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Evening star., 1940-05-23

the case under advisement and was
scheduled to give a decision today.
In another case the board cleared
Policeman Orion L. Curtis of No.
II precinct of a charge of making
a false statement to a superior
officer regarding a call he received
from a patrolman on a beat.
Mr.. Curtis had told Sergts. Silyea
and William,T Murphy that Police
man Jacob Brickman gave as his
reason for calling in late at Z pm.
on May 4 that he had been watch
ing an automobile. However, the
two sergeants were with Mr.. Brick
man at the time and denied that
Mr.. Brickman had given such an
excuse.
The sergeants said Mr.. Curtis had
admitted to them he had made q
false statement, but the accused
officer denied this before the Trial
Board.
The board also was to give q
verdict today on a charge against
Policeman Brickman of failing to
patrol his beat constantly in that
he allegedly spent IS minutes hav.
Ing supper. The customary allow
ance - - minutes.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Advertising Dentist
Defends Practice
At.Hearing
Declares Public Needs
Protection in Testimony
Before House Group

advertising dentists" were de-
Tended today by several witnesses
before a Senate District subcommit-
tee considering a House bill pro-
hibiting such practices as unethical
and giving the Board of Dental Ex-
aminers the right to revoke or sus-
pend the licesses of violators.
DR.. John K. Freiot, who adcertises
his dental services, said he would
like to see all dentists advertise.
Il don't think" he said, that
dentistry should be a mystery like
medicine"
He said that he and his two as
sistance did what they promised,
adding:
advertising does not make me
good dentist. neither does it make
me a bad dentist
DR.. Freiot declared the public
needed protection against dentists
He said patients in the lower -dncorns
brackets needed to know what they
would be charged before erifGei1k
dental services. He added that his
office had regular prices for every
thing.
Holds Prices Are Kept Down.
He agreed with the chairman,
Senator Clark, Democrat, of Idaho,
that there should be professional
standards. The witness said he did
not think dentists should advertise
superiority" but felt it was all
right for them to proclaim the type
of work they did and their prices.
Albert E. Conradis, an attorney
representing several advertising
dentists, told the subcommittee only
seven States prohibit dental ad-
vertising altogether, although the
other States permit it in varying
degree.
Mr.. Conradis said lawyers were up
against a similar situation because
trust companies can and do adver-
tise and we can't, and so they get
the business and we don't" =
Laboratory Clause Opposed.
Paul E. Jameson, representing the
Emergency Dental Laboratory, OBJ
jected to a clause in the bill pro-
hibiting laboratories doing any work
for a patient directly. The pro-
posed amendments to the District
law. he said, would prevent a labns-
tOrV from repairinp a broken artifi-
cial tooth and/or broken plate
where no dental services were
needed and the patients mouth
need not be examined.
DR.. C. Willard Camalier, former
secretary of the Board of Dental
Examiners, and other members and
former members of the board de-
Tended the bill.
The bill passed the House April %.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
BaIlou Acts 10 Cut
Summer Traffic
Peri|s for Students
Teachers Instructed to
Prepare Them for
Sufety on Streets

Supt. of Schools Frank w. Bal
lou today issued a memorandum to
all public school teachers asking
them to prepare their pupils for
safety on the streets during sum-
mer months. He declared that no
child has been fatally injured dur
ing the year while going to and
from school, but Is were killed at
other times.
He credited the school patrols
and safety education program with
the lack of traffic accidents to
children on their way to school.
DR.. Ballou said that study of
statistics shows that the child
running into the greatest danger
is a boy between 10 and Is years
of age playing or crossing in the
middle of the block after 4 o'clock
in the afternoon in the late spring
or summer"
William A. Van Duzer, District
traffic director, and the American
Automobile Association joined DR..
Ballou in his campaign to prevent
summer casualties.
Last year, it was pointed out, II
of the Is children killed in traffic
lost their lives between May / and
October l.
DR. Ballou, in letter to Wash
ington 1. Cleveland, local manager
of the American Automobile Asso-
citation, pointed out that schoolboy
patrolmen will not be available dur
ing the summer and measures to
protect children should be doubled.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Nearly 1000 on Waiting List
For Housing at GreenbeIt
Placement Supervisor Realizes Need
For Expansion or for Similar Projects

quarters only to find that for the
same facilities higher rent was
charged for a couple with children
than one without. Mrs. Kinzer said
he was finally forced to move into
quarters with two rooms with
share -the-bath" for which he paid
$50 month. He came to Green
belt hoping to find home. But
Mrs. Kinzer had to tell him the COM
munity was full.
She cited other cases of applicants
the man earning $35 a week and
the father of family of three chill
dren each under two years of age,
and the 22-year-old youth earning
81 ,260 annually to support three
children. She said the latter was
forced to take his annual two weeks
leave to stay at home and keep
house in the family's two-room
third-hoor apartment while mis- wife
entered the hospital to have their
fourth child.
Adequate housing facilities. Mrs.
Kinzer explained, means for exam
pie that family of four people
should have at least two bedrooms
with adequate bath facilities. Larger
families should have proportionately
adequate quarters, she said. -.' =
Rents, Mrs Kinzers said, should
be such as to allow the family to
budget its income in a manner
whereby the greater part is not
spent on rent and may be properly
allotted to other necessities such as
food, clothing and medical care.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Hurd-Frozen Ice Cream Fioures
In Accused Policeman Defense

Policeman John I. Shotzberger Of
No. precinct was before the Trial
Board yesterday on a charge of
failing to patrol his beat constantly.
He was accused Of spending too
much time in an ice cream factory.
Policeman Shotzberger, somewhat
or the portly side, went into the
ice cream factory at 81 L street
Sc. late in the afternoon on April
20. He told the Trial Board he
consumed only half a pint OF ice
cream.
Sergt. James E. Silvea, however,
testified that he saw Policeman
Shotzberger stay in that factory
for 28 minutes. The accused ofiicer
said he did not think he stayed that
long.
Mr.. Shotzberger told the board
that his ice cream was frozen un-
usually hard. He had to wait a few
minutes for it to melt q little be-
fore he could dig it out Of the cup,
he said.
The board, composed of Inspector
w. G. Stott, chairman; Capt. Floyd
Truscott and J. w. Lauderdale, a..
dstaut corporation counsel, took
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Keep That Tooth You Lost,
Dentist Can Make 1t Root Again

sas City told the dentists, physicians,
dental hygienists and dental assist
ants attending the meeting.
This will prevent much future
misery, he said.
The average man, he pointed out,
spends $25 a year for haircuts, but
does not bother to 60 to the dentist
or to take his children, unless there
is some acute trouble.
When q child loses permanent
tooth, the technique is not to re-
place it at once with an artificial
tooth but to keep the surrounding
teeth in place while they are de-
veloping, reserving the bridgework
or other replacement procedure
until the child reaches a more
mature age. There is tendency,
Dr. Clayton explained, for the teeth
around an empty socket to drift to-
ward it. placing the teeth out of
line. This is prevented by gold re-
tainers.
Asked what was the best prepara-
ton to use in brushing the teeth,
DR.. Clayton said: Elbow grease"
The series of illustrated lectures
and clinics will close today. Dele
gates attended q supper dance last
night.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
BY JOHN d. LEONARD,
Star Stan Correspondent.

GREENBELT, Md, May 23.-
Nearly 1000 applicants-the major
ity of them Government workers
whose annual incomes range from
s1,26o to $500 are waiting oppor-
tunity to obtain homes in Uncle
Sans model community, it was re-
vealed today by Mrs. M. j. Kinzer,
supervisor of placements at Green
belt.
Mrs. Kinzer attributed the size of
this waiting list to the failure of
Washington to provide adequate
housing facilities at reasonable rents
to persons in these income brackets.
With Greenbelt filled to capacity
the only remedy to the existing prob
lem is construction of additional
housing facilities at Greenbelt and
the establishment of similar projects
in the area surrounding Washington,
Mrs. Kinzer declared.
Costs Dwarf Salary.
x"These applicants come to Wash
,ingt0lr from Maine, Florida, Texas,
the sDakotas, California and Oregon
as we'll assfrom a host of other
States" she continued. Many of
thems dream Of civil service work in
Washington as certain measure of
success or achievement. But, when
they arrive in the Nations Capital
the salary which loomed large back
home suddenly dwindles into insig-
nificance when the person seeks
place to live and is confronted with
the high cost of living in Wash
ington."
In her argument for additional
housing facilities at Greenbelt, Mrs.
Kinzer pointed out that the 1000
acres of land and water and electric
systems are all adequate to care for
a population of 5000 to 10000 in
habitants instead of the present
population of 3,100.
THE maximum use is not being
made out of these facilities" she
said.
Since Greenbelt is filled to ca
pacity, Mrs. Kinzer is forced to tell
the applicants that possibilities may
turn up in six, eight or 10 months
and requests him to fill out a form
which is placed on the active files
Greenbelt's turnover is seasonal, ac-
cording to Mrs. Kinzer. and for the
most part corresponds to periods of
Government transfers in the spring
and fall. But this exodus by no
means is SUFFICIENT to whittle down
the list Of applicants to any appre-
ciable degree, she said.
Mrs. Kinzer ran an eye over some
of the active files"
Cites Case Of Texan.
There was the man with a wife
and four children who had come
from Texas to Washington to take
a Government position at a salary
Of $135 a month. Arriving in jan
uary he began a search for living
Evening star., 1940-05-23

A college girl was hurt in an ac-
cident. She lost a front tooth.
Along with a physician, dentist
was called in. He asked what had
become of the tooth. The girl didn't
know. The dentist searched around
the street nearby and found it. He
wired it in and today it has grown
back in its socket and Is a good,
stanch tooth.
Dentists attending the District
Dental Society's Ffve-State Post
Graduate Clinic at the Willard
Hotel described this technique to-
day.
An even more startling case was
that of boy who had had tooth
knocked out in a fall.
1t was two days before the dentist
was called in. But he wired in the
tooth and it attached itself to its
old roots and thrived.
The procedure, the clinicians ex-
planned, Is to attach the tooth by
wires for about 10 days. Usually by
then the tooth is as good as ever.
Parents should take their children
to the dentist regularly-three times
a year, preferably-from the age of
upward. DR.. John Clayton Of Kan
Evening star., 1940-05-23
D. c. Birth Coins;
Decline Shown for U. S.

The birth rate in the District of
Columbia increased from 2O.6 per
each 1000 estimated population in
1888 to 22.4 per cent in 1899, the
Census Bureau announced today.
After successive gains in 1887 and
1888, the United States birth rate
declined slightly last year. Ac-
cording to Census Bureau figures,
2,262. .726 babies were born in the
United States in 1889, giving birth
rate of 174 per each 1000 estimated
population. In 1888 the birth rate
was ITS and the 1897 rate II.
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21 and % haze not been pub
lished pending completion OF Of
fetal Investigations.
The place: On Seventh street be-
tween r and S streets NV.
The accident, A 48-year-old dry
goods merchant locked his store,
1744 Seventh street, after nigh.fall
and hurried between parked cars in
a neffort to catch a streetcar for
home. He did not take time to go
to the crosswalk at S street, police
and witnesses testified. The driver
Of the southbound automobile which
struck him testified he saw a run
ming man appear 3 feet from
the cars front wheels. The driver
twisted his steering wheel, but the
cars right rear fender hit the
pedestrian and he toppled to the
pavement with a fractured leg. The
driver and his family put the in
tured man in their automobile and
took him to Garfield Hospital.
There he died nearly two months
later, on May IA, after gangrene of
the leg and amputation.
The time: Gas pm, March 21.
Weather: Clear.
The street: Straight, level, well
lighted.
The vehicle: A three-year-old
sedan. Police said its brakes were
perfect. Driver testified his speed
was not more than 18 miles an hour.
He said he was in second gear, hav-
ing stopped for q red light at
s street.
The driver: A 26-year-old colored
man, a resident Of Arlington, Va,
with 3 years Of driving experience.
Coroner's jury verdict: The death
was IA accident, due to carelessness
"a the part o6 the deceased.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Capt. Arthur {. Miller
Is Named Inspector,
Succeeding Lamb
Police Veteran of Il
Years Expected to
Work in Traffic Bureau

Capt. Arthur E. Miller, a veteran
of 81 years service in the Metropol-
itan Police Department, has been
promoted to inspector to fill the
vacancy caused by the death last
Thursday of Inspector Benjamin A.
Lamb, it was announced today at
the District Building.
Police Chief Ernest W. Brown said
Capt. Miller, who has been under
instruction in traffic control meas
ures at the Northwestern University
Traffic Institute for the last year
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Rood Bids Asked

RICHMOND, Va, May % (P.-
The State Highway Department to-
day called for bids on four road con-
struction projects and one bridge
project. The projects included:
Fauquier County - Construction
of is miles of macadam on Route
55, beginning 04 mile east of The
Plains. The bids will be received
until 10 a M, June 6.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Women Bootleg Waves

Banning of permanent waves by
the Toxic government has led to a
type of bootlegging at the beauty
parlors. Women are obtaining per-
manent waves through loopholes in
the law and the letdown in enforce
ment. The ban is part of the re-
striction on electrical consumption.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today.
Fatalities, / "a pedestrian).
Accidents, 30.
Motorists injured, S.
Motorists arrested, 343.
Pedestrians injured, 3.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, /.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

Miss Paterson, 20 yearod blond today announced
winner of the title Miss Maryland in the beauty started
last winter at the University of Maryland Results
vealed the Terrapn college yearbook Joseph sch portrait
photographer acted Judge Miss Paterson president of the
Wonens League womans editor of the Damondback and
member of Morarboard and Kappa Kappa Gamma Pictured
with her other candidates for the TITLE who were named
members of her court.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
~Au "A IT. M a. a. Killed in Traffic Same
why WuSl / n6y Lie: no. ~ s Date Lost Yeur-31


Analyses OF traffic deaths No.
21 and % haze not been pub
lished pending completion OF Of
fetal Investigations.
Evening star., 1940-06-24

Animal Rescue League Appeals
For Vacation Care for Pets

The Washington Animal Rescue
League today issued an appeal
through Mrs. Charles Augustus
Simpson to local dog owners asking
them to be exceedingly careful of
their pets at this time of the year.
To prevent the suffering of ami
mails during the summer from heat
and lack Of water, the league asks
that all stray or abandoned animals
be reported Immediately to league
headquarters, II O street NV.
At this time OF year, it is pointed
out. the work of the Rescue League
almost doubles. Principal reason
for this, Mrs. Simpson states, is
that many people turn out their
animals. letting them take care of
themselves while the owners 90 on
vacation.
Some do this from indifference, !"
Mrs. Simpson says, but many really
believe that dog or a cat is able
to look out for himself or that some
one will take him in and care for
him. Both of these beliefs are very
far from being true and the result is
that the league is called on to re-
celve thousands of homeless animals,
many OF which are half starved and
Evening star., 1940-06-24

chanics had been added to navy
yard civilian personnel. The Navy
is expected to employ 10000 more
ment in this class in the next two
months. He revealed also that spe-
cial apprentice schools are being es-
tablished to assure an adequate sup
ply of skilled workers. More than
10000 civilians now are employed
in navy yards.
Mr.. Edison revealed that the navy
had been advised unofficially that
some units Of the French Navy had
been reported in British ports. He
said that he had no specific confir-
nation and could not disclose the
number supposedly taken over by
the British.
In discussing naval casualties in
the European War, he warned this
country not to neglect its merchant
fleet while building a large combat
force. He said the navy was giving
the Maritime Commission the fullest
cooperation in developing the
merchant marine.
In pointing out that it took Con-
gress six months to enact naval
legislation, he laughingly suggested
that body should have an investi.
eating committee to see If they can
speed up" in accord with the new
streamlining order.
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Edison
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commissioned and the others are be-
ing prepared for sea duty as quick
ly as possible.
In connection with the pressure
on the Navy to sell old ships, Mr..
Edison repeated that there are no
surplus combat ships in the Navy"
However, he said, some obsolete
munitions had been sold.
In commenting on the much dis
cussed disposal of % mosquito
boats to the British last week, Mr..
Edison revealed that a new and
larger type was to be built. The
new ships will be five feet longer
and carry 2l-inch torpedoes instead
Of the 18-inch torpedo armament
on the motor boats returned to the
manufacturer for sale.
New Torpedoes Double Range.
He pointed out that the new tor
pedoes are two to three times better,
since they double the range, are Is
per cent faster and have 80 per cent
more fire power.
He revealed that the Navy was
not ready for production of the new
type and that he wanted to keep
the specialized personnel needed for
their production on hand. This was
done, in part, by returning the ships
to their manufacturers.
Mr.. Edison said that in the last
three weeks more than 5000 me-
Evening star., 1940-06-24

exhausted from heat and exposure" {"
The league requests that every
one owning cat or dog make some
provision for these pets at vacation
time. Those who cannot afford
boarding kennels should ask the
help of neighbors, it is suggested;
but, in extreme emergencies, the
league will send its ambulance for
animals. The league, however, is
not able to board animals. An
emergency car will be sent for sick
or injured animals at any time of
the day or night, the appeal says.
As final appeal to the public, the
league asks that every dog be given
the protection of a license tag by
which he may be traced If lost.
Meanwhile, Tax Collector Chat
ham M. Towers made ready today
for the annual dog-tag rush which
generally develops when the tags 70
on sale at the District Building
July /.
About $4,000 tags were issued
Evening star., 1940-06-24
Dictators Will Fall
Before Christianity,
Minister Asserts
Sunday School Group
Of District Holds 10Th
Annual Conference

A defiant prophesy that now-tri-
umphalt dictators will tumble be-
fore the force Of Christianity closed
the 10th annual Young People,
Conference Of the District Sunday
School Association, held Friday
Saturday and yesterday at West
minister, Md.
The prediction was voiced by the
Rev. T. Guthrie Speers Of Balti-
more as adult and young Sunday
school workers of many denomina-
tions ended a round of discussions,
prayer services, dramatic perform
ances and recreational activities.
Sessions were held at Western
Maryland College.
The conference broke it's anti
third term tradition by re-electing
as it's president Leslie L. Bowers,
jr, of Fifteenth Street Christian
Church of Washington. He is the
first to hold the post for three-year
period.
Other officers are William E. An
derson, jr.. representing Baptist
groups; Helen Spencer, Methodist;
Cathreen Pyne, Disciples; James
Huddleston, Presbyterian; Dorothy
Hetrick, Reformed, and Hilda Lut-
trell and William Trotter of the
Baltimore area, who will act as vice
presidents; Frances Rock, secretary;
John A. Patterson, jr., counselor, and
Chester II Jones assistant counsellor
Mr.. Bowers will represent the
youth work of the association at the
four-day conference of the Interna-
tional Council of Religious Educa-
ton opening tomorrow at Lake
Geneva, Wis, to organize plans for
furthering united Christian youth
movement.
Evening star., 1940-06-24
Trapped Fugitive Ends Life;
Two Girls Are Held
By the Associated Press.

By heAssociated Press.
SIDNEY, Nebr., June 24.-John
Ulrich, %, of Omaha, who had a
bad mans" criminal record, weak
ened at the last.
Trapped in his apartment hide
out by a posse last night, he re-
treated behind folding bed.
Of1cers threatened to shoot 1t out"
with him.
But Ulrich, who had wounded an
undersheri1 in escaping from the
Sterling (Colo0 Jail earlier in the
day, turned his gun on himself in
stead OF fighting. He killed himself
with shot in the mouth.
Taken into custody for question:
ing were two girls who said they
were Helen Ulrich, his sister. and
Evening star., 1940-06-24

conclusion of economic negotiations,
resumed normal diplomatic relations
today with Yugoslavia.
1t announced Victor Plotnikov as
Minister to Yugoslavia. Milan
Gavrilovich is the new Yugoslav
Minister to Russia.
Evening star., 1940-06-24

last year and Mr.. Towers said he
anticipated about the same number
OF requests this year. The fee is
81 and the tags must be obtained
by July 81. After that, Mr.. Towers
said. dogs without tags may be
picked up by the poundmaster.
Evening star., 1940-06-24

Japan's cellophane exports are at
a new high mark in spite of gov
ernment restrictions on the use of
wood pulp and other materials and
the existing shortage of coal and
electric power.
Evening star., 1940-06-24

Cordelia Kelly, both Of Omaha.
They rented the apartment last
Thursday. An express man, William
Busacker, who carried baggage up
for them that day, led officers to tho
hideout.