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Evening star., 1949-08-14
Capital Area Resorts
Festival at Abingdon, Va, August 22'27
to Present Art and Mountain Craft

This Statewide event could also
be styled "old home week II
attracts Pennsylvanians now living
in other areas and who are making
a habit of returning home tc
visit their friends and relatives.
Since 1946 late vacationists anc
recreational travellers in increas-
ing numbers from neighborine
States have planned their vaca'
tions to coincide with Pennsyl-
vania week. Business establish
ments in nearly every community
within the State will be bedeckec
with colorful displays and indus
tries will hold open house.
Many of Pennsylvania weeks
gay and lively activities are held
in the outdoors amidst the gaudy
browns. reds. yellows and colds OF
autumn's foliage.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.-An ar
chitect engaged in restoration
work here for Colonial Williams
burg literally makes his drawings
cJme to life.
Using a single piece of paper
George Bennett deity cuts ano
folds together an accurate mode.
to give an advance view of how
an 18th century structure will
look after reconstruction. He
calls it simply descriptive geom-
etry" and maintains that anybody
can do it if they take the time.
Just the other day he COM
pleted a model of the Pasteur- Calf
Apothecary Shop, reconstruction
of which is scheduled to start i'm
mediately at the old site. The
tiny model, exactly to scale, is
about inches high and shows
the structure as it will look, espe-
cially in relation to the adjoining
house-another one-piece model
1t is complete even to the Colonial
type bow windows, cornice, chin
ney, dormers and porches.
Nothing is stuck on the model.
every outside detail being
evolved from one continuous piece
of paper. Dormer windows, fol
example, are connected to the
other parts by flap that is folded
under, the dormers shaped ane
then pushed through the proper
openings in the roof.
OCEAN CITY, N. 1.-Two event!
on the entertainment agenda ART
in the offing for summer visitors
The annual lifeguards' ball. on,
Of the highlights of the season
will be held August 26. The Home.
stead Steelworkers' Male Chorus
will make their second annual ap,
pearance in the Music Pier or
August %.
OCEAN CITY. Md.-The short
age of marlin offshore has beer
the main topic of vacation fisher
men. They are being given three
theories why more are not being
boated.
Capt. Talbot Bunting thinks the
main school" marlin have not
yet arrived. They usually follow
large schools of bluefistl and this
year the bluef1sh are late. Huge
schools of bluefish are seen and
caught daily off the Jacks Spot
For three consecutive days marlin
have been seen or hooked.
Capt. Bill Burbage of the Cecil
thinks the scarcity Of the marlin
is due to the early spring. His
idea Is that the marlin passed by
here in May. before the boats
started looking for them. He
thinks they will return.
Capt. Jim Whaley, president o1
the Ocean City Marlin Club, says
there is no real way of telling
about the marlin. He looks for 8
run of marlin in September.
Evening star., 1949-08-14

Professional photographers Wis
iting Canada may take in camera
and equipment free by signing a
form describing the same, but
there is a prohibition on import
ing flash bulbs. Tourists may
carry six rolls of film.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Section of 1848 Gas Pipe Found
In Renovation of White House

it's earliest years. These fixtures,
of course, will be restored to the
new" mansion.
A four-foot length of one of the
original lead gas pipes was un-
covered when the plaster was re-
moved from the wall Of one of
the second-fioor rooms.
The White House gas was turned
on December 20, 1848, accord
ing to the records. That was near
the end of President Folks term
1t remained for the family of the
incoming President, Zachary Tay-
lor, to enjoy to the fullest the con-
venience of that modern mode
of lighting. Z
Another find" consisted of Sec
tions of original handmade lead
water pipes. believed installed in
lS40. This pipe, Mr.. Winslow said,
brought water to the White House
from a spring in the area of what
is now Franklin Square, Fourteenth
and K streets NV. Other pipes
led to a cistern east of the man.
sion.
1t will be possible to salvage much
of the flooring in the building.
Workmen wanted to find out the
condition of the floors in the Sec
ond-fioor rooms. Under the maple
wood Surface, laid in 1902, they
found the original flooring of hard
pine. A great deal of the in
terror of the White House dates
back only to the repairs done at
the turn of the century.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Tighter Regulations Begin
For Special Policemen

Tightened regulations for special
policemen (not to be confused with
the newly authorized civilian reserve
police corps went into effect yes
terday.
The regulations were authorized
by the Commissioners in September
to become effective January l. Un-
der them special police commits
sions are limited to one year in
stead of three.
They apply to store policemen,
District government building guards,
armored car guards and employees of
electrical alarm systems. Federal
building guards are not included. Tc
acquaint them with the new regu-
lations lectures have been given to
special policemen in the lineup room
at headquarters.
The regulations prescribe stand
ard blue uniform for all special po-
lice except store detectives.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Pvt. Raymond Cleared
By Police Trial Board
In Barroom Arrest

The Police Trial Board yesterday
handed down a not guilty verdict in
the case of Pvt. Edward A. Ray
mond, charged with conduct un-
becoming an officer and prejudicial
to the good order of the police
force.
Pvt. Raymond had been accused
of arresting man in bar. then
later telling the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board the man was not
drunk.
Inspector Milton D. Smith, who
made the trial board announcement,
said Pvt. Raymond has been re-
turned to duty and transferred from
No. to No. Precinct. Police Off
cials did not elaborate on The
boards ruling.
Acts on Two Other Gases.
The board took action in two
other cases yesterday. 1t fined Pvt.
James A. Stewart $40 on a charge of
leaving his beat and SIS for fail
ing to patrol constantly his beat.
Pvt. William B. Piper was fined $50
on charge of failure to report
when going of duty. He was given
a warning on a second charge of
failing to communicate with his
station.
Because of Pvt. Raymond's testi-
mony before the ABC Board the
Churchill Bar and Grill, 3709 Ma
comb street NV, was cleared of
three charges of violating liquor
laws.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert D. Wise, who prosecuted the
ABC case against the bar, told the
Police Trial Board at a hearing
Friday that Pvt. Raymond de
stroyed himself as my witness" by
testifying at the ABC hearing: Il
placed the charge of drunk simply
because I was going to place
charge against him."
Forfeited $40.
Attorney Charles E. Ford, who
represented Pvt. Raymond, con-
tended that his client was not given
fair and decent" opportunity by
Mr.. Wise in testifying before the
ABC Board.
The man arrested in the bar
forfeited $40 on charges of drunk
eness, disorderly conduct and as
sault. Police testimony showed he
resisted arrest.
Evening star., 1949-01-02

suffered head injuries and Mrs
Kayser a broken ankle and wrist
plus head injuries. The hospital
reported they were in good condi-
ton.
Three persons were hurt in a
three-car accident on the Mt. YER
non boulevard near the Reaches
Run bird sanctuary, park police
said. They were Miss Margaret
Tyree, "a, Of 2118 P street NV, who
suffered conclusion, back injury
and face cuts: Dwight Noll, %, of 1923
Buchanan street, Alexandria, and
Calvin Grady, "a, of 213 Taylor
Run Parkway, Alexandria, whose
injuries were said to be minor.
Miss Tyree was said to be in fair
condition at Alexandria Hospital,
where Mr.. Noll and Mr.. Grady were
released after treatment.
Millard Pridgen, 81, of Route 3,
Alexandria, suffered head and back
injuries about 9 am. yesterday when
his car ran off Route 236 near An
nandale His condition was reported
as fair by Alexandria Hospital.
Three Teen-agers Hurt.
Three teen-agers were hurt, two
of them losing teeth, when their
car struck a pole on Georgia avenue,
Silver Spring, at 1901 am. yester-
day. Treated at Washington Sani-
tarium were Fletcher r. Brande
II, of SIS Quintana place NV.
listed by Silver Spring police as the
driver, a broken nose; Joan Dodson
16, of 1408 Anson street, Silver
Spring, lip and knee cuts and teeth
knocked. out, and Stanley Paul
Allen, II, 1886 Live Oak drive, Sill
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Coroner Is Investigating
Death Of Justice EmpIoye

The body of Mrs. Charlotte M.
Couturier, 46, an employe of the
Justice Department, was removed to
the Morgue yesterday afternoon
pending a determination of the
cause of death. Police were told
that Mrs Couturier had been under
medical treatment for a heart all
ment.
Mrs. Couturier. who lived in the
1900 block of Seventeenth street
NV. was visiting friends in the
2200 block of Thirteenth street NE,
when she became i'll and lay down
on a davenport in a, front room on
the ground floor. Friends noticed
she was in need of doctor, who
was summoned from nearby. The
doctor pronounced her dead at
12:45 pm.
Police last night were seeking to
get in touch with a son living in
Lincoln, Nebr.
Evening star., 1949-01-02

body must have floated through the
air because 1 never could remem-
ber how l got there"
The dreaded spread" of the cobra
when it rears its head and its neck
flattenS out Sidewise. This, like the
rattlesnake's rattle, is a warning
that means business, according to
DR.. Mann.
Other rarities among the new ar
rivals in the Zoos reptile house were
three Dabb's lizards. They have
spiny tails about as long as their
bodies and are vegetarians.
Weird to look at, the Dabb's liz
ards are labelled harmless. Ray Jen-
nier. in charge of the reptile house
at the Zoo, who handled the cobras
and horned vipers only with a long
stick. used bare hands on the spiny-
tailed lizards.
Some sand boas. Egyptian whip
snakes, desert monsters, skinks.
geckoes, Egyptian cat snakes, sand
vipers, diamond back colubers, sand
lizards and a chameleon, q carpet
viper and a desert race runner were
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Schwarz Toy Store 10 Open
Branch Next 10 GarfinckeI's S

One of the oldest and largest toy
firms in the country, F. A. o.
Schwarz of New York, announced
yesterday the opening soon of a
branch store here in a two-story
building on Fourteenth street NV,
adjoining Garfinckel's department
store.
The management has signed a
lease for several years with the
Garfnckel store for use of the build
Ing. The Washington toy shop will
be the third to be operated by the
Schwarz organization outside of New
York City Other stores are in Bos-
ton and Ardmore, Pa.
The Schwarz toy store was
founded in 1852 in New York and
has become one of the country's
best-known retail establishments.
Evening star., 1949-01-02

Nearly 100 years to the day after
the newly installed gas system Of
the White House was turned on,
workmen last week. uncovered a
section of one of the original pipes
while dismantling the interior of
the presidential mansion.
That is just one of many oddities
being found as workmen probe the
walls and floors of the 150-year -old
mansion, Lorenzo S. Winslow, White
House architect, disclosed yesterday.
Architects are interested especially
in the blocks of stone that are being
uncovered. Each block apparently
bears the signature" or symbol of
the stone mason who cut it by
hand. There is a great deal of
dne, wrought iron work in
he mansion which those in charge
are carefully preserving for resto-
ration.
Mr.. Winslow and Government
engineers, supervising the present
survey to determine the extent of
rebuilding necessary to make the
White House structurally safe, are
salvaging as much of the interior
fixtures as possible.
When the work of renovating and
fireproofing the historic residence
actually is started, the interior will
be little more than a hollow shell.
Mr.. Winslow is saving the hand
carved mahogany doors, mantel-
pieces, window frames, plate glass
and other permanent fixtures asso-
ciated with the White House since
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Hospital Plan.
Cuts Mortality
Rate Of Babies
ChiIdren's Institution
Largely Conquers
Infant Diurrheu

Children's Hospital doctors have
developed a program of care and
treatment that has dropped death
rates from infant diarrhea from
averages of is to Is per cent in past
years to low of 6 per cent dur
ing the last 18 months.
During that period, only two
deaths have resulted from $50 cases
of the deadly childhood ailment.
Hospital officials said the new
strikingly low rate constitutes the
lowest diarrhea mortality of any
pediatric institution in the country,
according to published statistics on
the subject"
The program was developed with
support of Public Health Service
grant which specified study of the
effects of steptomycin, penicillin
and other drugs on the disease.
Special Ward for Study.
DR.. Sydney Ross said drugs are
effective in treatment when the
diarrhea is caused by a definite
organism or infection.
In most cases of small children,
however, no germ that causes the
disease can be found Diarrhea
often is "a symptom rather than
a disease" which can be caused by
throat or ear infections, faulty feed
ing or a number of other infections,
the physician explained.
Children's has set up a special
diarrhea ward for its study, super
vised by medical teams" of doc
tors, nurses and technicians. This
team work, early treatment and
careful supervision is credited chief
ly for success of the program.
Within Is minutes of the time
a seriously ill child enters the
diarrhea ward, DR.. Ross said, a
doctor has taken samples of blood
to determine how much fluid the
child has lost and the degree Of
alkali content that has been lost
from the blood Almost Immediately,
doctors begin intravenous injec-
tions of alkalizing fluid, saline, pro-
tein, sugar and, ii needed, blood and
plasma. Because oral feeding would
aggravate the diarrhea, these fluids
also serve as food, DR.. Ross said.
Cultures Are Taken.
AS soon as possible, however,
small quantities of food are given
by normal feeding.
Along with the first tests, techni-
Hiapc y,ooke laboratory Stool cultures
to determine whether certain or
ganisms are causing the allment.
If they are found, drugs are given
Immediately. DR.. Ross said about
so or 70 such cases, mostly dysen-
terry, were discovered last summer.
About 40 infants suffering from
diarrhea have been admitted to
the hospital close to death" officials
estimated. But within u to "a
hours, through vigorous streatment,
these babies we're no longer in criti-
cal condition and went on to an
uneventful recovery"
The extent of continuous injec-
ton Of the fluids is determined by
seriousness of the ailment Dr.
Ross cited one case recently in
which they continued for lS days
In addition to vein injections, the
fluids at times are injected just
under the skin and, more rarely
directly into bone marrow.
Staff members participating in
the study besides DR.. Ross, who is
in charge of the ward, are Drs.. E.
Clarence Rice. Frederic G. Burke,
John A. Washington and Harold
Bishoff.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
First '49 Traffic Death
Occurs Here; '48 Saw
A|I-Time Low Of 81

Washington recorded its first traf-
fic fatality of the new year yester-
day just as police officials were look
ing back on 1948's record of ST
traffic deaths-the lowest since po-
lice began listing such deaths sepa-
rately Is years ago.
William Glascoe, %, colored, 1119
Fifty-seventh avenue, Chapel Oaks,
Md, died yesterday morning at
Freedmen's Hospital. He was taken
there Thursday night with a pos
sible fractured skull after being
struck by a taxi cab in the 1900
block of U street NV.
Police said they were holding the
cab driver for a coroner's inquest.
He is Larlis Solomon, %, colored, of
the HOO block of P street NV. No
date has been set for the inquest.
Man Injured Seriously.
Meanwhile, police reported Philip
N. Clarke, "a, of 1911 Irving street
NV. in serious condition in Emer-
gency Hospital, with both legs
broken and back and head injuries.
Police said he was struck New
Years Eve by an automobile while
crossing Sixteenth street at Irving
street N. W.
They listed the driver of the car
as Raymond L. Welch, 40, of the 500
block of North Pollard street, Arl-
ington.
Inspector Arthur D. Miller of the
Police Traffic Division noted that
last years traffic toll was five less
than the 70 deaths recorded in
1947. OF the 194S total, 50 were
pedestrians. The overall figure was
the lowest since 1923.
High of 135 Came in "a.
The 1948 toll also was just half
of the all-time high of 135 traffic
deaths in 1884.
Inspector Miller attributed the
falling off of fatalities to stricter
traffic law enforcement and the
safety education program sponsored
by the Citizens Traffic Advisory
Board.
Capt. L. T. johnson, head of
the traffic bureau, praised news
papers for publicity given safety
programs and traffic regulations.
Maryland's first fatal traffic acci-
dent of the year occurred near
WilliamsportS where a 76-year -old
pedestrian was struck by an auto
mobile. State police said the
victim was John Miner of Hagers-
town.
Naval Officer, Wife Injured.
A Naval officer and his wife were
injured early yesterday when their
car left the road and struck tree
in the 300 block of South Carlyn
Spring road.
1t. U.gD william John Kayser, IS,
and Mrs. Ruby Lou Kayser, "a, both
of 536 Argyle drive, Falls Church,
were admitted to Arlington Hospital
and later transferred to the Be-
thesda Naval Hospital 1t. Kayser
Evening star., 1949-01-02
AAA D. 6. Unit to Hear
District Highway Chief

The highway program for the
District and the status of highway
projects now under construction will
be discussed by j. N Robertson,
director Of highways of the Dis
trict, before a meeting of the Dis
trict Advisory Board of the Amer
lean Automobile Association on
Tuesday, at 1890 pm. at the May.
flower Hotel
John D. Hess, jr., will speak on
the motor club activities.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Red Cross Blood Supply
Down 10 209o OF Normal

An increase in home and traffic
accidents during the holiday sea-
son has brought about a shortage
of blood at the Red Cross Wash
ington Regional Blood Center,
Chairman Rudolph M. Evans said
yesterday.
Although we have been able to
fill all hospital requests thus far,
it's been touch and co." he said.
I'VE have only about 20 per cent Of
our normal supply on hand, and
should any major emergency arse,
We would be powerless to help"
Mr.. Evans urged every possible
blood donor to give blood this week
at the Red Cross Blood Center, 1730
E street NV. The center is open
9 2 m. to S pm. Mondays through
Fridays and from to 9 pm. OH
Monday.
Evening star., 1949-01-02

yer Spring, face cuts an dteeth out.
Two men were hurt in a crash on
boulevard in Berwyn
about 7:45 am. and were admitted
to Leland Memorial Hospital, River
dale. They were listed as William
Winnie, 26, of 1875 Thirty-fifth street
NE, who suffered a broken nose
and ribs, and Milton Chatlen, 80,
Silver Spring Hotel, a broken nose.
Condition of both was said to be
good.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Fourth Neighborhood Concert
ToFeuture Victory Symphony

One of the most popular SYM
phonies-Beethovens Fifth-will be
featured at the fourth Of this sea-
sons Neighborhood Concerts OF the
National Symphony Orchestra, to be
held at $3.50 pm. Thursday at Roose-
velt High School.
Tickets for the concert now are
being distributed without charge at
Roosevelt and other schools nearby,
as well as at the business counter
III the lobby of The Star Building.
The concert series is sponsored by
The Star.
Beethovens Fifth Symphony
whose opening notes. corresponding
TO the three dots and a dash of the
international radio code "V" gave
Evening star., 1949-01-02

it the name "Victory Symphony
during the war-has held high
place in polls of music lovers.
In addition to this work, Howard
Mitchell, the National Symphony's
associate conductor, will lead the
well-known "Valse Triste" by Sibel-
ius; the overture of "Iphigenia in
Aulis," by Gluck and the "Polonaise"
from Christmas Eve" by Rimsky-
KorSakov.
Roosevelt High School was the
scene Of the first of the Neighbor-
hood Concerts three years ago. Ten
of these programs are being given
this winter in various high schools.
They are also being broadcast over
The Star station, WMAL.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Dr. Monn's New Year Snakes Are No Vision

One man in Washington was
proud of the snakes he saw yester-
day morning.
He was DR.. William NJ. Mann, di-
rector of the Zoo. They were real
snakes.
DR.. Mann was proud because ar
rival of 81 assorted snakes, vipers
and lizards from Egypt built up the
reptile collection in the Zoo here to
"one of the finest in the world"
He insisted it was pure coinci-
dence that the reptiles got here
just in time to be put on exhibition
the very morning some people, who
didn't get to bed at II o'clock the
night before as he did, may not have
had to go to the Zoo to see snakes.
Among the new arrivals were four
horned vipers, or asps, of the kind
that ended the life of Cleopatra.
Small as the Zoos reptiles 60,
these horned vipers appear vicious
when they stick out their tongues
But that isn't as bad a sign as it
looks, according to DR.. Mann-they
can't hear well and sense sounds
through their projected tongues.
DR.. Man said he didn't know of
any other horned vipers in Amer
lean ZOOS at present. The Zoo here
has had some in its collection be-
fore, but not for several years.
He also was especially proud of
five Egyptian, or golden, cobras.
DR.. Mann recalled that once when
in Egypt he suddenly came face to
face with spread" Egyptian cobra,
its mean-looking head not more
than a foot from his face.
The next thing I knew I was Is
feet away" he chuckled, "and my