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Evening star., 1949-05-18

Jack explained. since they weren't
used at Madison Square Garden
and Boston Gardens. where the
circus played before it started
it's run at Twenty-sixth and Ben
ming road NE.
From Fifth Avenue.
Jack the tailor used to be
Jack Whikehart, Fifth avenue
tailor and costume maker for the
late c. K. G. Billings. Chicago
utilities multimillionaire, and the
Vanderbilts and Rockefellers.
Then five years ago "sawdust got
in my boots and I took to the
open life with the circus"
And what a life it's been. !
haven't had a meal since we left
Florida March % and went on
the road" he said. I've been
stealing time to get in a sand
wich."
Hey, Jack, are pants No. 80
ready yet?"
Everything in a circus goes by
number" Jack explained.
How about No. 1872"
Fifth avenue was never like
this" declared Jack as the ushers
stepped into new. altered. pressed
trousers and began directing thou
sands Of persons under the big
top to see and know the thrill OF
watching hundreds Of -gaily cos
TUNED performers-and to see and
not know the work Of the men
back Of. the tent. such as Jack
the tailor.
The circus. with more than II
new acts. including for the first
time an elephant and mule act,
will have performances at 2:15 and
BIS pm. daily through Saturday
at Twenty-sixth and Benning road
NE. The big tent is dark blue in
side and outside 80 plenty of lights
can be used during the matinees
to give a feeling of night" Besides
10000 new upholstered seats. the
palm-tree decor and scenes painted
on the cages in the menagerie are
additions to the 1949 edition of the
Biggest Show on Earth.
Evening star., 1949-05-18
Boy S Death After Operation
Found Caused by Shock

A heart attack induced by shock
caused the death OF 4-year -oic
Mark J. Bennett, 5o4 chillum road.
Hyattsville. who died yesterday
after tonsillectomy. District Cor
cner A. Magruder Macdonald said
today.
Dr.. Macdonald performed an
autopsy altar attending physicians
said they we're ~ ioss 10 account
for the cause Of death.
The son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ahra-
ham Bennett. thu child vas opeY-
ated on Monday and died II hours
later.
Evening star., 1949-05-18
FulIs Church Woter Line
To Be Reody in z Months

The Falls Church water system
extension to Chain Bridge La hail
completed. City Manager Roy r.
Dunn said today. The line. Mr.
Dunn estimated. win be eompiessd
In two months.
Included IN the II 900 900 prof.
ect are Q pumping station at Ches-
terhrook and . tank ID West Fails
Church.
Evening star., 1949-05-18
BranchviIIe.BeIisviIIe
Shuttle Line Decision
Expected Next Month
ty No Asses .a.sa etsss

ANNAPOLIS. May 10 - The
Maryland Court OF Appeals In ex-
pected to announce Q decision next
month on the question whether
the Capital Transit Co. may dis
continue its shuttle line between
Branchville and Beltsvills In
Prince Georges County.
During final arguments yester-
day. attorneys for the State Public
Service Commission said the tran.
SIT company 10 bound by . gen
tleman's agreement" 10 save the
Line.
The commission is appealing
from . decision by Circuit Judge
w. Conwell Smith OF Baltimore
who held last December that the
company has q right 10 abandon
the service.
"Unwritten Covenant"
Judge Smith declared null and
void PSC order OF April %. ls48.
which directed Capital Transit
tiaisto keep the line In operation.
Commission lawyers argued yes
terday that abandonment OF the
smile line would be q breach OF
an "unwritten covenant between
Capital Transit and trolley COM
muters. They told the court many
families moved 70 the Beitsyiile
area because Of the streetcar
service.
Capital Transit argued the shut
tie line serves only q "sparsely
settled area" The Arm said the
line shows q steady loss.
Passengers on Route - average
I 10 10 per trip. and often the Z
t4-seat double streeteark
travel empty. the utility said.
Safety Question Raised.
Company lawyers argued the
commuters can use Greyhound
buses along the parallel Balti-
more Washington boulevard.
The PSC replied that school
children would risk their lives"
70 walt for buses on the most
highway In the entire
II said the 47-year-old earisns
provided the only safe and re-
liable means Of transportation. IS
Capital Transit said the troIiles
are prone to derailment as they
wallow through the woods on the
single track. which In
still 2.Soo ties short Of reasonably
good condition"
Evening star., 1949-05-18

A woman and child were In
jured today when q loaded lum-
ber truck crashed into the rear
of a Fairfax County school bus
carrying Is childrensto the Grove
ton Elementary School.
The accident occurred near
Belle Haven Lodge on Route l,
where the bus had halted to pick
up more children. All the chill
dren in the bus escaped injury.
The injured were Mrs. James
Fisher, 81, of Deer Inn on Route
/, and Marian Cronk. 8, Of Belle
Evening star., 1949-05-18
Horriss Nomed to Heed
Poisy Association

Caps. George l. Harriss. q. q. N..
has been nominated for president
of the Montgomery County cere-
brai Palsy Association 10 succeed
Henry q. Miians. tr.
Nominees for other offices are
Claude v. Hyson. vice president.
Mrs- Walter r. 6chasfer. secretary
and Rodney Hart. treasurer.
Other candidates may Be nosns-
mated from the floor ~ the axso-
cations annual nseetins June 20
IN tss Silver Spring LaquU DIS
penAayy Dufldtng.
Evening star., 1949-05-18
Six Fined in FclIs Church
For Lock of Dog Licenses

Fails Church Trial justice WI
Lam r. Finley yesterday fined sax
dox owners % and costs each foT
failure 20 h8ss licenses fer tfssr
dcwa. Wire others fowfesse6 sT 30
collateral.
Fred Brown. FAaTfax. The s8tgs
new dog catches. r~pcsssc tfss vss-
latsonx. Hs saa1 licenses ass avail
ahss at TIE City NAL. Tn~T eoss
81 fer q mas dox end % sw ,
fenAis.
Evening star., 1949-05-18
Wise, Ex-Detective
Here, Named Chief Of
MI. Rainier Police

John Wesley Wise of Arlington.
"a retired Washington detective
sergeant. took Office today as the
new police chief in Mount Rainier.
Md.
He succeeds Eugene Plumer.
member of the Mount Rainier
force for Is years.
Mr.. Wise was appointed at a
meeting last night OF the munich
pality's newly elected mayor and
council after Mayor Herbert w
Reichelt broke a 2-2 council tie
to cast the deciding vote.
The action was taken despite
pleas by many OF the approx
mately 200 residents attending
the session in the City Hall for
the reappointment OF Chief
Plumer because OF his long serv-
ice. They also claimed he would
be eligible for retirement in three
years.
No Specific Charge.
Those opposing Mr.. Plumer
'contended the people had voted
for a change in the entire town
administration. They made no
specific charge against him how
ever. Mr.. Plumer had campaign
led in the recent town election for
the ticket of former Mayor Floyd
B. Matthias.
Councilmen voting for Mr.. Wise
were Robert H. Merson and Cur
Iney r. Thompson. Councilmera
Frederick j. Richardson and War
rem w. James voted for Mr.
Plumer.
Mayor Reichelt said, For the
present time. all men will be held
over until Chief Wise makes his
recommendations to the Mayor
dIlQ (OuliSA'
The police force, in addition to
Chief Wise, includes four full-time
policemen and three part-time
members.
The new police chief. who will
receive So 900 a year. retired from
the Metropolitan Police force in
October. 1947. He was appointed
to the force In 1927 after serving
two years on the Arlington force.
In Washington. he served on the
homicide. robbery and fugitive
squads at the Detective Bureau
and participated in the arrest Of
Jarvis r. Catoe, colored. who was
electrocuted in January. 1s43, for
the murder of Mrs. Rose Abramo-
witz March 8. l94l.
Other officials Appointed.
Other town officials appointed
were:
Blair H. Smith. publisher Of the
Prince Georgian. Hyattsville week
ly newspaper. as corporation coun-
sci to succeed Burt z. Sager:
Milton Jordan as building in
spector to succeed Leslie Jones:
Clarence j. Selke. health ofiicer;
Leo r. Mcmahon. electrical in
spector, and Roy T. Fowkes. city
engineer. The latter three were
reappointed.
Mayor Reichelt said Mr.. Fowkes
will serve until the completion OF
the present street improvement
program. He estimated this would
take about year.
He also reappointed Linwood
Soper. superintendent Of streets.
and Clifton Elliott. assistant super
intendent.
Evening star., 1949-05-18
Fu|I-Day Sessions Set
For 1st and I'd Grades
In n15Ar|ington Schools

Full-day sessions for first and
second grade classes in Arlington
public schools. long sought by re-
form groups. will become a reality
in IS Of the ~ schools next Sep
tember.
The change was announced by
Miss Margaret Ludwig. director Of
elementary instruction. Halliday
sessions. with some classes in the
morning and others in the after
noon. have been q part OF the
Arlington system for 30-odd years.
The change to full-day sessions
was q plank In the platform on
the present School Board when
members ran for election two
years ago.
Extended" Sessions Planned.
The full-day sessions will not
be instituted In IL schools because
OF lack Of classroom space. The
longer sessions. however. will be
started In those schools as room
Is made available by . multi
million dollar building program
now getting underway.
In schools where full-day ses-
sions can not be held. Miss Lud-
wig said. an extended halliday
session" will be placed In effect.
Miss Ludwig explained that chill
dren attending morning classes
will enter school q little earlier
than the regular Q o'clock opening
hour and will remain past the
normal noon closing hour. Chill
dren enrolled In afternoon classes
will start earlier and stay longer
than at present
Under the extended halliday
sessions there will be q teacher
for each group. During the time
the classroom Is In use by one
group. the teacher OF the other
group will act as an assistant TO
the teacher in charge. The assist
ant will supervise study and give
individual instruction where
needed.
Schools Listed.
Schools at which the fuii-day
session will be held are the follow
ing:
Bancroft. Cherrydale. Nellie Gus
It's. Glencarlyn. Patrick Henry.
Stonewall Jackson. James Mad
ison. Matthew Maury, James Mon
roe. Thomas Nelson Page. Charles
Stewart. Woodrow Wilson. KEN
per. Langston and Picket Homes.
The extended halliday season
will be held at the county's re-
naming elementary schools.
Evening star., 1949-05-18

N obuC1 oAAAo 4usAVuuCC0s
81 New bills introduced at yester-
days legislative session included:
L BY Councilman Lewis Merriam
An amendment to Mrs. Ralph
Himstead's countrywide library
system bill. He would establish a
library board for the gradual de-
velopment" of a system Mrs.
Z Himstead wants a county system
in preference to numerous COM
munity library taxing areas. These
bills will be subject to discussion
at q hearing in the courthouse at
7:30 pm. tomorrow.
B BY Councilman Thomas c.
{ Kelley-Defining the boundaries
i Of the Rockville fire area: also q
4 bill authorizing the Circuit Court
3 judges to appoint a court stenog-
/ rapher ut q salary not exceeding
4 $3.50 Q month.
by Councilman J. Douglas
B Dkadahaw--pYcvading for ths ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Civil Defense Corps
Revived in Britain
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Nov. IA. Britain
called for volunteers today for q
civil defense corps to be trained
for service in case Of war. Train
ing will include preparations for
defense against possible atomic
warfare.
Home Secretary Chuter EIDE
said civilian volunteers who saw
Britain through the blitz may have
to cope with vastly increased
possibilities of destruction" in the
future.
Announcing that active recruit
ing will begin tomorrow for the
peacetime corps authorized by
Parliament last summer. Mr.. EIDE
told news conference:
This does not mean that war
is likely; it is a common sense
way Of ensuring that our system
of national defense is complete. !"
In addition to volunteers for
the new peacetime defense corps,
Mr.. EIDE appealed for recruits for
the Auxiliary Fire Service, the
National Hospital Service Reserve
and the Special Constabulary. He
commented that training for civil
defense duties cannot be left to
last minute improvisation when
trouble actually occurs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Marques and Fiancee
Paw Brief Visit Here

The Marques of Milford Haven
and his tf1ancee. Mrs. Romano
Simpson. visited Washington
briefly on their way to the coun-
try last week end. friends re-
vealed today.
Arriving here Thursday night,
the marques. who is a second
cousin of King George vi of Eng
land. spent the night at the home
of Sir Derrick Hoyer Millar. Brit
ish Minister.
Mrs. Simpson, divorced wife of
Marshall Field executive, stayed
with her mother. Mrs. Clark Nc
.Ilwaine, 2029 Connecticut avenue
NV. --2rss- $50.
The engaged coupfesa.i,fnct1ed
Friday with Mrs. McIlwaine at
the 1925 F Street Club, where
friends say a reception will be
HELD after the January wedding
La, club official said, however, that
mo arrangements have been made
|yet.
The marques and his bride-to-
be then left for a country week
end before returning to New
York, where Mrs. Simpson lives
on Park avenue with her 49,
month-old daughter Gwendolyn
Mrs. Simpson was divorced from
william Simpson of Westbury
Long Island, and Chicago in Reno
in July, 1913. Her engagement
to the marques was announced
last September 81. They have
been in New York since Octo-
Der 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Beating Of Girl, IS,
On Street Probed

Police today are still attempting
to solve the beating of 15-year-
old Junior high school girl at 800
pm. Saturday.
The victim, Kathleen Marie
Staley of IA Compass Green S.W.,
was in a fair" condition today at
Providence Hospital, where she
is suffering from injuries to her
head face and knees.
Police said she told them she
was walking home from a store
when she heard footsteps behind
Der and she quickened her pace.
The footsteps increased them
speed. she told police when she
glanced back a man struck her
on the head, she said.
Her screams brought friend
Joan Mckenzie. - Rudder Green
S.W., and Corpl, D. j. Capinas, a
marine from Quantico, to the
(scene. The couple had been
standing at, x.bus. stop out OF
sight when her cry attracted their
attention. ~
They took the girl home. where
she was removed to the hospital
by her mother, Mrs. William l.
Matthew's.
The girl could give no descrip-
ton of her assailant except that
"he wore eyeglasses" police said
They are investigating the posi-
bility she may have became
frightened when she heard the
footsteps and fell down while at
tempting to run,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14

u oSGifC !" De
Gertrude Harriet Pinkerman,
who was arrested in the case In
Kansas City.
Pinkerman, still at large, has q
police record dating from 1899,
Richard D. Auerbach, agent in
charge of the Richmond FBI Of
flee, said. Most of the cases
involved jewel thefts, the agent
added.
The warrant, charging Pinker-
man with violation of the Nation
al Stolen Property Act, has been
sent to the United States marshal
at Kansas City.
Cracksmen entered the jewelry
store in midtown Richmond over
week end last February, used
cutting torches on two massive
wall safes. They made off with
a record haul for this area in
unset stones, rings and watches.
The first apparent break came
when the FBI preferred charges
against three men and Mrs. Pin
herman. She has been released
under $4,000 bond pending a
hearing Wednesday in Kansas
City to determine if she will be
returned to Virginia.
Others held are William Har-
vey Flowers, As, an ex-convict,
now a Federal prisoner; Henry
William Ramsey, 43, picked up at
his Kansas City home last Mon-
day night, and Henry William
Bostelman, former st. Louis real
estate operator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
VA Medical Director
Praises Volunteers
Work in Hospitals

Volunteer workers serving pa
tents in veterans hospitals were
praised today by Dr.. Paul B.
Magnuson. chief medical director
of the Veterans Administration.
1--WE couldn't do without the
volunteers, he said today at the
opening session of the ninth meet
ing of the National Advisory
Committee of the Veterans Ad-
ministration Volunteer Service.
Representatives of SO National
veterans and welfare organiza-
lions are attending the two-day
meeting. Carl Gray, veterans
administrator, was to speak at 4
4 pm.
Assistant Administrator Frank
r. Kerr, who is chairman of the
Advisory Committee. announced
that the VA will award official
certificates of four kinds to volun-
teers. They will be certificate
of appreciation for one years
service; certificate Of merit for
three years; a certificate Of out
standing service for five years, and
a certificate of devotion to volun-
teer duty for those serving 10
years.
Volunteer work dating back to
1916 will be considered in max
ing the awards.
James H. Parke, deputy chair
man of the advisory group, con-
Quoted a panel discussion this
morning. The panel included Mrs.
Beatrice Hogan. Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans Auxiliary: A. B..
Kapplin, of B'nai Birth: Miss
Philomena F. Kerwin, National
Catholic Community Service, and
Mrs. Evelyn McCaslin, Of the
hroyotc Auxiliary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Lumber Ship Makes Seattle
After Losing Two in Storm
BY the Assoeiofed Press

SEATTLE, Nov. IA Brook
Ign ship captain told today how
gale whipped winds brought
death to two men on the freighter
CaImar.
The badly listing vessel, skip
pered by Capt. Richard B. Hughes,
arrived here yesterday. The list
developed "a hours earlier when
a heavy deckload Of lumber
shifted in stormy seas off the
Columbia River mouth.
One of the two victims, First
Mate Clarence Hutton, so, Valley
Stream, N. Y. died shortly be-
fore the 3,586-ton freighter
docked. Walter E. Roberts, %,
of Somerville, Mass, was washed
overheard by the mountainous
wave which crushed Mr.. Hutton
between wheelhouse and life
boat the two men were trying to
secure.
There is no question but that
he drowned" Capt. Hughes said
"No. one could have lived in that
water. The waves were the worst
I've ever seen in the Atlantic or
Pacific, and I've been at sea since
1912"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Pennsylvania SchooIboy
Shoots Girl CIussmute
BY the Assoeiofed Press

YORK, Pa, Nov. IA 10
year-old girl was struck in the
left eye by a shotgun blast State
police said was fired by a school
mate after a classroom argument.
State Policeman Leslie Jackson
said a 12-year-old boy of York
Haven RID l had admitted fir
ing the blast at Patricia Dravk
and her sister Ann, 8. when they
came to his house Saturday to
sell tickets on a doll rattle. The
boys name was not revealed.
Patricia was in a satisfactory
condition at the York Hospital
today after an emergency opera
ton to save her eye. DR.. Charles
E. Eisenhower said shotgun pei
lets hit the girls face, chest. left
arm and leg. The sister was hit
in the hand, but was released
from the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
West Indies Governors
Fail to Act on Federation
By the Associated Press

BRIDGETON, Barbados, B. w.
l., Nov. 14.-The governors con-
ference of the British West Indies
has ended without any action on
a Federation of the seven Carib-
bean colonies.
The colonial governors of Bar
bados. British Honduras, Jamaica,
the LeeWard Islands, Trinidad.
the Winward Islands and British
Guiana were shown in confidence
a report of the "Closer Associa-
ton Committee. But they agreed
that the committees recommen-
dations were matters for consid-
Grafton of the legislatures of the
seven colonies.
The committee report, two years
in preparation. recommends fed
Grafton of the seven colonies and
internal self-government. This
would be just short of dominion
status.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Palmer Leads Maryland
In Keeping Horrier Title

The University of Maryland
won the Southern Conference
cross-country championship for
the third straight year today at
College Park, finishing the Az
mile grind with 80 points.
Bob Palmer, undefeated in
three years of competition, again
led the Terps. finishing first in
81 minutes; 34.6 seconds. Tyson
Cramer of Maryland was second
and Sam Magill of North Caro-
lima, third.
North Carolina State finished
second with 80 points, followed by
North Carolina State, IS: David
son, 90; William and Mary, 116;
Duke, 40: VPI, 157, and Wake
Forest, 257.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Low-Cost Houses Bull
By Tighe Woods as
Test Selling Fast

Houses built for veterans in
Fairfax County, S miles below
Fort Belvoir, near Custom Hall,
as Housing Expediter Tighe E..
Woods answer to the loW-cost
housing problems, are being sold
as fast as they can be built, Will
liam G. Barr, his associate, said
today. A total of 80 is planned.
Two of the houses, each con-
tanning two rooms and bath,
already have been occupied, IL
more have been sold, with the
owners slated to move in this week
and IA more will be ready by the
years end, MIR. Barr declared.
Mr.. Woods hopes this project will
start a trend throughout the
country.
Known as ''ramblerettes," the
15-by- 38 foot houses are built on
concrete slabs and heated with
electric panels in the walls. They
are of modified modern" archi-
lecture. with Mr.. Bars brother,
Richard j. Barr, jr., of Joliet, ILL.,,
as architect.
No Down Payment.
While Mr.. Barr said that no
down payment is required, a pur-
chaser must have $237 in cash
to pay for clearing the title, settle
ment of the contract. title in
surance and a three-year fire in
surance policy. Although the Vet
Grams Administration at first
baked at aiding in the financing,
after it studied construction costs
it agreed to participate, Mr.. Barr
declared.
Mr.. Woods and Mr.. Barr, who is
his special assistant, are associated
In the building venture as a
private project, having formed
corporation, Housing, Inc. Julian
R. Sedwick, former Seabee, who
works on a salary for the corpor-
alton, is the builder. There are no
subcontractors. The site occupies
So acres.
Priced Below $1,000
The first group of IA sold for
$6,45O. while the second will sell
for $3.50. Mr.. Barr said. When
the original pilot models" were
unveiled July 20, Mr.. Barr ex-
planned. visitors were asked to sign
cards if interested. Eleven of the
first IL persons who signed have
purchased homes, Mr.. Barr de-
clared. The other did not because
he lost his job.
Mr.. Barr pointed out that the
monthly payment of $4269 in
cludes payment on the principal,
interest. taxes and water. The
payments are to run for Is years.
The first occupant of the orig
inal model home is Sergt. Noel E.
Waters. "a, his 23-year-old Ger
man war bride, Marianne, and
their 1-year-old son. Ralph. Al
though they found the new well
was practically dry. Housing, Inc.
has promised to provide a well
to serve the whole project, with
water being piped into the homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Memorial Military Mass
Celebrated at MARYLAND j.

+ A memorial military mass spon-
Sored by the Prince Georges Coun-
Gil. Knights OF Columbus. was at
tended yesterday by 1,400 persons
at Richie Coliseum at the Uni
versity Of Maryland.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washing
ton, presided.
The Rev. Neil Gargan. president
Of Gonzaga High School, told the
gathering that religion and pat
riotism were the most effective
weapons in combating world
problems. particularly communism,