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WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1948
Prince Georges
Town Elections
Set Next Week
Nine Communities
To Vote Monday,
One on Tuesday
Residents of 10 Prince Georges
County municipalities will go to the
polls next week to elect town offi
cials.
Nine of the communities—Capitol
Heights, Seat Pleasant. Riverdale,
District Heights, Cottage City, Chev
erly, Edmonston, North Brentwood
and Fairmont Heights—will vote on
Monday, the same day as the Demo
cratic and Republican State pri
maries.
Berwyn Heights will hold its local
election the following day.
Contests are slated in at least six
of the towns, with the biggest fight
expected to take place in Capitol
Heights where 12 candidates are
seeking election to the six town
council seats. One other contest
will be for the mayoralty post at
Seat Pleasant.
12 in Capitol Heights Race.
The 12 candidates for the Capitol
Heights’ council are Rollin Reno,
Thomas Vendemia and William
Rawlings, all incumbents, and Wil
liam H. Hutson, a former mayor of
the community; Elvin Campbell, Jo
seph LiCalzi, Norris Simpson. Har
vey Ennis, James Clark, Joseph
Mulitz, Earl Burdette and Carl E.
Reed. Three other members of the
present council, Zachary Flynn,
Maurice O'Connor and Elmer Hock
man, are not running.
Mayor Thomas A. Shaw of the
same town, and Treasurer Frank
lin E. Lampkln are unopposed for
re-election. Polls will be open from
7 a m. to 8 p.m. in the rear of 6111
Central avenue, Capitol Heights.
In Seat Pleasant, Mayor Van
Moreland will be opposed by W. C.
Smith in the first contest for that
office in 10 years. Another con
test In the same community will
find eix candidates in the race for
five council seats. They are Fred
E. Godfrey, Joseph Gardella and
James M. Roberts, incumbents;
Robert L. Main, Alfred F. Mun
ford and Gwyn E. Gardner. Two
incumbents, George Cleary and
Clarence M. Mace, are not candi
dates.
Incumbent J. Theodore Crown is
unopposed for re-election as town
treasurer. Voting will be held from
1 to 7 p.m. in the Seat Pleasant
Firehouse.
One Riverdale Contest.
The only contest in Riverdale,
where polls will be open from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. in the town’s muni
cipal hall over the firehouse, will
be for the 2d ward council seat.
Two candidates, James A. Ronchi,
former chief of the Riverdale Vol
unteer Fire Department, and Ken
neth A. Breerwood, are after the
post to replace Councilman Henry
H. Peck, who is not running. Mr.
Peck was appointed to the post
temporarily to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Councilman
Nathan K. McKnew, who was elect
ed two years ago.
Unopposed for re-election are
Councilmen Frederick W. Weigand,
sr., in the 1st ward, and Edward B.
Dunford, 2d ward, and Town
Treasurer Harry C. Weeks, who has
been in the same capacity for the
last 25 years. Holdovers for an
other year are Mayor Harry A. L.
Barker and Councilmen Harry C.
Showers, 3d ward; Hanson D. Pow
ers, 5th ward, and Stafford M
Howard, 6th ward.
At District Heights, five men are
candidates for tw'o seats on the
community’s Board of Town Com
missioners. Seeking election for a
three-year term are Leonard H.
Harkness, incumbent, who was ap
pointed last June to succeed Com
missioner Reginald Ware, resigned;
Philip M. Teater and Gustave V.
Edfeldt. William J. McNamara, an
other incumbent, who was named
last October to complete part of
the unexpired term of Commissioner
Walter Baldwin, jr., who moved
from the community, and Percy
Clark are candidates for a two-year
term. Francis E. Gorley, the re-1
malning member of the board, still
has another year to serve. Polls
wiil be open from 1 to 10 p.m. in the
District Heights' firehouse.
Two Cottage City Contests.
Two contests are slated in Cot
tage City. Anton Jesneck and Henry
Caspare are candidates for the third
ward Council seat to succeed R. A.
Donley, chairman of the present
board, who is not seeking re-elec
tion. In the fourth ward, Colin L.
Ward, incumbent; Thomas E. Hunt
and Willard E. Morse are after the
lone seat. Councilman Carl Mln
nick is unopposed for re-election for
his third term in the second ward.
Holdovers until next year are Coun
cilmen D. G. Anderson of the first
ward and T. W. Scott, jr., at large.
Voting will take place in the Cot
tage City firehouse from 8 am. to'
3 p.m.
Councilman Charles Kidwell Is
unopposed for re-election to rep
resent Cheverly's first ward. Morris
A. De Simone is the only candidate
In the fourth ward to succeed Coun
cilman Harry J. Smith. Mayor Ed
ward A Salloom and Councilmen'
James C. Stanier, second ward, and
Lester L. Whitehead, third ward,
still have another year to serve.
Voting will be held from 11 a m. to
R p.m. In the basement of the Amer
ican Legion Hall.
. Little excitement Is expected in
Edmonston. where Councilmen Reu
ben K. Small, first ward, and Henry
L. Adams, second ward, are unop
posed for re-election. Continuing
in office for another year are Mayor
Harold R. Manning, Mrs. Maude' I.
Powell, town treasurer, and Coun
cilmen Leonard R. Kagey, first
ward, and Clarence Powell, second
ward. Voting will be from 1 to 7
p.m. in the Edmonston Elementary
School
North Brentwood Poll.
Councilman Wallace E. Williams
in unopposed for his 11th two-year
term in North Brentwood's second
ward. Another Incumbent. Council
man Orlando C. Hobbs, is without
opposition in the third ward Hold
over* are Mayor William D. Bellows
Councilman Harlan A. Carter of
the first ward and Mrs. Emma P
Hawkins, clerk-treasurer. Polls will
be open from 1 to 7 p.m. in the
North Brentwood firehouse.
Three council members will be
elected in Falrmount Heights, where
filing deadline for candidates is to
^ay at midnight. Voting will bej
Apple Blossom Queen to Visit
White House After 2 Days Here
Skating Champion
Will Be Crowned at
Shenandoah Fete
Winding up a two-day visit here,
Miss Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill,
national ice skating champion and
queen-elect of the Shenandoah Ap
ple Blossom Festival, will be received
by Mrs. Truman at the White
House at 4:45 p.m. today.
Miss Merrill will be accompanied
by Mrs. B. Edward W. Barr, chair
man of the committee in charge ol
i the Queen and her court; Mrs. John
IM. Steck, jr., and Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Schroth, all of Winchester.
Following the greeting by Mrs.
Truman, Miss Merrill will motor
I to Rosemont, Berryville home of
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir
! ginia, where she will have dinner
and spend the night. On Wednes
: day rhe will go to Winchester, where
the apple fete will be held Thursday
and Friday.
Blond, brown-eyed Miss Merrill
arrived from Boston by plane yes
terday. She is national women's
| figure skating champion.
To Be Crowned Thursday.
Miss Merrill will be crowned
Queen Shenandoah XXI by Gen.
Hoyt Vandenberg, new chief of
staff of the Air Force, in ceremonies
at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Handley
High School Bowl. The coronation
will be preceded by a morning of
activity during which the queen and
her court will visit the orchards
around Winchester and will be en
tertained at a special luncheon.
Events also will include the open
ing of Army, Navy and Marine
Corps exhibits. At 12:30 there will
be a luncheon for guest notables at
the York Inn, followed by a band
concert for every one at 1 p.m. at
the city hall pavilion. Winchester
is on Eastern Standard Time.
At 3:30 p.m., immediately follow
ing the coronation, the “Pageant
of Springtime,” with more than
1,000 students of Handley High
School participating, will be pre
sented in the school bowl.
Parade at 7 P.M.
From 5 through 7 p.m. there will
be band concerts at the city hall
pavilion. Beginning at the latter
hour will be a firemen's torchlight
and mummers’ parade. At 9 p.m.
there will be a fireworks display at
Handley Bowl and a reception for
princesses at the armory.
High light of the second dav of
the festival will be the grand fea
ture parade at 2 p.m., led by Bing
Crosby, who will ride in an auto
MISS GRETCHEN VAN
ZANDT MERRILL.
—Star Staff Photo.
mobile and not astride a thorough
bred from the nearby Warren
County stables of his host, State
Senator Raymond Guest, as re
ported earlier.
As marshal of the parade, Mr.
Crosby will ride in a car imme
diately ahead of Queen Shenandoah
XXI.
The pageant will be repeated at
10:30 a.m. Friday and band concerts
also will be presented. Concluding
event of the two-day celebration
will be the queen’s ball at the ar
mory beginning at 9 p.m.
Virginians Must Pay
Poll Tax by Sunday
To Vote in Elections
Saturday Is the deadline in Vir
ginia for payment of poll taxes to
be eligible to vote in the August
Democratic primary and in the No
vember presidential election.
It is necessary to have lived In
Virginia one year by November 2,
1948, in order to vote in the primary
and general election according to
nearby county and city treasurers'
offices to whom poll taxes are paid.
Persons who moved into Virginia
in 1945 or any year before that must
have paid poll taxes for 1945, 1946
and 1947 in order to vote. Any one
moving into the State in 1946 or
1947 must pay taxes for the year
they moved into the State, with the
exception of veterans who are ex
empt from payment of poll taxes
for the years in which they were in
military service. Veterans, however,
must be able to produce discharge
papers to register.
Persons who did not receive poll
tax bills should apply to the com
missioner of revenue in their juris
diction to be assessed. All pay
ments are made to county or city
treasurers. Payments made through
the mail and postmarked by mid
night May 1 are acceptable.
New voters w:ho have not prev
iously registered in Virginia must
do so before they can vote. The
deadline for registration to vote in
the August 4 Democratic primary
is July 3. and the deadline for regis
tration to be eligible for the Novem
ber general election- is October 2.
Planned Parenthood Unit
Raises $5,000 in Drive
Successful completion of a cam
paign to raise $5,000 has been an
nounced by the Planned Parenthood
League of Montgomery County.
Mrs. W. Oliver Kincannon, drive
chairman, said achievement of the
goal assures continuance of the
Bethesda and Rockville clinics for
indigent mothers, and the services
of the league's part-time social
worker in the colored educational
project.
The Board of Trustees will meet
at 10:30 a m.. May 5. in the assem
bly room of Suburban Hospital, Be
thesda. Miss Lily Baral, medical
social consultant of the county
health department, will speak.
Kensington Schedules
Town Meeting May 24
The Kensington Town Council last
night voted to hold its annual town
meeting May 24 in the State Armory.
Candidates will be nominated at
that time for Mayor and for two
council seats.
Mayor C. V. Sayer and Council
man Charles H. Davidson, jr., have
announced they will not be can
didates. Howard S. Bean, the other
councilman whose term expires, has
been mentioned for Mayor.
held from 7 a m. to 7 p.m. in the
Fairmont Heights firehouse. Com
pleting their terms are Councilmen
-at-large Thornton T. Smith. John
H. Davis and Doswell E. Brooks.
In office for another year are Mayor
James A. Campbell and Councilmen
! Leslie R. Simms. Andrew J. Harri
son and Clarence Anthony.
Six candidates, including five in
cumbents, are seeking election to
the five-member Berwyn Heights
Board of Town Commissioners. They
are Robert F. Burnette, present
chairman; GeorgeC. Hudgins, Bryan
Hendricks. Lawrence E. OT>ea and
Than O. Porter, incumbents, and
Mrs. Mary C. Walker. Mrs. Walker
is the mother of C. D Walker, jr.,
a former commissioner and current
secretary-treasurer of the town.
Election will be held from 2 to 8
p.m. in the Berwyn Heights fire
house.
Prosecution Battles
Dismissal of Milk
Conspiracy Charge
The Government plans to argue
today in District Court that its
indictment against nine defendants
charged with conspiracy to fix milk
prices here is sound and that the
court should not dismiss the bill.
John A. Skiles, special Justice
Department attorney, takes up the
case for the Government before
Justice Richmond B. Keech, who
heard four and a half hours of
argument yesterday by Attorney
William E. Leahy, on behalf of
Bruce B. Derrick, general manager
of the Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers, which is also named in
the indictment, and seven dairies.
The dairies charged in the anti
trust suit are Chestnut Farms
Chevy Chase, Thompson's, Wake
field. Harvey, Richfield, Lucerne and
Alexandria. •
Third Day of Arguments.
This is the third day of argu
ments on various motions filed by
the defense. An important motion
yet to be heard is one for a 30-day
postponement of trial, filed by
Chestnut Farms. With the tenta
tive trial date only eight days away,
there was a strong likelihood some
delay will be ordered.
Mr. Leahy launched a strong at
tack on the indictment and the Jus
tice Department in his lengthy ar
gument to the court. He criticized
each of the 17 counts.
The attorney maintained that the
farmer co-operative had every right
under a number of Federal statutes
to enter into price and production
agreements with dairies. He cited
the Clayton Act of 1914, the Capper
V olstead Act of 1922 and several
agricultural acti, all which he main
tained specifically exempted farmer
co-ops from prosecution under anti
trust laws.
The association cannot possibly
exist unless it makes contracts with
distributors, Mr. Leahy argued
" Such contracts,” he added, "cannot
be denounced as conspiratorial
acts.”
Hits at Price-Cutters,
Citing the final count, which
alleges the defendants sought to
prevent price competition, Mr
Leahy declared: ‘‘I hope we can
run every price cutter into bank
ruptcy, so there won t be a repeti
tion of the ruinous" period of the
early 1930s.”
Mr. Leahy maintained that Fed
eral laws had been passed since that
time to avoid price-depressing sur
pluses for farmers. “It is our right,”
he asserted, "to become a mo
nopoly.”
The attorney also insisted that the
co-operative has "a perfect right”’
| to terminate its long-standing Fed
eral milk marketing order in March
of last year. The indictment
charges this was done to avert a
scheduled price reduction in whole
sale milk prices.
Mr. Leahy cited the statute of
limitations in noting that the Gov
1 ernment charges the conspiracy be
j gan as far back as 1930.
Earlier he had predicted that
'allowing surplus milk to enter
Washington would result in a price
war, with milk retailing as low as
4 cents a quart.
The defendants. Mr. Leahy de
clared, are entitled to "a decent
indictment” and not "a hodge podge
of words.”
Jefferson Civic League
To Discuss Zoning
j The effects of the new county
: master zoning plan on the com
i munity will be discussed at a meet
I ing of the Jefferson Civic League
at 8 o'clock tonight in the fire ball
: auditorium. Twenty-third and South
; Eads streets, Arlington. ,
The group also will hold its an
nual garden program at which J.
I Morton Franklin, garden columnist
1 for the Times-Herald, will sf^pk.
Tightened Rules
On Homes Asked
In Montgomery
Civic Group Contends
Many Buildings Are
Improperly Placed
Expressing concern that many
new homes in Montgomery County
are not properly situated on their
lots, the Allied Civic Group of Sil
ver Spring last night adopted a res
olution urging tightening of build
ing regulations.
The measure requests that when
the comen bricks are set on the
footings, a check be made and
signed by a registered civil engi
neer showing that the building is
properly placed.
This requirement, the resolution
said, should be enforced by county
police acting for the building in
spector's office.
A second resolution urges that
the county engineer’s office en
deavor to provide adequate rights
of way for streets in the Silver
Spring area by requesting the dedi
cation of the ground by the owners,
or by condemnation proceedings.
Measures Offered by Beatty.
Difficulties have arisen in recent
street work because of old property
lines extending into the rights of
way.
Both measures were introduced by
Prank Beatty of the Woodside Park
Civic Association.
Strong disapproval was voiced to
the proposed extension of the zones
covered by the Capital Transit Co.’s
exclusive franchise in the metro
politan area. Opponents contended
that the present zone now covered
by the company is “inadequately
serviced.’’
The group also placed itself on
record as oppositing non-competi
tive bus service in the areas. The
organization’s Public Utilities Com
mittee was directed to report the
action at a meeting with a repre
sentative of the District Public
Utilities Commission Friday after
noon. Oliver Peterson, chairman,
said representatives of the Silver
Spring Board of Trade also will bo
present.
Urges Study of Auditorium.
Robert Sherwin, chairman of the
Civic Improvement Committee, re
ported he had requested the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission to consider
construction of a combination field
house and auditorium in developing
its park on the Nolte tract at Dale
drive and Easley street.
Mr. Sherwin also announced that
preliminary plans are being made
jointly with the Silver Spring
Board of Trade for an elaborate
celebration when the Georgia ave
nue viaduct is reopened his fall.
A request from Carroll V. Miller,
president of the Montgomery
County Police Association, that the
organization favor a proposed in
crease in police pay was referred to
the Public Safety Committee.
Bethesda Judge Sentences
Bookmaker to Six Months
Judge Warren Browning of
Bethesda Police Court yesterday
imposed a six-month jail sentence
and a $1,000 fine on Millard L.
Broadhurst, 51, of the 4700 bldck
of West Virginia avenue, Bethesda,
for accepting horse-racing bets.
Broadhurst, formerly a temporary
Montgomery County policeman, was
described by police as head of a
bookmaking group. They testified
he had racing scratch sheets and
$819.25 in cash when arrested
February 21 at a Bethesda parking
lot. He appealed the sentence and
was released in $1,500 bond.
Broadhurst was tried last week
but sentence was deferred until
after attorneys' arguments yester
day. Judge Browning last week
also convicted William J. Tillman,
20, for violating the gaming laws
and sentenced him to 90 days in
jail and a fine of $200. The police
said Tillman worked for Broadhurst.
Firefighter Injured in Fall
Off Engine as Brakes Grab
A District fireman was injured
yesterday when he tumbled from
the top of a fire engine when its
brakes'grabbed, according to a po
lice report.
Pvt. Aubrey T. Felton. 40. of 1125
Taylor street, Arlington, was in fair
condition today at Emergency Hos
pital, where he is being treated for
head injuries.
Pvt. Felton of Engine Company
No. 29. was preparing to jump to
the pavement with a hose when he
fell, fellow firemen reported. The
engine was answering what turned
out to be a false alarm in the 4500
block of MacArtliur boulevard N.W.
The vehicle was driven, police said,
by Pvt. James M. Cox, 52, of 5914
Sherrier place N.W.
Church to Get Chimes
FREDERICKSBURG, Va„ April
27 (Special).—A set of 21 chimes will
be installed in the Fredericksburg
Baptist Church as a memorial to
the late Horace F. Crismond, former
postmaster here.
Virginia Judge
Favors Shorter
Legal Opinions
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va.. April 27.—
j Here's a judge who wants fewer
legal opinions from fellow jurists,
and then not such long ones.
He is Justice Herbert B. Gregory
of the Virginia Supreme Court of
Appeals, who has read judicial opin
ions for 40 years and spent the last
18 years preparing and delivering
opinions of his own.
In an article in the current issue
of the Virginia Law Review, he puts
authors of judicial opinions into
three classes:
1. Those who go flitting off into
the philosophy and literature of the
law.
2. Those who write such exhaus
tive opinions that every legal point
raised is pursued on paper in the
minutest detail.
3. The judges who decide the par
ticular case and nothing more.
It is for the last type only that
Justice Gregory has words of praise.
THE COMPETITION IS KEEN—These girls were nominated by their home rooms at Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School as candidates for the court at the senior-junior dance to be held in the
gymnasium Friday. By acclamation the dancers will choose a queen from among the four
seniors in the group and the runnerup will be one of her attendants. Two other attendants will
be selected from the entire group. The girls are (left to right), top row, Janet Heilman. 17 a
senior; Betty Winkler, 17, and Parveen Bakhtiar, 16; center row, Barbara Smith 17 senior
Peggy Ballentyn, 16, and Margaret Smith, 18, senior; bottom row, Barbara Chappell 17- Jane
Bradley, 16, and Rowena Creer, 17, senior. —Star Staff Photo
Falls Church Official
Says County Won't
Help Urban Sections
Residents of the Jefferson Village
City Park area adjacent to Falls
Church were told last night there is
no hope of solving their school or
civic problems if they remain in
Fairfax County.
La Rue Van Meter, town attorney
and chairman of the Falls Church
Recreation Commission, made the
statement at a meeting of the Jef
ferson Village-City Park Citizens’
Association in the Falls Church Odd
Fellows Hall.
Mr. Van Meter declared that in his
opinion the governing officials of
Fairfax County “have no conception
of the problems which face the
county and have no desire to im
prove the lot of the urban areas."
He urged residents of Jefferson
Village and City Park to appoint a
committee to solve the local school
problem.
He also said the town of Falls
Church has several alternatives: It
can continue as a second-class city
within present boundaries, deriving
income from the water and other
utilities outside of the town; it can
formally move to annex a large part
of the greater Falls Church area,
or, it can enter into an agreement
with the outlying areas to work out
problems that would arise if they
became a part of Falls Church. Or,
he added, the communities could
move to become a part of Arlington
County.
He declared the people governing
Arlington have “a more constructive
approach toward urban problems
than do those governing Fairfax
County.”
Mr. Van Meter predicted that in
time the whole Northern Virginia
area, including Arlington, Alexan
dria and the northern part of Fair
fax County, would become one city.
Takoma Park Citizens Urge
Salaries for City Council
The question of paying salaries
to the Mayor and members of the
Takoma Park City Council was re
ferred by that body last night to its
Finance Committee for further
study.
The East Takoma Citizens’ Asso
ciation proposed in a letter that the
Mayor receive $600 a year and
council members $300 each in lieu
of expenses. The group suggested
•that the question be submitted in
a i referendum in connection with
the May 3 town elections.
The Council, however, did not
specify a time limit for the Finance
Committee to report on the matter.
Dr. De Voe K. Meade resigned as
health officer, effective June 30. He
gave as his reason the need to de
| vote time to private practice.
D Alesandro Asks Opening
Of Forf McHenry at Night
By th« Associated Press
BALTIMORE, April 27—Mayer
D'Alesandro thinks old Fort Mc
Henry should stay open at night and
he told the Interior Department so
yesterday.
The fort, over which flew the Stars
and Stripes at the time Francis
Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled
Banner,” closes at 6:30 p.m.'daily.
The force on duty is not large enough
to keep the reservation open in the
evening. The Mayor wrote to Sec
retary Krug:
"Fort McHenry serves not only as
a source of historic pride to our city.
This breeze-swept promontory is a
source of welcome relief in the swel
tering weather of Baltimore’s mid
summer and to permit fuller enjoy
ment of it in the evening would be
a real contribution to the health and
welfare of our citizenry.”
Smoke Damages Home
The home of Stanley Pearson, real
estate man. at 1513 Live Oak drive,
j Silver Spring, was damaged by
| smoke yesterday when a bucket of
turpentine was ignited accidentally
in the basement. The Silver Spring
Fire Department estimated the dam
age at $1,800.
Baptists to Hear Legislator
Representative Bishop, Republi
can, of Illinois will speak at a
meeting of the Women’s Missionary
Society of the Arlington Baptist
Church at 8 o’clock tonight in the
church auditorium, Seventh and
Monroe street, South.
Wallace Librarian Named
FREDERICKSBURG. Va.. April
27.—Mrs. Edward G. Rawlings has
been appointed librarian at the Wal
lace Library here to succeed Mrs.
Bettie V. Griffith, who resided.
Court Invalidates Gl's Bequest
Of Rose a Week to Virginia Girl
By the Associated Pres*
RICHMOND, Va., April 27.—A
soldier's bequest for one perfect rose
a week to a girl “I love very dearly”
withered and died today in the
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
The perfect rose bequest was far
from perfect in a legal sense, the
court held in the will drawn by
Valentine Brown Lawless, who was
killed overseas in 1944.
The case originated in the Court
of Law and Equity at Norfolk where
his will was probated.
In this will Mr. Lawless appointed
his brother Kirwan as executor,
made certain small bequests, and
then directed that the residue of
his estate be converted to cash and
turned over to Kirwan “for a special
purpose * • * to be used as I later
bequest.”
Kirwan Lawless declined to qual
ify as executor and a sister became
administratrix. She brought suit for
construction of the will and made
public a letter written by Valentine
Lawless to his brother on the same
day his will was prepared.
In this letter, Mr. Lawless directed
his brother to use proceeds of his
estate to send "one perfect rose”
every week to a girl “whom I love
very dearly.”
He identified the girl as Miss
Mildred Fitzpatrick and told his
brother never to divulge the contents
of the letter. The Fitzpatrick family
said she was “extremely annoyed”
by the whole affair. Miss Fitzpat
rick later married Harold L. Sutton
of Norfolk.
The Supreme Court held yester
day that Valentine Lawless had not
made sufficiently specific identifica
tion of the letter within his will.
The court said no trust fund had
been set up and said the heirs at
law of Mr. Lawless were entitled to
the monies, amounting to $1,796.04
at death. Subsequently an addi
tional $1,814.46 in back pay was made
by the Army to the estate.
Adventist Leaders Hear
Talk by Elder Spicer
More than 100 Seventh-Day Ad
ventist church officials in confer
ence in Takoma Park today were
warned against ‘‘underestimating
the power of God that is now at
work in the earth."
Addressing the opening meeting
of the annual Adventist spring
council, Elder W. A, Spicer, veteran
Adventist leader, charged that com
placency and dependence on mate
rial things are two great dangers
facing the Christian church.
Mr. Spicer began active service
with the Adventist movement in
1881, and served from 1922 to 1930
as General Conference president.
Meeting yesterday the Adventist
Board of Regents added five secon
dary schools to the accredited list.
Prof. L. R. Rasmussen, executive
secretary, said there are 55 accred
ited academies (12-grade schools),
10 colleges, 9 nurses’ training
schools and 1 medical college.
The Spring Council, attended by
church executives representing all
parts of North America, will be in
session until May 6.
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Sasscer Refuses to Debate
Tobacco Aid With Sachse
A challenge to debate the question
of aid to tobacco farmers was made
and rejected yesterday in latest de
velopments in the campaign for the
Democratic primary House nomina
tion from Maryland's 5th District.
Representative Sasscer turned i
down an offer to debate made by \
his opponent, George Sachse, Glen
Bumie lawyer. Both own tobacco
farms.
In an exchange of telegrams, Mr.
Sachse objected to recent publica
tion of excerpts of letters he had
writeen to thank Mr. Sasscer for
work in behalf of tobacco planters.
He challenged the incumbent to
debate the question of the deserved
credit.
Mr. Sasscer replied that his op
ponent attempted “to wiggle from
under and discredit your previous
letters of commendation to me.”
$65,000 River Showboat
To Be Ready on Schedule
Supt. Irving C. Root of National
Capital Parks said today the new
$65,000 Potomac River showboat will
be completed on schedule, regard
less of reported plans of the Na
tional Symphony Orchestra to can
cel its Water Gate concerts this
summer unless financial backing is
guaranteed.
“Cancellation of the symphony
concerts might make it difficult to
fill in those dates with other con
certs or light operas, but it certainly
won't affect our plans to finish work
on the new barge by May 23," Mr.
Root said.
A contract was let yesterday for
installation of sound equipment on
the barge and work is progressing
satisfactorily. Park officials are J
holding open the six-week period In J
June and July, which they have1
been reserving for the symphony.
But they will not hold the dates
open indefinitely.
13 Paroled in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, April 27 Gov.
Lane yesterday announced the!
granting of 13 paroles to inmates
of Maryland prisons, including
Joseph Calvin Kidwell, sentenced
last December in Prince Georges
County to serve 12 months in the
House of Correction for unlawfully
taking a motor vehicle.
Court Files Plea for Woman
Accused of Killing Husband
Sy the Auecioted Pre»>
BALTIMORE, April 27.—Sobbing
uncontrollably, a 28-year-old mother
could not answer coherently today
to a charge of killing her husband
with a carving knife, so the magis
trate filed a plea of innocent for her.
Mrs. Rita Zegzdryn, mother of
three children by a previous mar
riage, was accused of the fatal stab
bing of her second husband, William
C. Zegzdryn, 29, in their home last
night.
When the weeping woman found
herself unable to speak coherently,
Magistrate Frank J. Schap said,
“I’ll enter a plea of not guilty for
you.”
He then ordered Mrs. Zegzdryn
held without ball for a hearing to
be set later by 'the State’s attorney.
Police said Mr. Zegzdryn, married
seven months, was stabbed in the
heart but managed to pull the knife
from his chest and stumble to the
door of his home.
He was pronounced dead on ar
rival at City Hospital.
Inter-Fraternity Sing
Set at Maryland U.
The 13th annual interfraternity
sing of the University of Maryland
will be held at 7:15 p.m. tomorrow
in Ritchie Coliseum. College Park.
Twenty-eight groups will com
pete in the event' which is spon
sored by Delta Delta Delta. The
best fraternal and sorority groups
each will receive a cup.
Judges will be Fay Finley Shaw
director of the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase High School Choir; Dr. Rob
ert Harmon, director of the George
Washington Glee Clubs and the
Capital Choir, and James McLean
head of the music department of
American University.
Pharmacy Board Grants
8 Reciprocity Licenses
By th« Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va„ April 27.—The
State Board of Pharmacy yesterday
granted licenses by reciprocity tc
eight pharmacists and set June 14-15
as the dates for the next merit ex
amination of applicants for license
to practice in Virginia.
Those granted reciprocity licenses
Include Charles Blackman of Wash
ington. Morris Friedson, Alexandria'
Miss Shirley Hurwitz, Washington;
Carl S. Keller, Arlington; Samuel E.
Leiderman, Washington, and Ber
nard H. Parisky, Washington.
Fire Destroys Hay Barn
On Farm Near Clopper
A large hay bam on the farm of
Miss Mary Hutton at Clopper. Md„
near Gaithersburg, was destroyed
by fire last night, according to the
Gaithersburg - Washington Grove
Volunteer Fire Department.
About 60 tons of hay were de
stroyed. and a new hay fork ma
chine and other farm equipment
badly damaged, firemen said.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Judge Miller Heads
Richmond U. Law Alumni
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va„ April 27 —Judge
Burnett Miller, jr., of Culpeper, has
been named president of the Univer
sity of Richmond Law School
Alumni Association.
Other officers named were W.
Marshall King of Fredericksburg,
vice president; Miss Virginia Ivey,
executive secretary, and David
Meade White, treasuij.
11
Busline to Ask
Fare Raise on
Virginia Routes
A., B. & W. Reveals
Plan at Hearing on
Interstate Increase
The Alexandria, Barcroft & Wash
ington Bus Co. plans to ask the
Virginia State Corporation Com
mission for permission to increase
fares at least 2S cents on its intra
state routes in Virginia.
This was disclosed yesterday by
R. T. Mitchell, vice president and as
sistant general manager, in testi
mony before Henry Lawton of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
who is hearing the company's plea
to increase fares on some interstate
routes.
Mr. Mitchell said the bus company
would file the necessary request for
intrastate fare increases with the
SCC as soon as the current hear
ings before the ICC are completed.
He said the company was proposing
higher fares on both interstate and
intrastate routes to distribute equi
tably higher costs among different
passenger categories.
Proposals Outlined.
The intrastate fare change pro
posal, he said, would provide for
abolition of the present nickel fare
zone and substitution of the use of
tokens to be sold two for 15 cents,
or 7*4 cents each. The straight
cash fare, he said, would become 10
cents on all present 5-cent rides.
All present 10-cent intrastate zones
would become 15-cent cash-fare
zones in which passengers could
ride for 12 >4 cents by using one
7'/2-cent token and a nickel.
If the increases in interstate and
intrastate transit fares both are
granted as requested by the com
pany, Mr. Mitchell said, the com
pany then planned to ask the ICC
to discontinue the sale of two tokens
for 25 cents and substitute the sale
of two tokens for 15 cents.
The sale of two tokens for 25
cents is part of the company's re
quests on which hearings began
yesterday. The company in the ICC
petition proposes to raise the pres
ent 10-cent rate for rides between
the District and nearby Virginia
points to the equivalent of 12'4
cents by selling two tokens for 25
cents. In addition, the company
proposes to discontinue the sale of
eight tokens for a dollar which are
now used in 15-cent cash fare inter
state zones. The only routes not
affected by the petition are those
| serving the Government installa
j tions in nearby Virginia.
Petition Amended.
Mr. Mitchell told Hearing Officer
Lawton that the bus line had
amended its original petition to in
clude a request for an increase from
,20 cents to 25 cents in the fare on
its Annandale - Washington route.
The 20-cent zone, he said, would end
at Mount Pleasant, Va.
Mr. Mitchell estimated the com
pany would realize an additional
annual revenue of $474,000 if both
j the ICC and SCC grant the re
I quested increases. He said the com
pany would benefit another $52,000
if an older request to abandon the
j use of tickets on routes to Govern
ment installations is granted.
As the hearing recessed yesterday
until this morning, Mr. Lawton an
nounced that a request of the A. B.
& W. to put the proposed new rates
■ into effect immediately pending
| outcome of th« hearing had been
{denied.
Increases Opposed.
; Lester Conley of the Arlington
Public Utilities Commission, who
jsaid he was opposing the proposed
| increases on behalf of the Arlington
j County Board, the South Oakcrest
Civic Association, the Arlington
Ridge Civic Association and the
jFairlington Association, was to be
gin cross-examination of Mr. Mit
chell when the hearing resumed to
day. Others who were present at
the hearing yesterday in opposition
to the increases were Thomas Kil
roy, George Dahan, Alfred E. Reed
and George F. Galland, all of Alex
andria.
The first company witness. B. C,
May, general manager of A. B. & W.,
j testified yesterday afternoon that
one of the increased expenses ex
! perienced recently by the Company
I was a boost from nearly $7,000 to
J $25,000 in rent paid for the work
j shops and parking area on Jefferson
j Davis highway, which is owned by
j R. L. May, president and controlling
| stockholder of the company. The
general manager said this property
' was appraised at $467,000 and as
serted that the $25,000 rental repre
sented less than a 6 per cent re
jturn on the personal investment of
the company’s president.
Takoma Restaurant Owner
Found Hanged in Kitchen
Walter Henry Allison, 33. was
found hangetj^ last night in the t
kitchen of a restaurant he owned ‘
and operated at 1110 Flower avenue,
Takoma Park, Md. A certificate of
suicide was issued by Dr. Frank J.
Broschart. Montgomery County dep
j uty medical examiner.
Mr. Allison's body was discovered
I about 6:45 p.m„ hanged from a
| rafter above the kitchen door, by a j
friend, Harold Day, 3534 Tenth 1
| street N.W.
j Police said Mr. Allison left a
I suicide note addressed to his wife
i which indicated he was despondent
i because his business was bad. In
! the note, according to police, he
said, "Sorry I have to do this. * • *
There is enough insurance to cover
j you and the children.’’
Mr. Allison, a war veteran, leaves
j his wife, a 13-month-old daughter
! and an 8-year-old son. The Allison
home is in the 8500 block of Green
wood avenue, Takoma Park.
Maryland TB Group
Elects 7 to Board
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, April 27. — The
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
elected seven new members to the
board of directors at its annual
meeting yesterday.
They are Dr. Alexander Langmuir
and Dr. Macio Williams of Balti
more, Mrs. Dexter M. Bullard, Mont
gomery County; Mrs. A. Freeborn
Brown III, Harford; Edwin Spon
seller, Frederick; J. Frank Boyd,
Calvert, and Dr. Robert S. McCeney,
Prince Georges. ^