Evening star., 1943-08-25
2Restaurateurs Blame
Inadequate Help for
Charges
Revocation Board to Hear
z More Cases Today;
Court Fines a Others

lWo restaurant prOprietOrS called
before the District License Reyoca-
ton Board yesterday to defend their
right to continue to operate blamed
most of their difficulties on inability
to obtain or keep reliable help.
Their pleas for another chance
to show their willingness to meet
Health Department requirements
were taken under advisement by the
board, which was scheduled to hear
two more cases this afternoon.
Today's cases involve the records
of Joseph F. George of 1540 Seventh
street NV. and James &C. Wing of
622 H street NV.
Repeated Forfeitures Involved.
The cases considered yesterday
afternoon were those of Justine M
Cole, having license for a res
taurant at 14l8 Florida avenue NE,
who has forfeited collateral three
times in the past year on charges
OF insanitation, and Terry S.
Gregory, operator of a restaurant
at 1882 Fourteenth street NV. who
has forfeited collateral four times
in the past year.
Both respondents told the board
they felt one or another health in
spector didn't like" them and Will
liam Cole, representing his wife.
said he believed an inspector was
trying to railroad me" in this case,
These remarks brought close
questioning from Board Chairman
John O'Dea.
Inspectors told of finding re-
peated violations of sanitary rules
at the Cole establishment, and said
psychological examination of
glasses and other utensils at the
Gregory restaurant showed counts
far above tolerances permitted by
the Health Department.
Mr.. Gregory testified that on two
occasions when health inspectors
made their examinations his place
was not open for business and that
on two other occasions he was not
present in the establishment. He
said he had given instructions to a
! person left in charge, on one occa-
sion, to sterilize glasses, cups and
silverware but that this had not
been done. ...
For the first time in the current
campaign against insanitary con-
ditions in food establishments,
there were no forfeitures of COL
| lateral by defendants in Municipal
Court yesterday.
-Four defendants appearing before
Judge John p Mcmahon were con-
victed on charges of maintaining in
sanitary conditions and were as
sessed fines ranging from $40 to $25.
Grocer Fined SIS.
Those fined, the amount and the
charges are:
| Benjamin Hersh, 406 H street
NE, grocery, $25, dirty meat-block,
counter, shelves, floors and vegetable
stand, and premises infested with
rats and flies"
| Carl Van Lowe, 481l Georgia ave-
nue. NV, grocery, $25, -four wooden
baskets full of meat scraps which
attracted flies, and several empty
containers for fish and meat in his
yard which caused bad odors."
Fred Ritz, $500 Georgia avenue
NV, restaurant, s25, ''unclean
drinking utensils"
Mrs. Bessie Suber, 1927 Four
teenth street NV. restaurant, $40,
for permitting a double bed and a
couch to remain in the cellar which
was used for the storage of food and
utensils"
John Suber, Mrs Suber's husband
and co-owner of the establishment
will be sentenced today by Judge
George D. Nelson for assaulting a
health inspector who sought to in
spect the premises. A Municipal
Court jury convicted Suber of the
| Charge last week