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Evening star., 1948-08-24
Loans al Less Than so
Ruled Valid for Firms
Under Suspension

Loan firms here may continue to
lend money at less than 6 per cent
even though their licenses to lend
at higher interest rate are under
suspension, the Corpora ton Coun-
sells office ruled yesterday in Mu-
nicipal Court.
Prosecutor Clark King made this
decision in a case presented to him
by Chatham T. Nottingham, super
intendent of licenses.
Involved was the Auto Loan Serv-
ice. Inc, 638 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc, whose license to lend at an
interest rate greater than 6 per cent
was suspended on August for 80
days for keeping incomplete records
of loan transactions.
Company's Contention.
Mr.. Nottingham reported that
about a week after the suspension
started, his inspectors found the
firm was still transacting loans.
The superintendent did not dis
pute the company's contention that
it was lending money at an interes,
rate of per cent or less, for which
no license is required.
He contended, however, that be-
cause of the suspension of any part
of the company's lending rights. al
its lending activities should cease
until restoration of the license. He
told Mr.. King he was supported ir
this view by the Corporation Coun.
sells Office in the District Building
Mr.. King said he interpreted the
suspension action as applying only
to those loans for which a license
is required.
"As long as the firm does no
lend money at more than 6 per cent
I will not prosecute any charge tha
it is violating its suspension" Mr.
King declared.
Says Clients Harassed.
During the hearing, Attorney Viii
liam Lichtenbere, representing tn,
Auto Loan Service and other loar
companies here, complained tn,
District is "harassing" his clients
Mr.. Nottingham agreed that loar
companies here have been cooper.
ating with his Office, but he addee
that he is still getting many com,
plants from the public.
The superintendent admitted
however, that complaints hav.
dropped well over so per cent" sine,
the license law was passed las
October.
Evening star., 1948-08-24

Ladies in Hades.' Previously she
had taken voice training, with home
economies on the side, at Harrison
burg. Va.
She has sung at the Cairo Hotel.
at the Madrilon Restaurant and the
King Cole Room. 1t was in the lat
ter place only the other night that
she acquired her good luck charm, -
a piece of blanket bought for a
newly born baby. 1t was given to
her by an entertainer. and Jody
tucked it into her bathing suit be-
fore appearing on the Capitol stage.
Gets Auto Tonight.
At Griffith Stadium tonight, Clark
Griffith, president of the Washing
ton Senators, will make the presen-
tation OF a $3,500 Frazer Manhattan
automobile to Miss Miller. Her other
prizes, worth $500, will be silver
fox jacket, three evening gowns, a
dress and suit, radio, diamond
ring, set of luggage, and a COM
plete shoe wardrobe.
The runner-up in last nights
competition was Miss Marilyn Doug
las, 81, Of Kappa Gamms Sorority
1920 Sixteenth street NV, who
sang. She receives a wrist watch.
Her ambition is to be a professional
singer in radio and musical comedy
She is in her second year at Ameri-
can University.
Corrine Joy Skeels, 20. OF 353e
Martha Custis drive, Alexandria
Va, who was Miss Shirlington, ;
took third honors.
Judges of the contest were Miss
Elenore Scanlan of Batten, Barton
Durstine & Osborn advertising
agency in New York; Miss Vera
Brennan of Duane Jones Co., in
New York; Miss Pearl Atkinson, di-
rector of the Pearl Atkinson School;
Calvin Griffith, vice president of
the Washington Baseball Club;
James r. Barr, chief of the broad
cast division of the engineering de-
partment of the Federal Communi-
cations Commission; Sol Taishoff
editor and publisher of Broadcast
ing Magazj' :; DR.. Kenneth Baker
director O. research of the National
Association of Broadcasters, and
Tom Elliston, radio editor OF the
washington Times Herald.
Evening star., 1948-08-24
Bridge Club License Denial
Upheld by D. {. Heads

The Commissioners have upheld
a decision Of the District License
Board to refuse license for opera
ton of a bridge club to Charles S.
Geier in the 2600 block of Con-
necticut avenue NV.
Mr.. Geier had appealed a police
rejection of his plea for a license
earlier this month. At the hear
ing on August 3, Mr.. Geier admit
ted there is gambling in his club
but declared there are many clubs
operating in Washington where
gambling for high stakes is per-
mitted.
At the hearing before Assistant
Corporation Counsel Robert D.
Wise and the board, Mr. Geier said
he might give the board names and
addresses OF clubs where gambling
is allowed, If his own appeal is re-
jected.
At his own club, Mr.. Geier said,
gambling was allowed at the rate
OF fifth of cent point.
District officials said there are
about Is bridge clubs here that
have been told to apply for licenses.
Evening star., 1948-08-24
Traffic Survey Stops 1000
Cars on Suitland Parkway

Motorists using the Suitland
parkway through nearby Maryland
from 2 to 10 pm. yesterday were
halted as part of the road survey
now being conducted in the Metro
politan Washington Area.
A 16-man crew of the District
Highway Department stopped cars
during that eight-hour period yes
terday to ask where the drivers
were headed and where they were
coming from. Automobile license
tags also were noted.
Close to 1000 cars were halted by
10 pm. with about 1900 of these
passing through the blockade be-
fore 6 pm. Peak hour was from
4:30 to $50 pm.
The survey, sponsored jointly by
the United States Public Roads
Administration, the District High
way Department and the Maryland
and Virginia State Road Commits
sions, has been in progress since
early in May to determine road
needs of the Washington area.
The survery is scheduled to be
completed September 9.
Evening star., 1948-08-24
D. T.. 10 Fire Cashier
Un|essRep|yto Charge
Arrives by Mail Today

The Commissioners planned to-
day to discharge Robert A. Cor
nelius, 34-year-old cashier in the
Office of the Collector of Taxes, un-
less the morning mail contains the
employees reply to charges that he
disappeared briefly with $570 OF
city money a week ago.
Commissioner Guy Mason said
late yesterday the former Army
infantryman had not sent an an
swer to the charges. Under the law,
Cornelius, father of two, had until
noon yesterday in which to file his
written answer and accompanying
affidavits.
If no written answer, postmarked
before the deadline yesterday, is in
today's mail, Mr.. Mason declared,
Evening star., 1948-08-24
D. T.. Woman Named
For Post in Auxiliary
OF Spanish Veterans

A Washington resident was nomi-
mated for national Office today at a
meeting of the United Spanish War
Veterans Auxiliary in the Statler
Hotel. Members of the auxiliary are
the wives or daughters Of Spanish
War veterans.
Mrs. Edna r. Summerfield, 3716
Jocelyn street NV, administrative
assistant in the Office of the Chief
of the Chemical Corps, Department
of the Army, was nominated this
morning to the post of national his
torian. Since she is unopposed, Mrs.
Summerfield will be elected to the
post at the elections tomorrow. She
is the daughter of the late M/Sergt.
John E. Barnes.
Mrs. Mckay to Get Top Post.
Mrs. Mary Mckay of Avon Lake,
Ohio, was nominated for the post
of national president of the organ
ization. She served as senior vice
president this last year She was
also unopposed and will automat-
ically be elected to the top position
tomorrow.
Others nominated without oppo-
sition were: Mrs. Grace M. Alexan-
der Of Phoenix, AriZ., senior vice
president; Mrs. Lillian E. Bauman of
Michigan City. Ind. Junior vice
president; Mrs. Ruby Lyons of
Little Rock, Ark. chaplain. and Mrs.
Ellen r. Hawk of Williamsburg, Pa,
guard.
Baltimore Woman Nominated
Contests will be held for the fol-
lowing posts: Conductor, Mrs,
Cecilia johnson of Milwaukee, Wis,
and Mrs. Mary v. Cone of Brooklyn.
N. Y: assistant conductor, Mrs,
Margaret Mcdaniel of Blackwell,
Okla, and Mrs. Katherine O'Brien
OF Providence, R. l.; assistant guard,
Mrs. Lillian Curtis of Meriden,
Conn; Mrs. Ada L. Duffy of Salem,
Ill; Mrs. Anna Elson of Kansas
City, Kans.; Mrs. Augusta Marullo
Of New Orleans, La, and Mrs.
Emma G. Won Lindenberg of Balti-
more.
Justice Edward J. Matthias of the
Ohio State Supreme Court congrat-
ulated the auxiliary this morning
on its achievements during the last
year.
Evening star., 1948-08-24
| Star Movies

Community movies. sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for
O'Clock tonight. Programs of comedy,
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers.
Hillcrest, Thirty-second and Denver
streets Sc
Langdon Park, Eighteenth and Franklin
streets NE
Rosedale, Seventeenth and Gales streets
NE. >
Stoddert, Thirty-ninth and Calvert
streets NV.
Thomson, Twelfth and L streets NV.
Twin Oaks, Fourteenth and Taylor
streets NV.
Barry Farss, 1880 Sumner street Sc.
Monroe, Georgia avenue and Columbia
road NV.
Payne. Fifteenth and streets Sc
SHOWS Court. Twenty fifth and I streets
INV
Evening star., 1948-08-24
Arenas Get Data
.0n PayingFees
For Protection
Griffith Stadium
Charges Estimated
At $40, 900 q Year

The Commissioners today set up
the procedure to be followed by the
District in charging stadium and
arena owners for the services Of
firemen and policemen assigned to
their premises.
The new law, which is being
enforced retroactively to July /.
allows the District to charge the
actual salary of policemen and fire.
men for hours spent on duty at
public events.
Clark Griffith. owner of Griffith
Stadium and the Washington Base
ball Club, stands to pay the biggest
bill. 1t has been estimated that he
will pay $4,000 year for protection
furnished at ball games and other
events at the stadium. Previously
he has paid only SIS a year for his
stadium license.
Among the other places which
must pay fees under the new law
are Turner's Arena and Uline's
Arena.
The procedure approved by the
commissioners today calls for the
police chief and the fire chief to
submit to the District auditor on
the first of each month form esti-
mating fees for the coming month.
Procedure Outlined.
The auditor, in turn, will submit
a copy of the estimates to the Dis
trict superintendent of licenses. He
will set up and maintain individual
accounts for each of the licensees
concerned and will bill them on the
first of each month.
The public places so billed will
make monthly payments to the Dis
trict collector of taxes and the
money will be deposited in the gen.
eral revenues of the District.
When the new law was passed by
Congress, Mr. Griffith and other op-
orators limited at increases in the
admission prices.
Griffith Refuses Comment.
When advised that the Commits
sioners had set up the collection
procedure, Mr.. Griffith said he had
no comment other than that he was
studying the situat ton.
Mrs. Florence Turner, who OPP
crates Turner's Arena, and Mike
Uline, operator of Uline's Arena,
could not be reached for comment.
Under the law. Police Supt. Rob-
ert j. Barrett and Fire Chief Glenn
ent Murphy have complete discre-
ton as to just how many traffic po-
licemen, patrolmen and firemen will
be needed at various places each
month.
Movie theaters are not expected
to be affected to any extent by the
law.
Evening star., 1948-08-24
Gate Of Oak Hill
.1o0pen Today
For Purchasers
New Legal Move
By LittIeton Fails
To Bor Inspection
BY stoff Correspondent Of The sfor

LEESBURG, Va. Aug. 24.-The
padlocked and posted gate to Oak
Hill, palatial home of President
Monroe in the 1820s, was to swing
open at 2 pm. today.
Locked by its beleagured owner.
Frank C. Littleton, 10, more than
10 days ago in protest against a
bankruptcy auction scheduled for
September 2, the gate has defied
legal moves and efforts of pros
pective purchasers to view the his
toric premises.
Mr.. Littleton's attorney, Robert
H. McNeill, of Washington, disclosed
today that his Office has received a
number of calls from patriotic and
historically minded persons protest.
ing the sale. The callers, some of
whom represented organizations, all
expressed the hope that the estate
can be preserved for posterity.
New Legal Move.
This is the objective of Mr.. Little
ton, who is opposed to the DISPOSE
ton of the landmark to any person
who offers the highest price, Mr..
McNeill said. In an interview yester-
day, Mr.. Littleton stated a nonprofit
corporation had been formed in 1899
to run the estate as a perpetual
memorial to President Monroe.
The 28-room yellow brick house is
on Highway Is, about 10 miles south
Of here.
Yesterday, only few hours after
court order gave two United States
deputy marshals possession of the
estate pending its final disposition,
Mr.. Littleton started a new legal
move to block the auction.
Through his attorney he filed a
petition in Federal District Court in
Alexandria asking that the auction
be cancelled and that the estate be
resurveyed.
The petition claims the adver-
tisement of the sale lis con-
fusing and contradictory" A
neatly-printed and Well-varnished
sign reaching almost the width
of the locked gate has offered
similar contention. 1t says:
1T is not determined by survey
these grounds and houses are on
the 1,725 acres advertised as open
for inspection. Farm entrance
elsewhere"
Hearing Set Next Week.
A hearing on the new petition is
scheduled before Federal Judge
Sterling Hutcheson in Newport
News, next Tuesday.
But the pending hearing will
have no effect on scheduled dates
the estate will be open for inspec-
tion-today, tomorrow, Thursday
and Saturday from to pm, EST,
officials said.
Mr.. Littleton has estimated his
Indebtedness at about $4,000, his
attorney reported. Mr.. McNeill was
told that the estate recently was
appraised at 100000, but that Mr..
Littleton had turned down this and
other offers because of his desire
to keep the place open to the public.
Six special deputies will be main
tanning 24-hour caretaker watch
to protect Mr.. Littleton's furnish
ings, according to United States
Deputy Marshal Russell V. BroWnell,
ir., of Alexandria. The furnishings
are not to be included in the sale.
Evening star., 1948-08-24
Death Of Pier Wotchmon
Found in River Probed

Deputy Coroner Christopher J.
Murphy today was investigating the
death of Frank Green, AZ, colored,
Of 1928 Union street S.W.
His body was found yesterday.
floating in the Washington Channel
of the Potomac River. He had been
reported missing Saturday from Pier
No. 4, Maine avenue and N street
S.W. He was employed there as a
watchman by a construction COM
pany working on the pier, according
to police.
Evening star., 1948-08-24
Bureau of Mines Head
Leaves for British ToIks
BY the Assoeioisd Press

James Boyd, director of the Bureau
of Mines, will discuss European fuel
needs with the British Coal Board
this week.
Before leaving by air yesterday
for the International Geological
Conference at London, DR.. Boyd told
reporter he plans to talk over
mineral operations in general with
of other govern
ments. He expects TO return Sep
tember (.
Evening star., 1948-08-24

the city heads will meet to dismiss
Cornelius.
Cornelius disappeared for "a hours
last Monday, according to District
officials. and then made full resti-
tuition the following day. He would
not explain his actions.
As a veteran, Cornelius could not
be discharged until formal charges
were brought against him. The
charges we're submitted to United
States Attorney George Morris Fay
for possible prosecution.
Cornelius has been a District en-
ploye for two and a half years. He
lives in the 28O0 block of Fifty first
avenue Sc,
Evening star., 1948-08-24

Carolyn, ), at the time she was Bit
ten.
DR.. Mann said this was the sixth
copperhead bite in the last five
years on which he has been called
to assist.
"On one, was consulted by tel
ephone. On the rest, 1 responded
with the equipment"
The Zoo official said widespread
use of the serum has "tremend-
ously reduced" fatalities from pois-
onouS snake bites.
The blond child slept fitfully while
being treated, hospital officials re-
ported. If recovery is normal, she
should be resting comfortably" to-
morrow, they reported.
Evening star., 1948-08-24

one swipe OF the ak. 1t was a cop
perhead, but I didn't stop to see
how long 1t was.
Il hoped against hope Clara May
was just frightened. But then I saw
blood flowing from her right ankle
Mr.. Carabaugh, an employe of the
Old Dominion Railroad, picked up
the stricken child and drove over
narrow, twisting roads to a private
physician at Leesburg. The doctor
there called several supply houses in
the area but could find no serum.
Then the ambulance was called.
Mr.. Carabaugh, who waited quietly
outside the room where doctors
worked to save his child. said Clara
May was playing with her sister
Evening star., 1948-08-24
Guild to Hold Dinner

The Ladies' Guild of the Saint
Barnabas Church. Oxon Hill, Md,
will mold its annual chicken dinner
in the parish hall from to 7 pm.
tomorrow.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
lettuce Box" Furnishes Needy
Students With Spending Money

COLUMBUS.-"The Lettuce Box"
sprouts the long green for hard
pressed Ohio State University stu
dents.
In the entrance of Hennick's res
taurant, across from the campus
gates, hangs a glass paneled frame
marked "The Lettuce Box" In it
are perhaps a dozen five-dollar bills,
each suspended by a metal clip.
When a student finds himself
temporarily "embarrassed," he in
forms the restaurant cashier.
After identifying himself as an
OSU student in good standing, he
fills out a card-name on one side,
date he'll return the five-spot on the
other. And with that he becomes
solvent again.
A bill is taken from the case and
in its place goes the card, date side
out. After a maximum of five days
the student returns the money and
the card goes back to the files.
Should he fail to make payment as
due, the card is reversed so his
name is posted" as delinquent in
the case.
1.-THE plan has been in operation
for several months, and to date
we've had no trouble with anyone
defaulting on payment" says w. T.
Parker, the restaurant owner and
proprietor, who developed the idea.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26

will be divided into beginners, prim-
airy, junior and intermediate with
ages from 5 through Is.
Everyone is invited to attend
this school," the pastor said. "The
school will be conducted on an inter-
national basis and will be Biblical
throughout. The registration fee
for each pupil will be so cents, and
the deadline is. June l..
eve expect all children to at
tend regularly and urge parents to
send their children.
"The church school will give a
children's day program June IS and
will display many of the items made
during the school sessions at the
regular morning worship service at
1890. Immediately following the
program the Sunday school picnic
will be held at Riverside park"
STAMP PAD INK-Laurel Outlook.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
Farmer Constructs
Home for $1,000
Plus Own Labor

TUSKEGEE, ALA. "A farmer
near here who started with $3.50
cash, a $3.50 loan, and a willingness
to work has snapped his shabby
home for a two bedroom bungalow
as trim as a city dwelling.
He built it himself in the first
application of Tuskegee institutes
"low cash cost home" program, an
experiment made possible by plenti-
full native materials and the free
labor of relatives and friends. In
stitute President F. D. Patterson,
who conceived it, says the project
can 60 a long way toward Kidding
the south of the poverty-born shacks
prevalent in rural areas.
Patterson says the plans main
feature is the low cash investment
"a boon to small income rural fam
lilies. Use of native materials is the
secret. Patterson says the same
house in town would cost $4,000.
Creek Supplies Materials
Farmer Rush York, supervised by
institute officials, built his concrete
block home with sand, rock, and
gravel from a creek bed. Home
made wooden forms we're used to
fashion the building blocks.
His wife and high school daugh-
ter helped, as did students from the
college. York and his family were
chosen for the experiment because
they had won respect in the commu-
nifty and had saved $3.50 out of their
meager farm income for a new
home. York always had lived in a
decaying, unpainted cabin.
Patterson, thinking of the York
cabin and thousands like it in the
south, had figured clean, weather
proof, four-room houses could be
built for ST, 1000 each. He was right
so far as York's house itself went.
plumbing and toilet facili-
ties ran the cost to ST 1900, but the
college paid the difference.
Job Done in 10 Months
York started work on the place
year ago-digging, pouring con
crete, hauling lumber in the hours
when he was not farming. After
10 months the fireproof dwelling
was ready.
The concrete block home is little
different from those in middle class
residential districts in any Southern
lily. 1t is furnished comfortably
and is equipped with electricity and
water. power-pumped from
/ well.
York's expenses went mostly for
cement, roofing, wiring, doors and
windows. The floors are concrete.
The idea seems to be catching on
among York's neighbors. One land
,wner, E. R. Alexander, has offered
rec sand and gravel to anyone who
wants to try it.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
Tells Boy Graduates
Intelligent Work Is
Needed For Success
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leaving high school in the biggest
boom the country has ever known.
Some big decisions confront the
graduates, the banker observed, on
whether to acquire further educa-
ton or get a job and go to work.
Regardless of the decision, "let no
one tell you that you have no OPP
portunity today, and remember that
you can go as far or farther than
YOUR father" Harris admonished the
young men.
He graduated in 1902 from one of
the four high schools in Denver,
which at that time had a popula-
ton of about 100000. There were
50 in his class. This year in Laurel,
a town with a population of per-
haps 1000, there are 55 graduates.
The comparison revealed that with
the passage of years more and more
attention has been given to educa-
ton.
In 1902 jobs were scarce, for the
country was recovering from the
panic of 1893. After comparing
wage scales of then and now, Harris
said that many young men married
on a monthly income of $3.50. 1t
was possible, for a man could buy a
complete outfit of clothes for about
s35, and other things were in pro-
portion. A skilled mechanic would
make perhaps $75 a month, while
now his income is about $3.50, less
deductions. The man with SIS u
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
Bus Driver Loses Patience
With Passengers Franks

ATLANTA.-For F. B. Mckinney,
q school bus driver, the firecracker
was the final straw.
He didn't become too angry when
his passengers let the air out Of the
tires and kicked in a few windows.
But exploding a firecracker under
his seat was too much.
The next morning the startled
students found themselves abruptly
in front Of police headquarters and
four detectives climbing aboard. The
subdued students rode peacefully to
O'Keefe high school here under the
stern eye of the detectives.
At school all So we're given tardy
slips for being late.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26

month was strictly on his own. He
swan or sank according to his mi
tiative and ability; today he has
governmentally operated security
measures.
Harris told the young men that
they made a wonderful record as
athletes in high school and that this
prepared them in a measure for the
coming competition in occupations
and business. "You must expect it,"
he told them.
Moreover, "you are walking into
a world of young men," where top
executives in important businesses
are 20 to 25 years younger than
they were formerly. These young
executives are picking other young
men to work with them and for
them.
Shall it be college, a job or the
army? high school graduates across
America are asking themselves just
now. Most of the older men present
at the meeting, Harris said, did not
go beyond high school and some
stopped short of it. But nov the
situation is different. The record
shows that education pays. "Com-
potion will not be so tough if you
have had four years of background
training"
another thing to remember is
that successful men work more than
40 hours a week" when they are in
executive positions or are working
for themselves.
Money, after all, is a medium Of
exchange-changing your time into
commodities. Monev is ronve0i0''
and often essential, but is is not the
most important thing in life. Ac-
complishment is more important.