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Evening star., 1948-07-29

which formerly were believed to be
able to eat only special diets.
Many animals subsisted for yeare
on potato peelings and such," he
said. And in Germany, the ZOOS
haven't been able to give their
monkeys and chimps any bananas
for nearly 10 years. But the animals
still seem to be thriving"
He said he was amazed to learn
baby African elephant had been
born at the Munish zoo during the
war.
This was the only such birth in
captivity ever recorded" he said.
But the baby and its parents were
killed by bombs"
Lights Conf7ne Birds.
In Antwerp, he said, the zoo direc-
tor has arranged his bird house 30
the birds are allowed to fly about
freely. but are confined to a certain
area by strong lights.
THE spectators stand in the dark
The birds will not leave the lighted
area"
He added such a plan might even
tually be installed at the bird house
here.
But the most amazing thing about
the whole trip DR.. Mann discovered
on his return.
II looked in my wallet and found
r efill hod frayeler's chock left y
he said.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Maryland 6. 0.P. Fills
Campaign Posts and
Backs Miss Adkins

Campaign organization plans
were perfected yesterday at a meet
ing of the Republican State Central
Committee of Maryland, but most
Of the 212-hour session in Baltimore
was devoted to a defense of Mary
lands new national committee
woman.
State Senator Stanford Hoff OF
Westminster, who succeeded the
veteran Galen L. TAFT of Chevy
Chase as party chairman last spring
announced appointment of State
wide committee which will conduct
the campaign for Gov. Dewey. Gov
Warren and the six republican
House nominees.
This group includes the party
leader, Jacob France, national COM
mitteeman; Miss Bertha Adkins
whose recent choice as national
committeewoman stirred "a contro-
versy, and the House candidates.
Chairman Hoff also appointed tc
the committee, William E. Coyle OF
Silver Spring, to serve as chairman
for the Young Republicans. Other
Campaign Committee members are
Robert o. Bonnell, Baltimore, fol-
finance; former Mayor Theodore r
McKeldin, Baltimore, speakers;
Blanchard Randall, jr, Baltimore
research; State Senator Robert B
Kimble, Allegany County, labor
Henry Stockbridge III. Baltimore
treasurer, and Leland Rockwell
Baltimore, secretary.
The House candidates are Repre-
sentative Miller, 1st District; Rep
resentative Beall, 9Th; A. Earl Ship
ley, I'd; John A. Janetzke, Sd;
James w. Miller, 4th, and c.
Maurice Weidemeyer, 5th.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Grand Jury Probes Beating
Of Pentogon Officers Son
Boy Charges Father
Tied Him in Cellar;
Scars Photographed

An Army majors 10-year -old son,
found locked in a basement room
with what was described by police
as cuts and rope burns on his body,
was to go before the District gfand
jury this afternoon.
Assistant United States Attorney
Robert Short announced he would
take the case direct to the grand
jury after hearing Andre Rene Hoff-
man accuse his father of tying him
up and beating him for running
away from home.
The boy, son of Maj. Franklin G..
Hoffman Of the Army Medical
Corps, was found last night by po-
lice locked in basement room of
the Hoffman home in the 200 block
CT Gallatin street NV. Police had
been summoned by neighbors. The
; Hoffmans were not at home at the
time.
Maj. Hoffman, who is stationed at
the Pentagon, did not appear at the
hearing before Mr.. Short today. He
told reporters, however, he had
given his son spanking" Tuesday
night for running away but had not
beaten or roped him.
After today's hearing, the boy was
photographed to show the marks on
his back. Mr.. Short explained the
photographs would be used in evi-
dence if the case comes to trial.
Prosecutors who gathered around
the boy at Municipal Court exam
ined the cuts and welts on his back
and marks of rope burns on his
wrists. The boy told reporters his
father had tied him up and beaten
him.
Maj. Hoffman said he thought the
police exaggerated the child's con-
dition. He said the boy was IN
clined to tell stories
Andre, according to his father,
was born in Belgium while Mai.
Hoffman was stationed there. The
boy remained in Belgium through
out the war and went through sew
eral bombingS. He received mead
injuries and bears scars on his
forehead and chin.
: The Hoffmans came here last
summer but kept the boy in a
boarding school in Belgium until
February of this year, his father
Said.
Mai. Hoffman said he has since
learned that the boy made several
attempts to run away from board
ing school. Since coming here, he
said, he has run away several times.
The boy disappeared on Monday
night and police were notified. He
was found Tuesday afternoon in
nearby apartment building.
Il had reprimanded him several
times after he ran away, and told
him he would get spanking" Maj.
Hoffman said. "On Tuesday night,
spanked him on the buttocks with
my belt"
Andre stayed in his basement
room yesterday, Maj. Hoffman went
on.
Last night, because his wife had
been under a considerable strain, he
said, he decided they should go out
Evening star., 1948-07-29
More Use Of Surgery
To Relieve Bursitis
Urged by CIV Doctor

A Washington surgeon today
urged more doctors to use surgery
to relieve the pain of bursitis-one
of the most common and distressing
maladies of the middle-age group.
Reporting in the July issue of the
Medical Annals of the District
Medical Society. DR. Philip O. Pei
land, associate in surgery at the
George Washington University Med
ical School, described dramatic" re-
suits with simple operation for
the ailment.
Bursitis, which usually occurs in
patients over the age of 30, involves
inflammation of small sacS of tissue
called bursa, which act as cushions
to prevent muscles from fraying
against bones. In nearly all cases
of bursitis, the trouble is caused
when calcium forms in the tiny sacs.
While the malady can occur in
nearly any body joint, it most often
is found in the shoulders, DR.. Pei
land explained, often causing pa
tients to lose the use of their arms.
Small Incision Made.
The operation consists of small
incision, cutting the sac and remov-
ing the calcification from the bursa
and surrounding tendons.
DR.. Poland said radiation and
such physical methods as diathermy
are effective in treating bursitis but
that none give relief as quickly as
surgery. The patient need be hos
pitalized only "a hours for the op-
Grafton and usually can return to
work within three or four days, he
said.
In a series of 38 such operations,
DR.. Poland wrote, only two have
been failures-and one of these was
corrected by a second operation.
There have, been no cases of NOR
tality or morbidity and no stiff
shoulders" have resulted, he added.
In another article in the July
Annals, DR.. Alvin Seltzer. censultant
to the Allergy Clinic of the Veterans
Administration here, reported re-
suits of the use of an anti-spasmodic
drug for treating migraine head
aches.
Results in 5 Cases Questionable.
The drug, octin, used in treating
II patients, resulted in good effects
in seven cases and questionable to
poor effects" in the other five, DR.
Seltzer said.
While octin has a definite place
in the treatment of some types OF
migraine, the action and physical
sensations of the drug are not as
dramatic as other drugs, such as
,histamine," DR.. Seltzer declared He
warned that in two patients the drug
caused an increase in blood pressure
DIR. Seltzer said the use of any
new drug for the relief of migraine
must be reported and interpreted
with great restraint" The large
number of drugs used to relieve
migraine are proof in themselves, he
added, of the ineffectiveness of any
single drug.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Stur Movies

Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center are scheduled for 8
pm. today. Programs of comedy
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers.
Buchanan, Thirteenth and D streets Z
CONGRESS Heights, Savannah street and
Randle place Sc.
Dupont-stoddert. street OF Ridge
road Sc.
GEORGETOWN, Thirty-fourth street and
Volta place NV.
POWELL Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV
Raymond, Tenth and Quebec streets
NV.
Hayes. Fifth and K streets NE.
Montgomery, Twenty-seventh and
1treets NV.
syphax. Half street between N and Q
streets S.W.
walker, Third and X streets NV.
Evening star., 1948-07-29

for some recreation. Before leaving
the house about 7:30 O'Clock, he
said, he gave the boy half a sleeping
pill and locked the door OF his room
When we left he said, the boy
was sleeping and he was perfectly
all right. We came back about 1890
and found the police there. They
told us they had taken the boy to
a hospital
Andre told police he had had
nothing to eat since Tuesday but a
piece of bread and some sunflsh.
Maj. Hoffman said the boy had been
given his meals.
I'VE might have been little
severe" he said, but we've tried to
be nice to him. We've tried to give
him as much security as possible"
He said he called the Women's
Bureau last night to give his side of
the story and was told to come in
today. Instead, ne said, he went
to a lawyer.
Andre is four feet tall and weighs
60 pounds. He was taken by police
to Gallinger Hospital for treatment
and spent the night at the Receiv-
ing Home.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
"Come on Moml'

Come on, Mom!'
The little girl ran ahead to join
her neighbors, all clad in bathing
suits. under the hose spray at
Monroe Beach"
1t isn't really a beach. It's the
community back yard of the Ma
tional Capital Housing Authority't
Monroe street development.
But residents Of the housing prof.
ect are resourceful. Instead of
dreaming about the seashore, a
group of mothers and their young
sters were cooling off under a hose
shower, soaking up sunshine, or
lolling under an awning made of
canvas stretched over four pipe
lengths yesterday afternoon.
The beach" is just one of the
many activities carried on by the
Monroe dwellers through the Mon
roe Community Council, an organi-
zation they formed to provide rec
reation for their 300 children.
For All the Family.
As Mrs. Glenn Scillian, 500 Law
renee street NE, mother of two
children and secretary Of the coun-
Gil, explained it:
I'VE aren't close to any play
ground, and there are only two
blocks here with all these houses.
There was nothing much for the
children to do
The council. however, ha& given,
not only the children plenty to do.
but their mothers and fathers as
we'll. Fathers, in fact. have become
the backbone of the community
activities, carpentering facilities
and directing sports.
Robert F. Young, GOT Monroe
street NE, an attorney, is chair
man of the council. which held its
organizational meeting last May IA.
AS yet, it has no meeting place,
but the members plan to get to-
gether about once a month.
After the first meeting, Mrs
Scillian, Mrs. Earl Heft, 1922
Seventh street NE, and former
Monroe resident, Mrs. Robert
Stiehler, who since has moved to
nearby Maryland. canvassed each
house in the project to find out
what activities were favored and
how much each of the 81 families
would be willing to take part.
Ball Field Made Available.
The older boys, whose ball playing
used to be restricted by the tots
who got in their way. now play
on a field made available to them
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Brass Rail- Witness
Gives Judge Pledge
To Obey Subpoena
By Chris Mothisen

An irritated witness in the Brass
Rail case was taken before Justice
James w. Morris of District Court
today to make certain he intended
to obey subpoena.
Assistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray told the judge he
had doubts the witness, Louis B
Queen, colored, of the 600 block OF
Acker street NE. intended to appear
kSeptember 20, when the case is
scheduled to be tried.
He asked Justice Morris to COM
nit him to Jail or require him to give
bond
After assuring himself that Mr.
Queen had no intention of disobey-
ing the subpoena. however, Justice
Morris released him.
Shootings Recalled.
The case in which the Govern
fment wants his testimony arose
from two shootings in the Brass
Rail, a cafe at 1889 Seventh street
NV. last January. Mr.. Queen is a
bartender there.
t His attorney, Curtis P. Mitchell,
charged there was an attempt to
"intimidate" witnesses by taking
them before judge. Mr.. Murray
denied this but insisted Mr.. Queens
reaction to marshal's proffer of a
subpoena today indicated he might
have intended to ignore it.
| p1ono IN tho hy NEr Mi
chell, the bartender declared he
would be in court September 20.
There apparently has been some
irritation on the part of the wit
ness at having been subpoenaed
several times and not having been
paid" Justice Morris commented
after hearing accounts of conversa-
tions today in which Mr.. Queen,
Mr.. Murray and a marshal took
part.
Money to Be Paid.
Mr.. Mitchell said this certainly
was the case
Interposing, Mr.. Murray ex-
planned Mr.. Queen would get his
money when the case is concluded,
as was customary.
Among the spectators in the
courtroom were the two defendants
in the Brass Rail case, Henry M
Leake of the 100 block of R street
NE. and Charles Henry Nelson of
the 1900 block of H street NE, both
80 and colored.
The case has been studied by a
regular grand jury. which indicted
Nelson and Leake on assault
charges, and by the special grand
jury impaneled to investigate
gambling here. The reason for the
interest of the latter group in the
shootings has not been explained
Mrs. Leake Questioned.
Mr.. Murray was engaged today in
questioning a number of persons in
connection with the case, including
Mrs. Leake.
Among others he interviewed was
a man long known as q sort of q
general manager" for various
Washington gambling interests
Mr.. Murray would not say why he
was questioning him
This visitor has been known ir
gambling circles here as an organ
izer and handy man for numbers
game hackers.
Mr.. Murray's schedule of inter-
views indicated the special grand
jury was not meeting today. To-
gether with United States Attorney
George Morris Fay. he usually has
been present at sessions of the in
Quiry.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Community Adds Beach
To Homemade PIuyqround

by nearby St. Paul's College. under
the direction of Richard S. Law
renson, 1902 Seventh street NE.
and William Schneckenburger, SOS
Monroe street NE.
Mr.. Lawrenson works for Govern.
ment Services, Inc, and Is the ia.
ther of three children. Mr.. Scheck.
enherger, who has one child, works
for the Capital Transit Co.
A favorite activity for boys under
IL is the hiking club, organized by
j. N. Lopes, 1882 Seventh street
NE.
Mrs. Scillian Is chairman of the
Crafts Subcommittee. Several OF
the mothers help in this activity
showing children how to make pup
pets for the community puppet
show, flags of the United Nations
woven novelties and plaster Of paris
hgurines.
Mrs. Loretta H. Hennessey, a
school teacher, of 631 Monroe street
NE, instructs children in square
dancing. Now taking graduate work
at George Washington University
Mrs. Hennessey found material right
at home for her term paper in a
course on the use of community
resources.
Star Movies Shown.
The Recreation Department helps
out the council, including the pres
entation of free movies sponsored
by The Star every other Friday
night. Business concerns near the
project, have helped by supplying
equipment and soft drink machine
Husbands and wives work to-
gethel in council activities. One
example is James w. Whitall, 1924
Seventh street NE. who is vice
chairman, and Mrs. Whitall, who Is
chairman of Ways and Means Com
mittee. They have two children.
>, Mrs. Young, wife of the chairman
has a library in her home for the
use of the children.
The fathers are the mainstay OF
the Building and Construction
Committee. which provides tables,
bulletin boards and other equip
ment, The committee is headed by
Maurice A. Madsen, 1918 Seventh
street NE, who also is treasurer of
the council.
AS to why the Monroe residents
feels they have succeeded in an all
round community recreation plan
where others have failed. Mrs
Scillian declared: There's just an
unusually nice group of people here
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Fort Meade Soldier Dies
In Armored Car Crash
By the Associoted Press

FORT MEADE. Md, July "a
young soldier was killed here yes
terday when an armored Car in
which he was riding crashed into
a tree.
The post public relations office
identified him as T/5 Donald Plum
mer, 10, son of Mrs. Cecilia Plum
mer of Sidman. Pa. He had been
in the service IA months.
A Reserve Officer Training Corps
student was at the wheel of the
vehicle when it crashed into a hol-
low pine tree on the driving range
near the post hospital area.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
First Tick Fever Fatality
Reported in Montgomery

The first tick fever death in
Montgomery County this year has
been reported
The victim was Joseph Galeano,
81, plasterer, of the 5000 block OF
Old Bladensburg road, Silver Spring
Mr.. Galeano died Tuesday in the
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
where he was admitted July 49,
County health authorities said
there have been seven cases of the
disease so far this year.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Person Who Set Poodle
Afire Near Home SOUGHT

The Prince Georges County AMI
NAL Rescue League is seeking the
identity of the person responsible
for setting a Seat Pleasant Md
dog on fire Monday near its home.
The animal. 'Toodles," Al year
old male poodle dog, is now recover
ing from severe burns at the Stew
art Animal Hospital, Brentwood,
according to Mrs. Ralph j. Shelter,
president of the league. The dog is
the pet of Mrs. Laura Brady Of
500 SEVENTEEN street, Seat Pleasant.
Full prosecution Of the culprit, if
caught, was promised by Mrs,
Shelter.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Foirfox Jury Disogrees
In Household Larceny

A Fairfax County Circuit Court
jury yesterday failed, to agree in the
States case against Sergt. and Mrs
Waite Kosmicki, charged with
grand larceny.
The Kosmickis. who live at Fran
coma, were accused Of taking about
5000 worth of household articles
when they moved from a house in
Gum Springs last month. Mrs
Kosmicki said that while some OF
the articles were not hers, they may
have been moved by mistake.
Sergt. Kosmicki is stationed at
Fort Belvoir.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Place Sunday Classified
Ads Eorly!

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
50OO.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Senate Receives
Nomination. Of
Tannm Again
Truman Submits
List Despite Stond
Announced by 6. o. P.

For the second time President
Truman today sent to the Senate
the nomination of Edward A. Tamm,
former FBI official, to be an asso-
ciate justice of District Court. Mr..
Tamm now is serving as q judge
under a recess appointment.
The first nomination OF Mr.
Tamm. submitted last February, was
never confirmed by the Senate, and
expired 30 days after Congress quit
June 20.
Mr.. Truman submitted Mr..
Tamm's name along with several
other nominations in the face OF
the policy laid down by the Repub-
lican leadership two days ago not
to act on any nominations at the
special session.
George Wadsworth, veteran for
eign service officer, was nominated
to be Ambassador to Turkey, and
Edward r. Dudley, a Negro lawyer
of New York, to be Minister to
Liberia.
Was Iraq Envoy.
Mr.. Wadsworth, New Yorker
has been Ambassador to Iraq for
the last two years. In the Turitsh
post, he would succeed Edwin c.
Wilson, who is relinquishing his
duties because of i'll health.
Mr.. Dudley is due to succeed
Raphael O'Hara Lanier, who is re-
signing from the foreign service to
head a Negro university in Texas.
The President also renominateo
his old friend, Roy w. Harper
whom he has been trying unsuccess-
fully to get approved for a district
judgeship in Missouri.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey was
nominated to be director of Selec-
tive Service,
Mr.. Tam can be paid for the
present, according to a decision by
the General Accounting Office in
his case. But how long he can con-
tinue to be paid is question on
which legal authorities differ. Ap-
parently he can receive his annual
salary of $4,000 until the end of
this session of Congress, but whether
such pay could be continued after
the adjournment without his con-
firmation is doubtful, according to
some experts.
Study is Continued.
In the meantime, a special COM
mittee of the District Bar Associa-
tion, which is strongly opposed to
Mr.. Tamm's appointment, continued
it's studies of his case. The commit
tee had been directed by the Bar
Association to determine what might
be done to carry on the vigorous
fight made over period of several
months against confirmation.
The District Bar Association and
the American Bar Association have
strongly opposed Mr.. Tamm because
he had never tried a case in court,
although he had extensive legal
experience in the FBI, had gradual
ed in law and Is not a member of
the District Bar.
The nominee was Endorsed by
Attorney General Clark; j. Edgar
Hoover, director of the FBI; Chair
man Bridges of the Senate Appro-
priations Committee, and others.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Indians to Be Taught
In EnaIish for S Years

Vice chancellors of India's "a uni
versities, meeting in New Delhi, de-
cided that English is to remain the
medium of instruction for five years
After that, it must be replaced by
regional languages, but English will
remain a compulsory subject in all
Indian schools.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Trade Promotion Unit Meets

An organization meeting of the
Committee of Western Montgomery
County for the Promotion of Local
Business was held last night at Nor
mandy Farms, which is owned by
the committee president, Mrs. Mar
jory Hendricks.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Guurd Committee to Meet

A special meeting Of the National
Guard Committee Of Hyattsville
Will be held at 8 o'clock tonight at
the ,Hyattsville Armory.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
Firms Get U. S. Films

OF 328 feature motion pictures
presented for censorship in Finland
last year, 1914 were from America.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

said, put the passage in the follow
ing form:
"Some way or other we must find
means to bring wisdom, at least In
the sense of an enlightened self
interest, to those whose thoughts
are today oriented solely to the pur-
suit of political greatness in the
form of world dominion.
"For it is imperative that the
peace Loving peoples Of the world
should be permitted to get on al
last with this business of the de.
velopment of international associa.
ton for which the conditions of life
in our time cry out so urgently and
which has been so long delayed
Famed as "Mr. x"
Mr.. Kennan gained fame months
ago as the Mr.. x" who wrote
magazine article describing Amer.
ica's "containment" policy. After
the article was published he was
identified as its author.
Mr.. Kennan's remarks on Russia
from which the stand aside" Ian.
guage was deleted, came in an out.
line of possible means for develop.
ment of a stronger and more effec'
tive United Nations organization.
His original text said:
Either we must find means tt
bring wisdom to those whose
thoughts are today oriented solely
to the pursuit of political great.
ness. in the form of world dominion
or, If we can not do this, and II
these people remain stubbornly I'm.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Kennan Talk Asking
Wisdom for Russia
Toned Down al Forum
Ry the kssoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-George r
Kennan, who formulated the Gov
ernment's "containment" policy in.
tended to prevent Russian expan.
sion, says a way must be found te
"bring wisdom ." to those whose
thoughts are today oriented solely
to the pursuit Of political greatness
in the form of world dominion"
Mr.. Kennan, who as director oi
the State Departments policy plan.
ming stan, is Secretary Marshall's
top policy adviser, spoke last night
at the 18th annual New York Herald
Tribune Forum.
Gov. Dewey, Republican presiden.
tial candidate, and Senator Nc.
Grath, Democratic national chair
man, also spoke. (See story or
Page AID
The text of Mr.. Kennan's speech
as distributed in advance. by thu
State Department said means mus
be found to bring wisdom" to tht
Soviets or to persuade them, II
their own interest, to stand aside.
A last-minute revision of the ad'
dress, State Department Officials