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Evening star., 1950-08-09
Sesqui Events
Where to Go,
What to Do

This year marks the 150th
anniversary of establishment of
the permanent seat of the United
States Government in the Dis
trict of Columbia. The National
Capital Sesquicentennial Commits
sion has scheduled the following
events in observance Of the city's
150th birthday (free of charge
unless otherwise noted:
Today.
Maryland State Honor Day. with Coy.
Lane, State oficials and the Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad Chorus OF 10 voices taxing
part in pan paseant bo6
orins George Washington. at the Sesaui,
centennial amphitheater., sixteenth street
and Colorado sysn9e EWb nar'snSS mar snS pss }Ss
'aEseP TicPsts. 81 af 90 cents to 81 90, are avail
Building, Fourteenth and streets NV;
at stabier's Ticket Mart, 1922 street
NV; at Super City Music stores, 1850
NV, and at the amphitheater box ONCE.
Continuing.
'Srhe American Professional" paintings
and drawings recording four centuries OF
American history, at the Corcoran Gallery
of Art, S6VenLenJn SITeeL anu NEW 1oIA
avenue NV. Guided tour Of exhibit at
1890 m; "A New Nation" 1776-lSOO'
''Washingtonia" exhibit of pictures,
pamphlets and rare books from the col
lection of the District Public Library, at
the Corcoran Gallery.
Also, Plan Of Washington" srchitec-
ttural exhibit Gallery hours: 10 am. to
4:30 pm.
Makers of History of Washington,"
paintings OF great Americans and their
families, the National Gallery of Arts,
Sixth street and Constitution avenue NV
Picture of the week: THE Skater" by
Gilbert Stuart. famous painter of George
Washington Picture-of- the-week lectures
at 12:30 and 2:3O pm. Gallery hours: 10
am. to pm,
'Milestones in American Achievement. :"
an exhibit marking the sesquicentennial
of the Library OF Congress, as well as of
the District at the Library. First and B
streets Sc, 8 am. to 10 pm.
An exhibit of old pictures prints and
portraits of early Washingtonians, at the
Central Public Library. Seventh and K
streets NV, 9 am. to / pm.
tional Archives exhibition hall, ConstItu-
tion avenue between Seventh and Ninth
streets NV, o am. to pm.
Evening star., 1950-08-09
More U. 5. Workers Using
Discount TO See Pageant

Federal Government workers
in increasing numbers are taking
advantage of the special 20 per
cent discount for tickets to Faith
of Our Fathers" Sesqui officials
said today. They said they had
received requests for additional
special tickets from numerous
Government agencies, as we'll as
inquiries.
~ The discount applies only for
tonight and tomorrow nights
performances now. Federal work.
ers attending last nights show in
the new ampitheater in Rock
Creek Park also benefited from
the special rate.
Warm wraps should be worn,
officials said, as the weather in
the valley gets chilly after night
fall.
Evening star., 1950-08-09

Corporation Counsel's Office had
not co-operated with the defense.
Mr.. King said he had given the
anonymous letters to the defense.
Then he added:
Let's have cooperation from
the defense, too. I want samples
from DR.. Davies, the defendants
daughter, and others I will name.
Let's not have this cooperation
torieAsideds' = He later asked for
samples from all defense witnesses
except Municipal Court Judge
Frank H. Myers, who was a
character witness. A..
At this point, Judge Fennell
said to Mr.. Connolly:
You have had more co-opera-
ton than you have been entitled
to. You've had more than you
deserve in view of your conduct
IN court. This court has been
very tolerant of you. :"
The anonymous letters, one of
Evening star., 1950-08-09
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight
Washington, $3.50 pm.

nSAAAAS SOhb o'SV H'Ah'
Chevy Chase, Forty first and Liv-
ingston streets NV.
Takoma. Fourth and Whittier
streets NV.
Turkey Thicket, Tenth street and
Michigan avenue NE.
Davis, Forty fourth and H streets
NE.
Hine, Seventh and C streets Sc
Congress Heights, Savannah street
and Randle place Sc.
Howard, Fourth and w streets
NV.
Shaw. Seventh street and Rhode
Island avenue NV.
Thomas, 500 Block Anacostia road
NE.
Lincoln, Sixth and L streets Sc
Arlington, $3.50 pm.
Shirley Homes, Twenty-eighth
and South Nash streets.
Alexandria, 9 pm.
Washington, South Washington
street.
Montgomery County, 8 pm.
Rock Creek, East Leland street
and Beach drive.
Prince Georges County, 9 pm.
Silver Hill Elementary School,
Branch avenue at Silver Hill.
Evening star., 1950-08-09
Auditor Refuses TO OK
Potomac River Funds

West Virginia'S auditor has re-
fused to approve payment of
$500 for the States share of ex-
penses this year of the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac River
Basin.
Official notification of the ac-
tion by State Auditor Edgar B.
Sims was received at the COM
missions Executive Committee
meeting here yesterday. The
commission is made up of repre-
sentatives of West Virginia, Mary
land, Virginia. Pennsylvania and
the District of Columbia.
After discussing the refusal the
committee decided to leave the
matter in the hands of the COM
missions West Virginia members.
In other business. the group
adopted a report by it's Policy
Committee recommending that
the commission broaden it's activ-
tiles to cover all phases of nat
ural resources. in addition to the
abatement of pollution.
Mr.. Sims action was the third
of its kind taken by him on ap-
preparations made by the 1949
Legislature.
A refusal to pay $2,25O to the
eight State Ohio River Valley
Water Sanitation Commission
was upheld by the West Virginia
Court and has been ap-
pealed to the United States Su-
preme Court.
Last week, Mr.. Sims refused to
approve payment of $4,000 to the
Council of State Governments
Mr.. Sims said the legislative &C
ton authorizing State participa-
ton in the commission binds later
Legislatures to make appropria-
tionS for the purpose. He said this
was contrary to the State Consti-
tuition.
Evening star., 1950-08-09

which was mailed and one de-
livered by messenger, were written
on plain white paper in a hand
writing which a police expert
said may have been that of
woman. Police feel the writing
is not that of Williams.
The writer said he had felt
great remorse because Williams
was charged with the crime, and
added he had committed that Of
fense and several more in the
same area. The writer gave what
attorneys admit is an accurate
description of the two girls in
volved. At the trial, these girls
testified in a courtroom cleared
of all but Judge Fennell, Mr..
King. two defense attorneys, Will
liams, and a court reporter.
Although Mr.. King publicly
promised immunity to the letter
writer. no one appeared to admit
authorship.
Evening star., 1950-08-09

to the request for handwriting
samples and fingerprints, as re-
ported in today's press, in connec-
ton with the Williams case.
Although DR.. Davies is vaca-
tioning on his farm in the Shen-
andoah Valley, he will comply
with any request from your office.
However, DR.. Davies is deeply
incensed about the insinuation,
contained in your statement as
reported in the press, that he may
have been writing anonymous let
ters to you concerning the Will
liams' case. On his behalf I de-
mand a public apology for this
wholly unwarranted statement"
Letters Received in June.
Mr. Kings request for the
handwriting samples and finger
prints came during a stormy de-
bate with Defense Counsel Paul
Connolly.
Mr. Connolly had asked Munich
pal Court Judge Aubrey B. Fen
nell for a further stay of sentence
because, he said, police had not
yet checked certain partial prints"
on the anonymous letters with the
police flngerprint file. The letters.
received in June. were turned over
to police at that time.
Mr.. King said it was his under
standing the only legible print on
the letters was that of Mr.. Low
ther. However. Pvt. A. B. Masters
of the Police identification Bureau,
said there were certain other par
tial prints" which could perhaps
be identified.
Pvt. Masters said he had not
checked these with the police file,
because he had received no in
structions to that effect.
Mr.. Connolly then charged the
Evening star., 1950-08-09
Broadcast by Mohoney
To Be Heard Over Stute

Sound recordings of a broadcast
made by George P. Mahoney, can
didate against Gov. Lane for the
Maryland Democratic gubernato-
rial nomination, will be rebroad-
cast throughout the State, Ma
honey-fo for Governor headquarters
in Baltimore announced today.
The talk will be heard here over
station WGAY, Silver Spring, at
6.20 n m toYn0rrow
Evening star., 1950-08-09
Morals Case Prosecutor Won't Apologize to Pastor

Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark F. King said today he would
not apologize to the Rev. DR.. A..
Powell Davies for asking the min
lister to submit handwriting and
fingerprint samples for use in a
police investigation of two anony-
nous letters.
There is no reason for an apol-
ogy since no accusation was
made" Mr.. King said. There's
nothing personal about this. DR.
Davies was not singled out"
DR.. Davies, pastor of the All
Souls Unitarian Church, de-
manded a public apology after
Mr.. King, in a Municipal Court
hearing Monday, called on DR..
Davies and other witnesses for the
defense in an indecent exposure
case to submit handwriting and
fngerprint samples to his Office.
The corporation counsel's office
at court and police are investigat-
ing two anonymous letters from
a person who claims to have been
the man who exposed himself to
two teen-age girls April 10 near
American University. Robert
Snead Williams, jr, As. a former
District school teacher and trus-
tee of the All Souls Church, was
convicted of the crime and is
awaiting sentence.
Mr.. King said he made the re-
quest to Dr.. Davies and other de-
fense witnesses merely as a mat
ter of routine. He said elimina-
ton of all the people interested in
the case was a simple investigative
procedure.
The city prosecutor observed
that he and his staff had been
fingerprinted, and that a print on
one of the letters was that of
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Joseph A. Lowther, who took the
letter from an unidentified mes
senger.
DR.. Davies, who is out of town
on vacation. issued the following
statement after learning of Mr..
Kings request:
Mr.. Kings request is insulting
and offensive and apparently an
expression of personal rancor. 1
have asked my attorney, Wendell
Berge, to demand from him a
public apology. In the interest
of justice to Mr.. Williams I shall
nevertheless comply with the re-
quest.
Meanwhile. I suggest that Mr.
King display some of the integrity
he questions in others by having
an honest investigation of these
letters made instead of using his
exertions only to justify his pros
ecution of Robert Williams. Will
liams has been seen by three
psychiatrists. two of them experts
in sexual pathology. all of whom
testify to the improbability of his
guilt. He has also taken the
sodium amytal test. The case
against williams has been weak
from the beginning and King
knows it. He has admitted to me
that he decided to prosecute only
after considerable hesitation and
doubt. Now he is getting reck-
less, The time has come for a
committee of citizens and psychia-
trists to investigate the conduct
OF this case by the Corporation
Counsels Office"
King Denies Hesitancy.
Mr.. King denied he ever told
DR.. Davies he had been hesitant
to prosecute.
Mr.. Berge released this copy OF
a letter he said he was sending to
Mr.. King:
"Dr. A. Powell Davies has asked
me to act as his counsel in respect
Evening star., 1950-08-09
Charles County Invited
To Attend Church Picnic

The Rev. John Bailey, acting
pastor of the Holy Ghost Church
at Issue, Charles County, Md, will
have an all-day picnic beginning
at 1890 am. Saturday. at the
church grounds. The entire
county is invited.
Father Bailey is assistant pas
tor OF st. Anthony's Church at
Twelfth and Monroe streets NE.
Evening star., 1950-08-09
District Bills Await
Consent Calendar Call
In Senate Today

The Senate today was to make
Second-day call of its consent
calendar, with number of bills
of District interest coming up for
possible action.
The calendar review was start
ed yesterday but not finished,
Only two District bills cleared the
Senate hurdle. Seven others met
objections, which blocked action.
Awaiting action are two ma
tional bills of direct local interest.
One would authorize a new Fed
eral road aid program to speed
the completion Of the Baltimore
Washington eXpreSSsway.
The other would amend the
Hatch an-politics' act to per-
nit the Civil Service Commission
to mete out lesser penalties than
dismissal to Government workers
found guilty of minor violations
of the law against engaging in
party campaigns.
Architect Bill Passed.
The Senate yesterday passed
bill recommended by the Senate
District Committee, providing for
the registration and regulation of
professional architects. This was
House bill but was amended in
the Senate, so the bill goes back to
the House for further considera-
ton.
The Senate also passed bill to
permit the investment of funds Of
insurance companies licensed by
the District in the obligations of
the International Bank for Re-
construction and Development.
This bill goes to the House for
consideration.
During the day. while scores of
bills were up for Senate action,
the body passed a House bill TO
increase from 5000 to $1,000 the
maximum allowable from a de-
cedent's estate for funeral ex-
penses, as a preferred claim, but
this action later was set aside.
Passage Reconsidered.
Senator LANCER, Republican, of
North Dakota, who had not re-
allied the bill had been passed.
asked that it be reconsidered.
Winning this point, he then OBJ
jected, and action thereby was
blocked.
Also side-tracked during the
Senate session yesterday were bills
to authorize the Commissioners
to kill the starlings, the bill of
District Committee Chairman
Neely to establish a Commission
on Human Rights, and bills to
include men in the provisions
of the District Minimum Wage
Law, to set up a system for
the licensing and regulation
of professional optometrists, to
permit the Federal Deposit In
surance Corp. to build new home
for its Washington headquarters
out of it's surplus funds and to
liberalize the payments and dura-
ton of jobless benefits under the
District Unemployment Compen-
sation Insurance Law.
Awaiting action today, as the
Senate resumes its call of the con-
sent calendar, are bills to au-
thorize Government purchase of
the "Old Stone House" in George
town, to set up special protection
for historic areas of the old
Georgetown area, to define more
clearly the responsibilities of the
District auditor over city fund
disbursements and to authorize
police to destroy dangerous
weapons conf1scated from persons
having illegal possession of them.
Evening star., 1950-08-09
CornivoI Opens Friday

The Rockville Volunteer Fire
Department will hold it's 14th an
nual carnival beginning Friday.
The carnival will continue through
August 26.
Evening star., 1950-08-09
New Civic Group Planned

Residents of Glenn Dale. Md,
and vicinity will gather at 8 pm.
Friday in the fire hall to form a
citizens association.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10
MIDDLE BASS

The host of the week was AL
bert Gmelch Saturday night,
March a when Mr.. Gmelch enter
tained Mr.. and Mrs. Rudy Fisch-
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Swisher,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Schneider
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Eisenbarth,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Silver, Mr..
and Mrs. Douglas Cartledge, Fred
Zeck and Harry Keller. Mr.. Zeck
was the weekend guest of the
Charles Schneiders.
The Ladies Card Club met at
the home of Mrs. Charles Schnei-
der March 2. Prize winners were
Mrs. Frank Roesch first, Mrs. John
Roesch second, Miss Emma Bech-
stein low, and Mrs. Amanda
Schneider was skunked. A de-
lightful luncheon of fruit salad
and waffles was served by Mrs.
Schneider.
Mrs. Frank Roesch will be at
tending the Flower Show in Cleve-
land this week. She plans to
visit friends as well as her son
and family.
Mrs. George Lonz was hostess
March to Mrs. Joseph Disrude,
Miss Hazel Heise, Mrs. Walter
Swisher. On the third she en-
tertained Mrs. Anna Kuemmel,
Mrs. Amanda Schneider, Mrs.
Rudy Fischer, and Mrs. Charles
Schneider.
Otto Kuemmel visited his moth
er, Mrs. A. Kuemmel last week
end while his wife and sons visit
ed in Sandusky. While Otto was
here his brother, Henry Kuemmel
joined his wife and daughter Kar-
en-, at the home of his wife's par
ents in Bellevue.
While reporting on the Kuem-
mel clan your reporter noted that
the William Kuemmels are at
home again after an extensive
tour of the south, including visits
at the Mardi Gras at New Orleans
and Mrs. Leslie Bretz in Kissi-
NEE, Florida.
Paul Silver and Harry Keller
put up new bi-con stack antenna
on the Silver rooftop March a.
With the new antenna reception
has been greatly improved. Near
ly every night is television party
night at the Stivers with friends
coming in to see Arthur Godfrey
and their other favorite programs.
The Walter Swishers were
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10
Mogruder HospitoI

Surgical
Albert Putzke, March 2.
Robert A. Simon, March 3.
Delmer Annon, March 6.
Mrs. Peter Sztuk, March 7.
Mrs. Guy Lotridge, March 8.
Medical
Otto Below, March /.
Mrs. John Wistinghausen, Oak
Harbor, March 2.
Shirley Lee, Lakeside, March 3.
Mrs. Charles Johnson, Lakeside,
March 8.
Margaret Lou Rister, Oak Har-
Dor, March 3.
Mrs. Arthur Cupp, March 3.
Jacob Shertzer, March 3.
Glen Jones, March d.
Mrs. Joseph Stiffler, Oak Harbor.
March a.
Mrs. Robert Kindley, Lakeside,
March 5.
Mrs. Joseph Povlick, Lakeside,
March 5.
Mrs. Joseph Vargo, March 6.
Roy Webster, Put-in-Bay, March
7.
Joan Krawczyk, March 8.
Isaac Bodi, Oak Harbor, March 9.
Births
Mrs. Henry Kowalski, Gypsum,
girl, March 8, 9 lbs, a 3/4 OF.
Mrs. Arthur Wepler, boy, March
3, S lbs, 14h OF.
Mrs. Dale Meacham, girl, March
q, 8 lbs, 2'a OF.
Mrs. Raymond Sherwood, boy.
March S, a lbs. Az OF.
Mrs. Francis Morrison, boy, March
6, 6 lbs, " OF.
Mrs. Wilbur Dress, Lakeside, girl,
March 6, 5 lbs, 61s OF.
Discharged
Mary Hetrick, Fred Weyhe, Oliver
Lutes, Mrs. Sue Wright, Mrs.
Edith Tewers, Steve Fuzase,
Mrs. Myrtle Carpenter, Mrs.
Sarah Battiste, James Mul-
Inns, Mrs. Mary Klingbiel
and baby, Mrs. Mildred Baker
and baby, Lloyd Mackey, Mrs.
Erma Pierson and baby, Mar
ian Eberly, Mrs. Betty Probel,
Ray Howerth, Mrs. Betty Be-
more and baby, Carl Mires, Mrs.
Luella Marsac, Mrs. Robert Mis-
sen and baby, Charles Schultz.
Glen Jones.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10
LIFE--
at Its Best
By RAY BEALS

Our Stewardship of the Soil
They say that little city girl
and her country cousin were hay
ing visit one day and the coun-
try girl remarked, dad says that
if the weather doesn't change we
won't have decent crop of toma-
toes this year." To which the city
girl replied, "Well, we don't have
to worry about that in town. We
get our tomatoes down at the cor
ner grocery"
AS a matter of fact, there are
many grown-ups who take just
about the same attitude when it
comes to a consideration of the
problems of rural areas and rural
people, and we'd better outgrow
that kind of childishness in a
hurry!
Whether we realize it or not,
the welfare and the future of every
| one of us is tied up with about
1/3 acres of productive soil, and
we have a very vital stake in what
is happening to that land.
Mr.. Ollie Fink, Of the Friends
of the Land organization, has
pointed out that there are about
14O million Americans dependent
upon AGO million acres of crop
land for their subsistence, which
adds up to about 3 1/3 acres per
person. 1t is important to all of
us how this land is used and oper-
ated. Says he: "We all have u
stake in those acres, even though
we may never see them. The top
soil is not deep, and it is important
that every bit of it is conserved.
Conservation is more impor-
tant to the people in the cities
than it is to those who live on the
land. Men must be fed before the
machines can be fed. If only
enough food is produced for coun-
try folks-those in towns and
cities starve. The people who live
in the cities eat only the surplus" !"
All of this takes on new i'm
portance in the light of recent
report by the u. S. Soil Conserva-
ton Service: $50 million acres of
once fertile cropland have been
ruined for any further practical
cultivation. Much of this is now
abandoned. Another so million
acres is we'll OH the road toward
abandonment, and on second 100
million acres of cropland We have
permitted erosion to peel off from
25 to rs per cent of the top soil.
200 million acres ruined for fur
ther cultivation, severely damaged
or seriously impaired is lot OF
land. If used properly it is enough
to support over 60 million peo-
pie"
This may sound like "propa-
ganda" column today. Maybe it
| is! But if we are to enjoy "life
| at it's BEST" it is pretty important
| that we develop a keener sense
of stewardship in our dealings
| with the soil. AS one writer put
it. Conservation of souls and con-
servation of the soil are INSOFAR
able-what is good for the land is
good for man"
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10
ELIZABETH ROSE WIECHEL

Mrs. Elizabeth Rose Wiechel.
former resident of Danbury Twp,
passed away Monday afternoon
in the home of a son, Charles
Wiechel, in Rossford.
Born in Danbury January 25,
1867, Elizabeth Rose Wiechel was
aged 83 years, one month and IL
days. Her husband preceded hel
in death.
Surviving are two sons, Charles
Rossford, and George, Toledo;
one brother, William Riedmaier,
Danbury; three grandchildren and
fo"r great grandchildren.
The body is at the Gerner and
Wolf Funeral Home, Washington
Street. Funeral services were
held Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock in st. Paul's Lutheran
Church, Danbury, the Rev. Z. f.
Eckhoff officiating. Burial was
in the church cemetery under di-
rection of Gerner and Wolf.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10
PATRICIA ANN OGLESREE

Funeral services for Patricia
Ann Oglesbee, two-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ogles-
bee, who died Sunday in Magru-
der hospital, were held Wednes-
day from the J. A. Neidecker fu-
neral home, the Rev. j. w. Bige-
low officiating. Burial was in
Riverview cemetery.
Besides the parents she is sur
vived by brother, Charles, Jr.; a
half-sister, Janet Arthur, Beech,
West Virginia; grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Wesley Oglesbee, Lake
side, and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy But
Ter, Beech, West Virginia.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10
DEATHS
PERRY HEVENER

Pel1j, Hevener passed away Sat
urday in the Ottawa County
Home after a long illness. He
was born August Is, 1869, in Bay
Township, and was aged 80 years,
six months and 10 days.
Surviving are one brother, Roy
.Hevener, Toledo. Funeral SER
vices were held Tuesday forenoon
in the Gerner and Wolf Funeral
Home, the Rev. j. V. Bigelow of
the f. U. b. Church officiating.
lnterment was in the County Home
Cemetery.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10

Mrs. Emma Held, IS, well-known
Elmore resident, passed away on
Monday morning in the home of
her son, Il. c. Held, Maumee.
Surviving are one daughter.
Mrs. Harold Hineline, Toledo; the
son, r. c. Held, Maumee; three
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Funeral services We're to be
held Thursday afternoon in St.
Johns Evangelical Reformed
Church, Elmore, the Rev. c. Ralph
Schmidt officiating. Interment in
Union Cemetery, Elmore.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10

swamped with ice fishermen even
after they warned them in ad-
vance that there were no fish To
be caught. Among those were
Lee and Charles StuclSman of Bu-
cyrus, Jack Welch of Sandusky.
Bob Breckenridge of Sandusky
and several from Lorain.
Harry Keller had supper guests
Sunday, March 5. These were AL
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10
ENROLLED HERE

Two ordnance armament spec
ialists are enrolled in the March
Army training course on antiair-
craft artillery conducted at Erie
Ordnance Depot. They are: Otto
w. Johnson of Fort George G.
Meade, Maryland, and Paul Berry
of Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10
COMPLETES COURSE

DR.. Donald Burke, Port Clinton,
was among the 81 dentists from
nine states and Canada who re-
Gently completed postgraduate
courses at Ohio State University's
College of Dentistry. He was en-
rolled in oral surgery classes.