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Evening star., 1949-08-21
1t Isn't the Heat, It's the Snow
Thut Has Bothered Mr. xunten

mittee will meet about October
/ to lay plans for the winter.
Last year, snow fell on only IL
days, but the Sanitation Division
spent $68,661 for snow removal.
The year before, it spent $160. .543.
The Highway. Sewer and Water
Departments, the Capital Transit
Co. and the Parks Service also
spent money.
Every year $4,000 is allocated
from the gasoline tax fund and
divided among the District de-
partments for snow removal. The
Sanitation Division, which Is
mainly responsible, receives the
bulk of the fund. and pays the
rest of the cost from regular funds
or deficiency appropriations.
While there were only two size
able snow storms last winter. snow
was predicted but failed to ma
terialize on many other days. and
the division was put to the ex-
pense Of having men come in to
stand bye for the expected storms.
In addition, workers had to pre-
pare for operation with snow
plow trucks usually used for
garbage and ashes.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Falls Church Council 10 Ask
Tax Penalty Rate Change

The Falls Church City Council
will be asked tomorrow night to
change the penalty rate on busi-
ness license taxes to conform with
the State rate.
At present the city penalty is !
per cent the first month. which is
increased by l per cent each addi-
tional month. The State penalty
is per cent Immediately after the
deadline expires and an increase
to 6 per cent after six months.
City Treasurer James E. Fergu-
son will make the request for the
rate change. OF more than 80
Falls Church businessmen who had
failed last week to pay the an
nual license tax, only a few have
failed to respond to a personal call
from Police Chief E. H. Howe, the
treasurer said.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Home Accidents
Of Week Send
81 to Hospitals

The District Red Cross Acct
dent Prevention Service yesterday
called attention to the fact that
81 persons were sent to hospitals
last week after accidents in their
homes. and four others died as
the result Of falls at home. The
list of accidents included 80 falls,
IL burns, one accidental poison
ing, "a cuts and Is miscellaneous
mishaps.
In separate accidents. two small
girls were injured when kitchen
cabinets fell on them. Two boys
were burned when they set off an
explosive with which they were
playing.
Another baby girl was injured
when she pulled a dresser over on
her, and still another scalded her
feet by turning on the hot water
In q bath tub.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Sudden Increase in School, Window Smashing
Presents Big Problem as Fall Term Neors
5000 Punes Broken
In Is Buildings;
Screening Studied
By Colt HendIey, Jr,

A sudden increase in vandalism,
which has left 13 schools with
about 5000 window panes smashed
and looking like abandoned wrecks,
presents a big problem to District
school officials getting ready for
opening of classes.
The main object Of the attack
of flying bricks from gangs of boys
have been 13 schools although
other buildings have some broken
windows. John M. Riecks. asso-
'ciate school superintendent in
charge of buildings and grounds
said yesterday. And it's still going
on. he added.
Mr.. Riecks said it was estimated
it costs 81 pane, including labor,
to replace the broken glass.
The schools normally must plan
on spending $4,000 a year to re-
place broken windows, he said.
From the looks of things, this fig
ure will be passed this next school
year unless something can be done
to cut down on the vandalism, he
added.
The two schools which have
taken the worst smashing in the
last few weeks are the Stuart
Junior High School, Fourth and E
streets NE, which has more than
$50 broken windows now. and the
Garrison Elementary School,
Twelfth street near r street NV,
with more than 400 broken.
Costs 100000 a Year.
Mr.. Riecks estimated that the
broken windows and accompanying
damage suffered in classroonfs
from the flying stones-plus other
types of vandalism-cost the
schools 100000 a year.
School officials are considering
asking the Board of Education to
start an appeal to civic groups for
an anti-vandalism campaign. Bet
ter cooperation from the police
also will be sought, it was said.
Mr.. Riecks revealed that a re-
quest for 500, ,000-split into five
yearly appropriations of 10000
will be presented to the Board of
Education to start a program of
installing protective screening over
windows in schools which are
major targets. From present ap-
preparations, screen covering is
being obtained for the windows at
Stuart Junior High School. a
major trouble spot, he added.
He estimated that about $3.50
windows needed protective screen
ing.
The other II schools which
have been the center Of most of
the brick throwing are: stsl n
( ELahglcy Iinior High School.
First and Tstreet NE, more than
400 windows; Smothers Elemen-
tary School, Forty-fourth street
and washington place NE, more
Evening star., 1949-08-21
G Helps Deliver Own Baby
En- Route 10 HOSPITAL

S/Sergt. Kenneth Aronhalt Of
Fort MGer helped deliver his own
baby yesterday while he was en-
route with his wife to the Fort
Belvoir Hospital.
They had just crossed the Hunt
ing Creek bridge on Route / when
Mrs. Aronholt told her husband
the baby was about to be born. A
friend who was driving the Aron-
halts to the hospital stopped at
Blunt's Service Station and called
the Pen Daw Rescue Squad.
The Aronhalt's 8 pound 3h
ounce daughter already had put in
an appearance when the rescue
squad arrived. Sergt. Aronhalt
willingly accepted help from mem
bers of the squad, Capt. Harry
Rouse, Tommy Thompson, Ches-
ter Chinn and Harold Lewis.
Mrs. Aronhalt and her newborn
daughter were taken the rest of
the way by the rescue squad. Both
were reported doing fine.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
By Horriet Griffiths

The District Sales and Use Tax
Division is getting down to the
finer points of the new tax law.
Most Of the major snags which
perplexed merchants eand Gus
toners after the 2 per cent levy
on sales went in effect August /
appear to have been Strengthened
out.
But the finer points keep CROP
ping up. -.
Horsemeat, for instance. Food
sold for off premises human con-
sumption is exempt from the tax.
Horsemeat generally was not con-
sidered to qualify.
But the division found out that
there are more people than ex-
pected who eat horsemeat. So
sales tax officials decided that If
the meat bears the Agriculture
Departments stamp of approval
and is sold for human consump-
tion, It is not taxable.
One woman who telephoned
took offense at being told that
horsemeat generally is taxable, as
not being At for human con-
sumption.
What" she demanded, will I
tell my dog?."
Shoe, watch and other repair
shops and valet establishments
have had some difficulty in pre-
pairing their bills because the tax
does not apply to their services,
and they may collect for materials
sold only if they break down the
bill.
Z Among the other points the di-
vision has had to clear up recent
ly are:
Rentals charged by lending Ii
braries on books are not taxable.
Where an old radio is traded in
on new radio, the sales tax ap-
plies to the, full purchase price of
the new one,
Evening star., 1949-08-21
By Fred de Luna

Take a boat design a few thou
sand years old, three lifetimes OF
enthusiasm for sailing and lis
days of steady backyard work
and you've got something that
should outsail anything its size"
around here.
That's exactly what Col. Harold
S. Morton and two of his sons did
and today they're aboard their
strange looking craft on a 140-
mile junket to Plum Point down
Chesapeake Bay.
Col. Morton and after him his
sons Harold, jr.. and Richard,
grew up around Lake Minnetonka,
MINI. After seven 'sailless years
in Washington. they decided last
winter to build a boat Of their
own. ~ "a
LAS long as we're making 1T
ourselves" suggested Col. Morton,
a retired Army ofhcer. now an
engineer for the applied physics
laboratory of Johns HOPKINS Uni
versity. Tets make asunusual
design.
Twin Hulled Craft.
The finished product is just
about as unusual as you can get.
It's catamAran, type of craft
used by many ancient peoples and
still sailed by Polynesian islanders.
1t also bears a striking resem-
blance to new" design for
ogean going vessels. revealed
several weeks ago by Inventor
Gar Wood.
Col. Morton readily admits the
similarity, but he points out he
and his sons have followed the
Polynesian style" mathematically
designed"-and they've been put
ting in evenings and week ends
building their vessel since April.
The three MortonS, who live at
Evening star., 1949-08-21
D. {. B|uepriints
Another Bridge,
Dual Highway
Fifth Anocostio Spon,
2-Lone Expansion for
MiIitory Road Planned

With it's four present major
projects nearing completion, the
District Highway Department is
making plans for its next big
undertakings fifth bridge across
the Anacostia River and rebuild
ing Military road into a dual
highway.
S. R. Harrison. engineer Of
streets, said the two jobs would
cost about $15,000,000.
Scheduled to be finished be-
tween November and the middle
of winter are the Whitehurst
Freeway, the South Capitol Street
Bridge, the new Highway Bridge
and the Dupont Circle Underpass,
in that order.
From that time on. there will be
no money available for new con-
struction projects until new ap-
propriations are obtained on July
/, 1850. Since it takes at least six
months to get a site ready for
contractor, the department can
not plan to start on the new prof.
ects before January l, 1851.
Need Additional Bridge.
But the Commissioners now
have the departments report on
the need for an additional bridge
over the Anacostia.
Mr.. Harrison said the exact To-
cation of the bridge could not be
announced. The National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
has approved building of the
bridge on the line of Massachu-
sets avenue Sc.
It was learned, however, that
highway officials are disposed
toward building it in line with
East Capitol street. on the theory
there already are two bridges
across the southern section of the
river-Sousa and Anacostia-and
the South Capitol street span will
make third.
The Military road project con-
templates in realignment into a
dual highway of the narrow and
winding thoroughfare through
Rock Greek Park from Thirteenth
to Twenty-seventh streets.
To Include New Bridge.
It is planned to include a new
bridge over Rock Creek, and to
rebuilding the underpass at Six
teenth street.
M improvements of this cross-town
eyoute has been under considera-
ta1n for four or five years, and is
Viewed as a link in the gigantic
Fort Drive highway belt around
| the District, >
Meanwhile, the Highway De-
|partment expects to begin this fall
on an underpass at the B. & o.
Railroad tracks on Kansas avenue
NE. This project. which will cost
approximately $500,000, is ex-
pected to take about a year to
complete.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

than 200 windows; Kimball Ele-
mentary School, Minnesota ave-
nue. and Ely place NE, more
than 80 windows (all were re-
placed last week at Kimball.
Other Schools Listed.
Also. Syphax Elementary School.
Half street between N and O
streets SW., more than $50 win
doWs; Truesdell Elementary
School, Ingraham street between
Eighth and Ninth streets NV,
more than $50 windows; Walker
Jones Elementary School, Third
and X streets NV, more than
$50 windows: Birney Elementary
School annex. Nichols avenue be-
tween Howard and Sumner roads
Sc, more than 180 windows.
Also. Merritt Elementary School,
Hayes and Lowrie streets NE,
more than 200 windows; Eliot
Junior High School. Eighteenth
md = streets M more than $50
wiildoxs; Payne Elementary
School, Fifteenth and c streets
NE, more than 200 windows, and
Turner Elementary School, Ala
Evening star., 1949-08-21
District Checking Up
On Porches Enclosed
Without Permission

District officials are worrying
what to do about a lot Of en-
closed porches in the city which
really shouldn't be that way at
all.
It seems that during the war
several thousand home owners
framed their back porches to
make extra rooms, which in turn
were rented to roomless persons
pouring into the city. Nobody
asked for building permit.
If they had asked, they prob
ably would not have been able to
get them, j. j. Ilgenfritz, deputy
director of inspections. said last
night.
He explained that the building
regulations forbid the enclosing
of a porch with wood framing If
it is in a section zoned for all
masonry construction. Also, it is
illegal to frame in a porch If 1t
cuts off light and ventilation from
other rooms.
The inspections department was
shorthanded during the war and
people Just went ahead and did the
work without permits, he ex-
planned, as.the regulation covering
the matter was not too definite.
Since then. the regulations have
been rewritten apd now spell out
exactly how the 'framing-in of q
porch must be done. But that left
the problem of what to do with
those homeowners who already
have enclosed porches.
That is being studied now, Mr..
ngenfritz said. It's a tough prob
lem, but some day q recommended
ton will be sent to the Commis-
sioners on how to solve it, he
added.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
|lelnl|lE!aI III! High AuInni III
Offer Plan 10 Keep
School for Whites

The Alumni Association of Cen
trail High School has a plan which
it believes will take care Of the
overcrowded colored high schools
here without making it necessary
to assign colored students to Cen
trail.
The temporary transfer of Cen
trail High School from white to
colored students to accommodate
the overflow of colored youths at
Cardoza High School Is one of
the. three plans being considered
by the Board Of Education. A
public hearing has been scheduled
for September by the school
board.
Edward T. Dunlap, president of
the alumni association Of Central,
said the plan advocated by the
association Is as follows:
Transfer the students at Wilson
Teachers College to Roosevelt
High School where enrolment is
more than 600 below capacity.
Transfer temporarily Miner
Teachers College, which is for
colored students. to Wilson Teach
ers College. Use Miner Teachers
College for the overflow from
Cardoza High School temporarily.
The plans being considered by
the Board of Education, other
than the temporary transfer Of
Central, are the permanent trans
fer OF Central to colored students
and the transfer of Wilson Teach
ers College to- Central which
would mean the further transfer
of Junior high school students
there now to other junior high
schools. so that Cardozo could use
Wilson Teachers College.
Mr.. Dunlap said the association
approved the transfers suggested
on q temporary basis to help re-
lieye crowded conditions in the
colored high school until the COM
pletion of the proposed Spingarn
High School for colored students
at Twenty fourth street and Ben
ming road NE.
The association will present its
suggestion at the Board OF Educa-
tion's public hearing, Mr.. Dunlap
stated.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Frederick County Debt
Cut Below $50, 900
Special Dlspoieh 10 The Siar

FREDERICK, Md, Aug. 20
The county's funded debt will drop
below $750,000 by the end of this
year. The report Of the county
auditor received by the Board OF
County Commissioners, placed OUT
standing bonds at $4,000 as Of
December 81, 1913.
The commissioners appropriated
$101 900 toward payment of bonds
this year.
All county bonds now mature
serially and under present calcu-
lations the bonded Indebtedness
would be wiped out completely by
1861 If no additional bonds were
issued.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

bama avenue and Stanton road
Sc, more than 200 windows.
Mr.. Riecks said the other type
of vandalism which gave the
schools the most trouble involved
groups of boys breaking into the
buildings. Sometimes things are
stolen, but usually just damage
is done-equipment smashed, food
from the cafeterias thrown on the
floor and such.
During the last school year,
there were lis cases Of breaking
into schools, he added.
AS for the reasons for wanda
lism, MIR. Riecks said each school
where the trouble occurs is q diff
ferent case. Some buildings are
located in deserted areas with lit
tie lighting or protection from
residents in the vicinity. Others
reflect the racial situation In the
neighborhocd.
ne cited one instance oNhoge HI
IsaW a brick fight betNee pyi
IN the playground 81 Stuart Jsihiol
High School as he was driving by
with the school windows taking
most: of the plI1iahments sss q
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Potuxent Health Tests
To Be Held Tuesduy

A health examination for 5 and
8 year old children of military and
civilian personnel at the Patuxent
River Naval Air Station will be
held from . am. to / pm. Tues
day at Frank Knox School. Lex
ington Park, Md.
The summer roundup is spon-
sored by the P-TA for children
who are entering kindergarten and
the first grade in September.
Appointments also may be made
for physical and dental examina-
tions by the medical department
Of the Naval Dispensary at q FAM
lily clinic from to AIS pm. Tues
day and Wednesday.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
One New Polio Case
Brings D. {. Total 10
81, Same as in 'R

The District Health Department
last night reported one new case
Of polio, raising the number of
cases 1t has reported so far this
year to 34-the same number reg
istered in the District at this date
in 1948.
The new patient is an 8-year-
old boy living in the 3100 block Of
Buena Vista terrace Sc. admit
ted to Children's Hospital yester-
day.
In addition to the "a District
cases, IS persons have been strick-
en- this year in Alexandria and
nearby Maryland and Virginia
counties.
Virginia reported two new cases
yesterday, bringing its total to
119 for the year.
Throughout the country. polio
took q sharp Jump during the
week, increasing at a rate well
ahead of that for the near-record
year of 1948, when a total Of
about $1,000 cases were reported.
The national rate of increase
leveled off earlier this month
usually the worst of the year.
Only 3,100/ new cases were re-
ported the first nine days of
August. But sudden squirt shot
the number up to nearly 5000
for the next nine-day period.
There Is no uniform pattern of
behavior for the disease, accord
ing to surveys. Some large cities,
like New York and Boston, have
been hit far harder than smaller
communities and rural areas. But
Chicago and Philadelphia are in
much better shape than areas in
other parts of their States.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

1881 Piney Branch road. Takoma
Park. Md, got to talking about
building a boat during the Christ
mas holidays and Col. Morton
spent several months juggling fig
ures before settling on a 30-foot
craft with a 10-foot beam and a
35-foot mast.
The two hulls were constructed
one at a time in the garage and
then built onto the deck portion
under a wide canvas canopy In
the back yard. Total cost. 81 900
in materials and $500 man-hours
of work.
A week ago the boat was hauled
down to the Fulton Service Dock
on Maine avenu6 S.W.. where 1t
inspired a lot Of comment among
boatwise, passersby while the
builders made final adjustments.
on to Plum Point.
Yesterday morning the Mortons,
Wtt twos sfriepds. r. X. Warner
al kt. Comdr.sTad Stanwick as
pazpgers. set out on what at best
wilf.xa two-day trip but could
take aSweek. They plan to pull
ashore nights and sail days until
they reach Col. Morton's summer
cottage at Plum Point. Md. which
viii be used as a home base for
future jaunts.
Col. Morton has spent much of
his 50 years in and around boats.
Both Harold, "a, and Richard, %,
are Navy veterans. and only last
summer Harold padded a canoe
for three months on long wind
ing river trip to Alaska.
Comdr. Stanwick. who lives at
1924 Alton place NV, Is q
former feet gunnery officer, and
Mr.. Warner has known jib from
a luff for a number of years him
self. He is an instructor at the
University of Maryland.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Mon Sought in Passing
Of Bogus Bills in Donville
By the Assoeia.ed Pres.

DANVILLE, Va, Aug. 20.-
United States Commissioner Bas-
com Jordan issued a warrant to-
day for the arrest of Louis Robert
son of New York City.
The warrant charges Robertson
with passing q counterfeit SO
Federal Reserve bank note here.
The Secret Service says II bogus
$40 bills have come to light in
Danville recently. ss7s
Evening star., 1949-08-21
To Get Shirley Portrait

RICHMOND, Aug. 20 GA
portrait Of the late Henry G. Shir-
ley. former State highway COM
missioner. will be presented to
the State Highway Commission at
10:30 Am. Tuesday.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Senate Action
Only Hope Now
For Sesqui Fund
Commission to Meet
Soon to Chort Course
After House Defect


centennial Commission will be
called to meet soon to discuss what
form the Capitals 150-year cele-
bration shall take in view OF the
defeat of the appropriation for it
in the House.
Carter T. Barron, executive vice
chairman of the commission, said
he would try to get the members
together shortly.
Meanwhile, hackers of the cele-
bration pinned their hopes on the
Senate to restore the $4,000. 900
appropriation for Washington s
Freedom Fair which the House
struck from the supplemental ap-
preparation bill Friday.
1t was pointed out that the Sem
ate had voted $2.000,000 earlier
for less ambitious program.
Should the Senate favor. the So
600, 900 fund it was believed pos
sible that Senate conferees might
prevail in a Senate House con-
ference.
Would Be DrasticalIy Cut.
Without the funds it appeared
that the celebration of the ami
versary Of the establishment of the
Government in Washington would
be scaled down drastically. Car
rying the Freedom Fair plans
through on borrowed money would
present almost insurmountable
obstacles.
Mr.. Barron explained that in
the first place new Congressional
authorization would be necessary.
He pointed out that the commits
sion's present enabling act permits
it to accept contributions but not
to accept loans.
Secondly. raising the money by
the sale of income bonds would
require considerable time. Even
with a prompt appropriation it
was not hoped to open the Fair
before next July 4. Any consider
able delay in financing would
mean an opening date so late in
the summer it would be imprac-
tical.
On Limited Civic Basis.
The alternative is scaling
down Of the celebration to parades,
pageants and other ceremonies
which would commemorate the
event on a civic basis.
F. P. H. Siddons, president of
the Board of Trade, said yester-
day he planned to confer with Mr..
Barron prswhat cooperation the
board can give. He said If nothing
else were done he was sure the
Board 4of Trades would sponsor
some modest celebration of a few
days or a week.
Scaling down the plans would
probably mean the commission
would base its program on what
it drew up as plan A." costing
$500, 900.
Includes Amphitheater.
The largest part of the pian
called for the construction of an
open-air amphitheater in Rock
Creek Park at a cost Of 5000 900.
It would provide a setting for the
production Of an historical drama
on the National Capital and
George Washington by Paul
Green. Pulitzer prize playwright.
Other details in the plan were
ceremonies and parades, the pub
lication of historical booklets and
the production of motion pic
lures, loan art exhibits of historic
American paintings and of por-
traits of great figures in the his
tory of the Nation and it's
Capital.
Even with prompt beginning
on the plan, it was not expected
the drama could open before next
June Is. Delay in providing the
money would set that date back
also, ...
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Leland Registration Set

Registration of new students at
Leland Junior High School will be
held from 1880 to $3.50 pm. Sep
tember 8 and 9. An enrolment of
about 1900 is expected when
classes start September IL.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
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You can relax and still get all the news
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You can have The Evening and
Sunday Star mailed to you for only
$3.50 month.
The Star is also available at news
stands or by carrier delivery at most
nearby summer resorts.
Arrange to have your favorite news
paper follow you wherever you go. Call
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Evening star., 1949-08-21

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Kodiak mirror., 1949-06-11

Ramss and lest thrsa. They are still contending for second place in the eiRhteen team circuit ct NOE.
 Sundays game was . pitchers battle with the Woody Islanders getting a couple of bad bounce balls which cost them the game.