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Riverdale Man
Is Facing New
Gaming Charge
Morrow Arrested
In Raid; Won Appeal
Of Montgomery Case
A Riverdale (Md.) resident, who
earlier this week won an appeal of
his conviction on a gambling charge
in Montgomery County, will appear
in Hyattsville Police Court Thurs
day after being arrested again in a
gambling raid.
The raid, yesterday afternoon on
a home in the 6300 block of Forty
seventh avenue, Riverdale, was led
by Maj. Ralph W. Brown, superin
tendent of Prince Georges County
police. Arrested were Wilburn E.
Morrow, 53. of the 5900 block of
Harrison avenue, Riverdale. and
Wyndol O. Colie. 54, of the 800 block
of Silver Spring avenue, Silver
Spring.
It was Morrow', described by police
as a “kingpin" of gambling in the
Washington area, who was convicted
of accepting racing bets during a
trial last December in the Mont- j
gornery County Circuit Court. His 1
sentence of $1,000 fine and one year
in jail was set aside this week by
the Maryland Court of Appeals. |
$560 Seized.
In the raid yesterday, police said
ithey seized more than $560 and a
quantity of numbers slips.
Both Morrow and Colie were
charged with operating a lottery and
bookmaking. They were released in
$2,000 bond each. Morrow listed
his occupation as “unemployed,”
while Colie told police he was a
barber.
Police said the two had been
operating at the home in Riverdale
for about six days.
This raid was one of a series
staged by Mai. Brown since he an
nounced his intentions of running
gamblers out of Prince Georges
County last fall. With him on yes
terday's raid were Lt. Charles N.
Thomsen, county chief of detec
tives; Lt. R. C. Sines, chief of the
H.vattsville station; Detectives Rich
ard A Pearson and Earl J. Huber
and Identification Officer Edwdn
C. Cissel.
Six Sentenced in District.
Morrow's successful appeal was
based on a contention by his attor-;
new, Joseph B. Simpson, jr., that!
the county court refused to admit;
in evidence a garage receipt which
would have proved that Morrow
was in South Carolina at the time
of the alleged offense.
Yesterday in the District the drive
against gambling continued as Dis
trict Court Justice Alexander Holt
zoff sentenced six men on numbers
charges, sending four of them to :
jail .
The special grand jury which has!
been investigating an alleged $100.
000.000 a year gambling racket in
the city probably will resume hear
ing witnesses early next week. It
has been meeting since May 13.
Landon School Boys
Entertain Fathers
With classes over for the year, the
boys of Landon School entertained
their fathers in the warm May sun
shine of yesterday on the school's'
vast meadows and playing fields.
One group of fathers took on the i
boys at soft ball. They beat the!
middle school and then made the
mistake of taking on the varsity.
J. W. Slowe functioned as umpire
and tried to save his contemporaries
from disaster by giving them al’ the
close ones—and some not so ck*e
that brought howls of indignation
from the youngsters. But the fathers
couldn't win, even with the umpire.
Over on the tennis courts ft more
elite group of fathers tried their
hands. Dwight Collins, head of the
middle school, who coaches tennis,
played for the fathers. Paired with
Gregory Prince, he was lucky to get
one game in two sets from Gil Bog
le* and Jack Yates. 18-year old '
seniors. Bogler who goes to Prince- :
ton next year, has not lost in singles1
competition in three years.
Emerson Gardner and Raymond
Lewis, both 18, who won the Star's ‘
doubles competition last year, beat !
Emerson's father, Walter M. Gard- i
ner of the International Monetary
Fund, and Dr. Dean Brewster Judd. ,
physicist of the National Bureau 1
of Standards. (J
Exercises Start Tomorrow
i
At Staunton Academy ;
Special Dispatch to The Star
STAUNTON, Va„ May 29 —Com- ]
mencement exercises at Staunton E
Military Academy will begin tomor- t
row and continue through Monday
end Tuesday, the school announced. t
Tomorrow' afternoon the cadet v
corps will pass in review' in a full
dress parade, one of the year's mast 1
colorful events at the institution.
Two Washington mothers have been! {
invited by their cadet captain sons *
to sponsor their companies during l
the review. They are Mrs. I. S. j
Burka. 1705 Allison street N.W.. 5
mother of Edward R Burka. and t
Mrs. H. J. Vandersluis. 1562 Thirty- j
third street N.W.. whose son is Jan
Pier Vandersluis. <•
Commencement exercises will be t
concluded with a final ball on t
Monday and graduation exercises r
■will take place Tuesday. Maj. Gen. f
Clark L. RufTner (deputy chief. Leg- _
islative and Liaison Division. De- /
partment of the Army, will make '
the graduation address.
Treacherous' Traffic Poinf'
Sfudy Asked by Citizens
Study of what was described as a a
treacherous traffic situation at r
Nichols avenue and Good Hope road
S.E. will be asked of Traffic Director j
George E. Keneipp by the Anacostia a
Citizens' Association. r
William H. BenhofT. president of i
the association, last night told the r
group it is "almost impossible to t
cross Good Hope road at that corner,
especially around 4:30 and 5 p.m.” t
A committee was appointed to t
discuss the problem with traffic t
officials next week.
The association plans to enter a t
float in the Soap-Box Derby parade
on June 25. ‘
The meeting, held in Anacostia i
High School, will be the last until |s
September. -
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British Envoy and Family Here,
Await Word of Missing Cat
Sir Oliver and Lady Franks as they arrived at Union Station
with their two young daughters, Caroline, 9, and Allison, 3.
—Star Staff Photo.
By Horry Lever
The new British Ambassador',
:at is missing.
When last reported, she was romp
ing all over the quarterdeck of thi
liner Queen Elizabeth with abou
half of the British merchant marin<
frying to get a bearing on her.
Lulu fled her cage Wednesday
while accompanying Sir Olivei
Franks, the new envoy, and hi:
family to America.
On arrival at Union Station latf
yesterday Lady Franks gave a de
icription of the cat. She said Lull
vas a lcng-haired Persian with i
'marmalade" color.
"Really.” she added, "I’d rathei
rot say too much about it. It's i
lit of a sore point.”
Sir Oliver Hopeful.
But daughter Caroline. 9, and hei
ittle sister Alison, 3, didn't mine
;iving the details.
"Lulu has been gone since Wednes
lay,” Caroline explained. "She's
iur pet cat.”
"Or maybe it was Tuesday,’
iffered Alison. “Anyway she's gone
ind we miss her.”
Tlie tall, lanky Sir Oliver com
nented hopefully: "I'm sure Lulu
will be found. We've asked the
Junard people to forward her if she
;urns up. I expect she will.”
Among those who greeted the new
tnvoy was Sir John Balfour, the
British Minister, who was much toe
I occupied with the heat to worrj
. about Lulu.
’ j Sir John went to New York Thurs
day night to greet Sir Oliver at th<
’ pier. He had rushed back to Wash
ington. arriving only two hours be
fore the Ambassador. Then he hur
j ried to the British Embassy and re
turned to the station to join th<
welcoming party here without hav
ing time to change his attire.
Sir John in Shirtsleeves.
Reporters found Sir John standinf
on the platform in his shirtsleeve:
,and suspenders, hanging on to hi:
coat.
‘■Don’t worry.” he assured them
! “Sir Oliver won’t see this. I'll havt
my coat back on when the trair
arrives.”
Sir Oliver, who is 43, succeed:
; Lord Inverchapel 8s Ambassador
; The new envoy will present his
credentials to President Trumar
some time next week, according tt
present plans.
In addition to his family, his
party included Peter Casson, a pri
vate secretary, and Miss Anne Crees
the children’s nursemaid.
The welcoming group included
R. D. Muir, acting chief of protoco
of the State Department; Hum<
Wrong, the Canadian Ambassador:
Norman J. O. Makin, the Australiar
Ambassador: J. S. Reid, Chargt
d'Affaires of the New Zealand Em
bassy, and other diplomatic repre
sentatives of the British Com
monwealth.
[rial Board Votes 2-1
ro Dismiss Policeman;
Another Is Cleared
A police Trial Board voted, 2 to 1,
oday to dismiss Metropolitan Police
’vt. John E. Cockrill, who pleaded
ruilty yesterday to charges of being
ntoxicated while on duty May 22.
The two members who recom
nended Cockrill's dismissal were
Assistant Supt. of Police Milton D.
>mith and Capt. William J. Cun
lingham of No. 10 precinct.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Stanley De Neale, the third member,
ecommended imposition of a fine
n his dissent.
At the same time, the Trial Board
eturned a verdict of not guilty in
he case of Pvt. Ray I. Dixon of
Jo 9 precinct, who was charged
•ith wilfully maltreating a prisoner
nd using his police service revolver
nnecessarily on April 25.
Both decisions will be forwarded
o Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett,
ho will make his recommendations
3 the Commissioners.
Pvt. Cockrill, a veteran of 19
ears on the force, testified he suf
cred a dizzy spell, nervousness and
lausea before he went on duty May
2 and had taken a couple of drinks,
le was attached to the Traffic Difd
ion and detailed to the Police Cen
ral Communications and Records
tureau.
Although a psychiatrist whom Pvt.
lockrill visited testified he believed
he policeman was suffering from a
lentai disorder, the Trial Board
rade no recommendation for hos
italization in its verdict.
Maas Says Reserves
Must Inform Public
Of Security Needs
Col. Melvin J. Maas, former House
member and president of the Ma
rine Corps Reserve Officers’ Associa
tion, declared today that Reserve
; units of the armed forces must take
! responsibility for informing the pub
, lie of the Nation's security needs.
Addressing a one-day meeting ol
the association's Executive Council
! at the Hotel Washington, he said the
armed forces "cannot and should
not be able to propagandize their
needs.” ,
Col. Maas, who served in the
House for 18 years and took part in
the Guadalcanal and Okinawa cam
paigas during the war, urged im
mediate Senate action on a House
passed "measure that, would give re
tirement pay to resevists with 20
years of service.
I he council this afternoon was to
act on resolutions arising from
earlier discussions of reserve ac
tivities. Principal speaker at a
luncheon was Maj. Gen. William T.
Clement, director of Marine Re
serves.
Also on the program later today
is a panel discussion on "The Future
of the Marine Corps." Participants
will include Jim G. Lucas, Scripps
Howard writer: John G. Norris of
the Washington Post. John A. Giles
of The Star and Terry Rice of
Armed Force.
The conference will end w’ith a
banquet tonight. Principal speaker
will be Vice Admiral Arthur W.
Radford, vice chief of naval opera
tions.
Irime Wave May Force Cabs
Dff Baltimore Streets at Night
By th« Associated Press
BALTIMORE, May 29—Baltimore
dice had orders today to question;
ny taxicab passenger the driver,
lay suspect of being a holdup man. i
Police Commissioner Hamilton R.1
.tkinson issued that order last night j
s the drivers’ union, aroused by a:
rcent wave of holdups and the slay
ig of a driver, warned its men
lav be forbidden to haul passengers
etween sunset and sunrise.
commissioner Atkinson admitted
he order is illegal but necessary
ecause of the emergency. He said
here "is a certain bandit at large
thorn we are making every effort
o apprehend.”
Leroy Griffin, president of the
lFL drivers' union, said shortly be
ore cab operators, union repre
entatives and others met with Mr.
Ukinson that drivers may be
s
■pulled” from the streets at night.
Three holdups and the murder of
Cab Driver Cornelius McDowell,
jr., have occurred within a week.
Latest in the series of armed as
saults on cab drivers was foiled yes
terday by the intended victim, Rich
ard G. Hunter. The 29-year-old
ex-sailor told police he used jiu-jitsu
to disarm his assailant and in a
struggle for the weapon, the pistal
fired. Mr. Hunter said the bandit
apparently was hit, because he
stopped grappling and ran. stagger
ing as he went. He was not found,
however.
ncenult fftll/MTfte) Kv tnrn Have
the murder of Mr. McDowell. 26
year-old aircraft worker from
Clarksburg, W. Va.. who had been
driving a cab only two weeks since
his layoff from the Glenn L. Martin
plant.
Shea Indorsed
As Director of
Industrial Home
Acting Superintendent
Wins Backing From
Welfare Board
Gerard W. Shea has been recom
.mended as superintendent of thi
'industrial Home School, the Boarc
■ of Public Welfare announced yes
teraay ai hi
noon.
Mr. Shea has
been acting su
perintendent
since John W.
Tramburg was
elevated to the
directorship of
the Public Wel
fare Department
two weeks ago.
Before that he
was Mr. Tram
burg’s assistant.
The Institu
tion Committee
of the board
Mr. 8h».
I! unanimously indorsed Mr. Shea al
j I its meeting last week and his
I name now goes to the Commis
sioners for their approval.
1 Mr. Shea is 35. He and his wife
I and two children, Gerard, 4, and
Richard, 2, live at 3059 South Bu
chanan street, Arlington, Va. He
was bom in Boston and received his
; bachelor's and master's degrees at
Boston College.
He taught in private schools in
Boston and worked with the Cath
olic Charities in Boston. In 1941
! and part of 1942 he was a case
worker supervising about 100 boys
in foster homes under the program
of Angel Guardian Home in New
York City. He came to Washington
in 1942 as probation officer of the
Juvenile Court here.
He resigned in February. 1943, and
was commissioned in the Navy as a
lieutenant, assigned to naval prison
administration. He also served as
battalion commander at Farragut,
Idaho, and saw service at Camp
Peary, Va.
After his discharge from the Navy
in 1946 he was appointed assistant
superintendent at the industrial
school.
While House Sessions
Recess in Rail Dispute
By the Associoted Press
The White House took a recess
today in its uphill fight to find a
solution to the 11-month-old rail
road dispute, after reporting “no
progress” yesterday.
The three-way conferences are
due to resume Tuesday.
Yesterday Presidential Assistant
John R. Steelman brought company
and union spokesmen to the White
House, placed them in separate
rooms and shuttled between them
for discussions in a vain effort to
crack the long deadlock.
This is the railroad situation now:
The Government is in legal pos
session of the railroads, with the
Army in charge.
The three unions—engineers, fire
men and switchmen—which had
planned to strike May 11, are being
held on the job by a temporary re
straining order issued by Justice
T. Alan Goldsborough. The judge
yesterday extended the order until
June 11.
Tobacco Prices Drop
In Southern Maryland
ly th« Associated Press
Prices in general dropped on
Southern Maryland tobacco mar
kets yesterday, with most losses
ranging between $1 and $3.
The Agriculture Department and
Maryland's State Department of
Markets reported that some low
quality grades showed slight gains,
but that a majority of the offerings
decreased.
The agencies reported a heavy
sales volume. Thursday's net auc
tion sales, they said, brought the
season total to 6,372,6;t2 pounds for
a season price average of $43.20 a
hundred pounds.
Some of the grade changes:
Heavy crop — Good cherry-red,
$57 down $3; fair cherry-red, $42
down $6.
Tips—Fair red, $21 down $1; low
'green, $13 up $2.
Thin crop—Good cherry-red, $62
unchanged; fair red. $52 down $2.
Seconds — Fine cherry-red, $58
jdown $1: good cherry-red, $51 down
J $2; fair red, $32 down $2.
Claytor Lake State Park
Is Dedicated by Tuck
■ y thi Associated Press
PULASKI, Va„ May 29—Gov.
Tuck dedicated Virginia’s newest
State park at Claytor Lake near here
today to the use of all the people,
with the reminder that ’’a prime ob
ligation of all governments is to
afford the opportunity to their citi
zens of enjoying the blessings of life
within their reach."
The Governor flew here from
Richmond today. Tomorrow he will
fly to Big Stone Gap, in Southwest
Virginia, to dedicate the Southwest
Virginia Museum.
“Claytor Lake State Park, border
ing a beautful body of water and in
cluding 438 acres, will constitute a
most fitting addition to the chain
of parks already under the super
vision of the State Conservation
Commission," he stated.
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House Votes to Smash
Cigarette Tax Dodge
ly th« A»s«iof«d Press
The House voted yesterday to
crack down on what some members
called a *30,000,000 annual dodge of
State taxes by interstate "bootleg-;
ging” of cigarettes.
It passed and sent to the Senate
a bill to require persons selling
cigarettes in interstate commerce to
supply the tax kdministrator of each
State the names of those in his State
receiving direct shipments.
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K. of C. fo Hold Breakfast
Rosensteel Council, Knights of
Columbus, of Forest Glen, Md., will
hold its annual communion break
fast tomorrow morning at Stone
House Inn, Four Comers, following
ja mass celebrated at 8 am. at St.
Bernadette's Church.
f
Marine Killed
In Collision of
Car and Truck
Three Others Hurt
In Highway Crash
Near Upper Marlboro
A Marine was killed, another
1 was critically injured and two
1 other persons were hurt early
today in the collision of a truck
and an automobile on Crain
highway near Upper Marlboro.
Prince Georges County police said
Pfc. Earl W. Johnston, 20, of Syra
cuse, N. Y„ driver of the car, died
in the crash. He was one of six
Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune,
Nv C„ traveling to their homes in
Pennsylvania and New York for the
holiday.
Hie critically injured man is
Corpl. Robert A. Rogacki, 21, whose
address was unknown to police or
authorities at Bethesda Naval Hos
pital, where he was admitted. He
suffered multiple fractures, bruises
and cuts and was still unconscious
hours after .the accident.
The others injured were Pfc. Ed
ward J. Aversa, 17, of Philadelphia,
who was treated for nose lacerations
at Anacostia Naval Air Station, and
Mrs. Eva Johnston, 68, of Smyrna,
N. C., an occupant of the truck.
Mrs. Johnston was treated at Cas
ualty Hospital for head bruises.
The vehicles sideswiped and over
turned at the crest of a hill 4 miles
north of Marlboro. The automobile,
which the youths rented from an
other Marine, was demolished. The
, 2!i-ton panel truck was badly dam
aged.
County Policeman J. P. Kearns
! said the truck, en route to North
Carolina, was driven by Mrs. John
ston's son, Edward P. Johnston, 47,
: Burlington, N. J. A charge of man*
!slaughter and reckless driving was,
placed against him, police said, and
he was released in $600 bond pend
ing hearing at Upper Marlboro
June 25.
Mr. Johnston and his mother were
the only occupants of the truck.
The other Marines in the car, all
unhurt, were listed by police as Pfc.
John E. Skilton, 22, Philadelphia;
Pfc. Alfred J. Schliep and a Pfc.
'Mills, both of New York.
National Spelling Bee
Won by Ohio Girl, 14
A 14-year-old Ohio girl spelled
down Darrell Flavelle, 14, of Wash
ington, in a 116-word duel ending
the 21st annual National Spelling
•Iran Chappeltar.
Bee in the Na
tional Press
Club auditorium
yesterday.
The winner,
Jean Chappe
lear, of Black
Horse, Ohio,
spelled “olig
archy” correctly,
after Darrell
missed it. She
then spelled
"psych i at r i c ”
without error to
win $500 and a
' trip to New
York as top
speller ainung w imaiisrs.
Darrell, of 3337 Baker street N.E..
an eighth grade student at Eliot
Junior High School, won second
prize of $300. He was the Washing
ton area contestant in the national
finals last year.
He successfully handled such
words as “phantasmagorical.” "cir
rus,” and "queue” before meeting
his downfall. }
Third prize went to Rosemary’1
Schirmer, 13, of White Oak. Ohio,
who gets $100. She mispelled "ec
clesiastical.”
The 40 finalists were drawn from
about 4,000,000 seventh and eighth
grade students. The contest was
sponsored by Scripps-Howard and
other newspapers. Darrell was the
I candidate of The Washington Daily
News.
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Pre-school Play Centers
'Graduate' 400 This Week
Among the graduates this month
and next, the small fry hereabouts
are not to be overlooked.
More than 400 of them—who have
reached the age of five—were quietly
being “graduated” from 13 District
preschool play centers this week.
The District Recreation Depart
ment. which conducts the centers,
said the youngsters even don caps
and gowns to receive their diplomas.
Graduation exercises were held
yesterday at the Naylor Gardens,
Congress Heights and Fort Greble
play centers. Others were to be
held today at the Chevy Chase,
Sherwood, Rosedale, Lafayette, Jan
ney, Hearst, Macomb, Montrose and
Stoddert centers.
The Palisades center will hold
exercises at 11 a.m. next Friday.
Death of William Tyng j
Due to Natural Causes i
The death early yesterday of
William A. Tyng, 77. of 716 Ninth
street S.E.. was due to natural
causes. Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald ruled today.
Mr. Tyng. a retired District san
itation department employe, col
lapsed as he was putting his car in
the garage. His wife at first thought
her husband had fainted.
Funeral services for Mr. Tyng are
to be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the
Deal Funeral Home, 816 H street
N.E. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Suit Claims Distrito, Blindman,
Operates Sawmill in Home
Felix Distrito. 56-year-old blind 1
former prizefighter and well-known i
peanut vendor at sports events here, ]
will return to Municipal Court Tues- i
day to answer charges by his land- <
lord that he wrongfully operates a i
sawmill in his home.
Joseph A. Hayden, real estate 1
agent with offices in the Woodward i
Building, made this charge before
Judge Nadine L. Gallagher yester
day. 1
T *-> trnlirnrl ip n *«»/\_ptftW 1
brick house at 610 Massachusetts i
avenue, where Mr. and Mrs. Distrito <
live with their 11 children. j i
Mr. Hayden said he wants the
Distrito* evicted because the buzz- 1
ing of a sawmill is disturbing neigh- i l
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Elected to Korean Assembly,
Veteran Loses U. S. Citizenship
unang K.ee xoung, iormeny oi wasmngton, Has been
elected to the new South Korean National Assembly. He is
shown here with his wife and daughter, Ruth Ellen, who hope
to join him in Korea as soon as possible.
A Korean who won his American
citizenship through three and a half
years’ service in the United States
Army is sacrificing it to become a
member of the new National As
sembly of South Korea.
He is Chang Kee Young, 40. a for
mer employe of the Korean Com
misssion in Washington. His wife
and daughter, now in Washington,
hope to join him soon in Korea.
Mr. Young won oul iihiiuii.v uvt-i
five other candidates in the May 10
election, the first in Korea's history
to name a Legislature for that part
of the nation now under American
occupation. Northern Korea is un
der Soviet occupation.
The Associated Press reported
today from Seoul, the Korean
capital, that Mr. Young has been
notified by the American consulate
there that to accept the new office
would mean renunciation of his
citizenship. Mr. Young agreed.
"I enlisted because the Americans
were fighting the enemy—the Jap
anese,” he told the Associated Press.
"Now I can work for Korea. Perhaps
in some future emergency I might
find myself again serving both
countries.”
Mr. Young came to this country
from Korea in 1928 and attended
Butler University and the Uni
versities of Indiana and Virginia
before working for the Korean Com
mission. Here he met Dr. Syngman
Rhee, then head of the commission
and now about to become head of
the new Korean government as a
result of the recent elections. He
served Dr. Rhee as a secretary,
going to Korea the last time in
March.
i an n jiauvr ui luuiaua
and met her husband while he was
studying in that State.
Mrs. Young lives with her daugh
ter, Ruth Ellen, 10, an Edmonds
School pupil, in an apartment at
405 Tenth street N.E. She did not
know until told by The Star today
that her husband was about to give
up his citizenship though she had
expected he would be required to
do so.
"We'll certainly go to join him if
we can," she said, “but I don't know
what the conditions will be in Korea
or if we can obtain passage."
Mrs. Young said she and her
daughter have tried to learn the
difficult Korean language.
"I can't speak it now,” she said.j
"but 1 think we can pick it up once
we get to Korea and hear it all the
time."
She has never been to Korea, she
explained, but has been trying to i
find out as much as possible about i
her future home by talking with :
her husband’s friends and others i
who have been there. She said her
daughter is "very curious" about the ’
country. i
Memorial Day Rifes
To Honor War Dead in
Overseas Cemeteries
From the top of Mount Surabachi
on Iwo Jima. at national cemeteries
in the United States and in countries
overseas where Americans fell in
World War II, Memorial Day will
be observed tomorrow and Monday.
At temporary military cemeteries
overseas, each grave of a soldier,
sailor, marine or coast guardsman
will be decorated with an American
flag. Similar flags will be placed on
the graves in national cemeteries in
this country, while services are con
ducted by local veterans' and pa
triotic organizations.
The observance of Memorial Day
overseas this year will take place
while the American Graves Regis
tration Service goes forward with
returning World War II dead for
final burial in this country. Nearly
40,000 dead already have been re
turned.
Clay to Speak in Belgium.
The United States military com
mander in Germany, Gen. Lucius D.
Clay, will speak at the temporary
cemetery at Foy, Belgium. Other
speakers there will be Admiral Alan
G. Kirk, the Ambassador to Belgium,
and Brig. Gen. Howard L. Peckham,
commander of the Graves Registra
tion Service in Europe.
The cemetery at Margarten, Hol
land, where nearly 18.000 World War
II dead are buried, will be the
scent of an observance, with talks
by Lt. Gen. Clarance R. Huebner
and the Ambasador to Holland,
Herman B. Baruch.
Lt. Gen. Curtis LeMay of the Air
Force and Jefferson Caffery, Am
bassador to France, will speak at
Solers, near Paris.
Ceremony Near Pearl Harbor.
In Hawaii, scene of the first
United States casualties in World
War II, ceremonies will be held at
Schofield Barracks and the Graves
Registration Service mausoleum
near Pearl Harbor.
In Tokyo a special memorial cere
mony will be held in the Imperial
Plaza, and at Yokohama graves of
all allied war dead in the United
States military cemetery will be
lecorated.
Atop Mt. Surabachi, where the
American flag was raised in one of
:he stirring photographic scenes of
;he war. Lt. Col William Kopp, com
manding the Army garrison force
an Iwo Jima, will make the prin
cipal address.
Camp Fire Girls Elect
Mrs. Young Chairman
Mrs. William Harvey Young, 2817
rhirty-flrst street N.W., has been
sleeted chairman of the Region II
sxecutive committee of Camp Fire
3irls, Inc., according to Miss Mar
:ha F. Allen, national director of
;he youth agency.
Mrs. Young has been a member of
he Potomac Area Camp Fire Coun
;il since 1945 and its president since
1947. Before coming to Washington
x) live in 1940, she was active in the
Samp Fire program in Corsicana,
.’ex.
>ors, and because the use of a saw
nill or the sale of lumber on the
iremises violates the tenancy con
ract. Also, Mr. Hayden said, the
awdust around the place is depre
cating its value.
Mr. Distrito, who has occupied the
louse for six years, firmly denied
le has ever operated a sawmill
:here.
Distrito added, however, that he
loes keep a power saw for his own
ise in his back yard where, he said,
t is hitched up to a truck motor
►nee or twice a week in the winter
o cut logs for his furnace.
He Is represented by Herman
diller, while Donald M. Sullivan has
teen retained by Mr. Hayden.
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One Fan Fined $10,3 :
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Cleared in Disturbance
At Nats-A's Game
The Griffith Stadium “rhubarb"
set off by an umpire's decision in
the Nats - Athletics ball game
Thursday night was resolved yes
terday in Municipal Court, with a 1
$10 fine imposed on one fan, ac- (
quittal of two others and the drop
ping of charges against a fourth 1
man. (
Of the three cases actually to
come to trial, Judge Aubrey B. Fen
nell found one man guilty of dis
orderly conduct. He was Donald E.
Peer, jr„ 22, of the 3900 block of
South Fourteenth street, Arlington, i
His companions at the game.
Reginald E. Garland, 44, of the 700
block of South Twenty-fourth street,
l Arlington, and Garland's brother,
James, 45, of the 3200 block of
South Utah street, Arlington, were:
acquitted of similar charges by
Judge Fennell.
Another Charge Dropped.
Earlier, the United States Attor
ney's office and corporation counsel’s
office had dropped charges of dis
orderly conduct and assault on a
policeman placed against Carl M.
Armfelt, 29, of the 2700 block of
Wisconsin avenue NW.
Government counsel found Mr.
Armfelt was merely an "innocent
bystander” in the ballpark disturb
ance which was marked by a shower
of beer cans, chairs and pop bottles
that started when Umpire "Red”
Jones got in the way of a ball thrown
by a Washington player.
Policeman H. L. Harps testified
in the trial that Reginald Garland
tossed a metal-rimmed paper cup
at him as he was standing guard
by the dugout entrance to the locker
rooms. He said that, because of the
milling crowd, he could not get to
the fan, but signaled a fellow of
ficer to make the arrest. Police
man John Bonomo added that, when
he grabbed the Garland brothers
by the belts, Peer forcibly intervened
and yelled he had "no right” to
do so.
Peer Doesn’t Deny Charge.
Peer did not deny the charge and
explained the whole episode as "just
something that happened.” The I
Garland brothers firmly denied they
had thrown anything and blamed
the fans in the upper stands as "the
ones who were doing all the throw- j
ing.” They did not contest the
policemen’s charge that they were
“jeering in a loud and boisterous
manner.”
Pvt. Harps charged that Mr. Arm
felt came into the picture as he was
leading the Garlands through the
throng toward the stadium offices.
Testimony by witnesses at the hear
ing indicated, however, that the
man and his wife, who had come
down from the upper stands to
watch the turmoil, merely got in the
way of the police party.
Pvt. Bonomo later characterized
the crowd as "generally unfriendly
toward umpires and police," but
added that the mood was dispelled
when he "gave the folks a little
speech and a big smile and told
them that everything was going to '
turn out all right.”
D.C.Woman Dies of Injuries;
InCar Crash; Husband Hurt j
Mrs. Anna Puckett, 40, of 5015
Forty-first street N.W., died yes- I
terday in Allentown <Pa.) General 1
Hospital of injuries received in ar. ,
automobile accident Wednesday, the {
Associated Press reported.
Her husband. Ernest Puckett. 41,
a steamfltter with S. E. Dockstader, t
Inc., piping contractors here, also <
was injured in the accident, but was t
reported in good condition at the v
hospital. r
The AP said the accident occurred
when their car, driven by Mrs. n
Puckett, swerved into a utility pole F
outside Allentown. ,i:
Mr. Puckett's associates here said d
Mr*. Puckett was accompanying her f.
husband on a business trip through t
Pennsylvania. e
Aged Home Asks
Board Funds to
Fill Chest Gap
Welfare Unit Defers
Action as Institution
Seeks Aid for 31
Failure of the Community Chef
to reach its goal is being reflected
in requests for assistance to the
Board of Public Welfare.
This was pointed out at a meet
ing of the board yesterday. One
institution here—a home for the
aged—has requested the board to
furnish funds to provide relief for
31 persons in that institution.
The institution, it was said, has
about 100 residents but is unable to
continue to support them adequately,
unless assistance is given by the
Welfare Board. Four other institu
tions also have approached officials
of the board to learn if they can
get assistance from public funds.
Special Assistant Raymond F.
Clapp told the board aid for the
31 persons at the home for the aged
would burden the Welfare Board se
riously, especially if other institu
tions thereby are led to expect the
same help. He said he is not in
favor of subsidizing these people.
Board Defers Action.
The board deferred action on the
request until its next meeting on
June 25. upon the advice of Fred
S. Kogod. vice chairman of the
board.
The board voted to ask for priority
on four new buildings, to cost the
District between $4,000,000 and $5.
000.000. Mr. Clapp estimated. The
projects are an infirmary building
at the Home for the Aged and In
firm at Blue Plains, the erection of
two detention buildings at the Dis
trict. Training School at Laurel, Md.;
buildings to replace the Industrial
Home School on Wisconsin avenue
N. W„ and a new building for the
National Training School for Girls,
now located on Loughboro road
N.W., to be erected on part of the
District Training School grounds
at Laurel.
Plans Being Drawn Up.
Money has been appropriated by
Congress for plans, some of which
have been completed, it was said.
The board also approved the re
quest of welfare officials that a blind
colored woman be allowed to keep
$100 given by a relative to provide
a decent burial for her. Under board
rules, all persons on relief rolls must
turn over to the board any money
they may get.
Inmates of the Home for the Aged
ind Infirm, who are sent to Gal
inger Hospital for treatment, must
-eturn to the home after treatment,
the board decjded. They cannot
"emain at the hospital because of
the expense, the board said.
Shaub Nominated to Head
Chevy Chase Legion Post
D. R. Shaub has been nominated
:ommander of the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Past of the American Legion.
Other nominees are James R.
Miller, senior vice commander; Gar
Chamberlin, junior vice commander;
John Rothwell, adjutant; Arthur E.
Crago, finance officer; the Rev.
William F. Creighton, chaplain;
John Mclnerney, judge advocate;
William Greenville, sergeant at
irms; Harold Ale, staff officer; Dr.
E. R. Cook, historian; Leslie Bell,
ir., Joseph Cantrel, F. H. Creech.
Edward L. Cogan, Charles H. Mer
rick, Lewis Pusey, jr„ Frank A.
Spicer and Past Comdrs. T. M. Duff
and Tom Elward, members of the
Executive Committee: Mr. Duff and
Mr. Elward, color bearers; J. C.
Batham and Mr. Cantrel. color
guards, and Mr. Ale. John A. Doolan,
James L. Martin and C. M. Murnane,
trustees.
The election will be held in June.
Services Set for Girl, 4,
Fatally Injured by Truck
Funeral services for Carol Scar
borough. 4, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Scarborough of Upper
Marlboro, Md., who was fatally
injured when struck by a truck
yesterday, will be held at 11 a.m.
Tuesday from Simmons Brothers
funeral home. 2007 Nichols avenue
S.E. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
The child died in Providence Hos
pital a few hours after she was
struck by a delivery truck on Largo
road near her home. The driver
was Walter Ray Cubbage. 31, of
Plum Point, Md., a dealer for The
Star.
Prince Georges County police said
a reckless driving charge placed
against lym at the time of the acci
dent would be changed to man
slaughter. Mr. Cubbage, who said
the child darted into the road, was
released on bond.
Bond Club Elects Cramer
At Outing and Dinner
G. Fenton Cramer, partner in
Ferris <5c Co., investment firm, was
elected president of the Bond Club
of Washington at the Manor Club
last night, succeeding Harvey B.
Gram, jr„ of Johnston, Lemon <te
Co. The election followed the an
nual outing and dinner attended by
275 members and guests.
Other officers named included
William C. Coe of Mackall & Coe,
vice president; Austin Rohrbaugh
of Robinson, Rohrbaugh & Lukens,
secretary and treasurer; Edgar B.
Rouse, Robert C. Jones <5r Co., and
Millard F. West. Auchincloss, Parker
5c Redpath, governors.
Thomas P. Reynolds of the Na
tional Metropolitan Bank won the
\cacia Mutual Life golf trophy
ind. following a mock stock ex
change session, Edgar Rouse was
iwarded an automobile. Millard
West was outing chairman.
Press Club Membership
)pen to Radio Newsmen
Radio newsmen will be admitted
o membership in the National Press
Hub as a result of an amendment to
he club's constitution announced
esterday by Truman T. Felt, sec
etary of the club.
The amendment makes active
tembership open to "those whose
irincipal work involves the gather
ng, writing or editing of news for
issemination by radio, television or
acslmile." It is estimated that
here are about 30 to 36 men ao
ngaged in Washington.
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