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Evening star., 1948-01-09
Connecticut Avenue
Citizen Unit Upho|ds
Civil Rights Report

The Connecticut Avenue Citi-
zens', Association last night voted
to uphold the report OF the Presi.
dents Committee on Civil Rights
after hearing panel discussion
on the controversial section which
attacked segregation in the Dis
|trict.
The vote was 48 in support OF
the report to A against it. A
crowd Of about 200 persons, includ-
ing many visitors from other citi-
zens' associations, attended the
forum in the parish hall of AL
Souls Memorial Episcopal Church
Cathedral avenue and Woodley
place NV.
Only members of the association
were allowed to vote.
Members of Panel.
Members of the panel were James
B. Carey, secretary of the CIC
and a member of the President s
committee which made the report;
Mrs. C. Leslie Glenn, member OF
the Board of Directors of the Fed
Grafton of Church Women, and 9
member of the Women's Nationa,
Democratic Club; Clifford Newell
past president of the Federation
Of Citizens Associations, and Mrs
Horace Phelps, member of the Leg.
islative Committee Of the District
Federation of Women's Clubs.
ITO be free, men cannot be dis.
ciplined by society, unless they
are found guilty, by due process
|of committing an offense," Mr.
Carey said.
If you find the Negro race guilty
and you are a Christian, you are
a hypocrite."
School Crowding Cited.
Mrs. Glenn, also speaking for the
report, cited statistics showing that
classes in colored schools are over
crowded and said colored people
rather than have things done fol-
them, would like to do things for
themselves.
Mr.. Newell, opposing the report
said: Nothing the opposition has
said, in one iota, has changed my
mind"
Mrs. Phelps, who also registered
opposition, pointed out that, while
the District could be improved
there should be no "upheaval."
DR.. Alfred Wesley Hurst, pastor
OF the Cleveland Park Congrega.
tional Church, acted as modera.
tor.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Hospital Expense Plan
To Pay Doctors Bills
Is Set Up in Maryland
By the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. "a non
profit plan which would pay all or
part of subscribers doctors bills
when they become hospital patients
will be offered to Marylanders not
later than october /, j. D. Colman,
executive director of the Maryland
Hospital Service Plan (Blue Cross
ANNOUNCED yesterday.
|, The new organiza ton, known as
Maryland Medical Service, Inc, will
be a separate corporation from
Blue Cross, but through an agree
ment between the two organizations
all administrative details will be
handled by Blue Cross personnel,
State Insurance Commissions
Claude A. Hanley said.
Mr.. Coleman explained that rates
which will be determined later
probably will be about the same a.
those for Blue Cross.
Approved by Faculty.
The plan, he added, has the ap.
proval of medical societies in all tn.
counties and the Medical and Chi.
rurgical Faculty of Maryland.
Plans filed with the insurance
commissioner call for a board o
trustees composed of four repre-
sentatives of the Medical and Chi
rurgical Faculty, four representative
of the Maryland Hospital Service
and four others chosen by the tw'
groups.
Mr.. Coleman explained the plan
workings this way:
If subscriber is hospita
patient in a semiprivate room tn
attending physician would accep
the rates of the medical service.
If patient is in a private room
the physician will accept the serv
ice rates as credit against hi
usual bill.
Blue Cross Rate Rise Set.
Meanwhile, the State insuranc
commissioner announced he had ap
proved an increase in rates charge
by Blue Cross. The new schedul
of rates, however, will not be an
nounced before next Monday a
the earliest
The Blue Cross had asked 70
increases of about one-third. Com
missioner Hanley said he and Tenn
pie A. Joyce, deputy commissions
had decided on increases someWha
less than that.
Blue Cross has about $4,000 par
ticipants in Maryland. It is planned
the officials said, to make tn
medical care service available t
them first.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Foe Charges Johns
|0pposes Charter in
Effort 10 Keep Post

Opposition by Brooke Johns, pres
ident of the Montgomery County
Board of Commissioners, to a pro-
posed charter form of government
for the county was branded today
as an attempt to perpetuate him
self in Office.
Mr.. Johns said yesterday he saw
no reason to substitute q charter
form Of government for the present
commissioner setup, adding, IF you
have a winning horse, why bet on
another?"
Mrs. John H. Werner, a member
of the Charter Committee Board of
Directors, said Mr.. Johns statement
came as no surprise.
Says He Fears Losing.
"Mr. Johns obviously wants to
remain in Office and he apparently
is afraid that he will not be elected
if a charter is approved at the
November election Mrs Werner
declared.
Mr.. Johns said he based his oppo-
sition on the excellent record" OF
the Republican administration in
the county during the past year.
He contended that there is nc
sense in experimenting when you
have a form of government which
has proved its value over the past
$50 years."
He emphasized he was not attack.
ing the charter, which he said con-
tanned several good provisions.
Wouldn't Change Set-up.
"I merely claim that our present
form of government, based on the
two party system, has made this
country great and we should moi
change it," Mr.. Johns declared.
IF the people of the county want
more home rule, they should seei
a change in the present Democratic
administration in the State. I an
sure that If we had a Republican
administration at Annapolis we ir
the county could get practically
anything we want"
The county Is now headed by 6
. Ifive-man board Of commissioners
four of whom are Republicans ant
one a Democrat Almost all OF th'
. major county Offices also are held b!
Republicans.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Cirn1ineIIos Work Is Hours
A Day to Move Quods Here

fore the quads were born. In Phila-
delphia the family not only grew
but was able to spread out COM
fortably into four bedrooms. Now,
returning to the two-bedroom house
which they bought before advent OF
the quads, the family is faced with
a problem of compressibility.
To meet this situation in a hous-
ing shortage, the kids come first, y
Mr.. Cirminello explained. They will
have both bedrooms, one for the
cribs at night and the other fol-
the day playroom.
The parents will sleep on a day.
bed in the playroom.
Mr.. Cirminello had just finished
installing a screen door on the play
room, with latches on both sides
When the parents enter they boil
the inside lock and when they leave
they fasten the outside lock.
Set Up Trust Fund.
you've no idea how that simpli.
,fes things" he said, 'the kids arr
plenty active now. If we didn't keel
the screen door bolted we'd never b.
able to get anything done. Th'
furnace and the stove need repairs
and, of course, we have to take th'
drapes down or the kids would do i
for u.s.
The Cirminellos have set up
trust fund for the quads, into which
has gone the proceeds from al
exclusive contract for pictures give1
the Philadelphia Bulletin. Th'
contract was terminated after tn
family left Pennsylvania.
Just now Mr.. Cirminello is consid
ering a tentative offer from a pape
here. The children's doctor ha
advised him publicity won't hav
any adverse effect on the children
for at least q few years yet.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Film Heads Subpoenoed
In House Labor Probe

Representative Kearns, Repub-
lican, Of Pennsylvania said today a
House Labor Subcommittee has
subpoenaed heads of motion pic
ture companies to testify at a hear
ing here February II on jurisdic-
tional labor disputes in the movie
industry.
Mr.. Kearns is chairman of the
subcommittee, which held hearings
in California last August and Sep
tember.
He said the presidents of labor
unions involved and Hollywood
union officials will be invited to
testify.
Among those who have promised
to testify, he said, is William l..
Hutcheson, president of the car
penters union.
Evening star., 1948-01-09

Mrs. Mary B. Hill of Garrett
Park, Md, has inscribed more than
100000 diplomas for Washington
high school graduates.
She is starting on her stint of 12,-
900 for 1948 graduates, and by
sticking to 1t all day for 120 days
she will have them done before
June.
Examples of her beautiful en-
crossing, mounted and framed,
probably outnumber the air raid
warden and war bond citations on
the walls of Washington homes.
She has been engrossing diplomas
for the Board of Education since
1884. Her contract, on which she
was the lone bidder, has just cleared
the municipal purchasing Office.
She will be paid Is cents for each
diploma. That means that she will
gross $1,000 for this years work-a
record high.
The Board of Education appre-
ciates Mrs. Hills work if it were
not for her, the board might be
driven to mechanical insertion of
the pupils names-something un-
thinkable. There are not many pro-
fessional engrossers left. Mrs. Hill
Evening star., 1948-01-09
WALL Reported
|CrackedDug0ut
|0f Empire Ruin
Boord Views Debris,
| Expects to Resume
Hearings Next Week
By Jerry O'Leory, 'Jr.

Wreckers clearing away debris at
the Empire Building today uncov-
cred one side of the first-foor bear.
ling wall which, according to a ten
ant, had developed a two-foot long
crack 36 hours before the building
partially collapsed December 16.
The Commissioners special five
man board of inquiry, which sus-
pended its hearings into the collapse
Wednesday until the wall was ex-
posed, went Immediately to the site
at Ninth street and New York
avenue NV. to inspect the wall.
The board members would not
comment on their inspection, how
ever. Chairman Stewart BeaIl said
uncovering the wall probably would
make resumption of the hearings
possible early next week. Engineer
Commissioner Gordon R. Young
also inspected the wall, which has
been focal point of the investi-
cation.
Nick Papanicolas, owner of the
building in which four persons were
killed and IL injured, also was
present.
The wall, made of brick REIN
forced with steel beams, originally
bisected the building from east to
west. Three cuts made through the
wall up to 1928 for expansion pur-
poses, had left only a pier-like Sec
ton Of 1t standing in the center Of
the first floor.
Two steel I-beams, which are be-
ueved to have been major supports
of the building, were bent down.
ward at 45-degree angle to the
floor. The free ends of both beams
originally rested atop the crumbled
pier.
Officials said scores of measure
ments will have to be taken of
beams, plates and what remains of
the wall before the significance Of
the evidence become clear. The
original blueprints of the building,
constructed in 1893, no longer exist.
Tenant Reported Crack.
The crumbled north side of the
pier Is the same in which a tenant,
Ben Fields, manager of the City
Finance Co., testified that 2-foot-
long, 2-inch-wide crack appeared
on December is. He testified at an
earlier hearing that water leaked
through the crack the day before
the collapse, and that the crack
widened perceptibly after "a hours.
Mr.. Fields said he showed the
crack to Mr.. Papanicolas on Deem
ber Is. Mr.. Papanicolas admitted
inspecting the wall, but told report
ers he saw no crack, only damp
spots where water had leaked down
from a stopped-up sink on the Sec
ond floor.
|, A carpenter was hired to repair
the damage, but the building COL
lapsed at 1870 pm. December 16
before the work could be done.
Since the hearings got under way
last week, Mr.. Papanicolas has with
drawn from the official investiga-
ton and is conducting one of his
own through the Washington Test
ing and Engineering Services Co.
After receiving a protest from Mr..
Papanicolas about the presence Of
two District officials on the board
OF inquiry, the Commissioners in
dorsed the membership of the board
and ordered 1t to complete its in
vestigation.
The officials are Building Inspec-
tor Robert H. Davis and Assistant
Corporation Counsel Chester Grav
Evening star., 1948-01-09
CIO Poperworkers Plan
To Move Offices Here

The CIO United Paperworkers Of
America announced today that it
is moving national headquarters to
Washington from Cleveland and
after January IS will be located at
1757 K street NV.
The union, which operates in the
pulp and paper industries, has q
membership of about $4,000. Harry
D. Sayre is president OF the union
and Frank Grasse is secretary-reas-
urer.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Marshall Will Attend
PurIey

Secretary of State Marshall plans
to head the United States delega-
ton to an Inter-American Confer
ence scheduled to begin March 80
in Bogota, Colombia, he told a news
conference today.
He said he knew of no proposals
for further postponement OF the
conference, which was scheduled to
open this month.
Evening star., 1948-01-09

It's not Just moving day for the
Cirminellos, it's moving days-about
four of them anyhow
Furthermore, the elder Cirminel-
los are working 16-hour shifts, first
getting out of their home in Phila-
delphia, and now getting resettled
at 1853 Colonial Terrace, Arlington.
The only bright and clipper
members of the family this morning
were the quadruplets, Kathleen,
Eileen, Maureen and Michael.
Mamma and Papa are pretty
weary, and they still have about two
moving days to go. The whole fam
lily was tired last night, Joseph Cir
minello, the father, reported. The
quads even oversight their break
fast schedule, something which has
happened rarely since the parents
got their big surprise three years
and two months ago.
Mr.. Cirminello, corporation an
alyst with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission who has been
brought back to the Washington
office from Philadelphia, was almost
as busy today with the furniture
the household appliances, the door,
bell and the carpentry as was his
wife who gave the quads' their
breakfast from a kitchen only hall
organized.
Moved to Philadelphia.
It was no time for visitors, but
Mr.. Cirminello's patience and good
humor were equal to the occasion
The milkman rang while he was
conducting an interview, shifting
the radio and advising his wife about
where she could find the orange
juice.
The Cirminellos moved to Phila-
delphia, when war shortages here
forced removal Of the SEC, and be-
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Traffic School Opens
Tonight With Score
OF Enro||ees Expected

The Districts new school for traf-
fic violators will open tonight with
more than a score scheduled for
enrolment by the Board of Revoca-
ton and Restoration of Operators
Permits, the Department of Vehicles
and Traffic and Municipal Court.
The first four enrollees from the
court indicated their willingness to
attend the classes when they ap-
peared before Judge Aubrey Fen
nell yesterday on traffic violation
charges. +,
Judge Fennell, who deferred SEN
tence one month for the four, made
an announcement about the school
in court and offered each the op-
portunity to attend. All accepted.
Two From Maryland.
The jurist indicated he would
take into consideration the de-
fendant's attendance at Traffic
School, along with the other cir
cumstances Of their cases, at the
time of sentencing.
4IlC oCudCIlIS al bdul cIlCc D.
Eicenberg, %, of the 480O block of
Forty eighth street NV, and Rob-
ert L. Scott, %, of the 1900 block
of Sedgewick street NV, both
charged with failure to yield the
right of way, and William E. Bill
ingsley, SO, of Takoma Park, Md,
and Frank D. Collins, 36, of Bethes-
da, Md, charged with speeding
The other enrollees are from the
Revocation Board and permit ex-
animation Office.
The first session will be from 8
to 10 o'clock tonight in the Detec-
tive Bureau squadroom at the Mu-
nicipal Building. There will be two
other sessions in the course. An
other class will convene Saturday
mornings beginning at 10 am.
Rules to Be Studied.
Inspector Arthur E. Miller of the
police traffic division will be in
charge of the classes and will be
assisted at the first session by 1t.
Marshall r. Gore and Sergt. Roy
Ostrom. The subject will be rules
and regulations.
The school, recommended by the
Traffic Advisory Board, was au-
thorized by the Commissioners for
six-month trial. At the end of
that time, Inspector Miller will re-
port to the Commissioners and rec
ommend possible changes in pro-
cedures, he said.
Attendance is voluntary, since
District agencies have no power to
order citizens to attend classes.
On successful completion of the
course, the student may be given
a certificate and his record will
be sent to the agency which re-
ferred him to the school.
Evening star., 1948-01-09

S o c | e t ~. His
he eadquar r t er S
will be at the
General Confer
ence Office of the
S Seventh = day
A d v e n t l S t
Church, Takonla
Park, Md.
Mr.. Buckwal-
ter S p e n t two
days in Wash
ington last week
in preparation
for his duties
with the mag
a z i n e, spon-
sored by the Ad-
1,erofict Church
Evening star., 1948-01-09
$50, 900 Damages Asked
In Auto Collision Death

Mrs. Edward L. Stock, sr., 6752
Fairfax road, Bethesda, yesterday
filed suit for $4,000 damages in
Montgomery County Circuit Court
at Rockville against John F. Wat
kins, Rockville.
Through her attorney, James H.
Pugh, Mrs. Stock claims Mr.. Wat
kins' car collided last February
with an automobile driven by her
husband on Old Georgetown road
between Bethesda and the Rockville
pike, resulting in Mr.. Stocks death.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Matinee of The Good Rood

A special matinee showing of the
moral rearmament musical review
"The Good Road" will be given in
the Lisner Auditorium at 2:30 pm
tomorrow. The showing was ar
ranged at the request of a number
of members of Congress. Tickets
may be obtained from the Commit
tee of Invitation at the Mayflowel
Hotel
Evening star., 1948-01-09

Firenlen on Job
All Night After
450 Wilson Students
Routed From School
As Chemicals Ignite

Firemen left Wilson Teachers Col
lege. Eleventh and Harvard streets
NV, at 8 am. today after standing
by all night. to watch for new out
breaks of PHOSPHORUS fire which
yesterday threatened to ignite a
school storeroom of chemicals.
In two other fires, woman was
sent to the hospital with minor in
juries today and two persons were
trapped for Is minutes in an ele-
vator yesterday near flames at q
furniture store fire.
Fast action by chemistry teacher
and a student in checking the Will
son blaze until firemen arrived held
the danger to a minimum.
$50 Students Leave.
About $50 students filed out of the
building shortly after noon yester-
day to stand in the street without
their coats while the teacher, Rob-
ert G. Williamson, and a freshman
student, Melvin Sacks, fought their
way through the dense fumes with
fire extinguishers.
They found a bottle Of white
PHOSPHORUS sticks, which had top
pied from shelf of chemicals and
broken. Exposed to air, the phos-
phorous Immediately broke into
flame, shooting bits of the chemicals
all over the room and pouring out
dense white smoke.
Mr.. Williamson said other chemi-
Gals in the room included bromine
and cyanide, which give off deadly
gases when ignited, arsenic, sulphur,
alcohol and chloroform. Most acids
and other highly infiammable chem
icals, he said, are stored in an un-
derground vault, however.
Firemen battled the unusual blaze
for more than four hours, removing
a section of the floor where the
bottle had smashed and searching
for small particles of the burning
PHOSPHORUS.
AS an added precaution, Fourth
Battalion Chief E. A. Sweeney Or
dered a detail to remain at the
oCCllC OllOll CllLo
This" he told reporters, sis the
strangest fire I've been up against
in all my 81 years of experience"
The manager of the Baylor Fur
niture Co. and a woman customer
were trapped in an elevator late
yesterday during two-alarm fire
on the top floor of the four-story
building at 724 Seventeenth street
NV.
Screams Attract Employe.
William E. Salisbury, the mana
ger, was escorting the customer to
the fourth floor when a breakdown
in current stalled the elevator just
below the top floor. he said. The
customers screams attracted a
store employe, who forced the ele-
vator door and freed the two.
Neither was hurt. VS. 4
The woman left the building be-
fore her identity could be learned.
Fire Marshal Raymond Roberts
said considerable damage was done
to furniture by flames on the top
floor. While the fire was confined
to that floor, water dripping from
ceilings soaked displays below, he
said.
Fleeing from the smoke filled
house at 1900 Rhode Island avenue
NV. this morning, Sadie Gordon,
80, colored, suffered multiple cuts
when she struck a glass door. At
Emergency Hospital, where she was
taken by Fire Rescue Squad No. l.,
her condition was described as salts
factory.
Firemen said only one second
floor bed in the place, which has
been guest house, had been used.
The fire centered around a furnace
in the rear of the basement, they
said, and damaged part of the first
floor as we'll.
Evening star., 1948-01-09

The elder will preach his farewell
sermon as pastor of the College View
Adventist Church in Lincoln this
week end. He will return to Wash
ington early in February, 1t was
announced.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Buckwafer Named Editor
OF Temperance MAGAZINE

j. Arthur Buckwalter of Lincoln,
Nebr., is the editor of new peri
odical which will be the official
organ of the American Temperance
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-23

BEACH VISITORS
Mr&mrs Tom Carroll and
Mr&mrs Lloyd Hips were Wis.
itors at Ocean Drive on Sun.
day.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-23
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PHONE sa7.
Mrs. Cox Hostess
TO TEL. Class

The TEL. Sunday school class
of the Mount Tabor Baptist
church met Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. w. F. Cox
Mrs. ]. A. Mills presided over
the business meeting and Mrs.
3. f. Duncan had charge of the
program. Mrs. A. c. Horne and
Mrs. j. ]. Canady assisted Mrs.
Duncan with the program.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing the hostess served sweet
course to around Is guests.
Those attending were: Mes
DANES N. E. HARRISON, B. F.
Duncan, Otto Wright, Zeb Lew
is, C. c. Soles, Jennie Skipper,
A. ]. Prince, John Bell, A. C.
Horne, J. ]. Canady, S. G.. Sar-
Wis, A. T. Rogers, Crettie Bru-
ton, H. F. Fowler, j.. A. Mills,
D. l.. HARRISON, Frank Angus
tyn, N. K. Currie, J. w. Black
burn, and Misses Costa Rogers,
Alice Durant, Leila HARRISON,
and Geraldine Eddings, and lit
tie Henry Neill Wright. Rev&
mrs P. c. CAN'T were invited in
for refreshments.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-23
Woman's Club Plans
Bridge Tournament

The Tabor City Woman's club
met Thursday night at Mount
Tabor Baptist church with a.
round Is members present. Mrs:
Deland Leonard, president, had
charge Of the business meeting
and urged that anyone who
could make plans to attend the
N. c. State Convention for club
women. Mrs. J. c. Singletary
and Mrs. w. G. Truitt were ap-
pointed as official delegates.
A report was made by Mrs,
A. E. Goldfinch on plans made
by her committee for the COM
ing bridge tournament. Com
mittees for the affair were APP
pointed and the date set for
April 29th.
The president then appointed
committees to begin renovation
on the new clubhouse. Mrs. w,
c. Truitt. chairman of the ways
and means committee, present
ed list of suggestions to the
club for discussion and APPROX
al.
Mesdames Jimmy Rogers, Fred
Jernigan, and Harry Bell were
elected as permanent members
of the organizations Board OF
Trustees. At the conclusion of
the business session a program
dealing with the present day in
ternational setup based on an
article from the clubWoman mag
azine was presented by Mes
DANES Leonard, Billy Whitfield,
Willard Garrell, and S. T. Rog-
ers.
The hosteSseS. Mrs. Willard
Wright, Mrs W. G. Trultt, and
Miss Kate Jones, served refresh
mentS during the social hour.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-23
My Meets With
James Allen Cox

Members of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship met at the
home of James Allen Cox Tues
day evening, at which time
James Allen celebrated his 10th
birthday.
Mrs. R. R. Rogers, counselor,
was present. James Allen pre-
sided over the business session,
and Sonny Sanders had charge
of the program. Those partici-
pating in the program were: Ted
Carroll, Jimmy Rogers, Bill Will
liams, and Nell White.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing the guests were invited into
the dining room where James
served birthday cake and Mrs.
Rogers presided at the punch
bowl. Around l6 members were
present.