Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1942, Page 24

O §TATE DTN Washington and. Vicinity AutomobileKills Belfsville Man Crossing Road Three Persons Hurt In Hit-Run Crashes; Death Investigated . D. C. Traffic Toll Killed in 1942 3 Killed in same period of 1941. 0 Toll for all of 1941 95 One man was killed in a traffic accident in nearby Beltsville, Md., over the week end, while three persons were injured here in hit- run cases. District Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald also was in- vestigating to determine whether a | Washington woman's death was due to a traffic accident. Jandes Ayton, 55, of Beltsville, an airplane factory worker, was killed when struck by an automobile as he walked across the Baltimore boulevard. Police listed C. B. Evely, of 13 Bixth street N.W., as driver of the ear and charged him with man- slaughter. . Crash Death Investigated. Dr, MacDonald was investigating the case of Mrs. Ruth L. Robinson, 39, celored, of 557 Twenty-third | place N.W., who died at St. Eliza- | FOR AIR-RAID SPOTTERS— Catonsville (Md.) citizens contributed $600 to build this nine-foot square glass and wood cubicle atop a 30-foot tower so that air-raid spotters can work in comfort. —A. P. Photo. beth’s Hospital yesterday after her automobile went out of control ‘when she became faint at the wheel. | According to police, she was driv- | tng on Nichols avenue SE. about 10 | am., when she had an attack of faintness and her vehicle crashed over the curb and into a gate lead- | inig into St. Elizabeth’s. Taken to | the hespital, she %was revived and | thought not to be in a serious con- dition, but she died three hours later. Dr. MacDonald planned to conduct an gutopsy today. “ Auto Plunges Into. Creek. On the Little River pike about two miles west of Fairfax, Va., today an automobile carrving seven persons crashed through a guard rail and dropped 20 feet, landing on its top in Difficult Run, but only one per- son required hospital treatment. | ‘Water at that point in the creek is| about 3 feet deep. ! Mrs, Edna Bicksler of Herndon, Va., acting county purchasing agent, was taken to Alexandria Hosiptal with & neck injury. Hospital at- taches said she was not believed | to be in a serious condition but an | X-ray would be taken today. | passengers, all of whom rndon and were en route to ax, where they work, were Jam@@ NIyers, the driver, bruises on th€head; Miss Elizabeth Woody, cut near the right eye, and shaken up, Miss June and Leila Yeakle, sisters; Mrs. Virginia Testerman and Miss (Hadys Fox. All are employed either in the county courthouse or in private law offices. They were extricated from the automobile by State highway em- ployes who happened by. The auto- | mobile went out of control. it was| said, when the car skidded on a thin sheeting of ice caused by a| small spring which flows across the road. A number of serious accidents have occurred along the stretch of road near the run. ‘Most seriously hurt of the three hit-run victims was Robert Bowers, 20, of 73 New York avenue N.W.,, who was struck by an automobile as he crossed at North Capitol and K streets, He was in Casualty Hospital with internal injuries and a possible fracture of the left leg. Police found | the left front headlight of the strik- g vehicle at the scene and were tempting to find the car through clue. live other hit-run victim was a po-: licehan, William J. Matthews, 42, Fort Davis drive SE. He was sifuck while walking across the street {n the 2300 block of Pennsyl- vanja avenue SE. He was taken to Casualty Hospital with bruises on the shoviders and hips and a pos- sible head injury. The' third person injured in an accident in which a vehicle failed to stop was Mary Thornton, 19, of 1708 Twenty-eighth street S8E., a passenger in an automobile that col- lided. with the hit-run car at ‘Twenty-second and E streets N.W. Bhe was taken to Emergency Hos- pital with a possible fracture of a bone in the hip. Motorcycle Officer Hurt. Another policeman, Motorcycle ! Officer E. E. Skinner, 31, was injured today when his motorcycle and an | automobile collided at Wisconsin avenue and Upton street NW. He was taken to Emergency Hospital | with a cut on the head. He was not in a serious condition, it was said. Mrs. Margaret McGowan, 30, of 4456 Faraday place N.W., was taken to Emergency Hospital today with a head injury after being struck by a bus at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue N.W. Diana Jones, 45, of 62 Rhode Island avenue N.E., suffered a prob- able fracture of the right thigh and right ankle when hit by an auto- mobile at Lincoln road and Rhode Island avenue N.E. yesterday Another pedestrian injured yes- terday was Haskel Henderson, 37, | colored, of 251 Warren street N.W., b‘x:lt_-lh legs and possible internal in- es. ‘TWo receiving minor injuries yes- terday when the car in which they of 415 5 received a t ip and cuts on the chest, and Lewis Simms, 23, colored, of 427% Will Speak-on Japan:: - - The Rev. P. Leé¢ Palmore, a former missionary to Japan; will speak at the “Sunday worker's service” of the Central Methodist Church, North | Lt. Werner, who is stationed at| Norwood, Fairfax drive and Stafford street, Arlington, sermon topic will be “What I Saw Japan.” [ Students and Faculty Open New High School At Rockville Judge Woodward Makes Chief Address At Ceremonies By = Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 5.—Ap- proximately 600 students at the new Richard Montgomery High School this morning were urged by Circuit Judge Charles W. Woodward to dedicate themselves to the ideals 6f higher education in ceremonies marking the opening of the new school. The building replaces the old senijor-junior high school which was burned March 7, 1940. Dr. Edwin W. Broome, county superintendent of schools, called on the students to make the best of their educational opportunities. Daryl W. Shaw, principal of the school, set up five goals for both the faculty and the students. They included a pledge to give their share toward bringing victory against in- justice and group care for the build- ing, its equipment and materials. Hansen Watkins, president of the school’s student council, who acted as master of ceremonies, called on his fellow students “to keep the school as beautiful as it is now.” After the boys and girls had marched to the new school. the! American flag and the State of Maryland flag were raised on the | two poles in front of the school.| The students then went to their classrooms. ‘The combination auditorium-gym- nasium at the old school, which was not burned in the fire, will be used for county offices to relieve conges- tion in the courthouse. Charles County Defense Council Workers Named 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. LA PLATA, Md., Jan. 5—Ap- pointment of an assistant director of the Charles County Defense Council and the heads of 10 services of the council were announced to- day by James W. Wills, director of the organization. County Agent P. D. Brown of La Plata was named assistant director. Others named were H. H. Taylor, chief air-raid warden; Charles Lev- ering, fire; Sheriff Vernon Cooksey, police; Dr. Daniel 8. Fisher, health; Thomas, P. McDonagh, emergency, evacuation, transport and messen- ger; Miss Louise Matthews, food, housing and clothing; W. A. Fowke, public works and utilities; John P. Mudd, public information; F. De Sales Mudd, treasurer, and Clar- ence McDonagh, observation post. Donald Holbrook and W. Mitchell Digges were appointed to the Ad- visory Committee. Boats to Guard Some Bridges in Maryland By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 5—A water patrol by State Conservation De- partment boats has been established as a further guard over some Mary- land bridges, Gov. O'Conor said to- day. Addition of the patrol, on 24-hour duty, “will not result in & decrease of guards assigned to the approackes and spans at those locations,” he added. 3 The Governor yesterday said he had asked Senetor Radcliffe, Demo- cret, of Maryland to take charge of compiling records of Maryland’s part in the war. The Senator was prominent in compiling the records after the last war, and “the task this time will be simplified by be- ginning the work now.” Army Flyer From D. C. Is Married in Oregon thing can come out of Japan war. In this case, it's the marriage of Second Lt. Miles Werner, 24, Army Air Corps pilot, and Miss Letty War- rington, 24;-of Corvalis, Oreg.-They ‘back from .Japen, where Wers ner had been studyirig. Yesterday they were married at Corvallis. Hamilton Fleld, Calif,, is the son of Pifteenth street N.W. Wade Werner Bank Robbery Suspects Put On Trial Prince Gedrges Prisoners Face Baltimore Court Special Dispatch to The Star. 000 in cash went on trial today in Federal Court here. \ They are Willlam Leo Keefe, 42, and Hilliard Sanders, 27. Sanders was arrested in Washington October 30, the day following Keefe's arrest in New York by F. B. I. agents. Their trial had been delayed in the found. Bank & Trust Co. messengérs oc- curred one block from the bank when three men in an automobile drove out from a side street and blocked the messengers’ car. The bandits jumped from their automobile. While one remained near the car for a quick getaway, the other two brandished a shotgun and a pistol. One grabbed the ignition keys from the messengers’ car and the other took two satchels from the rear floor. The bandits nearly missed the second and larger satchel of money. The first contained $16,000. It was as the pistol-armed mandit turned to carry away the smaller satchel that his companion told him to “look in the back seat.” He did so and located the second bag, which held $37,000, half hidden between the seat and the far side of the car. Today's trial opened with the selection of a jury which will hear the case before Federal Judge Wil- liam C. Coleman. Arlington Federation Due - To Act on Poll Tax Repeal A proposal that the Virginia Gen- eral Assembly repeal the State poll tax will be submitted for action at a meeting of the Arlington County Civic Federation at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Lyon Park Community House. Another measure which, with the poll - tax propesal; will be recom- mended by the Legislative and Legal Action Committee, calls for repeal of a law limiting Arlington County expenditures to & 10 per cent vari- ance from the amounts set up in the annual county budget. The committee which is headed by William K. MacMahon, contends that the 10 per cent limitation is unenforcible because budget plan- ners cannot fully foresee emergency contingencies which may arise. ‘The Arlington County League of ‘Women Voters has taken an opposite view of the 10 per cent limitation. The women voters have recom- mended that the language in the law be still further strengthened. | Williamsburg Expects Usual Tourist Crowds BY the Associated Press. WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Jan. 8.— Kenneth Chorley, president of Colonial Williamsburg, expressed the view today that tourist travel to Williamsburg would not be adversely affected by the war. Since war was declared, he said, Williamsburg has had the best vol- ume of December business in the history of the restoration of this Colonial capital, and the restoration is planning for a full year in 1942. Mr. Chorley said the restoration budget for 1942 provides for the largest operating appropriation | which the restoration has ever | made Preparations are being made for the General Assembly to hold a commemorative session in Williams- burg on January 31. Early next spring & new addition to Williams- burg Lodge, containing 48 rooms and baths, will be opened. % First Livestock School Will Be Held Fomorrow By the Associated Press. ORANGE, Va., Jan. 5—~The first of a series of livestock schools for farmers in a number of Virginia counties will be held here tomorrow. George C. Herring and Paul husbandry department will speak at the one-day schools on the outlook for livestock and on feeding and management of beef cattle, sheep and hogs. - Following the Orange school, meetings have been scheduled for the following counties: Madison, ‘Wednesday; Culpeper, Thursday; Fauquier, Friday; Clark, January 14; Prederick, January 15; Rappahan. nock, January 16. Arlington Chest Clinics {To Start January 14 The Arlington County chest and | tuberculin test clinics will be open on the second Wednesday of each month throughout the year, begin- ning January 14, at the Cherrydale Health Center, 4006 Lee highway, Charies P, Oake, prosident of ine g lent County “ruberculosis Association. ‘The clinics will be open from 10 am. to 1 pm. They are sponsored by association and the are made pos- sible through the sale of seals, Christmas Mrs. J. W. Burdette Dies MOUNT AIRY, Md, Jan. 5 (Spe- cial).—Following an illness of sev- eral -months, Mrs. Tillie Branden- -t burg Burdette, 71, wife of James W.. Burdette, died Saturday at her Home here. Besides her husband, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Eunice Baltimore. The funeral will be held this afternoon from the Damascus, Md. Mrs. Burdette was & former resident of \ he Foe WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1942, hope that a third suspect might be | ‘The holdup of the Prince Georges | WITE SUNDAY MO&NING EDITION cate the air raid zones. Alexandria Planning New Regulations for 'Tourist Camps Trailer Occupants to Be Registered Under Proposed Ordinance By a Btatf Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 5—An ordinance designed to regulate the operation of tourist camps will be presented at a special meeting of the City Council at 7:30 p.m. tomor- row, City Manager CArl Budwesky announced today. The measure, now being prepared by City Attorney Armistead L. Boothe, will have the effect of lim- iting the number of trailers that may occupy specified land areas, prescribe strict regulations requir- ing the registration of trailer occu- pants and establish sanitary rules. Meanwhile, a three-member board of general reassessment of real estate property began to organize today following its appointment over the week end by Judge Willlam P. ‘Woolles of the Corporation Court. Those named are W. Selden Washington, Charles E. Wortham and Joseph H. Newell Although . the general reassess- ment is now due, because of a State law requiring such action every four years the reassessment comes at a time when efforts are being made to have a continuous examination of land values from year to year. (Students and Parents To Renovate School A plan to have students and parents make repairs at the 18- year-old Takoma - Silver Spring Junior High School so that outside workmen will not be taken off de- fense jobs was under way today. Letters asking parents what time and material they can give were carried home by the students today. C. C. Cummings, assistant prin- cipal, said the move is designed to make the students “conservation » conscious. After the school is renovated, vigilance committees will stay on the alert to see that the building is not damaged. The plan has been ap- proved by the faculty and a com- mittee of parents. Serving on the student committee are Betty Pisapia, Anita Row, Louise Miles, “Sonny” Hood, David Smith and Dorothy Sapp. Members of the faculty assisting are Mr. Cummings, Miss Lulu Trundle and Miss Eliza- beth Yost. Funeral Rites Today For Mrs. Lottie Rabbitt Special Dispatch to The Star. ASPEN, Md,, Jan. 5—Mrs. Lottie Gill Rabbitt, 68, widow of Edward P. Rabbitt, died Saturday at her home here. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Janet R. Smith, As- pen; Mrs. Catherine L. Smith, Ash- ton, and Mrs. Helen C. Gdodirg, Sil- ver Spring; a son, Donald P. Rab- bitt, Aspen; four sisters, two brothers and seven grandchildren. ‘The funeral will be held this after- noon from the funeral home of War- ner E. Pumphrey, Silver Spring. The Rev. Walter W. Gale, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Woodside, Md., will officiate and burial will be in Rockville Union Cemetery. Mrs. Rabbitt was a lifelong resi- dent of the Aspen neighborhood. Air-Raid Wardens' School FAIRFAX, Va. Jan. 5 (Special) — | Lawrence. M. Proctor of Falls lcnmh.wquy named chief con- trol oMicer for the Fairfax County emergency defense program, and Joseph Sawyer of McLean will rep- resent the county at the fire school for air-raid wardens to open in 1 | t 8 p.m. Wednesday. His|Mr. and Mrs. Wade Werner, 2445 | home with burial in the cemetery at | Wi + ing - Sfar » Map shows Alexandria (Va.) air raid zones. The first number indicates the group and the last numbers behind the dash indi- Alexandria Raid Wardens Names, Addresses and Phones Of Zone Officials Listed Pollowing are listed the names, ad- dresses and telephone numbers of the group and zone air raid wardens for Alexandria, Va. Using the accompanying map, Alexandria residents can determine their zones. If in doubt, as in the case of ‘a person living on the bor- der of two zones, call either zone warden, the group warden or the chief warden. ‘The zones shown on the map have been further broken down into sec- tors, for which other wardens and assistants have been appointed. The air raid wardens for the zones jndicated on the Alexandria map are as follows: Conrad H. Reid, chief deputy air raid warden for the Metropolitan | . Area in Virginia, 215 North Glebe | 3" road, Arlington, CH. 5262. | Robert A. Atkinson, chief air| warden for Alexandria, 824 South | Asaph street. TE. 5881. | A. T. Powell, assistant to Mr. At- kinson, 107 Linden avenue, Alex. | 4 Robert 8. Lyle, assistant to Mr Atkinson, 515 Duke street, TE. 4195, Greup Ne. 1. G Bouth Lee street, TE. Zope. _ Name 10 ‘Telephone Drman 8 Kirkpatrick. 3 b a rkpatrick. ir. Robert V. Duncan Frank Landon Albert H. Stevens James E. Moriarty Danie! R. Stansbury Prankin Lee Carr Alex. TE. Alex. . Name. Telephone. Prederick L. Cornnell Alex. 5923 Prank R. Monroe Alex. 1068 Thomas A. Bayne Alex. 3957 Francis 1. Pohl TE. 2033 Group No. 3. hn C. Scott. group warden, 1512 ewall Toad Alex. 2333. ame. Lt. N R. Archer David Sauires John T. Worthington Group No. 4. Walter J. Dunlap. group warden, 3407 Cameron Mill road. TE. 5443. 3 ame Telephone. 7 Wesley A Richardson Alex. 34 Hailer Stor Telephone. -1 TE. 5843 1 Alex. 5921 1 Alex. 4058 Alex. 5317 1130. You and an A 0 Edward William A. ir Raid . . . Warne Services to Be Provided (No. 22 of a Series.) ‘While each person has his own responsibility for the safety of his home and himself in an air raid, there are many services organized to protect the individ- wual and the community and to bring damaged facilities quickly neighborhood, he is the one who would take command and notify communications -headquarters to send aid. Fire Watchers Stationed. Also stationed in your neigh- borhood are fire watchers, who take their posts at the air-raid warning. From high positions damaged parts on advice from a structural engineering crew. Pub- lic works squads would rush to repair damage to water mains, highways, bridges and sewers, while public utility squads were handling damage to electric lines, gas mains, telephone lines and delayed-action bombs and duds. Police would patrol affected areas, and fire fighters would handle fires too big for indi- viduals to cope with. e i {Dr. E. W. Broome to_Speak. superin: tendent of Montgomery Cqunty pub- 1 Hospital today with a possible skull | Anderton Burke. «roup warden. 421 | 08 | Dr. Brunot was born in Pittsburgh, | Society and General CAUNTY ARLINGTON i):ielix R. Brunof, U. S. Public Health Surgeon, Ends Life Notes Left by Resident Of Bethesda Indicated Fear of Breakdown Dr. Felix Reville Brunot, 50, United States Public Health Service surgeon, shot and killed himself yesterday in the bathroom of his home at 512 Park Lane, Battery Park. Bethesda, | Montgomery County police reported. | A certificate of suicide was issued | by Dr. C. E. Hawks, county coroner. Police said Dr. Brunot left notes indicating he feared a mental col- lapse. Entries in his diary showed | te had been in a highly nervous | state for some time, according to | police. They said he was secheduled | to go to the Marine Hospital in Bal- | timore vesterday for an examination. | the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Bru- not. He performed scientific re- search work on leprosy in Hawaii under the auspices of the Public Health Service. He returned from an assignment with the Pan American Sanitary Bureau at Dio de Janeiro about a month ago and has been stationed at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda while awaiting assign- ment to industrial hygiene work. In the past, he had worked at the Bureau of Standards and at one time was employed by the Federal Employes Compensation Commis- sion, Wingless Plane, Deslfoyed‘ In Test, fo Be Rebuilt By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan, 5—Cheston L. Eshelman—who once landed in the Atlantic on an avowed “flight to Mars”—said today he would build another model of his new-type air- plane, destroyed by fire in a test flight crackup. Mr. Eshelman’s wingless airplane, shaped like a tear drop, rose a few feet off the ground, and its landing gear butkled as it came down. The ship caughg fire. George Cowell, pilot, escaped unhurt. Mr. Eshelman, 24, said the engine could be salvaged, and he would start building another ship imme- diately. He called the plane the Spirit of National Defense. Mr. Eshelman attracted attention when he was rescued 250 miles off Cape Cod in June, 1939. His plane sank. Mr. Eshelman said he was making & “flight to Mars.” He was charged with stealing the plane, rented from a New Jersey aviation school, and his license was revoked. BUCKHANNON, W. Va, Jan. § (/.—John Bishop, 21-year-old Uni- versity of Virginia student, escaped serious injury but his plane was de- molished yesterday when he became lost and crashed into a mountain- side. Tremont Citizens Will Perfect Defense President Asks Exempfionsin Agency Moves Workers Can Be Kept Here If Shift Works ‘Undue Hardship’ President Roosevelt wants Fede eral employes kept here if moving would work “undue hardship,* proe vided their release would not impair the efficiency of transferred agene cies. The Civil Service Commission announced this today in a circular to all establishments dealing with personnel problems created by the decentralization program. “It is the desire of the President that as many employes as possible move with the agencies affected by the decentralization program,” the Commission said. “But it is also his desire that those agencies release for transfer all employes on whom the move will work undue hardship if they can be spared without seri- ously impairing the operating effie clency of the agency. Other Agencies Must Co-operate, “Agencies that are not affected by the program will be expected to ree lease as many employes as possible of those who wish to transfer to agencles removed from Washington to the States, preference being given to those employes originally residing in such States. “In addition, the Civil Service Commission will recruit eligibles in the States to which the agencies will be moved, and those eligibles can be drawn upon to replace the | rest of the employes released in Washington " In a statement accompanying the | circular, the commission said that stenographers, typists and other classes of personnel are wanted for service with the Patent Office, Im« | migration and Naturalization Serve ice and Rural Electrification Admine istration, in Richmond, Philadelphia | and St. Louis. Certain professional and technical employes also are wanted for the Patent Office. Non-Civil Service Jobs. In those instances where employes holding positions exempted from civil service requirements seek to ree main here, the commission said, their qualifications will be studied to determine if they might be assigned to civil service positions for which registers have become exhausted. In no case, however, it was added. will the commission seek to locate other excepted positions for this class. The commission also advised the agencies that they would be exe pected to co-operate with the mew decentralization service on transfer matters. J. H. Blandford Appoinfed To Agriculfural Posts Appointment of Joseph H. Blande ford of Brandywine, Md., as acting chairman of the State Agricultural Defense Board and chairman of the State A. A. A. Committee was ane | nounced today by Secretary of Agri- culture Wickard. He succeeds Harry H. Nuttle of Denton, who was re- elected a member of the Board éf Directors of the American Farm Bureau. Mr. Blandford is & native of Prince Georges County and operates Meadow Grove Farm, which has been in the family for several gene erations. He was awarded a certifie cate of merit by the University of Maryland a few years ago as an oute standing farmer and for services rendered in connection with agricule tural organizations. He is a director of the Bank of Brandywine and president of the Board of Managers of the Cheltenham School for Boys. Mr. Blandford has served as mase ter of the Brandywine and Pomona Granges and recently retired as presdent of the Prince Georges County Farm Bureau in order to continue his work with the State A. A. A. Committee, Luther Cruitt Funeral Held at Poolesville Special Dispateh 10 The Star. POOLESVILLE, Md., Jan. 8~Fus neral services for Luther R. Cruitt, 66, lifelong resident of Pooless ville, who died Saturday at his home after an iliness of several weeks, were held this morning et the home. The Rev. Charles W, Lanham of the Poolesville Method= ist Church officiated and burial was in Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville. Mr. Cruitt is survived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine Mae Cruitt, and a son, Lt. Edwin Cruitt, Fort Story, Va. He succeeded his father in the harness business at Pooles+ ville many years ago and was one of the last harness makers in Marye land. Virginia Refuses Exceptions to Hours Law By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 5.—All re< quests by Virginia manufacturing plants engaged in filling war orders to work woman employes more than the 48 hours a week allowed by State law have been refused by the State Department of Labor, Commissioner of Labor Thomas B. Morton said A meeting of the Tremont (Va.) Citizens’ Association will be held Stabbed at Football Game , Oliver Green, 26, colored, 1300 block of S street N.W. was in a serious condition at Freedmen’s mits Sunday operation “in case of necessity,” and work being done for ‘the Army and Navy in the present | emergency would come under that | heading. The commissioner said he had lic schools, will be the guest speaker | fracture and stab wounds received, | approved a request last week end Wednesday night at & the Takoma Park Chamber of Com- yesterday in Arlington. Police head injury was eaused by 2 meeting of | police said, in a fight at a football | from officials of the Virginia Woolen Co., at Winchester, for adoption by mo:munyolsmmpwwk weel o