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Evening star., 1949-03-13
Use Of Court Building
For District Offices
To Be Considered

District officials tomorrow will
take under consideration pro-
posal to transfer certain city Offices
from the District Building; to the
building now occupied by District
Court after a new $l8,000.000
courthouse is built, it was learned
last night.
Eventually, it is planned to erect
west wing building beside the
Municipal Center, but this plan is
considered out of the question for
about 10 years.
Members of the District Com
mittee on Office Space tomorrow
will hear from proponents of the
transfer that shifting occupants of
the District Building to the Dis
trict Court building would center
most city government activity in
the Municipal Center area.
Building 40 Years Old.
Municipal Center, which was
opened in 1910, is just across the
street from the present court
house. The District Building,
which is 40 years old, is at Four
teenth and E streets NV, about
10 city blocks from the Municipal
Center area at Fourth street and
Indiana avenue NV.
Advocates of the shift point out
that the courthouse could be con-
verted into a city hall" at rela-
lively little expense. They hold
that the municipal government
probably could liquidate it's equity
in the District Building by selling
it to the Federal Government.
The existence of two separate
Office buildings of the District
Government pose numerous ad-
ministrative difficulties. Many
officials. heading departments in
Municipal Center. are forced to
commute back and forth from the
District Building in order to con-
fer with the Commissioners and
other persons with whom they
have business.
Mail Also Is Factor.
Another bad factor is that all
mail from the Municipal Center
must be routed through the Dis
trict Building. This is because the
District governments one postage
meter is in the District Building
basement.
1t has been suggested that the
present courthouse building be
converted into a civic museum as
soon as the court functions can
be shifted to the new courthouse.
Evening star., 1949-03-13

Parents in downtown Washing
ton are no longer worrying about
their children playing in the
streets like little Indians.
The little Indians" have moved
into the basement of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
to form an American Indian
Council, complete with war bon
nets. tomahaWks. bonfres. peace
pipes, braves and squaWs.
The Indian games are among
many activities ranging from
handicrafts to sports sponsored at
the church.
The Downtown Church Council
for Community Services. an Or
ganization of 80 white and Negro
churches is back of the entire
idea. 1t was formed to give the
young people in the downtown
area supervised educational train
ing and sports.
A typical member church Is the
New York Avenue church. Lead
ers there found that the children
became so enthusiastic over max
ing Indian war bonnets, toma-
hawks, shields and other objects
that they formed an Indian
council.
The children elected their own
chief and medicine man and plan
to present a. play written by their
supervisor, Ken Scotland. They're
learning Indian sign language,
studying the habits of Indian
tribes and following an authentic
pattern for conducting an Indian
council.
Helped by their teachers, the
children are learning to build
airplanes, model clay, and weave
bracelets and beads. They play
ping pong, checkers, chess
Evening star., 1949-03-13
Arlington Chest Names
Publicity Chuirmun

Mrs. Walter J. Moore of 1904
Queens lane, Arlington, has been
reappointed chairman of the Pub
licity and Public Relations Com
mittee of the Arlington Commun-
ity Chest and Council for 1949.
Mrs. Moore served in the same
capacity last year.
Selected to assist her are Ed
mund D. Campbell, speakers
bureau; the Rev. Harvey Glass,
Rabbi Ira Sud and the Rev.
Thomas P. Scannell, churches;
Ray Baker and Howard Stanley,
radio: Claude M. Richmond.
schools: Don C. Womac, theaters;
Mrs. Ethel Klutey, newspapers;
Lance Hooks, Red Feather legion;
Mrs. Rachel H. White, county en-
ployes, and Mrs. Harry Goldstein
and John G. Howell, agency pub
licity.
Evening star., 1949-03-13

The Health Department then
suggested that DR.. Wexberg head
the Alcoholic Clinic and at the
same time retain his dictatorship
of the mental hygiene bureau. DR..
Wexberg and the advisory COM
mittee agreed to this.
The plan was suggested to the
Commissioners and it was learned
that they had agreed to it. No
official announcement has been
made however.
DR.. Wexberg said he has been
embarrassed by friends congra-
tulating him on his getting the
alcoholic clinic post. when nothing
official has been done about it
and he is in danger of losing per-
sonnel.
Evening star., 1949-03-13
.$45,600,000 Sought
To Build Extension Of
State Department

70 provide the State Depart
ment with a building large enough
to house all it's facilities under one
roof Congress has been asked to
authorize a S45,6O0,O00 extension
and remodeling of its present
building at TWenty-flrst street,
and Virginia avenue NV.
The proposal was sent to Con-
gress yesterday by Maj. Gen.
Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works
Administrator, with the approval
of the Budget Bureau.
The recommendation, together
with a proposed bill to accomplish
the purpose. was referred to the
Senate Public Works Committee.
The structure originally was de-
signed. and its first portion con-
structed in 1889 for the War De-
partment. 1t has been occupied
in recent years by the State De-
partment.
The proposed new construction
would make available 1926, 900
square feet of additional space and
would enable the State Depart
ment to place under one roof its
facilities that now i, are scattered
throughout 81 different buildings
in the city.
The construction would free for
occupancy 315,0O0 square feet OF
rented space and $4,000 square
feet of Government-ow prop
erty now used by the department.
To prepare for the new building
three temporary buildings, and
four houses now occupied by Fed
eral agencies would be razed on
areas adjacent to the present
State Department structure.
Evening star., 1949-03-13
Sewer Contract Let 10 Stop
Pollution Of S|iqo Creek

The Washington Suburban San
itary Commission has awarded a
contract for a trunk sewer to
eliminate pollution in a portion of
Sligo Creek. Silver Spring.
A campaign to rid the creek of
pollution has been waged by the
Sligo Park Hills Citizens Asso-
citation for several months.
The contract has been awarded
to Leo Butler and the work is due
to be finished by June Is.
Meanwhile. the commission has
ordered signs posted in Sligo Val
ley south of Hartford avenue
warning that the stream is tenn
porarily polluted.
Evening star., 1949-03-13
Ninth Neighborhood
Concert Invitations
Beinq Distributed

Invitations for the ninth of
the Neighborhood Concerts by
the National Symphony Or
chestra. under the sponsor
ship of The Evening Star. to
be held at $3.50 pm. Thursday
in Woodrow Wilson High
School, are now being distrib-
uted.
Supplies have been sent to
the high school at Nebraska
avenue and Chesapeake street
NV. the Alice Deal Junior
High School, and the Mann,
Murch, Janney. Hearst and
Lafayette Elementary Schools.
They also may be obtained
at the Recreation Depart
ment, Sixteenth and Lamont
streets NV, and the business
counter in the lobby Of The
Star Building.
Evening star., 1949-03-13
Maps Will Be Topic
'Of Historical Society

Hermon Flicker of the Library
of Congress will discuss MAPS
andse History at the Library of
Congress" at a meeting of the
Montgomery County Historical So
ciety at 8 pm. Thursday in the
Theological Seminary auditorium,
$3.50. Laurel street. Takoma Park.
William S. Parkins, president,
will preside.
Evening star., 1949-03-13
Suburban Study Group
Will Meet Tuesday

: The Eastern Suburban Area
Study Group of Montgomery
County will meet at 10 am. Tues
day In the Montgomery Blair High
School library, Silver Spring.
+ MRS. Justin Edgerton, a former
school teacher, will discuss pupils
report cards, based on recent find
irigs by the workshop of the coun-
tvs Council of Parent t-Teacher
Associations.
Evening star., 1949-03-13
D. T.. 10 Hire67
For Sales Tax
Additions Costing
$225,000 a Year Due
If Levy Is Approved

The District Government will
need So new tax examiners and
is additional tax collectors If
Congress enacts the proposed 2
per cent sales tax for Washington.
These new employees, who will
be selected from Civil Service
registers, will cost the city about
$225, 900 a year in salaries. The 2
per cent sales tax, however, is cal
culated to bring in about 6.000,-
900 the first year it is in opera
ton.
The District officials responsible
for enforcement of the proposed
new levy also will need consider
ably more Office and filing space.
Just how much room will be al
lotted the sales tax personnel has
not been worked out, however, by
officials, already hard-pressed to
accommodate existing functions.
Special New Unit Planned.
The So new tax examiners all
would be assigned to Assessor
Edward A. Dent, who plans to set
up a special new unit if the sales
tax is passed. Tax Collector Guy
w. Pearson, who will control coll
lection of the new levy, is sched-
uled to get the Is additional COL
lectors.
Mr.. Pearson said last night he
will simply expand his present de-
linquent tax unit to cover the
sales tax. All District firms SELL
ing taxable goods, Mr.. Pearson
said, will be required to register
with Mr.. Dents office. Such mer-
chants will have to receive licenses
permitting them to collect the tax
from purchasers.
AS the sales tax bill now stands,
proceeds from the levy will be
turned over to the city by mer-
chants once a month.
Can Seize Property.
Mr.. Dents examiners will pro-
cess these collections. Delinquent
firms will be turned over to Mr..
Pearson's collectors who will be
authorized to go out and collect
the overdue funds.
The collectors will be en-
powered to seize goods, auto
mobiles, furniture, back accounts
or anything else of value to en-
force payment of the tax. They
will have the same authority as
personal property tax collectors.
The new tax collectors will be
paid from $2,160 to $4,100 a year
while the examiners will be paid
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually. In
addition, one new chief examiner
i will be paid $4,000.
Evening star., 1949-03-13
Health Officer Picks
Aide in MONTGOMERY

Miss Margaret MacGregor of
Bethesda has been appointed di-
rector of health education for
the Montgomery County Health
Department, DR.. v. L. Ellicott,
county health officer, announced
yesterday.
Miss MacGregor, a graduate of
Elmira College and Alfred Uni
versity, N. Y, has been serving
as assistant director of the
countys Community Chest and
Council. Her appointment be-
comes effective April Is.
Evening star., 1949-03-13
Montgomery VFW Post
To Install Tuesday

Harold c. Ale will be installed
as commander of Montgomery
County Post No. 1858, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, at 8 pm. Tues
day in the Bethesda Recreation
Center on Norwood drive.
Other officers to be installed
are William Greenville, senior vice
commander; Frank Miner, junior
vice commander; Jack Ryan,
quartermaster; Kermit Shriver.
post advocate: Edward Gault,
chaplain, and Irwin Freitag, sur
geon.
Evening star., 1949-03-13
Comp Fire Service Today

The Prince Georges County
Camp Fire Girls will hold vesper
service at the Mount Rainier
Christian Church, Thirty-third
street and Bunker Hill road,
Mount Rainier, at o'clock this
afternoon.
Evening star., 1949-03-13

CHURCHES KEEP YOUNGSTERS BUSY-Downtown churches
Washington cooperating in supervised child recrea-
Calvary Baptist Church. above Sondra Chap
pell g. Sixth street NV Qe) samples cupcake in
cooking taught by Miss Ruby Brown The other pupils
right Sandra Lee Croft T. of GIT Sixth street NV
Thelma Allen TO- of GIT NV. Mary Ann Croft 10,
Sandra's sister Roberta Allen g. Thelmas sister
Evening star., 1949-05-21

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Evening star., 1949-05-21

warm water. c.ssoiytnv n II half a
cup Of trlsodium phosphate. and
allow II 20 stand al night. Next
morning scrub with q soft brush
and rinse with clear water An
other methoa Is 10 wipe wi,a q
scratchless securing powder on q
damp cloth. and follow ~ r.nsIns
with water.
The trouble IN getting the tub
clean may come from not wash
ing and wiplng il dry after each
using The hardness Of your water
supply may De one reason for the
difficulty IN cleaning,
Question: What IS the easiest
way TO remove rust7 I have q link
chain for q child's outdoor swing
I would like 10 remove the rust
and paint IL
Answer: II you can set a rust
inhibitive paint al good paint
store. IL should not be necessary
TO remove all the rust. only the
worst of IT, II you cannot get this
paint in your neighborhood stores
60 over the chain with steel WOO
wet with turpentine and try %
take OF all the rust. Then paint
with red lead paint. allow a week
for drying. and rehni&h with q
good paint suitable for metal. 70
be left outdoors.
II you have question address Nj
whitman at o. Bex 20. stAJion O. Nsu
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Evening star., 1949-05-21
Gudqets
Continued From Page BID.

workshops. schools and other
places.
The quarter-o injection
molding machine Is designed for
use with a drill press; is simple to
install and easy to operate. The
new equipment eliminates expen-
sive preparation and is made for
short runs and experimental work.
Equipped with standard heating
elements, Enthusiastically con-
trolled with range from $50 to
500 F., the machine is 10 inches
in height. weighs only two pounds,
has a three-inch stroke. and is
ready for immediate use in any
110-125 AC. electrical outlet.
The manufacturer also dis
tributes the polystyrene molding
materials In standard colors in
one, five and ten pound cartons.
Experimental lead dies are also
available in a wide variety of de-
signs.
For further information regarding any
product mentioned In this column, please
Room 724, The Star Bldg, Washington.
(Released by Consolidate News
Features, Inc)
Evening star., 1949-05-21

colt. They wanted TO talk and
talk, and sometimes 1t was en-
barrassing because We had a
schedule TO keep.
That part Of the Potomac was
a popular outing place for Wash
ingtonians then-partly, suppose
because President Cleveland used
TO go there to fish.
Encouraged Sports.
"At other times We would take
the interurban TO Rockville and
hike across country TO Gathers
burg, where We took the night
train home Miss Westcott some
times took field parties of stu
dents on hikes TO explain the
| things she loved so well"
Miss Westcott encouraged rec
reational and sports programs al
the school and was an enthusiastic
sponsor of the Parent-Teacher
Association.
She was appointed principal
when the School Board established
the Western Branch Of Washing
ton High School in the old Curtiss
School in Georgetown In 1890
The school remained there until
the new Western High School was
completed on the present site in
1898.
Miss Westcott retired In 1915
and for years thereafter divided
her time between New York and
Florida. She died on March 25
1888, in Melville, N. Y, after a
brief illness.
Evening star., 1949-05-21

Wescott were recalled today by
Miss Roberta Wallace. a retired
teacher.
Trips on c. & o. Canal.
"On week ends we used to pad
die up the old Chesapeake e. Ohio
Canal to a lock-keeper's lodge S
miles above Great Falls. Miss
Westcott could handle her canoe
like an expert.
She knew the natural life along
the canal and every lock-keeper
within range of our excursions.
You should have seen the lock-
keepers running out to pass the
time of the day with Miss West
Evening star., 1949-05-21

Western High School and It's
gradutes-especially the senior
gradutes-will honor legendary
figure Thursday.
No football hero or track star
ever quite measured up to tradi-
tional standing of the late Edith
C. Westcott. who guided the school
through the first Is years OF its
existence.
An oil portrait of Miss Westcott
will be hung in the library in
tribute to the first woman prin-
cipal of any Washington high
school and an educator whose in
fiuence is still felt by her former
pupils, although she died in 1888.
The presentation will be made
at an informal ceremony at pm.
Thursday in the presence OF school
officials. representative pupils and
such graduates Of classes from
1900 through 1915 as remain in
the city.
The woman whose qualifications
persuaded the Board of Education
to break with tradition as far back
as 1890 was remarkable in many
ways, her pupils say.
1t was to be expected that she
would teach and even persuade
them to study hard and support
their school. But 1t was some
thing else again to learn that she
could paddle a canoe, hike cross
country, camp in the open or lee
ture on natural history from first
hand observation.
Schooling was more to her than
classroom routine.
She had a taste for music-not
only the popular choruses Of the
day, but the classics. An example
was her encouragement Of young
Geraldine Farrar to take up a
musical career. She brought con-
cert artists and stimulating lee
turers to the school in the belief
the pupils were capable of ap-
preciating them.
Some early outings with Miss
Evening star., 1949-05-21

Amer lCAU IL
st!tute Of Real
Estate Apprais-
ers, an affiliate
Of the National
Association OF
Real Est a I e
Boards. the or
gantzation an
nounced today.
Mr.. Boucher
is also presi-
dent OF the
District Invest
ment Founda-
ton, Inc. and
L. q graduate
Evening star., 1949-05-21
Congress Asked 10 Probe
WooIen Plant Closing.
SpscioI ofspc,eh 10 Ths Sscs

MARTINSBURG. W. Va. May
Ala resolution supporting a
proposed congressional investiga
ton of the Berkeley Woolen Co
plant and authorizing the Mayor
to appoint a citizens committee 10
attract new industry 10 Martins
burg has been adopted by City
Council,
The resolution was adopted
Evening star., 1949-05-21
First Aid
Continued From Page BIZ.

left over. He can do the job so
neatly that it will not show
Question: How should trisodium
phosphate be used when cleaning
the inside OF a baby bathinette? :?
What proportion should be used =?
Is there a cleaning powder that
contains the trisodium phosphate? :?
Answer: Trisodium phosphate Is
a cleaning powder that makes no
suds. 1t is sold under trade names
at grocery stores and paint stores.
also at chemical houses under its
own chemical name; it is some
what cheaper when bought this
way in bulk.
Fill the bathinette with luke
Evening star., 1949-05-21

of the University Of Maryland.
He completed the Appraisal In
stitute's real estate appraisal
courses at Boston University in
1947. Mr.. Boucher Is also a mem
Der of the Society Of Residential
Appraisers.
Evening star., 1949-05-21
Boucher Joins Institute
Of Realty Appraisers

c. Robert Boucher. vice presi-
dent and director Of sales for tEt
Drury Realty Corp. has been ad-
mitted TO membership IN the
Evening star., 1949-05-21

after o crlexat2on a approx
nAte1y .S fo-me- Berkeley e-
ployes. members ot Lnczl NJ sot
Textile Workers Cnaoa o. A=ns:
Evening star., 1949-05-21

oil portrait of the late Edith c. Wescott principal of
Western High School for It's rst rs years and first
principal high school In Washington will be hung In the
school library at exercises Thursday afternoon.
Star staff Photo
Evening star., 1949-05-21

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04
Sylvester Lewis
Buried ar Fort
Dodge in Iowa

FORT DODGE, IA. - Funeral
rites were held here Saturday,
Jan. 20 for Sylvester Lewis, IS,
who died suddenly Jan. "a in Min
neapons at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Minnie Miller, 57S Eighth
Ave. No.
The remains were shipped here
by the Woodland Funeral Home Of
Minneapolis and were accompan-
led by his son Lee Lewis Of this
city. Mr.. Lewis had made his
home in Minneapolis for almost
20 years.
Born in 1864 in Morefield, w.
Va, he was a former employe Of
the Quaker Oats Co, and the
United Gypsum Co, for 4s years
until the time he moved TO Min
neapolis.
Surviving him is his son, Lee;
four grandchildren, Edward Lewis
and Mrs. Bessie Cabbell, both Of
Fort Dodge; Miss Hattie Lewis Of
Chicago and Mrs. Evelyn Hazlett
Of Omaha; and three great grand
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04
Queen Of Hears
TO Be Crowned
Saturday. Feb. II

Five clubs have entered nawes
of young ladies who well compete
for Queen at the Queen Of Hearts
Ball to be held at Halle Q. Brown
community house Saturday night,
Feb. IL.
They are Betty Brown, 617 Car
roll Ave, sponsored by the Los
Hermonas club; Camille Williams
1853 Carroll Ave, sponsored by
the Los Doce Minas club; Bar
bara Fields, S03 st. Anthony Ave,
sponsored by the Loafers club;
Myrhenne Allen, 800 Iglehart
Ave, sponsored as independent
and Barbara Vassar, sponsored by
Club 10.
The Queen of the Hearts Ball
is an annual affair sponsored by
the Los Cabelleros club. Music will
be furnished by Hensley Hill, with
Billy Boyd as vocalist. The Queen
will be crowned at 1890 p. m. at
the Halle gym.
Marvin Scroggins is president
of the club.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04
SOCIAL & PERSONAL
MIMI

rell visited New York and Maine
previous to her trip here. She is
assistant director of the jefferson
Avenue Community Center in Las
Vegas. She left Tuesday, Febru-
airy l, for her home.
Mrs. James MOppins, 1916 9Th
Ave. So, returned recently from
Jan. 81 from a visit to several
cities in California and Mexico,
While in Los Angeles, she was
the houseguest of Mrs. Josephine
Chambers.
Edward White, son of Mrs.
Gertrude Ellis White, who recent
ly joined the Army Air Force, is
now stationed in San Antonio,
Texas. AS he is going to be sta
toned there for a year, he would
like for his friends to write to
him at AT 575lO266 F L3O69,
Lack Land Air Base, San Antonio,
Texas.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04
ANDERSEN FAVoRs
WORKABLE FEPC
FOR MINNESOTA

The Elmer Andersen volunteer
committee issued the following
statement Wednesday to the RE-
CORDER:
Elmer L. Andersen is a 49,
year-old businessman, associated
with H. B. Fuller Company. man
ufacturer Of Industrial Adhesives
He is a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. married and
has three children, lives in his
own home at 21Ss Hendon Ave
st. Anthony Park, near the Farm
school.
He has been active in CIVIC
projects and public affairs Of St
Paul for many years and is now
a director of Family Service
Community Chest agency, Scout
master of Troop IT, and president
Of the st. Paul Rotary club.
Elmer Andersen came up the
hard way His parents died when
he was is and he has made his
own way since.
He believes in increased aids
to education, supports the objec-
tives of the mental health and
youth conservation programs, in
creased old age assistance and a
veterans bonus.
He firmly believes that no
man should be denied a job be-
cause Of race, color or creed and
favors passage Of a workable
FEPC bill
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04

a birthday cake in celebration Of
his birthday Friday, Jan. Is.
Those who were present at the
celebration were Mr.. and Mrs.
James Kinney, Mr.. and Mrs. Dave
FIpping. Sammy Harris, Frank
Montgomery, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Lee Carter.
Invitations are In the mail an
nouncing the coming wedding Of
Pearl Goss Bosley, daughter Of
Mrs. J. w. GoSs, 7ss st. Anthony
Ave-, to Henry O. johnson, Jr,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry John
son, 796 Edmund Ave, tn take
place Thursray, Feb. II, at Mr..
Johnson's home.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04
FELL WSHIP TO FOLLOW ANNUAL
ST. MARKS INTERRACLAL SERVICE

The audience and participants
Of the Interracial religious serv-
ice to be held at st. Marks Ca
thedral Sunday, Feb. Is, at 4 pm.
will be presented to DR.. George
D. Kelsey Of New York in a tea
held after the sermon.
DR.. Kelsey will deliver the ser
mon at this meeting. The Fellow
ship tea will be held in the fire
place room of the Parish house.
1t is sponsored by the MinneaPo-
lis Urban League Auxiliary and
the Twin Cities Married Couples
group.