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Evening star., 1948-09-20
New York Avenue Trees Doonedin Track Removal Plainly

A trafic upheaval will begin here,
next March. throwing q smile
stretch Of the Benning streetcar
line from the Treasury Building to
Kenilworth into turmoil for months
and eventually booming the shade
trees on downtown New York
avenue.
The streetcar tracks from Fif-
teenth street and New York avenue
NV, eastward along New York
avenue, H street and Benning road
to Kenilworth avenue NE. are going
to be torn up.
The 40 stately old elms sep
arating the tracks from the road
way on New York avenue between
Thirteenth and Ninth streets NV.
are scheduled to be destroyed.
A District Highway oficial said
the police have long advocated
their removal as a traffic hazard.
He said there has been some oppo-
sition from citizens on the proposal,
but added that many of the trees
are dead or dying. While no specific
order for their destruction has been
issued, the official said, the long
range plan calls for their removal
when the tracks are taken out.
Buses VIII Be Substituted.
Buses are going to traverse the
already congested and narrow
Treasury to Benning streetcar
route at the same time that Capital
Transit crews labor over the task
of removing the streetcar tracks.
This arrangement may be spread
over a period of years because the
financial straits of the city govern
ment may prohibit appropriation OF
enough money to pave the space
left in the middle of the street when
the tracks are gone.
This is the situation as described
by District officials and E. D. Mer-
rill, Capital Transit Company pres
ident, last night:
Capital Transit's street car line
between Rosslyn and Benning has
long been a headache to both pa
irons and company. There has been
no great complaint about that
stretch of it between Rosslyn and
Fifteenth street and New York ave-
nue. NV.
But from the Treasury Depart
ment east over, New York avenue
and H street, the street cars have
been slow and unecononical. When
the street car stops on H street,
all other traffic stops. If truck
or automobile happens to be double
parked, nobody moves.
Auto Traffic Congested.
From Fifteenth and H streets
NE, east on Benning road to Ken
ilworth avenue NE, the street cars
move at a faster clip, but automo-
bile traffic at rush hour is forced,
for safety, to move slowly because
of the 28-foot width of the road
way in each direction.
On Benning road, the street car
tracks are set in an unpaved CEN
terway. The rolleys rock and sway
on the uneven roadbed, which is
Evening star., 1948-09-20
EIks' Luncheon Club
To Dedicate LOUNGE

The Washington Elks' Luncheon
Club will dedicate a newly deco
rated cocktail lounge, the antlers
room, in Elks' Lodge, No. IS, at the
clubs weekly luncheon meeting at
12:15 pm. Wednesday. The lodge
Is at 9l9 H street NV.
Speakers at the meeting will be
James O'Neill, national commander
of the American Legion, and Leon
Chatelain, jr., president of the
Washington Board of Trade. Guy
A. Caponnetto, exalted ruler of
Lodge No. Is, will formally dedi-
cate the antlers room.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
6. W. Medical Schoo|
Starts 125th Year;
DR.. ScheeIe Speaks

! DR.. Leonard A. Scheele, surgeon
general of the Public Health Service
today called on George Washington
University Medical School students
to show more interest in scientific
research. preventive medicine ano
public health.
He spoke at an assembly opening
the 125th year of the medical school
Glasses for the 325 students begin
tomorrow.
Dean Walter A. Bloedorn well
coined the students and a large
number of leaders in medicine rep
Iresenting both the school and Gov
ernment institutions.
The new freshman class includes
95 students, three of whom are
women. Eight are veterans. Dr.
Bloedorn said the schools Commit
tee on Admissions has selected an
outstanding class of freshmen from
more than 5000 applicants.
Cancer Care Facilities Added.
He pointed out that the school
has added facilities for the care of
cancer patients and for furthering
research activities in cancer. These
include an affiliation with the War
wick Memorial Clinic and the estab-
lishment of a cancer detection
clinic at the new George Washing
ton University Hospital supported
by grant from the District of
Columbia Cancer Society.
/ Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr. member
of the Board of Trustees of the
university, also greeted the new
class.
/ DR.. Scheele said the shortages of
medical investigators and medical
health officers are acute. This is
true, he said, not only in the pro-
grams of the Public Health Service
but also in research institutions and
health departments all over the
country.
Certainly there is no greater
challenge to intellectual and social
pioneering in our age than research
and preventive medicine" he said.
More Psychiatry Students Urged.
DR.. Scheele added that too few
medical students are interested in
psychiatry, as he reviewed the work
that 10 graduates of the medical
school have been doing for PMS.
He did not elaborate.
Mrs. Evans, in her address, pointed
out that the medical school is the
11th oldest in the country. She
added that research funds and
grants are the largest in the history
of the university.
Invocation and benediction at the
assembly were pronounced by the
Rev. DR.. Lawrence Daniel Folkemer.
The assembly was followed by a
luncheon at the Carlton Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

the streets is the responsibility OF
the District.
At this moment, Highway Direc-
tor j. N. Robertson has no money
authorized for expenditure on re-
paving along the streetcar route. In
his budget estimates for fiscal 1850,
released by Budget Offlcer Walter L.
Fowler yesterday, Mr.. Robertson
asked for 100000 to widen Benning
road between Fifteenth and H
streets NE, and Kenilworth avenue
NE.
There is no assurance that the
item will be retained in the budget
when it finally passes through the
Commissioners and Congress.
1t 1t does, the Highway Depart
ment proposes to pave the center
way as fast as Capital Transit
pulls out the tracks between Fiji
teenth and H street NE, and Ken
ilworth avenue. Traffic is bound
to be complicated during that period
of conversion with buses using the
28-foot roadways that have proved
too narrow for ordinary automobile
traffic.
The $1e0,000-if approved-will
not become available for expendi-
Evening star., 1948-09-20
'AutoAccidents
XIII ThreeFron
.DistrictArea
Falls Church Driver
Dies in Collision
Near MerrifieId

Three District are residents were
killed in automobile accidents over
the week end.
Robert L. Humphrey, 80, of 101
West Cameron road, Falls Church
was killed yesterday when his car
collided with a trailer truck on
route 211 near Merrifield, Va.
Nelson Davis, AZ, of the 300 block
Fifth street NV, was killed Satur-
day night in an accident near Rom
ney w. Va.
Miss Blanche Lindsay, %, colored
1919 Third street NV, was injured
fatally last night near Galesville
Md.
Fairfax County police said Mr..
Humphrey apparently lost control
of his car after it ran onto the
shoulder Of the road. In attempting
to steer the car back to the hard
road, Mr.. Humphrey swerved into
the path of the oncoming truck,
police said. The accident occurred
about 6 am. 1t required.a half hour
to remove his body from the
wrecked car.
Was Construction Worker.
Police listed John Frederick
Purdy, 27, of Harrisonburg, Va, as
driver of the truck.
Mr.. Humphrey was employed by
an Oklahoma construction company
and had been living in Falls Church
for about three months while his
firm was working on a project here.
Mr.. Davis was killed shortly be-
fore midnight Saturday when his
station wagon ran off a mountain
road and plunged over an embank-
ment near Romney, w. Va.
Police said Mr.. Davis was en-
route from Washington to Keyser,
W. Va, with a carload of supplies
for a new. restaurant he recently
opened in a bus station there. His
station wagon, police said, hit a
ditch on the right side of a curve,
swerved to the left side, went
through guard rail, plunged over
an embankment and came to rest
in a cry creek bed after 15-fcot
drop. A canary was found alive in
it's battered cage on the seat beside
Mr.. Davis.
Doctor Injured in Crash.
Mr.. Davis had divided his time
between Washington and Keyser
since opening a restaurant in the
West Virginia town.
Anne Arundel County Police said
Miss Lindsay was passenger in
car driven by DR.. George L.
Adams, colored, 43. of 1906 New
Hampshire avenue NV. Their car,
police said, ran down an embank-
ment and overturned on Route 258
Dr. Adams suffered minor injuries.
A 4-year-old Falls Church boy
escaped serious injury yesterday,
when he fell from a car driven by
his father on route so near Fairfax.
Michael Wells, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Wells of 216 East Fair
fax street, Falls Church, apparently
unlocked the rear door of his fa-
ther's car and fell to the road as
his father was driving of from a
soft-drink stand, the family said.
Mr.. Wells took his son to Arling-
ton Hospital, where he was admitted
for treatment of head and knee in
juries, and brush burns. His condi-
ton was described as good.
Enrico Santini, "a, of 7 Howard
avenue, Kensington, was injured
this morning when his car went
into a ditch near Kensington, 1t was
reported by Suburban Hospital
where he was taken by the Kensing-
ton Rescue Squad. Mr.. Santini's car
apparently skidded off the road
made slippery by light rain. He
was admitted to the hospital for
treatment of possible head and
chest injuries.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Ad Club to Heor Corning

Dr.. Hobart N. Corning, District
school superintendent. viii address
the Advertising Club Of Washington
at 1880 pm. tomorrow at the Hotel
Statler. His topic win be: what
10. G. Schools Think Of Adyertis-
ing"
Evening star., 1948-09-20

ture until July l, 1949. Capital
Transit proposes to begin track re-
moval about March /, 1949. The
one-mile stretch of the Rosslyn-to-
Benning carline from Fifteenth and
H streets NE, to Kenilworth ave-
nue., then. will be tied up-f1rst with
track removal, then with paving
for six months to year.
That takes care of about one
third of the entire project and TO-
cuses attention westward to the
stretch of track lying wholly within
the business districts of H street
and New York avenue.
A District official said the fiscal
situation forces city highway PLAN
ners to view the track removal and
repaving project as long-term
proposition There is no money to
take care of the project at one
Whack.
While 1t is likely the Highway
Department and Capital Transit
will agree to leave abandoned tracks
in place until the District can az
ford to pave removal scars, such an
arrangement makes 1t equally likely
that the entire project will be strung
out over period of years.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

Since the law makes no provisions
for and gives no special considera-
ton to former members OF the
merchant marine, they are exactly
as liable for induction as any other
(nonyeteran. # M
When the draft law was being
written by Congress some members
thought former merchant mariners
should get the same deal as veter-
ans. However, those members
couldn't put it across.
Neither the President nor Selec-
tive Service can do anything at all
about former members of the mer-
chant marine. The only thing which
could change their status would be
change in the law itself, a Selec-
tive Service official told me.
Here's another question bothering
thousands OF single, nonveteran draft
registrants.
IF I get married after I have
registered" they ask, "does that de-
xcI lIlS 1lOkIl tI1C Va dAGs "a w Aos y
to be married before the time /
register" ~
After or before, it doesn't make
any difference. The point is, if you
are married at the time you are
classified, you will not be drafted.
If you marry after classification,
you can ask to have your classifica-
tion changed. Selective Service will
not say it oficially, but this seems
to be the lie of the land:
+. If your local board thinks your
marriage is not for the purpose OF
avoiding being drafted, but is done
in good faith and with honest inten-
tions, it will reopen your case and
reclassify you as deferrable. But If
1t thinks you are getting married
Just to avoid the draft, 1t will not
reopen your case and you will not
be deferred.
That's about as clear as a mud
puddle, but it's the sum total Of
what I can get out of Selective
Service.
tFrom p Nevsfeatures)
Evening star., 1948-09-20

time. Posters win be displayed and
aggregate contributions OF each bu-
|reau win be announced periodically
Ito Great . spirit of competition.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

CAN'T VOTEEven though District residents will not
presidential election those who live here being
this picture demonstrates to help the
with contribution The Democratic donkey here Is
handing pin literature William Armstrong, % Pros
pect street. KenSngton Nd who however ought to be able
that State The donkey busy today street
near Fifteenth street NV. Star STAFF Photo.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19

,on-The League is a stag
neni sinking mess. quoting the
Is Of one of Detgoit's great
~, high school products, Forest
i. ashevSki
Half Of the adults in Detroit
,alay do not even know the
cue exists Ninty-nine and
~ 100 Of the people OF Detroit
ant Detroit public high schools
So compete once again in out
,e competition.
Parents students. players. the
loliC--or IN other words, the
taxpayers who elect these Off
as Of the Board Of Education
.ect them 20 carry out the
vants and wishes OF these same
Xpayers. are tired OF the same
ad schedules year after year
nd they want and they demand
9 return 10 Modern system that
ihe League once had.
It's time for the Board Of Ed
-ation and It's athletic depart
ment 10 run the League to suit
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19
Angry Boy Friend

ASShAAihNQ ANOtu E03G
i've Jacque, had been Mrs. How
ellis boy friend since last Christ
mas, and had spent about S400
on her.
Shortly after he walked into
the tavern at 323 Erskine.
Cureton is reported 10 have
told the detective that she
called him names" causing
him 10 loose his head momen.
tarilY. al which time he pulled
his gun and fired.
PAWNED GUN
The 80 calibre revolver with
which he shot her, according 10
poNce. was taken in pawn for
SIS earlier in the evening from
man whom he met at q
tavern on Hastings near Kirby.
William Howell. 40. of 908 p
Kirby, Mrs Howell's husband.
was witness questioned BY.
was witness questioned oy
homicide officers.
Following the shooting Of Mrs
Howell, Cureton is reported TO
have waved the gun in the air,
and attempted to move the slide
which appeared jammed
He was later arrested al 4435
Roosevelt Mrs. Howell, before
she died. informed policemen
that he lived on 25th near War
rem Cureton had the gun on his
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19
Northwestern
Continued From Page l

Harry Terzsgian the Colts first
sacker. was the hitting star OF the
game. Hitting in the number 1 o
spot. Terzaglan Knocked IN -four
nuns and scored another with
two run homer in the third and
lusty double IN the seventh. Har-
llys two Dagger scored two men
and he scored a moment later on
Jack CroWiey's double. That TN
inning SAWS the Colts put the
game on ice with five run out
! bust.
After the game. jubilsnt Colt
fans and players practically
mcbbed Leach. and along with
Coach Bishop and Terzagian. he
was carried off the field and
thrown into the Northwestern
swimming pool. Frank Aielo.
Eastern finger. allowed the
Colts seven hits. four of them
for extra bases.
Along with baseball. North-
western also has won the swimm-
ing and ctoss-c country titles III
thc current school year just end
ing The swimming team. inci-
dentallv has taken the crown the
last four years and expects 10 gc-
neat next wear
IL addition - this the tennis
team won the West Side Champ
ionship lcsin- 90 Hsmtranlck ;
90 . IN the finals and the track
tear, save for an injury 10 It's
star hU.6ie would have easilv
won cty tltfe Even 50. Col,
thnclad, W0n Individual honors
bv breaking tT0 state records
fpcla vault ana AN yard run III
ihc CITY League Finals.
These two records, of cou Sc
wii not 80 IN the state record
books as trc NctrOpolitar
Ltagle docs vut allow lis mem.
her teams 20 compete or become
Gig bic r., S.ste ch npionshps
Unable To Compete Out State
L s great shame that NORTH
western. along wth the 9TH
chQols Is the Metre League. doe.
NOT have chance - compete e
State honos .r the vsriol.
Sports De:-o.t high s r n n @ :
tearls could hold their own in arr
port aryp!sce anytime Lock a
Miller High r. basketball
The Trojans after winning the
City title in that sport were
generally considered one Of the
best teams Of the state. but they
eouldn't prove /. because ot
the ou;.noded rules and re-
sulstions governing them as
member Of Metropolitan Lea
que.
De,-o., Is the only city in TIE
-olntrv with population ~ ove
500 200 whose public high schools
CO rot participate in state corr
petition Detroit tne DYNAMIC
Detroit the CITY ~ Progress
The MetlopQ.tan League is the
laughing stock of the State be- i
cause ~ lts Gcc-ep' conditions
condition that has been BROUGHT
on b. ;he constant de-empnesi5
c. high school sports bv the sd J,
ministra;lon of the Board q, Ed
ucstl0n
Prior'to 1880. Detroit public
high schools participated n out
state competition
The people of Detroit followed ,
their high hool tear1s as avidly. |
then A. they DO college teams |
today Bot today what is the Sit |
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19
BAND POLL BALLOT

Write in the name of your favorte Clip this ballot
Mail in to the Band Poll Dree o., Detroit tribune
2l46 ST. Antoine, Detroit l. Mich.
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the wants and desires Of hundreds
Of thousands of Detroiters - not
run the league 10 suit themselves
personally.
Could Pay It's Way
The Metropolitan League pro-
perly run could pay its own way.
increase coaches salaries for their
time and energy spent; and still
have money left over to build
stadiums for the schools TO PLAY
IN. The taxpayers expressing
their wants and opinions viii be
the only way TO get the Metro
politan League out of It's dold-
runs.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19
IMosley's Last
Rites Held AT
st. Johns

Thousands jsmmed ST. Johns
1 G. ~ (. Church. ST Aubln and
Maple Friday. June -. a. pm.
20 pay their last respects TO Leon
Mosley. the IS year old Youth who
net his tragic death on June /
Religious and civic leaders urg-
a. the mixed congregation. who
ned tears OF sofrOw and remorse
10. the beresvcd family, not 20
oc stirred 20 anger.
The speakers Included d. 7 ).
Boone. pastor OF King solomon
Baptist Church and president Of
TIE Baptist National Conference,
: nate, stanley Novak the Rev
Il Il Coleman. pastos Mscelon-
IA Baptl,; Church ana Rev. " II.
Amos pastor Of S. Johns CME
Churcr
.A D0v has been shot tic Rev
81! Boone said.
Today We are here 70 pay our
.a,i tribute Of respect 20 one who
3ec as a result % gun Gre IN
the oioor~ ~ Youths boy IS
wears ~ age cut down IN bis
vou.h
pity FOR OFFICERS
The Rev VI Coleman. pastor
z Grcatc Macedonia Bapt.s;
~husch sad. I don't hate ANY,
aNc ptr ihC human beirs who
l.d Waat was done 7 shall pray
'o those Who committed this act.
because they need K mc.e than
,He .arl!v does l appeal 20 all
,anc people 10 let our lessi pso-
eSse- haze chance
The Rev. W. II. Amos. pastor
OF ST. Johns. directed his mes
SAGE 10 the hundreds OF students
who packed the church. along
with their elders 10 far beyond
lis 1900 capacity.
The Scared beaten body ot tl
murder victim Leon MoNey wii.
en-s.n. TO doubt. in the ns.nds of
many q those wno atienaec INC
funeral
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19
Cast Your Vote For Your Favorte Band And Disc Jock

You are urged 10 voice your
opinion on this matter by writ
ing this paper. the three daily
papers. the City Council. OF the
Board Of Education itself. LET'S
have the League run the way
we the taxpayers want IL run.
not the way a few prefer 10
have IL run.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19

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quality printing done rich, @ !,
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person when Officers arr.r.
him.
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mace.
After the club refused 20 serve
the Negro members. the entire
board Of mana cement voted q
terminate the program and can
eel all dinner reservations
Wcen this announcement vas
made % the general bogy. .t was
Ereete1 With hearty and spirited
-ound ~ applause and the group
a.ose ana .ett r. BODY
Over thousand men had turn
10 oct = the saal and more than
300 Rad dinner reservations
wa.cH ,hev snceled because of
'le c.scr.1 rsto-y policy.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19
Prophet Jones
tcOniinusd From P.g. i.

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can Lady of Nebraska. Rev s' D.
cess Bluntella Z. jackson. = :
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beth Hoggis. from Chicsso. M p.1
Lady Effie Robinson; LADY co.. w.
ella Johnson; Lord & Lady Ss.''. '
Wilson; Lady MARY Jess'.'.
from Alabama; Rev. Lsdv 7 ,
Peoples, of Selma. Alabama. : \
& Lady William Melton ~ NJ.
do, Ohio and Lord Fr,...t .Ot
Brown and Lady Emerson p, R,.'s
from Grand Rapids, Michir,r,'
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McNaIIy-
.coni.nasa -. Psss

Continues Trom ps5s !
posc tatca taa'
E 5e -gi
hsa an -1 ~
WARD APPOINTED
re Crlte u e1
sta sI- +-FA-
In assigning the case 70
Ward Prosecutor HcNa..Y
said. every kaewn witness
will be prssen,ed 10 ire arY.
McEsIY saiS :ha: re de-
eided % have re -ororers
jury after week ai iavesiisa
tier.
he ~
o --
Mosley ac-orSias 70 A. ieasi
four witnesses wss sho: cown
w..hou. cal. 70 halt CT
warning she; being iirec Ire
same witnesses s.so repcsteS
thar. ne vas severely beaten
before he escaped iroz1 me
officers aa5 was shoi IN iae
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19

Jack the Bellboy-WJBk
Eddie Chase-CKLW
Toby David-WWJ
Van Douglas-WJBK {
Joe Gentile-CKLW
Larry Gentile-CKLW
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Todd Purc-WJLB
Larry Ruppel-WJBK
John Slagle-WXYZ
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Face Slap
lconiinued From Paae !

eide department for questioning
james Psgasm. u. Of 20634
Glenn Lodge. Fefndsle reported
- colce the; he was stabbed
~ ihe crest cv ar unidentified
woman or ONO near Cherry
swr last Sunday
Tommy ROSEBUD. 40 - l45
Harmon. Is 70 Receiving Hospital
WIS week sutte re Cllur!c
stao wounds inflicted tv his
common lsW wife. Ada Reese
80 same address
The Detroit tribune., 1948-06-19
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Antoine, Detroit l, Michigan, o Disc Jockey Con-
test Editor
Hungry Horse news., 1948-12-03
Page 2-EGtOrials

We would wear black cloth in
the Flathead during November
and December as we see man after
man laid off. Realize that for the
next five months men will be idle
and their families must live off
meager social insurance assist
ance" checks.
We wonder what kind of civ
ilized people we are, who can year
after year, see this waste of the
nations most precious resource
man hours.
Along with other newspapers,
we are guilty Of near idle mouth
ings as we talk, write and shout
for industrialization of the Flat
head. Yet we've permitted an out
landish tax base to arise in this
valley that will scare industry
away. Nor have we done much to
correct the situation of having
near the nations highest freight
rates.
AS western Montana citizens
there are few among us who can
take credit for showing any lead
ership in attracting industry. Or
ganized labor, and we believe in
it, seems to depend on its contin-
uance mostly in "see the raise we
got you" Then of course we all
pay. We've not heard a union lead
er say "the union got together
with management and figured out