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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Sons 10 Receive Bulk
OF Mrs. Kauffmann' S
$4,000 Estate

The two sons Of Mrs. Victor
Kaufman are to receive the
greater part of her estate, valued at
more than 81 ,239, 900. it was shown
yesterday in her will and petition
for probate, filed in District Court
Mrs. Kaufman died at her home
1901 Twenty-fourth street NV. on
July 4 at the age Of rs. Her hus-
band, the late Victor Kaufman
was treasurer and Sunday editor OF
The Star until his death here in
194l.
Her two sons, Philip Christopher
Kaufman, former city editor OF
The Star, who now lives in Palm
Beach, Fla, and Samuel Hay Kauff-
mann, vice president, business man.
ager and treasurer of The Star,
are to share the residue of the
estate.
In addition each is to receive a
special beqvest. These include cash
bequest of $5O,O to Philip c. Kauff-
mann. Mrs. Kauffmann, in turn left
her stock in The Star to the other
son. The value of the stock was not
given.
Other special requests include one
of $4,000 to Mrs. Kaufman S
granddaughter. Mrs. George Wing
field, jr., of Reno, New Mrs. Kauff-
mann also left jewelry to grand
daughters and bequeathed the
sum of 81 900 to each Of her several
grandsons.
Mrs. Kaufman left $1,000 to
Children's Hospital, for which she
long has been an active worker
serving as a member of its Board
of Directors.
Mrs Kauffman's estate included
real estate listed at an assessed
value of $91, 1897 and personal prop
erty valued at SLIT PSI.
The will named her two sons as
executors, but Philip c. Kaufman
waived his rights to serve. The
petition for probate of the will was
filed by Attorney George E. Hamil-
ton, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
$50 in District Air Guard
Leave for Encampmenf

Nearly $50 members OF the Dis
trict Air National Guard were to
leave today for a 15-day summer
encampment at Dover, Del.
An overland convoy of vehicles
was to depart at Z am. from An
irews Air Force Base. while about 81
planes were to leave at Q pm. The
planes are to attend the opening
of Idlewild International Airport In
New York. where they will lead
National Guard section OF l5o
aircraft in flight at the ceremonies
Later the planes will go to Dover
to meet the other contingent.
Spokesman said the group Is well
supplied with equipment. The Ag-
ricuIture Department, in co-opera-
ton with the Air Surgeon Generals
once. will work in the area with
tick experimentation teams. II In
festation is found, volunteer troops
viii make tests with tick-impreg-
mated clothing. the spokesman said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Policeman Investigates Crash,
Finds Father Dying Of Injuries

Police at Rockville said Mr..
Crown was alone in his car when
the clash occurred on Viers Mill
road near Rockville. The six other
occupants of the other car in
volved in the head-on collision also
were taken to Suburban Hospital
for treatment.
Police listed them as Walter Lee
Plummer, Al, Gaithersburg, driver
of the car; Harry Mullican, SO. and
his wife, Mrs. Naomi Mullican, also
of Gaithersburg, all OF whom were
admitted to the hospital, and Mrs.
Cecil Plummer, wife of the driver,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ward, all
of Gaithersburg. who were treated
and released.
Saw Car Skid.
The driver of a car following be-
hind Mr.. Crown said Mr.. Crowns
car suddenly skidded across the
road into the path Of the car driven
by MIR. PlummT.
Surviving Mr.. Crown, In addition
to his wife and son. are his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Crown OF Der
wood; two brothers. Clarence Crown
of Gaithersburg and Paul Crown Of
Derwood, and three sisters. Mrs
Susie Mills of Gaithersburg. Mrs
Helen Osmond Of Rockville anc
Mrs. Maude Rawley Of washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
-Four Park Trailer tenants
Get Eviction Notices Today

Eviction notices will be served on
the four remaining trailer tenants
at the Memorial Bridge recreation
camp today. according to United
States Park Police Capt. Mark Rasp-
berry.
They will be given until September
i to get out.
The four tenants, now occupying
space adjacent to the old Civilian
Conservation Corps barracks west OF
the south approach to Memorial
Bridge, moved into the area when
they were evicted two months ago
from the tourist park on Hams
Point.
One of the trailers has been sold,
the owner said, and occupants of
the other three anticipate no difl5
Guilty In finding space.
Barracks of the old recreation
camp are to be RACED, and trailer
tenants were given a tentative date
of July S to move. When razing
operations were delayed, they were
given additional time, Captain Rasp-
berry said.
The camp was built as q recrea-
ton are for transient troops during
the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31

A Montgomery County policeman
making a routine investigation OF
an automobile accident last night
discovered the victim of the fatal
crash was his father.
Corpl. Clarence B. Crown. sta
toned at Bethesda, and fellow
officer received radio instructions in
their cruiser to go to the Suburban
Hospital at Bethesda to investigate
the accident: The investigation at
the crash scene, they were told. was
being handled by police from Rock
vile.
AS he walked into an anteroom
Corpl. Crown noticed an orange
plastic belt among the victims
clothes that resembled one his
father purchased recently.
Corpl. Crown stepped into the
emergency room and saw his father
Forrest M. Crown, 50, of Derwood
Md.
Six in Other Car.
The elder Mr.. Crown was con.
scious enough to recognize his onl,
son. After talking briefly with his
dying father, Corpl. Crown tele.
phoned his mother from the hos
pital, but Mr.. Crown died few
minutes before she could reach hi,
bedside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
; New Polio Cases
Reported in Area

Three new cases of infantile pa
ralysis were reported yesterday in
the Washington area and brought
the total this year to 81, OF which
Is are residents of the District.
Children's Hospital reported two
of the cases, a 1-year-old girl OF the
$500 block of Porter street NV
who was admitted Monday, and q
12-year -old girl of Route 5, Alex
andria,, admitted Wednesday. The
other District resident was "a.
year-old man of the 5000 block Of
Eighth street NV. officials said.
The Virginia State Board o.
Health. mean while, reported nine
new cases yesterday. bringing tht
total for the year to SO.
DR.. A. L. Carson, jr., acting heac
of the communicable diseases bu'
reau, said steps are being taken tt
keep all local county and city health
officials informed on the progress o.
the polio spread in the State and II
North Carolina-where a total o
l .064 cases have been reported.
Beginning, Monday, DR.. Carson
said, day to day reports will be for
warded to each local health bureau
The nine cases, DR., Carson said, ant
the total so far is "far short OF an.
endemic condition"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Planners Seek Study
OF Potomac Pollution
TO Guard Recreation
By Nelson M. Shepard

Potomac River pollution problems
accentuated by the increased use OF
the river for recreational purposes,
came to the front at the closing
session of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission yester-
day.
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III, chair
man, was directed to appeal to the
United States Public Health Service
to make a sanitary survey Of the
river conditions upstream from Key
Bridge to Great Falls.
I'VE know conditions in the river
below the bridge pretty well, and the
whole problem of pollution is getting
worse, because Washington's popu-
lation has doubled since the sewage
disposal plant was built before the
war" Gen. Grant said.
The planning commission has been
instrumental in developing the rec
reationa1 use of the river. Com
pletion of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway, which will even
tually extend on both sides of the
river to Great Falls, will bring about
an even greater use.
Would Designate Sources.
Gen. Grant said the survey
should it be authorized-would des-
ignate the sources of pollution sc
remedial steps could be taken.
Conditions in the river above Key
Bridge are not only offensive a
times, it was explained, but also art
injurious to the health of swimmers
The survey would determine TIL
degree of pollution in differen
parts, primarily those areas Of thu
river mostly used for recreationa
purposes, it was suggested.
In another action the planner
favored the Capital Transit Co.,
proposal for elimination of ca
tracks on Pennsylvania avenue NV
between Seventh street and the
Peace Monument, near the Capitol
provided it finds no fault with thu
proposed rerouting of the carlineS.
The commission also approved
tentative plan for the redevelop.
ment of Marshall Heights, blight
ed residential area in the extreme
eastern section of Anacostia.
Commissioners to Get Plan.
The Marshall Heights plan, one OF
the initial areas selected for treat
ment under the urban redevelop-
ment program, will be forwarded tt
the District Commissioners in two
or three weeks.
Gen. Grant said the proposed
elimination of steep grades in the
area would make it possible tc
house two or three times the num-
Der of families now residing il
Marshall Heights. Some of the
houses are now set on lots 20 feet
above or below the surface Of
streets. This condition would bt
eliminated, he explained.
The planning commission M
longer is concerned with the height
of the smokestack for the Braddock
Light and Power Co., since thai
determination is to be left to the
city of Alexandria. Nevertheless
Gen. Grant said the Commission
wants to keep the Mount Vernon
Memorial highway free from any
encumbrances and that the loca-
ton of the plant must be arranged
satisfactorily with the, Nationa.
Park Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Guard Prepares
For Paradea as
Arrive
All District Troops
Now Supplied With
Own Eating Utensils

CAMP PENDLEToN. Virginia
Beach, Va, July 31.-Washington's
bedraggled citizen army, for the
first time today, took on uniform
appearance, as members of the 260th
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, in
annual training here, prepared for
its first dress parade.
Overnight. there disappeared the
nondescript civilian clothes of fancy,
Powered shirts and civilian shoes.
This morning, also for the first
time, every man had his own meat
can and eating utensils. Officers
gave a sigh of relief, as the borrowed
cafeteria style food trays were dis
carded without the development Of
camp illness.
Charges Supported,
In support Of the charges early
this week that the District troops
were in the field here with made
quate equipment, Maj. Henry C.
Espey, camp Judge Advocate, an
nounced that yesterday 1892 essen
tial items Of equipment were issued
to the enlisted personnel OF the
command to fill out their needs. All
this equipment was obtained from
Fort Eustis, Va, by Maj. Raymond
o. Watson, group supply officer, and
his two aides, Staff Sergt. Lawrence
S. Robey, 612 Florence street NE,
and Pvt. William j. Wright, 141A
Quincy street NV.
When the supplies were unloaded
and sorted out in piles for the vari-
GUS units, one of the large barrack
buildings had the appearance Of
storeroom ready to outfit a large
influx of draftees. The items issued
were in addition to the large supply
flown here in the middle of the
week, shortly after the plight OF the
District Guardsmen was called
forcefully to the attention OF the
I'd Corps headquarters at Fort
George G. Meade, Md.
Troops Ready for Liberty.
Although the first week of vigor-
Gus training was to end at noon
today, and the troops were ready
for a week end of liberty in the
nearby beach resort, the doctors
took some of the JOY out of it by
sending many of the Guardsmen
out with, sore arms. More than 500
of them were lined up for their third
typhoid and para typhoid shots. "
But they escaped the anti-tetanus
injections because the serum was
mot available"
The top officers sat back and
viewed with satisfaction the results
of their weeks activities, which sent
the Army's supply system flowing
in their direction and brought top
brass attention focusing on them in
manner they never expected.
1t also served as medium for
opening to the public gaze the dis
cord and inefficiency which the
officers say has dogged the Districts
units for months. They are hoping
the resultant inquiries will bring
changes in a system which they
contend has prevented the Districts
fighting units from carrying out
their duties properly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Bronx, Hopkins Head,
To Take Post January |
BY the As<oeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE. July 31.-Dr. Detlev
Wulf Bronx, 81, chairman of the
National Research Council, will as
sumo the presidency of Johns Hop
kins University January !, the uni-
versity announced yesterday.
Carlyle Barton, president Of the
board of trustees, said DR.. Bronk's
appointment was approved unani-
mously by the board of trustees at
a meeting Wednesday night. Or.
Bronx has accepted the appoint
ment, he said.
DR.. Bronx, who also is professor
OF biophysics at the University Of
Pennsylvania, will be the sixth
president of Hopkins.
He will succeed DR.. Isaiah Bow
man who will be 10 In December and
had asked to retire before the start
OF another school year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
HOUSEKEEPING Suspect
CAUGHT After 3-BIock Chase

Caught after a three-block chase
in which police fired four shots, q
housebreaking suspect was held for
questioning today.
The suspect, a 21-year-old colored
man, was finally arrested at Forty
ninth street and Central avenue NE.
when Pvt. Jesse L. Edwards OF the
14th Precinct slugged him with his
revolver
Pvt. Edwards had gone into &C
ton with Pvt. Haywood D. Douglass
when Mrs. Esther F. Brown, 49ll
Blaine street NE, reported seeing
a. prowler trying to enter 49l5 Blaine.
The policemen spotted their man,
but he started to run. In pursuit,
Pvt. Douglass fire four shots, but
stumbled and was put out of action
with cuts on the legs, arms and
shoulders.
Pvt. Edwards continued the chase
and subdued the suspect with three
swings of his revolver when the fugi-
tive drew a pocket knife. The sus-
pect was treated at Gallinger, Hospi-
tai for cuts on the forehead and
scalp. Pvt. Douglass was treated at
the police clinic today for his in
juries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Nine VA Employees
Retired Today

Nine Veterans Administration
employees. with a combined Gov
eminent service totaling 289 years,
retired today.
They are: Miss Frances Bollman,
1907 Columbia road NV: Miss
Frances C. Burger, GIT Eighteenth
street NV; Mrs. Margaret D.
Chew, 1915 N street NV; DR.
Edwin H, Cooper, Clifton and Four
teenth streets NV; Miss Anna
Gaghan, 1910 Twelfth street NE;
Leslie J. Johnston, 1419 Webster
street NV; Mrs. Irene B. Park,
1913 Thirty-fourth street NV;
Miss Mildred T. Price. 1926 T street
NV. and Melvin J. Key, IT'S New
Jersey avenue NV.
Miss Bollman. native of Deca-
tur. Ind, has 80 years of Govern
ment service. She retired as adj
ministrative assistant in the Ac-
tuarial Service.
Miss Burger, native of Albany,
N. Y. also has 80 years of service.
She retired as an adjudicator in
the Dependents and Beneficiaries
Service.
Mrs. Chew, a native of Morris,
Ill, has 81 years service. She was
a clerk in the Records Service.
DR.. Cooper, a native of Findley,
Ohio, had 20 years of Government
service. Retired last January he
was re-employed the next day be-
cause of special qualifications and
was serving as a medical consult
ant in the Board of Veterans APP
peals.
Miss Gaghan, native Of the
District, had 81 years service with
the Government She retired as
assistant supervisor in the Insur-
ance Accounts service.
Mr.. Johnston, a native of Gales
burg. H., had A years service. He
was director of the Payees Ac-
counts Service.
Mrs. Park, a native Of Yankton
S. D.. has % years of Government
service The widow of a Spanish.
American war veteran, she retired
as an abstract clerk in the Claims
Statistics Service.
Miss Price, a native of Franklin
County, Va, had 80 years of serv-
ice. She was assistant chief in the
Insurance Accounts Service.
Mr.. Key, native of Normal
Ala, had So years of service. HI
retired as a file clerk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31

three Protest
ant ministers,
has been Sched-
uled by Radio
Station WASL
for 7 pm. Fri
day.
The debate
was arranged on
a challenge by
Alexander w
Andrews, "a, the
former Sunday
School teacher .
He offered to
buy an hour of
radio time to
"nroye there is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Paper Salvage Is Halted
.By Goodwill Industries

The collection of newspapers and
other paper salvage by Goodwill
Industries has been temporarily dis
continued. the Rev. w. Harold
Shape, director of the organization,
announced today.
Mr.. Shape said plant facilities at
1918 New Hampshire avenue NV
have been overtaxed recently by the
large accumulation of paper salvage
and an increase would create fire
hazard
The organization, Washington s
workshop for the handicapped. still
needs contributions of unused. re-
parable clothing. shoes, furniture
and household articles to keep its
workers employed full time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Profit to Talk in AIexondriu

Charles o. Pratt, Arlington at
torney. and candidate for the Re-
publican nomination in next Tues
DAVIS 9Th Virginia District congress
sional primary, will speak tonight
ait a Joint meeting of the Mems
club of Alexandria and the Wom-
ems Civic Club In the Baptist
Church, 900 Queen street, Alex
andria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Draft boardLis
NearCon1p|etion
In Maryland
Stonwood Rejects
Limiting Number
In Montgomery to z

A roster of draft board members
for each Maryland county is ex-
pected to be completed in about a
week, according to Col. Henry c.
Stanwood OF Baltimore, who has
just been appointed by President
Truman to head the State selective
service system.
Col. Stanwood said he was draft
ing a list of names and hoped to
submit them soon to Gov. Lane WHO
will present the nominations to the
President.
At the same time, Col, Stanwood
said a proposal to establish not more
than two. draft boards in Montgo-
cry County has been rejected in
view of the county's widespread pop
ulation. Instead, he asserted, boards
will be set up in Silver Spring,
Bethesda and Rockville, the same
system that existed during the war.
While members of the Montgom-
cry board have not been definitely
lined up. Col. Stanwood said he ex-
pected to draw heavily on these who
served in the same capacity before.
It is believed Stephen James, VIII
liam H. Reynolds and Ronald Nc
Donald would again comprise the
board for the Eastern suburban area,
including Silver Spring, Takoma
Park, Kensington and Colesville.
Two of the three former draft
board members for the Western
suburban area, Frederic P. Lee and
Francis I. Hill, have announced they
will not be able to serve. But the
third member, r. Granville Curry,
is reported attempting to find re-
placements for them.
Stephen c. Cromwell, former
chairman of the Rockville board,
said he was willing to serve again
The other two former members are
P. G. Lyon and A. r. Selby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
MitcheI|viI|e Leaf Grower
Killed in Fall From Truck

James Edward Smith, A. Mitchell
vile Md, was killed yesterday
when he fell from the back of an
open truck a half mile from the
intersection of the Bowie-Laurel
road and Defense Highway
His brother, Herbert S. Smith,
who was driving the truck, said they
were en- route home after taking a
load of tobacco to market. The OPP
orator of another vehicle driving be-
hind the Smith truck said Mr..
Smith grabbed for empty tobacco
baskets which were falling from the
truck, lost his balance and fell on
the asphalt paving.
Among passing motorists who
stopped at the accident scene was a
Catholic priest who administered
conditional last rites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Lane Agrees to Attend
Conservation Field Day
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, July 31.-Gov. Lane
has accepted an invitation to take
part in the Maryland Conservation
Field Day August 10 in Frederick
County.
He will share a speakers platform
with Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan.
Some $4,000 to 10000 spectators
are expected to watch 500 farmers
do a complete ''face-lifting" job on
q jefferson Md farm, completing
In a day what usually takes several
years of painstaking conservation
work. The Frederick County Grange
Is sponsoring the demonstration IN
cooperation with number of State
and local agencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
A||-Night Bridge Club!
That Allow Gambling
Investigated Here

All-night bridge clubs open Il
the public, at which gambling ii
permitted, are being investigated
c. T. Nottingham, superintendent
OF licenses, announced today.
His inquiry has disclosed Their.
are % bridge clubs here to which
the public is admitted. Some o.
the clubs are doing a legitimate
business, Mr.. Nottingham said, but
have neglected to obtain a license
There is not a licensed bridge es.
tablishment in the city, the super
intendent said. y
Some of the clubs, 1t is believed
allow gambling and these clubs
cannot obtain a license.
Woman Tells of Losing $500.
Mr.. Nottingham has sent a letter
to all bridge establishments where
he has found that the public Is
permitted to play, calling attention
to the fact that the District requires
"a tax of $l2 a year on each table
used and also noting that such
places must be closed on Sunday
and are not allowed to operate
between / am. and 8 am. on week
days.
A woman, who refused to give
her name to Mr.. Nottingham. tele-
phoned him that she went to one
of the bridge establishments and
played for several hours. winning
a few dollars. The three women
with whom she played were Sc
agreeable and entertaining that she
invited them to her house the next
week. ~ 81
After the game was going for
several hours, she told Mr.. Noting
ham, she discovered that she was
losing about 5000. Things did not
look right to her so she stopped the
game. She said she was the wife OF
prominent Federal Government
official and was calling him be-
cause she was civic minded and
said something should be done to
stop the public bridge establish
ments here.
License Denial Appealed.
Mr.. Nottingham started his IN
vestipation after Charles S. Geier
$500 block of Connecticut avenue
NV, applied for license to con-
duct a bridge club. His application
was referred to Capt. John G. Fon'
dahl. commanding the eighth pre-
cinct, who returned the application
to the license superintendent dis
approved.
Mr.. Geier has appealed to thu
License Board and has been granted
hearing Tuesday at 10 am. before
the board in the District Building
Mr.. Nottingham said his investi
cation is not pointed toward stop
ping the playing of bridge In tn
city, but to stop gambling in sucl
places. Some of the establishments
he has learned, have been operating
for about Is years and have neve
taken out license. Some OF then
are in private homes and, in add
ton to not having a license, also d
not have occupancy permits, whicl
would allow the public playing Q
bridge in the building.
The usual charge to the public Il
the bridge playing establishments
Mr.. Nottingham said, was IS cents
person for from about 8 pm. to mid
night, and after that time an add
tional Is cents an hour is charged
Some of the places sell sandwiche
nj soft drinks to the customer
and those that run all night prepar
| breakfast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
| 3 Keys Missing
| After WoodIown
| Auction Preview

Three keys to doors ct Woodlawn.
the Nellie Gusts mansion, dis
appeared recently as several thou
sand persons inspected furnishings
there to be auctioned of today.
One of the missing keys Is half
foot long and was imported from
England when the house originally
was built early in 1900. This key
fits large side door leading to the
estates formal garden on u. =.
route l near Fort Belvoir, Va.
Disappearance of the keys was
discovered shortly after curious
crowds began filing through the
mansion Sunday. Auctioneers quickly
impounded all remaining keys 70
protect them from becoming . part
Of some ones souvenir collectioa.