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WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948
Death of Five
Kaval Flyers in
Crash Probed
f War Hero Is Among
RVictims of Plunge
JNetir Fredericksburg
Jk* Special Dispatch to The Star
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. July.
1.—Investigations were launched
today to determine the cause of
an airplane crash which took!
the lives of Allen W. (Snuffy)
Smith, war hero, and four other
Naval Reserve flyers near here
yesterday.
The twin-engine craft in which!
they were making a training flight
from Anacostia Naval Air Station
to their home base at Atlanta fell
into a wooded area at Berea, 5
miles north of Fredericksburg.
A sawmill worker near the scene
said a wing crumpled, the plane
exploded and fell almost vertically.'
It was imbedded in the soft, wet
ground.
Sank Two Jap Cruisers.
Mr. Smith, lieutenant commander
in the Naval Reserve, was credited
with sinking a light Japanese
cruiser' and a heavy cruiser anc
with shooting down a "Tojo'
bomber during 60 months of war
ALLEN W. (SNUFFY) SMITH.
—AP Wirephoto.
time sea duty. He wore the Navy
Cross, the Silver Star, the Air
Medal ajid the Purple Heart.
Like Comdr. Smith, the others
killed lived in the Atlanta area.
They were:
Lt. Comdr. R. L. S. Eidson, 35, a
wartime instructor: Lt. James A
Cotton, Lt. (j. g.) Cornelius Idwise,
and Machinist Julius,Bassolotti.
The Navy Department disclosed
that the plane, a Beechcraft, left,
Anacostia about 2 p.m. for the re-1
turn to Atlanta. An air station
spokesman said no report was re
ceived after the takeoff and that
there was no word until he heard
the plane had crashed.
A Beechcraft normally carries a
crew of three and five to eight pas
sengers.
Bodies Carried From Scene.
Virginia State Police and mem
bers of the Fredericksburg Rescue
Squad were first to reach the scene.
Navy and Marine Corps personnel
from Quantico arrived later and
took charge.
The rescue parties carried the (
bodies of the five victims over 3
miles of muddy terrain and across
a stream that overflowed onto a
narrow road leading to the sawmill.
Towering trees around the wreck
age were unmarked, strengthening
the probability of the eyewitness re- j
port that the plane dropped almost'
vertically.
The crash occurred on property of
John E. Redmond.
Anacostia Probing Crash.
A Navy spokesman said investiga
tions of the crash were being under
taken by the Anacostia Naval Air
Station. Under service procedure,
the nearest air station has jurisdic
tion, he said.
Comdr. Smith, who has been de
scribed by fellow aviators as “one
of the best pilots ever to set wheel
on a flight deck." served aboard
the carrier Yorktown. Ranger and
Ommaney Bay. When the Ommaney
Bay was sunk in 1945, he was badlyi
wounded.
He participated In the invasions
of the Peleliu Islands and Leyte,
the Battle of the Philippine Sea,
the Mindoro and Luzon operations.
He sank both of the warships
credited to him on water-skimming
flights into heavy bursts of anti-,
aircraft shells. After the war. Mr.|
Smith and his heroic exploits were
the subject of a magazine article
called “Plug That Rathole.”
Fire School to Graduate
15 From Kensington
Fifteen Kensington firemen will
graduate at 8 o'clock tonight from
the University of Maryland Exten
sion Service Fire School.
Tonight's ceremonies in the Ken
sington fire house also will include
installation of new officers of the
department. They are Joseph Berry,
who succeeds B. C. Riggs as presi
dent: John R. Graff, vice president:
Richard Peck, secretary, and Thom
as Curtis, treasurer. Louis Kengla
was re-elected chief.
Those who will receive certificates
frcm the Fire School are: Mr. Berry,
James Craig. A. U. Godfrey. Rob
ert. Gooding. Woodrow Hurdle,
Clarence Hayes, Maynard Hawkins,
jr.: Mervin C. Martin, Mr. Peck.
Preston Redmond, Louis Raynor,
Samuel Reichart, Fred Sheffield, Ed
ward Wilks and Edward Saunders.
Phone Workers Sign
Contract in Maryland
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, July 1.—The Ches
apeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
of Maryland and the Maryland Fed
eration of Telephone Workers (in
dependent) yesterday signed a three
year contract covering 2.200 plant
and maintenance workers.
tThe contract includes minor wage
adjustments in a few departments,
Wjth most other points remaining
as they were in the 1947-48 agree
ment.
Wage negotiations may be re
opened twice during the three-year
period, Howard D. Jones, union
incident, said.
State's Sales Tax
Nets 23 Million
In II Months
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE. July 1.—Maryland
netted $23,635,242 in sales tax re
turns during the fiscal year which
ended yesterday. State Controller
Janies J. Lacy announced.
Mr. Lacy pointed out that the
figures represented receipts of only
11 months. It has been estimated
that when revenues have been cal
culated for a full year they will
amount to about $25,000,000, al
though the measure was originally
designed to produce only $18,400,000.
The levy went into effect one year
ago today, but pennies collected last
month have not yet been turned
over to the State.
Collections for May totaled $2,
316,000.
A. B. & W. Busline
Requests Hearing on
Proposed Fare Rises
The Alexandria, Barcroft & Wash- !
ington Transit Co. today asked the
Virginia State Corporation Commis- j
sion to set a hearing on the bus
line’s request for increased intra
state fares.
General Manager B. C. May said
the company, which operates be
tween Washington and nearby Vir
ginia. has been losing money since
last year. He estimated the deficit
would average $23,500 a month for
the next year, unless fare revisions
are granted.
A petition for increases on inter
state lines is pending before the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Mr. May said the proposed boosts
would be the first on the company’s
intrastate lines since the firm was!
organized 27 years ago.
The general manager blamed the
deficit on increasing costs of opera
tion and decreasing revenues. He!
declared that operating economies j
have been made but have not elimi-,
nated the monthly deficits.
Under the proposal the company!
w'oula:
Change the present 5-cent cash I
fare to two tokens for 15 cents, or!
10 cents cash.
Change the present 10-cent cash;
fare to 12>= cents (one token and:
5 cents) or 15 cents cash.
Eliminate the use of the 12’2-cent j
token in the 15, 20 and 25 cent cash'
fare zones. Cash fares In these!
zones would remain the same.
Truck Driver Freed
In Death of Girl, 2
Gordon Burch. 32, of the 5100
block of Emerson street, Edmunston,'
Md., charged with unsafe backing |
in connection with a fatal traffic
accident on June 1, was freed yes- j
terday in Municipal Court, after a
7-year-old boy failed .to qualify as a
witness.
The victim of the accident, 2-year
old Virginia Carol Jackson, was
killed instantly outside her home in
the 4300 block of Lilly Pond drive
N.E., when she was crushed under
the wheels of the ice truck driven
by Burch. A coroner’s jury subse
quently returned a verdict of acci-:
dental death in the case.
Charges against Burch were dis
missed after Michael Webster, 7. a i
neighbor of the dead girl, and the !
only witness to the accident, was
unable to define the difference be
tween truth and falsehood to the
court's satisfaction.
Asked by Assistant United States;
Attorney Philip Brophy if he knew
what a lie was, the boy said •'no.”
When he added that he “wasn't
sure'' what it meant to tell the
truth, Justice George D. Neilson dis
missed the case.
Car Kills Woman, 75r Hurts
Girl, 3, in Baltimore
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, July 1An au
tomobile struck and killed 75-year-j
old Mrs. May Serp of Baltimore here
last night and injured a 3-year-old
girl she was carrying.
The child. Ann Carol Dore. was
hospitalized with possible internal J
injuries.
19 Virginians Face
Car Inspection Charges
Ninteen Virgina motorists are
scheduled to appear in Arlington
County Court tomorrow and Tues
day on charges of failure to have
their cars inspected.
Because of the last-minute rush
at inspection stations, Arlington
police did not begin a drive against
offenders until this week. The
deadline was June 15.
The 19 persons pasted $8.25 col
lateral Tuesday and yesterday.
For Full Probe
Of Conservation
Tidewater Fisheries
Group Will Undergo
Particular Sccutiny
8y the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, July 1.—Gov. Lane
has named a nine-man commission
to investigate all State conservation
practices "with particular reference
to the Department of Tidewater
Fisheries.”
The investigation was an out
growth of the bitter wrangling which
marked the meetings of the three
man tidewater group last winter.
The dissension led to talk of a
“ripper” bill to remove all members.
Instead, at a special session of the
General Assembly last month, a
resolution calling on Gov. Lane to
name the investigative group was
approved.
Bowman Chairman.
Dr. Isaiah Bowman, president of
Johns Hopkins University, was ap
pointed chairman of the investigat
ing commission, to be known offi
cially as the Commission on Con
servation of Natural Resources.
Other members:
F. W. C. Webb, Salisbury, a Mary
land representative on the Chesa
peake-Potomac Study Commission;
William F. Schluderberg, Baltimore,
head of a commission that recom
mended 1941 legislation co-ordinat
ing conservation agencies under the
Board of Natural Resources, and
James H. Gambrill, jr„ of Frederick.
uar* rraises selection.
Also Circuit Judge John B. Gray,
jr., Prince Frederick; A. Wellington
Tawes, Crisfield banker; William
Woodfield. Galesville seafood packer;
Thomas B. Leonard, Cambridge
Packer, and Richmond W. Emory of
Baltimore, former deputy attorney
general.
John E. Clark, chairman of both
the Tidewater Fisheries commission
and the Board of Natural Resources,
said last night that the Governor
had selected an "outstanding" study
group.
James Protests Proposal
For Financing of Bridge
BEL AIR, Md., July 1 (/P).—'William
S. James, a member of the House of
Delegates, has protested to Gov.
Lane over a proposed plan for
financing of the Chesapeake Bay
bridge.
The proposal calls for the paying
off of the remaining Susquehanna
and Potomac River bridge bonds
through the floating of a new issue,
combining the three toll projects.
Mr. James said in a letter that the
plan would place an "unjust burden”
on the residents of Harford County,
who have been led to believe that
the Susquehanna River bridge
would become toll-free when the
present outstanding bonds have been
paid.
Lane Names Oberto Head
Anti-Subversiye Group
By the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, July 1.—Gov. Lane
yesterday named Frank B. Ober.
Baltimore attorney, to head a com
mittee aimed at smoking out sub
versive organizations in Maryland.
The commission was authorized
at last month's special session of
the General Assembly.
State Senator Wilmer C. Carter,
Democrat, of Baltimore, who spon
sored a resolution asking “expo
sure and expurgation of subversive
activities” in Maryland, was one of
the 11 members appointed by the
Governor. *
The committee was Instructed to
study existing legislation and sub
mit recommendations for other
laws at the next regular General
Assembly session.
Other committee members include
Delegates T. Raymond Burch. Dem
ocrat. of Prince Georges County,
and Mrs. Leona M. Rush. Demo
crat, of Montgomery County.
Kendrick Takes Oath
As Substitute Justice
Caldwell C. Kendrick, president
of the Arlington County Bar Asso
ciation. is the county's second sub
stitute trial justice.
Mr. Kendrick took the oath of
office yesterday for the post cre
ated bv the last session of the Vir
ginia General Assembly. The other
substitute is Harry R. Thomas.
Both were appointed by Trial
Justice Hugh Reid, who is elected.
X-Ray Survey to End
The county-wide X-ray survey
will end tomorrow in Arlington,
the tuberculosis association an
nounced today. X-rays will be ob
tained from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at
the J. C. Penny Co.. Wilson boule
vard and North Highland street.
HOW CAPITOL TROLLEY WILL SERVE NEW BUILDING—The
well-known monorail trolley, shown above, in its tunnel run
ning between the Capitol and Senate Office Building, is to be
extended to the proposed new Senate Office Building along
rput outlined on map. Broken line Indicates new route. Note
pedestrian tunnel* under First street N.E. The project has
just been authorized by Congress to include the new builaing
and trolley line extension to cost $20,600,000. —Star Staff Photo.
Maryland May Spend
$50,000,000 on Roads
This Year, Lane Says
By the Associated Press
j EASTON, Md., July 1.—Maryland
! may spend $50,000,000 on road im
| provements this year, Gov. Lane
i predicted last night.
"I believe,” he said, “that we will
overshoot" the State Roads Com
mission's goal of $40,000,000 in 1948.
"Given proper conditions, the
$50,000,000 should be reached,” the
Governor said in a speech prepared
for the annual ladies’ night ban
quet of the Easton Rotary Club.
In the first six months of" 1948,
Gov. Lane said, the commission has
advertised for bids or put under
contract highway construction and
repair projects totaling $24,200,000.
"Miles upon miles of new high
way, -or betterment by resurfacing
and realignment, begin to take
shape week by week,” he said.
Final plans for the Chesapeake
Bay bridge “are now on the draw
ing boards and will be completed
within 60 to 90 days,” Gov. Lane said.
He said he learned yesterday from
the War Department that Army Sec
retary Royall has signed a permit
giving Maryland the green light for
construction of a $35,000,000 span
linking the Eastern and Western
Shores.
"I hope before too manv weeks
pass, this State administration will
begin to build from Sandy Point to
Kent Island,” Gov. Lane said.
"The current status of State Roads
Commission commitments involves
some 87 major projects in various
stages,” he said, "and an outlay
totaling $28,966,000.”
The Governor called It a "gigantic
road-building program.” - .
Civil Service Plan Goes
In Effect in Hyaffsviile
A civil service plan for Hyatts
ville city employes went into effect
today in the nearby Maryland mu
nicipality.
Under the plan, a merit system of
promotion is provided for employes
as well as a method of selecting
new ones and setting up qualifica
tions for the various city depart
ments. The system also includes
provisions for 30 days' annual leave
and 18 days’ sick leave.
The new plan, adopted by the
Hyattsville Mayor and City Council
June 21, also includes a provision
whereby employes can be discharged
for disloyalty to the United States.
Employes of the police and fire
department, engineer's office, cleri
cal employes and labor forces are
covered by the system. Town Treas
urer Howard C. Dinge reported. The
system affects 25 employes imme
diately, he said.
FREDERICKSBURG, V A.—PLANE WRECKAGE—The wreckage of a Naval Reserve training plane,
which dived vertically and crashed in a wooded area near here yesterday, killing Allen W.
(Snuffy) Smith, Pacific war hero, and four other reservists on a flight from Anacostia to At
lanta. -AP photo>
• s
Extended Senate Subway Line
Expected to Carry More Riders
By Harold B. Rogers
The electric subway on Capitol
Hill is due for a big expansion In
service and popularity.
Already running between the
Senate wing of the Capitol and the
Senate Office Building, their tracks
will be extended for service to the
new Senate Office Building.
The new structre Is to be built
on First street N.E., between B and
C streets, to house the Senate’s 15
standing committees, their chSlr-1
men and staffs.
Because this means most of the
Senate’s hearings will take place in
the new building, one block further
from the Capitol than the present
office building, the demand for
transportation will be greatly in
creased. That is where the new
trolley system will come In handy,
and he more popular, no doubt,
than the present short line. -
Will Pass Over Tunnel.
The route for the extenlion will
be under the sidewalk and parking
on the south side of the present
office building. It will run from the
present monorail tracks due east
ward to the new Senate Office
Building. At the intersection of
First street N.E. the trolley subway
will pass over the top of the rail
road tunnel which is deeper under
ground. The railroad tunnel bring
ing trains into Union Station from
the south passes under First street
N.E. for several blocks.
Handy entrances to both the 'Sen
ate Office Buildings will be provided
for trolly passengers. There also
will be pedestrian tunnels under
First street, near the B and C street
ends of both buildings.
The monorail trolley operates on a
shuttle system without regular
scneauie. wo rare is required. rri
marily for the use of Senators, the
little trains are also available to the
public, and are highly popular with
children visitors to Capitol Hill
buildings.
The new Senate Office Building is
to include many accommodations
for the standing committees and the
public. There will be an auditorium
with seating capacity for 500 per
sons, with facilities for recording
hearings! moving picture projection,
broadcasting, and television.
2 Special Hearing Rooms Planned.
Plans provide for,two large special
hearing rooms, each about the size
of the caucus room .in the present
Senate Office Building.
The Vice President will be pro
vided quarters, including four rooms,
ip the corner of the building nearest
the Capitol and also,nearest the
trolley terminal.
There is to be a cafeteria seating
700 persons, and dining rooms with
waiter service. 'Accommodations will
be provided for the press, radio and
television. Underground garages will
house about 200 automobiles.
Plans for the new building already
have progressed to the point where
most details have been laid out in
preliminary form, but working draw
ings are yet to be made.
The site is to be acquired as soon
as possible by purchase or con
demnation. But to speed the pro
cess, it is expected the Attorney
General will be asked to file con
demnation proceedings in District
Court. This would not ban volun
tary agreements, however, between
owners of the private property on
the site and the Government for
transfer of title.
Two or three years probably will
be required for completion of the job.
Adult Classes Announced
At Leland Junior High
Registration for adult classes in
sewing, woodwork and furniture re
pair will be held at 7 o'clock to
night at Leland Junior High School.
Chevy Chase, Md.
Those wishing to enroll in newly!
organized ceramics classes at the j
school may register at 7:30 o'clock.
The sewing class will meet from
7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thurs
days, under the direction of Mrs.
Lorna Sween. Woodwork and fur
niture repair instruction will be
given at the same time by Walter
Smith.
Beginners in ceramics will meet
every Tuesday night while advanced
students will meet on Thursday
nights. A beginning class also will
be held on Tuesday afternoons if
there is sufficient demand.
The classes are sponsored by the
Adult Education Office of the Mont
gomery County Board of Educa
tion. ____
Registration to Vote
In Virginia Ends Saturday
Saturday is the deadline in Vir
ginia for registering to vote in the
August 3 primaries.
In Arlington, all precinct regis
trars and the central registrar at
the courthouse will be on duty from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The Arlington League of Women
Voters has announced that it will
provide transportation to the homes
of registrars for any one who will
telephone Chestnut 0910.
The books will be closed until
August 4 when they will open until
October 2 to permit registration
for the November general election.
_
31 Fairfax Policemen
Start New 8-Year Terms
Thirty Fairfax County policemen
were reappointed to eight-year
terms and one new man was ap
pointed yesterday by Circuit Judge
Paul E. Brown.
Oaths of office were administered
by Clerk of the Court Thomas PJ
Chapman, jr. The new member is
Williams Rogers, 22, Telegraph road.
Also sworn In for new four-year!
terms were Trial Justice Harry L.
Sarrico, Substitute Trial Justice
Robert W. Stump and Mrs. Ann
Withers and Mrs. Ethel Dennis,
clerks in the trial justice office.
»
Ellman Liquor License
Transfer Denied by ABC
The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board yesterday denied a petition
of Hyman and Tillie Ellman for
transfer of their liquor store at 801
Fourth street S.R to 5323 East Capi
tol street.
About 20 property owners from the
Capital View section appeared to
protest the petition at a hearing
before the ABC Board on June 17.
They contended the liquor store
would be a nuisance to the neighbor
hood.
Meanwhile, the board announced
a hearing will be held at 10 a.m.
July 9 in Room 3106. Municipal
Center, on a proposed revision of
the regulations that would require
Class C and D retailers to main
tain separate books for sale of food
and liquor.
Arlington Man Wins
$1,500 Fellowship
By the Associated Press
CHARLOTTESVfLLE, Va., July 1.
—Joseph Dillon, jr.. of Arlington.
Va., graduate student in physics at
the University of Virginia, has been
named the first winner of a *1,500
fellowship in physics recently of
fered by the United States Rubber
Co.
Under terms of the fellowship,
he will be able to carry on basic
research in a field of his own selec
tion. Mr. Dillon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. r. Dillon of 2101 South
Lynn street, Arlington, has been
working with high-speed centrifuges
and with magnetic suspension of
objects rotating at high speeds. He
plans to continue in this field of
research.
Easton Editor Named
EASTON, Md„ July 1 <*")•—Nor
man W. Harrington, assistant editor
of the Easton Star-Democrat, a
weekly newspaper, was appointed
editor-manager today to succeed
Clement E. Bray, who has retired.
Shirley Highway Lane
In Fairfax County to Be
Finished Within Year
The Virginia Highway Department
disclosed last night that it expects!
completion of the southbound lane]
of the Henry G. Shirley Memorial]
Highway In Fairfax County within!
a year.
The department said it proposed
to finish the southbound ieme be-1
fore starting new construction on
the 17.3-mile expressway. It added!
that construction is proceeding sat
isfactorily cn the northern end of
the strip but paving has not be**r
started on the southermost 7 miles j
and on the traffic interchange at the
intersection of Route 1.
Beginning a new fiscal year, the
department pointed out that all |
future construction will be financed
entirely from current revenues, since
accumulated wartime reserves have
been expended.
j Projects expected to be begun this
year include a divided highway for
Fairfax driye, Arlington, from North
Barton street to near Glebe road,
and the reconstruction of U. S.
Route 17 west of Fredericksburg.
Other projects of State-wide inter
j est which are on the calendar are
j the Elizabeth River bridge at
] Churchland and the Yorktown
I bridge, if the Supreme Court up
■ holds the Revenue Bond Act.
Officials stressed that some of this
work may be delayed by unforeseen
developments and added that other
large-scale jobs may be started.
!
Alexandria Parley Held
On Sanitary Conditions
Dr. J. C. Neale of the Virginia
State Health Department conferred
wit'h Alexandria officials yesterday
as a preliminary step in an investi
gation of the city's Health Depart
ment and general sanitary con
ditions.
* Among those who met with Dr.
Neale were Mayor William T. Wil
kins, Dr. John Sims of the Tubercu
losis Association, Dr. Thistle McKee
of the Community Clinic, Dr. W.
Lewis Schafer, city health officer;
Dr. Colin McRae of the Board of
'Health, and representatives of the
I Alexandria League of Women Voters.
The investigation, which is ex
pected to take almost two months,
was requested by the City Council
after publication of a report en
titled "Health Facts About Alex
andria,” by the League of Women
Voters.
Meanwhile, a grand jury which is
Investigating a number of "munici
pal problems" is expected to make
recommendations for improvements
in city health conditions. Dr. Scha
fer was one of the principal wit
nesses to appear before the jury,
which is expected to make its report
next week when the foreman, Ar
thur Campbell, returns from the
Virginia Democratic Convention.
Bladensburg Tax Bills
Become Payable Today
Tax bills for the town of Bladens
burg, which became payable today,
include a tax rate increase over
last year of 20 cents per *100 val
!uation on real estate.
The new rate is 50 cents per *100,
| the maximum allowed under the
! town charter, according to Mrs. Ruth
Voung, town clerk. The total bud
: get for the 1948-49 fiscal year
amounts to *25,800.
Town taxpayers won’t have to
rush to pay their bills, Mrs. Young
reported. Although today actually
is the first day they are payable,
the bills may be paid anytime
within the next two months with
out incurring penalties, she added.
The bills were placed in the mail
several days ago.
Important Notice
The telephone number for THE 8TAR 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,
STERLING 5000. ‘ 4
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Convention Set
To Fight Truman
At Richmond
But Party, Meeting
Tomorrow, Is Unlikely
To Split Politically
By tht Associated Brest
RICHMOND. Va., July 1.—Vir
ginia Democratic leaders indicated
today that the State convention
here tomorrow will take a strong
stand against President Truman
and his civil rights program. The
convention is not expected to take
action leading to a break with the
National Democratic Party, however.
As a preliminary to the conven
tion, which will begin at noon to
morrow in the Mosque Auditorium,
the State Central Committee meets
at 8 o’clock tonight to name a tem
porary convention chairman who
will deliver the keynote address.
Delegate W. Tavloe Murphy of War
saw apparently is slated for
these jobs. '
The 67 members of the Central
Committee, who also will approve
the temporary roll of the conven
tion, began arriving today.
Delegates to Be Named.
The convention will elect Vir
ginia's 26 delegates to Philadelphia,
pick a new State Democratic chair
man, choose the Democratic presi
dential electors and name a new
State Central Committee.
State Party Chairman Horace H.
Edwards, Mayor of Richmond, has
announced plans to retire from the
chairmanship at this convention.
His friends say he is going to an
nounce his candidacy for Governor
in next year's Democratic primary.
me oenei seemeu dc growing
that former United States Senator
Thomas G. Burch could be ‘ drafted"
is Mr. Edwards' successor if pres
sure is applied, though Mr. Burch
has said he did not want the job
and could not foresee any circum
stances that would make him change
his mind. The names of a dozen or
so others also have been advanced
for the State party chairmanship.
Program Is Outlined.
A tentative program of conven
tion activities, outlined by Mr. Ed
wards and subject to the approval
of the Central Committee, calls for
caucuses of delegations from the
nine congressional districts at 10
a.m. tomorrow.
The district caucuses will nom
inate delegates and alternates to
the National Convention, their can
didates on the Central Committee
and presidential electors.
Early on the convention program
will be the election of members to
the three ponvention committees—
permanent organization, credentiali
and resolutions. After this, the
temporary chairman will be intro
duced and give his keynote address.
A recess will follow to enable the
committees to go to work.
Eisenhower Is Mentioned.
Resolutions already were being
prepared today to denounce the
Truman civil rights program and
probably to instruct Virginia’s dele
gates to the Philadelphia convention
to oppose Mr. Truman’s nomina
tion. Suggestions from organization
sources were that the convention
should indorse some candidate posi
tively—perhaps Gen. Eisenhower.
The final business of the conven
tion will be action on the Resolu
tions Committee report.
2 Held for Grand Jury
In Caldwell Slaying
The two persons charged with the
slaying of Pvt. Charles F. Caldwell,
Prince Georges County policeman,
and with the wounding of another
policeman. Pvt. Wallace L. Baker,
were held today for the Prince
Georges grand jury.
They are Thomas Hall, 51, a six
foot five-inch colored man, of the
5300 block of Nye street, Deanwood
Park, and his daughter, Janie Leeta
Hall, 20. of the same address.
Both waived preliminary hearings
in the Hyattsville Police Court and
were held without bond. They were
committed’to the sheriff for transfer
to the County Jail in Upper Marl
boro.
Pvt. Caldwell was fatally shot by
his own revolver while attempting
to make a routine arrest in the
Deanwood Park area June 12. Pvt.
Baker, who had gone with Pvt.
Caldwell to investigate a knifing,
was wounded and was released from
the Prince Georges General Hospi
tal, Cheverly last Monday. He will
be one of the key witnesses today
against the Halls.
Both Hall and his daughter are
charged with Pvt. Caldwell's murder
and with assault with intent to
kill Pvt. Baker. The girl also is
charged with assault with intent „
to kill Willie Preston, jr„ 23, of the
5200 block of Maple road. Dean
wood Park. Both also are charged
with disorderly conduct, the charge
on which they were being arrested
when the shootings occurred
Students Help Relieve
Hospital Labor Shortage
By the Associated Press
SYKESVILLE. Md., July 1.—Col
lege students are helping to relieve
the worker shortage at the Spring
field State Hospital. Twenty-eight
have been recruited for duty during
vacation time as ward attendants.
Dr. George H. Preston. Mary
land director of mental hygiene,
said the students made it possible
for regular employes to take vaca
tions.
| 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:
Buchsnan. Thirteenth snd D street* B E.
Congress Heights. S*vann*h and Randle
street* S.E _ _
Dupont-Stoddert. C street eft Rtdae road
8.E.
Georgetown. Thirty-fourth itreet and
Volta place R W. ....
Powell. Sixteenth and Lamont street*
N Raymond, Tenth and Quebec street*
N Haves. Fifth and K streets N.E.
Montgomery. Twenty-seventh and 1
,tr8»»b**.WHalf street between R and O
,Ur^ant50*Third and K street* R.W.
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