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Evening star., 1946-05-28
Howard Cleaning Plant
Burns in Baltimore
BY the Associatsd Press

BALTIMORE, May 28.-The main
plant of the Howard Cleaners on
Washington boulevard was pro-
nounced a total loss" early today
after a fire-accompanied by a
series Of explosions-which injured
q fireman and diverted boulevard
traffic for several hours.
Firemen from five communities
fought the blaze. Baltimore County
State and city police rerouted traf-
fie.
The main wall of the establish
ment collapsed shortly after mid
night after it was weakened by
repeated explosions which firemen
said occurred every five or ten min
utes for more than an hour. They
attributed the explosions to ignition
of cleaning fluids.
The injured fireman was Capt.
George Bullinger of the Violetville
department, who suffered a broken
arm when he was struck by falling
beam.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
District Ranked Sixth
lin Government Cost
For 1914 Fiscal Year

Cost of the District of Columbis
government, $66 ,288, 900 in the fiscal
year 1914, ranked this city in sixth
place among municipal expendi-
lures of the IA largest cities Of the
country, according to a report today
by the Census Bureau.
The Capital stood at eighth place
in its expenditure for police pro.
lection with a figure of IS ,405 900
and at ninth place for fire protection
with $2,616,OOO.
The Associated Press calculated
on the basis of the Census Bureau
figures that the total cost Of the
governments of the IA cities, 81 ,459,
053,000 for the fiscal year 1914
meant an average of more than $6s
for each resident on the basis of 9
q, 1857 1926 population, for 1910.
Asked to calculate the per capita
city cost to residents of Washington
as compared with the per capita
costs to the other 13 cities in the
100000 population class, Census Bu-
reau officials said such answers
would be inconclusive because of the
great changes in population of some
of the cities, and inability to get
up-to-date estimates on most of
their population.
Police protection cost the IA cities
more than 10 per cent of their total
general expenditures, or $50, $50 600,
and nearly twice as much as the
$85, ,545 600 for fire protection.
New York led all city governments
in total cost = $710,994, 900 - and
Pittsburgh's cost - $40 2,414, 900 " was
the smallest.
New York also had the heaviest
police protection cost-$56, ,OO1 ,000-
while Pittsburgh had the lowest
So, 3,062000. New York topped on fire
protection cost with $31, ,693, 900,
while st. Louis was lowest with
$2,232,000.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
Southwest Library 10 Hold
Sidewalk Fair June 5

A sidewalk fair will be conducted
by the Southwest Branch of the Dis
trict Public Library in cooperation
with neighborhood organizations of
the area on Wednesday, June 5,
from 10 am. to 8 pm. 1t will be
held on the large parking lot ad-
joining the library at Seventh and
H streets S.W.
Among the exhibits will be DEM
onstration by the cooking class for
teenagers at Juanita K. Nye House
OF some Of their flour saving recipes.
Preschool children of the Syphax
Nursery Center will be shown in ac-
tion under the guidance of trained
teachers.
Other organizations to participate
will include churches, Barney Neigh
borhood House, Boy Patrols, Boy
Scouts, Jefferson Junior High
School, Junior Police Boys, Planned
Parenthood Clinic, Police BOYS
Club, Randall Junior High School,
Sea Scouts, Southwest elementary
schools, Southwest Citizens Associa-
ton, Southwest. Civic Association,
Southwest Community House, South
west Health Clinic, Southwest Lions
Club, Southwest recreation and
playground areas.
Evening star., 1946-05-28

ago when the circus was playing
Boston. Also on the infant side
as infants 60 in the animal kingdom
is Bobby of Brookf1eld," baby
rhinoceros which the circus says is
the second ever born in the Western
Hemisphere.
Thanks to the end of the war
there will be more men in the show
this year and about eight acts i'm
ported from overseas. The foreign
acts arrived in January and range
from cycling chimpanzees (British)
to a septette of somersaulting tram
polinists (Spanish).
Aerial Acts at Once.
Almost all the men in the air acts
are combat veterans, the advance
agents report. And more of them
will be in the air doing flying
returns than ever before. The cir
Gus used to have three acts OF
flying returns going at the same
time. This year they will have
four.
Then, Of course, there are the
Spectacles-a return performance of
the girls and the elephants in The
Changing of the Guard" and the
60-girl "Sky Ballet"
The Wallenda family, whose
members do nerve-wracking feats
on the high wire, will be back. So
will Lalage, the solo aeriahst.
The big top will open an hour be-
fore each show, which begin at 2:15
pm. and 8:15 pm. daily.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
High School Cadets Start
Competitive Drill Today

High school cadets, barred from
Griffith Stadium because of the
muddy field, will begin their annual
company competitive drill from l
to 4 o'clock this afternoon on a
field at Twentieth and East Capitol
streets, it was announced by school
officials.
Only 10 of the % COMPANIES will
complete drilling this afternoon.
The other Is will drill tomorrow at
Griffith Stadium or somewhere
else, we don't know where" the
Office of DR.. Chester w. Holmes. as
sistant superintendent in charge,
said.
Where and when the drill will
be finished and the prizes awarded
will be decided late this afternoon.
officials said. The drill has been
held at Grifath Stadium for many
years.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
80 From Washington Area
7oGroduote at ANNAPOLIS

The Naval Academy at Annapolis
will graduate 80 men from the
Metropolitan Area. including the sor
Of Rear Admiral Charles Turner Joy
on June 5, the Navy Department an.
nounced today.
At the same time it was an.
nounced that Miss Dorothy Har.
grove, University of Maryland CO.
ed, had been selected as color girl
for the annual June week cere-
monies.
Miss Hargrove was chosen for the
honor by her f1ance, Midshipman
James B. Wilson. commander of the
oath Company, after his company
won the closest competition in the
academys history.
Miss Hargrove, senior at the uni
versity. is the first coed to win a
scholarship for work in the dairy
department of the College of Agri-
culture. She is cheer leader and a
member of the yearbook staff. Her
home is in New York.
Midshipman Charles Turner Joy
jr., of II Raymond street, Chevy
Chase, Md. leader in sports at the
Naval Academy, plans to enter the
aviation branch of the Navy. His
father, who recently returned after
four years in the Pacific, command
ed the Yangtze patrol in China.
Admiral Joy soon will take command
of the Naval Proving Ground at
Dahlgren, Va.
Another member of the class of
1923 soon to be commissioned as
ensigns is Midshipman Robert
Cochran Brady, son Of Commodore
Edmun E. Brady, U. s. NJ, and Mrs.
Brady. formerly of 6303 Meadow
lane, Chevy Chase, Md. Commodore
Brady, now at Stamford, Conn, has
been loaned by the Navy to the
Brazilian government to oversee ship
construction in this country.
Midshipman Brady, who attended
the American High School at Rio
de Janeiro, as well as Randles
Preparatory School and Woodrow
Wilson High School here, hopes to
go into the submarine service.
The graduates from the District
include:
David Dyer Ansel, 3s41 Harrison
street NV.
Thomas James Bowen, 6817
Georgia avenue NV.
Richard Ollie Campbell, 1900 I
street NV.
Douglas Taylor Cummiis, 2745
Twenty-ninth street NV.
Charles Riggs Darby, 4737 Mac
Arthur boulevard.
Andrew Scales Dowd, 1914 Davis
place NV.
Peter Henry Hill Dunn, jr., Ward
man Park Hotel.
Donald Davis Farshing, jr.,, 2l7
Fort Davis street.
Ernest Sullivan Fritz, 920 Evarts
street NE.
William Griffin Granat, 1852
Brandywine street NV.
Walter Morgan johnson, jr., SOIL
Sedgwick street.
Walter Gladstone Moyle, jr..
Broadmoor Apartments.
Robert Joseph O'Shea, 1851 Co.
lumbia road NV.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
First Housing Units
For Veterans 10 Open
Al GWU This Week

George Washington University
today announced the Districts first
temporary housing project for STU
dent veterans will be opened late
this week with total of 200 dormi-
tory units.
An additional 10 units for vete-
rams with families are to be COM
pleted by June Is.
Yesterday subcommittee of the
Combined Veterans Committee on
Housing criticized delay" in OPEN
ing of student veteran units.
After conference with officials
of the Federal Public Housing Au-
thority, the subcommittee said it
understood that housing had been
completed and was not being occu-
pied owing to refusal of the uni
versity to take over the project
earlier.
Says Project Was Finished May 20.
The committee said FPHA had
informed it the project was COM
pleted May 20.
A university official explained
that a decision was made to open
the dormitories this week "in order
to synchronize the opening with
the start of the summer session"
Meanwhile. FPHA announced
that contracts had been let and
preliminary work started on 430 ct
the $50 units of temporary housing
to be built for the District govern
ment.
One contract for $50 units to be
constructed at Blue Plains, D. c.,
went to John A. johnson, Inc, Ma
tional Press Building, and another
contract for 80 units at South Capi-
tol and Portland streets Sc. was
awarded to Irons g. Reynolds, Inc,
170l H street NV.
Completions of other projects.
FPHA said, are scheduled as follows:
Howard University, 167 dormitory
units, June 10; Georgetown Univer-
sity, go dormitory units, June 8;
American University, 4S family
dwelling units, June IS, and Uni
versity of Maryland, 700 dormitory
units, September l.
Fraser Gardner, a member of the
veterans housing subcommittee,
emphasized today that he believed
there should be no delay in making
veterans temporary housing units
available as soon as they are COM
pleted.
Urges Speed by Universities.
He said he thought universities
should make arrangements to take
over such housing Immediately and
get the veterans in"
The subcommittee said it had
called on Public Buildings Admin
istration officials to obtain a list of
all buildings occupied by the Gov
eminent in the District area, and
was promised such a list.
Members of the group, it was ex-
planned, expect to request owners
of the buildings to open them for
veterans housing as they are va
Gated by the Government.
Subcommittee members are Ney-
lille Thompson, Fraser Gardner. J.
E. Chamberlin and Henry Pryor.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
u. 5. Pay Rise
Estimated al
50 Million Here
Little Effect From
Reduction in Force
Seen for Capital
By Joseph Young

The Districts purchasing power
Will be increased approximately
$50 100000 year by the Downey-
jackson Federal Pay Act of 1916, it
was estimated today by Civil Service
Commission officials.
Effective July l, the act will in
crease the total Federal payroll in
Washington from the present $780,
00o,0 900 to $450,0oo, 900 annually, Of
flcials said.
Nearly 100000 Government en-
ployes here come under the law.
which provides a fiat IA per cent
wage increase, or $3.50, whichever is
greater. Approximately 100000
Federal workers throughout the
country also benefit from the mea-
sure which will increase the total
Government payroll by $3.50, ,00o, 900
annually.
See Healthy Effect"
Predicting that a greater volume
OF business for Washington stores.
shops and all types of business
establishments will result from the
salary raise, commission spokesmen
said that the wage boosts will en-
able many Federal employees to pur-
chase luxury items as well as neces-
stiles of life that they were forced
to forego in the past because of in
sufficient wages.
The raise should have a healthy
effect all around, for the individual
employe, the businessman and the
community as whole" the official
said.
1t was pointed out that the
planned reduction in Federal per-
sonnel during the next year would
cut into the $4,000, ,000-a-year in
crease, but officials expressed the
opinion this figure wouldn't be. cut
by very much.
Cuts Outside Washington.
The majority of Federal work.
ers who are going to lose their Jobs
are employed outside of Washing
ton," an official said, adding that
personnel cuts that occur here will
be Offset some by the expected in
crease in employment in the Vet
erans' Administration and the Fed.
eral Housing Agency.
In addition, it was pointed out
that within-grade promotions and
other types of merit advancements
Will tend to balance reduced payroll
figures here brought about by a re-
duction in force.
Even with the reduction in force
program. 1 think that the increased
Federal payroll here will still be
close to s50,000,000 a year." the
spokesman concluded.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
Democrat Opposition
In Montgomery Picks
Tawes for Ticket

More than 200 Montgomery County
anti-organization Democrats meet
ing in the Battery Park Community
House, Bethesda, last night Endorsed
slate of candidates for county and
State offices.
Heading the ticket is State Con-
troller ]. Millard Tawes, who is
seeking the gubernatorial nomina-
ton. Others on the slate are:
For State Senator, Edward S
Northrop; for the House of Dele
gates, James Miller, Richard Shreve
and Francis Maloy.
For county commissioners, Edward
H. Cashell, Calvin w. Schaeffer
Robert P. Dunlop, Brawner Harding
and Thomas Garrett.
For treasurer, Ernest Hawkins; for
sheriff, Charles M. Orme; for Or
phans' Court judge, Horace E. Alex
ander, and for States attorney,
Elmer B. Christensen.
Messrs. Harding, Garrett, Haw-
kins and Orme announced they will
file by petition and will not be on
the primary ballot. Under the law,
according to Mr.. Northrop, each
petition must bear the names OF
500 county voters and must be filed
with the supervisors of elections no
later than June 9.
Members of the group said their
platform will include an improved
school system, increased salaries for
teachers, elimination of the BIZ
county functions of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and limitation of
its activities to Montgomery Coun-
ty, consolidation Of county Offices,
q long-range street and road pro-
gram and revision of the county
police retirement system.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
Senate Group 10 Mee1
Next Week 10 Study
Penal Reform Bill

Tentative plans for a session OF
the Senate District Committee for
some day next week to consider the
House bill, passed yesterday, to re-
organize the administration of Dis
trict penal institutions were an
nounced today by Acting Chairman
Hoey. The North Carolina SEN
ator said he would call a hearing
on the subject. He made tentative
arrangements for the session after
consulting Representative Hebert,
Democrat, of Louisiana, who spon-
sored and won House approval of
the measure, which was drafted as
a reSult of an investigation of the
series of recent jailbreaks.
The bill creates department of
corrections under the Commission
ers, to take over control of the Jail.
workhouse and reformatory now
under the supervision of the Board
OF Public Welfare. In addition the
bill would require the United States
to reimburse the District Govern
ment for the cost of the care of
Federal prisoners housed in District
penal institutions. The States now
are reimbursed by the Federal
Government for such care.
Senator Hoey also announced he
had scheduled public hearing be-
fore the Senate group at 10:30 am.
June 10, on the bill passed by the
House providing for the operation
of child day-care centers as an
integral part of the public school
system.
Action on the measure was de-
layed to that date at the request
of its author, Representative Healy
Democrat, of California, who has
gone to the West Coast. and will
not return until June 8.
The bill is opposed by the Com
missioners on several grounds. One
of these is that operation of the
centers would place a heavy cost
on the city government already wor-
ried about its revenue situation
School authorities have protested
the service should not be made a
part of the school system since fees
would be charged for what would
be part of the free public school
program.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
Girl Victim Of Crash
Identified as Virqinian

A 1s-year-old girl killed Sunday
in an automobile-bus crash near
Accotink, Va, has been identified as
Mabel Marie Meyer. 10, Singers
Glen, Va, an employe of the War
Department here.
DR.. John A. Sims, Alexandria
coroner, said the girl was identified
through an acquaintance whose ad-
dress was found in her pocketbook.
He said she lived at Arlington
Farms.
State police are seeking the driver
OF the stolen car in which Miss
Meyer was riding when it collided
with a Greyhound bus on Route /
about II miles south of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
Chiropractor Will Discuss
Hospital Possibility in D. {.

Possibility of establishing a chiro-
practic institution in Washington
similar to those in many large cities
Will be discussed tonight by DIR.
Leo L. Spears. organizer and presi-
dent OF the Spears Chiropractic
Hospital and Sanitarium in Denver
He will speak on "Chiropractic
Contributions to National Health
at public session of the District
Chiropractic Society, at $3.50 o'clock,
in the gold room Of the Hamilton
Hotel.
DR.. Spears has devoted much
time to treating underprivileged
children as director of 800 clinics
under Jurisdiction Of the National
Chiropractic Association.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
Bunkheud Is Much Better

Senator BanKhead, Democrat, of
Alabama has shown quite an i'm
provement" in the last "a hours,
Capt. r. E. Duncan of Bethesda
Naval Medical Center reported at
10 am. today.
The veteran legislator. who suf-
fered a stroke last Friday at the
Capitol and has been in serious con-
dition, rallied strongly yesterday
Capt. Duncan said.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
Pepco |sGiiyen
Permissiont 10
Retain Dimout
Controls Will Remain
Until Coal Starts
Rolling Again 8:

Amid prospects of early settlement
OF the Nationwide coal crisis, the
Potomac Electric Power Co. today
asked and the Commissioners agreed
to continue the present dimout reg
ulations "for a few days"-at least
until "coal starts rolling again."
Meeting with District officials and
various city businessmen, the COM
pany oficials said sufficient coal is
on hand to supply power under
present restrictions for % days. Ad-
ditional coal is in transit to extend
the time to SO days, they added.
The length of time for which
power can be supplied by available
coal is, however, also contingent
upon the maintenance of the pres
ent flow of hydroelectric power from
Baltimore, it was indicated. Pepco
officials estimated that the present
flow of about 100000 kilowatt
hours a day of hydroelectric power
could continue through June 4. They
added, however, that rising waters
from the current rains could have
the effect of reducing this source
of supply.
Ask for Air conditioning.
Pepco was represented by Presi-
dent A. G. Neal and j. H. Ferry
vice president and general manager
Robert j. Wilson, representing the
Washington Restaurant Association
pleaded for relaxation Of the dimout
order with regard to air-condition-
ing. Many restaurants, he said
have been constructed to be de-
pendent upon ir-conditioning and
are faced with the prospect of clos
ing up in the face of unreasonable
weather unless some relaxation is
permitted in justifiable cases.
Although the present regulations
permit exceptions from the dimout
order to be authorized by the Dis
trict health officer when necessary
to protect public health, Mr.. Wilson
told the Commissioners that Health
Oficer George c. Rutland had been
unwilling to assume the RESPONSE
bility Of declaring conditioning
essential to the public health.
DR.. Rutland was represented by
Peoples Counsel j. w. Lauderdale
as feeling that sufficient fresh air
could be brought in by blowers to
protect the public health without
recourse to the cooling units of air.
conditioning.
Won't Press Point.
A. Julian Brylawski, representing
motion picture theaters, and John
Bell Of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, likewise ex-
pressed interest in early modifica-
ton of the rules with respect to air.
conditioning, but said they did not
wish to press the point until coal
starts rolling again."
Lack of r-conditioning was also
causing some problems for Wash
ington hotels, according to Arthur
Harnett of the Washington Hotel
Association.
Possibility of additional restric-
tions coming from another quarter
the Civilian Production Admins
tration-was raised by the Pepco
officials. They said CPA is con-
templating but has not yet issued
regulations which would fix a per-
centage of curtailment of power
use in relation to the supply of coal
available.
Evening star., 1946-05-28
Alexandra Holiday Monday

Banks in Alexandria will observe a
legal holiday Monday, in honor of
the birthday of Jefferson Davis,
Confederate president, it was an
nounced today by the Alexandria
Clearing House Association.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-10

venk, je svojimi pomocnicami:
Amelia Bozeglav, Mary So
mrak in Frances Legat, izrocila
v torek zveeer zopet $377.55.
To so prispevki, katere so ma
brale cd hise do hise. Vsega
priznanja vredno je to delo.
Mrs. Amalija Bozeglav in ME
ma hcerka Slavka sta prispevali
"a bolnisnico sto (1O0) dollar
jew z navodilom, da maj sc ia
vsota vknjizi ma ime umrlega
Rudy Bozeglava, da ma ta ma
Gin poeastite trajen spomin M
soproga in oeeta, XII je bill clan
SANS-a, kateremu je tik pred
smrtjo sam prispeval Is dollar
jew. Hvala lepa!
Drustvo 'Naprej" st. 5 SNPJ
je ma svoji redni seji odlotilo
sto dolarjev "a bolnisnico, q
obenem je kupilo 25 vstopnic n
'koncert 80. maja v prid otroAke
bolnisnice. Vsaka vstopnica sta-
ne dollar. v letosnjer lstu je
,drustvo ze enkrat dalo $50 do
larjev, torej vsega slupaj dalo
375 dclarjev. clanstvu tAgs dru.
stva, ii uzivs velik ugled Y, na~
sslbini, prav prisrtna 1ahvala.
Olaljs ~ :. stEAnN
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-10
Sn,rtna kosa
LUDWIG MANDEL

Kot smo, ze porocali ,je wee
raj zjutraj umrl ma svojem do
mu dobro poznani trgovec Lud-
wig Mandel. star 20 let. Stano-
val je ma 920 E.. 40 ST., kjer je
vodil grocerijsko trgovino Cd le-
ia 1916. Donna je bill il vasi Mir
ma, fara St. Rupert na Dolenj-
skem, kjer zapusca sestre, ako
SO BE live. Tukaj je bival 43 let
in je bill Clan drustva sv. Vida
1t. Is KSKJ, drustva Naprej 1t.
5 SNPJ in delnicar Slovenskega
narodnega donna ma st. Clair
Ave. Zapusca zalujo6o soprogo
Ivano, rojeno BradaG, tri otro-
ke: Ludwiga, Honey, poroceno
Vegel, in Dansy, vnukinjo Pa
tricijo, diva brata Krista in
Johna ter vec sorodnikov. Po-
greb sc 30 vrsil ' ponedeljek Oh
8:45 uri zjutraj i Jos. zels ia
sinoH pogrebnsga xavoda. 458
=. 152 st, Y eerkev Marije Vne-
boyzete OBJ $50 uri ia nato na
Calvary pokopali&Ge.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-10
Thomas A. Burke-ampak ne clevelandski
zupan-je torek dobil nominacijo

v torek je bill nominiran v
Clevelandu "a drzavnega sena-
torja ma demokratskem tiketu
neki mozak, XII ina isto ime kot
clevelandski zupan-Thomas A.
Burke. Nihce nj vedel kdo je
ali kaj je, ampak bill je nomini-
ran, ker so volilci pae smatrali,
da clovek s takim imenom ne
more biti slab clovek, mnogi pa
SO najbrze domnevali, da je zu-
pan postal kandidat "a omenje-
nj primeroma nevazen urad v
ohijskf postavodaji.
Reporterji in casnikarji so ga
cd torka naprej zaman iskali,
da bi videli, kdo ie, snoei pa SO
ga koncno le nasli in odkrili, da
je Ia do sedaj nepoznani Thomas
A. Burke, ki je preko noci po-
stal "znamenit," neki 57-letni
samec, ki ina enosobno stano-
vanje na 1904 e. 20 St., kjer zivi
s malim Grnim psickom.
s casnikarji je bill osoren, ker
80 zadnje dni na dolgo in ziroko
razbehn&li "misterijo" nepo-
znanegas kandidata. Ii ina isto
iine kat clevelandski xppan, po-
tenn n Jim i le poysdal, kdo do
praHzaprav je. in d. ina AKRON