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SOCI ETY—CLU BS—RECIPES
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1949
.......
Scott Testifies
He Struck Girl
On Impulse
Hit Her With Bottle
When She Criticized
Friend, Boy Says
BULLETIN
ROANOKE, Va. (Speciali.—
Lee (Buddy) Scott, taking the
stand for the first time in his
trial on charges of murdering
Dana Marie Weaver, said "some
thing just swept over me and I
hit her.” He admitted meeting
the girl in the church and go
ing to the kitchen for soft
drinks. When she started criti
cizing his friend, Jimmy Webb,
he said he struck Dana with a
soft-drink bottle. "I tried to
hold her. * * * I sort of let go
and she struck some more and
I held her and when she let go,
she didn't move.”
By Robert C. Rollings
Star Staff Correspondent
ROANOKE, Va„ July 1.—Lee
(Buddy > Scott today will tell his
story in the slaying of his 16
year-old classmate. Dana Marie
Weaver—a crime which could send
him to the electric cnair.
The threat of the death penalty
remained in the case despite a
defense effort to eliminate it.
Defense Chief T. Warren Messick's
motion to strike the evidence as
it relates to first-degree murder
was denied yesterday by Hustings
Court Judge Dirk A. Kuyk. The
motion was made in chambers
immediately after the prosecution
rested its case on the fourth day
of the%trial.
Scott, 16-year-old high school
athlete, is charged with killing
Dana Marie in the parish house
kitchen of Christ Episcopal Church
here on May 8.
As he sits less than a dozen feet
from the men who will decide his
fate, the husky, impassive youth
will tell a story he hopes w'ill dis
prove the prosecution’s charge
that the crime was “a willful,
deliberate and premeditated mur
der.” The defense conceded at
the start of the trial that Scott
killed Dana Marie, but that
the slaying occurred during an
argument.
Mother and Father on Hand.
And watching and listening as
the youth talks, will be his mother
and father who have been seated
near him constantly since the trial
began. Also in the small audi
ence in the closed courtroom will
be another intently interested
spectator—Richard Weaver, broth
er of Dana Marie.
In telling his story, Scott will
try to erase from the minds of
the jurors—many of them parents
of teen-age girls and boys—the
thought planted there by the
prosecution that he attempted to
rape the pretty Jefferson High
School junior when they rnet in
the parish hall kitchen.
Last night, the first night ses
sion, saw a parade of defense wit
nesses testify that Scott's reputa
tion was of the best. He enjoyed
good repute at his school, his
church, at the YMCA where he
instructed boys in swimming, at
the summer camp where he was
a counselor, and among girls and
boys, according to the witnesses.
Girl Tells of Scott’s Ability.
One was a pretty 16-year-old
brunet. Norma Balochi, a girl
dated by Scott, who tossed her
head and said:
‘ Buddy didn't have to cheat in
school. He always could learn on
his own.’’
Cruelty to animals and children?
Miss Gail Clark, a next door
neighbor, testified she had seen
him training a Cub Scout den in
his back yard, and watched him
playing with his animal pets. Nor
had Durwood Owens, 18, a YMCA
employe, ever heard of Scott strik
ing a youngster who didn't get
out of the pool promptly.
Mr. Messick bore down on his
view that Scott struck and then
choked the girl while in a partial
blackout because she belittled
Jimmy Webb, high school wres
tling champion—a boy he called
an idol in Scott's eyes.
Had Unusual Interest in Athletics.
George R. Meek testified under
questioning by the defense chief
that Scott had an unusual interest
in Webb'e athletic successes.
“When Webb won a match you'd
think Scott had won it himself
from the pride he took,” he said.
In evidence over defense ob
jections are police photographs of
the slain girl lying on the floor,
her cuts and bruises plainly visible
and her skirt and slip above her
waist.
Announcement that Scott would
testify came earlier while rival
counsel sparred before the jury on
whether they sfiould' accept as
true Scott's story told under truth
serum. The story was that he suf
fered "partial amnesia” in his
struggle with Dana Marie.
Magistrate Recalls Statement.
It followed the testimony of S. R.
Price, police magistrate, who said
Scott admitted meeting the girl at
the church on the evening of May
8. only after he said to the boy
while alone with him at his office:
“Lee, you killed that child and
she branded you indelibly.”
Scott had a long, deep scratch
mark on his right cheek when ar
rested.
The prosecution hit back at the
defense position that the slaying
toot place while Scott was in a
mental blackout.
It brought out testimony from
a medical witness that it was un
likely Scott’s consciousness would
flick on and off during the time
he slugged his classmate with a
pop bottle and then choked her.
After the defense rests it is
expected that the prosecution will
call rebuttal witnesses. Attorneys
^ioubt that the case will be giveii
“^o the jury before late tomorrow!
LEE (BUDDY) SCOTT,
Pictured at trial.
—AP Wirephoto.
H
Verdict on Charge ot
Malicious Prosecution
A Washington attorney last
night won a suit for malicious
prosecution and was awarded
$10,000 damages by a Fairfax
; County (Va.t Circuit Court jury.
He is Richard C. Horne, jr„ 201
North West street, Falls Church,
I who has law offices at 918 F street
; N.W. '
Damages were assessed against
| Charles Pickett, prominent Fair
' fax attorney of the firm of Bar
bour, Garnett, Pickett, Keith &
Glassie, and Buford M. Bridwell,
| Falls Church real estate man.
The trial, which required three
days, was concluded at 11 o’clock
last night. Judge Paul E. Brown
of the Fairfax Circuit Court dis
qualified himself in the case and
Judge C. C. Quesenbery of the
Waynesboro Corporation Court
(occupied the bench.
Will Hear Arguments.
Mr. Pickett and Mr. Bridwell
: moved to set aside the jury's ver
dict and Judge Quesenbery gave
them until July 9 to file written
motions after which he will set
a date to hear arguments.
Mr. Horne’s complaint grew out
of a series of interlacing court
actions centering around The
Falls Church, the Episcopal place
of worship for which the nearby
Virginia city was named. It also
stemmed from Mr. Horne's in
dictment last year on a charge
of illegally practicing law in Vir
ginia. This indictment subse
quently was quashed.
Chronologically, these are
circumstances which led up to
yesterday s award, described by
courthouse attaches as the first
of this kind and amount within
their memory:
In 1947, Lawrence W. Harrison,
treasurer- of The Falls Church,
suecf._tor. Bridwell, executor for
the estate of Mrs. Eleanor Camp
bell Russell. The suit questioned
certain items in Mr. Bridwell’s
accounting of the estate which,
after providing specific bequests,
left the residue to the church.
Appeared in 1947 Case.
Mr. Horne, a fonner vestryman
and senior warden at the church,
appeared in com i, in the case on
May 14, 1947, to question Mr.
Bridweil at the request of Mr.
Harrison’s attorneys. Mr. Horne
declared he appeared to defend
himself, which is permissible.
With Judge Burnett Miller, jr.,
of Culpeper Circuit Court on the
bench, the court made a few ad
justments in the settlement of
the estate but Mr. Bridweil was
completely exonerated of any mis
conduct, fraud or bad faith. The
State Supreme Court subsequently
upheld this verdict.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bridweil filed a
libel and slander suit against The
Falls Church and its officials' On
May 14, with Judge Miller again
on the bench, this suit was dis
missed on a demurrer filed by the
defendants.
On May 17, 1948, the Fairfax
Circuit Court grand jury, with
Judge Brown on the bench, re
turned an indictment against Mr.
Horne charging illegal practice of
law in Virginia growing out of
the earlier case of Harrison vs.
Bridweil.
Indictment Ordered Quashed.
In the following month. Judge
Brown ordered this indictment
quashed on grounds that it con
tained two types of offenses and
because it exceeded the statute of
limitations.
Mr. Horne's suit for malicious
prosecution then was filed against
Mr. Pickett and Mr. Bridweil. He
had asked for $50,000 damage
from each for malicious intent to
injure his good name and bring
him into public scandal.
Mr. Horne was represented by
Collins Denny, jr., and John S.
Davenport of Richmond, while Mr.
Bridweil and Mr. Pickett were rep
resented by the attorney’s law firm
partner. James Keith of Fairfax.
ArlingfonSchoo IComm'rttee
Elects Reed K. Pond
Reed K. Pond, Agriculture pe
partment employe, last night was
elected chairman of the Citizens’
Committee for School Improve
ment in Arlington. He succeeds
B. A. Lillywhite, who served two
years.
Other officers chosen were:
Gene Hanchtete. re-elected vice
chairman; John Kangas. re
elected recording secretary; Mrs.
Martha Miller, corresponding sec
retary; James Pettee, re-elected
treasurer, and Oscar R. Le Beau,
historian.
i The county's new superintend
ent of schools, William Early, told
the committee there are 12,000
students enrolled in Arlington
schools, and 19,000 children under
6 years of age who have not
yet entered schools.
The following objectives were
adopted by the committee for the
coming year: Reduction of teach
er loads, improved curriculum,
better teacher conditions, ex
panded educational facilities, aqfi
I preprimary education. *
UCS Lays Plans
To Co-ordinate
Welfare Work
54 Chest Agencies
Are Admitted to
Program for 1950
United Community Services to
day was launched on a “boldv
program in social welfare planning
in Washington.
The groundwork was laid yes
terday at a meeting of the group's
Board of Trustees in the YWCA,
Seventeenth and K streets N.W.
Trustees elected officers and Exec
utiv# Committee members and
acted on admission recommenda
tions of 57 Washington agencies
for 1950 Community Chest support.
The recommendations were de
scribed as the product of 50 meet
ings and “hundreds of hours of
consideration and analysis” by
UCS. Budget, Admissions and Re
view Committees, which have been
meeting since May 1.
In approving Chest support for
the great majority of agencies,
but with certain “conditions” in
the case of some agencies, and in
turning down several others, the
UCS made it plain that its objec
tive for next year is an effective
and better co-ordinated welfare
program for Washington.
Child Agencies Affected.
The following actions were typi
cal of that goal:
! 1. Admitted the Child Welfare
Society to Chest support until June
30,1950, at which time support will
end. Trustees said the District
Health Department is the legally
authorized agency to'provide clinic
services for children and therefore
the greater portion of the society’s
program can be supported through
j tax funds.
2. Approved Chest support for
Children's Protective Association
and Foster Day Care and Counsel
ing Association, but with stipula
tions in both cases that they get
together with UCS’s Family and
| Child Welfare Section and discuss
the possibility of merger,
j 3. Approved Chest support for
!the Episcopal Home for Children,!
with condition that, during the'
next year, it give consideration to)
consolidating Its work with that of i
St. John’s Orphanage, a non-;
Chest Episcopal home for children, j
4. Turned down the Iona R.
Whipper Home for Chest support,
but voted it general membership in
UCS and left the way open for
possible future support, pending a
thorough study of services for un
married Negro mothers.
Servicemen’s Club Rejected.
5. Rejected the Soldiers, Sailors
iand Marines’ Club application for
iChest aid. The UCS Admissions
Committee noted there is “no
question concerning the validity"
of the agency's services, but that
! its recommendation was based
“on the qjanner of financing this
service.” The committee pointed
out that the club places proceeds
from benefits and other donations
into an endowment fund, “rather
than to utilize these funds to meet
operating deficits.”
6. Similarly rejectecffthe Wash
ington Committee for Education
on Alcoholism, pendlhg “an op
portunity for this agency to work
with UCS and other participating
agencies to the end that a sound
plan for all health education
agencies can be explored.”
7. Approved Chest support for
the Washington Criminal Justice
Association, with a condition that,
by next March 1, a thorough
study be completed clarifying the
role of the association in Wash
ington.
8. Admitted tne wasnington
Home for Foundlings to Chest
support, with the stipulation it
explore with similar agencies
means for "substantially reducing
the excessive cost of present serv
ices to infants.”
Trustees also voted that the
Special Diagnostic Fund and the
Dental Fund, described as pri
marily formed for public relations
purposes, be discontinued next
year.
The following officers of UCS
were named:
Frank R. Jelleff, president;
Hugh K. Duffield, first vice presi
dent; Mrs. T. O. Wedel, second
vice president; Dr. Garnet C. Wil
kinson, third vice ' president;
Charles C. Glover III, secretary;
A. H. Lawson, treasurer.
Members elected to the Execu
tive Committee are Mrs. Pearl B.
Klein, Robert W. Wilson, John W.
Thompson, jr.; the Rev. Thomas
B. Keehn. Frank Loveland, Miss
Cecil L. Jones, Dr. Winfred Over
holser, Mrs. Isabel Ward and
Duane M. Paul, all by virtue of
being chairmen of committees;
also Lee D. Butler, W. W. Everett,
jr.; Jane M. Hoey, Col. Campbell
C. Johnson, William J. McManus,
Herman L. Neugass, Clifford H.
Newell, C. F. Preller, Martha
Strayer and Benjamin Striner.
Chest support recommendation
for the Potomac Area American
Youth Hostels brought consider
able debate, including objections
that its services are "duplicating.”
However, trustees voted 45 to 10
for 1950 aid.
The trustees voted support for
the National Capital Area Council,
Boy Scouts, but turned down a
proposal of the council that, in She
event the Chest campaign fails to
provide adequate funds, the coun
cil be permitted to stage a sup
plemental fund drive.
Agencies Voted Support.
Other agencies receiving Chest
support for next year were:
Barney Neighborhood House,
Boys’ Club of Washington, Bureau
of Rehabilitation, Potomac Area
Camp Fire Girls, Catholic Chari
ties, Children's Country Home,
Christ Child Farm for Conva
lescent Children, Christ Child
Settlement House, Department of
Social Welfare of Federation of
Churches, District Society for Pre
vention of Blindness, Family
Service Association, Florence Crit
tenton Home, Friendship House.
Georgetown House, District Girl
•
NEW AT THE ZOO—There are four new arrivals at the Wash
ington Zoo today, two of which are shown here: A 2 Vi-year-old
leopard on the left and a baby highland Scottish calf, right. The
latter’s mother, also shown, was born at the Zoo a few years ago.
The leopard was a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Damoo Dhotre, trainers
for Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus. The two additional
arrivals are a pair of giant caziques from South America, mem
bers of the blackbird familjj. A baby black-fronted duiker,
tiny Liberian antelope, born Tuesday at the Zoo, died Wednesday
night. It was the first of the species born here.—Star Staff Photo.
Advisory Board Gives
R. I. Avenue Extension
Project Top Priority
Extension of Rhode Island
avenue through Hyattsville and
Riverdale to the Baltimore boule
vard has top priority among
projects indorsed by the special
advisory board _to the Prince
Georges County commissioners,
the group reported today.
Edgar A. Merkle, chairman of
; the board, said an engineering
'firm has been studying the pro
posed extension for several
months.
As soon as an analysis of this
study is completed, plans will be
prepared to get the work under
way, Mr. Merkle announced. The
extension, which will parallel the
Capital Transit Co. streetcar
; tracks, is expected to relieve traffic
congestion along Baltimore boule
| vard.
The board said it is discarding
plans for construction of a cross
j county freeway through University
' Park and will make new recom
mendations later. Officials and
residents opposed the original pro
posal for the road to run through
University Park.
The advisory board said it is
holding in abeyance requests for
highway street lighting on Coles-,
ville road, from Queens Chapel
road to University lane, and, in'
Berwyn, University Park and Ri
verdale Heights until further stu
dies are completed.
The group has recommended
early completion of landscaping
at the entrance to the District of
Columbia at Queens Chapel road
and Eastern avenue. It also urged
installation of traffic lights at
Thirty-eighth and Hamilton
streets, Hyattsville: Riggs and
Ager roads, Green Meadows; Chil
lum and La Salle roads, Avondale;
Defense highway and Finn’s lane,
Lanham, and Palmer highway at
both Whitfield road and Defense
highways, near Lanham.
'Patsy Powers' Fund Set Up
To Save Life of Another
By the Associated Press
HOPEWELL. Va.. July 1.—The
money that couldn’t save the life
of Patsy Powers may save another
one.
Parents of the 9-year-old tot,
who died June 8 of brain cancer,
said yesterday they would present
the remainder of the ‘Patsy
Powers Fund’’ to a hospital and a
church.
Residents from Southside, Va.,
chipped in $2,470 toward treat
ment for the child when her pre
carious condition was discovered
in mid-May. Hospital fees ate
up much of the fund before little
Patsy finally lost her battle.
About $1,300 is left.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Powers,
Patsy’s parents, said it would be
divided equally between the John
Randolph Hospital here and the
Church of the Brethren as a me
morial to Patsy.
Leland Hospital Open
To Blue Cross Members
Subscribers to the Maryland
Blue Cross hospital service plan
cap obtain benefits at the Leland
Memorial Hospital, Riverdale,
starting today.
This was announced yesterday
by J. D. Colman, executive direc
tor of the Maryland Hospital
Service. The 65-bed, nonprofit
Leland Hospital, located at 4408
Queensbury road, is the 38th Blue
Cross member hospital in the
State.
Scouts, Hebrew Home for the
Aged.
Also, Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society, Jewish Community Cen
ter, Jewish Social Service Agency,
J. K. Nye Council House, Legal
Aid Bureau, Northwest Settlement
House, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA,
St. Anna’s Home, St. Ann’s In
fant Asyliim, St. Joseph's Home
and School. St. Vincent’s Home
and School, Salvation Army, Shoe
and Rubber Funds of the Federa
tion of Parents and Teachers As
sociation and District Congress of
PTA, Social Hygiene Society,
Southeast House, Southwest
House.
Also, Stoddard Baptist Home,
Summer Outings Committee,
Travelers Aid Society, Twelfth
Street YMCA, United Community
Services of Washington, Washing
ton Animal Rescue League, Wash
ington Hearing Society, Washing
ton Housing Association, Wash
ington Institute of Mental
Hygiene, Washington Urban
League, YMCA, YWCA, American
Legion Welfare Department. i
Nearby Maryland
Areas Finish Plans
To Celebrate Fourth
Suburban Maryland communi
ties today were ready for Inde
pendence Day celebrations, with
Greenbelt leading off tomorrow as
it begins a three-day program of
festivities.
Plans have been completed for
parades, sports events, speeches
and the customary fireworks dis
plays in the Silver Spring-Bethes
da and Hyattsvllle-Mount Rainier
areas as well as the Federally
owned community.
The Greenbelt program will get
under way at 10 a.m. tomorrow
with a swimming and diving meet
at the community pool. Other
athletic events will continue
through 10:30 p.m., resume Sun
day, and be climaxed Monday
with an all-day program includ
ing a 13-unit parade of civic and
military organizations, starting at
10:30 a.m. The hour-long fire
works show will be staged at
Braden Field.
The Montgomery County pro
gram starts with an air circus at
2 p.m. Monday at the Meadow
Alexandria Starts
New Fire Code With
$8 Firecracker Fine
The first arrest tinder Alex
andria's new fire code yester
day resulted in an $8 fine for
John Hoskins, 19, of Chinqua
pin Village, who threw lighted
firecrackers out of a car win
dow. The fire code prohibits
use, sale or possession of any
type of fireworks.
Police Chief Edgar Sims
warned that even sparklers
are illegal in Alexandria.
brook Recreation Center, with ath
letic events following immediately.
Plans for an afternoon parade of
bands have been cancelled, but
several bands will present concerts
during the day at Meadowbrook.
Fireworks will be presented at 8:30
p.m. before an expected turnout of
10,000 spectators.
A parade down the Baltimore
boulevard at 5 p.m. Monday will
be a feature of the Hyattsville
celebration. A squadron of fighter
planes will swoop over the parade
route. Athletic events begin at
Magruder Park at 1 p.m. Senator
Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland
will speak there at 8 p.m. and the
fireworks will be shot off imme
diately afterward. Gov. Lane will
attend.
The Magruder Park festivities
are sponsored by more than a
dozen communities of Prince
Georges County.
Lions of Kensington
Will Banquet Tonight
Dr. John Rye will be installed
as the new president of the
Kensington Lions Club at the
group's annual installation ban
quet and dance at 6:30 o’clock
tonight at the Hotel 2400. He
succeeds Lawrence Hanley.
Other officers to be installed
are Robert Carnie, first vice pres
ident: Phillip Negus, second vice
president; Dr. C. P. Powell, third
vice president; William MacNulty,
secretary: Kenly S. Bell, treasurer;
William Kingston, tail twister, and
Hugh Thompson, lion tamer.
The Board of Directors includes
Mr. Hanley, Leonard Daymude,
Robert Bowman. Phillip McCurdy
and Richard Weiss.__
Maryland Out to Regain Name
Of 'Best-Roaded' State in Union
By the Associated rress
NEW YORK, July 1.—Maryland
plans to regain the position it once
held as the Nation's “best roaded’’
State through Gov. Lane’s multi
million dollar highway program.
Representatives of the coun
try’s large financial institutions
were told this yesterday by Chair
man Robert M. Reindollar of the
Maryland State Roads Commis
sion.
He was the principal speaker
before the municipal bond forum.
Mr. Reindollar described how
the State’s road network is being
changed into a system of modern
design arteries that will be "sec
ond to none” in the country.
The $200,000,000 current spend
ing objective, he declared, is only
one phase of the long-range plan
ning for improvement of Mary
land highways.
He said that if the principles!
of the Lane program can be car- j
ried beyond this initial five-year:
goal, Maryland should achieve an!
undisputed road building leader- j
ship for many years.
The time when this may come
about would be within a decade or
so, Mr. Reindollar said, and at a
cost of between $600,000,000 and
$700,000,000.
The road official asserted the
$200,000,000 figure was accepted in
1940 as a fair estimate for reha
bilitating the highway network.
But price increase plus revision in
design standards since then have
just about quadrupled cost of a
through overhauling.
Maryland U. Granted
All Except $780,000
0114i-Million Budget
fty th* Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md„ July 1.—The
University of Maryland opens the
1950 fiscal year today with the
greater parl'of its requested *14,
500,000 w^fcing budget approved
by the Board of Public Works.
The board yesterday voted for
all except about $780,000 of the
budget submitted by Dr. H. C.
Byrd, university president. Budget
Director James Rennie recom
mended approval.
Most of the $780,000, on which
approval w-as deferred, was ear- j
marked for use later as part
of a psychiatric hospital build
ing fund.
In a statement to the board
Dr. Byrd said it would be im
possible to predict exactly how
much money the university could
expect to take in from State ap
propriations-, Federal aid and
other revenues.
Treasurer Praises Work.
State Treasurer Hooper Miles
termed the massive 213-page
budget document “the most com
plete picture of the University of
Maryland that I’ve ever seen.”
Dr. Byrd came in for consider
able criticism during the recent
legislation because some law
makers contended that he was
not telling them the full story of
anticipated revenues.
Dr. Byrd told the board that his
latest budget for 1950 “gives a
complete financial picture.”
The board also adopted a reso
lution submitted by Gov. Lane
calling on Mr. Rennie to study the
methods used by other States in
handling budgets of their State
universities.
Sandy Point Fund Approved.
Dr. Byrd sat waiting in a cor
ner during most of the three-hour
session while the board cleaned up
its accounts for fiscal 1949 and
started authorizing the spending
of money appropriated for fiscal
1950.
Plans for the construction of
jetties to combat erosion and de
velop bathing beaches at the
Sandy Point Bayside Park were
approved.
It will take five or six years be
fore suitable beaches can be built
by winds, tides and jetties at the
new public park. State Engineer
John B. Funk said.__
3 Deaf Mutes Among 4 Arrested
In Shooting and Robbery of Man
Sy th« Aiieciotcd Press
MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 1.
—Four persons, three of them deaf
mutes, were to be charged today
In the shooting and robbing of 64
year-old Clinton Johnson, service
station operator of Bunker Hill,
W. Va.
The .two young men and two
sisters were captured within four
hours after Mr. Johnson was shot
in the stomach at his station yes
terday afternoon. They were held
in Winchester, Va., last night.
Police listed the captured per
sons as:
Hugh Austin White, 26, of Clear
brook, Va.; Rocky Spears, 20, of
the Winchester, Va., area; Bertha
Cressel, 14, and'Almeda Cleveland
Cressel, 18, both of Staunton, Va.
All except Bertha are deaf
mutes, police said.
Mr. Johnson is recovering in the
Winchester hospital. Hisa condi
tion is described as fair."
Virginia State Police Lt. w. w.
Blythe said Spears, who also gave
his name as “Pretty Boy Beverly,”
admitted that he shot Mr. John
son and wrote on a note pad:
•I had to shoot him because he
wouldn't give up.”
White was arrested on Mr.
Johnson's description within an
hour after the shooting. Sergt.
E. L. Roush of the West Virginia
State Police picked him up at his
Clearbrook home and took him
to Winchester.
Sergt. Roush said White told
him he had let the other three
out of his car near an orchard
at Ridgeway. Va., a short distance
over the Virginia-West Virginia
border. Spears and the two sisters
were captured there a couple of
hours later by Lt. Blythe.
Sergt. Roush quoted White as
saying that Spears and Almeda
Cressel planned to be married and
needed money. Whjifce said they
got $21 from Mr. Johidons station.
4
Conference to Resume
In Baltimore Today in
Power Wage Dispute
Efforts will be made at Balti
more today for agreement on
membership of an arbitration
board in a dispute which threatens
to disrupt electric service in Prince
Georges. Charles, St. Marys and
Calvert Counties.
| The dispute is between members
iof Local 70, International Broth
jerhood of Electrical Workers, and
i the management of the Southern
(Maryland Electric Co-operative at
Hughesville, Md.
The union originally called a
strike for June 20 but Maryland
labor authorities succeeded in
postponing the walkout so the is
sues could be submitted to arbitra
tion.
At a conference in Washington
yesterday, representatives of the
union were unwilling to accept a
judge of the 7th Maryland judicial
circuit as the “neutral” member of
the arbitration board, according
to the management's representa
tive, Attorney J. Edward Bur
roughs.
The union was represented at
this meeting by Joseph McIntosh
of Baltimore, from the Interna
tional Brotherhood offices, and
Charles M. Quinn of Hyattsville,
business agent for Local 70.
The conferees were to resume
discussions today with Joseph F.
Di Domenico, State labor commis
sioner.
The union has asked a 15 per
cent wage increase, night differen
tial pay and a union shop.
Unless the strike is averted,
service will be disrupted for ap
proximately 9,500 customers of
the co-operative in the four coun
ties. About 50 outside workers
would be involved in the strike.
Adventist School Fund
Called $75 Per Capita
An average of $75 per member
was spent by tht Seventh-day
Adventist Church last year for
educational purposes. Dr. J. M.
Howell, secretary of education of
the Columbia Union Conference*
said today at a session of the Ad
ventist camp meeting in Takoma
Park.
“In so far as possible,” said Dr.
Howell, “all of the children of the
church attend schools that are
supported by the several churches
throughout this and* other coun
tries. No governmental assistance
is asked or desired.”
Dr. Howell said Adventists “count
it a privilege to maintain our own
schools where the highest stand
ards are upheld, and at the same
time pay taxes for the support of
public schools.”
The educator said in many parts
of the world Adventist schools are
held up as models.
At an afternoon session of the 10
day conference yesterday, Archa
O. Dart, educational and Sabbath
school secretary of the Potomac
Conference, urged that more time
be spent in the home.
“The gad-about mother is flirt
ing with sorrow, and the too-busy
to-stay-at-home dad is courting
trouble,” said Edler Dart. He urged
parents to make the home the
“most attractive place in the
world” for children.
Diener Heads Pharmacists
OCEAN CITY. Md„ July 1 (JP).—
Nelson O. Diener of Baltimore
yesterday was elected president of
the Maryland Pharmaceutical
Association. The association
adopted a resolutfcn opposing
socialized medicine, f
$1.90 Tax Rale,
Up 2c, Is Fixed
In Montgomery
Record Budget Hits
Nearly 8 Million;
Suburbanites Save
By J. B. Zatman
A $1.90 basic tax rate—2 cents
more than last year's levy—is in
effect in Montgomery County.
The rate was fixed yesterday by
the County Council, which adopted
a record $7,907,574 operating
budget for the 1949-50 fiscal year
beginning today.
At the same time the council
approved a reduction from 31 to 20
cents in the suburban district tax,
thus giving suburban residents a
net tax saving of 9 cents.
In its final form the budget rep
resents a $50,000 increase over the
tentative figure announced Tues
day by the council and a $1,372.
328 increase over last year's total.
The $50,000 will come from Liquor
Board receipts, which had been
underestimated by the council.
Junior College Gets Half.
Half of the $50,000 was allotted
to the Montgomery Junior Col
lege and nearly all of the re
mainder was used to set up an
emergency fund of $24,611. Small
additional amounts also were al
located to the teachers’ retire
ment fund, the County Personnel
Board and the Department of
Finance.
Council President Frederic P.
Lee warned that the junior college
allotment should not be regarded
as an "all-time commitment” and
expressed the hope that the insti
tution eventually would be sup
ported by the State.
The council’s action followed
receipt of a letter from Mrs. Dur
ward V. Sandifer, School Board
president, in which she said the
Board of Education had overesti
mated by $185,000 the funds it
expected to receive from the State.
* As a result, she explained, the
j $188,500 lump sum tentatively
I allotted the board for the junior
; college and other school costs
j "will do no more than offset the
i reduction in State funds * * *.’*
Expected Aid Withdrawn.
She also said the State Depart
ment of Education had withdrawn
expected contributions of $10,000
for the transportation of about
2,200 kindergarten children in the
county and $4,800 fpr crippled
children.
The council took no steps, how
ever, to make up the lack of State
funds. Mr. Lee pointed out the
School Board has an $11,000 sur
plus from last year which could
be used for the two items.
Approved without change was
a capital budget calling for ex
penditure of $5,040,000 for school
construction, $770,000 for roads
and drainage, $30,000 for preli
minary plans for a new County
Office and Health Department
building and $200,000 for comple
tion of the Silver Spring park'ng
lot program.
Earlier, at a public hearing on
the proposed budget. John A. Mc
Intire, president of the County
Council of Parent-TcaohLr As
sociations, urged a larger tax in
crease to care for educational
needs in the county.
Sees Excess as Reserve.
He said any excess over the
amount needed to pay off prin
cipal and interest on school bonds
during the coming year could be
set aside as a reserve fund.
He was supported by Leslie M.
Abbe, a former president of the
organization, who contended the
rural area residents are not pay
ing their proper share of school
costs in proportion to the number
of children there.
Dr. Harold P. Morris, represent
ing the County Civic Federation,
wanted a specific appropriation
for the junior college.
Criticism of the proposed bud
get on the ground it contains “un
necessary overhead costs” was
voiced by S. H. Ingberg, Bethesda.
Declaring the county “is getting
too much Government,” Mr. Ing
berg claimed some Health Depart
ment serives could be eliminated.
He also argued there are “too
many supervisors” in the Board
of Education.
Cumberland Unemployment
Being Studied by Lane
By th« Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, July l.—Gov.
Lane said yesterday he was in
vestigating the unemployment sit
uation in Cumberland.
Pending the completion of an
inquiry into the causes and pos
sible remedies the Governor re
fused specific comment as to any
role the State might play in al
leviating unemployment in West
ern Maryland.
He was lukewarm to a sugges
tion of the Progressive Party that
he call a special session of the
Legislature to extend unemploy
ment compensation payments, but
said he would study the sugges
tion.
Star Movies |
Community movies, sponsored
by The Star, the Recreation De
partment and the Film Center,
are scheduled for 9 o’clock tonight.
Programs of comedy, sports, car
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following playgrounds and
recreation centers:
Fort Oreble, Nichols avenue and Chesa
peake street S.W. , t
Fort Davis. Pennsylvania and Alabama
avenues S.E.
Sherwood, Tenth and C streets N.E. _
Edge wood. Third and Svarts streets N.E,
Barnard. Fifth and Decatur streets N.W.
Macfarlsnd, Iowa avenue and Webster
street N.W.
Murch, Thirty-sixth and Elllcott street*
^Souglsss-Simmons, First and Pietc#
streets N.W.
Hayes. Fifth and K streets N.E.
Shaw. Rhode Island avenue and Seventh
street N.W.
8mothers, Forty-fourth street and Wash
ington place N.E. \