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Evening star., 1949-06-13
Temporary Judgeship
For Juvenile Court
Approved by House

The House today passed and
sent to the White House a Senate
passed bill to provide a temporary
judgeship for Juvenile Court here.
This measure had been request
ed to meet the emergency caused
by the illness of the present judge,
Fay L. Bentley, who is a voluntary
patient at St. Elizabeths Hospital
The bill provides that the Presi-
dent shall appoint an additional
judge for Juvenile Court to be ap-
proved by the Senate for a term
of six years. The nominee must be
resident of the District.
Furthermore, the bill stimulates
that the position occupied by
Judge Bentley shall be abolished
when a vacancy shall occur In said
position or at the expiration Of
the, six-year term Of said Judge,
,U952). whichever shall first oc-
cur"
O'Hara Wants Better Bill.
The judgeship bill was passed
without objection, but Represent
alive O'Hara of Minnesota, rank
ing Republican member of the
House District subcommittee
which handled it, said he was go
ing along only with the under
standing that the committee in
the near future will provide for
permanent legislation as to the
retirement of Juvenile Court
judges. W..
Mr.. O'Hara said the bill passed
took no steps toward aiding a
bad situation"
"If the present incumbent
comes back and wants to act as
"a juvenile judge. we will have two
Juvenile Court judges in the Dis
trict," he said.
Representative Harris, Demo-
crat, of Arkansas, chairman OF
the subcommittee, replied that
only miracle" would bring Miss
Bentley back to the bench.
Optometry Bill Also Voted.
The House, during its swift con-
sideration of District bills which
occupied less than half an hour,
also passed lengthy measure to
regulate the practice of optometry
in the District.
The bill, which now goes to the
Senate. was explained by the re-
port of the House District Com
|mittee. According to this report,
the measure proposes to re-define
the practice of optometry, to reg
ulate and improve the practice Of
optometry. to eliminate certain
types of advertising, to declare
what acts shall be prohibited and
the penalties therefore; and to
provide for review of the deci-
sions of the Board of Optometry
in the matter of the denial, sus~
pension or revocation of licenses
by the United States District
Court for the District of Colum-
bia."
The House also passed nine min
Ior bills designed to amend the
District code on matters relating
principally to probate and don1es-
tic relations.
Evening star., 1949-06-13
Ivy City Citizens to Meet

The Ivy City Citizens Associa-
ton. Inc. win meet 70 discuss
revision of its constitution at Q
pm. tomorrow In the crummell
School, Gailaudet street and Gen.
tral place NE. The group viii
plan q barbecue for the second
week end In July ON the lawn Of
Mrs. Bertha Wood. 1889 Capital
avenue NE.
Evening star., 1949-06-13
By George Kennedy

Alexandria, which Is celebrating
its 200th anniversary, is a play
house today. Because most Of the
original buildings in the old part
of the city are still, standing. ac-
tors rehearsing for the bicenten-
nial pageant, Alexandra. Thy
Sons" find themselves getting at
mosphere in the very rooms and
doorways where the events they
are to play occurred.
It Is like playing Julius
Caesar" in an undamaged survival
of ancient Rome or Henry VIII
in Tudor London.
It has its catches. T. Beverly
Campbell. co-author and director
Of the pageant. says:
Sometimes I wish that all
these scenes were not so familiar
to the people OF Alexandria. 1t
means we must go into the most
exact detail In making our scenery
or we would hear scofing at our
inaccuracies from the front rows.
And exact detail costs more
money"
Alexandra, Thy Sons" will
open July IL for a weeks run
with 500 in the cast at the play
ground site in the 500 block Of Lee
street, In the old part of the city.
To Be Enacted Near River.
The pageant of Alexandria S
history will be enacted right
along the river and only a few
squares away from the spot
where on July IS, 1749, John
West, jr.. as newly appointed clerk
of the town-to-be. auctioned Oh
the lots In a sale that was the
beginning of the city on the Po-
tomac. That was Al years before
the survey for the city OF Wash
ington was begun.
George Washington will play an
important part in the pagent. for
he played an important role in the
early history of the community. II
was the 17-year-old Washington
who surveyed the stalking out OF
the lots.
George Washington's scenes are
extant, the old City Hotel better
known as Gadsby's Tavern. from
which as O 22-year- -old lieutenant
colonel he left for the ill-fatec
Great Meadow expedition in l754
and the Carlyle House. where the
conference of the governors ar,c
Gen. Edward Braddock was held
in 1855.
The room in the Carlyle Houst
Is known and has been restored
The actors are visiting 1t In pre-
pairing for one Of the best scenes
| in the pageant when Benjamin
Franklin. as postmaster Of Penn
sylvania, and young Washington
were present along with the Co
lonial governors and the British
general.
Troops to Participate.
Howard Southgate, who shares
with Mr.. Campbell the author
ship and direction Of the pageant
so far has been finding his actors
among Alexandra citizens. al
though the casting call has been
sent to all the amateur theatrical
groups of the Washington area.
The two have done many pageants
together. among them the big
show which was the feature of the
Youngstown sesquicentennial In
Evening star., 1949-06-13

eTal AAU. " !"
conmandant OF
the N ationa |
w a r College.
with the rank OF
lieutenant gen.
eral.
He will sue
ceeei Vice Ad-
miral Harry w.
Hill. who has
dire ed the
National w ar
College for the
last two years.
un der q plan
for rotating the
Evening star., 1949-06-13
Club Mosons TO Meet

The Angle Club OF Master
Masons win meet at 9 pm. Thurs
day In the Pythian Hall. 1ol2
Ninth street NV. The club was
organized in 1927 and is open
to all Master Masons who are
employed in the building construc-
ton industry in the washington
Metropolitan area.
Evening star., 1949-06-13
Marks Defends Policy
.0f Pound Executions
In Reply 10 Rutland

Frank B. Marks, for l3 years
head OF the Districts dog pound,
stood his ground today and fired
back a reply to Health Officer DR.
George c. Rutland for his criti-
cism OF the pounds execution
methods.
Underlying the controversy Is
recent agitation over vivisection.
with. Poundmaster Marks definite
ly against 1t and DR.. Rutland in
favor of using dogs for medical
experiments.
The Health Department head
reported yesterday that results Of
an inspection Of the pound would
be turned over TO the Commits
sioners to bolster his request for
a veterinarian to take charge
The report. with photographs. was
prepared by DR.. Eugene Mullin.
veterinarian and former Health
Department inspector.
No Inspection by Rutland.
Dr.. Ruhland said the pound IL
clean. but said its methods oil
destroying unclaimed animals Ii
open to question.
In reply. Mr.. Marks invited
and solicited" inspection. adding
that during his l3-year tenure
at the pound. he has never had an
inspection visit by DR.. Rutland
Prior to his appointment as
poundmaster. the pound was ad-
ministered by the Health Depart
ment with a former policeman as
its head. Mr.. Marks said.
AT the time OF the change,
there were 20 applicants for the
Job" he continued. among them
several veterinarians"
He said the present controversy
began when he refused Howard
Uniyersity's request for dogs to
be used in medical experiments.
"of all the dogs I have in my
possession. or ever hope to have
III I could be sure that dissecting
them would save one human life
I'd gladly turn them over" Mr.,
Marks declared.
Carbon Monoxide Used
Dogs are destroyed at the
pound by carbon monoxide gas
and 1t requires but three minutes.
he explained. Very often dogs
are brought In by the owners TO
be destroyed here because Of age
or infirmities. And In many cases
the owner stands by to see 1t is
done. We have never had COM
| plant.
His report shows 1899 dogs were
handled at the pound last year.
OF this number 2.o0l were re-
deemed by owners. 1853 were de-
stroyed between last June 30 and
May !. Many others were given
away under system In which
Mr.. Marks determines whether
the dog is to be kept as a pet or
turned In for vivisection purposes.
OF the number destroyed. 1895
were turned In by owners 10 be
killed. he said.
Evening star., 1949-06-13
FinoI Judging in Body Show

Columbia Chapter 1863, Women
of the Moose. with headquarters
at 1900 Twentieth street NV, will
hold final judging in its baby show
at 1880 pm. Wednesday in the
Virginia Theater, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1949-06-13
D. c. Giri Gets Degree

Miss Beverly Joan Baldwin.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Roger
L. Baldwin. 47oo Sixteenth stSeet
NV. received the bachelor Of
arts degree this norn1nG ~ the
Allegheny College commencement
exerctses In Neadville, >Pa.
Evening star., 1949-06-13
Gen. Bull Is Nominated
To Be Commandani Of
National War College

President Truman today norni-
mated Maj. Gen. Harold Roe Bull
director Of the organization and
training division OF the Army gen.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
British Iaborites Told
To Start Campaigning
By the Assoeioted Press


LONDON. Oct. deputy Prime
Minister Herbert Morrison, polit-
ical head coach of the Labor gov
ernment, urged party door knock
ers today to get busy at once can
vassing for votes.
The urgency of his advice was
his only hint that the government
may be leaning toward a quick
election this fall-months before
it's fve-year term ends next July
in the wake of devaluation OF
the pound.
His prepared speech prefaced
electioneering advice with the
statement: What I have to say
now has no bearing on the date
of the general election.
He referred to Winston Church.
ills challenge in Parliament this
week for the government to get
a quick verdict at the polls, and
said II know the Prime Minister
is not going to be ordered about
in this matter by Mr.. Churchill
or anybody else"
Several ministers are reported
in favor of an election next month
A November election was advo-
Gated this week in the labor mag
azine Tribune, edited jointly by
Michael Foot, a member of the
party's ruling executive committee,
and Jennie Lee, wife of Health
Minister Aneurin Bevan.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

hours of television weekly than
any other station in the Capital.
One of the early "flrsts" on the
WMAL-TV list was the first tele-
cast of hearing on Capitol Hill.
In November. 1947. when the sta
ton was little more than a month
old, it's cameras were set up to
report on the Senate Foreign Re
Ilations Committee at work.
WMAL-TV also was the first
video station to move cameras
into the White House, for a
pooled" telecast of a speech by
President Truman. 1t was the
first to couple a camera to tele-
scope, at the United States Naval
Observatory. to give viewers their
first television view of the hea-
vens. The first regularly sched-
uled remote" telecast takes
WMAL-TV equipment into the
Embassy Room of the Hotel Stat
Iler once a week for 1.-The Evalyn
Tyner Show"
In December, 1947, WMAL-TV
televised a complete musical COM
edy, the Princeton Triangle Club
show, from Lisner Auditorium.
The only two live dramas to have
been produced in a local television
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Woman, II, Is Killed
When Impact Of Crash
HurIs Her From Car

A 7l-year-old Prince Georges
County woman was fatally injured
yesterday in an automobile col
lision in Laurel.
Mrs. Susan Slye of Sandy Spring
road, near Laurel, suffered bro
ken neck, fractured skull and
crushed chest when the impact
threw her from a car to the street.
She died almost instantly. accord
ing to Laurel police.
Mrs. Slye was riding in a car
driven by her son, Granville Slye,
40. of Laurel. Mr.. Slye's wife. Mrs.
Mildred Slye, 81, suffered cuts on
her arm and was treated at War
ren's Hospital in Laurel.
The police said Roger Burren,
40. colored, of Bakersfield, Nd,
was driving the other car. Neither
he nor Mr.. Slye was hurt.
The accident occurred at the
intersection of Fourth street and
Prince Georges avenue. Laurel,
Polio Pvts. William F. King and
David M. Wade charged Burrell
with manslaughter, reckless driv-
ing and failure to halt at stop
sign. He was held at the I.aural
Jail under $1,000 bond. He win u
given a hearing Friday ysAn laurel
Police Court before Trial Magis-
trate Arthur P. Owens.
Mrs. Slye's body was removed to
the Donaldson funeral home,
Laurel. Funeral arrangements
we're not complet last night.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

A motorists arrest on an illegal
parking charge led yesterday to
what police believe was the
smashing of ring of thieves
who stole auto accessories and sold
some of them in small store.
Theft of such items as hub caps,
head lights, tools, mirrors and
even siphoned-off gasoline was
ascribed by police in Municipal
Court to Rufus F. Richardson. 20,
of the 200 block of Missouri ave-
nue. NV. and Salvador Anselmo,
%, who operates a variety store
in the $500 block of Georgia ave-
nue. NV.
Richardson was charged with
four counts of petty larcency and
Anselmo with one count Of re-
ceiving stolen property. In addi-
ton, four boys face theft charges
in Juvenile Court.
Detective Charles Calderwood
said the mass arrests came as a
climax to nearly 80 accessory
theft complaints in the Sixth Pre-
cinct during the last three
months.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Man, IS, Injured Badly.
Bv Car Near Alexandra

A 65-year-old man was injured
seriously last night when he was
struck by an automobile on Route
/ about Z miles south of Alex
andria.
The victim was identified by
Alexandria Hospital officials as
Alonzo Anderson, Of no fixed ad-
dress. They said he suffered head
injuries and described his condi-
ton as critical.
The driver of the car, listed by
Fairfax County police as Farley
A. Hancock, "a, a Marine stationed
at Quantico, was charged with
reckless driving. He was released
under $500 bond pending a hear
ing October II in Fairfax Trial
Justice Court.
Also held under $500 bond as q
material witness is Percy Oliver
Byrd, 40. High Point, N. c., who
police said, was walking with Mr..
Anderson.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

The biggest move of top secret
military documents in years took
place yesterday under guard in
the Pentagon.
It was moving day for the
Joint Chiefs of Staff organization
the Weapons System Evaluation
Group and the aforementioned
Combined Chiefs of Staff of Great
Britain, Canada and the United
States.
Involved in the move from one
section of the huge building to
another were this country's top
secret military maps, weapons de-
signs, information on what this
country knows about Russia S
weapons, etc. Locked in heavy
safes, the high commands secret
papers were trundled down cor
ridors the distance of about two
average city blocks.
The new location is on the main
floor near the River Entrance, ad-
jacent to the Office of Defense
Secretary johnson. The Joint
Chiefs in their old Offices had
about $4,000 square feet of space.
In their new quarters they have
about $1,000 square feet.
Gen. Bradley, the first chair
man of the Joint Chiefs, moved
into his new Offices in advance of
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Illegal Parking Leads to Arrest
Of6 in Auto Accessory Thefts

Richardson first was questioned
Friday by police who saw his car
parked too close to an intersection
in the same precinct. In the
course Of their inquiry they
noticed box of assorted hub caps
and tools in the car.
On basis of information OBJ
tanned from the suspect, the other
arrests were made, police report
ed. They added that Anselmo's s
store Is a hangout for neighbor-
hood youths.
Richardson was freed under
$400 bond pending jury trial No
vember %. Anselmo posted $500
bond pending a hearing Friday.
Both pleaded not guilty.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
By Harry Macarthur

Tomorrow at pm, WMAL-TV,
The Stars television station. starts
its third year of service to Wash
ington viewers 1t was at that
hour on October 3. 1947, that the
station officially went on the air
as the third active source of video
programs here.
Now one of four television sta
tions in the District and part of
large coaxial cable network that
links Eastern and Midwestern TV
broadcasters, WMAL-TV ranks
among the pioneers in the field.
It was the 14th television station
in the country to start regular
program service.
It's two pioneering years under
the guidance of Kenneth r. Berk-
eley, vice president and general
manager of The Evening Star
Broadcasting Co.. have been
marked by number of "firstS."
The most recent of these took
place as late as last night. when
WMAL-TV was the first televislon
station to telecast the documen-
tary film made at the Nuremberg
trial of Hermann Goering, Ru-
dolph Hess and other leading
Nazis. Included in the motion
picture were atrocity pictures the
Germans themselves had made,
which were captured to be placed
In evidence against them.
The initial first" chalked up by
WMAL-TV occurred when the
switch was thrown two years ago
to put the station on the air on
Channel 7. 1t was the first in the
country to operate in the higher
frequencies of the television band.
CThe portion of the radio wave
spectrum allotted to television Is
divided in the middle by channels
set aside for FIN broadcasting.
Channels through 13 are on the
high frequency sideo
Programs have advanced con-
siderably, both in quantity and in
quality since that WMAL-TV pre-
miere in 1947. When the station
went on the air, its first two hours
were filed with nothing more than
the test pattern. There were dedi-
catory services at 8 O'Clock, fol-
lowed by a newsreel and the tele-
cast of the Georgetown-Fordham
football game at Griffith Stadium.
Even a mere two years ago this
was full evening for television
station.
By early 1948 WMAL-TV was
ready to expand its schedule and
became the first video outlet in
the United States to guarantee set
owners daily entertainment with
a n-night-a-week schedule.
The station now signs on at 3 pm.
daily and continues usually to II
pm. or later, broadcasting more
Evening star., 1949-10-02

studio were performed by Ameri-
can University students fol
WMAL-TV viewers.
The longest portable microwave
relay of a special event brought
the Winchester Apple Blossom
Festival to local televiewers last
May over WMAL-TV.
A few weeks ago, the station
was conducting pioneer expert
ments in color television, picking
up color telecasts from WMAR-TV
in Baltimore and relaying them to
special receivers here.
The station has been active in
community service projects, too
1t produced two on-the-air clinics
for the Crippled Children's So
ciety, the first ever televised from
a studio. American University also
has a regular community service
program on the WMAL-TV sched-
ul, conducted by its president, DR.
Paul Douglass.
Having operated so far under
the authority of its TV construc-
ton permit, WMAL-TV will apply
to the Federal Communication
Commission for its permanent
license this week.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

had been levied by District Judge
T. Alan Goldsborough.
District Court judges here are
more than usually interested in
the outcome of a case that might
add to their burden OF work. The
question, raised by an alien held
at Ellis Island, is whether the
legality of such detention can be
argued in the District of Columbia
as 1.-The home of Attorney Gen
eral" or whether the aliens only
remedy is through habeas corpus
proceedings in New York Federal
Court.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Top Secret Military Documents
Moved Under Guurdin in Pentuqon

yesterdays transfer. Down the
hall on the other side of the en-
trance almost identical Offices are
occupied by Gen. Eisenhower. who
meets frequently with the top
military planners.
A sightseer will be able to move
along the corridor past the doors
bearing the names of Gems. Brad
LEY and Eisenhower. But in that
particular section he won't be able
Ito get down the side corridor into
|the Joint Chiefs area without a
special pass,
Evening star., 1949-10-02
John SudIer Elected
To Head Service Council

John Sadler, president of the
Bethesda Kiwanis Club, is the new
chairman of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Community Service Coun-
ell. Richard Twombly was named
secretary-treasurer at a meeting
last week.
The council is composed of the
Kiwanis, Civitan, Rotary and
Lions clubs and the Chamber OF
Commerce.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
/ Bevin OFF for Canada
On Four-Doy Trip
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-British
Foreign Minister Bevin left to-
night for a four-day trip to
Canada.
Before boarding the train, he
told reporters:
Our visit has been very busy
and very interesting, and may
turn out to be very important as
time goes on"
Mr.. Bevin's train is due at
Ottawa at 1890 pm. tomorrow.
He will remain there until
Wednesday, when his party plans
to drive to Montreal.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

also will help plan report SESSIONS
of various campaign units, includ-
ing selection of speakers and en-
tertainment features. the chair
man said.
Mr.. johnson recently joined
Merrill Lynch. Pierce, Fenner 81
Beane after being associated for
five years with Folger, Nolan 81
Co. here.
In addition to past Chest drives,
he has been active in fund-raising
efforts of the Red Cross, Childrens
Hospital and the National Cancer
Society. He is a trustee OF the
Associa ton for Works of Mercy.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

lof Appeals upheld the refusal OF
resident to open the door to a
health inspector because he did
not have a warrant. The District
asked the Supreme Court to rule
that the health inspection pro-
cedure is not unreasonably search
and seizure
Civil Service Case on List.
| A District case of considerable
concern to Government agencies
and employees is that of Mrs. Eola
M. Wright, World War I widow
who seeks reinstatement in Pub
lie Buildings Administration job
She declares she was illegally
transferred from one civil service
job to another in that agency and
discharged for INSTRUMENTATION"
when she protested that the second
job was not in line with her CLASH
fication and qualifications. The
Court of Appeals and the District
Court held for PBA.
The House Committee on Un-
American Activities may come un-
der scrutiny again in an attack on
an alleged lack of quorum session.
The Government wants the Su-
preme Court to reverse a Court of
Appeals decision that favored
Ernestine Fleischman and Helen
r. Bryan, officers OF the Joint
Anti Fascist Refugee Committee.
The two women had been con-
victed in District Court on con-
tempt of Congress charges grow
ing out of their failure to submit
organization records to the House
committee.
Appeals of John Howard Law
son and Dalton Trumbo, motion
picture writer's, also challenge
validity of the House committee
and of the contempt of Congress
citations against them and eight
other Hollywood personages for
refusal to answer questions about
Communist affiliations. Lawson
and Trumbo. the only two tried
thus far, were convicted in Dis
trict Court.
Antitrust Appeal Scheduled.
Still other appeals in this cate
CORY are those of George Mar
shall. now chairman of the Civil
Rights Congress-. and Richard
Morford, former executive secre-
tary of the National Council for
American-Soviet Friendship. Both
were convicted in the District
Court on charges of contempt of
Congress. Marshall, then head of
the National Federation for Con-
stitutional Liberties, refused to
give the House committee list
of contributors to his organiza-
ton. Morford refused to supply
organization records.
The principal antitrust case
affecting the District is a con-
tinuation of the fight taken un-
successfully to the Supreme Court
last year by the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
tion. The Court of Appeals re-
versed a District Court ruling
that the association should not
have been indicted on charges of
entering into a combination to
eliminate competition and fix milk
prices in the District area.
Lewis Case To Come Up.
While the District has no major
pending labor case, it will follow
closely the fortunes of John l..
Lewis and the United Mine Work.
ers in a second appearance before
the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Lewis and the. union hope
the tribunal viii threw out Dis
trict Court judgment of con-
tempt based on failure to cause"
the miners to obey a court order
and return to work. In similar
situation two years ago the Su-
preme Court upheld contempt
order bl,t reduced the fines that