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Evening star., 1949-10-23
Heart Attack Kills
Supper Club Worker

Joseph Alley. 81, assistant man.
ager OF the Blue Mirror Supper
Club. 824 Fourteenth street NV,
died yesterday of a heart attack
on the street near the club.
MIR. Alley, who lived at the As
toria Hotel, 800 Fourteenth street
NV, had complained of feeling
Ill, police said, and was escorted
across the street to the hotel when
he collapsed. He had been in Be.
thesda Naval Hospital for two
months last spring with q heart
condition.
He came here from his native
Syria in 1904 and lived in New
York State. In 1916 he joined
the Army and served with Gen.
John J. Pershing's unitive expedi-
ton into Mexico.
He served in France in World
War I.
Mr.. Alley then owned a grocery
IN Pittsf1eld, Mass He came here
in 1888 as assistant manager of
the Blue Mirror.
He is survived by a nephew
Ameen David. owner of the sup
per club.
Funeral services will be held at
2::30 pm. Tuesday in the Cham
bers funeral home, 1400 Chaplin
street NV. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-10-23

held before a banquet in the Hotel
|Statler, ending the two-day con-
vention.
Other officers of the council,
which is composed of contractors
from Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, Delaware and Washing
ton, are:
Hugh Blackwell, Wilmington.
Della; j. F. Taylor, Wheeling, w.
Va; Frank Jones, Richmond, and
John Hazard, Baltimore, vice
presidents; James w. Dunbar,
4304 Rhode Island avenue NV.
sergeant-at-arms, and E. w.
Kemp, Baltimore. treasurer.
Members of the executive board
elected are Mr.. Kemp and Henry
Jaffee, 3726 Connecticut avenue
NV.
One Of more than 80 prizes won
in drawing was $500 outside
paint job by Mrs. j. M. Johnson.
730 Upsal street Sc. Mrs. john
sons new home in the Hillcrest
area is just nearing completion.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Eight Youngsters
Poison SeIvesin
Home Accidents

Eight children were poisoned
accidentally last week after eat
ing such items as 80 grains of
aspirin, ant powder, kerosene and
clothes bleach, the District Red
Cross Accident Prevention Service
reported yesterday.
Two adults died during the
week from injuries caused by falls
at home and ia Washington
residents were treated at hospitals
for home accidents.
One eight-month-ol baby suf-
fered chemical burns on her
mouth when she crawled into a
strong lye compound her brother
and sister had spread on the floor.
A nine e-month-old baby swallowed
q paper clip and ear-old
girl suffered second degree burns
when she took a box Of matches
into a closet to play and set fire
to her clothing.
So far this year, 5000 persons
have been injured and ITO have
died as a result ct home accidents.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Quick Man With q Buck Runs
Dozen Douqhnuts Into Dollars

found the man in a restaurant
four blocks away, getting change
for q $40 bill.
. Police arrested the man, iden-
titled later as Harry Joseph Liv-
ingston of Baltimore. He admit
ted doing the clerk out of the $40
in court and noted that he had
paid the clerk back.
Judge Quinn. referring to Liv-
!ingston's record, said he had been
arrested innulnerable times for
similar. incidents over the last 40
years. The last time was because
of a card game in which the other
players were not satisfied with
the outcome.
II think you would find out
you can't get away with it." Judge
Quinn said. He sentenced Liv-
ingston to 180 days in jail.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Public Relations Group
To Hear Carmichael

James H. Carmichael. president
OF Capital Airlines, will speak at
1915 pm. luncheon meeting
tomorrow of the National Capital
Forge, American Public Relations
Association. to be held at the
Sheraton Hotel. His subject will
be Better Public Relations, a
Primary Concern of Manage
ment." Max r. Shohet. manager
of the Washington office of Radio
Reports, Inc, has been appointed
chairman of the publicity COM
mittee for the fourth annual meet
ing of the APRA. December 2, at
the Hotel Washington.
Evening star., 1949-10-23

Georgia avenue NV. Money for
purchase of the site was asked in
the 1851 budget estimates.
Armstrong also is to be replaced
and the 1851 budget estimates ask
money to construct the new build
ing in Brentwood Park NE. at a
cost of $4,000. 900. Money to put
an addition on Dunbar, at cost
Of more than $1,000. 900. also was
requested.
y The board also hopes to get the
long-awaited Spingarn Hig h
School for colored stud EN- is
started this fall at Twenty-fourth
street and Benning road NE. to
give q high school to that fast
growing part Of the city. :
Bell Vocational High annex, at
Sixth and o streets NV, will be
razed whenever the School Board
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Gen. Young 10 Take Up
Civilian Defense Plan
For City Next Week

Engineer Commissioner Gordon
r. Young will take up with his
fellow District Commissioners this
week the question Of whether a
civilian defense plan should be
set up for Washington, he said
yesterday.
Gen. Young did not disclose his
own opinion as to whether a pro-
gram should be organized now
or if SO, what the setup might
comprise.
Hopley Plan Is Starter.
He did say. however, that the
program for cities outlined in the
Hopley report on civilian defense
planning. if adapted to Washing
ton. appeared to offer a good
starting point for the planning
here.
The Hopley report is the plan
developed by an advisory group in
the National Military Establish
ment, headed by Russell j. Hop
ley. The report never got official
approval.
John r. Steelman, presidential
assistant and acting chairman of
the National Security Resources
Board. has sent out to Governors
OF the states and territories a 10
point program which was ap-
proved by the board members
after President Truman's an
nouncement there had been an
atomic explosion in Russia.
Called Useful Guide.
The board said in this COM
munication it would encourage
States to adopt civil defense legis.
lation creating planning bodies
and charging State and subordi.
nate officials with responsibility
for planning and preparedness
measures.
But it offered no specific guild
ance from Federal sources. The
States were told by Mr.. Steelman
that the board considers the Hop
ley report useful guide in plan
ming for defense.
The Federation of Business
Mems Association at a meeting
last week passed a resolution
calling for steps to oragnize a
civilian defense setup here.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Pon-Americun Annex Near COMPLETION

floor. It is panneled in oak: His
office is flanked on each side by
the Office of a division chief. Two
other division Offices are similar
ly located on the first floor.
The exterior of plain white
marble carries out the motif of
simplicity which characterizes
the whole structure. From the
front entrance one looks out of
a rear door to glimpse the vista
of a patio and fountain and the
Interior Department buildings
across Virginia avenue. The fea-
lures of the small front lobby,
done in Georgia marble, are a
spiral staircase and inscriptions
on the side walls.
The annex is air conditioned
throughout and was planned for
comfort as well as efficiency, and
the best possible utilization of
space. A kitchen and ample dining
hall are located on the third floor
The dining hall will serve also as
an assembly room when needed.
The patio and the fountain in
the rear face on Virginia avenue.
There the setting is provided for
outdoor lounging or entertain
ment in warm weather. A small
parking area for the automobiles
Of the staff and occasional visitors
has been set of on the Nnsteehth
stree Esside. I = - 49, q 81
Df. Leras said the building viii
be occupied by the middle OF
November. Except for q few fin
isfiinE touches on the floors. the
only work renal lining is to install
the furniture and complete the
landscaping.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
BY Nelson NJ. Shepord

A year after the cornerstone
laying, the. administrative annex
Of the Pan American Union is
virtually completed on the Con-
stitution avenue site which prob
ably caused a longer and more
acrimonious controversy in off,
cial Washington than any other
building in the memory of oldest
inhabitants.
The new Organization of Amer
ican States and DR.. Alberto Lleras,
secretary general, will write fin
ish" to the 20-year period of con-
fusion at open house" ceremonies
being planned for the marble
faced building next month. Pro-
nounced "a gem" by Gilmore D.
Clarke, chairman of the Fine Arts
Commission. the annex occupies
only half of the Handicapped tri-
angle bounded also by Virginia
avenue, Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets.
Authorized for construction on
this same triangle by Congress
in 1929. the Pan American Union
was baked for years in its efforts
to erect the annex by former In
terror Secretary Harold L. Ickes.
Things got so hot that President
Roosevelt tried his hand unsucl
cessfully at compromise. Mr.
1ckes resented any proposal that
would shut off the view Of the new
Interior Department building.
With Latin American patience,
the Union waited for Mr.. Ickes to
retire from the Cabinet. Then one
day IN February. 194s. the Sue
ceeding Secretary, Julius A. Krug,
looked from his Office window to
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Neighborhood School Study
Eighth of a seriesl

Nearly 500 colored pupils in
mid-city Washington went on full
time instruction last week with
the opening of the new Mont
gomery Elementary School but
problems here are many, varied
and are a main source Of worry
to school officials.
The area under discussion today
is bounded by Florida avenue on
the North and West: North
Capitol street on the East; and
Connecticut avenue, New York
avenue and Massachusetts, avenue
on the South. About two-thirds Of
the population there is estimated
to be Negroes.
DR.. George D. Strayer, of
Columbia University. who made a
study of school needs in the Dis
trict last year, said the expansion
|of commercial establishments
indicates a stable or declining
residential population. :.
All Land Is In Use.
Nearly all the land in this area
is utilized currently and there will
be no population increase unless
the present type Of housing
changes drastically, he added.
All Of the colored senior high
schools are located here. Cardozo,
with an enrolment Of 1896 is 1855
over capacity and operates on q
triple shift. Armstrong has 1,247
students, ITO over capacity. and
Dunbar has 1893 students, 78
over capacity.
|. The Board Of Education will
consider what to do about Car
dozo's overcrowding at Its next
meeting. The transfer Of Central
High School has been much dis.
icussed as a solution.
Long range plans call for q re-
placement Of Cardozo, to be built
In the vicinity Of Barry place and
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Committee Due 10 Select
Health Officer This Week

The special committee of health
and medical leaders studying the
question of a successor to former
Health Officer George c. Rutland
probably will propose names Of
three possible candidates to the
Commissioners tomorrow or Tues
day.
A committee spokesman said
last night that q report to the
city heads will be made within
the next two days. It was indi-
Gated earlier that the committee
expected to reach q decision at a
meeting last Friday. From the
three names proposed, the Com
missioners are expected to name
the new health officer.
Evening star., 1949-10-23

gets an appropriation for remod-
cling Bell itself. formerly the
Powell Junior High School.
This site then will be used for
the construction of a new Shaw
Junior High School for colored
students. The present Shaw was
built in 1902 and used as a white
technical high school until Nc
Kinley High was built in 1928.
Also in this area is the Ter
rible Terrell" SO named because
Dr.. Strayer said 1t was the worst
Junior high school plant he had
seen in the United States. Money
to start construction Of a replace
ment for this colored school also
was asked by the Board in the
1851 budget.
Both Shaw and Terrell have en-
rollments slightly under capacity
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Miss Elizabeth McGroarty
To Be Buried tomorrow

Funeral services for Miss Eliza
beth Van Lear McGroarty, AZ, a
former resident of Falls Church,
will be held at $3.50 pm. tomorrow
in the Demaine funeral home,
$40 South Washington street,
Alexandria. Burial will be in Oak
wood Cemetery, Falls Church.
Miss McGroarty died Thursday
at her home in New York of a
cerebral hemorrhage. She had
been i'll for three days.
Born in Shepherdstown, w. Va,
she came to Falls Church to live
as young girl. She was gradu-
ated from Western High School
and Sullins Junior College In
Bristol, Va.
Miss McGroarty went to New
York IA years ago to help organ
ize her studio, "Quanta Color ~
which specializes in blending COL
ors and designs in fabric. It is
located at No. 10 Rockefeller
Evening star., 1949-10-23

A him-fam artist had q Dixie
Donut Shop clerk passing out dol
lars as well as doughnuts the other
day. Judge Thomas D. Quinn
learned in Municipal Court yes
terday. much to his confusion.
The clerk, Miss Evelyn Glass,
BOT Seventy-second place, Car
mody Hills, Md, related this story
to- the Judge. II
1t sss4sS tnat on FRIDAY a dis
tinguished-a appearing gentleman
Of 68 came into the shop at 606
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, and
ordered a dozen dougfmuts, The
price was 40 cents. Il af*
Miss Glass said he gave her a
$40 bill In payment and she gave
him 1880 in change. Then he
gave her a dime for two more
doughnuts which cost 8 cents and
got a penny back. All this time he
was displaying an ''old CON-" she
related, and discussing how rare
the old coin was.
He then took a IS bill and five
81 bills. placed them on the coun-
ter and asked her if she would
give him $40 bill for them.
Miss Glass took a $40 bill from
the cash register and handed it to
the man. He took the $40 bill,
gathered up the S. bill and the
five 81 bills from the counter and
handed them all to her, asking
that she give him $40 bill. This
she did.
1T was all happening so fast
that he really had me confused,
judge" she said.
The manager of the shop,
Charles Vanderhuff, came over at
this point and put q stop to the
transactions and closed the cash
register. The gentleman left but
a quick check of the cash register
revealed that $40 was missing.
"Was the cash register still
there?" Judge Quinn asked.
Mr.. Vanderhuff called the po-
lice and not long afterward they
Evening star., 1949-10-23
W. & |. Alumni Chapter
Elects Harry Breithuupt

h Harry j. Breithaupt, jr., has
succeeded Elwood H. Seal as presi-
dent OF. the Washington chapter
Of the Alumni Of Washington and
Lee Universities, it was announced
yesterday.
Other newly elected officers are
A. D. Trundfe, vice president, and
Richard T. Wright, secretary and
treasurer.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Hoy-FiIIed Barn Burns
On Farm Neur Ritchie.

A hay-fllled barn owned by r.
n. Ryon, 6706 Ritchie road,
Ritchie. Md. was destroyed by sfire
last night. = 81
Forestville volunteer firemen
estimated the loss at about $4,000.
They said the blaze apparently
was caused by spontaneous COM
buStion.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Reclassification Law
May Boost Efficiency
OF D. T.. Government

District Budget Officer Walter
L. Fowler yesterday hailed the
pending Government employees re-
classification legislation as a boon
to efficient city administration.
The bill, now awaiting sigma
ture by President Truman, affects
nearly 5000 District employees.
Mr.. Fowler said it appeared the
District Government would be
responsible for the classification
OF its own employees up to the
three top GS general services)
grades, 16. II. and 18. The CLASH
fication now is done by the Civil
Service Commission. #
May Provide Closer Check.
The Civil Service Commission
would be authorized to approve
not more than IS designations of
grade II for the whole Govern
ment system, and not more than
300 Of grade Is. The grade Is
level would have to be approved
by the President and there could
not be more than Is of these at
any one time.
Mr.. Fowler said it was hoped
the District could get reason
able share Of these 400 top jobs.
The budget officer anticipates
that the District would have the
responsibility for a closer check
on ts-workers under. the new leg
islation from the standpoint Of
efficiency and economy.
Would Cover Independent Units.
He said this would cover not
only the departments actually un-
der the administrative control of
the Commissioners, but all of the
independent boards and agencies.
Statutory jobs = those for
which Congress itself fixes the
salary - would have to be covered
by the classification within six
months after the date of enact
ment.
Mr. Fowler estimated that
adopting the provisions would
cost the District about 81 SOC, 900
between the time they go In effect
and the end Of 1851. He esti-
mated that from eight to ten ,addi-
tional employees would be needed.
This staff, he said, should be
headed by top flight individual
acquainted with business admin
iStration." =
The budget officer said the new
legislation would provide an op-
portunity for really enforcing
efficiency and economy" among
the District departments.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Cathedral Fund Report
Luncheon to Hear Grew

], Joseph c. Grew, former Ambas-
sador to Japan, will speak at a
report luncheon of the Washing
ton Cathedral Fund Campaign
Organization at 1890 pm. Tues
day in Barkley Hall of the YWCA,
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
Mr.. Grew and the Rt. Rev. Angus
Dun, bishop of Washington. sre
co-chairmen of the nationwide
drive.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Reaction Hotter
On Transit Radio
Than on Fares
| PUG Receives Heavy
Volume Of Opinions;
| Hearing Thursday

Whether the pros or the cons
prevail at Thursdays public hear
ing on transit radio, the Public
Utilities Commission staff has as
surance that the issue is a weighty
one in the eyes of the Washing
ton public.
The harrington whether radio
receivers in buses and streetcars
are consistent with public con-
venience, comfort and safety
is scheduled for 10 am. in the
board room of the District Build
ing.
The volume of opinion which
is being expressed to the commits
sion by mail and telephone indi-
Gates Capital Transit's introduce
tion of radio broadcasts has pro-
voked more attention than any
other issue before the PUG in
many years. including rate in
creaseS.
Three Seek To Intervene
OF the communications reach
ing the PUG offices, 265 deplore
transit radio and lot favor it.
But among citizens groups which
have sent in expressions, seven
favor it, including the Federation
OF Citizens Association and the
Northeast Business Mems AS
sociation, and three oppose it.
Three petitions to intervene
that is to present testimony and
cross examine witnesses - have
been filed with the commission.
The petitioners are Robert w.
Burton, vice president, on behalf
of the Burleith Citizens Associa-
tion; Guy Martin, 3117 Woodley
road NV, and Franklin S. Pollak,
1888 Twenty-seventh street NV.
The petition of the citizens
group notes that it is on record as
opposing radio reception in buses
and streetcars. The papers term
transit radio an imposition on the
riding public and an invasion Of
the right of privacy.
Transit Franchise Is Cited.
THE franchise granted to the
Capital Transit Co. is for the pri-
mary and sole purpose of provid-
ing transportation for individuals
within the limits of it's coverage
from one point to another" the
petition states, land does not en-
title the company to procure reve-
nue. from sources sucn as are here
in ISSUE"
t. Whether transit riders will at
tend Thursdays hearing. In as
large numbers as their interest
would indicate is not known, but
one woman informed the PUG
she was sending out 1000 notices
Eof the hearing.
The commission already has
turned down suggestions that II
radio music. time signals, weather
reports. news and ads are not dis
tracing in streetcars and buses,
these is no reason why the public
hearing should not be conducted
with a background of the same
broadcastS.
Evening star., 1949-10-23

1945, last night
was el e c t e d
president of
the apitol
District Coun-
Gil, Pain t in g
and Decorating
Contractors of
America.
The election,
in W hic h the
District deco
r a t or a n d
painter Sue
ceeded Frank
s. Jones of
Richmond was
Evening star., 1949-10-23

oCC - AAA6S oGC3A4 oA4OVCA dV "O4h
across the street. He blasted away
at the Union, when he discovered
the cause. The Fine Arts Commis-
sion and National Capital Park
and Planning Commission took
sides with DR.. Lleras and the In
terror Department finally ad-
mitted defeat.
DIR. LleraS sponsored a previeW
of the annex yesterday.
The 1,0O0-foot tunnel that con-
meets the annex with the south
west corner of the main Pan
American Building was actually
started some years ago. Work on
it was renewed when the issue of
the site was finally determined.
It services as short cut to the
annex for the avoidance of street
traffic. Also it serves as a conduit
for the pipes that convey heat to
the building from the Govern
ment's central heating plant.
The $2,100.000 construction cost
Of the annex was met by quotas
from each of the member Ameri-
can States and an original grant
of $650.000 from the Carnegie
Corporation. The late Paul B.
Cret. who designed the Pan
American Building was called in
on the plans for the annex in
the early 1930s. These plans were
eventually carried out by Harhe-
son. Hough, livingston IL Larson,
architects and the Turner Coh-
Struction Co.
Simplicity iss the keynote Of
the interior Offices and rooms
which will number about 10. DR..
Lleras will have his main Office
on the front center of the second
Evening star., 1949-10-23
CurIey Club Pluns Picnic

The Curley Club Of Washington
will hold its final fall picnic at
Great Falls Park at l pm. today
The group will meet at the Con-
tinental Hotel and then so to
the park.
Evening star., 1949-10-23

10 SPCCldl do-
sistant corpo-
ration counsel
for the District
a n d attorney
for the special
financial unit,
c oil e ctor of
Taxes Of the
District.
other off,
GERS of the as
sociation are
Mrs. Sarah A.
P e rrin, vice
president; Mrs.
Evening star., 1949-10-23

Plaza, New York. She was active
in that firm until her death.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs.
Terry Mentzer, who lives on Mid
lands Farm near Lovettsville, Va,
and her grandmother, Mrs.
Charles N. McGroarty, 306 North
Cherry street, Falls Church.
Evening star., 1949-10-23

Hansen, treasurer; Miss Ruth r.
Major. recording secretary, and
Miss Mary Bakshian, correspond
ing secretary. Col. Mary-Agnes
Eown, formerly head of the
WAAC in Australia in World War
II, is chairman of the finance
committee.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Mrs. FoircIoth President
Of Women's Bur Group

The Women's Bar Association
of the District has elected Mrs.
Olive G. Faircloth president for
the coming year. Mrs. Faircloth
Evening star., 1949-10-23
]. |. Bender Elected
By Painters Council

Jack I. Bender of 5543 Thir.
tieth place NV, one of the men
who supervised the paint-remov-
ing job on the White House in
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-08-12
Largest Horse
In World Is
Exhibited Here

BELGIAN Bob, worlds largest
known living horse, who stands
1914 hands high and weighs
l,750 pounds is but one of the
many rare and unusual animals
10 be seen with Animal Oddities
Exhibit. This interesting exhibit
Is now showing in Pasco at
South 3rd and Columbia and is
showing each cay continuously
from noon till 10 pm. Sunday,
August 18th will be the last day
tf its Pasco engagement. 2
In addition to BELGIAN Bob, the
Exhibit features a Tapir, from
Nayalya, very rare. There is also
Eebu, more Familiarity known as
the Sacred Ok of India, strange
little animal that is worshipped
BY the natives of that land.
The Yak from Tibet and north
ern China; the Water Buffalo,
hard working animal of China
Ind the South Pacific; the Cara.
kul Sheep from Persia, from
which expensive Caracul or Per
bian Lamb coats are made. There
ire many more equally as inter
fsting, but too numerous to men
hon here, to be seen with the
Animal Oddities Exhibit.
There are courteous guides
10 escort the visitors through the
Exhibit and to explain fully the
various animals.