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Evening star., 1947-08-27

A possible heavy loss Of life at
Union Station was narrowly avoided
last night as a steam switch engine
was badly damaged in "side-swipe"
collision with another switch engine
at the end of the stations loading
platform, 20 car lengths from the
waiting room.
Charles M. Greene, IS, Of 1916
Massachusetts avenue NV, engi-
neer, suffered second and third de-
gree burns when steam was released
from the engines damaged boiler.
He was reported in good condition
today at Emergency Hospital.
Police and firemen were brought
to the scene by first reports of an
explosion in the station.
Mr.. Greene, burned on the back,
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Newfirm Buys
Center Market .
Site at 5tl andK
Landmark Since 1875
lsReported to Bring
$500, 900 in Sole

The New Center Market. Fifth
and K streets, a landmark since
1875, has been sold by the Washing
ton Convention Hall Co. to q newly
organized corporation as a reported
price of about $780, ,O00," It was
disclosed today.
Final settlement Of the sale will
be concluded within 48 hours, ac-
cording to a spokesman for Leo M.
Bernstein & Co. The Bernstein
firm, it was explained, will repre-
sent the new owner, the Second
Realty Corp, as its agent in man
agement of the property.
The market Is said to be the
largest under one roof in Washing
ton. In long career as a market,
convention hall and entertainment
center, 1t was patronized by hun
dreds of thousands of Washing
tonians, including q number Of
Presidents.
Negotiations Confirmed.
Assessed valuation of the prop
erty Is 1858, ,452, of which 1924, ,452 is
for the land alone.
Wooten z. Young, president Of
the Washington Convention Hall
Co., which has owned the property
since 1925, confirmed that nego-
tiations for the sale were under
way. but said he could give no
details.
A Bernstein company spokesman
said a contract of sale had been
entered into some time ago, and
that plans were being completed
for development and promotion"
Of the market.
Names of officers Of the corpora
ton which bought the property
were not disclosed.
Complies With Health Code.
The previous owners completed
certain installations to bring the
market into full compliance with
the District Health Code before the
sale, 1t was explained.
Construction Of the building,
which has approximately $4,000
square feet of floor space, was
started in July, 1874. 1t covered the
entire west side of what was known
as Savage Square, bounded by Fifth,
K and L streets NV.
The inclosed space consisted of
one huge room, 324 feet long, 1875
feet wide, IS feet high at the side
and IS feet high in the center.
1t was opened January IA. 1875,
with a promenade concert given for
the benefit OF the families of those
killed or injured while working on
the building"
Used as Convention Hall.
In the early 1905 a part of the
building was opened to the public as
Washington Convention Hall, with a
seating capacity OF 5000.
Later 1t was used for revivals by
such men as Dwight L. Moody for
concerts, dances and at one time for
plays produced by David Belasco.
Afterward, and until five alarm
fire in March, 1945, destroyed a large
part of the building, 1t was the site
of q 55-alley bowling center reported
at that time to be the largest one
floor bowling area IN the world"
After the fire, 6 new roof was built
and market operations were resumed.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Consultations Will Fly
Nonstop to Houston

Nonstop service with 60-passenger
Consultations will be inaugurated
between Washington and Houston,
Tex, Monday by Eastern Air Lines,
which recently bought a $4,000, 900
fleet of the high-speed transports.
The southbound flights will be 4
hours and 40 minutes and the north
bound flights, 20 minutes less.
The new flights make connections
at Houston for passengers to and
from Mexico City. Daily departure
times are 2.35 pm. (EST), from Ma
tional Airport, and pm. (CST) p,
from Houston.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Legion Tank Corps Post
To- Install Sept. n

New officers of the George S. Pat
ton, jr. Tank Corps Post No. 10,
American Legion, will be installed
at meeting tentatively set for Sep
tember % in the Legion Clubhouse,
2437 Fifteenth street NV.
The new officers, elected this week,
include:
Earl H. Smith, commander; DON
aid r. Frederick, Eugene Ekblad and
C. D. Addington, vice commanders
Frank L. Peckham, chaplain; Joseph
Fries, Alfred Baranowski and Will
liam Taylor, color bearers; Ralph
N. Werner, historian; DR.. Claude
Caylor, surgeon, and John Easton,
sergeant at arms.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
155 Texas Legionnoires
To Tour Capitol Today

One hundred and fifty-five Texans
were to stop in Washington for
tour today on their way
to the American Legion convention
in New York. The convention opens
tomorrow
The Texas delegation. including a
band from Dallas and a drum and
bugle corps from Brownsville, was
to arrive at Union Station at $50
am. They plan to continue the
trip to New York at 1:30 pm.
Evening star., 1947-08-27

Sailing $50 miles in a 14-foot
kayak-type sailboat in itself is no
easy task, but it is even more difl-
cult when crossing the path of Navy
gunfire.
Two boys, who can attest to that
fact, are James Schultz, II, of 27
Philadelphia avenue, Takoma Park,
Md, and Robin Vierling, 18, of 507
Harding drive, Silver Spring, Md.
They ran afoul of the Navy gun
fire off Solomon's Island during
their cruise from Scientists Cliff,
near Prince George, Md, to the Cap
ital Yacht Club here, they said.
According to the boys. the gun
crews apparently were having tar
get practice when young Vierling
and Schultz hove into view in their
frail craft. The Navy men stopped
firing when they saw the boat, the
boys said.
"It sure gave us a good scare" "
they said, as they tied their boat
I'D here.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
$500 Fine for Taking
Liquor Into Maryland
Will Be Appealed

A Silver Spring resident today
planned to appeal his conviction for
carrying whisky and beer from
Washington into Maryland. He was
Kimmon Jones, "a. colored, 300 block
of Ritchie avenue, who received a
5000 fine or four months Jail sentence
yesterday from Silver Spring Trial
Magistrate William B. Wheeler, He
was released under $500 bond.
Detective Sergt. James M. Ander-
son and Detective Corpl. Stanley
Harding of the Montgomery County
police testified they saw Jones load
five f1fths of whisky and three cases
Of beer in his car near a District
store. They arrested him after he
crossed the line into Maryland.
Under the law, a maximum of two
quarts of any alcoholic beverage
may be brought into Maryland in
any one month.
Jones contended he was merely
driving friend to Silver Spring
and intended to return to Wash
ington to consume the liquor.
Jones attorney, Paul Taggart, told
Judge Wheeler his client may have
been driving" to the Silver Spring
Liquor Dispensary Building to pay
the Maryland liquor tax.
According to Charles Buscher,
general manager of the Montgomery
County liquor dispensary system,
the possibility of paying the taxsat
any county dispensary on District
purchased liquor has never been
raised before. Mr.. Buscher said he
planned to ask the County Liquor
Board for ruling on the question
at the boards meeting tomorrow.
The sentence" imposed on Jones
apparently induced two other men
awaiting court action on charges of
evading payment of the State liquor
tax to- request jury trials. They
were Russell Brown, As, Chevy
Chase, and Leslie Young, Linden,
who were released under $500 bond
each, after being accused of bringing
several cases of beer into Silver
Spring from Washington.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
{. B. Mclean Fined $500
In Reckless Driving Plea

E. B. Mclean, son of the late
Evalyn Walsh Mclean, was fined
500 yesterday in Colorado Springs,
Colo, after pleading guilty to a
charge of reckless driving. arising
from the death of a man in an
automobile accident, according to
the Associated Press.
Mr.. Mclean made his plea before
Justice E. T. McGarry.
A coroner's jury found Mr.. Nc
Lean innocent of felonious intent
In the death of Martin Neuman,
who was hit by Mr.. McLean's car
on a street in the fashionable
Broadmoor suburb Of Colorado
Springs on the night of AUGUST 18.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Defective Squad Assigned
To Church Robbery Cases

A special squad Of headquarters
detectives has been assigned to
combat wave of church thefts,
police reported today.
Scout cars and patrolmen have
been ordered tc pay special atten-
ton to churches on their beats. All
church officials will be notified to
take special precautions with their
funds, it was added.
Six churches have been robbed
recently of amounts varying from
$12 to $500. They are Shrine of the
Sacred Heart, Church of the Refor-
nation, Augustana Lutheran, Mount
Vernon Place Lutheran, Christ
Episcopal and Central Presbyterian.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
7 Men Held in Theft
OF Meat From Cars
In Railroad Yard

Two Washington men have been
charged by Maryland police with
receiving stolen goods in the theft
of meat from railroad cars at the
Benn1ng Freight Yard.
Booked by Prince Georges County
police at Marlboro were Joseph v.
Shipman. "a, of the 5000 block of
Burns place Sc, said to be Penn
sylvania Railroad brakeman, and
Arthur c. Cornwell, As, of the 1900
block of Sixth street Sc.
The two were arrested yesterday
police said, after Hillside restau-
rant operator telephoned police of
his suspicious that they were at
tempting to sell stolen meat.
Police went to the restaurant in
the 5700 block of Marlboro pike and
made the arrests. Police said the
pair had car outside in which were
three empty cases each of which
had contained about so pounds of
Canadian bacon. Beside the car was
a hind quarter of beef, according
to police.
Police said they did not know
whether the beef had been removed
by Cornwell and Shipman OF
whether some one had attempted
to remove it from the car while
the two men were attempting to
close the sale in the restaurant
County, railroad police and Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation agents
questioned the men most of the
day yesterday and both denied they
had removed the meat from four
cars repeatedly broken into Mon
day night. County police quoted
them as saying they had found
the meat in bushes near the yard
They were booked on a tech
nical charge of receiving stolen
property and bond was set at $1,000
each. County police said the men
were turned over to Washington
authorities last night.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Social Security Office
Here to Close Friday

The Washington field Office of the
Social Security Administration, now
at 937 F street NV, will be closed
Friday to allow the Office to move
to new quarters on the sixth floor
of the De Mol Building, TOO Twelfth
street NV.
The field Office will open at its
new location next Tuesday to issue
account number cards, assist in
filing applications for old age and
survivors insurance benefits and to
render other services. once hours
will be from 0 am. to 8 pm.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Coffee ScoIds Clerk

A clerk at the National Press
Pharmacy, 1910 F street NV, was
scalded this morning when a coffee
urn broke and showered him with
hot coffee, police reported. Walter
Holland, "a, of 4007 Connecticut
avenue NV, was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital with scalds on his
chest, back and arms. His condition
was described as fair.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Home at East RiverdoIe
Badly DAMAGED by Fire

A six-room, one-story house on
Auburn avenue, East Riverdale, Nd,
occupied by Mr.. ana Mrs. Frank
Werner, was badly damaged yester-
day by a fire of undetermined
origin.
Firemen, were handicapped by
having to pump water nearly a mile.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Two Bobies in Hospital
After Swallowing Poison

Two babies were in Providence
Hospital today after swallowing
poisons.
Linda Louise Langford, 2, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Lily Mae Langford, 323
I street NV, was in critical con-
dition from eating rat poison. In
addition, she has pneumonia, the
hospital said
Constance Eberle, 23-month- old
daughter of Mrs. K. A. Eberle, 52l0
P street Sc, Carroll Hills, Md, was
in fair condition after eating ant
killer
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Jewish Center Plans
Religious Program

An expanded religious program
for the coming season has been an
nounced by Mrs. Marvin H.. Leven,
berg, 2015 Key boulevard, Arlington
Va, chairman of the Adult Educa-
ton Committee for the Arlington
Jewish Center.
The program will include lec-
ture- concert series, Friday night
forums following services, choral
groups, reconstructionist study
group, and a Sunday morning study
group for parents and Sunday schoo
students, it was said. Dates will be
announced later.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Rotorions to Heor Totum

Jim Tatum. head football coacn
at the University of Maryland, ana
Walter S. Driskill, assistant football
coach and director Of athletics. will
address the College Park Rotary
Club at Sis pm. today In the Var
sity Grill, College Park.
Evening star., 1947-08-27
Youth Society PIons Cruise

A moonlight cruise at 7:30 pm.
Tuesday aboard the s. 8. Potomac
is being sponsored by the Pentecos-
tai Holiness Youth Society.
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were sent by the slow day rate,
the cost would be 8 kroner less.
He apolOgized for not having
thought of it sooner.
That sort of kindness, and the
deepseated honesty are so much
a part of the Danes, that the
incident is not unusual. They
are the worlds greatest hosts,
entertaining thousands of peo-
pie from many countries every
year. And they are the kindest,
friendliest and best informed
people I have met in Europe so
far this year.
In the window of coffee
shop just off the Raadhusplad-
sen (Copenhagen's town hall
square,, there is an advertise
ment for hot chocolate, similar
to famous American coffee
slogan. 1t reads: God til sidste
Draabe,' the translation which.
l think. best describes all that
Denmark is. In literal American,
it means, Good to the last drop
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going on. The officer then got
into his automobile, threw on the
car lights and pulled up to the
group.
When the men saw that po-
lice officer was following them,
one of the men headed toward
Margaret street, while the other
one headed for the cemetery
fence.
AS the latter individual jump
ed the fence, Baker commanded
him to halt. He continued to flee,
and Officer Baker fired pistol
shot into the air. Pridmore fell
to the ground, surrendering him.
self.
Nelson was later apprehendecl
at a tourist cabin. He was identi-
fled by Dixon as the other man
who robbed him.
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Junior WOJ,.tlu's,
Club To Hold
Community Tea

Members of the Junior Wom-
ans Club will hold community
tea at the Woman's Club, 319 Du-
val street, from a to 6 pm, Sun
day, November 16.
Virginia WhitmarSh, chairman
of the entertainment committee,
says, "The junior women want to
embrace this opportunity to meet
with the residents of Key West
and present some Of the activi-
ties which the club hopes to &C
complish during the coming year.
'The pleasure is also ours in
asking you to serve as patrons or
patronesSes for fashion show and
dance to be held at the Anleri-
can Legion Home formerly the
Country Club on subsequent
date, under the auspices of this
club for the benefit of the 1913
March of Dimes Drive. A ticket
booth will be set up as a part of
our campaign plan"
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God Til Sidste Draabe
Copenhagen. August %.

Copenhagen. August g.
MOT ho it's important but illustrates the red tape the
~ pexiy and regulation which restrict the flow Of
in Europe these times had just passed through the customs
Schipo oirport and sitting in the voting
awaiting my plane to Copenhagen had few Dutch
qders rather than carry them with and through
the rqmroe of exchanging small sum in Denmark de-
cded spend them coffee sandwiches and ice
this the speak in kind OF No Mans
Lond he hos been checked out of the country to await
arrival in another therefore follows that must be possible
buy food in this mo Mons Lund waiting room restaurant
with any notions currency including the Dutch and is So
- In few moments pleasant stockY. white Injured Dutch
appeared with huge troy OF boxes OF wordtomous
Dutch chocolate He offered package tor one dollr
American five shngs British but when asked he would
take equivalent in Dutch guders he refused Impossible
Here Is from the customs and still in Holdnd
could buy Dutch chocolate only with foreign currency be-
couse W for expert only and 2) even could buy in
Hoond coupons would be required So neor and yet
SO fdr
Your plane hos called in Dutch French and English
and in few you aboard. The big tourmtored
Douqus costly the and OF the most mognif
cent panoramic in oil of Europe spreads out below
beautiful combination of tidy Dutch houses and small orms oil
Hollands famous system OF conols the sea tor
beyond TO the west and north
first time this doY begin to reolize how
suo of Eopes most important notions ne as
Inc KIM sewurdess THE service Hollands Flying Dutch
on excellent and much like ous) honds you mop
of the side but look down from 5000 feet
YOU suddenly realize that you recognize not only every
town but neorly island and small horbor from the cir
beautiful Journey lund port OF the route over
Gerony whose forms this section from the dir ore beautiful
indeed Thence the water and the Donsh islonds noY
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effect of the dollar shortage"
lies in raw materials. On Danish
wharves and in fenced-in ware
houses there are tons of raw ma
terials shipped here from Amer
lea and England and unloaded in
to storage to await payment in
dollars. Some of this Stock-all
of it badly needed by Danish in
dustry-haS been warehOused
near the docks in Copenhagen for
as long as two years. The Danes
are unable to use it for lack of
dollars, and often they must stand
by to see it rc-shipped to Sweden
or some other country which has
the dollars required.
Some of this merchandise has
come from England, which de-
mands payment in dollars be-
cause the British paid for it in
dollars and also need the dollar
exchange.
From the political standpoint,
Denmark is also concerned about
the Schieswig problem. 1t will
be remembered that part OF the
Schleswig area of Denmark, ad-
jacent to Germany, was captured
by the Germans in 1864. Some
part of it was restored after
World War 1, but the feeling con-
tinues to exist in some quarters
that the remaining area should
now be returned, although the
majority Of the people there are
predominantly German. The feel
ing for "anschluss" is evident in
Schleswig also, though many
Danes think the SchleSWig Ger
mans would like to become Danes
only because life in Denmark is
better than in the battered, trou-
bled Reich.
This feeling may also be tenn
pered by the deep hatred the
Danes hold for the Germans, after
the occupation. For while they
, did not suffer as seriously as some
! of the other European nations, in
some respects the Danish lot was
much worse. They took all the
Germans could give-the concen-
tration camps, the demands for
food, the slaughter of innocent
Danes in large numbers as "retal-
iation" for attacks of the Danish
underground, plus what some
Danes call a deterioration OF
Danish morals when the Germans
shipped all the native police of
to concentration camps, thereby
enabling Danish underworld
crooks to run will dand plumber
at will-but they also did all they
could to make the Germans fee
that the Nazis were quite in
ferior. AS a result, the German:
were made to feel that they hac
never quite succeeded in occupy
ing Denmark, for they could new
or overcome the Danish nationa
spirit.
Denmark has her Communists
who are present in every land, blu
they are not cosidered dangerous
for the Danish way of life make
a good living possible to all VIII
really want to work. There is NJ
real poverty anywhere. although
YOU hear the occasional complain
that the cost of living grasses tn
value of wages. There are few
Communists in the government
and others on some of the primer
pal Copenhagen newspapers, bu
the Russian creed has little sup
port here. for the reason Den
mark is steady economy. wit
many advantages in unemploy
ment insurance, pensions and SO
cial security for working men
Communism holds no attraction
because it offers no assurance tina
the Russian way of life would i'm
prove the lot of the Danish PEG
pie.
For this reason the Danes al
openly worried about the posi-
bilitv Of another war, het"ee
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pointing suitable agencies to OPP
crate the Marshall Plan. Men
appointed to do that job. he said,
should be familiar with the sit
ua!ion in Europe.
He estimated that it will re-
quirc 81 billion $500 million TO
operate the Marshall Plan for
the first II months after its adop-
ton.
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Glasses Postponed

The class for typists at Key
West High School, scheduled
for tonight, has been postponed
until Wednesday. Tomorrow is
Armistice Day and the teachers
will enjoy holiday, tonight and
Tuesday.