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Evening star., 1949-10-20
Census Officials
SeeRise iinCost
Offices Shift
Move to Philadelphia
By Congress Order
May Hit Efficiency

A less efficient and more costly
1850 census is predicted by Cen
sus Bureau officials, as the re-
suit of the action of Congress
yesterday, providing the bureau
with additional space in Phila-
delphia instead of at Suitland.
This prediction is not merely
the result of the change of To-
cation. At recent hearings be-
fore the House Appropriations
Committee. Census Bureau off,
cials made it clear the 1850 op-
Grafton could be carried out al
most as efficiently in Philadelphia
as it could here, under the di-
rect control of the Washington
staff. \
But that calculation was based
on the promise of adequate
space in Philadelphia to carry
out the operation. The census
officials were counting on
building now used by the Vet
Grams Administration, which
would have allowed the setting
up of a single unified "produc-
tion line" for the processing of
census material.
Warehouse Is Alternative.
In its approval of the Phila-
delphia move yesterday, Congress
specified that VA should not be
moved out of the building it now
occupies. Moving VA would in
crease the cost of the census by
several hundred thousand dol
lars and VA officials protested it
would interrupt their own plans.
According to Acting Census
Bureau Director Philip M. Hauser ;,
the alternative to the VA building
in Philadelphia is a 10-story
warehouse. 1t is the only avail
ably building census officials
could find in a recent survey of
the city. But. says Mr.. Hauser,
the warehouse is about 80 per cent
short OF meeting the needs of the
Census Bureau expansion.
According to Deputy Director
A. Ross Ecker. the building also
is unsuited to the high-speed
clerical job of the 1850 census. 1t
is located close to the railroad,
which will prove a real annoy
ance to Mr.. Eckler's opinion. The
result. he says, will be that the
operation probably will have to
be split between the warehouse
and another building in the city.
Will Add to Cost.
THAT will add to the cost, and
1t probably will reduce the quality
Of the census" Mr.. Eckler said.
Census Bureau officials, how.
ever, feel the difficulty of getting
additional space is not an insur-
mountable problem, now that Con-
gress finally has settled the ques-
ton of location.
Census officials are not worried
by the necessity of having to set
up new courses in Philadelphia
schools to train punch-card oper-
ators, since the training period re-
quires only three or four weeks.
AS for the punch-card operators
who already have been trained in
the Washington vicinity. Mr.. Eek
Ter says they can easily be alb
sorbed by the Census Bureau plant
at Suitland, or by other Govern
ment agencies.
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Robert VoskuiI Heads
MadriIIon Association

Robert j. Voskuil of Old Court
house road, Vienna, Va. has been
elected president Of the Madrillon
Citizens Association. Mr.. Voskuil
succeeds Franklin Peacock.
Other new officers are Mrs. Ed
ward E. Warner, vice president:
ars. Byron Marshall, secretary,
nd Herman Koenig, treasurer. 4
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Last of Big Steam Type Water Pumps
Heads for Scrap Heap at District Plant
Unused Since 1923,
When Electric Units
Took Over Task

The last of Washington's old
steam water pumping engines,
dating from 1905, when the Bry-
ant street pumping station was
opened, are headed for the scrap
heap.
Demolition work on the huge,
unused and unloved machines at
Second and Bryant streets NV.
has been in progress since Friday.
Two of the pumps (the third is
a small, later modeD were among
the original six units installed in
1905. Forty feet high, one weighs
ATS tons and has two flywheels
weighing $4,000 pounds each. It
can pump 30,000,000 gallons a day.
The other old engine weighs 800
tons and pumps 20,000,000 gallons.
Although they are impressive.
they are not capable of building
up the pressure or of pumping to
the elevations Washington now re-
quires, and they have been unused
since 1928. Electric units now do
the job.
We've been hoping to get rid
of them for 80 years." said Paul
Lanham. operations and main
tenance engineer in charge of all
the Districts pumping stations
and water distribution system.
THE old steam pumps will make
room for five new electric ones" "
Mr.. Lanham said the plant will
have complete new set of 10
electric pumps by next fall, and
the boilers used to supply the old
engines will be replaced with ad-
ditional heating units.
The ABCD Corp. is paying the
District $4,000 for the old en-
gines
They were beautiful in their
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Fairfax Board Denies
Business zoning at
Little River Turnpike

The Fairfax County Board Of
Supervisors yesterday denied a
request for business zoning of
land at the intersection of Little
River Turnpike and Braddock
road. More than 10 residents of
the area expressed opposition.
The board asked time to study
another request for business re-
zoning which would permit con-
struction of an outdoor theater
near Fairfax Circle .
James B. Smarr had applied
for rezoning on Little River Turn
pike which would permit him to
build gasoline service station.
The outdoor theater is proposed
for the Rufus M. Pobst property
at Old Lee Highway and Scher-
man road. This application was
opposed by 46 residents. Five busi-
nessmen with establishments near
Fairfax Circle said they did not
oppose the project because they
believe commercial development
Of all land near the circle Is in
evitable.
Opposed by Planners.
Both the Smarr and Pobst re-
quests were opposed by the County
Planning Commission as "en-
croachments upon residential
areas"
The board approved a request
of Irving Payne for rezoning to
general business Of property near
Baileys Cross Roads between Lees
burg pike and Seminary road for
construction Of dairy distribu-
tion plant. There was no oppo-
sition.
Miss r. Mary Beacham, county
superintendent Of public welfare,
warned the board that the State
is constantly reducing its contri-
buttons to welfare funds. The
States action in failing to match"
county appropriations as it has
in the past, the superintendent
predicted, will force the county
to assume q larger share of the
total cost or eliminate some serv-
ices.
Referred to Engineer.
The board referred to Sanitary
Engineer James j. Corbalis re-
quest for establishment Of a sani-
tary district in the Tauxemont
area near Alexandria.
j. T. Wellemyer, association
president, wrote the supervisors
that 95 of 103 residents approved
a survey to consider setting up
the district. Tauxemont borders
on Sanitary District No. l..
Also referred to the sanitary
engineer was an invitation to the
county to send a representative
to a meeting on possible revision
Of legislation affecting sanitary
districts October %. in the Sem
ate chamber Of the Capitol Build
ing. The meeting is sponsored
by a committee Of the Virginia
Advisory Legislative Council.
r. M. Loughborough. executive
secretary to the board, returned
to duty yesterday after an alb
Sence of several weeks, resulting
from a fall at his home.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Foirfox School Selected
As Audio-VisuuI Center

Fairfax High School has been
selected as one, Of 500 American
schools to be developed as audio-
visual demonstration centers by
the Department of Secondary
Teachers, National Education As
Sociation.
The school, one Of four chosen
in Virginia, will begin operation
next week, National Audio- Visual
Education Week, according to the
Associated Press, which quoted DR..
William Levin, Newark, N. j., CO.
ordinator of the project.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Dominion Hills School
In Arlington 10 Be Built
On n. Mckinley Road

The new 10-room Dominion
Hills Elementary School to be
built in Arlington will be situated
on an eight-acre tract on North
Mckinley road. just south Of
Eleventh street. the Arlington
School Board announced last
night.
The land, which is being
purchased from the Talbot estate,
will cost approximately $4,000.
The board retained Mcleod > &
Ferrara of Washington as ar
chitects.
In connection with its building
program. the board announced
that bids will be opened November
10 for the projected Stratford
Junior High School, a 30-class-
room structure at Vacation lane
and North Military road.
The junior high school will be
built with money obtained from
a new bond issue. The issue will
total $4,000, 900. It represents the
first phase of a $4.750.000 bond
program authorized in a referen-
dunn last fall.
Central Kitchen Discussed.
The School Board last night re-
tanned Henderson H. Miller of
the New York firm of Rogers,
Gordon & Co., Inc, to advise it on
this financing. 1t is believed the
bonds may be offered for sale late
in November.
The board spent much Of its
time last night discussing a pro-
posal that it establish a single
central kitchen which would pre-
pare hot lunches for distribution
to elementary pupils throughout
the county. Under the plan, the
lunches would be packed in thtr-
mos containers. Proponents said
the central kitchen would cut
costs to about one-fourth Of the
usual amount. No action was
taken.
The BOARD authorized Supt. Will
liam A. Early to invite bids on new
cafeteria equipment for Washing
ton-Lee, Claude Swanson and
Thomas Jefferson Schools. The
purchase was recommended by
Mrs. Grace Schwartz, new super
visor of cafeterias.
Short Term Loans Not Needed.
Thomas Jefferson is already
participating in the school lunch
subsidy and Swanson will start
participating Immediately, it was
reported. Washington-Lee is not
yet equipped for the program, the
board was told.
The School Board disclosed that
it will not need any short-term
loans during November, as was
expected. Late in the summer
the board was authorized to bor-
row up to 1,000, 900, if necessary
pending receipt of tax revenues
in December. It borrowed $125,-
900 this month but because OF
early tax payments and money
available from other sources, il
will make no other loans.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Moforcyclist Cleared
OF False Accident Report

Billie r. Ball. 81, a mechanic Of
Forestville, Md. yesterday was
found not guilty Of making false
report to police in connection with
a motorcycle accident in which
he was involved August 13.
Also charged with driving on q
suspended permit and passing an
other vehicle on the right, Mr..
Ball was accused of telling police
another man on the motorcycle
with him was operating 1t at the
time of the accident.
He was found not guilty on all
three charges by Municipal Court
Judge Milton s. Kronheim, jr.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Mrs. MACPHERSON Elected

Mrs. Colin c. Macpherson of
Arlington is the new president of
the Virginia Council Of Repub-
lican Women, 1t was announced
today. Among other officers is
Mrs. Robert Jarvis. Alexandria,
secretary.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Movie on Restaurants

The Montgomery County Health
Department will show a movie,
American Heritage of Hospital
ity," at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in the
Bethesda Chevy Chase H g h
School. The movie tells of the
operation of restaurants through
out the country.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Brechner to Talk at Church

Joseph L. Brechner. manager of
radio station WGAY. win address
a meeting of the Mems Fellowship
of the Takoma Park (Md.) Chris
tian Church at 6:45 o'clock to-
night at the church. Chicago and
New York avenues. -
Evening star., 1949-10-20

war IL, was be-
ing investigated
by the Public
Buildings Ad-
miniStration.
Mr.. Mayo, a
PBA electrician,
was killed al
most instantly
yesterday when
h e ca m e in
contact with a
2,800-volt wire
on a concrete
lamp post near
Gate No. 3 at
the Census Bu-
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Cheyerly Church Fair

The women Of Cheverly Com
munity Church will hold a county
fair" at the church. beginning
with a cafeteria supper at 6 pm.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
zoningDecisiions
Curb Apartment
HouseProjects
Prince Georges Heads
Turn Down Six of
12AppIicotions

Further indication that Prince
Georges County intends to curtail
new apartment projects came yes
terday when the county commits
sioners rejected six of IL rezoning
applications and postponed de-
cision in another at hearings in
the County Service Building,
Hyattsville. Five applications were
approved.
The board had said earlier that
there are too many apartments
in the county now" and the county
civic federation has urged that all
property now listed for apartment
use be rezoned to residential "a"
except where actual construction
has been started.
Delegations of from so to 100
each appeared to protest three re-
coming requests, two of which were
rejected and the third postponed
until November %. /.
Strong Opposition Voiced.
One of the applications which
drew strong opposition was that of
Louis B. Arnold to 1ezone from
residential "a" to commercial %"
a 4-acre tract on the southwest
corner of Landover road and
Seventy-third avenue near Kent
Village.
Another was a petition by w.
Landon Turner for reclassification
of Is lots in an area bounded by
New Hampshire avenue, Holton
lane, Hammond avenue and Kirk
lynn avenue.
Postponed was a petition of
Walter L. Green for rezoning of
36,910 square feet on Sixty third
place and Landover road near
Cheverly Manor.
Other applications refused were
those of Alden w. Hoage for
property at 1914 Branch avenue,
Silver Hill; Carl NJ, and Frances
M. Fisher for land at the corner
of Addison Chapel road and Main
street, Seat Pleasant; Amerlindo
and Rosalia Di Ninno for nine
tenths of a acre on Sergeant road
near Chillum road. and Max and
Rose Liebow for property on
Thirty eighth street, Hyattsville,
near Northwest Branch parkway.
Approved were petitions Of
George w. Knoll for three lots
at Fifty-fourth place near QUE
sada, East Riverdale; Louis H.
Bell. land on Indian Head road
near the District line at Oxon
Hill; j. Neff Cline for 11a lots at
Thirty-fourth street and Rainier
avenue, Mount Rainier; Peter R.
Vidi for IL lots on the Marlboro
pike from Fifty-eighth avenue to
Sixty first avenue, and George H.
Talbert for property on Livingston
road near Forest Heights.
Private Club Proposed.
In other action the commits
sioners ruled hnfavorably on an
application for an ordinance filed
by Lawrence A. Tuell for permis-
sion to operate a private club on
Cottage terrace. Cottage City. and
on a request by Ruby P. Watts
for permission to operate a day
nursery at 7005 Greenvale park
way. Hyattsville.
The board approved applica-
tions filed by A. S. Kay to operate
a service and filling station at the
northeast corner of Eastern ave-
nue. and Varnum street, Mount
Rainier, and by Julia Brandt to
set up temporary lunch stand
at the northwest corner of Uni
versity lane and Colesville road.
Also approved were applications
for day nurseries filed by Mildred
H. Spahr, 6917 Varnum street,
Landover Hills; Juanita H. Rat
cliffe, 6912 Varnum street, Land
over Hills; Laura w. Shumate,
1915 Forty-ninth avenue, Beaver
Heights, and Joyce Shuck, 4907
o street, Hillside.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Cox Rally Tomorrow

A campaign rally for Robert w.
Cox, independent candidate for
the Arlington County Board, will
be held in the Colonial Village
Ballroom, Wilson boulevard at
Troy street. at pm. tomorrow
Evening star., 1949-10-20
CoIesviIIe PTA Festival

The Colesville sMd.) School
Parent Teacher Association will
hold its Fall Festival at the school
from 3 to 10 pm. Saturday.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Spaghetti Dinner Planned

A spaghetti dinner for the bene-
fit Of the new Mount Calvary
School will be held from 5 to 8
pm. Saturday at the Suitland
Md Hall.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Suit|and EIectrocution
|0f Workman Probed
By PBA Safety Board

The electrocution of Rocco D.
Mayo, AZ. one of the holders of
the first number drawn in the Sc
lective Service draft for World
, 1949-03-18
Agricultural Officials
Holding Investigation
On R~eullocution

Drs. Harold Knoblauch, of
the office of the Experiment
Station and Samuel H. Work
of the office of Animal Hus-
bandry, of the Department of
Agriculture in Washington &
Kenneth A. Bartlett, Director
of the Experiment Station in
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, were
visitors to St. Croix today.
They are in the Virgin Is
continuing investigations
of the Department of Agricul-
ture in connection with the
possible reallocation of the
Agricultural work Of the Is
lands under the administration
Of that department.
, 1949-03-18
l0-Yr.-ol sid Mother and
Daughter Reported
Doing Well

A ten-year-old girl, student
of the fifth grade, is reported
to be in good condition at the
Memorial Hospital with a heal
thy seven pound five ounce
daughter.
Authorities who withheld
the girls name said the birth
took place last Sunday night,
they said any further detailes
would jeopardize any future
plans of hers and the baby.
Judge Ernest Keith of Dover
Delaware, arranged for the
girl to enter an industrial
school for girls last September
so she could obtain medical
care. Judge Keith said the girl
Continued on Page A.
, 1949-03-18
Wdge Hour Comm.
Holds its Lost
Session TodoY

The Special Wage and Hour
Committee is holding its last
session in st. Thomas. today,
a busy week. They
will convene in St. Croix on
Monday morning at 10 o'clock
at which time merchants and
laborers are expected to come
forward to testify.
Merchants, especially are re-
quested to come forward vol
UNFAIRLY but in some instances,
in St. Thomas, some were in
clined to disregard the invita-
ton until they realized that
the Committee has the power
to subpoena them.
Laborers or their representa-
tlves may come forward to tes-
tlfy and it is not necessary to
to give prior notice. This rule
has been waived in the case of
, 1949-03-18

years but 1t may be renewed
at the end Of ten, and it will
come into force when it has
been ratified by the United
States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, France, Belgium,
the Netherlands and Luxem-
borg.
The historic document long
under negotiations in Washing
ton will be signed there on the
18th of April. Denmark, Ice
Portugal, and Italy have
been invited to sign at the
same time but it is not yet Ger
tain that they will do SO.
The treaty which will be
known at the North-Atlanti
Treaty declares that any at
E
, 1949-03-18
Governor Entertuins
Members Of Wuqe,
Hour Committee

Members of the Special
Wage and Industry Commit
tee were entertained at the
Government House by Cover
nor and Mrs. HASTE on We'd
nesday evening. Earlier during
the afternoon the Committee
which started hearings in the
early morning & worked thru
the lunch hour period were
taken in two cars, the Cover
nor,s private car and a vehi-
Gle from another government
department on a trip around
the Island.
The trip came to an end at
about 4:30 and at 5;30 the
guests together with others
from the mainland as well as
local officials gathered at the
Executive mansion.
, 1949-03-18

ago been made available to
the public on the mainland &
elsewhere. This circumstance
undoubtedly to a large extent
accounts for the slow develop
ment of industries, house build
ing and small business under
takings. Credit facilities are
the life blood of business in
any community because not
even the largest concerns in
the country disposes of suffi-
~cient cash to finance their OPP
erations nor would the large
cash reserves in the hands of
individuals or private industry
be a sound practice, the Com
mittee states. In addition to
commercial banks handling
such financial transactions
there are a number of other
types of organizations in this
field from building and loan
associations to credit unions &
from investment companies
to other forms of landing agen-
Continued on Page A.
, 1949-03-18

tack on any one of the nations
participating will be consider
ed an attack on all of them. It
defines a broad area to be Gov.
cred by the pact stretching
from the Tropic of Cancer
north to the lands Of the ma
tons themselves, the islands of
the north atlantic areas in Eu-
rope occupied by the troops
Of the Allies and French AL
gerian possessions.
The nations involved pro-
mise that in case of aggression
they will take forthwith what
ever action each thinks neces-
sary to restore and maintain
the peace; this includes mill
tary action.
, 1949-03-18
Mrs. Pierre Moore, SO
Posses Quietly

Mrs. Pierre Moore, W h 8
made her Bird birthday yester
day, quietly passed away this
afternoon at 1:2O in her home
at No, As King Street near Pen
theny's Hotel.
Surviving her are a daugh-
ter, Mrs, 0zema Johnson; son,
Alexander Moore; son-in-Iaw,
Ernest johnson; and a grand
daughter, Mrs. ]. Vigareau,
who is now residing in France.
Funeral services will be held
at 4:30 PM. tomorrow at the
Anglican Church.
, 1949-03-18
Response TO Questionnores Show
Lack Of Credit Facilities

Judging from the gratifying response to the QUESTIONABLE
sent out last week to 1000 individuals in the Virgin Islands by
the Committee on Credit Facilities it appears that there is a
lack of certain credit facilities in the Islands which'have long
, 1949-03-18
Pact Released
After Much Negotiation

Text OF the proposed North Atlantic pact has just been pub
lished in London and simultaneously in the capitals Of the
other seven drafting powers. The pact is to be known as the
North Atlantic Treaty, consists of Ia articles il is to run for 90
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-06-04
Sepia Pin-Up
Beauty WEEDS

NEW YORK CITY Ho-
bart, model and Sepia pin-up
beauty was secretly married to
Wesley johnson on May "a, it
was learned this week. The cere-
mony took place at ST. Catherine
Rectory, in New York.
The bride is only 20, but for the
the last three years sine has been
among the highes. paid models,
and is remembered for her lus-
cious pose on the Sepia Art Pin
Up calender of 1913. Wesley is
brother to the former Wini john
son, Broadway musical comedy
star, now the wife of DR.. LAM
bright of Cleveland, Ohio, and
Bobby Johnson of the dance team
of Bobby and Foster Johnson.
The formal announcement of
the wedding will be made at a
reception July 1.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-06-04
WMOR Program
Highlights
I0NDAY THRU FRIDAY

MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
500 a.m.-Shopping Cusic
els pm .-Milt Wolken, Sports
6:25 p. m.-Around the Town
$50 p.m.-Myron Barg Show
700 p.m.-This Week. Composer
1000 m.-Toffenetti Time
1890 pm. -Evening Symphony
MON. WEDNES. FRI. ONLY 80. :.
$3.50 p.m.-Americana Folk Music
900 r. .-Chamber Music
TUESDAY ONLY
500 p.m.-BBC Picture Parade
WEDNESDAY ONLY
1928 p.m .-Congressman Yates
THURSDAY ONLY
500 p. m.-Star Parade
SATURDAY
900 a. m.-Shopping Music
$3.50 pm Judy Apple Stories
700 p.m.-Broadway Melodies
500 p.m.-BBC Mystery Playhouse
900 p. m.-Jazz Classics
1000 p. m.-Ready for Sound
1880 p.m.-Evening Symphony
SUNDAY
1900 Noon-Sunday Chora1e
200 p.m.-Radio Ed. of Bible
2:15 p.m.-Rev. Hildebrand
800 p.m.-Opera Theater
5:45 p. m.-News Summary
600 p.m.-Opinion Forum
$50 p.m.-Story of Music
1900 p.m.--BBC World Theater
900 pink. NJ. Lands III
9:15 p.m.-Wax Museum
1000 p.m.-Salerno Melody Time
1880 p.m.-Evening Symphony