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Evening star., 1949-11-30
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Io Rockville Prisoner Fire Funds Found

The Commissioners have ac-
cepted Fire Chief Joseph A. May
news recommendation that no
further action be taken in the case
of $1,000 earlier reported miss
ing from the funds of five fire
mems benefit organizations be-
cause the loss was just a case OF
sloppy bookkeeping. No money
actually is missing.
Chief Mayhem reported to the
Commissioners late yesterday that
an investigation by special board
found it was all due to the mis-
handling of books by a number
of persons"
The board, made up of Deputy
Chiefs P. A. Davis and M. H. SUIT
ton and Battalion Chief c. P.
Pool recommended no further &C
ton be taken because so many
persons had been handling the
money it was impossible to tell
who was at fault"
"It was slipshod handling of
books" Chief Mayhem said, but
there was no misappropriation OF
funds. All the money was found. "
In fact, Chief Mayhem said, the
organizations, which have assets
of about $500.000, had no real
system of bookkeeping.
The investigation, which in
cluded the services Of outside au-
ditors. began when 1t was report
ed between $1,000 and $500 was
missing in the. funds of the fol-
lowing organizations: Firemen's
Retirement Club, Firemen's Re
lief Association, Firemen's Family
Relief, No. Engine Company
Christmas Club and the Freight
ers' Local No. 36, AFL.
Pvt. John A. Mccarthy Of No. 8
handled the funds for all but the
union, Chief Mayhem said, but as
many as half a dozen firemen
would handle them when he was
absent.
Chief Mayhem said new sys-
tenn Of handling money now has
been installed under the super
vision of an outside auditing firm
and only designated persons now
are allowed to collect money.
Funds are banked daily, he said.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Eugene Meyer and Wife
Honored by Jewish Center

Eugene Meyer, chairman of the
board of the Washington Post,
and his wife, Agnes E. Meyer, yes
terday were cited by the Jewish
Community Center for their
generous contributions to the CEN
ter"
The center board of directors
presented Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer a
copy Of the plaque which hangs
on the wall of the center at Six
teenth and @ streets NV. The
plaque is dedicated to them for
their donation of a six-story
$135,000 recreational wing at the
center.
The wing was completed in
1899, but the names of the donors
were not known until the plaque
was dedicated last year.
Present for the ceremony
which took place in Mr.. Meyer
Office, were Fred S. Kogod, presi-
dent Of the board of the center;
Edward Rosenblum, executive di-
rector of the center: Morris
Cafritz and Benjamin Ourisman
members of the board,
Evening star., 1949-11-30

er-in-law, Kei Rarai, is a doctor
in the Emperor's household, says
she is a personal friend of En-
peror Hirohito. She carries with
her a picture of the Emperor
who is bowling to her-a new twist
in a country whose people tradi-
tionally bowed to him.
The nuns pictured Hiroshima
as a city whose people harbor
no resentment against the United
States for dropping an atomic
bomb on them. This, they said,
is because the people took a lik-
ing to the strong American SOL
diers they saw there and because
the Emperor told them to be
peaceful and friendly"
Mother Elizabeth said the num-
ber of Catholics in Japan is in
creasing since the war and added
there is little discrimination
against Christians there today.
The mother superior's order
cares for an orphanage in Hiro-
shima and one in Beppu, each
harboring about go children. In
addition. they run a kindergarten
in Hiroshima for about 100 pupils.
The order is supported entirely
by private funds.
Evening star., 1949-11-30

Two japanese Catholic lead
ers yesterday predicted there is
a possibility Emperor Hirohito
of Japan will embrace the
Christian religion in the future,
but that he is being held back by
fear of disapproval of Shinto and
Buddhist religious followers in his
country.
This opinion came from Mother
Elizabeth Nagata, Mother Superior
of the Light of the Chapel Con-
gregation at Hiroshima and Bep-
pu, and her assistant. Sister Do
lores Sakamoto.
The japanese nuns held press
conference yesterday at Catholic
University, where they are en-
rolled for a year as students in
the National Catholic School OF
Social Service. They arrived here
last Saturday from Hiroshima.
The mother superior, speaking
through her interpreter. Sister
Dolores, said, IT feel the imperial
family is very much in favor OF
Christianity and will accept it."
She added the Emperor is inter-
ested in the Catholic religion and
has been studying it by himself.
Mother Elizabeth, whose BROTH
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Use Of Central High Urged
For Cardozo Students

Use of Central High School for
colored students now attending
badly overcrowded Cardozo High
School has been recommended by
the Wesley Foundation in spe-
cial meeting at Howard Univer-
sity.
The foundation. a religious
group, condemned the proposed
use OF Park View Elementary
School as an annex for Cardozo
students, saying the plan OF
School Supt. Corning to place 500
Cardozo girls there was an "un-
satisfactory and unprofessional'
solution. The foundation said 1t
knew that $500 pupil stations
in white high schools are avail
able"
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Phone Company Finishing
Conversion 10 Dial System

A 19-year-project to convert all
of Washington's telephones to the
automatic dial system will be COM
pleted December II. the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Co.
announced today.
About 5000 telephones in north
east and southwest Washington.
which are serviced now by 66
operators at the LUdlow-3 ex-
change. will be switched to dial
operation to complete the oper-
alton started ins1930.
December II, the telephone
company announced, also will
mark the issuance of new tele-
phone directories and the opening
of Its new building at Twelfth and
Lawrence streets NE.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Alexandria Women
Killed in Auto Wreck

Mrs. Elsie Duffey, so, of 3O3 East
Gusts avenue. Alexandria, was in
jured fatally early today in an
automobile-tr truck collision at
Mount Vernon and Bellefonte
avenues, Alexandria. It was the
city's third traffic fatality this
year.
Police said Mrs. Duffey was rid
ing in a car driven by F. L. Knight
of the 500 block of South Fairfax
street. Mr.. Knights car and a
panel body truck driven by holland
j. Frame. q. of 104 East Mason
street, collided at the intersection
at 1925 am. police said. Mrs
Duffey was thrown to the street
She died about an hour later at
Alexandria Hospital.
Police said Mr.. Frame was be-
ing held pending an investigation
Mr.. knight suffered a cut fore
head.
Mrs. Duffey's daughter, Mrs.
Courtney w. Klein of the Custis
avenue address. said her mother
had gone to a policeman's dance
last night with a group of friends.
Mrs. Duffey left the dance before
it was over and accepted a ride
home with Mr.. Knight. Mrs.
Duffey was employed as a private
nurse.
Besides her daughter Mrs,
Duffey is survived by her husband,
Charles A. Duffey of the Custis
avenue address; sister, Mrs
Henry Sobotka of Washington,
and q brother, E. Burnett Ale OF
1714 Duke street, Alexandria. Mrs
Duffey had lived in Alexandria
since she was 10 years old.
Evening star., 1949-11-30

Agro, jr., Is, OF the 8100 block
of University lane, Silver Spring,
and Leonard w. Lewis, 81, me-
chanic, of the 4600 block OF AS
bury place NV.
Each is being held in default
of $4,000 bond. A hearing is
scheduled at 10 am, December ~,
in Rockville Police Court.
The prisoner for whom the saw
blades were intended is Joseph
A. Wagstaff, "a, of the $500 block
of Grove street, Chevy Chase, who
was convicted Monday on a-charge
of assaulting his family's maid
with pairing knife.
The assault was the latest in a
series of offenses by Wagstaff
which have kept him in the news
in recent years. They include
shooting a companion in Las We
gas, New, several years ago; ma
licious destruction Of property and
assaulting a Montgomery County
policeman.
Police gave the following ac-
count of the Rockville episode:
De Agro and Lewis obtained a
permit from the sheriff's Office
shortly before 3 pm. yesterday to
visit Wagstaf, who was IN the
Jail on the top floor of the Rock
vile courthouse.
After a short visit, the pair
left. A few minutes later, De
Agro returned with a milk carton
which he said he wanted to give
Wagstaff.
The prisoner, meanwhile, had
been taken to the courtroom on
the floor below for sentencing
and De Agro left the milk car
ton with Jailer Joseph Moxley.
Mr.. Moxley, suspicious because
Of the cartons weight, opened
the carton and found the saw
blades and a half pint Of whisky
inside. He Immediately notified
the sheriff's Office.
Police found the pair seated in
the courtroom and arrested them.
In the meantime, Wagstaff's sem
fencing was postponed to Decem-
ber 6 because Of the absence OF
his attorney.
According to police. the charge
against the two carries a maxi
mum fine Of $4,000 or 10 years
IN prison, or both.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Denniison School
To Razed for:
Site
City Heads Approve
Starting Work When
Building Is Cleared

The Commissioners today gave
the go-ahead signal for razing the
old Dennison School in order to
provide a much needed playground
in the area of Fourteenth and U
streets NV. The school is on S
street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets NV.
The Commissioners told the
District auditors Office to go ahead
with arrangements to raze the
school and seven houses adjoining
the school on property owned by
the District. The razing will de-
pend on when the Board of Edu-
cation moves out of the building,
the letter pointed out.
Playground Long Sought.
The building now is used for
field Offices by school officials and
for a few classes for veterans
vocational training. 1t was aban-
doned for regular classroom use
in 1898 and was used during the
war period by the War Production
Board. The school board has rec
commended that 1t be torn down.
The District Recreation Board
has been anxious to establish a
playground on the Dennison site.
The plan was backed by the
Juvenile Court Advisory Commit
tee last May after study of the
area made by the committee.
The committee. which acts in
an advisory capacity to the Juve-
nile Court. pointed out that the
area was lone of the most highly
congested population areas in the
city," but had no public recrea-
tion facilities.
Earlier Requests Refused.
On two previous occasions. the
Recreation Board requested that
the property be made available
for a playground. but was turned
down by the Commissioners on
the ground that 1t would be an
"alley playground" and not suit
able. Dismantling the seven
houses, six of which have been
condemned by the Health De-
partment. apparently would re-
move the alley playground objec-
ton by giving the site a broad
front on S street.
The District also owns a plot
of land in the area of the Den
nison School, which now is used
for commercial parking. This
parking space, the Commission
ers stated, would not be made
part OF the proposed playground.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Postal Truck Driver Hurt
In C.rush With Streetcur

Aubrey Mosser. 81, Post Office
truck driver, was injured today
when his mail truck and a street.
car collided at Michigan avenue
NE. ass Mosser was turning into
Trinity College.
Casualty Hospital officials said
Mr.. Mosser, who lives at 1927
Eighteenth place NE, suffered
contusions to the stomach and
head. q Operator of the streetcNs
was listed as Arthur A. Arnold,
20. OF Mitchellville, Md.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Lawrence kingsIand Gets
Farewell Reception Today

Lawrence c. Kingsland, who re-
signed recently as Commissioner
of Patents, was to be given a
farewell reception at 3 pm. today
at the Commerce Department
auditorium.
Richard Wood. president of the
Patent Office Society, and Robert
Penn, president of the Patent
Office employees.
Thomas F. Murphy, assistant
commissioner of patents, was to
serve, as master of ceremonies.
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
and other officials were expected
to attend.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Capital Transit Wage
Testimony Studied as
Board Hearing Ends

The arbitration board in the
Capital Transit Co. wage dispute
had before 1t today a voluminous
record to study. before holding
to arrive at q decision.
Final arguments were completed
late yesterday in the Hamilton
Hotel. The company's union en-
ployes reiterated that the COM
pany's financial condition should
not be q factor in arriving at a
proper wage rate. The company
maintained it has insufficient in
come, even at present wage levels.
The union is asking for a Is
cent hourly wage increase and
other benefits. The company esti-
mates the cost Of all the union re-
quests at $4,582, 900.
mo Threat Involved"
j. E. Heberle, vice president and
controller of the company. told
the board yesterday: IF the COM
pany is suddenly faced with ad-
ditional costs, we will have to take
drastic means to meet them"
mo threat Is involved" he de-
clared, and he added that. under
such circumstances, there would
have to be increased fares and
economies. And, he said, econo-
mics mean "less service for the
public and fewer jobs for the
men,"
He said there was mo fare in
crease we can suggest which will
give the income we need"
Hawley S. Simpson, labor coun-
sci for the company, said that,
of the last fare increase. only
$4,000 went to the company's
net profit.
Steel Report Cited.
Both sides referred to the re-
port of the Presidents fact find
ing board in the steel industry
wage dispute last July. E. l..
Oliver. presenting the union case,
said that, since January, 1941,
wages in the steel industry have
risen 1T per cent. while Capital
Transit wages have gone up only
66 per cent.
Mr.. Simpson made greater use
Of the steel report. saying:
"The report points out the
steel workers are earning. on an
average. about $1.65 an hour.
The average hourly earnings OF
our operators, is $1.63 per hour.
In the steel industry, average
hourly earnings from 1889
through June. 1949. rose 80.3
cents. whereas the all-manufac-
turing increase over the same
period was TAT cents.
From 1899 to 1915. the oper-
ators' wage rate-here I am
speaking only of wages-has
risen from IS cents to $1.45, or
10 cents. To that wage rate
must be added, conservatively.
premiums and penalties approxi-
mating 10 cents per, hour, making
the most probable increase in the
average hourly earnings Of oper-
ators 80 cents, exactly that Of
the steel industry.
"And the steel industry, as the
report points out, In average
hourly earnings exceeds that of
all Of 81 major industries, except
bituminous coal, construction. Pc
troleum refining and agricultural
machinery"
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Virginia 10 Enter
Arnold Lines
Fare Hearing
Petition to Intervene.
In Request for Rise
Is Expected Soon

Virginia plans to enter the
Washington, Virginia & Maryland
Coach Co. (Arnold Line) fare in
crease hearing before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. 1t
developed today.
Attorney S. Harrison Kahn, rep
resenting the company. so stated
to Examiner j. j. Williams. Mr..
Kahn read a formal statement,
declaring that representatives of
Virginia, which is operating the
bus company to forestall a strike
by employees, will file a formal
petition requesting the ICC to per-
NIT the State to become a party
to the proceedings.
Virginia seized the line on No
vember 2 under the States Public
Utilities Labor Relations Act and
has been operating it since
through the State Corporation
Commission.
William c. Seibert, commerce
counsel of the sec, appeared be-
fore a luncheon recess but did
not take part in the case. Mr..
Seibert conferred with Mr.. Kahn.
however.
May Be Filed Tomorrow.
Mr.. Seibert told reporter that
he expects a petition to intervene
will be filed soon, possibly tomor-
row. In answer to a question, he
said it will be necessary for the
State to adopt the testimony thus
far given by company representa-
tiveS.
This testimony has been that
what amounts to a 5-cents-per-
zone fare increase is essential If
the company is to meet a wage
award recently granted drivers
and maintenance men by an arbi-
tration board. The company is
actually operating the line as an
agent of the State.
Attorney Lester r. Conley, rep
resenting the Arlington County
Board, had moved earlier that the
company testimony be thrown out
unless it was shown that Arnold
officials spoke for Virginia.
The total cost Of an arbitration
award will be $212,027 SIS, but the
company desires to include other
workers not covered by this award,
Richard C. Bennett. controller OF
the company said.
County to Hit Rental.
Mr.. Bennett told Examiner Will
liams that this amount covers the
total cost of the arbitration award
between May 18, 1949, and August
IS, 1850, and includes vacations,
uniforms and coveralls.
Arlington County. meanwhile,
was preparing to attack arrange
ments made by the company in
renting property from the firms
president, Joseph L. Arnold. /
First discussion of the CON-
pany's lease with Mr.. Arnold arose
late yesterday, when a witness
testified the utility is paying $1,000
a month rental for the Arnold
owned property in Arlington. The
rent was increased last year from
$3,100 a month.
Mr.. Conley promised to SUBJ
poena an Arnold official to ques-
ton him about the contract un-
less the company produces him
voluntarily. The official is Man
uel j. Davis, board chairman and
general counsel, who executed the
lease for Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold
Evening star., 1949-11-30

~ IL q III ~ Z " =
Commerce. Certificates to about
1873 member firms which have
been in business here go years or
more will be presented by Fred
erick P. H. Siddons, board presi-
dent.
Responding for the honored
firms will be Andrew Parker,
president of Woodward and
'Lothrop's department store. and
a direct descendant of S. w.
Woodward, founder of the busi-
ness and vice president of the
Board of Trade in 1889, the year
the board was founded. District
Commissioner John Russell Young
also will speak.
A special feature of the evening
will be distribution of souvenir
programs of drawings by Dick
Mansfield, cartoonist for The Star,
representing activities Of So firms.
Music will be provided by an or
chestra directed by Leon Brusilof1
and songs of the Gay Nineties"
will be sung by the D. c. Keys
Barbershop Quartet. Miss Kay
De Witt will sing the National
Anthem.
At three head tables, extending
the length of the ballroom, will be
seated the ranking executives OF
more than 1875 companies whose
headquarters are in Washington
Toastmaster for the dinner will
be Robert v. Fleming. a past presi-
dent of the Board of Trade and
president and chairman Of the
board of Riggs National Bank
James A. Cassidy is general chair
man for the 60-Year Observance
Committee, and Clarence w. Cos
nell is vice chairman for the din
nor under Mr. Fleming
Evening star., 1949-11-30

heir. died in
Los Angeles last
night of tuber-
culosis.
Planning to
make the g.
+ oot. raw e n
haired shoWgirl
his fifth wife,
Manville char
tered a plane in
October, 1899.
and flew her
from Hollywood
to New York.
A + t er a Spat.
she walked out
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Irish Doncinq Exhibition

The. Douglas Hyde Gaelic So
ciety will sponsor an exhibition of
Irish dancing and lecture on the
origin of Irish music at 9 pm. to-
morrow at Roosevelt High School.
Miss Maureen Mccormack, secre-
tary Of the society, will give the
lecture and her pupils will per-
form the dances.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Tax Office Open Saturday

The Office of Falls Church
Treasurer James E. Ferguson will
be open from $3.50 am. to / pm.
Saturday for the convenience of
taxpayers. Deadline for payment
of personal property and real
estate taxes is midnight Monday.
Evening star., 1949-11-30

on QlIN.
Before she became i'll six years
ago, Miss Troy reached the bright
lights of Broadway with Ziegfeld,
Billy Rose and Earl Carroll shows.
Later she appeared in several
movies, the last Of which was THE
Harvey Girls" &-.es-
Evening star., 1949-11-30

Two persons were being held
today in the Montgomery County
iail at Rockville after police said
they attempted to smuggle. three
hacksaw blades to a prisoner in
a prearranged escape plan.
Charged with conspiracy to aid
in a jailbreak are Alfred S. De
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Squore Dances Scheduled

A weekly Saturday night pro-
gram of square dances will be held
in the Central YMCA, 1885 q
street NV. at 8 pm. starting this
week. The dances are being spoll-
sored in cooperation with the
Agriculture Departments Recre-
alton Association.
Evening star., 1949-11-30

Hotel, the Sec
ond m jor
event in the
boards week
long celebration
of its Goth an
niversary.
Prin C i p a |
speaker for the
dinner, which
gets underway
at 7 o'clock,
will be Herman
S t e in k r a u S,
president of the
United States
L g
Evening star., 1949-11-30

Miss Elinor Troy. 33, native OF
Washington who won fame as the
only fancee of Tommy Manville
to stand up the asbestos fortune
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Trade Board 10 Honor
1873 Pioneer Firms al
Anniversary Dinner

Washington firms as old as or
older than the Board Of Trade
will be honored tonight at a
formal dinner in the Mayflower
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