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Woman Returns Home
To Feed Dog, Turns On
Radio, Wins $20,000
By«th« Associated Press ,
1 NEW YORK, June 28—Because
she was conscientious about get
ting home to feed her dog, a 42
year-old grandmother was there to
receive a radio jackpot telephone
call which made her $20,000 richer.
Mrs. Mary Farber won that much
in prizes last night for correctly
naming the title of the “mystery
melody” on the ABC network’s
“Stop the Music” program.
The title was “Get Out of the
Wilderness,” an 1860 song later
corrupted into several other melo
dies.
Among the prizes are a $1,000
United States savings bond, a 38
day cruise to South America, a
$1,000 fur coat, an automobile and
a $1,000 diamond ring.
Plan to Build Home.
Mrs. Farber and her husband, a
taxicab driver, plan to sell some of
the prizes to build a home and
gasoline station in West Palm
Beach, Fla.—something they have
wanted for a long time. People
started telephoning trying to rent
their three-room apartment even
before they announced plans to
move.
Mrs. Farber said the only reason
she was home when the telephone
call from the radio program’s Bert
, Parks came was that it was feeding
' time for her pet Boston terrier
Puggy. She had the radio turned on.
She had spent yesterday visiting
relatives.in Englewood, N. J., with
her husband Milton, 44, and cut
the visit short to meet the dog’s
feeding time.
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Mrs. Farber said she learned the
title of the song from her brother,
Mack Lazarus, of Stamford, Conn.,
who got it from a musician friend.
Her brother was w'ith her when the
call came.
A practical joker, claiming to
represent a radio station, telephoned
that the whole thing was a mistake.
There was momentary gloom until
the big win was verified.
The “mystery melody” was intro
duced into the radio program eight
weeks ago, and Mrs. Farber was the
100th person to get a chance at
naming it.
The Internal Revenue Bureau esti
mates the tax on the jackpot at ap
proximately $7,000.
Scott Chosen for Governor
In North Carolina Runoff
By th« Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C., June 28.—W.
Kerr Scott, former State Commi
sioner of Agriculture is the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, which virtually
assures him of the job next Jan
uary.
Mr. Scott defeated State Treas-i
urer Charles M. Johnson in Sat-l
urday’s runoff primary.
Unofficial but nearly complete i
figures on the balloting gave Mr.1
Scott 216,270 votes, to Mr. John-1
son's 180,155.
In another runoff F. Ertel Car- ]
lyle of Lumberton won the party’s
nomination for the Seventh District
House seat over Hargrove Bellamy
of Wilmington. The seat is now
held by Representative J. Bayard
Clark, Democrat, who is retiring.
Australia to Launch
Food-Growing Scheme
By the Associated Press
SYDNEY.—The first sod of a Cen
tral Queensland plain will be turned
soon in the Britain-Queensland
food-growing scheme. Giant trac
tors will haul five disc ploughs
abreast to cut 70-foot-wide swaths.
It will be the largest single agri
cultural undertaking yet tried in
Australia.
The land will be ploughed at the
rate of 5,000 acres a week to en
able planting of 25,000 acres under
sorghum toward the end of this
year. The grain will be used to feed
pigs to provide extra meat for ship
ment to Britain.
Runaway Bagga
7 Miles on Penn:
By th« Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, June 28. — A
runaway baggage car gave Pennsyl
vania Railroad men and police a
hectic few moments as it raced
wildly- over a 7-mile stretch of
main-line trafck before coming to a
halt.
The car, loaded with newspapers,
had been cut from a New York-to
Washington train yesterday at
North Philadelphia station, and was
waiting for a shifting locomotive.
Suddenly-the baggage car began
to roll under its own momentum. A
railroad official said .“apparently no
one set the brakes of the car."
As tne car rolled along the main
New York-to-Philadelphia express
line of the railroad, railroad men
and police began pursuit of the
runaway car in automobiles along
paralleling highways.
I Meanwhile, the shifting engine
1 arrived at the station and also
1 joined in pursuit of the runaway
baggage car.
Man Takes $17,500 in Jewelry
After Hoaxing Boys in Home
Howard Weinberg, 9 years old (left), and Roger Camras,
his 8-year-old playmate, told yesterday of the fun they had
playing hide and seek with a stranger in the Weinberg home.
The stranger said he would hide $10 bills for the boys to find.
The $10 shown here under a jewel box was the only one found,
but $17,500 worth of jewelry was missing. So was the man.
—AP Wirephoto.
By th« Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, June 28.—Two
youngsters counted $10 profit today
from a game of hide-and-seek with
a stranger but the parents of one
of the lads figured their loss at
$17,500 worth of jewelry.
Howard Weinberg, 9, and his play
mate, Roger Camras, 8, were alone
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
J. Weinberg Saturday afternoon
when a man came to the door and
announced himself as “Mr. Rob
bins,” a friend of Howard's father.
Then, police related, the man
asked the boys if they could use
$10 apiece. The lads said sure.
"Okay,” said the stranger, “we’ll
play hide and seek. I'll hide the
$10 bills and if you kids can find
them you can keep them. Now go
into the bathroom and close your
eyes.”
The boys did and on the signal
from the stranger they began the
search. While they were looking
“Mr. Robbins” departed.
’Later, Howard’s parents returned.
Mrs. Weinberg reported a $10,000
platinum and diamond bracelet and
a $7,500 diamond ring missing from
a jewel box.
But under the box was a $10 bill.
Russian Paper Scores
Dewey as Anti-Soviet
By the Associated Press
MOSCOW, June 28.—The editorial
comment in the Soviet press on the
Republican National Convention
pictured Gov, Thomas E. Dewey as
the representative of the “Aggressive
plans of Wall Street.”
1. Ilin, writing in the newspaper (
Socialist Agriculture yesterday, said
the convention accepted a platform |
"supporting an expansionist foreign
policy and reactionary measures in-,
side the nation” and added: ,,
“The program approves the ag
gressive plans of Wall Street finding
expression in the anti-Soviet West
ern European bloc lead by the
United States and In striving to
liquidate the principal of unanimity
in the United Nations, in the
Marshall plan and in striving to re
build Western Germany's military
might.
"In the area of internal policy the
platform declares a crusade against
democratic freedom and the progres
sive elements within the nation.”
The newspaper said that ordi
narily Americans do not have any
choice in elections but that this year
it is different, It said'
"Creation of a third party advanc
ing the candidacy of Henry A. Wal
lace has basically changed the char
acter of the pre-election battle in
the United States. Before the work
ing masses appeared the possibility
of voting for a policy of peace, inter
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The car finally was 1 (Hated 7
miles away, where it was halted by
an incline.
Railroad spokesmen said "there
was no danger of a wreck. As soon
as the car entered a block it auto
matically set the signals halting all
j oncoming traffic.”
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China's Flood Homeless
Reported at 200,000
By th* Associated Press
HONG KONG, June 28.'—Travel
ers from Swatow In South China
estimated today between 200,000 and
300,000 persons lost their homes in
the area’s worst flood in 50 years.
Whole' families, they said, were
drowned by swiftly rushing waters
that swept away their fragile
quarters.
The homeless were making their
way to Amoy and Foochow.
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Chaplain Twiss Marks
25th Anniversary in
Priesthood at Mass
Lt. Comdr. John J. Twiss, assistant
chaplain of the Potomac River Naval
Command, celebrated his 25th anni
versary as a priest in a solemn high
mass yesterday in the chapel of the
Naval Receiving Station, Anacostia.
Among his 260 friends who at
tended were Secretary of the Navy
Sullivan and the Most Rev. Thomas
J. Toolen, Bishop of Mobile, Ala.
Father Twiss, the celebrant of the
mass, was assisted by Msgr. John J.
Russell, pastor of St. Patrick's
Church, and the Rev. Joseph Ken
nedy, pastor at Forest Glen, Md„ a
classmate of Father Twiss at St.
Charles’ College, Catonsville, Md.
Mrs. Anna V. Twiss, the 74-year
old mother of the chaplain, and his
two sisters, Mrs. Tom Dempsey and
Mrs. Neil D. Dougherty, flew from
Boston to be present at the celebra
tion.
The Rev. Maurice Sheehy of
Catholic University gave the ser
mon on “Dignity of Priesthood .in
the Navy.” Father Sheehy and
Father Twiss served in the Pacific
Fleet together during World War II
and were district chaplain and as
sistant chaplain, respectively, at
pearl Harbor.
At the conclusion of the mass,
Father Sheehy read a special bless
ing from the Pope which was de
livered in a letter from the Moat.
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani,
the Apostolic delegate in Washing
ton.
A luncheon reception was held in
the Naval Gun Factory Officer!’
Club after the mass. Speeches hon
oring Father Twiss were delivered
by Capt. John W. Moore, chaplain
of the Potomac River Naval Com
mand, and Bishop Toolen.
Father Twiss was ordained at St.
j John’s Seminary, Boston. He has
been in the Navy six years and sta
tioned at Anacostia about six
months.
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Naval Research laboratory
To Mark 25th Anniversary
The Naval Research Laboratory,
Fourth and Overlook drive S.W.,
will celebrate its 25th anniversary
on Friday with a program begin
ning at 1 pm. at the laboratory.
Capt. H. A. Schade, U. S. N.. di
rector of the laboratory, will make
a welcoming speech, after which
John Nicholas Brown. Assistant
Secretary of Navy for Air; Admiral
Louis E, Denfeld. chief of naval
operations, and Dr. William V.
Houston, president of Rice Institute,
will speak, v
A feature of the program will be
presentation of awards to laboratory
employes with 25 years’ service.
Music will be furnished by the
Navy Band. After the program all
buildings will be open for inspection
of unclassified work and equipment.
Charles W. Burch, 75, Dies;
Was Native of Montgomery
Charles William Burch, 75. life
long resident of Montgomery
County, died yesterday at his home
at 631 Ritchie avenue, Silver Spring,
after a long illness.
vThe son of the late Francis and
Harriet P. Burch, he was bom in
Dickerson. He came to Silver Spring
40 years ago.
Mr. Burch was an employe of
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Hood, 731 Sligo avenue, Silver
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Burch, 909 Columbia boulevard. Sil
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kneehole desks, table and floor electroUeres, Boyalire vacuum cleaner,
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ASSETS
Cash in vault and on deposit in other
banks -
U. S. Bonds and Securities
Stock, Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond.
Loans and Discounts
Real Estate^Loans, F. H. A. and G. I. in
sured _
Other Real Estate Loans
Banking House, Etc
Other Assets_
$6,818,699.42
8,534,821.33
45,000.00
5,750,085.63
4,870,669.04
1,221,048.06
291,157.73
16,204.03
$27,547,685.24
LIABILITIES
TOTAL DEPOSITS_$25,501,773.14
Reserve for Taxes, Interest, etc- 174,067.76
Other Liabilities- 54,611.66
$25,730,452-56
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital stock-$750,006.00
Surplus_ 750,000.00
Undivided Profits_212,612.56
Reserve for Contingencies. 104,620.12
1,817,232.68
$27,547,685.24
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FRANCIS G. ADDISON, Jr.
DION S. BIRNEY
SAMUEL 8. BUCK
DILLER F. GROFF
RUDOLPH T. HARRELL
AARON W. JACOBSON
GEORGE E. JUDD
FRED McKEE
R. CARL MITCHELL
BENJAMIN OURIBMAN
COL. JULIUS I. PEYSER
STACY M. REED
JUDGE MILTON STRASBURGER
OFFICERS
COL. JULIUS I. PEYSER
Chairman of Board
FRANCIS G. ADDISON, Jr.
President
FRED McKEE
Vice Pretident
CHARLES K. WEST
Vice Pretident. Branch Manager
J. HANSON BEALL
Auittant Cashier
CARL E. DUNNINGTON
Asst. Cashier. Asst. Branch Manager
JOHN O. LEHMANN
Assistant Cashier
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