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Johnston Urges
Liquor Tax Boost
For D. C. Raises
Proposes Increase
Up to $2 in Levy Now
At 50 Cents a Gallon
By Harold B. Rogers
Increased District taxes on whisky
were proposed last night by Senator
Johnston, Democrat, of South Caro
lina. to help finance pay raises pro
posed for city workers here.
The present 50-cents-a-gallon city
levy should at least be doubled or, if
necessary, raised to as high as $2 a
gallon, he recommended, provided
the tax be passed on to consumers.
Pointing out that Washington's
liquor tax was among the lowest in
the Nation, Senator Johnston pro
posed the increase instead of en
acting the sales tax bill pending on
Capitol Hill.
"I am still strongly opposed to the
bill tor a sales tax and high-level
income tax, which may come up for
action in the Senate at the special
session, beginning July 26," Senator \
Johnston declared.
Revenue Bill Was Blockade.
The city revenue bill, already ap
proved by the House, was intended
to raise sufficient revenue to meet
the cost of pay increases for District
Government employes. But when
the sales tax was blocked in the
Senate by Senator Johnston near
the close of the last session, legis
lation for city workers' raises died
with it.
The sales tax and high-level in
come tax combination was tied to
a city deficit. Appropriations now
are barely balanced by revenue.
Senator Johnston .still favors a
big increase in the Federal payment
towards District operating costs.
He reiterated his suggestion made
to reporters at the Democratic Na- 1
tional Convention that the Federal
payment should be raised from the
present $12,000,000 to about $25,
000,000.
Senator Johnston's suggestion of
increased liquor taxes to finance
higher pay was made as an alterna
tive to the increased Federal Gov
ernment payment, to meet the prob
lem if the higher contribution is
not authorized.
Promises New Fight.
“I am for the little fellow.” he
decmred, repeating the philosophy j
under which he had fought the sales j
tax to a standstill. “I shall fight
that bill, not for hours, but for days.
If it is called up on the floor, I shall
read every line of that big bill. I
intend to go into the whole history j
of fiscal relations between the Fed
eral Government and the District.
‘‘For years the United States con
tributed 50 per cent of the cost of
running the National Capital. Now
with the city budget about $100,000,-,
000 the Federal payment is only 12
per cent. It ought to go up to at
least 25 per cent."
If there is resistance to the jump
to 25 per cent, Senator Johnston j
said he would compromise for 20
per cent. But in any event, he still
insists that a higher tax on liquor |
here should be considered, to bolster
city income.
In his home State, Senator Johns- !
ton said, the State whisky tax is;
*4 a gallon, contrasted to the 50
cents a gallon imposed by the Dis
trict.
A Federal tax of $0 a gallon is
imposed on whisky sold everywhere
in the country.
License Costs Compared.
In South Carolina, the Senator
pointed out, a wholesale liquor
license imposed by the State costs
$2,000, contrasted with the $1,500
price here. His State also takes
part of both wholesale and retail
liquor taxes, the Senator asserted.
At the District Alcoholic Bever
age Control Board, an official con
firmed Senator Johnston's conten
tion that the tax on whisky here is
“considerably lower than In most
Jurisdictions.”
Board officials have taken the
position in the past that too high
an increase in liquor taxes here
might tend to drive some of the
liquor business into illegitimate
channels, even to moonshine.
Sales of hard liquors, listed as
“ardent spirits” have been on the
d°crease here for some time al
though wine and beer sales are up,
official figures show. Wholesalers
particularly have been complain
ing that some distributors are on
the verge of bankruptcy.
If Senator Johnston’s proposal
for higher liquor taxes should come
before the special session, observers
expect the liquor business to make
a desperate fight to kill it.
Liquor dealers strongly supported
r bill in the last session to set up
price control of alcoholic beverages
here, but the measure was blocked
on the House floor by Representa
tive Crawford, Republican, of
Michigan. Opponents of the bill
contended it would result in higher
liquor prices.
Informal indications last night
pointed to a new attempt by the
liquor interests here to have their
bill brought up for action on the
House floor, during the special ses
sion. If it is called up, a lively;
battle is anticipated.
Silver Spring Carnival
Will Start Tomorrow
Two aerial acts will feature the
annual carnival of the Silver Spring
Memorial Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, which opens at 7 p.m. tomor
row on the carnival grounds, Georgia
avenue near the District line, in
Silver Spring.
Ward W. Caddington is chairman j
of the committee in charge of the!
carnival, which will continue!
through July 31. Funds raised will j
he used to help pay for the post's!
new home at 2425 Hayden drive,
formerly Hayden Farm Tea House.
Applications Extended
For Fisheries Inspector
The deadline for applying for the
examination for chief fisheries in
spector in Maryland has been ex
tended from last Thursday to Au
gust 1.
The salary scale has been set ten
tatively at from (4.000 to (4,600 a
year. Applications should be sent
to the State employment commis
ttaoer, 31 Light street, Baltimore.
Man Who Pays
For Tap Beetles
Finds It Costly
After paying out about $200 in
six days in premiums to Japanese
beetle trappers, J. R. Pendleton, a
hardware merchant at Wheaton,
Md., decided yesterday it was time
to call a halt.
"We started this thing as an
advertising stunt, but it backfired,”
he admitted ruefully.
In offering $1 for every 10 pints
of beetles, Mr. Pendleton said, he
believed people would bring in pests
in small lots. Instead, however, they
came with as much as 40 gallons
of beetles at a time.
In almost no time at all, Mr.
Pendleton said, he found the rear
of his store filled with dead beetles.
"I thought it was about time to
stop,” he declared. "I don’t know
yet whether I’ll do the same thing
next year. But if I do, it certainly
won’t be at the same rate.”
Buyer Found for Home
Purchased With Funds
Of Covenant Alliance
The $15,000 house which a group
of Northeast Washington home
owners bought by pooling their
money to prevent possible resale to
colored people was sold yesterday for
$15,500 to a former North Carolina
family, a real estate agent an
nounced.
It was bought by Owen W. Jack
son, who has lived at 514 Rhode
Island avenue N.E. since he and
his family came here about five
years ago, H. C. Maynor, the agent,
said. Mr. Jackson will move in
w'ithin 15 days and "everybody in
the neighborhood is more than sat
isfied,” Mr. Maynor added.
Mr. Jackson, according to Mr.
Maynor, was hunting for a larger
house and first learned of the place
at 3101 Twenty-fourth street N.E.,
through a newspaper advertisement
a few days ago. Mr. Maynor said
the new owner may have heard
later of the neighborhood pooling
arrangement but this was not the
main factor in the sale.
Funds to Be Returned.
All the homeowners who helped
to regain the house after It seemed
likely to be sold to colored people
last month will get back the money
they put up and also will share in
the additional $500, the real estate
man declared. He added that he
will not accept any part of the $500
because he collected a commission
when he sold the house last May.
Mr. Maynor, with offices at 2002
Rhode Island avenue N.E., was agent
for the original owners and sold the
house at that time to Arthur H.
Ford, an attorney and city post
office employe. Mr. Ford, he ex-1
plained, paid $500 down and was to
make a $3,500 payment July 3.
Mr. Ford said yesterday he orlg- [
nally bought the house for his own
rse but later listed it with several
eal estate companies.
Sale Contract Bought.
When colored families were seen
ooking at the property, residents of
he area bought the sale contract
from Mr. Ford and assumed obliga
tions of the purchase. The $500
was advanced by the Greater Wood
ridge Covenant Alliance and the
check was signed by' one of the
alliance directors, Dr. Freeman
Weiss,' 3223 Vista street N.E.
The alliance was repaid when the
residents raised funds through dona
tions, Russel 'H. Thompson of 3105
rwenty-fourth street N.E., treasurer
of the owners’ group, said. Carl
Wack of 3100 Twenty-fourth street!
N.E. was chairman of the group.
Mr. Thompson and Mr. Maynor
did not disclose how much money
was raised as a result of a “spon
taneous meeting” of approximately
25 property owners last month. They
said the sum was “substantial.”
Mr. Maynor explained that he
worked with the group in an effort
to find a buyer. Several prospective
purchasers inspected the property
during the past few weeks before
it was sold to Mr. Jackson. The
new owner, Mr. Maynor said, has
four sons, one with the Army in
Japan and the others in college.
Dog Inoculation Centers
to Close on Rainy Days
Inoculation of dogs at the 12
Health Department clinics on Mon-i
jay, Wednesday and Friday after-1
noons until August 13 will not be
field in event of rain on those days,!
officials announced yesterday.
Rain might curtail the program
Because the clinics are outdoors and
inoculations could be scheduled only!
tor 3:30 p.m. those three days each1
week.
Since the inoculations began last:
week there has been a steady in-i
:reasc in the number of dogs taken
to the clinics and officials expect a
larger number than last year. They |
reported that approximately 23,000
jogs were inoculated at clinics last
year, and another 8,000 to 10,000 at
sffices of private veterinarians.
Schilz Offers Platform
In Arlington Campaign
Harold L. Schliz, a candidate for
the Arlington County Board in the
August 3 Democratic primary, yes
terday announced a n)-point cam
paign platform.
Mr. Schiltz advocates:
Fullest co - operation between
County and School Boards for
school improvements; stable zoning
practices with protection for home
owners: immediate meeting of nec
essary and much-needed improve
ments for streets, storm sewers and
sidewalks on a long-term amortized
basis; long-range financial planning
for better and more even distribu
tion of taxation.
Also, a merit system for county,
employees; ample police and fire
personnel and equipment; full sup
port for Arlington health centers,
recreational facilities and person
nel; opposition to a sales tax; mod
ernised and equalized real esteate
tax assestment system with a Board
of Equalization; improved jail fa
cilities for separation of different
types of prisoners and provision for
immediate h06pitalibation of mental
cases committed to jail.
OVER THE TOP ON THE UNDERPASS—First pouring of concrete began yester
day on the slab over a section of the vehicular tunnel at the Dupont Circle
underpass. This picture looking south on Connecticut avenue shows workmen
spreading the concrete. Contractors said this part of the Job was done on
Saturday to speed the work and because the usual Saturday day-ofT on other
construction projects made a large quantity of ready-mix concrete available.
—Star Staff Photo.
Dealers Move to Stop
Resale of New Autos
By Maryland Buyers
By th* Associated frm%%
BALTIMORE, July 17.—Starting
Monday, most Maryland automobile
dealers will require all buyers to
sign an agreement that they will
not sell a new car or transfer its
title for at least six months after
the date of purchase.
The dealer* b£Ueve it WUl mean
a death blow in Maryland to the
growing practice of selling “used”
new automobiles at prices greatly
in excess of list prices.
The plan, drawn up by the Auto
mobile Trade Association of Mary
land ,has the backing of W. Lee
Elgin, State commissioner of motor
vehicles.
The system will work this way:
To get a new car, each buyer
must sign an agreement that if he
has to sell it within six months, it
must be to the dealer from whom
he bought it.
Dealer to Hold Option.
The dealer has the option of
buying it back at list price, less
“a sum equal to 2 per cent of
said price for the first month and
at the same rate of depreciation for
each succeeding month of fraction
theieof between the date of title
Issuance and the date of resale.”
A record of the conditional sale
agreement will be stamped on the
certificate of title and other records
of the Department of Motor Ve
hicles.
Should the contract be breached
by the buyer, the dealer Is en
titled to liquidated damages of 20
per cent of the original purchase
price.
» Conditions Explained.
Each contract explain^ that, con
ditions are imposed on the buyer
Because the dealer “seeks to protect
ihe automobile-buying public in
general against excessive and unjust
prices for virtually new automibles
which are put on the market by
profit-seeking persons who, due to
:he scarcity of new automobiles, are
ible to resell them at prices sub
stantially in excess of the estab
lished new-car prices.”
J. C. Darrall, general manager of
;he Automobile Trade Association,
said that more than one-half of
:he 400 dealers belonging to the as
sociation to date have signed up.
He added he expects the others
to notify the association's board of
directors of their acceptance in
short order.
This type of conditional sales
contract was upheld last week in
the District by Municipal Court
Judge Thomas Dewey Quinn.
Judge Quinn granted Francis &
Parsons, Inc., Dodge and Plymouth
distributors, a judgment of $197.36
against a defendant who they
charged had arranged to sell a new
Dodge through a used-car dealer.
Testimony hrought out that the de
fendant, Fred F. Aller, 200 Thirty
sixth street N.E., had signed a con
ditional sales contract which obli
gated him to offer the car to the
distributor for repurchase, at 10 per
cent less than the sale price if he
disposed of the car within six
months after receiving it.
Summer Party Planned
By Montgomery Press
The annual summer party of the
Montgomery County Press Associa
tion will be held at S p.m. Saturday
at the Rockville estate of Anders R.
Lofts trand.
County officials and members of
the Prince Georges County Press
Association will be special guests,
of the group. Ernie Tannen of
Station WGAY and Miss Helen
Cooper of the Maryland News, head
the Entertainment Committee. Mr.
Tannen will act as master of cere
monies.
Puppy, Exploring in Drain Pipe,
Has to Be Rescued by Firemen
' Teresa and Poochie at the baths. —Star Staff Photo.
Poochie. a cocker spaniel with no
reverse gear, went down the drain
last night.
An hour and a half later, after
considerable wailing and excavating,
the bedraggled dog which had
poked its head into a projecting
drain pipe and moved only forward
was back with its owner, 8-year-old
Teresa Elia, of 3919 G street S.E.
The 3-month-old puppy was seen
disappearing into the pipe, which
projects from a bank in the 3900
block of C street, by Carl Zimmer,
14, of 3954 C street, who carried the
tale of Poochie's disappearing tail
to the Elia home.
Only trace of the dog was a
pipeful of whine by the time the
frantic and tearful girl arrived. Her
plaintive calls to the dog were fu
tile. The drain pipe was four inches
in diameter and Poochie wouldn't
back up.
Fire Rescue Squad No. 1, under
direction of Lt. Meade Farrell dug
3 feet into the ground and re
moved several sections of pipe be
fore the quarry was sighted. One
more section of pipe and Poochie
was undergoing an unscheduled
Saturday night bath in the Elia tub.
Man Posing As Solicitor
Of Bardwell Fund Sought
Police yesterday were seeking a
man posing as a solicitor of funds
for the family of 11-year-old Carol
Bardwell who was slain in Rock
Creek park June 27.
He was descrioed as a light
skinned colored man or a dark white
man, 5 feet 5 inches tall. 150 to 160
pounds, wearing a white shirt and
tan raincoat. He was last seen
in the 1700 block of Church street
N.W.
Police said he represented himself
as a collector for a newspaper fund
for the Bardwell family.
355 Rent Rise Leases
In 2 West Virginia Areas
, Special Dispatch to The Star
MARTINSBURG, W. Va.. July 17.
—Three hundred and six landlords
^n Berkeley County and 49 in Min
eral County—only two areas under
rent control in this part of West
Virginia—have signed leases with
their tenants providing for volun
tary increases in rent ranging from
1 to the maximum 15 per cent, the
rent control office has reported.
This number does not Include
“hardship” cases or those in which
landlords were allowed increases in
return for obvious improvements to
properties.
Fourth of Congress Expected
To Seek D. C. Homes This Month
Some Senators and Representa
tives, who leased their homes or
sublet their' apartments outright
until January believing Congress
would not be in session until then,
are going to have housing head
aches, at least for a time.
But Victor Wickersham, former
Oklahoma Representative now in the
real estate business here, estimated
yesterday only about one-fourth of
the lawmakers will be caught short
j on housing. President Truman has
| called the special session to meet
July 26.
Mr. Wickersham said he is be
ginning to get a few calls from his
former colleagues on housing in view
of their recall to Washington. He
said, however, that some legislators
who rented their homes to others
will be pinched for housing less than
two months because their families
planned to return to Washington in
September so their children could
resume their schooling in the Dis
trict.
About half the legislators rent out
their homes or apartments during a
recess, Mr. Wickersham said. But
since many rent to acquaintances
or friends, they will be able to get
them back readily, he declared. He
estimated the rest of the lawmak
ers keep their apartments locked up
when they leave town to keep them
available for an emergency.
Shrewd lawyers among the mem
bers of Congress inserted clauses in
their rental contracts providing for
reoccupancy in the event of a
special session.
Youth Tells His Pals
He Can Swim, Drowns
When He's Coaxed in
A 16-year-old Phelps Junior High
School student drowned yesterday
afternoon in the Eastern Branch of j
the Anacostia River, after assuring!
his companions on his first trip to
the swimming "spot he could swim.
The boy was * Junior Poster,
colored, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jef
ferson J. Poster, 831 Sixteenth
StAet tt E. ’• »«« 5
According to’ a companion Junior
had joked with his friends on their
way to the river, saying “All of us
are cornin’ down here, but some
body ain't cornin’ back.”
One of Junior's friends Joseph
Green; 15, colored, 304 Sixteenth
street S.l?., gave this account of the
tragedy:
Joseph and four companions had
agreed to let Junior accomany them
swimming at a spot near the;
abandoned Massachusetts avenue
extension bridge only when he told
them he was a swimmer.
While the other boys splashed
around in the river, Junior remained
chi the bank, saying he .wasn’t ready
to go in. After coaxing, however,
he jumped in from the side of a
concrete pier and landed on Jo
seph in the water.
Junior attempted to hang on to
Joseph, but the other boy, thinking
“he was kidding,” pushed him aw.ay
three or four times, telling him “not
to try to take me under.” ,
Junior finally went down into
more than 20 feet of water about 15
feet from the pier.
When Junior didn’t come up, Jo
seph and another swimmer, Jimmie
Adelman, 18, of 117 Eighteenth
street S.E., dived for him several
times, but with no success.
No. 2 harbor precinct police, who
began dragging for Junior’s body a
short time later, had not recovered
it late last night.
The' place is southeast of the Gal
linger Hospital psychiatric building.!
Prince Georges Public Posts
May Be Filled This Week j
Two. vacancies in the Prince
Georges County police department!
are expected to be filled by appoint
ments early this week.
Thirty-four applicants for these;
positions and others to be created
by the county commissioners took
examinations last week, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Betty Tayman,
clerk to Police Commissioner Nor
man Collins.
The applicants’ papers are being
graded by Paul Barnhart, principal
of the Bladensburg High School,
and will be turned over to the com- j
missioners the first of the week.
One of the vacancies to be filled
was created by the slaying last
month of Pvt. Charles P. Caldwell,
while he and another officer were
attempting to make an arrest in
Deanwood Park.
Partially because of the slaying,
the commissioners decided to en
large the county police department.
Visitors Entertained
i
By University Women
Two internationally-known mem-,
bers of the American Association of
University Women were entertained
yesterday evening at a garden party
and picnic given by the Kensington
chapter of the A. A. U. W. at the!
home of Mrs. Lyman Smith.
They are Miss Isabella Yen, a
teacher at the Oneonta State Teach
ers College. New York, whose home
was in China, and Mrs. Ampero S.
Lardozabel, superintendent of
teacher training at Centro Escolar,
Manila.
The visitors have been attending
an education seminar at the Uni
versity of Maryland.
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2 Pedestrians Killed
In Washington Area,
5 Injured in Traffic
Mrs. Florence Eva Johnson, 38,
of Rockville, Md., was killed last
night when she was struck by an
automobile as she was walking
along the Colesville pike at
Cloveriy; Md. ' TJef' death was the
second traffic fatality in the Wash
ington , area last night.
MMi xfehiMPnowas, takeq, to Mont
gomery County General Hospital by
the Sandy Spring Rescue Squad and
was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police identified her as the wife
of Herbert Johnson. The couple
and their four small children lived
on the farm of Samuel Moore, where
Mr. Johnson was employed, police
said.
The driver of the car which struck
her was listed as Willard Bishop, 50,
colored, also of Rockville. He was
charged with manslaughter and re
leased under $1,000 bond, according
to Silver Spring police.
Pedestrian Killed in Virginia.
Earlier last night a pedestrian was
killed by a car while he was crossing
Lee highway a mile west of Centre
ville, Va.
Fairfax County police identified
the dead man as John Henry Rob
ertson, 62, colored, of McLean, Va.
Driver of the car was listed as Mrs.
Lois McCoy, 30, of Cleburne, Te*.
Police said she * would not be
charged. Fairfax County Police
man Paul Dove quoted the driver
as saying Mr. Robertson stepped
directly in front of her car.
He was killed instantly, police
said.
In other accidents five persons
were injured.
A Washington man and woman
suffered minor cuts and bruises last
night when their car ran off of
River road in Bet.hesda and struck
a telegraph pole, according to Be
thesda police.
Taken to Hospital Here.
Taken to Emergency Hospital in
Washington were Thomas Shotton,
jr., 41, of 2512 Wisconsin avenue
N.W., and Mildred Peterson, 44, of
725 Emerson street N.W.
Three persons were Injured, one of
them seriously, in a two-car colli
sion on the Crain highway two
miles north of its intersection with
Defense highway in Prince Georges
County.
Julius Block. 38, of Norfolk, Va.,
suffered head Injuries and was re
ported in a serious condition at
Prince Georges General Hospital.
His wife, Mrs. Leonore Block, 52,
suffered a possible fractured
shoulder. Their 5-year-old daughter.
Judy, was uninjured, the hospital
said.
The only occupants of the other
car who was injured was Mrs. Effie
Fields, colored, of Washington, who
was treated for a cut lip and re
leased.
Takoma Park Junior High
Registering Canning Class
Registration is continuing for
canning classes at the Takoma Park
Junior High School on Piney Branch
road.
As a result of increased demand,
a new day class will be organized
to meet from 9 am. to 3 pm. each
Thursday, beginning this week.
Enrollment is still being accepted
in classes already in progress, ac
cording to William C. Peddeman,
Montgomery County supervisor of
adult education.
These classes are being held from
9 am. to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays and
from 6 pm. to midnight Monday
through Friday, Mr. Peddeman said.
A charge of (2:25, including a (1
registration fee. is made for each
person. Further information may
be obtained by calling the school,
Silver Spring 0308.
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Nominations
i
Before Senate
Expire Tuesday
North's Appointment
As D. C. Postmaster
To Need Resubmission
The nomination of Roy M. North
to be Washington's postmaster will
die in the Senate Tuesday, and wtn
have to be resubmitted by President
Truman to the special session if
Senate action is expected.
All nominations not disposed of
by the last session of Congress ex
pire Tuesday, 30 days after the end
of that session, June 20.
Public hearings had been slated
on the North nomination by the
Senate Civil Service Committee, but
were cancelled for lack of a quorum.
North Is Career Man.
Mr. North, deputy third assistant
postmaster general, a career man, \
had been nominated to succeed Vin
cent C. Burke, who was promoted
to first assistant postmaster gen- i
eral.
In the meantime, the acting post
master here is W. Gordon Bell, who
was assistant postmaster under Mr.
Burke.
Two other Washington nomina- ,
tions also will die Tuesday. They
are of Edward A. Tamm, former ,
PBI official, now serving under a
recess appointment as Associata
Justice of District Court, and
Aubrey B. Fennell, associate judge
of Municipal Court, who continues
to serve in that capacity until a
successor is sworn in, although hi*
term expired July 7.
Mr. Tamm's nomination was
never approved by the Senate Ju
diciary Committee, or confirmed by
the Senate. Judge Fennell's nomi
nation went to the Senate District
Committee, which never reported it
to the Senate.
Other Nominations Pending.
Other nominations yet to be acted
on by the Senate include those of
Judge Paul P, Rao of the Customs
Court here and Justices Samuel H.
Kaufman of New York and Roy W.
Harper of Missouri, both Federal
judges. Justice Harper was denied
payment of salary by a ruling Fri
day of the Controller General be
cause he already was serving under
an interim appointment and had
failed of confirmation.
Other nominations pending In
clude four ambassadors, about
whom there is not expected to be
a dispute: a member of the Mari
time Commission, a collector of
customs, two United States attor
neys, three United States marshals,
one collector of internal revenue,
the superintendent of the San Fran
cisco mint, two judges of the Tax
Court, the engraver of the mint
at Philadelphia, an RFC director
and 10 delegates and alternates to
the United Nations Educational
and Social Council, as well as the
12 members of the Public Advisory
Board to EC A.
Many of the positions are con
sidered patronage jobs and the Re
publican majority some months ago
determined it would hold up con
firmation of such positions until
after next year’s inauguration.
Two of the most controversial
are the appointments of James
Boyd of Colorado as director of the
Bureau of Mines and Thomas C.
Buchanan of Pennsylvania as a
member of the Federal Power Com
mission. Mr. Boyd has received no
pay for many months.
Louis D. Mayhugh
Rites Set Tuesday
Funeral .service* for Louis D.
Mayhugh, 16, of 6528 Wells park
way, Riverdale, who was killed in
an automobile accident at Belts villa
yesterday, will be held at 1 p.m.
Tuesday from Chambers Funeral
Home, Hyattsville. Burial will be
in Washington National Cemetery.
The Mayhugh youth and live other
teen-agers were riding in a car
when it crashed into the rear of a
trailer-truck on the Washington
Baltimore boulevard at Beltsville.
The five other youths who were
treated at Leland Memorial Hos
pital, Riverdale, for minor injuries
and released, were: Arthur R. Marr
Ion, Jr„ 19, of East Riverdale,•who'
State police said was driving the
car; Glenn Keenan. 19, also of East;
Riverdale; Joseph Day, 19,; France#'
Joy, 15, and her sister, Catherine",;
16. all of Edmonston.
The Marion youth and the truck"
driver. Harris McGuire, 44, of
Woodstock, Va„ each were charged
with manslaughter and reckless
driving.
Surviving young Mayhugh are
his mother and stepfather, Mr. and
Mr*. Charles E. Beach; a brother,
Marvin, 13, and two stepsisters and
a stepbrother.
Maryland Park Fete Set
The Maryland Park Christian
Church will hold it* annual party
Thursday through Saturday in the
200 block of Sixty-fifth street,
Maryland Park.
Home Accidents
Fatal to 3; Deaths
Exceeding 1947
Three deaths due to home acci
dents here last week ran the year's
total to 32 more than had died by
this date a year ago, the Red Cross
Home Accident Survey reported.
Home accidents have been respon
sible for 148 deaths this year. The
3,250 accidents requiring hospital
treatment this year are 464 mora
than were counted over a compar
able period last year.
One of last week's deaths oc
curred when a 78-year-old man col
lapsed and drowned in a bath tub.
Leading the week’s strange acci
dent was the broken collarbone suf
fered by a 1>4 year old girl when
a woman fell on her.
A 10-month-old baby was taken
to a hospital after swallowing tha
glass eye of a toy rabbit and a two
year-old boy was treated for bitea
inflicted on the face and forehead
by his pet red fox.
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