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Evening star., 1949-08-10

A young beauty contestant won
two titles at the same time at the
District Recreation Boards annual
Pool Frolics," participated in by
representatives of 81 Washington
area Fairgrounds last night.
Patricia Slattery. Is. of 4939
Eskridge terrace NV, was named
Junior Miss Washington of l949'
and Miss Recreation" at the
event, which attracted nearly 5000
persons to Takoma swimming
pool. Fourth and Van Buren,
streets NV.
Her croWning was the feature OF
the night. The garland was placed
upon her by Harry S. Wender
chairman of the board, who also
pinned on the two ribbons desig-
mating her titles. Miss Slattery
and her maids waiting ther
entered a prettily decorated boat
which was propelled around the
pool by girl swimmers.
Miss Slattery. who represented
Palisades Playground, is in the
10th grade at Notre Dame Acad-
envy. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. j. Slattery. She is
S feet 3 inches tall, has brown
hair, hazel eyes and weighs ia
pounds. Her father is employed
with the Army Quartermaster
Corps.
Miss Slattery's maids-in-wait-
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Apartment Shopping Center
Gets Arlington Approval

The Arlington County Board last
night granted an exception to its
zoning ordinance to permit con-
struction of a $1,000,000 apartment
and commercial building at Lee
highway and North Albemarle
street.
The 6O-foot- high building re-
quires use permit because special
permission must be granted by the
board for any structure in excess
of 35 feet in height.
M. T. Broyhill & Sons. Inc,
which plans to start construction
on the fve-story project within go
days, proposes to devote the
ground floor to about 10 stores and
shops with the upper floors for
apartments.
The Planning Commission said
the building would be the first
combination apartment-commer-
cial project in one structure in the
county.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
ST. Marys Approves
Piney Point Oil Base
Special pispoteh TO The Star

LEoNARDTOWN, Md, Aug. 10
"A proposed 81, 100000 oil tank
base at Piney Point has been in
dorsed by the st. Marys County
commissioners.
BY a 2-to-1 vote, the county
heads yesterday overruled pro-
tests against a plan filed with the
Army Engineers by L. P. Steuart,
Inc, of Washington.
The decision, announced after
an executive session, followed ap-
peals earlier in the day by resi-
dents of the area for disapproval
of the project.
Matthew r. Bailey. president of
the board, and Commissioner j.
Frank Raley. voted for the pro-
posal. Commissioner Frank Bailey
cast the dissenting vote.
Army engineers, who had in
dicated that disapproval by the
commissioners probably would
bring similar action on their part,
now are expected to decide the
question solely on the effect of
the proposed construction on navi-
cation.
The Steuart company plans to
build wharf 1,102 feet into the
Potomac River and a pipe line
across Piney Point Greek.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
10 Injured as 7 Buses
Crash Near Baltimore
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.-Two
buses sideswiped on route No. l
just north of the city line today.
injuring 10 persons and heavily
damaging both vehicles.
Nine of the injured were taken
to a hospital, but none was be-
lieved critically hurt. Forty other
passengers were badly jolted.
James E. Garvin, 46, driver Of
suburban bus operated by the
McMahon Transportation Co..
said he had stopped at side
road about am. to pick up COM
muterS.
He had just pulled back into
the southbound traffic when a
Greyhound express from Philadel-
phia to Washington crashed into
the left rear of his bus. The
Greyhound swerved off the road
and hit a pole.
Back windows of the Mcmahon
bus were smashed and its left
side was slashed open. Seats were
jammed together. The front OF
the Greyhound bus lwas stove in.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
P|aincIothes Officers
Must File Monthly
Report on Each Case

A new order requiring plain
clothes policemen to file monthly
progress reports on each case they
handle was issued today over the
signature of Police Supt. Robert
J. Barrett.
In the absence of Mai. Barrett,
now on vacation, Acting Supt
Clarence Talley said the reports
were intended to provide more
accurate check on work of the
125 to $50 detectives and uni
formed policemen serving tempo
rarily as plainclothes men.
Those affected by the order now
must record the date and time OF
each interview and name all the
complaints concerned until final
disposition of every case they
handle.
The commanding officers in each
precinct are asked to study the re-
ports so that assignments may be
equitably rotated among the men.
Inspector Talley said precinct
commanders also would have a
better check on what type case
each investigator handles most
successfully and thus can steer
each case to the most suitable
man.
Precinct commanders are au-
thorized to appoint a lieutenant
or sergeant to supervise the re-
ports, but each commander is per-
sonally responsible for seeing that
all reports reach the superinten-
dent of police.
. In the event a plainclothes man
is believed derelict in his duties,
the lieutenant or sergeant super
visor will first speak to the police
man, then, if necessary, to the
commanding officer and, as a final
possible step. submit report to
the superintendent, with recon-
mendationS.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Star Movies

Community movies. sponsored
by The Star, the Recreation De.
partment and the Film Center, are
scheduled for 8 o'clock tonight
Programs of comedy, sports, car
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds and
recreation centers:
Dupont -Stoddert, c st. of Ridge rd. Sc
Takor1a, Fourth and Van Buren, sts. Nv
Langdon, 18th and Franklin sts. ne.
Buchanan, 18th and D sts Sc.
Chevy Chase, 41st and Livingston sts
NV.
Stoddert, 39th and Calvert sts. NV.
Hearst, 31th and Tilden sts. NV.
Livingston, Livingston rd. and South
Capitol st. Sc.
Howard, Fourth and w SITS. NV.
Rundy. Fourth and o stS. NV.
Burrville. Division ave. and Hayes st
Langston, 2s1O H st. ne.
Lincoln. sixth and l. sts. So.
Evening star., 1949-08-10

ing were Jocelyn Lorenz, 13, OF
1898 Livingston street NV. who
represented Murch Playground
and Mickey Miller, II, of 9408
Columbia boulevard, Silver Spring,
Md, who represented Takoma
Playground.
The competition was sponsored
by National Capital Auxiliary. No
127, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eliminat tions were held last week
Girls from IL to IA participated
in an Amateur Athletic Union 25-
yard free style swimming contest
and Georgetown pool swimmers
beat Rosedale pool in water
basket ball exhibition. Bill Tarbett
gave an exhibition of clown-div-
ing, and swimmers from George
town and Rosedale pools staged 9
junior water ballet.
Bill and Frank Havens partici-
pated in canoe fitting.
! Boys from Hamilton and Ia
koma Fairgrounds held a Ken.
lucky tubby" race, with the swim.
mers padding tubs decorated with
wooden horses heads. Takoma
won, with Don Quattrocchi coming
in first. Other numbers were a
symphonic swim diving spe-
cialties and a swimming exhibi-
ton by members of the University
of Maryland Gymkana Club. Music
was by Herb Sokolov and his Or
cheStra.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Policeman, Fireman,
Both on Duty, Hurt
In Traffic Accidents

A policeman and fireman. both
on duty, were victims of traffic
accidents which occurred in the
last "a hours.
The policeman. Pvt. Charles H.
Blackburn, motorcycle man.
stopped an automobile early today
on South Capitol street near Port
land street. AS he was talking to
the driver, another automobile
crashed into the rear of the
stopped car, throwing Pvt. Black
burn to the pavement. police said.
Driver of the second car was
Carl R. Gray, q, of Boiling Air
Force Base, an amputee, accord
ing to Pvt. Blackburn.
The policeman was treated for
an injured knee. He gave no tick
cts to either motorist.
The fire was in a leather goods
shop at 3278 M street NV. yes
terday afternoon. It was out when
Engine Company No. arrived
and Fireman George Beach, AZ.
of 1907 North Adams street. Ar
lington, started across M street
to return to his vehicle.
He was struck by a streetcar op-
Grated by Robert H. Robertson. 81,
of $40 Rhode Island avenue NE.
Pvt. Beach suffered head and leg
injuries. He was removed to
Emergency Hospital where his
condition was described as good.
In another accident, Clarence L.
Smith. jr., IA, colored. of Alt New
York avenue NV, collided with
an automobile driven by Sidney
Ehrlich, 54, of 5000 Seventh street
NV, while riding his bicycle in
the 400 block of M street NV.
The boy was admitted at Freed
mems Hospital with head injuries.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Fleet Policeman Runs Down
Suspect After 6-B|ock Chase

A surprised housebreaking sus-
pect who couldn't shake one of
Washington faster policemen was
caught early today after six
block chase along Eighteenth
street NV.
The tired suspect wearily told
Pvt. David Gould. II didn't know
a policeman could run that fast. "
What he didn't know was that Pvt.
Gould, who played football with
an Air Force team during the war,
could run 100 yards in II seconds
fiat while clad in football togs.
Charged with housebreaking was
Albert Anthony, jr., %. colored. of
no fixed address. Police said he
had been free on $4,000 bond
awaiting trial on earlier charges
of housebreaking and unauthor-
lied use of an automobile.
The chase started about AIS
am. when John Cinque, So. of
1888 Randolph street NE. sur
prised an intruder when he came
to work at the Avignone Freres
Restaurant, 1777 Columbia road
NV. When Mr.. Cinque asked
the man what he was doing. the
intruder replied, II work here"
You're a liar" said Mr.. Cinque,
and ran out the front door. The
intruder ran out the back.
Mr.. Cinque dashed across the
street, where Pvt. Gould and Pvt.
Delbert Brill had just stopped
their 18th precinct cruiser while
Pvt. Gould went to get q cup
| of coffee.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Man Dies Of BEATING;
.Son-in-Law Is Held

William Benezette, 70, of 1923
Fourth street NE, died today in
Casualty Hospital of injuries re-
ceived when his 216-pound. one
armed SON. law ran amok in
their home after a marital quarrel
Friday.
The law, Herbert F. Will
kins, "a, of the same address, has
been held without bail on a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon.
That charge will not be changed
until after a coroner's jury reviews
the circumstances of Mr.. Bene-
zette's death, homicide squad de-
tectives said.
According to wilkins wife, Mrs
Mary Wilkins, %, he became in
furiated when she told him she
wanted a divorce because she had
met another man whom she liked
better. He knocked down the
"other man" Mrs. Wilkins told
police and then began beating her.
When her father called to Will
kins to stop, her husband beat the
elder man about the head until
he was unconscious, Mrs. Wilkins
said
Evening star., 1949-08-10

Mr.. Cinque told his story, Pvt.
Brill shouted to his fleet-footed
partner. and Pvt. Gould dropped
his coffee.
Pvt. Gould set off on foot after
the fleeing suspect, while Pvt.
Brill followed in the car.
The chase led through back
yards, down alleys and over
fences. Pvt. Gould kept getting
closer to his quarry.
The chase ended at 2901 Eight
eenth street NV. The man ran
into an apartment building there,
with Pvt. Gould on his heels.
While Pvt. Brill covered the front,
Pvt. Gould and Pvt. John Nally,
a foot patrolman who had COM
mandeered a car and joined the
chase, searched the back yard.
There they found the man iden-
titled as Anthony hiding in the
bushes.
Pvt. Gould said Anthony "came
up fighting" and struck both
policemen several times. The
fight ended when the former foot
ball player struck Anthony with
his f1ashlight.
Police said a safe containing
$500 in the restaurant Office had
been tampered with but was un-
opened.
Anthony was taken before
United States Commissioner Cy-
ril s. Lawrence and held for the
grand jury on two counts OF
housebreaking. Bond was set at
$500.
Evening star., 1949-08-10

ing and measuring instruments
for aircraft experiments, such as
are carried on by the Air Forces
Air Material Command at Dayton,
Ohio.
One telephone caller wanted to
know where he could buy INT.
and he was given a list of Army
deDots that might have some sur
plus for sale.
Col. Alfred B. Denniston, 903
Eighth street, Alexandria. is chief
of the Munitions Boards Office of
Procurment Methods, which has
overall charge of the center.
Preliminary Inquiry Advised.
He explained that businessmen
should first call or write the CEN
ter Room 3D773 at the Penta-
gon) in advance, since the
chances are that he might be able
to sell to field Office adjacent to
him."
In that connection. Col. Dennis
ton revealed that small business
liaison officers" are being named
for each Army technical service
and Navy bureau. ordnance de-
pots, arsenals. shipyards and every
other military installation that
does any purchasing Ito look out
/ for the small businessman
| The office is under the immedi-
ate direction of Dalton B. Myers,
| 2120 Sixteenth street NV. busi-
ness specialist of the Munitions
Board.
The Navy representative Is
Comdr. Carl G. Fox of 1882
Twenty-seventh street NV, who
has been in the Navy Purchasing
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Six New Polio Cases
Raise Years Total 10
66 for District Area

Six new cases of polio were re-
ported in the Washington area
today, raising the years total tc
66 cases.
Three Of the new patients are
from Montgomery County. Md.
One is from Alexandria and the
two District cases brought the
total to "a within the District
Last year at this time there were
% District cases.
The new cases include 26.
year-old woman living in the $500
block of Thirty fourth street NV.
admitted to Georgetown Hospita
Sunday and girl, 2. who lives
in the first block of Rhode Island
avenue NV.
Two 4-Year- Old Girls Stricken.
Other new cases reported are
"a 4-year-old girl from the 390(
block of Ebert avenue, Alexandria
admitted to Gallinger Hospita.
July 18; an 8-year-old girl of the
1000 block of Crawford drive
Rockville, admitted to Children's
Hospital yesterday; a 14-year-olo
girl of the 900 block of st. An
drews lane, Silver Spring, admitted
to Childrens' Sunday, and a f.
year-old girl of the 1000 block OF
Brookeville road. Silver Spring
admitted to Children's Monday.
Meanwhile, the National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis re-
ported about 10000 cases of polio
listed throughout the country
with 36 States having more cases
now than they had at this time
last year.
DR.. Hart E. Van Ripper, medical
director of the foundation, made
the report after a conference with
Federal Security Administration
officials on means for pooling fin
ances to care for polio victims.
577 Cases in Arkansas.
The States most in need of help
he said, are Arkansas and Okla
homa. A total of SIT cases was
reported in Arkansas through
August 9. with only 81 reported
on the same date last year. DR.
Van Ripper said Oklahoma has 521
cases.
The foundation also urged a
standard isolation period for polio
cases of one week, or the duration
of fever, whichever is longer. It
added that quarantine for polio is
of improved value. The custo-
mary isolation period in Washing
ton hospitals, officials said, is two
weeks.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
V.P.I. Accepts Scholarship
Given by District Man
By the Associated Press

BIACKSBURG, Va, Aug. 10
Virginia Polytechnic Institutes S
Board of Visitors yesterday &C
cepted with gratitude establish
ment of a $4,000 scholarship by
Burns c. Downey. 4218 Brandy
wine street. NV.
The scholarship Is in memory
of Mr.. Downeys son, 1t. William
Burns Downey. who was killed over
Germany in June. 1914, when three
planes attacked his Liberator.
The board also decided to name
eight Virginia Tech buildings in
honor of former staff members or
alumni.
Evening star., 1949-08-10

Office in New York. The Air
Force representative is Mai. Sid F.
Spear, 2O2 South Virginia avenue
Falls Church. who has been con-
nected with the Air Force Secre-
tary Symington's office.
I'VE are sort of feeling our way
at first, but as time goes on and
the number of questioners in
creases We'll expand as needed y
said Col. Denniston. Il think our
first days efforts have been pro-
ductive. Anyway. we are only try
ing to get the callers to the per-
sons they really should see as
quickly as possible"
Meanwhile, Mr.. Johnson's Of
flee disclosed figures showing the
proportion of armed services
purchasing that has gone to small
business firms from July /, 1948,
through last May 81.
1t showed that tit per cent
of the 1,203.727 items of purchase
went to small business and that
it amounted to 28.6 per cent of the
$4,464, ,845 spent.
OF the $449.587 worth of ArnAs
items of contracts, 1874 per cent
was allotted to small bushes,
firms. Forty three per cent Of the
S1,763,374 involved in the Army
contracts went to small business
Sixty-nine per cent of the 471,-
246 Navy contracts went to small
business firms, for 26 per cent OF
the 1861 ,091 involved.
Seventy-two per cent of the
282,894 Air Force contracts went
to small business. for 9 per cent
Of the $1,14O,533 involved.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Dunda|k Man, 50, Quizzed
In Staying Of Medium
By the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.-Nick
Pelas. SO, of Dundalk, Md, was
questioned today in the murder
Of a woman spiritualist.
He was brought here from
Reading, Pa, by detectives.
Mrs. Emma A. Kefalos, the Co.
year-old medium. was tied hand
and foot in her Baltimore apart
ment and then strangled Monday
night with an ironing cord.
A voodoo death curse was found
in the apartment. 1t was in the
form of a flask with a crude doll
suspended, head downward, in
side. The name Mike Pappas'
was scribbled three times on the
doll.
A Baltimore restaurant owner,
Mike Pappas. was one Of. those
questioned in the cas1, Pelas and
Pappas are friends.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Frederick Draft Board
Office Hours SIushed
By the Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md, Aug. TO-
Frederick County's two selective
service boards have been directed
to close their Office all but two
days a week.
Parsons Newman, chairman Of
one of the local board and spokes-
man for the other one, said funds
for their operation have been so
drastically curtailed that even the
telephone will be removed.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Congress toGet
4-Year Plan 10
.|nnproveCapitol
S16,440, 900 Program
Drafted to Modernize
Buildings on Hill

Action will be sought at this ses-
sion of Congress on a plan for a
16,44O,O 900 program for moderniz-
ing the lighting, heating and air.
conditioning of Capitol Hill Build
ings
Two of the three members Of
the House Office Building Commis-
sion already have indicated gen.
eral approval, some officials said.
Final approval is expected before
the end of this week.
House Commission officials are
Speaker Rayburn, Representative
SABBATH, Democrat, OF Illinois, and
Representative Auchincloss, Re-
publican of New Jersey.
One result of the proposed four
year program of improvements, Of
ficials said, would be the end Of
production of electricity for the
Congressional buildings by the
Capitol power plant.
This business would be turned
over to the Potomac Electric
Power Co.
S359,000 Electric Bill.
Under the pending plan, devel-
oped after three-year study. elec-
tricity at the Capitol would cost
about $359,000 a year. OF this.
about $4,000 a year would be
returned to the Government in
taxes.
! Experts who have been study
ing the power problems on Capitol
Hill said it is costing the Govern
ment three times as much for
Congress to generate its own elec-
trio power as it would to buy it
from Pepco. They added it still
would cost two-a n do n e-half
times as much to generate so
much electricity in modernized
i. Capitol Power Plant.
In round numbers, advocates
said. the program would cut an
nual Capitol expenditures by
!; about 100000.
/ Adoption of the four-year pro-
gram has been recommended by
David Lynn, architect of the Cap
itol. officials said.
Under the pending program,
the Bicycle direct current serv-
ice of electric light and power
from the Capitol's own plant
would be converted into a 60
.. cycle alternating current service.
This alone is expected to cost
about s7.600,000.
1 Would Change Heating.
The plan also calls for the in.
: stallation of two new spreader
{ sfstocker-f1re coal-burning steam
: gfboilers to heat the buildings or
Capitol Hill.
The plan also would bring about
, abandonment of a portion of an
+ old steam pipe tunnel, regarded as
physical hazard, and the con-
, struction of a new tunnel for
: steam and water mains from the
! Capitol power plant, at South
Capitol and E streets Sc, to the
Senate Office Building.
Air-conditioning of the old Lii
brary of Congress Building was
foreseen as one benefit of the pro-
gram. This would be in keeping
with the advice of experts that the
priceless documents of the library
should be given this protection,
Evening star., 1949-08-10
30-Man Squad
Sent Into Action
.|nSafecrackinqs
Ordered to Break Up
Two Gangs Blamed in
II Cases in a Duys

The entire police general assign
ment squad was ordered today to
concentrate on breaking up a wave
of safecrackings by two gangs here
Eleven cases have been reported
within the past four days.
Detective Inspector Robert S.
Bryant, who said the operations of
two organized gangs had been de-
tected in some of the robberies and
attempted robberies. ordered the
drive after three new attempts
were reported today.
Four men normally are assigned
to investigate such reports, Inspec-
tor Bryant said. He said he will
use the entire 30-man squad
wherever necessary during subse-
quent safecracking Investigations
Radio Store Entered.
Nicholas J. Liebert, controller
of Georges Radio Co., reported
the store at BIG F street NV. was
entered some time during the
night and an outer door of a 500
pound safe pried open. The yeggs
also knocked off the dial of an
inner vault.
Police said they did not think
the vault had been opened. Mr..
Liebert said there might" have
been about $4,000 there. but that
he wouldn't know until an audit
had been made. A safe expert
was called to open the vault.
The Capitol Lock & Hardware
Store. 1868 Georgia avenue NV.
also was entered during the night
and a safe containing 5000 tam
pered with. Thieves there took
$500 worth of appliances.
Stolen Safe Found.
A 500-pound safe taken yester-
day from the Martin & Boyo
Spring Works, 622 L street NV.
later was found in the woods neal
Seabrook, Md. The door was
ripped off, and $500 was reported
missing.
Theft of $40 from one safe and
an attempted break into another
also were reported yesterday.
Reports of thefts of $3.50 from
three safes and attempted rob-
berries of two others were received
Sunday and Monday.
A partially opened safe at the
Avignone Freres Restaurant, 177I
Columbia road NV. was founc
after an employe surprised an in
truder there. A suspect. Albert
Anthony, jr., 28. coloreri.- was at
rested and charged with house
breaking. Police said there was
nearly $500 in the safe.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
.CiO Names BuIdunzi
To Bittner Post in South

George Baldanzi executive vice
president of the Textile Workers
Union, was named by the CIC
today to head it's Southern organ
izing campaign.
Mr.. Baldanzi, AZ. former coal
miner, succeeds Van A. Bittner
the veteran CIO official who died
recently. He had been associated
with Mr.. Bittner since the drive to
line up union members in indus
tries Of the South began three
years ago.