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Evening star., 1946-07-26
Truman Accepts Painting
As Gift From Dutch PeopIe

An oil painting by the 10Th CEN
tury Dutch master, Hendrix Willem
Mesdags was presented to President
Truman today by the Netherlands
America Institute as a token of
gratitude from the Dutch people to
the American people for assistance
during and since the war.
Herbert Cramer, president of the
institute, which has been organized
in Amsterdam to foster closer rela-
tions between the United States and
the Netherlands, presented the 7 by
4 foot painting at a brief ceremony
in Mr., Trumans Office at the White
House.
The painting depicts Dutch
fishing fleet. Mr.. Truman said he
would see that it is hung in a place
of honor.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Two Sentenced 10 Die
For Knight Staying
In Grocery Ho|dup

Two colored men convicted of the
Staying of John Paul Knight a
SafeWay grocery clerk, today were
sentenced to die in the electric chair
between 10 am. and pm. on
October Is.
The men are Alfred Hawkins, %,
and Laurence I. Prout, 20. On June
19 they were found guilty by a
!. District Court jury of first-degree
murder in the Staying of Mr.. Knight
during holdup in a Safeway store
at 1901 First street NV. ON April
13. Standing before District Court
Justice Alexander Holtzoff, Hawkins
and Prout reacted to the mandatory
death sentence with the same lack
of emotion they exhibited through
their trial.
ut Is directed" said Justice Holtz-
off, that you be taken to the place
Of execution within the walls of
the Washington asylum and Jail be-
tween 10 am. and 2 pm. on the
18th day of October, 1916, and that
there current of sufficient intensity
shall be caused to pass through
your body to cause your death"
AS the jurist concluded the SEN
tence with the words May God
have mercy on your souls" Hawkins
chewed gum while his companion
looked straight ahead The slayers
were then menacled to deputy mar
shals and led away.
United States Attorney Edward
NJ Curran who conducted the pros
ecution of the two men had asked
the jury at the trial to return a ver-
dict which would be a warning to
wrongdoers."
Hawkins and Prout had also been
found guilty of robbery and assault
with a dangerous weapon arising
from the same case, but sentencing
for these offenses were not given in
view of imposition of the death SEN
tence.
Assistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray joined with Mr..
Curran in the prosecution.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Second GaIIinger Eseapee
Captured by Detective

Capture of the second of three
mental patients who escaped
Wednesday from a Gallinger Hos
pital psychiatric ward was effected
last night by detective attached
to precinct No. l.
The fugitive inmate, Charles
Blaine, 50, of 1910 Twenty third
street NV, was collared by Detec-
tive A. l.. Weber at Ninth and E
streets NV. near a tavern where
the man repeatedly had worked. De-
tective Weber stationed himself in
the vicinity after hearing Blaine
would try to collect some back pay
owed him by the tavern, police said.
Francis Barry, 81, 1904 Cleveland
street, Arlington, Va, is the remain
ing fugitive. He was described as
not particularly dangerous by DR..
Joseph l.. Gilbert, chief psychiatrist
at Gallinger.
The first OF the escaped trio was
captured shortly after the break,
made through a window screen of
the hospital in an attendants ab-
sence. He was Owen Cowan, 25, of
Harlan County. KY. taken Wednes-
day at First and D streets NE. on
his way to Union Station.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Florida Arrest Sought
In Nonsupport Case

Justice Matthew F. Mcclure of
District Court today issued bench
warrant for the arrest of Harold A.
Whipple, 25, who was indicted Mon
day on charges of failing to support
his wife, Mrs. Cristina Michels
Whipple, and their 3-month-o
daughter Cynthia
Mrs. Whipple, who lives at 1880
Sixteenth street NV, is the daugh-
ter of DR.. Rodolfo Michels, Chilean
Ambassador here until he left in
June, 1914, after serving 31a years.
Mr.. Whipple is now in business in
Miami Fla, according to James r.
Scullen, special investigator for the
United States attorneys Office, who
is in charge of nonsupport cases.
The bench warrant is now being
forwarded to Florida and instructs
United States marshals there to de-
tain Mr.. Whipple and return him to
Washington for formal arraignment
on the charges.
Mr.. Scullen said Mrs. Whipple
told him that since last fall she
has not received any support from
her husband and was in destitute
circumstances.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Eight PTA Delegates
Named for Work Shop

Eight representatives of the Be-
thesda Chevy Chase Parent Teach
ers' Association have been appointed
to represent the school in the Sep
tember workshop for teachers,
Chester H. Mccall, president of the
PTA announced today.
Those named are Mrs. ]. Reed
Bradley, Mrs. Joseph C. Gardner
Mrs. Joseph Guandolo, Mrs. Ralph
S. Nagle. Mrs Edward E. Rowse,
Mrs. Meigs Newkirk, Mrs. Henry A
Latimer and H. King Mularky.
The workshop for teachers begins
September and continues for a
week and on September 10 the par
ents will meet with the school
faculty to outline the program for
the coming school year.
Evening star., 1946-07-26

mittee by poll vote approved 1t late
yesterday afternoon.
Then the mistake came to light.
At about 7:45 pm, Senator Nc
Carran went on the Senate floor.
conferred with Senate Minority
Leader White, Senator Brewster, Re-
publican, of Maine, and Senator
Wherry.
Breaking into debate over the rail-
road retirement bill, with the help
of Senator Wherry, Senator McCar-
ran got the measure through under
unanimous consent and sent it Of
flcially to the House.
Chairman Healy of the House Dis
trict Committee said he felt sure the
measure would be enacted, despite
the mixup.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Vendors Pet Monkey
Is Out Of Quarantine

Gypsy, pet monkey of Eddie
Bernstein, legless pencil vendor,
familiar to F street shoppers. was
released from quarantine today
with a clean bill of health" by
the District Health Department.
The pet, quarantined 10 days ago
on the possibility of having rabies,
bit Mrs. Blanche English, of the
900 block Of F street NV. July IA.
Mrs. English was treated at Emerg-
ency Hospital.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Hay Fever Sufferers
Given Hope for Relief
BY Ragweed Killer

Washington hay fever sufferers
may look forward to measure of
relief from the ragweed menace
through use of sciences sensational
new weed killer. 2, AID, but not until
next year except for some spraying
in the parks.
Other cities, notably New York.
have announced programs of weed
control this summer extending even
to unimproved private property
where weeds thrive But, for the
time being. the District is continuing
to attempt to control weeds through
enforcement of the ordinance re-
quiring property owners to control
their own weeds and cutting weeds
on public property.
j. w. Batson, assistant superin-
tendent of trees and parkings, said
today the tree department had
ordered some of the weed killer this
year, but that it had not arrived in
time. The department has new
high-pressure spray equipment for
trees, he added, leaving older equip
ment available for a weed program
Rely on Cutting Crews.
This year, he said. the tree agency
Is relying on cutting crews armed
with scytheS but plans are being
made to start spray control of weeds
early next year.
William A. Xanten. supervisor of
city refuse. said the subject of weed
control would be taken up at the
next meeting of the Commissioners
Co-ordinating Committee on Clean
illness and Sanitation the end of
August He added that the city
sewer department probably would be
able to help in spraying weeds, since
| it has spray equipment now being
used to spread DDT in sewer catch
! basins.
All District agencies agreed that
cost would not be problem in con-
Quoting spray program Actually
1t requires less labor than cutting
weeds and solutions of dichloro-
phenoxyacetic acid, q, ADS full
namel are not difficult or expensive
10 prepare.
Uses Spray Extensively.
The Office of National Capital
Parks, which has charge of the
Washington park system, was a
pioneer user of 2, AID and is using it
extensively this year The killer,
which does not affect grass. actually
overstimulates the growth of broad
leaf plants causing death. 1t &C
tually helps grass grow.
If it doesn't completely kill rag
week, park officials said today, 1t
will so stunt it that the plants pro-
duction of pollen. which blows for
miles and causes up to IS per cent
of all hayfever cases, will he dras-
tlcally curbed.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Senate Votes Saturday Holiday
For Recorder After tumble

A Senate bill to close the Office of
the District Recorder of Deeds on
Saturdays got mixed up in the legis-
lative jam of Congress late yester-
day, but appeared to be getting out
in the clear today.
Sponsored by Senator McCarran,
the measure had been reported out
by the Senate District Committee.
However, when it was called up for
action several days ago, it was
blocked by an objection from Sena-
tor Wherry, Republican, of Ne
braska.
BY some mistake, apparently
clerical, the measure went over to
the House side. as if passed by the
Senate. The House District Com
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Autopsies in Two Deaths
In Homes Listed Today

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
will conduct autopsies today~to de-
termine causes of two deaths in
homes last night.
Mrs Bessie Hamilton Buck, 50, was
found unconscious at pm. on the
bedroom floor of her home at 1924
Somerset place NV. by her hus-
band, Vernon Buck clothing sales
man. A physician was called but he
was unable to revive her.
Raymond T. Beaver, 38, was found
unconscious about $50 pm. by his
wife. Mrs. Marie Beaver, in their
home at 1886 New Hampshire avenue
NV. Fire Rescue Squad No. was
unsuccessful in resuscitation. Ar
ambulance took him to Emergency
hospital but he was dead on arrival
Both deaths apparently were from
natural causes. it was said at the
coroner's office.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Youth Council Sponsors
Suffrage Porty' Tonight

The Washington Youth Council
will sponsor suffrage party" at
O'Clock tonight at Pierce Hall, Six
teenth and Harvard streets NV.
Feature of 'the affair will be a
panel discussion of youths Stake
in District Suffrage"
Speakers will include Roy Fowler
publisher of the Northeast Wash
lngton Guide: Kathryn Shryver
executive secretary of the National
Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax:
J" c. Turner, vice-president of the
Central Suffrage Conference, and
Mrs. Robert E. Fisher, of the Vote
less" District League of Women
Voters.
Evening star., 1946-07-26


hind the South Americans the peo-
pie Of this country are in their cul-
tural development.
Mr.. Ross. interviewed this morn
ing. had vacation plans in mind
mostly. The Water Gate will be
the first in a series of three con-
certs. the other two to be given in
Philadelphia and Milwaukee, Wis.
that he will give while on summer
vacation from his regular CHS Sc
ries. The last concert is but a prel-
ude to six days of eagerly awaited
muskellunge fishing in the lakes OF
Wisconsin.
DR.. Kinder talked yesterday at the
Raleigh Hotel of how government
financial support has enabled Chile
ard Peru and such smaller countries
as Panama and Guatemala to have
symphony orchestras which do not
depend on public subscription for
their existence, as the National
Symphony does And, he said, the
South Americans have concert halls
that citizens here only dream about
I'VE could catch up with these
countries who have so much more
than we have" he said, and as
our first step We should have a
department of fine arts in our Gov
ernment organizat ton"
DR.. Kinder did not have a blue
print of the form the Government
backing should take.
But almost anything would be
better than the negation of the
arts we should now have" he said
emphatically.
Chile. for instance" he con-
tinued, "allots money to its musi-
clans, and If the congress thinks
they are spending it wrong. the
artists have to give report. They
have been asked to account for the
money only two times in the last
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Star Te1eviisiion
Tower Awaits
Height Ruling
Zoning Approval
Sends Cose Before
D. 6. Commissioners

The appeal of American Uni
versity on behalf of The Evening
Star Broadcasting Co. to establish
400-foot television and frequency
modulation tower on the university
grounds at Massachusetts, and
Nebraska avenues NV. will 20 be-
fore the Commissioners late next
week.
Under the law, the city heads
must approve any variance from
the 90-foot maximum height au-
thorized for the site proposed. The
location was approved by the Board
Of Zoning Adjustment.
The transmitter and other tele-
vision equipment will be used Joint
ly by the broadcasting company and
the university with programs ul-
timately originating from a new
radio center to be built at Twelfth
and K streets NV.
Other Towers Approved.
Previously the Commissioners
have approved towers in residential
areas for Bamberger Broadcasting
Services, Inc, and for the National
Broadcasting Co.
Other action by the zoning group
yesterday included granting per-
mission to the Hebrew Academy of
Washington. Inc. to continue for
another year at 1902 Decatur street
NV. with maximum of 40 stu
dents.
The plea of the academy to ex-
pand to premises at 4701 Georgia
avenue NV. was denied and the
present enrolment of about 10 will
have to be cut. it was said
The decision permits the school
to mark time for another year at a
temporary location. pending con-
struction OF new building at Six
teenth street and Fort Stevens drive
NV. Both continuation and ex-
pansion were opposed Wednesday
at a public hearing by neighbors
and civic spokesmen of the area.
Airlie Approved for School.
Conditional approval also was
given by the board to the appeal
of st. Johns College, Inc, to es-
tablish school on the 24-acre
tract called Airlie at Military road,
Oregon avenue and Twenty-seventh
street NV Eventual plans call for
the moving of the Catholic high
school from the present location at
1925 Vermont avenue NV, but only
freshman win be educated there in
italy, it was said.
Service Schools Foundation appeal
TO locate an Army and Navy pre-
paratory school at 1911 Biltmore
street NV. also was granted.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Airport Boycott
Threatened for
Ban on Taxicabs
Drivers Declare
They Will Refuse
To Haul Passengers

The Washington National Airport
has begun to hand out notices to
Washington taxicabs calling to their
attention that it is a violation of a
regulation for them to pick up
passengers at the airport, it was
learned today, and some drivers are
threatening to retaliate by refusing
to take fares out to the airport from
the District.
Harvey F. Law, airport adminis-
traitor, whose signature was on the
notices, explained the only way the
airport was able to insure autonlo-
bile transportation for its passengers
was by contracting with a transport
company employing salaried drivers.
In rainy weather" he said, taxi
cab drivers were so busy picking up
fares in the District that they did
not come out to the airport and
passengers getting off planes some
times had to wait more than an
hour. The purpose of our contract
ing with Airport Transport, Inc,
was for service-not for revenue.
VIII hcpdy SEo,UUO.
There is revenue. Figures for the
last fiscal year are not compiled but
l believe the company will pay the
Government between S25,OO0 and
$4,000 under the percentage provi-
slons of its contract.
During the war the company
was unable to get more equipment
Now they have it and are able to
give the service The taXicabs can
pick up when there are no more
hmousines available which still hap
pens as flights get off schedule and
bunch up. When three or four of
these C-54s with so passengers each
punch up we have quite a crowd.
The ride to the city is cheaper
IN the limousine for a single pas
senger-75 cents. But it is cheaper
for two to ride in taxi-50 cents
each. However, the public doesn't
realize that unless We had a con-
tract with a company able to route
It's drivers and direct them to be 1t
the airport at the time of plane
arrivals, the passengers might have
I 70 walt an hour Or more"
/ Arrangement Planned.
Mr.. Law said if the taxi drivers
actually began refusing to make
trips 10 the airport. which he
doubted, passengers still would have
no difficulty in getting there. He
said they could make arrangements
to be picked up by the transport
company at hotels or city airline
ticket offices which can be reached
by taxi
T Drivers threatening to boycott the
airport would not allow use of their
names-probably fearing the hack
ing office would crack down on
them. Taxi drivers unions, when
asked about it refused to put them
selves in the position Of sponsoring
any such move.
Evening star., 1946-07-26

ITO give an idea OF how close the
planes come Mr.. Bockovac de-
clared, covers have been blown off
my bed from the exhaust of the
planes as they go past the house"
Efforts to sell the home have been
futile because prospective buyers are
not interested when they find out
about the planes, Mr.. Bockovac said.
He said he refused to sell on one
occasion when he learned buyers
planned to erect church on the
site.
Destination Unknown.
The family has owned the home
for 20 years, and the Bockovacs have
developed large flower and vegetable
gardens around the residence.
It's sad to think of moving out"
Mr.. Bockovac said, but that house
could never be home under these
conditions" He said that he didn't
know where they would go if the bill
is signed by the President, because
all we're thinking about is getting
out"
The bill as approved by Congress
authorizes the Secretary of War to
negotiate for the purchase The
measure was introduced by Senator
McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada. A
spokesman at the Senator's Office
said no provision is planned to aid
the Bockovacs in finding a new home
if the bill is signed, and that the
property would be condemned and a
price set by the Government.
Opposition to the bill has been
registered by the War Department
on the basis that "a precedent would
De set as a basis of innumerable re-
quests for relief under similar cir
cumstaEces. Secretary of War
Patterson also declared that afford
| ing such relief would cost many
millions of dollars" and would have
a very serious effect on the cost of
airf1eld construction and operation. -
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Miss Rohon Gets Army
'CiviIiun Service Award

Miss Justine Rohan, a resident of
Washington for IS years before her
War Department position took her
to Newark. N. j.. with the Office of
Dependency Benefits, has been
awarded the Army Service Forces
Award for Meritorious Civilian
Service
Miss Rohan was cited for her "ex-
tensive studies of the Missing Per-
sons Act and the laws and regula-
tions governing the payment of the
six months gratuity and settlement
of arrears of pay on DEATH Miss
Rohan is now chief clerk of the
special settlement accounts division.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Illness Strikes Family,
ButCrowded Hospitals
Must Turn AwayChiId

Overcrowded conditions at Chill
dren's Hospital added today to the
misfortunes of a Riverdale Md
family caught in the grip of illness.
His wife confined to Leland Me-
mortal Hospital in Riyerdale. the
husband last night sought admission
to Childrens for his 18-month-o -old
daughter, a victim of chicken pox,
only to learn that every bed in the
contagious ward was occupied.
Forced to remain home from work
in this dilemma was Henry B. Engle,
4509 Wells parkway, Riverdale, an
employe of the Agriculture Depart
ment's Bureau of Plant Industry.
Wife Also Stricken.
Already absent from his job three
days because of his wife's and
daughters illness. Mr.. Engles trou-
bles were multiplied yesterday when
his wife, Mrs. Mary Engle, had to be
taken to the Riverdale hospital.
With a son, Richard, 3, also to
care for, Mr.. Engle asked Leland
Hospital to accept the little girl,
Mary Margaret, but was informed
that the hospital had to reserve its
limited facilities for more serious
cases.
In this predicament, Mr. Engle
brought the infant to Children's
Hospital here, but despite the efforts
of hospital officials to make place
for her in the overcroWded con-
tagious diseases ward, there was no
room.
Hospital Rejects Case.
After giving Mr.. Engle advice on
how to take care of his daughter at
home, Children's doctors had to say
no" They said, moreover, they
knew it was useless to try to gain
admission for the child at Gallinger
Hospital, the only other District
institution which admits children
with contagious diseases. Gallinger
policy does not admit patients who
do not live in the District.
Ordinarily, Children's officials
pointed out, a child with chicken
pox would be entitled to no more
than home treatment. They tried
to make room for the Engle child,
however, because of the distraught'
fathers obvious problem.
Returning home with his sick
baby, Mr.. Engle today was caring
for his two children with the help
of a neighbor, Mrs. j. A. Polling
4510 Wells parkway. He said he
was making out all right" but
added he would be unable to return
to work until his wife is released
from the hospital. Doctors say she
may be able to leave Sunday.
Fund Raising Drive.
The Engles' difficulties came to
light as Children's Hospital, which
is seeking a fund of 81 100000 to
add new building to it's badly over
crowded plant, reported additional
gifts yesterday of $2,810.30. This
swelled total receipts to 1890, ,442 AZ.
Commenting on the Engle case in
with the fund drive, a
Children's official commented: This
sort of thing won't happen when
we get the new addition"
Yesterdays gifts included 500. .43
in unexpended funds from former
members of Air Raid Area No. 40,
Zone 6, Sector 3. and $163 from
the Washington Golf and Country
Club. If donations continue at the
rate, the hospital expects the
total to pass the 100000 mark
early next week.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
$3.50 Stock Subscribed
For New Bethesda Bank

Ninety-five per cent of the $780,
900 worth of capital stock in the
proposed new First National Bank
of Bethesda has been subscribed,
William L. Lebling. chairman of the
Organizing Committee, said today.
In the event of oversubscription,
the controller OF currency will be
asked to increase the amount of
capital stock. Subscriptions are be-
ing taken and potential employees
interviewed at 1900 Wisconsin
avenue.
Evening star., 1946-07-26

people W h o S e
love of m u S | C
a p p e a RS I a r
stronger t h a n
ours, will COM
bine with Lanny
r 0 S, popular r
radio tenor, to-
night to give the
last concert of
the season at
the Water Gate
at $50.
DR.. K i n d ! e r
has A sharpened
awareneSs a after
his trip of how
"pjtif1illy ho
Evening star., 1946-07-26


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Evening star., 1946-07-26
Lonny Ross to Join Kinder
In Final Water Gate Concert
Conductor Praises
Lotin Nations Aid
To Cause of Music

DR.. Hans Kindler conductor of
the National Symphony Orchestra
back from South America with
memories of wonderful trip among