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Evening star., 1947-09-17
Bronze Plaque 10 Dog
Unveiled at Grave
In Mitchell Park

A bronze plaque to a dog was
unveiled today in Mitchell Park, the
playground at Twenty-third and S
streets NV.
The plaque read:
Book, brown French poodle, the
faithful friend and companion of
the Mitchell family when he died,
aged IA years. He was buried on the
land now known as Mitchell Park in
memory of Morton Mitchell. The
will of Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson
Mitchell, filed in 1918, made the
following provision:
"'To the City Of Washington,
D. c., I leave our lot in S street to
the memory of Morton Mitchell for
park. 1t was intended for our
home, and our old dog, whose bones
rest there, is not to be disturbed"
Miss Sibyl Baker of the District
Recreation Department, in a brief
talk, told how a friend of the Mitch
ellis, a Mrs. Margaret Huffman of
California, had come to Washington
this spring and visited Mitchell
Park. She was dissatisfied with the
permanency of the framed photo
graph of Book over a scroll with
wording similar to that on the new
plaque which hangs in the rest
house. She asked the Recreation
Department if she might present the
city with a bronze plaque.
There was no one at today's cere-
mony who knew the Mitchells.
About six mothers and so chill
dren attended. When the plaque
was unveiled, one of the boys read
the inscription for the benefit of
the children too young to read.
Mrs. Andrew Saul, a member of
the Board of Recreation, accepted
for the city, and Mrs. Carlton
Skinner, wife of the Interior De-
partment's Information chief, spoke
on behalf of the mothers of the
nelghborhood. Mrs. SINNERS few
words on how much the mothers
appreciated the playground, it's
equipment and it's supervisors, were
interrupted by little girl who went
up and tugged at the speakers
skirt.
Have you got pretzel?" the little
girl asked.
After the ceremony the group
went to Books grave, small rev.
tangular plot with concrete curb
and headstone under an oriental
plum tree. The children had cov-
cred it with flowers
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Virginion, q, Indicted
In Attack on Girl, II
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

WINCHESTER, Va, Sept. IL
The Frederick County grand jury
has returned an indictment against
William Harrison Tobin, %, of Ste
phens City, charged with criminally
attacking a 17-year-old girl in
church yard at Middletown on Sep
tember 7.
Tobin entered a plea of not
guilty when arraigned. Common
wealth's Attorney Joseph A. Massie,
jr., asked for a $1,000 bond. Judge
Elliott Marshall questioned whether
such a bond was sufficient. Tobin
was remanded to Jail while the
court took the matter of bond under
adyisement.
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Basic QuestionsListed
By Statisticians for
Hemisphere Census

The basic questions which will be
asked when census takers knock on
doors throughout the Western Hemi-
sphere were announced today at the
international Statistical Conferences
of the committee on the 1850 census
at the Shoreham Hotel.
DR.. Calvert l.. Dedrick, chairman
OF the Americas, reported the con-
tents Of minimum QUESTIONABLE"
to be used in the 1850 survey of %
American countries, at a joint meet
ing of the International Statistic
Society and the er-American Sta
tistical Institute.
The minimum QUESTIONABLE, its
final draft agreed on last night at a
windup meeting of the Census Com
mittee, will include questions on sex,
age and place of birth of all Amer
leans interviewed. Census takers
also will ask whether the persons in
terviewed are naturalized citizens of
the country in which they dwell and
whether they can read or write.
Other Questions Considered.
DR.. Dedrick said future considera-
ton also will be given to including
questions on personal income, hous-
ing, the number of agricultural
workers and making urban and rural
breakdowns of population. A survey
of tribal groups also will be studied
he said. Other questions still to be
discussed concern marital status and
the actual educational level.
which to obtain educational data in
the census, delegates were told yes
terday at round-table conference
The conference was on "the prfb-
lem of minimum standards in edu-
cational and cultural statistics in
the Americas" Discussion was
based on preliminary study by
Germano Jardin of the Brazilian
Ministry of Education and Health.
States Differ.
I'm the United States" said Mr..
Jardin, mo two States collect from
their local school unit identical
series of data, and variations in
school laws make educational COM
parisons among the States and
localities hazardous"
Emphasizing that the comparison
he was making was only regarding
the problem of collecting statistical
data, he said:
Most Latin-American countries
have a ministry of instruction with
supreme jurisdiction over general
educational. and cultural affairs
including the regulation and in
spection of private education"
Total registration for the statis-
tical organizations meeting stimuli
taneously here in the International
Statistical Conferences today
reached 612. Tomorrow will be the
last day of the conferences which
opened September 6.
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Antennos for 7eIevision, FIN
Placed on Tower by WMAL

Chief Engineer Daniel o. Hunter
pointed .out the television trans
mitter was the first of its type pro-
duced by the manufacturer. Be-
cause of this, engineers expect to
spend many hours in adjustments
aand tests before pronouncing 1t
ready for regular service, he said.
Equipment Being Modified.
Already technicians were making
notifications in the equipment as
they set about connecting 1t, Mr.
Hunter added.
A receiving antenna developed by
WMAL engineers in cooperation
with a manufacturer was delivered
to the site yesterday and also was
to be attached to the tower. 1t was
designed for use in picking up re-
layed television transmissions from
the unit to be sent by Station
WMAL-TV to sports and other pub
lie events in the Capital area.
The television affiliate of Sta
ton WMAL hopes to be testing
transmission next month. Later
it will be joined on the air by Sta
ton WMAL-FM, offering high-f -fidel-
ity, static-free sound broadcasting
Both will transmit from the
American University location, while
Station WMAL will continue to use
its transmitter near Bethesda, Md
Studio facilities for television pres
entations will be available in the
new building on the university
campus, and students will have op-
portunity to learn techniques of the
medium.
Eventually, the three stations,
owned and operated by the Evening
Star Broadcasting Co., will. share
main studio facilities in a building
to be constructed at Twelfth and K
streets NV. ss
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Airport 10 Protest
Potomac Pollution

Oficials at National Airport today
were preparing a protest to the
United States Public Health Service
and Potomac River pollution au-
thorities the discharge of raw"
sewage said to be clogging intakes
to the airport's fire protection water
system.
The focal point of the trouble,
with its attendant odors which sweep
the airport on every breeze from the
south, is the open conduit outlet at
Four Mile Run bearing partially
treated sewage from Arlington
County and raw" sewage from a
section of Alexandria into the
Potomac.
The outlet is situated along the
river side of Mount Vernon Memorial
boulevard and at the south end of
the airport reservation, where in
takes for the flre-fighting system
have been installed. The water sys-
tenn leads to fire hydrants on the
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the various hangers.
Airport officials say the polluted
water frequently fouls the pipes and
could result in the stoppage of water
in event of a serious fire.
The nuisance, it was said, has
resulted in complaints from the
travelling public at the airport, and
from airport employees, as well as
from motorists passing on the scenic
highway or parking near the south
end of the airport to watch the air
craft at the busy terminal
Letters of protest, it was said, are
being sent to the Public Health Serv-
Ice and the Interstate Commission
on the Potomac River Basin, with
headquarters in Washington.
Both Alexandria and Arlington
County have retained consulting
services to plan for eventual process
ing of the sewage, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1947-09-17

An antenna system weighing more
than four tons today was in position
at the apex of Station WMAL's new
television and frequency modulation
transmitting tower on the American
University campus.
The huge radiation array was fas-
tened in place late yesterday, after
hours Of painstaking hoisting, a few
feet at time.
1t consists of "super-turnstile'
television antenna - so-called be-
cause of its resemblance to group
of turnstiles-and "pylon" FIN an
tenna, which has the appearance OF
long cylinder slotted lengthwise
The television system is on top. To-
gether, the antennas increase the
overall height of the tower to 400
feet.
All Day Hosting Job.
Hosting the joined units was an
all-day job. Tackle on boom at
the top of the tower and a donkey
engine on the ground were used tc
raise them within the steel frame
work. Steelworkers slung to the
sides Of the tower, manned guide
ropes. Upward progress of the heavy
antenna system was halted fire.
quently at which times the crew
moved to higher positions.
1t was the second effort to raise
the antennas. An earlier attemp
last week met with technical diff.
culties which forced a new start.
While the hoisting work was ir
progress yesterday, WMAL en-.
gineers were installing the televisior
transmitter in nearby building
built to house it and the FIN trans.
mitter. Delivery of the latter wa.
not expected before late fall.
Evening star., 1947-09-17
AIexundrion Burned
By BIoze in Home

o. L. Fisher of 1912 Boyle street,
Alexandria, was burned on the face
and arms today in fire in the base
ment of his home. He was treated
at Alexandria Hospital.
Acting Fire Chief William Barbour
said the fire apparently began whils
Mr.. Fisher was at work bench.
The blaze was confined TO the cellar.
Evening star., 1947-09-17

UllC N4CddA vi
M e 1t, civilian
equivalent of the
D / S t inguished
Service Medal.
T h e award
W a S presented
on b e h If of
President TT u
m a n by DR..
Thomas Parran,
surgeon general
of the United
States P u b lie
Health Service,
at a ceremony
in the Social Sc
ciiritu Building
Evening star., 1947-09-17
| so Aliases Fail
To Hide Record
OF Drunkenness

Fifty aliases listed for man
convicted of intoxication failed to
discourage Judge Almond w. Scott
in his search yesterday through
the defendants record.
Il see you've got so different
names-it's hard 10 keep up with
you," declared the judge, bestowing
hard glance upon Thomas Will
liams, AZ. of the TOO block of Fifth
street NV.
But here is your record" Judge
Scott added after few moments OF
picking around his desk. tits worth
$50 or 80 days to you"
Evening star., 1947-09-17
SIaughterhouse
Curb Is Voted
In Montgomery
Commissioners Agree
To Retain Police Post
Now Held by Souter

The controversial ordinance reg
ulating the operation of slaughter
houses in the rural area of Mont
gomery County today had the ap-
proval of the county commissioners.
The boards action was taken yes
terday in closed session at the
Rockville Courthouse, during which
the county heads also voted unani-
mously to retain the post of police
commissioner, now held by Commis-
sioner Wesley I. Sauter.
AS a result of the approval of the
slaughterh house ordinance, use as q
slaugnterhouse OF the building
being erected near Gaithersburg by
the Southern States Gaithersburg
Service would be illegal, according
to County Supervisor I. G. McNayr.
The ordinance prohibits establish
ment of slaughterhouse within
500 yards of any public road or
dwelling and fixes $500 license fee.
At a hearing before the commits
sioners last week on a proposal to
pass such an ordinance, Clitus o.
Bordeaux, jr., who was among
those urging its adoption, said the
Southern States Building, admitted
ly intended as a slaughterhouse, is
only about 800 yards from his home.
The boards action on the police
commissionership climaxed an ef-
fort by Mrs. Alma Opal, Takoma
Park Republican worker, to abolish
the job.
Mrs. Opal first brought up the
matter more than month ago. At
that time, the commissioners said
they would act on her proposal yes
terday.
Yesterday Mrs. Opal again urged
the elimination of the post, citing
a recommendation to that effect in
the Brookings Institution survey of
the county government, made pub
lie in 1941.
IF the post had been abolished
then," Mrs. Opal declared, "the
county would have saved $8,400 of
the taxpayers money"
Hearings Set on Street Projects.
j. Ernest Hawkins, clerk to the
board, then read a letter from
Washington I. Cleveland, secretary
to the West Montgomery County
Citizens Association, in which Mr..
Cleveland said the association had
gone on record as favoring the
elimination of the police commits
sioner job, for which Mr.. Sauter re-
ceives an additional $1,000 year.
Brooke Johns, president of the
board, then ordered the executive
session.
After meeting more than an hour,
the commissioners action to retain
the post was announced by Mr..
Hawkins. 1t was learned, that the
motion not to abolish the Office was
made by Commissioner o. w. Young
blood and seconded by Commission
er Charles H. Jamison, the only
Democrat on the board.
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Alexandra Trinity Church
Seeks $4,000 for Building

A $4,000 building program for
the Trinity Methodist Church, Alex
andria, was announced today by
Harold F. Ogden, chairman of the
building drive.
The funds will be used to con-
struct a new building adjacent to
the present Sunday school. School
rooms and recreation halls will be
included in the new building.
The church, built in 1774, is said
to be the second oldest in Alex
andria.
Evening star., 1947-09-17

odllt POllCcIIldH
who helped ap-
pr e h e n d him
three weeks ago.
One of the
pair. Robert Lee
Ray, 81, who had
been indicted in
Arlin g t on on
C h a r G eS of
breaking and en-
tering, was ap-
pretended in the
-1100 block of
P e n n S ylvania
avenue Sc, by
Pvt. Lennie M.
Daniels of the
Evening star., 1947-09-17

do q Pill. "IllOl =
row at the S. H.
H i n e S funeral
home, 2901 Four
teenth S tre e t
NV. Burial will
be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
She died Mon
day n i g h t at
Children's Hos
pital from in
juries received
S u n d ay when
she fell against
a tricycle. while
playing in the
basement of her
Evening star., 1947-09-17

WHICH TeSulGeQ IN
the election of
only one of 19
candidates.
It was the first
time in five cleo
tionS that only
one contestant
was chosen in
the first round
of voting.
The new coun-
Gilman and prob
ably next Mayor
is Thomas j.
Canning, whose
plurality of 1913
WAS "a nreotor
Evening star., 1947-09-17

Marian was born in Washington
and had attended the Henry D.
Cooke School and West Elementary
School. She was to enter the fourth
grade at the West School this term:
She would have been years old
next month. Her father ownes and
operates Carter's Radio Co. at 1867
M street NV.
Besides her parents, she is sur
vived by younger brother, Carter
F. Scruggs, jr.
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Wuter Contract Stoned

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. IT tP.-A $685.
$40 contract for improvements in
the city water system was signed
Yesterday by Annapolis officials and
representatives of the Vanguard
Construction Co. Of New York.
Evening star., 1947-09-17
River Forms Boundary

The Columbia River, forming at
one part the boundary between
Washington and Oregon, is the larg-
est river flowing into the Pacific
Ocean from the Americas.
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Douohters to Hold Rally

Court Forest Glen, Catholic
Daughters of America, will hold it's
annual rally at $50 pm. Monday
at st. Michaels auditorium, 824
Wayne avenue, Silver Spring. The
speaker will be Father Jose Maria
Corbella, S. j.
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Baltimore Studium Site
Picked for New Arena
By the Associoted Pres,

BALTIMORE. Sept. II. - Mayor
Stadium Committee
yesterday selected the site of the
present arena at Thirty-third street
to be the location of Baltimore's new
sports arena.
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Funeral Is SET for Girl, 8,
Fatally Injured at Play

Funeral services for Marian
Scruggs, 8-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Carter F. Scruggs, 4319
Argyle terrace NV, will be held
Evening star., 1947-09-17
Medal Of Merit Given
Nurse, Third Woman
To Receive Honor

A leader of the nursing profession,
Mrs. Elmira Bears Wickenden of
Bronxville, N. Y, today became the
third woman in history to receive
Evening star., 1947-09-17
D. {. Policeman
Captures Same
Fugitive Twice
Two Who Escaped
From Arlington Jail
Caught in District

Two prisoners who escaped yester-
day from the Arlington County Jail
were captured this morning in
Southeast Washington, one by the
Evening star., 1947-09-17
GreenbeIt Vote
0nIy0ne Of
Seats
Canning Sole Winner
Of 1e Candidates;
Runoff Set Tuesday

-Four of Greenbelt's five Town
Council posts remained vacant to-
day in the face of record breaking
and widely split balloting yesterday
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10

Sunday, May II, is Star Day. Star sup
porters are urged to report to designated
neighborhood stations beginning at 1890
am. to help thousands of readers whose
subs have expired.
The giant city wide mobilization
for renewals will bring hundreds of
former subscribers back into the fold
If you help.
A bigger Star will mean stronger Star
able to rally greater support in the fight
for labor's rights, for security and for
peace.
A few hours of your time this Sunday
will go a long way toward realizing our
goal of 10000 more readers by July 4.
This is YOUR chance to build your
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10
RING
SIDE:
o Hank hits AND

One night last week Hank
Noyes, Abraham Lincoln School
instructor, rolled up 100 copies of
the Star and took a stroll through
his neighborhood in the And
Ward. 1t was Star" sell-out-
Hank" sold all 100 Stars.
This week Hank" is going back
with more Stars-and subscription
blanks! Hank" has plans for the
And Ward! He wants to convert
all of the 100 new readers into
Star subscribers.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10
. Given up?

Hey, how about that Shoe
Workers Union? What ever hap
pened to Spiegel, Barile and the
crew of active stewards in the
union? In the Stars last cam
paign, the Shoe Workers rolled
up 500 subs; the count on the cur
rent campaign is only six!
Could it be the Shoe Workers
had such hard time picking their
candidate for the Star race, that
they've given up?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10

to win"-they think. But that's about all
they're doing in the sub drive-thinking!
They think maybe trip to Europe is in
their crystal ball. Or maybe they'll get
to work on the sub drive-manana domor-
row. Or maybe they've got fairy god
father who will bring in the subs.
The seven serious sub-getters thus far
in the campaign Cleft to right are squat
ting on the Stars they've already sold, and
trying to dream up a way to catch up
with Pop" Lind, leader in the drive with
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10

40s points. Pops" sitting on the biggest
stack of Stars, his bags packed and ready
to go.
But Pop" had better watch out! The
contest doesn't end It'll July A; it's still
anybody's race. And here's how Pops"
closest competitors stack up in the field:
Anthony Carson, 1872 points; Jack Liss,
100 points; Sol Rubinstein, 70 points; Mark
Sajatovic, 68 points; Joe Bezenhofer, IS
points; John Campbell, 81 points.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10
BUILD STAR-DEFEND LABOR

newspaper-and at the same time obtain
points for prizes in the current subscrip-
ton drive!
The following Star stations will be open
in your neighborhood between 1890 am.
and 8 pm, on May IL:
SOUTH SIDE:
Hyde Park: Community Book Store.
l404 E. ssth ST. and Ward: Room 2s.
306 E. 43rd ST.: Laws. 1850 Langley.
4th Ward: Browns. 535s Calumet
Ave. sth Ward: Hardon's. e040 Calu-
met Ave. 6th Ward: s224 Rhodes Ave.
WEST SIDE: .
HaYm solomon Center. 1881 w.
Roosevelt I'd. Jeep. 426 S. Hamlin.
Cicero: MasarYk School, $40 w. 22nd
PI.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10
0 How to count
STAR points

So you don't get the point
of all this? Well. this is If
Every 20-week subscrip-
tion to the Star that you turn
in is worth one point. Every
yearly sub is counted for five
points. You can claim any
of several valuable prizes by
working up from 20 TO $50
points. And after you've col
lected your prizes. you'll still
be able TO count those points
in the race for the grand
prize in the Stars sub drive.
which ends July 4. The
grand prize?-a trip to Eu-
rope. at the Stars expenseI
Get the point? Get the
points!
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10
Louro Nets SO subs
in solo Solar drive


A group leader in the press
department at Solar Mfg. Co., and
secretary of UE local 1850, Mrs.
Kuschke decided early in April
she would try to sell a few Stars.
The first day she canvassed her
department, she sold 35 20-week
subs! From there. on in it was
simple, she says.
Last Saturday. Mrs. Kuschke
brought so subs into the Star
officesl She wanted to get
into the contest for the Star
grand prize-but she doesn't
want TO go TO Europe!
"IF I VIM hope-Pd like to
put the money into a home. We've
been wanting one for so long ;"
Since Mrs. Kuschke has two
boys, IS and Is, she thinks a
house would be more practical,
even though her husband, Bill,
a UPWA elevator operator at Will
sons, kids her and tells her: Jaw,
why don't you take the trip to
Europe wouldn't mind"
If Mrs. Kuschke doesn't win
the Star grand prize, she'll be
satisfied with winning one or
more of the prizes offered in the
contest, she says. Here are the
contest prizes land who wouldn't
be happy to win one?):
Philco Transitone radio
100 points: Smoking stand
30 points: Webster's Diction-
arY and EncYclopedia-20
points: Schwinn Built bicycle
$50 points: Horsehead book
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10
SOUTH WEST SIDE:

SOUTH WEST SIDE:
Wins. 3lls S. Halsted ST.; 4e4e S.
Ashland Ave-; TerrY's. 6ol4 S. Eliza
beth ST.: Coop Hall. 27th ST. and
Pulaski I'd.
NORTH SIDE:
Rogers Park Civic Center. ee03 N.
Clark ST.; 7th Congressional Area:
Tom Paine Book Store. 3S3s w. Law
renee Ave-: 1928 w. Division ST.. and
floor: Hirsch LYceum. 2733 w. Hirsch
ST.
LOWER WEST SIDE:
Greek Club. 522 S. Halsted ST.
SOUTH CHICAGO:
Room ii. 1851 s. Commercial Ave-:
lo4l3 S. Michigan Ave.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10
Unions set
Stor weeks

All trade unions were called upon
this week to set aside two weeks,
May 25-June 7, to spur the Star
sub drive campaign.
Lou Tore, chairman of the Star
Trade Union Campaign Commit
tee, urged all supporting unions
to undertake a united campaign
during these weeks. The idea for
"Star Weeks" originated at a
meeting of the Campaign Com
mittee last week, Tore said. He
added:
Cali union organizers, officials
and stewards are called upon to
devote a major portion of their
time to getting subs during Star
Weeks"
The Campaign Committee pro-
posed that unions hold Kickoff"
meetings before May Is, to bring
officers and stewards together to
set the drive in motion.
Unions are asked to plan "Star
Weeks" on a day-to-day basis,
eliminating in a grand sub tally
on June 7.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10
. Backyard drive

Star supporters in the Mother
Cabrini Housing Project have de-
cided to stay in their own back
yard and sell Star subs. Last week
they took on the job of selling
subscriptions to all of the SIC
families living in the project
Sample copies of the Star have
been distributed. So far Is families
have signed up!
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-10

Zeke, the Stars artist, got to thinking
about the Stars sub drive. Zeke isn't
prophetic-he doesn't even own a crystal
ball-but from where he sits, this is how
the campaign looks to him.
Reading left to right, we have first Of
all Zeke himself-the dreamer who thinks
magic might win him the trip to Europe.
But he just got "roped in" by the Indian
rope trick.
His five CHEEKY friends are all "cinches