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Evening star., 1949-01-05
Rutland Voices Hone
OF Raises for Key
GaI|inger Officials

District Health Officer George C.
Rutland today expressed hope that
pay raises for key Gallinger Hospital
officials would result from a proposal
that Congress switch II key District
Jobs from statutory pay basis to the
scope of the Classification Act.
The proposal. approved by the
Commissioners yesterday, would af
feet the jobs Of:
The superintendent, deputy super
intendent, five chief medical officers
and two associate medical officers at
Gallinger. both members of the
Public Utilities Commission, the
peoples counsel. the recorder of
deeds, the poundmaster, the head of
the National Training School for
Girls, Hospital Permit Bureau doc
tor and the executive secretary of
the Mental Health Commission.
All the Gallinger jobs are filled
but an additional chief medical
officer in psychiatry still is needed
DR.. Rutland said the statutory
ppointments for the Gallinger Off
Gals were sought about 10 years ago
becauseftskas not thought at that
time enough pay would be offered
under civil service classification
Under the appointments, officials
were not eligible for pay raises or
other civil service benefits.
Under the new proposal, the jobs
would go to the Civil Service Com
mission for classification and salary
determination. DR.. Rutland said he
hoped it also would allow him free
dom to select "the most competent
officials for jobs which become
vacant,
Evening star., 1949-01-05
$6,000,000 in Costs
For Sewage Here Seen

The District must spend $60OO,C0C
within the next 10 years on capital
improvements to its sewerage treat
ment facilities if it is to keep pace
with the mounting population, Har-
old A. Kemp, District sanitary en-
gineer, said today.
Addressing the Washington Ro-
tary Club, Mr. Kemp said that even
with this expenditure, the Potomac
River below Key Bridge, the Ana
costa below Bladensburg and Rock
Greek below Piney Branch cannot be
made suitable for unrestricted rec
reation.
In addition to the District, he
added, all other communities in the
area are contemplating improve
ments to combat the increasing
menace of the river.
The Potomac River above Key
Bridge" Mr.. Kemp said, lis the
only natural water resource in the
metropolitan area which may be
reclaimed for unrestricted recrea-
tional use. 1t is an intangible, but
priceless resource, and can be secur-
ed at reasonable cost.
THE District proposes to supple
ment Its water supply from Great
Falls, and to reap the full bene-
fits of this water resource, we must
remove the health hazard from the
river.
This can be done only by remov-
ing all pollution from the river be-
tween Key Bridge and Great Falls
Not only must we remove pollution,
but we must not allow a treatment
plant to be constructed along this
reach of water"
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Son and Daughter
OF CoIoneIs EIope
From Fort Meade
BY the Associated Press

FORT MEADE, Md, Jan. 5.-The
teen-age children of two I'd
Army colonies eloped last night.
Their parents said the two left notes
indicating they were going to be
married
The announcement Of the dis
appearance was made jointly by
Col. and Mrs N. A. Burnell. parents
of Anne L. Burnell. and Col. and
Mrs. S. S. Hamilton, parents of
Steve S. Hamilton.
Col. Burnell is chief of the Second
Army's supply division. Col. Hamil-
ton heads the training division of
The operations section.
The son and daughter were
described as being in their late
teens"
The parents said the couple had
not been heard from by this morning
The families said the elopment came
as "a complete surprise" to them.
Anne and Steve have been friends
for several years.
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Air|ines Report Record
For Safety During '48
BY the Associated Press

The Nations regular airlines re-
ported yesterday that in 1948 they
set "one of the best all-arouno
safety records in the history OF
commercial aviation"
The Air Transport Association
speaking for the industry, said the
domestic carriers had an average
of 1.41 passenger fatalities tor each
100, 100000 passenger miles "a per.
son moved one mile is a passenger
mile). compared with 80 average
in l947.
The international carriers aver
aged LOG passenger death for each
l00,000,000 passenger-miles, COM
pared with 1.08 in 1947.
The domestic carriers had SO pas
senger fatalities in four accidents
while the overseas airlines had a
single accident with 20 deaths.
The association said that i'm
proved flying aids for use in bad
weather had contributed to safety
as well as reduced delays in sched-
ules.
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Boy, II, Girl, S, Unable to Talk
Or Walk, Found Starving in Bed

Two young children suffering
from severe malnutrition today were
in fair condition at Prince Georges
County General Hospital. where
they were taken after being found
close to starvation in an old house
near Huntsville, Md. late yesterday.
County authorities Immediately
started an investigation into the
case, which they termed absolutely
unbelievable The children. IL
year-old Lawrence E. Hunt and s.
year-old Marie L. Hunt. had not
been taught to walk or talk, police
said. Neither child had left its
bed since babyhood, it was said.
The nearly starved children were
rushed to the hospital after Miss
Clara Hunt, who said she was their
mother, called the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad to say there is some
thing wrong with my little girl"
Members of the rescue squad, ap-
palled by the conditions they found
at the home, said the girl appeared
to be slowly dying"
The children, by the mothers
own admission, had never been
given more than a little milk, y
police said.
Charges Undecided.
The investigation for the police
was being carried on by Pvts. 90
seph F. Kearns and Joseph Hill.
Pvt. Kearns said he die not know
if any criminal charges would De
filed. Decision on that, he said,
would come after he conferred with
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Churches Asked
To Offer Prayers
For Inaugural
All Faiths in District
Area Requested to
Hold Rites Jan. 16

All churches in the Washington
area will be asked to hold special
services on the Sunday preceding
President Truman's Inauguration to
offer special prayers, the Rev. Ed
ward Hughes Pruden, chairman OF
the inauguration Religious Observ-
ance Committee, said today.
DR.. Pruden said his committee was
sending letters to all churches in
the area this week to ask that they
hold the special prayers on Janu-
ary Is.
I'VE feel special prayers should be
offered for the President and his
counselors in the coming year in
view of the world situation" he de-
clared.
500 Letters to Go Out.
DR.. Pruden said the letter also
would ask church leaders to en-
phasize the ideals contained in the
documents on the Freedom Train
which will be in Washington for the
inaugural period. He estimated that
more than 500 letters would go out
before the week end.
DR.. Pruden, who is pastor Of the
First Baptist Church, represents the
Protestant faith on the committee
Other members are the Rev Joseph
E. Gedra, representing the Catholic
Church, and Rabbi Norman Ger
stenfeld. representing the Hebrew
faith.
Meanwhile. as plans for the in
augural period went forward, heavy
ticket sales were reported for seats
in the parade stands.
Plenty of seals are still available
the ticket Office reported. in the SO
81 and Sc stands. John F. Morris
sey, chairman of the parade Grand
Evening star., 1949-01-05
ID. {. Moves 10 Extradite
Man in 0'DonneI|'s Theft

Washington police have sent ex-
tradition papers to Chicago and are
awaiting court ACTION there in the
case of a man who is said to have
admitted stealing $500 from
O'Donnell's Restaurant here.
Chicago police yesterday said
James j. Powers, 38, had admitted
taking the money November 81, the
Associated Press reported. Police
said he told them he spent the
money in night clubs on the way
to Chicago and that he visited the
central police building there twice,
intending to give himself up, but
each time lost his nerve.
The theft of 1888 from third
floor safe at the restaurant, 1921
E street NV, was reported to
Metropolitan Police November 20.
James Fields, the Office manager,
said a James J. Powers worked at
the restaurant as an Office clerk for
six months. He said he did not
return to work after last Thanks
giving,
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Mrs. Henrietta Schmid Dies;
Iona D. {. Area Resident

Funeral services for Mrs. Henri
eta D. E. Schmid, 83, who died
yesterday after long illness at Le-
land Memorial Hospital in River
dale, will be held at 2:30 pm. Fri
day at Chambers funeral home, 580l
Cleveland avenue, Riverdal, Md.
Burial will be in Rock Creek
Cemetery.
Anative of Hamburg, Germany.
Mrs. Schmid came to this country
at the age of IA. First settling at
Rockville, Md, she later came to
Washington, where she married the
late Frank Schmid.
She attended the McHenry Meth
odist Church, 1909 South Dakota
avenue NE. and was long a men,
ber of the Washington Centennial
Chapter, No. 26, Order of the East
ern Star
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Frances E. Allison; three sons.
Henry F., Gearge l.. and Walter A.
Schmid; nine grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Evening star., 1949-01-05

the County Welfare Board later
today.
Police said the mother told them
she didn't know" who the father
of the children was.
Pvt. Kearns said the boy ap-
peared never to have had a hair
cut. He said the mother told them
she was unable to remember when
she had given either of them a
bath.
The house where the two children
lived with their mother and grand
father is on Sheriff road extended,
near Seat Pleasant.
Hospital officials, who said the
children were too ill., to have any
visitors, reported they were on a
liquid diet.
May Have tuberculosis.
DR.. A. K. Besley, superintendent
of the hospital, said the Welfare
Board had planned to send the chill
dren to the Rosewood Training
School, a te-administered chill
dren's home, but that there had been
considerable delay in getting them
accepted.
DR.. Besley said the girl may re-
quire an operation for peritonitis.
He added that both children may
have tuberculosis.
Miss E. Susan Hendricks, executive
director of the County Welfare
Board, said full investigation
would be made of the case. She
said she would issue a statement
later today after sch had conferred
with her superior officers.
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Pre-Irial Hearing Set
Monday on Contest mt Of
Mrs. Patterson's S Will

A pre-trial conference to clear
the way for the court contest Of
Mrs. Eleanor Patterson's will is
scheduled for 10 am. Monday before
Judge Alexander Holtzoff, opposing
attorneys were notified today.
The pre-trial session, at which
witnesses are not heard, is usually
designed to narrow the issues in a
case and to eliminate those which
cannot be proved.
Mrs. Felicia Gizycka, only daugh-
ter OF the late Times Herald pub
Usher. Is contesting the disposition
of her mothers $16,5OO,0O0 estate on
grounds that Mrs. Patterson was of
unsound mind and that the will
, was obtained through fraud and
undue influence.
Trial Set January 1s.
Trial of the case is now scheduled
for January 18.
Meanwhile, a deposition taken
November 9 from John T. Barber,
Times Herald treasurer, in the Of
flee of William A. Roberts, counsel
for Mrs. Gizycka. was filed yester-
day in District Court.
Mr.. Barber described his fight to
Clarksburg, w. Va, on September
IA after c. B. Porter former Times
Herald treasurer, plunged to his
death from hotel window there.
Mr.. Barber said his only reason
for going to Clarksburg was to
assist Mrs. Sibilla Campbell, former
housekeeper for Mrs. Patterson at
Is Dupont Circle, who was named
executrix in will left by Mr.. Porter
in the Clarksburg Hotel room. Mrs.
Campbell. he said, was unable to
make the trip because of other
duties.
Porter Will Filed.
Also filed yesterday was an un-
witnessed will of Mr.. Porter dated
September "a. 1947, and sent here
from Edinburg. Scotland. 1t pre-
dates the will found in the hotel
room, which also has no witness sig
natures. Such documents have no
standing in the District, attorneys
have said.
The will from Scotland provided
for disposition Of Mr.. Porter's estate
to friends and relatives.
Evening star., 1949-01-05
400 B. & 0. Workers
Face New Layoff
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 5.-Anothe,
layoff is in store today for 400 Of
the 2,755 Baltimore &, Ohio Railroad
shop workers just returning from 9
two-week Christmas furlough.
B. & o. officials said the new
furlough will begin Friday and will
last indefinitely. 1t is to affect en-
ployes in 33 locomotive and car
shops throughout the system, except
the main shops here.
A seasonal decline in the COM
pany's freight traffic was given as
the cause for the Christmas furlough
which also included about 1000
clerical workers not yet called back
A railroad spokesman said the
severe drop in business has
not picked up yet" and there are no
immediate plans for rehiring the
clerical employees.
Meanwhile, in Roanoke, Va, the
Norfolk & Western Railway an
nounced that a decline in coal load
ing and other business is to bring
the layoff of some 252 employees at
16 points on the companys line
tomorrow.
Company officials said employees
affected are of the motive power
department.
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Edwin Campbell Named
District Rent Examiner

Edwin N. Campbell, Washington
attorney, has been appointed an
examiner for the District Rent Con-
troll Administration, Administra tor
Robert F. Cogswell announced today
He succeeds Denis X. Lane, who
resigned to enter private law prac-
tice. MIR. Campbell's appointment
becomes effective Monday.
Mr.. Campbell has been a legal
assistant in the rent administration
since last may. A native of Wash
ington. he graduated from Eastern
High School, Dewitt Prep and Co.
lumbus University Law School and
was practicing attorney for two
years.
Mr.. Campbell is the son of the late
J. Frank Campbell, who was presi-
dent of the Anacostia National
Bank. He is a member Of the Dis
trict Bar Association. Phi Delta
Kappa Fraternity. the American
Public Relations Association, the
Touchdown Club and the knights of
Columbus. Mr.. Campbell is married
and has four children. He lives at
436 Longfellow street NV. Mr.
Cogswell said his annual salary will
be $4,902.
Evening star., 1949-01-05
King Warns Drivers
Involved in Crashes
With Fire Engines

Agitated over three accidents In
the last eight days involving private
automobiles and fire engines answer
ing calls, Assistant Corporation
Counsel Clark King announced he
will henceforth order civilian de-
PENDANTS to face right-of-way
charges before judge.
The chief prosecutor for his office
in Municipal Court decided on this
course after hearing today in which
ne allowed motorist to post and
forfeit S25 collateral on charge of
failing to yield right-of-way to an
emergency vehicle.
But I'm gonig to stop that prac-
tice as of now he declared. This
Is the second case that's come before
me in less than week, and there is
another one due in as soon as the
people get out of the hospital" He
permitted S25 forfeiture in the
other case last week.
During today's hearing. Harold A.
Surles, 80, of the 1900 block of
Twentieth street NV, admitted he
did not hear an approaching hose
engine when he entered the inter-
section of Twentieth and M streets
NV, December %. He said he had
his car radio turned on.
At this, Mr.. King commented he
believed the law should forbid any
driver to have his radio on while
riding the city streets. He then add
ed: One of these days somebody is
going to get killed in one of these
accidents for some such reason as
that"
Its got so that'drivers just aren't
paying any attention to this regu-
lation." he declared.
He said he did not know of any
further safety measures the Fire
Department could take
Evening star., 1949-01-05

years, she received $4,000 monthly
to cover such expenses as salaries
for cook, Hindu butler chauffeur
and Czech maid.
Gould you get by on $4,000 a
month"; Mr.. Laughlin asked.
Yes" Mrs. Keleher replied. She
said that sometimes she did the
cooking and added: Il even served
him breakfast in bed"
Mr.. Laughlin asked if her husband
supplied her with a car.
Definitely" she answered. "A
Cadillac limousine and o Cadillac
town car"
Sobs During Testimony.
Mrs. Keleher broke down and Sob
bed in a handkerchief when she told
Of Mr.. Keleher striking her on the
head with brief-case at Union Sta
ton as he was about to leave for
Florida.
She suffered a second crying spell
when Mr.. Laughlin asked:
rs there a possibility of a recon-
ciliation?"
Amid sobs, she indicated there
was no such possibility. Il still love
him after % years, she added.
Mr.. Newmyer asked her if, at the
time TO her marriage in 1926, she
possessed "furs like now.' Mrs.
Keleher replied:
Il was too young"
At one point in her testimony,
Mrs. Keleher declared that a bookie
had threatened Ito bump me of
If didn't pay of" a $4,000 debt.
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Central Center TO Open
Speech and Acting Glass

The District Recreation depart
ment announced today that group
in speech and acting under Pauline
Eaton Oak will begin at pm. to-
morrow in the Central Center,
Thirteenth and Clifton street NV.
and will be held each Thursday.
It also announced that hoked rug
classes will be resumed at the Roose-
velt Center, Thirteenth and Upshur
streets N. w. at 7 pm. tomorrow
and every Thursday.
Mrs. Margaret Myrtle will start
a contract bridge class for begin
ners at pm Tuesday in the Cen
trail Center and a "brush-up" class
for bridge players will begin at
7:30 pm. next Wednesday in the
Thomson center, Twelfth and L
streets NV. An intermediate bridge
class will start at 7:30 pm. Tues
day in the Roosevelt Center.
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Funeral Tomorrow
ForMrs. A. ). Mowbray

Funeral services will be held at II
m. tomorrow for Mrs. Lura Will
Mowbray, 73, wife Of the Rev. AL
pheus S. Mowbray. who was pastor
of Brookland Methodist Church
when it was built in 1923. She died
Monday at her home, 2908 Fort
Baker drive Sc.
The services will be in the Lee
funeral home, Fourth street and
Massachusetts avenue NE. Private
burial will be in Fort Lincoln Gem
etery.
Born near Cherokee, Iowa, Mrs
Mowbray came here as young girl
was graduated from Lucy Webb
Hayes School in 1901 and served as
trained nurse in Homeopathic
Hospital for year before she and
Mr.. Mowbray were married in 1905
After their marriage, they moved
to Wilmington, Del, where Mr.
Mowbray was superintendent of that
Methodist Church district. They re-
turned here in 1911. Mr.. Mowbray
who retired in 1926, was pastor OF
the North Capitol Methodist Church
and the Chevy Chase Methodist
Church and also was dean of the
Hayes school, an institute for re-
ligious workers. Last Sunday he
celebrated his Goth birthday ami.
versary by preaching in Ryland
Methodist Church, where Mrs. Nov.
bray was member.
In addition to her husband, Mrs
Mowbray is survived by a daughter
Miss Margaret G. Mowbray. Ana cos
tia High School librarian, who lives
at the home address; a son, Donalc
w. Mowbray, American Security &
Trust employe, who lives in Wood
acres, Md; a brother, Freeman Will
Hartford, S. Oak, and two grandsons
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Real Estate Man Denies
Keeping Rent From Client

William H. Sperling, real estate
operator, today denied charges be.
fore the District Real Estate Com
mission that he withheld rent re-
ceipts from one of his clients.
The specification against Mr.
Sperling accuses him of withholding
$3.50 from Mrs. Rosa Scott, owner OF
a six-unit apartment at 619 Otis
street NV. Mr.. Sperling operates
the Hamilton Realty Co., 1700 block
of M street NV.
Attorney Harry Bonnet, repre-
senting the defendant, pleaded not
guilty for him. Mr.. Bonnet con-
tended that Mrs. Scott misunder-
stood her arrangement with Mr.
Sperling. He said the receipts were
to be paid to her quarterly instead
Of monthly, and that this was done
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Catholic Service Office
Reuctiyuted as USO

The National Catholic Community
Service area Office at 1914 N street
NV. has reverted to its wartime
status as a USO office, it was an
nounced today.
The service was known as the
NCCS-USO Office from 1943 until
1946, when many of the USO Offices
and clubs were dissolved. The USO
recently was re-activated at the
request of Defense Secretary For
reSto1
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Maryland Assembly
To Convene Toniqht
For 9O-Day Session
By J. B. Zotmon
Stor Stoff Correspondens

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 5.-Members OF
the 1949 General Assembly con-
verged on the State Capitol today
to begin a three month session ir
which perhaps 1000 bills, including
many controversial measures, will
be considered.
Getting off to a flying start, after
Democratic and Republican caucuses
that were to be held this afternoon
the legislators have requested Gov
Lane to postpone delivery of his
opening message from tonight until
pm. tomorrow.
More than 100 bills, approved by
the Legislative Council-interim
group of the Assembly-will be
dumped into the hopper when as
semblymen formally convene at {
o'clock tonight.
In the weeks that follow, a num-
ber of pieces of legislation highly
important. to Montgomery, Prince
Georges and other Southern Mary
land areas, will be introduced
Among these are measures to revist
laws for Montgomery County which
recently became the first Maryland
county to embark on a home rule
charter form of government under
which many of the legislative func.
tions, heretofore performed by the
General Assembly alone, will be car.
ried out by the County Council.
Among Statewide controversial
issues expected to be argued before
the Legislature adjourns in April
are proposals to buy Baltimore's
tallest skyscraper, the O'Sullivar
Building, for a State Office building
reapportionment of General Assem-
bly, membership, whereby such larger
counties as Montgomery and Prince
Georges would gain more represen-
tation, and the old subject of the
TiGewater Fisheries Commission re-
organization.
No one knows just what the total
figures will be for Gov. Lanes bud
get, but best guesSes are that it will
be a record s130000,OO0 for the next
year. The budget for the last two
years was only 1928 100000. Depart
ments have asked for s150,000,000.
Last November. voters approved
a referendum calling for annua
sessions of the assembly. Those ir
even-numbered years will last fol-
only 80 days, however.
Evening star., 1949-01-05
Neighborhood Concert
To Be Held Tomorrow
At Roosevelt High

The next in the 1853 series
of neighborhood concerts by the
National Symphony Orchestra
under the sponsorship of The
Evening Star, with Howard
Mitchell conducting, will be held
in Roosevelt High School, Thir-
teenth and Upshur streets NV,
at $50 pm. tomorrow.
Invitations, which are issued
free by The Star, may be obtained
at Roosevelt High School, Mac
farland Junior High School. Pet
worth, Raymond, w. B. Powell,
Health, West, Brightwood and
Truesdell Schools, at the Recrea-
ton Department at Sixteenth and
Lamont streets NV. and from
the business counter in the lobby
of The Evening Star Building.