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WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
X5tX TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1948
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Trucker Rulings
Of ICC Hit by
Sfafe Officials
Agriculture, Public
Hurt by Decisions,
Association Says
By the Associated Press
State agriculture commissioners
charged today that Interstate Com
merce Commission administration
of the 1935 motor carrier act has
been detrimental to agriculture and
the public.
The National Association of Com
missioners. secretaries and directors
of Agriculture contended in a state
ment that ICC rulings have favored
railroads and large truck lines and
have ‘‘strengthened their monopoli
stic control” of transportation.
The association said it is joining
the Agriculture Department in a
rehearing of a case in which it con
tends the ICC ruled that spinach,
when washed and packaged, be
comes a manufactured product.
Exemptions Cited.
H. K. Thatcher, association sec
retary, said that when Congress
enacted the Motor Carrier Act it
exempted these carriers from route
and rate regulation:
I. A private carrier hauling his
own truck, and
2. Carriers hauling only agricul
tural commodities not including
manufactured products.
But, Mr. Thatcner said, the com
mission constantly has narrowed the
exemptions for trucks hauling agri
cultural commodities and has sought
to bring more and more trucking
operations under its control.
For instance, he said, the com
mission has held that if a trucker of
farm commodities hauls a non
exempt commodity, such as a sack
of feed, then his operations all be
come subject to route and rate
control.
Ruling n tnuuuu.
"Under this ruling,” he said, “the
only way that a trucker could main
tain his exemption from Interstate
Commerce Commission control
would be to haul an unmanufac
tured agricultural product only, and
when he could not obtain such a
commodity, to travel without a
load."
An empty return trip, he said
means higher costs and results in
higher prices.
Then, he said, the commission has
ruled that various commodities are
manufactured articles and thus not
exempt.
"To illustrate,” he said, “the com
mission has ruled that cutting the
heads off of shrimp before they are
transported makes them a manufac
tured product. It has also ruled
that tobacco that has been dried
by artificial means; buttermilk, pas
teurized milk, cracked corn, anc
spinach that has been washed anc
bagged are subject to the commis
sion's control.”
Examples Offered.
Under this reasoning, he argued
any agricultural product on which
labor is performed or mechanical
skill applied to eliminate tnuseable
portions of the product, thus be
comes a manufactured product and
subject to ICC regulations.
Further, Mr. Thatcher said, when
a new trucker applies for a permit
to operate a certain route he finds
it already in use by another truck
company and his request is denied.
This, he said, has the effect of
creating "little monopoly rights”
over public highways and limiting
the flexibility of routes over which
trucks may travel.
Mr. Thatcher also contended that
the commission “has been generous
in allowing trucking lines to make
one increase in rates after another
without even having a public hear
ing.”
Opening of Case Asked.
Mr. Thatcher's organization joined
the Agriculture Department and
other interested organizations in
asking the ICC to reopen the
washed spinach case and open up
for discussion the whole field of
what farm products should be
exempt from control.
The agency agreed to a rehear
ing. No date has been set, but it
will be some time after Septem
ber 19.
. Mr. Thatcher said his association
will present its views fully at 'he
hearing, help bring witnesses from
over the country and contact farm
organizations and interest them in
the case.
Photo Survey of Alaska
Begun by Navy Planes
By the Associated Press
Six Navy planes are making a
summer-long photo survey of 30,
000 square miles of Alaska.
The Navy announced that the
first comprehensive mapping of the
strategic northern territory in near
ly 20 years is being undertaken by
Neptune P2Vs similar to the one
holding the world's long-distance
record.
The purpose is “to meet the
great demand for larger scale, more
accurate maps than are available.’
The pictures also are expected to
help determine water power possi
bilities from Skagway to the south,
and to estimate paper pulp re
sources.
Baritone Stone to Give
Recital Here Sunday
Theodore Charles Stone, colored
baritone, will be presented by the
District Music Association in a re
cital at 6 p.m. Sunday in the chapel
of the National Academy of Music
and Art, 1517 R street N.W. Of
ficials said this will be Mr. Stone’s
only Washington appearance this
season.
The association is a branch of
the National Association of Negro
Musicians. John Hoskins will be
Mr. Stone's accompanist.
Society of Cincinnati
Re-elects Senator Green
By the Associated Press
NEWPORT, R. I., July 6.—Sena
tor Green, Democrat, of Rhode Is
land was re-elected president of the
Society of the Cincinnati at the
annual meeting here yesterday.
Others elected include John Nich
olas Brown, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Air, who was re-elected
rice president.
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Fireworks Lead
To Arrest of Six
In Montgomery
Six youths were arrested over the
week end by Montgomery County
police on charges of discharging
firecrackers without a permit in
violation of the State law.
Three of the six forfeited col
lateral today in Silver Spring Police
Court.
i They are Hugh M. Smythe, 18, and
! Charles B. Bairle, 20, both of Takoma
Park, and Horace H. Trussall, 21
Olney. Smythe and Bairle posted
$7.50 each, while Trussall posted
$11.45.
The remaining three are sched
uled to be tried next Tuesday in
Silver Spring Police Court. They
are Robert G. Houser, 19, of 810C
block of Piney Branch road, Richard
Cissel. 18, of 800 block of Silvei
Spring avenue, both of Silver Spring
and Thomas Colburn, 6600 block ol
Sixth street N.W.
Houser and Cissel posted $12.5C
collateral each and Colburn posted
$11.45. Police said Houser, Cissel
Colburn and Trussall were arrested
Sunday after they threw firecrackers
from their car.
Wilcher Withholds
Comment on G. 0. P.
Row With Marshall
Talmage Wilcher, Arlington Re
publican who was involved in a
verbal battle with Carl A. Marshall,
8th district party chairman at a
banquet Saturday night, had “no
comment" today on his status as a
| member of the State Central Com
I mittee.
Mr. Marshall declared yesterday
that the Arlington Republican leader
would be asked to resign from the
committee and that if he did
not resign, proceedings would be
instituted to oust him.
Mr. Marshall said the ouster pro
ceedings charges would be "conduct
unbecoming an official of the Re
publican Party” as a result of the
Saturday night incident which oc
uuxxeu exi niCAfliiuxia.
Resolution Caused Trouble. .
The only statement Mr. Wilcher
would make today was:
“Mr. Marshall is doing all the
talking and I have no comment or
his statements. There is no dis
agreement between myself and the
fine leadership of our esteemed
State chairman, Robert Woods, and
all other members of the State Com
j mittee.”
According to persons who attend
ed the banquet Mr. Wilcher asked
| Mr. Marshall, who was presiding
to allow the secretary of the Ar
lington Young Republican Club tc
read a resolution. The permission
was granted, but Mr. Marshall rulec
the secretary, Mrs. Marjorie Wy
man, out of order when the resolu
| tion reached a point where it criti
cized appointment of Nathan J
Paulson to organized young Repub
licans in Northern Virginia.
Fletcher Makes Statement.
"Hie exchange between $&r. Mar
shall and Mr. Wilcher followed the
chairman's ruling.
Bennie L. Fletcher, jr.. president
of the Arlington Young Republicar
Club, today declared in a statement
that "the blame for the unfor
tunate display of temper” at the
Alexandria meeting “rests solely or
the shoulders of myself and the
Young Republicans of Arlington.'
The statement went on to saj
that the Young Republicans felt
they had “just cause for com
plaint" in not being consulted or
the appointment of Mr. Paulson
who is Alexandria City GOP chair
man.
Discord Is Regretted.
“We were not consulted and, there
fore. we took it upon ourselves tc
let the senior members of the partj
know how we felt. We had no ides
that our protest would cause the
furor that developed. We are sin
cerely sorry that we were respon
sible for injecting a note of discorc
into a meeting that had been up tc
then very harmonious.
“We are confident that Mr. Mar
shall, Mr. Wilcher and the rest arc
too intelligent to allow an incident
like this to destroy the harmonj
that they have worked so hard tc
build.”
College Park Unit Elects
Chester Ward President
Chester Ward has been elected
president of the Citizens' Associa
tion of District Two. College Park
succeeding Charles O. Hesson.
Other officers chosen at the an
nual meeting are Robert Chaney,
vice president: Mrs. Emma D,
Everson, secretary, and Miss Kath
erine Smith, treasurer.
The group also voted to. co
operate with the Town Council in
installation of street signs. The
council has agreed to provide signs
if residents provide for putting
them up. Named to study means oi
raising funds for the project were
Mr. Chaney, J. Paul Wilson, Wil
liam A. Reith and Lawrence Hoover
Engineer to Address
Citizens in Oxon Hill
Henry Shaw, deputy chief engi
neer of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, will address
j the Oxon Hill Citizens' Association
j on the effect of sanitary zoning on
I property values at 8 p.m. today at
; the Oxon Hill High School, 6325
Livingston road.
Smith Purdum, president of the
Prince Georges County Boys’ Club,
also will discuss the possibility of
| obtaining a swimming pool this
i summer for community use. James
B. Bradley is president of the citi
zens’ association.
| Star Movies |
Community movies, sponsored bj
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 recreation centers:
Knox HUI, .'ton Knox street S E.
McMillan. First and Douglas streets
1 N.W,
Rosedale. Seventeenth and Gales streets
i N.E.
Shepherd, Fourteenth street and Kalmia
road N.W.
Stoddert. Thirty-ninth and Calvert
streets N.W.
Thomson, Twelfth and L street! N.W.
Bruce. Kenyon street and Sherman ave
nue N.W.
East Garfleld. Third and G streets S B.
Kelly-Miller. Forty-ninth street and
Washington place N.E.
Snows Court. Twenty-fifth and X streets
N.W,
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200,000 See
Fireworks Cap
July 4 Holiday
Light Showers Fail
To Send Crowd Home
From Monument
Approximately 200,000 persons
; turned out for the fireworks at the
Washington Monument last night
which .ended the joint Inpendence
Day celebration and the fete com
memorating the 100th anniversary
of the monument itself. Even light
showers which fell during the first
half of the program—the speech
making half—failed to send any one
home.
The fireworks were what the
crowd had come to see.
Party Symbols in Fireworks.
And before their eyes, giant clust
ers of colored fire exploded in the
sky, Niagara Falls was reproduced
and the Battle of the Clouds was
held. The Democratic Donkey and
the Republican Elephant were cre
| ated in blazing fire and walked
i across the grounds to greet each
other.
George Washington and President
Truman were there—in one fireworks
display. And it all ended in an
explosive mass of colors with a
huge American Flag as the focal
point.
I Each display brought cries of ad
miration from the crowd. And as
one policeman said:
j “There's nothing I like better
than to hear 200,000 people say
ahhhh at one time.”
Colors Massed.
I The program started with a band i
concert by the Marine Corps and
Navy Bands, followed by the mass
ing of the colors and the raising of
the American Flag on the grand
stand. Leon Chatelain, jr.. presi
dent of the Washington Board of
' Trade and chairman of the cele
j bration, who reminded the throng
of the dual nature of the celebra
i tlon.
“'Nowhere else in the world Is
, there the freedom that is our privi
lege to have,” he said.
The history of the flag was traced
by Guy A. Caponneto, exalted
ruler of Washington Lodge, No. 15,
Elks. A silver cup for the best float
i in Saturday’s parade was presented
to Marine Corps Lt. Col. Edward
; Caswell for the Marine float which
I showed the development of the
corps’ uniform down through the
country's history. Certificates of
merit for floats went to the Wash
ington Gas Light Co., Call Carl
Co., the Washington Graphic Arts
Association and the Chinese Benev
olent Association.
Movie Star Edward Arnold, who
came from Hollywood to join in the
celebration, read excerpts from the
Declaration of Independence. When,
he finished he told the crowd to
light matches and hold them above
I their heads—as a symbol of the
light of freedom. All other lights
were put out and over the monu
ment grounds as far as one could
see were flickering points of flame.
Tells Meaning of Citizenship.
unier justice nontna Laws oi Dis
trict Court, introduced a group of
men and women who have been
studying to be citizens and were
to be naturalized at District Court
today. Mrs. Esther Rosenbloom, a
native of French Morocco, who re
cently W'as naturalized, spoke for
the group, telling the crowd w'hat
: her citizenship meant to her.
Mrs. Rosenbloom, who married an
Air Force officer, said: “People born
here sometimes lose sight of the
real meaning of American citi
zenship.”
Justice Proctor led the assembly
in the pledge of alligence to the Flag
and all joined in singing the Star
Spangled Banner, led by Lynn
Allison.
The fireworks followed.
Traffic Jam Follows.
After the display was over and a
huge “Good Night” was lit in spar
kling colors, the police forces had a
major traffic jam on their hands
which lasted nearly an hour.
Pedestrians poured from the
! grounds, effectively blocking motor
| traffic on all surrounding streets,
i One huge trailer truck, from Florida,
was stranded near Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue N.W. and
the truck driver gave up efforts to
make any progress. He climbed out
and sat on the truck cab, trading
! jokes with the milling thousands
that passed him.
To help transport the huge crowd,
the Capital Transit Co. put 90 extra
streetcars and 70 extra buses in
service from 7 to 11 p.m.
i Page Gets New Welfare Aide
LURAY, Va., July 6 (Special).—
K. O. Heiston, chairman of the Page
County Board of Welfare, has an
nounced the appointment of Miss
Irene Cox of Plainville, Ohio, as the
new county superintendent of public
welfare. She succeeds Mrs. Homer
Lester of Stanley, who resigned.
NATION’S BIRTHDAY PARTY—Varicolored fireworks burst over the Washington Monument last night as the climax to Wash
ington’s participation in the observance of Independence Day. Approximately 200,000 persons saw the display, which followed
the patriotic addresses on the Monument grounds. • - —AP Photo.
Fort Belvoir Sergeant,
Sought in 61 Shooting,
Kills Self With Rifle
*T/Sergt. William W. Angus, Jr.,
33, of Fort Belvoir, who has been
sought by military police in connec
tion with the shooting of another
Fort Belvoir soldier, died last night
in a hospital at Peoria, 111., of rifle
wounds which a coroner said were
self inflicted.
Military police at Fort Lesley J.
McNair said Sergt. Angus was
wanted for the shooting early Satur
day oh Route 5 near Clinton, Md„
of S/Sergt. Russell R. Green, 23.
Fort McNair authorities said they
now considered the case closed.!
They said Sergt Angus was to have
been charged with the shooting as
soon as he was apprehended.
Sergt, Green was found lying by
the roadside with gunshot wounds
in his face and right leg. He toldi
policf’fBergt. Angus had shot hin^|
Police said they were not able to
discover what prompted the shoot- j
ing. . 1
Sergt. Green was in an improved
condition today at Walter Reed. He
was shot with a 22 caliber rifle, the
same type of weapon as that found
beside Sergt. Angus’ body.
Coroner Chauncey Wood at Peoria ;
said Sergt. Angus apparently shot;
himself with the rifle after quarrel- j
ing with his wife, Betty. She has;
been at the home of her father, O. L. j
Snyder, near Peoria, for 10 days.
The coroner said Sergt. Angus was1
found in his automobile, parked in
the driveway of Mr. Snyder’s home. i
He quoted the father-in-law as say
ing he tried to reach the soldier in
time to prevent him from carrying
out a threat to shoot himself but
was too late.
Sergt. Angus’ home address was
listed as 10 West Luray avenue,
Alexandria.
Virginia U. Players to Give
First Production Thursday
Special Dispatch to The Star M
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 6.
—With three plays in full rehearsal
and readings for roles in three
others being held, the University of
Virginia’s first summer session of
theater arts will present its first
production, “My Sister Eileen,” at
the Minor Hall Theater Thursday j
night.
A1 Johnson, former member of
the Virginia Players staff who re
ently received his Ph. D. in dra
matic art at Cornell University, is
directing the cast of 26.
Ezra Stone, Broadway actor and
director, will stage the second pro
duction, William Saroyan’s *'My
Heart’s in the Highlands,” beginning
July 14.
“Years Ago.” a comedy by Ruth
Gordon, will begin its run July 22.
Directing this play is J. P. Milhous,
director of drama at Virginia Poly
technic Institute, who is on the
faculty of the Summer Session of
Theater Arts.
Boy, 16, Finds Country Clubs
Best Places to Collect Snakes
Country clubs are the best places
for water snakes.
At least that's what Edward G.
Adams, jr., says, and he ought to
know. He collects them, as well as
almost every other thing that
crawls, hops, slithers, or runs on
four feet, six feet, eight feet or
ambulates by any other means.
If you see a slender tow-headed
16-year-old out along the roads
near his Potomac (Md.) home with
a bag under his arm, that’s Ed, and
he's on an expedition. And if you
want any snakes or have any, he's
the man to see.
“You get to know the best places
to look after a while,” he said. “A
pile of stuff in the middle of a field
is almost a sure thing. For water
snakes I go to the country clubs,
and the canal, of course, is a good
hunting ground.”
Ed catches his quarry by stepping
on it. He wears heavy gaters and
shoes and seldom gets bitten. “I
steer clear of poisonous snakes,” he
said, "and there aren’t many
around here anyway. The others
can’t bite very well. Once I found
a garter snake in the middle of
Wisconsin avenue and he bit my
hand, and I had a queen snake on
my school desk one day, and it
jumped up and bit me on the noee.”i
.
Ed s Interest in fauna of all Kinds
started when he went to camp in
the mountains of Virginia three
years ago. "We used to catch rattle
snakes and eat them there,” he ex
plained, “and we studied about all
sorts of wild life. I got interested
and stayed interested.”
After two years at camp, he stayed
here last season and collected more
than two dozen snakes, including
eighe varieties. At the end of the
summer he gave them to the zoo.
Besides snakes, the Adams me
nagerie has been comprised of tur
tles, white rats, mice, fish, frogs,
newts, a shrew and a black widow
spider. Ed made a big deal with the
zoo over the black widow; he swap
ped it for two baby golden ham
sters from Siberia.
Ed, who is a junior at Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, hopes to
go to college and specialize in her
petology and later go into that field
or general natural history. Right
now he’s helping his father, a Be
thesda builder and real estate man,
but plans to do a lot of collecting
this summer.
“When I hitchhike home from
my snake hunting expeditions, I
hope no old ladies give me a ride,”
he said, “they might ask me what's
In the bag.”
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A light shower fell while the program was In progress. The soldiers at left apparently were
too interested in the show to care, but Miss Anna M. Palmer (right) and Mrs. Carlo A. Maggl
took time to raise an extra chair as a shield.__—Star Staff Photo.
Woman Who Helped
Boy Enlist Is Freed
Of Perjury Charge
A warrant charging Mrs. Cathe
rine D. Nuanes, 43, of the 800 block of
New York avenue, Silver Spring,
with perjury in connection with the
Army enlistment last month of a
14-year-old Takoma Park boy was
dismissed in Silver Spring Police
Court today.
The warrant was sworn out by the
boy's father, Jacob Loewy, 421 Ethan
Alien avenue, who accused Mrs.
Nuanes of posing as the mother of
his son William.
Trial Magistrate William B.
Wheeler granted a motion by De
fense Attorney Joseph B. Simpson,
jr., to dismiss the warrant on the
grounds Mrs. Nuanes had not
taken an oath when she signed a
paper before a Silver Spring no
tary public stating she was the
boy's mother.
State’s Course Undecided.
Judge Wheeler explained that
under Maryland law a person must
take an oath certifying to the truth
of statements he or she makes be
fore perjury can be proved.
At the same time, however, he
warned Mrs. Nuanes that the
prosecution has the option of pre
senting the case directly to the
grand jury. State's Attorney Wal
ter W. Dawson said after the hear
ing he had not yet determined
whether to take further action.
The notary, Harvey G. Zwally, 927
Gist avenue, testified Mrs. Nuanes
signed an affidavit before him last
month stating she was the mother
of William Loewy. He said he then
notarized the affidavit.
Took Her Word.
“I told her the boy appeared too
young to enlist in the Army,” Mr.
Zwalley said, “but she told me his
stepfather made him work too hard
so I took her word for the accuracy
of her statement.”
Under cross-examination by Mr.
Simpson, the notary admitted he
had not administered an oath to
Mrs. Nuanes before or after she
signed the affidavit. It was then
that Mr. Simpson made his motion
to dismiss the warrant.
Mrs. Loewy said her son now is
in San Antonio, Tex., and is ex
pected to be discharged soon.
Husbands Ask Holiday
Britain’s Henpecked Club de
manded two things at its annual
conference at Sowerby Bridge:- An
additional holiday for husbands in
Leap Year and an approach to the
Food Minister to put all henpecked
husbands an the highest priority
for food supplies,
*
Cumberland Urged
To Adopt Toledo Plqn'
By the Associated Press
CUMBERLAND, Md., July 6.—
The Cumberland Junior Association
of Commerce has suggested that la
bor and business leaders adopt the
“Toledo Plan” for minimizing labor
troubles in Cumberland’s many in
dustries.
Association members have been
explaining to workers, businessmen
and civic clubs the plan adopted in
Toledo, Ohio, in 1935. Last year 95
per cent of the 125 cases handled
there were settled through media
tion.
The important cog in the Toledo
Plan is an 18-member commission
appointed by the Mayor. It has rep
resentatives from labor, manage
ment and the public, plus a full
time director. *_
Suburban Maryland
Students Participate in
Legion's Boys' State
Suburban Maryland communities
are represented in the group of 150
high school seniors and juniors at
tending the second annual Amer
ican Legion Boys’ State at Fort
Meade.
Included are 10 youths from
Mount Rainier, six from Laurel and
22 from other areas close to Wash
ington.
After the opening formalities of
enrolling and drawing issues of
Army bedding, the boys last night
attended a lecture tm the workings
of local. State and national govern
ment*.
They were to divide into political
parties today after hearing a talk
by former Mayor Theodore R. Mc
Keldin of Baltimore, planning
party conventions and campaign
platforms. Three municipal gov
ernments will be formed, with May
ors and city councils to pass leg
islation. , ,,
The high spot comes later in the
week when the boys elect a "Gover
nor” of Maryland. He will be in
augurated in ceremonies Sunday
and “Boys’ State” will be open to
families and other visitors for the
occasion.
Near the end of the 10-day proj
ect the boys will elect two Maryland
"Senators.” They will go to Wash
ington next month to meet with
representatives of other States
President Truman has invited them
to visit the White House.
The boys were welcomed by Earle
R. Poorbaugh of Baltimore, who is
directing the program. The open
ing talk on citizenship was by Dr.
Harry Bard of the Baltimore De
partment at Education.
*
Sentencing of Youth
On Seduction Charge
•
Is Stayed for 60 Days
Arlington Circuit Court Judge
Walter T. McCarthy today granted
a 60-day stay of execution of sen
tence in the seduction case against
Guy H. Puller, jr„ 19, after denying
a defense motion to set aside a jury
conviction.
"It does not seem to me that this
boy should be sent to the peniten
tiary,” the judge said.
A jury several weeks ago found
Puller guilty of the seduction of
Shirley Jackson, 17, of the 5800 block
of North Fifteenth street, Arlington,
and fixed his punishment at two
years in the State penitentiary.
The stay of execution was re
quested by Defense Attorney Earl
Davis to give him time to ask the
Virginia State Supreme Court of
Appeals to grant a writ of error.
Judge McCarthy indicated he would
entertain a motion to refer the case
>to the State probation officer, but*
no such motion was made.
Puller, whose parents operate a
restaurant at Fifteenth and H streets
N.E., was continued at liberty under
a $500 bond.
Extra Boat Speeds Traffic
Over Chesapeake Ferry
Special Dispatch to The Star
ANNAPOLIS, July 6.—Holiday
traffic to and from the Maryland
Eastern Shore was kept'clear yes
terday by the use of an additional
boat for the Chesapeake Bay ferry
run between Matapeake and Sandy
Point.
Perry spokesmen said they had
no immediate estimate of the num
ber of automobiles or passengers
transported during the day. Perry
schedules were ignored, the four
boats casting off as fast as loaded.
This practice eliminated long
lines of waiting automobiles, they
said. __
Harpers Ferry Hotel
Again Changes Hand
Special Dispatch to The Star
HARPERS PERRY, W. Va.. July
6.—Hilltop , Hotel, overlooking the
confluence of the Potomac and
Shenandoah Rivers, which has
changed hands a number of times
within recent years, has been sold
again.
Purchase of the property by C. A.
Higgins, jr., of Stoddard, N. H., from
Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford B. Thomp
son, was disclosed yesterday. Terms
of the transaction were not made
public.
District Schools
Open Summer
Courses Today
\
Six-Week Program
Includes All Levels
Of City Education
It's vacation tigae for mo6t pupils,
but school bells are ringing again
today for those embarking on a
six-week summer course in the pub
lic schools here.
There are 14 white and 13 colored
schools in the summer program,
which includes elementary, junior
und senior high schools, officials
said. Summer school, which began
today, will end in mid-August. Ses
sions will be from 8:30 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. on school days, Mondays
through Fridays, except at the Vet
terans’ school to be held at Cen
tral High School, which will be
held until 2:30 p.m. each school day.
Officials of the Iteard of Educa
tion made it clear mat not all the
vuaimer students are backward in
their" studies. The group includes
those who must make up work lost
during the year, because of illness
or other reasons.
But, the officials are careful to
point out, the summer students also
include extra-industrious ones who
want to graduate ahead of the nor
mal time by cutting down their
classroom work by summer atten
dance. This group is small.
Authorities said summer students
Senerally are going back to school
now to improve their situation in
their present grade or class or sub
ject. The officials call this "strength
ening” the pupils.
Here is the list of summer schools:
Veterans’ School at Central High:
regular high school students will
xttend McKinley and Dunbar High
Schools. Junior high schools: Hine,
Macfarland, Garnet-Patters'on and
Browne. Elementary schools: Jan
aey, Hyde. West, Emery, Burroughs.
Amidon, Thomson, Maury, Wallach,
Ketcham, Bell. Burrville, J. F. Cook,
3arfleld, Garrison, Giddings, Love
Joy, Mott, Phillips and Sumner.
Summer school for Prince George*
bounty students also opened today
it the Bladensburg High School but
>nly 28 students enrolled.
The session will last approximately
ilx weeks. Students are charged a
lee of $15 per subject.
Housebreaker Hurls
Kit at Doctor, Flees
Police were searching today for
the intruder who flung a medical
bag full of clothes at Dr. Philip
Varner, 7202 Connecticut avenue
N.W., when Dr. Varner attempted
to catch him as he fled from th*
^The physician said he and his
family returned after watching a
fireworks display to find a front
Window broken. While his wife went
to call police, Dr. Varner circled
Jie house. Suddenly a man. who,
sol ice said, apparently had run out
;he back door as the Varners ar
rived, sprang from the bushes.
When the doctor chased him, the
ntruder threw Dr. Varner’s medical
dt bag at him. This stopped the
jursuerer momentarily, and the man
jot away.
The bag was filled with clothe*
;aken from the house, Dr. Varner
said. He reported a few trinket*
jf little value were missing.
In another robbery attempt yes
terday, police said the apartment of
Navy Lt. Jonas Harr, 2805 Fifth
itreet S.E., had been ransacked and
1 linen closet set afire. The fire,
which seared the closet's content*
and did about $15 damage, appar
ently was extinguished when th*
intruder closed the door.
Police said the intruder may have
become angry and set the fire when
he found nothing of value, or he
may have carelessly dropped a
match.
2 West Virginians Drown
When Rowboat Overturned
By th* Associated Press
HAGERSTOWN, Md„ July
Two West Virginians were drowned
last night when their outboard
powered rowboat overturned in the
Potomac River, about 10 miles we3t
of here.
A third man, Edgar Henshaw, 55,
of Martinsburg, W. Va., saved him
self by clinging to the overturned
boat until help arrived.
Those drowned were identified
only as "Boney” May. about 28, of
Martinsburg, and “Red” Murphy,
who lived near the scene of the ac
cident on the West Virginia side of
the river.
Ironically, Mr. May and Mr. Mur
phy ware able to swim, while Mr.
Henshaw could not.
Mr. Henshaw said he and his
companions were fishing when the
boat turned suddenly, throwing
them into the water.
Druggist Again Sentenced
For Wearing Navy Uniform
A druggist, who told FBI agents
that he has always wanted to get
into the Navy, was sentenced lor the
third time in Municipal Court
yesterday to 180 days lor illegally
wearing the uniform.
He is Earl Robert Mead. 29, of
the 1100 block of Euclid street N.W.,
arrested Sunday night by the Shore
Patrol in Franklin Park. Officers
said he was wearing the uniform of
a hospitalman, first class. Judge
Walter J. Casey kept the sentence
open, giving him the right to sus
pend or amend it at a future date.
Red Cross Bloodmobile
In Arlington Next Week
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be in Arlington from 10 am. to 4
. pm. Monday. Any one between the
i .ages of 18 and 60 who wishes to
. make a donation to the Red Cross
i national blood program may tele
[ phone the Arlington Red Cross
Chapter House and make an ap
pointment, it was announced yes
t terday.
The Bloodmobile will be at tha
s Clarendon First Baptist Church,
« North Highland street and Wilson
boulevard.
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