Evening star., 1943-08-26
Fines Of SIS
Imposed on ;
Food Operators
; Others Forfeit;
License Decisions
Due Next Week

The policy of $25 fines for con-
victions on health violation charges
was continued in Municipal Court
yesterday with the conviction OF
three food operators on charges of
maintaining insanitary conditions.
Three other defendants forfeited
collateral of s25 or $50 when they
failed to appear for trial.
Meanwhile, it was indicated that
decisions in the cases of the first
group of restaurant owners called
before the District License Revoca-
tion Board to defend their right
to continue in business will be given
sometime next week
John O'Dea, board chairman. said
the plan was to hear all of the first
nine cases before adopting recon-
mendations to be sent to the Com
mlssioners. So far the board has
heard testimony in six cases in
which the Health Department rec
commended license revocations.
One other case is scheduled for
hearing at pm. tomorrow. and
the last two cases on the present
docket of the board are to be con-
sidered Monday.
Judge Assesses Fines.
Food operators fined in NUM-
cipal Court yesterday by Judge
John P. Mcmahon and the charges
were: Stokes Jones, 1901 Seventh
street Sc, restaurant, dirty uten-
s1ls, shelves, counters, exposed food,
box OF mixed trash and garbage
under counter, no garbage con-
tainers, premises infested with rats
and vermin"
Austin Fraley, Farmer Market.
Fifth and Neal streets NE, "sau-
sage in case with dead flies on
casing. and flies on smoked meat
in box"
Harry Fischer, 1869 c street NE.
grocery, glass broken in door of
meat case, rat feces on shelves and
floors OF store, with evidence of
rats eating stock on shelves; dirty
case, fish and meat in ice cream
cabinet, decomposed meat in meat
grinder"
Bakery Operator Forfeits.
Those forfeiting were: Paul C.
Corcoran, lot F street NV, bakery,
SIS collateral; reaches about
wrapping machines and walls in
bread wrapping room, many
reaches, cakes and cookies on
floors, broken windows, dirty seal
ing machine"
Willis Kicks, 460 P street NV,
restaurant, s25 collateral; dirty
drinking utensils"
Isaodre Feldman, 340o o street
NV. grocery, $50 collateral: de
composed meat on slicing machine
guard. reaches, ham green and
moldy, sausage and liver unit Tor
human consumption. dirty meat
block, rear floor infested with
rats"
Testifying before the License Re-
vocation Board yesterday, Joseph
8. George, who operates a restau-
rant at 1910 Seventh street NV,
said he has taken many steps to
correct conditions reported BY
health inspectors which in the past
year cost him Sis in fines and
forfeitures for violating sanitary
rules. He said he had closed his
place for two weeks for repairs and
other cleanup operations, that he
was now operating but IL hours a
day instead of "a and that he has
new manager.
Testify on Bacteria Count.
inspectors of the Health Depart
ment testified that on one occa-
sion in the past year laboratory
tests showed 10000 bacteria count
for his drinking glasses, on another
occasion $1,000 bacteria count, and
on one other occasion his glasses
were found to be clean. The Health
Department classes as clean those
glasses and other utensils which
show less than 500 bacteria count,
James c. Wing, American-born
Chinese, was defendant In the Sec
ono case heard yesterday. Health
Department inspectors complained
OF continued violations at his estab-
lishment at 622 H street NV, de-
clarlng they had found dirty toi-
lets, dirty water standing on the
kitchen floor, rats in the BACKYARD
garbage improperly handled and
boxes OF potatoes and noodles
standing on the kitchen floor.
Mr.. Wing, who forfeited collateral
three times in the past year on
sanitation charges, told ,the board
ne had purchased new garbage
cans, had the rear yard concreted
the kitchen painted, the toilet
cleaned and that if inspectors found
other things wrong it was because
the restaurant help had failed to
carry out his orders.