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Evening star., 1949-10-22
Business Group Backs
5O-Acre Area for
Bethesda Apartments

A group of Betheeda's key busi-
nessmen last night enthusiastically
lndorsed a proposal to triple the
amount of land set aside in the
community for apartment use.
At a meeting called, by the
Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
officers and directors of Lions,
kiwanis, Rotary and Civitan clubs
and the Montgomery County Real
Estate Board expressed unanimous
satisfaction with the proposal ad-
vanced by the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. The same proposal is be-
ing fought by the Montgomery
County Civic Federation.
The apartment expansion plan
was explained to the businessmen
by E. Brooke Lee, vice-chairman
of the planning commission, who
described it as reasonable solu-
ton for the forward looking needs
of your community. About so
men attended the meeting.
Emphasizing his belief that
Bethesda should remain a pre-
dominantly "single-family COM
munity," Mr.. Lee said the plan
would mail down apartments for
all time and offer complete secur-
ity to single-family areas from
any possible threat of apartment
encroachment."
The Planning Commission pro-
posal provides for an increase
from 191 to $50 acres in the
amount of land in Bethesda and
Chevy Chase which would be
zoned for apartment use.
This is necessary, Mr.. Lee con-
tended, because of tremendous
housing demands" arising from
expansion of the Naval Medical
Center and the National Insti-
tutes of Health, both in Bethesda.
Federal officials have said 5,7O0
employees will be hired at the
latter institution when the $4O,-
100000 structure, now under con-
struction, is completed.
Under the proposal, both sides
OF Wisconsin avenue from the
District line to Bradley boulevard,
a distance of about mile, would
be reserved for apartments to a
depth of 400 feet.
Mr.. Lee declared that unless
that land and large tract behind
the new Woodward & Lothrop
store at the District line is re-
served for apartments, it will be-
come commercial. The present
Bethesda business area then would
"disintegrate." he said.
An estimated 10000 families
would be accommodated if all Of
the proposed apartment house
land is utilized for the purpose,
Mr.. Lee said. He compared the
plan for 536 apartment acres in
Bethesda to the Silver Spring sit
uation. Mr.. Lee said the latter
community already has 53S apart
ment acres and 100 more soon
will be proposed.
Evening star., 1949-10-22
Alexandra Cited Again
For Pedestrian Safety

Alexandria for the second con-
secutive year has won first place
among Virginia cities of COM
parable size for pedestrian safety,
the city was notified yesterday.
Other cities that placed first
in their population groups were
Winchester, Roanoke and Radford.
The annual contest is sponsored
by the Governors Highway Safety
Committee. Awards are made on
the basis of improvement in pc
destrian safety and efforts to re-
duce accidents involving Pc
destrians.
Awards announced yesterday are
for the year 1948, when only one
pedestrian was killed in q traffic
accident In Alexandria,
Evening star., 1949-10-22
(SeUenth of a Series.J

The downtown Northwest Sec
ton of Washington has a small
school population, which is not
likely to increase to any extent
in the next few years. thus giving
school officials few really serious
problems there.
The area being considered to-
day is bounded by North Capitol
street on the east. the Mall on the
south. Rock Creek Park and
Florida avenue on the west, and
Connecticut avenue, New York
avenue and Massachusetts avenue
on the north. Here are the White
House and dozens of we'll known
Government buildings which are
seen traditionally by tourists visit
ing the city.
There are only four schools in
the area. Only one of these. the
Francis Junior High School for
colored students, is overcrowded.
Francis has an enrolment of 964,
which is l18 over its capacity.
10 Percent Decline Since '39.
DR.. George D. Strayer of Colum-
bia University. who made a study
of school needs in the District
last year. said the colored school
enrolment has declined about 10
per cent in this area since 1920 A
slight increase is probable in the
next few years. however. he added.
1t is unlikely there will be any
appreciable increase in the white
school population. he said.
DR.. Strayer pointed out the area
is occupied largely by Government
buildings. commercial property
and hotels and rooming houses
catering to 'non-family" units.
The only white elementary
Evening star., 1949-10-22
BorkIey's Son-in-Low
Flying From London
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Oct. o. Suffering
from a stomach ailment, Max
Truitt, son-in-law of Vice Presi-
dent Barkley. caught a plane for
Washington last night.
The 45-year-old lawyer was
taken aboard the Pan American
airliner in a wheelchair. An En-
bassy spokesman said he had ar
rived in London Wednesday on
business. ..-
Evening star., 1949-10-22

Census Bureau officials formally
approved forms for collecting most
OF the information in the 18th de-
cenntal census at the Government
Printing Office yesterday.
The forms will cover informa-
tion on population and housing
on the estimated 150.00O,000 peo-
pie living in the United States.
Each of the forms has space for
data on six families, and the Gen.
sus Bureau has placed an order
for 100000 of them.
Census Director Philip M. Haul.
ser said only two entirely new
questions appear on the forms
since the last census in 1910. One
OF these concerns the total income
for family over the last year,
instead of just the amount OF
weekly salaries. The other new
question is whether there is a tele-
vision set in the home.
Altogether, the 1850 census will
require 71,225.0O0 forms, port
folios and instruction manuals
totaling 1900 tons, or 80 carloads
of paper. After delivery from the
Government Printing Office, this
material will be shipped out to
$50 district Offices Of the Census
Bureau throughout the United
States and its territories.
In April 100000 enumerators
will start making the rounds Of
~ 1000, 900 families to gather in
formation. and the completed
forms will be shipped back to
Philadelphia for processing. BY
law, the entire operation must be
concluded, and the digested in
formation placed in the hands Of
President Truman, by December
Of the same year.
Evening star., 1949-10-22
Rites Set for Poyne Child
Who Drowned in Creek
By ths Assoeiaisd Press


FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct.
~ - Funeral services were to be
held today for 21-month-old
James Lee Payne. who was
drowned in Massaponax Creek In
Spotsylvania county, Thursday
afternoon.
He wandered away from his
home about SO yards from tho
creek and fell from a five-foot
embankment into one and q half
feet Of water. The body was found
about an hour after the baby
was missed by his mother, Mrs.
Thomas Lee Payne.
The father is an employe Of
the Richmond, Fredericksburg 4
Potomac Railroad. =
Evening star., 1949-10-22
Health Officers
Insurance Bill
State and Territorial
Association Calls for
Department Of HeoIt|

Establishment of a Department
of Health with cabinet status was
urged. and proposed compulsory
health insurance legislation, now
pending in Congress, was opposed
today in resolutions passed by the
Association of State and Terrific
rial Health Officers.
The group. which met at the
Federal Security Administration
Auditorium. elected as president
DR.. Wilton K. Halverson of San
Francisco. California State officer.
He succeeds DR.. Robert H. Hutch
eson of Franklin, Tenn, the Ten
nessee State health officer, whom
the group voted to honor with a
special gavel made of wood from
his own State.
The resolution opposing health
insurance legislation, as drawn,
pointed out that it docs not in
clude adequate provisions for pre-
ventive medicine and the future
development of modern public
health service"
1t declared that it is generally
recognized that the people of the
United States now enjoy the
highest standards of health of
any country in the world" and
said that proper public health
education and organized public
health service with qualified per-
sonnet have been among the prin-
cipal factors in accomplishing this
result.
In the proposed Department of
Health, the resolution urged that
it be set up under the direction
OF a career public health physi-
clan in the Federal Government. i"
The conference. attended by $50
doctors from all over the coun-
try, urged that Federal aidmoney
to the States be appropriated for
general public health purposes,
rather than earmarked for spe-
cif1c projects.
Evening star., 1949-10-22
Clio Council Backs Custer
OF UnfaiihfuI Officials

The District Industrial Union
Council (CIO) has approved oust-
ing Of "all officers of the CIO who
have demonstrated an unwilling
ness to enforce the policies and
constitution" of the organization.
A unanimous resolution passed
at the councils recent October
meeting also called for custer OF
"all International unions within
the C1O whose officers are guilty
of following the Communist line
rather than CIO policy"
Evening star., 1949-10-22
Two New Polio Cases Put
Arlington Total al 19

Two new polio cases have been
reported to health authorities in
Arlington. bringing the Arlington
total for the year to 10. Both
patients are in Children's Hospi-
tai.
One is a 5-year-old girl living
in the 700 block of South Florida
street and the other is a 4-year-
old girl whose home is in the 500
block of South Eighteenth street.
No new cases were reported to-
day by other nearby counties. The
Districts total rose yesterday to
90.
Evening star., 1949-10-22
Transit Workers
Outline Stand
On Overtime
Arbitration Board
Hears Demand for
Reduced Spread

Capltal transit Co. union en-
ployes today laid their arguments
for more favorable arrangements
in computing spread overtime"
and for holiday pay before the
arbitration board which Is hear
ing their case for higher wages
and other benefits.
Spread overtime" is calculated
in the case of swing runs. Where
a streetcar or bus operator has a
morning rush-hour run and ar
other in the afternoon, with re-
leased time in between, he does
not draw overtime until after an
11-hour spread between the be-
ginning OF the first period of duty
and the end of the second.
The union wants to reduce this
period to 10 hours. It has been
ii hours since an arbitration
award in 1947 which reduced it
from a still longer period.
Six Exhibits Introduced.
In support Of the unions case,
E. L. Oliver. who is representing
the union before the five-man
arbitration board. introduced six
exhibits designed to show the
spread time practice in transit
companies in other cities and also
on the railroads. These brought
the total number of union exhibits
to 80.
The union is asking holiday pay
for eight holidays. At present,
only the approximately 370 en-
ployes at the Fourth and M streets
S.W. shops get holiday pay. The
designated holidays are Decora-
ton, Independence and Labor
Days and Thanksgiving, Christ
mas and New Year Day. If the
shop employees work on these days
they are paid double.
The union wants this arrange
ment for all employees and wants
to add Washington's Birthday and
Armistice Day to the list.
25-Cent Raise to Be Asked.
This is just one of the changes
IN working conditions and bene-
fits the union is seeking which fill
most Of 33-page typewriter
schedule. The demand for a 25-
cent-an-hour wage increase is to
be presented last to the five-man
arbitration board. The hearings
are being held at the Hamilton
Hotel.
A beginning was made on the
spread overtime yesterday after
noon when the union put in it's
case for the elimination of swing
runs on Sundays. They asked
also that not less than so per cent
OF the regular runs on weekdays,
including Saturdays, shall be
straight or uninterrupted runs.
When the so per cent straight
run question came up, it developed
this is generally the company's
practice now. Mr.. Oliver ex-
planned, however. the union wants
it written in the contract, in
case there are changes in super
visors, or even in management.
Shift Of Control Cited.
Referring to the recent pur-
chase Of control of the company
by a group of Florida business
men. he said that it is "doubly
important that present practices
be embodied in the contract"
In view Of a number of ques-
tions on which the union and the
company seem almost in agree
ment, Alfred A. Colby, chairman
OF the arbitrators, asked why
agreements had not been reached
to reduce the number Of issues be-
fore, the board. This brought a
request for an off, -the-record hud-
die with the board. It was under
stood the explanation was that,
when negotiations broke down last
June. areas of agreement were
wiped out. and each side went
hack f0 itS oriuinol xror,eaJ
Evening star., 1949-10-22
East German Republic
Seeks to Try IIse Koch
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

BERLIN, Oct. 22.-The Justice
Ministry of the new East German
republic bid today for chance to
try Ilse Koch, the witch of Buch-
enwald.
It issued a statement deploring
American reluctance to deliver
Frau Koch to the Soviet zone
$50 she can be judged in the local
ity of her crimes"
The Buchenwald concentration
camp, where she once lived as the
commandant's wife, is in the So
Wet zone state of Thuringia.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04

This year school won't close until
June 21st. The seniors have had
their tset. the 9th grades will have
their test on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, while grades will have
theirs on the following week.
Everyone knows that Miamis
weather is too hot to go to school in
the summer, and everyone say why
don't some one do something. Well
you are a tax payer so why don't
you say the same thing to yourself.
But if you are one of those w h o
think it is nice to go to school in
this weather. Please ask your child
or what about any student? r. S.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
Dorsey High Student
Wins Scholarship

A $500 Lewis Scholarship for the
preparation of teachers at the Florl-
da and NJ Institute. was granted
to II year old Peggie Gwendolyn
Williams on May II. The state
Board Of Education made the award
upon the recommendation Of the
college committee which graded the
state Scholarship examination pa
perg recently submitted from the
three high schols here.
Miss williams, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Williams of 6544 NV
18th ct, is a very active member OF
the senior class.
superintendent Thomas ID. Baily
extended best wishes and congratu-
lations to Miss Williams upon OBJ
tanning this award.
Miss Williams will ma6riculate nj
the Florida A and NJ institute next
fall.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
Campus Capers
BY Charles MObley and
F, Bernard Hunter
MOSES JONES FIRST HONOR
STUDENT

Moses Jones has the honor of be-
ing one of the few boy Valdictorians
of any of the classes of Booker I.
Washington high school.
Moses plans to enter Clark College
Atlanta Georgia. Albert Ferguson
has the End honor of his class by
being the Sal. The boys of the class
of 40 can really be proud of them
selves, because this is the first year
for some time that both the Val and
Sal are both boys.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
Prom JUNE 10TH

The Juniors and Seniors haze been
long awaiting this big moment
which is the JuniorSenior Prom To
be held on June 10
William Edwards and his COW orh'
ers of the decorating committee az
working very hard to make our
seeenry (which is the tropical seen
ery) the best ever witnesser at any
junior and senior prom
The 10th grade girls and boys woo
were selected to serve at the Prom
were chosen by Lossie }. Brahha u
and her coWorkers.
Burbank Mitchell, president OF the
junior federation, is working nara
and willingly with the junior CLASS
TO make it the outstanding class OF
the school.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
PHYSICAL ED. DEPARTMENT
SCORES

SOOhAL0
"Health is Wealth" seemed to be
idea which the Dorsey High physi-
cal education instructors instlll IN
To the minds of their pupils FOL
lowing the instructions of Mr.. Lee
Perry and Mr.. Pernell Miller the
Dorsey High Bulls competed brave
w with the other high schools las'
Thursday in the Annual Daoe
tv Negro Junior Track and Field
Meet held in Coconut Grove. AFTER
leading all the way the Dorsey Bulls
finally bowed to the Carver Hlsh
Hornets. The Bulls jumped into the
lead when Leroy Morrison led the
field to the tape in the opening
event - the CSC yard dash. There
after it was nip and tuck between
the Hornets and the Bulls with the
Ruus holding the upper hand untli
tho final event. Competing in the
Class A high jump, the Bulls hao
tailed 621a points to the Hornets
5S1h points. When the high jump
was over. Carver had captured tirst'
second and third places, while DOT
sev salvaged fourth position. F1nal
noints were Carver 6SA and DOT
sew GS1h and Booker 7. Washing
ton 4S.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
School NeuUs

scraper printing office on Thursday
The head of Tech high printing
staff directed the tour throughout
the entire printing office, explain
ing and showing examples of how
type is set, also an example of how
technicolor pictures are printed in
newspapers. This interesting tour
was ended by the gCoup asking
questions about the different ma
chimes and cuts. Most of the ques-
tions were answered by this state
ment: We can print anything from
a calling card to q newspaper.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
PTA BEST YET

The PTA of BTW elected their
new officers on "Wednesday night
This years president is Mrs. Geor-
giana Moore who can be more than
happy and proud. for her administra-
ton was one of the most success
full in the history of BTW's PTA.
This year we found that age old
building has been under repair for
some time, and will be all during
the summer. The building is expect
ed to look very much like new at1er
such repairs are over.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04

June 1919 Dolores finished High
School at Palmer Memorial. exclu-
sive school. She made very high
marks while at Palmer.
Lovely, sweet demure and re-
served. she did not have to go too
far back for these qualities. Her
mother exhibits all Of these.
Her uncle. DR.. w. A. Bison, her
auntie. Mrs. w. A. Bisson OF Mem
phis. Tenn. her brother Charles III.
q sophomore at Philander's Smith
and a famous cousin, Stepin Fetchit
will be in attendance. Much luck to
Dolores who started her school work
AT Douglas.
The classes are still talking about
that nice Art Exhibit at the Dunbar
Elementary School directed by Mrs.
c. Sweeting.
Below are two compositions by
members Of Miss Bawps class:
DUNBAR'S ART EXHIBIT
Our teacher. Miss Baw1 took us To
Dunbar to see some paintings ana
drawings. We saw water colOrs, and
crayons and finger paintings.
WE VISIT DUNBAR
After we came in from the play
ground. our teacher Miss Bawl, told
MS to get ready TO go to Dunbar we
walked down 4th ave. to 18th ST..
turned 4th CT. and walked up 10
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
Dorsey High School
Calendar of Events

June Junior and Senior
Promenade of Spring - $50 pm.
Dorsey Patio.
June A - Faculty Picnic - 9'oV
am, Virginia Beach.
June 10 - Glass Night - $40 D.
M. Liberty City Cafetorium.
June ~ - Baccalaureate - S'VV
pm, Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
June IA - Senior Fellowship Day
200 pm, Booker t. Washington.
June Is - Commencement -SAS
Liberty City Cafetorium.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
ENGLISH CLASSES TO PUBLISH
NEWSPAPER

Mrs. Jamison's English classes
published their own newspaper as
one of their many six weeks pro
jects. The project was taken from
unit seven of English in action.
Last Publish a Newspaper. All OF
of the five classes were divided in
to different staffs. Each staff had
the responsibility of printing and
publishing their own newspaper
This was hut one Of the many pro
jects that was on display on open
House on Sunday.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04

The patton of Dorsey High on iast
Thursday morning was filled with
nbvsical education students in their
uniforms performing daredevil
stunts which called for balance ana
dexterity. Pyramids were formed
forward and backward rolls. cart
wheels. hand walking. head stands
fins. and dives were attractions
which evoked awes from the spec
tators. The guest Of the morning
was Mr.. Clarence Mcdaniel, better
known as the Bronze Voice" IN
structors responsible for the per-
formances We're: Mr.. Lee Perry, Mr.
Pernen Miller Miss Sarah Chris'ie
and Mrs. Maxine Wiley.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
SENIORS PLAN MEMORY BOOK

The senior class of 40 are work
ing anxiously to complete its Mem
DRY Book. 1t lthe class wanted some
thing that will not cost as much as
the year Book did of as. 1t was de
cided by the Senior Gloss to name
its edition the Memories of ~
The editorial staff is as follows: Per
cy oliver, editor; Dorothy Living
ston. typist; Arthur James Glynn,
sketch artists; Mary Frances BluV
and Theodore Russell, b. Dean, Ell
.vira Simmons, Leroy Worthy, Glor-
ia Hepburn, Willard Martin ana
Yirinal Campbell, reporters
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
SCHOOL no CLOSE JUNE 81

The members of the 9Th grade
class of BTW will have their an
nual convocation on next Friday.
This will be carried on the same
way as THE seniors. This will be a
great day in the lives of the fresh
men, it is the reward of 8 hard
years of studying.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
THE Eta ELECT OFFICERS

The Eta of BTW elected their
officers for next year on last Tues
day. Burbank Mitchell, president; l.
Hdson, vice president; Franklin Ber-
nard Hunter administrative assis-
tant: Constance Archer, secretary.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
SUMMER SCHOOL TO BE Al
DUNRAR

Because BTW is under repair The
junior and senior summer schooi
will be conducted at Dunbar Ele-
mentary school, sos NV goth st.
School will last weeks and each
period will last for two hours, in
stead of the previous one hour.
There will only be two classes a day.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
Douglas School News

Vacation days are just around the
corner and the boys and girls of
Douglas are looking forward to
such fun as Vacation Bible Schools,
games at the Youth Center and
neighborhood playground.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04

Mrs. Vera Il. Austin will soon eX-
perience "A happy realization of a
dream, for which she made many
sacrifices in order to see it because
reality for Dolores, her only
daughter (seems only yesterday that
she was a toddleD will be among
the graduates of Talladega College
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
HUMAN RELATIONSHIP hE1
OF SURVIVAL

Is human relations really the hsy
To survival? The senior class mas
chosen the above topic as their
theme. The topic was selected W
Miss Roberts for the senior class.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
SENIORS OUTING AT KEY WEST

On FRIDAY seniors will have the
annual outing this year at Key
West. The president, Harold Danes
is working very hard to make this
the hest outing in the history of
BTW.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04

The faculty and student body con-
tfnue to offer prayer for the speedy
recovery of the health of Mrs. Ava
Brown. who had an unfortunate hu-
To accident several weeks ago. MS
Brown is an instructor in the Eng
Iish department.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04
JOURNALISM CLASS VISIT
TECH HIGH

The Journalism class ana d "
Press Club, accompanied by the ed,
itors of Mrs. Jamison's Ensllsii
class newspaper, visited the SKY
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-04

DIR. Lauderdale is helping the
teachers in the administration OF
the Belts Tele binocular test or
visual acuity. Many reading fall
ures in our schools are due to the
inability OF children to discriminate
between word forms.
The test screens out children who
have visual difficulty. Mrs. Chand-
Ter, Mrs. Cater, and Miss Paula
williams are administering the
tests.