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WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1948
Maryland G.O.P.
*r
Asks Martin to
j Speak at Parley
■ Delegates to National
Convention to Be
I Named May 20
*- Maryland Republicans, hopeful of
increasing their party delegation in
*""the House and of carrying the State
for president in November, have
invited Speaker Martin to address
their convention in Baltimore next
month.
An invitation was extended- the
Speaker through Representative
Beall of the 6th district, one of two
1 Maryland Republicans in the House,
for the meeting May 20.
Galen L. Tait, chairman of the
' Republican State Central Oommit
” tee, said the presiding officer and
convention keynoter had not yet
been selected.
•— Mr. Tait said the delegates from
“ all six congressional districts would
meet the morning of May 20 to rec
ommend delegates and alternates to
the Republican national conven
tion in Philadelphia June 21.
Worker* Confident.
The Associated Press quoted Mr.
Tait as saying in Baltimore that
Maryland Republicans are entering
the 1948 political campaign "united
and with confidence in State and
Snational success.”
"Republican resolution will redeem
— the past tragic New Deal blunders
"and remove the present vacillations
^•from our foreign policy,” the chair
man declared.
t ‘‘The (Henry A.) Wallace candi
dacy will rend the open flank of
j * the New Deal party in Maryland
and the Nation, while its other
flank is weakened in the South.”
The names of 28 Democrats and
11 Republicans will appear on pri
mary ballots May 3. in voting to
determine party nominees for the
six House seats. Two other Demo
I erats filed as candidates but with
drew from the races before the
deadline Saturday midnight.
Byrd and Traub Quit.
Those withdrawing were Mayor
| James O. Byrd, of Snow Hill, ini
the = First district, and Sidney R. j
Traub, former Baltimore assistant
! aolicltor. in the Fourth district. |
Mr. Traub said he had decided >
to withdraw because expected sup-j
port did not materialize, but Mayor;
Byrd sent his withdrawal notice to
Secretary of State Bertram Boone
by messenger without comment.
All but 3 of the 12 Maryland
House nominations—6 by each party
—will be contested. Those unop
posed are Republicans. They are
Representative Beall, in the 6th
district; Representative Miller, in
the 1st, and John A. Janetzke, who
is seeking to represent the 3d.
During the week end, the Mary
land Leagues of United Voters an
i nounced indorsement of Will Allen,
Bethesda, for the Democratic nomi
nation in the 6th district. Mr.
Allen Is a Washington/inewspaper
correspondent. The league was or
ganized recently under sponsorship
of the Americans for Democratic
Action to back liberal candidates for
Congress.
Other Democratic candidates in
the 6th are F. Byrne Austin. Takoma
Park; Dawson J. Horlne. Myersburg,
and Thomas O'Connell, Silver
Spring. _
3 Late Filings Face
Prince Georges Test
The Prince Georges County Board
of Election Supervisors will decide
tomorrow whether the late filing of:
three candidates for delegates to
the Maryland Republican Conven
i tion was legal.
Although the State deadline for
filing was midnight, Thursday, three
; county residents submitted their
names to the. election board late
Friday afternoon. They were Edwin
ft. Glenn of Suitland, who already
1 has filed as one of the four candi
dates for the Republican nomina
tion for Congress in the 5th District;
James S. Brady, Jr., of Bowie, and
William R. Rice of Forest Heights.
If the candidacies are accepted
there will be 14 Republicans seeking
election to the seven convention
Mats.
Samuel A. Wyvill. a member of the
election board, said the three peti
' tlons were accepted on condition
* that they be approved by the board*
•*t its meeting at 10 a m. Tuesday, j
* t Mr. Wyvill said that until 1946;
candidacies could be filed until 30j
days before a primary. The State!
.legislature, however, amended the!
* law last year to make April l the |
•deadline, he explained.
Panel Set for Tomorrow
At Four Corners School
. A panel discussion on "How Par
ents and Teachers Can Gain Better
''Understanding of Children" will be
held during a meeting of the parent
teacher association of the Pour Cor
ners Elementary School, Old Bla
densburg road, at 8:15 p.m. to
morrow.
Members of the panel will be Owen
Knight, guidance supervisor for
1 Montgomery County; Miss Elizabeth
Slater, of the school faculty; Mrs.
Ruth Nadel, education chairman of
the Eastern Suburban Study Group,
and Mrs. William Wright. > Mrs.
Elizabeth Vose will serve as modera
tor.
New Taxpayers'Group
! To Meet in Fairfax
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The newly - organized Fairfax
County Taxpayers' Association will
meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at Fair
fax High School to discuss the
county’s proposed 1948-49 budget.
I The new association 1s an out
growrth of the committee formed in
February to seek ways of obtaining
S road improvements, according to
Pdw'ard Gibbons of Lorton. secre
: tary. Dr. George Schulz is president.
\ 3’ Fort Myer Sergeants
Retire From Active Duty
! Three Army sergeants with a com
j bined total of 86 years of service
•intve been retired from active duty
kt*Fort Myer.
„They are M. Sergt. Harry Far
wide. with 33 years of service:
M. Sergt. Orville Ditto, 31 years, and
1st Sergt. Raymond Andrews, 22
yean.
as.
K STREET OVERPASS WORK PROGRESSES—Work on the" elevated highway, designed to end
the Georgetown traffic bottleneck, is about one-quarter finished. This aerial photo shows the
concrete walls northwest of Key Bridge at Canal road. Steel beams supporting the highway
soon will be erected along K street (center of photo), passing under the bridge.
Violation of Taxicab
Ordinance Is Charged
To 8 in Montgomery
Warrants charging violation of
the Montgomery County taxicab
ordinance have been issued against
eight persons, it was disclosed to
day at the County Service Building
in Bethesda,
At the same time, Albert E. Con
radis. county public utility agent,
announced that his office would con
tinue the campaign against all
taxicab companies and drivers who
fail to obtain licenses as required
by the ordinance adopted last year.
Mr. Conradis said in a statement
that more renewal applications and
more requests- for*-new tanicab
licenses than had bfcen anticipated
were ^received before the deadline
Wednesday. He said, however, that
applications had not been received
from any cab operators whose rec
ords would lead to rejection by the
county.
Mr. Conradis declared warrants
would be issued as rapidly as pos
sible after violation are detected,
and “as many times as necessary
and for an indefinite period.”
The Public Utility agent said taxi
cab operators in the Rockville area
l had co-operated and complied with
the provisions of the ordinance 100
per cent, and that almost all of the
independent drivers, notably those
who stand at the Naval Medical
Hospital at Bethesda, had co-oper
I a ted.
He said the Bethesda Cab Co. also
had complied. Mr. Conradis singled
out the co-operation of Negro taxi
cab drivers for special praise.
The eight persons against whom
warrants have already been issued
will be notified to appear for a
hearing next Monday at the Bethes
da police court, Clerk Samuel Carr
announced.
World at Crossroads,
Justice McGuire Says
Justice Matthew F. McGuire of
District Court told a Catholic War
Veterans communion breakfast yes
terday in Alexandria that the world
is in probably the most important
period of history in 1.200 years.
Justice McGuire spoke at the
first communion breakfast of Ed
ward A. Duff Post, Catholic War
Veterans, which was held at the
George Mason Hotel.
The justice said he thought the
present period of history’ was prob
i ably the most important since
Charles Martel overcame the Mo
hammedans 1,200 years ago. He
said: “America itself is at the
crossroads because the foundations
of this Government are Christian.
I It was founded on the fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood of man
—of all men. no matter what their
color, creed or condition of life.”
He emphasized that the whole
world was at the crossroads leading
to peace or chaos.
The Rev. Vincent Campi of
Blessed Sacrament Church, Alexan
dria, also spoke. He urged the vet
erans to continue to pray for peace.
Library to Elect
The annual election of trustees of
the Betbesda Public Library Asso
ciation will be held at 8 pm.
Wednesday at the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase High School.
Work on K Street Overpass
To Detour Traffle From Park
By William A. Millen
New construction work at the
K street overpass spanning the
Rock Creek and Potomac parkway
soon will detour park traffic along
Twenty-seventh street N.W., con
necting with Virginia avenue.
The contractor said park traffic
will be closed at that point in
about a month for from 45 to 60
days, while the new K street ele
vated structure is pushed.
A new roadway will be built on
either side of the existing overpass
to connect with the K street ele
vated highway. The ornamental
stone, now being taken down from
the overpass exterior, will be re
stat##1 to outside Of-the new
structure, District Director of High
ways H. d. Whitehurst explained.
Overpass to Be Used.
When the overpass was built a
number of years ago, Capt. White
hurst said, provision was made for
fitting it into the K street elevated
program. Traffic will continue to
use the overpass, which will not be
disturbed by the new project, the
director explained.
If the overpass were blocked,
he pointed out, it would bottle up
a lot of heavy traffic in George
town. There are a number of in
dustrial establishments along the
water front there, including sand,
cement, flour, paper and fertilizer
plants.
When the elevated motorway Is
completed, the existing overpass will
continue, as it does now, to bring
low-level traffic in and out of
Georgetown. On either side of it
will tower the newi elevated high
ways. The existing connecting
roadways will not be disturbed.
400 Piles Are Driven.
The park traffic will be blocked off
at the overpass during construction
of the new concrete and stone-faced
arches over the parkway, Capt.i
Whitehurst said.
Near the overpass, some 400 piles
have been driven down to rock to
support the new elevated structure
between Twenty-seventh and
Thenty-ninth streets N.W.
Tire project will enter a new phase
in about two weeks, said Carl A.
Wilson, project engineer on the job
for the District Highway Depart
ment’s bridge division. The Bethle
hem Steel Co. then will begin a
$1,341,600 program of erecting 10,
320,000 pounds of steel. This will
consist of columns and beams to
carry the overhead structure.
The concrete deck of the elevated
structure will be built on steel beams
from Twenty-ninth to Thirty-sixth
streets N.W.. Mr. Wilson said, and
the iron work will be painted gray
green.
Quarter of Work Doifc.
Mr. Wilson estimated about one
fourth of the entire project is now
completed. It will cost $3,537,000
altogether end is scheduled to be
finished next January. The con
tractor is the Dei Moines, Iowa, firm
of Alexander St Repass.
The engineer said that except for
construction of two traffic bridges
across the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
at Key Bridge, the first phase of
i the project is "essentially complete.”
A new curb will be put where the
two ramps will carry traffic from
the bridge to the elevated motor
way at K street.
Earth soon wlil be filled inn be
hind the new concrete structures at
Key Bridge. The canal is still blocked
off by construction, but the contrac
I tor is expected to restore the water
| there soon and resume the elec
* tricity supply, for which he has been
paying. Some firms use the canal
water for industrial purposes.
Tire maximum height of the ele
vated roadway above K street will
be about 40 feet.
The severe winter, particularly in
January and February, delayed the
pouring of concrete. Several other
problems have been encountered, in
cluding placing piles close to build
ings, relocating sewers and other
utilities in this oldest section of
Washington. The concrete footings
for steel colums had to be placed
out of the way of railroad traffic
and provision had to be made in the
height of the elevated for switch
ing box cars along K street.
James H. Ruebush Dies;
Former College President
By th« Associated Press
DAYTON. Va.. April 5.—James H.
Ruebush, 83. former president of
Shenandoah College, died yesterday
at his home here after a lingering
illness. He was one of the State's
leading laymen of the Evangelical
United Brethren Church.
Funeral services will be held at
Dayton at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Mr. Ruebush was a graduate of
Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio,
and the New York Conservatory of
Music. He had composed a number
of songs.
His survivors include one son,
James H. Ruebush, jr„ of Dayton.
Gen. Graham to Address
Cancer Drive Dinner
Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham, per
sonal physician to President Tru
man, will speak at a dinner at 6
p.m. today at the Hotel George
Mason. Alexandria, in conjunction
with the campaign to raise funds to
fight cancer.
State and Northern Virginia offi
cials of the American Cancer So
ciety will attend.
Mystery of Vanishing Convict,
Guard and Truck Is Solved
By the Associoted Press
STAUNTON, Va„ April 5.—The
mystery of the vanishing prison
guard, the trusty and the truck at
the State lime grinding plant near
here had vanished, too, today.
Unheard of for three days, all
| three turned up yesterday in cus
; tody of the father of the guard.
O. P. Bowman, superintendent of
the plant, said Robert L. Sprinkler
brought back his son, Robert L.
Sprinkler, jr„ who was the guard,;
together with Henry Kidd, the;
trusty, and the State-owned truck.
Supt. Bowman said the senior
Sprinkler told him he found the two
1 men at a house on United States
! Route 12. between Waynesboro and
Elkton. They had been drinking,
& i
Supt. Bowman said the father re
lated.
The father—he is a guard at
State Camp 19, Scottsville began an
investigation of his own and found
his son, who had been missing since
Thursday on a trip into Richmond
to the State penitentiary, after
police authorities had been alerted
to look out for the men and the
truck. Supt. Bowman said last night
he did not know whether he would
bring charges against the men as
the truck was in good shape and
its contents intact.
But young Springier lost his job
as a guard at the plant and Kidd,
who is serving a term for violation
of parole, is no longer a trusty, the
superintendent said.
Two Men and Two Boys
Held in Berwyn Thefts
Solution of a series of automobile
accessory thefts in the Berwyn area
has been announced by Prince
Georges County police with <ihe
arrest of two men and a 15-year
old boy.
Police also reported their investi
gation of these thefts led them
to solve five previously unreported
housebreakings in the same area
and to the arrest of another juven
ile, a 14-vear-old boy.
The older boy, a#ter being ar
rested by Detective Earl J. Huber,
took the policemen to places where
he had disposed of the loot, which
included road and fog lights, fen
der skirts, spotlights and other ar
ticles.
Later, the detective arrested El
mer Leigh Williams, 27. of the 800
block of Main street. Laurel, and
David Milton Wade, 31. of the 5800
block of Ruatan street, Berwyn
Heights. Williams was charged on
four counts of receiving stolen
goods and Wade on one count.
Both men were released under
$200 bond on each count pending a
; hearing in Hyattsville Police Court
(Thursday. Police turned the boy
over to juvenile authorities.
In the housebreaking cases, the
14-year-old boy admitted to enter
ing a garage in University Park, the
Clearview Market in Berwyn, and
three fruit stands in the same com
munity. More than $170 in cash
and merchandise was taken in these
robberies. The boy also was turned
over to juvenile authorities.
Maurice Samuel to Speak
Maurice Samuel, author and lec
turer, will speak on "Jewry in the
World of Tomorrow" at 8:45 p.m.
tomorrow at the Arlington Jewish
Center. His talk is being sponsored
by the Adult Education Committee of
the center.
Walter Reed PTA to Meet
Dr. Hanna Colm. child psycholo
gist at Children’s Hospital, will
speak at a meeting of the Walter
Reed Parent-Teacher Asssoclation
at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the school
in Arlington.
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The present K street bridge over Rock Creek parkway (above) is being altered and traffic ;
soon will detour around it during construction work. This photo shows construction work under
way to widen the bridge. It will carry traffic both down to K street in Georgetown and onto the
elevated highway over K street.
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This artist’s drawing shows how the K street bridge will appear when the work now in
progress is completed. Center of the present bridge will become a ramp down to K street on the
Georgetown side (at right) with elevated traffic using outer lanes. All buildings in the vicinity
have been eliminated for clarity in the drawing. Perspective here is from the northeast while
photo above is from the northwest. —Star Staff Photos.
Mid-70s Due Today
Alter Spring Sunshine
Draws Many to Parks
The sunny, spring weather which
yesterday attracted thousands of
Washington residents to the out
doors will continue through today,
with temperatures expected to reach
the mid-70s this afternoon.
An estimated 150,000 persons. In
cluding many out-of-town visitors,
yesterday crowded along the Hains
Point promenades in Potomac Park
park police reported.
Even President Truman, escorted
by the customary Secret Service
men, emerged for a mid-morning
walk in the sunshine along Pennsyl
vania avenue.
Cold Damages Crops.
Tire mid-60 temperatures came in
the wake of a drop to near freezing
Saturday night which resulted in
slight damage to crops in rural
Maryland and Virginia, according
to the Associated Press.
The mercury dipped to 30 degrees
in the Winchester (Va.) area early
Sunday, with a low of 22 in isolated
sections of the Frederick and Clarke
County apple orchard country,
"Comparatively little damage" to
crops was noted, however.
- Apples, Peaches Suffer.
In the Washington .County or
chards near Hagerstown frost
brought on by 20-to-24-degree tem
peratures caused "partial loss” of
apple and peach crops.
Losses in some sections were
eased by “smoking,” County Agent
Mark Miller said. He promised
fruit for harvest despite the "fairly
extensive” damage.
Tire forecast for the District calls
for partial cloudiness tonight with
low temperatures near 50 degrees
Tomorrow will be milder and con
siderably cloudy.
Former Czech Envoy
Takes Bethesda House
Dr. Juraj Slavik, former Czecho
slovakian Ambassador, who “took a
walk" from the Embassy after the
Communist coup in February, has
moved from the suite in the Shore
ham Hotel^ which he has occupied
since that time to a house at 7017
Wilson lane, Bethesda, Md.
Dr. Slavik, his wife and 18-year
old son George, moved into the new
home Saturday.
Mrs. Slavik has been looking for
a house to rent since her husband's
resignation while he has spent much
of his time at the United Nations
meetings in New York and lecturing
about the country on “How Czecho
slovakia Went Communist.”
Five Are Interviewed
For Hospital Post
Five applicants for the post of ad
ministrator of Arlington Hospital
were interviewed yesterday by the
board of trustees, which did not an
nounce a decision.
Karl H. York, who has been ad
ministrator since December, 1944,
has resigned effective May 1 to be
come administrator of St. Luke's
Hospital, Racine, Wis.
A board of trustees spokesman in
dicated a decision would be reached
by the end of this week. Names of
the applicants were not made public.
Bethesda PTA to Meet
Dr. Wallace W. Atwood will be
the guest speaker at a meeting oi
the Bethesda Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association at 8
p.m. Wednesday in the school. Dr
Atwood is the author of texts and
films on geography.
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Spring Recital Is Planned
At Washington-Lee High
The annual spring recital of the
Washington-Lee High School choral
groups will be held at 8:30 p.m. Fri
day in the school in Arlington.
Miss 'Florence Booker, director,
has prepared a program which will
include music of early choral mas
ters, the English madrigal school,
the Russian school, and folk music
of America.
Final Canvass Urged
By Red Cross to Meet
Quota by Tomorrow
Leaders in the 10 main divisions
of the Red Cross campaign today
were urging a final canvas to insure
success of the drive for $1,080,000 by
tomorrow’s luncheon report meeting.
An additional $58,728 is needed.
Gifts now total $1,021,272, or 84.5
per cent of the goal.
A pick-up service for firms having
additional gifts to report will be con
tinued today and tomorrow morn
ing. Key workers in business con
cerns are asked to call Hugh Morris
as soon as their results are ready.
O. H. Ritenour announced the
city division is making an appeal
for volunteers to canvass downtown
buildings and apartment houses
where tl>e solicitation has been in
complete. Volunteers are asked to
; call Mrs. Ann Quisenberry, Execu
jtive 0055, for these assignments.
In Alexandria and in Arlington
and Fairfax Counties, Va., and
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties, Md., similar final efforts
are being made.
Joseph C. Grew, general campaign
' chairman, said every campaign vol
unteer ’Is invited to help in the
! final push for victory and to attend
the final report meeting."
That meeting will be held at
12:30 p.m. tomorrow at the United
States Chamber of Commerce. V61
unteers pay for their own luncheons
which are prepared by canteen
service volunteers of the District
chapter.
The campaign was launched
j March 1 and was extended a week
| beyond the original closing date.
j PTA to Hear Miss Gore
Miss Lillian Gore, supervisor of
elementary education in Montgom
ery County, will speak at a meeting
of the Parkside School Parent
Teacher Association at 8 o'clock
tonight in the upper building of the
school in Silver Spring. A report
on school building needs will be
made by John M. King.
Sheriff Davis Names
Lawrence Price as
|His Chief Deputy
The appointment of Lawrence
Price of Barnesville as chief depu
ty sheriff of Montgomery County
was announced today at Rockville
by Sheriff Frank I. Davis.
Mr. Price, who has been a deputy
for nine years, was promoted to the
position of chief as successor to
Hugh F. O’Donnell, 824 Sligo ave
nue, Silver Spring. Mr. O'Donnell,
74, retired Thursday. He had been
a deputy for approximately 10 years
and served as chief under Sheriff
Davis for more than a year.
Mr. O’Donnell intimated he may
consider running for sheriff in 1950.
He is co-chairman for the Demo
cratic Party of Montgomery's thir
teenth (Wheatoni election district
and is chairman of the second pre
cinct, Silver Spring. He is a veteran
of the Spanish-American War and
a charter member of the Silver
Spring Fire Department.
The office of chief deputy sheriff
[assumed by Mr. Price pays $2,400
annually, with an allowance of $600
| for traveling expenses. Sheriff Davis
said he had not yet selected a depu
ty to fill the vacancy left on his
staff.
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Seminary Fair Slated
May 15 in Alexandria
The annual Seminary Fair in
Alexandria will be held on May 15,
it was decided at a meeting of the
Organizing Committee today.
The committee met at the home
of the fair chairman, Mrs. Harold
G. Hernly of Janney’s lane, Alex
andria. The fair, presented annual
ly by members of the Woman's
Auxiliary of Immanuel Church-on
the-Hill, will be held at its usual
place on the grounds of the Vir
ginia Theological Seminary just off
of Quaker lane. Proceeds raised at
the fair will be devoted to world
relief, a parish house and general
church needs.
Surrattsville to Have X-Rays
A mobile X-ray unit will be sta
tioned from 10 a.m. to noon and
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 12 in
front of the Surrattsville High
School, Prince Georges County, to
take free chest X-rays of residents
in the area.
Woodside Card Party Set
A card party sponsored by the
| Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal
| Church, Woodside, will be held at
I the parish hall at 8 p.m. Friday.
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7 letable for Army Day
Am.. Jay events scheduled for
tomorrow in this area include:
10 a.m.—Parade and bronze star
presentation ceremony at Engi
neer Center. Fort Belvoir, Va.
Open house and display of equip
ment there from 1:30 to 5 p.m.
12:15 p.m.—Reactivation of 3rd In-;
fantry Regiment on East Plaza
of Capitol. This will be followed
by presentation of “Flag of Liber
ation." The flag will be received
by Senate President Vandenberg
and Speaker Martin in behalf of
Congress.
i2:30 p.m—Women's Relief Corps.
Grand Army of the Republic Aux
iliary, memorial services at Ben
jamin Franklin Stephenson Mon
ument, Seventh and C streets
N.W.
1:30 pm.—Open house and bronze
star presentation ceremony at
Walter Reed Hospital
1:30 pm.—Army Day Parade, with
15,000 participants, stars from
area south of Capitol. Line of
march is across East Plaza and
down Constitution avenue to Sev
enteenth street N.W.
President Truman, cabinet mem
bers, other Government officials
and diplomatic corps members
will review the parade from a
stand on Constitution avenue at
the Monument Grounds.
Tickets for public reviewing stands
are on sale at 1700 I street N.W.
and Fairway Sport Store, 1328 G
street N.W.
7:30 p.m.—Annual banquet of Mili
tary Order of the World Wars at
Mayflower Hotel. Secretary of
the Army Royall will speak.
8 p.m.—Army Day ceremonies at
Hyattsville Armory. Representa
tive Sasscer, Democrat, of Mary
land, will speak. National Guard
units will display equipment and
weapons.
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Boy, 8, Struck
By Auto, Dies
In Hospital
Child's Death Puts
District Fatalities at
.22 for This Year
Struck by a car while playing,
George Soupouras, 8. of 1838 Four
teenth street N.W., died last night
an hour after he was admitted to
Children’s Hospital.
His death brought the District
traffic fatality rate to 22, the same
number of deaths reoorded at this
time last year.
The youth, a second-grade student
at Adams Elementary School was
fatally injured in the 1400 block of
R street N.W., when hit by a car
police said was driven by Milton L.
Perry, 51, colored, of 210 P street
N.W. Mr. Perry was held for action
of the coroner.
Three Sisters Survive.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Zenon Sou
poures, the victim is also survived by
three sisters, Mrs. Lee Cozan, Miss
Bessie Soupouras and Miss Doris
Soupouras. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
Meanwhile. Gallinger Hospital
authorities still listed as critical the
condition of Harry Bullock, 4,
colored, 1421 Simms drive s.e. The
boy was injured Saturday when
struck by a truck near his home.
Also in critical condition at Gal
linger Hospital is George Briggs, 53,
colored, 248 Tenth street N.E., who
was pinned under a streetcar early
yesterday at Fifty-eighth and Dix
streets NJE. Firemen from Rescue
Squad Number One had to jack up
the front of the streetcar to free
Mr. Briggs, who received a skull
fracture in the accident. The
streetcar, police said, was operated
by William B. Ford, 23, of 1120
Fifty-seventh avenue. Hillside, Md.
Man Injured in Crash.
Peter James O’Neal, 19, of the
9600 block of Montgomery drive,
Bethesda, suffered minor injuries
yesterday when he fell asleep at
the wheel of his car and struck a
telephone pole and a fire plug in
the 8100 block of Old Georgetown
road, shearing both off.
Mr. O’Neal was admitted to Sub
urban Hospital, where his condition
today was reported as good.
An Arlington,couple, Mr. and Jftrs.
C. W. Butler, 3300 block of North
Twenty-third street, were hurt yea*
terday when a truck ran into the
rear of an automobile in which they
were riding on Route 211 at Bull
Run, Fairfax County.
At Arlington Hospital Mrs. Butler,
29, was treated for head and leg
cuts and Mr. Butler, 44, was X-rayed
for a possible back injury.
Officers Are Elected
By Montgomery Press
Appointment of committee per
sonnel and election of two officers
featured the April meeting of the
Montgomery County Press Associ
ation at Stone House Inn, Silver
Spring.
Mrs. Laurette Collier was elected
recording secretary to fill the place
of Mrs. Mary Crowley, who resigned
and Peter Bruce was named parlia
j mentarian.
Committee appointments were an
| nounced by President John W.
I Coffman, jr. The new committee
i chairmen follow: Entertainment,
Ernie Tannen and Miss Helen Coo
per, cochairman; • budget and
finance^ Garrett Waters; member
ship, Mrs. Gertrude Bradley;
achievement award, Blair Lee III;
Weekly Co-operative, Louis Leim
bach; Daily Co-operative, Phillip J.
Austensen; constitution and by
laws, Joseph Brechner; legislation
and legal action, Joseph Mathias.
Mr. Mathias also was appointed
t chairman of a committee to study
i postal regulations concerning lot
; teries. Two new committees, pro
gram and promotion, were created.
; Charles Kopeland was named to
head the promotion committee, and
Mr. Austensen was appointed chair
man of the Program Committee.
Boy, 4, Injured Critically
| In Air Crash Fatal to Father
Sy th« Associated Pros*
CHURCHVILLE, Md., April 5.—
I A 4-year-o)d boy was In a critical
condition in a Havre de Grace hos
pital today after a plane crash in
j which his father was killed.
The boy, James Christopher Bull,
II was Injured in the crash of a small
I plane flown by his father, James
j Winfred Bull, 40, 'of Baltimore, a
,j former Army glider pilot.
II Attendants at Harford Memorial
1 Hospital said the boy had suffered
fractures of both arms, skull frac
ture, possible internal injuries and
multiple body burns from gasoline
fumes.
Witnesses said the plane crashed
| on its back on the John F. Joesting 1
! farm. A wing of the craft struck a
tree as it swooped low over a field
near here used by the Harford Fly
ing Club. Spectators pulled the
boy from the wreckage. The plane,
which belonged to the flying club,
did not catch fire.
Mr. Bull is survived by his widow.
The boy is their only child.
u. U. P» Committee Elects
Officers in Arlington
The Arlington Republican County
Committee has announced the
election of officers, with the ex
ception of chairman. Edgar W.
; Pumphrey. chairman, was named at
j the county mass meeting March 20.
Elected by the committee were
: Lee Potter and Mrs. Christine
Sramek. vice chaimen; Hal Hughes,
treasurer, and Ralph M. Kimble,
1 secretary.
Episcopal Choir to Sing
The 50-voice choir of the Episco
pal High School in Alexandria will
i sing at St. James Episcopal Church
! in Richmond Sunday. The choir is
under the direction of Henry T,
Hollaway of Orange, Va.. an in
structor at the school.
Walton Unit to Be Formed
A meeting to organize a Hyatts
ville Chapter of the Izaak Walton
League will be held at 8 o'clock to
night in the Hyattsville Armory.