Photo. Police Check Report Of Holdup at 'Club' In Baltimore’s 'Block' By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, July 6.—The fra ternity of “the Block”—Baltimore’s tenderloin section — was talking about, and city police were investi gating today, reports of a holdup of a “club” that was said to have net ted the bandits anywhere from $35,000 to $60,000. High police officials said they had heard of the report, but were unable to find a definite basis for it. And none of the 23 "victims” have told police of such a robbery. Here is the story that circulated "the Block” section of downtown Baltimore and which reached police by devious routes: The 23 “clubmen” were enjoying a quiet Independence Day afternoon in their second-floor quarters. Six Ask for Member. Six men walked in and asked for a member by name. As the mem ber came forward to identify him self the spokesman for the newr comers announced it was a holdup. Simultaneously, four of the six opened florists' boxes they were carrying and pulled out sawed-off: shotguns. Those present were forced to! stand against the wall and take off their trousers. While four of the holdup men stood guard, the other two con-; ducted a leisurely search of the trouser pockets. They were very! careful to tie each pants leg in! a tight knot when they had finished.1 Personal Jewelry Taken. Personal jewelry was taken from the victims. The bandits escaped in an auto mobile bearing New Jersey license plates. The story is similar in many respects to that of an authenticated' holdup which occurred here last January. Political Club Held Up. Several men held up a polifical club one Sunday afternoon, and escaped with the contents of the pockets of about 20 men. Only four of the victims of t.his| ho’dup reported to police. The tour said they lest a total of more than : ”1,500. At the time, reports placed the net take at more than $13,000. The men in the earlier holdup were said to have made their get away in an automobile bearing New' Jersey plates. Midshipmen Leave On Summer Cruise By the Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, July 6,—The first postwar summer cruise of the Naval Academy midshipmen began today when first and third class men boarded the battleships Washington and North Carolina and second class men the aircraft carrier Randolph. The cruises will take them as far: north as Quonset. R. I., and south to! the Navy’s drill grounds in the! Culebra-Guantanamo area. Meanwhile, other classmates will pursue their studies at the academy, where second class men will begin flight training under the supervision of the new aviation department. j The cruises beginning today will! be followed by a second group to be gin August 17. The battleship group will touch Newport, R. I.: the Guantanamo area and have liberty at New York, Newport and Norfolk, while the car rier group will include the same stops and also visit the naval air testing station at Patuxent. British Wife Gets Divorce, Weds Obtain in Triangle ! By the Associated ?r«ss RENO, Nev„ July 6.—Mrs. Jearr Pauline Carbone, 19-year-old Brit ish war bride, who won a bitterly contested divorce yesterday from former Army Lt. Harold Carbone, Rochester, N. Y„ was married late last night to Capt. Darrell A. Beschen, 24, at whose home, in Dubuque, Iowa, her baby was born Iasi February. The ceremony was performed by Justice of the Peace Harry Dun seath, little more than five hours I after she received her divorce de cree on grounds of mental cruelty. Mr. Carbone had fought his wife's divorce action, accusing her of adultery. He named Capt. Beschen as correspondent. Capt. Beschen flew here on a four day leave from Shreveport, La., but his presence was not publicly disclosed until last night. The cou ple left immediately for an undis closed destination. Mrs. Carbone’s son was born last February 9, more! than 13 months ! after she and Mr. Carbone had parted in London. The Carbones were married there in 1944 while he 1 was on duty in England. b Bicycle Collapses As Boys Reach End Of 400-Mile Journey A bicycle camping trip ended last night for two 15-year-old Landover Hills <Md.) boys just two blocks from their homes when one of the bicycles collapsed completely after three weeks and more than 400 miles of riding. Fully equipped with sleeping bags, shelter halves and camping equip ment, the two boys, Arthur S. Mo reau, 7120 Varnum street, and John Mclntire, of 4214 Seventieth avenue, began their trek to Norfolk, Va.. on June 17. The trip down was accom plished without mishaps in three days. ‘But coming back things were different,” Arthur said. The trouble began as they started back on Monday with a blowout on John’s bicycle and three flats in a row on Arthur's. Filled Tire with Sand. “I was forced to fill my tire with stand and tape it up with friction tape,” Arthur related. "John then broke his bicycle frame, near the pedals, and could only ride down hill.” The two boys, both sophomores at Bladensburg High School, made 30 miles under these conditions then were forced to push their bicycles for another 30 miles until they reached Tappahannock, Va. "No bicycle tires were available in town,” Arthur said. “So we hitched a ride with a truck to a country store near Warsaw, Va., which had tires. From there we came back to Washington.” John's bicycle Anally split in half just two blocks from his home, they stated. While in Norfolk the two boys camped at Lake Bradford, a Boy Scout troop camping site near the city. Arthur said two friends from Norfolk joined them at the lake and the four of them spent 12 days fishing, swimming and “just enjoy ing camping out.” Spoke Before Lions Club. Last Friday, the Boy Scout field director for the Norfolk area, Peter Carlton, took the boys to Elizabeth City, N. C„ where they addressed the Lion's Club and were inter viewed on the local radio station. "When we came to the toll bridge over the Potomac, near Morgan town, we only had 35 cents left,” Arthur said. “The toll was 40 cents tor both bicycles—but it only took js a few minutes to talk the keeper nto letting us through at the re duced rate." “It was a lot of fun and w’e would do it again without a bit of hesita tion in spite of the troubles,” Arthur said. Both boys said they planned on staying in Washington the rest of the summer and taking summer jobs until school starts. They are members of Boy Scout Troop 251. Incendiarism Denied In Grain Storage Fire By the Associated Press QUANAH, Tex., July 6.—Fire in surance adjustors -said today there was no trace of incendiarism either actual or implied in the fire that destroyed a wheat elevator here Wednesday night. Officers, however, are guarding alevators in Hardeman County as a precautionary measure. The fire here, which destroyed 25,000 bushels of wheat, occurred after agents of the Santa Fe Rail road notified elevator owners that the railroad had heard a rumor of 'an organized and concerted effort to damage wheat in storage.’' I Court Acts to Prevent Delay in Registering Voters in Arlington Arlington Circuit Court Judge Walter T. McCarthy today took emergency steps to break the bot tleneck in registration of votes for the August 6 primary by the central .registrar. With sunset today the deadline ! for the primary registration, Judge | McCarthy yesterday directed the j printing of forms listing the lnfor mation to be given prospective reg ' istrants on the certificate before being sworn. In this manner, he explained, citi ; zens will be enabled to list the in : formation before being interviewed 1 by the central registrar, saving con \ siderable time in each case. Under I the former system, 10 to 15 min | utes were required to register each voter. Mrs. Mary Moore McIntosh, cen tral registrar, told Judge McCarthy she registered 42 at yesterday's j morning and afternoon sessions, with 25 turned away at the end of : the two periods. Numerous other residents, dis | couraged at the sight of a long. ! slowly moving line of waiting per sons did not even enter the county courtroom, where registration head quarters was moved yesterday to handle applicants. Judge McCarthy said he believes it might be possible to engage as sistant central registrars during the rush periods and to work out a sys tem of recording the required in formation which will provide short cuts over the present method. Virginia Guard Units To Camp at Belvoir Fort. Belvoir, Va„ will be host to units of the 11th Battalion, Virginia State Guard, July 13 and 14. This was announced today by the battalion adjutant, Capt. John P. Strauss at Alexandria, who said that the encampment will concentrate on firing the .30-caliber rifle on the regulation Army range. Units will be housed in Army barracks and use regular cooking facilities and mess halls. The camp for the battalion, com manded by Lt. Col. Everett A. Hell muth with companies at Warrenton. Alexandria, Arlington, Berryville and Winchester, will open at 5 p.m., July 13 and close at the same hour the following day. The 11th Battalion was among the first of the VSG to volunteer con tinued service in the Guard until the postwar National Guard is organ ized in Virginia. Other battalions are arranging later camps in July and August. Five Maryland-Bred Calves To Be Flown to Bogota By the Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, Md„ July 6 — Five purebred Maryland calves will take to the air July 15, for a trial shipment from New York to Bogota. Colombia. This wiil be the first time an air plane has been used to transport Maryland livestock. The journey takes two days. The Holstein-Friesians. Frederick County dairy cattle, have been bought by Carlos Sanz de Santa maria. Colombian ambassador to the United States, from J. Homer Rems berg, Middletown. This is the fourth such consign ment shipped from Maryland to South America in recent months. The first three, totaling 75 head, were purchased from Mr. Remsberg by Galo Plaza. Ecuadorian ambassa dor to the United States, and shipped by boat—a two-week voyage. Mr. Remsberg is president of the Maryland State Holstein Association and a director and chairman of ex tension of the Holstein-Friesian As sociation of America. Tax Rate in Rockville Set at 86 Cents per $100 Special Dispatch to The Star ROCKVILLE. Md.. July 6.—Rock ville’s tax rate for the year which began July 1 has been fixed by the Mayor and Council at 86 cents on each $100 of assessable property, an increase of 11 cents. Sixty cents of the rate is for gen eral upkeep of the town and 26 cents for redemption of bonds and payment of interest on the town's indebtedness. The annual budget, which has been adopted by the town officials, covers expenditures totaling $59,330: Fishing Trip Planned For Children Tomorrow The annual fishing trip for chil dren in the Rockville (Md.) area, which is sponsored by the Rockville 1 Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, will be held tomorrow with buses leaving from behind the Rockville Courthouse at 1:30 p.m. for Brighton Dam. Herbert Yokom. member of the league, said parents may accom pany the children to the dam. Adults must have a Maryland license to fish, he added. Mrs. Rachel Phipps, 79, Dies ANNAPOLIS, July 6 </P>.—Mrs. Rachel Phipps, 79, wife of Julius Phipps and mother of former State Senator Louis N. Phipps, died un expectedly at her home yesterday. wmaemssssmsak EARLY BIRDS—There’s news in classified advertisements these days—news that is almost as important to some people as life and death. It’s the news of apartments for rent, houses for sale, available rooms, automobiles for sale and jobs. A crowd gathers daily at the first-floor business counter in The Star Building just before first-edition press time. Their goal is to beat less enterprising readers to classified advertisement offerings. Nickels fly over the business counter as the customers grab their first editions. Then they’re off to waiting automobiles or taxicabs or to nearby telephone booths, hoping to capi talize on the minutes they’ve saved to secure the room or th£ job they seek. Some can be seen checking the ad columns at counter in left background. Others are heading for door at ri«ht- —Star Staff Photos. Hybla Valley Airport Plans Air Carnival An aerial carnival, including stunt flying and parachute jumps, will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Hybla Valley Airport on Route 1, 5 miles south of Alexandria. Keaney Kopp. ex-Navy flyer, and Tommy Duffy and Ernie Valley, former Army pilots, will open the show with an exhibition of close formation maneuvers. Mr. Kopp then Will put his plane through a series of snap and slow [rolls, loops, spins and other stunts. This will be followed by a parachute jump by Jack Petty. ! The program also will include spot, landing contests in light and heavy [plane classes, open to all private pilots. : A feature of the show will be a 2,000-foot delayed parachute pimp by Jimmy Greenwood, veteran of 224 leaps. The affair is under the direction j of Mr. Kopp and Mr. Greenwood. Ample parking space will be pro vided arid there will be no admis sion charge. Page County GOP Elects Convention Delegates LURAY, Va.. July 5.—The follow ing members of the Page County Re publican Committee and delegates to the State Convention in Roanoke July 27 were announced here yester day: Committee members: Rileyville, Roy Gochenour, James Keyser; Springfield. Elmer Keyser, Elmer H. Strickler; Hall, Bergie F. Fox, B. K. Shenk. Massanutten. H. L. Redmond. H. M. Gander: Marksville, Philip Burner, John Dovel; Honeyville, T. E. Phillips, Vernon Knight : Shenan doah, Frank Louderback, Arthur Lu cas; Jolletts, Cannie Lam, George Shivers, East Luray, John Stewart. Robert Lillard: Luray. V. D. Dovel. H. M. Coffman. Leaksville, T. L. Cave, N. A, Varner; Rattleburg. J. S. Heiston, Charles F. Judd. Delegates to the convention: H.L. Redmond. T. E. Phillips, Walter Rodgers, A. R. Painter, Carl Jenkins, Luther Aleshire, Abe Brubaker. I. R. Dovel, David Varner, V. D. Dovel, J. E. Will, J. T. Campbell, Arnold Burner, Robert Huffman, Charles Morrison, Arthur Lucas, Owen Strickler, Leonard Dovel, Floyd Stan ley, Joe Comer, Elmer Keyser, Roy Gochenour, Buford Mauck, Jim Keyser, Bergie Fox and Ramsey I Alger. REGISTRATION IN ARLINGTON—Safely qualified for the Virginia primaries before the regis tration deadline at sunset today, Alfred B. Stevenson, 22 Old Glebe road, Arlington, Va., is shown registering with Mrs. Mary Moore McIntosh, central registrar. Others waiting to register are seated in the background. —Star Staff Photo. b ' * Chambers Raps Alexandria Fee For Ambulances as 'Jealousy' (From Yesterday’s Last Edition.) Alexanderia's Civil and Police Court today heard W. W. Chambers, the undertaker, make charges of “pro fessional jealousy” and complain about the city ordinance which re quires ambulances operating within the city limits to be licensed. It all came about when Col. Nicho las W. Coburn, 909 Enderby drive, Beverly Hills, decided to call a Chambers ambulance from Wash ington to take his wife home from Alexandria Hospital after a minor operation. Allen P. Sweeney. 26. 1408 Chapin street N.W.. wras driver of the am bulance which responded to Col. Coburn's call. Mr. Sweeney testi fied before Judge James R. Duncan that Col. Coburn stated the fees asked by Alexandria concerns were higher than he wanted to pay. Col. Coburn told him Chambers' fee to come from Washington and make the wdthin city limits trip was suit able, Mr. Sweeney said. When Mr. Sweeney had finished the trip from Alexandria Hospital to the Coburn home yesterday, he was arrested by Alexandria Police man Robert Peacher on a. charge of operating an unlicensed ambulance within city limits. He posted $25 collateral for his appearance today. Mr. Sweeney pleaded guilty and Judge Duncan suspended a fine of $10. Mr. Chambers then arose and said: "There is no sense in my having (Alexandria' licenses for all five of my ambulances It won't pav me to operate in Northern Virginia. Op erating an ambulance is just a trick of undertakers to get our names be fore the public. We don’t care about the money.” Judge Duncan interrupted at this point to say: "I am going to have to restrict you if you don’t keep quiet.” When Judge Duncan passed on to the next case. Mr. Chambers con tinued to discuss the case with by standers and Judge Duncan told him: “If you want to use my conference room at the end of the hall, you wall have to carry on your discussion there.” At one time Mr. Chambers said: “This case doesn’t involve just my company. Tt involves ail the ambu lance services in Washington and those in Virginia, which come to Washington. If you have a disaster over here and you don't have your license paid, it may mean loss of life in your community.” Afterward Mr. Chambers pur chased a license to operate an am bulance within the city from the city clerk. Bethesda Man Has His 'Castle'; He's Building It All Himself If there were more men like Paul Armentrout, there would be no housing shortage. Mr. Armentrout. who lives at 5507 Greentree road. Bethesda. has al most completed a house which he i has built himself adjacent to hisi present home. He has done all I the work without assistance, with: the exception of plastering, plumb ing and wiring. The new house will be completed by September and Mr. Armentrout said he has already received many applications to rent it. He and his wife, however, may decide to move I in themselves. To Mr. Armentrout. home con-1 struction is more than just a Job "I "would rather build a house than anything else in the world.'1 he said. “When I go to bed at night I can hardly wait to start working again in the morning.'1 Before the war. Mr. Armentrout was a contractor and constructed seven homes similar to the one he is now building. After the war. he found himself unable to obtain labor or materials and being a man who hates to have time on his hands, decided to erect a house all by himself. Before entering the contracting business in 1928. Mr. Armentrout had worked for many years as a carpenter. Suspect Held in Slaying Of Virginia Truck Farmer By the Associated Dress CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.. July' 6.—Commonwealth’s Attorney W. O. Fife said last night Wilbur Shiflett1 of Ruckersville had been charged with murder in the bludgeon death of John B. Anthony, 61-year-old, farmer deacon of Albemarle County.' Mr. Anthony's body was found yesterday in a ditch alongside high way 29, 10 miles north of Charlottes ville. by a bus driver. The driver called State police, who found Shiflett seated in Mr. Anthony’s automobile about 100 feet from the body. State Trooper L. A. Brugh reported several empty wine bottles were scattered about the car and a half-filled bottle was found inside. The prosecutor said Shiflett de nied striking Mr. Anthony, although he conceded he had been in his company. Mr. Fife said it was his belief Mr. Anthony had been struck with a bottle. Mr. Anthony was formerly in business here, but in recent years had operated a truck and chicken farm outside the city. He was a deacon of First Presbyterian Church. j Graham Takes Lee Post CAMP LEE, Va., July 6 (P).— Brig. Gen. Roy C. Graham has assumed command of the 30,000 Quartermaster troops at Camp Lee, succeeding Col. George E. Hartman, the Camp Lee public relations office ; announced yesterday. Farm Help Shortage Blamed On 'Rocking-Chair Money' By the Associated ?resi RICHMOND, Va„ July 6,—"Rock ing-chair money" was the target yesterday of severe criticism by L. M. Walker, jr.. State commissioner of agriculture, who blamed the pay ment of unemployment benefits to war veterans and others for much of the current farm labor shortage. “We have often heard of ‘rock ing-chair money,' but until recent months no one dreamed it would actually come true,” Mr. Walker said. “In some sections of Vir ginia, and especially noted in rural areas by people in position to judge, money is being paid returned serv icemen until they secure jobs and other money is being paid people as unemployment compensation. Even though they may be only tem porarily out of high-price work, which they have recently done, they are known to draw unemployment compensation and produce nothing.” Two Burn to Death As Truck Hits Tree By the Associated 9ress FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. July 6. —A man identified as George Got tish of Rock Hall, Md., and a child about 6 or 7 years old were burned to death yesterday when a truck ran off Route 1 near Golansville. Caro line County, hit a tree and burst into flames. The truck-trailer bore the name of the Preston Truck Co. of Balti more and Preston, Md. t Final Count Shows O'Conor Polled Most Votes in Primary By th» Associated Press BALTIMORE. July 6.—Complete official returns from the Democratic primary election in Maryland June 24 showed today that Gov. O'Conor, a candidate for the United States Senate, polled more votes than any other candidate in any race. Gov. O’Conor, who never has lost an election, piled up 117,889 votes to win the Democratic nomination for the Senate. His defeated opponent. Senator Radcliffe, seeking renom ination for a third term, polled 95, 350, and the third candidate, John Laveck, Catonsville, 9,566. The Governor's Republican oppo nent in the November general elec tion will be former Brig. Gen. D. John Markey. Walkersville. Com plete official Republican returns have not been compiled, but Gen. Markey held a comfortable majority over his two primary opponents on the basis of unofficial, incomplete returns. Lane Close Second. Running Gov. O'Conor a close sec ond in total votes was William Pres ton Lane, jr.. Hagerstown publisher and banker, who amassed 104.375 to win the Democratic nomination for Governor. State Controller J. Millard Tawes w'as second to Mr. Lane in the Democratic gubernatorial race with a total of 86.447 and Representative Baldwin, Baltimore County, was third with 39,971. Pour minor can dates trailed far behind. In the general election Mr. Lane will run against Mayor Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, Baltimore, who, on the basis of incomplete and unofficial returns, easily de feated Herman L. Mills, Hagerstown businessman, for the Republican nomination for Governor. Hamond Polls 85,057. Hall Hdmond, now deputy State attorney general, won the* Demo cratic nomination for attorney general by polling 85,057 votes. Trailing him were E. Earle Cobev, Cumt4land, 53,263: Speaker of the Houser John S. White, Hyattsville, 31,728, and J. De Weese Carter, Den ton. 18,262. George Cochran Doub, Owings Mills, was unopposed for the Re publican nomination for attorney general. James J. Lacy, Baltimore, made a runway of the race for the Demo cratic nomination for State con troler, amassing a total of 84.677 votes, with 43.000 of them in the city. His closest competitors were Charles Henry' Roloson, ir., Balti more, with 44.994, and State Sena tor John B. Funk. Frederick, 38.073. Also rans were Charles E. Baden, Baltimore. 9.054: Daniel H. Carroll, Baltimore, 8.981, and Harold L. Loreman. Salisbury. 13,905. Alexander T. Grier, Salisbury, was unopposed for the Republican nomination for controller. William I. Lee Dies; Highway Engineer Col. William Ira Lee. 73. U. S A . retired, former senior highway engi neer of the Public'Roads Adminis tration who was in charge of design and construction of the Mount Ver non Memorial highway, died yester day at McGuire Veterans' Hospital, Richmond, Va. The colonel was placed in charge of the Northern Virginia highway project shortly after he joined the Public Roads Administration in 1928. After completion of the Mount Ver non Parkway in 1932, he was made resident engineer of Great Smoky Mountain National Park, with head quarters at Gatlinburg, Tenn. He held the position until his retire ment last September. Col. Lee is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mildred C. Lee, Waynesville, N. C.; a daughter by a former mar riage. Miss Mary Ellice Lee. Alex andria, Va.; four sisters and a brother. Funeral sen-ices will be held to morrow at the residence of a sister, Mrs. Adolphus Slate, sr„ Emporia, Va. Burial will be in Round Hill Cemetery- there. Roberts Blades Virginia in Mental Patient's Death By th* As*oc*o1*d Pres* STAUNTON, Va., July 6— Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts, chairman of the National Mental Health Foundation, has asserted in a telegram to Gov. Tuck that "the Legislature and govern ment officials of Virginia must also bear the guilt for the barbaric treat ment of patients at Western State Hospital.” Mr. Robert's telegram, referring to the death from injuries of Albert Walker Shiflett, 49, a patient at I Western State, and the conviction of Herbert Lee Bentch, an attend j ant, on involuntary manslaughter ; charges, drew from Dr. D. L. Har j toll, jr.. Western State superintend ent, this reply: "The implication might be drawn from this telegram that the Shiflett killing was characteristic of condi tions in the Western State Hospital, since it speaks of ‘the barbaric i treatment of patients.’ This is far ! from true. There have been occa sional cases of brutality, as there ! are likely to be in any institution in which the human element is in ;volved on such a large scale.” Fire Causes $3,000 loss In College Park Fraternity Fire believed started by an over heated hot-water coal heater, last night caused damage estimated at $3,000 in two rooms and the base ment of the Kappa Alpha fraternity house, 4500 Knox road. College Park. Chief T. R. Richards of the Col lege Park Volunteer Fire Depart ment said much of the damage could have been prevented if fire men had been called earlier. He said an unidentified person had called the District Fire De partment first, which notified the Prince Georges County Fire Board in Hyattsville. The two-story brick house was occupied by 10 conscientious objec tors employed at the university. No one was injured. The Branchville Volunteer Fire Department also re sponded to the blaze. 4-H Boys Invited to Camp Approximately 100 4-H Club boys from Maryland have been chosen to attend a wildlife conservation camp July 22-26 at Pleasant Valley, Garrett County, H. W. Dengler, ex-' tension forester, announced today.