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Evening star., 1949-04-27
Son Kept in CubicIe 10 Years by Mother
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shaggy bearded man Of -. dug
out after 10 years Of fantastic
solitude In q dank eubbyhole. !.
yearned today to return to the
tomb like cubicle In which his
mother sealed him when war
broke out.
| Shoeless. filthy. his clothes In
rags. Paul Makushak. time
college student. stood on wobbly
legs and blinked into the unac-
customed glare Of electric lights.
Il liked it in there" he said.
I'D like to 60 back. I don't care
about the outside world" Police
took him to a hospital.
The man told . strange story of
voluntary exile since 193o-when
his mother sealed him oil from the
world with . wall of, wood and
plaster at the outbreak Of World
War II.
Makushak spent the 10 years
in a tiny walled-in cubicle. built
in the corner Of . Uttered third
floor bedroom in q brownstone
house In the Greenpoint section
of Brooklyn.
CubicIe Only 5 Feet Long.
His father, who runs q tailor
shop in the same building, said
he never knew the man was i'm
prisoned In the house.
The cubicle. about ; feet wide
and s feet long-scarcely big
enough to hold Makushak when
he stretched on the floor to sleep
had been devised, police said.
because his mother presumably
wanted him to escape being
drafted.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Frank j. Parker began an
immediate investigation Of Ma
kushak's draft status in conjunc-
ton with FBI agents. He planned
to question him later today In
the observation section Of Kings
County Hospital.
Mother IL Hysterieal.
Meanwhile. authorities reported
his mother was in an hysterical
condition in another hospital
after learning her sons hiding
place had been found.
Makushak. however. was vasue
about the war.
The draft?" he replied to ques-
tioning by Brooklyn District At
torney Miles F. Mcdonald. Il
don't know about the draft. That
was in 1917, wasn't it?"
He said he didn't believe in
violence" and added Il don't
know" when asked II he would
have gone in the Army.
The story of Makushak's i'm
prisonment came to the attention
Of police last night after the
mother. 58-year -old Mrs. Anna
Makushak, entered the hospital.
Fed Through Hole in Roof.
She asked q neighborhood
woman to go and care for her son
whose only contact with the
world was a hole in the top of
his tomb, through which he was
fed, :
The neishbor, unidentified. told.
police about him.
With crowbars. police bashed
down the thin plaster wall that
sealed Makushak OF. and lifted
him back into the world.
He was dressed In heavy woolen
clqtttrg! !~gA tat&lke e1zaA stick
inE Sap~Was pSaled dUWn<Over
his thick, matted black hair.
Policemen had to hold him up|
when he walked.
His beard flared out around
his face in 4-inch curls and he
wore glasses that were held TO-
gether with wire.
Around his legs was q pair Of
Evening star., 1949-04-27

mise nigh, be in order s}cas ,he
lines Of the Flanders pTogNa&a!
NACA~~ TIE Senate Clsa s~EN -
zee Committee hAs appEcs I'd lex 70
lSlstlon 10 pay sls.oso salaries
fer 10 scientific and pgefsS>aeaA
Jobs IN The National Adv .snfe
Committee toF aegunaul4cx The
House already has passed tns
ball.
RETIREMENT ~~- The SENATE
group also approved . bill 10 g1sr
those Government employees ~he
are already retired the t&ll an.
nuits increase voted them last
year. plus the right 10 designate
their wives as hs ne fciartss :ug
annuities after their death unceT
last years retirement Ast tness
retired workers we're given the
choice Of either an annuity in.
crease or the surytsogshlp ar
nuity feature
CLERICAL JoBS-The cIsll
Service Commission SAYS II plans
TO complete. within the next few
weeks. the Job Of grading the
exams for clerical positions IN
the Government, These CAf-l 10
3 clerical exams we're given last
month. Many Of those taking the
exam we're war service employees
who are extremely anxious 10 get
permanent status before being
reached in reductions in force
programs,
MARlTIMI--Tne employees al
Maritime Commission are wonder
ing who Is going 10 head the
agency. Admiral w, W. Smith
who vas chairman OF the eommis-
sion. stepped down several days
ago when his term expired and no
reappointment was forthcoming
from the White HOUSE.
His post has been taken over by
Vice Chairman 0renyille Mellen.
who will serve As acting chairman
until President Truman appoints
a successor. One OF those men
toned for the ehairmanship Is
s MeKeoueh. = former
of Congress. who Is now
a member of the Maritime Com
mission.
INJURY COMPENSATION
Hearings on legislation 10 increase
the compensation
DEMENT'S to Government workers
injured on the lob will be resumed
next Monday by a House Labor
Evening star., 1949-04-27
Huvre de Grace Scratches
Cloudy and Fast.

Cloudy and Fast.
a-Homing Pigeon. Thin Dime
BARRIERS Hill. War Champ.
3-Mary, Chloe. Lady Fairfield
Brahmin Maid.
.-Pennant Rhythm, Tacaro.
Mr.. Del.
singular. Pelops, Pictura
AyahS Boy.
Evening star., 1949-04-27

Subcommittee Committee sources
say they expect The hearings can
be- completed ia one dAs The
committee is expected 10 giee rs
quick approval 10 the measure.
Evening star., 1949-04-27

BE saFf Ia listen IN NaHdaps
et ms an. ouft RMAts.
The Star station. Tor JosspA
YoHnps hroddcas, pFrktoH ei
the Federal Spotlight, ttafar-
ing additional HsWs aud pates
OF the Govern neat sevpirf
Evening star., 1949-04-27
The Federol Spotlight
The Federol spo'I'sh, ~sss~s fitS<es.
Flanders Drafts Compromise
Bill to Break Poy Deadlock
D, Joseph resns

oompTornsse sou,on aaey coatuee a&suAtrd
Government
orscke, Feceral irg.sat3on,
In effort Of The toplssel s~nAtnr
Flanders Republican Of
and file employees
Evening star., 1949-04-27

The Dominican Republic ex-
poets to set . new coffee produc-
ton record this year.
Evening star., 1949-04-27

nsessa 1snDsratsrss TAis Fear.
lishsst. %. q Aprii II.
Lovest, II. "a Januayy 20.
nish ana Lev ~ Ysssesaas.
lioh, a, at 40 n.M.
Low. -. at $50 an.
Evening star., 1949-04-27
Report

District Of Columbia-Mostly
cloudy and mild. with some rain
likely this afternoon or early to-
night. Highest Temperature about
76 degrees: lowest tonight about
b degrees. Tomorrow rather
cloudy and not quite as warm,
laryland-Some rain this eve
ming. followed BY rather cloudy
and cooler late tonight and TO-
morrow.
virginia-Rather cloudy and
mild. with showers tonight. To-
morrow partly cloudy. not quite
~ warm.
Wind velocity. Z miles per hour
direction. west-northwest.
1iysr Rsssrt.
tHren Unitsa States Ensinsars)
rste0as Asvsr elsuly at uarpsrs YerY,
~ @ Qreat Jalis: ohsnaA1eah clear ~
HArDe1s Terry.
Evening star., 1949-04-27

INJURY COMPENSATION
Hearings on legislation TO increase
substantially the compensation
BENEFITS to Government workers
injured on the Job will be resumed
next Monday by House Labor
Evening star., 1949-07-13
US0 Reports Increase
In Hospital Services

A six-month survey of work
by the United Service Organiza-
tions, Inc, for service personnel
and patients in military and vet
erans' hospitals in the Washington
area, shows increased services for
armed forces members in hospitals
and greater volunteer participa-
ton in the reactivated USO
service.
The semiannual report Of the
National Catholic Commu-
nifty Service Office. 1914 N street
NV, shows 1929 persons bene-
fited from program activities Of
fered by the UsO Office. More
than 900 men and women volun-
teers contributed more than 1850
hours of service assisting in vari-
Gus phases Of the program, the
Office reported.
The Very Rev. John s. Spence.
Mrs. c. j. Mack. Mrs. George
Beneman and Mrs. Joseph Egan
comprise the operating committee
Of the organization.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Girl Posing as Registered Nurse
g Months at SibIey Is Sentenced

supported the appllcatlon, Dr
Orem said.
When the genuine Miss Taylor
who had since left the city and
been married, did report the loss
of her papers. a telephone check
was made by police with Miss
Toller in her own name, but she
denied knowledge of the matter
and the inquiry was dropped
police disclosed.
Ironically, discovery of the de-
ception did not come at the hos
pital, where Miss Toller performed
all regular general nursing duties
in excellent" fashion. DR.. Orem
said. It came in a police in
vestigation of credit transactions
made by Miss Toller under her
assumed name in several down.
town clothing stores. Confronted
by police, she readily admitted her
guilt, according to Detective Sergt
Joseph A. Gabrys of the Narcotic
Squad.
Miss Toller appeared to be sin
cerely attracted by nursing ano
Evening star., 1949-07-13

An attractive 22-year-old girl
today began 60-day jail SEN
tence, after admitting she had
worked in a Washington hospital
for eight months under false pre-
lenses of being a registered nurse.
The unqualified, nurse, who ac-
cording to court investigators
never completed a practical nurs-
ing course. is Miss Helen Frances
Toller, Silver Hill, Md. Her pose
under the name of a qualified
nurse was uncovered by police
two weeks ago. and the arrested
woman was sentenced yesterday
by Municipal Court Judge Ellen
K. Raedy.
Miss Toller's subterfuge began
last October, when credentials OF
another nurse, with whom she
worked in a physicians Office here,
were removed from their owners S
purse, court officials revealed.
Loss of the credentials was not
reported until the following
month. Meanwhile Miss Toller,
using the name of the legitimate
lnurse-Ann Taylor - successfully
applied for a post on the staff OF
Sibley Hospital.
The hospital took the usual pre-
caution of checking the Nurses
Examining Board and found Anne
Taylor" properly listed there. II
also checked out-of- town refer
ences, apparently obtained from
the legitimate Taylor credentials
according to DR.. John Orem, Sib-
ley superintendent. Both checks
Evening star., 1949-07-13
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, July 13.-Parliament
conducted debate yesterday or
a recent newspaper picture which
showed a woman army sergeant
lying crumpled in a faint on a
parade ground while her unit was
reviewed by Princess Elizabeth.
The picture already has raised
q storm of letters to- the editor
Most Of the hundreds who wrote
to London newspapers protested
the 'inhumanity" Of leaving the
girl lying helpless until the review
was finished. Others said pub
lication of the picture was un-
necessary and embarrassing.
War Secretary Emanuel Shin
we'll yesterday told the House of
Commons:
II think it is deplorable that an
incident of this kind should have
been depicted in the press in the
way 1t was"
The woman sergeant, Jean Bay
Evening star., 1949-07-13
World Church Council
Urges Care in Reich
Factory Dismant|ing
By the Assoeiofed Press

CHICHESTER, England, July
13.-The Central Committee o1
the World Council Of Churches
acting at the behest of Pastor
Martin Niemoeller. former U-boa1
captain and anti-Nazi leader, to-
day urged care in the Allied pro.
gram of dismantling German
factories.
DR.. Niemoeller demanded that
world Protestants act to halt dis
mantling, which he called "a
crime against humanity"
He addressed the Central Com
mittee of the 44-nation World
Council in a six-day conference
here on world church problems
and told the delegates there are
100000 Germans in Western
Germany from the nations east
ern provinces whom present Ger
man industrial installations can
not absorb.
Question Put on Peace Basis.
The question in Germany now
is whether a plant can possibly be
used for war purposes he said
MY answer is that any plan,
can be.
THE question should rather be
whether any plant can be used fol
peace purposes"
The Central Committee largely
agreed with DR.. Niemoeller's i'm
passioned denunciation of Allieo
dismantling policy.
1t passed a resolution saying the
council expressed the hope thai
the policy Of dismantlement in
Germany of factories not exclu-
sively related to war potential may
be handled so as to provide rea-
sonable opportunities for work
to Eastern Germans drifting into
the Western zones"
The resolution added this would
"avoid creating again in Germany
q situation of danger through
mass misery and unemployment. y
East Europe to Get Funds.
The committee last night allo-
Gated more than one-third OF q
s1,233,0O0 draft budget for church
aid to the countries Of Commu-
nist-dominated Eastern Europe.
The budget will be argued to-
day by the committee.
The draft calls for funds to-
falling more than $360,000 in
money and goods. plus an un-
specified amount for Bulgaria, to
be channeled into Eastern Europe
in the next year for use by pastors.
Yugoslavia would get SITS, 400;
Poland, $83,129; Hungary, $70.-
900; Czechoslovakia, $23,150. and
Finland $500 from funds the
council hopes to raise for church
aid throughout the world.
Racial Discrimination Hit.
The central committee yester-
day denounced race discrimina-
ton. Churchmen protested against
anti-Negro bias In South Africa
and the Southern United States.
They reafarmed q resolution of
the councA in Amsterdam last
August condemning fragrant vio-
lations of human rights" in many
parts of the world.
DR.. J. Earl Moreland of Ashland,
Va, president of Randolph-M Macon
College, praised Brazil's handling
Of the problem. He said:
Brazil is carrying out one of
the noblest experiments in race
relations in recent history. There
is complete amity among all races.
Brazil is entitled to a great deal of
applause for It's attempts to meet
the problem"
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Picture of British WAC in Faint
Causes Debate in Parliament

liss, tainted at a review by Prin.
cess Elizabeth last Wednesday al
Shrewsbury.
An officer Of the Womens Army
Corps said last night that she lay
unattended only 2 minutes. After
the Princess had passed, the of
hcer said, two nurses hurried tc
the girl, revived her by first-aio
methods, then helped her of the
parade ground.
Evening star., 1949-07-13

said she had read every book she
could lay her hands on" according
to Sergt. Gabrys. Her formal
training, he said, consisted of nine
months in an uncompleted practi-
cal nursing course at Doctors Hos
pital. She gained some further
knowledge while working for six
months in two doctors Offices, he
added.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Six Enlisted D. c. Men
At Naval Officers Schoo|

Six enlisted District reservists
of the Anacostia Naval Air Re-
serve Training Unit now are at
the Reserve Officers Candidate
School at Newport. r. I.
The officer candidates from
Washington are Edward j. and
John l.. Fitzpatrick, 1862 Forty
first street Sc; Theodore M.
DAILY. jr.. 3317 Eighteenth place
Sc; Joseph L. Jennings. 500
Third street Sc; Thomas j.
lO'Brien, jr., 1926 = place Sc,
and Raymond H. Mulligan. 218
Eighth street S.W.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Evening star., 1949-07-13

Stote Society Plans Dance
The South Carolina State So
ciety will hold a dance at 10 pm
Friday in the Shoreham Hotel.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
BeIfsviIIe Streetcars
To Halt JuIy31

Capital Transit Co. will discon-
tinue its 3-mile Beltsville street.
car line July 81. under terms of
orders entered by the Maryland
Court of Appeals. 1t was an
nounced today.
The company had argued 1t lost
S34,915 year on the 47-year-old
line between Beltsville and
Branchville.
Early last month the Court OF
Appeals at Annapolis approved
abandonment of the line. thus
upholding the companys petition
and reversing a ruling OF the
MARYLAND Public Service Com
mission finding. On July 7 the
PSC filed a motion for reargument
but the court now is in recess and
is not expected to act on this mo-
ton until it reconvenes in the fall.
Meanwhile, on July 8, the court
handed down its mandate carry
ing out its order of month earl
ier and on July Is the PSC filed a
petition to suspend the mandate.
This last petition has been re-
turned, unsigned, to the clerk S
Office. This, in effect, is a refusal
by the court to suspend the man
date, the clerks Office announced.
The Capital Transit officials
here indicated the line will be sus-
pended as scheduled, July 81,
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Dismissal Opposed
For Social Worker

The Commissioner today re-
ceived q recommendation that .
Board of Public Welfare social
worker accused of disrespect to .
superior officer be suspended FOR
so days rather than dismissed.
Dismissal of the social worker,
Thomas R. English. 5000 block OF
Thirtieth street Sc. had been
recommended in April by the
Board of Public Welfare.
Mr.. English was accused Of be-
ing disrespectful to Mrs. Ruth
Hubbard, superintendent OF the
interstate service of the Welfare
Board. On his appeal from tho
dismissal request, the Commits
sioners designated Lawrence Koe-
nigsberger, sole member Of the
District Board Of Tax Appeals, a.
hearing officer for the case.
Mr.. Koenigsberger notified the
Commissioners Of a finding that
60-day suspension and possible
transfer from his position would
be a more suitable penalty than
his dismissal.
The city heads took no action
on the findings. but decided to
send it to the Welfare Board for
its recommendation.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Gen. Abendroth |nspects
District Guard al Camp

Brig. Gen. William H. Abend-
roth, new commanding general
of the District National Guard,
started his duties today with
an inspection of the largest con-
tingent under his command-the
26Oth Antiaircraft Artillery group
Gen. Abendroth left Andrews
Air Force Base this morning on
a flight to Camp Pendleton. Va,
where the 260th is on field ma
neuvers.
The new District Guard chief
will spend the night with the
troops and fly back tomorrow.
The antiaircraft group is COM
manded by Col. Leroy S. Mann,
who at one time was considered a
leading candidate for the top Ma
tional Guard post left vacant by
the retirement of Brig. Gen. AL
bert L. Cox.
Gen. Abendroth was sworn In
yesterday by Defense Secretary
johnson in a ceremony at the
IPentagon.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Arnold 10 Name Byrd Aide
Who Sought His Withdrawal

Remmie L. Arnold, candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for Governor Of Virginia, an
nounced today he would reply to
a demand that he name persons
he has charged with trying to per-
suade him to withdraw from the
campaign.
Mr.. Arnold will speak at q rally
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the Cam
eron street USO Building. Alex
andria. He said he will name .
well-known leader of the Byrd or
ganization in Northern Virginia
who he says attempted to get him
out of the race. Mr.. Arnold made
the charge in a Fredericksburg
campaign speech last week that
persons prominent in the. Byrd
organization had attempted to buy
him out of the race by offering
him the position of Lieutenant
Governor and the promise Of Sem
ator Byrd's seat in 1852.
Mr.. Arnold's speech will be
broadcast over radio station
WPIK.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Southern Baptists Weigh
Seminary in Washington

A Baptist seminary in Washing
ton to train ministers, missionaries
and full-time Christian workers is
being considered by the Seminary
Committee of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
The Rev. A. Lincoln Smith made
this announcement last night at a
quarterly business meeting Of the
Congress Heights Baptist Church
where he is pastor.
Mr.. Smith. a member Of the
committee, explained that the
group of representatives from %
States was authorized to find a
site for a new seminary on the
Eastern Seaboard.
Mr.. Smith proposed that a
formal request to have the church
located here should be made by
the District Baptist Convention
which is composed Of more than
10000 Baptists.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored
by The Star. the Recreation De-
partment and the Film Center, are
scheduled for 9 o'clock tonight.
Programs of comedy, sports, car
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds and
recreation centerS:
Trinidad. Trinidad avenue and Meigs
street NE.
GEORGETOWN. Thirty-fourth street and
Volta place NV.
Raymond, Tenth street and Spring road
NV.
Powell, Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV
Thomson, Twelfth and L streets NV.
Shipley Terrace. 2302 Southern avenue
Bellevue. 213 Boyer road sw.
Davis, Forty-fourth place and II street
NE
Cooke, P street between, North Capitol
and First street NV.
Montgomery, Twenty-seventh and Eye
streets NV.
Lucy .sIows. Fourteenth and jackson
syphax School Half street. between n
and O streets 6.W.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
IS Donors Respond Quickly
To Offer Skin to Rector Boy

Little Mike Rector's unknown
friends didn't let him down when
they learned through story in
The Star yesterday that he need
ed additional skin gratis to aid
him in his gallant fight to re-
cover from burns on 10 per cent
of his body.
More than IS men and women
had volunteered by noon today
to donate two 4-by-8-inch patches
of skin from their thighs to aid
the 4-year-old lad who was
burned eight months ago when
his cowboy suit caught fire while
he was playing. And more volun-
teers were responding each hour.
DR.. j. Rogers Young. chief OF
the Casualty Hospital team" that
saved the little boy from almost
certain death, said he will select
the three best-qualified volunteers
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Fresh Pork Prices Up,
Other Meats Steady;
Vegetables Cheaper

Fresh pork prices in many Wash
ington stores were from S to II
cent higher today than a week
ago, but other meats were gener.
ally unchanged.
Spokesman for one chain store
said pork prices will soon be
back to the June l high. Prices
have been steadily going up since
July /, he added.
Typical price changes for pork
at another chain store were: CEN
ter pork chops, from IS cents to
79 cents a pound: rib end roast
49 to SIS cents. and whole loin. IS
to 81 cents.
Smoked hams, bacon and re-
lated pork products remained un-
changed in price, but dealers
looked for them to increase in
price in time. .
Chicken Down, Eggs Up.
Chicken prices were reported
lower, by about 2 cents pound.
Eggs, on the other hand, were up
3 cents a dozen.
Market sources attributed the
higher pork prices on naHy
light receipts. They said pork
probably would remain close to
present price levels until fall.
The increases had been'expected
following a sharp rise at the whole
sale level last week. Live hogs at
Chicago, for instance, early this
week brought the highest price for
top grades since last November.
The increase in egg prices was
blamed on a drop in production.
Chickens don't lay as many eggs
in the hot weather.
Green Groceries Cheaper.
Lower in price on most produce
counters this week were lettuce,
snap beans. cabbage. green corn,
cucumbers, peaches, peas and
watermelon.
Although rains broke the long
drought in some growing areas
last week. eastern markets we're
still receiving many vegetable
shipments from distant regions to
supplement damaged local crops.
Cabbage was coming from Colo
RADIO. Iowa and Wisconsin, for ex-
ample; peas from Idaho. Colorado
and New Mexico, spinach from
Canada.
The Dun 81 Bradstreet whole
sale food price index this week
climed to $5.71 from $568 a week
ago. and 218 per cent below the
year-ago index of $3.50. The
figure represents the wholesale
cost of a pound each of 81 foods
in general use.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Market Workers S Hand
Badly Hurt in Meat Machine

A market employees hand was
badly mangled this morning when
it was drawn into the bladed roll.
ers OF q meat tenderizing machine.
He was Robert Magee, II. col
ored, 401 Fiftieth street NE, an
employe of Warren's Market, 1434
Potomac avenue Sc.
The youth apparently tipped on
the switch accidentally as he
cleaned the machine and the
cloth he was using pulled his
hand into the rollers. He waited
Is minutes until fire rescue squad
members used a metal saw to cut
the roller out of the machine and
was then taken to Casualty Hos
pital. A