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Evening star., 1947-01-04
.D.C.Woman Receivers
From Food Poisoning;
One Of 5 Guests Dies

Mrs. Hattie Brooks, $500 Linwood
place NE, is in Gallinger Hospital
recovering from botulism, a rare
form of food poisoning. Meanwhile,
one of the five guests she had for
dinner last Sunday died yesterday in
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti-
more and another is in serious
condition in that hospital.
According to DR.. James G. Cum
ming, director of the Bureau of
Preventable Diseases of the Health
Department, Mrs. Brooks invited
five persons from Baltimore to her
home for Sunday dinner and
served home e-canned okra with the
meal.
After the dinner her guests re-
turned to Baltimore and the next
day were taken i'll. Rushed to the
hospital, their case was diagnosed
as botulism and the Federal Pure
Food and Drug Bureau was notified.
They contacted the District Health
Department, and it was learned
that Mrs. Brooks also had become
i'll and had been rushed to Gallinger.
Her condition was reported as good
The three other guests were treated
at Baltimore hospitals and released.
Mrs. Brooks case is the first in
more than Is years reported in the
District, believed to have resulted
from eating canned vegetables. Ac-
cording to DR.. Cumming, the dis
ease is rare east of the Mississippi
The last known cases in the East
were traced to canned olives
shipped from California DR.. Cum
ming said there is little danger from
using commercially canned fruits
and vegetables.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Bill Would Subject
Cabinet 10 Questions
BY the Associated Press

The first move to give the Re-
publican-controlled Congress a
closer check on the Democratic ex-
ecutive branch came today from a
member of President Truman's
party, Representative Kefauver
Democrat, of Tennessee.
Mr.. Kefauver told reporters he is
drafting bill which would permit
Congress to summon any executive
below the President to regular ques-
tion-and-answer periods.
The sessions with cabinet mem
bers and agency chiefs would be
held not oftener than once a week
but az least once every two weeks.
'sNow, more than ever" Mr.. Ke-
fauver said, there has got to be
some way of establishing communion
between the executive and the legls-
lative."
Another Democrat, Representative
Monroney of Oklahoma, was quick
to agree. He said the Kefauver plar
SHOULD be given a trial, at least"
The measure would borrow from
the parliamentary system in Bri'
tain's House of Commons. British
cabinet officers who are members o.
Commons are subject to writer
questions from their colleagues
They are given some discretion OF
when to reply and how far they vii
90 in their answers
Evening star., 1947-01-04
500 Expected for Dinner
For CONGRESS Members

More than 500 persons are ex-
pected to attend the Washington
Board of Trade dinner at Z o'clock
tonight in the Mayflower Hotel to
honor the new members of Congress.
The dinner is the first of its kind
sponsored by a civic group to extend
a welcome to new Senators and
Representatives. About 80 per cent
of the new members have said they
will attend.
Sponsor of the event, at which
Justice E. Barrett Prettyman of the
United States Court of Appeals will
be the principal speaker, is the
boards Congressional Relations
Committee, headed by Bruce Baird.
Radio station WMAL will broad
cast a part of the program between
$50 and 10 pm, including songs by
Dorothy Kristen, Metropolitan
Opera soprano, the introduction of
Justice Prettyman by Joseph c.
McGarraghy, board president, and
Justice Prettyman's talk.
Radio station WRC announced 1t
also would broadcast part of the
program from HIS to HAS pm.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Is Pay Sis Fine Total
For Licensing Violations

Thirteen violators of District
licensing regulations paid total Of
$125 in fines in Municipal Court
yesterday.
The offenders were small busi-
nessmen of the downtown area
the first handful of the new year
to face charges of falling to- obtain
licenses to operate their enter
prises. The 1916 licenses expired
October 81.
Included in yesterdays roundup
were a food stand dealer, an auto
repair shopkeeper, three BARRIERS
and eight beauticians. All pleaded
their failure to obtain the necessary
certificates was an oversight.
Judge George D. Nelson fined all
but one $40 each. The 18th Of
fender paid SIS. Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Richard w. Barton
made it clear his Office will prose-
cute all such offenders who are
brought to the attention of the au-
thoritieS.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Police Honor Four Boys for Help
In Arresting HoIdup Suspect

mates for many years, the boys are
William (Buddy) Disney, II, of 3042
R street NV; Bernard Studds, 16,
of 1858 Avon place NV: Robert
Fain, 16, of 1862 Avon place NV,
and David Martin, Is, of 1920 Dent
place NV.
The first two have been members
of the Georgetown Branch of the
Boys Club of Washington for some
time, and young Disney recently
was elected to the clubs governing
body, the Boys Council. He plays
on several of the clubs athletic
teams.
Present at the ceremony honoring
the boys were 1t. Robert V. Murray,
chief of the robbery squad, and
Capt. Archie Winfree of the Seventh
Precinct in which the capture was
made. The youths were taken to
headquarters in Capt. Winfree's car
and conducted on a tour of crime
detection facilities in the Municipal
Building
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Appointment as Aide to Longer
May Qualify Davis for Pension

in rough terms, if I pay in between
$4,000 and $4,000 as back pay
ments, would be eligible for a
pension of about $1,000 annually
for the rest of my life"
Mr.. Davis last term as Senator
ended January 8, 1915. He said that
to become eligible for the pension
he had to take civil service post
and added, Il believe this job as
administrative assistant to Senator
LANCER would qualify me-"
Announcing the appointment yes
terday, Senator LANCER said MIR.
Davis told him he could hold that
position for only few weeks. Mr..
Davis later told a reporter that '.it
was necessary to work for three
or four weeks to qualify"
Evening star., 1947-01-04

In the misty twilight high above
Pennsylvania avenue, in the old Post
Office Building tower, at Eleventh
street NV, William Turner, %,
Westwood eMd0 real estate man,
was looking for his lost Jacola again
last night.
Jacola is a doughty and rare
Peregrine falcon, which Mr.. Turner
freed one January dusk three years
ago from the roof of The Star
Building.
One of the District areas few
devotees of the 4,OO0-year-old sport
of falconry, Mr.. Turner freed the
bird because wartime gas rationing
kept him from taking her to the
country often enough. Mr.. Turner
lived then at $3.50 Thirty-third street
NV.
Found Once Before.
Searching for Jacola is nothing
new to Mr.. Turner. He found her
in 1912 in the 300-foot tower after a
hunt that had lasted four years.
In 1888, Mr.. Turner read an old
manuscript about the duck hawk.
In it a naturalist said he believed
one of the rarest and widest birds
of prey lived in the old tower. For
three fruitless years, he tried nu-
merous devices before he finally
found and captured the bird he be-
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Rockville Man 10 Head
kimme| Prep School

E. M. Peek, principal of the
Richard Montgomery High School,
Rockville, has been named head
master for the new boys prepara-
tory school to be established by
George P. Kimmel, Washington tax
attorney, on his 40-acre estate near
Brookeville.
Mr.. Peek, who was headmaster of
the Bulls School, Silver Spring,
during the war, said he considered
news Of his appointment some
what previous" as his contract with
the county school system does not
expire until June.
However" he added, II hope by
next month Mr.. Kimmel and my
self will have some details avail
able as to construction plans for
the school,"
The school was approved by the
county commissioners after many
residents of the area had registered
opposition at zoning hearing.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Joseph Fleming, 81, Dies;
Lived in Silver Sprinq

Joseph w. Fleming, 81, of 1O32O
Old Bladensburg road, Silver Spring,
and a resident of the Washington
area for the past IS years, died yes
terday at nursing home in Takoma
Park after short illness.
Born in Williamsport, Md, Mr..
Fleming spent most of his life in
that town. He was a leather expert
and spent 20 years as assistant gen-
eral manager of a shoe company in
Baltimore. He retired II years ago.
Mr.. Fleming had been a resident
of Silver Spring for the past II
years. His wife, Mrs. Bessie H.
Fleming survives him; also a son,
w. w. Fleming of Yonkers, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. Monday at the Warner E.
Pumphrey funeral home, Silver
Spring, Md. Burial will be in River
View Cemetery, Williamsport, Md,
Monday afternoon
Evening star., 1947-01-04
By Edmond Monk

lieves is the one described in the
old document.
When he freed Jacola on January
IS, 1943, he had tanned her. She
had become used to the hood, jesses.
swivel, bells and leash of falconry,
In the Maryland countryside, Jacola
had learned to accompany her owner
on hunts.
Mr.. Turner believes Jacola may
come back to her old haunts among
the starlings. That's why he was
back in the tower waiting last night.
Another Falcon Along.
Mr.. Turner had another falcon,
Shangri-La, with him last night.
This bird is in process of training,
and he is accustoming her to perch
on his gauntleted wrist.
Jacola weighed AZ pounds. Shan
gri-La, which Mr.. Turner reckons
to be about 5 or years old, weighs
about So ounces.
Falcons live to great ages, Mr..
Turner believes. He says old fall
conry records tell of falcon found
in France in 1890. A gold ring
around it's neck indicated it had
been banded in 1910.
Accompanying Mr.. Turner was a
friend whose falcon, Artistry, has
flown away. The two men hoped
that they might find Artistry, too
possibly incoming around the old
tower with the lost Jacola.
Evening star., 1947-01-04

had been in poor health for more
than two years. He was injured Sc
riously about two years ago when
an automobile skidded as he was
returning to Blacksburg from Roa-
noke over icy roads and had never
fully recovered. Death came quiet
ly at the home here.
He is survived by his widow, one
son, Julian A. Burruss, jr., a student
at v. P. l., and one daughter, Jean,
all of Blacksburg.
Private funeral services will be
held at Riverview Cemetery in Rich
mond at pm. tomorrow with the
Rev. Eugene D. Witherspoon, of
Wilmington, N. c., who served at
v. P. I. from 1882 to 1943, officiating.
Pallbearers will be elders of the
Blacksburg Presbyterian Church.
DR.. Burruss retired as president
of Virginia Tech and was elected
president emeritus effective July /,
1945, when his health would not
permit him to continue his active
duties.
A native of Richmond, where he
was born August l, 1876, DR.. Burruss
was the son of the late Woodson C.
Burruss and Cora Emmett McDow-
ell BurruSs,
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Tax Forum Speakers
Urge Larger Federal
Share in D. T.. Costs

Increasing the Federal payment
and broadening the income tax base
to make District income meet ex-
penses during the next fiscal year
were the only revenue proposals
generally agreed on last night by
representatives of local business,
labor and civic groups in a forum
discussion of the city's tax structure
The debate in the Commerce De-
partment auditorium, sponsored by
the District Department of the
American Veterans of World War
II, produced a wide variety of tax
recommendations. They boiled down
to these:
Rufus S. Lusk, president of the
Washington Taxpayers Association,
favored 2 per cent sales tax, ex-
empting food to be consumed off the
premises, rent and other services,
medicines and specially taxed items
such as gasoline, liquor and build
ing materials.
Newell Backs Larger Share.
Clifford S. Newell, president of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, insisted it was entirely up to
Congress to make up the difference
between expenses and income by in
creasing the Federal share.
Thomas Fichandler, chairman of
the Tax Committee of the Washing
ton Industrial Union Council (CIO)
thought the best way of bringing in
more money was through broaden
ing the income tax base to cover
persons domiciled here but claiming
official residence elsewhere, and by
a progressively higher tax on larger
incomes. He opposed sales tax as
hitting the little man" too hard.
The Washington Board of Trade,
according to Clarence Arata, be-
heves in a four point program. This
includes increasing the Federal pay
ment through enactment of the
OMahoney bill to fix it at 1856 per
cent of total District revenue, eX-
Guiding trust funds; broadening the
income tax base, taxing unincorpo-
rated business and increasing the
liquor tax to produce another
$1,850,000. -.- ST.
Alternate Proposals Suggested.
Mr.. Arata, manager of the boards
Greater National Capital Commit
tee, said it was believed such taxes
would take care of a 100000 gap"
between expenditures and income
anticipated by the board in the
fiscal year 1948.
In the event the Commissioners
or Congress should not see fit to
abide by all four proposals, he said,
the board feels that whatever rev.
enue is lost through their deletions
should be made up by further in
creasing the liquor tax, imposing a
general sales tax or taxing earnings
at a rate designed to equal the yield
of the unacceptable items.
Sidney Faber, membership cam
paign director for the Amvets, who
conducted the forum, said his group
would use the various proposals as
the basis for a stand on taxes of its
own in the near future.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
81 Pass SemiannuaI
Test for Virginia Bar
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. A.
Thirty-seven applicants successfully
passed the semiannual Virginia
Board of Law Examiners bar test,
M. B. Watts, clerk of the State Su-
preme Court of Appeals and board
secretary, announced today.
The 81 included Douglas G. An
derson. Alexandria; Arthur L. Cline
Mclean; Robert U. Geib, jr., Ar
lington; Jesse M. Gregory, Alexan-
dria; H. w. Kelly, jr., Fairfax; P
A. Kearns, jr.. Charlottesville
David G. Macmillan, Charlottes-
vile; Harry C. Mason, Orange;
John Middleton, Arlington; Thomas
Moncure, Alexandria; Harry H
Rumble, II, Charlottesville; P
Oscar Smith, Arlington; John D. K
Smoot, jr, Mclean; Henry c. K
Spotswood, University; Charles w
Tolbert, Arlington.
Evening star., 1947-01-04

-Four District schoolboys whose
daring and resourcefulness in trail
ing a holdup suspect Saturday night
enabled police to capture him, were
honored in a ceremony at police
headquarters this morning.
The youths saw a robbery attempt
in the 1900 block of Avon place
NV, and trailed the man, despite
warning that he was armed, to
Wisconsin avenue and P street NV.
They finally saw a police scout car,
pointed out their suspect and he
was arrested. The youths feat was
praised by Inspector Robert ]. Bar
rett, chief of detectives and as
sistant chief of police as they re-
ceived their awards.
To each of the boys Inspector
Barrett presented a $25 reward. In
addition, they received pens from
a local jeweler and police courtesy
cards.
Neighborhood friends and school,
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Lorton Man S Murder Trial
To 0pen in Alexandra

A murder charge and an evic-
ton case will be heard Monday
by Judge Robert M. Pollard in the
Federal Court in Alexandria.
A jury will hear the case of Henry
William White, colored inmate OF
Lorton Reformatory, charged with
killing William o. Newman, an
other prisoner, on January Z, 1916.
Alexandria Rent Control Board
is the plaintiff in the second case,
in which Walter S. Nicklin is
charged with illegally evicting rep
resentatives of the Volunteers OF
America from premises at 1901 Duke
street without proper legal recourse.
The Rent Board seeks a restrain
ing order,
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Two New Traffic Lights
Are Installed Here

Two new traffic lights were in
stalled in Washington yesterday by
the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic.
One was placed at Third and D
streets NV, where records show 46
accidents occurred during the last
five years, with injuries to IL per-
sons.
The other light was installed at
Seventeenth and C streets NE,
where II traffic accidents occurred
in the last five years, with 26 in
juries and two fatalities.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Hebert 10 Offer
9 Penal Bills in
House Monday
Include Alternative
Measures on Control
Of Delinquent Youth.
By Harold B. Rogers

Representative Hebert, Democrat,
of Louisiana plans to introduce in
the House Monday nine bills de-
signed to improve the Districts
penal system.
The bills were drawn by a spe-
cial committee appointed by the
House District Committee of the
Seventy ninth Congress. Drafts OF
the proposed legislation and a
lengthy report outlining their pur-
poses were finel yesterday with the
District Committee by Mr.. Hebert, a
holdover member of he committee.
Extensive Hearings Seen.
After they are introduced, the
measures will be referred to the
District Committee, where, Mr.. He
bert said. open and extensive hear
ings probably will be said.
While the District Committee
leadership has not yet been estab-
lislaed by the new Republican lead
ership. it appears likely that either
Representative Dirksen of Illinois
or Representative Bates of Massa-
chusetts. who were ranking Repub-
lican members of the committee II
the Seventy ninth Congress, will be-
come chairman. Both are familiar
with the background of the study
and the need for improvement IN the
District. They have not, yet had
opportunity, however, to study the
new program.
The special committee making
the report was headed by Repre-
sentative Hebert, and included Dis
trict and Federal officials.
Call for Alcohol Clinic.
The measures recommend changes
In the present parole law, estab-
Iishment of an alcohol clinic to be
paid for by tax on gross sales OF
Washington liquor dealers and a.
more stringent concealed weapons
law
Other bills would transfer certain
minor criminal cases to jurisdiction
of the Municipal Court and would
permit juveniles to be tried by the
District Court for serious offenses
when the Juvenile Court valves Ju-
risdiction.
On the disputed question of
whether delinquent children should
be kept under Jurisdiction of the
Board of Public Welfare or turned
over to the new Department OF Cor
rections, there are two separate
measures to be introduced-one au-
thorizing each procedure. This
leaves the decision up to the Dis
trict Committee.
Affect Probation.
The penal laws would be revised
to provide that a second offense fel-
onv committed within five years OF
the first conviction be punished by
the maximum sentence. An amend /
ment to the present law would in
tegrate the probation system in the
District with that of the Federal
probation department.
On this last proposal, the commit
tee report says, however, that Chlef
Justice Bolitha J. Laws of District
Court, speaking for himself, opposes
specific recommendation" OF
change in the probation laws with
out more thorough study. 4
Chairman Hebert of the special
committee said he considered the
set of recommendations for. new
legislation lone of the most far
reaching programs of its kind ever
advanced
Evening star., 1947-01-04
1000 Old Coins Valued
At s., 500 Are Stolen

An old coin collection of 1000
pieces with value of $500 was
stolen from the home of Col. Charles
C. Richards, U. S. A., retired, 5615
Fourth street NV, yesterday after
noon, police reported today.
The coins, both foreign and do
mestic, were in a foot locker in Col.
Richards bedroom, he told police.
A large number of silver dollars
was in the collection, he said, but
the thief passed up Is others on a
desk in the bedroom. Police said
the home was entered through an
unlocked front door.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
By the Assoeicfed Press

Former Senator James j. Davis
of Pennsylvania. named admin
istrative assistant to Senator
Langer, Republican, of North Da-
kota, said today, This probably will
make me eligible for civil service
pension and, if SO, I will participate
in it,
Mr.. Davis told a reporter his 10
years service as Secretary of Labor
in the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover
administrations and his IA years
in the Senate would count as years
of service under the Civil Service
Retirement Act.
ST have not gone into 1t very
thoroughly" Mr.. Davis said, "but
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Yerkes Ends 28-Yeur
Service in Agriculture

The Department of Agriculture
today announced the retirement of
Guy E. Yerkes, 66, after more than
% years Government service in
plant propagation research.
Mr.. Yerkes was credited with a
major part in the development of
improved apple stocks and other
fruit trees. Also an authority on
ornamental plants, he has bred 81
varieties of azalea now on trial
with American nurserymen.
Born in Stuart, Iowa, MIR. Yerkes
graduated from Kansas State Agri-
cultural College in 1906. He lives
with his wife at 20 Dresden street,
Kensington, Md.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Mrs. Frank R. JeIIeff Dies
OF Heart Attack at Home

Mrs. Frank r. Jelleff, 68, wife OF
the Washington merchant and phil
anthropist, died Unexpectedly last
night of a heart attack at her home,
2439 Wyoming avenue NV.
Before her marriage to Mr.. Jelleff
president and treasurer of Frank R,
Jelleff, Inc, she was Miss Eleanor
Porter of indianapolis. The Jelleffs
had summer home, the Lodges, in
Clio. cester, Mass. She was resi-
dent here for 36 years.
Besides her husband, she Is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Anne P
Pangborn of 3505 Macomb street
NV.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
5,0O0-Member Drive
Planned by Suburban
Hospital Association

With continued operation men,
aced by rising costs, the Suburban
Hospital Association announced TO-
day a drive for 5000 members will
be launched January Is.
Arthur G. Lambert, president Of
the Bethesda institutions Board of
Trustees, said the new members
would be asked to contribute $40
or more annually for upkeep of the
hospital.
The large number of charity pa
tients for whom Montgomery County
and the Community Chest pay only
a nominal fee, was described as an
other reason for the campaign.
Warns of Failure.
"If the drive fails it may become
necessary to- close the hospital" !"
Mr.. Lambert added.
The hospital was built and
equipped in 1943 as part of the ma
tional defense program. It's original
cost was about $750,000. Owned by
the Federal Government, the hos
pital is operated under lease by
the nonprof1t corporation made up
of community members who pay
dues. Since 1943 it largely has been
financed by revenue obtained from
patients and by a voluntary drive
for contributions in 1945.
In 1945 the deficit of the hospital
was about 5000, said Mr.. Lambert.
The 1916 deficit will necessarily be
larger, he said.
Credit to Community
Closing his appeal for new mem
bers of the hospital association,
Mr. Lambert said:
There is no more noble impulse
than that which motivates man
to provide for the i'll and injured
among his neighbors. Here in the
Bethesda Chevy Chase area of met
ropolitan Washington has been es-
tablished a modern and attractive,
effectively stated, efficiently oper-
ated voluntary hospital, thanks to
the foresight of our people. Subur-
ban Hospital is credit to the COM
munity."
The hospital has 102 adult beds
and % bassinets for newborn babies.
1t has fully equipped X-ray and
laboratory departments, a phar-
macy, two operating rooms for ma
jor surgery, two delivery rooms and
an emergency room open at all
hours to care for accident cases of
the community.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Brownie Scout Leaders
To Meet in FuIIs Church

Brownie Scout leaders will meet
from 10 am. to 2::30 pm. Wednesday
at the Girl Scout House in Falls
Church, for one-day course in
leadership techniques.
Mrs. A. A. Brown of Harrington,
a member of the Arlington County
Scout Council, will supervise the
course. It was enormously reported
in Thursdays Star the meeting
would be held Sunday.
Evening star., 1947-01-04

COP legislators here since the ses-
sion began.
Republican members, greater in
number than they have been in
many years, are also more united
than they have ever been," he de-
clared.
"We fully expect to fulfill Our duty
to the people of Maryland by serving
as a militant minority, working for
the best interests of the entire State.
We are q party Of which much will
be heard this time"