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Evening star., 1947-11-16
|Neiqhborhood Concert to OffeI
|Composition on Air First Time

pied at that time. All invitation
holders have been asked to be In
their seats by that time.
The program will be broadcast
in full by Station WMAL, The Eve
ming Star station, starting at 9 pm.
The concert at Wilson is a neigh
borhood concert in more ways than
one.'. Not only is the orchestra being
taken into a neighborhood. but in
this case it will be a neighbor who
will be conducting. Mr.. Mitchell
lives at 4400 Fessenden street NV
Invitations for, the fourth concert
which will be held at Leland Junior
High School November "a, now are
being distributed.
Supplies have been given to Leland
Junior High School, Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School, Bethesda Ele-
mentary School, Bradley Elementary
School, Montgomery Blair High
School, Montgomery Hills Junior
High School, Woodside School. East
Silver Spring, School, Silver Spring
intermediate School and Parkside
School. Others may be obtained from
Room 724, The Evening Star Build
ing, as long as the supply lasts
Anderson on December /. Bliss Bessie
r. Lavine, who has been with the
service since 1942, has accepted the
vice chairmanShip.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Nine From DC. Area Named
Glass Officers at Catholic u,

Nine Washington area residents
have been elected to class Offices
at the school of engineering and
the college of arts and sciences at
Catholic University, 1t was an
nounced last night.
James r. Sullivan, 57o5 Fifth
street NV, led a slate of WASH
1ngton area men that captured
every Office of the senior class of
the engineering school. Other
officers named were James L. Dig
gins, 3911 Old Dominion boulevard,
Alexandria, vice president; Robert
]. Mulvey. 3104 Dent place NV,
vice president; William F.. Connolly,
327 Maryland avenue NV, scc-
retary, and Stephen J. O'Reilly,
1880 Floral street NV, student
council delegate.
John T. Maloney, 3710 Military
road NV was elected student
council delegate of the engineering
school Junior class.
Eleanor Valentine, 1921 Eight
zenith street NE. was named
secretary of the senior class of the
college of arts and sciences. In
the junior class James F. Breen,
"a K street NV. was named vice
president and Mary E. 1mrey, 932
Perry place NE, was named
treasurer.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
PUG Hearing Is Slated
On Pepco Plea for End
OF Customer Refunds

The Potomac Electric Power Co. s
recent request for the abolishment
of refunds to its customers will be
the subject Of a hearing before the
Public Utilities Commission Novem-
Der "a.
Last October II, the power COM
pany peritioned PUG for the right
to use as income the money it now
is required to set aside in special
account for the payment OF Gus
toner refunds.
If the company could be relieved
of the necessity of paying the re-
funds, Pepco officials said, it prob
ably would not have to ask for a
rate increase for the coming year.
Pepco has paid s3,213,6O1 in Gus
toner refunds since 1943, under
IPUC's direction. Last March l, 1t
sought an end to the practice OF
setting money aside for future re-
funds, but the request was aeliAeu Wy
PUG at that time.
Since then, Pepco has been build
ing up its refund account at the
rate of $4,000 a month. The next
refunos-lO cents a month for resi-
Dental consumer - was to nave
been paid shortly after the new year
PUG Chairman James H. Flana-
gan said last night that possible
modification and redrafting OF the
present sliding scale" arrange
ment for determining Pepco's rates
would be considered at the Novem-
ber "a hearing, together with the
refund question.
He set the meeting for 10 am. in
Room 203 at the District Building
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Loyalty Board Session
Adjourned Until Dec. )

The Federal Loyalty Board wound
up its preliminary business yester-
day and announced that it will meet
again here December 8 to complete
its program of standards and pro-
cedures to be followed in the loyalty
Investigations. ....
wilbur LaRoe, Washington at
torney, and DR.. Aaron J. Brum-
baugf1, vice president of the Ameri-
can Council on Education, were
selected as vice chairmen. Seth w.
Richardson, Washington attorney, is
chairman Of the board.
The board also approved the ap-
pointment of Lawrence V. Meloy
assistant chief law officer of the
Civil Service Commission, as execu-
tive secretary.
Permanent headquarters of the
board will be on the seventh floor OF
the Apex Building, Seventh street
an Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Buchanan q Keeps Lead
In Paper Collections

/ Successfully retaining its lead In
The Evening Star-PTA paper SAL
jvage campaign, Buchanan School
now has total of 37078 pounds.
Its closest rival, Takoma Park, has
reached 36,330 pounds.
other schools and their present.
totals follow: Woodbridge, 28,911;
Stanton, 1924; Shepherd, Is 5,931;
H. D. Cooke. 25,872; Lafayette, U.s.
425; Stoddert. 21,212; Congress
Heights, 1875: Bancroft, 1884;
Whittier, 1887; Kimball, 1908;
Hearst, 1858; Beers, 1886; Randle
Highlands, 16,404; Barnard, 16,199;
Bryan, 1873; Jefferson, 1898;
Sherwood, 1890; West, 14,970;
Murch, 14,894 Randall, II, 2,482; Davis,
1883; Raymond, 1O670; Bunker
Hill, lotto; Burroughs. 9,725; Burr
vile, 8,789; Maury, 8,459 Thomson,
.8,157; Adams, 1885; Blair, 1866;
lexington, 1922; Smothers, 7,ol5;
Benning, 6,940; Edmonds, 6, ,476; Bla-
densburg Elementary, 5,526; Bright
wood, 5,505; Seaton, 1884, and Wal
ZACH, 5,242.
Also, Emery, 1890: Hayes, 1882;
Giddings, 4,796; Langdon, 4,254;
Ketcham, 4,077; Westbrook, 1851;
Ludlow, 1922; Morse, 3,744; Neval
Thomas, 3,465; st. Thomas, 3,426;
Park View, 3,208; Montrose, 5000;
Mott, 3,027; Gage, ,2,4O8; Sumner
Magruder, 2,188; Kenilworth, 2,041;
Madison, 1895; Stevens, 1907; H.
Wilson, 1892; Wheatley, 1850; Orr,
l 1,196; Gwynn Park, $50; Hardy, 804;
Phillips, $40, and M M. Washington,
300.
Grand total in the campaign
stands at 20, ,770,855 pounds.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Mrs. Macarthur Heads
House Of Mercy Board

Mrs. Arthur Macarthur has been
elected president of the Ladies
Board of the House OF Mercy
Klingle road and Rosemont avenue
NV, it was announced yesterday
She succeeds Mrs Donald c. Bing-
ham. who continues to serve on the
board as third vice president.
Others elected are Mrs. Laurence
G.. Hoes, first vice president; Mrs
De Forest Anthony, second vice pres.
ident; Mrs. Hannah Gather Hill
recording secretary; Mrs. Harolc
Wild, assistant recording secretary
Mrs. Howard P. Bailey, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. William Draper
Blair, treasurer, and Mrs. Norman
L. Munster, assistant treasurer.
Mrs. Blair and Mrs. I. William
Hill were elected to the board ol
trustees for five years.
Mrs. w. Wayne Wirgman wal
elected trustee for four years, fill
ing a vacancy due to the resigna
ton of Mrs. Merritt X. Ruddock
The Right Rev. Angus Dun, Episco'
pal Bishop of Washington, is presi'
dent of the board of trustees.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Bv Harriet Griffjths

A familiar figure around Mont
gomery County is a gray station
wagon, frequently as jammed with
riders as a bus to the beach on an
August Sunday.
1t is one of the two operated by
the county's Public Health Lay
Council to take patients in outlying
districts to Health Department
clinics.
Mrs. Charles Upton Of Dicker-
son, Md, mother of four grown chill
dren, has been driving one of the
station wagons since 1910. The
other, acquired by the council two
or three years ago, is driven by Mrs
Levi Gill of Silver Spring. -
Mrs. Upton, whom the council
pays Sc each day she drives, esti-
mates she has driven 145 900 miles
taking thousands of patients to keep
their clinic appointments.
Must Drive Carefully.
Finding the right house in 8
rural area frequently is something
Of a task, even with Mrs. Tipton's
extensive knowledge of the cour,tys
geography.
A wrong turn, such as the one she
! took the day she found herself at a
sawmill, may delay an entire daily
schedule, so the nurses at the Rock
vile Health ONCE are careful to in
clude detailed directions and some
times even sketch maps on the ap-
pointment cards for Mrs. Upton.
She must drive carefully, and
doesn't risk trips on the days when
school buses don't run because OF
bad weather.
Sometimes she makes a trip for
nothing-when a patient refuses to
go to the clinic They never are
forced to go, but at the next ap-
pointment Mrs. Upton usually tries
again.
Tells How to Contact Nurses.
Although she isn't a nurse, her
mission is so we'll known about the
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Leland PTA to Hear
Panel on The FumiIy'

A panel discussion on "The Fam
lily will feature meeting Of the
Leland Junior High School Parent
Teacher Association at 8 pm. Tues
day in the school.
The discussion will follow talk
by George Carroll, special agent OF
the FBI, on citizenship" The
panel will be composed OF Capt
James McAuliffe of the Bethesda
police station; Mrs. Elizabeth Cur
ney of the Leland faculty and Jo-
seph Bunker of the Bethesda YMCA
The student Citizenship Committee
of the school also. will take part
in the discussion.
After the meeting the annual book
sale will be held.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
cte Reoorno Members Of 1897 Class at Woodrow Wilson High

finding their jobs as homemakers
of paramount importance?" she
asked.
Although generally the survey is
encouraging, the school counselors
found one thing disturbing.
Not a single boy or girl showed
the slightest interest in the political
field. One reason, Of course, is
the fact that the District, being
voteless, offeres no opportunity for
political life, but many Of them live
outside of the city now and still
are not concerned with the field
they said.
The conclusion from the whole
study?
"The majority do find niche in
the world into which they are able
to fit with q reasonable success
and apparent happiness"
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Woman Drives 745, 900 Miles
Serving Montgomery Clinics

county that people she meets dur
ing her trips frequently ask her
advice about their illnesses. She
gets a nurse If necessary, or tells
the questioner how to contact one.
This link between the public and
the Health Department is consid-
cred one of the valuable services
of the 12-year- old lay council, which
co-ordinates the work Of II COM
mittees of county residents assist
ing the department in various ways,
Including transportation.
Formation of the committees grew
out of the efforts of public health
nurses who were overWorked and
needed help. They began drawing
on county people who realized what
their problems were.
The volunteers help in such activ-
tiles as weighing and measuring
at child hygiene clinics, making
| layettes and hospital gowns and
doing clerical and telephone duty.
Paid Part time Dentist.
The council paid part-time den
-tist until the county hired, a full
!. time dentist. 1t did the same with
a food inspector, 1t has done much
to obtain bigger and better clinic
space. '
At first the council raised Its
own funds by appealing to county
residents who were interested and
by putting on benefits. Collecting
funds, however, took up much time
which could be spent in actual serv-
ice for the Heauth Department.
Now the Montgomery County Com
munity Chest does the fund col
lecting.
The county is known throughout
the country for its lay council. Since
its origin, similar organizations have
sprung up in many communities.
The United States Public Health
Service has shown a deep interest
in the council, and college students
and visitors from other nations fire.
quently come to observe and seek
guidance from its experience.
Evening star., 1947-11-16

fessor of mathematics at STANFORD
University and the other is a gradu-
ate student assistant in horticulture
at the University Of New Hampshire
Engineering Attracts Most.
Only one of the four girls who
completed nurses training is in the
field now, the other three have mar
ried and have children.
The profession that attracted the
largest number in the class is en-
gineering in its varied forms and
scientific research. These fields at
tracted "a boys and girls.
Only one graduate is practicing
law and the class is represented by
only one doctor, one dentist and one
veterinarian.
IAN obvious explanation Of this
Is the coming Of World War H."
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Home Accidents
| Kill 7 Men, Raise
| 7o47 Toll to 1877

Home accident fatalities in the
District forsthe year rose to 1877 last
week with the death of a 50-year-
old man from a fall and a 75-year-
old man who died from burns when
his clothing caught fire from a
stove the District Red Cross re-
ported yesterday.
Two other adults were burned
from gas stoves exploding and. a
3-months-old baby was burned
from an exploding oil stove, the
accident prevention service OF the
Red Cross said.
OF the 50 injuries treated at Dis
trict hospitals last week, rs were
from falls; 16, burns; two accidental
poisonings; six, foreign bodies in
ear, eye or stomach; 10, cuts; one
bruise, and IL, unclassifled.
Deaths thus far this year are be-
hind the same period last year
when 1874 home fatalities were re-
corded.
The service said there have been
16 deaths in Washington from burns
and AIT burn cases treated IN hos
pitalS this wear.
Evening star., 1947-11-16

A new orchestral work to be played
from manuscript will be the feature
of the third of the 1947-48 Neigh
borhood Concerts by the National
Symphony Orchestra which will be
given under the sponsorship of The
Evening Star tomorrow night at
Woodrow Wilson High School at
Nebraska avenue and Chesapeake
street NV. ..
Under the baton of Howard Mitch
ell, assistant conductor of the Or
chestra the 100 musicians will play
BENEFITS Overture to an Imaginary
Drama. 1t is the first time the
work has been scheduled for radio
broadcast. >....-
Other compositions to be heard
will be Sibelius' En- Saga, the Ride
of the Valkyrie by Wagner, the
second and third movements of
Tschaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in
F. Minor and Three Romanian
Dances by Bartok.
All invitations to the series have
been issued, but those persons de-
string to attend who have failed to
obtain cards VIII be admitted at
8:45 pm. to use any seats unoccu-
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Hackerstoj.Help
.IhApprehe|''nding
Crime Suspects
Police to Broadcast
Alarms to Tuxicobs:
Rewards Promised

Drivers of 1856 taxicabs equipped
with two-way radio will become vol
unteer police lookouts at am. to-
morrow under plan announced by
Police Supt. Robert j.. Barrett yes
terday.
An agreement reached with three
firms using such equipment providN
that their dispatchers will broadcast
descriptions of wanted criminals,
Mai. Barrett said.
AS. an aid in apprehending Grim.
inals, the police radio dispatcher
will furnish lookout information Of
an emergency nature to the company
radio stations in order that. their
drivers may be on the. watch for
those sought, Maj Barret explained.
He emphasized that the cabmen
would not be expected to try ia
take the wanted persons into GUS
today or otherwise to ~endangel
themselves.
The three firms are the Yellow
and Veterans Cab Co.'S and the
Combined Cab Service, Inc, Maj.
Barrett said. They plan to add a
total of about SO more cabs with
two way radios to their fleets in the
near future, he stated.
Maj. Barrett pointed out the po-
lice have funds to pay rewards for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of criminals. He
praised the cooperation of cab
drivers in the past and said sew
eral rewards had been paid to them
in recent months.
The lookouts to be broadcast tol
the drivers will cover murders, crim-
inal assaults, rohberies and hit-and-
run cases involving personal in-k
juries, as well as other emergency
police information in some in
stances, Maj. Barrett announced.
In making known the plan, Maj.
Barrett made public his order to 1t.
Frank M. Bell, supervisor of WPDW,
the police radio station, covering
handling of urgent lookouts.
~ Asks Drivers To Aid Women.
Maj. Barrett directed that dis
patchers first flash the information
to police stations and scout cars over
WPDW, then forward it by tele-
phone to the cab radio stations.
In announcing the new bid for cab
driver cooperation, Maj Barrett al.
so suggested drivers might assist in
curbing holdups and pocketbook
snatchings by waiting a few minutes
after delivering woman passengers
to their homes after dark.
The driver might make his mani
fest entry for the trip while the
passenger reached her door and got
safely inside, he said.
Evening star., 1947-11-16

lege educations, most OF them rea-
sonably well established in business,
professional or semiprofessional
fields, three-quarters Of them mar
ried and almost half Of them with
children, the report said.
Not a Typical Picture.
This is not a typical picture OF
the average American high school
graduate, however. Nationally only
17.2 per cent of this age group were
graduated from college and their
economic status is not nearly as
good. The two Wilson counsellors
were able to get in touch with 21S OF
the 1897 graduates and from this
group, 6S5 per cent, their conclu-
sions we're made.
The figures on present employ
ment show that 26.7 per cent Of the
Evening star., 1947-11-16
'Ih|der Reveals Plan
For Removal Of 1856
War Housing Units

Plans to remove 1886 wartime
public housing units from Washing
ton, eventually, because of nom
compliance with District fire, zon-
ing, building and other regulations
were disclosed last night by John
Ihlder, executive officer of the Ma
tional Capital Housing Authority.
In statement on disposal Of
5,515 units under NCHA manage
ment, Mr.. .Ihlder also disclosed that
when the program is completed
probably sometime in 1850 - only
1929 units will remain in the local
housing market.
The official stressed that the nom
compliance of the affected units
was accepted as a war measure.
He added that those uits that
cannot be erected again elsewhere
will be razed and the materials
sold as salvage.
r. Longer Time Limit Sought.
MIR. Ihlder said that IN order "to
mitigate as much as possible the
suffering which will follow DISPOSE
ton of public war housing" he is
seeking to secure extension of some
land leases and to postpone to the
limit the time allowed by Congress
and other regulations for disposal
Of public housing.
But" he added, "this will be
only slight mitigation. The obvious
and only remedy is prompt con-
struction of many permanent low
rent dwellings, No provision has
yet been made for this
He gave this breakdown of the
5,515 units:
Sale to private purchasers, 1886:
transfer to Navy, COL; retained by
NCHA, 1,078. with this last figure
broken down between $50 permanent
units and 528 temporary units.
Mr.. Ihlder said the 528 temporary
units, which are now on public
owned land, later should be replaced
with permanent low-rent dwellings.
Meantime, he said, their existence
may be extended beyond two years
by agreement between NCHA, the
Housing and Home Finance Agency
and the local community.
Private Purchasers to Get $50.
BY totaling the 1,078 units re-
tanned by NCHA, the COL turned
over to the Navy for use Of local
naval personnel and estimating $50
units sold to private purchasers for
use on the present site, Mr.. Ihlder
arrived at his figure of 1929 units
remaining in the housing market.
He estimated that Ito units will
be disposed Of by next June 80,
another 9l2 by mid-1949 and a
third group of 1904 by mid-1950
The three groupings are those units
rated as not in compliance with
District regulations.
ct was obvious from the begin
ming that removal of public war
housing would impose great hard
ship upon its low-income occu-
pants" Mr.. Ihlder declared. THE
NCHA, therefore, has, urged re-
peatedly that construction of tenn
porary war housing be matched by
a program for the construction OF
low-rent housing into which low
income occupants of the temporaries
could move.
"Tnis program has not yet been
started. Consequently we are facing
situation in which thousands of
Ilow-income families. will be evicted
and so added to the thousands that
are now on the authority's waiting
Evening star., 1947-11-16

Ten years ago, Woodrow Wilson
High School graduated its first class
of 318 boys and girls-and the curl
osity of two counselors about what
has happened to them has resulted
in a study which shows just that.
The graduates had exactly four
wears in which to complete their
education before the war began.
They found themselves caught up
in that and have only recently gone
back to their old way of life.
The study was prepared by Mrs.
Celia Oppenheimer and Miss Ruth
F. Kimball, counselors at the high
school.
The picture is heartening, they
conclude. Here are group OF
young men and women in their late
2O's, almost half Of them with col
Evening star., 1947-11-16

graduates are in professional on
semiprofessional work; 1924 are. in
clerical, sales or kindred work; 12.7
are proprietors, managers or Of
ficials; 4.6 per cent are craftsmen,
foremen and kindred workers, and
1877 are students. The military
services claim 10.7 per cent and less
than l per cent are unemployed.
Ones eye is caught Immediately
by the small number in the two pro-
fessione-now so critically under
teaching and nursing
the study pointed out.
One girl is teaching in junior
high school here. One is teach
ing fellow in chemistry at Smith
College, and a third is dance in
structor. OF the two boys nov
teaching, one Is an associate pro-
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Prince Georges Women
To Get Motor Insignia.

Three Prince Georges County
women, Mrs. Gladys Earnhardt, Miss
Marian Anderson, and Miss Helen
Henderson, will receive six-year
service stripes from the motor serv-
ice of the county's Red Cross chap
ter at it's annual dinner at Mrs.
KY Toll House Tuesday night.
Mrs. Irene Heider, motor service
chairman. will be succeeded by Miss
Evening star., 1947-11-16

the report said. "Now, however
the veterans have the opportunity
Iof continuing their training"
The study shows that of the s5
boys and girls who were in the serv-
ice, 70.4 per cent were commissioned
officers.
Marriage Rate High.
The marriage rate and the birth
rate have been high with 68.5
per cent Of the boys and 74.5 pei
cent of the girls marrying. At least
SO children have been born by this
time.
Mrs. Oppenheimer said that IS
per cent Of the girls who have
married are now not employed.
Does this mean that the girls
of today are returning to the way
of life Of their grandmothers and
Evening star., 1947-11-16

Rotary Clubs will hold joint lunch
con at the Mayfiower Hotel. At
torney General Clark will be the
principal speaker at a Soroptimist
Club -Women's Advertising Club
luncheon at the Washington Hotel at
1890 pm.
Special ceremonies will mark the
official opening of the Freedom
Train Thanksgiving morning. Mr.
Reilly has named Joseph G. Nc
Garraghy, chairman of the Greater
National Capital Committee OF the
Board of Trade, as chairman OF
the group to arrange this event.