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Evening star., 1948-01-12
Constant Police CheckUncovers
Stolen Articles Sold to Dealers

1t means a lot OF work for five
harried workers in the Police De-
partment,s pawn inspectors Office,
but it's q, safe bet that, If a stolen
article is sold to a secondhand deal
er in Washington. it will be returned
to the owner.
This system, which involves con-
slant checking and cross-checklng
of a mass of reports from robbery
victims and second-h store deal
ers, has been in operation here since
before the turn of the century, but
constant Improvements are being
made.
AS explained by 1t. Aubrey E. Toll
son, head of the general assignment
squad and the pawn inspectors Of
flee, it is all a matter of routine. But
it is a painstaking routine.
With the complaint by a citizen
that his home or car has been
robbed, a detailed report is made out
by the investigating officer. This
report lists a description of every
missing article, in addition to the
serial number. Turned over to the
pawn inspectors office, headed by
Detective Sergt. r. E. Williams, a
separate card is made for each item
The cards are then filed under a
cross-index system.
Dealer Purchases Recorded.
At the same time, separate caros
are filled out for each item reported
purchased by secondhand dealers
here. An average day includes about
300 such reports.
The cards listing the items In
Evening star., 1948-01-12
State Acts 10 Speed Work
On Street in Falls Church

The Virginia Highway Depart
ment is taking steps to speed the
completion of improvements on
West Broad street, Falls Church. j.
A. Anderson, highway commissioner,
said yesterday.
The work is being done by the B.
w. Jackson firm of Richmond. Com
pletion bond is held by the Seaboard
Surety Co., New York.
Mr.. Anderson said in response to
an inquiry that the matter sis again
in the process of handling with the
bonding company and we hope to
get plan worked out in the near
future whereby an improvement will
be made and the work completed in
q reasonable length of time.
The department has been criti-
cized for the contractors failure to
complete the widening Of the street
for a distance Of 11a miles within
the town limits. The work started
about nine months ago.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
3 Abandon Car After Escaping
Police Chase at 1O5-MiIe Speed

bile, the patrolmen said, but when
they attempted to pull alongside the
sedan sped away.
The patrolmen said the chase led
to the Bowie road, thence to Grain
highway and on toward Herald
Harbor in Anne Arundel County.
The pursuing policemen lost them
there.
County and District officers were
checking the possibility that the
three men were connected with sew
eral housebreakings reported to have
occurred near the District line early
today.
About $50 am, Anne Arunde
County police said, they found the
car abandoned on q road neal
Patuxent, Md.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Lane Asks Bar Association
For Advice on Judgeship
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 12.-Gov. Lane
has assured the Maryland Bar Asso-
citation he intends to follow prece-
dent by consulting that organization
on appointments to the State courts
The subject was approached by
Frederick w. Bruno, president OF
the Bar Association, in a letter te
the Governor asking his intentions
in appointing a successor to Judge
William j. McWilliams of the Fifth
Judicial Circuit.
Judge McWilliams's resignation
will become effective March /.
In an answering letter to Mr.
Brune, the Governor said Il shall
be glad to have the recommends
ton" and asked its committee tt
meet "as promptly as possible sc
he could be advised of their findings
It will be Gov. Lanes first ap.
pointment to State court.
Mr.. Bruno said a committee wa:
established at the suggestion of Gov
O'Conor several years ago to submit
recommendations for appointment
to judicial Offices when vacancies
occur.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Examinations 10 Be Held
For City, Park Police Jobs

The Civil Service Commission soon
will announce an examination for
police jobs on the Washington force.
The commission said that at least
1875 appointments to fill existing
vacancies will be made. Candidates
also will be selected for the National
Capital Park Police.
Those scoring the highest grades
will be given probationary appoint
ments as privates at starting SAL
ary of $2,720 a year. Persons ap-
pointed to the Metropolitan Police
force must live within IL miles Of
the District, and those appointed to
the National Park Police must live
within so miles.
There are no experience or edu-
cation requirements. Applicants will
have to meet citizenship, age, phys
ical and residence requirements.
Evening star., 1948-01-12


an attorney, was en- route from Air
Force headquarters in Wiesbaden
to Berlin when the shooting took
place at Soviet Army barrier at
Helmstedt.~
A public relations officer at Wies-
baden quoted Maj. Baker as saying
he believed the shooting was acct
dental. A Russian lieutenant was
very apologetic,' Maj. Baker said.
He added that the Russian sentry
appeared to be about 16 years old
and explained that the Youth
thought the car was trying to break
through the barrier. The, barrier is
onSthe border between the American
and Russian zones.
According to Gerhard Stindt
Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer news camera
man who was in another car, Maj
Bakers machine had just passed
the Russian post when the shooting
took place.
Mr.. Stindt quoted Maj. Baker as
telling British officers later that he
thought the Russian sentry had
waved him on as he neared the post
The bullets pierced the rear OF his
car.
Shortly before the incident. a
Soviet officer was reported to have
reprimanded the sentry. The major
and his wife returned to Helm
stedt for further treatment.
| According to Maj. Bakers son,
Richard R. Baker III, $500 Martha
Gusts drive, Alexandria. student
at the Episcopal Theological Semi
nary, his father has been overseas
since May, 1943, and is expected
to return here in June. Maj. Baker
is assigned to the Judge Advocate
Generals Office, the son said.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Eight Safe Robberies
lin Alexandra Solved
By Man. 5 Confession

A series of safe robberies in Alex
andria has been solved with the
arrest of a 38-year-old man who
already was under indictment in
connection with one of the rob-
berries, police claimed today.
Capt. Edgar A. Sims of the Alex
andria Police Department said Ed
ward Thomas Monroe, 200 block of
North Columbus street, Alexandria,
who was arrested early Thursday,
had confessed to eight robberies
and one attempted robbery. Losses
in the robberies amounted to more
than 81, 100, the police officer said.
The confession, Capt. Sims said,
clears up all but two or three OF
the safe robberies committed in the
city since last spring.
Voluntary extra duty by a large
number of Alexandria policemen
helped bring about Monroe's arrest,
Capt. Sims said. He reported the
night shift had been doubled from
UlHc 10 GlIIic Ill oil CAAoA0 w SsoSAA
the safe robber He also praised the
work of the detective bureau, headed
by 1t. Russell A. Hawes, chief OF
detectives.
Can't. Sims said Monroe was ar
rested by two policemen who became
suspicious when they saw a man
running from an alley. On search
ing their prisoner Pvts. Lawrence
Washington and George May re-
ported he was carrying Jimmie
and a bag of money containing $12.
They claimed the money was stolen
from Lyle's Poolroom, Ais King
street.
Capt. Sims said Monroe already
was under indictment in Alexan-
dria in connection with one OF the
safe jobs he has confessed. His trial
has been delayed, however, because
Monroe faces auto theft charges in
the District. He was free under
5000 bond in the District, Capt.
Sims said.
The only recent safe job Monroe
failed to admit was the theft OF
more than $500 at the Vernon The
ater last week, Capt. Sims said.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
BoneIIi Quartet 10 Sing
At Rotary Benefit tonight

Under sponsorship of the Bethes-
da- Chevy Chase Rotary Club, Rich
ard Bonelli, baritone with the Met
ropolitan Opera Company, will ap-
pear in Constitution Hall at $3.50
o'clock tonight as the featured stal
of "Footlight Favorites." Proceeds
from the show will go to the chari-
ties and activities fund of the Be.
thesda Chevy Chase Rotary Club.
Other artists appearing with Mr.
Bonelli in an operatic quartet In
clude Adelaide Abbot, coloratura So
prano; Evelyn Knapp, contralto. ane
Edward Kane, tenor and winner o1
one of the $4,000 Atwater Kent audi
tions.
Their program will range from
selections by Strauss to the Broad
way musical, Oklahoma"
Evening star., 1948-01-12

Three men who led Prince Georges
County and State police on q 20
mile automobile chase which at
tanned speeds Of los miles an hour
escaped early today in the vicinity
of Herald Harbor. Nd, the police
said.
Pvts. william Little and James
Burgess reported the men were pro-
ceeding at a normal rate in late
model sedan when they fell in be-
hind them near the Agriculture Re.
search Farm at Beltsville.
The police said they checked the
license plates by radio and learned
that the tags were assigned x
another car. They radioed for police
assistance to overtake the automo.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
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I I0ACOrdTOW
BY the Assoeiaied Press

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IL. - EN-
ployment among screen actors is at
the lowest ebb in the history of the
film industry, Roland Reagan, pres
ident of the Screen Actors Guild,
told Labor Institute at the Uni
versity of California at Los Angeles.
Mr.. Reagan, addressing the insti-
tute. last night. said that of the
actors guild membership Of $500,
only 600 are under contract to
studios.
"Proportiunately, that represents
the largest unemployment in any
industry in the Nation" he pointed
out. Studios producing so pictures
a year before the war now are turn
ing out about 49,"
He attributed much of the blame
for the actors economic straits to
greatly increased theater attendance
and failure to construct additional
theaters, with the result that films
are held for longer runs and there
is less need for new pictures.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Johns Hopkins to Give
Nurses Science Degree:
By the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 12.-Johns
Hopkins University will confer the
degree of bachelor of science in
nursing on qualified students as part
of new educational program in
nursing, 1t was announced yester-
day.
President Isaiah Bowman said the
new degree will be given through
Mccoy College at the university.
The degree will be awarded to per-
sons who complete at least two years
of approved work at an accredited
college and pass successfully pro-
gram Of study at the hospital School
Of Nursing.
The university has granted certain
credits toward a degree to graduate
nurses for the nursing course since
1884,
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Radio Engineer Kills
Himself by InhaIing
Fumes From Exhaust

Albert Edwin johnson, Al, chief
television and radio engineer for
the National Broadcasting Co. here
committed suicide last night by in
haling fumes from the exhaust OF
his automobile. Montgomery Coun-
ty police reported.
The body of Mr.. johnson, who
lived at 3051 Idaho avenue NV.
was found in his car parked in a
driveway off Seven Locks road near
Bradley boulevard, police OF the
Bethesda substation said. A piece
of garden hose had been attached
to the exhaust pipe and the other
end placed in the car, they said.
DR.. F.. j. Broschart, Montgomery
County coroner, issued certificate
of suicide.
Mr.. Johnson's Office said he hao
been in i'll health. He was men,
Der of the original staff which
founded Station WRC Is years ago
Bethesda police said Mr.. Johnson
was discovered about II pm. by
Clinton w. Eggleton, 1442 Harvard
street NV. who had pulled into the
driveway to turn around. He in
vestigated when his headlights re-
vealed the hose attached to the
exhaust pipe, police said.
Mr.. Eggleton pulled the hose Out
of the car and opened the door, then
summoned a neighbor, William Hite
They called the, Chevy Chase First
Air Corps, which administered artifi-
cial respiration without success
police declared. DR.. John G. Bel
pronounced Mr.. johnson dead.
A native of Bradenton, Fla, MIR
Johnson served as lieutenant COM
mander in the Naval Reserve dur.
ing the war. He Is survived by hi
widow, Mrs. Helen M. johnson.
The body was taken to the Will
liam Reuben Pumphrey funera
home, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
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Wagner Finds
QUESTIONABLE Shows
Officials Feel Privute
Business Cont Do Job
BY the Associofsd Press

Senator Wagner, Democrat, of
New York, reported today that many
civic ofi1cials feel that private enter
prise can not now or in the foresee-
able future provide decent housing,
new or old, for families occupying
Sluns.
AS part of the study being under
taken by the joint Senate House
Committee on Housing, the Senator
"a veteran advocate of public
housing-sought the views of 500
individuals throughout the country
and is now compiling the replies.
Meanwhile, the joint committee,
under the Craftsmanship of Rep
resentative Gamble of New York,
wants open public hearings today on
the housing question. 1t already
has taken some testimony in closed
session from the lumber industry,
especially on how the present high
price of lumber might be cut, and
now the lumbermen will take the
stand during the public hearing.
81 Cities Visited.
The committee, which already has
visited 81 cities as part of its
housing study, is expected to have
housing legislation ready for sub
mission to the new congress by
mid March.
Those to whom the Senator S
housing QUESTIONABLE was sub
mitted included the mayors of all
cities Of $4,000 or more, the Gov
ernors OF various States and other
: prominent citizens.
p There we're only a few dissents
from the general view expressed by
nine out of 10 of those who replied
to- the QUESTIONABLE, Senator Wag-
ner said in q letter to Mr.. Gamble,
that private enterprise cannot pro-
vide better housing for low income
families.
"An equally high percentage fa-
vored the provision of publicly as
sisted low-rent housing for families
who cannot afford decent private
housing" he continued.
New Panel Developed.
with one or two exceptions, the
Mayors and Governors declared
that Federal aid was essential"
AS part of the Government re-
search being done to improve build
ing methods, the Commerce Depart
ment announced that new type of
prefabricated wall panel has been
developed which could considerably
lower the cost of tall buildings.
The panels consist of light steel
frames about feet square which
are filled with fireproof insulation
and faced with metal on both sides,
the department said.
Evening star., 1948-01-12

stores then are nleQ unQer tne same
system. Each clerk checks all cards
in the category before inserting the
second, and differently colored, card.
If one card checks against the other
a detective Is sent out to pick up
the property and it is ultimately
returned to its owner.
1t. Tolson pointed out that no card
listing stolen property Is destroyed
until the material is recovered.
Recently, he said, watch which
had been missing nearly 80 years
turned up on one report. It was
returned to the owner. In another
instance, piece of jewelry lost in
1910 was found in secondhand
store in 1898.
Seller Described.
A dealer purchasing secondhand
material is required to log not only
a complete description of the article
itself but also an accurate descrip-
ton of the person selling it. No
dealer can. sell these articles until
Is days have elapsed, thus giving
police ample time to make sure it is
not stolen.
"Spot checks" of second -hand
stores are made regularly by general
assignment detectives to make sure
regulations are adhered to. During
one such check, 1t. Tolson related
a detective was told of a suitcase
full of clothing which had just been
purchased by the store owner. Sus-
picious, the detective checked the
pawn inspectors Office, but was tolC
the material had not been reported
stolen. rs--'- 6
Still unsatisfled, the detectivf
examined the clothing for identf
f1cation marks. In the pocket o.
one suit, he found photograph o1
figure standing beside an auto
mobile. After examining the picture
with magnifying glass, he coulo
make out the license number. He
located the owner of the car ano
found the clothes had been stolen q
few hours before. The victim hadn't
had a chance to report his loss.
"Often people returning from
vacations find their home had been
rifled," 1t. Tolson declared. Since
this robbery may have occurred more
than "a hours previous, we can check
in the files and tell the people
while they wait-if their missing
property has turned up in second
hand shops.
1T happens so often it's routine,
he added.
Nationwide Cooperation.
In addition to checking all mate
rial reported stolen in the District
the police here cooperate with
other law-enforcement agencies al
over the country in ferreting Out
stolen property. Each week police
departments in all major cities SEND
out bulletins listing their unrecov'
cred material. Each item on the
bulletin is checked by one of 1t
Tolson's five clerical workers-one
civilian and four policemen. Ir
turn, the Washington police broad
cast q weekly bulletin. This also
must be compiled in the pawn in.
spector's Office.
After stolen property is brought ir
from the dealer who purchased 1t
the material is returned to the
owner after hearing before the
departments chief clerk, Inspector
Clemment Cox.
We've recovered jewelry worth
thousands of dollars. as well a!
things which have only sentimental
value" smiled 1t. Tolson. But WI
think we can say-and proudly
that our battling average is 100 PEI
cent recovery of articles which hav'
been sold here"
But people would make it so mucl
easier for us If they would only keel
on record serial numbers of all theil
property" he added.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Mass Drive Launched
On D. {. tuberculosis;
.X-Ray Clinics Open

= The largest mass drive on tuoer-
culosis ever undertaken in this coun-
try began today in the Capital. with
600. 900 District residents due to re-
ceive free chest examinations dur
ing the next six months.
Municipal officials were scheduled
to open the drive this morning, with
the Commissioners among the first
to report for X-rays at temporary
survey headquarters outside the
District Building.
The survey center and 10 other
X-ray clinics, each capable of film
ing 1000 or more persons a day at
top speed, went into action today,
while three other portable units
will begin operation tomorrow in
residential sections.
One Open Seven Days a Week.
Exhibit A, at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV, will
be open seven days a week from 10
m. to 6 pm. 1t is intended chiefly
for those to whom the other X-ray
units are not Immediately conven-
lent.
Another mobile unit will operate
daily from $50 am. to 6 pm. at
Connecticut avenue and K street
NV. for a period of two weeks. 1t
will be outside radio station WWDC
Two X-ray machines will be sci
up in business establishments. They
will be located today and tomorrow
in the Hotel Statler and Jelleff's De.
partment Store, then will shift fol
three days to the Mayflower Hote
and Garfinckel's Department Store.
Other Seven Units.
The remaining seven units start.
ing their operation today are located
in the following Government agen.
cies: Munitions Building, South
Agriculture Building, Federal Secur.
ity Building, Arlington Yards anc
Docks Annex, Commerce Depart
ment, Arlington Navy Annex ane
Government Printing Offlces ! and 2
With Monday eliminated as {
working day in the residential areas
those units will operate five days 4
week from $50 am. to pm. Tit
first two weeks they will be located
at Sixty-f1rs and Dix streets NE.
South Capitol street and Nichol!
avenue S.W. and Pennsylvania ane
Minnesota avenues Sc.
Montgomery Schedule.
The schedule in the Silver Spring.
Takoma Park area under the spon.
sorship of the Montgomery Count.
tuberculosis Association, follows:
Tomorrow through Friday, Georgis
avenue and Corwin drive, Mont.
gomery Hills; Saturday. Eastern
Avenue Apartments on Blair Mil
road: January 1923, Four Corners
January "a and n, Falkland Apart.
ments, Sixteenth and East-Wes
highway.
| January %, Hecht Co. parking lot
Silver Spring; January 1881, Flowe
avenue and Piney Branch road
February 81, Washington Sanitar
ium, Carroll and Flower avenues
and at Laurel and Carroll avenues
| In addition, X-rays will be givel
tomorrow through February IA a
the Silver Spring Armory.
Hours at all the locations viii b.
from / to 8 pm. Tuesdays through
Fridays and from 8 am. to noon OF
Saturdays.
Leo G. Koepf1e, general Chairman
of the survey, and John Wexlel
Silver Spring chairman. Joined II
an appeal for wide participation i,
the X-ray program.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Ocean City to Ask
U. S. to Dredge Channel
By the Assoeioted Press

OCEAN CITY, Md, Jan. H.
Mayor Daniel Trimper said today he
will ask Federal authorities te
deepen sections of the inlet from
the Atlantic Ocean into this port
which are too shallow for CONNER
cial shipping.
The city wants the shallow banks
dredged and the level of the stone
jetties raised.
He said previously sections OF the
channel had been .dredged by the
Federal Government, but not on the
side of the bay which has filled IN.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
IkaryIand's Accident Fund
IPays $3.50, 900 a Year
BY the Assoeiqtsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. II. - Benefits
paid by the Maryland State accident
fund in 1946 and 1947 came TO al
most $3.50 900 for each of the two
years, the fund commissioners an
nounced
In a report to Gov. Lane, the COM
missioners said the increased cost Of
medical care and other items since.
the war had resulted in the highest
yearly payments since the fund be-
gan in 1914.
The report listed the present total
surplus as $2,850, sos, as compared
with 81 1853 ,618 a year ago, with the
reserve for unpaid claims totaling
$500, 900 as compared with last years
$490, 900.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Crop Insurance to Cover
3 Counties in MARYLAND
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. IL. 49, Three
Maryland counties will be included
in the Federal crop insurance pro-
gram in 1948, Anthony M. Madden,
State director Of the program, an
nounced.
Affected will be tobacco growers
in Anne Arundel County, corn grow
ers in Kent and wheat growers in
Kent and Carroll Counties.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Anne BeuII Tukes Post
In Jobs DAUGHTERS Unit

Anne Beall has been installed as
honored queen of Bethel No. a.
Jobs Daughters, Gaithersburg, Md
Other officers include: Peggy New
ell, senior princess; Patricia Lynch
Junior princess; Cecil King, guide
Barbara Lyles, marshall; Joan Plum
mer, chaplain; Frances Perry, libra
rian; Sue Perry, recorder, Ruth Nc
Cathran. treasurer; Gloria Walker
senior custodian: Faye Mullican
Junior custodian; Polly Newell, his
torian. and Jane Ward, page.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Virginia Driver Shot
.ScuffIing With Trooper
By the Assoeiofed Pres,

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Jan. II
Allen Turpin, 40-year-old Bedford
County man, was in a critical con-
dition at the University of Virginia
Hospital here today, suffering from
a gun wound in the head.
Mr.. Turpin was shot accidentally
Saturday during a scuf11e with State
Trooper c. C. Bennington, who was
attempting to arrest him for speed
ing, police said.
1t. r. A. Lynn of the State police
said Mr.. Turpin had been driving
in excess of 80 miles an hour" and
resisted arrest when he was stopped
by Trooper Bennington and Sergt
&C. M. Lindsey,
Evening star., 1948-01-12
PhiIudeIphiu Editor to Talk

CENTREVILLE, Md, Jan. IL (P.
Merrill Pannitt, facsimile editor of
the Philadelphia Inquirer. will speak
at the annual meeting of the Del
Mar-Va Press Association January
81 at Dover, Del, according to the
associations president, Glenn T,
James.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Alex Weinstein to Speak

Alex Weinstein Of the washington
Office of B'nai Birth Foundation Will
discuss Religion in the Public
Schools" at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at a
meeting of Southern Maryland
B'nai Birth mems and women's
lodges in st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Mount Rainier.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Porkside PTA to Meet

The Parkside School Parent
Teacher Association will hold re-
ception for teachers at 8 o'clock
tonight in the school at Silver
Spring. A number of books, pur-
chased by the Library Committee,
will be on exhibit,