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WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1948
Budget Surplus
Near 8 Billion
To Set Record
Most of Funds
Already Used to
Cut Federal Debt
iy the Associated Frost
A vast new record will be set bi
a budget surplus of nearly >8,000.
000,000, it was indicated today, onlj
two days before the end of the Gov
ernment's 1948 fiscal year. Th<
previous high was set 21 years ago
It was only $1,155,000,000 then.
But it will just be a figure or
paper.
Most of the money itself—$6.683.~
000.000—already has been used t<
lower the Federal debt to aboui
*231,600.000.000. an analysis oi
Treasury records showed today.
The rest, about $1,400 000.000 hat
gone into the Treasury's cash cof
fers. swelling its cash balance large
lv kept in banks over the country)
to $4,800,000,000.
Reflects Excess income.
The surplus reflects the excess ol
Government income over spending
Technically, $3,000,000,000 will b<
cut out of this year's surplus anc
in effect transferred to next yeai
when President Truman signs th«
foreign aid appropriations bill, intc
which Congress wrote a provision
for the transfer.
This provision requires that $3,
000.000.000 of the money that actu
ally is to be paid out for rec6very
abroad in the 12 months beginning
July 1 be charged as an “expense'
in this fiscal year's budget, raising
the book value on spending this year
bv $3,000,000,000 and reducing the
surplus a like amount.
Purpose of the bookkeeping shift
is to bolster next year's budget,
which otherwise might show a defi
cit. This will be done at the ex
pense of the current year's surplus.
The latter, even if cut $3,000,000,000.
will still be more than double the
old record.
Treasury Retires Debts.
The Treasury has been using sur
plus money for debt retirement from
time to time as the cash piled in.
It always keeps at least *2,500
000.000 in the cash balance to be on
the safe side. Its expenses will be
running about $40,000,000,000 in the
next 12 months and there is a vast
amount of savings bonds and other
sqgurities that could be turned in
for cash at any time.
The Treasury's newest data show
there was a momentary buoget sur
plus of $8,750,000,000 with just one
week to go in the fiscal year.
That was over $1,000,000,000
higher than the $7,482,000,000 sur
plus President Truman has pre
dicted would be achieved at the
end of the year June 30.
But heavy year-end expenses, in
cluding about $700,000,000 in in
terest on the debt, are now’ expected
to reduje the final surplus for the
12 months ending Wednesday to
around $7.800.000.000—well over the
President's estimate despite the in
come tax cut, which he didn't take
into account.
Principal reason for the higher
am plus is the lag in spending under
the *37,727.000.000 Mr. Truman esti
mated it would total. With a week
to go. expenditures were still $2,825.
000.000 short of that figure.
Expenditures Down.
The lower expenditures result in
part from slowness in foreign aid
spending. Those for the European
Recovery Program, budgeted for
$500,000,000 in fiscal 1948. amounted
to only *37,000.000 with just seven
more days to go.
On the expenditure side, the
Government will be getting off
lighter this year than budget ex
perts expect it will in the next few
years, barring a sharp reduction in
military or foreign aid outlays.
A House Republican leader issued
a statement claiming Congress saved
$2,741,481,291 in lopping off money
from the President's 1948 budget re
quests.
Chairman Taber of the Appropria
tions Committee, blasted the execu
tive branch of the Government as
being in a “demoralized condition."
His statement blamed Mr. Truman
for the frantic last-minute labors of
Congress
“Everywhere there is complete
confusion and inefficiency," Mr.
Tabor said, referring to the execu
tive department.
“President Truman—evidently to
prove to the country the total in
competence of his administration
failed to present to the Congress the
major budget requests at the open
ing of Congress in January as the
law requires and as has been the
practice for the past 28 years."
Jap Beetles on the Way,
Maryland Farmers Told
ly th# Associated Press
Farmers who have been cheered
by the non-appearance of Japanese
beetles were warned today not to be
too confident.
The beetles are on the way.
Dr. George S. Langford, specialist
in insect control at the University
of Maryland, said the invasion has
been delaved by the cool, wet spring,
but will be under way in earnest
before the end of the month.
Some sections of the State, in
cluding Baltimore City, will not see
as heavy an infestation as in other
years, he predicted, but he guessed
the heaviest infestation would occur
in Talbot and Queen Annes Counties
with a "pretty heavy” incidence on
most of the Eastern Shore. "Heavy"
Infestation is expected in Howard.
Carroll. Montgomery and Frederick
Counties and in the Western section
of Baltimore County.
He warned farmers to spray DDT
on foliage even- 10 days or two
weeks, detrending on rainfall.
Arlington Legion Post
Will Install Officers
• New officers of the American
Legion Arlington Post No. 139 and
Its auxiliary will be jointly installed
at a meeting in the clubhouse. 3442
Washington boulevard, at 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Theodore Pome, past District
Commander, will induct the post
officers. Mrs. Flora Cumberland
former president, will install aux
iliary officer*.
Prince Georges Teacher to Go
To England on Exchange Basis
Mrs. Jane H.
Jane, 15.
McCafTerty, 41, and her daughter. Nancy
—Star Staff Photo.
When Mrs. Jane H. McCaffertv,
41, of Mount Rainier, sails for Eng
land August 11. she will become
the first Prince Georges school
teacher to be sent to Europe on
an exchange basis.
Mrs. McCaffertv. an art teacher
and guidance counselor at the
Mount Rainier High School, will
teach art and English in the West
ern School for Girls at Southall,
Middlesex County, for a year, start
ing in September.
In exchange, the British Gov
ernment will send Miss Jean Oliver,
a teacher at the Southall school, to
this country, where she will be as
signed to Bladensburg High School
for the same period.
Daughter to Go Along.
Accompanying Mrs. McCafTertv,
who is a widow, will be her daugh
ter Nancy Jean. 15. who has just
completed the ninth grade at the
National Cathedral School for Girls
in Washington. They live at 2704
Allison street. Mount Rainier.
Mrs. McCafferty's husband.
Charles H. McCafTerty. was among
the 53 passengers killed when a
transcontinental plane crashed in
the Blue Ridge Mountains near
Leesburg. Va. June 13. 1947. He
was an employe of the Maritime
Commission here
This will be Mrs. McCafferty's
second visit to England. The first
Adventists Meeting
Today on Plans for
Evangelistic Drive
The Potomac Conference of the
Severn h-dav Adventists at Sligo
Church, Takoma Park. Md.. today
will discuss plans for an evangelis
tic campaign bv the ministry and
laymen next year. The biennial ses
sion. which opened Thursday, will
continue through Sunday.
Membership in the area's Seventh
day Adventist churches increased
from 5.917 to 6,409 in the last two
years. Elder Howard J. Detwiler.
president of the conference, reported
yesterday. He stated members dur
ing that period gave *1.670.495.16 in
tithes and foreign mission offerings,
a gain of *241.485.23 over the previ
ous two-year period.
Five Buildings Kiting.
Elder Detwiler also reported that
five new church buildings, costing
$150,000. are being completed in the
Virginia centers of Roanoke. Ap
palachia. Pulaski, Strasburg and
Yellow Branch.
Plans for churches, estimated to
cost approximately $250,000, are now*
under way at Petersburg. Fredericks
burg. Princess Anne and Arlington.
Va.: Damascus and Silver Spring.
Md„ and on Pennsylvania avenue
S.E. the report added.
Mr. Detwiler was re-elected presi
dent of the association and William
H Jones of Takoma Park, secretary
treasurer.
Department Heads Re-elected.
Heads of the departments re
elected were Clyde A. Smith, pub
lishing: E. S. Knecht. book and Bible
house: Warren N. Wittenberg, home
missionary, young people's, tem
perance and war service: Archa O.
Dart. Sabbath school and educa
tional: Miss Ada Dean, medical, and
Mr. Detwiler. religious liberty.
Those chosen as members of the
conference’s Executive Committee
were Mr. Detwiler. Mr. Jones. H. A.
Morrison, N. S. Ashton, George S
Rapp, R. L. Boothby. all of Takoma
Park; E F. Koch. Richmond: L. R
Mansell. Roanoke; C. H Dougherty.
Portsmouth; J. L. Price, Arlington
and W. C. Hanna, New Market, Va.
Maryland Dean Honored
With Pharmacy Medal
Dr A G. DuMe dean of the Uni
versity of Maryland School of Phar
macy in Baltimore, has been
awarded the Remington Medal for
outstanding achievements in phar
macy by the American Pharmaceu
tical Association.
Each year the Remington Medal
is awarded the person judged as
mast important to American phar
macy by a committee of past presi
dents of the association.
Dr. DuMez has? been secretary of
the American Council on Phar
maceutical Education since 1932.
was in 1930. Southall, where she
will teach and live for the hext
year, is only five miles from London.
125 Going to Britain.
The Mount Rainier teacher will be
one of 125 teachers from all parts
of the United States going to the
British Isles this year in exchange
with other teachers. The program
is sponsored by the United States
Office of Education.
A native of Pittsburgh. Pa., Mrs.
McCafferty expects to complete her
work for a master's degree from the
University of Maryland some time
next month. She came to Prince
Georges County three years ago from
Tooele. Utah, where her husband
was employed.
Nancy Jean, who is making the
trip at her mother's expense, will
continue her studies in England,
perhaps at the same school to which
her mother will be assigned.
To Exchange Lodgings.
Mrs. McCafferty and Miss Oliver
plan to exchange lodgings as well
as jobs. Miss Oliver's salary will be
paid by the British government.
Mrs. McCafferty will remain on the
payroll of the Prince Georges County
Board of Education. But, unlike
Miss Oliver, she will have to pay
her own transportation across the
Atlantic.
"The whole trip will be worth it,"
she said.
Laurel Police Use
Ad in Star to
Fill Vacancies
The Star's classified ads had
another satisfied customer today in
the person of the Laurel chief of
police.
A 4-line ad first instered Friday,
has brought 20 applications for two
jobs as town policemen.
"And it s a good list to pick from.'
declared Chief George S. Barkman.
"I’m very much satisfied and pleased
with the response Most of the ap»
plicants have good experience and
furnished fine references.”
Chief Barkman. who took office
this month in a department reor
ganization. said the policemen will
be paid $180 a month at the start.
After three months they will be
raised to $190.
The vacancies were created when
several members of the department
resigned in a department dispute
under the former chief. The force
will consist of five regular policemen
and seven part-time members. Chief
Barkman said.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Post
Elects Shaub Commander
D. R. Shaub has been named
commander of the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Post of the American Legion.
Other new officers are Gar Cham
berlin. senior vice commander; Wil
liam Greenville, junior vice com
mander; Edward Cogan, adjutant:
Leslie Bell, jr.. finance officer; the
Rev. William F. Creighton, chap
lain: John M. Mclnerney. Judge
advocate; Irving Bienvenue, ser
geant-at-arms; Harold Ale. service
officer; Dr. Edward R. Cook, his
torian.
Members of the Executive Com
mittee are James R. Miller, William
Hoover, Joseph A. Cantrel, F. H.
Creeh, Charles H. Merrick, Lewis B
Pusev, jr.. and Frank Spicer. Mem
bers of the committee without vote
are Past Comdrs. T. M. Duff and
Tom Elward.
Prince Georges Knights
To Get Papal Blessing
A papal biassing Will be conferred
on the members of Prince Georges
Council. Knights of Columbus, at
9 o’clock tonight at the Knights of
Columbus Hallfi, Forty-third and
Gallatin streets. Hyattsville. by the
Rev. John di Matteo of the Trini
tarian Order.
Father Matteo is superior of John
of Maltha Monastery In Hyattsville.
Arlington G. 0. P. Talks Set
Arlington County Republican
Chairman Edgar W. Pumphrey and
Talmage Wilcher, member of the
State Central Committee from
Arlington, will speak on the recent
Republican National Convention at
7 o'clock tonight over Station
WARL .
Important Notice
The telephone number for THE STAR is now STERLING
5000.
Telephone traffic at THE STAR increased to a point
which demanded additional trunk lines to provide prompt
| and efficient service to customers. These trunk lines were
available immediately on the new' STerling exchange.
So. to call THE STAR for any reason—remember,
i STERLING 5000.
Wallace Party
Is Organized
At Richmond
Virginia State Session
Picks Delegation for
National Convention
ly tSo Associated Procs
RICHMOND, Va., June 28.—The
Progressive Party of Virginia to
day was the formal organization of
the supporters of Henry A. Wallace
for President in the Old Dominion.
The new party was organized at
a convention here yesterday, at
tended by' 352 official delegates.
Colored and white people were about
equally represented among the
delegation, which called for elimi
nation of segregation as a primary
plank in the party’s platform.
The group also elected State of
ficers and named a slate of electors
and a delegation to the National
Wallace convention in Philadelphia
next month.
Robeson's Necktie Auctioned.
Two out-of-the-State speakers
were Paul Robeson, the singer, and
Dr. Clark Foreman of Atlanta, na
tional treasurer of the Wallace for
President Committee. Mr. Robeson
entertained the delegates with sev
eral songs and his necktie was auc
tioned off to raise party funds.
Howard H. Carwile of Richmond,
an independent candidate for the
Senate, was ousted from the con
vention when he insisted on reading
his platform on the floor. It was
ruled that Mr. Carwile was not a
delegate and could not speak. He
was removed by the sergeant-at
arms.
Mrs. Virginia Foster Durr of
Alexandria was elected chairman of
the State Committee, George El
wood. with offices in Richmond,
was named secretary, and Wilbert
Reavis of Richmond tvas made
treasurer. Mrs. Durr is the wife of
Clifford P. Durr, retiring member
of the Federal Communications
Commission.
Poll Tax Opposed.
Some of the things the platform
called for were control of "great in
dustries of the State,” in the inter
est of the people; abolition of the
poll tax: minimum salaries of $3,000
for teachers, both colored and
white; a $l-an-hour State minimum
wage law; free medical and dental
care for all school children and a
State-financed public housing pro
gram for low-income groups in both
rural and city areas.
The convention also adopted a
"peace'' resolution which called for
repealing the draft, ending the
manufacture and stockpiling of
atomic bombs and defending the
new state of Israel.
The electors include William D.
Ruffner. Luray; Virginia Spelman.
Alexandria, and Robert C. Daven
port, Fairfax County.
Mrs Sarah D'Avila of Arlington
wax one of nine vice chairman se
lected. •
Man Sought After Slaying
Oner Wounding Another
Alexandria police today were
searching for a laborer who. they
charge, shot one man fatally,
wounded another and escaped on a
bicycle.
The body of Joe Elzie. 42. colored,
of 528 North Alfred street. Alex
andria. was found late yesterday in
a garage at the rear of that ad
dress. A wounded man was lying
across the body. Mr. Elzie had been
shot through the heart.
The wounded man. in critical
condition at Alexandria Hospital, Is
Alvin Colbert. 35. of 813 Madison
street, Alexandria. He was shot
once in the stomach. Police said
both men had been shot with a
38-caliber revolver.
James McDowell. 37. colored, of the
800 block af Madison street. Alexan
dria, has been charged with murder
and felonious assault. Police were
told by a woman, whose name they
did not disclose, that McDowell sud
denly pulled a revolver and shot
the two men through the open door
of the garage, then pedaled away
on a bicycle.
Jewish Center Women
Name New Directors
Mrs. Samuel M. Sacks, president
of the Women's league of the Ar
lington Jewish Center, has an
nounced the following members of
the Board of Directors for the com
ing year:
Mrs. Mvrick Bander, Mrs. Julius!
Coen. Mrs. Eugene Davidson. Mrs.
Henry Greene. Mrs. Rae Kohrn,
Mrs. Nathan Levy. Mrs. B. I. Melni
coff. Mrs. Leon Nachman. Mrs. Max
Osias. Mrs. Abraham Pollack. Mrs.
Nathan Silberberg and Mrs. Wil
liam Tanzman.
WARRENTON, VA.—YOUNG RIDERS PERFORM—Youth was in full command nere over uie wee*.
end, during the two-day program of the Warrenton Pony Show, oldest event of its kind in Amer
ica. In the pony hunter hack class. Miss Sue Ann Freeman. 11, Fredericksburg (above), takes a
jump with Pinochio, brown gelding owned by Miss Sara Nan Payne, Gordonsville.
Son of D. C. Fireman,
Navy Veteran, Drowns
Diving From Boat
A young Navy veteran, son of a
District fireman, drowned in the
South River yesterday afternoon
when he dived from a boat at Riva.
Ann Arundel
Mr. Cameron.
County.
He was Robert
Joseph Cameron.
20, the son of
Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Cameron,
605 Gallatin
street N.W.
Relatives said
Mr. Cameron
apparently was
stunned when he
struck an under
water obstruc
tion. Several
friends who ac
companied him
on the swimming party tried unsuc
cessfully to rescue him.
Anne Arundel police said the
water is 20 feet deep at the point
he dived.
The body was recovered by county
firemen about an hour after the
drowning.
Mr. Cameron served in the Pa
cific with the 3d Fleet during the
war and had combat stars for three
major engagements. He was a ma
chinist's mate, third class. Since
his discharge he had been serving a
plumber- apprenticeship.
His father has been a District
fireman for 25 years and now is
attached to the administration di
vision at headquarters.
Survivors, in addition to the par
ents. are two sisters, Mrs. David H.
Dickerson. 10027 Greenock road.
Silver Sprung, and Mrs. Raymond
R. Disanti. Pittsburgh.
Burial will be in Arlington Ceme
tery Wednesday.
Navy Veteran Drowns
At Maryland Beach
BALTIMORE. June 29 (Pi.—Ed
ward Patrick McGuire. 27-year-old
Navy veteran from Rye. N. Y..
drowned yesterday while swimming
at Bay Ridge. Md.
Alexandria Clergyman
Attacks Health Conditions
Sanitation and health conditions
in Alexandria were criticized yes
terday by the Rev. Thomas A.
Fraser of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church.
He declared that open sew'ers
could be found in the heart of the
city and said there was no excuse i
for this. He al^> criticized the idle
ness of the city's X-ray equipment.
Health conditions in Alexandria
recently were denounced by the
city's League of Women Voters,'
which published a pamphlet entitled
•Health Facts About Alexandria.”
The minister said he had found
agencies of the city unable to care
for indigent persons who were ill.
He called on his congregation to
study these needs "and bring about
action in the right direction.”
Jelleff to Complete Shop
In Silver Spring toy Fall
A Silver Spring unit of Frank R.
JellefT. Inc., women’s specialty store,
will be completed by September 1,
Frank R. Jelleff, president, said
today.
The store, at 8635 Collesville road,
will have two stories and basement,;
with provision for future addition
of two more floors.
REMINDER OF LONG AGtf-Diane Werneke, 20 months, seems
to be expecting a ride onJhe old carriage included in the Bal- j
timore & Ohio Railroad exhibit at Silver Spring yesterday. With
here are her mother, Mrs. John G. Werneke, 505 Maple Ridge j
road, Bethesda, and Herman Oberender, B. Si O. diesel electric
supervisor. The exhibit, containing modern as well as historical ;
old equipment, is en route to the Chicago Railroad Fair.
—Star Staff Photo.
Among the ribbon winners at Warrenton were the ponies
shown above. They were entered in the modified Olympics class.
F?rst place went to Trophy (at right), ridden by Mis5<£1'
ban. 15, Charlottesville, and owned by Grover Vandevender.
Second place was won by Baby, owned and ridden by Claire
Taylor, 14. of Suitland. Md. _ —Star Staff Photos.
2 County Conferences
Slated in Maryland on
Zoning Enforcement
Steps to enforce zoning ordinances
in Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties will be discussed at two
conferences next month by officials
in both counties.
The first meeting will be helc! at
2:30 p.m.. July 13, in the Montgom
ery Countv commissioners' hearing
room in the Rockville Courthouse.
The second is scheduled for 2:30
p m., July 20. in the Prince Georges
County commissioners’ hearing room
in the Upper Marlboro Courthouse.
J. Bond Smtih, general counsel
of the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, will
preside.
Those participating in the dis
cussions will include the commis
sioners of the two counties, mem
bers of the Boards of Zoning Ap
peals. trial magistrates. State’s at
torneys, county health officers,
county engineers and the Mayors
and councilmen of the incorporated
towns In the Maryland-Washington
regional district.
The planning commission, in a
resolution authorizing the confer
ences, said that during the war
zoning enforcement was temporarily
suspended in many cases to permit
the renting of rooms and apart
ments to war workers.
Although the war emergency has
passed, the commission added, zon
ing ordinance violations which had
been “tolerated'" during that period
sti'l continue.
“Unless present conditions are
remedied." the commission declared,
“and full force and effect is again
given the zoning ordinances, per
manent and irreparable injury will
be done to many communities
throughout the Maryland-Washing
ton regional district in both coun
ties.”
The commission pointed out the
use of building or land in violation
of zoning provisions is a misde
meanor and the owner may be prose
cuted on complaint of the planning
body, the county commissioners or
any citizen. ,
At the same time, the commission
recommended that the Montgomery
County commissioners deny two
petitions for commercial use of land
Dn Sligo avenue. Silver Spring.
One of the requests, filed by Safe
way Stores, Inc., agent for Ralph
A. and Ruby Lee White, seeks the
reclassification from residential A
to commercial D of two lots on the
southeast corner of Sligo and Ritchie
avenues.
The other, also filed by Safeway
Stores as agent for Ella M. Russell,
asks the rezoning from residential
A to commercial D of two lots on
the southeast corner of Sligo and
Mississippi avenues.
Hearings on the two petitions will
be held at 3:10 and 3:20 pjn., re
spectively, in the Silver Spring
Liquor Dispensary Building.
Masons to Honor Sigourney
Royal Arch Masons from the I*is
trict and northern Virginia will
meet at the George Washington
National Masonic Memorial, Alex
andria. at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow to
honor Dan P. Sigourney, grand high
priest of the order in Virginia.
Six Severely Injured
In Aulo Collision on
Ml. Vernon Boulevard
Nine persons were injured in auto- j
mobile collisions in the V>ashington
area over the week end.
Six of the nine were hurt last
night when two automobiles collided
head on south of Alexandria on the
Mount Vernon boulevard, and the
other three were injured in a triple
car crash in Silver Spring.
In addition, two persons suffered
fractures and cuts when their auto
mobile struck a culvert .near Gaith
ersburg.
All of those in the Mount Vernon
boulevard accident were admitted to
hospitals. They were:
Mrs. Barbara Gaunt, 32, of the
2300 block of Pennsylvania avenue
N.W.. who suffered seven fractures,
including her legs and her right
wrist, according to Alexandria Hos
pital.
Mrs. Marjorie Festerman. 24, of the
Pennsylvania avenue address, shoul
der and possible left hip fracture.
Dorothy Lane Festerman, 4. of
the Pennsylvania avenue address,
head injuries.
Ira Fields, 30. of 1012 Twelfth
street N.W.. wrist fracture.
Karl Glasbrenner. 45. of 1335 P
street S.E., shock and internal in
juries.
Lt. Robert C. Tipton, 29, Fort Bel
voir, face cuts.
Admitted to Hospital.
All but the Army officer were ad
mitted to Alexandria Hospital. He
was taken there 8ut was transferred
to Walter Reed Hospital.
At Siher Spring, the injured were
treated by a physician who was
driving one of the cars in volt ed in
the triple crash, according to Silver
Spring police.
The physician was Dr. William
D. Aud, 37, who had stopped his car
preparatory so turning into his
driveway at 9006 Colesville road,
when it was struck in the rear by
another vehicle, the impact throwing
the physicians' automobile into a
third car coming from the opposite
direction.
Doctor Treats Injured.
Treated by Dr. Aud were the fol
lowing:
Miss Florence J. Hover, 17. of the
9000 block of Wire avenue, Silver
Spring, who was driving the second
car. according to police, and Mr.;
and Mrs. Harry J. Grahe, Balti
more, who were in the third vehicle.
Their injuries were described as
minor.
Mrs. Anne Hagner Christmas. 29.
Washington Times-Herald colum
nist and her husband, Frank. 29.
were admitted to Suburban Hospital
about midnight with injuries suf-;
fered when their automobile struck
a culvert on the Laytonsville-Olney;
road not far from Gaithersburg.
Pending X-rays, Mrs. Christ-:
mas was listed as having head in
juries. and Mr. Christmas as suf -:
fering from a jaw fracture and a
possible right hand fracture. The
couple lives at 4827 Willett parkway.
Chevy Chase. __
Six Japanese Miners Killed
TOKYO, June 28 (Ab—Six Japa
nese coal miners were killed and six
injured in Kyushu Island mine acci
dents over the week end.
Trooper Beaten
In Mine Dispute,
5 Men Arrested
Officer Investigating
Wise County Trouble
Reports Being Shot At
ly th» Axociatsd Prm
WISE, Va., June 28—Five men
were accused today of beating a
State trooper Into unconsciousness
as violence flared again over efforts
to organize small truck mines in this
section.
Trooper J. W. Williams, jr„ 28,
said the men slugged and shot at
him with his own gun and then left
him at the bottom of a 40-foot
ravine near Carfax, a Wise County
mining town.
Two weeks ago Gov. Tuck direct
ed Attorney General J. Lindsay Al
mond. Jr., to prosecute 178 Buchan
an County miners charged with a
| mob assault on a non-union strip
mine near here last April.
State Attackers in Car.
Trooper Williams said he was
called about 10 a.m. yesterday to •
Investigate a disturbance at a small
truck mine betweetf Coeburn and
St. Paul, where union members had
been trying to organize other
miners.
He said the five men who attacked
him were riding in an automoblla
he had stopped on Route 658. 6 miles
west of St. Paul.
The men, he said, attacked him,
took his pistol, choked him, knocked
him senseless and then threw him
into the ravine when he questioned
them about the disturbance. They
shot at him at least twice with the
pistol as they left, he said, then
rammed his car into a roadside
cliff.
Later, Trooper Williams struggled
from the ravine and put in a call
to State Police at Norton. He then
joined fellow officers in the hunt
for his assailants.
Posse Searches Mountains.
By 6 p.m., five men were arrested
by a posse of State and county
police who scored the mountainsides
for them. Hagan Tieche, Wise
County jailer, identified tpe five
accused of assaulting Trooper Wil
liams as:
Allen Hale, 23: Arnold W. Hale,
31; Douglas P. Hale, 21; Fred M.
Hall, 18, and William Davis, 16, all
of the Carfax section. Mr. Tieche
said he understood all but Davis
were miners.
Outgjde of a possible broken nose.
Trooper Williams said he was not
badly hurt. He suffered bruises about
the face and legs, he said.
Bail had been set at $1,000 each
for the five accused, Common
wealth’s Attorney John Roberts of
Wise County said. Hearing for the
men was set for July 16 in Wise
County Trial Justice Court, Mr.
Roberts added. »
David W. Sweet Rites
To Be Held in Arlington
Funeral services for David W.
Sweet, 63, retired Federal evaluation
engineer, were to be held today at
the W. E. Fitzgerald funeral home
in Arlington. Burial was to be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr. Sweet died Saturday at his
home. 135 North Wakefield street,
Arlington. He had been in ill health
for about a year and was retired
from Government, service last
month.
A native of Fillmore. N. Y„ Mr.
Sweet was educated in public
schools there and attended Cornell
University. He entered Government
service in 1918 and served with
several Government agencies, in
cluding the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Navy Depart
ment.
Before his retirement, he was em
ployed with the War Assets Ad
ministration here. He had lived in
the Washington area ofl and on for
the last 20 years.
Mr. Sweet is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Jean Sweet and a
daughter. Nancy Jean Sweet, both
of Arlington; two sons, David S.
Sweet, of Staten Island, N. Y„ and
Robert W. Sweet. Arlington; two
sisters. Mrs. Margaret McGarity,
of Washington, and Mrs. Mildred
Scnad, of Evanston. 111., and two
brothers, Stanton Sweet, of Buffalo,
and Bruce Sweet, of Fillmore.
31 Prince Georges Centers
Open Summer Program
The Prince Georges County sum
mer recreation program began today
for an eight-week period. Director
C. Paul Barnhart announced. Th«
31 centers will be open daily from
9 a.m. until noon and 1 p.m. to
4:30 p.m.
The centers are as follows:
Beru’yn, Bladensburg primary,
Bladensburg High School, Bradbury
Heights, Brentwood-Mount Rainier,
Calvert Homes, Cheverly, Colmar
Manor, College Park. Capitol
Heights, District Heights, Edmonston
and Forestville.
Also Hyattsville primary. Lan
ham. Laurel, Marlboro, Mount
Rainier Recreation Center, River
dale. Seat Pleasant. Suitland, Uni
versity Park. Wildercroft and
Greenbelt.
Also the following colored cen
ters: Fairmont Heights, Laurel,
Lincoln, Highland Park. North
Brentwood, Lakeland and Glen
arden.
Star Movies /
Community movies, sponsored by
The Star, the Recreation Depart
ment and 'The" Film Center, are
scheduled for 9 p.m. today. Pro
grams of comedy, sports, cartoon
and travel shorts will be shown at
the following playgrounds and rec
reation centers:
Bald Eagle. Nichols avenue and Joliet
itreet S.w
Chevy Chaae. Forty-first and Llvintaton
streets N W.
Hoover. Second and N street* S.W.
Kenilworth. Kenilworth avenue and Ora
streets S I
Rudolph. Second and Hamilton streeta
N.E.
Doualass-Dwellin*. COOO Alabama ave
nue S.E. ,
Francis Twenty-fourth and N streets
N.W.
Howard. Fifth and W street* NV.V,
Langston Banning road and Twentgw
'ourth street NX