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Evening star., 1949-08-23

transferred to Johns Hopkins yes
terday. His condition was listed
as critical when he was admitted
to Johns Hopkins, but hospital
authorities said he had a restful
night and his condition was listed
as Serious" rather than critical
today. f'1't = n'-''' p 3
Maryland State police are
searching for the assailant.
Mr.. Toombs was formerly en-
ployed by The Washington Star.
the Washington Times-Herald
and the Chicago Daily News.
During the war he served in
France and Germany with the
Office of Strategic Services. His
parents are 1t. Col. and Mrs. Al
fred G. L. Toombs, 2208 Cathedral
place NV.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Service to Get Doqun House of Manassas Bal
By John M. Kouffmonn

A log, stone and frame farm
house on which the bloody tide of
the Second Battle of Manassas
broke in 1862 will be given to the
National Park Service in cere-
monies at pm. Saturday.
It is the 150-year-old Dogan
House, situated at the crossroads
known as Groveton, on Lee High
way near the present Manassas
National Battlefield Park. Pres
entation of the bullet-riddled
home will add one of the battles
most historic relics to the park
property.
Highlighting Saturdays cere-
monies will be a talk by Douglas
Southall Freeman, biographer of
Lee and Washington and former
editor of the. Richmond News
Leader. Mr.. Freeman's address
will follow formal presentation Of
the deed of the property to Newton
B. Drury, director of the National
Park Service by the Prince William
County Chamber Of Commerce.
The Marine Band will play.
Threatened by decay and real
estate development, Dogan House
was brought by the Prince William
County Chamber of Commerce in
1947 after Maj. Joseph Mills Han
son, then park custodian at Man
assas, urged that the old structure
be saved. The chamber bought
the house from Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam H. Dogan. descendants OF its
builders. Repairs halted further
decay in the building.
Awaiting a suitable occasion
for the formal presentation OF
Dogan House to the Park Service,
the chamber chose Saturday be-
cause it is the 87th anniversary
of StoneWall Jackson's occupation
of Manassas Junction, opening
Evening star., 1949-08-23

It was worth $110 to q Wash
ington area resident two years age
to know that the 1914 population
of the Republic of San Marine
was 10000.
But the manager of Radio Sta
ton WARL, which made the
award, did not know the answer
to any one of 81 questions picked
from the list used on the give.
away" program.
So reported the Federal Com
munications Commission in ar
opinion which ruled WARL's
Dollars for Answers" a lottery
and therefore Illegal. The COM
mission opinion came long after
the series was discontinued, how
ever. since the last Dollars fol
Answers" broadcast was heard ir
March, 1948.
Ban Effective October 1.
Interested in the WARL ruling
is heightened by new FEC regula-
tions against giveaway quiz pro-
grams. The ban will become ef-
fective October /. g.,
Addressing itself to the WARL
Dollars for Answers" series, the
FEC reported that in six and one
half months during 1947 the sta
ton broadcast 4,391 quiz pro-
grams. Telephone calls were
completed in 2,722 cases but only
1923 persons were able to supply
correct answers to the questions
asked. OF this number, II had
been listening to WARL and heard
the answers in advance, while 81
knew the answers without having
Evening star., 1949-08-23
|
Believed Stolen
lFor Use as Bait
BY the A.seeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 23.-Dr.
Daniel Miller, collector of prize
gold fish, told police some one had
removed all but two of the 200
beauties in his pool.
He valued them at 81 a piece
DR.. Miller returned from fish
ing trip at 4 a. m. yesterday and
walked within a few feet Of the
pool. His dog was barking. He
told the dog to shut up and went
to bed.
It was when he awoke that he
found the goldfish gone.
Probably q fisherman" DR.
Miller said" Bait is very high
Worms are a dollar a dozen. peel
ers are three for q dollar, shrimp
is out of the question and min
nows you just can't get"
Evening star., 1949-08-23
$4,000, 900 Bethesda.
Research Center Bids
To Be Opened Today

Construction bids for the super
structure of the Governments
huge $40, 900, 900 combined clinical
research center and hospital at
Bethesda, Md. were to be opened
at 2 pm. today by the Public Build
ings Administration.
Scheduled for completion by
July. 1852, the new buildings for
the National Institutes of Health,
added to the naval facilities al
ready in operation, will make Be-
thesda the country's most impor-
tant medical center.
The foundation work on the 13-
story building. is practically fin
ished and PBA is anxious to get
further construction under way.
300-Acre Site.
The 300-acre site on which the
building is being erected is on the
Rockville pike across from the
Naval Hospital. Designed in the
shape yof a Maltese cross. the build
ing will be 182 feet tall, 779 feet
long and 358 feet wide. A pent-
house will surmount the 18th story.
Its 1880. 900 square feet Of space
will make it one of the largest
buildings in the Washington area
and, officials said. the most i'm
portant planned by. PBA.
It will include research labora-
tories of the National Institute Of
Mental Health, the National Can
Ger Institute, the National Heart
Institute and the National In
stitue of Dental Research. There
also will be a hospital section for
500 beds. It will be built red brick,
with limestone facing and alum
mum window frames.
Television to Be Used.
Heart of the Nations scientific
research into the principal dis
ease -scourges of mankind, the
clinical center will use the latest
equipment. Televising of surgical
operations and experimental DEM
onstrations will be regular fea-
lures for scientific audiences as
sembled In an auditorium with 500
seats. The entire building will be
air conditioned.
The hospital section, an i'm
portant adjunct to the scientific
aims of the clinical laboratories.
probably will be the best equipped
in the country. It will combine
modern comfort and convenience
for the patient with every known
hospital facility for the nurse and
doctor.
The PBA call for bids aroused
q flood of inquiries from general
contractors. The number Of re-
quests for information was ex-
ceeded only by those from con-
tractors interested in renovating
the White House.
Evening star., 1949-08-23

An investigation to determine
whether a television tube may have
caused. the illness of 10 firemen
in q recent blaze was under way
today in Arlington.
County Fire Chief A. c. Scheffel
has sought the aid Of the National
Board Of Fire Underwriters to in
vestigate a report that television
tubes contain substances that are
dangerous when the tubes are
broken.
The firemen became i'll after
battling a blaze August IL at 1416
North Quinn street. Two were
treated at Arlington Hospital for
what was then thought to be the
effects 0f smoke, but all suffered
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Virginia Bridge Jams
|WiH Be Studied at
Meeting Of Officials

The Highways and Bridges
Committee of the District Ad-
visory Board Of the American Au-
tomobile Association has called a
meeting of Virginia and District
officials to study traffic congestion
at the Virginia approaches to the
District.
The meeting will be held at 1890
pm. next Tuesday at the May
flower Hotel, it was announced by
Washington I. Cleveland of the
AAA.
Mr.. Cleveland has invited Dis
trict highway. parks. traffic and
police representatives, Arlington
County Manager A. T. Lundberg,
Public Roads Administration rep
resentatiyes; delegates from the
State Highway Commission. Vir-
ginia- State police, Representative
Smith. Democrat, of Virginia and
Virginia's two Senators.
Another Bridge. Proposed.
The session was suggested by
John A. King of Falls Church.
Mr.. King told Mr.. Cleveland of
recurring traffic tieups on the
approaches to the bridges across
the Potomac. He said completion
Of the Shirley highway and in
creasing population in nearby Vir-
ginia would aggravate the con-
gestion. and suggested that
consideration be given another
bridge across the river.
Mr.. King said his suggestion
for the meeting was prompted by
news Of the recent meeting on
speeding completion of the Balti-
more Washington expressway.
1T Is becoming increasingly
clear that something has got to
be done to better coordinate and
handle traffic coming into Wash
ington from the Virginia side of
the river if we are to avoid un-
'bearable congestion during the
coming winter" he said.
Traffic Congestion Cited.
He said traffic backs up every
morning on the Virginia side and
in the evening on the District side
of Highway. Memorial and Key
Bridges.
I'm light Of these facts, some
emergency measures should GER
tainly be undertaken, such as re-
establishing the pontoon bridge
between Memorial and Key
Bridges. until such time as an ap-
preparation can be secured from
Congress, to be matched by the
State of Virginia, to build another
bridge in the area" Mr.. King said
Construction of a bridge be-
tween Alexandria and Shepherds
Landing in the District has been
proposed. A report on this plan
is expected at a meeting of the
Alexandria City Council tonight.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Conference Gets Report:
On Vegetable Growing

Maryland field supervisors OF
the Farmers Home Administra-
ton meeting at the University OF
MARYLAND this morning heard re-
ports of new developments in veg
etable growing.
Four university specialists who
gave reports were DR.. I. c. Haut
head of the Horticulture Depart
ment, on production; DR.. c. E.
Cox, who discussed plant diseases;
T. L. Bissell who spoke on insects,
and DR.. H. L. Stier who reported
on marketing.
Talks on dairy management
were to be held this afternoon.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Possibility Thot TeIevision Tube
Made 10 Firemen Sick Probed

throbbing headaches and extreme
thirst. y.
After Chief Scheffel read an
article in the magazine Blazes.
published by manufacturers OF
fire. fighting equipment, which
said there is a dangerous inner
coating on teleyision tubes. he re-
membered there had been a tele-
vision set in the Quinn street
house.
The Blazes' article stated that
poisoning may result from in
halation Of beryllium phosphor
coating on the interior Of (tele-
vision tubes or from cuts on the
hand"
The article recommended spe-
cial precautions for disposing OF
the tubes.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Boy in Serious Condition
After Fall in Arlington

A 14-year-old boy is in serious
condition at Arlington Hospital
with q ruptured spleen and kid
ney, suffered in q fall Saturday.
Arlington police said Martin
Oppelt. Son Of Col. pnd Mrs. Joseph
L. Oppelt, 1927 sNorth Patrick
Henry street, fell while climbing
a brick wall on the site of new con-
structiori at the Westover Baptist
Church. He fell about 20 feet.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Falls Church School Plans
Enrolment Tomorrow

Preschool enrolment of students
at Madison Elementary School,
Falls Church, is scheduled tomor-
row, Thursday. and Friday, Mrs.
Blanche Wheat. principal, an
nounced today.
Pupils will be enrolled between
8 am. and 4:30 pm. at the school
on North Washington street.
Students who attended Madison
last year need not enroll. Only
children who have moved into the
city since last June or who will
be six years of age before Septem-
ber 80 are expected to enter their
names. Parents of six-year- -olds
must present their children's birth
certificates and some proof OF
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Railroads Tax Bill
OF S2,552,343 Tops
Levies in Virginia
by the Assoeiated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 23.-
The State has billed the Norfolk
& Western Railway for $2.552,343.
It represented the largest single
tax bill in Virginia's history. Last
year the State taxed the N. & w.
$1,835, 1863.
The N. g. w. and other public
service corporations in Virginia
pay State taxes on gross receipts,
rolling stock and money. They
pay local taxes on property other
than rolling stock.
Their total tax bill owed the
State this year is $2,953.757 in ex-
cess of that for 1948. This is
largely due to the increase from
~ to 2 per cent in the State tax
on gross receipts, the State Cor
poration Commission explained.
The sec assessed property Of
public service corporations subject
to local taxation at $305, ,698. 500
this year. compared with $274,-
932, lot in 1948. This increase OF
$50, ,766, ,489 should yield the COM
munities about 100000 more in
tax revenue this year than last.
Although the property Of these
corporations is taxed by the To-
calities, the assessment is made
by the State Corporation Commis-
sion.
The 1949 tax bill of other public
service corporations to the State
on gross receipts, rolling stock and
money included:
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
81 .407 .569 compared with $1,025,-
685 in 1948.
Virginia Electric g. Power Co.
81 ,630,138 against $1,254,980 last
year.
Southern Railway -- 1882 ,808
compared with $599,618
Richmond, Fredericksburg &
Potomac Railroad-$584,189 COM
pared with $430,294.
The Virginian Railway-$574,-
831 as against $422.921.
The Seaboard Air Line Rail-
road-$16o,242 compared with
$117,156.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Star Movies

Community movies. sponsored
by The Star, the Recreation De-
partment and the Film Center
which have been postponed be-
cause of rain, will be held tonight
Programs Of comedy, sports, car
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds and
recreation centers:
NE
Carver, Whittingham and Lane streets
NE
Garrison. Twelfth street between r and 6
streets NV
Monroe, Georsia avenue and Columbia
road NV.
Douglass Dwelling. 1000 Alabama ave-
sys Sc.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Cambridge Fair Is First
On Shore in Z Years
BY the Assoeioted Press

CAMBRIDGE. Md. Aug. 23.-
Eastern Shores first fair in a
dozen years opened here last
night.
Judging tonight is expected to
be the highlight Of the six-day
fair as far as farmers are con-
cerned. More than $4,000 worth
of prizes and ribbons are at stake
in the 254 exhibit classes. Fire
works each night and daredevil
driving are on the program.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Baltimore Prosecutor
To Take Baby Racket
probe 10 Grand Jury
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 23.-State's
Attorney J. Bernard Wells plans
to go before a Baltimore grand
jury tomorrow with the findings
OF month-long investigation
into the so-called baby racket.
Mr.. Wells said yesterday he had
all but completed his inquiry
which focused on nursing homes
that take in unwanted babies and
arrange for their adoption. some
times for a fat fee.
The prosecutor and his senior
assistant, Anselm Sodaro, also
plan to make a report to Judge
Charles E. Moylan in Juvenile
Court.
Mr.. Wells previously has said he
found evidence that some OF the
homes neglected and mistreated
the children left in their care. He
declared that some of the blame
was on welfare agencies, State
and local. and on loopholes in the
law.
Judge Moylan touched off the
investigation. Up before him was
a New York couple charged with
abandoning a child. The hearing
developed that they had left q
month-old girl at a nursing home
two years earlier. This child
couldn't be located.
The first baby was located
finally. She had been given to
a couple at Magothy Beach, Md,
in Arundel Couty. No steps had
been taken for legal adoption. Her
parents say they now want the
girl back.
Whether this shall be done, or
whether the girl will be adopted
by the people who have cared for
her is something to be decided
after Mr.. Wells makes his report.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Anacostia River
Project Voted in
'0nlnibus' Bill
House Measure Would
End Flood Threat
In BIudensburg

A $4,531,200 project for Ana
costa River Improvements, which
virtually would eliminate the re-
curing flood threat to Bladens-
burg and other Prince Georges
County communities. would be
authorized by an omnibus" river
and-harbor bill passed by the
House yesterday.
The measure, approved on a
rising vote of 202 to l. now goes
to the Senate. It carries a total
of more than $1,000. .000. 900 in au-
thorizations for navigation and
flood control works throughout
the Nation but appropriates no
money. 1t is intended to cover
a three-year program. including
further work on number OF
projects already partially finished.
In addition to the Anacostia
River development. the bill would
authorize. in this area, a project
for eradication of the water
chestnut in the Potomac River.
This would be a 15-year program,
estimated to cost $4,000, to
clear the chestnuts from the river
between. Key Bridge and Mary
land Point, 48 miles downstream.
Later Action on Funds.
Money for all the projects in
the bill would have to be sought
in future appropriations meas
ures for the civil functions Of
the Army.
D.. Both Washington area pro-
posals have the long standing ap-
proval of the Army Engineers.
The Anacostia River project
consists of these two features:
l. Dredging of a navigational
channel 80 feet wide with depth
of eight feet below the low-water
level between Fifteenth street Sc.
and Bladensburg and with COM
mercial and recreational boat
basins of the same depth at
Bladensburg.
2. Flood control installations at
Bladensburg, Edmonston, River
dale, Hyattsville, Brentwood, Cot
tage City and Colmar Manor,
consisting of enlargement and re-
alignment of the channels OF the
Northeast and Northwest branches
of the river and levees, pumping
plants, a pressure conduit and
related work.
This program would eliminate
about IS per cent of the flood
damage in these communities,
particularly Bladensburg, during
heavy rains, according to the
Army Engineers.
Rights Way Needed.
No Federal funds would be
provided until "a responsible pub
lie agency" gave assurance ia1l
necessary land and rights-of-way
would be furnished without cost
to the Government and agreed
to keep the boat basins dredged,
provide moorings and supply facil-
tiles and maintain the f1ood-con-
troll works.
The plan has been ihtegrated
with projected extension Of the
District park system up the
Anacostia River. t.,s
The water chestnut, regarded
q threat to public health, naviga-
ton, fishing, hunting and swim
ming could be banished from the
Potomac between Georgetown and
Maryland Point by the 15-year
cutting program, according to
Army Engineers. -
There would be four years OF
mechanical cutting in heavily in
tested areas, with manual removal
of scattered plants; three years
of intensive patrol and manual
removal of scattered plants; two
years of concentrated patrol dur
ing the growing season. and six
years of patroling the entire area
ef fuuovear Intervals
Evening star., 1949-08-23

the red, white and blue uniforms
of the Zouaves.
Dogan House, also known as
Groveton House, has been in the
Dogan family for generations.
1t was built shortly after 1900 as
an overseer's dwelling on Robert
King" Carter's huge Bull Run
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Church Guilds Plan Dinner

The annual fried chicken din
ner sponsored by the Ladies'
Guild and the Altar. Guild of st.
Barnabas Church, Oxon Hill, Md,
will be held tomorrow beginning
at 5 pm. in the parish hall.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Postor Gets Norfolk Call

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. % (P.-
The Rev. r. Stuart Grizzard, IS,
pastor Of the Orange Baptist
Church, has been extended a call
by the First Baptist Church here.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Wysor and RuwIs Renamed

RICHMOND. Va, Aug. %. P)-
Gov. Tuck yesterday announced
the reappointment Of ]. Frank
Wysor Of Pulaski and Sol w.
Rawls of Franklin to the State
| Highway Commission.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Police Chief Nomed

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Aug.
70 (SpeciaD. - Ephraim Day,
member of the police force. has
been named temporary chief of
the police department.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Concert at Walter Reed

The last concert of the season
by the Army Band at Walter Reed
Hospital will be given at $50
O'Clock tonight in the hospitals
formal garden.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
You Don't Have to Miss a Thing
When you 60 on vacation, you

you don't have to miss thing.
You can relax and still get all the news
and features from home as published by
your favorite newspaper. The Star.
You can have The Evening and
Sunday Star mailed to you for only
81 so q month. ..
The Star is also available at news.
stands or by carrier delivery at most
nearby summer resorts.
Arrange to have your favorite news.
paper follow you wherever you go. Call
ltion delivery Of The Evening and Sun.
Evening star., 1949-08-23

phase of the Second Battle of
Bull Run.
Dogan House. where Generals
Lee and Longstreet repeatedly ate
breakfast on the last day of bat
tie, stood amid the heaviest and
bloodiest fighting. Mass fighting
See-sawed past it. Then came
Evening star., 1949-08-23

tract. The first property to be
added to the Manassas park since
1910, Dogan House, as the vortex
of fighting during the Second Bat
tie of Manassas held a position
similar to that of the Stone and
Henry houses in the first battle of
1861.
Evening star., 1949-08-23

artillery duels that placed the
farmhouse in a no-man's land of
flying cannonballs. A Confeder-
ate battery near Dogan House
helped break up Gen. Fitz-John
Porter's massive assault on Jack
sons position behind an old rail-
road grade, where his men, some
Evening star., 1949-08-23

Out VI dILlIIluIlltlOu, uO1 lcO 4oCho
at the advancing Federals. Also,
near the house. the Fifth New
York Zouaves were ambushed by
their old antagonists, Gen. John
B. Hoods Fifth Texas Regiment,
so that the slope looked lust
like a posy-garden" strewn with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-23
Participate in Tourney

Eight ladies of the Oakland Coun-
try club participated in the invitation
golf tournament at Sunny Croft club
at Clalksburg, W. Va, last Wednes-
day, June IS.
Mrs William Glotfelty won low net
and low gross. and was awarded a
pocketbook Other awards: Mrs.
Ralph Pritts, low gross, second fight,
a No. golf club; Mrs. James Pollock.
low me-. second flight, No. 4 golf
club; Miss Harriet Pollock, low net,
third flight. silent butler. A luncheon
was served after the tournament.
Wins at Oakland
In the ladies golf tournament at
the Oakland Country club yesterday
afternoon, Mrs, Hugh Echard re-
ceived the prize for the least number
of puts in nine holes of play.
Club Schedule Announced
Robert Bosley, assistant manager
of the Oakland Country club, an
nounced the club house schedule for
the season with special events every
Saturday night, every Sunday eve
ming and every Wednesday night, be-
ginning June %.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-23

are spending this week in Rights
vile, Pa, where they are visiting the
Hardesty's son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. w. Chandlee.
George Rishell is spending this
week with Sheridan and Blaine Right.
Miss Gertrude Waters, who was
confined to her home for few days
with illness, is now improving.
Mrs. William N. Skyes, Mrs. W.
w. Pollard and family, Hagerstown,
are spending the summer at their cot
tage here.
Msis Rethea Gank, of Hagerstown,
is spending the summer here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sharpless and
grandson, Allen Sharpless, of Kitz-
miller, visited their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Ferguson, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Ferguson, on Sunday.
Other guests at the Ferguson home
were Mrs. Mary Knots and Elmer
Grub.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-23
MT. LAKE PARK

Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Moon spent the
past weekend in Cumberland, where
they visited Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Hardesty They also visited Olonzo
Hardesty, who is d patient in Me
mortal hospital, and a brother Of
Mrs. Moon.
Mrs. Rhoda Lowdermilk, Union
town, Pa, is visiting her grand
daughter, Mrs. Deleon Fille.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Dewitt and fam
lily were in Morgantown, w. Va on
Friday.
Edsel Calhoun and Larue Calhoun
are able to be out after being con-
fined to their home with measles.
George Right visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Kikht, Of
near Red House, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Hardesty and
grandson Billy and S. D. Whipkey,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-23
STEYER

Lee Z. Shillingburg, Of Steyer, and
Glenn G. Hansford, of Washington,
d. c., motored to Atlantic City, N.
j., and Ocean City, Md, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Burton,
son Garygene and daughter Kayann,
Of Bel Alton, Md, are mentioning at
the home of Mrs. Burton's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Shillingburg, of
Steyer. Mr.. Burton is employed as
toll sergeant of the Potomac river
toll BRIDGE at Newburg. Md.