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Evening star., 1949-12-19
Novel Idea
Stuff steamed

Stuff steamed figs with cream
cheese and serve with coleslaw.
This combination is delicious with
baked beans for lunch, or supper.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Robertson, Acquitted
In Staying, 10 Take
Son 10 North Carolina

Clarence w. Robertson, IS,
former Washington Gas Light Co.
employe. today stands cleared Of a
second degree murder charge in
the fatal shooting Of his wife, Mrs.
Lizzie Lucille Robertson. "a. last
March 20 in her apartment.
A District Court jury acquitted
him late yesterday on the grounds
he was temporarily insane at the
time of the shooting.
The jury of nine men and three
women, deliberated less than three
hours before reaching a verdict. It
also acquitted Robertson, on the
same grounds Of a charge Of as
sault with a dangerous weapon in
the shooting and wounding Of
Marine Pvt. Everett L. Flagg. %,
who was in Mrs. Robertson's S
apartment with her.
Mr.. Robertson said he plans to
take his 3-year-old son, Dennis,
back with him to Henderson, N.
c., and 60 to work. Out on bond
pending trial. Mr.. Robertson, re-
recently worked as a warehouse
man in Henderson. His son had
stayed here with relatives during
the trial.
Mr.. Robertson, who had been
separated from Mrs. Robertson,
but had sought reconciliation.
had visited his wife's apartment
at 1925 Eleventh street NV. ear
lier on the night Of the shooting
and asked Pvt. Flagg to stay away
from her, 1t was testified during
the To-day trial.
The defense contended the hus-
band shot on Irresistible i'm
pulse" -Four psychiatrists testified
at Mr.. Robertson's trial. Two Of
them said he was temporarily In
sane at the time Of the shooting.
although Of sound mind now. An
other described him as sick at the
time Of the shooting and still sick.
and 4 fourth said he never had
been Of unsound mind.
. Defense Attorney James J.
Laughlin contended Mr.. Robert
son became upset because he be-
lieved Mrs. Robertson had been
carrying on" in the presence Of
their young son. Dennis.
Assisting Mr.. L,aughlin were At
torneys T. P. Gholson and A. w.
Wholson. jr., of Henderson, and
William e. Owen Of this city.
Evening star., 1949-12-14

| tinued the case after receiving
word from DR.. Francis S. Chance
of the hospital that he would be
unable to appear as a prosecu-
tion witness because of illness.
Holober Is accused of shooting
his estranged wife, Fraaces, 81, and
burying her in a shallow grave
in a closed-down nudist camp near
Vienna, Va. last February. The
State charges he buried alive his
8-month-old daughter, Joan, be-
Evening star., 1949-12-14
New Telephone Number
For Chest Services

A new telephone number has
been adopted for the headquar-
ters of the Community Chest Fed
Grafton and United Community
Services at 1101 M street NV.
The new number Is Decatur
1880. The change was made in
connection with expansion of the
headquarters switchboard, officials
explained.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
First Fairfax Art Show
Winners Are Announced

Winners in the first annual Fair.
fax Art Show held last week al
Truro Church parish hall, Fairfax
were announced today as follows:
M. c. Gates, landscapes in oil
division; B. Hovey-King, portraits
in oil; Howard A Page, still life
in oil; Elizabeth Barnes Bird
water color; Bertha H. Dougherty
prints, drawings, Autographs divi-
sion. and 13-year-old T. Lawson
winner in the children's work divi-
sion.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Workers for Blind Purty

The District Association of
Workers for the Blind will hold
a Christmas Party at pm. to-
morrow in the parish hall Of the
Church of the Epiphany. 1917
G street NV. The program will
include songs by the choir of the
Foundry Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Ho|ober Trial Postponed
In Wife and Baby Staying

Trial of Charles F. Holober
40-year-old Washington jewelry
store clerk, charged with murder
in the death of his wife and infant
daughter, has been postponed un-
til January 9.
Holober. who has been ruled
sane by Southern State Hospital
Marion, Va, was to stand trial
yesterday but Fairfax County Cir
cult Judge Paul E. Brown con-
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Masonic Rite Tonight

Prince Hall Grand Lodge Of
Masons for the District was to
hold its 101st annual communica-
ton at 7 o'clock tonight in the
Masonic Temple, Tenth and U
streets NV. Cyrus N. Parker
grand master, will preside.
Evening star., 1949-12-14

side the body Of her mother.
Police have said Holober. who
lived in the 1900 block of Girard
Evening star., 1949-12-14

street. NV. told them he lost
his nerve" and could not shoot
the baby.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
PennsyIvania...

gave it to Eleanor when the res
taurant was opened.
Jackson does the baking, he
makes the desserts. He told me he
had changed Aunt Sabella's cake
formula slightly, improved it. he
thinks. Eleanor isn't 50 sure that
Aunt ISABELLA would agree.
Chocolate Icehox Cake
cup sugar
2 eggs. separated
teaspoon vanilla
~ cups sifted all-purpose -four
Il cup boiling water
~ teaspoons double-acting
baking powder
p teaspoon salt
Filling
q squares bitter chocolate
~ cups confectioners' sugar
4 eggs, separated
u cup boiling water
Beat sugar and egg yolks to-
gether until creamy. Add vanilla
Evening star., 1949-08-28

and two tablespoons -four, stirring
in well. Add boiling water. Sift
together and add baking powder,
salt and remaining -four. Beat egg
whites until stiff but not dry; fold
into batter and turn into a ii x7-
inch creased cake pan which is
wallpaper covered. and then the
paper well creased and busted with
-four.
Bake in a slow oven {325oF.)
for about Is minutes. Watch it
now, don't get it too brown for the
cake must be soft. Place clean dish
towel over rack. turn out cake and
cool while making the sauce. Re-
move wax paper.
Filling: Melt chocolate in top of
Evening star., 1949-08-28
PenRsylvania...
CHOCOLATE-CAkE TWINS n c....,.. p..I,.t..
HARRIET AsNoLD

double boiler over hot water. Beat
into melted chocolate "a cup
sugar, sifted to remove humps. Add
water. Beat egg yolks until smooth
in bowl with remaining sugar. Add
chocolate mixture, stirring well.
Beat egg whites until stiff but not
quite dry and fold into batter.
Take cake, cut into thirds, then
each piece into three layers, max
ing nine layers in all. Line two
pans, 81 AZ 2s4 inches, with
heavy waxed paper, lay in a layer
of cake. a layer of chocolate filling
and keep repeating with layers
until filled. There should be four
layers at least and be sure to end
with the chocolate. Place in refrig-
orator for 8 hours or longer. The
finished cake will keep for two
weeks. Serve sliced with whipped
cream or ice cream. If it's ice
cream, you may top with butter
scotch sauce.
Auat SabelIa's
Dlack Chocolate Cake
IN cups sifted all-purpose -four
teaspoon salt
1s cup margarine
l cup sugar
2 egg yolks
2 squares chocolate, melted and
cooled
l cup sour milk
teaspoon baking soda
Sift together flour and salt.
Cream margarine until soft and
fluffy. Gradually add sugar, beat
ing until light. Beat in egg yolks.
Blend in melted chocolate. Add
flour mixture alternately with sour
milk, to which the soda is added.
Beat well after each addition. Pour
into creased eight-inch-square cake
pan. Bake in moderate oven (35Oo
F. for about IS minutes. Ice with
caramel icing or seven-minute
frosting.
Next ,ceek: ''HOtp america
Eats" visits East Hampton, on
the tip Of Long island, for
some authentic regional food.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
People drive miles just
to eat them at the
Dutch Cupboard inn

nowN in the mushroom country
II of Pennsylvania | heard tell
of a pair of chocolate cakes 50
famous people drive 100 miles and
more to eat a slice fresh cut from
one or the other. The cakes stand
shoulder to shoulder in popular
favor. The kinds - chocolate ice
box and Aunt Sabella's black
chocolate.
Chocolate cake, now that's my
meat. ! headed the car east out of
Coatesville. where had been on
hunt for mushroom recipes, took
a left turn, second crossroad on
Lincoln Highway, Route 30. Then
to the Dutch Cupboard's door.
home of the chocolate-cake twins.
Sweet and Saveey
lHE restaurant occupies the first
floor of a thick-stone-walled old
Pennsylvania farmhouse. 1t is di-
vided into thyee dining rooms, these
opening into a middle room where
the smorgasbord table is set up for
guests to help themselves to din
ners first course - a 20dish array
of the sweet and the savory.
But dessert was our quarry.
Which should it be, chocolate ice
box cake or Aunt ISABELLA s delight?
l settled for double dessert, one
slice of each.
Want my honest opinion2 like
my chocolate icebox cake a wee
bit better. But as everyone says,
Aunt Sabella's black chocolate is
out of this world"
l talked to Eleanor Taylor of
the Eleanor and Jackson Taylor
(Mr. and Mrs team who own the
Dutch Cupboard. Aunt ISABELLA,
Eleanor told me. was her fathers
sister. ISABELLA Nye Chapman, of
'Cayutaville, N. Y. She gave the
recipe to Eleanor's mother who
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Rent Examiner Upheld
On Mclean Gardens

District Rent Control Admins
traitor Robert F. CogsWell today
upheld the action of Examiner
Denis K. Lane in refusing to rec
ommend a $5 fiat monthly increase
of LIZA dormitory rooms at Nc
Lean Gardens.
Mr.. Cogswell also sustained
Mr.. Lanes recommendation that
monthly rents be increased 6.87
per cent for 723 apartments in the
big housing development.
The Fairmac Corp, owners Of
the development, originally had
asked 10 per cent monthly in
crease for the apartments and IS
fiat increase for the dormitories.
The 6.87 per cent increase allowed
by the Rent Administration in
creased rentals for one room and q
bath from $50 to $3.50 per month
and for four rooms and bath from
$3.50 to $3.50.
Attorneys Paul A. Porter, former
OPA administrator, and Benjamin
/ C. Sigel, representing the tenants,
had asked Mr.. Cogswell to reverse
the examiners recommendation
for increasing the apartment rents.
Attorney John j. Wilson, repre-
senting the Fairmac Corp, asked
Mr.. Cogswell to reverse the order
refusing the dormitory rental in
crease.
Most of the dormitory rooms
rent for between $34.50 to $3.50
month.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

separated from his life savings,
he wasn't in his right senses"
and believed that by reporting
$40, 900 or $4,000 losses "the men
would have enough to start to
work on"
2. If he had reported the total
amount the robbers would have
been "a little suspicious about
spending it," thus hampering in
vestigators in gathering evidence
as they closed in on the trio.
Helped to Track Suspects.
Mr.. Beckley, whose record
classes him as one of the most
proficient of the departments
colored detectives. also revealed
for the first time that he actively
participated in running down the
robbery suspects and was on hand
when the first two were arrested.
In his large white brick home
at 1900 New Jersey avenue NV.
Mr.. Beckley told how he left the
force in 1920 to become a pool
hall operator and how by fru-
Evening star., 1949-02-24
$3.50 Loot Recovered
In Teen-Agers' Thefts

Questioning of 25 Silver Spring
area teen-agers during the past
two weeks has resulted in the
recovery of approximately $3.50
worth of wheelbarroW tires and
wheels and assorted radio equip
ment, Montgomery County Police
reported yesterday
The juvenile craze for motor
scooters was blamed for the theft
of most of the equipment from
construction jobs. according to
Capt. Joseph B. Nolte. in charge
of the Silver Spring station.
Capt. Nolte described the boys,
most of whom are first offenders
as coming from some of ouI
finest families" Their ages range
from IA to IT. Questioned were
students of the Montgomery
Blair High School. Takoma Park
Junior High School and the Silver
Spring intermediate School, he
said.
Parents have been notified in
each case, and all offenders have
been reported to the county juve-
nile authorities for possible action
Capt. Nolte said.
In the Bethesda Chevy Chase
area recently 40 boys were ques-
toned concerning tire thefts, also
used for motor ScooterS.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Woman Appeals 10 Court
Over Security Dismissal

A Charlotte IN. c. woman yes
terday protested to District Court
her dismissal from employment in
the Department of the Army on
security grounds, asserting she
never was given particulars OF the
charges against her.
Miss Grace L. Patton declared
she was notified of removal from
her job a year ago. She said she
was informed she had been active
in organizations known to be as
sociated with the Communist
Party.
Maintaining she always has
been a patriotic citizen, Miss Pat
ton said she was hampered in de-
Tending herself before the Army
Security Review Board because
she was not told the times and
places of the alleged activities or
the names of the organizations in
which she was accused of having
been active.
She asked the court to require
the Secretary of the Army to
specify the charges and grant her
a hearing before the Security
Board.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Here's an Explanation of the Expanding $10,O 900 Loot

in the Cadillac at Dean avenue
and Forty-ninth street NE. They
had trailed the suspect to a crap
game they knew he was interested
in, the one time policeman said.
Another Man Held.
This was at S am, and about
the same time, other police ar
rested Oliver James at his home.
Leading the forays were Detective
Sergts. Richard E. Meissner, Sam
uel R. Russell and Irving Lubore,
all of the safe squad.
The third defendant, Lewis Sim
gleton, colored, 900 block of West
minister street NV, surrendered
yesterday in custody of his attor-
ney and was ordered held under
$4,000 bond pending hearings on
the case March 10.
After leaving the force, Mr..
Beckley opened pool hall at 1927
Seventh street NV. and bought
the building housing it. Later ne
sold out and now manages pool
hall for a friend at 1918 u street
NV, he said.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

gality and canny real estate deals
he had been able to save on an
average of $1,000 to $1,000 year
over half a century.
Charges Purchase by Pair.
Mr.. Beckley told The Star that
the Cadillac was purchased by
Stance w. James, 20, colored, OF
the 1900 block of Ninth street
NV, from an agency in Colmar
Manor, Md, for $3,400 about
February 5. He charged that
James brother, Oliver w. James
35, of the 1900 block of A street
Sc, bought a new Harley-David-
son motorcycle from a George
town agency for 1895 few days
before the James Brothers were
arrested February 20.
Both are charged with house
breaking and are under $7,50C
bond pending grand jury action
Both have served time before fol
the same offense.
Mr.. Beckley was with police
when they arrested Stance James
Evening star., 1949-02-24

Richard H. Beckley. SO, once a
crack detective sergeant on the
Metropolitan force. today gave his
version of the strange case in
which he first reported his losses
in a safe robbery in his home at
$4,000, and yesterday raised the
figure to nearer $4,000.
Even today he still wasn't sure
how much he had in the safe; il
might have been $4,000, he said
But yesterday in District Court ne
asked that two suspects in the
safe lifting be restrained from dis
posing of a new Cadillac and mo-
torcycle which he alleges were pur-
chased as part of the loot-de-
scribed in the suit as about 100000
in cash and $4,000 to $4,000 in
jeWelry.
In re-telling the story of how
he surprised three men in the act
of carting off the loot January
%, Mr.. Beckley said he reported
the lower figure to police for two
reasons:
/. In the excitement Of being
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Final Symphony Drive
Report Due Tomorrow

The final report luncheon of the
National Symphony Orchestra s
18th annual sustaining fund cam
paign will be held at 1890 pm
tomorrow at the MayfoWer Hotel
with Mrs. Truman as guest OF
honor.
Msgr. John S. Spence, director
of education of the archdiocese
of Washington, will be principal
speaker. Reports of collections
since the last meeting February
II will be heard. The last report
brought the fund to $66,671, or
35 per cent of the 100000 goal.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
President and Gen. Young
Discussed District Plans

President Truman said today
that future plans for the District
were discussed when he talked
Monday with Brig. Gen. Gordon
r. Young, Engineer Commissioner
for the District.
Gen. Young refused at the time
to discuss the conference, saying
only that he had been called to
the White House to talk over Dis
trict matters.
Mr.. Truman told his news con-
ference this morning that that
statement was correct, adding
that he and the District official
had had a broad-gauge converse
ton on local planning.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Man, "a, Committed
AS Sex Psycopath

Judge >Walter ]. Casey today
committed a 34-year-old book
keeper to st. Elizabeths Hospital
as a sex psychopath, after a Mu-
nicipal Court hearing.
Lawrence Rhodes OF the $500
block of Adams Mill road NV.
was committed as a result of pro-
ceedings initiated by the United
States attorneys Office under the
District sex law.
At no point in Prosecutor Rob-
ert SCOTS examination of Govern
ment witnesses did the man voice
opposition to the move to have
him treated as a sex pSychopath.
Drs. Joseph Gilbert and Amino
Perretti, Gallinger Hospital psy-
chiatrists, both told the court
Rhodes had been cooperative with
them and wants help" for his sex
psychopath tendencies.
He was arrested here last No
vember on the complaint of a r.
year old girl, who said he molested
her as she was looking at dolls in
a downtown department store.
The United States attorneys ac-
ton was instituted before that
case came to trial, and Rhodes
never has been convicted on that
charge.
Detective Sergt. James Bryant
of the sex squad testified today,
however, that Rhodes admitted
his guilt. The detective also told
of Rhodes previous record, which
included a conviction in Milwau-
kee, Wis, for molesting a 12-year-
old girl and a charge later dropped
by Columbus (Ohio) authorities
that he indecently assaulted an
other girl of the same age.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Downtown ParkingLot
Approved on Appeal !;
Zones Study Another

The Board of Zoning Adjust
ment has granted one appeal for
permission to establish a down.
town parking lot, but it deferred
another pending submission of
plans for the area.
The board approved establish
ment of a lot at the northwest
corner of Twenty-second and E
streets NV, by Mary E. C. Kinsey
and the American Security &
Trust Co.
The deferral was ordered in the
case of National Academy of Sci
ences, which sought to establish
a temporary parking lot at 2l0l
Constitution avenue NV. The
board will withhold its final de-
cision until it examines plans for
the paving and landscaping of
the Constitution avenue project.
Other Actions.
In other actions announced
late yesterday, the board:
Key Corp for permission to establish a
dress shop p, in the hotel at 900 Twentieth
Denied an appeal of George and Sadie
Hyman and Leah Rome for permission
to establish an s Office d building at 1915
Denied an appeal Of Thelma B. Town
send for permission to- establish a tenn
porary boarding house for IL persons at
1910 Lawrence street NE.
Granted an appeal Of the Hebrew Acad-
emv of Washington for. permission to
establish a private school at 6045 Six
teenth street NV.
Granted an appeal OF Earl E. Holmes
for permission TO establish an automobile
repair shop for electrical. service only
at 4l2 New Jersey avenue NV.
Holton Arms Gymnasium.
Granted an appeal OF the Holton Arms
School for permission to EJECT gym.
nasium as part of the school ct s street
and Phelps place NV. 4s IL
Denied an appeal of Fletcher E. Brown
for permission to wash automobiles at the
rear of 1898 Eleventh street NV.
Denied an appeal of Abram S. and
GriSelda H. Hewitt for permission to erect
q three-story rear addition to the dwell
ing at 2437 California street N. W.
Granted an appeal Of the Washington
Baptist Seminary for permission TO estab-
lish a theological school at 1900 Thir-
teenth street NV.
Granted an appeal Of the estate OF Robert
r.. Bradbury for permission to erect semi
detached and community houses on the
interior of the square bounded by H and
Forty-sixth streets, Hillside and Bennmg
Evening star., 1949-02-24
18th Year Celebrated
By industrial College

The 25th anniversary Of the
Industrial College of the Armed
Forces was commemorated today
at an alumni luncheon at the Fort
Lesley j. McNair officers Club
under the sponsorship of the
Washington Alumni Chapter.
The college is designed to pre-
pare selected Army, Navy, Air
Force and Marine Corps officers
for important command. staff and
planning assignments and selected
civilians for top mobilization
planning jobs in the Government.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
mrs. GodsuII Named
MONTGOMERY Officiol

Mrs. Evelyn G. Godsall of Silver
Spring, has been appointed deputy
Montgomery County register OF
wills by Walter C. Clarke, register
A graduate of the Washington
College of Law, Mrs. Godsall is a
member of the District Bar and
has been with the registers office
since November. 1947.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
House D. {. Unit
De|aysAction on
City Nurseries
Hears Women Urge
Continuance of Six
Doy-Core Centers

A House District Subcommittee
today heard several witnesses urge
continuation of the city's day-care
centers but postponed action.
Chairman Abernethy announced
after the meeting that his Sub
committee on Health, Education
and Recreation wanted more data
on the operation of the six day.
care centers here before it acts on
pending legislation to continue
the centers.
District Commissioner j. Russell
Young said he did not favor the
pending bill, but would offer no
official opposition. The Commis-
sioners have opposed extension of
the measures each time the issue
has arisen in the last two years.
Women Support Measure.
Several women, including one
mother urged enactment of the
measure which would continue on
a permanent basis the nurseries
and nursery schools for day care
of children of working mothers.
Representative Miller of Ne
braska, ranking Republican on
the committee, said he was op-
posed to making the project per-
manent. He said, however, there
might be a need now because a
great many mothers were working
and wanted their children in the
centerS.
THE city already has a soup
line" DR.. Miller, who is physi-
clan. said, adding that he thought
if the project were continued, it
should be for only one year.
Number Of Employees Criticized.
Pointing out that last year there
were 48 employees for 222 children
in the centers, he said he thought
the percentage was too high-one
worker for every five children.
Miss Gladys Cook. chairman of
the Advisory Committee of the
Child Day Care program of the
Board of Public Welfare, said that
the percentage was high because
the centers operated under stand
ards required by the Health De-
partment.
Miss Cook said the daily average
attendance now is 270 children
whose parents pay about Is per
cent of the $11 per week cost. The
total cost of the project is $150,O00
a year, she said.
Speaking for the mothers. Mrs.
Estelle Bum of 336 Seventeenth
place NE. said that if her Az
year-old daughter were deprived
of the day-care center service they
would be In . desperate" situa-
ton.
Declaring she is the sole support
of her daughter. Mrs. Bum ex-
planned that she needed the center
care for her daughter while she
worked.
The Abernethy subcommittee
also deferred action on a bill
which would require all physicians
applying for licenses to practice in
the District to be citizens of the
United States. This measure was
considered in executive session
and no Testimony was heard