Evening star., 1947-10-01
State Attorney Orders
Montgomery Police 10
Probe Nursing School

Detective Capt. Theodore F..
Vollten of the Montgomery County
Police today was ordered by the
States Attorneys Office to investi-
gate conditions in a nursery school
where two small children repeatedly
were found by their parents Mon
day locked in an overheated room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Langlotz,
1921 Connecticut avenue NV, the
parents said they plan to press
charges against Miss Maude C..
Hlte. owner Of the school, located on
the Rockville pike about two miles
south of Rockville
Capt. Vollten said the States At
torney's Office had received COM
plants from other parents that
children at the school had not been
fed properly, often suffered from
colds, and that there was no hot
water.
To Visit School Today.
He said he planned to visit the
school today with another detective
and a physician.
He added that he knew nothing
about the Langlotz' complaint, but
would be glad to talk with them.
States Attorney Walter w. Daw-
son has said he will present to the
November grand jury a charge that
the school is being operated with
out a State license in violation OF
the law.
Rooms Appear to be Clean.
| Mr.. Dawson also said he planned
to bring Mr.. and Mrs. Langlotz and
Miss Hite before the grand jury
to determine whether any action
should be taken against Miss Hite
on the Langlotz' complaints.
A visit to the school this morning
revealed that the rooms appeared
clean. There was no evidence of
any Of the rooms having been
freshly painted.
Miss Hite said she holds q
bachelor of arts degree from Mary
vile (Tenn) College, where she also
received certificate for teaching
piano. She said she also took nine
hours of graduate work at various
colleges in the country.
Asked about her failure to obtain
a license from the Department of
Public Welfare, Miss Hite said she
plans to apply for one Immediately
Parents Asked Police Aid.
The young couple, whose children,
Wayne, 2, and Ronald, jr.. 10 months,
have been boarding at the nursery
school since May, asked police aid
in getting the children from the
nursery on Monday after, they
charged, a maid at the school re-
fused to let them enter the premises.
The father, 22-year-old ex-
Marine paratrooper, was accom-
panied to the three-story residence
on the Rockville pike by two Mont
gomery County policemen. Mr..
Langlotz, nephew of District Court
Judge Richmond B. Keech, said
when he entered the room occupied
by, his sons he found Wayne tied to
a bed! The room had been freshly
painted, he reported, and the win
dows closed. The temperature was
above co." he said.
Sergt. Marion Dayhoff, one of the
officers accompanying Mr.. Lang
lotz, supported the allegations that
the child was tied and the windows
closed.
Miss Hite declared the child had
not been tied and denied charges the
room was too hot.
Put Children in School Last May.
Mrs. Langlotz said she had placed
the children in the school last May
after she was hospitalized by COM
plications after the birth of the baby.
The move was made on the advice
Of a physician, she said.
The children were to have been
brought to the apartment she and
her husband share with her mother,
Mrs. Cecilia Peterson, at 1921 Con-
necticut avenue, this fall, she as
serted. The scheduled move was
delayed few weeks while the apart
ment was being redecorated.
Mrs. Langlotz charged Wayne
Idu a temperature OF lUS degrees
when he was brought home and
her youngest child had a fever OF
101.
Mr.. Langlotz is now driving a
truck for a contracting firm, but
is hoping to be admitted to a music
school here this month.
A graduate Of Holy Cross, Mrs.
Langlotz had known her hus-
band about seven years before
they were married, she said. He is
the son of Mrs. Lou Langlotz, 1015
N street NV, owner of the Lang
lotz School Of Dancing, and son
of the late Ray Keech, q racing
driver who was killed in 1929 at
the Indianapolis Speedway. His
mother resumed her maiden name
after his fathers death, he said.