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Evening star., 1947-04-21

Constitution avenue NV, npen 10 m to
pm. weekdays and to 10 pm. SUNDAYS:
woodcuts. Hthographs and etchings BY Paul
Gauguin and Edward Munich. through
June 2.
Cemmunity Edueatisn, Inc, 93S g place
NV. open 2 to 8 pm. weekdays and TO
Briggs. throush April
Corcoran Gallery cf Art, Seventeenth
street and New York avenue NV, open
noon to 4:30 pm. Monday, 10 am. to, 1850
pm. TUESDAYS through Fridays, Q am. to
4.30 pm. Saturdays and 2 TO pm. Sun
days. Goth biennial exhibition OF c0ntem-
porary American oil paintings, through
May IL, and informal exhibit of water
colors By artists Of Washington and vicin-
ity, through May /.
Pan Anaerfcan Unisn, Seventeenth street
and Constitution avenue NV, open am.
to 4:30 pm. Mondays through FRIDAYS and
g. am, to noon SATURDAYS; exhibit Of work
Of Latin American artists, through April
Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1000 Twenty
drst street NV, open III s.ni. to 10 pm.
through SATURDAYS, and Z 70 pm. sun
tion. through tomorrow, and loan exhibi-
ton Of drawings and pastels BY Degas,
: PabIic Library Of the District Of Colum-
bis. Art Division, Eighth and K streets
NV. open 8 am. to pm. Mondays
through THURSDAYS and 9 am. TO Is nm.
Fridays and SATURDAYS. water coIors By
Philip Tipperman, through April.
. Fish and WilAlife Service. under main
lobby In Commerce Department Building.
Fourteenth and streets NV, open =
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DANCE.
Room. Wardmsn Park Hotel. > O'clock
DRAMA.
Tanning oi ths SreS" II. nans sharsspyssreon pysIno
Church, 800 Massachusetts avenue NV
$50 o'clock nightly through April.
GOSPEL SINGING.
old-fashioned hymn singing, csntr,
Union Mission, 613C street NV. O'Clock
ol' LEcTURE.
.'ysMe Of Mental Prayer TO the Ind.
3 >. 4 esrreh Han, 700 block 70 )
Tenth street NM; Ni.ISi.HSoSs 3 1,slSss tonishts
Exchange club. Wiiiafd Hotel, 1s:1s
pm. tomorrow. Members and guests.
ras.1nlt9 TaIh1sto9 nagffs sas ssme ar m IS
pm. tomorrow. Members and guests.
Of ysssiss rss za7 Fl s1ss A%sa
v. Bennett director. Federal Bureau oi
Prisons wiz SPEAK; Music.
wade N. Stephens organ recital, Church
Of the Latter-Da5 Saints. s o'clock to-
rIane recital sy Gary saa srszmsn PHILLIP; s
street NV. $3.50 o'clock tonight.
EOlQlefS HOME NluI6Iy -6auQ COUCeII
orchestral selections, Stanley Hall. $50
pm. tomorrow.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
National Archives, Seventh street ant
Constitution avenue NV, open S:45 am
Sundays; Salute to the Army" exhibit or
historic documents from the Reyolutionar,
War through World War II, through June
Massachusetts avenue NV, open TO 8
pm. weekdays, 2 to pm. Sunday; exhi-
bit Of paintings, sculpture and photography
by students, through Friday
National Gallery Of Art, sixth street and
Evening star., 1947-04-21

a.m To 4:30 pm daily: display Of animals
and fresh-Eater fish, for INDEFINITE period.
Library Of Congress-. open 81 am. to- 10
pm. weekdays and am. to 8 pm. Satur-
DAYS; original Leacock Abbey copy of the
Magma Carta, on loan from the British
government until December ID. 1e48s orig
inal draft of Linc6ln's Gettysburg address
for an indefinite period; manuscript of
Lincoln's three-paSe "autohiograrhy, for
indefinite period.
Smithsonian Institute. Jefferson drive be-
tween Ninth and Twelfth streets NV, open
an to A pm. daily and Sundays: paint
ings and etchings. Of old and new transpor-
tation subjects by Peter Heick, through
through Sunday.
Barnett Alden Gallery II Art, 127 RAN
dolph place NV, open weekdays 8 to 10
p M Sunday 2 to pm: American water
colors. through Apru
FOR sERyICEMEN.
Dance with Rhythm Makers Band. $50
o'clock tonisht, NCCS-USO. 91S Tenth
street NV.
Bowling, $50 o'clock; dancing and
moor show, $40 o'clock. and games In
gymnasium, 9 o'clock tonight, Penthouse
sUso, Seventeenth and K streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-04-21

coHAkAA
"Elkskin, :, sleek long e-term fovorite
royon and cotton. Eight color choices.
IS inches wide. Yard so
"Luono." royon foiIle, American de-
siener colors and black, white and
novy. 80 inches wide. Yord----$I.5o
"Pinebrook" royon gobordine, Ameri-
can designer eoIors. As inches wide.
Yard ------------------Sz
"Froststripe." suiting thoroughbred.
Sand, brown. turf green, groy, block
or navy crush-resistont royon. AZ
inches wide. Yord
Evening star., 1947-04-21
WESLEY SIMPSON

WESLEY SIMPSON
"Beilono." sIocks-perfeet, smooth
6O% royon, 409o wool, sun-brieht
new ooIors SO inches wide Yard, 81
"Linomi," butcherweoye royon; flow
er posteIs or deep coIors. SO inches.
Yord --------------$1.50
FOREMAN
"Soblon." flonnel-weove royon, ideal
for summer suit and sIocks to match.
50 inches. Yord---------$I.5
WAL-Dreas Fsbrics and Patterns. second Floor
Evening star., 1947-04-21

"Bineo, dressweight royon eobordne,
glowing colors. 80 inches wide. Yard,
Sl.5o
"Strutter," exceptionally wrinkle-re-
sistont royon. q score of eoiors. AZ
inches. Yord-----------$k
AMERICAN SILK MILLS
"Southword," supple royon foiIIe,
white and soft coIors 45 inches wide.
Yord --- $I.75
EVERFAST
"Erin" spun royon with T. B [. onti-
crease finish. 80 inches wide. Yard. 81
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Scott Death Inquest
Set for Next Week
After Long Delay

The long-delayed inquest into the
death November 2 at District jail
of Charles w. Scott, "a, driver OF
the car that killed Detective Harry
E. Hamilton, will be held next week
Deputy Coroner Christopher j
Murphy declared today.
Scott died in the Jail infirmary
80 hours after his arrest at the
scene of the fatal crash, although
apparently he had suffered nc
serious injury. Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald attributed the death OF
shock from anti-tetanus serum ad-
ministered him at the Jail. DIR
Macdonald said the death occurred
despite skin test which indicated
the antilockjaw serum could be
given the colored man safely.
Repeated demands for an inquest
into the unexpected death of the
prisoner have been made by a
number of organizations, in ad-
dition to Curtis P. Mitchell, at
torney, who represented Scott. The
prisoner was driver of stolen cal
which dragged Policeman Hamilton
and Detective Sergt. Clyde o. Rouse
two blocks before crashing into a
truck at Florida and New Jersey
avenues NV. Mr.. Hamilton, father
of three children, was fatally in
jured and Sergt Rouse suffered
fractures of both legs. .-...
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Sanitation Officials
Visit Home Owners

Representatives of the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Commission
started series of personal visits
today to discuss draining and
plumbing violations with Mont
gomery and Prince Georges County
property owners.
Several hundred owners are being
notified that surface water is being
improperly drained into the sanitary
sewers.
Sanitary Commission officials have
pointed out the drainage of down.
spouts, and surface areaways into
the sanitary sewers Is oyertaxing
the system.
Property owners who are drain
ing surface waters into the sewers
are causing the flooding of other
peoples cellars, engineers Of the
commission said. Some household
ers who have complained about sew
ers backing up are contributing to
this condition themselves through
improper drains, it was added.
Sanitary sewers in the two coun-
ties have sufficient capacity for nor
NAL needs, officials said, when sur
face water is drained into the sew
srs. However, the system is over
taxed during heavy rains and snow
storms
The Illegal drain connections were
discovered by inspectors who used
colored dyes to trace the flow Of
surface water into the sewer sys-
TEN.
Evening star., 1947-01-02

They wanted to see what was going
on, and they thought it was all
right.
This session, Mr.. Murphy and the
other experienced attaches of the
doorkeeper;s Office also will have
the job of breaking in a lot of new
doorkeepers, appointees of the new
majority party. But they figure they
can do that, too. ,,,...
No Senate Picture Gallery.
On the Senate side, there's no
picture gallery, and none is needed,
the doorkeepers insist.
There are only 81 new Senators,
and the men on the doors say they'll
soon learn what they look. like.
Jim Preston, veteran member of
the Senate secretary's staff and
former superintendent of the Senate
press gallery, already knows most of
the new Senators. ....-.
"A good many of them have been
drifting around the Capitol getting
their bearings" he explained. And
he's seen the pictures of others in
the papers.
Jim, who probably can identify
the first face he ever saw and Ger
tainly remembers the first name,
will know all the new Senators
within three or four days. Their
countenances will be as familiar to
him as those Of an uncounted num-
| Der of WashingtonianS, Including
some correspondents in practice
since 1908. ~t'
New Senators are sworn in fcul
lat a time, which gives everybody 8
good look at EACH New House mem
bers, on the other hand, will be
sworn in as group, If custom is
followed.
Any way you take it, the House
spoilers have the tough job.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Man, n, Seeking Jail Comforts
Represented by Lawyer, Il

The articles were recovered later
In Franklin Park where Stokes had
dropped them, according to Detective
s. B. Tillett of the first precinct.
Mr.. Colbert told reporters that
Stokes arrived here a few days ago
and had little money to pay for
food or for his hotel room.
"He is penniless and his family
is dead" Mr.. Colbert said. HE said
he wants to get to some place where
he viii receive care, and Jail seemed
the best place in this cold weather. 9
Stokes will get his wish the court
indicated. A housebreaking charge
against him was reduced to petty
larceny. Stokes then pleaded
guilty to the lesser charge and
sentence was deferred two weeks
while his background can be checked.
He was held In jail in default of
$500 bond.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Inspectors 10 Begin
Fire Safety Check Of
1900 D. {. Buildings

A corps of District inspectors will
begin, probably Monday, checking
public and private buildings four
stories high or more to see how they
stand in regard to building and fire
regulations. ~.
Director of Inspectors Robert H.
Davis said the group will pay par
ticular attention to the more than
1900 buildings which recent sur
vey of $500 establishments disclosed
were In violation of the fire safety
rules, adopted by the Commissioners
last March 8.
The group will include four or five
men from MIR. Davis department
under direction of r. D. Kinney and
an equal number of trained inspec-
tors loaned by Fire Marshal r. C.
Roberts.
Since the Commissioners last
Tuesday suspended enforcement OF
the new regulations until July
because of material shortages, Mr.
Davis pointed out, he cannot compel
landlords to comply with these rules
at this time.
The inspectors however. will make
complete check Of compliance
both with the building and fire rules
in effect before March 8 and also
with the new rules, he added.
He said he then plans to send
landlords notice ordering" correc-
tions which may be necessary to
make their establishments comply
with the rules effective until July /
The owner also will be advised" OF
corrections which will be required
when the suspended enforcement
period on the new rules ends.
Mr.. Davis said the purpose Of re-
porting the results under both sets
of rules Is to enable the owner to
know what work will have to be
done both now and after July l.
He said it also will save his staff
from having to make reinspections
of the same buildings to obtain this
information after July /.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
De Jornette Asks
Extension of
SterHizinq Unfit
BY the Associated Press

STAUNTON, Va, Jan. 2.-Accel-
Grafton Of the program of sterilizing
the unfit Is urged by DR.. j. S. de
Jarnette, who yesterday formally
ended 81 years of service in the
State hospital system.
Speaking at the induction of DR..
Hugh Page Newbill, his successor,
as head of the de Jarnette State
Sanatorium, the veteran psychia-
trist, who inaugurated the steriliza-
tion program in the State in 1924,
declared: .
"The State has sterilized 5000
since the law for it was passed in
1924 1t ought to have sterilized
10000 There are 5000 children in
Virginia schools who are unable to
progress further than the third
grade. Certainly these feeble-mind-
ed should not be permitted to re-
produce. Their descendants are cer-
tain to become charges of the State. y
DR.. de Jarnette's retirement was
by resignation submitted more than
q year and half ago and to be ef-
fectuated at the pleasure of the
State Hospital Board.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
New,Fire Alarm Operation
Has 'UneventfuI' First Day

The first "a hours operation of
the city's fire alarm system by the
Fire Department was reported as un-
eventful today by Fire Chief Murphy
Chief Murphy said there had been
few ALARMS since he officially took
over control of the dispatch of his
apparatus at am. yesterday from
the Districts electrical department
which had operated the system since
1898. :. Yesterdays transfer also in
cluded handling the dispatch of am
balances from the city emergency
pool.
Chief Murphy said, however, that
some adjustments of space at the
fire alarm headquarters building in
Mcmillan Park still remain to be
worked out with Herman Friede,
former superintendent of fire alarms,
who remains in charge of mainte-
nance of the system. Mr.. Friede
waged bitter battle to prevent the
transfer.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Coal Up 47e Here
lin Last Two Weeks

Coal costs for District consumers
have increased Al cents a ton in the
last two weeks-the latest of two
price boasts being due to an increase
of 20 cents a ton in freight rates
that went into effect yesterday.
Lewis R. Potts, chairman of the
coal division of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, said the
new 10 per cent increase in freight
costs LOCAL. dealers % cents ton
and that the rise in cost will be
passed along to consumers.
Washington dealers imposed 25-
cent increase December 20, Mr.. Potts
said, to take care of general in
creases in wages and operating ex-
penses. That boost, he said, was
the first coal increase here since
1941. .-
Mr.. Potts said there is no definite
agreement about the price increase
His firm, Grifiths Consumers,
adjusted prices effective yesterday
A telephone check of several
other dealers revealed that all either
have imposed the increase or were
planning to do so.
Mr.. Potts said the general cost
Of coal here, with the increase, is
1851 a ton for stoving anthracite,
with soft coal ranging from 50 to
$12 a ton.
Evening star., 1947-01-02

The bond of understanding and
sympathy between elderly men was
recognized judicially today by Judge
Thomas D. Quinn when he ap-
pointed the attorney described by
associates as the grand old man Of
the District Bar to represent an
elderly waiter who wants to be
cared for by going to jail.
AS Michael j. Colbert, the white
haired 71-year-old attorney stood
protectively beside William Stuart
Stokes, 70, of New York, Municipal
Court attaches sensed an occasion
unusual in court.
Stokes was arrested yesterday
morning, police said. after he was
seen to break a window in Bertram's s
Pipe Shop, 910 Fourteenth street
NV, and take $2iS worth Of
fountain pens and automatic pencils.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Maryland Assembly
Hears 0'Conor Urge
Tax Report Adoption
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 2:-Gov
O'Conor, in an address at the open
ing session of the General Assem-
bly, last night, urged "unqualifiedly'
adoption of the entire report of the
Commission on the Distribution o1
Tax Revenues.
The Governors recommendation
the only action he urged on the AS
sembly-was contained in a review
of State government activities dur
ing his two terms Of Office.
He declared:
1.-THE recommendations Of the
commission" headed by Judge
Joseph Sherbow "are far reaching
and most constructive. The com.
mission made suggestions for i'm.
provement of the fiscal affairs o1
the State and local levels.
ut has proposed an annual in
stead of biennial budget for Mary
land, to be enacted no more than
three months before the fiscal year
begins. This will require annual
sessions of the Legislature.
"A uniform system of accounting
for the q counties and the in.
corporated towns is also recon-
mended. A fiscal research burear
to make continuous study o1
State-local fiscal relations is to be
created"
He enumerated a set of tax divi.
sion reforms recommended by the
commission and added, II feel the
work Of this commission constitutes
an outstanding achievement"
In his message, he recalled eigh,
years of governmental changes EN-.
bracing such diverse fields as re-
modelling of the judiciary system and
setting up a legislative council, 9
bipartisan body which studies bills
for introduction into the Genera
Assembly.
There is an estimated genera
funds surplus at the end of the
current year of between $11, ,oo0, ,00t
and $4,000 ,000,' he said.
In concluding. Gov. OConor said:
"In preparing to lay aside the
duties of governorship, after eight
years Of service, ] wish to voice the
sincere gratitude I feel to the people
of Maryland for having honored me
with such high Office. Likewise, te
the members of the General Assem-
bly,, + extend deepest appreciation
for the splendid cooperation afford
ed in all efforts to maintain high
standards in the f,lnctioning Of the
States government. 80 sn
Evening star., 1947-01-02
O'Conor Spares
75-Yeor-Od Boy
From Hanging
By the As.oeiotsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. Gov.
O'Conor today commuted to life i'm
prisonment the death sentence inn
posed in Prince Georges County on
Willie Gray Taylor, IS, colored, con-
yicted Of criminal assault.
II was one of the Governors final
official acts before he leaves Office
tomorrow to become United States
Senator
II cannot bring myself to sign the
death warrant for a 15-year-old
child" the Governor said. TT Is
my belief that the hanging OF a boy
of such tender years would be
shocking to the people of the State"
Taylor was one of three youths
sentenced to die in the attack on q
19-year-old Seat Pleasant girl
March II near Huntsville, Md. Her
companion, Donald Boyer, 20, .
former Coast Guardsman, was
beaten at the same time.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Basement Fire Routs
40 From EIkton Hotel
By the Associoted Press

ELKTON, Md. Jan. about 40
guests were forced to flee the new
Central Hotel here during snow
storm yesterday when a basement
fire filled the three STORY structure
with smoke.
The fire also ate through portion
of the flooring of the towns only
movie theater, located in the same
building.
Douglas Connellee, a co-owner of
the hotel, said the fire broke out in
the basement about am. and was
first noted by those attending New
Year party in the cocktail lounge.
None was injured.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
By Corter Brooke Jones

By Corter Brooke Jones
Vincent r. Murphy, for IA years g
guardian at doors leading to the
floor of the House, looked up al
the sergeant at arms picture gal
lery.
These are pictures of the 43s
members with which it has beer
the custom of Kenneth Romney
retiring sergeant at arms, to adorr
the walls of his Offices.
Mr.. Murphy squinted at couple
of photographs. mo" he said, q
don't think I'll forget any of these
new faces when I see them framed
in the doorway. I've been studying
them, though, so that when mar
tells me he's so and so from such
and such State, I'll know he's just
that
Slated to Continue Job.
Mr.. Murphy, Democrat. is one
Of that party's appointees who is
slated to hold over after the Repub-
licans take control of Congress to-
morrow. ...t#
Several Democratic attaches o1
the doorkeeper's offices will stay or
the job. They know the old mem
bers and the ways of the House. anc
their services will be needed.
MIR. Romney installed the picture
gallery primarily to help the dis
bursting clerks when they pay of
the members, because this Is ons
OF the chief duties of the office
The clerks could look up at the wal
and find the likeness of any Repre-
sentative who wanted his stipenc
or perhaps wished check cashed
The employe couldn't be expected
to know them all.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Gut in Traffic Deaths
Laid 10 Stiff Penalties

Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
today credited Washington's rela-
lively low 1916 traffic death toll to a
continuing campaign to keep dang
erous drivers of the streets.
Recalling that the 70 total was
the the lowest since the District be-
gan keeping accident records in
1928. Mr.. Keneipp said he felt that
sitter penalties given speeders and
other offenders during the year had
affected the record favorably.
The previous low in traffic fatal
tiles here was in 1926. when 76 died.
The all-time high, 135, was recorded
in 1885.
Mr.. Keneipp reiterated his con-
viction that permit suspensions fur
nish the most effective means OF
dealing with irresponsible drivers.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Oil Stove, YuIe Tree Fires
Iniure Man and Woman

Two persons were burned slightly
when a Christmas tree caught fire
in one house and an oil stove ex-
ploded in another, police reported
today.
James A. Meagher, 10, of 1901
North Capitol street suffered Sec
ond and third degree burns to the
face and hands while trying to ex-
tinguish flames in Christmas tree
which caught fire from defective
wire. He is reported in good condi-
ton at Casualty Hospital.
Mrs. Beulah Sanford, colored, SO,
of 405 Richardson street NV. suf-
fered f1rst-degree burns to the hands
when the stove in her home blew
up yesterday. She was released
after emergency treatment at Freed
mems Hospital.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
81 Streets in District
SET Aside by Police
AS Shedding Areas

Thirty -one streets have been des-
ignated by the Police Department as
shedding areas for as long as the
snow lasts, it was announced today.
Special police details and barri-
cades will keep the designated
streets free of automobiles for safe
coasting. The times at which the
streets can be used by sledders are
from a to IL pm. on weekdays and
from 10 a m. to II pm. on Saturdays
and Sundays.
The streets set aside are listed as
follows:
In Northwest Washington-Ogle-
thorpe street from First to Third
streets, Piney Branch road from Bu-
chanan to Decatur streets, First
street from Emerson to Gallatin
streets, Thirteenth street from Kali
mia street to Eastern avenue
Galena from Potomac avenue to
Dorsett place, Garfield street from
Forty y-fourth street to New Mexico
avenue, Klingle street from Weaver
terrace to Hawthorne place, w street
from Thirty-ninth place to Huide-
koper place, Forty-second street
from Tunlaw road to Davis place
Brandywine street from Forty-sec-
ond street to Forty-fourth streets,
Morrison street from Broad Branch
road to Chevy Chase parkway, $500
block of Sixth street, Eighth street
from Shepherd to Upshur streets,
Harvard street from Lanier place
to Adams Mill road, Adams Mill
road from Irving street to Harvard
street and Eleventh street from
Monroe street to Spring road.
In the Northeast section-Oates
street from Trinidad avenue to Six
teenth street, Queen street from
Trinidad avenue to Holbrook street
Twenty-third place from E street
to Benning road; Forty-fourtr
street from Eads street to Hayes
street, Bryant street from Lincoln
road to Fourth street, Central ave-
nue. from Brentwood road to Carlton
avenue, Newton street from Four
teenth to Eighteenth street, Thir-
teenth street from Irving to Kear-
ney street, Fourteenth street from
Quincy to Taylor street and Twen-
ty-sixth street from Hamlin to
EvartS street.
In Southeast-High street from
Maple View place to U street, Hill
crest drive from v to Twenty eighth
street and r street from Naylor
road to Twenty first place.
In Scuthwest--N street from South
Capitol to First street and Ninth
street under the viaduct.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Philadelphia Army Depot
To Handle Soldier Dead
By the Associofed Press

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.-The
program for returning bodies of
World War II servicemen to Mary
land, West Virginia, Pennsylvania
and Delaware will be handled by the
Quartermaster Depot here, Army
officials announced.
Col. T. r. Sharp, depot command.
ing officer, said yesterday that mo
action of kin Is required until they
receive an official letter of inquiry
from the military services in Wash
ington."
He added that next of kin may
refer specific questions about the
program to the Philadelphia Quar-.
termaster Depot.