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Evening star., 1946-09-25
Taxicab Operators
To Meet PUG on Rate
For Drive 10 Airport

Some District taxicab operators
said today they were willing to fix
uniform fare for trips to National
Airport and correct condition in
which fares have scared to an aver
age of $1.75 for one passenger since
the Public Utilities Commission re-
linquished jurisdiction.
The cab company operators said
they would attend PUG meeting
tomorrow to discuss ways and means
for establishing one fare.
Before the airport recently began
enforcing contract giving Airport
Transport, Inc, rights to carry all
passengers from the airport, and
while the PUG still controlled fares,
the rate to the airport from down.
town Washington was 80 cents. Now
cabbies charge from $125 up to 50,
according to reports, but the aver
age is $1.75.
Protests on "Gigging."
One hope for adjusting the air
port rates was seen in another
phase of PUC's meeting tomorrow.
Representatives from Arlington and
Montgomery Counties and from
Alexandria will meet with District
officials to propose an authority to
regulate taxicab fares between the
District and nearby counties.
PUG Chairman James H. Flana-
gan said there had been complaints
of "gigging" from passengers NOV
ing from the District into Virginia
and Maryland where they are not
protected by fixed rates.
The PUG has received a resolu-
ton from the American Legion pro-
testing a. monopoly" giving one
transportation company exclusive
rights to carry passengers from the
airport until 1850.
Rates Suggested.
Leon Brill, official of the Bell
Cab Co., said one association of five
cab companies already had dis
cussed the advisability of all Dis
trict companies voluntarily agree
ing on a standard rate to the air
port.
He suggested that most drivers
thought s1.50 for single passenger
or 81 each for more than one pas
senger would be an equitable fare.
Companies in the association are
the Bell, Arrow, Premier, Checker
and Washington.
The association will reach a de-
cision Monday and then will ask
other cab companies to join in the
rate-setting, Mr.. Brill said.
A. T. Keeting, manager of Yellow
Cab Co.'S 900 cabs, said he believed
$125 would be fair rate to charge.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Flying Post Office
Launched as Scent
Stamps Go on Sale

The country's first flying post
office" was launched at National
Airport today to promote use of the
new scent airmail rate effective
Tuesday.
Calling attention to new speed
and economy of service, Postmaster
General Hannegan predicted that
within five years air deliveries can
be made anywhere on The earth
within 40 hours.
Other speakers at open-air exer-
cises preceding departure of the
experimental post Office on wings
were w. Stuart Symington, Assist
ant Secretary of War for Air; Rob-
ert Ramspeck. executive vice presi-
dent of the Air Transport Associa-
ton, and Jack Frye, president oil
Trans World Airlines.
The TWA cargo carrier, a four
engined Skymaster temporarily fit
ted with sorting racks and tables
will fly from Washington to Dayton
Chicago, Pittsburgh and New York
"Ah'C Ola PNStdl SlCl No SUl u IllOI
than ton of letters en- route.
Mr.. Hannegan said his department
regarded the flight as more than ar
experiment and said similar planes
in years to come would be speeding
from coast to coast and border tc
border.
Initial sale of scent airmaiI
stamps was opened in Washington
today, although the stamps will not
go on general sale throughout the
country until tomorrow.
The scent stamps will replace the
present 6 and 8 cent airmail stamps
now in use. The Scent rate has
been for mail to members of the
armed forces, both at home ano
overseas, while the Scent STAMP
has been for civilian domestic use.
For the ceremony today the post
off1ce set up an open-air counter al
the airport and a score of clerks
disposed of thousands of new Scent
stamps and covers for dispatch on
the winged post Office. Mailers
however, were required to place an
extra Scent stamp on the covers
since the new rate does not become
effective until October / under the
authorization from Congress.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
ST. Johns College Plans
To Occupy Air|ie Next Week

st. Johns College hopes to take
possession early next week of Airlie,
former estate of the late Rudolph
Kaufman at Military road and
Oregon avenue, which it has pur-
chased
A spokesman for the Catholic sec
ondary school said attorneys for the
institution reported last week that
Soviet authorities had promised to
vacate the premises within II days,
of which period five days now re-
main. The estate has been used as a
nursery school for children of Soviet
Purchasing Commission members.
Nothing further has been heard
from the tenants, but st. Johns is
going forward with plans to. take
over, the spokesman said.
At first, the existing home on the
tract will be used, and new buildings
will be built there as soon as prac-
ticable.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Bethesda Jewry 10 Hold
New Year Service Toniqht

The Jewish New Year will be
celebrated by the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Jewish Community Group al
special exercises beginning at 7:3(
O'Clock tonight in the Turovel
Building, 4725 Bethesda avenue.
Services will be held at the same
place at am. and 7:30 pm. tomor-
row. Friday services will be at 8
am. and a children's service at II
am.
Special Day of Atonement serv-
ices will be held October 4 at
am, at noon and the Kol Nidre
service at 7 pm, all at the Turover
Building.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Regulation Of Skirt Styles
Is q Nuisance, CPA Complains

The length and amount of ma
terial in women's skirts is a "trou-
blesome problem out of all proper
ton to its importance" a Civilian
Production Administration official
declared today in disclosing plans
to seek injunctions against some
manufacturers and retailers for vio-
lation of style-restriction orders.
He said specific warnings were
sent this week to about $50 firms
against making or selling skirts with
too much hemline and sweep.
This is follow-up of more than
1000 letters sent out with a general
warning last June.
The CPA official said a cloth
conservation order limiting the
length and sweep of skirts and
dresses had favorable compliance
record but nevertheless was some
Evening star., 1946-09-25

Caring for the IA cats left her un-
der the terms of a will filed yester-
day in District Court is no new task
for Mrs. Bertha Schwarz. house
keeper for the late Capt. John Ru-
fus Edie, whose will provides fo1
Mrs. Schwarz to receive the cats
and $4,000.
Mrs. Schwarz said she had been
taking care of the felines since the
captain acquired the first two, about
nine years ago.
I've always combed their hair
and fixed their food" she said. 1T
was hard to keep a cook when they
found out that, besides preparing
the captains meals, cooks were ex-
pected to fix meats and fish for more
than dozen cats"
While she talked, several of the
cats walked in and stretched out on
the rug in the captains study. 9th
ers played on the staircase leading
to the second floor, and another
three or four ran back and forth
between the study and a small FORM
al garden connected to the house
by screen door which was propped
open. The cats have the freedom
Evening star., 1946-09-25
HeIicoptersH Had 8-InchMorgin
In Newfoundland Crash Rescue

Three tiny landing fields"-one
for each wheel-were built in a
hurry on the soft muskeg to accom-
modate the helicopters which res
cued the II survivors of the Belgian
airliner crash in Newfoundland.
This was one of the details of the
mission revealed today when Secre-
tary of the Treasury Snyder intro
duced three of the four Coast Guard
pilots who brought the injured to
safety.
Mr.. Snyder also read a letter in
which he commended Coast Guard
personnel for their splendid spirit
and f1awless confidence" in under
taking the task. The Coast Guard
is an arm of the Treasury Depart
ment in peacetime.
The pilots present at the press
conference were Comdr. Frank A
Erickson of Tillmook, Oreg.; 1t Au-
gust Kleisch of Cincinnati and 1t
Stewart R. Graham, Amityville, N. Y
Evening star., 1946-09-25

+ of the elaborately furnished four
story house, and the garden has
been walled off from the street for
their protection.
Mrs. SchwarZ said she had no par
ticular favorite among the felines
but Capt. Edie's favorite was Felix
7-year-old that was crippled as a
kitten when it was dropped by its
mother, Judy, now nine years old
and the mother" or. grandmother
of all the cats. Judy is mixture of
Angora and Manx.
The father" of the brood was
Punch, Persian, killed a few years
ago by an automobile The captain
bought the pair nine years ago and
kept a small number of kittens from
each litter. He gave the others to
friends.
Mrs Schwarz, a shy white haired
woman who still speaks with the
accent of her native Austria, said
she did not know where she would
live but, wherever it may be. she
will take the cats with her Capt
Edie gave his residence at 1923 Six
teenth street NV. to ST. John S
Episcopal Church parish.
Evening star., 1946-09-25

thing of nuisance because so many
people seem to be interested when
anybody mentions "women's styles.
Besides stepping up the cam.
paign against such violations, Nor
ris S. Werner, jr., compliance divi-
sion director, was reported at CPA
headquarters to be investigating
complaints that large quantities Of
towels and linens are being with
held from the market In New York
in anticipation of price increase
OPA announced today that an
other increase in the price of raw
cotton will be ordered before Octo-
ber /. Officials of OPA and CPA
explain that this applies to cottor
fabric rather than to the use oi
cotton cloth and therefore does not
affect the conservation program
reflected in the hemline restriction
order. '7
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Holloway Will Succeed Fitch
As Head of Naval Academy

Rear Admiral James L. Holloway,
jr, At, who headed board last year
which recommended methods of
educating officers for the postwar
Navy, will succeed Vice Admiral
Aubrey w. Fitch, as superintendent
of the Naval Academy when the
latter retires in January.
Admiral Holloway, now assistant
chief of naval personnel, was ap-
pointed director of training, Bureau
of Naval Personnel in November,
1943. He was awarded a COM
mendation ribbon for his work in
that post.
After he was named commander
of the Fleet Training Command,
Pacific Fleet, in August, 1945, Ad-
miral Holloway was assigned addi-
tional duties with the Secretary of
the Navy and became head of what
became known as the Holloway
Board, charged with development
Of forms, systems and methods of
educating officers of the postwar
Navy"
recommendations of the board,
which have already been embodied
in an act of Congress, provide for a
vigorous" Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps in conjunction with
the Naval Academy and for pro-
gram of graduate education
throughout a naval officers career.
A native of Fort Smith. Ark,
Admiral Holloway was graduated
from the Naval Academy in June,
1918. He was assigned to de-
stroyer force based at Brest, France,
in World War I.
From 1910 to 1912 he was in
charge of the gunnery section, feet
training division, Once of the Chief
of Naval Operations.
In May, 1912, he assumed COM
mand Of Destroyer Squadron 10,
Atlantic Fleet. and participated In
Evening star., 1946-09-25

Explaining the landing fields,
Comdr. Erickson said they were
small platforms made necessary by
the sticky ground in the vicinity of
the wreck. He said the pilot had to
place the wheels within 18 inches
'of the same spot on every landing
The aircraft landed about a
quarter mile from the scene of the
crash, and survivors were carried to
them on stretchers, he related. Then
except for the most seriously in
jured, who were taken direct to
Gander, they we're transferred to a
Coast Guard flying boat at lake
seven miles away. Twenty-seven
died in the crash.
1t. Kleisch recalled that one OF
the helicopters was disassembled ir
seven hours in New York City, flown
to Gander by the Army Air Trans
port Command in a C-54 and reas-
sembled in the record time" Of
four and a half hours.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Bridge Accidents Delay
Commuters From Virginia

Minor accidents on the Highway
and Memorial Bridges this morning
caused commuters from Virginia to
be from 10 to 40 minutes late in
reaching Washington.
On the Highway Bridge large
truck, loaded with lumber, had a
fiat tire, almost completely blocking
the bridge for more than an hour
during the rush hour.
Buses from Alexandria and the
southern portions of Arlington were
rerouted temporarily over the Me-
mortal Bridge, and were in turn de-
layed there by an accident which
Park Police described as two cars
humping tenders.
Lines of cars at times were backed
up from the Virginia approaches to
the Highway Bridge beyond the
Pentagon Building.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
2 Million Bond Issue
Sold by Montgomery
AT 1921 Per Cent
By J. B. Zotmon

The Montgomery County COM
missioners yesterday sold a s2,o73,ooo
bond issue to the Union Securities
Corp, New York, whose net interest
rate of 1921 per cent was the
lowest of six bids submitted at the
boards meeting in the Rockville
Courthouse. Total interest cost
to the county will be $573, TOO.
Alexander K. Hancock said the bic
was considerably higher" than the
1851 per cent interest rate sub.
mitted last May for the purchase
of a 100000 bond issue.
The Union Securities bid was
broken down as follows:
Bonds worth $273,000 to mature
1951-1953, 3 per cent; 100000 due
1854, ~ per cent, and s1,700,0 900, due
1955-1971, IL per cent.
Other bidders and their proposed
interest rates were:
Harriman-Ripley g. Co., New York,
1.8778 per cent; Halsey Stuart g. Co.,
New York, 19209 per cent; Alex
Brown & Sons, Baltimore, 1884
per cent; Lehman Bros, New York
1874 per cent, and Mackubin, Legg
g. Co.. Baltimore, 1926.
1Of the total bond issue, S1,320, 900
is earmarked for new schools, addi-
tions to existing buildings, purchase
of school sites and school and bus
equipment; $565, 1886 for county
roads, and $175,000 for purchase of
additional park lands.
The bonds, whose issuance was
approved by the commissioners Sep
tember 3, arc part of $4,000, 900
bond authorization granted by the
1945 session of the State Legislature
The board also instructed its at
torney, Joseph A. Cantrel, and AL
bert E. Brault, county utilities agent,
to attend a meeting of Washington
and nearby Maryland and Virginia
officials at 10 am. tomorrow in the
District Building to consider the
question of uniform taxicab rates
in the various Jurisdictions.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Rites Held for Slain Girl;
Neighbor, 20, Under Arrest
BY fhe Associofsd Prsss

TAZEWELL, Va, Sept. 25.-
Funeral services were held today at
the Mount Pleasant Church for
Aileen Lockhart, 15-year-old high
school girl, who was criminally as
saulted and strangled just off the
Tazewell Country Club golf course
early Monday.
The Rev. P. c. Foote conducted
the services Burial followed In the
Maxwell Cemetery.
Yesterday police announced that
20-year-old Harold Duane Beavers
of Maxwell, neighbor of the girl
had been charged with murder
and criminal assault. He was ar
rested by Sheriff Bowen Thompson
and State Police Sergt. Ira Ratlif1
when he signaled them for a ride
or State Route 10, near Abingdon
so miles from here.
Beavers complained that he suf-
fered memory 'lapses" since hi.
discharge from the Army last JUNE
and denied any knowledge of the
crime. Since his arrest he has sheo
little light on the attack.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Panel Will Discuss
Atomic Bomb Toniqht

Can We Control the Atomic
Bomb?" is the subject Of pane
discussion scheduled at $3.50 O'Clock
tonight in the Commerce Depart
ment Auditorium.
Those participating include Mar
tin Agronsky of the American
Broadcasting Co., Edgar Ansel
Mowrer of the Columbia Broadcast
ing System, Alfred Friendly OF the
Washington Post and DR.. William
Higginbotham, chairman Of the
Federation Of American Scientists.
Selden Menefee, feature writer
and radio executive, will act al
master of ceremonies. The program
Is sponsored by the Student Fed.
eralists.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Nine Taken in Raids
ByU.5. Agents, Police
In Narcotics CLEANUP

Federal narcotics agents and
members of the police narcotics
squad raided five places in South
west Washington early today and
arrested nine persons, one of whom
was said to have been at liberty
under bond in connection with a
narcotics charge.
Heroin valued at about 50 900 and
paraphernalia for using drugs were
seized, according to police.
Clinton Randolph, 81, colored,
alias "Chink," first block of c street
Sc, was identified by police as
the man under bond.
Held for Grand Jury.
The other prisoners were listed by
police as Paul Whitfield, 40, and his
wife Viola, 40, 300 block of Dixon
street SW.: Bernard Freeman, AZ,
first block of N street Sc; Anne c.
Pollard, 81, 100 block of G street
SW., and Hilda A. Smith, 81, 100
block of F street S.W. all colored.
They appeared before United
States Commissioner Needham c.
Turnage on charges of violating the
Harrison Narcotics Act. Mr.. Turn
age directed they be held for grand
jury action and set bail at 1000
each.
Two other men and one woman,
also colored. were held by police
without charge for investigation
The raids were at the Dixon court,
G street. C street and F street ad-
dresses and in the 400 block of Gull
linane court S.W.
Detective Sergts. H. H. Carper,
James E. Ennis and w. L. Taylor
joined with Federal agents under
Leroy w. Morrison in conducting
the raids.
Several Patrons" Seized.
Police said several alleged pa
trons," white and colored, were in
each of the premises visited, but
we're not helde
Four Chinese were held In 81 900
bond for action of the grand jury
after hearing before Commissioner
Turnage yesterday in another mar
cotics case resulting from a raid
Monday night in the 200 block of
E street NV.
They were listed as Moy Lum, 81,
Richmond, Va; William Yuen, 46,
1900 block of Seventh street NV;
Chin Chow, %, 500 block of H street
NV, and Lee Poo, no fixed address.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Clark Named Manager
Of Lufuyette Hotel

Harry w. Clark, veteran of nearly
20 years in the hotel business, has
been named manager of the Lafay-
ette Hotel, 1923 Sixteenth street
NV, it was announced today by
jeff L. Ford, jr., president of Ford
Enterprises and owner of the hotel.
Mr.. Clark, who began his hotel
career in Scranton. Pa, has been
general manager of the Americus
Hotel in Allentown, Pa.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Standards Bureau School
To Offer Graduate Courses

Fifty-six graduate courses in the
pflelds of mathematics, physics,
chemistry, mechanics and metal
lurgy will be offered during the
l946-47 academic year by the Grad
uate School of the National Bu-
reau of Standards, DR.. E. U. Con-
don, director of the bureau, an
nounced today.
Two types of courses will be given
an in-hours series, designed. for
bureau staff members, and an out
of-hours series in the evenings for
properly qualified members OF the
public, as well as the bureau staff
The faculty consists of nationally
known bureau scientists.
Evening star., 1946-09-25

Driver of Car "a" stopping at
stop sign, sees Car &c" and waits
for it to clear intersection. Driver
of Car "B," who has not noticed
Car &C." sounds horn vigorously. Is
driver of Car "B":
/. Violating regulation?
2. Exercising an inalienable right
to be discourteous?
3. Performing a public service by
keeping driver of Car "a alert?
Answer / is correct. Section So,
paragraph Ia, of the traffic and
motor vehicle regulations states, in
part. that 1t shall be unlawful TO
use a horn otherwise than as rea-
sonable warning of danger or to
make any necessary or unreasonably
long or harsh sounds by means OF .
horn or other warning device"
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Hard-to-Get Foods Taken
In Robbery Of Grocery

Shortage items were selected by
burglars who entered the grocery
of Jack Sattler, 440 M street NV.
early today. Mr.. Sattler reported
they took 2 cartons of butter, 20(
pounds of sugar, go pounds of SHARP
cheese, hams and 64 pounds ol
bacon plus $65 in cash. The loss
totaled $500. he said.
Harry Lewis, manager Of the
Lucky Liquor store, 1918 Fourth
street NV. reported that burglar.
also entered his place and took $12s
in cash plus liquor valued at $195.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Admiral Denfe|d Urges US.
To Keep Defenses AIerted
BY the Assoeio.sd Press

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 25.-The
United States must be ready to de-
fend itself "at the drop of hat,
Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, chief
of the Bureau of Naval Personnel,
declared today.
Never again can we expect to
have one year, one monitor per-
haps even one hour-in which to
prepare for an all-out war to de-
fend our Nation" he told students
and faculty of the College of William
and Mary at ceremony formally
turning over Navy Barracks at St
Helena for the use of college STU
dents.
with the development of atomic
energy, jet propulsion and guided
missiles. we have embarked on an
age in which total war can come
literally with q fash of lightning
We must be ready to defend our.
selves at the drop Of hat"
Evening star., 1946-09-25

Limited States N1Dy Photo.
the African invasion in November
1912. For his work in that post
he was commended by the Secre-
tary of the Navy.
He was ordered to command a
destroyer and destroyer shakedowr
group, fleet operational training
command, in April, 1943. and re-
ceived the Legion of Merit.
He received a Gold Star in lieu
of a second Legion of Merit while
commanding the battleship Iowa
which participated in strikes al
Luzon in late November, 1914, anc
in other attacks in the Pacific.
Admiral Holloway Is married anc
has two children. His home is listed
as 924 Twenty-sixth street south
Arlington.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Do You Know That

A Foundation for research in
pediatrics has recently been es-
tabIished by the medical staff
OF Chiloren's Hospital, to make
use of the wealth of material
in the hospitals records?
The building fund campaign:
Amount needed ST 800, 900 90
Contributions to. date 036,93l .76
Received yesterday .3S7 .43
To be raised ----- 26l ,6s0.s1
Please send contributions to
the Children's Hospital Building
Fund, Thirteenth and v streets
NV, Washington 7. D. C.
Evening star., 1946-09-19
PROPOSALS.
TON sURIRRAN SANITARY

MAXIMUM SUBURBAN SANITARY
MMIssIoN---contract No 26s-w.-
Construction OF water pumping station
Sealed proposals for constructing a water
pumping station of brick. .and-conerete
construction approximately 90 feet by 30
feet, including appurtensnces, on Contract
No 26S-W will be received at the once OF
the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission. Hamilton street. Hysttsville.
MARYLAND until 1918 pm, Eastern Stand
ard Time, Friday, September %. 1916, at
which place and time they viii be publicly
opened and read. Plans and specifics tons
may be Obtained from Harry r. Hall. Chief
Engineer OF the Commission, Hyattsyille,
MARYLAND. upon deposit. Of SIS; which
deposit will be returned to bidders or
to those returning plans and Specifications
in good condition. PERRY BOSWELL.
LACY SHAW, FRANK B. SMITH, COM
missioners.
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT Of the capi-
tol Washington. D. C.. September, II.
received in this ofiee until 3 pm. October
!. l946, for furnishing 30I0 steel book
stack shelves for the annex TO the Library
OF Congress-. Washington, D. C. Drawings
and specifications NAV be obtained on
application by qualified intending bid
ders. DAVID LYNN, Architect Of the
Capitol.
Evening star., 1946-09-19
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond lime Of Showing

Stage.
National-"The Temporary Mrs
Smith: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"S o m ewhere in the
Night: 10:45 am, 1:40, AIS, tbs
and 10:05 pm. Stage shows: 1880
$40, $50 and s:20 pm.
Columbia Smoky: 11:40 am.
lao, $40, 5:35, 7:35 and $50 pm.
Earle-"Renegades":: II am, los
3:15, $40, 7:3o and $40 pm.
Hip3Odrome - Terror House:
2:20, 3:55, 5:25, 6:55, s:25 and s:55
pm.
Keith's-"The Kid From Brook
lyn':: HAS am, ais, 4:40, 7:o5 and
9:35 pm.
Little-'It Happened at the Inn:
IL am, l, $40, $40, 7:30 and Gas
pm.
MetrOpolitan-"Crack- Up: 11:3(
am, l:3o, 3:35, $40, TAO and Gas
pm. ,
Palace-"Claudia and David:
ll:30 am, 1:35, 3:35, $40, 7:45 and
$50 pm.
Pix-'"The Swiss Family Robin
SON.: 2:10, 4:30, 6:55 and 9:15 pm
Trans-Lux-News and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10:l5 am.