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Evening star., 1949-08-04
Two Painters Badly Hurt
In Fall al School Job

Two painters were reported seri-
ously injured today in a fall from
a painting scaffold near the ceiling
of the two-story Burrville Ele-
mentary School, Division avenue
and Hayes street NE.
Paul Ollie, foreman at the prof.
ect, identified the men as L. A.
Buckner. 81, of Fairfax, Va, and
Louis Heustis, 64, who lives on
Sixth street NE.
Mr.. Ollie said the men were
standing on a board supported by
two ladders, painting the school
ceiling, when the board apparently
slipped. Mr.. Heustis, he said, fell
to the second floor and his COM
panion landed on concrete stair
way under the scaffold.
The painters were taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
4 New Polio Cases Reported
In Area, Bringing 1otoI.to as

Meanwhile, the Public Health
Service reported 1896 new cases
throughout the Nation for the
week end July 30-more than 100
above the 1889 reported for 1948's
peak week, which was the one
ended last September 18.
Despite the mounting total, Of
ficials say there is some indication
the peak may be reached earlier
this year. There has been . drop
in the rate of increase in recent
weeks, they explain. and there
has been a decrease in new cases
in hard-hit Texas.
Last weeks national figure
brought the 1s4S total to s,2s9.
This compares to 5.793 for the
same period last year.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored
by The Star, the Recreation De-
partment and the Film Center, are
scheduled for o'clock tonight.
Programs of comedy. sports, car
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds and
recreation centers:
Trinidad, Trinidad avenue and Meiss
street NE.
Georgstown, Thirty-fourth and Volta
streets NV.
Raymond, Spring road and Tenth street
NV.
Powell. Sixteenth and Lamont streets
Thomson, Twelfth and L streets NV.
shipley Terrace, 1902 Southern avenue
Bellvue, 213 Bayer road s.w.
Davis, Forty Fourth place and H street
NE.
Cooke, P street bstween North Capitol
and First streets NV.
Montgomery. Twenty-seventh and K
streets NV.
Lucy slowe, Fourteenth and Jackson
syphax school, Half street between q
Rnd streets S.W.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Fruits and Vegetables
Cheaper This Week.;
Butter and Milk Up

Washington housewives are find
ing some fruits and vegetables
cheaper this week, but butter and
milk are higher, a survey of the
food price situation disclosed to-
day.
The prices OF corn, squash. peas,
peppers, eggplant and cucumbers
are down, food handlers said
Peaches have taken a tumble in
price, due to the large harvest
Western fruits are coming into
markets here in increasing mum.
bers.
Due to the fact that the Gov
ernment has increased the sup.
port price. butter is selling / to
cents a pound higher, retailing
around 81 cents a pound.
Milk Price Up.
Five Washington dairies fol
lowed the lead Of other dairie
here and advanced the price O
milk l cent a quart yesterday
They are Chestnut Farms -Chev,
Chase, with the new price 21H
cents a quart; Embassy, 20 cent
to 2212 cents, depending on tn,
type; Alexandria, 21h cents
Wakefield, 211a cents. Richfiele
Dairy, which serves only whole.
sale, likewise put up the price OF
milk l cent a quart yesterday.
The Agriculture Department
said reserves of butter now ap-
pear to be ample to protect con-
sumers against a sharp price ad-
vance during the coming fall and
winter. Officials declared con-
sumers should get butter at lower
prices in the months ahead than
If the support program, with its
storage of reserve supplies, had
not been effective.
Food spokesmen said meat
prices are holding steady and fry
ing chickens have c----pped in
price. But food handlers said
large chickens are scarce, those
coming into Washington area
markets now being mostly 10 and
II weeks old.
Seafo0d Lower.
Seafood prices are down con-
siderably from a year sgo. Ex-
perts cited As cents a pound re-
tail for halibut steak, compared
with 50 cents a year back.
The American Institute of Food
Distribution said the hot, humid
weather speeded up the ripening
Of most fruits and harvests are
ahead Of last year. Even lower
prices are in prospect, it said.
The Dun g. Bradstreet whole
sale food price index this week
advanced to $5.84 from $5.73 a
week ago and compared with
$7.18 a year ago. The figure rep
resents the total wholesale cost
of a pound each of 81 foods in
general use.
Evening star., 1949-08-04

boards committee a draft Of a
basic agreement which dealt with
other facilities, excluding SWIM
ming pools" Mr.. Wender said.
Conflict in Conditions Seen.
Mr.. Wender said the proposal
for turning over other facilities
contained conditions in absolute
conflict with the original under
standing between U.s." This basic
understanding, MFR. Wender ex-
planned. was that, once the by
laws of the Recreation Board were
amended to permit progressive
elimination of segregation, the
timetable for such changes would
be at the absolute discretion OF
the Recreation Board.
Mr.. Demaray's press release OF
Tuesday again stated that there
would be mo backward steps
affectuating the Presidents civil
rights program"
This has been interpreted to
mean that the Interior Depart
ment now does not want to turn
over the swimming pools to the
Recreation Department to be op-
Grated on q segregated basis.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Nearly 5000 Dogs
Lack InocuIution

Nearly 5000 dogs have yet to
receive antirabies inoculations,
with only tomorrow remaining in
the month long campaign.
Last year the Health Depart
ment inoculated 23,937 dogs. So
far this year only 19,008 have re-
ceived the free shots, officials said.
The IL clinics throughout the city
will be open for the last time
from 4 to 6 pm. tomorrow.
Regulations require that dogs
be inoculated once a year, with a
$500 fine for violation. Yesterday
and Monday set records for the
number of dogs treated-2.510
each day.
Evening star., 1949-08-04

and his wife were killed and 20
persons were injured near Laurel
late yesterday when a heavy
tractor trailer broke into two sec
tions which crashed separately
into a convertible and Grey
hound bus.
The spectacular pileup on the
Baltimore boulevard, 4 miles north
of Laurel, caused the deaths of
Harold M. Quenzer, AZ, and Mrs.
Mary Quenzer, 35, of Towson, a
Baltimore suburb. They were in
the convertible.
A third occupant Of the auto
mobile, Mrs. Dolti Gsllen. 1901
Ramblewood avenue, Baltimore,
was reported in a critical condi-
ton today at University Hospital,
Baltimore.
The others injured were on the
crowded bus, southbound for
Washington.
Faces Manslaughter Charge.
Maryland State police said they
had placed a manslaughter charge
against Ernest Baker, 38, colored,
of Baltimore. employe of the
Wooleyhan Transportation Co.,
who was driving the tractor
trailer. He was released under
$4,000 bond. pending a hearing
which is yet to be scheduled.
The accident occurred during q
driving rainstorm. Police said the
truck driver blamed slippery pave
ments for the jack-knifing of his
vehicle.
The police, who were sitting a
variety of reports on the acci-
dent, said the tractor trailer was
proceeding north toward Balti-
more and that the bus and the
convertible were headed south
toward Washington. The car was
behind the bus.
The police quoted Mr.. Baker
as saying that he had started to
pass an unidentified vehicle ahead
of him when that vehicle pulled
out, as if to pass another We
hicle still farther ahead.
At that moment. Mr.. Baker
said, it was necessary for him to
apply brakes. When he did so,
the empty trailer jack-knifed and
the two sections of the big We
hicle parted, the driver said. Both
skidded across the mid-stripe of
the highway into the southbound
lanes. The trailer collided with
the bus and the tractor spun
around until it collided with the
convertible.
State police said Mr.. and Mrs.
Quenzer and Mrs. Gallen were on
their way to a dinner party at a
Washington hotel. Mrs. Gallen's
husband, DR.. L. c. Gallen, den-
tist, was in another automobile
with other friends en- route to the
party. This car was ahead of the
convertible, however, and the oc-
cupapts did not know Of the wreck
until they reached Washington.
The bus driver, Lee Turner
Poole, "a, Of Herndon. Va, suffered
a compound leg fracture when his
vehicle and the trailer crashed.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Truck and Trailer Pile Into Bus
And AutoNeorLdur ,KiIIinq2
He was admitted to Leland
Memorial Hospital, Riverdale.
List of Other Injured.

11C oS OAAAGCSA W AN4oAAN
Memorial Hospital, Riverdale.
List of Other Injured.
The others injured were:
Jean Paul, 80, Baltimore, frac-
tured ankle; Catherine D. Calvert,
%, Baltimore, fractured nose, and
Irwin D. Schwartz, 81, of 1888
Belmont street NV, multiple
scratches, all admitted to Univer-
sity Hospital, Baltimore.
Treated at Leland: Mrs. Lula
Mae Jackson, 81, and Inez jack
son, 20, colored, Of the 700 block
Seventh street NE: Bernice Will
son. colored, %. Annapolis juno
tion,. Md: James w. Sewell, %.
colored. Hughesville, Md; Willie
Jones. 80, colored, Philadelphia;
Mrs. Mary Dandy, SO, Laurel, and
James Franklin, 48, of 1908 Kear-
ny street NE.
Mrs. Mary Giddings, 81, of
Laurel, was admitted to Prince
Georges Hospital, Cheverly, with
a fractured right leg. Others
treated there were Carl c. Curtis,
40. of Still Forty-fifth avenue.
Hyattsville. Md; Mrs. Julia
Whaley, 81. and Willard Scott,
Al, both of Baltimore.
Others Treated Here.
At F'reedmen's Hospital, Miss
Maggie Shields, 43, Annapolis juno
ton; Ioleda Barber, IS, Laurel;
Mrs. Mary Jones, 20. of Philadel-
phia, and Beatrice Nicholson, 80,
of Jesup. Md, all colored, were
treated for minor injuries.
Capt. William H. De Vane, Of
the Army Quartermaster Corps at
Fort Bragg, N. c., passenger on
the bus, said the vehicle was
packed, and five or six people were
standing"
II was sitting in the third seat
back from the 'front.'" he stated.
1.-The bus was going about IS or so
miles an hour. I saw the truck
jack-knife about Is yards in front.
There was not much bedlam or
confusion. Nobody was panicky
and didn't hear any one scream" :"
The collision was terrific i'm
pact, with the front Of the bus
jumbled up in tangled wreckage,
broken glass and bent metal.
Capt. De Vane said he helped
some OF the trapped passengers
out of the bus through a jagged
hole in the front end. Others
were carried out in stretchers.
Some were given first aid within
the vehicle.
The tractor trailer had one OF
its steel sides torn wide open by
the force of the collision.
Thrown Into Another Seat.
After being treated at Leland,
Mr.. Franklin told how he was
thrown from his seat and "hew
through the air." landing in an
other seat from which another bus
passenger had just been hurled.
Mr.. Jones and his wife Mary
were bound here on q visit. She Is
blind and was led from the bus
by another passenger. Mr.. Jones
said he lost his wallet containing
SIS during the accident.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Golden Gute's 10th Suicide

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4 (P.-|
A man tentatively identified as
Glenn r. Burbank, about As,
leaped to death from Golden Gate
Bridge last night as highway
patrolman ran to grab him. He
was the spans 116th known
suicide.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Hopper Fight Funds Voted

The Senate quickly stamped ap-
proval yesterday on q $1,750, 900
fund to fight the grasshopper
scourge in the West and Midwest.
The vote completed action by
Congress on the measure and
sent it to the White House for
President Truman's signature.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
NONRESIDENT Tuitions
Payable in Advance,
School Board Warns

The Board of Education today
warned parents from nearby coun-
ties who plan to send their chill
dren to Washington's public
schools that tuition fees must be
paid in advance before the chill
dren will be admitted to classes
The new tuition rates which will
go into effect in September show
increases over last years rates.
Teachers college tuition rates
will go up $23; senior high schools
and veterans centers. up $3S; vo-
cational high schools, up $34;
Junior high schools, up $28: ele-
mentary schools. up $12; classes
for crippled children, up $63, and
evening schools, up 81.
Rates Based on Actual Cost.
The rates are based on the act
ual cost of educating a pupil in the
Washington schools and the in
crease in rates is due, in part, to
the retroactive pay raise teachers
received this summer.
The tuition rates for the full
year are as follows: Teachers COL
leges, 1925; senior high schools
and veterans centers, $255; voca-
tional high schools, $276; Junior
high schools, $192; elementary
schools, 1922; classes for crippled
1888; evening schools, $29.
Rates for one semester are:
Teachers colleges, $163; senior
high schools and veterans centers,
$l27; vocational high schools, $138;
Junior high schools, $96; elemen-
tary schools, SOL; classes for
crippled children, $176.50, and
evening schools, $14.50.
Registration Dates Set.
The board announcement said
registration dates for elementary
pupils are September !, 2, 6 and
8. All nonresident elementary
school pupils must be enrolled in
the Offices of the divisional direc-
tors and their registration must
be completed by September 6 to
allow sufficient time for non-resi-
dent tuition bills to be cleared
through the Office of the Collector
Of Taxes.
Nonresident secondary pupils
must begin their registration not
later than September l and must
complete it by September 6.
Secondary schools may register
nonresident pupils any time after
August is. the announcement
added.
The announcement warned that
nonresident students must pay
one semester's tuition fees in ad-
vance before they can be admitted
to classes on September II.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
W., N. & A. WaIkout
Looms as New Tieup
In Building Is Averted

A strike of operating engineers
which would have tied up the
city's construction industry was
averted early this morning, but
on another sector of the labor
front a walkout of w. M. IL A.
busline drivers and mechanics
was threatening.
In an 11th-hour bargaining
session which lasted from 8 o'clock
last night until $50 am. today,
an agreement was reached by
negotiators for Local IT, In
ternational Union OF Operating
Engineers, and contractors. Mem
bers of the union operate steam
shovels, cranes, bulldozers and
similar equipment.
The union had set 7:30 am.
today as the strike deadline hour.
Membership Votes Saturday.
Terms of the agreement will not
be disclosed until they are sub
mitted to the union membership
for ratification Saturday morning,
negotiators said.
Meanwhile, the w. M. 81 A.
drivers and mechanics met last
night and voted to strike against
the busline at one minute past
midnight tonight. A strike on the
pusline would affect approx
mately $4,000 riders who depend
upon it for transportation be-
tween Washington and points in
nearby Maryland.
A meeting between union rep
resentatives and Leslie Altman,
president of the busline, was
scheduled for 10 am, but was
cancelled by a union telephone
call, Mr.. Altman said.
He has had mo official notifica-
tion-from the union or other
wise" OF a strike, he said.
Dismissal Basis of Dispute.
J. M. Holcombe, president OF the
union, said Mr.. Altman had told
them that if the company attorney
could not be present at the meet
ing it would be pointless to hold
it. The attorney was out Of town,
the union official said, 80 we just
presumed the meeting was off. We
are here at any time they want to
talk about it," he added. "All we
are asking is arbitration.
The threatened w., M. & A.
strike is unusual in that no ques-
tions of wages or hours are in
volved. The only issue is the dis
of E. j. Garrity of West
Beach, Md, a mechanic whose
arm was torn off while working
on bus more than a year ago.
After the accident Mr.. Garrity
returned to work for the busline
as a stockroom employe. He was
discharged for losing too much
time from work because of illness.
The drivers and mechanics, who
are members of Local 1865,
Association of
Street, Electric Railway and Mo-
tor Coach Employees of America,
sought to have Mr.. Garrity's case
submitted to arbitration before
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Jounne Dru to Wed Soon

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4 (P.-
jeanne Dru, actress and former
wife of singer Dick Haynes, says
she will wed actor John Ireland,
possibly this week end in Santa Fe,
N. Mex. Haynes recently married
Enrol Flynn's ex-wife, the former
Nora Eddington.
Evening star., 1949-12-19
Kentucky Bowl Squad
Begins Rugged Drills
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

COCOA, Fla. Dec. 1s.-The
Kentucky Wildcats football squad
got down to hard york today In
preparation for It's date with
Santa Clara in the Orange Bowl
at Miami on January A.
Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant and
Ia squad Of ~ players arrived by
plane yesterday for a weeks train
ling.
Bob Gain, star lineman for the
Wildcats, was delayed and is due
in today. with Assistant Coach
Frank Moseley.
Gain, 225-pound tackle, re-
|ceived an award in Birmingham,
Ala, Saturday night as the South
eastern Conferences outstanding
|lineman Of the year. 81
Bryant said cold weather at
home prevented the squad from
getting in much practice since the
regular season ended. He plans
Ito start scrimmage tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-12-19
CAPS, Wth7 Games in8 Nights
Face Lakers Here Wednesday

on any schedule. (The Nationals
trounced Chicago, 86-73. last
night)
The Lakers are a little stronger
since last appearing here. They
purchased Billy Hassett, who was
a sophomore sensation at George
town and later star at Notre
Dame, from the Tri-City Black
hawks. Hassett is a fine ball han
dler and defensive wheel.
Famed George Mikan and Jim
Pollard should offer the Caps the
most trouble. Mikan was held to
II points by the Caps here early
in the season, but Pollard put in
a last-second goal to settle the
issue by two points. Later the
Lakers raped the Caps by II
points and Mikan tailed IS. Big
George has made 96 points his
last three games.
Evening star., 1949-12-19
Trouble for Terp Quint Seen
Aooinst Ohio Wesleyan ] 7onight

season scoring record OF his school
last year with 533 points, high IN
the entire State. The Bishops are
captained by Jack Smith, three
year veteran from Columbus
North.
Other players to watch are Mil.
hons brother, Bill: Tom Wenzlau.
all-around Tipp City athlete; Russ
Ramsey, leterman from Massillon.
and Dave Bruck, sophomore from
Richmond, Ind.
After taking on Maryland TO-
night, the Bishops will visit Amer
lean University Wednesday night
at $3.50.
George Washington slapped
down w. & L. by Is points earlier
this season, but the Generals seem
to be hitting their stride now. They
lost an overtime decision to Duke.
one of the Southern Conference
powers, Saturday night and should
be ready for the Colonials tonight.
The Generals have in their ranks
the leading conference scorer IN
Jay Handlan, who has dumped IN
95 points in five games for an
average Of 10 points per game.
Evening star., 1949-12-19
Ohio Wesleyan. defendinP OHIO

Ohio wesleyan, defendlng ONO
Conference champion, will be
seeking its third victory in seven
games this season against the
University Of Maryland, victor in
one of seven games, tonight at
College Park at .8:15 o'clock.
George Washington, meanwhile
will go after its fourth victory In
six games tonight against Wash
ington and Lee at Lexington.
The lads from Delaware. Ohio,
will be favorites to clip the Terps
tonight. They lost a 19-point de-
cision to West Virginia Saturday
night, but that was no disgrace
for the Mountaineers have lost
only two games at home IN five
years.
The Terps took a lacing from
Navy Saturday on the heels OF
trimmings by VPI, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia, Penn and Clemson. The
Terps stuck in a victory against
Washington and Lee December 10,
The Ohioans will be featuring
the hot scoring hand Of Jud Mill
hon. The all-Ohie center set a
Evening star., 1949-12-19
Bad Weather Proves
No Handicap at All
To Steve Van Buren,.
by the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19.-The
Philadelphia Eagles are still
champions of the National Foot
ball League and Steve Van Buren,
is an even greater halfback in
the mud than on a dry field.
But NFL Commissioner Bert
Bell will never win any sports
popularity contests in these parts.
These items stood out today
in the wake of crushing 14-0
victory by the Eagles over the
Los Angeles Rams in the rain
soaked Coliseum yesterday. What
was billed as high-scoring duel
between two speedy. pass-happy
teams turned into slow-moving
tug-o'-war between two lines,
with the Eagles far the better.
Were Willing to Postpone.
The weather was so bad that
the managements of both Eastern
and Western Division winners
were willing to postpone the play
off until Christmas Day. But
Commissioner Bell, from the COM
fort OF his home in Philadelphia,
said no. So instead Of the 10000
or more fans which a sunny day
would have lured, 22,245 Of the
most hardy sat under umbrellas
and folded newspapers.
The downpour was so heavy
that even two layers Of tarpaulin
didn't keep the turf dry. Rain
pelted the spectators through
most Of the game.
A statement by President Dan
Reeves Of the Los Angeles club
said in part: Hope of financial
gain to the management of the
two clubs did not affect our deci-
sion, since the game is played for
the benefit Of the players" He
said Bell turned down the post
ponement because of radio net
work commitments and other fac
tors"
Judge 5000 Miles Away:
Fred Levy, another Rams own
er, was more outspoken. How.
he asked, "can Bell judge the
weather from 5000 miles away?"
The management estimated that
with a crowd Of $4,000. Eagles
Evening star., 1949-12-19

A cloud of gloom is settling over
the Caps this Christmas season
for they are faced with seven
games in eight nights, beginning
with Minneapolis here Wednesday
and ending with Syracuse, leader
In the Eastern division. here De-
cember %.
The Caps, who have split 20
games and are third in the East
ern division of the National Bas-
ketball Association, easily could be
fourth before the month is over
and possibly fifth or last. They
are only two games ahead of the
Baltimore Bullets and four ahead
of the tail-enders, Philadelphia
and Boston.
The Caps will be decided under
dogs to the Lakers Wednesday.
They play the Bullets in Baltimore
Thursday, entertain the Boston
Celtics at Uline Arena Friday
night, face the Bombers in St.
Louis on Christmas, the Anderson
Packers in Anderson the day after
Christmas, the Royals in Roches-
ter December 81, then meet Syra-
cuse here.
The Lakers have beaten the
Caps twice this season. Baltimore
plastered Washington by II points
Saturday night at Uline's, so the
Bullets will be favored Thursday.
The Caps should defeat Boston
Friday. but it will be their third
game in three nights and the
Lakers and Bullets aren't known
to leave an opponent feeling fresh.
In spite of the rough schedule
the Caps should down St. Louis.
Anderson. Rochester and Syracuse
all will be expected to beat Wash
ington.
That would leave the Caps two
victories out of the seven games.
Anything over that would be
gravy. A great parliamentary,
four or five victories-and the
Caps would be in position to move
up on New York and Syracuse.
Syracuse certainly will attempt
to pour it on Washington. The
Caps have been groaning all sea-
son that the Nationals don't de-
serve to be in first place in the
Eastern Division while playing a
Western Division club schedule. II
appears to be a legitimate gripe
but Syracuse has been showing
enough class to make headway