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Evening star., 1947-10-06
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Pre-Campaign
Chest Meetings
Leaders to Instruct
Workers on Procedure
And Issue Supplies

A series OF pre-campaign meetings
by volunteer workers in the $780,
600 Community Chest Federation
drive for 125 Red Feather agencies
is scheduled this week in preparation
for the solicitation program.
The campaign organization will
make its first report of progress on
November IL, opening date of the
campaign. There are $4,000 volun-
teer workers.
In the meantime, meetings will be
held to instruct solicitors, outline
campaign procedures and distribute
instruction leaflets, pledge cards and
other supplies.
:, Unit Lists Four Meetings.
Business Unit No. l, of which
Granville Guide is chairman, has
scheduled four meetings this week
William w. Everett, jr., chairman
of the industrial area, has called a
meeting of his group at pm. today
at campaign headquarters, 1101 M
street NV. Norman H. Barnes,
chairman of the public utilities area,
will meet with his campaigners at
$50 pm. tomorrow at headquarters.
Three divisions Of the commercial
area, of which Milton s. Kronheim
Is chairman, will meet during the
week: James Rotto's Division No
"a, at 1890 pm. today at the Raleigh
Hotel; Howard Grothe's Division
No. 81, at 1880 pm. Wednesday at
the Washington Hotel, and Section
251 of Division No. Is, of which
Walker H. Colston is chairman, at
1890 pm. Thursday at the Statler
Hotel.
OF the Residential Unit, headed
by Mrs. Angus Dun, workers of dis
trict IL will meet at the home of
their chairman, Mrs. j. Edgar Muir
dock, at 2940 Foxhall road NV, to-
morrow and those of district 13,
headed by Mrs. Ganson Purcell and
Mrs. A. j. Valentine, will tour the
Episcopal Home for Children, 1901
Utah avenue NV, Friday.
- Parker Names Bruce.
E.. Courtlandt Parker, chairman
of the Special Gifts Unit, has an
nounced the appointment of Assist
ant Secretary Of Commerce David
E. K. Bruce as chairman of section
D, made up of Government officials.
Other Special Gifts sections will be
led by Frank r. Jelleff, section A;
Daniel w. Partridge III. section B;
Mrs. Harry Roller, section c, and
Mrs. Milton w. King. section E..
Key persons in section A will meet
today at the Metropolitan Club at
1890 pm. Team meetings will be
held as follows:
Tomorrow at pm. at the home
Of Mrs. Milton Harris at the West
chester Apartments; Wednesday at
Bpm. at the home of Mrs. M. Rob-
ert Guggenheim, 2so0 Albemarle
street NV; Thursday at II am. at
the home Of Mrs. G. Rowland
Chase, 1855 Thirty fifth street NV.
and at 8 pm. at the home Of Mrs.
William D. Blair, 2311 Connecticut
avenue NV.
Other sections will hold team
meetings next week. The first cam
paign meeting of the full Special
Gifts organization will be held at
dinner at the Hotel 2400 at pm.
October ID.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Father Smith Is Named
ChupIuin at Catholic U.

The Rev. DR.. Mariner Theodore
Smith. o. p, of the Dominican
House of Studies, has been named
chaplain at Catholic University to
fill the vacancy left by the death
last month of the Rev. DR.. George
H. Stratemeier, o. P.
He also will be an instructor in
religious education at the university.
He has been member of the teach
ing staff of the Dominican House Of
Studies since 1896, except for five
years spent in the chaplain corps
of the Army. He joined the Army
in 1941 as a first lieutenant and
went on inactive duty in 1916 as a
colonel,
Evening star., 1947-10-06
z Ohio Obi ., Children Il lid Arrive
For Blue Boby' Study
heaAsscefased Pres.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 8. - Frank
Valentino, jr., s, and his sister
Leonora, 9, of Lorain, Ohio, arrived
here today to undergo a. series OF
examinations which will decide
whether they can be helped by the
blue baby" operation.
A diagnosis will be announced In
several days. after which an opera
ton date will be set if the children
are found to have the kind of heart
malformation which can be cor
rected by surgery. The congenial
malformations prevent the blooo
from getting enough oxygen anc
result in a blush tinge to the baby's
lips and hands.
The children were accompanied
by their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Valentino,
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Glass Worker Strike
Goes Info Sixth Day,
Hating installations
House meeting.

A strike of the Districts glass
workers went into its sixth day
today, halting all plate glass and
other installation work.
Immediate settlement appeared
doubtful as a committee represent
ing the employers rejected an offer
by the union to submit the entire
wage question to arbitration.
Two hundred members of the
Glaziers and Glass Workers Union.
Local 963 (AFI), called the strike
last Wednesday when employers re-
fused to meet their wage demands
or to agree to arbitration.
Paul Jones, union business man
ager, said in a statement today the
workers would end the strike imme-
diately if the employers would sub
NIT the matter to the Mediation and
Cancellation Service for settlement
Employers Went Overheard.
A. Lee Amoss, manager of the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. and
spokesmen for the glass distributing
Employers Committee, said the Il
firms involved were opposed to arbi-
tration because they already had
gone overheard" in making an
offer.
A Federal conciliator has at
tempted to effect a settlement for
the past month.
The strike was called at the, ex-
piration of two agreements covering
inside and outside workers. The
union gave so days notice of a de-
sire to amend terms of the existing
contract, as provided in the agree
ment.
The union is asking $2.25 an hour
for outside, journeymen workers, an
increase of IS cents over the pres
ent scale. The employers have Of
fered top of 5000.
Housing Picture Held Unaffected.
For inside workers the union
wants 50 for skilled mechanics
$161 for middle bracket workers
and $1.29 for unskilled workers. The
employers have offered $165, $1.3C
and 81. The present scale for the
three classifications is $l.50, $1.21
and 81 cents.
Any plate-glass windows broken
during the strike must be replaced
by boards or material other than
glass. One union man said he had
heard of several such instances. He
knew Of no important housing prof.
ects being held up through lack
of window glass.
Evening star., 1947-10-06

they had seen a man answering
the dead mans description pacing
the bridge between 10 pm. and
am. Smudge marks on the bridge
railing indicated to police the man
had jumped or fallen from the
bridge some time after l am. Head
injuries and fractured leg also
indicated the body had struck q
brick platform near the bridge in
the 25-foot drop. The body lay near
the B. 81 o. tracks.
A Casualty Hospital ambulance
was called and the body removed
to the District Morgue. DR.. Duval
said a representative of St. Eliza
beths Hospital would view the body
today to make positive identified
ton.
DR.. Duval said Mr.. Baxter had
been a resident of the Soldiers
Home here and came to st. Eliza
beths from the home on July 20,
1910. He was discharged on Janu-
ary 13, 1941, and returned to the
Soldiers Home. He was readmitted
to st. Elizabeths July Is. DR.. Duval
said his only known relative is an
uncle, David w. Baxter Of Rusk. Tex.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
British MP to Speak
| On World Topics TONIGHT

Victor Yates, a member of the
British House of Commons, will
speak tonight at the Friends Meet
ing House, gill Florida avenue NV.
under the sponsorship of the Amer.
lean Friends Service Committee.
Mr.. Yates will speak at a dinner
meeting at o'clock on Economic
Conditions in Britain and Europe"
and at forum meeting at 8 o'clock
on 1.-THE Role Of the Common Man
in Shaping World Peace"
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Arlington Church Nets 5000
On ST Bills Given 139 Members

dollar bill investments came from
Claude o. Thomas of 1908 North
Vernon street, Arlington. Mr.
Thomas, investing his money in his
law business, returned STAT. A 25-
fold increase was returned to the
church by DR.. Hazel Davis of 4815
North Eleventh street, Arlington
She bought a typewriter ribbon with
her dollar wrote an article and gave
the $25 she received for 1t to the
church.
The Mount Olivet Methodist
Church venture is the second in re-
cent months in the Washington
area. Last spring the Takoma
Lutheran Church of Washington
successfully tried the same plan.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
20 Model T Finds New Owner
For $50 at Police Auction Sale

A 1926 model T Ford was sold to
its sixth owner at the Police De-
partment's car sale today, while the
cars third owner looked on.
Twenty other cars and a half
dozen boats also were sold at the
auction of unclaimed property re-
covered by police from thieves and
found abandoned.
More than 200 persons, most of
them spectators drawn by the ac-
tivity, f1ocked to the police property
lot, Second and H street Sc, to
watch Auctiooneer Zed L. Williams
describe the ancient hulks as "just
the cars to take the kiddies riding
in Sunday afternoon"
The Ford, purchased by Mrs. Will
lard Van Deusen, RID No. 2, Alex
andria, for her 17-year-old son,
Willard, jr., went under the hammer
for $50.
While the car was being sold Ray
GiovRnnoni, 20, of 500 Rittenhouse
street NV, excitedly discovered
that it was the vehicle he'd sold IA
months ago for $3.50.
He also told the new owner "you
can get IA people in that back seat.
But Willard said he wanted the
car as a reserve stockpile" in case
of part failure on the 1928 Ford he
has now.
The highest price of the day was
paid by S. M. Smalls, ycolored, .6l4
M street NE, an employe of. the
Capital Transit Co. He paid $40
for o. 1885 Cldsmobile sedan.
Although one old and dere1ict
canoe brought but 81, the minimum
price for a car was the $27.50 paid
by Burton Davis. a member of the
Ralph Davis & Sons Wrecking Co.,
Falls Church, Va. His purchase was
a decrepit sedan almost destroyed
by fire.
The rest of the cars wen. to Junk
dealers and wrecking companies,
the sales most loyal followers each
time one is held.
A lone flat-bodied truck. an m
ternational of questionable birth
date, was sold for $50 to Frank
Figliozzi of 243O Fourth street NE.
He said he planned to repair it and
use it in his contracting business
IF it will run" But even If it
resist all attempts to spark 1t into
Evening star., 1947-10-06

A total Of $2,070 has been re-
turned to the Mount Olivet Meth
odist Church of Arlington by 13s
members who received dollar bills a
month ago to invest, the Rev. A. G
Lynch, pastor of the church, re-
ported today.
Mr.. Lynch said returns from the
remainder of the $40 members who
received the dollar bills are ex-
pected by the middle of this month
The money will be put into the
building fund for new edif1ce
whose cost at total completion is es-
timated at $225,000. Work on the
building is expected to start before
the end of this year.
Largest of the increases from the
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Two Trucks Start DC. Tours
To Teach Fire Prevention

Observance of National Fire Pre-
vention Week began today when
two fire trucks began circulating
through Washington to show the
public new and old types Of fire
alarm boxes. The boxes were
mounted on the trucks for demon
stration purposes.
The trucks, which also are
equipped with special fire preven-
ton slogans, will visit schools on
request, Raymond Roberts, District
fire marshal, said.
A number of theaters will show
movie shorts on fire prevention dis
tributed by the National Board of
Fire Underwriters.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
) Policemen Accused
Of Neg|ectin!g Duty
Fined Total Of $225

Three police accused Of sleeping
on their beats and otherwise neglect
ing their duties in the month be.
fore Inauguration of around-the-
clock supervision of all Metropolitan
Police Department personnel were
fined 6 total of 1925 today by the
Police Trial Board.
Pvt. Franklin r. Cue, No. 9 pre-
cinct; Pvt. Charles M. Queen, No
II precinct. and Pvt. Floyd S
Hathorne, No. S precinct.
Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett
ordered the new system put into
effect last Wednesday to see that
the District gets IAN honest eight
hour" tour of duty by every men,
ber of the department. Capt. Clar-
ence Lutz was given supervisory
charge of the city between midnight
and 8 am. with orders to keep
personnel on its toes by visiting
precinct stations at unannounced
times and otherwise checking on
police operations during the early
hours. -
Fines to Come Out of Pay.
Pvt. Cue drew the most severe
penalty. He was fined a total of
$125 on two counts. Pvt. Cue was
convicted of failing to patrol his
heat and to make a check-in cali but
was found not.s guilty OF. failing to
proceed to his assignment on foot.
On the first count he was fined $50
and on the second S75. He was Or
dered to pay the fines at the rate
of S. every payday starting Novem-
Der 1.
The charges stated that Pvt. Cue
was awakened in his automobile by
1t. Lewis D. Redman and Sergt.
Earl Noble after he failed to call his
station between and 6 am, Sep
tember II.
Pvt. Queen was fined $50 after
conviction on charge of neglect
of duty in falling to direct traffic
at crossing at time when there
was an accident resulting in per-
sonal injuries. The accident oc-
CURED at Minnesota avenue and
Benning road NE, on Labor Day.
He was ordered to pay his fine at
the rate of $3.50 each payday be-
ginning November /.
Fourth Case to Be Heard.
The same fine and method of pay
ment were imposed on Pvt. Ha-
'thorne, who pleaded guilty at a
hearing before the board last Fri
day to failure to make 4 am.
check-in September %. He ex-
planned that he had taken a nap.
The case of a fourth policeman,
Pvt. Malcolm r. Luebkert of the
Sd precinct, is still to be heard. Last
Friday he obtained a weeks post
ponement in his hearing on charges
that he was found asleep in his car
at 6:25 am, September -, after
having failed to call his station the
hour before.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Womun's Death in Jail
Due to Natural Causes

The death in District Jail cell
yesterday of Emma Wilson, SO, COL
ored, 1900 block Of Levy street NE,
was attributed to natural causes in
certificate of death issued by
Deputy Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy.
Police said the woman was found
by another inmate in the women s
section of the Jail and pronounced
dead by members Of the Jail medical
staff at 7 am. Sentenced to serve
go days on charges Of intoxication,
she appeared In good health Satur-
day night, police said.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Company Compares
Transit Wages Here
With Other Cities

Capital Transit Co. officials to-
day undertook to show that the
company's employees have Jared rea
sonably well, in comparison with
other transit workers, in wage in
creases since VI day.
AS hearings before wage Ar.
bitration Board were resumed al
the Raleigh Hotel, Hawley w. Simp-
son, company attorney, offered g
number of exhibits comparing in
creases granted to Capital Transit
employees with those of companies
in the larger cities.
In addition he introduced an ex-
hibit he said was based on an argu-
ment offered by transit unior
spokesmen In a Chicago wage rate
case that the historically high wage
differentials there, as compared
with other cities, should be main
tanned.
Chicago Rates % Cents Higher.
The Chicago rates are % cents
above the Washington $1.20 level
Mr.. Simpson declared that when
the union in Chicago argues for
wage increases to maintain the
Chicago differential over Washing
ton and other cities, 1t can't now
say !. that if the Chicago rate is
I$l.41 an hour the washington rate
should be the same.
Mr.. Simpson found there was
merit In using the.t.historic wage
differential guide for wages between
cities, in recognition Of the differ
ences in many factors, but said
the studies should cover a reason
ably long period. The union chart
he used carried the historic differ
entails back to January /, 1927.
Before the hearings to adjourn
tomorrow for a week, Eli E. Oliver
representing the Amalgamated As
sociation of Street, Electric Rail-
way and Motor Coach Employees, is
to cross examine j. Edward Heberle
CTC vice president, on his argu-
ments against the requested IS per
cent wage increase.
otCi tllIIC OAlCy lNOtcu.
During this mornings session, Mr.
Simpson declared that the prevail
ing wage increases for transit work.
ers amounted to 26 to % cents an
hour, as against 18 cents here. But
the CTC, he added, also granted
benefits in lieu of higher wage rates
which he said had a value of 8 cents
an hour. These, he said, establishes
Washington parity with workers in
other large cities.
Mr.. Simpson noted that the CTC
was one of the few companies that
had granted overtime for eight ho'7rs
over 40 hours a week. Also, he
pointed to the CTC pension plan
as another extra benefit.
Among other companies, Wash
ington's top $120 rate was COM
pared by Mr.. Simpson with current
levels of the Baltimore Transit Co.,
$1.20: New York City Omnibus, 81 .26;
Seattle Transit System (munici-
pally-ownedD, $1.42: Detroit De-
partment of Street Railways (muni-
cipally owned, $142, and the Con-
necticut Co. of New Haven, $1.35.
Lower current wage rates were
shown for other cities having popu-
lations of 100000 or more.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Wife Indicted
In S|ayiingo Of
Union Agent
Harris Wus Found
Dead at Home Here
Last April %

Mrs. Minnie Harris, 81, OF tha
3100 block Of Thirteenth street NV,
today was indicted on charges Of
f1rst-degree murder in the killing Of
her husband, James Edward Harris,
40, IN their home last April %. Mr..
Harris was q business agent of the
Cafeteria and Restaurant Workers
Union, CIO.
The indictment charges Mrs. Har-
r1s, colored, with killing her hus.
band with a hard, sharp instru-
ment, more particular description
whereof is to the grand jury un-
known"
Police had conducted a lengthy
investigation of the killing and
finally arrested the wife last month
as she stepped off a train here on
returning from Atlantic City.
Physician Indicted.
DR.. Schley Brown, As, of the 200
block OF Rhode Island avenue NV,
colored physician. today was indicted
on two charges of performing illegal
operations on young women.
Last year an Indictment charging
DR.. Brown with performing an il
legal operation on a 17-year -old girl
was dismissed by the United States
attorneys Office, which said there
was insufficient evidence"
Edward c. Butcher, %, colored, of
the 100 block Of First street NV,
was indicted on two charges of Sec
ond-degree murder in traffic deaths
resulting from collision of an auto
mobile operated by him and another
car at North Capitol and H streets.
Those he is accused of killing are
listed as Beatrice Chambers, So, COL
ored, and Melvin Platter, jr.. 19
months old, colored, both of the 1900
block of D street Sc.
Bertha Jackson, 10, of the 100
block of Eleventh street Sc, was
indicted on grand larceny charges,
accusing her of taking more than
$500 she allegedly obtained from
persons under pretext of renting
them an apartment and selling
them furniture.
fS lrue 0lllS Returned.
The indictments were among q
total of 43 returned today by the
grand jury before Justice David A.
Pine of District Court.
John M. Holzworth, SO, a lawyer
who came here from New York last
month seeking a clients freedom
through a habeas corpus action.
only to be arrested himself after his
appearance in court, was indicted on
bad check charges. He is accused
of having caused a bad check to be
taken from the District to Cali
fornia.
Among others indicted was John
I. Michigan, 20, an Army private,
who IS Ace1lsed of assault by throw
ing a necktie around the neck of
a young woman on Sixteenth street
last month"; *sf A.
Sherman E. Buis, 81, of the 2400
block of Sixteenth street NV, was
indicted on charges of assaulting
William r. Hail. l8, soldier sta
toned at Boiling Field, with q
pistol last August. Buis is charged
in the indictment in two counts,
one of which accuses him of at
tempt to kill Hall.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Adult Night School 10 Start
AT Montgomery Blair High

Night school for adults will begin
this week at Montgomery Blair High
School. Silver Spring, with registra-
ton and opening classes at pm.
tomorrow, Daryl w. Shaw, principal,
said today.
Glasses in typing, sewing, clothing
renovation, electric arc welding,
acetylene welding, mechanical draw
ing, public speaking and health
training for men will be organized.
The registration fee is 81.
II there is sufficient demand,
classes in conversational Spanish,
shorthand or other subjects may be
arranged.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Capt. .Korig in Hospital; /;
Stricken in New York

Capt Walter Karig. U. s. NJ. r.,
whose latest novel "Zlotz!" is the
October Book-of-the-Month Club
selection was stricken while attend
ing publishers conference in New
York Thursday night and now is
resting comfortably at Brooklyn
Naval Hospital.
The captain is expected to be
moved to Bethesda Naval Hospital
later this week.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Purchasing Office Moves
To Municipal Center

The District Purchasing Office
moved today from Room 800 in the
District Building to Room 4026 ir
the Municipal Center, Fourth street
and Indiana avenue NV.
The Sewer Department will ex-
pand into Purchasing Officer Ro.
land M. Brennan's old Office ir
the District Building.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Clay, Murphy, Smith
Flying to Washington
by fhe Assoeioted Press

BERLIN, Oct. 6.-Gen. Lucius D.
Clay and Ambassador Robert Muir
ply left by air for Washington to-
day. They will participate in talks
with Britain on the costs of the
American-Britis zone in Germany
Britain wants the United States to
foot more of the bill.
Walter Bedell Smith American
Ambassador to Moscow, accompan-
led Gen. Clay and Mr.. Murphy. He
Is returning to Washington for con-
situations.
Evening star., 1947-10-06

ACTIVITIES CENTER-Purchase of the Columbia Hotel
street for reconverson into student activities
center George Washington University announced today
remodeng ob-wich involves razng adjoining building
occupied sororyw bring the value of the property
about 000" university officials said Installation OF
cafeteria and gamerooms planned The hotel which has So
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1947-10-06

The skis demonstrated Monue Adams
native France Club members Canada and talked
Skiing
District include the official club HILL Hill the Bluff ootbrdge
creek: who want to should
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-22
DISABLED VETS
 DIG DITCHES

Kecoughtan, Va.-The Vet erans Administration Hospital here is really a convalescent home for disabled veterans. It is impossible to gain admission unless you are seventy-fve percent disabled. And yet it is alleged that there are Ne gro veterans here who are forced to dig ditches for a sewer pipe line three hours a day. Which is a complete vio- lation of the VA rules for domi- ciliary patients.
 There are more than 500 Ne gro veterans at this location and a complete pattern of segre- gation permeates the whole scheme of things. One patient commented that there are only two places on the whole IOca- tion where segregation is not practiced. One is the Catholic Church and the other is a lava tory in the Out Patient depart ment. There are Negro nurses for Negro patients but no Ne gro doctors on the staff.
 When the matter of placing disabled veterans at hard labor was brought to the attention of Col. F. w. Franke, chief of the Veterans Domiciliary Homes Division, he said that managers were permitted to assign pa tients to light duty but nothing as severe as digging ditches.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-22
SENATE RESTAURANT WHITES ONLY
 POLICY UNDER FIRE

Washington, D. c. - The Washington Bureau asked Ed ward F. McGinnis, Sergeant at Arms of the United States Sen ate, for a statement of policy re- garding the use of the Senate restaurant by Negro employees of the Capitol.
 The query came as a result of a story reported by Drew Pear son last week in his column, "The Washington Merry-Go- Round, charging that McGin- his had told Thomas s. Thorn ton, Negro employee and war veteran "not to eat in the Sen ate Office Building Luncheon btte or in similar places any more. :" It appears that Thorn ton had previously eaten a sand wic;h and coffee there over the objection of restaurant officials and had been reported to Me Ginnis.
 In a letter to the Sergeant at Arms, Leslie Perry wrote :: ''Last year the Congress appro- priated $35,000 of the taxpay- ers' money to subsidize Senate restaurants. But that is only one of the reasons why Negro citizens should be free to use every public and semi-public facility in the Capitol without being subjected to humiliation, intimidation, and discrimina- tion."