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Evening star., 1946-01-19
PHoHess Planes
To Test Violence
|Of Thunderheods
Y the Assnciated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Pilotless airplanes will be sent
into the heart of dangerous thun-
derheads to bring back vital infor-
nation on storms and aircraft
stresses.
Announcing the tests which are
expected to get underway about
March l from Army and Navy bases
in Florida, the Navy said today its
new radio-controlled F6F "ghost"
Hellcats will be used.
The purpose of the project, which
is under supervisor of the Weather
Bureau, is to discover the safest
flight levels at which planes can
operate in thunderhead and to
analyze the stresses to which pilots
and planes are subject in violent
storms.
Data will be recorded on instru-
ments carried by the ghost planes
and studied after the planes have
landed. Where running accounts
are needed, automatic cameras will
take pictures of instrument read
ings while the plane is being buf-
feted by the storm.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
D. {. Typhus Danger
Cited as Antirat Drive
Shows 22% Infected

Conditions that might lead to a
typhus outbreak exist In the Dis
trict, the Health Departments
Sanitation Bureau said yesterday
as the bureau made public results
of the two-week- rodent ex-
termination drive and announced
steps being taken to combat the
menace.
Approximately % per cent of the
rats trapped and tested were typhus
infected, 1t. Col. William H. Cary,
jr., head of the Sanitation Bureau,
stated. This is the highest figure
that Washington has ever had and
the potential danger is present." he
said.
The drive began with the arrival
two weeks ago of DR.. John Essex,
typhus expert of the United States
Public Health Service. The dis
covery of typhus-infected rats in
the 200 block of K street NE. had
forced Health Officer George c.
Rutland to ask for assistance.
Permanent Control Program.
The Sanitation Bureau is pre-
pairing an estimate of permanent
rodent-control program for the Dis
trict that will call for more equip
ment and trained personnel. This
estimate should be completed with
in a few weeks, Col Carey said.
Frank Van SAINT, chairman of the
Sanitation Committee of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, said the
Board was ready to sponsor COM
plete rat-extermination and rat
proofing program in the downtown
business district as soon as the
Health Department was able to fur
nish the inspectors necessary to
direct the work.
This announcement came follow
ing a meeting yesterday with rep
resentatives of the city's leading
pest-exterminating companies. The
work would be undertaken by these
companies and would take 81 weeks
to complete, taking the business
district block at time, Mr.. Van
SAINT said.
Rat-Proofing Plans Presented.
The Department already has sent
the Commissioners recommendations
for the rat-proofing of all new Dis
trict construction, Col. Cary said.
These recommendations are being
considered at present by the Regu-
lations Comittee of the District and
will become a part of the building
code if adopted.
An intensive drive to clean up the
l5-square-black area north of Union
Station, where the typhus rats were
found, is underway, Col. Cary said
Sixty-four home owners in that
area were served notices by the
Health Department in the past two
days To clean up their premises,
according to Col. Cary.
During the drive, 5000 torpedoes
of red squill bait and 300 con-
tainers of the new poison 1890
were placed by inspectors. After two
days, a recheck showed that only
1,10o of the red squill packets and
$50 of the 1000" poison cups re-
manned. ts
Evening star., 1946-01-19
D. {. Bandits Get $50
In ; Store Robberies

Two liquor stores and a delicates-
sen were held up by two armed
colored men last night within a
period of two hours and robbed of
more than $3.50, police reported
today.
First of the robberies. police said,
took place about $50 pm. yes
terday when Samuel Schiffman,
owner of liquor store at 8O1 v
street NV. was held up by two
armed colored men and robbed of
5000.
Police said half hour later two
colored men, answering the descrip-
ton OF the ones who took part in
the earlier robbery, met Nathan
Bick, owner of the B g. B liquor
store at 1900 North Capitol street,
and his brother-in-law, David
Kutcher, as they were leaving the
store and forced them into Mr..
Bick's car.
According to police. the gunmen
forced them to drive to the Mount
Olivet Cemetery vicinity, where they
took $500 from Mr.. Bick and s32
from Mr.. Kutcher Police said one
OF the gunmen then drove the car
to Fourth and T streets NE, where
they abandoned it, leaving Mr.. Bick
and Mr.. Kutcher in the auto.
The third robbery, police said, oc-
Cured about HIS pm, when two
colored gunmen, also answering the
same general description as those
taking part in the earlier robberies,
entered the delicatessen store at
9Ol S street NV. and took S35 from
the cash register, So from George
Aed, former owner, and a wrist
watch from Nathan Teitelbaum,
present owner of the store, police
said.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
klingle Road Bridge Closed
80 Days for Sewer Work

Klingle Road Bridge in Rock Greek
Park will be closed for about 80 days
while sewer construction work is un-
der way preliminary to building a
new bridge across Rock Creek, Will
liam A. Van Duzer, traffic director,
announced today.
Warning signs placed on all ap-
proach roads when the bridge was
closed a week ago have been ignored
by motorists and the result is con-
gestion and delay when drivers are
forced to turn around and return to
main thoroughfares, Mr.. Van Duzer
said.
Tilden street and Calvert Street
Bridge were suggested as detour
routes.
Road closed warning signs have
been placed at Porter street and
Connecticut avenue NV, Beach
drive and Park road, Adams Mill
road and Irving street, Piney Branch
Parkway and Arkansas avenue and
Klingle road and Cathedral avenue.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Linden Group Opposes
Express Highway PIun

\The Linden Civic Association to-
day was on record as opposing the
location of the proposed Northern
Parkway through Linden and Forest
Glen.
An express highway through these
residential communities, the measure
declares, would do inestimable and
lrreparable damage to property
owners, create deadly hazards to
children and attract a great volume
OF fast automobile traffic from out
SIDE Linden and channel it through
the heart of the community.
The Linden-Forest Glen route is
an alternate to the Anson street.
Alton parkway route proposed by
the Mar. land-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Victor Sadd Rejoins
Social Security Board

Victor Sadd, who has been a COM
mander in the Navy for the last Az
years, has returned to his position
as manager of the Washington field
office of the Social Security Board.
Miss Lavinia Engle, regional director,
announced today.
Joseph A. Morrison, who has been
in charge of the Office while Mr..
Sadd was in the Navy, will transfer
to the Norfolk (Va) Office as mana
ger, Miss Engle said.
A Washington resident for the
past Is years, Mr.. Sadd has been
connected with the Social Security
Board since 1886. While in the Navy,
he served in the Southwest Pacific
and in the China Burma India
theater. where he was engaged prin-
cipally in intelligence work.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
| Waldorf Man
Asks: Am !
| Alive orDeod?
the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated PreSS.
WALDORF, Md, Jan. 19-Johan-
mes Wilhelm Perre is very much
alive today-he thinks.
He may have been declared legally
dead in Pennsylvania Is years ago
but he isn't sure. He would like
to find out because although he
is getting old, he says, Il feel
just like young man the e days
The discussion on whether Mr.
Perre was alive or dead started
when Thomas A. Wuinlan, register
of wills in Scranton, Pa, received
a letter from the retired merchant
seaman and construction worker
which said:
Although I was declared legally
dead Is years ago at Stroudsburg
Pa, cannot. help it. I have to tell
you that I am very much alive
and in good health. I would like
to know if I am dead or alive as
lit is very important to me-"
Mr.. Perre said he had written tc
Stroudsburg officials but an an
swer from them had left him up
in the air. He wasn't even sure
any longer that he was legally dead
In 1924, Mr.. Perre explained, he
left. Bedwyck, Pa, where he ano
his family resided.
II have been all over the worlo
before and then I 60 all over the
continent as a construction worker,
he said.
Il was a pretty hard man tt
locate and after I came to Waldorf
I was told my wife had me de.
clared legally dead in Stroudsburg
Then she married again. Five year.
later she diver FL that man. Ther
little Will more and she mar.
ried him II and then she di.
vorced him gain"
Now, he said, he feels like {
young man gain and wants to know
definitely: Is he dead or alive?
Evening star., 1946-01-19

Police said so far investigation has
uncovered no new evidence in the
case of the missing War Depart
ment worker. Two soldiers, &C
quaintances of the girl, one sta
toned at Oceana Field, Va, and the
other at Fort Myer, have been in
terviewed, but both said they had
not seen Miss Sunderlin for more
than a week.
In the meantime, police were
called early today to 1921 New
Hampshire avenue NV, where Miss
Sunderlin roomed, as a prowler was
reported. None was found.
Police had earlier stated a middle
aged man who lives near the ROOM
ing house is said to have annoyed
several young women in the vicinity,
including Miss Sunderlin, in recent
weeks. He has not been seen since
approximately the time Miss Sum-
derlin disappeared, police said.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Experts 10 Study Agencies
Dealing With De|inquents

A survey of the agencies and in
stitutions dealing with juvenile de-
linquency was touched off yester-
day by the correction section of the
Washington Social Survey at a
luncheon at the YWCA, Seventeenth
and K streets NV.
The study will be made by DR..
Walter Reckless, professor of social
administration at Ohio State Uni
versity, and DR.. Louis Sharp, who
will be on leave from the probation
Office of the United States Courts
to devote full time to it.
Findings are expected to be avail
able within six months, it was said.
The correction group will report to
the Executive Committee of the sur
vey and eventually the report is ex-
pected to be sent to various civic
groups as a basis for social studies
of their own.
Drs. Reckless and Sharp were in
troduced yesterday at the luncheon,
at which G. Rowland Shaw was
chairman. Speakers included DR..
Ernests Griffith, president of the
Council of Social Agencies, and
Clarence NJ Pierce, director of the
social survey.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
PUG Orders Hackers
To Stop Using Off Duty
Sign in Rush Hours
Star Staff Photo.

Charging Washington cab drivers
with misuse of the "off duty" sign,
the Public Utilities Commission yes
terday prohibited display of the
card during morning and evening
rush hours. PUG Chairman James
H. Flanagan asked Acting Police
Chief Harvey Callahan to crack
down on abuses of both "off duty
and ION call" signs.
The ban on "off duty" signs, ef-
fective Immediately, will cover the
hours of am. to 8 am. and pm.
to pm.
According to the commission, au-
thority to display the sign was
granted to enable taxi drivers to 20
off duty without risk of being re-
ported for failure to pick up pas
sengers.
1T is common knowledge" the
commission said, however, that this
privilege has been abused. Many
drivers employ the off duty sign
to enable them to pass up prospec-
tive passengers until they reach par
ticular locations of their own
choice"
1t was emphasized, however, that
the order does not prevent a driver
from taking his cab out of service
during rush hour.
The PUG also warned drivers that
the "on call" signs have been au-
thorized only when answering a
phone call or meeting a passenger
by previous appointment. Any other
use, it was said, is prohibited.
Employment of both signs came
to the attention of the commission
during the recent strike of the
AFL union of Taxicab Operators,
Drivers and Garagemen, Local 935.
Chairman Flanagan, in asking Act
ing Police Chief Callahan to crack
down on abuses, said he had in mind
use of the signs by rowing pickets. 4"
Evening star., 1946-01-19
f. Y. Brown School
Proposed for Use as
Library, Play Center

A request to the Commissioners
that the E. V. Brown School. Con-
nectlcut avenue between Mckinley
and Northampton streets NV. be
turned over for use as a branch
library and community center ap-
peared a virtual certainty today.
A special committee of the District
Recreation Board and the Branch
Library Committee of the District
Public Library Board held a Joint
meeting yesterday, and unanimously
approved a proposal to take over
the school and divide the building
between the two boards.
After the proposal has gone
through the formality of being ap-
proved by the full Recreation and
Library Boards, the latter will 90 to
the Commissioners with a request
that the municipal architect pre-
pare preliminary plans and cost esti-
mates for converting the school
building. 1t is proposed that the
boards meet later with the Com
missioners.
Full Account to Be Prepared.
AS soon as possible the staffs OF
the two boards will prepare in de-
tail an account of the exact uses to
which the building will be put if
the request is approved. Architects
estimates and plans will be based
on this statement.
Harry S. Wender, chairman of
the recreation board, described the
scheme yesterday as an experiment
the first of its kind in the District
The Chevy Chase, D. c., area sorely
needs both community center and
a branch library, he said. If the
experiment is a success, it can be
repeated in other parts of the city
to advantage, he added
c. Melvin Sharpe, Irving c. Root
superintendent of National Capita
Parks, and James E. Schwab, other
members of the special committee
of the recreation board, agreed with
Mr. Wender.
Mr.. Schwab pointed out that if the
building were sold for commercial
use, as desired, it would bring g
handsome price. Mr. Schwab esti-
mated the property could bring more
than 100000.
Albert w. Atwood, vice president
OF the library board: Mrs. Philir
Sidney Smith, Mrs. Lyman Sworn
stedd, Miss Clara Herbert, District
librarian, and Miss Helen Cavanagh
who form the committee on branch
libraries, concurred when a vote
was taken on the proposal.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Open Hearing Issue
Faces Inquiry Board
In Gill Custer Case

The three-man board of inquiry
appointed to hear the case in which
Howard B. Gill, suspended general
superintendent of District penal in
stitutions, is charged with ineffi-
cheney and incompetency, probably
will decide next Wednesday whether
the hearing will be open to the pub
lie.
Members of the Public Welfare
Boards Institutions Committee,
which suspended Mr.. Gill and rec
commended his dismissal, have urged
a closed hearing, and the Commits
sioners have suggested admittance
OF the press to act as representa-
tives of the public"
1t was learned that groups that
have espoused Mr.. Gills request for
a public meeting are prepared to
exert their influence in the event q
closed hearing is decided upon.
Revealing of Evidence Feared.
Institutions Committee members.
who investigated the November "a
District Jail break of five prisoners,
have insisted an open meeting would
expose evidence vital to the recap
ture of three of the escapes still at
large.
Gill proponents have branded this
'poppycock" effort to suppress
and censor the facts.
Mr.. Gill said he was well satis-
fed" with the board of two attorneys
and banker appointed by District
Court Justice Bolitha j. Laws to
hear the charges.
Bastian on Trip.
The board members are Francis
w. Hill, jr., and Walter M. Bastian,
both former presidents of the Dis
trict Bar Association, and Alfred H.
Lawson, vice president of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co.
Mr.. Hill said the board would
convene when Mr. Bastian returns
from trip and would call in Mr..
Gill and representative of the
corporation counsel for an organi-
cation conference. He said he un-
derstood Mr.. Gill had not obtained
an attorney.
The Welfare Board will be asked
to clarity 10 of l6 charges brought
against him as still too vague to
be properly answered, Mr.. Gill said.
He has until Thursday to reply to
the charges.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Mrs. ToIson Is Chosen
Garden Club President

Mrs. E. L. Tolson, jr., was elected
president of the Glenwood Road
Garden Club at the annual meeting
this week.
Other officers are Mrs j. N. Beck,
vice president; Mrs w. l.. Brauer,
recording secretary: Mrs. Harold
Shahan, corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. r. c. Peacock, treasurer.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
.StonewulI Jackson
Group Meets Monday

DR.. Harry NJ Howard, an employe
of the State Department, will be
the guest speaker at a meeting of
the Stonewal jackson Citizens As
sociation at 8 pm. Monday at the
Stonewall Jackson School.
DR.. Howard attended the San
Francisco Conference and was sent
to Germany as representative of
the State Department.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
81 Pay 81 Porking Fines
In Silver 'Sprinq Court

Slxty-two persons who violated the
parking ordinance in Silver Spring
since the drive against offenders
started Monday were called to ap-
pear before the Silver Spring Police
Court yesterday.
Each was fined 50 by Trial Magis-
trate Einar B. Christensen.
Police are continuing the drive to
enforce parking regulations under
the direction of Capt. D. Leroy Sny-
der. Particular emphasis is given to
double parking, overtime parking
and parking at fire plugs and in re-
Stricted zones.
Evening star., 1946-01-19

"ssf' o'""' IdCe OUIICepCIUIl
Church, will speak at the reception.
Robert Reynolds, student in the
eighth grade at the school, will ex-
tend greetings on behalf of the stu
dents. The program will include
singing by the church choristers,
under the direction of Charles
Benson.
Msgr. Cartwright will speak to
his congregation at all masses to-
morrow. He will assume the rec
torate at st. Matthews Cathedral
within the next few weeks, succeed
ing the Right Rev. Msgr. Edward
l.. Buckley, who retired last month.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Express Bus Service SOUGHT

Fifty residents of the Bethesda
area have petitioned Albert E.
Brault, public utility agent for
Montgomery County, to seek estab-
lishment of express bus service be-
tween the Bethesda business district
and downtown Washington. Chair
man Of the movement is Mrs. Ed
ward L. Burns.
Evening star., 1946-01-19

MaCtneW S = a -
thedral, will be
given a reception
at 3 pm. tomor-
row a atSImmacu-
late Conception
Church, N a n d
Eighth S t r e e is
NV, it was an
nounced today.
The Rev. Joseph
E. Gedra, assist
a n t t o M S gr.
Cartwright, who
a S S u m e d t h e
pastorate yester-
day at Immacu-
1a@a C1-az-4;z
Evening star., 1946-01-19

t e r, 19-year-old
Ruth Sunderlin,
has been mur-
dered or is a
victim of a white
slave ring. Mr..
S u n d e rlin ar
rived this morn
ing from Mead
owland to aid in
the search for
the girl, missing
since leaving a
d a n ce at the
N a tional Press
CT u b with an
A T m y sergeant
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Church 10 Hold Reception
For Msqr. Cartwright

The Right Rev Msgr. John Keat-
ing Cartwright, pastor of the Church
of the Immaculate Conception who
was recently appointed rector of ST.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Sunderlin, in Capital,
Fears His Daughter Is
Victim Of Foul Play

Robert Sunderlin, 46, dairy and
poultry farmer of Meadowbrook,
Mimi, today told reporters at police
headquarters he believes his daugh-
Evening star., 1946-01-19

WILMINGTON, N. J-HICsWA FAMILY HEARS THE GOOD
NEWS-Happy and smiling, members of the Hicswa family
listen to the good that sentence of Pfc joseph
Hcswa convicted of Staying two Japanese will by
Gen. Macarthur Grouped around the radio cockwise
john ION floor Williams g. Eleanor 49, Thomas A. and
the soldiers mother Mrs Joseph Hcswa tee
grams asking clemency for HcsWa have piled up Among them
was from 55yearold Passaic IN j. man offering to
exchange places with the condemned soldier family said
Patterson. Wirephoto
Evening star., 1946-01-19

sn panel and moderator meeting the
mower Hotel discuss
" Denny
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committee OF the Washington
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
CNYYcnt Films
 Time SchedNk

LOEW'S POLI - '.Rebecca": 2se8' 5:20, 8:45 P. M.
 "The Red Dragon: 1:oo, 1:ts, 7:35 P. M. WARMERS STATE @Ow Hearts Were Growing Up": 2:ee, l:34 ZOO, 9:35 P. M.
 "HOt Cargo: 1:OO, S:2S, S;SS, e:2s F. M. LOEW'S STRAND-sTSafHc In Crime: 1:O5, 3:2o, 5:3o, 7:15. 1O:OO F. M.
 "SOng Of Arizona: 2:o5, a:1s, 6:30, $50 P. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
THE WATERBURY DEMOCRAT WATERBURY CONN., TUESDAY JUNE 2 Io46

the popular "Sons of the Pioneers" have their most important screen roles, collectively and individually, to date in Home on the Range, which will be shown tomorrow at the Strand Theater.
 Not only do they contribute tune full melodies, but each member has an individual integral part in the plot. Snug Fisher has the leading comic role in the Musical Western and Bob Nolan is importantly feat ured as the loyal friend of Monte Hale, who stars in the picture. Tim Spencer, Hugh and Carl Farr and Ken Carson also figure prominently in the entertaining film.
 Included in the melodious tunes sung by the Pioneers and Monte Hale are Happy Go Lucky Cow boy = Down at the Old Hoe Down" both written by Tim Spencer, "Over the Rainbow Trail" and the title song, Home on the Range" Another high spot in the musical end of the exciting Western is the calling of square dance by Monte Hale and Bob Nolan at a party scene in the picture, given by pretty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
POLL

Last day today at the Loew-Poli Theater is "Rebecca," brought back by popular demand and starring Joan Fontaine in the role that made her famous, with Laurence Olivier in the male lead. On the same pro- gram is the latest Charlie Chan thriller, 'The Red Dragon"
 Two Sisters from Boston" starts tomorrow. A merry jamboree of song, dance, romance and comedy is offered in the persons of Kath- ryn Grayson, June Allyson, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante and Peter Lawford.
 Backgrounded by the story of a girl who makes a hectic and breathless climb from a Bowery beer-hall floor show to the opera stage, the picture offers an oppor- tunity for each of its stellar head liners to make the most of his or her speciality.
 Miss Grayson, as the spirited Boston sister who entertains in a Bowery honky tonk in order to earn money for opera lessons, again proves her singing and acting ver- satility and is a delight on both eye and ear whether she be doing such amusing comedy numbers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25

with Durante as Down By the Sea" and Two Sides to Every Girl" or singing opera arias.
 Miss Allyson as the prim Martha shocked by her sisters gaudy the atrical environment and endeavor- ing to bring an end to the scandal ous situation only in the end to find herself in a floor show number with the riotous Durante is capti- vating. As for Durante, his role as the piano-playing Spike" is the most hilarious in which he has yet been seen. The famous Durante slyness, affability and dexterity at putting over a song are all present nose and all--and his every ap- pearance brings down the house.
 What with Melchior bringing his incomparable Metropolitan Opera voice to the screen, and young Lawford making both Miss Allyson in the picture and all the girls in the audience sigh, Two Sisters from Boston" offers entertainment for every age and every taste.
 On the same program is the mystery thriller, "Passkey to Dan- ger."