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Evening star., 1946-10-22
Commissioners Vote
To LET Pie Company
Retain lis License

BY 2-to-1 vote, the Commission
ers today dropped Health Depart
ment license revocation proceedings
against the Connecticut Pie Co., 3l59
o street NV.
The Commissioners approved a
recommendation by their Board for
Revocation of Licenses that no &C
ton be taken. The firm had been
accused by the Health Department
food inspectors of insanitary opera
'tion.
Commissioner Guy Mason, whose
stand for revocation has delayed
action on the case since September
IL, dissented.
The pie company was closed briefly
last November under a temporary
restraining order obtained by the
Federal Food and Drug Administra-
ton after more than 40 persons were
poisoned by cream pies allegedly
made there. Last summer, the
Health Department filed new COM
plants of insanitary operation and
recommended revocation of the con-
Germs kcense to operate
The Revocation Board report ap-
proved by the other two Commis-
sioners declared the board had
found no evidence, since the re-
opening of the bakery last January,
that the licensee sold an unwhole-
some product. It added that since
the food and drug agency had taken
no further action, sit may be
assumed that the Federal Food and
Drug Administration is satisfied that
the licensee is operating under
sanitary conditions"
The board, headed by Assistant
Corporation Counsel John O'Dea,
found that the various Health De-
partment charges considered in
dividually are not serious enough to
warrent any action"
It added that the licensee spent a
large sum of money putting the
plant in sanitary condition and, in
the boards opinion, "exerted great
effort to maintain it in accordance
with the regulations.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Surplus Sale 10 Be Held
AT Fort BeIvoir Oct. 29

Automotive and ship equipment
will be made available to veterans
in two War Assets Administration
sales which will be held next week
in Virginia.
A total of 208 items, including
jeeps, pickups, motorcycle. buses
and few automobiles, will go on
sale October 20 at Fort Belvoir. Sale
will be on veterans priority Ger
tif1cate basis.
Two million dollars worth of ma
rine gear consisting mainly of cor
dage, wire rope and galley equip
ment will be sold October % at the
naval base, Norfolk.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Us Veterans Seek 10 Buy
Meade Surplus Vehicles

A total of 225 veterans yesterday
registered to purchase at the sale of
surplus vehicles at the Fort George
Meade, Md, War Assets Admins
tration disposal lot.
c. F. Thomas, WAA regional rep
resentative, said that the 905 vehi-
cles which went on sale are the
"best offered yet" Included were
68 jeeps, valued from $125 to $685..
Today veterans with priority Ger
tificates from November, 1945, to
February, 1916, will have a chance
to buy.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
C. Observation-Disclosures
To Allow Killing of StorIings

and Humane Societies have agreed
that control is necessary and have
so stated in writing to the COM
mittee.
While the Federal Migratory Bird
Act does not protect the starting.
the species is protected. here by not
being excepted" in an act of 1906
prohibiting the killing of wild birds
and wild animals in the District.
Birds pow excepted" are English
sparroWs, crows, Cooper hawks.
sharp-shipned hawks and great
horned owls.
"It appears" the committee told
the Commissioners, that the first
step toward control by decimation
of population is change in the
present law"
Evening star., 1946-10-22

There will be plenty of the tradi-
tional food and drink for Halloween
parties this year, but the lack OF
masks and costumes makes it likely
that every man will know his
neighbor.
Popcorn, apples and cider are
plentiful with more supplies coming
in, District grocery stores report.
Candles can be had in any amount.
Pumpkins are available, with more
expected if there is a heavy frost
between now and Halloween.
The costume situation was de-
scribed as "deplorable" by one de-
partment store official. He said he
had a limited supply of costumes
for children that he did not expect
to last out the day. There were no
costumes for adults available in
this store, although other stores said
they had a few on hand.
Most stores are expecting a ship
ment of costumes and masks this
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Carl H. Dawson Smith Gets
Divorce and Custody Of Son

Carl H. Dawson Smith, auditor
for the Internal Revenue Bureau,
today was granted an absolute
divorce in District Court from his
wife, Naomi May Smith, whom he
had charged with adultery.
Justice James M. Proctor also
granted Mr.. Smith custody Of his
3-year- -old son, Carl, with reasonable
rights accorded to the mother ;"
In his suit, Mr.. Smith named
Richard Hippleheuser, an official of
the Commerce Department, as CO.
respondent.
Mr.. Smith is slated to have a jury
trial in Municipal Court today on
charges arising from a scufde with
detectives, hired by his wife, accord
ing to testimony. The scuffle arose
during an attempt to remove the
boy from Mr.. Smiths custody for
return to the mother, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Laboratory 10 Be
Dedicated Sunday

The new memorial laboratory of
the National Institute of Health,
Bethesda, Md, will be dedicated at
pm. Sunday.
The 100000 center for the
study of infectious diseases will
honor the memory of 20 Public
Health Service employees who died
of ailments contracted while doing
experimental work at the institute.
DR.. Thomas Parran, surgeon gen.
eral of the Public Health Service,
is to be principal speaker at the
dedicatory program on the steps of
the building.
DR.. Rolla E. Dyer, director of the
institute, will preside. There will
be music by a Marine Band.
The new building has been de-
signed to provide maximum safety
for the laboratory personnel who
must work daily in proximity to
deadly viruses.
There are six Identical, fully
equipped laboratory units, two to
a floor, for investigation of different
diseases. There is to be no inter-
change of personnel among units
during the working day.
Every effort has been made to
localize danger of infection. Sepa-
rate dumbwaiters carry the refuse
of each unit to a basement incin-
orator. The elaborate air-condi-
tioning system includes electrical
grids in the exhaust vents to kill
germs before the used air is re-
leased from the building.
Laboratory employees will be re-
quired to take showers and change
clothes when leaving the units.
In the new quarters, institute ex-
perts will continue their investiga-
tions of typhus, @" fever, Rocky
Mountain spotted fever, parrot fever,
poliomyelitis, meningitis and other
infectious Scourges.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
$3.50, 900 Paid for Horses
At Front Royal Auction
BY the Associated Press

FRONT ROYAL, Va, Oct. %
Approximately $180,000 was realized
from about l60 thoroughbred and
other horses put on auction here
yesterday at the Army Remount
Depot. The. highest price, $4,000,
went for Sea Breeze, an imported
mare.
Buyers from all over the country
arrived in 5000 automobiles to bid
for the 1,450 American-bred horses
and Is imported ones.
Sales prices averaged over 81 600.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Dr.. Oppenheimer to Speak

Dr.. Ella Oppenheimer, chief OF
the District Health Departments
maternal and child welfare division,
will address the first fall meeting
of the Association of Parents OF
Cerebral Palsied Children at BIS
pm. tomorrow in the new quarters
of the District Society for Crippled
Children, 1857 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Salesman Near. Death
After Fatal SHOOTING
OF Woman Friend

Ralph D. Whit, 81, was near death
in Emergency Hospital today with
two bullet wounds in the head, which
police said he inflicted on himself
after fatally shooting Miss Margaret
Hogan, Al, late yesterday at the
climax of a quarrel.
Police said Whit, a rug sales
man, is under technical arrest
for murder, but he is not expected
to live. The double shooting, which
happened shortly after pm. in
Miss Hogan's 'third-floor apartment
at 1900 wyoming avenue NV, was
termed murder and attempted sui
eide by polices
Whitt's estranged wife Olive, from
whom he had been separated six
months, hurried to his side at Emer-
gency Hospital. Miss Hogan died
less than an hour after The shooting
from three bullet wounds in the
abdomen, hospital attaches said.
Heard Sharp Noises.
AS police reconstructed the shoot
ing, Whit left his temporary resi-
dence at 7701 Georgia avenue NV,
some time yesterday to visit Miss
Hogan at her apartment. What they
discussed probably will never be
known, but police assumed the
couple quarreled over his married
status.
Kenneth Farrow, 17-year-old
schoolboy who lives in the apart
ment below, told police he heard
five sharp noises ring out suddenly
a little after pm. from the Hogan
apartment. Almost as soon as it
registered on him that the noises
were shots, Kenneth said he heard
woman's voice screaming, stop!
Stop!"
The youth dashed out Of his
apartment and hurried up the stairs
two at time, he said. Just as he
reached the third-floor landing, he
told reporters, Miss Hogan stag
gered out of her room.
Boy Called Police.
Look! He shot me and then
shot himself" Miss Hogan gasped,
according to young Farrow. Then,
he said, he helped the Treasury De-
partmeptr payroll clerk downstairs
to his apartment, placed her on a
couch and called police and an am
bulance.
The youth said Whit was lying
on the floor of the Hogan apart
ment unconscious, with blood pour
ing from two wounds in his head.
Bullet marks were plain on the
ceiling and walls, he told reporters.
On the floor beside Whit lay
long-barreled .45-caliber pistol and
five empty cartridge cases.
At 6 pm. Miss Hogan's roommate,
Miss Helen Crawford, War De-
partment clerk, returned from work
She told police that Miss Hogan had
known Whit for about a year, but
said the couple had been dating"
for only three months.
Miss Crawford said her roommate
was from Hampstead, Long Island,
and had come to Washington about
four years ago to take a war job.
She said Miss Hogan's parents were
dead.
Questioning Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
r. Upright, with whom Whit had
lived since his separation from his
wife, police learned the salesman
was from High Point, N. C.. Police
were told the Whitts had been mar
ried seven years and were childless.
Mrs. Whit, who lives in the 300
block of Eighteenth place NE, is a
clerk for local printing firm.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said an autopsy would be performed
sometime today, but no inquests will
be scheduled pending outcome of
Whitt'S wounds.
Evening star., 1946-10-22

SgeWardeSS, Ine
a irline a n
nounced today.
She has been as
signed to the
company's east
ern division.
Miss Simons
was graduated
from Bethesda
c h Wy Chase
High School in
1S43 ana aGCenQ-
e d G e org e
w a S h i n g t o n
U n / v e r S i t y,
where she was
a member of Al
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Lauderda|e Takes Oath
Friday As PUG Member

James w. Lauderdale, who has
been Peoples Counsel, will be sworn
in as member of the Public Util-
tiles Commission at $50 am. Fri
day by Associate Justice E. Barrett
Prettyman of the United States
Court of Appeals. The ceremony will
be held in the Office of Commission
Chairman James H. Flanagan.
Justice Prettyman will administer
the oath to Mr.. Lauderdale. An
additional oath of Office will be
administered by a clerk of District
Court.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Navy ytoDisp|ay
Famous Turtle
Plane Saturday
AustroIio-to-Ohio
Craft to Be on View
In Anucostiu :.

The Navy's famed new patrol
bomber, Truculent Turtle. which
set a nonstop fight record from
Australia to Columbus, Ohio, early
this month, will be on display at
the Anacostia Naval Air Station
from 10 am. to 3 pm. Saturday
as a feature of Navy Day programs
scheduled for the week end at near
by installations. 49,
During the five-hour period,
visitors to the field may also view
special films of the Bikini bomb
tests and other Navy-produced pic
lures.
At II am, planes will demon
strate take-offs with special jet
equipment. At 2:15 pm, Naval Air
Reserve Training Unit members
will simulate carrier take-offs from
the field and present an air show
that will include formation flights
and simulated attacks on ground
and sea targets.
Other Exhibits Planned.
Exhibits will include Navy hos
pital plane, aircraft guns, cutaways
OF aircraft engines, medical units
and fire control and sea survival
equipment. Continuous music will
be furnished by Navy band.
While private automobiles will
not be allowed on the station be-
cause of possible congestion, free
bus service will be furnished from
the Anacostia Bridge at Eleventh
street and Fairlawn avenue Sc,
and shuttle bus service will be avail
able throughout the station. Re-
freshments will be served in ships
service lunchrooms.
Open house will be observed Fri
day near Washington at the Naval
Gun Factory, Naval Observatory,
photographic Office at Suitland,
Md; David Taylor Model Basin,
Carderock, Md; Naval Research
Laboratory, Anacostia, and the
Naval Torpedo Station, Alexandria.
Saturday programs have been
planned at the Bethesda Naval
Medical Center, Dahlgren (Va.)
Proving Grounds, Naval Powder
Factory. Indianhead, Md; Mine
Warfare Test Station, Solomons,
Md, and the Naval Air Test Gen.
ter, Patuxent, Md.
Planes to Strew Flowers.
Planes from Anacostia will scat
ter flowers in the Atlantic Ocean
in honor of the Navy's war dead
on Sunday. .
The flowers will be the donation
of the people of the United States.
Contributors are asked to send in
only one flower each for the me-
mortal fight, the flowers to be
mailed to the commanding officer
of the Naval Air Station at Ana
costa.
All-faith services will be con-
Quoted at the base by Capt. John
w. Moore, u. s. N, senior chaplain
of the Potomac River Naval. Com !
mand. Mrs. William D. Sample,
widow of the rear admiral who
served with distinction in the last
war, will represent the District
Council of the Navy League.
The Military Order of the World
Wars will sponsor an annual cere-
mony at the John Paul Jones monu-
ment, Seventeenth street and the
Tidal Basin, at 2 pm. Sunday.
The annual Navy Day dinner,
sponsored by the Navy League and
originally scheduled at the May
flower Hotel for Saturday, has been
postponed indefinitely because OF the
hotel strike
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Two WeekIies Join Society

RICHMOND, Va. Oct. % R.-
The Executive Committee Of the
Virginia Press Association last night
accepted the applications of the Lex
ington Gazette and the Herndon
News and Observer, weeklies, for
membership in the association.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
CherrydoIe Dance Planned

The annual fall dance of the
Arlington Democratic Club will be
held at 8 pm. Friday in the Cherry
dale Firehouse, Lee highway at Pol
lard Street.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Do You Know Thut

At Chifdrens' Hospital there
is special file of X-ray films
which demonstrate all kinds of
diseases, injuries and abnormal
tiles seen in children, and these
films are used constantly in the
teaching of medical students
and nurses?
The building fund campaign:
Amount needed 81 300 900. 90
Contributed Monday-$ $357.50
Received through
Saturday - 81 ,056 ,586.77
To be raised $243 ,055.73
Contributions should be sent
to the Children's Hospital Build
ing Fund, Thirteenth and v
streets NV, Washington 9, D. G.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Miss Virginia Simons Joins
Airline As Stewardess

Miss Virginia Frances Simons,
daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Francis
Simons, of Alt Fourth street NV,
has joined United Air Lines as a
Evening star., 1946-10-22

p1ld DtICa Fl SUfUTICy.
Prior to joining the airline, she
was employed at The Daily News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01
ST.. Petersburg Doused By California Mist

II had Enos at Columbus, Ga,
back in 1885," he says. He show
ed promise, but was a scatterarm
and at the plate would swing at
anything. We had a split season
and he hit about .22O the first
half. He came around to me and
said he knew club couldn't keep
a .22O-hitting outfielder, but beg:
ged me not to send him back to
Martinsville, where he had played
the year before.
"Well, 1 told him about the
strike zone, and urged him not to
bite at anything but good pitches.
He worked on it, and finished with
an average of 1925 for the entire
sea--.., meaning he must have hit
about $50 for the second half. He.
worked hard on his throwing, too,
and look at him today. A great
hitter and a fielder with one Of
the best arms in the Fame"
Dyer admits that on paper the
Cardinals are a good ball. club.
Just how good, he'll tell you next
October.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Feb. %
-(P)-At the risk of being labeled
cad for exposing family secrets,
we will state without fear of con.
tradiction that we saw it rain in
ST.. Petersburg.
Not a dust settling little shower,
but a good, old-fashioned bitter,
imported from the north, no doubt
or from California, and lasting
practically all day. In fact, I'M
less we are mistaken the local
newspaper which distributes copies
free every day the sun fails to
shine took one of its rare lick.
ings, as il. IS IL years an aver.
age of only 41-2 copies a year
have been given away.
Even Al Lang, who is practical
ly Mr.. St. Petersburg himself,
could not ignore it. Raincoated
and umbrellaed, he dripped into
the hotel headquarters of the St.
Louis Cardinals and managed a
brave smile.
This is fine: I'm glad to see
lit, Me enthused, crossing his fin,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01

fact he is on something OF spot
in that the Cards are National
league favorites and whatever, ne
does will be compared with South
worth's fine record, leaves MIN
unperturbed.
81 honestly never thought OF thai
when I accepted the job," ne says
Il only was worried about Whetn-
er or not l should give up my busl'
ness connection to take it,
It's practically old-tlme week
every week for Eddie, as a goodly
number of the players played un'
der him at one time or another
The list includes HOWE Pollet'
Enos Slaughter, Ted Wilks, Harry
Brecheen and hurry Dickson. he
also managed such capable e1
Cards as the Cooper brothers,
Johnny Mize, Jimmy Brown ana
Harry Hopp.
And for youn.. fellows who might
get discouraged when things are
not going too well, he can tell a
couple of pertinent stories, one
concerning Slaughter, one of the
lreal Cardinal stars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01

gers.
Naturally the Cardinals were
stymied in their workouts. Inc
boys wandered abo- aimlessly'
or played cards or took in a
movie. There was Captain Terry
Moore, limping slightly after DIS
covering there is lot OF dl11er
ence between playing one day ana
resting three or four in the army
and working out every day strenu-
ously. There was stocky Eno los
Slaughter, trim and apparently III
but also complaining Of leg trou'
BILE. VIZ. a.,-;
There was Big John Grodzlckl'
promising pitcher who also mas ieg
trouble, but of different origin
Grodzick. caught piece of snap ?!
mel his leg as parstrooper ~
Europe. and is making brave al.
tempt to come back, and may
- We We c. cornered personable Eddie
Over. the new manager, IN ms
pent house apartment: He was
handed the job after Billy SCUM So III
worth went to the Braves out 'ne
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01
Yank's Winning Streak
!. Broken At Seven Tits

BALBOA, Canal Zone, Feb. %.
-P-The New York Yankees lost
their first exhibition baseball game
of the season today, bowling 3 to i
to the Canal Zone League All-Stars
behind the four-hit knucle ball
pitching of Eddie Curtis. The Yanks
had won seven in a row. -.
A crowd of 2,239 saw Curtis, a
28-year-old machinist and civilian
employee OF the Canal Administra-
ton who will get trial this spring
with Hagerstown (MO of the In
terstate league, miss a shutout
when Charley Keller homered for
the Yanks' lone tally in the sixth.
Curtis is the son of Joe Curtis,
once an infielder for San Francisco
of the Pacific Coast league.
Keller's circuit clout tied the
score at II, but the All-Stars won
in their half of the sixth by scoring
two runs on two hits off Rinaldo
Ardizoia, coupled with two Yankee
errors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01
Duke, Phantoms Take Tourney Openers
Cleueland;s Fast-Feller
Aims For Strikeout Mark
BY JACK HAND

CLEARWATER, Fla, Feb. 2S.-
P)-Bob5y Teller VS. Hal New.
houser for the strikeout champion.
ship of the American League loom.
ed as ore of the naturals of tine
season today as Rapid Robert All.
nounced he was out to regain the
crown. he held for three years be
fore entering the navy.
1 don't see where going after
strikeouts could hurt the uail
club" said the Cleveland firebajl
artist.
Hitting might be different. A
fellow could possibly hurt his
teams chances by insisting on go.
ing for title but not strikeouts
I'm out for all l can get..
do / think I'm as fast as ever
I can't tell for sure bat l thiak
you lealn to be a better pitcher.
use you: head more as you &C
along. You don't have to always
try to throw that ball past the
hitter, tf.ey strike out on the curve
ball, too.''
Feller naturally SHE'D away from
any predictions saying, 1--WE have
several young fellows who ought te
be able to hit and we nave gooc
pitching en- paper. But you car
never tell about that on paper stuff
Am I shooting for 80 wins? Right
now, l am just shooting for No. H.
The 27-year-old lad from Var
Meter, Iowa, now is a poised con
fident family man with an eye or
the future and the distant time
when his playing days are over.
"You never can tell when you
will get hit with a line drive,
Teller reasoned philosophically as
he told about his interest in re-
viving the old Western league. IIe
has been very active IN the plar
and hopes to operate the Denver
franchise, by remote control Of
course, if the league runs.
Teller would much rather dis.
cuss mis- recent Tampa school fol
EXCL ball players than talk about
himself. The three-week clinic fo1
would-De pro athletes was a ire
mendous success and he is still
receiving congratulations. One Of
his top boosters is Commissioner
A. B. Happy) Chandler who en-
dorsed the plan when others were
skeptical.
Everybody was suspicious al
first" F'elier recalled.
They couldn't understand why
should be spending my own money
to help anybody else. They though!
there must. be a sporting goods
tieup or. scouting agreement by
which i would be paid.
'They all found out there were
no strings although several big
league fellows invited down didn
come. We had 1856 fellows and sc
of them signed contracts in orga.
nized baseball during the school.
Instead of making any money, il
cost me about 81, 500 out of my own
pocket
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01
VIOLETS CLINCH
TOURNAMENT BID
BY JOHN GRIFFIN -
United Press Sports Writer

oMsOu ICSS 0pOIsS VAAVCA
NEW YORK, Feb 28-U.D-New
York University's Violets, general
ly ranked the nations No. l collegi.
ate team, was named today tc
represent the Mid-Atlantic states
in the N. c. A. A. basketball tourn-
ament while their cross-towr
neighbors, ST Johns university.
became the fourth team to accept
a, bid to the National Invitationa.
meet.
N. Y. u, which dumped Baylor
University's southwest conference
champions last night, u to 81, will
compete in the N. c. A. AS east
ern playoffs in Madison Square
Garden, March q and March %.
Meanwhile, St Johns Indians
from Brooklyn joined Kentucky
Muhlenberg and Bowling Green,
TO-, University as guests of Pro.
moter Ned Iris his invitationa]
tournament in the Garden, starting
March IA.
The other four vacancies in the
brackets were expected to be filled
shortly with Rhode Island State,
West Virginia, North Carolina,
Temple, Syracuse, and Oklahoma
A. & M. getting top consideration.
The defending, national invita-
tional champions, De Paul, haven't
been given look-in on the 1916
meet and since the midwest repre-
sentative will be Ohio State as
winner of the Big Ten conference
race, the Blue Demons may be left
out. <-.....
With the middle-Atlantic spot
awarded to New York University
Harvard's Crimson was a cinch for
the New England bid if they want
it. In the south, the bid will &c
either to the winner Of the Southern
Conference tournament at Raleigh
or the Southeastern conference
champion, to be chosen in a similar
meet now going on at Louisville,
KY. 49,.
If Kentucky, the favorite, wins
the Southeastern meet, the bid I'm
doubtedly will go to the southern
winner, probably North Carolina
since the Wildcats will be in the
invitational affair. -.