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Evening star., 1947-08-22
PreconceI Stamp Society Opens Convention
With Brisk 7rodinqby c oI|ectors of 40 States
300 Members Take
Bureau of Engraving
Tour on First Day. !.

Nearly 300 stamp collectors who
care nothing about the stamps that
can be bought at the postoff1ce win
dow, met in Washington today tc
compare collections and study their
hobby.
What they care about are pre-
Cancelled stamps, those Cancelled be-
fore they are sold to large-scale
mailers.
These collector specialists, all
members of the Precancel Stamp
Society, toured the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing today to watch
their favorite stamps come off the
presses. Such stamps are printed
twice-once for the impression of
the stamp itself, the other to print
across it the name of the town and
state where it will be used.
Time and Labor Saved.
BY precanceling stamps for big
customers, a vast amount of time
and labor which would be spent
canceling each individual envelope
is saved.
The opening of the society's four
day 26th annual convention yester-
day at the Shoreham Hotel was a
treasure hunt as collectors from 40
States gathered to make trades or
hunched across dealers tables hunt
ing stamps to fill gaps in their own
albums.
Precancel collectors like the "ac-
tion" of their hobby-there are 20
or 80 new kinds of precAncel each
month-and the relatively modest
investment required to follow it. The
stamps are the kind you throw in
the wastebasket every day, on let
ters offering subscriptions, patent
medicines, steamer reservations, oil
bills, and what have you.
Pvt. Edwin B. Neil of the Police
Departments Traffic Division gave
an armed motorcycle escort to DR..
Chester r. Uhler, 1923 Connecticut
avenue NV, chairman of the con-
vention exhibit, as he moved the
stamps sent here for exhibition from
his office safe to the Shoreham
Hotel ballroom.
The society had insured part of
the stamps for $4,000 and officials
estimated that individual exhibitors
had insured other stamps for about
an equal amount. The rarest known
Bureau Of Printing and Engraving
precancel-''bureau print" to COL
lectors-was among those on dis
play. 1t is the one cent and the
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Woman Caring for Baby Takes
Her on Visit, Causes Scare

called to say that the baby, her
daughter and the daughters son,
Robert Parker, IA, were not at home;
The Hancocks became worried and
asked police to help find the child.
But at $50 am. Mrs. Vagnoni and
her son arrived at Mrs. Vagnonis
home with Martha Elaine. They
had left the I street address at
about / am, Mrs. Vagnoni said,
and spent the night with friends on
New York avenue.
The Hancocks, who have six other
children, all under 9 years OF age,
moved to Washington yesterday
from Cottage City, Md. He Is en-
ployed at the Sligo Park golf course
Silver Spring, and she works Tor an
ice cream concern in Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

A scare over the disappearance OF
a two-and-a -half-months old red
haired, blue-eyed girl was dissi-
pated within a few hours today
when a neighbor, with whom the
child had been left overnight. re-
turned from a visit to friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Hancock, 633
I street NV, said the baby, Martha
Elaine, was sleeping so well in the
apartment Of Mrs. Mae Vagnoni, 637
I street NV, at 10 o'clock last night
that it was decided to leave her
there. Mrs. Vagnoni had been keep
ing Martha Elaine while the par
ents were at work.
At am. today Mrs. Vagnoni's
mother, Mrs. Katherine Fraziei
Evening star., 1947-08-22
LessExpensiive.
FinishiingD Due
Schools
Average so Saving
Seen in Asphalt Tile,
CinderbIock Walls

Those expensive finishes formerly
used in public school construction
will be missing in the new schools
to be built under the current Dis
trict budget.
This, according to Municipal
Architect Merrel A. Coe, will permit
building the miximum number of
classrooms.
Plans and specifications on 16
projects are being whipped into
shape to be advertised Tor bids be-
binning in day or so and running
through to next May, he said. On
all of these the high cost trim will
be left out.
Specifically, this means that the
fine terazzo tile in the corrodors,
which lasts lifetime when in
stalled, will give way to cheaper
asphalt tile. Asphalt tile also will
be used in the classrooms. Terazzo,
however. still will be used in the
toilets and kitchens, he said.
Walls to Be Cinderblock.
The inside walls of the classrooms
will be of painted cinderblock in
stead of the usual plaster.
Bricks made by District convicts
at Occoquan Workhouse will be used
not only for common brick purposes
but also for facing. Occoquan brick
will also replace the fine, light COL
ored pressed brick formerly used in
recreation rooms and gymnasiums,
Mr.. Coe continued.
Approach work will be deferred"
Mr.. Coe said this meant the fencing
and paving of Fairgrounds and some
Of the landscaping would be de-
layed and not included in the initial
contract.
The Municipal Architect empha-
sized there would be no change in
the exterior appearance of the new
schools or the comfort of the pupils
in them. He added that the origi-
nal specifications could be restored
when building costs would permit.
Saving Put at Pct.
Cutting out the trim will save
roughly 6 per cent on the, cost of
the average size school. Put an
other way, Mr.. Coe said, the cost of
classroom would be saved on q
school of Is classrooms.
Thus if you build 16 of that
size you would save the cost of
whole 16-room school building he
pointed out.
Actually some of the pending
projects are more than 16 rooms in
size. h%
The Board of Education Is said to
thave given consent to the proposed
changes reluctantly.
/ Il feel" said Mr.. Coe, that 7
would rather have my child go full
/ time to a school, with walls of
painted cinderblock than half time
to school with plastered walls"
AS a matter of fact, he added,
certain accoustical advantages Of
cinderblock over plastered surface
}might decide officials to keep that
finish even when building costs do
tumble to the point where plaster
ing could be done.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Fugitive's Condition Fair
After Collapse Here

James Lee Fai1e, 27, of 635 I
street NV, was in fair condition
at Gallinger Hospital today after
collapsing in the fugitive squad room
at police headquarters Wednesday.
Police said they had arrested Faile
in his room on a warrant from
Charlotte, N. c., charging him with
non-support of a minor child.
When he collapsed he was taken
to the hospital, where he, was ad-
mitted for possible head injuries
and nervous, hysteria.
Faile had suffered a conclusion
earlier this month when he fell from
a LADDER while working as a painter,
police said they were told. He was
hospitalized at the Washington San
itarium after the fall.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

one and one-half cent stamp pre-
Cancelled Liberty, Mo-" in 1925. DR..
w. 7. Mitchell of Berkley, Calf, dis
played the only known coil pairs
of each-listed as worth $500 per
pair.
Specialization Necessary.
With about 100000 variations in
the type of precancel, or the stamp
on which it appears, concentration
along particular line becomes nee
essary.
Most popular is collection of "bu-
reau prints" Some collect pre-
cancels of a certain State-an eX-
Evening star., 1947-08-22
|Broadenedlaw
SoughttoCufb:
District Weeds
Committee Suggests
City Cut Growths
At Fee to Owner

The Commissioners Committee on
Cleanliness and Sanitation will ask
the District heads to- sponsor legis-
lation that will permit the District
government to go on any private
property infested with weeds and
destroy them at small fee to the
owner.
This was decided yesterday after
noon at the monthly meeting of the
committee in the Municipal Center
The law relating to weeds was en-
acted in 1899 and provides merely
for fines against the property own
ers, provided they live in the Dis
trict. Absentee owners are not cov-
cred in the act. The proposed rag
weed control law, discussed at yes
terday's meeting, suggests that the
permission of the owners of thu
property be obtained before the
weeds get too high and that when
the weeds do attain height of 4
inches the District government woulc
be permitted automatically to go on
the property and destroy the weeds
and place a charge on the owners
next tax bill.
Present Rules Criticized.
| The present regulations, it was
said, we're cumbersome and hard tt
enforce. Under the present law il
weeds are not cut when they attain
growth of four inches, the District
gives the owner seven, days notice
If he doesn't cut them he is sup
posed to be tried in Municipal Court
and may be fined $40 daily until
they are cut.
If the owner Is out of town, the
law requires publication twice in a
weeks time, before the District can
proceed in a court action.
The committee was told that the
law just doesn't work. 1t was first
the duty of the Health Department
to enforce the law but about a. year
ago it was turned over to the police
The police do not have the men to
properly enforce the law, it was said
and now it is only when neighbors
complain that any action is taken to
destroy the weeds.
Conditions at the Northeast Mar
ket, Fifth street and Florida avenue
NE, also came in for criticism by
the committee. The streets around
the market are Uttered with trash
and vegetables late in the after
noon and at night, it was charged.
The committee decided to ask the
market owners to build an incinera-
tor at the market to dispose of the
refuse.
Trade Board Delegation Sought.
The Board of Trade, which is
planning to have Washington spick
and span by 1850 through a "clean
up and fix up" campaign, will be
asked to send a delegation to the
next meeting of the committee. i
William A. Xanten, superintend-
ent of city refuse, and chairman OF
the committee said he is pleased
with the progress of the drive to
clean up alleys which he has been
directing since July /. He reported
all the alleys in the city, except
those in No. 13 Police Precinct, have
been cleaned. The work in No. IL
Precinct was started August S.
DR.. Carl Hansen, administrative
assistant to School Superintend-
ent Hobart M. Corning, sat with the
committee in the absence of DR..
Corning and promised the COM
mittee he would do all in his power
to see that the grounds surrounding
the schools are kept clean.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

rest are terrible nuisances. In either
event, they should be dealt with and
not allowed to remain at large. The
most important thing is to get them
out of circulation"
If the Districts commitment laws
were changed to permit commitment
of sex offenders, he added, some OF
them could be cared for in the Sc
curity section at st. Elizabeth's.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

ing States already have provisions
for special disposition of sex psyche
paths as mentally i'll persons.
DR.. Overholser said he hoped
whatever law is proposed for the
District could embrace the more re-
cent concepts of treating some sex
offenders as sick persons.
HSome ofdthese people are potens
TALLY dangefous," he declared. "The
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Wronq Wife Beaten

BALTIMORE, Aug. % P.-Mrs.
Annette Rose Barbini charged in
s25 900 damage suit filed here yes
terday that Arthur Lipscomb mis-
took her for his wife and beat her
while she was walking with another
man. She said the other man was
her husband.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
allowance have accounted for $2,-
037, ,000, 600.

allowance have accounted for $2,-
037, 900, 900.
Nearly all the checks to District
veterans have been for unemploy-
nent. Nearly 80 per cent of the
selfemployment payment, the Vet
Grams Administration said, go to
farmers in southern States.
C. A. Wharton, director of the
District Unemployment Compensa-
ton Board, reported that since the
program got under way, $1,000 vet
Grams here have applied for jobless
pay checks. Only about 900, how
ever, have remained on the rolls
for the full year period.
Mr.. Wharton said the average
District veteran who has applied
has drawn the benefit for nine
weeks. And applications this year
he added, have fallen off sharply
from those in 1916.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

which struck her was driven by
John H. Gauss, q, Merrifield, Va.
He was released pending outcome
of the childs injuries.
Gauss told police, they said, that
he was travelling about S miles per
hour in the 2300 block of North
Quincy street. He said dog ran
out in front of his car, and, as he
pulled to the left Of the road to
avoid it. he struck the girl, who was
crocSjnp the street.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Sentence on Sex
Offense Delayed
iPendinq Inquiry

IWLewis Nieotra, 80, of the 5000
block of Second street N. w.,
today was found guilty in
Municipal Court of indecent
exposure in East Potomac Park.
The maximum penalty for this
offense when it occurs in a
Federal park is $500 fine, six
months in Jail or both.
Nicotra has no previous rec
ord and his case was referred
to the probation Office for in
vestigation before sentencing.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

tensive display of South Carolina
precancels by Mrs. Johanna E.
Rich of Verona, N. j., showed what
can be done on this line. One COL
lector may gather all he can get
representing a single town. One
said he collected pre-cancels from
the particular towns he has visited
Ralph Hedges of Kansas City
Mo, president of the Precancel
Stamp Society, is presiding at busi-
ness meetings. Rolston Lyon, 2l7
Rittenhouse street NV, of the
Capital Precancel Club, is conven-
tion chairman.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

a dog, county
police reported
today.
The chill d,
j a n e t B e e r S,
daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry
P. Beers, 1872
North @ u n C y
street, was re-
ported in I a ir
condition at Ar
ltngtOn Hospital
today. Her in
jurieS are still
undetermined.
Arlington po-
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Dairy Troininq at U. of N.

A training course for prospective
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa-
ton supervisors will be held at the
University of Maryland September
800, Marvin Senger, extension
dairyman, announced.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Firemen Act on FoIse Alarms

Weary of answering false alarms,
the Montgomery County Association
of Volunteer Firemen has appointed
a special committee to explore
methods of lessening the number
of such calls, it was announced to-
day.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Lodqe to Hold Supper

Harmony Chapter, Order Of the
Eastern Star, will hold benefit ham
and chicken salad buffet supper at
5 pm. tomorrow at the home OF
Lyle williams on Blake lane, Oak
ton. Va.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Envoy to Uruquoy Received

MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay, Aug. %
(R).-Ellis o. Briggs, new United
States Ambassador. presented his
credentials yesterday to President
Luis Battle Berres.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Arlington Girl Hurt by Car
Swervinq 10 Avoid Doq

A 3-year-old Arlington girl was
struck by an automobile last night
which had swerved to avoid hitting
Evening star., 1947-02-23
When a Film StarIet
Suffers for Her Art
Poee "
By HARRY MACARTHUR

ONE OF THE duties of young Hollywood starets is posing
for what is called publicity art These pictures are
not art of and seldom they even artul Thev
are used primarily to call the attention of the public to
the starlets name figure to help sell the studios
latest picture to aid the distribution of cosmetic
soft drink other item that thousands be sure to buy
Just because some movie staret supposedly uses it.
s of the advancement of their own popular
y that prompts the lassies pose willingly anything
the studio still man" thinks up girls who hope some
to be great actresses and loved by people (as
of them described her ambitions even will 90
through torture to achieve their ends The
here before you.
Only cad would suggest that this particular series of
pictures from Hollywood designed to prove that there
implements of torture before pictures were
devised These photographs intended to show off the
charm and the dramatic ability of the girls involved
The Valley settler., 1947-06-05

n0HCES The regular meeting of the MATAUa1A / VALLEY DAIRY ASSOC cIATIoN will be held in the Fkcten sion Off ce on Monday, June 9th, at 500 p.m. MOOSE LODGE meets on Tuesday at p.m. in the Moose Hall, June 10th. The COMMUNITY CHORUS will meet for prac- tice in the Valley Theatre at p.m. on Tuesday evening June 10th. Come and bring a friend.
 The N0RTHLINTD PIONEER GRANGE has post- poned this next meet ing on June 18th due to the Hosp ital meeting on the same night. Tho VALLEY HOSPITAL, ASSOCIATION will hold a very important meeting in the Palmer Conrruh ity Hall on Thursday June 18th at p.m. Everyone is urged to attend. HolEAzERs' CLUB MEETINGS soURDOUGH CLUB meets on June 10, at the home of Mrs. Irving Newville. BUTTE CLUB meets on June 12, vi tn Mrs. 6tto Peterson.
 VAsTLLA CLUB meets on June l5, with Mrs. Harold Dinkol.
 RIVERBED CLUB will meet at the home of Mrs. Vera R6rrison on June 24th, instead of with Mrs. Gaylord. Notice change in meeting place.
 HILLTOP meets on June 18th, with Mrs. Ralph Ware. GLACIER VIEW meets on June 26. The. JUNIOR EoGFIAKERS' will meet at the home of Mrs. Anne Cook on Juno 27th. The Gl ac fer View has not reported the place of meeting as yet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
[lSo--Leqal

please make immediate payment.
This the 9th day of December. 1e47
ROBERT D. CRONLY, JR..
Administrator of the Estate of
| MARGARET CRONLY,
| deceased
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Having qualified as Administrator OF
the Estate of Margaret Cronly, deceased
this is to notify all persons having
claims against said Estate to present
them to the undersigned at 1907 Murchi-
son Building. Wilmington. N. c., on or
before the 9th day of December, 1913, or
this Notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
All persons indebted to said Estate will
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cpIS CRAFT Motor boat at
reasonable price. 227 Calhoun
nriye. Maffitt Village.
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SS1f--. eusI
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office of
District Supervisor, Alcohol Tax Unit,
Bureau of Internal Revenue, Balti-
ton, December Is, 1947. Notice is here
more, Maryland. Date of first publca-
by given that on November 20. 1947, one
1895 Chevrolet Coach, Motor No. M-673
O224, with accessories, was seized in New
Hanover County, North Carolina, for
violation Of the Internal Revnue Laws
to-wit: Section 1921, Internal Revenue
Code. Any person claiming an interest
IN said property must appear at the Of
ice OF Investigator in Charge, Alcohol
Tax Unit. Charlotte. North Carolina, and
file claim and cost bond as provided by
Section 1924. Internal Revenue Code, on
or before January IA, 1948, otherwise the
property will be disposed of according to
law.
r. E. FUTILE,
District Supervisor
Evening star., 1947-12-19
Charles ". Williams Dies,
Internal Revenue Auditor

Charles Wesley Williams, IS, life
long Washington resident and Gov
ernment worker since 1908, died un-
expectedly yesterday at his home,
1914 Thirteenth street NV.
At the time of his death he was
an auditor with the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue.
Mr.. Williams attended Central High
School here and Lehigh University
Working for a year in a clerical job
at the Naval Academy, he came to
Washington in 1908 with the State
Department. He did clerical work
there until 1917 when he transferred
to the Internal Revenue Bureau.
At the time of his death, Mr..
Williams was an auditor in the cor
poration income tax unit.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Winifred M. Williams; a son, David
w. Williams of San Francisco; two
daughters. Mrs. .Winifred Pruett.
SAIL Carolina place NV, and Miss
Mary E. Williams of the Thirteenth
street address.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at the Warner E. Pumphrey
funeral home, S434 Georgia avenue,
Silver Spring, at an hour to be an
nounced later. Burial will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery