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Evening star., 1949-06-27
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JOHNSON. ARNOLD WISELY. June %.
1919, Of 200 Mass. ave. nv. husband
Of Anna NJ. johnson, brother Of kr.
william g. Bradley. william T and Charles
n johnson. American Lesion services
1T Chambers Funeral Home, 400 Chapin
st. nw., Monday. June ~. at 500 pm.
Interment Arlington. Tuesday. June 81.
at 8 am. II
JOHNSON. REyERDY On SATURDAY.
June IS. Ie49 at his residence. e23 II
ST. ne. REvERDY JOHNSON. beloved hss-
band OF Lillian johnson. Friends may
call at the Lee Funeral Home. 4th 81. and
Mass ave. ne, where services viii be held
on Tuesday. June 2e. at . pm Inter
ment Glenvood Cemetery. 81
JOHNSON. REvERDY. special COM
munication of Petworth Lodge.
No. ~. p. A. A. NJ, is called for
M Tuesday. June IS, lg4s. at i
~tepm. for the purpose Of attending
N@ the funeral Of our late Brother.
w REVERDY JOHNSON.
HAROLD p STOIL. Master.
C. C. HUTCHINSON. Secretary 81
Evening star., 1949-06-27

MOORE, RICHARD. Oficers and mem
n bers Of the James Reese Europe
!: :; e Z; q:
ANH are herewith notified Of the
W ices to be held at the w. Ernest
June 27, 1949. at pm. A full attend
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Community Series Introduces
Movies.to Tiny First Nighters

beat the ground with pop bottles
and clapped approval OF Mickey s
maneuvers
When the June, lsse. middle
weight championship fight be-
tween Graxlano and 2ale flashed
on the screen. boys yelled for q
knockout as they drew back the!i
fists and hit those beside them,
More than 25o. 900 persons are
expected to attend the 500 shows
that will have been given NJ si
Recreation Department play
grounds when The Stars summer
movie season ends September !
The FIVE individuals short subjects
that make up the hours enter
tainment are presented in CO.
operation with the Recreation De
partmen, and The Film Center
At Q o'clock toniaht the free
movies will be shown AZ the fol-
lowing Fairgrounds and recreation
cents:
Ressaals, Seventeenth ard nAirs stfeetA
NE
jefferson. Eighth and II stftsts w
Twin Oaks. Faaftsenth and TaslnI
Tars-s Tnless., Tenth sust' .as
MaehtNsn asauns NE,
falIs ales, Dana and shsrfisf places
ainets.s rnirv-.eeona and nsnss'
streets Sc
Ridss, Rld-e road ana Burns street nN
Monros, Georgia avenue ard Ccs1Hse4s
read NV. ...s-... -.
Nnrss Court. T~~nU-nfth and t.stFesta
IN m,eeassn,A. street AAd uesrinl
III EssIs silins. sooe kiskGms sss
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Parole Violation Held
In Hotel HoIdup Attempt

A parole violator. charged with
assaulting a hotel manager here
during an attempted hoidup to
day vas under 5000 bond held
for the grand jury.
He is listed as Robert Allen
Mite of the 900 block Of New York
avenue NV. Judge Walter j,
Casey set the bond In Mites Mu-
nicipaI Court arraignn,ent on
charee of assault with intent 70
commit robbery.
Mite was hemmed Ia by police
who chased him into . parking
lot Saturday q few minutes aftes
Thomas Ryan, 30. night manager
Of the Astoria Hotel. 500 Four
tenth street NV. had been as
saulted.
Mr.. Ryan was struck over the
head with the butt OF o .ss-caliner
revolver when he refused 70 hand
over the nights receipts TO mis-
assailant. according TO police.
Robbery Squad detectives report
ed Mite admitted taking the weap-
on from q Reno fHev.) police
man In q hcldup earlier this year.
Police further reported ne faces
a sentence OF from one 10 II years
in Calf. for violating his parole
after being convicted 81 fofgefy.
Evening star., 1949-06-21

1t was more than just the first
night--it was the first movie-for
at least two youngsters at Bald
Eagle Playground. one Of IL Dis
trict Fairgrounds where The Eve
ming Star community outdoor
movies opened a l0-week run last
night.
Casandra Abernathy. 10 months
old. and Jeffrey Donovan, 90
months. aren't talking yet on their
discovery. But judging from the
way Casandra clapped her rattles
and Jeffrey ran up to the screen
TO stare at Laurel and Hardy
wrecking q boat. their criticism
will be favorable when they learn
to talk.
Before the show began. children
at Bald Eagle. Nichols avenue and
Joliet street S.W.. threw down
their baseball bates and gloves TO
help put up the movie screen and
set UP the movie protector, Spec
tators spread blankets under the
sky and huddled under dishtowels,
shawls and sweaters to camoufiaee
themselves from mosquitoes.
Virginia McCubbin. 7. who lives
across the street from the play
ground, said she came every night
to the community movies last year
until II was bitten up by mosQui-
toes" This year Virginia started
of the season WITH lots OF covers.
Two Mickey Mouse carto0151
brought saueals from children, who
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Montgomery Policeman
Quits After Suspension

Colin (Pete) Turner. q Mont.
gomery County policeman sus.
pended pending an investigation
Of his conduct Saturday night
has resigned. County Manager
Irving q. McNayr announced late
yesterday.
The investigation was begur
after a motorist complained that
a recklessly- driven police car mar
rowly missed striking him at !
am. Sunday.
The incident occurred aftel
Turner and q Takoma Park city
policeman had answered q call te
quiet q loud party. Turner wa.
relieved Of his badge when police
reported they detected the odor Of
alcohol on his breath.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Hearing Called June 29
On Gas Light Bond Issue

A public hearing on the Wash
ington Gas Light Co.'S application
before the Public Utilities Com
mission for permission to float a
81, ,000, 900 bond issue will be held
at 10 am. June 20 In the District
Building.
, The company filed the applica-
ton last week, stating the proceeds
to be derived from the proposed
sale and issue of the bonds would
be used to repay $1,000. 900 Of z
per cent serial notes due July /
1949, and to provide funds foI
construction purposes.
The company proposed In tts
application to sell the bond issue
to financial institutions that viii
hold the bonds for investment
thereby avoiding the expense and
risk Of o public offering and mini
mizing the cost Of new capital.
The construction program con-
sists In major part Of additional
gas mains, services. meters and
other facilities essential to the dis
tribution Of gas, the company
stated.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Send q Kid to Comp
Send Kid to Comp ~
Needs of Children Determine
Selection for Summer Outinqs

Some of those who have sent
gifts to The Evening Star Summer
Camp Fund have wondered just
how the children are selected for
camp.
Here's how it works:
More than 1000 children ap-
piled to 60 to Camps Good Will
and Pleasant this summer. There
were places for only 760 Of them,
and funds for even fewer. So the
selection had to be a very careful
one.
1t began in the spring, when
placement workers from more
than a score of organizations had
q one-day conference with the
Summer Outings Committee Of
the Family Service Association,
which operates the camps.
They we're told the require
ments. The children should be
between 8 and IL years old, al
though an occasional needy g.
year-old may be accepted. They
are eligible only If they are not
going to any other camp for any
period of the summer and, have
no other chance to leave town.
And, most important, they must
come from families that haven't
the money to give them any sum-
mer vacation at all.
Need Determines Selection.
Then the agencies told the Sum-
mer Outings Committee how
many places they would like to
fill at each camp. The commit
tee has no set allotment for each
agency. The selection Is based
on the children who most need
to go to camp.
The agencies that choose the
children are the ones who know
them and their families best. They
know how far the family budgets
will stretch. They know about
hard working mothers and their
fears for their children and about
the other kind Of mothers. too.
They know about the children
who don't get enough to eat and
about the ones who run the streets
for lack of a better place to ylay.
The agencies include settlement
houses, health services. hospitals,
family welfare agencies cnildren's
institutions and the juvenile
courts Of the Metropolitan Area.
The Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society, for instance. knows what
sickness means In the homes
visited by its nurses. The Amer
ican Legion Welfare Department
wants the children Of veterans to
get the breaks for which their
fathers went to war. The settle
ment houses see the chilren every
day and know how starved they
are for q little fun.
Some places. too, are saved for
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Residence Question
Delays Senators Vote
On Juvenile Bench

Members Of the Senate District
Committee today expressed ap-
proval of a bill for appointment OF
two permanent judges for Juvenile
Court, but delayed voting pending
further study of a residence re-
quirement question. y
The delay was asked by Senator
Margaret Chase Smith. Repub-
lican. of Maine. who had been
asked to make a special study OF
Juvenile Court problems. Action
was postponed after several men,
bers of the committee voiced diff
ferent views as to whether can
didate for the Juvenile Court
bench should be required to have
District residence.
Congress already has passed
and sent to the White House an
emergency bill providing for one
additional judge for the court to
take the place Of Judge Fay Bent
ley, a voluntary patient at St
Elizabeths Hospital: This extra
Judge position. however. would ex-
pire at the end of Judge Bentley s
term, in August. 1852.
Required d. C. Residence.
The emergency bill required
District residence.
When the current measure for
two permanent judges was called
up, the committee heard sug-
gestion, that the residence require
ment be made preferably" from
the District which counsel said
would follow basic District law.
Senator Johnston, Democrat. Of
South Carolina, objecting to. even
this partial District residence re-
quirement, said that half the law
yers practicing in Washington live
in nearby Maryland and Virginia
He made the point that he lives
in Maryland mot from choice but
because I couldn't find a house in
the District"
Senator Hendrickson, Republi-
can, Of New Jersey said he thought
appointees to the court ought to
be District residents. In answer
to the South Carolinian. about
people living over the line. Senator
|Hendrickson said. "You could say
the same thing as to the States
Cession to Virginia Cited.
Chairman McGrath commented
that a big portion of the original
area of the District had been
ceded back to Virginia. THAT was
wrong" he declared. land 1t ought
to be taken back into the Dis
trict."
In other actions today. the Dis
trict Committee approved a House
bill to grant sick leave with pay
to District school teachers. Actual
reporting Of this measure was held
|up temporarily. however. to as
certain the total Of accumulated
sick leave permitted Federal Gov
|ernment workers.
Senator Smith said she thought
the total should be made uniform
Reported also were bills requir-
ing written orders to stop pay
'ment by banks Of negotiable In
struments, and to increase from
81 900 to $4,000 the authority OF
District contracting officers to
make contracts without formal
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Slot Machines, Beer Places
Taxed by hyaiisville

The Hyattsville City Council
last night passed ordinances tax
ing slot machines and beer and
wine establishments. The tax win
be 20 per cent Of the county u
cense fees.
The slot machine ordinance be-
comes effective Immediately and
the beer tax July l.
In submitting the slot machine
ordinance, City Attorney Nicholas
orem. jr., who had been asked
by the Council to prepare It. .ex-
pressed the opinion that Hyatts-
vile could not prohibit the op-
|eration of the machines In the
|city. They were legalized In a
|county-wide referendum last June
10. although Hyattsville voted
against them by q substantial
margin.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Former Student Here
Indicted in Druft Cose

A man who was said TO have
attended Howard University as
sociology student was indicted
yesterday by the grand jury on q
charge OF refusing to register ul-
der the Seiective Service Act OF
1913 for military service.
The defendant. Donald w. Coan,
"a, who lis white, was described
as being active In civil liberties
work. Coan formerly lived IN
Hollywood, it was said.
The grand jury ignored q rape
charge against William B. Scott,
20, colored. Of the 1900 block OF
Bangor street Sc. The grand
jury's action clears Mr.. Scott.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
House Votes 10 Place
Suihand Parkway in
Capital Parks System

A bill to make the Suitland
parkway part Of the National Cap
ital Parks system was passed by
the House yesterday by unanimous
consent and sent to the Senate.
The road. which stretches from
the eastern approaches to the
South Capitol street bridge (now
under construction) to Andrews
Air Force Base. would be trans
ferred from the War Assets Ad-
ministration to the Interior De-
partment.
The bill was passed after Chair
man Wilmington Of the House
Public Works Committee explained
all reference to the projected Bal
timore- Washington parkway. con-
tanned In the original version, have
been eliminated by the committee.
Mr.. Wilmington pointed out 1t
had been proposed to give the
Interior Department control OF the
Washington-Fort Meade section Of
the latter road as well. but the
committee decided this merited
further study.
He said the Suitland matter is
urgent, however, inasmuch as the
Army, which had the road built
as a wartime necessity. has de-
clared it surplus. Former owners
Of the right-of-way would have
rights to re-acQuire the land nn-
less permanent control were given
to some Government agency. he
emphasized.
Representative Fallon. Demo-
crat, Of Maryland said he hopes
Federal money can be obtained
soon to complete the Washington
Fort Meade road to connect with
the balance of the Baltimore
Washington parkway being con-
structed by the State Of Maryland
The present Washington -Balti-
more boulevard is "the most sin
adequate highway In the Eastern
part Of the United States" he
1eclared.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Police Record Bureau
lIo Be Separate Unit
July |, Barrett Says

The police departments Com
munications and Records Bureau
set into operation 10 months arc
as q part OF administrative head
quarters. will be on Its own July
as a separate bureau, Police Chiei
Robert ]. Barrett announced
today.
In making the announcement
Mai. Barrett said the setting apart
Of the bureau was a matter OF ad'
ministration. primarily TO simplify
the question OF personnel. ano
that the bureau had long aRc
passed It's growing stage"
1t was placed under adminiStra-
tive headquarters in the begin
ming. he said. TO iron out all the
many changes inaugurated by II
In the department streamlinine
process. II will now be a separate
unit. such as the Women's Bureau
the Detective Bureau. etc.
The system, first set In opera
ton January ]. 1913. TO overhaul
the whole crime reporting setur
In the department. has been high
ly successful. MAJ. Barrett indi-
Gated. The change over 70 q sep
arate unit does not affect ths
workings Of the bureau. he added
The system established the nex
police telephone number for
urgent calls -- Executive 10eo---
speeded UP the handling Of police
radio calls. supplied q new re-
cordine and reporting setup and
generally "modernized" the de-
parfment.
Perhaps the most outstanding
streamlinins process Of the entire
system is that OF complaints
Following installation and Use Of
the system. all complaints started
going TO headquarters, This
served 10 prevent direct calls To
precincts by citizens wishing po-
lice help. thus avoiding confusion
where wrong precincts are called
Assistant Supt. Floyd A. Trsas-
colt was placed in charge Of the
bureau al it's beginning
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Suit Rights Seen
As First Step
.ToD.C. Vote
Supreme Court Ruling
On Stutus in Federal
Tribunals Hailed

PARTIAL TEXT OF COURTS
OPINION AND EXCERPTS
from the three other opinions
in the case involving District
citizens rights in courts. =
Page Ale
The Supreme Courts decision
upholding the right OF District
citizens to sue and be sued In the
Federal courts Of the States was
seen today by one Of the attorneys
connected with the case as the
first step toward giving District
residents a vote.
David G. BresS, attorney for the
National Mutual Insurance Co. In
Washington. plaintiff in the suit
decided in a 5-to-4 decision yes
terday. said:
The decision is one step toward
complete enfranchisement. AS q
practical matter the decision ad-
vances the District citizen not
only one step forward toward the
franchise. but also toward other
rights that other citizens enjoy" +"
The case was a $4,000 suit over
an alleged breach of contract
brought by the District insurance
company against the Tidewater
Transfer Co. Of Virginia. 1t was
dismissed by the Federal District
Court in Baltimore on the ground
an act of Congress passed in 1910.
allowing District residents to sue
in the Federal courts Of the
States, was unconstitutional.
This ruling was upheld last
year by the United States Court
of Appeals in Richmond.
Mr.. Bress said he was particu-
larly pleased with the courts
ruling because he is q citizen of
the District. He said many resi-
dents Of the District do not ap-
preciate the importance Of the
right to sue in the Federal courts
of the States. although they are
vitally affected by 1t.
Had the courts decision been
otherwise, District resident hav-
ing a suit against q resident Of
one of the States. for example.
would have to sue in the State
courts of that State. where courts
and juries might be disposed to
favor the local resident.
The courts decision starts the
ball rolling" in the opinion of Mr..
BreSS.
Long Standing Issue.
Morris Gewirz. president and
general counsel Of the National
Mutual, said he was glad to have
had the opportunity to contribute
to the elimination Of an issue that
had plagued District citizens and
corporations for many years.
Now, for the first time. the
people of the District and the
corporations formed in the Dist
rict have access to Federal courts
in the same manner as citizens
and corporations of the 48 States.
he said.
He added that the widespread
interest in the case was shown by
letters he received from indivi-
duals and law schools all over the
country and in Hawaii and Alaska.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
|ConciIiafor Sees End
OF Laborers' Strike
lin One More Par|ey

One more conciliation session
possibly can settle the three
week-old strike of building con-
struction laborers, Conciliator
James Holden indicated today.
Although a 31a-hour meeting
yesterday failed to resolve wage
differences between the Master
Builders Association and union
laborers, there were 'encourag-
ing" signs and another meeting is
to be held "soon." the conciliator
reported.
The laborers. holding to their
demand for a 15-cent hourly pay
increase. again rejected yesterday
the associations proposal for a
two-year contract at present pay,
with o wage reopening clause
|geared to the Bureau Of Labor
Statistics price index.
Still on strike. and with nc
meeting scheduled, are union car
penters who walked OF their jobs
June / In demands for 10 cents
an hour more. Observers say setA
Ytlement of the laborers' dispute
would ''go q long way" toward re-
solving the carpenter controversy
Mr.. Holden, after yesterdays
meeting, said "the general at
titude is about all I can point to
but u am definitely more en-
couraged. II everyone keeps or
trying as they were doing yester-
day. we may come out with an
agreement"
A meeting between Capital
Transit Co. officials and union
operators and maintenance men
is scheduled for this afternoon tc
discuss q contract replacing that
which win expire July l. Tho
union has trimmed its original
demand for o ascent hourly in
crease, but neither union non
company officials would disclose
the new pay demand.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Arlington Worker Hurt
In 4QFoos Foil OF Tree

An AyasnRt0n County sEnpassys
sas tnfsred today when he fssi
about 80 feet fsun . tree ns wsa
toppsn9
Roosevelt Afsdsew. n. eoaesed.
200 naoxk ns scs4th Twenty ~seeexst
ssgres. suffered eeo&sn 80 aFsd
severely cut wrasts Ne was iAksxs
10 Andersen casnse fog x-Eaya -
see IL there we're ether Aatsusea.
Cuunsy nsteaaas aaae Aff Andres
fen wfser his ssfsty eKss heukas
Evening star., 1949-06-21
House D. {. Subcommittee
Approyes Three Bills

A House District ssibcosnmittes
today approved and sent 70 tn
FUN District Committee q bin u
clarity q right al the Board q.
Public Welfare 30 admit psysns
patients 10 the Home for the Aged
and Infsrm.
The bin provides that funds
collected shall not exceed the p~s
CAPITA cost nov estimated at tef
10 monfh.
Two other bills approved by the
subcommittee would:
Remove the requirement Of resi-
dence In the District for member
al1ap on the Commission On Mental
Health.
rruvide for issuance Of aacesaat
20 practice cnsrcpracttes in tfs<
District 20 Abraham j Eisriieh.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Cumberland Weathers
Threat Of New Flood;
Potomac Still FaIIinq

New Hood threats which gave
Cumberland. Md. a bad moment
last night. abated today as reha-
bilitation work continued In the
hard-hit areas of Virginia and
West Virginia.
Western Maryland's largest city
was menaced briefly when cloud
burst near Midland. 20 miles west.
quickly filled mountain rivulets
and partly flooded Shaft, a mile
from Midland.
It was such a cloudburst, falling
on the heels of a long steady rain,
that caused the flash floods last
Friday in which at least nine per-
sons lost their lives and millions
Of dollars worth of damage was
done.
Roads were blocked at Shaft and
communications cut, but the crest
moved past Cumberland without
spilling out of the banks.
River Still Falling Here.
Here the Potomac continued Its
slow fall. At the Letter Gauge 1t
had dropped from a peak Of 1919
feet yesterday afternoon to about
10 feet this morning. That still is
about 8 feet above normal. The
Wisconsin avenue gauge read 4.8
feet at high tide this morning.
almost a foot under yesterday
afternoons high tide reading.
As one result of the floods In
the Bridgewater and Stokesville
areas Of Virginia. the District Girl
Scout Camp May Father must be
closed for the summer. The Dis
trict Councils Executive Commit
tee decided at a meeting yester-
day that flood damage was too
great to carry on this season.
Cost of replacing the buildings
washed away was estimated at
$40, 900. Mrs. Monte Appel, COM
mittee chairman. said the Scouts
definitely would rebuild. but are
faced with q Embarrassing prob
lem. About 500 girls had planned
to attend the camp this summer.
Their money will be refunded un-
less they wish to contribute 1t
toward the rebuilding fund. lead
ers said.
District Escapes Damage
The District escaped the floods
with little damage. Between Is
and 80 rowboats broke away from
Fletcher's Boathouse. near Chain
Bridge, but all except six were
recovered 2 miles downstream by
Jack Baxter. who operates an
other boathouse near Key Bridge.
At Petersburg, w. Va. and
Bridgewater. centers Of the week
end Hood. o search continued for
several persons still missing. Red
Cross workers and health officers
fought against an outbreak Of
disease by giving inoculations and
diStnfectmg wells.
The Red Cross area ONCE In
Alexandria reported about 900
families affected In the Peters
burg area and 135 around Bridge
water. About so homes were de-
stroyed at Petersburg. 300 dam
aged. 335 farm structures washed
away or damaged. and 200 other
buildings destroyed or damaged.
In addition to crop losses. about
100. 900 chickens and $4,000 sheep
and hogs were lost in that area.
The Red Cross was providing
food for 200 persons at Petersburg
and 100 ut Bridgewater. Shelters
were furnished for 200 at Peters,
burg and A at Moorefield. w. Va.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
Church Fete Begins Tonight

The queen of the June festival
at the Church Of Our Savior.
Sixteenth and Irving streets NE,
will be crowned at Q o'clock to-
might. The festival win continue
tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
opsimisfs 10 Plan Luncheon

Tne National Capital opsansas
Club win hold o iunefseos meeting
nj 1850 pm. Tomorrow sr ths
Iconsinental Hotel. y. Rassseil Wiz
gins. managing editor Of Tne
iWasnsugsou Poes, wsls speak.
Evening star., 1949-06-21
GAR Ludies to Meet

The General U. s. Grant Circle
No. l Ladies OF the Grand Army Of
the Republic. Department Of the
Potomac. win hold q meeting at .
pm. tomorrow In Room 4lS Of the
Washington Loan and Trust
Building. Ninth and = streets NV.