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Evening star., 1950-11-20
Archbishop Lauds Order
For Teaching Achievement!

The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washing
ton, congratulated the Religious
of Sacred Heart on the orders
achievements at a special celebra-
ton yesterday at Stone Ridge
Country Day School, 8101 Rock
vile pike, Bethesda, Md.
The work of the order is to edu-
cate young girls and women. The
Religious of Sacred Heart, which
has 179 institutions of learning in
36 countries, established it's first
school in Washington in 1923 at
1719 Massachusetts, avenue NV
The school, which moved to the
Stone Ridge site in 1947, has
about 200 students.
More than 500 persons heard the
Rev. Stephen F. McNamee, assist
ant provincial of the Maryland
Province, Society of Jesus, speak.
A musical program was given by
the choir of Holy Cross College,
Catholic University. J
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Snags Lewis RetriaI
IsPostponed Again

William (Snags) Lewis and 13
co-defendants today lost another
round in District Court in efforts
to escape retrial on gambling
charges in the District
Retrial, which previously had
been postponed until today, was
postponed again by District Court
Judge Edward A. Tamm, pending
trial of the defendants on gam
bling charges in Prince Georges
County, Md
Judge Tamm granted the new
postponement at request of AS
sistant United States Attorney
William Hitz. The postponement
in turn, was granted over the pro-
tests of Defense Attorneys Charles
E. Ford, Myron G. Ehrlich anc
William H. Collins, who contend
their clients should be brought te
a speedy trial here or that the
case here should be dismissed.
Lewis and the 13 co-defendants
here first were tried last December
but the jury was unable to reach q
verdict.
Government prosecutors have
described Lewis as the kingpin ir
a $14 million local gambling
syndicate.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Visitor From Iowa, so,
Thwarts HoIdup Man

A Washington holdup man came
out second best last night in his
encounter with a 6O-year-old vis-
itor from Des Moines, police re-
ported.
Maurice Repass, who is visiting
at 1911 Twenty-eighth street Sc,
was heading for his car when q
young man with gun approached
and demanded his wallet.
Headlights from an approach
ing car momentarily distracted
the bandit-and that was long
enough. After one hearty swing
from Mr.. Repass, he told police,
the gunman turned and fled.
In a more successful maneuver,
police reported, three colored boys
about 10 years of age last night
snatched a purse from the arm Of
Cecilia Ryan of the 200 block Of
Kentucky avenue Sc. as she
walked past an alley in the 100
block of Thirteenth street Sc.
The purse contained SIT and
Identification papers. q
Evening star., 1950-11-20
MI. Rainier Veteran
Killed, h, 7 Others Hurt
In Head-on Collision

A head-on two-car collision
killed one person and hurt two
others at New Hampshire avenue
and Peabody street NE, yester-
day.
The victim, Arthur J. Bois-
soneau, "a, of 1911 Chauncey
place, Mount Rainier, was the
years 60th traffic fatality. Sixty
three persons had died in traffic
at this time last year..
The two injured were:
Alfred L. Argo, "A, of CLIO Sligo
Mill road NV, former Metropol-
itan motorcycle policeman, who
is in Emergency Hospital with
compound fractures of the right
leg and arm; head. and chest
injuries.
Mrs. Virginia (. Argo, Al, his
wife, who is in Casualty Hospital
in serious condition with a frac-
tured right arm and head injuries.
Police estimated damage to both
cars at $1,750.
The victim is an Air Force vet
eran and is survived by his wife
and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Boissoneau of New Bed
ford, Mass.
Another accident between an
auto and a taxi yesterday in
jured two persons, neither seri-
ously, but the driver on one, LIE
Roy Williams. colored. 81. of 25
K street NV, forfeited $50 on a
charge of falling to yield the
right of way. He was uninjured.
Two passengers in the taxi,
driven by James T. Washington,
40, colored, of the $500 block of
Twelfth street NV, suffered
slight injuries. They were Mrs.
Roberta Hartsfield, 35, of 6
street NE, and her 5-year-old
daughter Imogene.
An automobile which police said
was travelling on the wrong side
of the road crashed head-on into
a Montgomery County squad car,
slightly injuring two policemen
early today.
The collision occurred about
2 am. on Rockville PIKE near
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Neighborhood Concert
Features 5 Composers

Music by five composers will be
played by the National Symphony
Orchestra at the second Neigh
borhood Concert of the season at
o'clock tonight in Cardozo High
School.
The free program is one of the
series presented by the The Eve
ming Star. It will be broadcast
over Stations WMAL and WMAL-
FIN.
The Roman Carnival Overture
by Berlioz is the best-known piece
listed. It is one of the most fire.
quently played works on symphony
programs.
American Salute" by Gould,
Fiddle Paddle" by Anderson,
Handels Royal Fireworks Suite
and two movements of the Fourth
Symphony by Dvorak make up the
balance of the program. Howard
Mitchell will conduct.
Evening star., 1950-11-20

Pook's Hill. Policemen James F.
Lawrence, 80, of 1108 Agnew drive
Rockville, and Maurice Leahy, 36
of 7127 Arlington drive, Bethesda
were treated at Suburban Hos
pital for cuts and bruises, and re-
leased.
Frank w. Armstead, jr., %
colored, of Harrisburg, Pa, driver
of the automobile. was uninjured
A Fort Belvoir soldier was seri-
ously injured last night in 6
motorcycle accident on No. / high.
way at Engleside, Va.
Sergt. Harold Clifford Crisman
81. was admitted to the Fort Bel
volr Hospital with undetermined
injuries. Virginia State police
said the handlebars of his motor
cycle touched those of another
motorcycle he was attempting to
pass.
Virginia State police, mean
while, announced that a hit-and-
run victim who was found deao
near Triangle, Va, Saturday
night, has been identified as Jo-
seph Arthur Pelletier, about 80, o1
Fall River, Mass. He was identi-
fled by FBI fingerprints. He for.
merly served in the ArmH
Evening star., 1950-11-20

vile turkeys, the lowest being for
1914 pound New York dressed
(feathers off only turkeys.
Frying and broiling chickens
average 80 cents pound for New
York dressed to SIS cents a pound
for ready to cook birds. Baking
chickens, rare this year, sell for
about So cents a pound, ready to
cook.
Washington housewives will be
able to buy a Thanksgiving meal
for about as low a price as any,
where in the country. according
to figures released by the National
Association of Retail Grocers.
Using the same sample menu,
the association estimates that a
turkey dinner for four will cost
$5.73 in Miami. Fla: 1894 in Des
Moines, $594 in Los Angeles, $6.18
in New York City, $6.98 in Waco,
Tex. with an instead of g.
pound bird; $7.78 in San Fran
cisco and $6.01 in Seattle, Wash.
Evening star., 1950-11-20

lished by o. H. Reed, printer,
Washington, gives an excellent
account of the legislative back
ground to the transfer of the seat
of Government to the banks of
the Potomac in 1900.
Purchasers Named.
1t also gives the name and
background of each of the pur-
chaSers of the lots in the orig
inal subdivision of the village.
The land was Subdivided by Sam
ual P, Brown, native of Maine,
who sold the Union supplies dur
ing the Civil War and apparently
made quite a fortune. He bought
the property after the first Battle
of Bull Run when real estate prices
were very low in the District.
When he divided 1t into lots
after the Civil War almost all
the purchasers were New England
men. Such Yankee names as
Houghton, Delapo. Folsom and
Emery were among the original
purchasers. Those famous Ohio
ans, Gen. William Tecumseh Sher-
man and his brother, Senator
John Sherman. sponsor of the
Sherman Antitrust Act, also pur-
chased lots and built houses there
for investment, but continued liv-
ing in the heart of Washington.
The history says that in 1866
"a large number of gentlemen,
mainly clerks in Government en-
ploy," decided to purchase home
sites in Mount Pleasant. One of
these was Samuel H. Goodman,
an employe of the Treasury and
a native of West Hartford, Conn.
He built house on Brown street.
His daughter, Mrs. William G.
Stuart Pearl Goodman) lives in
a handsome porticoed house at
the end of Oakwood terrace, ad-
joining the big apartment house
Evening star., 1950-11-20
.CoIIazo Counsel Asks
For Questionnaires
Filed by Grand Jury

In a surprise move, counsel for
Oscar Collazo, the Puerto Rican
who tried to assassinate President
Truman, today asked District
Court for permission to inspect
routine questionnaires filled out by
the grand jury which indicted
CollaZo.
The questionnaires contain per-
sonal information on the jurors
for the Jury Commission.
Chief Defense Counsel Leo A.
Rover. recently appointed by the
court to defend Collazo, said the
defense wanted to determine
whether there might be anything
which would disqualify any mem
bers of the grand jury which in
dicted his client.
Judge Edward A. Tamm de-
ferred action on the motion.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay argued that the
questionnaires were confidential
and not a matter of public rec
ord. He also argued that the
question of the defense being al
lowed to inspect the question
naires should come into court
only after a formal written mo-
ton has been filed.
Last Friday, Collazo pleaded not
guilty in District Court to four
count indictment charging mur-
der and assault with intent to
kill.
At that time Judge Henry A.
SchWeinhaut, before whom Col
lazo was arraigned, gave the
court t-appointed defense counsel
until December to file any mo-
tions in the case. No trial date
was set. Attorneys Sidney Sachs
and Kenneth D. Wood are asso-
ciated with Mr.. Rover in defend
ing Collazo.
Collazo. who is 81, is accused in
an indictment with first-degree
murder in the fatal shooting OF
White House Police Pvt. Leslie
Coffelt, November /, while trying
to break into Blair House. Col
lazo also is accused of premedi-
tated murder in th1 killing of Mr.
Cofelt.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Plaque 10 Cromwell
Unveiled at Annapolis
While Son Watches
BY the Associofed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 20.-Anothel
shrine has been dedicated at the
Naval Academy.
Mounted outside a room in the
academy barracks is PLAQUE
recounting the self-sacrifice in
World War II of a former occu-
pant of the room, Capt. John
Philip Cromwell.
The plaque was unveiled yester-
day in ceremonies honoring Capt
Cromwell, who was awarded the
Congressional Medal of Homo,
posthumously for choosing to &c
down with his submarine rather
than to risk capture by the enemy
while in possession of vital secret
information. Vice Admiral Charles
A. Lockwood, wartime commander
OF the Pacific Underseas Forces
was the principal speaker.
Among the midshipmen at the
ceremonies was the f1otilla COM
mander's son. 1st Classman John
Philip Cromwell. jr., of Palo Alto
Calf.
It was on November 10. 1943, the
day before the bloody assault on
Tarawa. Capt. Cromwell's flag
ship, the Sculpin, was sunk off the
japanese base at Truk Island.
The citation given with the
metal said in part: &C. His great
moral courage in the face of GER
tain death adds new luster to the
traditions of the United States
naval service. He gallantly gave
his life for his country"
The dedication ceremony yes
terday was the fourth in a series
of II honoring Naval Academy
graduates who were awarded Con-
gressional Medals of Honor.
Evening star., 1950-11-20

President Grant in 1876 and to a
New England sense of duty on the
part of Mount Peasants founders,
almost of whom came here from
that section of the Nation.
On May Is, President Grant
issued proclamation in anticipa-
ton of the centenary of the sign
ing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. 1t reads in part:
That it be, and is hereby, re-
commended by the Senate and
the House of Representatives to
the people of the several States
that they assemble in their several
counties or towns on the ap-
preaching centennial anniversary
of our national independence, and
that they cause to have delivered
on such day an historical sketch
of said county or town from its
formation time and that a copy Of
said sketch may be filed, in print
or manuscript, in the clerks
office of said county. and an addi-
tional copy in print or manuscript,
be filed in the Office of the
Librarian of Congress.
Met to Write History.
In response to this proclama-
ton. the citizens of Mount Pleas
ant. a village which was only 10
years old and probably did not
have 100 houses, held a meeting
on May 80. They decided to pre-
pare history of their village and
have it printed.
There was a subsequent procla-
nation from the President which
read:
Il therefore invite the good peo-
pie of the United States on the
approaching Fourth day of July,
in addition to the usual observ-
ances with which they are &C
customed to greet the return of
the day, further, in such man
ner and at such time as in their
respective localities and religious
associations may be most con-
venient, to mark its recurrence by
some public religious and devout
Thanksgiving to Almighty God for
the blessings which have been
bestowed upon us as a nation
during the century of our exist
ence. and humbly to invoke a con-
tinuance of His favor and of His
protection.
In response to this, the citi-
zens of Mount Pleasant met at
$50 am. on the Fourth of July
in the village hall and Edward
S. Peck read the Psalm of Thanks
giving from the 18th chapter of
1st Chronicles, including:
Therefore now, Lord, let the
thing that Thou has spoken con-
.cerning Thy servant and concern
ing his house be established for
ever"
At 10 am. the people assembled
in a grove adjoining the village
for an extensive program at which
Miss Belle Harmon read a CEN
tennial poem entitled, "One Hun
dred Years" Its first lines were: !:
"One hundred busy years! How
much they mean!
What mighty revolutions have
they seen!
What progress of the arts! What
progress of the pen!
What breaking down of wrong
What lifting up of men!"
The history which was pub
Evening star., 1950-11-20

with its center about at the pres
ent intersection of Fourteenth and
Kenyon streets. The race track
grounds extended from Tenth to
Sixteenth streets. The 1876 his
tory prepared by the citizens of
Mount Pleasant mentions a race
OF. the early 1800s. 1t says:
"It was on this course that the
world-celebrated race was con-
tested between Sir Henry and
Eclipse, in which Eclipse was the
victor and made the fastest time
then known to the sporting world" ="
But here this excellent history
leaves an omission maddening to
a form player. It does not give
the time for that famous mile.
The early New England residents
of Mount Pleasant had to have
center of culture. They built
Union Hall on Newton street. On
Sundays visiting divines used to
preach in it.
The Mount Pleasant Dramatic
Club presented plays there. A
favorite was Lady Audley's Sc
cret." Her secret was that her
first husband, thought drowned
at sea came back. and Lady Aud
ley tried to solve the situation
by hitting him on the head with
an iron pipe and stuffing him
IN a well.
Quick Curtain Fails.
He wouldn't stuff. The situa-
ton called for quick curtain
but the curtain was stuck. The
stage hand gave it a furious tug
and ripped the whole thing off the
ceiling. 1t came down on Lady
Audley. Lord Audley, who had no
business on the stage, came on
and rescued her and her victim. It
was evident that Lady Audley's
secret was out-out of the we'll.
He was supposed to be dead but he
was obviously alive and he had to
say something. He ad-libbed so
successfully that everyone agreed
that Lady Audley's Secret" was a
success.
John DeLaMater Of the Mount
Pleasant Citizens Association has
assembled a mass of material
about the old Union Hall, from
which the foregoing story was
cleaned. He has the programs of
the minstrel shows given there.
They refer to the hall long since
| torn down as the Mount Pleas
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Fairfax, Falls Church
Seem Willing 10 Study
Area Sewer Authority

At least two nearby Virginia
communities appeared ready to-
day to join Arlington County in
considering creation of a North
ern Virginia regional water and
sewer authority.
Spokesman for both Fairfax
County and Falls Church in
dicated their communities would
be willing to name representatives
on a committee which the Ar
lington County Board proposed
Saturday to study the regional
plan.
A Fairfax official said the plan
sounded like a good idea, but
added that the county did not
plan to let any study delay it's
immediate plans for construction
of a disposal plant south of Alex
andria. Bids for construction of
the plant are due to be asked
soon after the first of the year.
Falls Church officials indicated
they wanted to be represented on
the committee, particularly be-
cause of that city's interest in a
regional sewage disposal system.
Neither community has received
copies of the proposal from Ar
lington, however, and there was
no indication when their govern
ing bodies would consider the
| matter.
Alexandria officials were less en-
thusiastic about the plan. Coun-
Gilman Albert A. Smoot, who rep
resents the city on the Northern
Virginia Regional Planning Com
mission which suggested a regional
survey in 1949, commented that
the proposal may be another de-
laying action. He said he wanted
to know more about the plan be-
fore deciding whether it would be
a good idea to join in the study
He thought the matter first should
be discussed at a meeting of the
regional planning commissions.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Turkey Dinnerfor Family of Fou,
To Cost Between SIS and 81

A family of four may enjoy a
Thanksgiving turkey dinner in
Washington-at home. of course
for as little as $5.47.
The estimated cost could go as
high as $7.03, however. if better
grades of turkey are bought. With
chicken as the main course, the
cost might drop to $3.50 or so.
The estimated costs are basea
on average super market food
prices in the Washington area for
a holiday meal consisting of 6
pounds of chicken or turkey,
cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes,
tomato and lettuce salad, celery,
mince pie and coffee.
An allowance of 73 cents was
made for cream, bread, butter and
salad dressing.
Turkey prices, on the average,
are running from SIS to 83 cents
a pound. The higher figure is for
5 to 8 pound, ready to-cook Belts
Evening star., 1950-11-20
PUG Resumes
PepcoRateCase;
End Is in Sight
Flanagan Rejects
Capitol Transit Bid
To Delay Hearings

A Capital Transit Co. effort to
stretch out the Public Utilities
Commission hearing on proposed
electric rate increases received a
setback today.
The PUG resumed the hearing
at the District Building with the
end of the long -drawn-out affair
in sight.
1t has been under way Sporadi-
cally since last August 81 when
the first session was held on the
Potomac Electric Power Co.'S re-
quest for an overall 9.4 per cent
increase in rates.
Daryal Myse. transit attorney,
asked Herbert F. G. Main, Pepco
rate engineer, to furnish new
study detailing all the charges
made against the transit company
for power during the last II years.
Pepco Objects.
This brought immediate objec-
tons from James F. Reilly, Pepco
attorney.
Mr.. Reilly declared that every
bit of work the power company
has done for Capital Transit was
done on order and billed to the
company.
He declared that if the transit
company did not know what Pepco
has been charging them for during
the past II years it was a repre-
hensible way of doing business
James H. Flanagan, PUG chair
man, asked Mr. Myse:
rs it your position that the
Capital Transit Co. doesn't know
what it paid for?"
Mr.. Myse responded that the
company knew what it paid for,
but didn't have enough details to
determine if the charges were
within the terms of the contract
with Pepco.
won't Accept"
Mr.. Flanagan then declared:
. II won't accept your statement
that the Transit Company doesn't
know what it was paying for" He
said the PUG had had too much
experience with the transit COM
pany and its controller over the
years to believe such a situation
existed and that it cast too much
reflection" on the company
Mr.. Flanagan then upheld Mr.
Reilly's objections and Pepco was
not required to furnish the study
Under the rates proposed by
Pepco, the transit company faces
an increase of some $557 900 a
year in its power bill. This rep
resents an increase over its pres
ent bill of about So per cent. The
transit company not only is fight
ing any increase but claims it
should have a substantial reduc-
ton in its electric bill.
Evening star., 1950-11-20

now being built on the Martha
Washington Seminary site. Mrs
Stuart lent this reporter her copy
of the 1876 history of the COM
munity which is a rare bit OF
Washingtoniana if there ever
was one.
Mrs. Stuart remembers when
Sixteenth street rambled up Me.
ridian Hill through scrub woods
and squatter's shacks where the
walls of Meridian Hill Park ano
Henderson Castle now stand. The
castle has been torn down ano
the property is returning to the
oak, locust and honeysuckle growth
that used to separate Mount
Pleasant from the city.
Her father used to commute
to town in a horse-drawn bus tha,
went to the Willard Hotel cor
ner and then to Market Place anc
back in the evening-one trir
each way each day.
Mostly Open Fields.
She attended the old Mount
Pleasant school on Hiatt place
Once week she went to a schoo
on Georgia avenue and she re.
members between Fourteenth
street and that thoroughfare il
was mostly open fields.
There was the Mattingly farm
and above that the Holmead farm
She went to school with William
Holmead's children. William Hol-
mead was a great-grandson o1
Anthony Holmead who owned the
whole area then known as Pleas
ant Plains That's where Mount
Pleasant gets its name.
There was a mile race track
on Pleasant Plains that used tt
block the northward advance o1
Fourteenth street. 1t was started
about 1902 and was used unit
| about 1910. 1t was a perfect circle