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Evening star., 1947-03-08
Questioning by PUG
Slated Next Week al
Transit Fare Hearinq

The Capital Transit Co.'S request
for permission to increase bus and
streetcar fares probably will be SUBJ
ject to the questioning of Public
Utilities Commission experts next
week.
PUG Chairman James H. Flana-
gan said he hoped to bring hearings
to this stage when they are re-
sumed at 10 am. tuesday in the
District Building. The proceedings
were recessed over the weekend yes
terday, after two days devoted to
company arguments.
High point of yesterdays testi-
mony was reached when j. E. Heb
erie, vice president and controller
of the transit firm, announced he
was prepared to defend the COM
pany's right to a 10 per cent return
on the rate base valuation of about
s3o,0O0,0Q0. 81.
Estimated at 4.8 Per Cent.
This followed his estimate that
higher fares now sought will yield
a return of only 4.8 per cent, the
same return realized by the company
last year. The company seeks to
raise the price of weekly passes
from $1.25 to $3.50 and to make
the cash fare 10 cents by eliminat-
ing tokens, now sold three for a
quarter. r -, a"sia<
Mr.. Heberle told the PUG the
company's operating income for
1916 was $1,442, ,0234.8 per cent of
the rate base. He said the proposed
new fare schedule would produce
about 81, ,483, 1892 in operating income
which, computed on the rate base
would continue to yield a return of
about 4.8 per cent.
The rate base is a valuation set
by the PUG on company property
on which it may earn income. In
1885, the PUG held 7.29 per cent
return on the rate base to be rea-
sonable.
Holds 10 Per Cent Necessary.
"A return of not less than 10 per
cent is necessary in order to pro-
vide for the charges of debt capital,
provide a reasonable dividend for
stockholders, maintain the COM
pany's credit and attract capital" !"
Mr.. Heber1e declared. II do not
believe these objectives can be at
tanned with less than a 10 per cent
return"
Compares Fares.
He cited the following fare rates
in other large cities as being higher
than those proposed for the Dis
trict:
Baltimore-10 cents cash, with a
10 am. to pm. weekday and all
day Sunday charge of 10 cents for
the first ride and 5 cents for the
second. No pass.
Boston-10 cents cash. No pass.
Detroit-10 cents cash. No pass.
Other large cities charging 10
cents cash for the most part but
offering no weekly pass, he said,
include Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
and San Francisco.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
D. {. Policeman Finds Son
Dying in Kitchen Of Home

A 24-year-old Decatur Heights
(Mdo man was pronounced dead
yesterday few minutes after being
discovered unconscious by his father
District policeman, in the kitchen
Of their home.
The man, Warren E. Williams,
1901 Fifty-second street, Decatur
Heights, died as result Of an acute
congestion Of the heart, according
to DR.. James I. Boyd, Prince Georges
County deputy medical examiner.
A certificate Of death due to nat
ural causes was issued.
Frederick G. williams, q special
investigator for the Metropolitan
Police accident investigation unit,
found his son on the floor clad only
in shorts when he returned home
from duty at $50 pm. Young VIII
liams, whose mother is an employe
Of the State Department, had OBJ
tanned a job with the National Red
Cross headquarters less than two
hours before his death.
Besides his parents, he Is survived
by two brothers, Frederick e., jr.,
81. and Robert g., 10, both Navy
veterans.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
RomneY Asks Dismissal
Of SHORTAGE Indictment

Kenneth Romney, former House
sergeant at arms, yesterday filed a
motion in District Court asking dis
missal of an indictment returned
February 10 charging him with
falsifying Government accounts and
covering up a shortage of $143,863
in the banking section of the House
sergeant at arms Office.
The motions filed through Rom
ney's counsel, william H. Collins,
claims the indictment is void and
illegal on the ground that the grand
jury was illegally constituted" The
claim was based on a contention
that the impaneling was accom-
plished on a volunteer basis" since
the jury of % persons was drawn
from approximately so persons who
had not expressed a desire to be
excused. The afidavit claims each
prospective grand juror had been
asked If he or she desired to be ex-
cused from duty and was asked to
step aside If the answer was in the
affirmative.
Mr.. Collins said the prospective
grand jurors should not have been
excused unless they had shown
proper cause.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Navy Ordnance Bureau
SPONSORS Research Team

Under the sponsorship of the
Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, Is uni
versities and leading industries have
been marshaled into a research team
to swap discoveries and aid national
defense.
Woodman Perine, liaison super
visor of Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory at Sill
yer Spring, Md, administrative CEN
ter of the program, described the
development at a luncheon of the
Sphinx Club, Shriners' group, at
Almas Temple yesterday.
Mr.. Perine described how the les
sons of wartime are being applied
to advance the task force research
project. He told his audience; TT
is hoped that this research will not
only strengthen the position of the
United States in the world, but that
it also will contribute to the ad-
vancement of the general frontiers
of pure research"
The research team Is studying
missile development and faster
than-sound aerodynamics, MIR. Per-
inc declared.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
EisIer Hearing Witness
Faces Contempt Threat
BY the Associated Press

Representative Nixon, Republican
of California said today subcom-
mittee will ask the House Committee
on Un-American Activities to ap-
prove next Wednesday a contempt
citation against Leon Josephson
former Trenton IN. j. lawyer.
Josephson refused to testify to the
subcommittee in New York last
Wednesday on a passport case in
volving Gerhard Eisler, whom the
full committee has called the "su-
preme" Communist authority in
America.
Mr.. Nixon is chairman of the SUBJ
committee.
The House already has cited Eisler
for contempt for refusing to take the
oath as a witness at hearing OF
the full committee, and grand jury
here has indicted him.
The committee has received testi-
mony that Eisler's picture, Joseph
sons handwriting and the name OF
Samuel Liptzen of New York appear
on a passport for which Eisler ap-
piled in 1884.
Mr.. Nixon's subcommittee went to
New York to question Josephson and
Liptzen about this. Liptzen testi-
fed. Mr.. Nixon said Josephson re-
fused on grounds the full committee
was organized unconstitutionally
because Representative Rankin,
Democrat, Of Mississippi, one of its
members, was improperly elected to
Congress.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Patterson Breakfast

The third annual father son COM
munion breakfast of st. Francis
Xavier Catholic Church will be held
Sunday. The holy sacrifice of the
mass will be offered at 8 am. by the
Rev. Louis G. Troch, spiritual mod
orator of the Holy Name Society.
Immediately afterward buses will
leave for Pilgrimage Hall, Francis
will be served.
Awards are to be presented to
the school basket ball team, and a
remembrance of the occasion to
each boy present.
Several men prominent in the le-
gal and sporting worlds viii attend
the mass and also act as guest
speakers at the breakfast.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Alert PatroIman Guards
Pupils Menaced by Truck

Several school children were saved
from possible injury yesterday as a
result of quick thinking by Fairfax
County motorcycle patrolman on
duty at the Mount Vernon High
School.
Police said a truck, operated by
McCienzier Foy, 81, colored, of the
400 block of Eleventh street S.W,
overturned in a school safety zone
when the wheels locked after he
applied the brakes to slow down.
Students and several parked school
buses were endangered, according to
police.
Policeman Lewis H. Shumate,
director of the county's school safety
program, was credited with telling
every one "stay where they are"
when the accident appeared i'm
minent, Fairfax police reported.
Foy, who was uninjured, was re-
leased under s50t bond on a charge
OF reckless driving, pending hear
ing in Fairfax County Court. Po-
liceman Shumate's motorcycle was
damaged slightly when struck by
the careening truck, police added.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Veteran Upsets o0-Doy Term
BY Serving as Own Lawyer

A 22-year-old Navy veteran, act
ing In his own defense, yesterday
won a reversal of a court decision
that had sentenced him to 90 days
in jail.
Frank K. Dudley Of 8o3 Cameron
street, Alexandria, was sentenced by
Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court Judge Marion B. West to
serve the 90-day sentence on charges
of feloniously assaulting his brother,
Lawrence Dudley, when the two had
IA fight on January 6.
Acting as his own lawyer, Frank
Dudley yesterday convinced q Cor
poration Court jury he wasn't guilty
of the charges and won an acquittal
before. Judge william p. Woolls.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Time Off for Employees
On Good Friday Urqed

A request that business establish
ments allow their employees time of
for church attendance on Good
Friday, April 4, has been sent out
by James E. Collif1ower, chairman
of business organizations of the
Committee for Three Hours OBJ
servance of Good Friday.
Mr.. Colliflower was appointed to
succeed Paul B. Cromelin, who had
been business chairman for several
years but was unable to undertake
the task this year because of i'll
health.
Chairmen of other committees
are: Thomas F. Carlin, general
chairman of publicity; Charles Con-
sidine, radio and theater; Miss
Louise O'Neill, publicity in Protes-
tant churches; Miss Edith L. Gros-
venor, cross of lights on buildings;
Mrs. Thomas G. McBroom, streetca1
signs; Miss Mary Hayden, news
paper publicity; the Rev. Lawrence
F. Gatti, publicity in Catholic
churches, and Miss Caroline Calvin
window posters.
Evening star., 1947-03-08

the Oliver street address, was a resi-
dent of Route 2, Cloquet. Mimi, ac-
cording to Mrs. Daniel K. Moore, at
whose home he lived.
Attended Show at ArmOry.
They were pronounced dead by DR.
Lawrence Malin a few hours after
they were admitted to Leland Me-
mortal Hospital, Riverdale, about
am. They were reported to have at
tended a horse show at the Hyatts-
vile Afmory before the accident.
Young Dixon was released by
county police at Hyattsville under
$4,000 bond on charges of man
slaughter and reckless driving. The
accident occurred near Oglethorpe
street. a,rs
Besides his mother and father
the Whitford youth, who was named
for his grandfather, is survived BY
two young sisters, Nancy and Janet
He was native of Martinsburg
w. VS., but had lived in Hyatts-
vile most of his life. He was a
member of the Hyattsville Presby-
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Indo-Chinu Policy
Revision Awaited
By the Asseeioted Pres,

PARIS, Mar. 8.-Emile Bollaert
newly-appointed high commissioner
to Indo- China, said today he was
awaiting the governments decision
on new policy toward the colony
before assuming his post.
After a conference with Premier
Paul Ramadier lasting more than
an hour and half, Mr.. Bollaert
said he did not expect to leave Paris
before 10 days or two weeks.
The government, he said, was
keeping its attitude fluid until dis
cussions of the Indo- Chinese situa-
ton by the National Assembly had
been completed. The assembly is
scheduled to debate Indo-C China
Tuesday. Government policy will be
based on the assemblys conclusions
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Nearly 100 Offer Blood
For Leukemia Sufferer !.

Nearly 100 persons with the proper
blood type have responded to ap-
peals from Episcopal Hospital for
blood donations to Lehn Noble, 12-
year-old leukemia victim.
Deacoress Margaret Bechtol, act
ing superintendent, said the boy was
resting easily and doing as well as
could be expected" this morning,
She said the request for those with
type o, Rh negative blood had
brought several hundred calls to the
hospital yesterday. She described
the response as wonderful.
The youths mother, Mrs. Amber
Noble, now is i'll with a severe cold
and fever, the result of her day-and-
night vigil at her sons hospital bed.
Lehn was stricken Friday when
his mother, high school teacher
took him to the hospital with what
appeared to be a simple nosebleed
Doctors diagnosed his case as
leukemia.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Al Awarded Certificates
As Motor Fleet Supervisors

Certificates for completion of a
short-term course for motor vehicle
fleet supervisors were awarded to
Al men last night by Dean S. s.
Steinberg of the College Of Engi-
neering at University of Maryland.
The ceremonies were held at the
Club Rayburn at Hollywood, Md.
The course was given by the uni
versity in cooperation with the
District Motor Club, the Automobile
Club of Maryland, the American
Automobile Association and num-
ber of other agencies.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Pittsburgh Man Dies
In Hotel Room Here

Charles r. Haley, 50, former as
sistant probation officer in Allegheny
County CPittsburgh), died in his
ninth-f1oor room at the Hotel Statler
today shortly after he had registered
there at 8 am, according to police
Authorities said they believed death
was caused by heart disease.
Mr.. Haley, resident of Pitts
burgh, was passing through Wash
ington en- route to his home from
st. Petersburg, Fla, where he had
been under treatment at a veterans
hospital.
Before going to his room, hotel
officials said, MIR. Haley complained
of feeling i'll and asked for a doctor
When physician reached the room
few minutes later, Mr.. Haley was
dead. He is survived by his widow
and two sons.
Evening star., 1947-03-08

Main witness in the case was the
mother Of the two young men.
Frank Dudley's examination of his
mother brought out that Lawrence
Dudley struck the first blow in the
fight. Mrs. Dudley told the court
she thought the same Of each son
and had only wanted the police
to stop the fight when they were
called in.
The all-male jury deliberated only
Is minutes before returning the
not guilty verdict.
Frank Dudley had been free un-
der bond pending the Corporation
Court verdict. The Dudley case
was the last case to be held during
the February term Of Corporation
Court.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Installation Services
For D. r. Boutz Tomorrow

Donald r. Bautz will be installed
as executive director of the Luth-
eran Inner Mission Society at the
Luther Place Memorial Church at 1
pm. tomorrow. DR.. Frederick Reis-
sig, executive secretary, Washington
Federation Of Churches, will preach
the sermon; DR.. L. Ralph Tabor,
pastor Of the host church, will be
the liturgist; the Rev. j. w. Lun-
deem, pastor Of Peace Lutheran
Church, reading the Scriptures; the
Rev. r. w. Long. president. board OF
trustees, installing officer; the Rev.
M. D. White, vice president and
Martin A.. McGrory, treasurer, viii
assist. The National Lutheran
Chorus Octet will sing.
Evening star., 1947-03-08

terian Church and had been a men,
Der of the Boy Scouts. Last sum-
mer, at the age of 16, he made
several trips for the United Brethren
Service transporting cattle and
horses for UNRRA to Poland, Scot
land and Denmark.
Served Three Years in Seabees.
Mr.. Lennartson served for more
than three years in the Navy Sea-
bees in the South Pacific. He en-
tered the university last September
He is survived by his mother and
father, Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Lennart-
son of Cloquet, and five brothers.
An uncle, Roy w. Lennartson, an
employe of the Agriculture Depart
ment, lives at 1444 Tuckerman
street NV.
Bodies of the two youths were
taken to Gasch's funeral home, Hy-
attsville.
Two small boys, a man and two
women were injured in District traf-
f1c accidents yesterday, Washington
police reported.
Oliver j. Clark, Z, colored, of 2721
Eleventh street NV. suffered a
broken right leg and possible in
ternal injuries when struck by an
automobile in the 2700 block of
Sherman avenue NV. as he ran
from SNOWFALL throwing playmate,
police said. He is in undetermined
condition today at Freedmen's Hos
pital. Police listed the driver as
Robert B. Callahan, IS, of the 300
block of Upshur street NV.
Otho E. Jones, jr., 10, colored, of
1928 Georgia avenue NV. was ad-
mitted to Freedmen's Hospital with
head injuries and multiple cuts
after his bicycle collided with an
automobile at Sixth and Trumbull
streets NV. yesterday. Police said
the motorist was Hurlan c. Warren,
23, of the 2100 block of street NE.
A man identified by police as
Richard Trotter, 81, colorcd, of
Alexandria, suffered a compound
fracture of the right leg yesterday
when struck by an automobile on
Fourteenth street NV. just north
of Highway Bridge. After receiving
first aid at Emergency Hospital, he
was transferred to Mount Alto Vet
erans' Hospital. Police listed the
motorist as Albert Smith, So, of the
4600 block of Gault place NE.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
I N. U. Students
Killed Crossinq
baItimorePike
Third Charged With
Reckless Driving
In HyottsviIIe

Two University Of Maryland
students were fatally injured
early today when hit by an au-
tomobile while they were walk
ing across the Washington
Baltimore boulevard in Hyatts-
vile. The car was driven by
another University of Maryland
student.
The dead youths were William
Morgan Whiteford, I'd, IT, of 4o10
Ingraham street, HyattSville, and
Walter Edwin Lennartson, %, of
1906 Oliver street, Hyattsville. Both
were freshmen in the College of Ag-
riculture.
Police said the driver of the car
was Samuel M. Dixon, %, of 1905
Somerset road, Riverdale, also a
freshman at the university.
Young Whiteford, a graduate of
Hyattsville High School, was the son
of H. Clay Whiteford, manager Of
the Hyattsville Office of the WASH
ington Gas Light Co. of Maryland,
Inc, and past president of the Prince
Georges County Chamber of Com
merce.
Mr.. Lennartson, who boarded at
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Date for Murder Trial
I0f Branham 10 Be Sci
By Court Monday

Boykin Branham, under indict-
ment for murder in the fatal stab.
bing OF Mrs. Reba McLane, pleaded
not guilty to the charge when
arraigned yesterday afternoon be-
fore Corporation Court Judge VIII
liam P. Woous in Alexandria.
Judge Woolls set bond at $4,000
and said date for trial of Bran
ham would be set Monday.
Police had held Branham for
questioning after he had been found
lying in a, stupor across the body
of the dead woman Tuesday night
He was booked on charges of murder
late Thursday and indicted yester-
day afternoon by a Corporation
Court grand jury.
The $4,000 bond was set after
Branham's attorney, Walter
Young, pointed out to the court
that Branham had spent most oi
his life in Alexandria and was q
city employe. Mr.. Young said he
felt $1,000 would be a high bond
for Branham.
Seventeen other true bills were
returned with the Branham indict-
ment by the Alexandria grand jury
yesterday.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Blooms 77th Birthday
Observed at His Office

Representative Bloom, Democrat
of New York, celebrated his 77th
birthday anniversary yesterday in
his Office, where he was greeted by
many congressional and other
friends.
A huge birthday cake was in
scribed, ITO Sol Bloom, a great
statesman and read humanitarian. .
An impromptu quartet sang. Rep
resentative Helen Gahagan Douglas
Democrat, of California, once an
actress, bestowed q kiss.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Two More Infants Sick
In Ga|Iinqer Outbreak

Two new cases of diarrhea were
reported at Gallinger Hospital yes
terday, both cases involving infants
whose mothers had the malady be-
fore they were admitted, hospita.
authorities said.
No deaths have resulted from the
disease since Thursday night, when
the fourth victim died. AL fatali-
ties have been infants.
DR.. Alvin r. Sweeney, hospital
superintendent, pointed to the latest
cases as evidence that the epidemic
Is community wide. Five children
remain on the critical list, according
to DR.. Sweeney.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Moi. CoIIohon- Improves
Following Operation

Maj. Harvey 6. Callahan, police
superintendent, was reported to be
improving today from an intestinal
operation he underwent Wednesday
at Sibley Hospital. Inspector Wal
ter H. Thomas, acting superintend-
ent. said his superior is expected
to be back at his desk in six weeks.
Maj. Callahan, who soon will be
50, underwent an operation for an
adhesion which developed from an
old appendectomy.
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Medical Society
Decision Due
On Blood Bank
Special Unit to Meet
Today on Issue Raised
By Red Cross Offer

Whether the District Medical So
ciety will cooperate in Red Cross
plan to set up a free civilian blood
bank here was expected to be set
tied this afternoon in special SUBJ
committee meeting.
The Red Cross has offered to a.
nance and administer such a bank
as soon as it can obtain the profess
sional guidance and sponsorship Of
the medical profession.
I A letter outlining the proposal
was sent to the District Medical
Society January "a, referred to the
Pathology Committee, under DR..
Oscar B. Hunter, ST., and subse-
quently referred to special sub
committee under DR.. Roger M.
Choisser.
DR.. Choisser's subcommittee was
to meet at pm. today in the George
Washington University medical
school to discuss the issue. While
the committees recommendations
are not binding on the society mem
bership, they are expected to carry
considerable weight in determining
the policy to be adopted.
The controversial issue involved
in the proposal, according to local
medical men, is the Red Gross policy
of making the blood available with
out charge to any patient whose
doctor prescribes TRANSMISSION, re-
gardless of the individuals finan-
cial condition.
The Community Blood Plasma
Bank, now sponsored by the medical
society and directed by DR.. Choisser.
offers free blood only to INDECENT
patients. Persons able to pay are
required to do so, unless friends or
relatives agree to pay back to the
bank double the quantity drawn
during treatment.
Nat C. Wilson, manager Of the
District Red Cross chapter, said
yesterday national Red Gross policy
precludes either payments to blood
donors or fees to recipients of blood
contributions.
He asserted the local chapters
consultation with the District Med
ical Society before going ahead with
plans for the blood bank, which he
hoped to open by July, was in line
with national policy of seeking the
cooperation of the medical profess,
sion in each locality.
May Turn Elsewhere.
"The medical society is the out
standing medical group of the COM
munity, and we naturally want their
support" he declared. I'VE are most
hopeful of getting it,"
He indicated, however, that II the
medical society's aid is not forth
coming, the Red Cross may seek in
dorsement of the blood bank from
the Hospital Council or the District
Health Department.
Mr.. Wilson said the proposed
blood center would seek donations
of 10000 pints of blood each year.
He estimated the plan would cost.
the District Red Cross 100000 q
year. @ f1e '-'"i .....I
1.-THE District Chapter Of the Red
Cross" he asserted, would meet
all the costs of opening the center,
the employment of the necessary
medical director, nurses, technicians,
rent, transportation and equipment"
A site for the bank has not been
selected but would be in a central
downtown location" the Red Cross
manager said.