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Senator Checking Report Of Prisoners Maiming Selves By LOUIS G. PANOS ANNAPOLIS CAPJtaBLtor Shore senator said today he was Mary- ave maimed themselves to collect workmen's compensation for injuries. was being' undertaken i Clarnce (D, Talbot) a member of a legislative committee which yesterday was told prisoners are working "some rackets" in this field. "I have been told that In one number of cJalms by prisoners recently under the Workmen's Compensation Act?" North asked. "Yes, there hasi" replied James W.

Curran, superintendent of prisons. "I might even go so far as to say there are some rackets going on in that connection." Enos S. Stoc'kbridge, chairman the Board of Correction, told the committee his agency "certainly will study" of the situation. collect North. compensation," said Prisoners engaged in "extra- to have hazardous" work were included in the Workmen's Compensation Act another case a prisoner is said to'have slammed a door on his hand.

"I do not believe the Workmen's compensation Act was intended for application to such cases." North has asked officials of the Mate Industrial Accident Fund for information on the number of claims ''led by Slate prisoners and the amounts involved. He decided to launch the Investigation after Department of Correct-ion Officials appeared before the Senate Finance Committee yesterday to explain oudget proposals Like any other "employer the department may carry insurance ttirough the accident fund for the payment of claims rising from accidents injuring its "employes" -in this case, inmates at the Mate Penitentiary and other penal institutions administered department. by the there been a substantial in 1927, North said this includes virtually all prisoners except those used for clerical work or, in some cases, farm labor. Lower Voting Age Up For Vote Today ANNAPOLIS (AP)-The Senate Judicial 'Proceedings Committee was scheduled to vote today on a bill aimed at lowering the voting age from 21 lo The measure Del. Parran (D-Charles calls for a referendum on a constitutional amendment.

It got support at a hearing yesterday from some 30 seniors from Cambridge High School. The group was invited by Cair- man Frederick C. Malkus, a Cambridge Democrat. Eighteen-year-olds voicing their approval of the bill were Miss Ida Brown, Miss Barbara Towscn, Burnett Slacum and Clifford Collison. P.arran said 18-year-olds today are well equipped to vote because of the high level of education.

He said their "idealism and enthusiasm" would be a beneficial influence on government, that those old enough to fight for their country are old enough to vote, and they are considered legally of age TOP TUNES Morning Sidt of the Moun- Ewards Where Were You On Our Wedding Day--Lloyd Price If I Didn't Francis Pink Shoe Laces--Dodie Stevens The Hanging Tree--Marty Rofabins The Children's Marching Song- Mitch Miller Guitar Boogie ShuHle--Tht Virtues Cutter--Dale Hawkini Alvins Harmonica--David Seville Chipmunks Red River Rose--The Amei Brothers Brawn--The Cotters Since I Don't Have You-The Skyllners Rock A Doodle Reveille-- L.Roy and Wall? Record Hop Blues--The Quarter Notes Wishful Thinking-Little Anthony Come Softly To Me--Fleefwoods Reeves in many other respects. The teenage proponents said they thought their studies in government courses have made them as qualified to vole as the average adult. Miss Towsen suggested the bill might include a requirement that all seniors complete a government course. A similar bill received an unfavorable report in (he Mouse Jtt- Committee last month. MUSIC STORE 41 S.

Potomac Street Dial RE 9-4100 Gunman, Police Officer, Die Exchange LOS ANGELES (AP)-A crazed unman killed a police officer and cafe patron late Thursday night nd wounded three other persons cfore lie fell mortally wounded an exchange of gunfire. Police identified the gunman ai eorgc J. Arevalo, 46, of East os Angeles. They said he shot nd killed Detective J. L.

Castel- mos, and critically wounded De- ctive E. A. Garcia, each ticers had gone to the home ol revalo's estranged wife, Alice, to Singer's Husband Scuffles With Police Thomas Chamales, 45, novelist husband of singer Helen O'Connell, struggles with police officers as they took him from his home in Hollywood last night following a complaint by the singer that Chamales beat her and pulled her hair. The 225-pound writer was booked on battery charges. Miss O'Connell said he held her captive in her bedroom 12 hours.

Officer at right is W. R. Maxwell. Many Enlist In Air Force The following enlistments, re- enlistments and qualifications for the Air Force of area men were announced today by local recruiter, Steward W. Crim: Entering on their first enlistment and undergoing basic at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas, are: Thomas E.

Cazzoll, 2201 Pennsylvania Avenue, son of Mrs. Michael Cozzoli; Robert T. Shank, 123 North Cannon Avenue, son of Carl T. Shank; Donald E. Ernst, 315 Garrctt Street, son of Mr.

and Mrs. John G. Ernst, Hagerslown; Donald G. Whetstone, Mercersburg; Richard G. Root, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Boonsboro; Charles R. Root, Gary R. Bigler, CHECK THE SNAPSHOP'S PRICES BROWNIE STAR FLASH OUTFIT Shippensburg, Thomas D. Rice, Martinsburg; Max T.

Hawbaker, Clear Spring Rt. 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. Boward; Calvin C.

Mills, Clear Spring Rt. 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Mills.

Re-enlisting in the Air Force for duty in Far East: Merrill E. Carnell, Hancock, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Carnell; for jet engine mechanic school, Sheppard AFB, Texas, Albert B.

VanMelre, Sharpsburg, son of Mrs. Bertha V. VanMetre. Qualifying for later entry into flying training program as navigator was Robert E. Miller, 1009 Oak Hill Avenue, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Robert E. Miller, Sr. Sgt. Crim announced that now is the time for applications to be submitted for entry into the filling training program as pilots NOW ONLY ftQ 7.X.7 VA.

PHOTO SNAPSHOP and navigators as for men in this great at present. requirements have the demand category is Educational been lowered to high school level and training may commence within 90 days of full qualification. Male citizens, ages from 19 to may apply at the local office, first floor, City Hall, or phone REgent 3-7925 to arrange for an appointment. an 6 SL oe6 The mood is AMERICANA light, for the woman on the go! They're travelers like you are, and stay-at-homes, too. yet easy-going, with never-you- mind freedom that says: If activity is your kind of living, Air Step is your kind of shoe.

Two soft flexible patents with careful styling and detailing! AT FLEI5HER'S PUBLIC SQUARE "BMUtlful Most Difficult Moment? Max Conrad, decked out with flowers and a laurel wreath, gets a welcoming kiss from Italian movie starlet Valeria Fabrizi on his arrival at Rome airport, today. It was the 50th trans-Atlantic crossing in a light plane and did it nonstop from Chicago in 34 hours and 3 minutes. He said there was nothing particularly difficult about the flight and added "I think the most difficult moment comes now," as newsmen and photographers gathered around to record the welcoming ceremony. volving Arevalo. Arevalo, hiding near the house, opened fire as the detectives walked out.

with his relatives, police said. THE DAILY MAIL, Hetefrstown, Md. THREE Frlrfiy, March nvestigate a shooting incident in- 1 in the bushes denas, 77, was shot in the Dy a bullet from Arevalo's gun he walked from the with UM detectives and his niece. Police said Arevalo had been scheduled to appear in court to- Uffkiil UJ VVU1 W- Police said Arevalo had been day on assault and battery charg- ejected twice from a cafe opcr- aled by Miss Mary Loera. The second time he drew a revolver and sliol Miss Locra in fore- irm.

A cafe patron, Carlos Carrana of Whittier. was shot and killed by Arevalo, investigators said, when he raced into the street after the gunman. He had wrestled with Arevalo in the restaurant after Miss Loera was shot. Mrs. Arevalo's uncle, Alex Ver- es growing out of an alleged attack Feb.

8 on his wife's uncle; the uncle's daughter, Rafaelao Verdenas, 42, and a third person --Irene Olguin, 14. RIGHT ON TIME HEXBURG, Idaho-(AP) baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Baler of nearby Terreton Thursday March 5 weighed 5 pounds, 5 ounces and checked in. at 5:55 a.m.

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Oiir Represenrotive Will Be In The Store All Day Monday, March 9 JEWELERS DOWNTOWN Hamilton Hotel Corner RE 3-8866 Death Toll In Hazelton Fire Goes To Five HAZLETON, Pa. The 'ire which destroyed the Hotel Gary claimed another life Thursday night, bringing the death toll five. Howard Deitch, 53, whose wife ost her life in the early Thursday, died at a hospila! of injuries. The couple had lived at the hotel. Mrs.

Mary McAlarney, another lotel resident was still unaccounted for. A man and a woman, wove considered in serious condi- -ion. Thirteen others were injured less seriously, with seven still lospilalized. Hazleton fire officials and the state fire a a office aunchcd an investigation to determine the cause of the blaze, which roared up the elevator shaft of he five-story, 75-year-old brick structure. There were 53 guests in the lotel, many of them elderly pcr- Samuel Mednitsky, owner of the jiiilding, estimated (lie loss at $280,000.

Bare Bosums Big Issue LOUISVILLE, Ky. (API-Police Chief Carl Heustis agrrrs with his York City colleagues that bosoms are meant to be covered public--even in the matter of the ballet. The question of bare bosoms arose when Les Ballets asked Mayor Bruce lloblitzell if the lady members of Hie troupe could dance uncovered from the waist up. Heustis said department police required the African dancers to cover up. They performed bare chested in Philadelphia and Boston but New York City authorities demanded concealment.

DETROIT (AP)--Producer Luben Vichcy of Los Ballets Afri- cains has asked Mayor Louis Miriani if his dancers would have lo wear brassieres in Detroit. Inspector Melville Bullach, the police censor, said he would have to see a performance before deciding. ALREADY VETERAN PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Jimmy Dowling is only 2 years old but already a veteran smoker. His mother, Mrs.

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