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Evening star., 1949-11-11

Want a high-powered pair OF
binoculars suitable for apartment
dwelling peeping toms?
Or q bathmat of porcupine
quilts. or perhaps an elephant
harness?
Jim Moran has got them and
several thousand other items.
For those who tuned in late,
Moran is the fellow who sold an
icebox to an Eskimo and found
a needle in haystack on Con-
necticut avenue.
The latest Moran exploit took
him $4,000 miles on a Nation
wide swapping tour. The man
who makes a living by amusing
himself and any one else who
cares to listen embarked on the
tour to publicize the research
work of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society.
Henry Kaiser, whose son suffers
from the disease. provided the car
gas and oil. Otherwise, Moran was
on his own since "the society has
no money to send screwballs
swapping"
The now-bearded adventurer set
out with $40 worth of merchandise
He also had two priceless treasures
-one of his own teeth mounted on
Nicaraguan mahogany and a
square foot of rug he insists bears
the teeth marks of Adolph Hitler.
He declares the Fuehrer bit a piece
out of the rug when he heard of
the retreat from Stalingrad.
What Moran did with the tooth
is q sample of his enterprise. He
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Dr.. Harvey to Lecture 4,

DR.. A. McGehee Harvey, profess
sor Of medicine at Johns Hopkins
University, will discuss the new
hormone treatment for arthritis at
a lecture for George Washington
University faculty and medical
students at noon tomorrow at the
School Of Medicine, 1885 II street
NV. A luncheon honoring DR..
Harvey will follow at the Cosmos
Club.
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Catholic Church Here
Plans Site Ceremony

The Catholic Church Of the Lit
tie Flower win hold an informal
ceremony at II am. tomorrow to
denote purchase Of site for its
new church on Massachusetts, ave-
nue. extended, between Westmore-
land circle and Goldsborough road
NV.
The ceremony will consist Of
placing q sign at the site. designat-
ing it as the site for the church
The present church was built ID
1906 at Glen Echo, Md. The Rev
Edward ]. o'Brien Is pastor,
Evening star., 1949-11-11

Then he showed his Geiger
counter and his mechanical atom
nucleus that spits out an electron
(ping- pong balD when hit by a
neutron. Finally he gave his ex-
planation Of f1ssion:
Only atoms that split and set
off other atoms can make atomic
power. which is 200,O00,000 times
more powerful per atom than an
atom of burning coal. And only
one rare type of uranium, / per
cent Of the total found, could be
used at first. 1t could not be
isolated except by methods that
took square miles of factories" "
Finally Learned.
But finally men learned to
make a new. unknown element,
never dreamed of beforehand by
the pound" he said. 1t was plu-
tonium.
And so came about the great
est explosion the world has ever
seen, except in the sun, which has
been doing 1t for years." he ex-
planned.
There is no mysterious secret
to the atomic bomb. We gave
away the only secret when we
dropped the first one. on Japan,
for that secret was that a chain
reaction was possible. That's all
anyone needs to know to create
a bomb eventually
Prof. Rogers explained his
teaching method, first used for
military personnel during the war
and now a popular part of his
basic science courses at Princeton:
1--WE use these contraptions be-
cause we believe in teaching by
facts. When teaching science to
non-scientists. they must be able
to see what the theories are.
People used to boast they didn't
understand scientists and what's
more it wasn't necessary. But it
was knowing how scientists know
what they know that persuaded
the Government to spend $1,000
600. 1000 on a full-size atomic
bomb"
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Fine Arts Approval
Clears Way for SesquiI
Amp|1itheater Start

With the approval Of the Fine
Arts Commission. work will begin
soon on the new amphitheater ir
Rock Creek Park. according tc
Sesquicentennial officials.
Construction probably will be
under the direction of the Ma
tional Capital Parks and is ex-
pected to begin as soon as de-
tailed working drawings are
ready.
The amphitheater. to be created
in a natural, wooded bowl fac
ing westward, south of Morrow
drive and west of Sixteenth street
NV, will seat from $500 to
5000 persons and will cost around
$3.50, 900. It is expected to be
completed around June l. A
private contractor probably will
be called in to help.
The Fine Arts Commission yes
terday looked over the first plans
and expressed approval in a let
ter to the Sesquicentennial Com
mission. It asked that it be kept
advised Of progress on the project
Theatrical experts visited the
site yesterday to offer suggestions
They were accompanied by Pau
Green, the Pulitzer prize winning
dramatist, who will write a patri-
otic production. centering around
George Washington, to be pre-
sented In the ampitheater.
The experts were Donald Oen-
slayer. stage designer; Harold
Burris- Meyer, sound expert. and
Stanley McCandless, lighting spe-
cialist, all from New York. Off,
cials said they have been con-
sultants on '"The Common Glory
Mr.. Green's Williamsburg produc-
ton.
The ampitheater is planned a.
a permanent feature Of the Wash
ington park system.
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Anacostia Downtown
Express Bus Planned
Charging Extra Fare

A new rush-hour, extra fare
express busline between Anacosta
and downtown Washington, routed
over the new South Capitol street
bridge. is planned by the Capital
Transit Co.
Application to establish the new
line was filed yesterday with the
Public Utilities Commission. The
bridge is scheduled to be COM
pleted late next month.
The new line, to be known Al
the A-9 South Capitol Street Ex-
press, will run fromsSouth Capito
street and Atlantic avenue tt
Tenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. Almost four miles
Of the f1ve-mile route will be op:
Grated on-stop, which is expected
to cut running time at least II
minutes. officials said.
5 Cents More.
Additional time will be gained
it was pointed out, by avoiding
the traffic congestion over the
Eleventh street bridge. The fares
will be cents more than the
regular rate.
/ The projected route is as fol.
lows:
From the east side of Tenth
street NV. over Pennsylvania
avenue, Second street. Cana
street, South Capitol street, ovel
the new bridge to Nichols avenue
Sc. and loop around on Atlantic
avenue Sc.
Pickup Stops.
Evening rush hour pickup stop.
are scheduled along Pennsylvania
avenue at Seventh, Sixth anc
Third streets NV, and Second
street. and Independence avenue
NV. Discharges will be made
along South Capitol street at Port
land street, Nichols avenue, and
Kenia street, and at Nichols ave-
nue. and Atlantic avenue Sc.
Morning outbound boarding
stops will be permitted at the same
South Capitol street stops. AHght-
ing will be allowed at Canal and
Second streets NV, Pennsylvania
avenue and Third street NV, and
along Constitution avenue al
Seventh and Ninth streets NV.
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Hoystuck Fire Charges
Against Two Dropped

States Attorney Walter w,
Dawson OF Montgomery County
said yesterday he has decided to
drop arson charges placed against
two county youths in connection
with a haystack fire October 20 on
ra farm near Purdum.
The youths are Samuel q,
Jewell. 40. Damascus, and Joseph
r. Clay, 18, Route l, Gaithersburg,
Mr.. Dawson expressed the be-
lief the State had insufficient evi.
dence to convict the two.
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Meeting Set 10 Study
Additional Details Of
White House Repairs

More details on renovating the
White House will be discussed at
a meeting of the White House
Commission November 81 in the
East Wing conference room of
the Executive Mansion.
Meanwhile the contractor. John
McShain, Inc, of Philadelphia,
prepared. to move in his equip
ment to begin the first phase of
the face-lifting Job.
w. e. Reynolds, commissioner
Of public buildings, and his staff
also are working on additional de-
tails for repairing the building.
The work of dismantling doors,
paneling and trim. which will be
reinstalled, will be the first step
in the program officials said.
This work will be directed by
Maj. Gen. Glen H. Edgerton, exec
utive director of the commission.
His assistant, Col. Douglas H. Gill
lette of the Army Engineers, said
today the McShain firm wants to
move in its heavy equipment and
start the work as soon as possible
The contractor will erect a store
house and Office from which to di-
rect operations.
Col. Gillette disclosed that two
years ago. q mine detector was
used to locate the brass plate, be-
lieved to have been placed on the
White House cornerstone. It was
found in the Southwest corner
not the Northeast, as had been
believed to be for generations, he
said.
I'VE tried the detector all
around the building, but received
the loudest buzz at the Southwest
corner" Col. Gillette said. "The
plate appears to be between two
stones about chest high from the
outside ground level, above the
second or third stone up"
The colonel said that during
the renovation the stone could
be removed for examination
Col. Gillette said the Charles
ton Is. Co. City Gazette pub
lished an account which gave
what appears to be the correct
location of the cornerstone. This
newspaper, under date of Novem-
Der Is, 1892. described the cere-
mony. It said the brass plate
inscription reads:
This first stone Of the Presi-
dents House was laid the 18th
day of October, 1892, and in the
17th year of the independence OF
the United States OF America"
The name Of Gen. George
Washington appears among those
engraved on the brass plate, the
newspaper said.
Paint was scraped in 1901 from
several stones of the White
House In an effort to find the
inscription, but this was unsuc-
cessful. Col. Gillette made II
clear that only q look at the
plate can establish the historic
accuracy Of what Is now believed
TO be. the cornerstone itself.
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Howkins Transferred to Limo

The State Department today
announced the transfer of Rich
ard Hays Hawkins. ir., 1851 Rock
vile pike, Bethesda. to Lima, Peru,
as first secretary and consul. Mr..
Hawkins has been stationed with
the State Department in Wash
ington. f
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Court Grants Stewart
Divorce on Evidence
Of Wife, 5 Misconduct

Judge F. Dickinson Let's in
District Court yesterday ended
the Johnston Fraser Stewart
divorce case with a ruling that
Mrs. Betty Ann Stewart had COM
mitted adultery and that Mr.,
Stewart was entitled to an alb
solute divorce.
The blonde Mrs. Stewart, IS, of
1915 Seventeenth street NV,
showed no emotion as she heard
Judge Let's ruling. He said. from
the bench. that It had been clear
ly established she had committed
adultery with James H. Higgins of
Chicago, an official of the Inland
Rubber Co.
Her balding, 39-year-old hus-
band. to whom she referred
TREMENDOUSLY from the witness
stand as my baby" walked from
the court room impassively. Both
stood in the courthouse corridor
"a few moments, taking no notice
OF each other. Then Mrs. Stewart
walked away beside her lawyer.
Had Denied Misconduct.
Mr.. Stewart. an attorney, came
from Convent. N. j.. early in
January, l947, to take q position
on the staff of Senator Smith,
Republican, of New Jersey. Later
he was on the staff of the Joint
Labor Management Committee of
Congress.
At the conclusion Of the trial
Judge Let's said. from the bench,
that "the court was not only
persuaded by the abundance of
the evidence but was persuaded
beyond any reasonable doubt" that
the charge against Mrs. Stewart
had been proved. Evidence had
been offered that Mrs. Stewart
was discovered In Mr.. Higgins
room at the Mayflower Hotel after
midnight June II. 1948. Mrs.
Stewart denied misconduct and
said she had gone to Mr.. Higgins
in the interest of finding a job for
her husband.
Judge Let's said the court was
not compelled to rest on the testi-
mony Of a paid investigator, "
Perry Bonner. who had accom-
panied Mr.. Stewart to the hotel
to discover Mrs. Stewart there.
Critical Of Explanations.
"She admits much of the testi-
mony." Judge Let's continued, re-
ferring to Mrs. Stewart. "She tries
to explain her actions. The ex-
plantations don't make sense"
He went on to say that much
Of the testimony concerned the oc-
currence at the Mayf1ower, and he
added that he believed the plain
tiff spoke the truth.
Judge Let's ruled first on the
question Of Jurisdiction, Mrs.
Stewards attorney, Roland c. La
mensdorf, argued that Mr.. Stewart
was not a bona fide resident of
Washington but had retained his
domicile in Convent.
Judge Let's, however, accepted
Mr.. Stewart's evidence of District
residence.
Evening star., 1949-11-11

said he used the same method to
drown himself yesterday.
Col. Tyler, who was with the
Office of the Army Chief Engineer,
at Gravelly Point, Va, first en-
tered the hospital as a mental
patient in June. DR.. Murphy said
After being released early this
month, he returned November 4
Hospital attaches said he went
to the swimming pool with a group
Of other patients yesterday after
noon and took q shower.
Lifeguards Heard Cry.
+ Two lifeguards at the pool
heard a cry for help shortly
thereafter. and Col. Tyler was
pulled from the swimming pool
Artificial respiration was applied
for more than. an hour without
success.
DR.. Murphy said Col. Tyler had
suicidal tendencies. The officer
left no notes, the deputy coroner
said.
Col. Tyler was born in Chico.
Calf. and received his bachelor
of science degree from the Uni
versity Of California in 1884, after
majoring in civil engineering. He
took two years Of postgraduate
work at the University Of South
ern California.
Entered Service In '42.
He entered active military serv-
ice on April Q, 1912. and partici-
pated in the invasion Of Northern
France. He held the European
Theater Ribbon with two bronze
stars, the Bronze Star Medal, the
American Theater and World War
II Victory Ribbons.
Survivors are his widow. Mrs.
Mary L. Tyler; his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Tyler; q brother,
Carroll. Of Portland, Oreg., and
a sister, Mrs. Henry Yeths. OF Ca
noga Park, Calf. :.
Evening star., 1949-11-11

" DdGOI tLUuSe
was quoted by the Associated Press
as saying the man gave his name
as Johnny Jackson" but that an
FBI f1ngerprint check established
his identity as Barker.
Then, Sheriff Clemmons said. he
obtained a signed statement in
which the burly 6-foot 2 inch man
admitted killing his wife. He de-
clared she had "nagged" him for
two hours.
Neighbors Found Body.
Mrs. Barker's body was found
by neighbors about / am. August
5. lying face up on the floor be-
tween two double beds in the one
room house at Guildford. Howard
County. This is about 3 miles
from Laurel.
The body was clad in a light
dress. A diaper was stuffed into
Mrs. Barker's mouth. A claw
hammer was found on one bed.
The Barker children. Brenda, II
months, and Jerry. 3 months, were
asleep on the other bed.
Statement Quoted.
Sheriff Clemmons said Barker's
statement read, in part:
"She kept on and on. so finally
I told her I was going to knock
her brains out if she didn't shut
up, and went out and got the
hammer. I didn't intend to. but
at that time was just trying to
scare her and make her be quiet.
II came back in the house. She
laughed at me and said I didn't
have the nerve and kept at me for
about two hours. - She kept
on and on and I lost my head and
hit her with the hammer. I don't
know how many times.
THE next thing I knew she
was lying on the floor and the
baby woke up and was crying. !
tried to get the baby quiet and
finally got her back to Sleep"
The sheriff said Barker told
him he took q neighbor's auto
mobile and drove South and that
he hitch-hiked through several
States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence E. Smith
of Mount Holly, N. c., parents
of the slain woman, took the
Barker children to their home
after the Staying.
Evening star., 1949-11-11

Deputy Coroner
Christopher J.
Murphy ruled
today.
DR.. Murphy
said a police
investig a t ion
disclosed that
Col. Tyler had
previously at
tempted suicide
by wedging his
head under the
bottom rung of
the pool ladder
Other patients
II YYY-1k 1A
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Entered Service In ~.
Benefit Dinner Sunday

A spagetti dinner viii be served
at the District Heights tMd.) fire
house from 2 to 7 pm. Sunday for
the benefit Of the District Heights
Volunteer Fire Department and
RESCUE Squad.
Evening star., 1949-11-11

to the hammer
Staying Of his
wife in their
h ON e ar
Laurel. Nd. last
August.
Barker. the
father of two
infant children,
was arrested in
the Louisiana
city for va
grancy Novem-
Der 3.
Sheriff Bryan
ClemmonS of
Ration R0I1pe
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Death Of Ii. Col. Tyler
In Waller Reed Pool
Is Ruled Suicide

1t. Col. Jack H. Tyler. 81. of 110
North Thomas street. Arlington,
Va, drowned himself in the pool
at Walter Reed Hospital yesterday
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Barker Admits
Staying Wife,
Police Report
Baton Rouge Sheriff
Reveals Statement
In Laurel Killing

Police in Baton Rouge, La, an
nounced last night that they have
obtained a confession from John
William Barker, %, a carpenter.
Evening star., 1949-11-11
Benefit Dinner in McLeun

A ham and oyster dinner for
benefit OF Langley Methodist
Church will be held tomorrow
from 4 to 8 pm. at the ire hall,
Mclean, Va,
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-12
DANIELS -- In The Lions Den

Company has Palmer Matan,ska Val ley. Invitations last week through the Chamber of Com
 groups statese businessmen The Colony Day mittee asking people from all Alaska attend their three day celebration May 29 30 and 3 the Maanka Valley Fair will be extending the invitation wider scale
 In entire Valley living of open for the remainder of the spring and We hoping that this will find guests spending their in the Valley than before We think Valley of the show spots Alaska and hope that and people going to have the opportunity see it.
 Undoubtedly right say Maanuska Valley is of the beauty of the territory However it's be hoped that in Palmer do number of things hurry make town pleasant place to look beits setting in natural scenic wonderland
 right now, many of them would be unable lift the dirty little lying fore thcm appreciate the beyond To ask them appreciate that beauty would be little like asking enjoy good cooking meary, clutered dining Even pleasant surroundings sharpen the appetite mealtme and tidy Palmer will add the enjoyment of wonderful Valley
 Time is short now but still have the opportunity do thorough job rubbish heaps ueed and bushgrown lots and in undy business district If uedly sweep dirt into and under the like undy caught just surely housewife always i We need clean, rake dig, burn and haul away the winters assortment of rubbish.
 We also need and seed lawns but that secondary problem which be only after the cleanup work finished There for cuercd front yard for garbage ovcrloving scraggy growts brush and than there is for untidy home. Lazy folks inefficient housewives find for bot but they be lame indeed the of the critical asked be guests
 We suggest that group within the community possibly the Grange perhaps the Chamber of Commerce. aside de mite cleanup period within the 10 days perhaps bnaon of all service organizations working through
 central committee might do the job However it's handled urge a cleanup week in Palmer, right
 And to make that cleanup week really effective suggest that this committee hire several and boys who cleaning the lots and the downtown Palmer if refuse take We further suggest that this committee those with the bill they've refused responsibility for We've grown be- Whpr the ttIIIe of should be allowed to ruin the efforts of most of us.
 Palmer must begin decide right whether going remain that dirty little town been designated past whether we're going to brush up yard alleys empty lots and become the hospable little rapidly growing larger where visitors will remember the beautiful scenery fortabe living accommodations recreation they
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-12
CLASSIFIED
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Used records. Your choice popu- lar numbers, polkas, Westerns. B & c Supply.
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 TWO FARMALL Cub Tractors, with blows, cultivators, mow- CT; also one Farmall H. Ina. Coop Garage.
 '35 FORD Pickup without motor and transmission. As is, where is. Ina. Coop Garage. Al INTERNATIONAL one-ton truck. Ina. Coop Garage. ARM. House with bath; electric stove; automatic coal furnace. See Bill Curtis.
 MAGNOLIA FERTILIZER. 5-lO- 10, 10-16-8. See Howard Estelle at Ferber Bailey farm.
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Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-12
Community Calendar
Thursday

xAuTSUdy BUTTE Homemakers at Mrs. Joe LentZ. HOSPITAL Day at Valley Hos pital from 2 to 4 p. m. NORTHLAND Pioneer Grange at Grange Hall at 8 p. m.
 Friday SCHOOL Award Assembly at Palmer Gym at 2::45 p. m.
 Saturday TRI-SCHOOL Field Day at 10:3O a. m. at fair grounds. TRI-SCHOOL Softball Tourna- ment at 2::3O p. m. at fair grounds. TRI-SCHOOL Smoker at Palmer Gym at 8 p. m.
 Monday MASONIC and Eastern Star Club at Grange Hall at 8 pm. PALMER Community Recrea- ton Association at Soil Con- servation office at 7::30 D. m. GRADE School Field Day at fair grounds at 1:30 p. m.
 Tuesday EIGHTH Grade Graduation at Palmer Gym at 2:30 p. m.
 Wednesday CHAMBER OF COMM CE luncheon at Matanuska Hotel at noon. PHS Graduation at Gym at 8 D. m.
 Thursday RIVERBEND Homemakers at Mrs. Herman Turner. AMERICAN Legion and Legion Auxiliary at Grange Hall at 8 D. m. VALLEY Health Council at the Health Center at 8 D. m. BINGO party at the Moose Hut at 8 p. m.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-12
HARMONIC:
Some Question

Congress was off to a rough start
The hope of general harmony
expressed by President Truman anc
some congressional leaders. grew
dim at the start.
Republican Senator V~andenberg
charged Democratic colleagues
with violating the spirit of biparti'
sanship in foreign affairs.
Committee assignments provided
the spark which set off the blast OF
discord. When the Democrats de-
cided to take eight of the Is seats on
the foreign relations committee,
the Republicans cried foul" and
uttered their protests.
SENATOR VANDENBERG, who
will be replaced as committee chair
man by Senator Connally 3D., Tex.)
called it a political decision"
Senator Morse 3D., Ore.) was less
restrained. He charged that the i'm
plications are that the Democratic
party proposes to play politics with
war and peace"
Democrats denied any partisan
ship, claimed they were entitled to
more seats because they have a
bigger majority than the Repub-
Leans had.
Vice-President Barley regretted
the controversy" He told report
ers that the bigger Democratic ma
jority will in no way affect the BIZ
partisan course of the committee.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-12
WISHBONE:
Send It In

Perhaps you've never thought
about it, but there must be a par.
ticular reason you like chicken
every Sunday. Now, if you'll only
think about that reason, tell it 10 a
Judge, and it happens to be declared
the best submitted, you will find
your fondest wish coming true.
THERE is a big "Wishbone Con-
test" going on in these United
States and the national prize is tine
granting of the winning contestants
own "most-desired" wish. The con-
test is sponsored by the Poultry
and Egg National Board of Chicago,
and the only requirement is that a
chicken wishbone-a real one-must
accompany each entry. Anyone in
the United States is eligible for the
contest.
Contestants must write, in fewer
than 100 words, their reasons "Why
1 like chicken every Sunday" They
can send entries in the form of an
essay, limerick or slogan-but each
entry must be accompanied by a
real chicken wishbone and the con-
testant's most desired" wish.
THREE REGIONAL winners will
receive a trip to Hollywood to wit
ness the final judging, which will
take place at a gala chicken-dinner
celebration. During the Hollywood
stay, the regional winners will be
honored at the "wishbone premiere"
of Chicken Every Sunday"