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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Minister Of Liberia Calls
For 'Abidinq Faith in U. N,

Charles D. B. King, minister from
Liberia. last night in radio speech
here called for an abiding faith" in
the United Nations "in spite OF the
dark clouds which seem now to be
gathering above 1t"
He cited the recent inter- meri-
can conference in Brazil as evidence
that nations can work together with
patience, tolerance and mutual I'M
Outstanding"
Mr.. King was speaker on a
~Story of Liberia" program spon-
sored by the Institute on Race Re
lstions and broadcast from 11:15 to
HAS pm. from station WWDC'
romlinson D. Todd, institute presi-
dent, also spoke.
The Liberian Minister told OF
progressive movements designed to
enlighten our people and assure
equal political participation OF all
inhabitants of the nation" He
noted that Liberian women took
part in elections last May for the
frst time.
The government of Liberia, he re-
ported, has increased appropriations
and subsidies for educational insti-
buttons and has sent many advanced
students to study in American uni
yerSitieS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
DR.. Davies Reports Enthusiasm
For His Attack on Iona Skirts

tackled as utterly loathsome' a
news picture of two admirals smil-
ing over an angel food cake in the
shape of an atomic bomb explosion.
DR.. Davies called on women's Or
CARNATIONS to defeat these cal
loused and wasteful fashion
changes" He declared women
should not "humiliate themselves by
following these imbecilic fashion
changes like a herd of ludicrous
cattle" If they follow that fashion
at this time, he added, their Twen-
tieth Century emancipation is just
an empty boast and they may as
we'll consider themselves as Victor
ian as their great grandmothers but
with less common sense"
He accused greedy financial in
terests" of trying to trick women into
buying new clothes by radical fashion
changes.
There cannot be many times
that a minister has called the
lengthening of skirts immoral" DR..
Davies said But do so deliberate
ly and responsibility. They are i'm
moral because they waste the ma
terial that is desperately needed
by the worlds suffering people
and they represent the foolish and
grotesque in world that is crying
out for wisdom and sanity"
The minister asserted the fashion
also is a crime against human
decency" because it brings about
"moronic new fashions in women's
clothes which will deprive the SILVER
ing people of Europe of the wool they
need to keep them warm in coal
less winter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
$575 Theft From Auto
On n Street Reported

The theft of clothing, jewelry and
fishing equipment worth $575 from
a car parked In the downtown area
was one of number reported to
police over the week end.
Benjamin Dublin. 1906 Mintwood
place NV, told authorities a
woman's fur jacket, a mans suit
coat, pair of woman's shoes. a
wrist watch and a rod and reel
were taken from the car he had
parked in the 1900 block of H street
NV. early Sunday.
In another report, Ernest Franklin
AL Franklin street NV, said 1857
was taken from his wallet by a
burglar who forced an entrance into
his home Saturday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
'S-5tory House Bought
By 6. W. as Quarters
For Hospital Nurses

George Washington University
today announced purchase of the
Everglades Apartments, 1928 H
street NV, for conversion to a
nurses home. The purchase price
was said to be $400, 900.
The modern. eight-story brick
structure is located only a block
from the new George Washington
University Hospital, which is sched-
udled to open early next year.
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, university
president, said present occupants of
the 80 apartments in the building
would be given ample notice" and
would not be disturbed until after
the first of the year, when it is
hoped they will begin moving in the
nurses.
Acquisition Of the conveniently
located nurses home will 60 long
way toward solving the problem of
hospital officials in@housing hospital
personnel 1t Is regarded as an added
inducement to nurses to join the
George Washington staff when the
new medical center opens.
Housing in Washington is prob
lem for new nurses, too," Lee
Schneider, hospital superintendent
points out.
AS the apartment house is now
laid out, each unit contains living
room, bedroom, bathroom and kit
chen. Hospital officials have not
yet made definite plans for altera.
tons.
| 1t is felt, however, that at least
two nurses can be accommodated
in each of the present units.
House Has Sun Deck.
The nurses also will have the
benefit of a SUN deck on the roof OF
the apartment house.
A university spokesman said the
rental to be charged nurses living in
the building had not yet been de-
termined. The apartments now
range from $3.50 to SOS a month
Student nurses. it was indicated
probably will not be quartered in
the new nurses home At present
the hospital maintains no nursing
school, but officials have announced
they intend to establish one when
the new hospital is completely Or
ganized.
A dormitory is expected to be pro-
vided to house the undergraduate
nurses, who would require a central
dining hall in which to eat all their
meals, whereas the graduate nurses
will be able to eat in their apart
ments while off duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Report on Camp Brown
To Be Delivered Toniqht

A full report on activities at Camp
Ernest w. Brown, the Metropolitan
Police Boys Club camp at Scotland.
Md, which has ended its 12-week
season, will be given at 6:15 O'Clock
tonight when the Boys Club board
of directors meets at the Ambas-
sador Hotel.
Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett will
be guest of honor. The board is
headed by John A. Remon.
A total of 1,215 boys attended the
camp during the season, according
to Sergt. Forrest L. Binswanger,
camp director. The boys, ranging
in age from to Is, stayed from two
to eight weeks at the camp. The
camping Is offered free.
Sergt. Binswanger said that the
campers themselves raised much
of their food in the garden. During
the season, the boys gathered $50
bushels of potatoes as well as guam
titles of tomatoes, string beans, corn,
cabbage, turnips, beets and other
garden vegetables. All Of the boys
attending the camp gained weight,
from 2 to IA pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15

the increased use of cloth in this
country would deprive Europeans OF
clething.
DR.. Davies said he received "sev-
erar' telephone calls today, most OF
them favorable or requesting further
information. The attitude of his
congregation, so far as he could
judge, was generally enthusiastic. y
He said he had nothing to add to
the sermon in which he told his
congregation yesterday that the
lower hemline is not only "moronic'
but immoral because it wastes ma
terial desperately needed by the
worlds suffering people.
His condemnation of the current
fashion trend was voiced in the
same pulpit where a year ago he at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Businessmen Hurry
To Beat Midnight
License DeadIine

Hundreds of unincorporated bust
nesses were besieging the District
License Bureau today in order to
beat the midnight deadline of the
citys new law under which they
must pay $40 for licenses if their
gross income exceeds $4,000 an
nually.
Before noon about 200 business
men had paid for licenses and the
morning mail was cluttered with
several thousand applications, each
supposedly inclosing the $40 fee.
Checks postmarked before midnight
tonight will get applicants in under
the wire.
Last week about 5000 Of an esti-
mated $4,000 unincorporated bust
nesses in the District affected by
the regulation had applied for
licenses.
Proprietors face a possible $500
maximum fine for each day they
operate without license.
In addition, Walter C. Thompson
newly appointed chief examiner in
charge of issuing the licenses, said
unincorporated businesses also must
pay per cent tax on net income
exceeding $4,000 year. The actual
tax, however, is not due until April
Is.
The license provision Of the new
law has a wide base. 1t also covers
persons who rent rooms or serve
board, it was pointed out. There
are certain exceptions, however, in
Guiding trades or businesses which
"by law, custom or ethics cannot
be incorporated or in which more
than 80 per cent of the gross income
is made through personal service OF
the individual conducting the bust
ness. Such exceptions include medi-
cine and allied professions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
d. {. Rent Curb
Extension Asked
If u. ). Also Acts
Buck Sees Situation
Calling for Laws
Continuation
By Harold B. ROGERS

Chairman Buck of the Senate Dis
trict Committee recommended today
that If Congress extends rent control
for the rest of the Nation beyond
its present termination date of Feb
ruary 20 next year, the separate
District rent law should be extended
a similar length of time.
District controls now are slated tc
end March /.
The Delaware Republican, who
took a leading role in national rent
control legislation during the first
session of the Eightieth Congress
feels the present situation probably
calls for continuation Of the present
national law. The same conditions
also would justify extension of the
present District act, he contends.
Sees Improvement Possible.
Judging by the rate at which
houses are not being built" he tolo
reporter, lit probably will be neces-
sary to extend controls for the coun-
try some time beyond February 49,
How far, he did not predict.
When hearings are held on new
legislation proposing extension, the
Senator forecast, it is likely that
some weaknesses in the present
national law may be disclosed. He
did not specify what these were. but
their disclosure probably would lead
to improving the present act, he
said.
The District Rent Act originally
would have expired December 81
this year, but was extended by
Congress for three months. During
House District Committee hearings
on extension, the local law was
praised by both District officials and
some members of Congress as sat-
isfactory and workable. 1t was even
pointed to as kind of model for
the Nation It's proponents have
claimed that it carries a more lib
eral attitude toward landlords re-
quests for increases than the old
national act.
Pressure for Increases.
Since Congress adjourned, how
ever, there has been an increasing
demand on the part of property
owners for increases in rents. These
have come from individual owners
and from spokesman for the Build
ing Owners and Managers AsSocia
ton, from the Home Builders and
the Washington Real Estate Board
Requests for higher rents here have
been based on increased assessments
on real estate and higher taxes.
Some requests for increases here
have pointed to the new national
rent control extension act which
carries a provision for so-called Il
per cent voluntary increases to
which tenants are supposed to agree
if they are granted leases. The
District law has no such provision
Robert F.. Cogswell, rent admin
istrator. has indicated that the local
act gives =, him authority to grant
increases in rent, but that he is not
required to follow the Is per cent
figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Veterans 5-Story Plunge
Is Certified as Suicide

The death of young Navy vet
eran in a f1ve-story plunge Satur-
day night was termed a suicide in
the certificate of death issued by
DR.. A. Magruder Mcdonald, Distric.
coroner.
The man was William Edward
Ewick, 81, who police said had lived
in Mount Rainier, Md, since COM
ing to Washington area about year
ago. He had been employed at the
P. J. Nee Furniture Co. after re-
ceiving a medical discharge from
the Navy.
Ewick's body fell across an iron
guard rail back of the Park Hill
Apartments, 1910 Park road NV;
from the bathroom window of the
apartment of Miss Eleanor Taylor
at that address, police said.
Ewick, a native of Elkins. w. Va.
and friend had paid visit to Miss
Taylor, also of Elkins. to discuss a
personal problem" of the youth
authorities reported.
The body yesterday was taken to
Elkins for services and burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
The Common Glory Ends
Season at WILLIAMSBURG

WILLIAMSBURG. Va, Sept. 15.-
The spotlight faded last night on
the massive, open-air stage of the
ampitheater near here for the last
time this season, ending success
full two-months' run of Paul Green's
symphonic drama The Common
Glory"
Last nights performance was
played to a near capacity audience
with gate receipts divided among
the cast which brought the days of
the Revolution to life on the stage
built near the banks of Lake Matoka.
A spokesman for the sponsoring
jamestown Corp. said the season
was "a financial success-and in
every other way. 1t was far more
than we had hoped for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Chest Merger
To Be Topic Of
Council Panel
Preliminary S;uay
By Delegates Set
For Wednesday

The proposed merger of the Coun-
ell of Social Agencies and the
Washington Community Chest will
be the subject of preliminary
meeting of the delegate body and
members of the council at noon
Wednesday in Barker Hall, Seven
tenth and K streets NV.
The discussion will be in panel
form, 1t was announced, and no
action will be taken at that time.
In calling the meeting Mrs. Cath
arine H. Norton, acting executive
secretary of the Council, told the
delegates a second meeting will be
called in October for a vote on
whether the Council and Chest
should be reorganized into a single
agency according to the plans.
The plans for new Chest-Council
providing wider community particle
patton in welfare program mapping
were approved by the Chest Execu-
tive Committee and the Council
Board on August 20 and recon-
mended to the governing bodies OF
DIR. Griffith to Preside.
Carrying out the proposal would
mean a complete overhaul in the
social welfare setup here. 1t con-
templates a single board OF 2l2
members, with the emphasis on nom
professional membership. Approx
mately 100 of the number would not
be professional social workers.
An executive committee that
would include Is trustees, presi-
dent, three vice presidents, a secre-
tary, q treasurer and the chairmen
of five standing committees of the
board is outlined in the plans.
DR.. Ernest S. Griffith, president
of the council, will preside at the
meeting, which also will consider
final approval of the application of
the Hospital Council for member
ship in the council.
Presiding over the panel discus
sion will be Col. Campbell Johnson,
vice president of the council.
Panel Members Topic"
The panel members and their
topics are:
Miss Jane Hoey, vice president Of
the council and chairman OF the
committee on the organization and
structure of social work of the
Washington Social Survey: Back
ground of the problem.
Lee D. Butler, president OF the
Washington Community Chest;
Values of reorganization from the
financing point of view.
DR.. Griffith: Values of reorganiza-
ton from the planning point OF
view.
Coleman Jennings, member OF the
Joint Committee of Chest and
Council on Reorganization: Struc-
ture of the Board of Trustees; rec
ognition of community wide plan
ming as a necessary function of the
new agency.
Capt. Rhoda ]. Milliken of the
Police Women's Bureau, member OF
the Joint Committee: Use OF pro-
fessional persons on the Board OF
Trustees and other committees OF
the new agency.
Mrs. Rhea Benton, member OF
the Board of Directors OF the
council: Safeguards needed to pre-
serve values inherent in the pres
ent structure of the Council OF
Social Agencies.
Discussion and questions from the
floor will follow the panel speakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Firehouse Fund Drive
Opens at Chapel Oaks

A drive for $4,000 to replace the
Chapel Oaks. Md, Volunteer Fire
Department Building which recently
burned down has been launched
Mrs. Mildred J. Fitzgerald, secretary
announced.
The funds also will be used tc
purchase a fire truck and Other
equipment. Contributions may be
sent to Mrs. Fitzgerald at 1902 Fifty.
seventh avenue, Chapel Oaks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Kensington Junior High
Plans ; Adult Meetings

The first of series of three meet
ings to air the current years school
and Parent Teacher Association
plans at Kensington Junior High
School will be held at 8 o'clock
tonight at the school auditorium.
The school PTA said parents of
seventh grade students will attend
tonight's meeting. Parents of eighth
graders will meet Tuesday night and
ninth grade parents will meet
Wednesday night,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Youth Falls From Roof
In Attempt 10 Save Friend

An 1S-year-old youth was injured
tn a 25-foot fall from a roof yester-
day when he attempted to prevent
a friend from falling.
The injured youth is Charles F
Arnett, is, of 311 N street S.W.,
who, with r. L. Arnold, IS, OF 34l
N street S.W., was working on a
chimney at BIT N street S.W., when
some of the bricks gave, way.
Arnold began to slide ana Arnett
grabbed him long enough to prevent
his falling but, in turn, dropped Oh
the roof himself.
Arnold brought him to Casualty
Hospital where his condition today
was reported as good"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Hospital Show Tryouts
At Pentoqon Tonight

Additions to recruit talent fol
shows at hospitals in this area will
be held from to 10 o'clock tonight
at the Pentagon by the Washington
Society for Musicians and Enter
tanners, James Wickham, president
of the organization, announced to-
day.
The organization opens its sixth
season tomorrow night with a con-
cert at the Fort Belvoir regional
hospital and will provide an enter
tainmentS Wednesday night at
Walter Reed Hospital. Mr.. Wick
ham, a War Department employee,
said the additions tonight are open
to all corners and will be held at the
south end of the Pentagon con-
course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
$1,000 Is Reported Lost
In Wallet Near HOSPITAL

Warren w. Hazard. a commercial
fisherman from Galesville, Md, lost
his billfold containing $1,000 last
night near Sibley Hospital, police
reported today.
Mr.. Hazard told police he be-
lieved he dropped it near the
emergency entrance to the hospital
when he was helping his brother,
Harry Hazard, out of his automo-
bile. He had driven his brother to
the hospital from Galesville for
further treatment after recent am
putation of his legs because of an
infection.
The money was the proceeds of a
weeks fishing, Mr.. Hazard told
police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Arlington Woman Wins
4-Yeur Law Scholarship

Award of a four-year scholarship
at National University School OF
Law to Mrs. Barbara Jean Swed-
berg. 4314 Sixth street south, Ar
lineton, has been announced by
Omicron Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi
International Legal Sorority.
Mrs. Evelyn l.. Krupp, dean OF
the chapter. and Mrs. Harriet L.
Pierce, chairman of its Scholarship
Committee, said the scholarship,
covering tuition, various other fees
and books, was valued at more than
81 200,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Bowen Held in 1850 Bail
In Shooting Of Wife, II
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 15.-James
Bowen, 20. of Washington, charged
with shooting his 21-year-old wife
in the legs after she pleaded with
him not to harm their three chill
dren, was held in $500 bail today
for a further hearing when ar
raigned in Northeastern Police
Court.
Magistrate August Kozlovsky set
October - as the new hearing date
Mrs. Gloria Bowen was shot four
times in the thighs last Friday at
her home when she entered a room
to investigate a noise.
Her condition was described as
fair" today by st. Joseph's Hospi-
tai.
Bowen was arrested in Washing
ton Friday He lived in the 1906
block of I street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Driver Of Car Is Held
In $1,000 Bond After
Woman Is Badly Hurt

Ronald Keith Murray, 10, of 1901
Highland drive, Silver Spring, was
ordered held in 81 900 bond today on
charges of leaving after a collision
and reckless driving after the serious
injury Saturday night of a pedes-
TRAN who was crossing Connecticut
avenue near Devonshire place NV
Municipal Court Judge Thomas
Dewey Quinn postponed arraign-
tmsnt of the youth until November
II after being informed the pedes-
TRAN. Mrs. Polja Hebicht, 43, of
1920 Chestnut street NV, was still
in serious condition at Emergency
Hospital.
She is reported to have suffered a
fractured leg and possible internal
injuries.
Stopped at Zoo Entrance.
Murray was arrested Saturday
night at the scene of the accident
Richard Gordon, %, of $3.50 First
street Sc, and James Feather, Is
of 1401 Girard street wv. told
police they we're in a car behind
the machine which struck the
woman. They we're going to stop
but told authorities they saw the
other car continue its journey and
followed.
At the Connecticut avenue en-
trance to the Zoo, they said, the
other car stopped for traffic and
they told the driver his car had
struck a pedestrian. He then re-
turned to the scene with Mr.
Feather, they said.
Hugh E. Clark, so, of 218 Eighth
street NE, was reported in an up-
determined condition in Emergency
Hospital today with chest, back and
head injuries after a car in which
he was a passenger was involved
in collision with another at Thirty
sixth and Brandywine streets NV
Passenger in Woman's Car.
Police said the car in which Mr.
Clark was riding was driven by
Elizabeth C. Lambert, 81, of 1850
Connecticut avenue NV, and the
other was driven by Samuel Eisen-
berg, Al, of $500 Thirty-third street
NV.
Harold A. Gardner, "a, of 1000
North Fifth street, Arlington, was
treated at Georgetown Hospital
yesterday for nose and forehead
cuts suffered when the car he was
driving struck and broke a light
pole on Macarthur boulevard near
Loughboro road NV.
Police said Gardner told them he
fell asleep at the wheel.
A 2-year-old child, Richard Avery,
1914 Georgia avenue NV, was
held for observation at Childrens
Hospital after he was struck yester-
day by a Capital Transit Co. auto
mobile driven by William r. Jones,
80, of 4431 Georgia avenue NV.
Police said the child was struck as
he ran from between parked cars
across Iowa avenue in the 1900
block NV. His condition was not
serious, they said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Stores Warned on Use
Of Street Loudspeukers

Stores which use loudspeakers tc
carry broadcasts into the streets
were warned to stop the practice by
midnight tonight or face possible
prosecution by Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Clark King.
He previously had announced his
intention to prosecute such cases
after September Is. Maximum SEN
tence on a nuisance charge of this
kind is $500 fine or 80 days in
Jail. he said.
A police regulation forbids the
use by stores of amplifying systems
to call merchandise to the attention
of pasSers-by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15

JlOn OIL GIlc uc"
long skirt fash
ion as immoral,
inbecilic and a
Grim e against
human decency.
The most en-
couraging sign,
he said, was a
few calls from
persons affiliated
with W Ell f a r e
organizations or
research publica-
tions, who sug-
gested an official
study to deter
mine how much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Porkin Gets Ohio Stote Post

Ernest J. Parkin. formerly
mathematician with the Coast and
Geodetic Survey, has been named
assistant professor in the DEPART
ment of civil engineering at Ohio
State University. Mr.. Perkin served
with the survey staff from 1880
until 1912, when he entered the
NAVY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15
Mrs. KimbIe Gets New Post

BALTIMORE, Sept. IS R-Mrs.
Margaret w. Kimble. acting COM
missioner of the Department OF
Labor and Industry of MARYLAND,
has been named State mediation
authority by the United States De-
partment of Labor. William L. Con-
molly announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-15

A generally enthusiastic" response
was reported today by the Rev. DR..
A. Powell Davies, pastor of All Souls
Unitarian Church, to his denuncia-