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Evening star., 1948-03-16

over to the States and let us see
you again." the doctor explained:
Got Address by Accident.
Against my will was 10 silent
an accident gave me back your ad-
dress. I think it is my duty to ask
you? I hope you are in good health
now and got back into the arms of
your family" ... s.. =
Standing with his wife as he read
the letter Maj. 'Stanulis thought the
most remarkable sentence was this !:
1T is only interest of, me to write
please don't think I want any,
thingl"
: What Maj. stanulis can't under
stand Is how the German found out
his address. As q POW, he never
told 1t to any Of the enemy.
Lt.-now Mr.-O'Reagan, who lives
with his wife in Hyattsville, has
received no letter sosfar.
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trapped on The second floor and
two In an attic above them.
Would Outlaw Use.
"Such a fire dramatizes the need
for legislation outlawing the use OF
portable oil burners" Marshal
Roberts said.
Barriers to such legislation are
many and complex, he said, but he
would welcome the day when this
hazard is removed.
Not only are the burners easily
turned over, but without proper
maintenance they soon become de!
fectiye, sometimes spnling oil on the
floor, clogging up or overheating the
oil compartment until there Is an
explosion, the marshal said.
I'm the winter just past the oil
burner hazard was naagnified be-
caise more of them were kept on
during the night and old. outrnoded
burners were put into service again, y
Mr.. Roberts added. -: :
Subfreesing nights also probably
had something to do with the rise
In careless smoking deaths. Cold
weather kept people at home, and
there was more smoking in bed, or
a combination OF smoking and
drinking.
Not unnoticed was the increase in
the past several years Of women
who smoke. In the list Of those who
died this year were three women
who started fires by smoking.
The colder weather also probably
accounted for larger fire losses be-
cause mere people were inside, and
q great many fires are reported to
the Fire Department by persons
observing them from the outside, ii
was explained.
The fire marshal's records since
1912 show these figures for IRE
fatalities since 1912: = - ,.
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Cancer Institute Grants
5000 to. 6. IT,. Clinic.

The Georgetown University Hos
pital cancer detection clinic today
was awarded = 5000 grant from
the National Cancer Institute of the
United States Public Health Service.
Georgetown authorities said the
money will be+used to buy perma-
nent equipment for use in n'examina-
ton Of persons who come to the
clinic for .: eheckup. - =
The Federal grant was the second
large s,im received by Georgetown
this week for cancer study. On
Sunday the Rev. Paul A. McNaliy,
medical center regent; announced
receipt Of $4,000 gift for cancer
research from the widow Of william
Wade Hinshav. former Metropolitan
0pera batitens.~ ---~--~,- -
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Bus Passengers Voting Selves
Into Non Stop. Radio Programs

may have her well-planned shopping
day disrupted. While riding in bus
or streetcars, her ears will be as
sailed with last-minute offerings Of
the stores.
The idea was sold to Capital
Transit by Ben Stroase, the ener-
getic manager and part owner Of
Station WWDC and it's FM Afaliate.
He Is ready to put in FIN receivers
and six loudspeakers at q cost to
WWDC of SITS a bus or streetcar TO
cage an audience that won't be able
10 turn it on. 81. ,.. :.
And It's a big audience-one not
measured by Hooper ratings but by
dimes in the slot and the sale OF
passes.
"We1l give them something be
tween 1--WE and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
classical music" said Mr.. Strouse
Commercials won't Be more than 30
seconds long and We won't use more
than one commercial every five min
utes."
He did not seem at an appalled, by
the prospect. --~.--,-------
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Beard Is Promoted
In District Tax Office

The promotion of Charles A.
Beard, jr., to the position Of ad.
nainistrator Of the municipal tax Of.
flee, income, inheritance and estate
tax division was announced by the
Commissioners today.
Mr.. Beard, IL, succeeds John r
Merrick, who died February II. The
new administrator will receive $7,l02
a year in the job, Formerly, as Mr.
Merrick's. assistant, his salary wal
$4,77s.
Mr.. Beard has been employed by
the District Government since 1927
He Is not related to DR.. Charles A
Beard, the historian.
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New Chemical Storage Unit
Assures Water Purificafon

The Districts water supply will be
better protected against pollution
when 4 storage building for critical
chemicals is completed, it was an
neunced today by Col. D. G.. White
Of the Army Engineers District
ofnce.
The prefabricated metal building
at the Washington Aqueduct will
permit the storage Of 1900 tons OF
bauxite ore, he said.
This material, which is COM
pounded with sulfuric acid to make
q syrup" that carries sediment to
the bottom Is an important part of
the publication process. .
The ore comes from Arkansas, and
District water authorities are afraid
. shortage Of railroad cars might
endanger the supply.
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Friendship Furnishings, Valued
At $85, ,387, May Go on Block

Possibility that $s5,3s7 worth of
furnishings, at Friendship, home Of
the late Evalyn Walsh Mclean, may
60 .on sale at-public auction was dis
closed today at District Court.
Justice Henry "a; Schweinhaut
granted q petition OF Thurman
Arnold, executor Of Mrs. McLean's
estate, to sell the furnishings at
public auction or privately at not
less than the appraised value.
Mr.. Arnold said in his petition
the trustees Of the estate are, try
ing TO sell Friendship. itself and
that il this is done the cost Of stor-
ing the furnishings would be high
and, there would be risk OF deter
ioration. ...5 :
MRS. MeLean's will left the Use of
the. house and furnishings to her
aon-in-law, former Senator Robert
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By Geerss Kennedy
Wake up, Washington!

! Wake up, washington!
You don't know what you're In for.
The Capital Transit Co. Is start
ing to put radie-commercials and
all-in the buses and streetcars.
And not even the operator will be
able to- turn it on.
The worst part Of it is. that the
bus passengers are voting them
selves right into this pickle.
Ninety-five per cent Of the passen-
esrs or'a radio-equipped Connecti-
cut avenue bus yesterday. iulled by
Strauss and Herbert waltzes voted
for the plan although its CONNER
:ciaIism was plainly stated in pros
tpectus distributed with the ballots
{ Now the'tardy passenger, who gets
the bus after the one he should have
rot, win no longer be able to hope
tfaat he will, get to work ahead OF
the time he knows he Is going to
arrive. They are going to give time
stgnals over the radio every few
minutes.
Now the downtown-hound woman
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Truman Puts Lend-Lease
Since VI Day d7 Billion
by the Asseeistsd Press

President Truman told Congress
today that 1end-lease aid provided
to foreign countries since V-J Day
amounts to $2,o75, ,45s $50.
In q letter transmitting the '25th
report ON lend-lease operations, Mr..
Truman said such postwar help
called pipeline" aid because the de-
hveries included goods in process OF
transfer when the war ended-is
being concluded. ..s-..
Russia was cut from the list OF
pipeline" countries by congress
sional action last year. But some
other countries remain eligible. The
report showed $25<, ,091 600 in ship
ments to the Soviet Union since the
fighting ended. ~
The total OF war and postwar aid
under the Lend-Lease Act was re-
ported as $5e,243, ,s96, 1870.
The Once of Lend-Lease fiscal
operations now operates under the
Treasury Department.
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kuthon LowenthuI Dies;
Professional Walker
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

UTICA, N. Y, Mar. 16.-Nathan
Lowenthal, 73, well known in the
1890s as q professional walker, died
yesterday at the Masonic Home.
During the Is years he lived at
the Masonic Home, Mr.. Lowentha1
had eight times walked the 1000
mile distance to Coral Gables, Fla.
and back to Utica.
He suffered = paralytic stroke 1S
years ago, but resumed his walking
as soon as he had recovered sum-
ciently. = -
Mr.. Lowenthal began walking
professionally at IA when walking
was among the country's major
sports attractions. He had ap-
peared in many parts Of the world.
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Berlin Doctor S Letter Recalls
D. C.. Man S Days! as POW {.
Moior Received Many
Fovors From Germon
On Hospital Train !. !.

Nal Edward A. stanulis, i277
Missouri avenue NV is about te
answer the most unexpected letter
he ever received. ,a.ss:..
It came from Berlin, by way OF
his family's home In Paterson, MI,
= It's sender. Is : doctor ms Berlin
hospital Nho. Is q German Army
doctor during the war, once, had
Maj. StanphS as his patient on =
hospital train. -.
Seriously wounded, the major
then . company commander In the
26th Yankee" !, Infantry Division
had just been taken prisoner on .
battlefield in Lorraine. Waiting on 4
station platform. one among many
litter patients Of both sides, he was
mistaken for . German ofncer.
Mistake Seon Discovered.
The mistake was discovered
aboard the train, putting an end to
q brief idyll Of cigarettes, cocktails
and other luxuries. But the Ger
man doctor, who Maj. Stanulis re-
calls, spoke fair" English. talked
frequently with the major and an
other American, 1t. Michael r.
OReagan, now an engineering stu
dent at Maryland University a.
=" He used to give us something to
eat and smokes and shots Of NOR
phine to help make us more com.
Portable" Maj. Stanuhx related. He
said he had no use for the Nazis. He
was q lieutenant, about So, and had
seen service on every, front"
The night the two Americans
were removed from the train the
German handed Maj. Stanllis AYE
marks. They would need some
spending money, he: said.
That WITS the last the major heard
Of. him until his letter arrived last
Friday. -;
"The war is oyer-we hope 1t may
stay soP'' the letter opened. Then,
recalling the train trip and, an in
vitation from 1t. o,Reagan to come
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Fires Claim ~ Lives in D. C..
AS 3-Month Toll Hits Record

Killing at the fearful rate Of one
person every three and one-third
days, fire has become an enemy OF
unprecedented viciousness in. the
District this year.
Twenty-Five persons have died in
smoke and flames since January 8.
In all Of last year, only 20 perished
in fires. Not in the memory of the
oldest fireman was there a year
when the death toll mounted 80
rapidly.
At this time last year, fire had cut
down only eight. The highest num-
ber Of fatalities for an first quarter
the past six years was II in 1912.
It all adds up to a perplexing ques-
tion: Why the sudden upward surge?
Some ;old-timers like Deputy Fire
Chief Frank G. Berry, a smoke eater
for As years, call it something beyond
the realm of understanding.
Others, like Fire Marshal R.. C..
Roberts, blame a combination Of the
unusually bitter winter and q wave
Of careleSsness.
Smoking II Major Cause.
Tndisputahle Is the fact that care
less smoking and kerosene oil
heaters, In greater use because of
the cold weather, are leaders in the
field Of killing. Each was responsible
for eight Of this years 20 fire deaths.
Three Of the others probably were
due. to faulty electrical wiring or
overheated electrical equipment; an
other, to fainting, attack over a
stove; still another to a furnace
isniting clothing, and one to an
unknown source. J. >; .-.-...
Vividly Illustrating the eportable oil
heater hazard was q fire that roared
through . two-story frame house ut
l4al Alabama avenue Sc. on March
B., snufnng out. -four lives and burn.
Ing four other persons.
The burner had been left on the
first door near the lone stairway.
During the night it. either turned
over or was In some. fashion i'm
paired Flames ate up the stairway
20 rapidly that two persons were
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SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS
WASHINGTON, D. G.
One Way Routing Extended +
On78thSt. Speed TrofficF Flow
Kneipp Satisfied With
. Movement Around.
Dupont Circle Area

The one-wAy .northbound rule on
Eighteenth street NV. was to be
extended one hlock-fromi r to s
streets-today, q Tranic Director
George z. Keneipp placed into effect
the first Of several notifications
suggested by observation Of the new
tratac plan in the Dupont Circle
area. .. -. -. a. =,
Mr. Keneipp expressed satisfae-
ton ut yesterdays initial use of the
restrictions made necessary by con-
struction Of the underpass. g..
There was some backing. up on
Eighteenth street In the late after-
noon," he said, but the system
should be working smoothly In a
few days. More motorists probably
will decide to avoid the area, and
that will be q good thing"
Gives Choice of Turns.
Extension Of the one-vay feature
on Eighteenth street will facilitate
release of the increased tratie on it.
Mr.: Keneipp said. He pointed out
drivers leaving the street at r could
turn only to the west, The additional
block would give those finding them
selves on the left side of the street
at that point opportunity to reach
the right side for a turn to the east
at 8 street, he explained.
Mr.. Kenefpp said other nodifics-
tlons OF the plan would include q
change in the timing of the traffic
signal at Eighteenth street and New
Hampshire avenue to- favor Eigh-
teenth street traflc and the paint
ing OF lane lines on Eighteenth
street. He said the lines should
permit use. Of the street to full
capacity and reduce the weaving
noticed yesterday. -
Mr.. Keneippe visited the area dur
ing the rush hour this morning and
reported trafhc was moving nor
mally." A similar report was made
by police at the third precinct and
at the trafiic division. Oficials at
the two police units said extra men
would be assigned to the area during
rush hours "at least until the sys-
tenn starts working smoothly =
Another Study Due Today. ;
Mr.. Keneipp said additional study
would be made Of the circle trafic
today.
In his monthly report to the Com
nissioners' Traffic Advisory Board
last night, Mr.. Keneipp warned
motorists his Office could not guar
antee delivery Of new license plates
before the March 81 deadline, unless
applications were mailed by the end
Of this week.
A total of 74,7s2 sets had been
issued by the close Of business yes
terday, as against So, ,293 on the same
date last year, he reported.
He said be expects 100000 tags
to be issued by April l and added
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r. Reynolds Of North Carolina, dur
ing his lifetime. The will provided
that if the trustees considered it
advisable to sell Friendship and in
vest, the proceeds. the income from
the proceeds should go to Mr. Rey-
nolds during his lifetime.
The petition said Mr.. Reynolds
had notified Mr.. Arnold he had
decided not to occupy the house.
Under the terms of the will, the
furnishings could not be distributed
to Mrs. McLean,s heirs until 1867,
when her youngest grandchild.
Mamie Spears Reynolds, becomes
Is years old.
The petition said the amount OF
legacies, bequests, claims and taxes
which viii have to be paid by the
estate exceeds the cash now at hand,
and therefore 1t win be necessary 70
sell the furnishings.
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PUG Considers Plea
For Permanent Ban on
Gas Heat Conversions

The Public. Utilities Commission
today has under advisement = re-
quest BY the Washington Gas Light
Co. to make permanent. the COM
panys February ~ ban on further
conversion Of coal and oil heating
systems TO- gas heat installation in
Washington area buildings and
homes.
The PUG spent aN OF Yesterday
hearing testimony on the gas COM
panys recent action to prevent ad-
ditional changeoyers from coal and
oil to gas ~ -.
Everett J. Boothby, vice president
and general manager Of the COM
pany, testified failure to halt con-
versions would retard construction
OF sorely, needed, new homes In the
Warrington. area.
Opposed BY Plumber Group
The ban was opposed by repre-
sentatives Of the Merchandising
Plumbers of the Master Plumbers
Association, who declared 1t would
hurt their business. "
The PUG was told by Mr. Boothby
there "just will not be enough gas
to go around" II more homes and
buildings are permitted to convert
to cheaper gas heat. - -
The gas company, Mr.. Boothby
said, has made provisions with
the corporation supplying 1t with
natural gas to take on $4,000 addi-
tional customers, within the next
year. II the ban were not in, ex.
istence, he estimated, "a, coo custom-
ers would want sas heat IN their
homes. +> j..
Reconversion; Provision Asked.
While no. witnesses questioned the
necessity for economy in: use Of
natural gas supplies here, three said
they thought some provision should
be: made for reconversion. They
were Milo c.. Brirlkley. chairman
Of the Public Utilities Committee Of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, and Alfred bernstein and
George C. Webster, both plumbers.
No other. witnesses were called BY
Attorney William H. Collins, repre-
se11ting the Plumbers Association.
"A similar hearing viii be held in
Richmond April . before the Wiz
ginia State Corporation. Commits
sion on = ban imposed by the
Rosslyn Gas Co., . subsidiary Of the
Washington firm. 49,, a.
The company proposal WAS sup
ported by Sylvan King, chairman
Of the Housing Committee Of the
District Department ,of the Arneri-
can Legion. !
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Miller Predicts
5ex0ffense Bill
Approval Soon
Subcommittee Action
On New Droft Put OFF
!. Until Next Week
By Harold B. ROGERS

Final draft Of q proposed sex.
offenders statute probably win be
approved formally by . House Dis
trict Subcommittee March a. and
sent to the full District COMMITTEES.
Representative Miller, Republican.
OF Nebraska, predicted today.
!. As chairman of the subcommittee
handling the leeislation, DR.. Miller.
who Is . physician, brought up the
bill for consideration ut an execu-
tive session Of his unit today. But
the measure was held over to await
q final report from DR.. Winfred
Overholser, superintendent of st.
Elizabeth's Hospital.
DR.. Overholser wants to make an
other check on the final draft, it was
explained, particularly with regard
to an amendment providing volun-
tary admission to st. Elizabeth's of
persons not involved in criminal
charges.
If DR.. overholser Is satisfied with
the bill as revised, DR.. Miller said
approval at the next meeting OF the
subcommittee March "a appears
certain.
Day Csre Hearing Set.
: At that meeting DR.. Miller has
scheduled . hearing on q contro-
versial bill to establish permanent
day care centers for children OF
working mothers.
To be invited for discussion of the
measure are the District Commits
sioners and officials OF the Board of
Public Welfare, who oppose con-
tinuing the program.
As a result Of a subcommittee in
quiry into how other cities of the
country operate day-care centers,
DR.. Miller prepared a long repors
which he has submitted to each
member of his subcommittee. Mem
bers Of his unit are divided on con-
tinuing day centers which were set
up as d wartime emergency, he
pointed out, adding that to discon-
tinue them would bring some hard
ships to working parents.
Favors Continuing Program.
In his personal opinion, DR.. Miller
said in his report, the District gov
errlment should be authorized to
continue the program indefinitely,
but fees should be charged scaled to
the size Of q family and income.
When the family income reaches
$500 year, he proposed, fees
should be charged to meet all ex-
penses.
The subcommittee reported favor
ably to the District Committee for
action ut its meeting tomorrow a
bill which would expand the scope
Of the National Training Schools for
Girls on Loughboro road.
The second bill would authorize q
system Of reciprocity for licensing
doctors in the District who have been
certified by special boards In other
States or by . national examining
board.
Held. over for later consideration
by the committee were these meas
ures To authorize funds forerecon-
struction or renovation OF private
hospitals here which are not in-
cluded in the new Washington Hos
pital Center to be built on the Naval
Observatory site, and to regulate q
practice Of optometry in the District,
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Senate Vote Clears
S500,0o0 for Start
On Hospital Center

: Preliminary construction of the
Washington Hospital Center could
be started onthe Naval Observatory
grounds with $500, 900 appropria-
ton approved yesterday by the
Senate. : .,-,.
This item in the independent
ofhces appropriation bill already had
been passed by the House. There
fore, 1t will not come up for action
as the rest Of the bill goes to con-
ference now between House and
Senate managers to compose differ
ences between the House and Senate
versions Of the supply bill.
$1s,50e, ,0oo Authorized.
Also approved by both chambers
was an increase in the contract
authorization for the hospitaf center
from I'll. .000, 900 to SIS, 500 GEO. This
would authorize the Public Build
ings Administration to enter into
contracts for construction Of the
big facility. - -
First work would be. started on
roads and grading, '..but actual con-
struction Of the, building itself
probably would Have to await re-
n1oval Of the observatory to a new
site, not yet selected. Three hos
pitals are joining in the. center:
Emergency, GARFIELD and Episcopal.
The Senate added two other local
items to the House bill, which will
come up In conference. They are
$4,000 for the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission to
complete its master plan" for Dis
trict slum clearance, and $i59, 900
for the same commission to buy
park land in. nearby Maryland.
Two-thfrds Of the cost Of the parks
would be repaid by the State.
Land Purchasing Denied.
The Senate refused the request Of
the District Redevelopment Land
Agency to restore 50, ,4oo, 900 Tor land
purchase. stricken, from: the budget
by the House.
The Senate approved its Appro-
priations Committee item Of 81 ,ooo,-
600 added to the House bill for COM
pleting the Public Roads Adminis-
tration research laboratory In near
by Virginia, near the Potomac River,
about 2 miles north Of Chain Bridge.
Among funds Of local interest in
the bill and not in controversy be-
tween House and Senate managers
are 5000 Tor the Interstate Com
mission on the Potomac River Basin
and $24l 900 for the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission for
purchase Of parks and Fairgrounds
In the District. ".'