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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15
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Evening star., 1946-06-27
Saturday Bank Holiday
Backed by House Unit

The House District Committee to-
day favorably reported legislation
making Saturdays q legal holiday
for Washingtons banks and flnan-
cial institutions.
Another bill given favorable con-
sideration by the committee would
add three deputies to the Register
of Wills Office. At present there
are only two deputies, and Theodore
Cogswell, register of wills, told the
committee that three additional
deputies are needed. The positions
pay $4,100 year.
The action making Saturday a
legal holiday came after committee
members were assured that the
city's bankers and financial lead
ers were in favor of the measure.
Another bill to require the Fed
eral Government to pay the ad-
ministrative expenses of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission was deferred until the
committees next meeting. At pres
ent the District government pays
the administrative expenses, which
amount to $4,000 a year.
The bank legal holiday bill has
been favorably reported by the
Senate District Committee and now
awaits Senate action. The other
bills are still pending before the
Senate committee.
Chairman Mcmillan adjourned
today's session after a half hour
because the House met at 10 am.
today. No date was set for the
committees next meeting.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Savings Bonds Fight
Initiation, Waller SAYS
In Urging Purchases

United States Savings Bonds fight
imitation. Wilmer j. Waller, chair
man Of the District Savings Bonds
Division, said today as the current
national drive for all-out subscrip-
ton to Savings Bonds entered its
last week.
The quotaless publicity campaign,
which started June s, the second
anniversary of the D-day landings,
ends July 4.
THE Savings Bond is one security
which increases in value with the
years. Mr.. Waller declared. Saw
ings Bonds can come in mighty
handy on rainy day or a backlog
of security for future protection. .
Savings Bonds can be purchased at
all post offices, banks and savings
and loan associations.
Individual Americans were urged
to dedicate themselves to repairing
the wastage Of war and strengthen
ing the national economy by j. w.
Studebaker, education commissioner,
by combating imitation through all
out purchase of Savings Bonds.
The war has been fought and
won," Mr.. Studebaker said in a
statement. "It cost us heavily in
human and physical resources. AS
individual Americans we must now
dedicate ourselves to the task of
repairing the wastage OF war.
THE purchase of United States
Savings Bonds continue to be a
patriotic duty. no less so now than
was the purchase of War Bonds
and stamps during the war;
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Chicken .Roisers Fight Changes
In D. 6. PouItry-Keepinq Law

washington backyard poultry
fanciers think proposed amend
ments to police rules governing
chicken raising here are designed
to eliminate the keeping of chickens
anywhere In the city.
The proposed amendments would
require, among other things, that
fowl be kept more than $50 feet
from any property line and more
than so feet from any dwelling.
The chicken raisers told District
on1cials at public hearing at the
District Building today that under
such rules even big estates in Chevy
Chase would be unable to keep the
birds legally.
They cited the Nation wide en-
phasis on raising food at home and
urged that any regulation be di-
rected at sanitary maintenance of
poultry rather than fixing a linear
distance minimum.
Predicts Exterminati ton of Species.
Some of their neighbors objected
just as loudly against turning the
District into barnyard."
Chickens are being slaughtered all
over the country for lack of feed.
according to Raymond Pruitt of SAIL
Carolina place NV, who predicted
that some day you will see them in
the Zoo as bird once used by man
for food
Alfred w. Howard OF 2O18 o street
NV. Nd the group he didn't keep
any chickens, because I was ar
rested and told I'd be fined in court
If I did"
Maintains Empty Coops.
He said he was maintaining the
empty chicken coops in his back
yard for the satisfaction of looking
at them
Brandishing pictures of two White
Leghorns which he said he Matched
IN his basement and raised in his
kitchen, Mr.. Howard branded the
proposed amendments as "ridic-
ulous."
The people next door have a
couple of kids who cry all day long
and keep me awake" Mr.. Howard
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Woman At Student
To Testify on Assault

A 25-year-old art student, the
mother OF three children. was sched-
uled to testify this afternoon in
District Court in the trial of James
r. McCullen, 81, accused of GRIM
inally assaulting her in his room
In the Corcoran Gallery of Art
building on May 16.
McCullen, also an art student,
formerly had been employed at the
building as a guard and watchman
The case is being heard by an
all-male jury which was selected
yesterday afternoon. The opening
statement for the Government was
made today by Assistant United
States Attorney William Hitz who
with Assistant United States Attor-
ney John Lewis Smith, jr., is prose-
cutting McCullen. Defense Counsel
Charles E. Ford and James A. Wiley
reserved making an opening state
ment.
The alleged victim was quoted by
authorities as stating she was forced
to submit at pistol point. Author
tiles quoted her as stating she had
accompanied McCullen to his room
earlier to take drink because she
was not feeling we'll.
In another action in District
Court yesterday. the alleged victim
was awarded a divorce on grounds
of desertion. Her suit for divorce
had been filed last August.
Conviction on a criminal assault
charge can carry with it the death
penalty if it is recommended spe-
cif1cally by jury.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Bill 10 PutD. C.Prisons
Under Commissioners
Signed by President

President Truman today signed
the bill giving the District Commits
sioners direct control over the Dis
trict penal institutions.
Attending the ceremony was Rep
resentative Hebert, Democrat, of
Louisiana, who headed the special
subcommittee of the House District
Committee which probed the series
OF escapes from the District Jail and
recommended enactment of the
legislation.
The act creates new department
of corrections under the Commits
sioners, with director to have i'm
mediate control over the operations
OF the penal institutions.
These functions are taken away
from the Board OF Public Welfare,
which has supervision over other
District welfare and correctional
institutions and public assistance
programs.
There had been proposals before
Congress to strip the Welfare Board
OF all its administrative powers and
convert it into an advisory agency,
but the Hebert subcommittee recon-
mended, and the District commit
tee agreed, that this question should
be left for later. separate consid-
Grafton
One feature OF the Hebert act
revamping control over penal insti-
tutions will aid the District In pay
ment Of the costs of Federal pris-
oners housed in the District jails.
For years the District has had to
bear these costs whereas in the
State institutions the Federal Gov
ernment reimburses the States for
the care of Federal prisoners. The
Hebert bill rquires that the Dis
trict be likewise reimbursed.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Action Pushed on Bill
To Add ; Judges and
|1iqhten Qualifications

Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada was pushing today for &C
ton on his proposals to tighten up
on qualifications for appointment to
the Districts Municipal Court in
connection with the joint move to
add three more judges to the bench
He introduced bill yesterday to
raise the number of Municipal Court
judges from 10 to 49, The addi-
tional judges have been urged also
by members of the court and the
District Commissioners. because of
the heavy load of cases being han
died by the court.
The McCarran bill is to be con-
sidered by the Senate District Com
mittee jointly with an earlier SINH
lar measure sponsored by Senator
Johnston, Democrat, of South Caro-
lima. The McCarran bill carries
specific requirements that all ap-
pointees to the court shall have been
engaged in the private practice OF
law in the District for at least five
consecutive years prior to appoint
ment.
In addition, it would require that
during this period they shall have
maintained a law Office in the Dis
trict and derived the principal por-
tion Of their income from such pri-
vate law practice.
A move to strengthen require
ments for the bench was initiated
recently by Senator McCarran when
he, as chairman, and other members
OF the Senate Judiciary Committee
recommended and won confirmation
of the appointment to the bench of
Mrs. Nadine Lane Gallagher, for
mer Justice Department attorney
Her law practice qualifications had
been challenged by the District Bar
Association.
The Johnston bill, while propos-
ing the three additional judges,
would loosen present restrictions
against nonresident appointments
to the Municipal Court by raising
from two to four the number of
judges who would not have to be
District residents. Under this, only
one of the three additional Judges
would be drawn from the District.
The McCarran bill would not
change the present rule permitting
appointment of two outsiders to the
court. Senator McCarran said he
felt two Is enough"
Evening star., 1946-06-27
S7,500,000 Approved
For Mental Institute

House and Senate conferees have
agreed on $7,500,000 as the author
lied cost of the proposed National
Mental Health Institute to be
erected at Bethesda, Md.
The Senate promptly approved the
conference agreement late yesterday
1t awaits House ratification before
going to the President for signature
The limit of cost originally was
fixed at $4,500,000 by the House, on
the basis of estimates prepared some
time ago. The Senate raised it tc
$7,500,000, to meet subsequent in
creased building costs, the conferees
explained.
The proposed work at Bethesda
will be part of Nation wide pro-
gram of research into the treatment
and cure of mental diseases. The
conferees agreed to a provision re-
quiring the consent of legal guard
ian before a patient could be trans
ferred from st. Elizabeth's Hospital
to the proposed National Institute
for treatment.
Senator Pepper, Democrat, OF
Florida, said the bill will usher in a
new era in the diagnosis and pre-
yention of mental illnesses.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
u. S. Employment Group
To Hear ; Executives

Three United States Employment
Service executives, who recently re-
turned here from Japan where they
assisted in restoring that country's
public employment service, will
speak on Japan's wartime employ
ment system at o'clock tonight
at the meeting Of the District chap
ter of the International Associa-
tion of Public Employment Services
in the United States Chamber of
Commerce Building
The executives are Llye S. Gar
lock, assistant director for business
management: Edward Hollander,
special assistant, reports and analy-
sis division, and Fletcher Wellemyer,
chief of area analyses.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Flanagan Nomination
To PUG Is Approved
By Senate Committee

The Senate District Committee
today unanimously approved the
nomination of James H. Flanagan
as member of the District Public
Utilities Commission. Senator Hoey,
Democrat, of North Carolina, acting
chairman of the committee, an
nounced the approval after a closed
session following a brief open hear
ing at which Mr.. Flanagan was
opposed by one taxicab company
spokesman but was Endorsed by
several other witnesses.
Mr.. Flanagan was accused by
Edward H. Glenn, president of the
Silver Fleet Taxicab Co., "of having
no intimate knowledge OF the taxi
cab industry which he would be in
a position to control as a commits
sion member"
Another taxi owner, E. Irwin Dol
lar, who said he was an independent
operator, declared that whoever held
post on the PUG has almost al
ways been criticized by some taxicab
owners" Mr.. Dollar said this was
due to the large number of private
operators and that the PUG rulings
could not be expected to satisfy
every one.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada, committee member, told
acting Chairman Hoey that Mr..
Flanagan was exceptionally we'll
qualified for the position because
Of previous service with the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission in
its public utilities branch and by
engineering work earlier In South
America and the New England
states. Senator McCarran declared
'it would be very difficulty to find
any one better qualified than Mr..
Flanagan is for this position"
Gordon NJ. Atherholt, represent
ing IA citizens associations in the
Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park and
Georgetown sections. Endorsed Mr.,
Flanagan's nomination as did
James Connaughton. vice-chairman
Of the Public Utilities Division of
the Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tions.
Another witness who indorsed the
nomination was James w. Lauder
dale, peoples counsel for the Dis
trict. He described Mr.. Flanagan
as willing to hear all sides of ques-
tions. He declared that the COM
plants by Mr.. Glenn and others
heard from time to time in the
past against Mr.. Flanagan "are
absolutely unfounded."
Evening star., 1946-06-27
.Capper |ndorses Plan
For Flight Experience
In High Schools Here

Senator Capper, Republican. o,
Kansas, said yesterday he will sup
port expanded aviation courses tc
include flight experience for Dis
trict high schools at meetings OF
the Senate District Committee when
the group convenes to study school
problems next fall.
The legislator made the state
ment when he invited Mrs. Pearle
T. Robinson. high school aviation
instructor. to luncheon at the SEN
ate cafeteria to discuss the courses
About two weeks ago he visited a
high school class at National Air
port
Groundwork" aviation courses
including CAA regulations, meteor
ology, navigation, aerodynamics and
map reading, have been included in
high school curricula since 1912
when they were initiated as a war
measure for junior and senior stu
dents about to enter the service
air forces. The course was an
elective science subject. counting
two high school credits.
Mrs. Robinson, now in her 18th
year as District teacher, was asked
to head the classes, and instructed
three other flying teachers" who
have been carrying on instruction in
the high schools. With the end of the
war, Mrs. Robinson said, students
want to continue courses as peace
time education" and she has called
for four hours of flight" expert
ence' to be included in the courses.
This would not be instruction
but an adjunct to illustrate prac-
tical lessons learned in the theo-
retical groundwork courses" Mrs.
Robinson emphasized
The flight. proposal was disap-
proved by the Board of Education
because Of ruling by the corpora
ton counsel that the board might
be legally responsible in case of
accidents" according to DR.. Chester
w. Holmes, assistant superintendent
OF schools in charge of high schools
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Col. Allen Denies Charges
ave Is Communistic

Col. Robert S. Allen, former
newspaper columnist who served on
the late Gen. Patton's staff during
the war, has denied charges that
the American Veterans Committee
is communistic. socialistic or any
other mysterious type of political
organization"
Speaking at a meeting of the
Bethesda-Chevy Chase chapter
held recently at the Leland Junior
High School, Col. Allen said the
committee is composed simply of the
kids in your block-the boys and
girls who helped to win the war"
The next meeting of the chapter
will be held July 9 at 8 pm. in the
Bethesad-Chevy Chase Recreation
Center,
Evening star., 1946-06-27

mercial interests and park officials
over the type of building which
should be allowed to front on the
memorial drive.
4. A report drafted by Maj. Gen
U. S. Grant, III, chairman of the
commission, on the District trans
portation plan prepared in 1914 by
J. E. Greiner and De Leuw Gather
g. Co.. transportation engineering
consultants, which recommended q
$50, 100000 underground streetcar
system for Washington. Gen
Young's capital improvement pro-
gram also calls for a subway system
Gen. Grant has said he feels a less
expensive solution to downtown con-
gestion can be found.
S. Facilities for landing private
seaplanes on waters within the
District.
Evening star., 1946-06-27

SAID, explaining that he worked at
night, but I still haven't found it
necessary to ask them to kill them. -
He pleaded for the opportunity to
keep chickens under sanitary condi-
tions for fellows like me who can't
afford to drink whisky and don't
have enough time to play golf"
Called Question of Health.
Mrs. John M. Robey, 2615 Brent
wood road NE, however. whole
heartedly indorsed the proposed
regulations to prevent the District
becoming a barnyard
1T boils down to a question of
health she said
Siding with Mrs. Robey on stricter
rules but not necessarily supporting
the 250-foot proposed distance was
octogenarian Oscar C. Fuller, 21O
Tenth street Sc, who protested
that he can't sleep after 3 am due
to his neighbors' chickens.
Former Police Court Judge Ho-
bart Newman. of 47O4 Reservoir
road NV, doubted that the keep
ing of chickens was helping to
allay the meat shortage.
Nobody has ever offered me
any," he said, nor eggs either"
Judge Offers Plan.
Judge Newman said present reg
ulations, however, are impossible
to enforce. He suggested a change
In the proposed amendments which
would prevent tenants from raising
chickens on property without con-
sent Of the owner, contending that
chickens were detriment to
property values
Other witnesses said the chickens
attracted rats and flies regardless
OF how clean they were kept, but
opponents insisted they would
work a hardship on persons who
had gone to the expense of setting
up chicken-keeplng facilities and
were maintaining standards salts
factory to the Health Department.
Taking testimony was Assistant
Corporation Counsel Chester H.
Gray, together with representatives
Of the Police. Health and Inspec-
tionS Departments,
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Piney Branch Road Bus
Shuttle Approved

A one-bus shuttle service along
Piney Branch road between Sligo
avenue and Fourth and Butternut
streets has been approved by the
Capital Transit Co., it was an
nounced today by the Community
League of Takoma Park, which has
asked for the service.
Service probably will start in a
month, 1t was explained, and will
cover a distance of 1.6 miles, con-
Meeting with the J-1, 2 and and
the To, 4 and Y bus routes.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Blaze in Vacant House
FOUGHT for Four Hours

An abandoned three STORY frame
house at 2505 Mills avenue NE, was
damaged badly by fire last night
which flremen extinguished after a
four-hour fight. Police said the
fire may have been started by chill
dren playing in the building. No
one was injured.
The house also was damaged in a
two-alarm fire on April 10, according
to fire department records.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Senate Unit Reports Out
Child Center Control Bill

The Senate District Committee
voted today to report out bill which
for one year, beginning July /, would
put the District children's day care
centers in the welfare department
instead of the public schools de-
partment.
Acting Chairman Hoey of the
committee announced also after a
closed session that the committee
had approved the bill providing a
IA per cent pay raise for District
policemen and f1remen.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Gospel Services Planned

The gospel team of five students
|of the Westminster Theological
Seminary, Philadelphia, will con-
duct the services Sunday morning
of the Knox Orthodox Presbyterian
Church, Silver Spring.
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at FaiFview hospital. He n the
ak pound eleven ounce baby boy Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph DARforth,
9QaE Clinton Ave.
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Social and
Personal

Mrs. Edward brown, 87AO Fourth
Ave. s., entertained twelve ut an
II o'clock breakfast on Sept. 2 in
honor Of Mrs. J. u. Colbert Of
Atchison, Kan. Games were played
after breakfast into the afternoon,
Cocktail Partyi Mr.. and Mrs.
Monroe Gage entertained eight at
n cocktail party on Thursday, Aug.
20, IN honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nose
Terry, Mrs. SRllIs Reed, Mrs.
Lucille Bunkley, Mr.. Edward Thur
mon all Of Birmingham, Ala, and
Mrs. J. ID. Colbert Of AtchiSon,
Kan.
Celebrate First Anniversary Mr.,
and Mrs. James Riehsy. l407 Third
81. s., entertained q few guests on
their first anniversary which they
celebrated on Aug. 81. Two courses
were served. Their Ruesta were I:
Mrs. MON" Wilson and her sister
in-lAw, Mrs. X. l.. Monroe Of New
York City, MessrE. and Mines. A.
B. James, Melvin jefferson, Roy =.
Hatchett, Mrs. EsRie Wayett. The
Parmont Quartet gave further en-
tertainment.
Mrs. LABelle Davis celebrated
her birthday on Thursday. Aug. 20,
at her home, Sl7 Third Ave. N. The
guests included: Mines. Marguerite
Washington, Gertrude Vinigcr,
Henriette Posten, Cornclia Burns,
Maxine Franklin. Hattie Wicks,
villa Mae Brown, Daisy Randolph,
Miss Bessie Howell, McsArs. Cecil
Davis and William Brooks. Lunch
was served.
2Sth Anniversary: Mr.. and Mrs.
J, QuaTtermRn, 1881 Bryant Ave,
NJ, were feted at the Elks club on
Sunday, Sept. ], In celebration Of
their 26th anniversary. They were
the guests Of Meaara. and Mines
Harry MayeH and Robert SchoffneT
for the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Clark. ST.,
lO4b Clinton Ave. &c., will be In
Kansas City n week before going 10
Denver, Colo, whore they will visit
friends. Mrs. Clark's mother will
accompany them 10 Denver.
Mrs. Elizabeth Francisco, AZ
COIfax Ave. No, had ~ her week
end guests Mrs. Tillie Reese and