The Capital from Annapolis, Maryland • Page 1

Evening edi bring results becausf of the families Greater Annapolis read this newspaper. (Capital Partly cloudy, continued warm most of tonight. Wednesday fair and highest temperature in upper 80's VOL 157. TUB I A I I I LATION I ANNAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1949 MI i I A A A i I FIVE CENTS Crab Fisherman Shot To Death In Bay City, County Obs erve Comparatively Quiet Fourth 0 July TrU-plot 1 DlPLOiHAT CRASHES--The engineer and fireman of the Diplomat eastbound St Louis-New York fhei of the Baltimore Ohio Raikoad were killed when the train clashed into the rear end of a stal'ed cattle tram neai Dser Park Md None of the passengers on the sireamlinei were injured ser- louslv Th2 diESSl in which the two men died lies on its side and in foreground is the wreckage of the cattle tram One Drowning, Two Fatal Heart Attacks Mar Holiday Locally National Death Toll Hits 676 This Is Why: By The Associated Press A record accidental death toll for the Fourth of July marked the nation observance of this year's extended Independence Day holi- oay Latest figures showed 676 killed in violent accidents The grim report on the country's celebration of the three-day holiday was Traffic fatalities 289 drowmngs 240 violent deaths from miscellaneous causes 134 The country-wide suney covered violent deaths from 6 PM local tune Fndaj to midnight Monday The 1949 toil Has the highest ever recorded for am Fourth ol I July The previous record of ac- c.dental deaths on the Independence Daj holiday was 628 in the three-dav period 1941 This vears mark compared with 571 deaths repotted over a three-day period in 1948 Traffic Toll Highest Sweltering weather across the nation brought an outpouring of Aline Arundel County had a comparatnely quiet weekend of 'acudents over the 4th of July as 'cnlv one drowning fatality was reported I There were two fatal heart attacks listed by firemen and 48 persons treated at the Emergency Hospital A boat fire destroyed a 32-foot rabm cruiser on the Mago- thv and two other persons were burned when a blow torch blew up at Arnold. I But the total fatalities were light as compared with last year Automobile accidents injured four persons none of them seriously year total was five deaths i four drowmngs, and one heart Attack.

18 Die In State In the State at large 18 persons, were killed in weekend accidents res Sunday fiom Friday night to Monday night The one drowning reported here Found Shot After Mystery Plane Lands Beside Boat Only One Arrest Made In City On Fourth Of July Annapo came through 1 weekend Fojrth of Julj holidu period--one of the quietest in years--with no fatalities oniv a few minor automobile accidents and comparatively little police actuitv Onh one arrest was made on Julv 4 Throughout the entue penod the city police made a to al of 23 arrests 19 for disorderly conduct one for trespassing and thiee on traffic chaipes Sixteen of these arrests--14 for disorderly conduct and. two on tiafSc charges i made Saturday There were five disorderly and one trespassing ar- as eight vear old Mary Lucille Steal Cash, Clothing Sundav afternoon police weie called to the Tercentenary Headquarters 3 Church Circle to ir- Emergency Hospital Must Expand To Meet Local Needs Train Passed Ed tc This In i i i nt'eds iN onlv I i i a and the DPP ts i i a i rhonjrht ivhat it wouJil wipan tn of at i luit 1 ht i to hpfor oulil pet htlp It ml t. tit i i a I life and ilentli Mrn Robertson tells in art hnu thp local tjoapltal joq sbp givr-; IM hislorit-B of persoriK hu hwn or icliohL llvef havp bet-u bttautw thej couM bt raki it to a hosprtnl of thPKe a mpmhi Before Wreck CUMBERLAND Md July (AP--A fast Baltimore and Ohio i On Paicr Thrre) Humidity weather was IT'S HOT or no humidity, the hot today. Wynne of Baltimore at Maryland vestigate a larcenv case They re- Beach on Monday morning An rted a someone had enteied unidentified woman pulled hei I buildm- Satuiday night 01 early Sundaj morning and taken $20 cash a black and white dress a pair of English boots ana othei articles A hoise was found wandering In the of 15 German s'reet Saturdav night and late was turned over to its ownei James Chapman Later night police were called to the Bladen street fiom the shallow water and Rniera Beach firemen worked on 1 er for an hour Dr John Claf- fv county medical examiner pronounced it an accidental drowning West Annapolis firemen reported two heart attack fatalities on Sunday The first was at 6 35 4 VI on the Sandy Point Ferry lor A Krest 65 of Baltimore The second was Mrs Nellie Amge 67 of Lanham at 5 40 PM who 005s were stalling a file The po suffered an attack while swimming lice said that some had irt at Severely Beach Cruiser Explodes CRIbFIELD Md Ja AP A i ab nsheiman a I death in Cl esape ikf a i a a had a a be de his boat HL was a i son about 60 a i i chief of polite leie His bodv was brough asliuie a Marsh who was flshirt, neai Nelson off Fox Is and i is in Pocomoke Sound a a tht i gmia-Marjland state line Police Chief Albeit Rich said Marsh placed the time of the shooting at AM He saiu Marsh gave him tins account He was a shoit distanct av from Nelson boat when a plane bearing markings of the Virginia Conservation Agent landed close to the vessel A man left the plane and boaid ed Nelson ci aft There was a shot and the man reboarded the plane which then took off Marsh said he climbed onto the Nelson boat and found the man sti 1 alive He was pionounced dead I of a bullet wound in tne body when Maish brought him ashoie Nelsons bodv was taken to a funeral home where Rich said an autopsy would be performed Marsh lives at Tylerton on neai by Smiths Island Camera Cash Awaits Fans For Pictures To Question Guard In Killing Probe station to investiaate a lepo tha I ed a fire in one of had disappeai ed the cais but when The temperature rose from 72 degrees in the monuny aiV At Gibson Island on the Mago- arrived thy Riv er a 32 foot cabin crmsei Clock Stolen exploded and burned to the water On Sunday tr-e theft of an at clock Monday Jioruing electric clock and signs at ROCKVILLE Md Julv 5 AP --Police investigating the kihmg of John Little 18 sailoi of Loretlo Pa planned to ques ion A Washington public bu Iding guayd todav Detectives said the guaid told paik police he saw men hu ing away i mthe spot wheie blood-stained cai was found eailv Satuidav The cai stolen fiom a Rockville owner was found half submerged ia the Potomac Rivei in Washington about 16 miles Real cameia friends are clicking cameras all year round but mertime seems to be the natural picture taking time foi everyone, Theie aie plentv of sunnv days to assure cleai pictures even for the box camtra cliCKeis and there are so inanv mteit sting outdoor activities to inspire shOoS That hv it particularlv ap- piopiiate foi The Evening Capital to beKin a Photo Contest right now Your Arnapolis has almost unlimited facilities foi teproduc- ing photos its pages and we re readv and illmg to pi mt the best pictures you are taking Just send them in and if oui photo editois flud them of espicial merest they w.ll appear in I he Evening Capital along with credit to the donoi Eacli Wednesdav a panel of judges from the editorial stafl i judge those that a appealed the preceding week To tha first, prize winner go a cash prize of $3 $2 to the second prize win- nei and $1 to the prize wm- nei Rules of the follow 1 Prints piefeired ei hei glossy 01 mat finish but if punts have been mislaid 01 lost a negative mav be submit ed 2 Undeveloped i not be accepted except case spot news pictuics such as accidents flies etc 3 Punts must be at least thiee inches wide 4 PiCiUres will be-judged on tne basis of news value human mtei- Hospital Fund Drive Workers Meet Thursday Bv EDITH HARLAN ROBERTSON Every growing and expanding community faces new needs and developments Some of the needs may be met gradually although adequate sewerage electiicity gas telephone service schools and crunches must be supplied But accidents and illness never wait for gradual expansion They are everv dav occunences grave tragic disastrous or responsive to treatment according to the skill and facilities foi treat- Ing them 01 the seventv of them This care so necessary and so essential to the health and welfare of the community cannol be given Without the wholehearted of the people by whom it is required I The Town Was Growing: The Emergency Hospital was founded in 1902 Being blessed by its proxirrutv to one of the most famous medical centers of the world Baltimoie Annapolis had relied on the sen ices of local physicians in all but exceptional cases and it called upon the faeili ties of its neighboring foi hospitalization needs There aie practically no traffic hazaids a i an occasional drowning or farm accident the greatest dangei the town encountered But the town was growing At the outskirts of a large asri- cultural section was a p'ace where swimming sailing and fish- passenger train apparently ran through three warnings before it rammed into a disabled freight at Dser Park, Md Sundaj killing two trainmen A Morrison superm'en- dent of the 0 Cumberland Division, said he was at a loss to explain why the Limited asn stopped The engineer and fireman of its Diesel locomotive were killed and about 25 passengers weie treated for cuts and bruises Morrison said the eastbound Diplomat, en from St Louis workers the $350000 building fund campaign to en- la! ge struction In the State Armory Thursday at 30 for the kickoff dinner of the camoaign chairman Marion Lazenby announced today In making the announcement, lng were amonR the chief amuse- Mr Lazenby urged that all work- mente and OJStern crabbing and ers should be present at the dm- boatlng tr occupations ner at which they will choose cards of ptospects according to 1 were changing too No geographical location and alpha- were appendicitis tetanus betically Following the dinner septicimia and tube-culosis ne-es meeting workers wih go to the saril death wan arts Men we-e racks and choose cards of pro-1 lon ser willing for women to 1 agony of a death in ch Id- second summer so (Lontlnurd On Su) Pakistan Official To Visit Academy Iskander Mirza Secretary of National Defense of Pakistan was expected to visit the Naval Academy today Full honors including four rifles and flourishes the Ad- I miral March and a 17-gun salute were planned for his arm al I Accompanying the Secretary are Major General Ifti Khar All Kahn Commanding General 10th Division Ghulam-Abbas Chief Finan- I cial Advisor Joint Services, Lieu- tenant Colonel Saifur Rehman Major Faruki Brigadier General Raza and Major Rene Talllchet i Army Aide some talk in the forecast ef 43 by afternoon No one mentioned anything of ram or fronts Not even a drv ice experiment was indicated although a little scientific ram in some quarters would be great Iv appreciated The onlv consolation was a piomise of 'cooler' tonwiron But as one philosopher put it that could be anything up 10 92 The official Washington foiecast at 6 30 A was as follow Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Ba--Westerly winds 12 to 18 miles per hour, with fair and wa weathei DC and Vicinity--Mostlv sunnv rnd warm with highest tempeia turn about 93 degrees Wednesdav lather cloudy and cooler Marvland and Delaware general --Pait'v ckmdv and continued warm todav Wednesday, rathei cloudv and cooler to SSftty from the blaze 'and taken to the South Baltimore General Hospital by Riviera Beach firemen. i Joseph Ray 69 was treatetd for first and second degree burns of the forehead and hands Mrs Bessie Ray 68 was treated foi first and second degree burns of the hands face and arms The blow torch accident occun ed at 12 20 P-M Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Ducketl of Arnold Mrs Rila Burns Duckett was treated foi burns of both legs and arms and admitted to thp Emergency pital Mr Duckett was also tieated for bums of the chest and both hands I Minor Injuries Elsewhere in the county a flood of minor injuries and mishaps were reported by the hospital and county firemen and police i i nurd On r.

Fnur) on Compromise stieet was le- poited A parking on Maiket Space was found piled open Sunday The com o' the metei found neai by was bi ought to police headquarters Last night police to Mam Uttnthitiffl Oil tjrc i ffum WIIPIU TJitiiHii umiy found Police have said bloodstains thp cai match Little blood His bodv as found beside a tavern neai here FIREWORKS OCCIDENT WASHINGTON Julv 5 APi- Eleven-jear old Stanley fomith was Iving on the bed last right a i ing until daik so he could set off his Fourth of Julv Fnew-oiks A toy flare fell into his radio and caught fire Stanlev ran down the stans his shorts in flames His fathei beat them out Todav Stanlev is in faubiban Hospital with fust second and th degree burns on his face aims and legs Requiem Mass Sung For Mrs. Jacobs Requiem high mass wa-, fo Mis Mai Elizabeth Jacoos of at 9 A vesteidav at Su Maiv Church The Rev Joseph Lo den sang the mass Interment was in Cedai Biuff Cemeterv Pa ibea i included Aithui Jacob Ronalr Como James I Jame 1 Leatheibuiv Ellwood Scheiser anc Andrew Williams John Tavloi and Son i i a i i i died riiuisdav at he 1 omo at Bav Ridge avenue quality 5 Thev should deil i subjects in Annapolis and Anne Arundel 6 Thp deadline each week will be al noon Wednesday tne i ners to be a mg dav 7 Pun i bccomr piopeit7 of the Capital-Gazette Piess Inc. 8 Spot news pictuies should be submitted immediately 9 Each print should have the name and address of the person submitting it in the contest It should also have a brief captiqa desciibing the picture i Ihs full names of all persons in the picluies listed from left to light. I 10 Pictures should be dehveied or addressed to The Pictuia Editor Capital-Gazette Press, 213-217 West stree Annapolis Second Ward Candidates they desire to solicit Chairman said that to workers in their solicitation a handbook has been prepared and is now in the mails Basic Appeal Th( booklet reads in part An apppil for hospitals takes preced enrp othpr form of innpd On I i hr Fortune Sought In Home Of Recluse PHILADELPHIA July 5 AP) Authorities today awaited a co irt ordpr an intensified seair i of a home where said I birth dreaded and so often fatal to 'it le children because of undulant fever dysentery and undiasnospd di 'eases or even the dea'n rate of newborn infants were not to be regarded as unavoidable misfortune Thp need for a local hospital a evident and piessinp It was not fp in 1902 that a a i i i tion would be needed so they named it the Emereencv Hospital feeling certain that it would be able to handle inv emer I sency which might arise The physicians and sjrReons took their cases to the new io-s- pital worked faithfullv and Services Held For Mrs. E.

C. Wild Members of Ihe local Masonic lodge served as pallbearers at funeral services held for Mrs Ellanora Wild former Annapolia resident from the Taylor Funeral Chapel Satui day The Rev James Smilev retired vicar of St Luke Chapel officiated Interment was in Cedar Bluff Cemeterv Pallbearers included Louis Phipps Bottom Hay den Preslon Canllejr John Belhel and Zeb A Johnson Mrs Wild the widow of Edwin Wild died at her residence in Baltimore Wednesay CHARLF 5 BFRN STEIN a women rpp ILSP lived a beggar While their equipment wa.s prob despite thp fortune at com mand A prplirn nan o' thr cluttp ed buikiine vests rp veiled Ihe woman worth a.t least $200 000 but she chose to livp on a semi-starvation diet of bread and milk Thp woman i a i i Ri PI a fo mri dead Sunriav on her blanke'ed bed TTip housp rrammpa i rubbish and i Police said ispected lat somewhere in the i be found rlup to the w'lerpabouN Ol possibly S100000 Mis RUUi is, believed to have hidden away ablv a far en from Ba imore standards it WA.S a i aden late for the times and i ma ai a all the accidents illnesses aid ur Kical work wpre rarpd foi it WB.S a relief to the entirp sen of Anne Arundel thai a lora hosp a could give immediate i erl and man a life was spami at might 1 avp been losi for i to Baltimorp wa-s a lone i long enough to lose precious imp and strength The Flu' Perhaps the epidemic of n1u i i Id (Cnntlnnrtf On Slu TRt BACK FROM CRUSE WASHINGTON July 5 AP) President Truman relaxed and refreshed was bark on the job to dav aftpr a business plus pleasure weekend cruiso on Bav Thp i House snid Ihe thref- c'av on IIP presidential acht did Mr Truman a int o' poori HP spent most of the imp DK thp report of his Council nf Economic Advisers on i bp will base his own economic rpport to Consrew about weeks Prpsidpnt daughter Mar A i anil of IIPI i friends went along on the cruise. KM Alderman Bernstein a a i Annapohtan is his third term in the Citv Council He wa first plected in 1941 and aeam in 11945 The son of Mr find Ich'arles Bernstein of 18 Spi i a hp a at I a Shool and Business School and is al presrn manaeiniz 'he business Ins i a retail mnfprtionp store on Main --trpft HP has bfp i chairman and a mp-nber of mm Citv Counril rommi tees HP and rmkes his I omp 1S1 ITufcp of nioiicectP-- street Mr Cantlpr another a Ar napohtan a been a in Bo work and thp Inf-ppendp" Fire Companv HP is a pas prrsicipnt of lie a i il Aridrm Frnplovees AS.MM ixlion and i' uekmg political PRESTOS" CAVTU IRTIIt I I IOTT i Independent i i I CANDIDATES SEEK A I SFATS IN SF( 4 1 FS SI ATi TON Dpmocrat) time He lives at 87 Conduit strppt and is a graduate of the Annapolis High School He has been a member of the Independent Firp Company for 25 years and is now retired havin? served as a president of the rompanv a as A past assistant Fire Mar-hal HP also Is a past officer of the Mi linrl State Firemen A sonit or and sened for seven vears as Commissioner of Bov i i in Anne Arundel countv Alderman Elliott was boi i IIP Ward and has pd ihe warr in Ihe Citv Council loi 20 vrars He Trst plp'-ied i i i92S and has served continuous for period 194 He a educated in a i a liool and the Annapol nocil and completed lus -aarhimrt ua 1908 Ue ii ai prpsent a rt ie O.UA man ma- 193i i i hmist in charge o' i i i at the 1 a a Acadpmv HP is 1 ppn pm lioids ilovpd thp Fedpral IP ilu lor 36 vears He i an i o' i i I i i Firp a i mpai foi i i i i i a rp irf membei i pd a a nan nf Hie i IP i r- a II use I i i 1 and i I-o i a i i i 11 a '-r a nip i nf i 111 1 r-' th MPI Rni 1 I 1 i a apiKiiiiteci a i i wi of a i i a IB i 11 i HP a i led i 1 rs a s. Man PROF. E.

S. MAYER RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE I Pi of Eugene Maver of the a a Academv Department of I Mathematics has etned after more than 30 years of service Piofessoi Maver was the diiector of Adah Education in Anre A i del countv in 1933-34 Born a he fli st joined the civ han faculty at the N'aval Academv in October 1918. He was from Rensse'ear Polytechnic Institute at Troy Y. in 1908 a CaJ Engineers Degree He also holds a Master DPSTC om Teachers College Columbu i New 'iork Citv Pi 01 to ominc ho a a Aca- a Professor tang i a srhoois in Peekskill and Ithaca "i as as Youngl- town Ol Hr is a mcmbei of tht Ma hcma cai Association of A i i and a will ron rue i at i View a i if PI a a 01 a i i a II HP a ross and is a leu on Honor Ta ripr and PS Ciio irps strpp i i A a a A a ationa. 'Slav oi A i a in p( A.