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Evening star., 1949-10-28
Arlington PUG Criticizes
Treatment by County Board

The Arlington Public Utilities
Commission, an advisory body to
the County Board, has complained
about the treatment it is receiving
at the hands Of the latter group.
In a letter to the County Board.
released today. the commission
declared that "unpredictable fluc-
tuations" in it's treatment by the
County Board "are the source Of
growing confusion and embarrass-
ment to some or all members Of
the PUG"
This discomfort has been fur
ther aggravated by the appoint
ment Of Mr.. Lester Conley, i'm
mediately upon his resignation
from the PUG, to assist the Com
monwealth's attorney in opposing
the bus rate increase" The let
ter, signed by five of the COM
mission members. stated:
Unless the role of the PUG 10
intended to be primarily orna-:
mental, the subject matter of Mr..
Conley's assignment must be con-
strued to be within the jurisdic-
tion of the PUG. Nevertheless.
the appointment was made with
out conference or consultation
with the PUG"
A hearing is scheduled for No.
vember IA before the Virginia
Corporation Commission, on q re-
quest of the Arnold Lines for an
increase in fares on it's bus routes.
Arlington is opposing the proposed
raise.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Special Squad Probes
Walker Boy's Murder

A special squad Of nearly 20
policemen are devoting full time
to an effort to run down the
slayer of Harrison M. Walker,
8-year old schoolboy. Police Supt.
Robert j. Barrett said today.
They are looking into every
possible angle, including the
possibility that a gang of boys
may have committed the crime,
Maj. Barrett said.
The intensive investigation is
under the immediate direction OF
1t. Richard Felber Of the Homi-
eide Squad. In the special squad
are detectives. homicide squad
men and policemen switched from
other precincts because of their
familiarity with the area where
the crime occurred.
The body of the Walker boy
who was colored, was found Octo-
ber 8 floating in Rock Greek under
the Pennsylvania avenue bridge
He had been stabbed II times and
his skull fractured. Location OF
the crime is not far from Briggs
Montgomery School, which the
boy attended.
Maj. Barrett said police have
been questioning children at their
homes for possible leads. The
metropolitan police are working
in close cooperation with park
police and periodic conferences
are held among all police working
on the case, he said.
Evening star., 1949-10-28

Preventable Disease Bureau and
epidemiologist Of the department,
to join E. M. Dulin, acting head
of the Bureau of Public Health
Engineering, in making the probe.
Dr.. Seckinger said that while
no request was received from
Maryland authorities to make the
investigation I'VE feel that we
should cooperate with them in
trying to find the source OF the
infection"
The latest fatality was James
w. Carter. jr.. 80, of 2519 South
ern avenue Sc. just across the
District line, who died at CALM
ger Hospital Wednesday night.
Another recent death was Lorne
Smith Birch. jr., who lived two
doors from him. A girl who lived
in the same apartment as Mr..
Carter now is under treatment for
polio at Walter Reed Hospital.
DR.. Dulin said he would get in
touch with Montgomery Morrow,
Prince Georges County sanitation
chief. who already has conducted
an investigation. DR.. Dulin plans
to supplement it with his own. He
added that there may be some
septic tanks in the neighborhood,
and his plans call for inspection
of the water supply. garbage col
lection and storage. and possibly
the existence of rats. He added,
however, that new buildings in
the section minimize connection
between the rodents and the
spread Of polio.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Waller A. Simon Appointed
MANAGER Of GreenbeIt

Appointment OF Walter A. Simon
as community manager of Green
belt, Md, was announced yester-
day by the Public Housing Ad-
ministration.
Mr.. Simon succeeds Charles M.
Cormack, who has been shifted to
an administrative position in the
agency's Office here.
The new Greenbelt manager has
been associated with the Govern
ment's housing programs since
1886, when he joined the Subsis-
tence Homesteads Division of the
Farm Security Administration.
From 1886 to 1899 he was in
charge of a housing project at
Hightstown, N. j., after which he
served in several FSA administra-
tive jobs until April, 1912, when
he entered military service. He
was discharged from the Air Force
in April, 1916, with the rank of
lieutenant colonel.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Mahoney Seen Certain
To Run for Governor

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Oct. 28.-
George P. Mahoney. former rae
ing commission chairman, ap-
peared today to be a sure candi-
date for the gubernatorial nomin-
alton in the Democratic primary
next spring.
All that is missing is his formal
declaration. And after a closed
meeting of Democratic leaders of
Western Maryland here last night,
he left no doubt as to his inten-
tions.
Il can't conceive Of any Mary
lander not accepting the highest
honor the citizens of the State
have to Offer" Mr.. Mahoney said.
Francis Petrott of Frederick,
one-time Secretary of State un-
der former Gov. Herbert O'Conor,
acted as spokesman for the 35-odd
persons from the five counties who
attended the dinner meeting.
He said the Mahoney hackers
have been organizing his cam
paign quietly but vigorously
building fences as We co.
He said there is a ''Mahoney nu-
cleus" in practically every county
and = strong group backing him
in Baltimore City.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Fall in Bus Injuries
Woman; Three Other
Persons Hurt fin Traffic

Traffic accidents sent four per-
sons to Washington hospitals yes
terday, one Of them the victim of
a fall in a bus.
Mrs. Brightie Henderson, 50, of
718 Fifth street NV, suffered
head injuries when she was thrown
to the floor of bus as the driver
stopped suddenly to avoid hitting
a pedestrian. police reported. She
was in good condition at Casualty
Hospital today. Driver of the bus
was named as John E. Soper, AZ,
of 7002 Central avenue. Seat
Pleasant, Md.
Other victims yesterday were:
Wellstood White, 67. of 4100
Hamilton street, Hyattsville. Md,
who suffered head. leg and rib
injuries when struck by a car
driven by Ralph P. Jackson, So, of
1920 Lawrence street, Colmar
Manor. Md. The driver was
charged with failing to yield the
right of way to a pedestrian. Mr..
White was taken to Emergency
Hospital. The accident occurred at
Vermont avenue and L street NV.
Joseph Mirabelle. 26, of Med
ford, Mass. struck by a streetcar
on Union Station Plaza. Police
said the car was driven by James
Baton. 81, of Lewisville, Md. Mr..
Mirabelle went to Casualty Hos
pital with back injuries.
Mrs. Evelyn Nevils, 62, of 8512
Cedar street. Silver Spring. in
Emergency Hospital with head
injuries after being struck by a
truck police said was operated by
Frank A. Sweeney. "a, of 1888
Lacey street, Bradbury Heights,
Md. The accident occurred at
Eleventh street and Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Brig. Gen. G. H. Arnold
Retiring From Army
BY the A.soeioted press

Brig. Gen. Calvert H. Arnold,
until recently head of Army Signal
Corps procurement and distribu-
ton, is retiring Monday after
more than 33 years of active serv-
ice.
Gen. Arnold is veteran of
both World Wars. During the last
war he held top Signal Corps posts
in the Netherlands East Indies
and in the Southwest Pacific area.
Before going overseas he COM
the central Signal Corps
School at Camp Crowder. Mo.
He Is native of Swainsboro,
Ga.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Arlington Leads Area
With Chest Report Of
11.5Pct. Of lis Quota

Arlington today became the first
Washington area community to
report early success in the Com
munity Chest drive.
Arlington Chairman Lawrence
Michael announced Ills per cent
of the county's s60.888 quota al
ready has been pledged. The
amount is $6,961.
The kickoff rally for the county
drive was held only last night.
About 125 workers met at st.
Georges Episcopal Church to hear
talks by General Campaign Chair
man Frank j. Luchs and others.
Chest Leaders Optimistic.
In Washington, Chest leaders
today revealed optimism regarding
the area wide drives first report
meeting at the Hotel Washington
Monday.
Chest Director Edward j. Keyes
said the campaign committee has
hopes for "one of the most signi-
ficant days in the history of the
Community Chest enterprise in
Washington"
First reports at the meeting are
expected to be much better"
than last year, Mr.. Keyes said
A little less than 385.000 was re-
ported at the first meeting in last
falls drive.
Both business and Government
are expected to produce encourag-
ing results by Monday. the Chest
director declared. A large pro-
portion of the 125 "bellwether"
big business firms will have COM
pleted their campaigns by then
and a number of Government Of
fees are expected to be finished
as we'll, he said.
First Returns Good.
Secretary of Labor Tobin, the
Government chairman, said that
"unofhcially, the first returns look
good"
According to all indications,
the Red Feather campaign is NOV
ing forward satisfactorily in every
Government department, bureau
and independent agency" he de-
clared.
The Government is expected to
increase substantially. by the
middle of next week, whatever
total it reports Monday, leaders
said. The first special Govern
ment report luncheon is scheduled
"Wednesday
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Man Admits Falling
To File Tax Returns

A man who was indicted recently
in Baltimore on charges of failing
to file income tax returns for the
years 1856, today pleaded guilty
here to the indictment before
District Court Judge Alexander
Holtzoff. The defendant is VIII
liam B. Fletcher Of the 100 block
of r street NE. .
The indictment alleges that
Fletcher had a gross income of
$13,378 for the two years which
he did not report. Judge Holtzoff
set bond at $1,000, pending
sentence.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Harold T.. Stuart Is Sworn
AS Assistant Air Secretary
BY the Associofed Press

Harold c. Stuart, a former Air
Force officer from Tulsa. Okla,
took over today as Assistant Sec
retary for Air.
Since May, Mr.. Stuart has been
special consultant to Air Secre-
tary Symington on reserve affairs
in civil aviation.
He was sworn in as Assistant
Secretary by Defense Secretary
johnson at a ceremony in the
Pentagon.
Mr.. Stuart is a native of Okla
homa City, a former judge of the
Common Pleas Court in Okla
homa and a member of a Tulsa
law firm.
He served overseas in the last
war as an officer on the 9Th All
Force intelligence staff. He was a
lieutenant colonel when he left
the service.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
New Effort 10 Head OFF
Plumbing Strike Planned

Further negotiations are planned
in an effort to avoid a threatened
strike of plumbing laborers, set
for November Z. it was learned
today. The union Is seeking q 10
cent-an-hour increase.
The District Laborers' Council,
on behalf Of Local lis OF the la
borers' AFL international group,
has officially notified the Plumb
ing Contractors Association of
their intention to strike. The old
contract, affecting some 200
plumbing laborers, provided $3.50
an hour. but expired September
IS. The laborers have continued
to work in the meantime, pend
ing the outcome of negotiations.
But the union, under the Taft
Hartley Act, on October S filed it's
intention to strike, and plans to
do so November Z. unless negotia-
tions succeed.
Last summer, strikes OF carpen-
ters. laborers and cement truck
drivers plagued the building in
dustry.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
James Roberts Gives
Himself Up 10 U. 5. on
Narcotics Charges

James Milton Roberts. Al, de-
scribed by police as No. l suspect
in the recent sweeping raids on
narcotics dealers, gave himself up
today to the United States mar
shall.
Sought since October 18 on
warrants charging two violations.
Roberts. who is colored, was held
in $4,000 bond by United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence.
In pleading tor a $4,000 bond,
Assistant United States Attorney
C. Frank Reifsnyder called Rob-
erts the big fish" of the narcotics
traffic here and the known leader
of "a other suspects seized in the
raid.
Earlier Sentences Noted.
Mr.. Reifsnyder noted that Rob-
erts was sentenced here May H..
1945, to serve from one to three
and one-half years. and concur
rently served time on another drug
violation conviction in New York.
HE corresponds to public enc
my No. l in the narcotics trade"
the prosecutor added. land has
boasted he could handle police
here by paying them off. He also
has threatened to harm any po-
liceman who arrested him."
Roberts attorney, James J.
Laughlin, said the suspect had Of
fored to give himself up last Tues
day, but that the attorney sug-
gested he wait until he could ap-
pear with him.
Hearing Continued.
1t was revealed that Roberts
case was presented to the grand
jury along with the others. His
hearing was continued until No.
vember 9.
Roberts was one of the new sus-
poets to elude a net spread by
Treasury Department. Federal
and District operatives last week
in a breakdown on IA locations.
He was believed to have left the
District in a big, black automobile.
One of the others arrested
earlier was his wife. Mrs. Evelina
Roberts. TOO block of Girard street
NV. Roberts is charged with vio-
lating the Harrison Narcotics Act
and the Marijuana Tax Act.
Evening star., 1949-10-28

requests seek money to construct
an eight-room addition.
The other white elementary
schools are Brookland, 1873 under
capacity; Burroughs, 214 under;
Langdon, 203 under; Noyes, IA
under; Wheatley. rs under. and
Woodbridge. 202 under.
The three colored grade schools
are Crummell. los under capa-
city; Slowe, 40 over, and Young,
400 over. An addition to Crum-
nell was completed recently to
relieve crowding there. In the
1851 budget estimates. the school
board asked for money to COM
plete the second floor of Slowe.
Browne Junior High School,
which has 396 more colored> chill
dren in the building than it was
designed to handle, also is forced
to use Blow and Webb Elementary
Schools as annexes. Blow has 243
students. and Webb, 228.
When the Miller Junior High
School, now under construction
east of the Anacostia River, is
completed. this situation will be
eased. Plans are for 256 stu
dents from Browne. as well as the
Blow and Webb students, to go
to Miller. The new school also
will serve 372 junior high stu
dents now at the Merritt Ele-
mentary School and 1913 at the
Thomas Elementary School.
But Browne will be overcrowded
even then. So the Board of Edu-
cation, in its 1851 budget requests,
asked for money to construct an
addition to Browne.
This area also is the locale of
the proposed new Armstrong High
School for colored students. The
replacement for the downtown
Armstrong will be located in
Brentwood Park.
The Phelps Vocational High
School for colored students is in
this area. It has an enrolment
of 473 pupils, 81 under capacity.
Taft Junior High School, for white
students, has an enrolment of
GOT, which is 20 under capacity.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Thirteenth of a SerieS.)

In this section Of Northeast
Washington, which is west of the
Anacostia River and north of Ben
ming road. still increasing housing
developments have caused the COL
ored schools to be seriously over
crowded. But some relief is in
sight.
The area being considered today
is bounded by the District line on
the north; Eighteenth street,
Michigan avenue and the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad on the
west; Florida avenue and Ben.
ming road on the south, and the
Anacostia River on the east.
Here are located the neighbor-
hoods of Trinidad, Brentwood
Village, Ivy City, Brookland,
Woodbridge and Langdon. It is
the locale Of the huge National
Arboretum and the National
Training School for Boys.
Typical of Population Shift.
This area is typical of the sit
uation facing school officials over
the city. Here a shifting of the
population and a tremendous
growth as a residential area have
found schools too small or non-
existent. In other parts Of the
city, shifting populations have left
the schools half empty.
DR.. George D. Strayer of
Columbia University. who con-
Quoted a survey of school needs
in the District last year, said this
section will continue to grow.
The proportion of colored families
will increase with resulting higher
enrollments in the colored schools.
All but one of the seven white
elementary schools here have
fewer pupils than their rated
capacity.
This one, Bunker Hill, has 1875
more pupils than it's eight rooms
are designed to handle. School
officials call the situation there
critical" and in the 1851 budget
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Talk to Outline Studies
OF Life Before Birth

What science is learning about
life before birth from studies of
the rhesus monkey will be dis
cussed by DR.. George w. Corner
OF the Carnegie Institution, in a
lecture at 8:15 o'clock tonight at
George Washington University
School of Medicine, 1885 H street
NV.
He will lecture before the
George Washington University
and the Catholic University chap
ters of Sigma XII, national society
for the encouragement of scien-
tif1c research. The lecture is
sponsored by the two chapters.
Evening star., 1949-10-28

reported a n q
t W O d e a t h S
have resulted.
DR.. Daniel S.
Seckinger. act
ing is t r c t
health officer,
ordered the in
vestigation yes
terday, in CO.
operation with
Prince Georges
County health
officials. He au-
!; ; h orize d DR..
Carl c. Dauer,
director of the
Evening star., 1949-10-28
30-MiIIion Wind Tunnel
Program Authorized
BY the Associated Press

President Truman yesterday
signed legislation calling for a
$50, 900, 900 start on a program of
wind tunnel construction for test
ing new weapons.
The tunnels would be used for
checking on guided missiles and
aircraft capable of carrying
atomic bombs while travelling be-
yond the speed Of sound.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Forest Grove PTA Planned

Parents of children attending
the new Forest Grove Elementary
School, Silver Spring, will meet
at 8 pm. Tuesday at the school
to organize a parent-teacher as
sociation. Classrooms will be
open for inspection from 7:30 to
8 pm.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Square Dance Toniqht

The Christian Youth Forum of
the Pershing Drive Christian
Church will sponsor a square
dance at $3.50 o'clock tonight at
the Lyon Park Community House,
Garfield street and Pershing drive,
Arlington.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Health Probe Of Area
Where 7 Died Of Polio
Gets Under WAY

A health probe Is under way
today of the area just over the
District line in Maryland where
several cases of polio have been
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Halloween Squore Dance

The Chevy Chase Junior Col
lege will hold a Halloween square
dance at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
school, 6410 Connecticut avenue.
Evening star., 1949-10-28

Relief in sight for crowded Junior high school here The
white elementary schools Cd Brookland CD Bunker Hill
90 Burroughs "a Langdon, 5) Noye (6) Wheatey and CD
Woodbridge The coored elementary schools 90 Crumme
90 Slowe and 0 Young The white junior high school is CID
Taft the colored junior high school, 2 Browne the coored
vocational high school, Q3) Phelps and 90 the site of the
proposed replacement of the Armstrong High School
for colored students.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-15
Israel Wants Citrus
Carrying Vessels

Tel Aviv (ZOA)-David Re-
mez, Minister of Communica-
tons, speaking at a conference
here, said that Israel must &C
quire large fleet of citrus carry
ing vessels to replace the foreign
bottoms which must be chartered
every season. He said that half
the incoming immigrants are
arriving in Israeli ships or planes
at a great saving to the govern
ment. He urged the expansion of
IsraeIs merchant fleet.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-15

DR.. Ellis Rivkin, on the faculty of
Cratz College in Philadelphia, has
been appointed Assistant Professor
of Jewish History at the Hebrew
Union COlIege-Jewis Institute of
Religion in Cincinnati. He will enter
his new post at HUC.JIR in the Fall.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-15
Hebrew Taught in
Arab Press

Tel Aviv (ZOA)-Two Arabic
papers published in Jaffa and Tel
Aviv are featuring lessons in
Hebrew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-20

vath's Bakery -Levine's Dry
goods Duncan's Stationery &
Notions
Someone said hello and he turned
and saw little Jackie Gillom hurry
ing past. Only he wasn't little any
more. He was at least four inches
taller, and huskier and handsomer,
the image of Clayt Gillom, the
Postmaster. That was the way
things were, John Dobson reflect
ed. The same, single year could
both build and destroy.
SIG HoRvATH, placing a cake in
the window, saw him pass and
tossed a jerky wave without a
break in what he was doing.
He could have come out, John
Dobson thought grimly. He could
have put down that sponge cake
and come out to shake hands .
John Dobson didn't hate any
body or anything. He had no
battle with these people who were
merely moving in the deeply chan
neled grooves of human nature.
This was the way people were -
not only in place called Clairville
but wherever people lived and
demonstrated the devious privi-
leges of being human.
But he wondered if it wouldn't
be better to form some sort of
resistance. Maybe a firm, defiant
front would be an armor plate that
would protect him against them,
and after a while when they saw
they couldn't hurt him, things
would change.
No. The word pressed in sharply
upon him. He knew he was too
tired and too sure of what he was
up against. 1t was no use. Just as
soon as it was convenient - and
decent - they would leave for the
West. He started to think of what
he might do out there and decided
it didn't make any difference. He'd
pick oranges if he had to.
AT THE corner of Third and Main
awork crew was installing an over
head traffic light. Watching them
was Ev Roberts. the editor of the
Clairville Clarion.
John Dobson wondered if he
could get around the corner before
Ev noticed him but Ev turned just
as John and Edna approached.
Morning, john" he doomed.
"How's your health this fine day."
Ev Roberts was noted for his
stentorian voice but John Dobson
thought it was a little too loud, a
little too quick and forced. Rob-
erts' hands were jammed in his
pockets, his teeth were clenched
around a cigar.