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Evening star., 1949-12-26
Legion Opens Tide Of Toys
To Cheer Europe's S Children

Beginning today. toys for the
American Legion's Tide of Toy"
campaign may be left at police or
fire stations in Washington. Jacob
Milwit. chairman of the Districts
drive. announced today.
The campaign for each Amer
ican child to send one Christmas
toy. preferably new, to some child
overseas is being conducted on a
Nation wide basis by the 1890
Legion posts in the country. The
drive will continue through jan
uary Z.
National Commander George N.
Craig appealed to the Nation to
get behind the goodwill drive.
Electrically-powered and war toys
should not be donated, Mr.. Craig
said. He asked donors to attach
a personal note of greeting to the
toy with the giver's full name and
address.
The toys collected in Washing
ton will be sent to Philadelphia
for the trip overseas where they
will be distributed to Western
Europe's children by CARE.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
1oxab Drivers With 2Woy Radios Roll Up Records Here Amateur Police Force

to his radio and called his dis
patcher who had police on the
scene in a few minutes. Later
that night. he picked up a pas
senger who said he had just been
held up by two thugs. Cruising
the neighborhood, the driver spot
ted the pair entering another cab.
He trailed along and telephoned
a running commentary on his
position until police surrounded
the thugs 10 minutes later.
Some months later Mr.. Stein
berg also tracked down a pair of
soldiers who had held him up
in Arlington and escaped. He
visited Washington dives" and
finally found them hours later
in a restaurant here. He called
police and kept his eye on them
from the cab until they were
arrested shortly after.
His comment on two-way radios
in cabs:
I'VE taxi drivers like to CO.
operate with. police, and we do
see and hear a lot. But everytime
we end up in case involving
court action, It means that much
time off from our driving jobs. -
William u nnas-spu~xR-Aaus-ssusup
Evening star., 1949-12-26
By Mory l. Vouehon

A fleet Of drivers with two-way
radios in their cabs is fast rolling
up a record as Washington's ANA
teur police force.
The 1886 hackers, from the Yel-
low, Combined and Veteran cab
companies, are cruising the city's
streets on q round-the-clock
schedule with a sharp eye out for
crime.
And with their radios they make
quick calls to their dispatchers,
who, in turn, notify police Of any
emergency the driver wants to re-
port. In nine out of 10 cases,
police arrive on the scene in a few
minutes.
Although Police Supt. Robert j.
Barrett two years ago called on the
drivers to act as volunteer police
lookouts and issued orders to his
police force to cooperate, he
stressed the cabbies would not be
expected to endanger themselves.
But some Of them do anyway.
Blocked Suicide Try.
Take the case Of Willard Stein
berg, veteran cab driver, who
grappled with a 22o-pound would
be suicide on Key Bridge, got
Evening star., 1949-12-26

night driver feels "the two-way
radio blaring in my cab acts as
Ia protection to me against being
robbed"
Lots of times passengers, late
at night, act pecularily, putting
me on my guard against robbery" +"
he said. But when they begin
to hear the blaring of the two-way
radio contact with the dispatcher,
they leave the cab Immediately" "
Mr.. Leer followed a trio OF
running men one night and OBJ
served a Western Union messenger
boy stalking them. The men
pointed a gun at the boy, who
dropped behind. Mr.. Leer picked
up the youth in his taxi.
I'VE drove past them four OF
five times before police came, 81
Mr.. Leer recalled. It'd slow UP
until we came abreast of them
and the boy would duck down
Then I'd speed up while they
tried to hail me each time. .
Meanwhile, I was relaying our
location to the taxi dispatcher
who was keeping police informed. =
he said. Finally the police car
drew ALONGSIDE, and I pointed out
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Chiefs Daughter
Called Heroine of
Arlington Blaze

Three-year-old Jean Eddington
daughter of Chief John Edding-
ton of Arlington's No. ! fire com.
pany, was the heroine of q Christ.
mas morning blaze at the Edding.
ton home.
Jean awoke about 4 o'clock II
the house at 612 South Fillmore
street, and called for her mother,
Her call awakened her parents,
who found the house filled with
smoke. coming from the living
room.
Chief Eddington investigated
and found an overstuffed chair
ablaze, apparently caused by a
faulty extension cord. He started
to fight the fire and Mrs. Edding-
ton called the department when
the flames appeared to be gaining
on the chief. -.
The chiefs men put out the
fire so carefully that there was
no damage to Christmas presents
on the other side of the room.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
16 Builders Submit Plans
For Fort BeIvoir HOUSING

Proposals by 16 builders for
erection of a 350-unit rental hous-
ing project at Fort Belvoir. Va, to
cost approximately $3,500,000 are
being studied by military officials
there.
Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Weart
commanding general OF the post
said the successful bidder is ex-
pected to be selected within two
weeks. He added the units will be
available for occupancy by mill
tary personnel at the post by sum-
mer or early fall.
Choice in types of construction
range from separate. single-unit
dwellings of prefabricated metal
to 18-unit cinder block and brick
veneer structures.
Evening star., 1949-12-26

The men who were apprehended
were carrying a gun and had
robbed a Western Union Tele-
graph Office of 1892 at gunpoint
a few minutes before.
Were not armed" Mr.. Leer
observed, "but that two-way ra-
dio Is a fine protection"
Stolen Auto Case.
The Combined Cab Co., in
formed by a driver his cab had
just been stolen, broadcast a
lookout to all drivers. Hear
ing the cali. Carl w. Nester, Pre-
mier driver noted the location
from where the taxi was stolen
and decided the thief would head
for Baltimore. He drove tc
where he could watch the Balti.
more Washington highway near
by and in a few minutes spotted
the stolen cab rolling by. He fol-
lowed. relaying his position to his
dispatcher, who caught up with
the thief in Laurel. Md.
"I figure we don't want to be
policemen" Mr.. Nestor said later
''but with such cases as stolen
autos. If police would furnish III
With the lists and license mum:
Evening star., 1949-12-26

until the object was removed and
drove the child home.
Another cabbie, suspicious of
a male passenger carrying a fur
coat, called for police on another
cabs two-way radio, after dis
charging the man. An arrest
was made just as the owner Of the
coat was reporting her loss to
police.
In an effort to save police time
and trouble, a taxi radio dis
thatcher alerted all his radio cabs
to be on the lookout for three
little girls on bicycles, who were
late in arriving home. The father
Iof one girl was a taxi driver, who
had become uneasy when they
didn't arrive. The girls were
sighted by a driver in 10, minutes,
Maj. Barrett, in referring to
the drivers today termed them
|''behind the scenes policemen
and gave. them a pat on the back
for their assistance to the regular
police force.
They're in the know on every
thing" he said. Their co-opera-
tion has been nothing but the
best, and we aim to keep it thai
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Mother Of Fireman
Dies Trying 10 Escape
Blazing Apartment

The mother of q District fire.
man died yesterday attempting tc
escape from her blazing apart
ment at 958 F. street NV.
The victim, the fifth to die from
Christmas weekend fires, was
Mrs. Ethel johnson, so, an en-
ploye Of the Patent Office. Her
son, Pvt. John Lewis. was on duty
at the time at No. 3 Enging Co
and did not learn of the accident
until several hours later.
Firemen said Mrs. johnson ap-
parently died from smoke inhala-
ton. She was found in the kitchen
of her third-story apartment,
where she was believed to have
fled from her burning bedroom.
Firemen said the blaze was caused
by defective wiring.
Landlord Turns in Alarm.
The alarm was turned in by
the landlord at the apartment,
Morris Singer, who lives on the
second floor. He told police he
first smelled smoke about $50
am.
Meanwhile, a third victim of q
fire Saturday night at 903 Sew
enth street NV. died early yes
terday at Casualty Hospital. She
was Mrs. Ella Mead. 63. who suf-
fered third degree burns when a
kerosene stove overturned in her
home.
The same fire also took the
lives Of her husband, Harry C..
Mead. So, and her step-daughter,
Mrs. Blanche Boxwell, A.
The fifth weekend victim was
Mrs. Katherine F. Iannon, IS, who
died Saturday night after her
clothing caught fire as she was
lighting a gas stove in her home,
2900 block of Upton street NV.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid has issued certificates Of ac-
cidental death in all the cases.
10 False Alarms.
The Fire Department reported
a total of Al alarms over Christ
mas, Of which 10 were false.
James e. Rife and his family
were in their living room yester-
day watching Christmas television
programs when a sky rocket
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Robbers Slug Woman, Steal
Coat From Mans Back

Robbers slugged 41-year-old
woman and in another case stole
an overcoat right off mans back
on Washington streets early to-
day.
Mrs. Mary F. Allen of 229 Third
street NV, told police she wss
struck on the head and robbed of
$40 as she walked along the 500
block of Third street NV, about
1890 am. She was treated at
Casualty Hospital for head cuts.
At First and F streets S.W., two
men stopped 61-year-old Arthur
Smallwood, colored, Of 202 D
street S.W., and took his over
coat and wrist watch. '.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
|PTA Sponsors Fund Drive
For Academy Of Holy Name,

The Parent Teacher Association
of the Academy of the Holy Names,
Silver Spring, has organized a spe-
cial committee to sponsor a fund
raising program to buy equipment
for new buildings now under con-
struction.
The $25o,00o school expansion
program will provide for an addi-
tional $50 pupils at the school.
Thomas j. Sweeney has been
named general chairman for the
fund raising campaign. which will
begin next month and continue
through May 81.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
U. S. Carefully Nurses Calves
Bred to Improve Dairy Herds

marked the beginning of the Sec
ond generation of a longtime
breeding experiment to develop
better dairy cattle for the South.
Both calves have slight hump
over the shoulder and the large
ears Of the Red Sindhi, but resem-
Bile the Jersey breed in color.
SX-47 and SX-48 will be shipped
eventually to Jeanerette, La,
where the Bureau of Dairy In
dustry is trying to develop breed
ing methods that will combine the
heat-resisting characteristics of
the Red Sindhi and the milking
qualities of the Jersey and other
native strains,
Evening star., 1949-12-26

came through the bedroom
window.
Before Mr.. Rife could get to
the bedroom, the curtains and
shades we're afre. The blaze
spread to a chair and then the
bed.
In their bedroom after police
and firemen arrived, the Rifles
found the burned out rocket.
Mrs. Rife. whose husband is a
house painter, said the rocket
stick was 3 feet long. -.
Neighbors, she said, told her
they had seen the rocket go over
garage behind the home at 214
Eleventh street Sc. ard into the
bedroom window. She said her
family and visitors heard an ex-
plosion and the curtains burned
like paper. Damage was estimated
at $10O.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Prizes Due for Displays
In Michiqun Park Area

A six-member committee of the
Michigan Park Citizens Associa-
ton will survey the Michigan Park
area tonight to choose three most
attractive outdoor displays.
Winning decorations will be
presented prizes of SIS, $40 and
S. at the January meeting of the
association. The committee ex-
poets to begin its tour about
o'clock.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Train Carries Off Man
While Wife Has Boby
By the Associated Press

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Dec. 26.-
Charles Stepanek found his
mother seat on a train for New
York Saturday night and kissed
her goodbye.
Outside, his wife was waiting
in their car for him to take her
to a hospital.
To Mr.. Stepanek's dismay, a
throng of holiday travellers
blocked his way and the train
began to roll.
Eight hours later, after a fran
tic ride to Syracuse and back.
Mr.. Stepanek dashed into. the
hospital here and was told:
"A 7-pound boy, born two mir1..
- Merry ChriStmaSl"
Evening star., 1949-12-26
BY the Assoeiated Press

Two heifer calves, known simply
as SX-47 and SX-48, are getting
a lot of attention at the Agricul-
ture Departments Beitsville farm
these days.
The calves are one-quarter Jer-
sey and three-quarters Red Sindhi
the latter being a milking strain
of Brahman cattle of India.
A department announcement to-
day said that SX-47 and SX-48 are
the first crossbred calves born in
the United States that carry a
predominance of Red Sindhi blood.
Their arrival a few days ago
Evening star., 1949-12-26
I Men Treated for Burns
In Baltimore Hotel Fire
By the Asseeioted Prsss

BALTIMORE, Dec. ga three
alarm fire routed several persons
at the Hotel Biltmore early yester-
day. Two persons were taken to
University Hospital for treatment
and released.
Cause of the fire has not been
determined. The blaze damaged
several rooms on the fourth Ne6r.
The hospital said Frank Hill,
Baltimore, was treated for first
and second degree burns and
Leonard Waldorf Of 1921 Twelfth
street NV, Washington. for FIRST
degree burns of the foot.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Area Has ADVANTAGES.
Return Trip for Cookies

When luxury chocolate cookies
the first received from Britain
since the war, arrived recently
at Sydney. Australia, they were
Immediately sold out at $3.50 8
can-to be put in food packages
for Britain.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Dog Reors Young Piq

A pig born on an estate at SUIT
tontown, South Australia, has
been reared by a 2-year- -old sheep
dog, Adelaide reports. The dog
had a litter of eight pups. The
piglet was the sole survivor of a
litter of 10.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Christmas Freedom Short

SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 26 (P).
Nineteen inmates of the city
jail were released Saturday, re-
cipients of Christmas eve pardons.
But police said 13 of them were
behind bars again today. Most
were jailed again on drunkenness
charges, some within a few hours
after their release.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
D. T.. Area Churches
Attract Thousands 10
Christmas Services

A special Christmas Monday
morning worship at the Nationa
Tabernacle, Georgia avenue anc
Piney Branch road NV, today
brought to a close the week enc
holiday church services in Wash
ington and vicinity.
District area churchgoers will
turn their Thoughts to the New
Year at the midweek services or
Wednesday.
Christ is a God appointed and
not man-appointed Savior" the
Rev. De Loss M. Scott told hi
congregation this morning at the
National Tabernacle. Pointing out
that the world today needs 9
savior as urgently as it did in the
era Christ was born, the min
lister also stressed the fact that
Christ was "a personal savior" te
whom the individual can turn ir
times of trouble.
Thousands jam Churches.
Yesterday thousands of Wash
ington residents and visitors
jammed the churches to hear the
age-old story of Christ's birth re-
told. The sacred tale was en-
bellished by Scripture readings
and hymns linked to the Christ
mas story.
Earlier, worshipers had
thronged into the churches for
midnight services and masses in
Protestant and Catholic churches.
respectively.
The myth of Santa Claus was
attacked yesterday by DR.. Mar
tin F. Clough, pastor of Grace
Baptist Church, as obscuring the
Importance of the spiritual side
of Christmas.
Denouncing Santa Claus as
"heathenism rampant in our
celebration of the birth OF
Christ" DR.. Clough declared "the
popular conscience on the theme
is dead, so that quite unabashed
one can say, See what Santa
Claus brought me for Christ
mas?'"
Pastor Urges Reputation.
He urged Christians to repudi-
ate the Santa Claus myth, assert
ing "the spiritual church and in
dividual can have no place in
their celebration of Christ's birth
for this popular anti-Christian
heather playboy Santa Claus"
DR.. c. Leslie Glenn. rector of
st. Johns Episcopal Church, La
fayette Square, told his congrega-
ton christmas is not good ad-
vice, it's good news. It is not a
program of social amelioration,
it's a secret, and the secret is the
availability Of God, that God
came once to earth and still comes
to those who will receive Him"
Nearly all the District areas
churches are preparing for watch
night services New Years eve.
A majority of them will start at
II pm, and end with the COM
ing of the New Year. A few will
begin their musical programs at
1890 pm, timing the entire wor-
ship to end with the stroke of
midnight.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Camp Peary Studied
For Possible Use as
Air Academy Site
By the Assoeioted Press

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Dec. 26.
An Air Force Academy site
selection team is expected within
a few days to make a preliminary
survey of Camp Peary, near
Williamsburg, indorsed by Gov.
Tuck as a good site for the
proposed "West Point of the Air. "
Announcement that the Gov
ernor has written his approval Of
the site to Gen. Carl A. Spaatz was
made here by 1t. Comdr. Raymond
B. Bottom, chairman of the sub
committee of the Peninsula In
dustrial Committee seeking a
peninsula location for the acad-
emy.
Spaatz Will Pick Site.
The site for the proposed acad-
emy, for which a number of
Southern States are bidding, will
be chosen by the Site Selection
Board headed by Gen. Spaatz.
The decision will be transmitted
to the 1850 session of Congress
when it convenes early next
month.
Comdr. Bottom said Gov. Tuck's S
Endorsement was "wholehearted
and comprehensive"
Area Has Advantages.
'The area is ideally situated for
use by the Air Force Academy" !"
Gov. Tuck wrote. He added that
the area would have the ad-
vantage available nowhere else in
the United States of being in close
proximity to the National Advisory
Committee on Aeronautics Labor
atory, Langley Field and numerous
other facilities"
Letters of Endorsement also have
been sent by Mayor H. M.
Stryker and the city council of
Williamsburg, Mayor George N.
Bentley of Hampton and Mayor
R. Cowles Taylor of Newport
News, Comdr. Bottom said.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Christmas Travellers
Reverse Routes as
Holiday Winds Up

Part two of a dollble-feature
Christmas was being observed to-
day in homes frightened by parties
and good cheer but under skies
that were drab in contrast to yes
terday's sparkling weather.
For many celebrants the second
half of the two-day holiday was
to be cut short by travel as thou
sands reverse the routes they took
at the close of bushes hours
Friday.
Union station expected traffic
to pick up gradually starting at
noon, when several extra sections
will be added to New York, Boston.
Philadelphia and other short-
distance trains.
The Weather Bureau, exceed
ingly kind yesterday to those
who like their Yuletides sunny
rather than snowy, expected oc-
casional rain this afternoon or
tonight, continuing into tomor-
row. The forecaster looked for
a high temperature of about SO
today, compared with yesterdays
top of As. Tomorrow's tempera-
lures will continue mild, he said.
Stores Get Extra Respite.
With most stores and business
houses still closed for the Sun
tday- Monday combined observ-
ance, clerks got an extra days
respite from the annual gift
exchanging furry that follows
each Christmas.
In contrast to yesterdays
breathless gift opening, children
got a little better acquainted
with already slightly battered
toys. And in most kitchens there
still was plenty of turkey to
round out another festive board.
!. The extended holiday gave many
a chance to complete long distance
telephone greetings which may
have been postponed yesterday in
a deluge of calls over the Nation.
Telephone company spokesmen
said yesterdays traffic was de-
layed as much as from three to
five hours to the West Coast, two
to four hours to New England and
three to five hours to the South
and Texas.
When operators were unable to
respond quickly to a call, a re-
corded voice would tell customers
of the delay and suggest that calls
might be made all day today at
the same reduced rates.
With other amenities disposed
of, more people were expected to
travel the friendly egg-nog cir
cult today and tonight in a round
of open houses.
400 Die in Accidents, Fires.
Other visitors were expected,
too, at the White House grounds
where about 5000 dropped in yes
terday to see the giant, lighted
Christmas tree. President Tru-
man and his family were still in
Independence. Mo-, to close out
their hometown visit.
The season was not without it's
grim stories of tragedy. Nearly
400 Americans had lost their lives
in violent death. mostly from traf-.
fic and fire, and with tcnight's
rush still in the offlng, the story
was not complete.
Here Christmas Day was singu-
larly free of Christmas tree fires.
The Fire Department recorded
only one such blaze at 1900 Fifth
street NV. yesterday morning.
due to defective wiring. There
were Al fire alarms of all types
during the 24-hour period.
So that the needy, too, would
have a gay Christmas. the Saliva
tion Army distributed food bas-
kets to 1,400 District families.
helped 500 aged persons and made
children happy with 10000 toys.
At the Volunteer of America
headquarters, 1.412 persons en-
49,.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Dr.. Cameron to Speak

DR.. Dale Cameron, assistant
director of the National Institute
of Mental Health, United States
Public Health Service, will ad-
dress members of the Arlington
Fairfax Zionist District, at $3.50
pm. Wednesday at the Arlington
Jewish Center. His subject will
be "A Psychiatrist Looks at
Israel"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIR-
GINA, ROANOKE DIVISION. In
the matter of LUTHER NULL
ms, Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy
No. 1850. Notice of First Meeting
of Creditors. To the creditors of
Luther Mullins, Of Clinchco, Vir-
ginia, a bankrupt: Notice is Here
by Given that said Luther Null
ms has been duly adjudged
bankrupt on petition filed by
him on January 31st, 1949, and
that the first meeting of his cred
itors will be at the Wise County
Courthouse in Wise, Virginia, on
March 2, 1949, at 1890 o'clock a.
m.,. at which place and time the
said creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint a trustee
appoint a committee of creditors,
examine the bankrupt, and trans
act such other business as may
properly come before said meet
ing. Dated at Roanoke, Virginia,
February 16, 1949. w. S. Engle-
by, Referee in Bankruptcy.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24
HONEY CAMP NEWS

Mrs. Leland Owens of Mcclure
is staying with Mrs. Luther
Richardson.
Miss Kathleen Brooks called on
Tempo Ann Branham Sunday
Mrs. Chester Mullins called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Pet Dotson Wednes
day night.
Sunday guests at the home of
Wilson Lawson were Nina Lee
Stanley, Marie Brooks and Kath
leen Brook, all of Long Fork.
Services were held Wednesday
night at the home of Luther Rich
ardson, with a good meeting in
spite of the bad weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Log1nie Rose call
ed on Troy Robinson and family
on Lick Fork Thursday night.
Whetsel Branham has returned