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SOCIETY—AMUSEMENTS VvlUjX|J ^ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1951
Virginia Council
Urges Stiffer
Traffic Laws
Report to Gov. Battle
Asks Jail Terms for
All Drunken Drivers
By tht Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va„ Nov. 26.—
The Virginia Advisory Legisla
tive Council, deploring “wide
spread disregard and violation”
of State traffic laws, today came
out in favor of mandatory jail
sentences for drunk drivers and
for persons driving with revoked
permits.
At the same time, the coun
cil, delivered a stinging rebuke to
the Department of State Police,
the Division of Motor Vehicles
and local law enforcement au
thorities for a lack of co-opera
tion in the effort to cut down on
the Old Dominion’s mounting
traffic accident rate.
The group also sharply criti
cized the public for not making
itself aware "of the severe penal
ties which may be imposed for
careless, reckless or drunken op
eration of a motor vehicle.”
“In the opinion of the coun
cil,” 6aid the report, “if the ex
isting statutes were applied to
cases which are brought before
the courts, a drastic reduction
would take place immediately.
"Further, the council is amazed
at the extent to which juries and
some judges are apparently un
willing to apply remedial penal
ties to the reckless and irrespon
sible driver.”
To its 29-page report to Gov.
Battle, who had requested the
probe of highway mishaps, the
nine-man council — headed by
Delegate Edmund T. DeJarnette
of Ashland—appended proposed
drafts of four bills to be intro
duced in the General Assembly to
carry out the report's recom
mendations.
Other Proposals.
In addition to mandatory jail
terms for first-offense drunk driv
ers and drivers with revoked per
mits, the council recommenda
tions included:
1. Driver training programs
should be continued wherever
possible and classroom instruc
tion in driver training should be
given in all public high schools.
2. The Division of Motor Ve
hicles should re-establish its hear-:
ings program regarding the finan-!
cial responsibility law.
3. There should be closer co- j
operation between Division of Mo
tor Vehicles and the State police
concerning the recording of traffic
violations against drivers.
4. All persons convicted of two
moving traffic violations or in- 1
volved as drivers in two motor !
vehicle accidents within a year :
should be re-examined to deter-:
mine their fitness to operate mo
tor vehicles. j<
5. The law should require, and ■
Division of Motor Vehicles should •
provide for, recording on the back
of licenses the holders’ driving j1
record—including speeding, reck
less driving and drunken driving 1
—for the previous three years, j
6. “A system of road checks of:
all vehicles would be particularly:
effective” in removing unlicensed :
drivers from Virginia highways.
7. The State police should con- j
sider highway work “their pri- ’
mary responsibility” and leavej
local crime investigations to local
authorities except in a few in
stances.
Best Use of Troopers.
8. State police should be re-1
moved from duties at weighing
stations, and women or men not
qualified as full-time troopers
should serve as dispatchers at
State police radio stations.
9. Juries and courts “should'
consider imposing heavier fines
and jail sentences” for first
offense speeders.
10. Proper warning signs should
be placed at entrances to the i
State telling motorists that high
way laws will be enforced rigidly.
11. Trial justices should make
every effort to “handle traffic cases
expeditiously and limit continu
ances only to “meritorious cases.”
12. Citizens’ traffic committees
should be set up and grand juries
should be convened at appropriate
intervals “to inquire into the en
forcement of our traffic laws.”
13. A minimum speed law should
be set up because "the driver who
crawls along materially reduces
the effectiveness” of arterial roads
and leads to violations. State
troopers should arrest persons
who appear to be driving “at such
speed as unnecessarily to block,
hinder or retard the orderly and
safe use of the highway or so as
to cause congestion on the high
way.”
14. Differential speed limits
should be established for commer
cial vehicles and other cars—10
miles per hour lower for motor
trucks and a maximum of 30
miles an hour for vehicles such
as “pole-trailers.”
15. Trial justices should be en
couraged to schedule traffic cases
at the beginning of court so that
State troopers will have to spend
a minimum of time presenting
evidence in such cases.
Notes Turn Conflicts.
The council also noted that
a conflict on left turns and high
way markings should be clarified;
passing in the right lane should
be made legal on certain four
lane highways where traffic ad
heres to the left lane; traffic with
in the circle at a traffic circle in
tersection should be given the
legal right of way; and blood
tests should be used, where pos
sible, to determine the state of
intoxication of a driver.
With regard to reckless driving,
the council remarked that the
present statute provides ample
penalties, “if properly applied.”
Jewish Players to Meet
The Montgomery County Jew
ish Community Players meet at
8:30 p.m. tomorrow at the com
munity center, 8402 Freyman
drive, Chevy Chase, Md.
12 Marylanders Land
In Seattle From Korea
By the Associated Press
SEATTLE, Nov. 26 — Twelve
Marylanders were aboard a Navy
transport bringing Korean veter
ans home yesterday for rotation
leave.
Those on board included: Pfc.
Herbert L. Miller, 201 Rading Ter
race, Rockville: Cpl. Preston L.
Minnick, Boonsboro; Pfc. Willard
L. Powers, Gaithersburg; Pfc. Cur
tis R. Weddle, jr., Thurmont.
Fire Marshal's Office
Probes 2-Alarm Blaze
In Paper Box Factory
A two-alarm blaze in a paper
box manufacturing firm was be
ing investigated today by the fire
marshal’s office.
Cause of the fire last night at
Better Boxes, Inc., 920 M street
N.W., was not immediately deter
mined. Firemen said it began on
the first floor, where most of the
damage occurred.
No Damage Estimate Yet.
The first alarm was sounded at
8:52 p.m. yesterday by a resident
of a neighboring apartment.
Members of No. 16 engine com
pany said dense smoke hampered
them in battling the fire.
Officials of the firm could not
give an immediate estimate of
damage to the newsprint, paper
boxes and other materials stored
in the section of the firm affected
by the blaze.
A pair of newspaper carrier j
boys delivering Sunday papers!
early yesterday discovered a fire
in a home in the 5700 block of
Chevy Chase parkway and turned
in the alarm.
Two Firemen Treated.
The boys, Willie Harris, 10. and
his brother Jeff, 13, noticed smoke
pouring from cracks around the
front door. Firemen said the
resident of the home, John F.
Moran, jr., was out of town for
the Thanksgiving week end. They
said damage was extensive, but
cause of the fire was not imme
diately learned.
Pvt. R. J. Krause and L. A.
Langdon of No. 7 engine com
pany were treated for smoke ex
haustion suffered while fighting a
fire at Coldfelter’s service station
in the 1400 block of U street
N.W., early yesterday. The blaze
destroyed a pile of automobile
tires, firemen reported.
W&M Head Asks End
Of Favors for Athletes
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND. Va., Nov. 26.—
rhe president of the College of
William <fc Mary has called for
he elimination of favoritism shown
o athletes in the granting of
icholarships.
Colleges now have a “double
standard”—one for the athlete
md another for the non-athlete—
Uvin Duke Chandler said here
resterday in a talk before the
Virginia American Legion fall
neeting.
Mr. Chandler also told the 600
nen and women attending the
fathering that schools of higher
earning should teach interna
ional affairs in conformity with
in accepted national foreign
Dolicy.
“In our colleges we should have
specialized courses in interna
tional affairs," he said. “These
programs should be co-ordinated
with the State Department and
the Department of National De
fense.”
The retired rear admiral, who
became head of William and
Mary early last month after a
sports scandal rocked the Wil
liamsburg college, said no single
school can solve the athletic prob
lem.
“There is one thing the educator
can do now,” he noted, “and that
is have a single standard of col
legiate requirements, one which
will not permit the distractions of
the college community to become
the focal point; which places em
phasis where emphasis is due, and
that is on a single academic
standard for all.”
Arlington Women to Meet
On 'Core' Study System
A panel discussion on the gen
eral education course in Arlington
1 junior high schools, also known as
the "core” system, will be held at
a luncheon of the Organized Wom
en Voters tomorrow.
Luncheon will be served at 12:30
p.m. at the Little Tea House, 1301
South Arlington Ridge road.
The members of the panel will
be W. W. Rich, supervisor of
junior high school curriculum; Dr.
Blake S. Root, former assistant
principal at Western High School
and now associate professor at
George Washington University,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell,
School Board member and also
a member of the faculty of Na
tional Cathedral School for Girls.
The course combines the teach
ing of two or more subjects. In Ar
lington, English and social studies
are combined.
2 Playgrounds Opened
In Prince Georges County
Two playgrounds operated in
Prince Georges County by the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission will be
opened tomorrow.
A program of supervised games
at the playgrounds—on Erskine
road in College Park and at the
North Brentwood School—will be
held tomorrow and on succeeding
Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m„
and on Saturdays from 10 a.m.
to noon.
Hyattsville PTA to Meet
The Hyattsville Junior High
School Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will hold an open house at
7:45 p.m. tomorrow. Parents were
asked to bring a copy of their
children’s school schedule and
. report to their home rooms.
Legislators Hit
Virginia Plans
For Redistricting
Stiff Fight Promised;
Some Alterations
Labeled 'Ridiculous'
By th* Associated Press
RICHMOND. Va.. Nov. 26.—
Some members of the General
Assembly whose districts would be
reshuffled by the State Redistrict
ing Commission’s proposals have
promised a stubborn fight against
the plan.
And the commission’s sugges
tion for altering the 2d congres
sional district was condemned by
one Norfolk legislator as “ridicu
;ious.”
The congressional redistricting
plan came out of the commission
with a bare 5-to-4 majority. It
proposes to carve the new 10th
district out of the present 8th and
alter the makeup of 1st, 2d, 3d
and 4th districts.
Eighth Would Be Smallest.
Virginia is entitled to an addi
tional member in the House of
Representatives by virtue of a
population increase as shown in
the 1950 census. The new 10th
would consist of the counties of
Arlington and Fairfax and the
cities of Alexandria and Falls
Church.
The ideal congressional district
would have a population of 330,
000. But under commission plans,
the 8th would become the
smallest district with 263,354 and
the 2d the largest with 446,200.
Such disparity, say the plan’s
opponents, would violate the State
Constitution’s requirement that a
'•radical equality in populations
be effected. And they point to a
1932 Virginia Supreme Court de
cision tossing out a redistricting
act with less disparity.
The only two Virginia Con
gressmen who could be reached
for comment—E. J. Robeson and
Watkins M. Abbitt—agreed that
the plan was generally good.
Mr. Abbitt. who represents the
4th congressional district, which
would gain Isle of Wight. Nanse
mond. Southampton and Suffolk
and lose Powhatan, observed:
"I hope the General Assembly
will find a way that we can keep
Powhatan County. Under the
change, it would be across the
James River from the rest of its
district, and I don’t think that’s a
good idea. Of course, we welcome,
the splendid counties that would
be added to our district.”
Representative Affected.
Mr. Robeson remarked that Vir
ginia’s Congressional delegation
“would not be disturbed” by the
commission’s plan.
But what about Representative
Smith of the 8th, whose residence
in Alexandria would become part
of the 10th.
I
Democratic Party spokesmen
suggested that Mr. Smith may
move to his Fauquier County farm
and remain in the 8th. The Rep
resentative is now in Europe.
The new proposed 10th, in
cidentally, may take the title
“fighting” away from the 9th.
"There is a heavy concentration
of liberal Democrats in this area,”
said Thomas Moncure, chairman
of the Alexandria Democratic
Committee, “who will probably
fight it out with the conservative
element of the party for the con
gressional seat.”
Mr. Moncure predicted victory
for the Democratic congressional
candidate—a prediction he based
on nis party’s victory in this
month’s elections.
But Nathan J. Paulson, chair
man of the Alexandria Republican
Committee and a member of the
Republican State Central Commit
tee, said the district would send
a Republican to Congress. He
also based his prophesy on Dast
performance—the 1948 congres
sional election in which the late
Tyrrell Krum led Mr. Smith in
the communities which are now
including the new 10th.
Population Disparity Hit.
Delegate W. Carl Spencer, one
of four Norfolk lawmakers who
censured the plan as far as the
second congressional district was
concerned, said because of popu
lation disparity the proposal was
"so far out of line that it is
ridiculous.”
Delegate Robert Whitehead of
Nelson County, an anti-organiza
tion leader, objected to the “dis
parity in population” in the new
pattern. But he saved his main
artillery for the alteration in his
own area.
The commission called for the
abolition of the present Lynch
burg-Amherst floater district—a
program which would leave Dele
gate Harold B. Singleton of Am
herst in the same district with
Mr. Whitehead.
Mr. Whitehead said it would be
unfair to deprive Mr. Amherst and
Lynchburg of a delegate and said
the commission was "inconsistent”
in abolishing the floater district.
But, the Nelson delegate added,
the redistricting plan contained
“much that is good and worth
while.”
The commission adopted the
State legislative redistricting pro
gram unanimously. The plan
would change 19 of the present
36 Senate districts and 32 of the
79 House districts.
Republican Senator Ted Dalton
said the proposed division of his
big 21st senatorial district was a
plot to “gerrymander” him out of
office The commission recom
mended that Senator Dalton’s
home town of Radford and Mont
gomery County be taken out of
the 21st and put into a reshuffled
20th senatorial district now rep
resented by J. D. Carpenter of
Clifton Forge, a Democrat.
“I’m going to fight it,” Senator
Dalton said, and he was promised
the support of an independent
Democrat, Delegate Ernest Rob
ertson of Roanoke County.
NATIONAL PIKE BRIDGE COMPLETED—Completed twin bridges which will carry the new Washington National Pike over the
Monocacy River m Frederick County are inspected by newsmen and representatives of radio stations. A portion of the pike,
which is designed to supplant Route 240 as the major traffic ca rrier between Frederick and Washington, w ill be open to traffic
next year. Worn on the spans began in January, 1950, but was delayed by shortages of materials, the Maryland State Roads
Commission said._ _state Roa(Js Commission photo>
Two Persons Killed
In Route 1 Mishaps;
Virginia Toll at 881
Two persons were killed in traf
fic accidents on U. S. Route 1 in
Northern Virginia over the week
end. Mrs. Nathan Abel, 34, of
Triangle, and Prank Cariota, a
Camp Lejeune Marine, died in
stantly • in separate accidents,
police reported.
At Arlington Hospital, Mrs. Ad
die B. Owens, 65. of 2007 North
Edison street, died of injuries re
ceived in a hit-and-run accident
Saturday. Police are searching
for a black convertible coupe re
ported to have hit the woman as
she stood on Columbia pike near
the Navy Annex. Mrs. Owens,
colored, was employed there as a
charwoman.
Washington Man Dies.
Virginia State police also re
ported the death of Alfred John
son, 26, of Washington. Mr. John
son, also colored, died Saturday
Bight while en route to a Char
lottesville hospital from the scene
of an auto collision on Route 29,
near Lovingston.
Mrs. Abel was killed about 5:30
p.m. yesterday, police said, when
she was struck by a car near the
Stafford-Prince William County
line. The driver of the auto, iden
tified as Homer Hurt of the 1900
block of K street N.W., was not
held.
The Marine died late Saturday
night in a non-collision accident
near Stafford Courthouse.
Car Rolls Over. ,
A Fort Lee soldier was killed and
two of his companions, both Luray
residents, were injured when their
car missed a curve and turned
over several times near Stanley,
Va„ State police said.
State Trooper H. T. D’Armond
identified the dead man as Sergt.
Eugene O. Allen, 22, of Elmira,
N. Y.
Injured in the crash were Pvt.
Boyd Woodward of Fort Lee and
Randall Richards, a civilian, both
Luray residents. They were taken
to Page Memorial Hospital at
Luray.
A total of six Virginia traffic
fatalities yesterday raised the
State total for 1951 to 881.
A 74-year-old Rockville man,
injured about 8 o'clock last night
as he walked along Route 240
north of the city, was in fair
condition at Suburban Hospital
today. He was identified by police
as Samuel Jenkins. His right leg
was broken and he suffered severe
face cuts.
Cigarettes Worth $3,000
Stolen in Alexandria
About $3,000 worth of cigar
ettes were reported stolen from
an Alexandria wholesale firm over
the week end.
Alexandria police said the Pur
chasing Corp. of America, at 2016
Duke street, reported the theft was
discovered when it opened for
business today. About 35 cases of
assorted cigarettes were missing,
according to police.
They said the thieves had en
tered the building by raising an
unlocked window and forcing open
a heavy interior mesh screen, and
left the building by breaking a
chain on the rear door.
Lynchburg Firemen
Save Amherst Buildings
By the Associated Press
AMHERST, Va., Nov. 26—The
prompt arrival of Lynchburg fire
men apparently saved the business
section of Amherst from destruc
tion yesterday from an early
morning blaze of unknown origin.
Damage was estimated at $60,
000 from the fire, which severely
damaged two stores and a dance
hall in a three-story wooden
structure owned by Circuit Court
Judge Edward Meeks. £
Cherrydale Cub Pack
To Hold Bazaar
Cherrydale Cub Scout Pack 165
will hold a Christmas bazaar at 8
p.m. tomorrow in the Cherrydale
(Va.) Fire House.
Preceding the bazaar, Cub
awards will be presented as fol
lows :
Robert Hanscom, 1516 North
Taylor street, and Robert Cavai
ola, 1908 North Quincy street,
Webelo awards; Robert Newman,
1823 North Nelson street, and
James Ferguson. 3321 North
Twentieth road, Lion badges.
Arlington Man Given
30 Days in Bets Case
An Arlington businessman was
fined $50 and ordered jailed for
30 days after pleading guilty to
day to a charge of permitting
gambling in his restaurant.
John Pappas, 65, who owns the
Snack Shop at 2121 Wilson boule
vard. filed an appeal in the case
and will appear in the Circuit
Court December 17.
Pappas was arrested by Vice
Squad Detective Russell L. Run
yon October 24 and charged with
five counts of permitting a num
bers operator to use his premises
while receiving bets.
Albert Reid. 59, of the 1500
block of North Veitch street, Ar
lington, was arrested by Detective
Runyon in the restaurant the
same day and was charged with
violations of the lottery laws. Reid
was convicted last Friday and
given a 60-day jail term and a
$100 fine.
Four other charges against
Pappas will be head in County
Court December 10.
Byrd Denies Saying He Has
No Objection'to Candidacy
By the Associated Bren
BALTIMORE, Nov. 26.—Pres
ident H. C. Byrd of the University
of Maryland denies saying, "I
would have no objections” to
being nominated for Governor.
He was quoted as making that
remark before a Lions Club meet
ing in Salisbury Friday night.
Salisbury Times reporter Lloyd
Parker said some one in the au
dience asked Dr. Byrd, "What
would you think if someone nom
inated you for Governor?”
Mr. Parker said Dr. Byrd re
plied: "I would have no objec
tions. I would feel complimented
that people think enough of me
to feel that way.”
Dr. Byrd’s version was that the
unidentified member of the au
dience said there were many of
the university president’s friends
on the Eastern Shore who would
like to see him run for Governor.
Dr Byrd said his reply was:
“That is a high compliment any
man would appreciate.”
Yesterday, Mr. Parker stuck to
his earlier version in the face of
Dr. Byrd’s denial.
Bladensburg Fire Chief
Heads State Group Again
By th« Associated Frets
BALTIMORE, Nov. 26.—Fire
Chief William Perry of Bladens
burg will serve another year as
president of the Maryland Fire
Chiefs’ Assocaition.
He was re-elected yesterday as
the group met for its annual con
vention here.
Others elected included Charles
Burton, Landover Hills, secretary;
C. P. Dill, Earleigh Heights, vice
president; Herman M. Dilg, Hill
andale, treasurer, and Rev. James
W. Minter, Baltimore, chaplain.
The association voted to adopt
a resolution commending Gov.
McKeldin and the Maryland Traf
fic Safety Commission for their
efforts in saving lives on the
State’s highways.
Gov. McKeldin addressed the
group. ^
Holiday Vacationers
Jam Trains and Planes
Returning to District
Thousands of Thanksgiving va
cationers, many of them Govern
ment workers taking a four-day
holiday, were back on the job to
day after the usual crowding of
transportation facilities into the
city.
Union Station officials esti
mated peak crowds on incoming
trains last night, reached between
4 p.m. and 8 p.m.. exceeded in
size the Labor Day week-end
crowd. Virtually all trains were
running extra sections.
Bus and air terminal officials
also reported heavy traffic both in
and out of the city.
Quiet Traffic Reported.
The American Automobile As
sociation, however, reported "a
very quiet week end” for auto
traffic. While the association’s
touring bureau had unusually
heavy schedules early last week,
an official said, they fell off dur
ing the week end.
Today also marked the end of a
four-day holiday for the Wash
ington area’s schoolchildren.
The Weather Bureau reported
a few hours of freezing rain last
night in parts of Virginia, Mary
land and Pennsylvania. But a
fast-moving storm bringing the
cold rain already has passed this
area, the bureau said.
Partly Cloudy Today.
Today's forecast calls for partly
cloudy skies, with a high of about
50 degrees this afternoon. To
night and tomorrow will be clear,
with a low of 36 degrees expected
tonight, and a high of about 48
degrees tomorrow.
The high temperature yester
day was 38 degrees at 2:30 p.m.,
with a low of 33 registered at
11:30 p.m.
Jury to Study Trailer Fire
That Killed Five Children
By th« Associated Press
MARTINSBURG. W. Va., Nov.
26.—A coroner's jury will meet
Thursday to try to determine
what started a fire that killed five
children Saturday.
The dead, all children of 38
year-old Mrs. Helen Price, were
Donald Eugene, 9; Robert Lee. 6;
Josephine. 5, and 2-year-old twins,
Edward Vernon and Charles Ted.
The mother told police she was
away when the fire started in
their 6-by-12-foot wooden trailer
home. The door was locked from
the inside, firemen said.
Berkeley County Coroner G. O.
Martin called the jury together
yesterday to view the remains,
then recessed the investigation
until Thursday.
Yugoslav Writer Gets
U. N. Okay to Cover War
By th* Associated Press
TOKYO. Nov. 26.—The first
Communist correspondent ac
credited to cover the Korean war
from the United Nations side is
leaving for Korea. He is Jakov
Levi, 30, correspondent for the
official Yugoslav paper Borba.
As an anti-Soviet Communist,
he said he expected the Soviet
bloc correspondents at Panmun
jom to ignore him, as they did
when he formerly covered the
United Nations.
Womeh's Leaders to Meet
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 26 (/P>.—
Executives of the League of Wom
en Voters from 10 States will!
gather here tomorrow for a confer
ence on program-making, con
ducted by Mrs. John Lee, national
president.
Exchange Club Luncheon
The Exchange Club of Wash
ington will hear an address by
P. M. Prescott, of the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co., at a
luncheon at 12:10 p.m. tomorrow
in the Burlington Hotel. ~
Charles County Youth
Wins 4-H Scholarship
For Managing Farm
Special Dispatch to The Star
CHICAGO, Not. 26.—Carl R.
Baldus, jr„ 20, of Spring Hill, Md.,
described by his friends as one
of the busiest young farmers in
Charles Coun
ty, today was
awarded a $300
college scholar
ship at the an
nual 4-H Club
Congress here.
He is one of
four national
winners in the
field crops di
vision.
Carl won the
award for his
efforts in man
aging a 132
acre farm for
his mother, Mrs. Carl R. Baldus,
while at the same time growing
a good 25-acre tobacco crop on a
plot of his own.
The 25 acres Carl put into to
bacco this year are part of an
abandoned 3-acre farm he bought
recently. The farm hadn’t been
worked in 10 years and Carl was
able to get only 25 acres cleared
in time for this year’s planting.
Working on Conservation.
He plans to have “the rest of his
; farm cleared and clean within the
.next year or two and. meanwhile,
. he is working out a soil conserva
tion plan for the place.
Carl, who is one of 33 Mary
land 4-H youngsters whose
achievements during the past year
earned them a trip to the conven
tion, has been a 4-H member for
eight years. He has been pres
ident, secretary and treasurer of
his local club and has held offices
in the county 4-H organization.
A 1948 graduate of Sacred Heart
High School, Carl attended the
University of Maryland vor one
year on a Sears Roebuck Founda
tion scholarship.
Three Others Win Awards.
Other national winners an
nounced today include Grace Mc
Call. 15, of Fulton. Howard
County, $300 scholarship for her
frozen foods project, and B. David
Patrick, 21. of Woodbine. Howard
County, $300 scholarship in the
soil and water conservation con
test.
Also among the national win
ners today wa. a member of the
Virginia delegation — Elizabeth
Mason of Westmoreland, a stu
dent at Mary Washington Col
lege. Miss Mason won a $300
scholarship for her work in rec
reation and rural arts.
The congress opened yesterday
and will close Thursday evening.
Four War Dead of Virginia,
Maryland Being Returned
The Defense Department has
announced that the bodies of four
servicemen from Maryland and
Virginia were due to arrive in San
Francisco aboard the Allegnany
Victory. They were among 615
American war dead being re
turned from Korea. They were
listed as:
Maryland — Corpl. Claude H.
Belcher, son of James W. Belcher
of Dickerson, and Marine Second
Lt. Ernest A. Coblentz, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl W. Coblentz of 9703
Grayson avenue, Silver Spring.
Virginia — Corpl. Harrison L.
Sullivan, jr„ son of Harrison Sul
livan of Fredericksburg, and Pfc.
Wilbur L. Van Bremen, son of
Mrs. Lettie Van Bremen of 503
Woodland terrace, Alexandria.
To Discuss Delinquency
Juvenile delinquency will be the
subject of a panel discussion by
the St. Michael’s Parent-Teacher
Association at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday
at the school, 824 Wayne avenue,
Silver Spring.
?dk Must
Serve 2 Terms
Consecutively
Court Ruling Makes
Total Sentence in
Rape Case 55 Years
John Robert Polk, convicted of
vape and kidnapping, must serve
his 20-year Arlington sentence in
addition to a 35-year term im
posed in Fairfax, Arl'ngton Cir
cuit Court Judge Walter T. Mc
Carthy ruled today.
Last Wednesday an Arlington
jury found Polk guilty of kid
napping a young Navy bride from
her Colonial Village apartment last
June and fixed his penalty at 20
years. Judge McCarthy ruled that
the jury could not decide if the
sentence should run concurrently
or consecutively with a 35-year
sentence for rape in Fairfax
County.
Payne Awaits 2nd Sentence.
Polk’s compamcn. William
Robert Payne, was sentenced in
Fairfax to 17 years on the rape
charge and is awaiting sentence
in Arlington on a charge of ab
duction, to which he pleaded
guilty.
In Arlington Circuit Court to
day, defense attorney Edward C.
Hall noted an appeal to the Polk
sentence.
Charles T. Booth probation of
ficer. said that Polk, 20, will be
eligible for parole after serving
one-fourth of the 55-year total
term, or about 14 years. Regard
less of parole board action, Polk
may be entitled to a reduction
of one-third, or about 18 years,
for good behavior
Both Plead Guilty.
Payne, 25, faces a maximum of
i eight years on the Arlington
: charge.
Both men pleaded guilty to the
charge that they assaulted the
20-year-oli bride of eight days
after forcing her at gunpoint
from her husband's side.
Polk, however, denied that
money was his motive for taking
her from the apartment.
School Relations Men
To Meet in Frederick
Special Dispatch to The Star
FREDERICK, Md., Nov. 26.—
Public relations officials from col
leges in five States and the Dis
trict of Columbia will meet at
Hood College for a three-day con
vention beginning December 6.
The delegates will study news
distribution through newspapers,
radio and television. Sports, vari
ous publications and fund-raising
programs also will be discussed.
Lynn Poole, public rleations di
rector at Johns Hopkins Univer
sity, will conduct a television and
.radio forum. J. L. McLean, re
cently appointed vice president in
charge of development at Goucher
College, will lead a fund-raising
panel.
Charlie Keller, former New York
Yankee baseball star, will be on a
sports panel discussing the effect
of extensive publicity on college
athletics.
Another session for sports writ
ers will take up public relations
problems facing the Southern
Conference. Max Farrington, di
rector of men’s activities at George
Washington University and presi
dent of the Southern Conference,
and Roy M. Hawley, athletic di
rector at West Virginia Univer
sity, will be on the panel.
States to be represented at the
meeting are Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, Delaware and North
! Carolina.
Thieves Escape With loot;
Two Police Forces on Trail
By th« Associated Press
RICHMOND. Va„ Nov. 26 —
Richmond and Henrico County
police were on the lookout today
for the thieves who Saturday
night tried to split local police
protection down the middle.
The culprits broke into the Sun
set Hills Pharmacy and made off
with $115 in cash and 50 cartons
of cigarettes worth another $75.
Police said the thieves broke
into the store through a rear
door—in Henrico County.
The money was stolen inside the
store—in Richmond.
! Police said they weren’t waiting
for a ruling as to whether the
thieves were guilty of storebreak
ing in the city or the county or
both.
Ice on Maryland Roads
Melts Affer Traffic Tieup
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Nov. 26._All
Maryland roads were reported
open again today after rising
temperatures melted ice which
accompanied last night’s cold rain.
There still was some slush and
ice on the mountains in Allegany
County.
Traffic was tied up about five
hours last night west of Frostburg.
Nine cinder crews were out in
Washington County last night.
The worst sections were Route 40
on Sideling Mountain and Alter
nate 40 on Southern Mountain. , ' *
Hunters to Get Week
In 3 State Forests
By th* Associated Press
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va„ Nov.
26.—Public hunting will be al
lowed in three State forests dur
ing the week of December 3, State
Forester George Dean announced
today.
Hunters, with certain restric
tions, will be permitted in Prince
Edward, Cumberland and Appo
mattox-Buckingham State For
ests. +