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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
By Charles J. Yorbrouqh

Jack M. Werst, whose business is
diamonds, and Rudy Wolf, whose
business is keeping other people S
hands ont of Mr.. Werst's business,
were in town yesterday.
The only thing that Mr.. Werst
has more of than diamonds is press
clippings. The rotund, cherubic-
faced Dayton ohio gem merchant
had modest samples of both on the
Junior Board of Commerce luncheon
program in the Burlington Hotel
s., 500, 900 worth of diamonds and
scores of 44-page brochures of press
notices.
His current pride and joy, admired
tried on and gasped over by woman
guests, is the famed Vanderbilt dia-
mond which he purchased from Mrs
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt for $50, 600
after Gloria, jr., cut off her mother
spending money.
Cut to match are the press notices
in New York newspapers on the
transaction, which Mr.. Werst glee-
fully noted crowded Churchill of
the front pages"
AS cheerful as you would expect
a man to be with that kind of gilt
ter, Mr.. Werst spread the gems out
on cloth-covered card table for
plck-up-and-look inspection.
The Vanderbilt gem, mounted in a
ring, caught the fancy, and for NO
more than pleading look. it could
be tried on.
1T was just like when I looked
at my f1rst-born," one dewey eyed
woman said later.
Don't IVORY about getting it off >
another aWed one said, ut will come
off If they have to amputate."
So far. Mr.. Werst has made Dia-
mond Jim Brady look like a kid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
; Seized in Rooftop Chase
Held on Narcotics CHARGES

Three Chinese arrested last Sat-
urday in a chase over the rooftops
of the 500 block of Sixth street NV,
today were held for the grand jury
in a hearing before United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence.
The defendants are Joe Lee, So.
of the 500 block of Sixth street,
where the raid took place: Lee Vow
Wing, so, of the 1900 block of Elev-
enth street NV, and George Louie,
so, of the 300 block of H street NV.
Joe Lee was placed under $500
bond while bond for the others was
set at $1,000 each.
Narcotics squad detectives report
ed that when they entered third
floor room of the building three men
went out window and tried to hide
on a ledge. When spotted by the
detectives the men took to the roof
tops, where they were chased over
eight three-story buildings.
Police said they found about 5000
worth of opium, an opium pipe and
other equipment in the room The
three were charged with narcotics
law violations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Junior Boards Guests Handle
$3,5OO,OOO Diamond Display

scrabbling for agates. In fact, he
has eight Of the Brady pieces-and
some of the inclination.
Sparklers not on the table during
the exhibition included the one
as big as flsh's eye on his right
little finger, the one in his American
Legion pin and the small ones max
ing up his initiated tie clasp.
Mr.. Wolf, Pinkerton man, and
Vern Smith, the Werst assistant,
had an easy day. When the jewels
are on public display and the pub
lie gets a chance to fondle them
the two watchmen have rough
going.
You don't watch their faces
just their hands. Nothing but
hands," Mr.. Wolf explained. The
diamonds were carried In leather
diversified briefcase clutched in Mr.
Smiths big hand and had a park
police motorcycle escort in from
National Airport.
Mr.. Werst, currently negotiating
for the Macmillan diamond, reput-
eddy worth a half million dollars, is
a bit gloomy about the diamond
market. People are smuggling
wealth out of the United States and
picking up all the good ones in
black markets in Europe, he fears.
A diamond detective as we'll as
merchant, he has this advice fol-
the dubious:
l. With an eye-dropper, put q
drop on any one Of your diamonds
If you can roll it around with a
pin point, you have a real one. II
1t splatters. you've been had.
2. Try a file on it. If it ruins
your file, you still have a good in
vestment.
3. Buy more-"I can draw more
people with these diamonds than
Barnum 81 Bailey can with a circus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
FSA 10 Transfer 40 Here
From Richmond in 90 DAYS

About 40 employees of the Federal
Security Agency will be transferred
from Richmond to Washington
within 80 days. an agency spokesman
said today
The announcement followed a de-
cision to establish the agency;s
Region Office in Washington in
stead Of Richmond because of short
age of office space in the Virginia
capital.
A month ago Oscar Ewing, Fed
eral Security Administrator, an
no1nced 10 regional Offices to han
die all the functions of the former
regional and field Offices Of the va
riot,s bureaus within the agency.
One of the offices was to have been
established at Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Anti-Robies Campaign
NEGOTIATIONS End Today

Today is the last day the Health
Department will inoculate dogs In
the anti-rabies campaign 1t has been
conducting this summer.
So far. 2o,s32 dogs have been in
oculated at the IL immunization
stations throughout the city, with
the record number of 1856 being
inoculated Wednesday. Last year
DR.. Reid R. Ashworth, chief veter-
marian of the department said, more
than $4,000 dogs were inoculated by
the Health Department and several
thousands more by private veter-
inarians.
Dog owners are cautioned that
the law requires all dogs to be in
oculated," DR.. Ashworth said. land
we are counting heavily on the dog
owners in this public health pro-
gram"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
urMovies

Community movies, sponsored BY
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for 8
o'clock tonight. Programs Of comedy
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers.
Barnard, Fourth and Decatur streets
NV
peake street 8.W-
Hearst, Thirty seventh and Tilden
streets NV.
HOUSING Unit. Seventh and Monroe
streets NE.
Kingsman, Fourteenth and Z streets
NE.
Bell streets NE.
Dougls S. Simmons, First and Pierce
streets NV.
Morsan, " and Champlain streets NV
Randall. First and ! streets s.W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Damage Heavy
Flood
.At Riverda|e
Weekend Weather
Is Expected to Be
Drier and Cooler

The Washington area looked for.
ward today to a drier and cooler
week end but nearby Riverdale resi-.
dents stoughed through the after
math of a flash flood that caused
several thousand dollars property
damage yesterday.
Mostly sunny skies and a high Of
86 degrees were promised by the
Weather Bureau for today. The Dis
trlst forecaster predicted clear,
somewhat cooler~and less humid
conditions tomorrow.
A heavy fall of more than a half
inch OF rain between and 4::30 pm.
Yesterday contributed to the fash
flood that covered streets in a three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
D. {. Checks CHARGES
BY Auto Loan Firms for
Nonexistent Insurance

Auto loan companies in the Dis
trict are collecting about $4,000
month in insurance premiums
from persons getting loans from
the companies and, in some in
stances, are not taking out the
policies for which they collect the
premium, according to C. T. Not.
tingham. superintendent of licenses
Those who are guilty of such
practices will have their license re.
.voSed, he said.
Mr.. Nottingham said he has re.
ceived numerous complaints during
the past month from persons who
say they have been overcharged by
loan companies, and this phase Of
the matter also will be Investigated
The license superintendent ha,
lodged complaint with Albert F
Jordan, superintendent of insur.
ance,- against one company in the
District, and hearing will be helc
next Wednesday.
In this case, woman complained
| to Mr., Nottingham that she hac
paid for a premium on insurance
on her car. while the auto loar
company held a lien. Her car wa.
involved in an accident, and wher
she applied for compensation, il
was refused. She demanded to SET
the policy that had been issued or
her car, she also told Mr.. Noting.
ham, but this too was refused.
Mr.. Nottingham said his investi.
cation showed that, where insur.
ance was taken out, the losses tt
the insurance companies were SC
slight that a great part of the
premium had been refunded to the
tauto loan companies.
Under the law as amended fir
May, 1948, the insurance superin.
tendent may revoke or suspend the
license of any auto loan company
that is writing insurance, or he
may assess fine OF not more than
5000.
There are about u auto loan
companies in the District also
licensed to write insurance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13

She passed the test successfully
and received permit No. 688,027
from Mr.. Keneipp.
To handle the unprecedented rush
which he could not explain, the
traffic director has assigned men
from other divisions to help out and
has ordered overtime for all en-
ployes of the permit examining divi-
sion. They will work until AS pm
instead of quitting at $50. he said
The extra men were called in from
the engineering and inspection divi-
sions. All are former examiners.
The division yesterday gave Isl
road tests-largest single days total
in the history of the department.
The normal number of permits
issued is between so and so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Admiral Gardner Due Here

The Navy announced yesterday
that Rear Admiral Matthias B.
Gardner, commander of Naval Air
Stations in the 14th district at Pearl
Harbor, had been assigned to duty
with the chief of Naval Operations
here. Capt. John p Heath. COM
mander of Kaneohe Naval Air Sta
ton, Hawaii. succeeded Admiral
Gardner at Pearl Harbor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13

Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
today pitched in and gave a road
test to an applicant for a driver S
license.
The reason Miss Jean Whetzel got
top attention was the unusual crowd
jamming the permit examining d.
vision. Miss Whetzel, 10, of 2219 S
street Sc, is a clerk-typist in the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and
is on vacation.
She said she was fifty eighth in a
line of more than 200 applicants
when she appeared at the Municipal
Center at ITO am. Some of the
queue brought their own doughnuts
and coffee and breakfasted while
waiting their turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Champion
Plans Triia|Run
For Derby Today
BroyIes and TAT Rivals
To Engage in National
Race in Akron Sunday
By Wallace {. CIoyton
Stor Stoff Correspondent

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 13.-Jack
Broyles, Washington's 194s Soap Box
Derby champion. was to learn today
If seven weeks and 400 miles have
made any difference in the speed
Of his racer.
In company with the other 147
city champions gathered here for
the all-American Soap Box Derby
finals on Sunday, Jack will travel to
Derby Downs" for pre-race trial
runs.
For the first time since he streaked
to victory in the Washington race
last June Is, Jack will have an
opportunity to test his gravity
powered car. The squat black racer
was shipped here early this week
and has been stored at the especially
constructed Derby Downs" next to
the Akron Municipal Airport when
Jack arrived yesterday.
After Jack finishes his trial run
today, the racer will go back into
storage. He will not see it again
until he reports to the starting line
early Sunday afternoon for the big
race, the winner of which will
receive a four-year college scholar
ship.
Thrilled by Plane Ride.
Worry over the condition of his
racer tormented Jack yesterday,
as the plane on which he was max
ing the trip brought him nearer
this rubber capital. But his feel
lnes Of anxiety did not detract from
the thrill he got from his first air.
plane ride.
Although he wants to be an aero
nautical engineer, the 15-year- old
Paul Junior High School student
had never been in plane before
Neither had his mother, Mrs. Joan
E. Davis, Government Account.
ing Office employee, who accompa :
MED him.
The. champions greatest adven-
ture was when Pilot Jack Moody of
Virginia Beach, Va, invited him to
the cockpit for a look around.
The champion travelled from the
airport to Derby headquarters in a
"Motorcade of Champions" headed
by two Akron motorcycle policemen
with sirens screaming.
While a boys band PLAYED
marches, Jack pushed his way
through a crowd gathered before
tne headquarters and was officially
registered as champion.
CHARTERED at Derbytown.
He then was whisked to Derby-
town, a camp situated about is
miles from Akron. Here Jack and
the other champions will live dur
ing their stay.
Shortly after his arrival at the
l20-acre campsite, Jack was pre-
scented with gold charm shaped
like a tire. 1t was given him by
Akron Mayor Charles Slusser. The
champion later participated in a
treasure hunt and witnessed a water
carnival.
Almost every minute of Jacks
visit here has been planned for
him. When he is not a trackside
today, he will be offered variety
of recreational facilities at the
camp.
The champion, however, is forced
to limit his participation in one of
the most popular activities at the
camp-eating. Not wishing to waste
any space in his racer, he con-
structed the gravity powered car so
that he barely fits into the cockpit.
Another inch on his waistline would
be fatal.
So Jack was forced to smile and
shake his head when dessert was
passed. He also refused potatoes
and bread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Place Sunday Classified
Ads EorIy!

CLASSIFIED ad customers de-
string to place ads In The
Sunday Star are urged to call
them in early in the week.
This will eliminate the last
minute rush to place ads and
will assure every one prompt
and efficient service. Your
cooperation will be appre-
ciated.
Remember The Stars
New Telephone Number Is
Sterling 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13

two sections in order to accommo-
date the large number Of employees
and their families. More than 5000
attended yesterday and a large
number also attended the first af-
fair, which was held Tuesday.
In addition to the beauty contest,
activities included Softball. swim
ming and horseshoe pitching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
SyIvon Theoter to Offer
Operettus Next Week

The Columbia Opera Company of
Washington will present the Gilbert
and Sullivan operettas "Iolanthe"
and The Mikado" at $50 pm. next
Friday and Saturday at the Sylvan
Theater on the Monument grounds.
Conductor-Director Ethyl Man
ming announced that a cast of so
will present the two classics, which
were presented by the company here
last year. Tickets are on sale at the
Columbia company headquarters,
819 Thirteenth street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
New York Population
Rises to 8,067,000
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-New York
City's population has risen to an
estimated 8,067 900 as of July l.
The annual population estimate,
made yesterday by the Department
Of Health, indicated gain of more
than 600, 900, or about 81 per cent.
over the 1910 Federal census total
of 7,454, 1896.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13

at the conpanys
annual outing
at Bay r | d 6 {
Beach, Md.
Miss Ellington
who lives at 511
r ock cree /
Church roa d
NV, was select.
ed from 10 con.
teStantS. S h {
was crowned by
last years win
ner, Miss Patri.
cha Igoe.
This year tn.
company's out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Zionist Colds to Meet

A panel discussion on the future
setup of the Zionist organization
will feature a meeting Tuesday at
$3.50 pm. of the Washington COED
Chapter of Masada, Young zionists
of America. at the Fourteenth and
Emerson streets NV. synagogue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Lightning Sets House
In Hogerstown Attire,
Burns Woman, Girl

HAGERSTOWN. Md, Aug.
ia hail and lightning storm
which did widespread damage
In the Hagerstown area last
night virtually destroyed a six
room home that John Ocker
had/spent a year and half in
building.
Flames, caused by lightning,
destroyed the second floor, and
Mr.. Ocker's wife, Helen, and
IA = year old daughter, Elsie,
were taken to a hospital after
suffering lightning burns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Tuck to Speak in Roanoke

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. IL 10
Gov. Tuck planned to leave today
for Roanoke, where he Is to address
the Court Clerks Associations
meeting tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13
Distribution Unit EmpIoye
Chosen as Miss Pepco'

Miss Grave v. Ellington, 20, en-
ploye in the distribution department
of the Potomac Electric Power Co.,
was chosen Miss Pepco" yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13

CANDIDATES-Three semnalists in Station WWDCs
contest to find Miss Greater Washington for the Miss America
competition chosen the Nayor Theate last night Iney
are right Jody of 1884 North Ninth street.
Arlington Frances Cameron, 6601 Fourteenth street NV
Miriam Garlic 313 NV. Finals in the contest Will
be held late this month at the Capitol Theater.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Walter PhiIipp waited table for .
living, painted clowns for fun. Here's
asuccess story with Z poignant touch

4 FEW months ago. Walter Phipp working waiter
in adeicatessen Third Avenue IN New York. amusing
himself in his spare time BY painting circus clowns Overnight
fame and fortune His pantngs exhibited ii art
gallery and for the first time il history exhibition by
unknown was completely sold out on opening day.
Philipps paintings done IN gay. brilliant coofs.
brighter than circus parade But their gaiety deceptive
The longer you look at tem Of Phpps admirers said
long ago. the you get queer feeling that their
expressions changing Instead Of laughing they to be
on the verge Of tears 4
There's To people who used to him in the
delcatessn threading in and among the tables Phpp
probably appeared to be in the best Of spirits Atmkey sand
vch vite! he would cry Put everything on It = the
kitchen sink too The speighty however concealed
broken heart particularly in the days Immediately pre-
ceding his first great success
At 4O Phpp had been forced to fee Germany with his
wife and because Of the Of Hitler succession Of odd
jobs years Of poverty the typical life Of the refugee followed
Continued page Is
Evening star., 1948-08-11
Top Offices Grouped
Al pentagon in Shift

Concentration of all top-level
armed forces officials in the Penta-
gon began today with the move OF
Undersecretary of the Navy w. John
Kenney and the transfer of Army
personnel from the huge structure
to the Navy building on Constitu-
ton avenue.
Secretary Of the Navy Sullivan
and his staff, together with Admiral
Denfeld, chief of naval operations,
and his staff will follow Mr.. Kenny
in a series of moves which will be
completed by September /.
The removal of the Navy high
command to the Pentagon marks
the beginning of the largest single
swap of space and shift of personnel
since the armed services were uni
fed under Defense Secretary For
restal last September.
Approximately 100000 square feet
of space in the Pentagon will be
vacated by the Army between now
and next June 80 to provide Offices
for from $500 to $500 Navy person.
mel. During the same period be-
tween 1890 and 2,400 Army per-
sonnel will be transferred to Offices
occupying approximately N,50O
square feet of space in the main
Navy Building.
The Army Offices to be transferred
will be confined to certain technical
services and some associated agen-
cies, while Navy transfers to the
Pentagon will be largely top-level
command activities.
Evening star., 1948-08-11
Extra Men Assigned
To Give Driving Tests
To End Long Delays

Two or three clerical workers in
the Office of Vehicles and Traffic
will be transferred temporarily to
the driver examination division to
help give driver license tests, it was
announced today by George E.
Keneipp, traffic director.
The transfers we're being arranged
after the department received many
complaints because persons applying
for the tests were forced to wait
hours because of lack of help in
the examination division.
Officials In the Ira ffic Depart
ment said the lack of help is due
to two men being i'll and one on va
cation. There are eight men in the
division when all are working.
One irate citizen who waited sew
eral hours to take the road test and
then was told that he could not
take it that day, threatened one of
the examiners. A woman after
waiting a long time became hyster-
ical.
This is the peak of the testing
season, one official said, because
many young people want to get
driver licenses before returning to
school.
1t takes about II minutes to give
a road test if everything works
smoothly, an examiner said.
Usually three men give the writ
ten examinations, while five conduct
the road tests. Last month. with
a full crew working, an average of
l27 tests were given daily.
Evening star., 1948-08-11
|UCS Urged by Federation
10 Drop Fringe Agencies

A resolution urging the dropping
of so-called fringe agencies" from
Community Chest support has been
adopted by the executive board Of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions. which acts for the entire
Federation during the summer.
The statement was a reiteration
of q resolution made last year by
the Federation and the Federation
of Businessmen's Association, which
called for the ousting of those agen-
cies that are not charities "as Is
believed to be the public conception
of y charity"
Fifteen agencies were listed by
the declarations last year as not
being Charities" The agencies are
members of the United Community
Services Of Washington, the Dis
tricts member Of the Community
Chest Federation of the Washing
ton area. which includes both Chest
supported and otheH non-Chest
agencies and organizations.
Evening star., 1948-08-11
Districts First City Directory
Since War Due for Delivery

assembled and edited new story
of Washington today, which appears
in the preface. Two entirely new
features are the reproduction of the
Washington postal zone guide, sup
piled by the postal authorities, and
the designation by symbol OF all
homes and business establishments
with telephones.
There are 844 different business
enterprises listed, with the. latest
classification, Baby Sitters."
The directory is in wide demand
among free-reference Directory
Libraries maintained by the men,
bers OF the Association Of North
American Directory Publishers in
the Chambers of Commerce Of other
cities, where it functions as guide
book and community advertiser. the
publishers said.
The Polk firm has local branch
of the Directory LibrarieSEin ies
Offices at 902 r street NV.
Evening star., 1948-08-11
mo. 3 OF a Series.)
By Crosby Noyes

Although the need for youth edu-
cation on the subject OF venereal
disease is clearly shown by Health
Department statistics, the first step
must be the education of adults,
officials say.
What the figures show is that
most of the people who become in
fected with venereal disease In the
District last year were under Is.
Forty-eight per cent of the men
infected with syphilis and 56 per
cent of those infected with gonor-
rhea fell into the 1924 age group.
The statistics show that women
are exposed earlier than men. A
full quarter of the women infected
with venereal disease were under 20.
More than SO per cent OF the
women infected with syphilis, and
more than Sc per cent of those with
gonorrhea cases were under rs.
Must Reach Teen Ayers.
Public health officials realize that,
if their campaign against gonorrhea
in the District is to be success,
they must reach children OF high
school age. They are convinced that
it is ignorance of the nature OF
venereal disease and its treatment
that is responsible for its high incl
dence among young people.
1t is hard enough for the Public
Health Department to undertake
the education of Washington's adult
population. The problem OF in
structing youngsters in the facts
about venereal disease are doubly
complicated.
This is because the wall Of preju-
dice and taboo which surrounds the
whole question of sex education Is
thick and deeply founded. In re-
cent years it has started to crum-
BILE at the top, but it is as firm as
ever at the bottom.