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Pullen Demands
ProofofSchool
Charge by Miles
Says Critic Must Back
Under Oath Statement
That Books Are Red
Franklin T. Miles, bitter critic of
the Montgomery County Board of
Education, may be required to sub
stantiate under oath recent state
ments concerning the use of Com
munist textbooks in the Montgom
ery public schools.
He was so notified publicly last
night by Dr. Thomas G. Pullen,
superintendent of the Maryland
schools, who has beep instructed by
Gov. Lane to investigate Mr. Miles’
charges.
Appearing in Bethesda as prin
cipal participant in a forum on
Montgomery school problems, Dr.
Pullen bluntly told Mr. Miles that
he expected full proof of the charges
presented to the Montgomery Coun
ty CommLssioners and forwarded to
Gov. Lane.
‘‘I want you to be sure to under
stand the seriousness of these
charges,” the State official said,
"because you will be required under
oath to substantiate them.”
Instructed by Governor.
Mr. Miles, a Bethesda lawyer, has
accused the Board of Education of
authorizing the use of Communist
textbooks in the schools.
In a question-and-answer period
at the forum, Mr. Miles disclosed he
had called on Gov. Lane to act upon
his charges and he demanded of
Dr. Pullen what the State school
authorities intended to do about
them.
Obviously prepared on this point,
Dr. Pullen replied that he had just
been instructed by the Governor to
investigate the charges. He prom
ised Mr. Miles a frank answer to
the question but said that to give
the answer, he would first need to
know whether the lawyer believed
there could be "any subversive
teaching without there being sub
versive thinking" on the part of the
Board of Education.
Reply Described as Unclear.
Mr. Miles’ reply was described as
unclear by the State school chief
and he called for a restatement.
After an exchange, Dr. Pullen said
he understood Mr. Miles to be ac
cusing the board members of
carelessness constituting subversive”
thinking.”
Mr. Miles later told a reporter
specifically:
"I charge the Board of Education
with carelessness and negligence in
approving subversive books to the
extent it constitutes subversive ac
tion on their part.”
Dr. Pullen said after the meeting
he wanted the charges proved or
withdrawn. As head of the State
school system he is charged with
the responsibility of removing school
board members for cause, with con
sent of the Governor.
Stine Present.
Among those who heard the dis
cussion last night was H. Stanley
Stine of Silver Spring, president of
the Montgomery County Board of
Education. Mr. Stine was another
member of the forum panel ar
ranged by W. Prescott Allen, pub
lisher of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase
Tribune.
E. M. Douglass, assistant super
intendent of schools, told the audi
ence of approximately 500 that im
provements had been made in coun
ty school curricula as the result of
recent “workshops,” but he said the
high school courses still need more
variety.
He said educators in Montgom
ery, as elsewhere, are constantly
striving to find curricula within the
ability range of pupils, yet worth
while and challenging. He assert
ed, in reply to critics, that gradu
ates of Montgomery schools stand
well above the average for the
country.
The other speakers included Irv
ing G. McNayr, county supervisor;
Nathan R. Gilbert, president of the
county Parent-Teacher Council;
Brooks Johns, president of the
Board of County Commissioners,
and State Senator Roy Tascoe
Davis.
16-Year-Old Driver
Freed in Boy's Death
James S. Fowler, 16, of 5818
Ritchie road, Forestville, Md., was
acquitted in Upper Marlboro Police
Court yesterday on manslaughter
and reckless-driving charges result
ing from the traffic death of an 11
year-old Forestville boy on Sep
tember 1.
Mr. Fowler was found not guilty
of both charges by Trial Magistrate
Arthur P. Owens, after witnesses
testified he was proceeding “safely
and cautiously" along the Marlboro
pike, Forestville, when he struck
the boy who was riding a bicycle.
The victim, John Allen, jr., of
7609 Walters lane, Forestville, died
about two hours later in Casualty
Hospital, Washington, from head
injuries. Among those who appealed
to the court yesterday on Mr.
Fowler’s behalf was the victim’s
mother, Mrs. John Allen.
State’s Attorney A. Gvrynn Bowie,
who presented the case, said there
was no evidence to substantiate the
manslaughter charge but that he
believed there were possible grounds
for the reckless driving charge.
Judge Owens decided in favor of
Mr. Fowler. Attorney Frank M.
Hall, of Upper Mariboro, repre
sented the Fowler youth and en
tered not guilty pleas to both
charges.
4-H Fat Pig Show Slated
Thursday in Front Royal
By Associated Press
BLACKSBURG, Va.. Sept. 11.—
A 4-H Club fat pig show and sale at
Front Royal Thursday will be the
first of four similar events held in
the State this month.
The schedule was announced here
by George C. Herring, animal hus
bandman for the Virginia Agricul
tural Extension Service. He said
4-H members from Warren, Pag?
and Clarke Counties will consign
animals to the Front Royal show
and sale.
Both 4-H Club and Future Farm
ers of America members will con
sign animals to the fat pig show and
sale at Orange, September 21. Coun
ties to be represented are Orange.
Madison. Culpeper. Rappahannock
Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene and
Bpottsylvania.
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TRAVELING SCOUTS RETURN—Members of Boy Scout Troop 100, St. John’s Episcopal Church,
3240 O street N.W., are shown unloading the trailer which carried their equipment and supplies
during their Western trip. Left to right, are Claude Dupre, 17, of 5403 Allan road, Westgate, Md.;
Martin Wedekind, 14, of 1921 Thirty-fifth place N.W.; Scoutmaster Dan Tyrrell, 4630 Forty
seventh street N.W.; Erwin Von Den Steinen, 14, of 3032 Q street N.W.; James Watson, 15, of
1253 Thirty-seventh street N.W., and Clarence Rakow, 16, of 1439 Rhode Island avenue N.W.
—Star Staff Photo.
500 Protest Rent Rise
At Greenbelt, Launch
Plans to Block PHA
More than 500 Greenbelt resi
dents last night protested any rent
increases planned by the Public
Housing Administration and laid
initial plans to fight higher rents
with a “war fund” and legal aid.
Cramming the seating capacity
and lining the walls of the Center
School auditorium, the crowd ap
plauded an announcement that
Representative Sasscer, Democrat,
of Maryland, has volunteered his
support, and that members of the
town council and civic groups are
prepared for a finish fight against
rent boosts.
Mr. Sasscer’s support was reveal
ed by Councilman Prank J. Lastner,
.who said he talked with the legis
lator on Thursday.
Cited as Inflationary.
"He said he wanted me to tell
the town that he is utterly opposed
to rent increases here, and that he
has joined us to carry this fight
right down the line,” Mr. Lastner
reported.
“Mr. Sasscer said he feels that
the PHA plan is not only inflation
ary but inconsistent with the policy
of the Administration to curb in
flation,” the councilman said. He
added that Representative Sasscer
told him that PHA apparently “has
taken upon itself” to raise the rents
of the 1,886 families living in the
Federally owned “model” com
munity.
Michael Salzman, chairman of the
meeting, announced that legal ad
visers of a civic housing group he
heads will contribute their services
and that the town council also will
provide the services of its attorney.
$193 Raised at Meeting.
An initial "war fund” raised at
the meeting totaled $193, and a cam
paign to enlist more funds will be
opened next week, Mr. Salzman
said. Residents meanwhile were
urged to send protest letters “by
the sackful” to top Government
officials.
Mayor Thomas J. Canning bitterly
criticized PHA’s "disappointing” at
titude toward the town.
He cited previous instances when,
he said, the Federal agency decided
on changes effecting the town “and
then asked us how we felt about
the changes afterwards, when it
was too late.”
“With PHA's preconceived stand
on this rent increase. I charge it has
totally disregarded the interests of
the people of this community,” Mr.
Canning declared.
Reasons for Increase.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrington, a
council member who reported on a
conference last month between PHA
officials and the councli, said she
asked the reason for the proposed
increase, which town spokesmen
said may range from 30 to 50 per
cent.
"We were told than that the in
crease was not due to rising costs
or inadequate rent income to the
Government, but only a move to
place Greenbelt rents on a level
comparable with other housing in
the area,” Mrs. Harrington declared.
A few days later, she added,
Charles Cormack, Federal super
visor of the town, announced in a
newspaper interview that higher
rents are necessary to meet oper
ational expenses.
"This was exactly contrary to
what we were told at the confer
ence,” Mrs. Harrington emphasized.
Timonium Fair Ends Today
With Amusement Program
By the Associated Press
TIMONIUM, Sept. 11.—With all
judging over, the Maryland State
Fair will end today with only amuse
ments, static exhibits and horse
racing left on the program.
Judging ended Thursday and ex
hibitors began moving their livestock
from the fair grounds yesterday.
Many of the Hereford swine were
placed on sale yesterday.
Yesterday was Baltimore City day
at the fair—but Mayor Thomas
D Alesandro was not here. The
mayor, who is in Europe, designated
Leo Welsh, one of his aides, to
represent him.
A parallel situation cropped up
Thursday—designated as Governor's
day. Gov. Lane was called to Wash
ington for a conference with Presi
dent Truman and could not attend.
Bruce Is Named Judge
In 4th Maryland Circuit
By the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS. Sept. 11.—Oliver H.
Bruce, jr., Cumberland lawyer and
Allegany County Democratic Com
| mittee chairman, yesterday was
! named an associate judge of the
| fourth judicial circuit by Gov. Lane.
He fills a vacancy caused by the
retirement of Chief Judge William
A. Huster, who will be 70 years old
tomorrow.
Associate Judge Joseph D. Mish
of Hagerstown is in line for the
chief judgeship.
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Boy Scout Party Tours West,
Finds 'Most American'Town
A trek along the Continental
Divide and a visit to “the most
American town in the country”
featured a three-week, 5,000-mile
Western tour; just concluded by five
Washington Boy Scouts and a Scout
master.
The boys, four of whom are mem
bers of Troop 100, of St. Johns
Episcopal Church, 3240 O street
N.W., left here August 16 with Dan
Tyrrell, 4630 Forty-seventh street
N.W'., scoutmaster of the Troop 100.
The fifth boy was Claude Dupre,
17, of 5403 Allan road, Westgate,
Md., a member of Troop 56.
Traveling in Mr. Tyrrell's car, with
their luggage piled in a small trailer
behind, they Journeyed to the San
Juan National Forest, Colo. Their
trip was Interrupted by several
sightseeing jaunts along the way—
as well as halts to repair the car’s
springs and generator.
Set Up ‘Base Camp.’
Establishing a “base camp" in the
forest, about 30 miles from Durango,
Colo., they spent 11 days exploring
the surrounding territory.
Durango, they said, was “wonder
ful.”
“It really was America at its best,”
said Mr. Tyrrell. “I’d like to make
my home there.”
"The people were the friendliest
I’ve ever met.” reported James
Watson. 15, of 1253 Thirty-seventh
street N.W.
“Beautiful girls,” was the terse
but appreciative comment of Clar
ence Rakow, 16, of 1439 Rhode
Island avenue N.W.
While at base camp, they roamed
through old Indian cliff houses at
the Mesa Verde National Park, and
explored abandoned mine shafts.
S70 for Each Boy.
Concluding feature of the trip, the
eighth summer jaunt conducted by
Mr. Tyrrell in his 26 years as leader
of Troop 100, was a three-day hike
along the Continental Divide.
The entire trip, the scoutmaster
said, cost each boy about $70. No
one got sick, although “they ex
plored every soft drink cooler be
tween Washington and Denver.”
Other members of the party were
Martin Wedekind, 14, of 1921 Thirty
fifth street N.W., and Erwin von den
Steinen, 14. of 3032 Q street N.W.
Erwin told the other members
of the Scout troop all about the
trip last night at a meeting at the
church.
Panel of 73 Named
For Prince Georges
October Term Jury
Names of 73 Prince Georges Coun
ty residents for a panel from which
a new county grand jury and two
petit juries will be selected for
the October term of the County
Circuit Court were announced yes
terday by W. Waveriy Webb, clerk
of the court.
The new panel is divided into two
groups, one containing 48 names
and the other 25. The latter will
constitute the second week's petit
jury. From the first 48 names, 22
will be picked along with the jury
foreman to comprise the grand jury.
The remaining 25 will form the
first week’s petit jury.
J. S. Haas Is Foreman.
Selection of Joseph S. Haas, 74.
of 3210 Bunker Hill road, Mount
Rainier, as grand jury foreman was
announced earlier this week by Mr.
Webb. Mr. Haas, a sign letterer,
formerly was a postmaster of Mount
Rainier and at one time was a
member of the county liquor board.
He will succeed C. Norris Hartman,
Suitland grocer, as jury foreman.
The panel was drawn from a list
of 200 names selected by Associate
Judge Charles C. Marbury of the
seventh judicial circuit of Maryland.
Those listed among the first 48
names are required to report at the
courtroom at Upper Marlboro at 10
a.m. October 4, opening day of court.
Petit jurors for the second week will
report at the same hour the follow
ing Monday.
Excused Only for Sickness.
All requests to be excused from
jury duty must be filed in writing
with the clerk of the court by Sep
tember 27. Mr. Webb announced.
None will be considered valid except
for sickness of the juror or some
member of his family, he said.
The list announced yesterday is
as follows:
Hass. Joseph 8. Buck. Daniel T.
(foreman) Goldsmith. James F.
Williams. Samuel I. Dyer, Adams
White. Mary Key. Henry A.
Danner. John F Owens. Edward, jr.
Richards. J. Alvin Tolson, John E
Edelen. Joseph Posey, Richard
Heigham. L. M. Allen. William L.
Phelps. Carl Ordlle. Frank
Summers. John F. Pyles. Dorothy E.
Johnson. Joseph C. Strawn. Harry O.
Sussman. Louis F Lammers, Laurence
Anderson. Gustav H. Duvall. Peter
Prevost. Albert Boswell, Harry
Bigoness. Laura Brauner, Walter R.
Miller. Adeline Morrison. J. Bryant
Pinkney. Sophronia Jardine. Marion E.
Hall, Charles J. Blythe. Henry M. A.
Hall. Joseph Branson. George
Walker. Wheeler S. Simms. Jennie I.
Hartley. Henry Guy. Luther F.
Eberly. Louis P. Parker, James I.
Milligan. Sarah W. Perrie. Albert
Spicknall, Norval, sr. Baden. Harry
Pugh. Bruce M.
Petit Jury for Second Week.
Pyles Carlton Stetzer. Muriel
Bitting. Clavton Woodell. Kelly
Hall. Roy W. Goode, Walter F.
Affron. Ruth B. Lee. Esther G.
Beall. Bessie B. Lambert. George W.
Proctor Harry M. Ireland. J. A., sr.
Phelps. Bessie Baden, Guy M.
Mercer, Eller B. Wynn. John A.
Seaton. Clarence B. Wallace. William
Miller. Margaret W. Burroughs. Ward B.
Hoffman. Fred Ferrell. Frank W.
Burgesa Lawrence W.Krause. Melvin
Gregory. AUen E._
New Lutheran Church
To Hold First Service
The first service of the newly
organized Jefferson Village Lutheran
Church will be conducted by the
Rev. Edward F. Yost at 11 a.m. to
morrow in Hillwood square, near
Falls Church. The congregation
; will worship at a building on Cherry
j street, near Hillwood avenue, until
a church is erected on Lee boulevard
and Woodlawn avenue.
The first Sunday School meeting
will be held at 9:45 a.m. tomorrow
in the recreational hall of the build
ing In Hillwood square. Mr. Yost is
a gradaute of the Lutheran Theo
logical Seminary in Columbus, Ohio.
The church is a misison of Faith
Lutheran Church, Arlington.
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Hearing Called Sept. 21
On W. M. & A. Bus Fares
The Public Utilities Commission
has set September 21 as the date
for a public hearing on an applica
tion for higher bus fares by the
W. M. & A. Motor Lines.
The hearing will be held in the
District Building board room at
10 a.m.
The application for increased
rates concerns only those W. M. & A.
routes lying wholly within the Dis
trict. The company operates buses
through the Southeast section of
the city and into Maryland.
The application, which PUC
Chairman James H. Flanagan said
is almost a year old, asks for an in
crease to 15 cents of the present
10-cent cash fare. It also asks per
mission to sell tokens two for a
quarter instead of the present three.
He said hearings on the applica
tion have been set, but each time
the company has pleaded unreadi
ness to conduct the case. This time,
Mr. Flanagan said, the PUC has
been informed that W. M. & A. is
prepared.
Arlington Church of the Air
Announces Broadcasts
Arlington Church of the Air
broadcasts tomorrow and daily devo
tion programs next week were an
nounced by Glendale Burton, direc
tor.
Tomorrow’s broadcasts, at 11 a.m.,
will be from the Westover Baptist
Church, the Rev. W. Barker Hardi
son directing, over Station WARL,
and from the Central Methodist
Church, over WE AM, conducted by
the Rev. J. L. Kibler.
Daily devotion broadcasts at 8:45
a.m., Monday through Friday, by
the Rev. D. R. Fowler of the Chris
tian and Missionary Alliance, over
WARL, and by the Rev. W. L. Oliff
of the Ballston Baptist Church,
over WEAM. at 10:15 a.m.
State Campaign
To Cut Pollution
Pledged by Lane
Emphasis to Be Put •
On Upper Potomac
Area, Meeting Told
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By James R. Birch field
Star Staff CorrMpondant
HAGERSTOWN, Md„ Sept. 1L—
The State of Maryland was pledged
today to an active campaign to re
duce pollution in the upper Potomac
River.
Addressing the seventh annual
meeting of the Interstate Commis
sion on the Potomac River Basin
here last night, Gov. Lane outlined
a State policy for pollution abate
ment that will give special emphasis
to the upper Potomac area, recog
nized as a pollution sorespot in the
basin.
He pledged co-operation with
West Virginia in a program' in the
area where the two States join and
called on industries and municipali
ties in the basin for active support
of the anti-pollutloQ campaign.
“We must first make a study of
the upper river,” the Governor said,
"so that we may knotf and recognize
our problems.
“We then will ask all of our peo
ple, industries, municipalities and
private individuals, to co-operate in
a program that will bring about
improvements in the area.”
Praises Co-Operation.
Praising ' the co-operative spirit
that now exists between Maryland
and West Virginia in the upper
basin, Gov. Lane said he hoped the
time soon will c<jme when an equal
degree of co-operation will exist
between the Free state and Virginia
in the lower basin.
“I should like,” he continued, “to
see the day when Virginia and
Maryland will treat the Chesapeake
Bay and its tributaries as a single
biological unit. I believe that time
soon will come and that we can
then launch a program to save the
valuable seafood resources for future
generations.”
Referring jokingly to the compact
of 1785 between Virginia and Mary
land as a “horse trade for the pur
pose of stopping piracy,” the Gov
ernor said he was sorry the com
pact also had not applied to “under
water movement,” such as fish.
As it is, he explained, Virginia
received fishing rights for an agree
ment not to molest Maryland sur
face shipping—a protection Mary
land received four years later with
the ratification of the Constitution.
Refers to Bridge.
"She has been fishing in Maryland
waters ever since,” the Governor
said, “and now we hope to be able
to save the few oysters still remain
ing in the lower Potomac.”
Governor Lane also referred to
the proposed Chesapeake Bay
bridge, stating that shipping au
thorities in the bay had assured him
the span would impede the move
ment of craft in the Baltimore port.
“There has been a lot of loose and
dishonest talk about the injury to
Baltimore shipping by the bridge,”
the Governor said, “and I am glad
to have the word of experts on this
matter. If it is my last act as Gov
ernor of Maryland, I am going to
build this bridge.”
L. Harold Sothorn, State Senator
from Prince Georges County and
former commission chairman, de
scribed the interstate group last
night as the “greatest lesson in
democracy in the world today.”
No Police Rights.
The work and accomplishments
of the commission, Senator Sothorn
said, “stem from the desires of the
people in the member States.
“The comTnission has no police
power,” he pointed out. “It has no
rights of force or coercion. It can
only use persuasion.”
At closing sessions today, the
commission will hear a report from
West Virginia officials on a pro
gram for the Potomac area. It is
also expected to receive recom
mendations from its land use com
mittee concerning a watershed pro
gram to reduce pollution from
erosion. I
It is also expected that recom
mendations concerning the future
purity of the river in the Washing
ton area will be made by a special
group studying the river above Key
Bridge.
Fort Henry Club Picnic Set
The Fort Henry Neighborhood
Club of the Veterans’ Memorial
YMCA, Arlington, will hold a picnic
at 6 o’clock tonight in Rock Creek
Park, according to William D.
Coffee, president.
Highway Group Elects
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va„
Sept. 11 (fP).—R. Lee Bonney of Nor
folk yesterday was elected president
of the Virginia Highway Users’ Asso
ciation at the 18th annual conven
tion here.
FIRE CHIEF GETS VALOR MEDAL—Chief William Randolph
(Honey) Biggs of the Ballston Fire Department (right) receives
medal from John Paul Jones, president of the Arlington County
Firemen’s Association, for turning off a valve which stopped the
flow of oil at a fire in a Rosslyn refinery several months ago.
The medal was presented at the Ballston Firehouse last night.
—Star Staff Photo.
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RESCUED AFTER BEING TRAPPED TWO HOURS—Albert Mal
colm, 44, of Rosemont, Md. (arrow), as he was rescued yesterday
from an overturned steam shovel In the Glenmont Forest sub
division, near Wheaton. The heavy machinery slid through
mud into an 8-foot ditch, pinning its operator in the cab. Mr.
Malcolm was extricated by 50 rescue workers using a large crane.
He was treated at Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, where exami
nation showed he suffered a broken finger. Kensington Fire
Chief T. Styer is rescue worker in white coat, at right.
—Star Staff Photo.
Firemen's Program
At Cottage City Today
May Attract 5,000 .
A crowd which was expected tc
grow to 5,000 persons by nightfall
converged on Cottage City today for
the closing of the Prince Georges
County Volunteer Firemen's As
sociation convention.
The day’s program, high lighted
by a memorial service at 7:30 p.m.
for firemen who have died in the
last year, includes contests and
demonstrations, a parade arid a
band concert by the Washington
Gas Light Co. band.
The 26th 'annual convention
opened last night with nomination
of officers who are to be voted on
tonight.
The nominees are:
For president—R. M. Small, Bou
levard Heights, and Ted C. Gardner,
Riverdale Heights; vice president—
Kenneth S. Crisp, College Park,
William Perry of Bladensburg and
Frank R. Nymark of Mt. Rainier;
secretary—F. B. Heimer, Branch
ville; treasurer—Benson A. Sanmel,
Cottage City: chaplain—James E.
Sampson, Brentwood.
The Ladies Auxiliary, holding their
only session of the convention Fri
day night, elected the following
officers who are to be installed to
night.
President, Mrs. Rose Libernini,
Riverdale Heights; vice president,
Mrs. Edna Trott, Tuxedo-Cheverly;
secretary, Mrs. Catherine Smith,
West Lanham Hills; treasurer, Mrs.
Marie Murphy, Brentwood; chap
lain, Mrs. Annie Burnette, Branch
ville; assistant chaplain, Mrs. Mary
Walker, Berwyn Heights; guard,
Mrs. Emily Vincent, Hyattsville, a,nd
historian, Mrs. Nettle Wood, Hill
side. ____
Interracial Progress
Claimed at Parley
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va„ Sept. 11.—The
National Urban League leadership
largely conceived and developed
programs that are accelerating the
rate of interracial progress in
America, delegates to the league’s
annual conference here were told
last night.
The speaker, Harold Lett, chief
assistant of the division against dis
crimination of the New Jersey De
partment of Education, addressed
the closing session of the league’s
five-day meeting at Virginia Union
University.
“Urban League salesmanship and
experimentation," Mr. Lett said,
“have produced such a body of
factual data that no employer or
labor leader today can say that
whites and negroes cannot work
together harmoniously and effi
ciently * * *
“Who is there bold enough to say
that significant things aren't hap
pening?” Mr. Lett declared. “Within
three years the United States Su
preme Court, the formerly conserva
tive champion of that-which-has
been, has by its decisions disturbed
cherished traditions of Jim Crow
travel, lily-white education, the un
democratic institution of the white
primary, and the evil pact known
as the restrictive covenant.”
Three hundred Urban League
personnel in conference here re
quested that the league place
greater emphasis on its industrial
relations program, on apprentice
ship training service, and on-the-job
training and counseling and testing.
The group also urged that a voca
tional counselors council be formed
within the movement.
Arlington Baha'i Center
To Be Opened Tomorrow
A new Baha’i Center will be
opened tomorrow in the Rice Build
ing, Washington boulevard and Mc
Kinley road, Arlington.
Meetings will be held at 2 p.m.
each Sunday for discussions regard
ing the relationship of the Baha’i
Faith to Christianity, Judaism and
other groups.
Mrs. Frederick L. Compton, secre
tary of the Arlington Community of
the Baha'i Faith, explained that it
stresses that divine revelation is
progressive, that all of the great
religions are related and part of
one divine plan, that science and
religion must go hand in hand and
that "the world is one country and
mankind its citizens.” She said there
are Baha’i groups in 91 countries
and the literature of the faith is
printed in 51 languages.
Frederick Station Seeks TV
The Monocacy Broadcasting Co.
has applied to the Federal Com
munications Commission -for a per
mit for a new comercial television
station at Frederick, Md. It now
operates a standard station WFMD
at Frederick.
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World War II Bonus
Of'$500 Is Vofed by
Legion in Maryland
By th« Associated Press
| OCEAN CITY, Md.. Sept. 11.—
| Maryland American Legion members
voted at their State convention yes
terday to demand a State bonus of
not more than $500 for World War
II veterans.
The proposal was passed by a
voice vote after two hours of discus
sion and parliamentary maneuver
ing.
The proposed bonus would grant
to eligible veterans payments of $10
for each month of domestic service
and $15 for every month of foreign
duty between September 16, 1940,
and Sept. 2, 1945. The maximum
payment, in any case, would be $500.
The resolution first was submitted
by the Frostburg Post and, when it
was reported out to the floor,
Charles Reed, a World War II vet
eran from Bel Air, said Maryland is
not in a financial position to pay
such a bonus.
John F. Rowe, member of the
Frostburg Post, said his organiza
tion took a poll and found 45,000
veterans are in favor of the bonus.
The sales tax, he declared, has given
Maryland enough revenue so it is
able to pay a bonus.
Nelson O. Tyman, 60-year-old vet
eran of both World Wars and a
member of the Chevarly Post, pro
posed an amendment extending the
bonus to World War I veterans, but
finally agreed to withdraw it. He
served notice, however, that he will
Introduce a separate resolution call
Jng for a World War I bonus before
the convention ends tomorrow.
The 40 and 8 elected Thomas E.
Williams of Frederick as its grande
chef de gare for the next year. •
Others elected were J. Albert
SofTer of Frederick, grande corre
spondent; Ray Burke of Suitland,
grande commlssaire intendante, and
J. Charles Fagan of Baltimore,
grande avocat
Two D. C. Men Held
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On Assault Charge
Two District men, arrested Mon
day on the complaint of a 43-year
old Washington mother of four
children, were ordered held for ac
tion of the Prince Georges County
grand jury in Upper Marlboro Police
Court yesterday on charges of as
sault with intent to commit rape.
Paul Courtney Fugitt, 31, a refrig
erator installation man, of the 1100
block of Sixth street S.W., and
Frank F. Cowens, 41, a cab driver,
of the 3300 block of ’Alder place
N.E., were ordered held without
bond in the Upper Marlboro Jail,
pending presentation of the case to
the grand jury.
Cowens also was held on a second
charge of using his cab to trans
port a woman for immoral purposes.
Both men entered pleas of not
guilty through their attorney, J.
Dudley Digges of Upper Marlboro,
and on his advice, refused to be
questioned yesterday.
The complainant, a resident of
Southwest Washington, admitted to
Trial Magistrate Arthur P. Owens
that she knew both men "very well”
and had been drinking with then^
last Sunday night when the al
leged offenses occurred.
She testified that she was left
beaten and entirely unclothed neaf
Bock road, Oxon Hill, early Mon
day. She safd she first went with
the two men about 6 p.m. Sunday.
They visited a tavern in Kenil
worth, went to an unoccupied new
home in Cheverly, where she
charged Cowens made advances on
her, and then to the Fugitt home.
Later, she added, the trio went
out again and while out in the
Oxon Hill area, her clothes were
removed and the men attempted
to assault her.
Maryland Church to Unveil
Two Memorial Tablets
Two memorial tablets to Revolu
tionary War heroes will be unveiled
and dedicated at the 11 a.m. service
tomorrow at Christ Church, Chap
tico, Md.
Capt. John Carpenter and John
Briscoe are the two heroes to be
honored at the ceremony. Laura
Maryland Carpenter Blinn. descen
dant of both, presented the tablets.
The St. Marys County Chapter of
the DAR recently placed a marker
on the grave of Capt. Carpenter in
the burial ground. The tablets are
on the walls of the church.
The first church at Chaptico was
erected in 1642 and the present
church was built in 1736.
Dance Teacher Named
CHICKASHA, Okla., Sept. 11
(Special) —Miss Jane B. Arrowsmith
of 13 Woodlawn drive, Fort Belvoir,
Va., will teach modern dance at the
Oklahoma College for Women dur
ing the coming college year.
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50,000 to See
Viaduct Opened
At Silver Spring
Gov. Lane Will Lead
»
Parade, Pageant in
10-Hour Celebration
Festive with bunting and gay in
spirit, Silver Spring today celebrated
the completion of a $2,000,000 con
struction program on Georgia ave
nue, its principal business thorough
fare.
The high light of eexrcises long
anticipated in the suburban com
munity was to come at 2 pm., with
Gov. Lane cutting ribbons to sym
bolize the reopening of the street
to trafflc, by way of a new under
pass for the Baltimore Sc Ohio Rail
road.
Fifty thousand persons were ex
pected to join in the 10-hour cele
bration. according to Charles H.
Kopeland, chairman. In addition to
Gov. Lane, prominent participants
were to include Chairman Robert
M. Relndollar of the State Roads
Commission and Roy B. White,
president of the B. Sc O.
Two-Hour Parade Scheduled.
The program, known as “Avenue
of Progress.” Jhcludes a parade from
2 to 4 p.m. followed by dedication of
the new Montgomery Blair High
School stadium. Street dancing is
scheduled from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Gov. Lane was to speak briefly
at the ribbon-cutting ceremonies,
then ride in the first car passing
through the underpass at the head
of the parade. He was scheduled
to make a longer address at thi
stadium.
The route selected for the 59-unit
procession is Georgia avenue, Coles
ville road, Fenton street and Wayne
avenue* to the stadium.
A pageant was to be presented at
the stadium during which Miss
Mary Jane Owens was to be crowned
"Miss Silver Spring,” with Norman
Brokenshire, radio producer, as
master of ceremonies.
3 Bands to Provide Music.
Among Montgomery citizens
chosen to accompany the Governor
were E. Brooke Lee, vice chairman
of the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission; H.
Stanley Stine, chairman of the
country Board of Education; Edgar
M. Douglass, assistant superinten
dent of schools, and Rail* I. Boyd,
civic leader.
Music will be furnished by the
Silver Spring Boys’ Band, the Silver
Spring Elks' Boys’ Band, the Balti
more Sc Ohio Railroad Chorus and
the Walter Reed Hospital Army
Band.
The celebrations will end with
street dancing at 9 o’clock in front
of the Silver Spring Post Office on
Georgia avenue.
Two Justices Dissent
On Virginia Fund Case
By th« Anociotad Prni
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 11.—In a
lengthy dissent, Associate Justice
Abram P. Staples held yesterday
that the majority of the Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals misinter
preted the Virginia Constitution in
refusing to order release of retire
ment funds for local school con
struction.
The court on Wednesday at
Staunton denied by a 5-to-2 vote
the petition of Attorney General J.
Lindsay Almond, jr„ for a writ of
mandamus to force the State con
troller and the State treasurer to
turn over about $5,000,000 of the re
tirement funds to the State Literary
Fund.
Such a financial arrangement,
under terms of an act of the 1946
Legislature, was a clear violation of
Section 115-A of the Virginia Con
stitution, the majority opinion held.
Justice Staples, who was Joined in
his dissent by Justice Herbert Greg
ory, contended that Section 115-A—
an amendment which became law in
1928—was not designed to prevent
such handling of funds. Justice
Staples argued that the procedure
contemplated was, in effect, a trans
action between two arms of the
government. The constitutional sec
tion prohibits the Legislature from
empowering a county to contract a
bended obligation without the sub
niission of the question to the voters.
The dissenting justices held, too.
that Section 29 gave the General
Assembly a virtual mandate for
such acting as It took by directing
it “to establish and maintain an
efficient system of public free
schools.”
Lane Out of Running
For Party Finance Post
■y th« Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Sept. 11.—Gov.
Lane of Maryland withdrew his
name last night from consideration
as finance chairman of the Demo
cratic National Campaign Commit
tee.
It was reported that President
Truman had asked Gov. Lane per
sonally to direct party fund-raising
activities.
"The performance of my official
duties in Maryland prevents me
from considering the position," Gov.
Lane said.
Missionary to Speak
Miss Pearl Willis Jones, mission
ary who remained in China during
World War II, will address the first
fall evening service at the Forest
vllle <ltfd.) Methodist Church at
8 p.m. tomorrow.
Locked Out, Man
Calls Firemen;
Gets Crowd, Too
Irwin Laber, 39, who is visiting
here from New York, would change
two things about Washington. He
would like apartment doors that
dcn’t blow shut and fire engines
that don't attract so much attention. •
Mr. Laber left an apartment at
1401 Oglethorpe street N.W. about
9 o’clock last night with a load of
trash for the incinerator. His bare
legs protruded from beneath his
bathroeb. No (Hie was In sight so
he took a chance. Then the door
blew shut and locked automatically.
Mr. Laber called the Fire Depart
ment from the apartment lobby.
The truck answered with % ladder
long enough to reach Mr. Laber’s
second-story window. The trouble
was, too many spectators arrived,
too.
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