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Evening star., 1946-09-15
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Evening star., 1946-09-06
Nursemaid in Kidnap Case
MAY Be Confined Here

Convicted of kidnapping and SEN
fenced to seven years in the peni-
tentiary after the disappearance last
February of 4-year-old Terry Taylor
Of Charlotte, N. c., Rosemary John
son, 19-year -old nursemaid, may be
transferred to st. Elizabeth,s Hos
pital here as mentally incompe-
tent" the Associated Press reported
today from Charlotte.
United States Attorney D. E
Henderson was quoted at Charlotte
as saying that Miss johnson, who
also is known as Loretta Frances
Brock, has been classified by q
psychiatrist as mentally incompe.
tent"
The nursemaid was arrested last
February in Annapolis, Md, a few
days after the disappearance of the
child from the home of DR.. and Mrs
Andrew Taylor of Charlotte. BY
whom Miss johnson had beer
employed.
She was arrested at the home OIL
Capt. George Cameron Seay of the
Naval Academy, who suspected that
the child with Miss johnson wa.
the missing Taylor child for whom
an intensive search was being con.
Quoted. The child and her parents
were reunited at the Mayfiowel
Hotel here.
Returned to Charlotte after q
long period of litigation in District
Court, Miss johnson was sentenced
to the Federal prison at Anderson
w. Va.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Arlington Home Owners Fiqht
WAA Sale of Fort Myer Drive

Homeowners and businessmen
along Fort Myer drive in Arlington
County today were up in arms
against the War Assets Administra-
tons proposal to sell the road as
surplus property.
The present period of advertising
the property for sale is known as
the priority period, during which
Government agencies, the Recon-
struction Finance Corp, State and
local government units and nonprofit
institutions will have priority in that
order.
If none of those buy 1t, the road is
offered to private bidders
So far there have been no bidders
for the road, which extends for al
most a mile from the noreast exit
of Fort Myer to North Nineteenth
street.
Leo Lloyd, member of the
county board, said the board had
voted two weeks ago to ask WAA to
transfer the road to the county. He
said today that as far as he knows
the county has received no answer
Fort Myer officials said they de-
clared the road surplus about a
month ago and that it was taken
over by WAA. They expressed the
opinion that the notice OF sale was
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Reece Says PAC Stacked
Box Score Against COP
by the Assoeinted Prsss

Carroll Reece, Republican ma
tional chairman, asserted today the
CLOS Political Action Committee
stacked" its box score on congress
sional voting in an effort to cast in
an unfavorable light COP legisla-
tors seeking reelection.
Mr.. Reece made that contention
In the September issue of the Re-
publican News, official party organ
He questioned in an editorial the
CIO-PAC's selection of subjects
when it compiled the tabulation 1t
Is circulating of how lawmakers
voted on dozen issues.
The Republican chairman COM
mented that the compilation omit
ted votes on veterans legislation
on moves to curtail Government
extravaganza" and on legislation to
aid farmers. He added:
ut was obvious that the selection
was made on a basis designed to
present Republican members in the
most unfavorable light possible
from the viewpoint of the PAC.
The entire performance appears
to have been staged with the idea of
seeking to rescue the present DEM
ocrat administration"
The same issue OF the Republican
News carried an unsigned story as
serting that primary results thus
far have registered the American
political need as being definitely to
the right"
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Buses Needed 10 Serve
H 81. Me-, Council Told

Public transportation on H street
NE, provided by the Benning street.
car line. is poor because of the lack
Of buses to replace the old street.
cars that are operating on the route
now, according to E. c. Giddings,
assistant to the president of the
Capital Transit Co., who spoke to
the Northeast Council of Citizens
Association last night.
Mr.. Giddings said that to improve
this inadequate service, $50 buses,
costing $4,000 900, are needed to re-
place the cars. He also told the
organization that it will be at least
another year before these vehicles
can be put in operation.
The council opposed the 20 per
cent tax increase ordered on District
real estate. The motion was made
by Tracey T. Madden. 1t accepted
a proposal to amend the income tax
law Of the District so as to tax excess
profits in real estate. The resolution
was introduced by Ralph Donnelly.
The council will discuss Commits
sioner Gordon r. Young's six-year
plan at It's October meeting. Last
nights session was conducted by
Jerome p. Lynch, president, in No. IL
police precinct station, Twelfth street
and Rhode Island avs ee NE.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Capital Garage Ready
To Reopen Here if
|0PA Allows Profit

The 1,100-car capacity Capital
Garage at 1920 New York avenue
NV. will be reopened to the pub
lie as parking center "as soon
as OPA grants a rate increase
which will let us operate at a
profit Joseph B. Schaaff, presi-
dent Of the company which owns
it, said today.
District OPA said the garage S
price-relief appeal was under study
by accountants, but could not pre-
dict when action would be taken.
Mr.. Schaaff's statement followed
Traffic Director George Keneipp's
revelation last night that the garage,
rented to the Government since July,
1943, had been turned back to its
owners. the National Mortgage g.
Investment Co, on September /.
Parking Facilities Needed.
Mr.. Keneipp told a special meet
ing of the District Motor Vehicle
Parking Agency, which is seeking a
solution to the city's badly snarled
downtown parking problems. that
return Of the garage to public use
would be big step toward pro-
viding off street parking facilities.
He urged about 20 private build
ing contractors at the meeting to
consider putting up similar struc-
lures as an investment.
Mr.. Schaaff said his firm asked
OPA to approve a parking charge
of 40 cents for the first hour, Is
cents for the second hour, and 10
cents for each additional hour. An
increase of rs per cent in labor costs
over prewar days was cited as the
principal reason for the price re-
lief request, he said. Before it was
rented to the Federal Works Agency,
the garage charged 80 cents the first
hour, 10 cents the second and S
cents an hour thereafter.
Oil and Gasoline Asked.
The owners have asked authorities
for license to sell gasoline and oil
at the garage and have requested
Civilian Production Administration
approval Of necessary interior re-
conversion work, Mr.. Schaaff said.
Rental OF the garage to the Gov
ernment for $l35,000 a year stirred
criticism during the war after it
was learned that much of It's badly
needed parking space was used for
the storage of files. At one time
as many as 48 Federal agencies were
parking automobiles in the garage,
but their combined total of about
500 vehicles left much space un-
used.
1t was pointed out that whole
floors remained vacant while rental
and operating costs drained of up
ward OF $4,000 of the taxpayers
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Lutheran Fellowship
Hears Ex-Chap|ain

There is greater need for tn,
churches to keep in touch with
men in the armed services nov
than during the war, the Rev. Luther
D. Schultz, former Army chap.
lain, declared yesterday. Mr.. Schultz
spoke at the September meeting
Of the Lutheran Laymen's Fellow.
ship in the willard Hotel. Harold
Megstrom, vice president of the
organization, presided.
The temptations of gambling
drinking and sexual immortality
facing servicemen are aggravated
by the monotony of armed service
life, Mr.. Schultz asserted. He sale
efforts are being made to overcome
this routine existence with enter.
tainment being one of the means
used. The Lutheran minister also
expressed the hope that eventually
the different synods in the Luth.
eran Church would unite.
The fellowship passed resolution
praising Miss Frances Dysinger fol
her work as director of the Wash.
ington Lutheran Inner Mission So.
ciety. Miss Dysinger, who became
director in January, 1928, recently
resigned to accept a post as one ot
the promotion secretaries of the
Women's Missionary Society of the
United Luthern Church in Phila-
delphia. She will take over hel
new post on October Is.
Dr. L. M. Zimmerman, 87-year-old
pastor emeritus of Christ Lutheran
Church, Baltimore, pronounced the
benediction.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Girl Hit by Streetcar
And Hurled 70 Feet;
Condition Is Serious

Miss Helen E. King, II, a clerk
OF 24l0 Evarts street NE, was ir
serious condition in Emergency Hos.
pital today after being struck anc
hurled 20 feet by a streetcar or
Rhode Island avenue near Twentieth
street NE, last night.
Police said Miss King walked be.
tween two westbound streetcars anG
into the path OF an eastbound trolley
She was taken to Emergency Hos.
pital in Fire Rescue Squad ambu.
lance. DR.. L. B. Newman Of the staf
said she suffered a possible fractured
skull, possible internal injuries and
contusions and lacerations of the
body.
Police listed the operator of the
streetcar which struck the girl as
Allen G. wilkins, As, of 2105 Fourth
street NE.
In another accident yesterday
William Henson, 81, colored, l1O(
block Second street Sc, was re.
ported unhurt after truck ano
small trailer, which police said he
was driving, overturned while max
ing a turn and struck three parked
cars.
The accident occurred Just after
the truck, which was going west on
M street Sc, turned into South
Capitol street. Police said Henson
climbed out of his cab and instead
Of notifying police, went to his en-
ployer, Mcclure g. Rolfe, paving
contractors at First and o streets
Sc, and reported the accident
there.
He was charged with failing to re-
port an accident to police and
elected to forfeit $25 collateral
Evening star., 1946-09-06
3Escape, One Caught
In B-MiIe City Chase
By Nine Police Cars

Four colored men apparently
escaped injury early today when a
stolen car in which police said they
were riding crashed head-on into
stone wall at high speed while
being chased by nine patrol cars.
BY the time the first police car
reached the accident scene, three
OF the men had ned. The fourth
who is ~ years old and lives in
Cedar Heights, Md, was taken into
custody while in dazed condition
and held for investigation.
The chase started at $50 am.
when Auto Squad Detective John G
Williams and Detective Gordon B
Colbert of No. II precinct spotted
the automobile, which had been re-
ported stolen, while cruising at
Eighth and H streets NV.
When the occupants OF the car
saw the police, they speeded I'D to
IS miles an hour and careened into
Fourth street. Meanwhile, the de-
tectives had radioed headquarters
and four scout cars and four head
quarters cruisers joined in the, pur-
suit.
The car being chased reached the
viaduct at First and H streets NE.
just missed hitting a streetcar, and
sped under the crossing. The auto
suddenly went out of control shortly
afterwards, careened to the other
side of the road and struck the
wall of the building occupied by the
Little Sisters of the Poor, on H
street, between Second and Third
streets NE.
Police said they did not know
at what speed the car hit the wall,
but that it must have been very
high. The car, which was badly
wrecked, had been reported stolen
in the 500 block of Division ave-
nue. NE
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Only One Try
Another in a series OF joys for
laggtng memories regarding Dis
trict traffic laUs.

The motorist above wants to park
his car on the hill. To keep II
legal, should he:
l. Cut of his motor and pull on
the hand brake?
2. Only cut of the motor and
set the gear in reverse?
3. Put chocks in front of the
wheels?
4. Cut of his motor put on the
hand brake and turn the front
wheels In toward the curb?
Answer 4 Is correct. Section is
District trafiic and motor vehicle
regulations, states:
mo person having control OF
charge of motor vehicle shall al
low such vehicle to stand on any
street unattended without first set
ting the brakes thereon and stop
ping the motor Of said vehicle and
when standing upon the perceptible
grade, without turning the wheels
OF such vehicle to the curb, or the
side OF the street. or highway" I
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Faculty Workshop
To Open Monday

A three-day workshop for faculty
members of the Montgomery Junior
College will open at am. Monday
at the Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School. Regular class sessions will
begin September 10.
Topics to be discussed during the
first day include Planning the Col
lege Health Program; How Can
Recordings Be Used in a College
Learning Program" "Our Orienta-
ton to the Junior College Move
ment," and "Is the Junior College
Secondary or Collegiate?"
A talk by DR.. Edwin W. Broome
Montgomery County superintendent
Of schools, on THE Montgomery
Junior College and the County Edu-
cational Program" will feature Tues
days meeting.
Wednesdays meeting will be de-
voted to discussions of college Or
ganization and student activity
problems.
A meeting of all teachers will be
held at 1880 pm. September II to
plan enrolment procedures in prep
aration for registration of students
from to 10 pm. September 18
Orientation courses will be given
prospective students September IL
and IT.
Appointment Of five new faculty
members was announced today
They are:
DR.. John r. Riggleman, who will
teach economics and accounting;
DR.. Bernice F. Pierson, who will
teach English and serve as acting
dean of women; Miss Faith Taylor
English; william w. Hinckley. who
will teach psychology and serve as
acting registrar. and Smith l.. By
ham, athletic director and coach.
Evening star., 1946-09-06

"just a formality" and that it would
be taken over by the county.
Some Of the approximately 30
home owners affected pointed out
that they would have no other way
of entering their homes If the road
was sold
Mrs. Julianne I. Ayers, 1402 Fort
Myer drive, said, 1--WE would have to
cross creek in order to get in the
rear of our house"
She was supported by Mrs. Laura
Rodgers, 1406 Fort Myer drive, who
explained that those living in houses
along the road would be forced to
cross private property, fences and
lawns in order to enter the rear of
their homes.
Arthur cinnamon, part-owner of
the Jack g. Jill Diaper Service, 1853
Fort Myer drive, charged that 1.-The
whole thing is ridiculous
If the road is sold to anyone
other than the county," Mr.. Zinna-
mon said, the purchaser may de-
eide to block it off and erect a toll
gate"
WAA officials saw nothing un-
usual in the proposed sale. They
said the agency has several pieces
of property for sale on which there
are roads,
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Residence Rule
frightened at
Central High
Board of Education
Presents Must List
For D. G. Students

Stiffened residence requirements
for entrance to the ninth grade at
Central High School were announced
today by the Board of Education.
In making public its annual list
of "musts' for pupils planning to
enter District public schools Septem-
ber %, the board ruled that ninth
graders may 60 to Central only If
they live nearby.
Exceptions to the rule will be made
this year only in the cases of pupils
who live at distance from Central
but have easy access to the school, it
was stated. Last year Central ad-
mitted many out-of-area pupils.
All other ninth-graders will attend
the junior high school serving the
territory in which they live, the
board directed. They should make
application directly to the principal
of such school.
Must Bring Report Cards.
AS In other years, all new students
enrolling in either a junior or senior
high school here must apply directly
to the principal of the schools in
their own neighborhoods. The stu
dents must submit a copy of their
last report cards, together with birth
and vaccination certificates.
No new pupils living outside the
District will be admitted to the
Deal, Paul, Kramer and Taft Junior
High Schools. However, the other
junior high schools will take the
out towners
Regulations governing senior high
schools require that pupils eligible
for the 10th, 11th and 18th grades
apply to the principals of the schools
nearest their homes. Exceptions
will be made only in the case of
properly qualified students desiring
an intensive business course, who
may be admitted to the 10th grade
at Roosevelt High School, and in the
case OF those desiring ma jor shop
or home economics course, who may
attend Mckinley.
Nom Resident Requirements.
Nonresident requirements for
senior high schools are that pupils
from the Takoma Park Silver
Spring areas of Maryland must go
to Calvin Coolidge, pupils from Vir-
ginia may attend Central or West
ern, and pupils from Maryland liv-
ing south of Massachusetts, avenue
and east of the District line may
attend AnacoStia. No pupils outside
the Bethesda Chevy Chase area of
Maryland may be admitted to
woodrow Wilson, however.
All children desiring to attend
kindergartens must be years old
or older by November /, 1916, and
their parents must furnish birth
and vaccination certificates.
All pupils who did not attend
District public school last year and
who want to enter elementary
schools nearest their homes. Prin-
cipals will be at the school build
ings from 8 to am, September
10 and from 4 to 6 pm, September
20 to arrange for their admission.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
D. {. Legionnaire Father
Gets Son, 18, 10 Join Army

Ovid E. Roberst III. 10, of 511a
Connecticut avenue NV, is at Fort
Meade today to enlist for 18 months
in the Regular Army as the first
volunteer obtained by the local Vol.
untary American Legion Army Re-
cruitment Committee.
Young Roberts was urged to en-
list by his father, Ovid E. Roberts
jr., a member of the recruiting COM
mittee Of Lincoln Post No. II, and
a veteran of both World Wars.
Young Roberts, who Is a graduate
of Woodrow Wilson High School
told authorities at the Army Re-
|cruiting once, 403 Tenth street
NV, that he was enlisting pri-
marily to receive the college educa-
ton benefits for which he will be
eligible when he has completed his
service.
Although his application was the
first credited to the District COM
mittee, spokesman for the recruit
ing office said three youths had en-
listed last month after being urged
to do so by an American Legion
post In Rockville, Md.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Army Recruiter Proposes
Mass Enlistment Of Friends

Men planning to enlist in the
Regular Army can demonstrate
their leadership qualifications by
gathering up few friends to make
up a squad in the new platoon en-
listment program, Maj. Richard j
Carmody, commanding officer of
the Army Recruiting Service S
washington Office, suggested today.
The new system, he explained, is
to enlist group of between 80 and
so men who have lived in the same
neighborhood, gone to school to-
gether, or otherwise been closely
associated In civilian life. En-
trance into the Army as a group
would tend to alleviate the first
pangs of homesicknesses, the re-
eruiting officer said.
The Army, Maj Carmody ex-
planned, agrees to keep the friends
together at least until they are
through basic training.
For a group of friends to enlist
together and remain together, hi
said, they must all be enlisting fol
the first time and in the same
branch of service and they mus
enlist for three years.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Greek-Americuns Here
Protest Carriers Voyooe

The Washington chapter of the
Greek-American Council today pro-
tested by telegram to President
Truman the sending of the carrier
Franklin D. Roosevelt to Greece as
a measure of intimidation of the
Greek people.
The protest, sent by Costas Alex
lou, chairman of the council, to
the President asserted: Future
historians will condemn this action
as q travesty of Roosevelt's policy
OF struggle against fascism and
colonial subjugation. Your action
means collaboration with these
forces. We demand that you recall
the FDR Immediately"
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Arlington Woman
lis 77th Polio Victim

The 77th polio victim in thu
Washington area, 26-year-olc
woman from the 5000 block of Fifth
street north, Arlington. Va, ha.
been admitted to Gallinger Hospital
1t was reported today.
The case was the second reported
by the District Health Department
within the last "a hours, both from
nearby counties. A 6-year-old boy
from Berwyn, Md, began treatment
for infantile paralysis at Children's
Hospital yesterday.
The stricken boy, whose home
is in the 5000 block of Forty-nintl
street, lives only two blocks from
Alexander LAMAR, who died Of
polio July II. one OF the five fata
cases recorded here this year.
Total cases from the Berwyn ares
have now reached four, with an ad.
ditional 13 in nearby Greenbelt
Md, and % from Prince Georges
County.
In the Metropolitan Area, 81 cases
have been reported from nearby
counties in Maryland and Virginia
and IS from the District, compared
with 68 nearby cases and 81 in
Washington this time last year.
There were eight deaths in the
District and an equal number in
outlying sections in 1945, while all
OF the five fatalities so far in 1916
have occurred among patients from
nearby areas.
No change was reported at Gal
linger Hospital today in the condi-
ton Of 18-year-old Lula Kussart,
professional dancer who was ad-
mitted to the hospital as a polio VIC
tim early yesterday while visiting
here.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Novena Opens tomorrow;
Father CaIkins 10 Preach

The Rev. Francis Calkins, o. s. NJ,
OF Chicago will preach at the annual
novena in honor of Our Sorrowful
Mother Will begin at the Immaculate
Conception Church, Eighth and N
streets NV, at 7:45 pm. tomorrow
The novena will continue for nine
days, with the closing service on
Sunday, September Is.
The guest preacher, a former
Army chaplain, is brother of the
Rev. Hugh Calkins, who has
preached number of times at I'm
maculate Conception in former
years. Two other brothers also are
members Of the Servite Order, all
noted for their preaching of this
particular novena.