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Evening star., 1949-01-24
y Persons Indicted,
.0ne in Attack on Girl,
Two as EmbezzIers

Twenty mine persons were ac-
cused of an assortment of crimes in
Is indictments returned by the Dis
trict grand jury before Judge Rich
mond B. Keech today.
Among those indicted was Roose-
welt Rollerson. %. colored, of the
1900 block of Eighth street NV, who
was accused of rape in connection
with an attack by several men on
a 17-year-old colored girl. The at
tack occurred December when a
group Of men dragged the girl into
an alley in the 100 block of Third
street NV. and assaulted her.
Robert j. Larkin, 25, for whom no
address was listed, was accused of
embezzling more than S1,400 from
the National Truck Rental Co., Inc,
last July while serving as night
car rental manager at company
Office in the l700 block Of L street
NV.
Truck Driver Charged.
Samuel Ginwright, 38, colored,
whose address also was not given,
was indicted on a charge of en-
bezzling S57e from the Jacobs Trans
fer Co. while employed as truck
driver.
William Beezly, 27, of the $500
block of Eleventh street NV, was
indicted on a charge of stealing
more than s140 from the Hospital
Ambulance Service, Inc, last De-
cember while working as an am
bulanc attendant.
Maurice S. Johnson, 18. of the
100 block of First street NV, was
accused of illegal possession OF
marihuana cigarettes. Leon James
1900 block of Vermont avenue NV.
was indicted on charges Of illegal
transportation of 874 grains of
marihuana.
Another Narcotic Case.
Gam Kong Wong, Chinese, OF
the 500 block Of H street NV, was
indicted on nine charges OF violat-
ing the Narcotic Act.
Three persons were accused OF rob-
bing Columbus w. Henry, owner
of the Congress Heights Pharmacy
31O0 block of Nichols avenue Sc,
Of $3.50 last December 15 They are
Eugene E. Kniskern, %, of the 700
block of Alabama avenue Sc; Jan
C. Gibbs, 18, of the 3700 block of
Randall place S e, and Nadine Van
Gorder, %, of the 900 block OF
Alabama avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Glenn Dale Official Asked
To Vacate Home for Doctor

The Commissioners have asked
Paul E. Keen, Glen Dale Sana-
torium business manager, to vacate
the house he occupies on the hos
pital grounds to make way for a
doctor.
This is one of the six steps recon-
mended recently by Representative
Miller, Republican, of Nebraska, to
improve conditions at Glenn Dale.
The shortage of housing space has
been one of the chief reasons cited
by officials for difficulties in getting
enough trained doctors to staff the
institution adequately.
At Glenn Dale, it was said today
that Mr.. Keen has been trying to
find another place for himself. his
wife and two children, but so far
has been unsuccessful.
DR.. George c. Rutland, District
health officer, said the home he is
occupying is needed for married
physician who is under considera-
ton for appointment to the staff.
The prospective staff member. how
ever, needs, and will be entitled to
housing on the hospital grounds,
DR.. Rutland said.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
7 Personal Employees
OF Mrs, Patterson
Give Dispositions

Mrs. Eleanor M. Patterson's house
keeper and a former secretary were
questioned today at pre-trial de-
position hearings in preparation for
the forthcoming court contest of
the late Times-Herald publisher
will
The dispositions were taken from
Mrs. Sibilla Campbell, who is living
in Mrs. Patterson's home at IS Du-
pont Circle, and Mrs. Kay o. Nc
Carter. 1904 Ingomar street NV.
The two deposition hearings were
conducted simultaneously in the
Roberts and McInnis law Offices in
the Transportation Building.
Counsel for both sides in the will
Contest split up so they could have
representatives at both hearings.
Mrs. McCarter completed her de-
position in two hours. Mrs. Camp
bell, however, after a full morn
ing's questioning was asked to re-
turn to an afternoon session.
Was Secretary in 1943.
Mrs McCarter said she worked
for Mrs. Patterson as her personal
secretary during 1943. She explained
that Miss Margaret Barney pre-
ceded her as Mrs. Pattersons con-
fdential secretary and returned to
work for Mrs Patterson after Mrs.
McCarter left
The former secretary told re-
porter she did not believe she had
much information to give him. She
said she is now employed by the
public relations firm of Newmyer
& Associates.
Mrs Campbell was bequeathed
$1,000 by Mrs. Patterson in the con-
tested will
In another connection, Mrs.
Campbell was named executrix of
c. B. Porters estate. Mr.. Porter,
former Times-Herald treasurer who
died in plunge from Clarksburg,
w. Va, hotel window last Septem-
ber IA. was named by Mrs. Patter-
son as one of eight of the news
papers executives to inherit the
Times-Herald. When he resigned
from the paper. however, he was
automatically excluded.
Porter Will Seen Invalid.
The Porter will naming Mrs.
Campbell did not bear the sigma
lures of witnesses and therefore was
not considered a valid WILL. accord
ing to District legal authorities.
William A. Roberts, who con-
Quoted the questioning of Mrs.
Campbell, and Harold A. Kertz,
who took Mrs. Carter's deposition
said both were willing to answer
questions. Mr. Roberts and Mr..
Kertz represent Mrs. Felicia Gizycka,
Mrs. Patterson's only daughter. who
is seeking to break her mothers
will. She charges that Mrs. Patter-
son was of unsound mind and that
the will was obtained through fraud,
deceit and undue influence. The
case is scheduled for trial Feb
ruary 2.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
D. c. Job|ess Pay Still Possible
While Winterinq in Florida

It is possible for an unemployed
Washingtonian to winter in Florida
and still receive unemployment
compensation from the District
but he'd better be honest about it.
At least so of them did it during
December, c. A. Wharton, director
of the District Unemployment Com
pensation Board, said today. From
December l, 1947, to November l.,
1948, $40 persons in Florida received
unemployment checks.
A reciprocal agreement among
States, lauded by Mr. Wharton as
an excellent arrangement" allows
the payment. but the situation "is
under constant scrutiny" to elm
mate possible fraud, he said.
The reciprocity is good, he con-
tinued, because if a man is honestly
unable to get job in his line Of
work here he should go some place
where such job might exist.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Mrs. Belle Penn's Death
In Fire Ruled Accidental

Deputy Coroner Christopher ].
Murphy yesterday issued a cerifi-
cate of accidental death in the
fatal burning Saturday night of
Mrs. Belle C. Penn, so, of 1908 Fiji
teenth street NV.
Mrs. Penn, an employe of the
Agriculture Department, was burned
to death when fire destroyed the
bed in her apartment. A police re-
port said she apparently fell asleep
while smoking a cigarette.
Evening star., 1949-01-24

daughter, Miss Marion Rider, told
Montgomery County police the cars
brakes failed at the intersection OF
Dennis and Georgia avenues, Silver
Spring, and the vehicle went
through traffic signal.
Hit BY Dairy Truck.
Police said the automobile was
struck at $50 am. by dairy truck
owned by w. Lawson King of
Gaithersburg and driven by LIE Roy
H. Fink, 81, Gaithersburg. He was
summoned to appear in the Silver
Spring Police Court February Is to
answer a technical charge of man
slaughter.
Miss Rider, clerk for the Public
Health Service, was admitted to
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, suf-
fering a possible conclusion. cuts
on both knees and shock. Her con-
d;tion was described today as good.
Virginia State police said Mr..
Woods automobile was struck when
it was making U turn at the foot
of Snake Hill, south of Alexandria,
about 1:30 am.
Condition Reported Good.
Miss Edith Cope. 10, Wager Apart
ments, 121 North Fairfax street.
Alexandria. was admitted to Alex
andria Hospital with a left elbow
fracture and face cuts suffered in
the accident. Her condition was re-
ported good today.
Other passengers were treated at
the hospital and released. All live
in or near Alexandria.
They are:
Miss Florence Fox, "a, of RID
S, who suffered a broken ankle;
Miss Hazel Simpson, 10, bakery
employe, 312 st. Asaph street, cuts
on left knee; Oscar Saunders, %;
Yates Ledbetter. %, and Roger
Thompson, %, dairy employees, all
of AIS Cameron street. They re-
ceived minor cuts.
To Appear in Court.
The police said the truck was
driven by Thomas L. Gaillard OF
Atlanta, who was released for ap-
pearance in Fairfax Trial Justice
Court February II on technical
charge of manslaughter.
Mr.. Wood is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Pauline Wood; his mother,
Mrs. Everest Lawson; his stepfa-
ther, Mr.. Lawson, both of 819 Duke
street, Alexandria, and sister, Mrs.
Charlotte Seese of Baltimore.
A native of Charlottesville, he
attended school there. Mr.. Wood
was a staff sergeant in the infan-
try during the war and received
the Purple Heart.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Hearing on Southeast Bus
Shifts DELAYED Till Feb. 7

A Public Utilities Commission
hearing on proposals for rerouting
three bus lines and disseminating
three others, all in Southeast Wash
ington. was postponed today, until
10 am. February 2.
Three lines the Capital Transit
Co. proposed to extend are route
Wa. Portland street; Route CO,
Shipley terrace, and Route W.,
Wheeler road-Trenton place. The
lines which would be discontinued
under the proposal are route CO,
Thirty-sixth street and Alabama
avenue, and V-8, Wheeler road.
These lines would be discontinued
because the extension of the other
lines would cover the routes.
The hearing was originally set
for 10 am. today in the board room
in the District Building.
Evening star., 1949-01-24

ers. A sentence of 30 days was sus-
pended and reporters Clipped in
to send her back to New York.
The whole thing was hoax
Investigation of her life has pro-
duced no evidence that she ever
married. Artists have told the FBI
that she was an artists model,
! favorite of a certain sculptor and
that she went to Paris in 1928 for
commission abroad. A passport
check shows that she did 60 to
Europe at that time Her applica-
ton stated that the trip was to
study abroad.
In 1888 she went to North Africa
and for a time was in the employ
of a French modiste in Algiers.
According to information picked up
by investigators who questioned
Germans, she is supposed at that
time to have fallen in love with a
German officer. 1t was her first
German connection.
Her mother, who had moved to
Toronto and opened a roomlng
house, went abroad in 1884, joined
her in Budapest and they toured
Central Europe When the mother
returned Miss Gillars remained in
Berlin. She became the secretary
companion to the wife of an Amer
ican actor. The wife was corre-
spondent for Variety, the New York
theatrical publication, reporting on
German films. When she returned
to America, Miss Gillars took over
the correspondence In 1899 she
obtained a position teaching Eng
lish in the Berlitz language school
in Berlin.
The war broke out in September,
and in the spring Of 1910 she
became employed as an announcer
by Europa Sender, the German
government radio broadcast to
Europe. She worked up to become
participant in musical shows. In
the spring of 1941 she began to
divide her time between Europa
Sender and another department of
the German radio, the United
States of America Zone. She worked
in a radio program, THE Club OF
Notions" which for years had been
an entertainment feature on the
German radio and now was given
propaganda function. She started
radio feature at this time called
"Smilin' Through" a cabaret type
of show. In the summer of 1941,
before Pearl Harbor, she began
visiting the Stalagluften, the pris-
oner of war camps for air officers,
interviewing Royal Air Force men
and reporting by short wave to
Britain how well off they were.
After Pearl Harbor she began
spending all her time on the Amer
ican zone. In 1912 she met Douglas
Chandler, the rabid anti-Semite,
convicted of treason in Boston last
year for his broadcasts. She an
nounced on one of his programs.
Worked With Former Professor.
About Christmas, 1912, just after
the American landings in North
Africa. she began to work with
Otto KoischWitz. A small, slender
man Of As, he had been professor
at Hunter College. the teacher
training institution in New York.
Koischwitz was in the Foreign Or
fee as an expert on America. He
was interested in the drama and
had been assigned to the radio. He
wrote and they acted radio dia-
logue called Home Sweet Home"
half-hour program at 8 pm.
Central European time) with live
music. He was Fritz" and she
was "Midge." In January they
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Age Proof Now Required
For 1913 Driver Permit

Applicants for driver permits be-
tween the ages of 16 and 18 years
inclusive will be required to submit
with their application birth, bap-
tismal or school certificate, George
E. Keneipp, director>o vehicles and
traffic, announced today. The new
regulation goes into effect Wednes-
day.
Mr.. Keneipp said he has received
many letters from parents, citizens
and other groups recommending
that such action be taken because
of an increase in the number of
cases where Misrepresentation OF
age has been disclosed.
Evening star., 1949-01-24

school with great reluctance and
regret"
The board, OF which Maurice K.
HEARTFELT is chairman, adopted a
resolution stating it has been "un-
able to persuade him to continue in
the capacity of headmaster" and de-
clared DR.. Lucas has served for 20
years with great fidelity and dis
tinction. providing by his unselfsh
devotion to his duties and his out
standing talents an inspiration for
his students. his fellow teachers and
all who have known him"
No Plans for Future.
DR.. Lucas today said he had no
definite plans for the future. He
pointed out that on taking the post
here he had reserved the right to
resign after serving 20 years.
Bishop Dun said "Dr. Lucas de-
cision to resign at this time comes
as very great disappointment to
me personally and to all who know
of the extraordinary leadership that
he has given the school,
Speaking for the teachers and
students, Alfred r. True, assistant
headmaster. said the reaction in the
school was one of extreme and
pronounced regret. While the
resignation to a certain extent was
anticipated it was not taken too
seriously. His leaving is a great
loss to the Cathedral as whole
as he has been very active in the
Washington diocese"
Decision "Irrevocable."
In his letter to the Board of Gov
ernors, DR.. Lucas, who also is a
canon of Washington Cathedral,
noted, "At the time I was ap-
pointed headmaster of St. Adams
in 1929 I told DR.. DANES E.) Free
man, then Bishop of Washington,
I should ask to be released upon
conclusion of 20 years of service,
provided my work was acceptable
during the intervening years. That
time is now at hand. This decision
is irrevocable; my sorrow over this
surrender of so great trust is
immeasurable.
A native of Gibbsboro, N. j., the
54-year-old headmaster was a grad
uate of the Episcopal Academy in
Philadelphia, the University OF
Pennsylvania and the Berkeley
Divinity School. He served as
private in the Marine Corps in 1917
and 1918.
DR.. Lucas was ordained in 1920
and served as curate at st. James
Church, Philadelphia, until 1929,
meanwhile acting as assistant head
master and chaplain of the Epis-
copal Academy in that city. He
came to the National Cathedral
School here in 1929, succeeding
William H. Church.
Trustee of Foundation.
The retiring headmaster is a
trustee of the Cathedral Founda-
ton, and senior canon of Wash
ington Cathedral since 1914 He is
a member of the Washington Rotary
Club, of the board OF directors OF
the washington society Tor tne
Blind, and a past president of the
University of Pennsylvania Club
of the District.
He has been a vice president of
the Country Day School Head
masters Association and is men,
Der of the Middle States Associa-
ton of Colleges and Secondary
Schools.
He received honorary degrees
from the University of the South,
St. Johns College and Lafayette
College.
DR.. and Mrs. Lucas, who lived
inside the Cathedral close at st.
Albans, have two sons, Albert H.
Lucas, ir., and George Rodman
Lucas, and two daughters, Mrs.
Frances Wharton Quinn and Miss
Elizabeth Oat Lucas.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
McNayr Plan
HitbyCounty
Democratic Unif
Committee Urges
Increase, Not Cut,
In Area Services
By John v. Horner

The Democratic State Centra
Committee for Montgomery Count.
today added its opposition to Actint
County Manager Irving G. McNayr'..;
proposal to curtail service building
functions in Bethesda and Silves
Spring.
BY unanimous action, the COM
mittee denounced the reorganiza,
ton plan submitted to the nev
County Council and urged its re-
lection at the council meeting to-
morrow.
The committee urged that the
services provided in the populou,,
suburban communities be increased
rather than reduced.
The partys stand on the McNay,
proposal was made public just one
day after the committee announced
it had pledged to cooperate "to
the fullest reasonable extent" with
the new council. In its earliest
statement, members said they IRE.
served" the right to express oppo.
sition to any proposals before the
council which the party organiza-
tion regards as "unsound or unwise.'
Proposals Attacked.
Mr.. McNayr's reorganization plar
already has been attacked by Einal
B. Christensen, president of the
Silver Spring Board of Trade, anG
other residents of the affected areas
1t is expected to be protested vigor-
ously at tomorroW's regular meet
ing of the Council.
Mr.. McNayr said, however, that
he would stick by his recommended
tions in the interest of efficiency.
economy and sounder administra-
ton"
A resolution offered by Joseph
B. Simpson, jr., and adopted by
approximately IS persons attending
meeting of the Democratic group
reminded the Council that more
than 80 per cent of the residents
of Montgomery live in the sub
urban districts and towns-which
pay more than 80 per cent of the
county's real estate taxes.
1t said that under Democratic ad-
ministrations from 1928 to 1916, the
Bethesda and Silver Spring service
buildings were built and their func-
tions expanded but that in the past
two years the services provided we're
materially reduced and restricted"
as part of the policy of the Re-
publican commissioners and Mr..
McNayr as supervisor. The result
has been inconvenience to the pub
lie, the resolution declared.
Record Removal AssaiIed.
Noting that Mr. McNayr proposed
to remove records from Bethesda
rand Silver Spring to Rockville, re-
tanning only clerk at each building
to relay messages and make ap-
pointments with the county man.
ager during one-half day week in
each suburban area, the committee
said:
I'VE condemn such proposed re-
moval of said facilities and urge that
the services of local government a =
should be increased so as to save
time and expense of thousands of
unnecessary trips each year to the
courthouse at Rockville on the part
of residents of suburban Montgom-
cry County"
| The resolution also declared that
maintaining the building services
would laid in the continued growth
of the general Bethesda and Silver
Spring suburban sections"
1t said the change was neither
required nor suggested" by the char
ter adopted in November.
Evening star., 1949-01-24

DR.. Lucas res
ignaton. sub
mitted last Fri
day to the Right
Rev. Angus Dun,
Bishop of Wash
ington, was ac-
cepted by the
C h a er of
w a S h | n G t o n
Cathedral. 1t
becomes effective
June 80.
The resigna-
ton also was
accepted by the
Board of Gov
-e %L
Evening star., 1949-01-24
; Baltimore Babies Die
Of Measles in Week
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. "a (P,.-Three
babies died of measles last week in
Baltimore, DR.. Huntington Williams,
health commissioner, reported to-
day.
This is one more than was re-
ported through last year, he said.
Evening star., 1949-01-24

by heavy trucks.
Seven paSSen-
gers were in
jured.
The dead are
Mrs. Josie We're
Rider, SO. a
cosmetics coun-
selor, 1911 Den
mis- avenue, Sill
YER Spring, and
George E. Wood,
"a, of 435 North
Columbus street,
Alexandria, a
service station
mechanic. >
Mrc Pi6or'c
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Judge Holtzoff to Speak.

Judge Alexander Holtzoff of Dis
trict Court will address the Society
of Natives at 8:15 o'clock tonight on
Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
in Our Town" The meeting will
be at the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Dr.. Lucas Quits 2Drivers Killed
Post as Head Of As Autos Are Hit
rafhedra|Schoo| By Heavy Trucks
J Passengers Hurt
In z Accidents in
Washington Area

The drivers of two automobiles
were injured fatally in separate
accidents in the Washington area
Yesterday when their cars were hit
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Resignation After 20
Years Accepted With
Great Reluctance

DR.. Albert Hawley Lucas has re-
signed after 20 years as headmaster
of the National Cathedral School
for Boys, it was announced today.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-10-27
Changes In School
Bus Passing LdtCs

Beginning this week, motorists no
longer are required to stop for
school buses loading or unloading
children along highways with four
or more lanes, due to a change in
Ohio laws, it was announced Monday
by Corp. ". A. Fender, of the Lima
post of the State Highway patrol.
On two or three lane highways,
however, the law still compels motor
lists to halt their cars for school
buses stopped on the road to either
load or unload pupils.
These stops are necessary whether
the motorist Is following or ap-
preaching buses, it was pointed out.
The new state law, however, pro-
vides that the bus driver may mo-
ton autoists to proceed if he thinks
it safe for them to do so. Under
the former law, motorists had to
wait until the bus moved.
Despite the relaxed provisions of
the bus law, Col. George. Mingle,
superintendent of the state highway
patrol, appealed to motorists to be
careful just the same. eve urge
you to slow down and exercise every
degree of caution to protect the
children" he said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-10-27
Deyaluation Boosts Price Of American
Nylons Already A Luxury In Holland

EDITORS NoTEs Tie foIoring
article from Rotterdam, Holland,
comes from Marpin Dress, stu
dent IN Blufton college last
gear. This gear lee acilt study
at Regensburg, Germany.
"Nylons will be more expensive
now," and that is one of the results
of the recent devaluation as express
ed to me by one Dutch girl; for
nylon hose is one of the Dutch i'm
ports from America and has to be
paid for in guIdens which are ex-
changed for dollars.
The gulden is the Dutch monetary
standard and is now worth 30.5Ge
less in relation to the dollar than
before the devaluation. That amounts
to price increase of a similar per-
centage for imported dollar products.
As a result, nylon hose, which al
ready cost an almost prohibitive six
to eight gulden pair, here in Hol-
land face a certain price increase of
approximately two gulden per pair.
The chief purpose of the devalua-
ton process, initiated by Britain, is
to make European products less ex-
pensive for American dollars, in the
hope that Americans will buy more
European goods, and therefore, in
crease the European dollar supply.
1t must be remembered, however,
that European exports must first be
increased by 3of6 before Europe will
begin to break even-that is to
receive the same amount of dollars
as before the devaluation. Only when
the European nations increase their
exports more than 30e6 will the
European dollar supply increase.
Many Dutch businessmen, at least.
are skeptical as to the possibilities
of increasing export trade by such a
great amount, and unless export
trade increases beyond the 800
mark, the devaluation will have failed
in its purpose.
But in the little Dutch villages
with their many foot bridges over
their quiet, narrow canals, problems
of international finance seem very
remote; and for the little Dutch boys
in wooden shoes, such problems do
not even exist. Their main concern,
I have observed, is to prove to the
smallest in the group, that the
smallest wooden shoes float very
serenely on the quiet, narrow canals.