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Evening star., 1949-03-08
Luray Fire Destroys
4 Frame BUILDINGS
By the Associoted Press

LURAY. Va, Mar. 8.-Fire de-
stroyed four frame buildings in
Luray's business district last night
The president of Lurays Volun-
teer Fire Department, j. Everett
Will, estimated the damage al
100000 after the flames were
brought under control about 8:3C
o'clock after a fight of an hour
and a half
Police Chief Harry S. Farrar
said, however, he believed the fig
ure would be around 100000. Nc
one was reported injured.
The debris continued to smolder
this morning and firemen re-
manned at the scene.
Town Manager T. F. EWers said
insurance adjusters, fire and town
officials would make an immediate
investigation in an effort to de-
termine the cause of the fire.
Buildings destroyed were ar
electrical appliance warehouse o1
the Northern Virginia Power Co.
a radio shop, an auto parts store
and a department store with liv.
ing and Office quarters on upper
f7o0rS
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in-laW, Fred c. Geiger, Washing
ton lawyer, who lives at the same
address.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
Joined in investigating the shoot
ing. Police said Mr.. Faircloth's
body was discovered in the bath
room shortly after he had fin
ished breakfast
Wife Also Is Lawyer.
Mrs. Olive Faircloth, his wife,
also is an attorney and is en-
ployed in the District tax Office
in the Municipal Building. She
is first vice president of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations
here.
Mr.. Faircloth joined the JUS
tice Department last September
Is, but had been in Government
employ here almost continuously
since 1884, except for two years as
a supply sergeant in the Marines
during the war.
He was an accountant at the
General Accounting Office before
his military service and from 1945
to 1947. when he went into pri-
vate practice for about a year.
He was born in Seville. Ga,
April 2. 1907 He and Mrs. Fair
cloth were married here after they
met on Georgia plantation,
where he was an accountant.
Mrs. Faircloth had gone there to
manage the plantation.
D. C. Bar Member.
MIR. Faircloth was graduated
from National Law School here in
1888 and was a member of the
District Bar. He was a former
treasurer of the Federation of
Citizens Associations. Although
not a delegate to the association
during the last few years, he
maintained a close interest in its
activity.
Police said they were told by
members of his family that he had
been in i'll health recently but
that he seemed cheerful at break
fast today. Mrs. Faircloth had
left for work Immediately after
breakfast.
DR.. Macdonald said Mr.. Fair
cloth died instantly of a bullet
wound in the head. A .38 caliber
pistol was found in his hand, Capt.
F1aherty said
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Report 10 Urge
1reasurYContro|
Hoover Board Split
On RFC, FDIC and
Export-Import Bank
By Froncis P. DoueIos

The Hoover Commission was re-
ported today to be ready to recon-
mend that the Reconstruction
Finance Corp, the Federal De-
posit Insurance Corp. and the Ex-
port Import Bank be placed in
the Treasury Department.
The commission report on the
Treasury is to be the next one
made to Congress and will be filed
later this week, it is understood.
The placing of the three agen-
cies in the Treasury is said to
have brought another division in
the 12-man Commission on Or
ganization of the Executive
Branch. Former President Hoover.
head of the commission. repeatedly
voted with the majority in favor
of the move.
Three members said to have
dissented from the majority are
reported to have been Senator
Aiken. Republican, of Vermont;
DR.. James K. Pollock and James
H. Rowe. jr.
The FDIC already has made q
provisional request that it be ex-
empted in the bill pending before
Congress to give President Tru-
man wide powers to reorganize
the executive agencies.
Maple T. Harl, chairman of the
FDIC board, testified before the
Senate Expenditures Committee
that he favored the original bill
which carried no exemptions. But.
he pointed out, the Federal Re-
serve Board was included in the
bill passed by the House among
agencies for which any reorgan-
ization must be considered sep
arately.
Since that was the case, he ex-
planned, he felt that the FDIC
and the Controller of the Cur
rency should also be accorded
similar "one-package" treatment.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Police Hopeful
| Beautiful Lawn
May Trap Thief

Somewhere next summer the
grass will grow greener, the lawn
will be neater and the police will
be interested.
For last night a nonpaying GUS
toner forced a lock on the side
door of the F. w. Bolgiano Seed
Co., All New York avenue NV.
and selected one 200-pound bag
of lawn fertilizer. one l6-inch
lawnmower and one lawn rake.
The one-man home beautiful
campaign cost Bolgiano's 1895.
another head scratcher for
police occurred at the Woodward
g. Lothrop warehouse. 131 M
street NE, where Is fluorescent
light fixtures worth S568.62 dis
appeared.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
$500 Reward for Slayer
Offered by Scheer Family

A reward of $500 for i-forma-
ton leading to the arrest and
conviction of the slayer of Charles
Scheer, 48-year-old clothing mer-
chant. has been offered by his
family, Chief of Detectives Rob-
ert S. Bryant announced today.
Mr.. Scheer, who lived at 1413
Saratoga avenue NE, died in
George Washington University
Hospital. December 4, after he
was found unconscious in his
clothing store at HOO North Cap
itol street.
An autopsy showed Mr.. Scheer
died of a fractured skull and
brain lacerations which could not
have been caused by a fall, ac-
cording to the coroner. Detec-
tives so far have been unable to
find his aSSailant.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Dances Scheduled
By Service Groups

Dances tonight and tomorrow
have been scheduled by local serv-
ice groups.
The Noncommissioned Officers
Club of Andrews Air Force Base
is holding a dance for WACS and
Waves of the District area at 8
o'clock tonight in the club. The
Special Services Club at the base
will give one at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the club for District area serv.
icemen.
In addition Fort McNair Serv-
ice Club No. l has scheduled a
dance for Government girls and
students at 8 pm. tomorrow at
it's club.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Brouehton Death Delays
Action on Pay Raises

The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee today postponed until
Thursday it's meeting on top
bracket and District government
employees pay raises.
The postponement was made IN
Difference to the memory of Sem
ator Broughton, Democrat. OF
North Carolina, a member Of the
committee, who died last Saturday.
The committee is expected to
approve it's subcommittee's bill
which was reported to it last
Saturday.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Corkreun Post to Meet

The 1t. William H. Corkrean
Post, Catholic War Veterans, will
meet at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in the
St. Francis Xavier School hall,
27O0 O street Sc, Leon Riley, post
commander, announced today
The meeting date was enormously
given as Thursday In a story IN
The Star yesterday.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
u. 5. Employees 0usted
illegally Can Sue
For Pay, Court Rules

Federal employees, fired by their
agencies in violation Of Civil
Service regulations. can sue the
Government for loss Of salary ac-
cording to decision handed down
yesterday by the United States
Court of Claims.
A majority of four judges de-
cided in favor of a former employe
of the Philadelphia Signal Depot,
who claimed the Government
owed him three months wages
for period during which he was
illegally suspended from his job.
The fifth judge wrote a dissenting
opinion.
The facts in the case are as
follows:
The employe, a Philadelphian
named Daniel Simon, was fired
from his job at the signal depot
September 6, 1914. He was told
that the position was being
abolished.
Appeared 70 SOHlHll1SlOH.
The employe appealed his dis
missal to the Civil Service Com
mission. After investigation, the
commission decided that Mr.. ST.
mons post had never been offici-
ally and legally established and
that it could not be abolished.
The dismissal, the commission
said, had been a reduction in force,
and the personnel officer had
failed to follow the regulations of
the commission covering dismiss
ais under such circumstances.
The regulations state that dis
missals under basis of competition.
seniority, efficiency rating and
other considerations.
On the commissions orders, Mr..
Simon was reinstated in his job
December II, 1914, and was almost
Immediately fired again-this time
for cause, charging him with un-
satisfactory performance of his
duties.
Yesterdays court decision held
that Mr.. Simon was entitled to
his pay for the period from Sep
tember to December II and
awarded him a judgement against
the Government of $64209.
Judge Whitaker Dissents.
The dissenting opinion was
handed down by Judge Samuel E.
Whitaker. The jurist, who said
the case affects some 1000, 900
employees (and} -. also the
efficient administration of the
Federal Government" agreed that
if an employe is fired in violation
of an Act of Congress regulating
his discharge he would "be en-
titled to recover the salary of
which he had been wrongfully de-
prived.'
However, the judge wrote, only
Congress itself has the right to
assume liability for the United
States. Unless Congress has
specifically given them the right
to do so, neither the President
nor any of his executive officers
can assume liability for the United
States.
However, the majority opinion.
written by Judge Benjamin H.
Littleton and concurred in by
Judges Evan Howell and Joseph
w. Madden and Chief Judge Mar
vim Jones, ruled that the act of
1888 expressly delegated to the
President and the civil service
commissioners full authority to
make suitable rules for carrying
the act into effect, and we think
the regulations here involved were
clearly within the intent and pur-
pose of the act
The Justice Department is con-
sidering the possibility of an ap-
neal tn the S1lpreme Court.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
FundsApproved
For Building
ProjectsHere
Committees Action
Covers St. EIizubeths,
Bethesda, Howard U.

Funds for continuing construc-
ton programs next fiscal year at
the giant research center of the
National Institute of Health at
Bethesda. at Howard University
and st. Elizabeths Hospital were
approved today by the House Ap-
preparations Committee.
In sending the Labor Depart
men-Federal Security supply bill
to the House. the committee rec
commended an appropriation of
$17,000,000 for the research center
near Bethesda.
In addition. the committee ap-
proved $12.900.OO0 in contract
authority" to facilitate construc-
ton. The work is supervised by
the Public Buildings Administra-
ton of the Federal Works Agency
Total Cost go Millions.
Total cost of the big establish
ment, including hospital, labora-
tories. equipment and housing for
the staff. is expected to be $60.-
100000. the committee was told
during the hearings by DR.. Jack
Masur. executive secretary Of the
Research Facilities Planning Com
mittee. ,.E
Already much preliminary work
has been done, including excava-
tions and foundations.
Target date for completion is
1851, DR.. Masur told the commit
tee. Work already is about two
months ahead of schedule, he re-
ported.
Howard u. Fund Voted.
Continuation of a building pro-
gram at Howard University was
approved by the committee. 1t
recommended 100000 for plans
and specifications for a preclinic
medical building: S5,659.425 in ap-
preparations, and $5,882,30O in
contract authorization to further
the overall building program initi-
ated in 1916.
For salaries and expenses, How
ard University was granted ST.
335,000. an increase of S185,000
over the 1949 appropriation. 1t
will permit some increase in the
teaching staff.
For ST. Elizabeths Hospital the
committee cut S215,000 from the
budget estimate for continuing
work on the new continued treat
ment" building, and approved an
appropriation of S1,800,000. 1t was
explained some of the money
sought would not be needed until
the 1851 fiscal year.
$4,000 Trimmed From Expenses.
The committee also shaved
$4,000 from the amount for sal
aries and expenses at the insti-
tuition.
The total approved for st. Eliza
beths was S5,368,000 as against
recommendation of IS. .653 900.
This was far above the $1.736,000
Appropriated for - the last fiscal
year. largely because of the con-
struction funds.
The committee approved $780,
600 for preparation of structures
on the reservation.
For the Columbia Institution for
the Deaf here. the committee rec
commended $315,000, an increase
of $4,000 over the amount pro-
vided for this fiscal year.
For relief and rehabilitation ex-
penses under the District Work.
mems Compensation Act, the COM
mittee approved $4,000. the same
as appropriated for this fiscal
year.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Wi|d|ife Report Notes
Increase in Number Of
Migratory Waterfowl

An "encouraging increase" was
found in the annual January mi
gratory waterfowl inventory OF
the United States Fish and Wild
life Service, it was reported to-
day.
The report was the most cheer
full item which came to the atten-
ton of the hundreds of conserva-
tionists and sportsmen from the
United States, Canada and Mex
leo who are attending the North
American Wildlife Conference in
the Hotel Statler.
A national quail report brought
bad news to the conference at the
same session. The quail popula-
ton has declined in the Nation
over the last 10 years. Phil Good
rum of the Atlanta field Office of
the service reported. He based his
report largely on questionnaires
to State agencies.
The conservationlsts were IN
terested in the reports section
showing that Ohio. where quail
shooting has been prohibited for
30 years. showed a decrease and
that Iowa, which repealed such a
law several years ago, showed an
increase. The conservationists at
tributed this to the resumption of
management" practices by Iowa
to increase the quail as a game
bird.
Sessions End Tomorrow.
The increase in ducks and geese
was reported by Albert M. Day
director of the service. which is
in the Interior Department, in a
release timed for the conference s
second day. The conference
closes tomorrow after a banquet
tonight.
Mr.. Day credited improved con-
ditions on the breeding grounds
and the stringent hunting regula-
ton Of the last two years for the
gains in duck and goose popula-
tionS.
The inventory was conducted
January II to IA and was the 18th
annual one of the service. 1t ex-
tended from Alaska to Guatemala
and the West Indies. About 1900
trained observers, some using
planes, participated.
Ludlow Griscom OF Harvard
University emphasized in speech
last night on duck surveys that
the fowl cannot be counted
without wide margins of error.
Greatest Danger Cited.
DR.. Griscom said the greatest
danger to the wild waterfowl is
from pressure groups urging &C
ton on premature and optimistic
conclusions based on short-term
evidence"
The latter part of the 18th CEN
tury saw decline of ducks in
Chesapeake Bay, he said, when
men cunning for market some
times killed $500 a day. The hur-
ricane of 1888 brought a lot of
salt water into the sound, he said,
and the plant life on which the
ducks fed were killed by it.
In an earlier session, Harrison
F. Lewis, chief of the wildlife serv-
ice in Canada. where most of the
migratory ducks are Matched.
questioned the economic value of
wild waterfowl.
In gatherings such as this
conference" he said, where in
terest is focused on Wildlife, it
is apt to be taken for granted
that ducks and geese have a high
and incontestable positive value.
That is not the view of the wheat
farmer, who has thousands of dol
lars worth of grain eaten or rem
dered llnharVeSta h1e hv r,nallordc -
Evening star., 1949-03-08

Ilc1c, Wdo 1OUllO
shot to death
today in the
bathroom of his
home at 1851
Twenty = ninth
street NV.
c a p t. Jere-
miah F.. Fla
herty, head of
the police hon.
icide squad, said
a pistol was in
Mr.. Faircloth'S
hand when the
body was found
by his father
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Justice Department
Lawyer Found Shot
To Death in Home

Warren T. Faircloth, Al, an at
torney in the Claims Division OF
the Justice Department and ac-
tive in citizens association work
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Evening star., 1949-09-16
Annoying Habits

bring you something from an
other room, fill his hands with
occupation, without indicating
any emotion on your side.
Little children often are at
loose ends in the house while
their mothers are attending to
household duties. They cannot
play by themselves for any great
length Of time as their attention
spans are brief and their strength
once concentrated on an object.
limited. They tire soon and they
feel lonely. then fretful. then they
begin to feel the pressure Of life
settling down on them and in self
defense turn to themselves for
occupation. 49,
AS soon as a child begins to
wander about the room. I'LL his
hands-f1ll his mind-send him
into action. There are always
things to be done. children love
to feel they are with" their
mothers in what they are doing.
It is not easy to have children
about when one is busy but that
can be managed.
Evening star., 1949-09-16
Why Grow Old?
By josephine Lowmon

The idea has gotten around
that . woman can reduce through
exercise alone. This is not true.
One has to walk miles and miles
to lose an ounce of weight. If you
have many pounds to lose you
will have to exercise all day long
for the loss Of half a pound. that
is, II you do not diet also.
Do not be fooled by a loss
through perspiration. This is q
water loss. not q loss in fatty
deposits. The steam bath or a
violent game Of tennis. may show
a loss Of four pounds on the
scales but this is purely water
loss, and you get it back as soon
as you replace the water in your
tissues by drinking liquids.
General physical activity does
enter into the picture over a
long period. Sedentary persons
need less food than more active
ones. However. If you have extra
pounds you might as well face
the facts! There Is no easy road
to reduction. You will have to
diet.
Exercise is ballyhooed in this
column because Of its wonderfully
happy effect on health and en-
ergy, because it Is the perfect
cure for nervous tension. because
it speeds up the loss Of poisons
In the body and because it does
help distribute your weight at
tractively and firms your body.
II you are not overweight, exer-
else can take an inch or so from
your hips or your tummy or your
waist without changing your
Evening star., 1949-09-16
BY Angelo Pntri

Til1y has . habit OF tugging at
her dress In an embarrassing
way. her mother says. Nothing
seems to stop 1t.
First, don't be embarrassed
Children are close to nature and
have not learned to cover up as
grown people have They dc
openly what impulse drives them
to do and the very openness OF
the action allows us a chance tc
correct 1t If it needs correction.
Don't be frightened and keep
your temper. Any. show Of anger
or fear or excitement Of any sort
will only fasten the habit more
firmly. It seems as though chill
dren take refuge in these odd
tricks to find relief and comfort
from the pressure of the adults
will and way.
When child tugs at his hair
his ear. pulls out his eyebrows
puts his hands where they do not
belong and uses them in ways
that are less than helpful, just
send him on an errand, let him
Evening star., 1949-09-16

can lose pounds through exercise
alone.
If this prods you into counting
calories, you might like to have
my calorie chart. If so, send
stamped, self-addressed envelope
with your request for Leaflet No.
36 to Josephine Lowman In care
of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1949-09-16
Exercise Alone Will Not Reduce Real Fat

weight. As a matter Of fact, you
may gain weight while you lose
inches, because you firm up.
II you are overweight and are
dieting, exercise can speed the loss
in the spots in which you wish
to lose. But do not be fooled
into believing that you are reduc-
ing with steam baths or that you
Evening star., 1949-09-16

T. HARRIS & CO. jewelers. and Slversmiths Since 1874
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Widow 10 See Air Base
Dedicated 10 Husband

Mrs. Harriette A. Harmon, II
Cleveland avenue, Takoma Park,
Nd, and members of her family
were to leave today for Stephens
Vile, Newfoundland, to attend the
formal dedication Of an airbase
named after her late husband,
Capt. Ernest E. Harmon, pioneer
Air Force pilot, who in his youth
was a well-known Eastern High
School football star. The dedi-
cation is tomorrow.
The installation is a terminal Of
the Military Air Transport Serv-
ice. 1t originally was established
in February, 1941, and played an
important role in the Air Forces
wartime operations. It was used
as a support unit as well as for
redeployment of troops. Now the
base is stop on MATS North
Atlantic air routes.
Capt. Harmon lost his life while
on a test flight from Washington
to Mitchell Air Force Base, New
York, on August ~, 1888. A ma
tive of Dallas, he once served as
officer in-charge of the Proving
Squadron in Washington. While
acting as test pilot for the United
States Patent Office. he was Sc
lected as pilot for the Martin
bomber in the Round the Rim"
fight. encircling the United States
in 1919.
Other MEMBERS of the family
accompanying Mrs. Harmon are
her three sons and two daughters
in-law. They are DR.. and Mrs.
Ernest E. Harmon, jr.. of 900 Dart
mouth avenue. Silver Spring, Nd;
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert B. Harmon,
Of Paint Branch Farms, Coles
vile. Nd, and Maj. William A.
Harmon. an Air Force pilot, who
lives with his mother at the Cleve-
land avenue address in Takoma
Park.
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Exhibit Of Paintings
By Thuyer Opens

The Centennial Exhibition of
Paintings by Abbott Henderson
Thayer 1e49 TO- 1920 opened this
morning at two Washington gal
leries, the Smithsonian Institution
announced. s.-<
The exhibition will be shown in
the main gallery Of the Gellatly
collection, first floor Of the Ma
tional Museum at Tenth street
and Constitution avenue NV, and
at the Freer Gallery Of Art, JET
ferson drive at Twelfth street
SW.. It will continue through De-
cember. Weekday and Sunday
hours are from 8 am. to 4::30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
every kind of person wishing me

every kind of person wishing me
we'll.
II still get 40 or so letters a
week from these nice people whom
I have never seen. And every one
is so friendly when I speak some
where. Wait, let me show you
what they gave me when spoke
in Reading."%
Mrs. Kasenkina rushed to the
closet and emerged with a golden
key to the city. She was very
proud as she pointed out the
legend on the key-"Mayor John
P. David. Reading. Pa, Pretzel
Capital of the World"
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Guided Tours Slated Tomorrow
At Keni|worth Aquatic Gardens

semitic National Parks. The camp
fire program starts at 8:15 pm.
The National Capital Astrono-
mers' Club will provide telescopes
and Interpretation for the star
observation outing in Rock Creek
Park from 8 to II pm. Sunday.
The event will be organized at the
campfire site near Sixteenth street
and Colorado avenue NV.
Other events on the MOP pro-
gram include the usual Canal
Clipper" trips on the Chesapeake
g. Ohio Canal on Saturdays and
Sundays. AS a special feature,
Naturalist Kenny Dale will es-
cort party for a stroll along the
towpath from 3 to 5 pm. tomor-
row