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Evening star., 1949-10-18

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Evening star., 1949-09-29
Parade Hero|d;ng Trade Show
Draws Thousands in Bethesda
Bonds, FIoots Featured
In Hour-Long Event,
Community's Biggest

Thousands of people lined
Bethesda streets last night to see
the largest parade in the COM
munity's history, which heralded
the opening of the four day
Bethesda Trade Show.
Marshaled by Comdr. Frank E.
Frates, USN. and A. j. Bargagni,
chief of the Bethesda Fire Depart
ment, the hour-long parade
featured six bands, several drum
corps, dozens of floats and many
marching units. Over a thousand
people took part.
\ The Montgomery Blair High
School band was awarded a trophy
for the best band in the parade.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Montgomery County Post, drew
first place for the best marching
unit, and the Glen Echo Fire De-
partment won the trophy for the
disappearing single piece of fire
equipment in the parade. The
float of Donna Byrne's dance
studio, featuring dancing girls, was
judged the best float in the parade.
Participants got a preview of
the Trade Show. which was to be
opened formally at 2 pm. today
by Senator O'Conor, Democrat,
of Maryland.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
New Authority Voted
For White House Unit

The House Public Works Com
mittee today approved a joint
resolution giving authority to the
commission on renovation Of the
White House to develop its own
plan to dispose Of material re-
moved In making repairs to the
building.
An amendment was inserted by
the committee requiring the COM
mission to submmit q progress re-
port to Congress by next January
8 and every six months thereafter
The resolution provides that the
commission. with the approval Of
the President, shall develop and
execute the plan for preservation
"or other appropriate disposition
of all the materials removed from
the Executive Mansion con-
sistent with their symbolical value
without exploitation"
Actual work on the White House
job is expected to start in De-
cember under the present time
table.
The House committee also ap-
proved a bill amending an old law
to make 1t easier for Government
agencies to install conditioning
in special laboratories and other
scientific centers.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
zoniing Board
Refuses Permit
ForApartments
Exception Banned
For Two Blocks on
Nebraska Avenue

Permission to build two 50-unit
apartment houses on Nebraska
avenue near Connecticut avenue
NV. was denied today by the
District Board of Zoning Ad-
justment, after protests from
nearly 100 residents in the neigh
borhood.
Owner of the property is Simon
Krupshaw, Washington antique
dealer. He had asked the board
to make an exception so he could
build the apartments there
though the zoning regulations
prohibit this-becauSe only apart
ment construction was economic
ally feasible on the land.
The board also turned down q
request of James E. Schwab, real
estate operator, that property he
owns at the northwest corner of
Military road and Twenty-seventh
street NV. be used as the site for
a proposed 100000 Retreat for
Friendless Maiden Ladies.
Funds Available.
Mr.. Schwab said Miss Anna r.
Shoemaker, who died here in 1927,
left a trust fund for building Of
the home but executors of tho
estate have not found q suitable
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Robbers Get Both Cash, Drugs
At Connecticut Ave. Phurmucy

Police are investigating today
the possibility that a safecracking
and q narcotic ring are working
together here after theft Of. 81. .4S5
and q quantity Of narcotics from
a Connecticut avenue pharmacy.
The theft from the Chevy Chase
Pharmacy. $685. Connecticut ave-
nue. NV. was discovered at s
am. today by Pvt. Hervin M.
Ritter Of the eighth precinct.
"A trapdoor in the rear OF the
store was open." he said. IT went
in. The safe had been punched
open and a narcotics cabinet was
open too"
William Sapperstein, owner Of
the pharmacy, said the narcotic
cabinet was opened with q key he
keeps in a drawer in the rear Of
the store near the cabinet.
He said several bottles Of mar
cotics were taken. These included,
Evening star., 1949-09-29
By Corter Dowson

Science might leave students
cold" in the classroom, but not
at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory
at White Oak. Md.
More than 1000 Prince Georges
and Montgomery County science
pupils found that out today at
the laboratory's first annual Com
munity Day open house, thanks
to a "kissometer."
The "kissometer." to register
the intensity of OSCILLATION, was
"rigged up by the Navy in it's
spare time" officials explained.
Its something the public can
understand. That's why we're ex-
hibiting it with all sorts Of highly
technical magnetic. electronic and
supersonic devices the public can't
understand"
The "kissometer" didn't do
much business at first, Roger Bau-
mann. %, an engineering aid who
operated the gadget. said. But
after couples found out they
wouldn't get a shock. and several
persons in the crowd yelled. Its
all in the interest of science" and
"Hey, it looks like fun," business
increased.
A 16- year old Montgomery
Blair junior. Sally Baehr. got
pushed up to the kissometer
whose sign read: do you kiss
pECperly? The kissometer pro-
vides d direct measurement of
your kiss potential. Improve your
technique. KEEP TRYING, until
you reach the, top" The top"
was 4ratins Of '.l1ypersonic. ''s
1. sally baked wien she fotndl
she had to kiss q boy besides Just
grasping object on the end Of a
wire. .s.,q
New Sign Suggested.
There should be another sign
on that think marked uncoorera-
tive" some one yelled from the
back. . -
Then 4, strong silent looking
blond boy stepped forward to help
Sally complete the test.
IT don't even know you" Sally
walled while the crowd laughed
Evening star., 1949-09-29

ne said, morphine, code1ne, pap
VERNE and pantopon.
The dial Of the safe was knocked
OF and the pin holding it closed
was punched out-an expert type
of job. according to safe squad
men, The money in 1t represented
two days receipts.
1t. H. H. Carper Of the sar-
cotics squad said only In very
rare cases are q safe-eracking and
a narcotics theft pulled at once.
as in this case. He said a mar
cotics ring and q safe-cracking
ring may be working together in
the wake Of q recent wave of safe
jobs here.
All Of the drugs taken from the
pharmacy are commonly used by
narcotics rings, police said. Pap
VERNE is an opium derivative and
pantopon is three times as strong
In its effect as morphine. the
squad reported.
However, . full bottle Of cocaine
was left In the cabinet u
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Murder Indictment
in Alexandra

Judge William P. Woolls in
Alexandria Corporation Court to-
day overruled an attempt by at
torneys for Mrs. Ruth Maxwell, %,
charged with the murder of her
husband, to quash the indictment
against her on the ground there
were no women on the grand Jury.
Walter I. Young, attorney for
Mrs. Maxwell, argued that exclu-
sion of women from the grand
jury denied his client equal pro-
lection Of the law"
He contended law excluding
women as jurors preceded the
10Th Amendment to the Federal
Constitution, which granted
women suffrage.
After the ruling, Mr.. Young
said he would renew his objection,
this time in the case of petit jur-
les, having no women members,
when Mrs. Maxwell goes on trial
at 10 am. tomorrow.
Mrs. Maxwell is accused of kill
ing her husband, Corpl. Gardner
Maxwell. July 81 in front Of their
home in the TOO block Of North
Washington street. by striking
him with a broken milk bottle. He
died of q severed jugular vein,
Evening star., 1949-09-29
'Forthest Out Group
Turns Down House
On Massachusetts

The Foundation Farthest
Out, forced by zoning regula-
tions to give up its "house
on Cedar street." today was
given permission to establish
a center at 1920 Massachu-
sets avenue N.W.-but is
no longer interested.
A spokesman for owners Of
the Massachusetts, avenue
property said the foundation
had cancelled its conditional
sales contract by letter on
September IL, stating the
house was not large enough
for its needs.
The Foundation Farthest
Out was ruled out of its house
at 535 Cedar street NV. on
the basis Of zoning regulations
after residents protested the
place was operated as q lodg-
ing house and noise and loud
singing disturbed the nighbor-
hood. Foundation spokesmen
said its object was to increase
the number of persons who
know prayer as an effective
service and was interracial.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
'Kissometer' Makes Girls Coy
AtNovoI Ordnance Laboratory

The blond boy said his name
was Robert Taylor, he was II and
he was senior at Maryland Park
High School. He swept Sally up.
into little heap in his arms and
planted a long mean kiss on her
lips as the kissometer lights began
to flash and register hypersonic.
Il knew you should have stayed
with me. Sally" said Sally's SCI
ence teacher. arriving on the
scene, but Sally didn't answer.
She couldn't. Robert Taylor was
still kissing her.
Boy Kisses Mother.
After Robert Taylor and Sally
had finished meeting" each other,
Roger Olsen, 8. a third grader at
East Silver Spring Elementary,
gave a kiss to his mother, Mrs.
Harvey Olsen. which registered
"frenzied." But say it's savage"
Mrs. Olsen said. 1T sounds bet
ter" Roger was yelling, II want
to kiss all the girls" as his mother
dragged him away to q more tech
nical exhibit.
Diane Finney, II, a h-grader
at Takoma Park Elementary.
kissed a girl friend nearby and the
kissometer registered routine"
Routine what" a little boy be-
side them asked.
Another little girl hung back
as her. friends egged her to kiss
a patrol boy in the crowd.
I'll only try it out with Roy
Rodgers, the cowboy" she said.
Besides. that patrol boy isn't in
my room at school" -.>e
81 "Ye4 I am" the patrol boy snap
ped back. But I don't want to1
kiss you"
A married couple Of seven years,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Schroeder,
Silver Spring, volunteered to show
the wids "how it's. done. He's
a powerful kisser," someone yelled
as the kissometer lights started
blinking.
Mr.. Baumann didn't notice the
lights. He was busy telling people
in line for the meter not to hold
hands. It'll mar your average
he warned.
Evening star., 1949-09-29

County police, Falco ran into the
side of a car driven by Edward
German, SO, of 1907 Varnum street
NV, shortly before 4:30 pm.
and apparently was run over.
Suffered Fractured Skull.
He was pronounced dead en-
arrival at Prince Georges General
Hospital. The hospital said the
boy suffered a fractured skull.
! PVts. Emmett Gray and Wallace
Baker reported that Mr.. German,
operator of a ssupermarket at
Tuxedo. was heading south along
State street, near Sixty first
street. when the accident occur
red.
Technical charges of man
slaughter and reckless driving
were placed against Mr.. German,
police said. He was freed under
$1,100 bond, pending a hearing
in Hyattsville Police Court at 10
am. Monday.
The young victims father is a
tile setter in Washington.
Besides his parents, Falco is
survived by four sisters, Beatrice,
IL; Angeline. 10; Annie. Z. and
Rosemary. 8 months. and a
brother. Nick, jr., 3. ..
Funeral Saturday.
The body was taken to the
Gasch funeral home, Hyattsville,
and funeral services will be held
at 9 am. Saturday at the Holy
Rosary Catholic Church, Third
and F streets NV. Burial will
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The boys grandfather, also
named Falco Bruno. suffered q
heart attack Immediately after
learning of the tragedy, members
of the family said. His condition
was reported satisfactory today.
Doffus Molloy, A, colored, Of
I'LL Harvard street NV, is in
critical condition at Freedmen's
Hospital after being struck by a
car last night in the 1400 block
of Eleventh street NV.
Police said he ran from between
parked cars and was struck by an
automobile driven by James M.
Bessinger. 40, of Mount Rainier,
Md. No charges were placed
against the driver. The hospital
said the victim had a fractured
skull and compound fracture of
the left leg.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Waterfront Inspection
Trip Put OFF BY Roin

An inspection trip of the WASH
ington waterfront and nearby
waterways. sponsored by the
Board of Trades River and Har-
Dor Committee was postponed
today because Of rain.
Members Of Congress and Fed
eral and District officials were
among q large group expected to
tour the waterfront, starting at
7p.m. No new date has been set.
Evening star., 1949-09-29

site. Mr.. Schwab was negotiating
the sale of the property for that
purpose.
At the hearing yesterday, no
opposition was voiced, although
some residents Of the neighbor.
hood had written the board their
objections.
The board granted total Of 20
for exceptions to coming
regulations, denied 10 and deferred
decisions on three.
Requests Granted.
Granted by the board were the fol.
Appeal OF Louis Bernstine to change .
grocery store at 1101 Sixth street NE.
to q pressing and cleaning establishment.
Robb to erect an apartment building with
public storage space less than rs feet
from street building line At 17os Massa-
Appeal of Samuel csplan to ehanse .
junk yard at 922 NJ street Sc. to .
plumbing contractors shop.
Appeal Of the Christian Science Society,
Ine to establish hhoa.
provide open parking spaces between the
outside walls and the street line Of build
inss At 1870 to l47o Congress PLACE SCI
32l9 to 1921 Fifteenth place Sc.
Appeal Of Jane r. MeDonough to estab:
lish . private school at 1711 Rhode Island
avenue NV.
Asss. st sr st s .4..1 N Rys: into e
apartments.
Appeal Of Anthony Tucsi tS e g CHANGE n -
electrical shop.
Appeal of John H. and Rexis L. Fowler
dwelling at 4225 Meade street NE
Appeal of estate of Daisy P: Blodsets
TO establish lumber ofdce At 1907 o
Appeal Of Mary and Angelo Massoeshi
to erect . two-story rear addition to tho
dwelling At t. l1lT .y,s street ar.S:son N;W IT, 10
Klingle street NV.
Appeal of oeorse wsshinston University
to continue sIsns z, iS ,cs
Asylum at washington Circle NV. and to
erect an automobile parking garage on
hrd s soaa sn :Ss s nsi s.s NV
Appeal Of the American Oil Co; to
establish gasoline station at 1900
FoaTsn xpp.ai i'rsf' ef wilson SM A. and Elizabeth NJ
of building at 1343 Montague street NV.
oa to cSanss 81 sssphen DENTAL sho
Twenty NTH street NV.
Appeal Of the chastleton Hotel 70 es-
Appeal Of Florence X. stohlm.n to erect
si ss1eet ialss NV and service shop At
Appeals Dismissed.
The Roa I'd dsrtad SaItau,-~
shanss gift store at isoi iissksa caiSsTt Street. e
Nv. NV; TO warehouse for automobile ac-
Appeal of Denys w. and oeneyisye H.
nn9n sIa 70 erect q one-ssory rear addition
y Sn9 q size porch at 1896 Utah avenue
,,s appeal s.ss.,1S; Of shs windsor snn c. to ss.
Park Hotel ssoo connnec.sut s tas ss.nS. W1S;Sr MW
to establish sasoine @ a Station ,s0iaeasr e fennr
Ass1S Ahaa c.6ssRi1 street :enss9
building at 2208 Massachusetts svenus
>. !s' xY'pssi y a, ,xn.ris.n on Go. TO erect
ssss1 ;ss :; Hs';s 4 5 s fssS Ne.
Ct D.sd M M 70 psfsss s5ssss .,:ns:
buildings are prohibited. ~ ""''e suen
The board deferred for later
action the following:
Appeal Of O.. w. Absher to erect n
private garage less than 90 feet from
at 3006 Hillcrest drive Sc.
appeal Of Robert o. Nash to permit s
MInoiesaie business and warehouse at
s4Z4 Eightsenth street NV.
Appear OF Herman Hannauer to estab.
nsn z temporary parking lot at near
tne Capital Transit Co. turnaround On
Evening star., 1949-09-29
NeeIy's Fight on Tordy Quorum
DELAYS Action on D. C.. Bills

gone only a few steps when he
encountered a somewhat surprised
Senator Hendrickson, who asked:
isn't there q committee meet
ing?"
"It's adjourned" said Senator
Nicely, as he walked on.
A few steps farther. he bumped
into Senator Mccarthy, who tool
a quick look at his wrist watch
and asked: Senator, you haven't
started yet, have. you?"
Senator Neely said he likec
the way Senator Mccarthy did hi.
work but that the meeting was
adjourned for lack Of a quorum
When he told of his 500 award
the Wisconsinite came back quick
with this:
IAN you have to do is to serve
cocktails and tea and cakes al
the opening of every melting
Rejects Plan.
But Senator Nicely, politically
and personally dry, replied: "Oh
no, I don't think that would work
at ALL"
The pair patted each other on
the back as Senator Mccarthy
apologized for being late. He said
he was stopped en- route to the
meeting by a reporter. He prom
iSed to be on time for the next
meeting.
Not so agreeable were some
other committee members. One
Of them said, "I am afraid
shall be very, very busy next Tues
day at $3.50 pm"
Another comment: If he had
just been patient for 2 more
minutes he would have had a
quorum today"
Many Of the bills put on the
agenda for yesterdays meeting
were considered of minor i'm
portance. or having no chance of
nnal passage this session. But
Senator Johnston, who Is chair
man OF the Civil Service Commit
te, had hoped to speed action
on q bill for three more judges
for Municipal Court.
Justice Department officials
have been pleading for quick ac-
ton on this bill, because a party
to civil suit now faces q delay
Of more than a year before it can
be tried, owing to the jammed
court docket.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Navy Bureau Workers
Urged 10 Make Chest
Drive a Quick Success

= Workers in the Nays Bureau
Of Aeronautics today were urged
to make a quick success of their
part in the Community Chest
drive as an example to the rest of
the Government. '
Philip L. Graham, the drives
vice chairman. and bureau chiefs
addressed about 400 employees in
the first major rally in any cam
paign division. The meeting was
in the Interior Department audi
torium.
Mr.. Graham told the Chest
drive workers it IS absolutely es-
sential" for this years drive to
60 over the top and said a big
part of the success would rest on
the Government units. The Gov
ernment's quota is $1,585,411, and
the total goal for the Metropolitan
Area Is $3.991 TIC.
Past Performance Changed.
The vice chairman praised past
performance Of both the Navy
unit and the Government as a
whole. In the Government, he
said. there has been "a long and
continuing tradition Of almost un-
animous generosity and care
about the welfare and community
services in our town ss
II hope you're soans 10 come
through with the completion Of
your campaign early enough TO
be held UP an example" he de-
The Navy sroup making d
head start III the drive, since gem
eral solicitation isn't due to start
until after the middle of October.
Mr.. Graham told the Navy en-
ployes that drive leaders believe
they have q great chance this
year not only to make the city,
wide goal but to go over it" There
is a special need to top the goal,
he emphasized. because Of the
failure to achieve it in previous
postwar campaigns.
Two Admirals Speak.
Support for the Chest is more
widespread throughout the COM
munity than in the past. Mr..
Graham said. He also called at
tention to unusual preparations"
for the drive under the leadership
'of q group Of 100 younger busi-
ness and professional men.
Rear Admiral Alfred M. Pride,
bureau chief, and Rear Admiral
William D. johnson, assistant
chief, both urged the employees to
raise their quota quickly. Another
group Of bureau workers win meet
at the same place tomorrow to
hear talks by Drive Chairman
Frank Luchs and Frank r. Jelleff
president of United Community
Services.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Kirk Ends StoIinqrud Visit

MOSCOW, Sept. 20 R.-
American Ambassador Alan @.
Kirk returned to Moscow yes
terday from Stalingrad. It was
his first trip outside Moscow since
he arrived in the Soviet Union
late In June.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Gun Factory Greets
British Admiral and
Films Dumb Blond

Today is ladies day" at the
Naval Gun Factory, and guests
range from q British vice ad-
miral to q movie star.
Vice Admiral r. v. Symonds-
Tayler, commander in chief of
the America and West Indies Sta
tion. British Navy, arrived this
morning from Annapolis. and
Marie Wilson, who is the typical
dumb blond" Of the Aims. is
due at 1880 pm.
The ladies specifically honored.
however, are about 100 women
who held down man-sized jobs
at the installation during the
war. from driving trucks weld
ing and working in the foundry.
Their return visit is in connec-
ton with the gun factory's cele-
bration of its 150th anniversary.
Briton Is Greeted.
Admiral Symonds-T Tayler was
greeted by Rear Admiral Glenn
B. Davis, commander of the Po-
tomac River Naval Command. and
Rear Admiral Frank G. Fahrion,
gun factory superintendent, and
received a 15-gun salute. He will
remain here through Sunday and
his flagship will be H. M. S. Snipe.
British corvette docked at the gun
factory pier.
Miss Wilson will try her hand
at firing the 1899 gun on the
waterfront and will be taken for
q short cruise on the 27-foot
model Of the historic brig Wasp
which is making daily demonstra-
ton cruises In the Anacostia River
during the sequicentennial activi-
ties this week.
Another Ladies Day" feature
is game between the gun fac
tory ladies' softball team. District
champions. and q group Of all
stars from other local teams,
the "Glamazons."
Tomorrow, "Old Timers Home
coming Day." will feature, besides
the regular program Of exhibits,
demonstrations and band con-
certs, a simulated air-sea rescue
by the latest type Of Marine
Corps helicopter.
Special Events Saturday.
Special events Saturday will in
clude an air show by the Nays
newest craft, and a water pageant
featuring water skiers in luminous
clothing.
The famed high-altitude Ban
sfiee jets and Grumman Panthers
will be on display. and a Marine
Corps exhibition team Of four
Phantom jets will perform air
acrobatics and fly in tight forma-
ton, led by Mai. L. D. Doc)
Everton, Guadalcanal ace. They
will go through loops, rolls, I'm
melmanns and splits turns al
speeds over 500 miles per hour.
The planes will fly over at 2::30
pm. to begin the show.
In the water pageant Saturday
night, the Chesapeake Sea Skiers
Club Of Baltimore will do a series
Of stunts involving jumping,
forming pyramids, and carrying
l}chted torches while skirnrntnO
over the water. Racing shells will
put on a moonlight regatta" to
music; and canoes, also illum-
mated with BLACK light" will
form a pattern number with syn
chronized padding
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Suburban Hospital Gets
Masonic Lodge Gift

Suburban Hospital has received
q donation from the Chevy Chase
Masonic Lodge to buy a sterilizer
for the operating room.
Francis Hill. jr.. president Of
the hospital Board of Trustees,
received the gift from Angus
Cares, master IT the Masonic
lodge; Rex Cleveland, senior
warden, and Charles Lueck, past
master and chairman Of the hos
pital project.