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Evening star., 1948-03-16
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Board ioSeek.
Paiid:5ick Leave
For teachers | e.
Stand on Pay Raise
:Awoits Meeting Of
School Personnel
By Colt HeHdIey. il.

The Board Of Education has de-
cided to start . battle for paid sick
and emergency leave for public
school teachers-something new to
the District school system. !.
Not 50 definite is the question OF
whether the school board should
ask for q cost-of-living pay raise
for the teachers. After debating
the pay. question yesterday for sew
eral hours, the boards Legislation
and Personnel Committees decided
to- postpone action until after the
teachers themselves express: their
ideas at q hearing, at $3.50 pm. Fri
day in the Franklin Administration
Building.
= The present sick leave system re-
quires teachers to pay out Of their
own pockets for . substitute to
teach their classes If they are III,
DR.. Corning explained.
+. l.; Cost Estimated. ~,
His proposals to the two com
mittees, membership Of which en-
brace virtually al the members OF
the full board. were adopted except
for. two points, which were sent
back for a detailed report. Dr..
Corning said the estimated cost: Of
such ., program would be $50, 900
the first. year II the daily pay of "a
substitute were $l2 and $l35;ooo If
the daily pay were 50. ..:
Since substitutes now get from
$3.50. to 90, several board members
could not understand why this
should be raised under. d sick leave
plan. They asked Dr.. Corning to
clarity the matter.
The other point concerned d pro-
vision recommended by DR.. Cor
ming to allow the school superin-
tendent: to. advance up to 30 days
additional leave to teachers, over
what was allowed in case of emef-
gencies. The board members also
wanted reasons for this. !.
Could Accumulate 50 Days.
DR.. Corning's. proposals would
grant leave with pay to teachers
and other school employees for sick
ness, death at home or other press
ing emergencies at the rate of 10
days q, year, to be earned at the
rate Of one day a month, from Sep
tember through June Of each year.
This would be cumulative to so
days over q six-year period. 49,, :,
The pay raise question came be-
fore the board because Of two bills
in Congress-one.. introduced by
Senator McCarran, Democrat. of
calling for q nat $i,o00-a-
year raise for teachers here and
the other by Representative Beall,
Republican. Of Maryland, calling
for an $500 increase.
In general, pr. Corning felt that
the principle Of fxcoSt-of-living pay
raises for teachers should be ap-
proved but that teachers should get
the same raise AZ Federal workers
II legislation affecting the latter is
passed. -, 49,. -,.,a:..3 r.r
Building Needs Cited.
II am sympathetic, said Adelbert
w. Lee, board member. But we've
got to consider first things first.
This vicious circle which Is running
up the cost of living has to STOP. We
need buildings. and will jeopardize
the building program If we increase
expenses too much" !
The cost OF the pay, raise to: the
District, under the McCarran bill,
would amount to more than $3,500,-
600, according to school officials.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Plan Weighed:
orDirec:t Entry
To 81. Eizabeths
! D. c. Heods Consider
Request for Change
! In Psyehiutrie Low

The Commissioners took under
adYisement today the question of
asking revision In the Districts
psychiatric law.
The change being considered
wonld permit known mental, cases
10 be adnitted directly to st. Elix-
sbeshs Hospital, bypassing Gallin-
Sets psychiatric ward.
Commissioner Guy Mason de-
clined TO express his own views on
the proposal. yesterday, after an
hours discussion in his ONCE with
District health, legal and fiscal au-
tiorities and representatives OF the
two hospitals.
He said he would present the mat
ter to the other Commissioners, but
he did not indicate how. soon he
expected a decision to be reached.
Law Change Held Necessary.
Corporation Counsel Vernon E.
West, who attended the meeting,
said it Is clear a legislative change
would be- needed to allow the Com
mission on Mental Health to send
patients directly to st. Elizabeths.
Mr.. West said the Commissioners
would have to decide whether they
favored such p change in principle,
and the hospital authorities would
hayesto agree upon an admittance
procedure, before he could under
take the task of advising them what
legal steps would be required.
Or. Winfred Overholser, superin-
tendent of st. Elizabetts, repeated
his. stand In support Of the direct
admission proposal, which was ad-
vocated by Or. Samuel B. Wortis,
United States Public Health Service
coliSultant, after q survey of Gal
linger last fall.
He said. It. would: -.-
/. Help the mental patient by
sparing him the unnecessary an
guish Of going through Gallinger.
: Cuts Gallinger's Load.
:. Reduce the work load on Gal
fingers understaffed psychiatric de-
partmeY1t.
3. Save the taxpayers money, be-
cause the per diem cost Of treatment
ut st. Elizabeths is lower.
!, The direct admittanee proposal
would apply only to patients ad.
nitted on the recommendation of
their doctor or their. family, in
whom mental Illness is well defined
and Of long duration. It would not
involve any change in. the present
policy of sending to Ga1linger Hos
pital cases referred by the police
Of the courts.
Those attending the meeting in
cluded, in addition to Mr.. West and
pr. sOperholser, Chairman Miller
Of the House District Subcommittee
on Health, Education and Recrea-
ton; Assistant District Health Of
hcer Daniel L. Seckinger, Dr.. Joseph
L. Gilbert, chief Gafhnger psychic
artist; Budget Omcer Walter Fowler
and other District officials.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Drivers Warned to Apply
orAuto Toqs This Week

Motorists who have not yet applied
for their 1859 automobile tags by
mail were warned by Tratdc Director
George Z. Keneipp today that their
applications must be received on, or
befere Monday II they expect to re-
ceive their tags before the deadline
Of April !. :.
"We cannot guarantee that mail
applications received after Monday
can be pfocessed In time to insure
that applicants viii receive their
tags before April INF. Kenefpp
SAID. -; -
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New Bill. Vests
Ar!nlor'y Con''|tro!
.i.s -s:r ,
In Board Of 3
Compromise Measure
!. To. Be Reported by !.
D. C. Unit Tomorrow:

A compromise bill for control Of
the District Armory by . three
man board has been drafted and
will be reported by: q subcommittee
to the House District Committee for
action tomorrow. =
Representative :O'Hara, Republic
an, OF Minnesota plans to introduce
the new measure in the House to-
day for the District Judiciary Sub
committee. Of which he Is chairman.
The bill, as written at 8 special
session Of the subcommittee late
night, carries compromise pre-
vision for solution of the conces-
sions problem, the last Of several
controversial items. -;
Would Handle Concessions.
The three man board designated
to control the Armory would be
given authority to. handle conces-
sions, including checking of clothes
and sale Of nonalceholic beverages
and food, "as. the board may deem
appropriate"
Both the Board of District Conn.,
rnissioners and the National Guard
had claimed the revenue from con-
cessions. The bill would permit the
Armory board, "at its discretion, /"
to giant the concessions for non
alcoholic beverages and food to the
Guard whenever such action is "in
the public interest,"" -.
In effect this would assure that
the revenue from clothes checking
would 60 to the fund for mainte-
nance OF the Armory, while money
from food and drink concessions
went to the Guard.
The Armory board would consist
Of the president of the Board of
District Commissioners, the com-
manding general of the National
Guard, and the : architect of the
Capitol. - .~r.
Gives Guard Veto Power.
The bill would provide that the
Armory might be rented out for
public functions, such as athletic
contests, expositions and other af-
fairs, with the revenue going to
fund for support and maintenance
OF the building.
The Guard would have veto power
over rentals If military necessity
required.
Several different bills had been
written and at least three had been
introduced. They were on behalf
Of the Commissioners, who wanted
exclusive control; the Guard, which
also wanted sole authority, and the
Washington Board Of Trade, which
offered q compromise.
Several times it had been hoped
O. satisfactory compromise in the
long controversy had been reached,
but each time new issues arose to
divide the parties. -,
Representative o,Hara charac-
terized the new bill rs the best COM
promise that could be reached.
Evening star., 1948-03-16

The area around Dupont
Circle from which through
traffic Is banned Is shown in
this diagram, reprinted for
motorists who have been puz-
zled by the system. Come
downtown on Twentieth street
and 60 home on Eighteenth
street, or avoid the neighbor-
hood entirely II you can, says
Traffic Director George e.
Keneipp.
no extension Of the .deadline /,
planned. "a. }s:
Mr.. Keneipp also told the advisory
group: =
l. That an illustrated drivers
handbook, the first Of its kind to be
issued by the department, would be
ready next month for: distribution to
applicants for drivers permits.
2. That 'less than 5 per cent OF
the motorists In Washington are
giving turn signals"
Trahic ut New Peak.
,: That . recent check of week
day trafdc on the Capitals streets
showed 1t to be 1876 per cent above
the previous peak, recorded in 1s41
The board voted to: urge the COM
missioners. to seek = doubling OF the
5000 appropriation for snow re-
moval. equipment during the next
three fiscal years and 'tsubstan-
tial" increase in the $45,00 annual
allotment for snow-control work. II
also decided to have . committee
study the sum actually required FOL
an effective snow-control Job here.
A Recommendation to the Com
nissioners calling for amendment
Of the trafhc regulations to give
pedestrians right-of-way over We
hicles entering garages, alleys and
driveways was approved. It was
pointed out vehicles leaving such
places are required by existing reg
ulation to Weld. ..,
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Ex-Po|ieemanC Charges
Mayor With Assault
AT GreenbeIt Meeting

A warrant charging Mayor
Thomas j. Canning OF Greenbelt
with simple assault was sworn out
by former Greenbelt policeman as
q result Of an argument at last
nights Town Council. meeting.
The incident that prompted the
warrant, occurred after Mayor Can
ming read an investigation report
clearing Town Manager James T.
Gebbel and Police Chief George
Panagoulis. Of maladminstra ton
charges. ~. .
Mr.. Canning left the chair short
ly after reading the vindication re-
port to admonish Robert A.. Dodge,
the ex-policeman, to keep quiet. Mr..
Dodge originated . number Of the
complaints that launched the IN
vestigation Of the two town oflicials.
He claimed the Mayor raised his
hand as If to strike him at the
meeting. sr'' i.>
MI. Dodge left the meeting after
his encounter with the. Mayor
threatening to take police action.
The \ warrant WIS sworn out by
Judge George Phillips at Berwyn,
who said this morning he had not
yet received word that the warrant
had been served. ~
The Investigation report said the
two ofIlcials were cleared by Z 6-to-3
vote Of the Investigating Commit
tee. +- 49,.
Asked 10 Withdraw Resisnation.
Immediately after the investiga-
ton report was, read, the Council
voted 4 to / to ask Mr.. Gobbel to
withdraw his preferred resignation
and remain rs town, manager. A
fee of $500 was authorized for Town
Solicitor John 8. White, for the ad-
visory services he gave the nine
member committee that investigated
the charges. =.
Mayor Canning opened the meet
ing with = summary Of the commit
tees majority findings. He said that
Town Treasurer Mabel L. Handler
should have consulted" the town
solicitor when she first detected the
irregularities" which she charged
she found In February, 1947, It was
during town elections last Septem-
Der that Mrs. HANDLER signed an
afndavit stating she felt sMr. ,Gohbel
received overpayments.. :,
Dereiietion Charges Unsupported.
Turning TO charges that Police
Chief George Panagoulis had been
derelict in duty, the Mayor reported
no evidence to support any Of these
allegations. Mr.. Canning said, how
ever, that the committee found 'in-
dications that the chief did not ex-
ercise the best Judgment" in some
instances.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
AIexondrians to Protest Tex

The Alexandra City Council will
hold a special meeting at 1880 pm.
tomorrow to hear protests Of whole
salers and manufacturers against
the recently imposed license tax
ordinance.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25
Bridges Ignores Congressional Investigation
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Continued from Page One) school director.
 Neither would answer the ques- ton:
 Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the communist party?"
 Both entered long and heated debates with the Congressmen in a rambunctious session in which two attorneys attempting to repre- sent Jenkins were elected.
 Thirteen persons the Congress- men wished to question-including Pres. Harry Bridges and four other longshoremen's union lead CTS ignored the hearing.
 After Kersten had announced the recess of the originally sched- uled two-day session, the long shore union said Bridges and his subordinates had planned to at tend Saturday.
 Previously, the union had de- clared that Bridges was tied up ir efforts to obtain a quick solu. ton" to the west coast shipping strike and had not received a sub
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25
CAB Hearings On
 Service To Alaska Open in Anchorage

Continued from Page One) ern AirlineS are expected ot testi- fly that existing service to Alaska is adequate.
 Pan American seeks to add An chorage to its Alaska stops and extend service to California. Pa cific Northern seeks to extend it's service to Juneau.
 Territorial Governor Ern S { Gruening and Irwin w. Silver man, department of interior coun- sel, are scheduled to testify that more service is needed.
 The following are listed to ap- pear in connection with the An chorage Washington hea r i n g :: Alaska Airlines, Arnold Air Ser vice, Mount Mckinley AirWays, Northern Airlines, Pacific North ern AirlineS, Pacific Overseas Air lines, U. s. AirlineS, Wien Alaska Airlines, Cordova Air Service, FL lis Air Service, Northern Consol- dated Airlines, Trans-Continental
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25
Unions Seek To Unify Strength To Support Strikes
Continued from Page OneD

Continued from Page One, and Standard Oil arranged a meeting with strikers at Fl Se- gundo.
 Creosote, oil and rocks were hurled at homes of non-s riking Standard Oil workers at Rich mond, Calif., yesterday morning, and dozens of windows were smashed. Police captain E. F. Phipps called it obviously planned attack" and ordered night cruises by patrol cars.
 The maritime deadlock entered its 54th day with a second steam ship company announcing the closing of its Pacific Coast offices. The Shepard line of New York said it was turning it's west coast branch's business over to an agent. Last week the Alaska Transportation company of Seat tie, one of three major shippers to suspended its operations.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25

and Western Airlines, United w e { ern Alaska Development Board, The City of Portland, Chamber of Commerce, Anchor age Chamber of Commerce, The cities of Portland, San Francisco, Chicago, Ketchikan, Juneau, Great Falls, the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce and the U. s. Postoffice department.
 The Alaska Transportation com pany has withdrawn from the hearings and asked the CAB for private hearings at a later date.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25
MYSTERY SURROUNDS VISI- TO HOME OF MRS. GRANT

The City Police department and the U. s. Marshall'S office have been working continuously on the murder of Mrs. Lucia Grant. Many suspects have been inter viewed and some additional infor- nation gleaned and facts estab- lished. Mystery surrounds the party known to have called on her about ten o'clock of the evening she was murdered, which may or may not have had something to do wi h the tragedy.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25
Bridges Charges.
 InvestigationOf
 Him 'UnWarranted'
Continued from Page Onel

Continued from Page One) union referred in his telegram to a libel suit he filed against ship owners. He declared that in their answer to the suit, they stated they are not claiming nor alleg- ing me to be a communist"
 Bridges added that when the suit goes to trial it will afford full opportunity for thorough in- vestigatiOn and oss-exaninatiOn of my public views"
 'In view of the above" he said, don't you think it fair you should now ask shipoWnerS to drop their foolish demand for compli- ance with the Hartley law and immediately resume negotia- tion with the union to settle the strike question"
 The telegram was read at meeting of the Juneau chamber Friday, but no action was taken on it.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25
Palestine Becomes Political Football In Campaign
Continued from Page One,

Continued from Page OneI Dewey has "seen fit" to speak out on the subject last week.
 The COP Presidential nominee who also takes to the road to- night for his campaign windup- offered no immediate rejoiner.
 But campaign manager Herbert BroWnell, Jr., said Dewey simply had complied with a request that he re-state his support of the Re- publican platform plank in favor of partition. Brownell added: Tt is regrettable that the Presi- dent is making politics of an issue so important to the peace of the world"
 Ross announcement that MT. Truman's statement had been cleared by the state department followed period of some uncer- tainty over how it squared with secretary of state Marshall'S stand
 Marshall last month gave his approval at the U. N. meeting in Paris to a proposal for modifying the 1947 partition plan. The sug- gested changes - drafted by the late Count Bernadotte, U. N. me. diator in Palestine-came unde, strong Jewish criticism.
 MT. Truman spent II hours bacl at the White House yesterday afte his Pennsylvania swing, climaxet by a Pittsburgh speech Saturda. night. The President likene( Dewey there to a doctor who say the American people need a ma jor operation even though they ar' feeling fine . and never had ; brighter future"
 1 DeWey's aides said he will clos out his campaign by holding to hi 
 theme that a Republican victory would be a unifying influence fol the country.
 Henry Wallace, speaking from Newark, N. J., last night, called upon the United States, Russia anC Bri ain to pull their troops out o Germany and leave the occupation chore to six ''smalI' countries.
 Wallace listed the six as France Belgium, the Netherlands. LuXem bourg, Poland and Czechoslova kia. He said:
 The time has come to change Germany from a finder box into a neutral ZOne."
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25

The gunwale of ship is so named because in old fighting ships the rails had to be strong enough to meet the movement of the old muzzle- loading cannon.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25
pOena.

pOena.
 There was no movement toward settlement of the strike-now in it's 52nd day.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-25
Alaska Airlines

Scheduled trips a week Monday, We'd nesday, Friday, Saturday, Nome, (Moses Point Flag Stop), Unalakleet, McGrath, Farewell Flag Stop), Anchorage Alaska Airlines IS STEADILY INCREASING THEIR SERVICE to the people of Nome and the surrounding districts. We are proud of our dependable service, and in- tend to maintain the BETTER SERVICE to Nome. Low freight rates and even lower rates on produce shipments will help everyone-Merchants Businessmen, and Housewives
 Mail service four times week speeds your correspondence.
 Alaska Airines maintains Shopping Service too, for your convenience: TRAVEL, SHIP, THE DEPENDABLE THE STARLINER ROUTE.
 One carrier service from Anchorage to Candle, Deering and Kotzebue
Evening star., 1948-02-01

City Club and Citizens Union
absorb most of her time and
energy. She has even allowed her
golf game to go to pot since she
joined the Society's staff.
In the courtroom, although she
dresses in simple suit and wears
a minimum of makeup, she pre-
sents a contrasting note of bright
human color in the midst of the
general harsh solemnity. Her
presence seems to have a
humanizing effect on the
whole judicial procedure.
Many crimes, Miss Kelley be-
leves, are the obvious result of
mental and emotional unbalance
One of the most heart-rending
cases the Legal Aid Society ever
took part in was that of a IS
year-old boy who had shot
playmate. When he was brought
before the bar, the judge sug-
gested that his mother should be
present.
Il don't want her here" said
the boy.
why not? This is the time
when a person should have his
parents here to stand by him."
She wouldn't stand by me-"
he sobbed.
Deeply moved, the Judge
asked, Don't you want us to
help you?"
How can you? I've just killed
my best friend"
Most Are Guilty
IF HE had been doled out the
usual sentence, he probably
would have spent the rest of his
life in and out of Jail. But COM
mitted to a model reformatory,
where he hereceives psychotherapy,
he has an excellent chance of
learning to lead a sane and use
full life.
Most important to Miss Kelley,
of course, are the cases in which
she is convinced the client is
innocent. The majority are guilty,
and the Society's staff devotes
its chief efforts to bringing ex-
tenuating circumstances and sig
nifcant environmental factors to
the attention of the court. But
when there is the slightest doubt
about the guilt of the accused,
Florence Kelley is ready to fight.
Typical of such cases was the
one of merchant sailor accused
of a hold-up in a cigar store in
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LADY TO SEE YOU"
Continued from page eight

upper Manhattan. The sailor in
sisted that he was innocent. He
said that he had been alone at a
movie in Brooklyn at the time
of the crime. Unfortunately, he
hadn't met anyone he knew.
His conviction seemed almost
sure until one of the Legal Aid
investigators started to work on
the case. He took the sailor over
each step along the way from his
rooming house to the movie and
back. The first break was the
ticket-booth girl. Then there was
the bartender at the place where
he had stopped for a beer after
the show. They had exchanged
a couple of remarks about the
Dodgers. And he had bought
some aspirin from a drugstore
clerk.
Saved a Sailor
none of these could provide
unassailable identification, nor
were any of them certain about
the time. But together, these
casual scraps made a fabric strong
enough to convince the jury that
the sailor was innocent.
Sometimes the public's belief
in the staff's power goes a little
too far. Last spring the Society
hell ped a veteran recover the
money he had paid for a
hopelessly diseased horse. The
story made the papers. A few
weeks later, a widow was aided
in recovering her cocker spaniel
picked up by a dog catcher.
More publicity.
After that an endless stream of
telephone calls and letters about
animals inundated the office.
One woman walled that someone
must be sent Immediately to
help cure her dogs habit of
barking at night.
Injunction Against Cats
ANOTHER wrote: I'm afraid
the neighborhood cats will catch
my pet duck. Please help me get
an injunction against them"
There are also the numerous
types who want to have traffic
tickets fixed or to be excused
from jury duty. For them the
outgoing skids are well-greased.
But when anyone legitimately
needs its help, the Society is
always there, ready to provide a
guardian angel. The End