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DAR Concludes
Meeting, Elects
Last 2 Officers
Fourth Balloting Held
During Banquet at
Mayflower Hotel
The Daughters of the American
Revolution ended their 57th Conti
nental Congress early today, after
electing two officers in a fourth bal
loting at the Mayflower Hotel.
Elected in voting conducted before
and after the annual banquet were
Mrs. Claude K. Rowland, St. Louis,
as a vice president general, and Mrs.
Howard H. McCall, Atlanta, an hon
orary vice president general.
The runoff election was completed
at 2; 30 a.m. and the officers were
Installed by Mrs. Julius Y. Tal
madge, past president general.
As delegates returned to their
homes, the Board of Management
was to hold its post-congress meet
ing today. A principal subject of
discussion was expected to be the
$900,000 building project voted by
the congress Wednesday.
Additional Space Needed.
The project contemplates erection
of a three-story building between
Constitution Hall and Memorial
Continental Hall to provide much
needed additional space at national
headquarters. The steel already has
been ordered and Mrs. Rex Hays
Rhoades, chairman of the Buildings
Survey Committee, has indicated
construction will start as soon as
arrangements can be completed.
The election this morning was
necessary because three previous
ballotings in Constitution Hall had
failed to give majorities to candi
dates for the two posts.
Five vice presidents general were
elected Thursday. None of the re
maining seven candidates polled
enough votes to win the sixth of
fice. By last night, all but Mrs.
Rowland and Mrs. Hugh L. Russell
of Ashland, Ky., had withdrawn.
An honorary vice president also
was elected Thursday, but two other
candidates failed to pick up the
necessary majority for the second
vacancy. Last night, however, Mrs.
McCall defeated Mrs. Francis Cush
man Wilson. Santa Fe, N. Mex.:
Vice Presidents Listed.
.The vice presidents general elect
ed Thursday are Mrs. Roy Clement
Bowker, 4415 Thirty-ninth street
N.W.; Miss Jeanette Dentler, Port
land, Oreg.; Miss Marie Lloyd, Lit
tle Rock, Ark.; Mrs. Marshall P.
Orr. Anderson. S. C., and Mrs. Ben-!
Jamin Williams. Butler, Pa.
Mrs. W. T. Boyd, Denver, Colo.,i
was elected honorary vice president
general.
The five-day congress was at-j
tended by some 4,000 delegates and!
alternates.
Mrs. Roscoe O’Byrne, president
general, presided at last night's i
banquet, which this year had a new j
twist. Guests were carried back to
Colonial times in program and
song. Tickets of admission were
printed in Old English type, and
program covers were decorated with
an old print of Washington.
Vying with the many corsages
which adorned the gathering of
more than 1,400, were the flower ar
rangements of the State tables, for
which prizes were awarded at the
end of the evening. Some of the
, flowers had been brought from vari
ous States, as for example, sage
brush from Texas and bird-of-para
dise from California.
District Flowers Get Prize.
A centerpiece of spring flowers |
arranged around a May pole won;
third prize for the District. A Co
lonial centerpiece won West Vir- \
ginia first place whle the second
award went to Louisiana for its
colorful Mardi Gras take arrange
ment. Mrs.' R. Winston Holt made
the awards.
Miss Sara Stowe Whitcomb was
chairman of the banquet program,
which included a short talk by News
Commentator H. R. Baukhage. who
entertained guests with anecdotes of
early Washington. A variety of mu
sical entertainment included piano
selections by Mme. Camille Chau
temps, song and dance skits by her
daughter Antoinette and violin solos
by Miss Elsa Louise Raner. Choral
numbers by an Interstate DAR
chorus, led by Mrs. Lee Alexander
Wheeler, rounded out the program.
The Air Force Band concert or
chestra opened the program.
Earl Bunting, NAM Director,
To Address G. U. Fraternity
Earl Bunting of Winchester, Va,,i
who has just been elected managing
director of the National Association
of Manufacturers, will address a
banquet meeting of Georgetown Un
iversity fraternity men tonight at
7 o’clock at Hotel 2400 Sixteenth
street N.W.
The dinner is under auspices of
Mu Chapter, Delta Sigma Pi, inter
national business fraternity. Mr.
Bunting will be initiated into the
Georgetown chapter at a special
meeting before the banquet.
Formerly chairman of the board
of NAM, Mr. Bunting was chosen
permanent director of the organiza
tion at its Detroit meeting this week.
He will speak on the subject, "Let's
Understand Free Enterprise.”
Allan H. Fowler of Philadelphia,
national president of Delta Sigma
Pi, will be an honor guest at the.
banquet. Headmaster of Mu Chap-!
ter is George Taylor, who will be
toastmaster.
New Service to Relieve
Police Cars of Errands
The Police Department will in
augurate a new feature for its
members at 8 am. Monday—a
pickup and delivery service between
headquarters and precinct stations.
Inspector Floyd A. Truscott, ex
ecutive officer, said the new system
of transferring supplies and prop-j
erty will do away with the practice
of hauling such items in radio patrol j
cars.
Small items such as papers and
light supplies will be carried by
policemen now designated by the
precincts for such duty each morn
ing. All other items will be hauled
by a light delivery truck now at-:
tached to the service shop.
The truck will be manned by a
driver and a bonded .policeman. It:
will make only one trip a day to
each precinct and only through ar
rangements made each morning by
the chief clerk's office. In cases of :
extra large loads, special transpor
tation will be provided.
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: ANNAPOLIS.—YOUNG LEGISLATORS IN SESSION—This was tile scene yesterday in the Mary
| land House of Delegates’ chamber at the Capitol as boys took over the government functions.
Gen. Gray Urges CAR
To Remain True to
Forefathers' Faith
Veterans’ Administrator Carl R.
Gray, jr„ today told the opening
convention session of the National
Society of Children of the American
Revolution that the war for Amer
ican independence was not the
same as the revolutions which are
"popping up all over the globe these
days."
Gen. Gray, himself a member of
the Sons of the American Revolu
: tion, said the battle waged by the
Continental Army was a fight for
a Christian government, where
people could be free to do and
worship as they pleased. )
The veterans’ official said that the
continued belief in the religion for
which our forefathers fought was
one of the great reasons why Amer
ica has remained the fine country it
is. Speaking in Continental Hall,
| Gen. Gray called on the youthful
i delegates to remain true to that
I faith and to remember that only a
] nation-wide belief in God would
1 suffice.
Urges Belief in God.
"Don’t ever allow the idea to enter
vour discussion or actions that you
alone or as a group can honor your
flag and believe in that for which it
stands without the help of God,"
he said.
Gen. Gray, who is descended from
Lt. Robert Gray, Concord (N. H.)
Congregational minister and Revo
lutionary officer, was introduced by
Mrs. Donald B. Adams. Mrs. Adams
is national senior president of the
group.
The morning session was taken up
principally with welcoming address
es by officials of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, Sons of
the American Revolution and Sons
of the Revolution. Junior officers
of the CAR also presented their
reports.
600 Delegates Register.
The meeting was conducted by
Miss Patricia Edwards, 22, Grand
Rapids, Mich., junior national presi
dent.
Nearly 600 delegates are regis
tered at. the convention, the largest
attendance since prewar years.
The delegates were to attend a re
ception at the White House at 2j
p.m., followed by another business
session. Election of officers and I
adoption of resolutions will con
clude the formal phase of the
meeting.
The convention will end tomorrow'
after several tours to nearby his
torical sights.
The society’s national board, com
posed of members of the sponsoring
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. met in a preconvention session
yesterday to hear reports of officers.
To Confer on Building.
The board voted to appoint a
committee to confer with officials of
the DAR on plans for a $900,000 ex
pansion of DAR headquarters here,
approved by the parent group on
Wednesday.
The CAR will obtain occupancy
of a suite of offices in what is
presently the DAR library, when
construction is completed. The
CAR is to contribute $10,000 to the
building fund and take care of its
ow'n maintenance costs.
In other actions yesterday, the
governing board:
Announced Robert Boyd, jr„
member of the Mount Vernon So
ciety, District of Columbia CAR.
as author of a prize-w'inning essay
on ‘‘The Great Seal of the United
States" in a contest sponsored by
the society among school children
in Kentucky, Illinois, Massachusetts,
New York, Kew Jersey, Maryland
and the District. Young Boyd will
read nis essay at today’s meeting.
Reported $1,071 has been raised in
Nationwide chapters for scholar
ships to American Indians.
Plans for Tree “Marker.”
Made plans for a ‘‘suitable mark
er" below' the CAR tree in front of
Memorial Continental Hall on Sev
enteenth street N.W.
CAR District chapter mefhbers
were hostesses at a tea yesterday
afternoon honoring Mrs. Donald
Bennett Adams, senior national
president, and MLss Patricia Ed
wards, junior national president.
Delegates participated in amateur
talent acts as part of a “stunt
night’’ at Foundry Methodist
Church last night.
Archbishop to Dedicate
St. Francis de Sales School
The Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle,
archbishop of Washington, will
dedicate the new St. Francis de
Sales School, 2021 Rhode Island
avenue N.E., at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Approximately 50 priests from the
archdiocese of Washington are ex-j
pected to take part in the ceremony.;
Members • of the Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus will act as a
guard of honor for the procession of
the archbishop.
In connection with the dedication.
Archbishop, O'Boyle will bless the
statuary group of Our Lady of
Fatima in the school.
The new $200,000 school was
opened in September .with more
than 300 students. It has six grades
and a kindergarten. Pastor of the
church is the Rev. Walter L. Read.
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Some members of the boy Legislature discussing proposed
bills on the State Capitol Grounds. They are (left to right):
Richard Walker, 17, and Don Lashley, 16, both of Montgomery
Blair High School, Silver Spring; Paul Heffner, 15, Maryland
Park High School, Seat Pleasant; Mathew Gray, 17, of Bladens
burg High School, and Edward Norris, 16, Wheaton, a student
at Lincoln High School, Rockville._—Star Staff Photos, j
Maryland Boy Legislature to End
Today After Passing Many Bills
By the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, April 24.—Mary
land’s Boy Legislature winds up a
busy three-day session today.
Boy Gov. Arthur Greenbaum is
studying a number of bills sent to
him after House and Senate ap
proval. Like any other Governor,
the 17-year-old Baltimore City Col
lege senior has the power to sign or
.veto them.
Among action taken by the fifth
YMCA-sponsored legislature was
passage by both Houses-of a bill to
require the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission to refund its
outstanding bonds and issue reve
nue bonds instead.
This, said George Yost of Chevy
Chase, would release "Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties from
any and all liability for the payment
of the commission’s bonds.”
Would Revamp Fisheries.
Legislation beinff considered today
includes measures for sex education
in public schools and improved
handling of juvenile delinquents.
iThe latter bill is assured of Gov,
Three Children, Driver
Injured in Accidents
Three children were Injured In
traffic accidents yesterday afternoon
and a truck driver was hurt slightly
when his vehicle and a streetcar
collided, derailing the streetcar.
Caleb Hughes, jr., 8, of 611 Hamil
ton street N.W., was admitted to
Children's Hospital for treatment
after his bicycle and an automobile
collided at Fifth and Ingraham
streets N.W. The automobile was
operated by William R. Yagel, 19,
of 1819 Quincy street N.W., police
said.
Jean Hockaday, 3, colored, of 1907
Capitol avenue N.E., and Thomas
L. Robertson, 2, colored, of 119 G
street N.W., were hurt when struck
by automobiles at West Virginia
avenue, and Mount Olivet road N.E.,
and in the 700 block of Second street
N.W., respectively. Both went home
after treatment at hospitals.
The» truck driver, George W. Mau
pin. 63, colored, 1027 Thirtieth street
N.W., was treated at Freedmen’s
Hospital for cuts on the head and
left leg.
Police said the collision involved
a streetcar operated by Harry E.
Ruppert, 31. of 40 U street N.W.
None of the streetcar passengers
was reported injured.
Rumor of Beer
AtGuard Rally for
Youths Is Denied
Edgar M. Douglass, assistant su
perintendent of Montgomery Coun
ty schools, announced yesterday
there is no foundation for a rumor
that county units of the Maryland
National Guard had invited high
school students to attend a Guard
rally at which beer was to be served.
He made this announcement in
a letter to Capt. Charles A. Peter,
commanding officer of the service
company of the 115th Infantry Reg
iment, with headquarters in the Sil
ver Spring Armory.
The school official launched his
investigation last week in response
to a request by Mrs. Herman Wilson,
a member of the County Board of
Education. Mrs. Wilson said she had
heard the rumor at a recent recruit
| ing rally at one of the county high
schools. i
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Greenbaum’s signature if it reaches
his desk. He introduced it himself.
Both the Senate and House ap
proved a bill to revamp the Tide
water Fisheries Commission—which
some members of the real legisla
ture unsuccessfully tried to do last
year.
"Senator” Arthur Shanklin of
Millersville and “Delegate” James
W. Rogers of Sparrows Point intro
duced the measure.
It would junk the present Com
mission entirely, create a new de
partment and a five-member com
! mission to establish policy. The
! Governor would appoint the Com
! missioners, and they would name a
i director.
The bill, written in genuine legis
! lative style, landed in the hopper
without advance notice. It wasn’t
among the 87 mimeographed in
books passed out to the 190 youthful
lawmakers when they assembled
here Thursday.
After scanning the document, one
'State House habitue guessed, “They
must have lobbyists here, too.”
There wasn’t a one in sight.
Jim Crow Repealer Passes.
Another bill passed was something
like the "Jim Crow” repealer which
regularly dies in authentic General
Assemblies.
This was sponsored by Frank J.
Cramblitt and John Gist of Spar
rows Point. Mr. Cramblitt disclosed
he fought against a similar bill last
year.
It would allow no restrictions be
cause of race, creed or color "in
places of public accommodations, re
sorts and amusements.” The House
vote, after a long debate, was 67 to
(54.
; The boy Senate beat down a pro
| posal to scrap the retail sales tax.
Earl Kinsley of Baltimore, its au
thor, orated energetically for the re
pealer, but his side lost, 20-13, and
it was tabled.
Other actions included passage by
both Houses of a measure requiring
labor unions to account for their
finances and shelving by the Senate
of a joint resolution in favor of uni
versal military training.
Ouster Is Asked
For 3 Trustees
Of Busline Fund
Arnold Employes
Charge Loan Policies
Endanger Benefits
Employes of the Arnold Lines to
day asked Arlington Circuit Court
to oust three trustees who admin
ister their $200,000 pension fund.
In a cross-complaint to a previous
suit involving the fund, six bus
drivers specifically called for the
replacement of Joseph L. Arnold,
Manuel J. Davis and Jesse Stokely.
Mr. Arnold is president and Mr.
Davis is chairman <j>f the board of
the bus company. Mr. Stokely is
an employe.
The earlier proceedings were In
stituted by Howard H. England, for
mer treasurer of the Arnold Lines.
He requested court; directions on
disposing of bus company stock and
notes posted for pension fund loans
to Mr. Davis and Mr. Afrnold. The
loans total $158,000.
The six bus drivers, as representa
tives of the fund beneficiaries, were
among the defendants named in
Mr. England’s suit. Their cross com
plaint lists as defendants the three
trustees, Mr. England, the bus com
pany and the Joan Corp. The cor
poration was formed last year with
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold and Leo de
Orsay as officers, to be a holding
company for Arnold Lines stock.
Charge Insufficient Collateral.
In the original suit Mr. England
stated that the three trustees made
a $150,000 loan to one of their group,
Mr. Davis, at a 2 per cent interest
rate. Immediately upon its repay
ment, the papers said, the trustees
made a $150,000 loan to the Joan
Corp. at 4 per cent.
The court was informed that Mr.
Arnold borrowed another $8,000
from the fund.
The employes’ complaint said an
additional $12,000 loan was made to
the Arnold Lines without collateral.
They said insufficient collateral was
posted in the other cases.
The court is asked to discharge
the trustees, appoint a receiver, re
quire repayment of all loans made
“directly or indirectly” to the
trustees and appoint new trustees
who would include “adequate” rep
resentation for company employes.
Damage to Fund Feared.
The cross-complaint expresses
concern that unless the trustees are
replaced they will “handle, deal with
and loan the said funds to the
further damage and detriment of
those who are supposed to benefit
from the pension plan.”
Attorneys William D. Medley and
Griffin T. Garnett filed the suit in
the names of W. L. Hall, D. L. Love
less, N. E. Young, G. L. Pyle, M. V.
! Devers and J. P. Heffner.
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Narcotics Peddler Held
In $3,714 Burglary Hero,
A convicted narcotics peddler to
day is'under $2,000 bond awaiting
grand jury on a charge that he
looted a home here of $3,714 in furs,
radios and suitcases.
Frederick Edward Willis, 33, col
ored, of New York City, was ar
raigned yesterday before United
States Commissioner Needham C.
Turnage.
Willis waived a hearing and
pleaded not guilty. Detective Sergt.
Keith Gosman of the general as
signment squad informed the com
missioner of the following sequence
of events:
On March 12. Ora Dawson, col
ored, operator of a perfume shop ini
the 1200 block of U street N.W., re-;
ported the articles, including a mink,
coat, missing from her home. The
detective said a neighbor gave him
the description of a man seen carry*
ing the loot from the house to a
parked taxicab in the middle of the
afternoon. The man had to make
several trips, police were told.
Sergt. Gosman found the man in
j New York and recovered most of the
! missing property, after a canvass of
pawnshops.
Fingerprints Required
From Aspiring Bondsmen
Aspiring bondsmen here now must;
hand in their fingerprints, as well
; as complete police records, as part
of their application to engage in the
bonding business in Municipal Court.
This new rule is one of two an
nounced yesterday by Chief Judge
' George P. Barse as a result of re
cent meetings of the 10 lower court
judges. The second change effects
new procedure governing continu
ances of civil branch cases.
Bondsmen heretofore were required
! to mention only criminal convic
j tions and said nothing about finger
i printing.
j. The second rule change announced
by Judge Barse was made on the
recommendation of Judge Brice
Clagett of the Municipal Appeals
Court. This rule ends the practice
i whereby a civil case could be con
tinued automatically by agreement
' of counsel for both sides, without
! consent of a judge.
Twins, Together Through War,
To Work Same Police Beat
The Police Department is not
going to separate the Innocenti
twins, John and Alfred, now' that
they have been appointed rookies
on the force.
Supt. Robert J. Barrett announced
the 26-year-old twins, named to the
force with 44 other men yesterday,
would be assigned to the same beat
after they finished their schooling.
They are the only twins on the
force. Their brother Frank is a
plainclothes detective in the special
investigation squad.
Another set of brothers in the de
partment became a trio with the
appointment of Angelo Bonaccorsy,
21. Nunzio Bonaccorsy is a detec
tive sergeant on the robbery squad
and brother Joseph is a plain
clothesman at the first precinct.
The Innocenti twins, tfho will
be sworn in next Saturday, have
led parallel lives except for the fact
that Fred graduated from McKinley
. High School in 1940 and John in
1941.
They entered the Army together,
attended radio school and served
in the same outfit with the Air
Forces in tly South Pacific for two
years before being discharged in
January, 1946. They have been at
tending National School of Art un
der the GI bill, with John studying
commercial advertising and Fred
interior decorating.
I With one exception they are iden
; tical, according to their family.
John—older by five minutes—Is a
quarter of an inch taller than his
brother. They are unmarried and
i live with their parents. Mr. and
Mrs. John Innocenti, 4339 South
Dakota avenue N.E.
The newly appointed Bonaccorsy
brother served in the South Pacific
with the Navy. He formerly worked
in the Fingerprint Division of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Other new policemen are:
Gene Mayo, Edward J. Smith, Ed
gar L. Ehlers, Pat W. Cowley,
Charles J. Fisher, Charles R. Brent,
Jack L. Acree, George R. Hoover,
Elmer C. Adams, Phillip W. Broome,
John T. Walton, William J. Haw
kins. Thomas J. McDermitt, Vemon
C. White. Archie P. Booth, Wyatt
| J. Roy, jr.: Robert L. Gilliam, Law
rence b. Janes, James C. Waddell,
Charles W. Chaillett.
Also Joseph P. ODea, Donald K.
Roth, Leonard Valinchus, Lawrence
B. Raney, Walter Toler, jr.; Marzet
Graham. Jesse H. Prout, James D.
, Sandy, Charles H. Ball, Joseph W.
Chesley, Carl M. Hurley, William E.
Swann, James E. Waters, Rudolph
P. King, John A. Duquette, Carl W.
Drechsler, jr.: Harris L. Faircloth,
Donald B. Deenihan, Joseph Nel
son. Charles C. Mahoney, Delmar F.
Reid and Russell W. Manley.
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Cromwell and Fiancee to Wed
Today, Honeymoon in Bermuda
James H. R. Cromwell, pictured last night with his bride
to-be, Miss Maxine MacFetridge._ —Star Staff Photo.
James H. R. Cromwell and his
fiancee, Miss Maxine MacFetridge,
Birmingham, (Ala.) divorcee, are
going to spend a two-week honey
moon in Bermuda, following their
marriage today.
Mr. Cromwell then is going to
^spirit” his bride to “a little 12-room
house in Weehawken,’’ right on the
Palisades of New Jersey alongside
the Hudson River.
He is the ex-husband of Doris
Duke and former Minister to j
Canada.
The marriage is to be performed
at 4 p.m., today by Dr. Frederick
Brown Harris of Foundry Methodist
Church.
After they settle in Weehawken.
Mr. Cromwell, who is 51, thinks he
might do a little fishing, besides |
sampling the cooking of his 37-year-1
old bride. She specializes in curries,1
but he is pretty sure this will be
changed when he voices a liking for
his speciality, hard-boiled eggs.
She went into all this during a
reception last night in the house of
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Alf Heiberg, at
100 C street S.E. The Heiberg place,
known as Federal House, once was
occupied by John H. Eaton. Secre
tary of War during the Jackson
administration.
The Cromwells are decended from
the Eatons. Col. Heiberg is the
husband of Mr. Cromwell's sister,
formerly the wife of Lionel Atwill,
the late actor, and of Gen. Doug
las MacArthur.
Mr. Cromwell said he intends to
pursue his study of political econ
omy.
“You know I've written two or
three books on that subject, which
nobody reads.” he explained.
Miss MacFetridge said her wed
ding dress is shell-pink chiffon,
with long sleeves.
Oliver Eaton Cromwell, of New
York, brother of the bridegroom,
will be the best man. Mrs. Edward
L. Williams, jr., only child of Mr.
Cromwell and his first wife, the
! late Delphine Dodge Cromw'ell
Oodde, also is here from Warrenton,
Va., for the occasion.!
Miss MacFetridge ^as married in
1935 to Paul A. Ivy, jr., of Birming
ham, and divorced in 1941. Mr. Ivy
died last year. She is the daughter
of the manager of the Brirningham
plant of the Lehigh-Portland Ce
ment Co., and was educated in the
Alabama city, Miss Mason's school
in Tarrytown, N. Y., and at the
Drexel Art Institute, where she
studied dress design. She worked
in a war agency here and with the
American Red Cross, seeing war
service in France and England.
An absolute divorce became final
this month between Mr. Cromwell
i and Miss Duke.
Transit Profit Report
Indicates 15-Cenf Fare
Will Not Materialize
A brighter earnings picture for
the Capital Transit Co. indicated to
day the likelihood that District
residents would not be called upon
to pay a 15-cent single fare on
streetcars and buses.
The company, however, still plans
to ask for some sort of rate increase
to yield a ‘‘fair and reasonable re
turn.” E. C. Giddings, vice presi
dent of the company, said applica
! tion for an increase would be made
'sometime in the next several
I weeks.”
Requests for a 15-cent fare and
elimination of the weekly pass
were mentioned as possibilities last
September, during the pay scale ar
bitration hearings, when the com
pany was running into monthly de
| ficits.
The earnings statement issued
yesterday showed that, in the first
quarter of this year, the company
had a net income of $112,131. This
compares with a deficit of $179,851
for the first quarter of 1947. The
net loss for all of 1947 was about
$90,000.
Mr. Giddings said the company,
before it asks for a fare increase,
wants to study the effect of the
economies which have been placed
in operation.
It was indicated that, if earnings
are stabilized at the present more
favorable rate, it is logical to as
sume that new fares at the scale
mentioned last September would
not be sought.
The number of passengers carried
has shown a substantial drop.
Revenue passengers in the first
quarter totaled 87,650,770. or 9,116.
691 fewer than were carried in the
comparable quarter of last year.
Priest and Another Driver
Cleared in Highway Death
Special Dispatch to The Star
LEONARDTOWN, Md., April 24.
—Manslaughter charges against
two drivers, one of them a priest,
were dismissed yesterday by Trial
Magistrate J- Ralph Abell of St.
Marys County.
Judge Abell held there was no
evidence of negligence by the drivers
whose automobiles struck and fatal
ly injured John L. Thompson, 73,
| at New Market Sunday night.
The defendants were the Rev.
L. E. Robinson, pastor of St. Paul's
j Catholic Church, Ellicott City, and
: Benjamin Whitehurst, Piney Point,
Md. Mr. Whitehurst tetified he did
not have time to stop when Mr.
Tnompson suddenly appeared in
front of his car. The pedestrian
was knocked into the path of Father
Robinson’s automobile.
Maryland Folk Singers
At Wilson, College Tonight
The Maryland Folk Singers of
State Teachers College, Frostburg,
Md., will present a program of bal
lads, folk songs and spirituals at
8:15 o'clock tonight in the Wil
| son Teachers' College auditorium,
Eleventh and Harvard streets N.W.
The appearance is part of a
Nation-wide tour by the 28-voice
group. Miss Martha Fratz, a rep
resentative to the Winchester tVa.)
Apple Blossom Festival, will be one
of six soloists on the program. Mau
rice Mattesen is director.
Proceeds from the concert, spon
sored by the Wilson Alumni Asso
ciation, will be used to help decorate
the college auditorium.
Welfare Board to Use
Pressure on Relatives
For Child Care Aid
More pressure will be brought
against relatives to provide care for
children in custody of the Board
of Public Welfare because of the
shortage of funds. This action was
decided upon at a meeting of the
board yesterday.
The board also approved a plan
suggested by Raymond Clapp, acting
director, to transfer unspent funds
from other units in the Welfare'
Department. He was instructed to
ascertain how much could be trans
ferred and to submit it to the Com
missioners for their approval.
He told the board only foster care
cases of an emergency nature could
be added to the rolls and said cases
now being handled were being
screened to determine whether some
of the children could be placed in
the care of relatives.
The department already had dis
continued placing the children of
unwed mothers, he reminded the
board, a situation that was disclosed
in detail by The Star last Sunday.
Mr. Clapp told the board he hopes
to find enough money to keep the
present number of children in
foster homes.
During March, he told the board.
1,109 children were being cared for
by the welfare organization in foster
homes and in institutions main
tained or under contract with the
department. Last July, he said, there
were 978 children under welfare
care.
The board took no action on the
appointment of a new welfare direc
tor. The Commissioners have turned
down the welfare agency's recom
mendation that Mr. Clapp be given
the post. A special meeting will be
held in a few weeks to consider new
applications.
School and Health Officials
Plan Closer Co-operation
Closer co-operation between the
I Health Department and the public
: schools in providing service* to the
school children was agreed upon at
a meeting of school and health offi
cials yesterday.
It was recognized that the service
rendered to the schools by the
Health Department is inadequate
I now.
The conferees agreed the use of a
record book hy physicians, dentists,
nurses and dental hygienists would
help to promote better service and
; would serve as a basis for further
improvements.
The meeting did riot adjust all the
complaints the school officials have
voiced against the Health Depart
ment, a spokesman said, but Health
Officer George C. Ruhland said
other meetings will be held soon
to discuss further improvements.
Morison Named to Chair
Of Historians" Council
Sy th« Associated Press
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 24 —
Prof. Samuel Eliot Morrison of Har
vard today was elected chairman
of the Council of Historians of the
Institute of Early American History.
Dr. Morrison was named at the
opening session of the council's two
day annual meeting here. He suc
ceeds Thomas J. Wertenbaker.
Albion-Alumni to Dine
Albion College alumni will meet
for dinner at 6:30 o’clock tonight in
the Kenesaw Apartment cafe, 3060
Sixteenth street N.W. Mrs. Emma:
Bancroft Yinger of the Class of 1904, j
Michigan's State Mother, will speak.
A
Primary Races
Nearing Climax
In Maryland
Democrats Split
In Four Districts
As Voting Nears
8y th» Associated Press
BALTIMORE, April 24.—With but
nine days remaining before the May
3 Maryland primaries, races for the
congressional nominations in four
of the six districts are building up
to a heated climax.
Factions within the Democratic
Party have split wide open in the
first, second, third and fourth dis
tricts.
Perhaps the most unusual contest
has developed on the Eastern Sltore,
where four Democrats hope to take
the first district seat now held by
Representative Miller, Republican.
Contestants for the nomination
are S. Scott Beck, Chestertown: for
mer State Senator Earl Bennett,
Cambridge: Delegate E. Peter Rich
ardson, Berlin, and Harold L. Lore
man, jr., Salisbury.
Miller Unopposed.
Representative Miller is un
opposed for Republican re-nomina
tion.
A city-county fight is in progress
! in the second district, where Repre
sentative Meade, a Baltimorean, is
[seeking a second term. The race is
further complicated by intra-party
warfare in both Baltimore County
and the city.
The three county commissioners
have indorsed State Senator Wil
liam P. Bolton of Towson.
Other Democratic aspirants for
the nomination are Lawrence P.
Boyce and Richard F. Crook, of
Baltimore County, and A. Paul
Conor and John B. Kennedy, of
Baltimore.
Things are even more compli
cated in the 3rd and 4th district
races. Both districts are entirely
within Baltimore City, where Dem
ocratic politics are in such a state
of flux that even longtime ob
servers of the political scene hesi
tate to hazard what will happen
nfxt.
’The two leading contenders in
the 3rd are Representative Garmatz
and Anthony F. Didomenieo.
Didomenieo Has Strong Baeking.
Mr. Didomenieo, a young lawyer
who was elected twice to the House
of Delegates as a political independ
ent, and made the City Council last
year without organization support,
has many political figures backing
him in his present bid for office.
State Controller James J. Lacy,
the Baltimorean who was front
j runner in Maryland-wide election
| returns two years ago, threw his
; support behind Mr. Didomenieo last
| night..
I Mr. Lacy also publicly advocated
; the renomination of Representa
| live Fallon of the 4th district.
Other members of the old combi
nation are working for the nomina
tion of Leo H. McCormick, former
State OPA director.
5th and 6th Less Explosive.
Additional 3d district aspirants
are Paul E. Burke, Stefan Kendzej
ski and Stephen B. Peddicord.
The rest of the 4th district list is
made up of Philemon B. Coulter,
Henry T. Fields. Harry Kemper. Isa
dor Roman and Sam H. Sonders.
Less explosive Democratic races
are in progress in the fifth and sixth
districts.
Representative Sasscer is opposed
by George Sachse in the fifth.
Will Allen, Bethesda newspaper
man; F. Byrne Austin of Takoma
| Park, Dawson J. Horine of Myers
jville and Thomas O’Connell of Sh
iver Spring are seeking the sixth
j district Democratic nomination.
Representative Beall. Frostburg
Republican, is unopposed for re
j nomination.
Skyway No. 1 to Open
With Air Show Today
Official opening of Skyway No. 1
for private flyers between Washing
ton and Las Angeles was to be cele
brated at National Airport this aft
ernoon with a demonstration by
Navy airplanes, a luncheon for visit
ing pilots arid a show of new types
of personal aircraft.
The program was to begin at 1
p.m. at a luncheon in the Airport
Restaurant to be addressed by Delos
A. Rentzel, recently nominated by
President Truman to be Civil Aero
nautics administrator. More than
| 350 persons are expected to fly here
j in private planes from Eastern
I States to participate.
The local observance is one of
many being planned across the
| couptry to dedicate the skyway proj
est of the Washington Board of
j Trade and the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce. Several officials of
the local trade board will represent
j Washington at a large observance in
j Dayton, Ohio.
The program here will include
presentation of certificates to visit
ing pilots and to operators of 11 air
ports in the Greater Washington
area which have been qualified as
Eastern terminal points for the
cross-country skyway.
The afternoon’s program will be
concluded with an aerial exhibition
over National Airport by the Naval
Air Reserve Training Unit based at
Anacostia.
Second-Day Seders Planned
For Passover Riles Today
Orthodox Jewish residents of the
Washington area will hold second
I day Seders, or feasts, today as part
j of the Passover holy day period
which began at sundown yesterday.
Orthodox Jews observe the Passover
festival, commemorating the libera
! tion of the Israelites from the Egyp
tians in Biblical times, for eight
| days and Reformed Jews for seven
! days.
Services were held in synagogues
and temples last night throughout
the District to usher in the Pass
over period. Orthodox Jews will
attend special services again today
anef this evening.
Seders were held last night in
homes and restaurants throughout
the District area. Feature of the
Seders is the telling of the Jews’
deliverance from Egypt and their
wanderings for 40 years in the
wilderness.
Georgia Dance Next Week
A reception and dance of the
Georgia State Society with past
presidents as guests will be held at
the Shoreham Hotel at 9:30 p.m.
next Saturday—instead of tonight as
erroneously announced in The Star
yesterday.