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Montgomery County sentinel., 1949-06-16
TWIN BROOK
= NEWS =
Charles S. Hamm
ROckviLLe 1925

DR.. and Mrs. William Champ-
ion, 1890 Okinawa Avenue, leave
Friday for Philadelphia, Pa. where
DR.. Champion will be best man at
the wedding of friend, Albert C.
Littell.
G. d. Bussius, Sr., of 5912 Coral
Sea who has been employed by the
US. Bureau of Engraving for the
past 81 years was promoted this
past week to night foreman.
Mrs. Thomas Moncure 1906
Okinawa Avenue entertained Jean
Harkins of Forest Hills, who is
employed at Edgewood Arsenal.
Mrs. Louis Champion, 1890
Okinawa Avenue, celebrated her
wedding anniversary Monday in
D..,NI Dpr.ng.
Marine S/Sgt. and Mrs. Albert
Waddington have recently moved
to 13200 Ardennes Avenue. Mrs.
Waddington is a United States
Navy Lieutenant.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Manz 6003
Coral Sea, entertained Sunday at
dinner party for Mrs. Manz's
sister, Mrs. Harry L. Gay of
Washington in honor of her 18th
wedding anniversary. Besides Mr..
and Mrs. Gay, guests were Com
mander and Mrs. John H. Hart
of Park Fairfax, Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Murphy,
1904 Coral Sea, and Mr.. and Mrs.
F. H. Wilson, 1925 Ardennes Ave-
nue., are proud parents of baby
girls born one hour apart June 8
at Montgomery County General
Hospital, Sandy Spring. The
Murphy baby weighed 6 lbs. or.
and the Wilson girl z lbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Mazzulo and
two daughters were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Tucker, 1894
Okinawa Avenue. One daughter,
Mrs. Blake DeMille, is from Mont
real, Quebec.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva G.. Freeman
1902 Ardennes Avenue, entertain
ed Charles P. Onkst of Washing
ton at dinner Sunday evening.
1t. William H. Marlowe, 1890
Adrennes Avenue has completed a
nine months course at the Marine
Basic School, Quantico, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mccarthy and
family from st. Louis, Mo. are
spending a week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Mccarthy of 1928 Ar
dennes Avenue.
Erwin and Eddie Duncan, sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Duncan.
viers Mill Road, spent Saturday
at the Rock Greek Park Zoo.
Catherine Sue Mclaughlin. in
FAINT daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Mclaughlin, 13208 Ar
dennes Avenue, was baptized at
St. Mary's Church on Sunday. The
Mclaughlin family enjoyed an
outing Sunday afternoon at Great
Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Rick of
Washington spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Dorner,
13205 Ardennes Avenue.
Chief Petty Officer and Mrs
Harold Parks entertained Chief
Petty Officer and Mrs. Weldon of
Kensington on Sunday.
During the past week Mr.. and
Mrs. c. d. Bussius, Sr., of 59l2
Coral Sea had as guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Winston Flood and family.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1949-06-16

Bay fishing = Tuesday evening
fourteen men caught forty-fve
large hardheads down on the
Chesapeake, and Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Watkins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Watkins and Alfred
Watkins motored to Delaware to
try their luck.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1949-06-16

Editors Note: We do not usual
ly run unsigned letters-but are
making an exception IN your case.
Your point is aOeu Made. We were
quoting from radio talk given
some months ago By the Mayor.
We did not ask him from Vhat
gear these figures aoere taken. Af-
ter the Federal governments "triL-
lions" and our county's millions"
the figures seemed refreShingly
lou, and zoe used them aOithout
question. We shall look into the
naGtter-Of course there aUaS q new
assessment this year.)
Montgomery County sentinel., 1949-06-16
Cedar Grove

Sunday, June 26 is Children's
Day in Cedar Grove as the Upper
Seneca Baptist Church will OBJ
serve that day with a program in
the morning at 1880 and Salem
Methodist Church with a program
in the evening at 8 pm.
On Tuesday Mrs. Gerald Arnold
entertained at birthday luncheon
in honor of her sister, Mrs. Atlee
Burroughs of Rockville. Other
guests were Mr.. Burroughs, Mr..
and Mrs. Oren Spear of Washing
ton and Mr.. and Mrs Oscar
Fraley of Rockville.
Mrs. Guy Watkins, Mrs. Charles
Lee, Watkins and Mrs. Mary ].
Beall attended the Baptist Associa-
tional Meeting held in Kensington
Baptist Church last Tuesday. Mrs.
Guy Watkins was elected Assist
ant Associational Superintendent
of the Womans Missionary Union
of the Seneca Association.
The Womans Society of Christ
ian Service met at the Salem Meth
odist Church on Wednesday. Hos
tesses for the luncheon preceding
the meeting were Mrs. Arnold
Main, Mrs. Richard Hunt and Mrs.
William Nehouse.
Plans are being made for the
annual fried chicken and country
ham supper to be held at the Salem
Methodist Church on July 4th.
The Germantown Homemakers
Club have invited the Cedar Grove
Homemakers to a picnic on Thurs
day, June % to be held at the Ger
mantown Methodist Church begin
ming at l o'clock.
The Baptist Womans Missionary
Union will be held at the home of
Mrs. Charles King on Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Arthur Watkins, Jr., had
as her guests several days last
week her sister Mrs. Harry
Thompson and daughters of Bal
timore.
Summer has arrived and with it
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Shanghai Communists
Reported Moving for
| Attack on Canton
Rx fhs A,.a<ss,sd Hfsts

/ CANTON, China, May 81
Nationalist Chinese military
sources said last night that some
/ OF the Communist troops who
took Shanghai are already march
| ing southwest In what may be re-
sumption of the drive on this
provisional capital.
4 The southern campaign has been
almost at q standstill for the past
fortnight.
The Reds were said to be headed
toward Changsha. key point on
the Canton Hankow railway 40o
miles north Of Canton.
Railway Likely Route.
\ The Reds were last reported
about 800 miles north Of Canton
| In an area a couple Of hundred
miles southeast Of Changsha. but
the railway through Changsha is
the most likely route south.
A railway that runs southwest
from Shanghai joins the north
south route at Changsha.
Gen. Pal Chung -hsi. who pulled
his zoo. 900 Nationlist troops out
of Hankow without q fight. is re-
ported to have a headquarters at
Changsha and another at Heng-
yang, 100 miles farther south.
Nationalists who early fed the
Shanghai sector are reported to
have struggled into PATS lines
recently, disturbing his troops by
their rag-tag appearance and poor
morale.
No accurate information was
available on how many Nationlists
escaped when Shanghai fell. OF
where they went. Most sources
in Canton believe they all went
to Formosa, Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek'S last stand" island
The Communists claim to have
captured more than 100000" OF
them in Shanghai.
Neutral observers in Shangha!
have estimated the whole gar
rison ut no more than 100000.
Tang Reported in Formosa.
One Canton paper said some OF
the Shanghai garrison had come
here. but . thorough check Of
the water front failed to disclose
any arrivals.
Gen. Tang En-po, Shanghai
commander. who put up a strong
defense and then retreated sud-
denly, was said to have gone to
"a certain place. local eu-
phemism for Formosa-after de-
claring he had killed 100000 at
tacking Reds.
| Well-informed foreign sources
said Chang Kai-shek was on
Formosa, and would not come to
Canton to confer with Acting
President Ii Tsung- jen on what to
do next.
A five-man mission, led by Mar
shall Yen Hsi-shan. returned after
taking = plea from Ii to Chang
Foreign quarters said they gath
cred from informal talks with this
mission that Chang had said he
would visit only II there were
Overwhelming public demand"
that h do 20. No such demand
isYyi6znt. &
Evening star., 1949-05-31
South Pacific Preacher
Arrives Here Tomorrow

A Seventh-day Adventist native
preacher of the Solomon Islands
South Pacific. Pastor Robert sa-
iau, win arrive In Washington
tomorrow as part Of his American
tour.
Mr.. Salau Is credited with help
ing In the rescue OF 500 Allied
servicemen during World War II
He is being accompanied by Pas
tor and Mrs. A. G. Stewart. who
have served as missionaries In the
Solomon Islands for more than
four years. They arrived in New
Evening star., 1949-05-31

York On the Mauritania May -
Mr.. Salau. In America 70 rerev
friendships with former service
men. has been On several tele-
vision and radio shows since com
ing to this country, He Is sched-
ulec TO be Gu We. the People
tonight.
The visitors win BE- met AZ Tn
Evening star., 1949-05-31
Roosevelt Is Honored
At HYDE Park Service
by the Assoeioisd Press

l.sa.s sS. BY the Assoeiofsd Frsss
HYIlE PARK. N. Y. May 81
fhE 10urth annual Memorial Day
ssFyice sponsored by the Roose-
velt Home Club honored Presi-
dent Franklin d. Roosevelt yes
terday.
Undersecretary Of the Interior
Oscar L. Chapman said In an
address at the ceremonies that
Mr.. Roosevelt learned "his good
neighbor policy" Is . boy in
Dutchess County.
Saying the late President ranks
among the titans Of history" !"
Mr.. Chapman declared Americans
should deepen our understanding
Of his spirit"
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at
tended the ceremonies. Among
others were her son Elliott and
his wife, Faye Emerson Roose-
welt: former Secretary Of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau. jr..
and Mrs. Morgenthau, and Her
bert c. Pell, former American
Minister to Portugal.
Evening star., 1949-05-31

!on Station ai : 20 IA to1o--os
by o1scaalx Of the General Con-
teS~nce Of Seventh-6ay Adverits;x
Evening star., 1949-05-31

Spain. having obtained So =
600 .eoo credit from q New YovE
bank. nov Is csckertng wssh Be-.
GUM and other countries !or
inznS
Evening star., 1949-05-31

A Polish plant has turned out
its first ship engine. . four-cylin-
der Job Of IS tons, to be installed
In an ore-coal carrier at 0dansk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Federal Unions Testify
Against Measure 10
Suspend Employees

Various Government employe
groups today objected before a
House Civil Service subcommittee
to bill which would give Federal
agencies the right to suspend the
employees summarily without any
charges.
The bill is supported by the Civil
Service Commission and the Budget
Bureau.
The union witnesses declared it
would open the way to widespread
abuses against rank and file en-
ployes. They urged that the meas
ure be tabled.
Joseph Winslow. Budget Bureau
official, and Kenneth Vipond, as
SiStant chief examiner of the Civil
Service Commission, contended
that such authority would only be
used in emergency cases. such as
instances when employees are
caught stealing or found to be
involved in other serious offenSes.
At present there is no method to
suspend them Immediately, they
declared.
Following the strong objections
raised by the union groups. Mr..
Winslow said he would have no
objection if the bill were revised
to give employees the right to
know the charges against them
and the right to back pay If they
are subsequently restored to the
job.
Among the union officials OPP
posing the bill were Luther Stew
ard, president Of the National
Federation of Federal Employees;
Thomas G. Walters, operation di-
rector of the AFL Government
Employees Council; Charles /.
Stengle, Legislative representative
of the AFL American Federation
of Government Employees: E. C..
Hallbeck of the National Fedora
ton of Post Office Clerks. George
D. Riley of the AFL Legislative
Committee and Paul Casteglioni Of
the National Federation of Post
Office Motor Vehicle Employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Rutland Seeks Farley
On Health Office Shift

Health Oficer George c. Ruiz
land has asked the Commissioners
for an opportunity to discuss with
them the proposed removal OF
some Health Department ofhces
from the Municipal Center to
other locations.
Some Health Department units
are to be moved to make room for
offices now in the District Build
ing, which In turn are being
moved to provide space for the
additional employees expected TO be
needed to administer the new sales
tax.
DR.. Rutland said entire units
Of the District government now
located In the Municipal Center
could be moved without great In
convenience TO personnel or the
public. while the shift OF some
Health Department ofices would
lower the efficiency OF the depart
ment.
DR.. Rutland gave the Commis-
sioners the following list OF sgen-
cies and boards now occupying
space In the Municipal Center
which could be moved:
ABC Board, Barber Board. Box
ing Commission. Department OF
Correction. Cosmetology Board.
fire marshal's ONCE. insurance de-
partment. Commission on Mental
Health. Parole Board. Printing
Division, Division OF Sanitation.
smoke and boilers inspectors and
trees and parking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Fort Davis Citizens Ask
Site for School BUILDING

The Fort Davis Citizens Associ-
alton last night asked for the pur-
chase of land in the Fort Davis
area preparatory to building a new
elementary school.
The group also asked for the re-
appointment of Adelbert Lee to the
District School Board.
In other actions taken, the asso-
citation:
Approved the resolution of the
Burroughs Citizens Association
asking for a Federal interest-free
loan to the District for the school
construction program.
Favored the present policy in
administering District play
grounds.
The meeting neld in the Ryland
Methodist Church, Branch avenue
and S street Sc. was conducted
by Mrs. Edward B. Morris. presi-
dent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Man. 70, Is Held Here
On BurIesque Girls Charge

The complaint OF - baFle>qus
strip tease artist here has resulted
in a 2G- year old man bsaaE held
for Federal authorities In Bait
more 10 face . charge Of sending
her indecent articles in the mail.
Mlsa Kitty Lynn. 20. a pei
former Ut the Oayety ThsAtsr
from last September 10 ita MA
sonal eloainE last Saturday made
her complaint TO United States
Commissioner Cyril Il Lawrence.
She Iiscs In the Harrington Hotel
Miss Lynn testified that last
May 9 ssse received . letter post
marked Baltimore. from Howard
l.. Minkcr. of The 800 block 81
C street NE Earlier. slss sa1d.
Manker had tired 70 dau hsr
as sic left the kiAsedaog Ct Tie
Gayety and that re tsafpiIasand
her frequently
She told Washington polsos
about the letter An ares, var
rant subsequently, was ssssAsc ny
q United States Commissioner IN
Baltimore ard served OF AsnkrE
here yesterday.
Commissioned Lawrence Ibid
Ninker for removal 70 balsalaogs
under 81 800 band
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Boy, 4. Dies in Hospital
After TonsiI Operation

Coroner A. Masruder Macdonald
sehelded an autopsy today In the
case OF q 4-year old child who died
in Homeopathic Hospital following
o tonsillectomy:.
The child. Mark J. Bennett. 504
chillum road. Hyattsyille. entered
the hospital at 10 an. yesterday
was operated on ut $50 pm. and
died at l:45 an. today. He was
the only child Of Mr.. and Mrs..
Abraham Bennett.
Or. Samuel Luber. 1919 Park
road NV. who performed the
operation. said the child responded
favorably at first Later he de-
cided TO call In four other ply
sicians. and after precautions were
taken TO ward OF shock the child
appeared to rally. Suddenly he
failed and died almost without
warning.
Dr.. Luber was nj complete loss
to ascribe cause OF death. but ssas-
pected IL resulted from . heart
condition In no way related TO the
operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
horningside Residents
Vote for incorporation

Residents of Morningside. Md,
yesterday voted to incorporate
their town by a vote of 1481a to
94la.
A total of GAG out of 400 eligible
voters cast ballots in the special
referendum. The half-vote re-
suits occurred because husbands
and wives who shared ownership
of their property could split their
votes. Balloting was restricted to
property owners.
After the votes were counted,
the board of election supervisors
called special election for June
( to select five town councilmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Police Receive Report
On Scott Clothing Test
D. tAs As.es iosss efsn

ROANOKE. Va. May i7.-Police
said they have received only
"meager facts" from Virginia s
chief medical examiner concern
ing tests made on stained clothing
belonging 10 Lee Scott. charged
with the Staying of Dana Marie
Weaver. Is. or May g.
Detective Capt. Frank II. Webb
confirmed that he had talked by
telephone yesterday with the med
ical examiner. DR.. Herbert S
Breyfogle in Richmond.
But he would not say what the
''meager facts" were. And there
was no hint from DR. Breyfogle
whether the tests showed that
stains found on a pair OF Scott q
trousers we're human blood. The
trousers were found in n closet In
SCOTS home and were sent 10 the
medical examiner last week along
with other exhibits and specimens,
Police also sent DR.. BreytoRle
scrapings from beneath Dana
Mares fingernails and q coffee
urn bag which they theorize she
was sufiocated in the Christ Epis-
copal Church kitchen where her
body vas found last Monday
morning.
Meanwhile. Scott -- l6-year old
high school elasSmate Of Dana
Marie 's--stayed In jail and there
was no move by police toward q
preliminary hearing on the murder
charges. Scott will appear In juv-
emile Court 10 answer the charges.
II has been indicated he will not
be given . preliminary hearing
until the medical examiners full
report Ii In.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Plaza Firm Loses License
For Sale Of Used Cars

License for the sale Of used
cars BY the Plaza Auto Sales Co.
was ordered revoked By the Com
missioners today On recommends
ton Of the District License Beard
The boards findings charged
the company with breach Of
trust" In accepting automobiles
for sale and failing 10 make fun
payment to the owners
The case has been unds. adj
v.sement with the board since
April n. when o motion 10 dskEniss
the complaints was filed BY Joseph
Turko. attorney for the company
In an earlier hearing scores al
complaints were heard against TIE
Plaza firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Books Debated as Audience
'Eovesdrops' Over WMAL-V

This led discussion Of the
business end OF hookSelllng
Why shouldn't book stores stay
open until midnight" asked Mr.
Hecht. Restaurants do. and night
clubs ] often have greater
longing ioT a book at night than
do something to eat
And when I'm staying al a
hotel. the bellboy can always set
me something 10 eat or some re-
freshmentS. But | doubt II he
could get me a good book
Mr.. Jones, mentioning the fact
that both book publishers and
movie producers claimed business
was off. wondered II there WASH I
the same underlying cause for
both.
Too much tripe was Mr.
Jones way OF putting It
But what Is tripe7' retorted
two or three voices What is
tripe 10 you is interesting material
10 others. And vice versa
The discussion was far from over
but the time allotted was ended
as Merle Colby. author OF The
Big Secret" pointed out that the
only trouble with today's best sell
lers is that not enough are sold,
Stanton Griffis. United States
Ambassador TO Egypt. was tho
principal speaker scheduled 10 ad'
dress the American Booksellers
Association convention durinE
daytime sessions at the Shorehan
Hotel today.
A forum on bookselling by mai
and the annual business meetins
Of the ABA were scheduled for this
morning and this afternoon.
A book and author night at Q ~
O'Clock In Constitution Hall will
end today's activities. Critic John
Mason Brown and best-selling au-
thors Quentin Reynolds. Munro
Leaf. Esther Forbes and Arnold J
Toynbee will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17

The elephants had to get up
early today to avoid cluttering
up Washington traffic-a worry
that has never appeared on In
spector Arthur e. Miller's COM
plant book.
With all the precision OF a Ma
rine drill team. Ringing Brothers,
Barnum & Bailey poured into the
Benning railroad yards at 4:32
am, detrained and numbered up
Benning road to the circus
grounds at Twenty-siXt street
NE.
For more than one circus la
borrer, it was 24-hour hay ride
from Boston. Several told of
sleeping on hay in the parade
wagons.
For A. c. Bailey. 32-year-old
colored steamfitter of 800 Queen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
PBA 10 Open Bids June IS
For Great Plaza Parking Lot

Bids will be opened for the
rental of the Great Plaza park
ing lot, at the southeast corner
of Fourteenth and D streets NV,
by the Public Buildings Admins
tration at 3 pm. June Is in
Room G-1125, Federal Works
Building, Eighteenth and F streets
NV.
officials said the lease will run
for two years. It is now held by
the Federal Parking Services,
which pays FWA sl1.30o a month
rental, officials said. This lease
expires on July IS.
The lot has a capacity Of 1,135
cars, but under the contract, the
successful bidder must reserve
$40 spaces for Government en-
ployes, to be charged S. a month
each for parking.
Special blanks are now ready
for prospective bidders. officials
said. They may be secured from
Allan Groom, Room 1923. Federal
Works Building. Officials pointed
out that bidders must submit
their offers on these special
forms. otherwise the bid will not
be eligible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17

Washington television set own
ers who were tuned to The Star
television station WMAL TV
around 8 o'clock last night were
eavesdropping.
In fact. the announcer who
introduced the forum discussion.
How to Bring More Books TO
More People" told the audience
they would be eavesdropping on
a discussion started several hours
before.
The debate started In a Shore
ham Hotel room. where Ave dele
gates and guests at the American
Booksellers Association Conven-
ton gathered at the invitation Of
The Star and WMAL-TV.
The purpose was not TO rehearse
but merely to get the men started
talking. That was no trouble, the
subject being books.
BY the time they got IN front
Of the WMAL-Tv cameras. Carter
Brooke Jones, book critic OF The
Star, was wondering why persons
open bookstores when profits are
rather limited.
Because when you're selling
books you're selling romance.
said Walter v. Mckee. a pub
fishers representative. Book
sellers are In love with books:
they'd be genuinely unhappy SELL
ing shoes or clothing-even at a
higher profit margin"
Mr.. Mckee added, however. that
many booksellers don't know their
products as we'll as, say. a used car
dealer.
"Of course not" said Bookseller
George A. Hecht.
"A used car dealer is handling
but few of his products at a time.
A bookseller has thousands OF
titles in his shop. How can he
know all OF them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Industrial Home Anne,
Prepares 10 Admit
Additional Children

The Industrial Home School an
mex, which closed its doors to
more children two weeks ago be-
cause OF critical overcrowding, can
take new boarders again. Acting
Welfare Director Raymond Clapp
said today.
Mr.. Clapp said he was notifying
the Womens Bureau and the child
welfare division of his department
that the annex has space for "a
few more children"
He said the annex can go back
TO normal admission policies "un-
less we are flooded with children
again"
When the annex refused TO take
any more children on May 3. a
total of las children were housed
there. The annex-only public in
stitution for homeless youngsters
under Is years-has a capacity Of
80 children. At the time, Welfare
Director John Tramburg said no
more children would be accepted
until the population was reduced
to 100.
Special Cases Admitted.
Mr.. Clapp said several special
emergency" cases had been ad-
mitted to the annex during the
past week but the general ban on
admissions was still on until today,
The population of the annex
today, he said, is 100 children but
this includes 20 girls lodged in
space borrowed by the annex in
the National Training School for
Girls on the same grounds. BY
borrowing this space and sending
children to private institutions,
back to their own homes or to
foster homes. Mr.. Clapp said room
had been made to admit more
children.
OF the children lodged in the
annex at the time 1t closed be-
cause of overcrowding. Mr.. Clapp
reported. 10 were sent to the
Central Union Missions emer-
gency home for children; two went
to st. Vincent's Home and School
and three went to the Children's
Country Home.
Nine Returned to Homes.
In addition. nine went back to
their own homes. five were placed
in foster homes. one went to
Freedmen's Hospital and one ran
away. Several others are in GAL
linger Hospital with the measles.
Mr.. Clapp observed that for
tunately no emergencies arose
during the two-week shutdown.
In the last week before the closing.
nine children from two families
had to be admitted.