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Evening star., 1946-10-01
poet, 78, Will Be Wed
Here 10 Minister, 81

A 78-year-old poet and an a.
year-old retired minister, both resi-
dents Of the Methodist Home, ap-
piled for marriage license yester-
day and plan to be married Sunday
afternoon.
The poet is Mrs. Iva Craig Bloom
field, whose poems have appeared in
The Star and who paints greeting
cards and inscribes them with her
own verses. The minister is the
Rev. william L. Orem, who retired
in 1920 and has lived at the home for
five years.
The romance grew as he tended
the sick at the home and she helped
him as nurse. But their decision
TO marry was made quite suddenly
about week ago.
The Rev. Philip G. Edwards, pas
tor of the Woodside Methodist
Church, will perform the ceremony
at $3.50 pm. Sunday at the home
Of Mrs. Bloomfield's daughter by a
former marriage, Mrs. H. w. Baden,
7517 Fourteenth street NV.
Mrs. Bloomfield also has a son, C.
Craig McMullen, 81 Lincoln avenue
Takoma Park, Md. She has beer
married two times before. Mr.. Orem
widower, has two children, Will
liam L. Orem, jr.. of Leland court
Chevy Chase. Md, and daughter
Mrs. Elizabeth Preston of Seattle
Wash.
Evening star., 1946-10-01

The District Board of Tax Appeals
today ruled that an air conditioner
installed in an Office building is real
property for purposes of taxation
while q water cooler similarly in
stalled is personal property.
The issue was raised in an appeal
filed with the board by L. E. Breu-
lninger & Sons, Inc, over an assess
lment for $10O.58 in personal property
taxes made by the District assessor
on the two items in question lodged
lin buildings owned by the firm at
|1730 and 1872 K street NV.
Lawrence Koenigsberger, In hand
ling down the decision Of the appeals
board, remarked that although the
amount iii controversy was small the
legal question involved was impor
|tant to other property OF similar ma
|ture in the District.
He also pointed out that the rate
lot taxation was the same-$1.75 pei
$500 Of assessed value whether the
property Is real or personal.
In finding that the air-condition-
Ing equipment at 1882 & street wa
Evening star., 1946-10-01
w. Executive Avenue
Reopened 10 Traffic
Under Park Police

West Executive. avenue was opened
to northbound traffic today without
ceremony as Capt. Mark H. Rasp-
berry of the Park police supervised
removal Of barriers and his force
assumed jurisdiction over the street.
The first motorist to take advant-
age Of the oneway route was Mrs.
Joseph p. Gamble, 1866 Fifth street
NV. Traffic was light during the
first half-hour after the 10 am.
opening, few drivers having realized
the long wartime ban had ended.
Capt. Raspberry said the avenue
had been added to the regular patrol
area Of park police in vicinity Of the
White House without assignment Of
a special detail.
Signs reading zone Way-Do Not
Enter" were to be posted on the
stone pillars at the north end of the
short street. The northbound traffic
Is CONSTRUCTED at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. by the pillars. for the removal
of which an Act of Congress is re-
quired.
Parallel parking Will be permitted
on the side of the avenue, and angle
parking, on the west side-but none
of the space viii be available to the
public. It will be used by White
House and diplomatic vehicles and
holders of special parking permits.
During the war, both East and
West Executive avenues were closed
as security measure and were con-
trolled by White House police.
Reopening Of the two thorough
fares was advocated editorially by
The Star, and East Executive avenue
was made available for two-way
traffic several weeks ago.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Musician Sima Given
Bad Conduct Discharge
~ me A,.oelo,ed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Oct. 1.--Musi-
clan &c william r. Sima, jr, 70,
son Of the suspended Naval Acad-
envy band leader, was given q bad
conduct discharge yesterday on or
ders of the Judge advocate general.
Young Sima was one OF three
men detained during an investiga-
tion of an all-night party last
FEBRUARY in the quarters Of Walter
w Rollins, colored, chief steward
at the North Severn officers mess.
He was tried by . summary court
martial and convicted OF introduc-
ing his wife into Rollins quarters.
The court sentenced him to bad
conduct discharge, but this was
RENTED and he was placed on
six months probation.
Yesterdays action terminated
the probation and restored the bad
conduct discharge. The judge adj
yocate generals ofiice Is now re-
viewing the findings pf the court
martial which tried Ut. Sima.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
FoIIin Begins MA Duties
AS Assistant Administrator

James w. Follin Of Washington
today was sworn in as assistant ad-
ministrator Of the Federal Works
Agency.
Mr.. Follin, since 1899, has been
managing director OF the Producers
Council, Inc. national organization
OF manufacturers Of building ma
terials and equipment.
Mr.. Follin was born In Washing
ton, May 10, 1892, was graduated
from Central High School In 1908
and received the first scholarship
from the washington Harvard Club
Mr.. Follin, who is q member OF
the Public Works Construction Adj
viSory Committee Of the Federal
Works Agency. lives at 5413 Thirty
first street NV. He is married and
has three children, James w. Fol-
lin, jr.: Mrs. Peter g. Sulzer and
Miss Elizabeth Ann Follin. He is
member Of the University Club, the
Kenwood Coli and Country Club
and is vice president Of the Michi-
gan Club of washington.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Ards F. McDougaId Leaves
CAPITAL Transit Co. Post

Ardis r. McDougald, superintend-
ent of equipment for the Capital
Transit Co., has resigned effective
November /, to become sales mana
ger of the White Motor Co. OF
Cleveland, E. c. Giddings, vice pres
ident of the transit firm, has an
nounced.
Mr.. McDougald Joined Capital
Transit in 1887 as planning and de-
velopment engineer, and since 1943
has been in his present post with
responsibility for all, rolling stock
He Is Al years old and lives at 81
Caryel road, Westmoreland Hills,
Md.
At the same time the firm an
nounced that j. B. Blaiklock, super
intendent of car maintenance since
1898, has been promoted to assistant
superintendent Of equipment.
/ Mr.. Blaiklock. native Of Lon
don, England, joined the Washing
ton Railway g. Electric Co., fore
runner of the present firm, as as
sistant master mechanic in 1919
He lives at 5507 Carolina place NV
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Boord Of Tax Appeals Rules
Air Conditioner IS Real Property

supported by stanchions set into the
concrete floor Of the basement, Mr.
Koenigsberger held that such a sys-
TEN, (which is an integral part OF
the building and which is necessary
or at least desirable in the use OF
the building, is just as much Q part
Of the building as q heating system
such as oil burners, automatic stok-
ers and radiators, which are gem
orally considered fixtures.
In this case, he said, to remove the
stanchions would have made it nee
essary to remove q section OF the
basement wall.
On the other hand. Mr.. Koenigs-
berger said, the water cooler, q self
contained unit installed on the sec
ond floor Of 1880 K street, could have
been removed by disconnecting the
pipes without damage to itself OF
the premises"
"It was a standard article OF manu-.
facture," he explained, mot espe.
cially adapted for the building II
which 1t was"
The $10058 tax assessment coveret
the fiscal years 194l through 1e45.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Soldier Survives
Three Operations
Opening Heart

The only known case of a sol.
dier's heart cut open in three sue.
cessive operations to take out 9
piece of German shrapnel was vivid.
ly pictured in colored movies yes
terday before the Scientific As.
sembly of the District Medical So.
ciety at the Hotel Statler.
The soldier, Sergt. Leroy Rohr.
bach, %, of Iowa, survived eacf
operation. The metal finally wa.
removed from his heart, and he Il
now back at his home. according tt
Dr.. Dwight E., Harken. Of Boston
former Army surgeon, who per.
formed the operations.
The. surgeon told how the metal
which first lodged in the left ven
tricle, had escaped during the frs
operation to the right auricle; hat
slipped from there to the righ
ventricle during the second opera
ton, but had been cornered in tn,
last place and removed during tn,
third operation.
The operations were performed
in a hospital in England, in Feb
ruary, 1915.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Suspect in S125,0O0
Fraud Appeals Ruling
Barring Entry in U. 5.

Antonio Navarro Fernandez. So,
described by the FBI as an interna-
tional confidence man and accused
Of a $125, 900 swindle involving a
Washington attorney and an airline
executive, has appealed from a
ruling of a three-man special i'm
migration board of inquiry denying
him entry into the United States,
according to an Associated Press
pispatch from Miami, Fla.
Fernandez was arrested there by
the FBI last Friday when he arrived
by plane from Curacao. Dutch West
Indies.
His case was studied by the board
yesterday in a closed hearing. At
its conclusion, F. J. H. Dever, immi-
grafton officer in charge at Miami,
said Fernandez had admitted a
Cuban conviction and prison SEN
tence on a charge of possessing
counterfeit money, the Associated
Press said.
Mr.. Dever added the hearing had
brought out that Fernandez had
been deported twice for illegal entry
into the United States-in 1929 and
1898.
The official said the boards deci-
sion was temporary, pending the
receipt of records showing convic-
tions in foreign countries"
Fernandez's. appeal for further
hearing was forwarded to headquar-
ters of the immigration and Natural
ization Service in Philadelphia.
Following yesterdays hearing, the
Associated Press reported Fernandez
told newsmen he was acquainted
with M. o. Dunning, the Washing
tonian he is accused of mulcting,
and that, about three months ago."
he borrowed $4,000 from the attor-
ney, assertedly putting up that
amount in Canadian victory bonds
as collateral.
Fernandez, a native Of Viego,
Spain, estimated his cash assets at
about $450, ,Oo0," most of which he
said he left in Canadian banks. He
explained he inherited the money
from members of his family who
were "rich landowner" in Spain.
He faces second hearing tomor-
row before United States Commis-
sioner Roger E. Davis. who set his
bond at $10o, 900 on Fernandez first
appearance before him last Saturday.
Charges of violating the National
Stolen Property Act were filed
against him in New York by the
FBI which accuses him OF obtaining
$125, 900 from Mr.. Dunning in a
confidence scheme involving large
sums of money Fernandez allegedly
claimed to have In safe deposit
boxes. According to the FBI, Mr..
Dunning borrowed the money from
q Columbia Is. Co bank on coll
lateral provided by Sigmund Janas
Of New York City. president of
Colonial Airlines.
Evening star., 1946-10-01

also was em- J. G. Robinson.
paoyed in that city as Office manager
by the Philadelphia Caramel Co., as
general superintendent and secre-
tary-treasurer of the Charles E.
Brown Co., and as superintendent
Of the Bedford Street Mission School
He came to Washington in 1918
as an auditor in the Bureau Of In
ternal Revenue.
Mr.. Robinson is a member Of the
Masonic Lodge Of Hyattsville, Md
and OF, the Riyerdale (Md) Presby-
terian Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson live at 450a
Queensbury road. Riverdale. They
have two children, Comfy B. s. Rob-
inson OF Cheverly, Md, and John G
Robinson, jr., of North Englewood
Md.
Evening star., 1946-10-01

Robert Cummings, proud that in
his latest movie, "The Chase" he
isn't funny even once, is in town on
q diplomatic mission.
The affable movie star said his
billing as top speaker at the annual
fall luncheon of the Women's Com
mittee of the National Symphony
Orchestra at 1890 pm. today at
the Mayfiower Hotel was q very
tactful thing indeed.
Suppose they had a guy like
Leopold Stokowski or Lauritz Mel
chior here?" he asked reporters in
his suite at the Hotel Statler last
night. There's no telling what
would happen when you turn loose
one musician on another.
"Now, I'm just an actor and ]
can't do any harm. I might even
get their campaign to sell tickets
for the National Symptoms coming
season of to good start. You never
can tell"
MIR. Cummings said he wrote his
speech for today. No ghost writers
for him.
Kinder Also to Speak.
"If there are any of the big gen.
erals and admirals there, though" I"
he said, II hope I don't say any
thing to make EN- mad. I was a
private all through the war, you
know"
Other speakers scheduled included
DIR. Hans Kinder, the National SYM
phonyis conductor, and j. P. Hayes.
general manager of the National
Symphony Orchestra Association.
Mr.. Cummings, whose presence
was arranged by. Hollywood friends Of
the Capitals symphony organiza-
ton, was to visit wounded veterans
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Farmland in Fairfax
Found Shot 10 Death

Fairfax County police today were
investigating the possibility that the
death of a 38-year-old Pender (Vao
farmland whose body was found
yesterday in q field near his home,
was the result of a hunting accident
The victim, Thurman w. Fineham,
an employe of the Fairview Farm
was found with bullet wound in his
head by Ashby jenkins, %, employed
by the same farm.
According to police, Mr.. Fineham
left his home Sunday with a shot
gun, intending to shoot groundhogs
His body was discovered about 400
yards from his home.
Mr.. Fineham leaves his wife. four
children and four stepchildren
police said.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
High Court Justices
Returning To- Capital
For Explosive Term
BY the Assoeiossd Press

Supreme Court justices are head
ing back toward Washington this
week to get set for potentially ex-
plo6iye new term.
At noon next Monday, Chief JUS
tice Fred M. Vinson will take his
place on the bench for the first time
to declare the fall session formally
open.
The opening ceremony. brief and
solemn, is unlikely to reflect any Of
the tenseneSs within the tribunal.
But court observers know it is there,
heightened by the sensational feud
between Justices Black and Jack
son.
Can't Avoid Meeting.
Mutual friends report that the
two have not met since Justice
Jackson's hristling blast from
Nuremberg last June, charging that
Justice Black threatened him with
war" unless Justice jackson "cov-
cred up facts" in case which had
been argued before the court by
Justice Blacks former law partner.
Justice Jackson said he told Justice
Black he would not stand "for any
more bullying" and hence wrote an
opinion explaining his position.
Justice Jackson, chief American
prosecutor at the Nazi war crimes
trials, returned to Washington some
weeks after issuing his statement
but now is back in Germany for
the windup of the trials. He has
said, however, he will be on hand
for the court opening.
II he and Justice Black do not
meet before next Monday, they
scarcely can avoid coming face to
face in the justices tiny robing
room. There the judges assemble a
few minutes before noon to prepare
for their march to the bench. While
aides help them into their black
silk robes, the justices customarily
shake hands and exchange greetings
on opening day.
Should the two duck meeting
there, they will not have to be near
each other on the bench. Justice
Black sits at Justice Wilson'S right,
while Justice Jackson's chair is next
to the end of the bench on Justice
WILSON'S left.
Inevitable, however, is meeting
at the closed conferences to be held
on successive days after the Mon
day opening.
In their secret conference room.
the nine justices will consider some
500 petitions filed during the sum-
mer, asking reviews of lower court
decisions in all parts of the country.
At the same time the justices will
look over the schedule for hearing
arguments on 54 petitions already
granted. Also to be scheduled are
rearguments in 81 cases left from
last term.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
HiNegeist Is Named Head
I0f Real Estate Board

Charles H. Hillegeist was elected
president of the Washington Real
Estate Board at the 25th annual
meeting last night at the May
flower Hotel.
Mr.. Hillegeist succeeds S. Dolan
Donohoe, who received a gavel
from Lewis T. Breuninger, a past
president.
Other officers elected were F.
Moran McConfhe, first vice presi-
dent; Raymond M. Taylor. second
vice president. and Mr.. Donohoe
J. Garrett Bethel, Edward K
Jones, S. Miles Montgomery
Thomas w. Sandoz and Deyere r.
Weldon, directors for two-yeaI
terms.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
1t Walter Reed Hospital this morn.

lat Walter Reed Hospital this morn
ing.
The motion picture star, who Il
accompanied by his blond, attrac-
tive wife, the former Mary Elliott
Of stage fame, looked up boyhood
friend here last night. He Is Jack
e. Winn, 4718 North Sixteenth road
Arlington, Va, a Labor Department
statistician.
Jack and his two brothers were
my boyhood heroes back in Joplin
No." Mr.. Cummings reminisced
They would Jump of the highest
places. In fact, I used to think
they would just about do anything
Mr.. Cummings said that, within
the next couple of days, he will full
fill date with the winner OF a
radio essay contest which was based
on the theme, What I Would Dc
With Robert Cummings II I Had
Him for Full Day."
Calls for Clerking.
The winner was a Delmar fDel)
woman who operates a grocery
store. She contended in her win
ming essay that movie stars are not
able to face real life tasks, Mr.. Cum
mings said. and her proposal was
that he spend day clerking In her
store.
"She doesn't know that I spent
four years on Saturdays and during
after school hours clerking for
Johns Meat Market in Joplin" said
Mr.. Cummings.
Mr.. Cummings served as a flight
instructor for the AAF during the
war. He said he stayed at the rank
of private the whole time but re-
called with satisfaction that cap-
tains and majors had to salute him
when reporting for instruction.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Droft Boord Forced
To Forqo Schedule

Prince Georges County Draft
Board No. l at Hyattsville today an
nounced it would have to forgo q
scheduled call for six inductioris, due
today, because no men are available
Mrs., Jane Morris, chief clerk fol
the board, said the 90-day time
limit on physical examinations had
expired in the cases of four youths
who might have been eligible other
wise, leaving none on hand. The
four youths will report to Fort
Meade tomorrow for re-examinatiou
to be available for the next call, she
said.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
A. j. HeadbIast,
Recruiting Of
Grid Players
Dr.. Douglass Sees
College Football as
No Longer Amateur

President Paul r. Douglass OF
American University - which last
week began its fall term without
representation on the gridiron-
today unleashed a verbal blast at
the recruiting Of football players
terning the practice "the biggest
black market operation ever related
to education"
DR.. Douglass criticism followed
action by the university's Board OF
Trustees, which voted discontinuance
Of football because 1t believed the
sport "has ceased to be an amateur
game played to benefit the develop
ment Of students"
Board Chairman Robert ".
Fletcher said he saw no reason why
one corporation should 'hire q spe-
.cialized group Of employees to out
run, outbump and outbruise the
specialized employees of another
corporation hired for the same
purpose"
Postwar college football, ;" declared
Mr.. Fletcher, has no more relation
to education than bull lighting to
agriculture"
"A human slave market extends
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ano
from Canada especially to Alabama,
DR.. Douglass stated. "Day by day
young men come to the auction block
for sale to the highest bidder. The
bidding Is bitter, determined violent
and unscrupulous. The country /,
ridden by agents and scouts directed
by coaches who receive salaries
higher than university presidents
These road buyers at market prices
deal with high school coaches who ir
turn Judge their success by the bic
price for their men"
"The CT bill," he added, '.ha.
raised the ceilings of maintenance
for these human beings who sur.
render their complete freedom tt
the coaches, today's slave drivers
In addition to the tuition, books
and subsistence payments Of the
Veterans Administration, the foot.
ball playaEs acquired at prevailing
market prices receive from victuals
room, clothes. and movie money sal.
aries and benefits sometimes reach
ing 5000 a month. These payments
are sometimes made In cash, some
times by book entries, and some
times by fictions Of work jobs"
American University will continue
all intercollegiate sports except foot
ball, with basketball as a major
sport.
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Trade Board Heads
|CaII for Increase
In Fees for Parkinq

Decontrol of parking fees to raise
prices, discourage all-day parking
and open new facilities for shoppers
and other part-time parkers was
urged last night by Washington
Board of Trade officials in discus
sion of the problems over Station
| WMAL.
This view Of an "intolerable'
condition said to threaten down.
town business values was shared by
P. Y. K. Howat, chairman of the
District Vehicle Parking Agency,
created by Congress in 1912 to plan
immediate and long-range relief
from parking difficulties.
John A. Reilly, first vice presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, said
effects of ''the present intolerable
conditions will-if allowed to con-
tinue and get worse-be felt by all
who reside in the community"
Says Costs Bar New Facilities.
Mr.. Reilly declared "present-day
costs, including cost of construc-
ton and operation, make it impos-
sible to construct new parking IA
cilities and earn a fair return
through their operation under the
existing ceilings permitted by OPA.
The Commissioners should
make vigorous attempt to secure
decontrol of parking lot prices"
Lee D. Butler, chairman of the
boards traffic committee, indorsed
Mr.. Howat's recommendation to
the District Commissioners last
week that consideration be given
to suspension of parking price con-
troll" He added 1--WE must think
primarily of the short-time parker
in all our planning. Fringe parking
facilities for the all-day parker are
being explored in locations easily
accessible to streetcar and bus
lines"
Mr.. Butler recommended a new
price structure which will encourage
erection of new parking facilities
and discourage all-day parkers.
Curb Spaces Taken Early.
Figures to show that two-thirds
OF 8,100 off f-street parking facilities
in the central business district are
occupied daily by $50 am. were
cited by Mr.. Howat from survey
conducted by the District Highway
Department and the Capital Transit
Co. Most OF more than 1000 curb
spaces are occupied at an early hour,
it was said.
Speakers pointed out that property
values are going down ina central
business areas in many large cities
and big stores are being forced to
decentralize due to lack of parking
space. Mr.. Reilly declared solution
to this problem is more important
to the District than to most other
cities, but we have taken less tan
gible correction action than many
other communities"
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Institute for Treatment
Of Paralysis Opens Here

The new clinic for various types
of paralysis, known as the Kabat-
Kaiser Institute for Neuromuscular
Rehabilitation, opened yesterday al
1888 Sixteenth street NV.
The clinic, under medical direction
of DR.. Herman Kabat, is backed by
funds from the Henry Kaiser ship
building and manufacturing in
tereStS
Evening star., 1946-10-01

Driver OF Truck "a" has parked
It in mo parking" zone while hav-
ing lunch. Driver Of Car "B" has
stopped nomentarily to pick up a
passenger. is there a violation by:
Z Driver of truck only?
4. Driver of automobile only?
Both drivers?
answer Is Eyes" to question i
Se&tion 10 dA) Of the traffic and
motor vehicle regulations states:
On all streets in the District
WHARF parking is prohibited, pas
senger vehicles may stop momen-
tarpy to load and unload passen-
gers, and commercial vehicles, ex-
cept where prohibited by no stand
ing signs, may stop long enough to
actually load and unload goods and
merchandise" Y
Evening star., 1946-10-01
Do You Know That

During the past 10 years, 3l9
graduate nurses from every
State In the Union have re-
ceived six months Of advanced
study and practice in pediatrics
at Children's Hospital and are
now giving expert nursing care
to sick children all over the
country?
The building fund csmpaign:
Amount needed ------- 81 SOC. goo. GO
Received 70 oa.s A'o1o s1a.d5
TO be raised --.----.. 268,O4s.gl
Please send contributions to
the Children's Hospital Building
Fund, Thirteenth and v streets
NV, washington 2. D. Q.