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Evening star., 1950-02-28
Weekend Shopper
Held in Bail Of $500,
Exact Worth Of Loot

The weekend shopping" spe-
cialist who almost got away with
$500 worth of department store
loot needed exactly that amount
today to avoid spending next week
end in District Jail.
That's the bond slapped on Jo-
seph George Albert, jr., yesterday
by United States Commissioner
Cyril S. Lawrence, for house
breaking and grand larceny.
Woodward & Lothrop store Off
|cials have completed an inventory
.of merchandise Albert collected
after q 36-hour foray. but police
now are interested in. his activi-
ties OF another week end.
Checking Chicago Story.
They were checking Albert's
story of a similar visit last month
to the Fair Store in Chicago
This came to light after Albert
was arrested yesterday, wearing
an expensive new wardrobe and
attempting to make off with a
suitcase full of watches and rings.
=, He gathered the loot while
lodging total of, nine watchmen.
But after lowering the suitcase
from a third-foor window, he ran
into disaster when the same rope
broke as he was lowering himself.
I'm long .,alk with 1t. Albert
Hit OF the general assignment
squad Albert said he filched about
so watches in the Chicago store,
and expressed some of them to
Washington and Philadelphia. He
used his own name as the ad-
dresse and. coming to Washing
ton on two previous occasions,
disposed of the watches at five
pawn shops for about $40 each.
On several occasions he gave his
correct name to pawnbrokers.
Melted About $500.
The Chicago haul yielded him
about $500 as he visited Boston,
Providence, Philadelphia and New
York. Most of his travelling was
by bus or train. but he took a
plane to Washington for his most
recent "lost week end" he said.
The father of three children,
the tall, bespectacled former elec-
trio, appliance salesman said he
left them in Seattle in December
after difficulties with his wife.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
SIS 900 Bribe Reported Offered
To Sway Vote on Central Hiqh
Mrs. Mogdeburger
Refuses Details on
Anonymous Call

A $4,000 bribe offer has been
made anonymously to Mrs. Ed
ward C. Magdeburger, member of
the Board of Education. to inf1u-
ence her vote in the controversy
over the proposed transfer of
Central High School to colored
students.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing confirmed the report that the
bribe had been offered when he
was reached by telephone in At
lantic City this morning. He is
attending a convention there.
Mrs. Magdeburger refused to
say whether the bribe was to in
fiuence her to vote for or against
the transfer of Central. In an
earlier vote she supported trans
fer of the school to colored pupils.
Fay Has No Comment.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay has launched an in
vestigation of the incident, it was
learned, but he had no comment
to make.
The bribe offer was made sew
eral days ago by an anonymous
telephone caller. DR.. Corning said.
Mrs. Magdeburger told some
other members of the Board of
Education about the incident and
then reported it to Mr.. Fay.
DR.. Corning said he did not
know the details of the offer made
to Mrs. Magdeburger.
c. Melvin Sharpe. president OF
the Board of Education, also said
he knew the offer had been made
but was not familiar with the de-
tails. He said he did not know
which way the anonymous caller
asked Mrs. Magdeburger to vote.
Decision Due March 8.
The Board has voted to settle
the issue-whether Central High
School will be transferred to COL
ored students to relieve over
crowding at Cardozo High School
or whether some other solution
will be tried-at it's next meeting
on March 8.
Mrs. Magdeburger is a member
of the boards Building and
Grounds Committee and it voted
Evening star., 1950-02-28

The porcelains, silverWare and
jewelry Of the late Mrs. Henry M.
Hoyt are being unpacked at
IWeschler's auction house for a
sale that will run from March 13
to March II.
The articles are a reminder Of
the grandeur of the Theodore
Roosevelt administration. Mr..
Hoyt, who died in 1910, was Pres
ident Roosevelt's Solicitor Gen.
eral. The Hoyts lived at 1701
Rhode Island avenue NV.
The porcelains include Nielsen
and Dresden flgurettes and serv-
ings sets marked Faience. Sevres
Lowestoft and Sangue de Boeuf
The Meissen figurettes, made in
the German city of that name
near Dresden, are especially in
teresting. Their delicate shawls
are perforated with thousands Of
holes. Most of the articles were
purchased at Caldwelps in Phila-
delphia.
!. The 18th Century silverware
has the hallmark of Harvey &
Lewis. Tanguey and other London
silversmiths of that day.
Among the paintings are a
Corot. Constable and a Lucian
Powell. Among the jewelry are a
diamond and pearl lavaliere and
diamond and emerald rings.
An articulated platinum brace
let with 80 diamonds was taken
out Of the sale by Mrs. Nancy
Hoyt Curtis, Mrs. Hoyt's surviving
daughter. Removal OF the furni-
|ture from the Rhode Island ave-
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Sesqui Stamp Cancellations
To Start Here Tomorrow

Sesquicentennial cancellations
will begin to appear tomorrow on
all letters which pass through
Washington post Office machines.
The installation of the three
dies to be used will be marked
with special ceremonies at 1890
am. in the main post Office.
The dies will carry the Sesqui-
centennial slogan: National Cap
ital Sesquicentennial 1800-1950." -
Susan Fowler, S, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Fowler,
Takoma Park, Md, will hand the
first envelope to 60 through the
machine to Postmaster Roy M.
North. The letter will be sent to
President Truman.
King George vi of England
who is a stamp collector, will get
the second envelope. Princess
Elizabeth also will receive one.
Other recipients will be Postmaster
General Donaldson and the Lii
brarian of Congress.
Prominent philatelists and Ses-
quicentennial officials will take
part IN the ceremonies.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Bus Driver Routs
7 Ho|dup Men
In Rough Fight
Ex-Murine Saves
Money, but Suffers
Head Injuries

A former Marine corporal who
now drives Capital Transit Co.
bus early today beat off two hold
UP men who staged a battle in
his bus.
The driver, Edward j. Crouch,
%, of 928 South Buchanan street,
Arlington, Va, wound up in Cas-
ualty Hospital with head cuts. His
two assailants escaped. But they
didn't get the money.
Mr.. Crouch told police he was
sitting in his bus at the end of
the line, Sheriff road and Eastern
avenue NE, at 1928 am. today
when two colored men boarded
the bus.
Stocking Covered Face.
One of them, he said, had a
nylon stocking partially covering
his face. The man also appeared
to be holding something under his
coat.
This is a stickup," Mr. Crouch
said the men told him.
where's the gun?" asked the
ex-marine.
The man told him the gun was
under his coat. At that point,
Mr.. Crouch threw the newspaper
he had been reading into the face
of the supposed pistol-packer and
the battle was on.
The bus driver found out the
weapon was a stapling machine
when the man hit him over the
head with it. Groggy from the
blow, but still fighting, the vet
eran of Pacific campaigns half
pushed, half-socked his assailant.
Head Driven Through Glass.
He succeeded in driving the
mans head through the glass
panel of the bus door. The other
man then came running from the
back of the bus. Grabbing his
partners head, he tried to haul
him through the door. Mr.. Crouch
hung on to the mans feet and
a tug of war enSded.
Finally. Mr.. Crouch told police,
he had to let go. The bandits
escaped empty-handed.
The battling ex-Marine was re-
leased after treatment for head
cuts at the hospital.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
District Auditor Gets
Hiqh-Speed Check Writer

A check-writing machine that
will do, in four hours. work that
would require a week for seven
typists has been installed in the
Office of Auditor A. r. Pilkerton
The machine will print names,
amounts and addresses at the rate
of 1850 In an hour.
The first checks were made out
on the machine today for teacher,
policeman and fireman pensions.
Heretofore. the auditors Office has
made the checks out by hand
In addition to checks for en-
ployes. pensioners and relief
clients. the new machine will be
used to make quicker payments
to Washington merchants who
furnish the District with supplies.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Purim Ball 10 Choose
1850 Queen Esther

Choosing of a Queen Esther
for 1850 will highlight the annual
Purim Ball and Carnival to be
held at 8:45 pm, Saturday, by
the Washington Jewish Commun-
ity Center.
The ball will culminate a series
of programs celebrating one of the
most festive holidays in the Jewish
calendar. Purim, when translated
from the Hebrew, means Tots"
Purim commentaries the VIC
tory of Queen Esther and Nor
decai, the Jew. over the Prime
Minister of Persia, who attempted
to annihilate the Jews of Persia.
More than 16 Jewish youth
groups throughout the city are en-
tering contestants for the title OF
Queen Esther.
Contestants so far are:
Miss Beverly Beiser, 16: Miss
Claire Beiser, 18;; Miss Judy Click
man, 18; Miss Joan Goldberg, Is;
Miss Adele Goldstein, 16; Miss
Wilma Silverman, 16; Miss Ellen
Wertheim. 16; Miss Myra Siegel
Is: Miss Marlene Goldstein. 18;
Miss Harriet Shapiro, Is; Miss
Sondra Brown. Is; Miss Gloria
Davis, 81. and Miss Diane Blanken
The judges will be Bill Gold
Washington Post columnist; Ruth
Crane of Station WMAL, the Eve
ming Star station, and Martha
Strayer of the Washington Daily
News.
The program also will feature
the appearance of Gene Klavan o1
Station WTOP as master of cere-
monies, and several guest stars
The public is invited.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Jailed Driver Charge!
He Got No Chanceto
Raise $40 for Fine

A man who says he was jailec
before he could call friends fol
$40 to pay a traffic fine here was
bound for the Capitol today tc
tell his story to the District crime
probers.
He is Carl c. Shockey, ST., 81
of 1922 N street NV, an employe
of the Naval Research Laboratory
, The traffic charge, he said, was
the first he had faced in As years
Of driving. .,
A collision between his car ane
a truck occurred February 13 al
Second street and Maryland ave-
nue. S.W. Mr.. Shockey was
charged with failure to give right
of way.
Taken to Jail Protesting.
The case came up February %
before Judge Almond w. Scott in
Municipal Court. Mr.. Shockey
said he pleaded not guilty. Wit
nesses were Policeman P. J. Mu-
solf of the Accident Investigation
Unit and the driver of the truck.
Mr.. Shockey said he was not
permitted to testify nor did the
man who was riding with him at
the time of the accident get a
chance to speak. Mr.. Shockey
was found guilty and fined $40.
He didn't have it with him.
In the cellblock in the base
ment Of the court, he said he was
told he could use the telephone
beside the cellblock as soon as
it was free.- For about an hour
it was in use steadily. When Mr..
Shockey got his chance, the po-
licemen who take prisoners to the
District Jail, arrived with their
van and Mr.. Shockey was taken
away.
At the jail, still protesting, he
said he was stripped, showered
and given Jail clothing. He spent
the night and he conceded he
raised hell" that night and the
next morning.
Released Next Morning.
In the morning a trusty got his
story and an hour later he was
called downstairs to the Office.
Officials finally made the call to
the Navy and a friend immedi-
ately came out with money for
the fine. Eight dollars was paid,
Mr.. Shockey getting credit for
81 day for. two calendar days
in jail.
Judge Scott said he could not
recall the details of the case. He
said Mr.. Shockey's claim he was
not permitted to tell his story was
too ridiculous to contemplate"
He added that If Mr.. Shockey
had told him he was short of the
sum to pay his fine he would have
taken his bond for later payment
II do that almost every day." he
said.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Daily Lenten Services
Continue at Churches

Daily Lenten services are con-
tinuing this week through Friday
at 1905 pm, in the National
Presbyterian Church, the Episco-
pal Church of the Epiphany and
the Lutheran Church Center.
Yesterdays visiting ministers
to the three pulpits were the Rev
Robert r. Brown. rector of St
Paul's Church, Richmond, who
preached at the Episcopal Church
fof the Epiphany; the Rev. George
w. Hoyer of Calvary Church, Sill
tver Spring, Md. who was guest
speaker at the Lutheran Church
Center, 736 Jackson place NV,
and the Rev. c. Stanley Lowell,
pastor Of the Wesley Methodist
Church, who preached at the Ma
tional Presbyterian Church, Eight
zenith street and Connecticut ave-
nue. NV.
At yesterdays service, Mr.. Low
ell told worshippers faith in God is
the most creative idea ever formed
in the mind of man and is the
most important fact in the world
today.
Belief in God gives stimulus
to human achievement and ground
to mans hope" he said. you
can't live without hope.
"The human soul is built to
hope and 1t has to have hope.
Can you find hope in the hydrogen
bomb?"
A Service of the Lighted Cross"
will be held at 8 pm. each We'd
nesday during Lent in the Au-
gustana Lutheran Church, New
Hampshire avenue and v street
NV.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Dr.. White Is Appointed
To Surgical PIun Bourd

DR.. Charles Stanley White
well-known Washington surgeon
and former president of the Dis
trict Medical Society, has beer
named a member of the Board OF
Trustees of Medical Service OF
the District of Columbia-the
prepayment surgical plan admin
istered by Group disqualification
Inc.
DR.. White succeeds DR.. Warren
Sager, who resigned. DR.. William
P. Herbst succeeds DR.. Sager as
first vice president. The surgical
plan was set up by the District
Medical Society.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Army Kills Eviction Order
At Arlington Farms Units

The Army said today that evic-
ton notices to So Air Force families
in apartments at Arlington Farms
had been withdrawn. They had
been scheduled to be effective
today.
The department said that the
Air Force now had agreed to pay
rent on the housing and therefore
the notices would not be effective.
Issuance of the notices had come
about through disagreement be-
tween the Army and Air Force as
to what the latter should pay for
the quarters. Rents of the apart
ments range from $67.50 to $120
per month.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
PUG Aide Sees
'|mba|ance' in
Phone Rate Plan
Commercial Users
Held Favored in
Proposed Rises

The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co.'S proposal for in
creased rates today was queS-
toned by counsel for the Public
Utilities Commission as favoring
commercial subscribers at the ex-
pense of residential phone users.
Lloyd B. Harrison, PUG at
torney, raised the point of "im-
balance" between some of the
companys proposals, formally
presented to the commission at a
hearing.
The company asked the COM
mission to permit higher tele-
phone rates here on bills issued
on and after March 6. The pro-
posed new rate scheduled adds
SO cents a month to resident serv-
ice rates.
At Direction of PUG.
The schedule was prepared at
the direction of the PUG to pro-
vide the company an additional
S2,250,000 a year in gross rev.
enues. The company originally
had sought an increase of $3,2o0,-
900.
John M. Howard, general COM
mercial manager of the company
explained that the rate schedule
was designed to bring about ST.
715,000 from business and resi-
dence main station services. The
rest would come from supplement
tai service items, such as private
branch exchange service and serv-
ice connection and moving
charges.
In the residence service, private
unlimited phones would be in
creased from $4.75 to $5.25 a
month.
Two-party line fiat rate service
would rise from 81 to $3.50. The
two-party line message rate would
go from 1925 to SITS, with the
number of calls allowed reduced
from As to 40.
Calls 1t "Out of Line"
Mr.. Harrison appeared particu-
larly interested in the change in
the two-party line message rate
This is all out of line with ex-
listing schedules" he said.
Mr.. Howard replied that he
considered it an Improvement. He
added: 1--WE are trying to dis
tribute increases as equitably as
possible"
The phone official said at one
point that there had been no
customer reaction" to phone
rates and added that 1--WE are in
the business for the long pull"
Mr.. Harrison brought out that
the company's average rate in
crease proposed today would be
81 per cent. Broken down, the
increase for residence would be
1873 per cent. commercial users
rs per cent and Government, 1876
per cent.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
; Negroes Complain
OF Bias al Restaurant;
Test Of Old Law Due

Three Negroes today filed 6
complaint with the Corporation
Counsel that they were refused
service at Thompson's Restaurant
725 Fourteenth street NV. ir
violation of a 77-year-old District
anti discrimination law.
The three, accompanied by 9
white man, went into the restau-
rant at 1880 am. today in an
attempt to furnish the District
with a case to test the 1872 law
The Commissioners last week
instructed the Corporation eoun-
sci to prosecute the next complaint
of violation of the old statute.
The Four Listed.
The four persons who entered
the restaurant we're the Rev. Ar
thur Fletcher Elmes, pastor of the
Peoples Congregational Church
624 M street NV; Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell. well-known 86.
year-old Negro leader; Miss Essie
Thomson. 36. a member of Loca
All, United Cafeteria Workers, al
colored, and David H. Scull, 35, oil
Annandale, Va, who said he was
a member Of the Society Of
Friends.
The four went through the fooc
line at the Fourteenth stree
cafeteria, but their way out wa.
blocked at the cashiers stand BY
S. w. Becker. who identified him.
self as superintendent of tn.
Thompson Restaurants in Wash.
ington and Baltimore.
Mr.. Becker told Mr.. Scull h,
could buy food but that the othel
three cannot be served becaus,
it is the rule"
Go to Office at Once.
In going through the line
Mrs. Terrell had been served ;
bowl of soup but the other tw,
colored persons had only donut
and slices of pie which they them
selves had placed on their trays.
After the refusal, the four wen
Immediately to the Office of Clarl
King. assistant corporation coun
Sc, in the Municipal Court build
ing, accompanied by Mrs. Mar
garet Haywood, colored, an at
torney representing the group
They at once began making ou
affidavits.
Two other white women VIII,
preceded the four into the restau
rant to act as witnesses, also wen
to Mr.. Kings Office. They declined
to identify themselves.
Refused Before.
Mr.. Terrell was among a grou]
OF Negroes who were refuse.
service January 27 at the sam
restaurant. Shortly afterward
the group filed complaints will
the Corporation Counsel, pointin,
out the existence of the 77-year
old law.
Immediately after the grou]
left the restaurant, Mr.. Becke
placed call to Robert j. Wilson
executive secretary of the Wash
lington Restaurant Association.
The association last week ad
vised its members to continu
their segregation policies until
court declares them to be violat
ing the law. The groups state
ment was issued the day after tn
Commissioners announced thei
intention to seek a court rulin
on status of the old statute.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
.GI Bonus Bills
Near Showdown
AT Annapolis
Record Lone Budget
Gets FinoI Adoption
Without Debate
By J. L. Michael
Special Correspondent Of The Stor,

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 2S.-Mary-
land Senators and Delegates faced
showdown votes on veterans bonus
bills before the 30-day session ends
Thursday.
Both houses last night ad-
vanced separate bonus bills to Sec
ond reading in lively sessions
which included final adoption Of
Gov. Lanes record $144,203,564
budget for the coming year.
The appropriations measure
represents an increase of nearly
So million over current expendi-
lures. 1t was passed by the House
with no debate and only nine op-
posing votes. The Senate previ-
ously had adopted it with two dis
Senting votes.
Food Tax Bill Killed.
In the meantime, a bill to ex-
empt food sold in hotels and res
taurants from the sales tax was
killed by 16-to-13 Senate tally,
while two proposals to revise the
States real estate assessment pro-
cedure were moved to third read
ing in the House.
The Senate moved the bonus bill
along by a 20-to-9 vote. The
House tally was 80 to 81.
Both houses laid the bills aside
until the next legislative day after
a flock of amendments was Of
fered Margins in both house were
sufficient, if lines hold. to assure
passage on the final test.
Gov. Lane has not indicated
whether he will veto the bill if it
is sent to his desk.
Approval Predicted.
Legislators predicted that if the
measure is submitted to the voters
next November, as provided in the
bills, it will be approved by a
heavy majority, perhaps as much
as 4 to l.
Senator Louis L. Goldstein,
Democrat. of Calvert County, CO.
sponsor of a bill which would pay
veterans of the last war up to
$500. said if his $50 1893, 300 plan
is approved by the voters, it will
be necessary to call a special ses-
sion of the General Assembly to
set up implementing machinery.
The House bill, sponsored by
Delegate John F. McNulty, Demo-
crat, of Anne Arundel County,
calls for 100 million bond issue.
Both measures provide that re-
payment be made from sales tax
revenues above 20 million year.
They also authorize a dip into
real estate tax revenues II the
sales tax surplus is insufficient.
Tax Measure Overridden.
One of the property tax meas
ures on which majority forces
were overridden would prevent
real estate assessments from being
increased more than 10 per cent
in one year.
The other provides for reassess-
ment of all property once each five
years and for elimination of the
present plan under which counties
are divided into five districts with
one district reassessed each year.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Senate District Group
Backs Miss Barlow
And 5ca||ey as Judges

The Senate District Committe,
today unanimously approved tn
appointment of Miss Mary C
Barlow and Thomas c. Scalley a
judges of the Municipal Court.
The action was taken after ex
tended debate as to whether al
appointee to the court should hav'
had actual trial experience ant
whether nominee would promis'
to resign if he or she becam,
physically incapacitated.
The latter was reference tt
the case of Judge Fay Bentley Of
Juvenile Court who is a patient
at st. Elizabeths Hospital but will
hold her position to the end of hel
present term.
Both Of these arguments were
dispelled, however, as a group o1
supporters of Miss Barlow and Mr.
Scalley, including Judges Thomas
D. Quinn and Frank H. Myers OF
Municipal Court, testified to the
ability and legal qualifications OF
the nominees.
Two Oppose Miss Barlow.
Two opponents of the nomina-
ton of Miss Barlow appeared. One
was Henry Bliss, an employe o1
the Aluminium Co. of America
who served as foreman of tht
grand jury last July. Mr.. Bills.
said Miss Barlow probably wa.
capable Of looking up points o
law, but he voiced doubts as t,
her mature judgment"
Miss Barlow has served as {
legal assistant to the 10 judges O.
Municipal Court for the last si1
years. She is a professor of Law
at National University Law Schoo
and also has taught at Columbus
University Law School.
This point didn't influence the
committee, however, who heard
Judges Quinn and Myers both tes-
tify that on number of occasions
the advice she had given them on
pending cases had kept them from
making errors.
Judge Myers said she was "thor-
oughly competent" to serve on the
bench. and Judge Quinn said he
thought she would make an "ex-
ceptionally good" judge.
Would Resign Incapacitated.
Another opponent of Miss Bar
low was John A. Savage, 1903
Fairmont street NV, who wanted
to argue for the need of change
in the rules of the court. Chair
man Nicely cut this off with the
remark that most of the members
of the committee were lawyers
land probably know more law
than you do"
In the beginning Senator Hunt,
Democrat, of Wyoming, asked
Miss Barlow if she would resign
her judgeship should she become
incapacitated.
An immediate protest was
voiced by Senator Leahy, Demo-
crat, Of Rhode Island, who asked
whether that was fair ques-
ton
Miss Barlow said she would re-
sign if incapacitated, but Senator
Leahy Immediately made the
point this was mo contract" and
Chairman Nicely said he woulo
argue if he were her counsel that
she had answered the question
under duress,''