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Evening star., 1947-02-05

Members of Congress who want
to know where the wind tnon-po-
hticaD is blowing can tell at a
glance without going outside the
Capitol.
In the House and Senate lobbies
are complete weather maps which
not only show what is happening
back home but also help to make
each member his own meteorologiSt.
Every morning two Weather Bu-
reau employees, armed with paints,
brushes and synoptic reports, paint
the picture of the day along with
a few predictions.
Mars Draw Attention.
This las been going on since 1912.
Unlike the weather itself, there
hasn't been much talk about the
Capitol climate charts but q lot
has been done about them. Sem
ators and Representatives study the
big wall maps for variety OF rea-
sons and, according to Robert T.
Jones who Is in charge of the
Weather Bureaus Division of Syn
optic Reports and Forecasts, many
of them have a keen weather eye.
It is not merely curiosity or local
pride that causes members to con-
suit the data. Aviation, agricul-
tural, and industrial pursuits and
legislative proposals sometimes have
a direct and immediate relation to
weather conditions or tren d s
throughout the country, Mr.. Jones
explained. :
The maps provide temperature
readings at 100 stations in all parts
of the Nation, as well as the amount
of rainfall or snow, wind direction,
Evening star., 1947-02-05
| BuNdozers Clear
| Temple Heights
For Radio CiH'

/. The work Of converting historic
Temple Heights into an ultramodern
commercial development has begun.
Bulldozers yesterday moved into
the 10-acre tract along Connecticut
avenue NV. at Florida avenue to
clear the way for a 100-foot-wide
drive to connect Leroy place and T
street NV.
Work on the roadway was the first
step tn the development Of $20, 0,0O0,-
600 project, which, according to
Owners Charles II. Tompkins and
Morris Cafritz, eventually will In
clude large hotel and apartment
buildings and big shopping center.
Way for the work was cleared last
summer when the Zoning Commits
sion changed from residential to
the classification of a
portion Of the tract at its southwest
corner. At that time, MIR. Cafritz
told the commission he would like
to see another Radio City" arise on
the property, which he and Mr..
Tompkins acquired about year ago
from the District Masonic Lodge II
. 81, 1,O00. 900 transaction.
Evening star., 1947-02-05

The National Council for Youth
Entertainment now stands ready to
fight any radio horror programs,
motion pictures or comic books it
may decide contribute to juvenile
delinquency.
The council came into being last
night in st. Johns Episcopal Church
3244 o street NV, when about SO
persons applied the learn-through-
doing method to the task OF FORM
ing a national organization.
Mrs. George F. Hanowell, 1925 Q
street NV, leader In the circulari-
zation Of petitions against crime
broadcasts, presided. She was elect.
ed temporary president OF thu
council.
Some Objections Raised.
The course OF the meeting hae
q few rough spots, however. No
every one agreed national organi.
zation should be formed. And
among those in favor of it, som,
felt it could not be done until rep
resentatives of all sections Of th'
Nation had been given a chance tt
be heard.
Mrs. Marjorie ]. Oliver, who late
agreed to become temporary secont
vice president, suggested all regions
were represented among those pres
ent.
Miss Kathryn Casey, the eventua
temporary secretary, didn't co1sidel
that valid reasoning.
Lynn o. DeLashmutt said h
could not serve as temporary treas
ureu of an organization calling 1t.
stlf national but $50 lacking In tn,
national aspect as this"
Evening star., 1947-02-05
939 Motorists Lose
Privilege in January,
Setting District Record

Drivers licenses and privileges Of
939 motorists were revoked or s,ls-
pended by the Board of Revocation
and Restoration during January,
setting an all-time high record for
a single month, Traffic Director
George E. Keneipp said today.
Driving privileges, Mr.. Keneipp
explained, are extended to holders
of permits from outside the District
AS the District has no authority to
revoke the permits of another State
the privilege of driving in the Dis
trict Is suspended instead.
Speeding in excess of 80 miles pei
hour accounted for the loss Of 46f
permits or privileges. Drunken driv-
ing convictions caused Al drivers to
lose their licenses. Among the other
suspension causes were:
offenses arising out Of traffic ac-
cidents, 254; leaving after colliding
10; colliding, 36: bad traffic records
16; physically unfit, a; unsound
mind, 8; negligent homicide, /;
fatality, !; drug addict, /; failure to
report accident, Is, and failure to
pay Judgment, "a.
In addition to the actual suspen-
sions, warnings were issued to "a
other motorists, Mr.. Keneipp said.
eff any one has any doubt as to
whether we mean business when we
said last summer that the new
breakdown on bad driving was just
the beginning, they need only to lool
at the January record" Mr.. Keneipr
said
Evening star., 1947-02-05

ago, that we plan to analyze care
fully the overall construction pro-
gram, so as to cut down on some
expenses"
I'VE don't want to stop necessary
projects" he added, "but if they
are not necessary we hope to stop
them. We shall make a careful
survey of all authorizations. Some
are meritorious and we shall go
along with them. But whenever
there is a question about one, we
shall turn full investigation on
it before making any decision"
The Capitol Park Hotel, facing
the Capitol Plaza, is being sought
for two different purposes-one for
the District Court overflow and the
other for housing members of Con-
gress and their aides. A bill to
turn it over to District Court, rent
free, is pending before the Senate
Public Works Committee.
The new courthouse would be
constructed on Constitution ave-
nue. between Third street, and John
Marshall place NV. Most of the
site belongs to the District. The
cost of both the land and building
would be split half and half between
the District and Federal Govern
ments. Legislation for a court
structure on the same site failed Of
enactment In the Seventy-ninth
Congress.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Council Formed for National
Fiuht on Horror Entertainment

He relented when assured State
chairmen already were at work in
Maryland, Virginia and several
other States.
Robert T. Keith consented to
serve as temporary first vice-prea-
dent.
: Overholser Presents Views.
The council hopes to have con-
stituent groups In every State soon.
to adopt q constitution and by
laws and to elect permanent officers.
It's program is uncertain at the
present time. It Is planned to de-
eide on the most effective means
Of eliminating the types of horror
fare offered on the air and screen
and in comic books which, the
members feel, give children bad
ideas.
Before they began the job of or
ganizing, those present last night
heard DR.. Winfred Overholser, su-
perintendent of st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital, and others speak on various
aspects of the problem.
DR.. Overholser admitted the types
of entertainment complained of oft
en- acted as "encouragements to the
wrong sort of conduct"
He pointed out, however, thai
public acceptance prompted theh
offering and that only widespread
public disapproval could banisf
them.
Education Is the answer" h,
declared.
DR.. Overholser warned against ef.
forts toward censorship.
Its always been a precursor o.
other limitations on liberty" h,
Evening star., 1947-02-05
John {. Taylor 10 Run
For Sheriff in Fairfax

John e. Taylor, lifelong resident
of Falls Church, has announced his
candidacy for sheriff of Fairfax
County in the Democratic primary,
August S. The incumbent, E. p. Kir-
by, is expected to be a candidate to
succeed himself.
A veteran of World War II, Mr..
Taylor was born and educated in
Falls Church. He Is in the real estate
business.
Mr.. Taylor is active in civic work
and In young Democratic circles. He
is a charter member of the Falls
Church Lions Club and a member of
the Board of Directors of the Falls
Church Chamber Of Commerce, the
American Legion and the Odd Fell
lows.
Mr.. Taylor makes his home in
the Greenway Downs section, Il
married and has two children.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
teacher Pay Boost
To Go 10 Bates Unit
For Full Analysis

Chairman, Dirksen, Of the House
District Committee, will refer the
proposed $500 basic pay increase TO,
Washington school teachers to the
fiscal subcommittee headed by Rep.
resentative Bates, Republican, o1
Massachusetts,.
With apparently everyone In
agreement that there should be a
higher basic pay scale for Wash
ington teachers, Mr.. Dirksen said
the questions involved are mostly
financial and should 60 to the fiscal
subcommittee.
MIR. Bates said the question would
be considered as part of the over
all District financial problem.
He and other District committee
members have voiced sympathy 70,
underpaid school teachers here and
elsewhere.
He said his group, which plans
joint hearings with the fiscal sub
committee of the Senate District
Committee, would take all the time
needed for a thorough" analysis
and understanding of the teacher
pay and other financial problems.
He commented there is no great
pressure, since hearings on the
pending 1948 District budget are not
to be started, by subcommittee OF
the House Appropriations Commit
tee, for nearly two months.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Six Red Cross Officials
Head for Corucus PurIey

Six top executives of the Amer
icail Red Cross, headed by execu-
tive vice chairman James T. Nichol-
son, 1890 Woodley road NV, will
leave from Miami tomorrow to at
tend the fifth Pan-American Red
Cross conference, held this year In
Caracas, Venezuela from February
Is to Is.
Attending with Mr.. Nicholson are
Mrs. Paul E. Peabody, 1901 Vermont
avenue NV; Miss Ruth Freeman
1745 Hobart street NV: PhiliI
Ryan, $40 South Twenty sixth place
Arlington: Maurice Reddy, 3713
street NV, and Dr.. Edward A
Richards, washington Grove. Md.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Sheriff Road Widening
To Gust Nine Families

Nine colored families in North
east Washington, including approx
rmately so children, face eviction
from their homes within 80 days, it
was learned today, as a result OF
contemplated widening OF Sheriff
road NE. from Minnesota avenue to
the District line.
The families occupy Q OF 10 houses
situated along q segment of Sher-
i'll road to be improved, between the
1900 block and the 1900 block. They
must vacate by March 4.
Their plight came to light today
when the District advertised for bids
on demolishing the 10 houses pre-
paratory to adding Is feet to the
present 25-foot width Of Sheriff road.
Only one Of the houses is vacant.
Widening Of the road has been
planned for some time as part of the
city's postwar highway Improvement
program.
The dwellings are numbered 1915,
4404, 1870, 4516, 1902, 4724, 4726, 4714
and 1900.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Wife Divorced al Reno
Seeks District Decree

Mrs. Helen K. Brewer, 1726 Kill
bourne place NV, yesterday filed
suit in District Court for absolute
divorce from Joseph N. Brewer, jr.,
broker, whose local addres was listed
as Robert Jones & Co., 613 Fif-
teenth street NV.
Mrs. Brewer asserted that di-
vorce decree obtained by Mr.. Brewer
lat Reno, New, last August was not
consented to by her, nor did she
enter an appearance submitting to
the Jurisdiction Of the court. She
asks custody Of their child, Michael
Joseph Brewer, 5.
Mr.. Brewer was remarked last
December. the suit said.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
| Butter Prices Up
| 7 to 6Cents
| In Washington

Butter prices In retail stores here
AVE started upward again, sur
ley revealed today.
Increases ranging from 2 to 6 cents
a pound went in effect in num-
Der of stores yesterday. Increases
followed a rise in the wholesale but
ter market in New York the day
before. +
Despite the Jump, some sources
maintained 1t was only temporary
They point out this Is the period
when milk production normally
starts picking up.
However, the rise in butter prices
New York was attributed to heavy
Use of butter in the past few weeks
alus bad weather in the West which
slowed down delivery of milk to
creameries and movement of the
finished product to the East.
These prices at one large chain
store were typical of the changes:
93-score butter in quarter-pound
prints, from 73 to 10 cents a pound;
92-score butter In quarter pound
prints. II to II cents pound, and
92-score roIIbutter, 90 to Is cents.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Keneipp Plans 10 Use
Surplus 1912 Tags
with AT License Clips

The District Commissioners viii
be asked to sanction the use Of sur
plus 1912 automobile tags on auto
mobiles that do not now have 1916
tags.
This was agreed yesterday at a
meeting in the Office of Traffic Di-
rector George E. Keneipp. The tags
are the same color as the 1916 tags
and will not conflict with the nu-
merical system because they are all
high numbers. To these tags will
be attached the 1947 clips, as will be
done with the 1916 tags.
The old tags will do for passenger
automobiles, Mr.. Keneipp said, but
some of the truck, bus and taxicab
numbers are too low and will have
to be reprocessed. It is believed
there are about $4,000 Of the old
tags, and it is hoped they will last
for the next three months. BY that
time, District officials hope for a
break in the steel market that will
allow them to purchase metal for
new tags.
The meeting was attended by Mr..
Keneipp, Donald Clemmer, director
Of the Department Of Corrections,
which supervises the Lorton Re-
formatory, where the tags are made,
and Roland II. Brennan, District
Purchasing Officer.
In addition to the 1912 tags, about
1000 tags from 1945 are still on
hand. These would have to be re-
processed because their color scheme
is different from this years.
Mr.. Keneipp said that, while he
is temporarily stopped by the short
age Of metal, he has not given up
the idea Of having the Districts
automobile tags the most beautiful
in the country.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Truman Declines Bid
To St. Patrick Dinner

President Truman today declined
an invitation to attend the annual
dinner of the Friendly Sons of st
Patrick March II. He told delega-
ton that he would be out of the
city.
The President is going to the
Caribbean to observe the Atlantic
Fleet maneuvers on March 10 ane
expects to be away more than 6
week.
The representatives of the society
who called at the White House were
William E. Leahy, president; Martir
McNamara and District Court JUS
tice Edward M. Currar.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Charter Board Hearing
|A PooIesyiIIe Postponed

The public hearing scheduled for
|PoolesviIle, Md, last night by the
Charter Board Of Montgomery
County was postponed until March 4.
The bad road conditions as q re-
suit of the freezing temperatures
led to the decision. The board con-
|sidered the Poolesyille meeting one
lof the most important because Farm
Bureau members are expected to
| give their views on what the charter
| for the county should contain.
The next public hearing viii be
aeld at 8 pm. Tuesday ct the
Rockville Court House. Views Of the
rolunteer firemen are especially
fought at this meeting. 81 Il
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Senate Group Awaits
Justice Report on Bill
For New Court House
By Harold B. Rogers

Chairman Revercomb of the Sen
ate Public Works Committee has
asked the Justice Department for a
formal report on his bill for q new
$40 800 900 Federal courthouse here
The Committee, to which the bill
was referred, will wait for the de-
partmentis report before fixing a
time for public hearings. The at
titude of the Budget Bureau also Is
being sought.
Friends of the court project be-
lieve the Justice Department will re-
turn a strongly favorable report.
Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws of
District Court recalled today that
both Attorney General Clark and
former Attorney General jackson
had approved the project.
Justice Laws also pointed out a
new courthouse was recommended
by the Conference of Senior Circuit
Judges meeting here in 1910.
Expansion Moves Inadequate.
At that time, Justice Laws said
District Court was operating in only
two buildings, but now it has ex-
panded into five different struc-
lures. It is still badly overcrowded
and congested.
"Our jurors" he said, "are COM
planning about their accommoda-
tions. They really are being treated
shabbily. This condition Is rank In
the Capital of the Nation.
1--WE have no space at all for the
official court reporters. I under
stand this is the only Federal court
in the country which does not pro-
vide such space"
Recalling that members of the
Public Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee in the Seventy-ninth Con-
gress inspected the District Court
Justice Laws said they were sur.
prised at conditions.
"They said they had not the
slightest conception conditions were
so bad," he declared. II three more
municipal court judges were added
he said the situation would be al
most impossible. :
On the House side Of the Capitol
the courthouse project Is being
studied by q subcommittee of the
new Public Works Committee.
McGregor Awaits Study.
Representative McGregor, Repub
lican of Ohio, chairman Of the sub
committee on public buildings ant
grounds, said the courthouse matte
had been brought to his attention
He said survey is being made o
all projects already authorized here
and that he would reserve his de
cision on the courthouse problem
until after he had seen the result
of this study.
Officials have been asked by hi
subcommittee, he said, to submit
complete report on all structure
already on the books.
I'VE recognize some buildings ar
needed" he said, "but so many au
thorizations have been approved b.
! Congress, some more than . yea
Evening star., 1947-02-05
By Robert K. Welsh

sunshine or cloudiness. Some lines
show pressure patterns" and 9TH
ers represent fronts"
A front" is roughly defined as
the theoretical atmosphere line
where one type of air stops and
another starts.
"a Member Of Congress-" Mr.
Jones explained, ''can read on the
map how fast particular front is
travelling and can become his own
forecaster in telling about how
soon that atmospheric condition
may reach his own district"
Some members have gone con-
siderably beyond the stage of be-
ing minor prophets so far as wealth.
er is concerned. Weather. Bureau
officials recalled that several years
ago a senator rigged up a baro-
metic devise in the Senate lounge
and became so expert that he fire.
quently aided the Bureau itself.
Map at Station, Abandoned.
The Senate and House maps are
the only two Of their kind in Wash
ington. Before the war the Wealth
er Bureau had a similar map at
Union Station but abandoned it be-
cause there didn't seem to be much
of a demand.
"But there is a real demand for
this service at the Capitol" Mr..
Jones said. "We are constantly try
ing to make it as thorough as pos
sible."
One idea under discussion in
Weather Bureau circles is to use
pictorial stickers. Thus, stamp-size
pictures of a snowstorm, a blazing
sun or a cloudy sky could be pasted
at appropriate spots on the maps.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Police Merger
Study Planned
By House Unit
Horon Sees Savings
In Combining Park
And D. c. Forces
BY Don S. Warren

A movement for merger OF the
National Capital Park Police In
Washington with the Metropolitan
Police Force developed among House
members today and an immediate
study Of Washington,s multiple
police forces was promised.
The idea originated with Chair
man Horan of the District Subcom-
mittee Of the House Appropriations
Committee. He communicated his
proposal for an overall survey and
action to Chairman Dirksen of the
House District Committee.
The proposal was being forwarded
to the Public Services Subcommittee
headed by Representative Bell, Re-
publican, of Maryland, who said he
would start the ball rolling at once.
Previous Merger Vetoed.
A subject of recurring controversy
over a period of years, the merger
idea was put into legislative form
two years ago by Representative
Hebert, Democrat, of Louisiana. His
bill to place control over park police
operating In the District under offic-
ers of the Metropolitan Police was
passed by Congress, but was vetoed
by President Roosevelt. On Capitol
Hill it was said the veto resulted
from determined opposition from
Harold L. Ickes, then Secretary of
Interior, who had control over park
police.
Mr.. Horan's proposal was inspired
In part by reports that 200 Wash
ington policemen were assigned re-
Gently as an escort for President
Truman as he left the Capital for a
trip.
1.-TWO hundred extra policemen to
see the President safely out of town
is quite a few" commented Mr.
Koran.
He recalled that former President
Coolidge frequently took walks ac-
companied by only one secret service
agent.
Public Hearings Planned.
Mr.. Horan said he had asked that
the whole police system here be
surveyed with the hope of achiev-
ing economies and greater efficiency
He mentioned the multiple Federal
or District police organizations oper-
ing here, as well as watchmen and
building guards. He stressed he
was voicing no criticism of any
unit or its officers.
Mr.. Bell, whose subcommittee
deals with police, fire, street and
traffic problems, said he would draft
a bill at once in order to get the
subject officially before the Dis
trict Committee and his unit. As
soon as practicable, he said, he
would schedule public hearings.
Mr.. Bell voted for the merger
plan two years ago, but said today
he was not now committed to any
specific plan. He did say he was
deeply interested in any likely plan
for achieving savings, better service
and setting up any more workable
policing organization.
Evening star., 1947-02-05

meeting OF the
organization in
Baltimore.
A former off,
Ger in the I'M.
perial Russian
Navy, Mr.. Dou-
brof also Is q
veteran Of serv-
ice with the
American Army.
After coming to
t he u mite d
States in 1921,
Mr.. Dou b r o Il
S t u die d engt-
neering and for
| 10 years was as
Evening star., 1947-02-05
North CuroIinu Alumni

A meeting Of the Washington Area
Alumni Chapter of North Carolina
State College will be held at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Ambassador Hotel.
Ralph H. Raper, 1901 North Freder-
lex street, Arlington, Is In charge.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Group Housing Meeting

Vernon De Mars, one of the ar
chitects of the Bannockburn Hous-
ing Project, will speak at 8 o'clock
tonight at a meeting OF the Group
Housing Cooperative in Friends
Meeting House, 2111 Florida avenue
NV.
Evening star., 1947-02-05

ISOLATED with the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Commis-
sion.
At present, Mr.. Doubro1 main
tains his own land planning Office,
but serves as a consultant for the
commission.
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Doubroif Named 10 Head
Engineers in Maryland

Serge K. Doubroff, 8010 George
town road, Bethesda, was elected
president of the Maryland Associa-
tion of Engineers at the annual
Evening star., 1947-02-05
Do You Know That

During 1916 q total Of $500
children occupied beds in Chill
dren's Hospital and were given
$500 days care?
A summary of the progress Of
the building fund campaign
follows:
Amount needed - 81 .3OO. 90
Contributed TO date go I170,004 .92
To be raised 120, ,903.O8
Contributions should be sent
to the Children,s Hospital New
Building Fund, Thirteenth and
" streets NV. Warrington 3.
D. q.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27
SOIen1Ylize Nichols
Basinger Wedding

Wedding of Miss Doris Nicholas,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Nichols of Columbus Grove and Karl
Basinger, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Gust
Basinger of Bluffton was solemnized
Sunday afternoon, March 8 at the
home of the officiating minister,
Rev. Fl. J. Scheidemantle of the Co
lumbus Grove Presbyterian church in
a double ring ceremony
Attending the couple were Miss
Deloris Nichols, sister of the bride
and Ernest Basinger, brother of the
groom.
The bride wore a green spring
suit with black accessories and white
corsage. Her only ornament was a
pearl necklace, gift of the groom.
Her sister wore a fuchsia suit with
white accessories and white carna-
ton corsage.
The bride is a graduate of Column
bus Grove high school and the bride
groom was graduated from Bluffton
high school. Both are employed at
the Lima Westinghouse plant. They
are residing near Columbus Grove