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Evening star., 1950-04-21
D. {. Parking Agency
Sees 1000 Potential
Spaces Downtown

There are some 1000 potential
parking spaces in the downtown
area that could be developed by
private enterprise on publicly
owned land. according to a re-
port by the Motor Vehicle Park
ing Agency.
Charles M. -Upham. agency
chairman, has sent a list of the
locations to the Commissioners.
They include the Western Mar
ket at Twenty first and K streets
NV. and the Civil Service Build
ing site.
The agency feels, he said. that
development of the projects
should be vigorously pushed"
1t was urged further that the
District. in planning any new
buildings. carefully estimate the
peak amount of parking likely to
be needed and provide ample
space for it in the plans.
The District-owned Western
Market for many years has been
leased to food concessionnaires
One group of investors is said
to have offered to lease the prop
erty for a long term, raze the
antiquated building, put up a
multi storied structure of which
the first floor would be devoted
to a market at least as large as
the present one. and the upper
floors. to public parking.
The agency's report said it was
understood other investors also
were interested and recommended
an immediate effort" to realize
the project.
Another District-owned prop
erty on the list is part of the land
between Pennsylvania avenue.
John Marshall place. C and Sixth
streets NV. The first unit of the
new Public Library and another
city-owned building are located
there, but part of the space is
either vacant or occupied by de-
lapidated structures, it was
pointed out.
Space for 300 Cars.
The agency said the old build
ings should be razed. releasing
enough parking space for 800 cars.
Part Of the land already is leased
as parking lot. it noted.
AS for the Federally owned
property. the site of the Civil
Service Building. between Sew
enth. Ninth, F and G streets NV,
recently was proposed for use as
an off-street parking center by
Maury Nee. first vice president
of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association.
Another Federal property. part
Of the square Immediately east
of Union Station, could yield
parking space for $50 cars, pend
ing unspecifled future building
contemplated in the long term
plan of the National Capital Park
Planning Commission, the agency
said.
Still another site is that just
east Of First street NE. between
B and C streets, facing the Senate
Office Building. This was bought
for a new Senate building, for
which construction funds are not
yet appropriated, it was pointed
| out,
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Man Accused by Census Toker
B|omes Bite on Dog, Is Freed

cupation, Mr.. Robinson said. At
that point, according to the wit
ness. Mr.. Smith assaulted him,
"chewed on my finger" and hurled
him from the house.
Mrs. Smith and the defendant,
an ash hauler, gave a different
version. They said Robinson, in
his haste to leave. knocked down
the defendant. During the en-
suing scuffle. they said, the dog
escaped and took over the battle.
Judge Thomas D. Quinn found
the defendant not guilty. Censrs
officials said the Smith home is
still to be enumerated.
District Supervisor Normal Rus
sell said ne would probably visit
Mr.. Smith himself to complete
the information.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Horace E. Dodge II Sued
By Relative for $250,0OO
ey the Associated Pres.

LOUISVILLE, KY. April 21.-
Horace E. Dodge II, millionaire
sportsman and heir to an automo-
bile fortune. was named defend
ant in a $3.50, 900 suit filed in JEFF
ferson Circuit Court today by his
sister in law, Miss Elizabeth
Tinsley.
Miss Tinsley. sister of Mr.
Dodge's wife. said in her suit that
he assaulted, beat and bruised
her last Saturday night while she
was a guest in the Dodge home
here.
Mr.. Dodge. owner of My Sweetie
q speedboat which won the Presi-
dents Cup in the Potomac last
year, purchased his home here
last October.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Educators 10 Discuss
Need for Aid in Areas
with U.S.. Installations

The Nations $50 hardest hit"
school districts have been in
vited to send delegates to a meet
ing here next Tuesday at which
DR.. Harry C. Byrd, president of
the University of Maryland, will
be the principal speaker.
The meeting will be held at
8 pm. in the auditorium of West
tern High School.
The hardest hit" school dis
tricts are those that have lost
taxable land due to development
of Federal Government installa-
tionS in their areas. These Fed
eral developments also have
brought thousands of additional
students into these communities
who must be educated at the
schools there.
Expected to Indorse Bill.
Delegates to the meeting are
expected to indorse a House bill
which would establish Federal
responsibility for aiding schools
in the areas where military or
civil activities of the Federal
Government have created unuSua!
school problems. The District is
not included in the bill.
Mrs. Wells Harrington, mayor
of Greenbelt. Nd. and vice presi-
dent of the Maryland Congress
Of Parents and Teachers Associa-
tions. will discuss the problem in
Prince Georges County.
Mrs. Eugene Meyer. acting
chairman of the Metropolitan
Area Citizens Committee for
Public Schools, is general chair
man of the meeting.
Other speakers will be James K.
Sims, Planeview. Kan: J. E. D.
Wagner Charleston. Ind; Mrs.
Hermes w. Gautier. Pascagoula
Miss, and Mrs. Leonard Laws,
Midwest City, Okla. A sixth speak
er will represent Mad River Town
ship, Ohio.
GSA Official to Talk.
DR.. Byrd is expected to speak
on the Importance to the Nation of
Federal aid to areas which have
been unable to provide adequate
schools because of Federal activity
B. Alden Lillywhite, program
consultant for the communities
facilities service of the General
Services Administration, and
Henry F. Alves, director of the
division of school administration
for the Office of Education, will
discuss provisions of TIE bill.
The general problems faced by
schools in the critical areas will
be described by William A. Early
superintendent of schools in Ar.
lington County,.
Evening star., 1950-04-21

A Washington resident, accused
of biting the finger of census
taker, was acquitted in Municipal
Court today.
Witnesses testified it was the
residents dog which actually drew
blood during a stormy interview
last Tuesday at the home of
George P. Smith. colored, 1888
Nichols avenue Sc.
The enumerator. Lawrence Ro-
binson, colored, of Sc Fifty third
place Sc. said he was greeted at
the house by Mrs. Dorothy Smith
who locked up a dubious looking
dog and started answering ques-
tionS.
Trouble started when he came
to question about Mr.. Smiths oc-
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Hospital Plane Hit
By Lightning Lands
Safely Here With y

Lightning struck an Air Force
hospital plane in mid-air last
night, tore a hole in the tail as
sembly and knocked out one
engine, but the 4-engine craft
landed safely at Boiling Air Force
Base with 20 persons aboard.
Bound here from San Antonio
the C-54 was struck at 1000 feet
over Gordonsville, Va, about 10C
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Rodford 'Womon Named
Viroiniu Mother of Yeur
BY the Assoe;o.ed Press

RICHMOND, Va. April 2l.-
The Virginia State Mother of 1850
is Mrs. June Mcconnell Graybeal,
So. of Radford. mother of six.
The Virginia mother Is chosen
annually by the Golden Rule
Foundation on the basis of her
interest in world and community
affairs, spiritual and moral quail
tiles, personality. and the achieve
ments and character Of her chill
dren.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Couples Jobs
GET in Wayof
Census Takers
Washington Count
Is 7l% Completed
At $4,000 Figure

Employment of both husband
and wife, a boon to the family
budget. is a barrier to the censu;
taker in the Washington area.
Call-backs by enumerators. ne.
cessitated by absence of the mar
and his wife on first and secono
visits, may run the Metropolitan
areas nose-counting into early
May. officials said today.
Washington is about II per cent
complete, the Metropolitan Area is
about 73 per cent counted, ano
the National as a whole is about
IS, Director Roy v. Peel has an
nounced.
In figures the II per cent in
Washington means about $4,000
persons listed. Total population
in the 1910 census was 663.091
For the Nation, about lis million
persons have been counted.
Many Call-backs Ignored.
Largely because of Government
Offices here, the high employment
rate of man and wife is delaying
completion of the count here, Off
cials said. "Enumerators are run
ming up to 20 per cent per man in
call-backs." a spokesman said.
Cards are left asking the resi-
dents to communicate with the
enumerator, but in many instances
these are being ignored" he
added.
The count started April l and
should be completed, except for
the cleanup calls. by the end of
the month, he said-which is more
time than officials expected the
job to require.
Faster Than in 1910.
Mr.. Peel declared the $50 count
has gone much more rapidly than
the 1910 census, with detailed rec
ords showing a 43 per cent COM
pletion on April IS this year
against less than SO per cent al
the same point in 1910.
City census takers will concen-
trate on repeal. clean up" calls
the rest of this month to catch
somebody home. But if they're
still unsuccessful. the Census Bu-
reau has trick up its sleeve.
Warnings to Be Given.
So that the count will be as
complete and accurate as pos
sible, it has notified supervisors
throughout the country to give
warning before they close their
books in any locality.
The supervisors have been in
structed to do so through news
papers and radio stations and to
urge. people who think they've
been overlooked for any reason to
get IN touch with the local census
office so that special census takers
can be sent to record them and
their families.
The special records will be
checked to insure against dupli-
cation.
The repeat calls in the cities
are expected to take more time
than the initial rounds.
Floods Disrupt Work.
Another reason while the work
will be slower from now on is that
much of the job remaining is to
record the farm households in
sparsely settled areas.
North Dakota is one place
where the census work is likely to
continue into May, officials said
Ice storms and floods have vir-
tually disrupted the counting
there for much of this month.
The census laws, since 1890
have said the count shall be
completed with 80 days from
the start. but officials say that is
just a suggestion.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Churches to Show Film

THE Life of Jesus Christ" a
Technicolor film, will be shown
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the Trinity
Lutheran Church. Hyattsville. and
at 8 pm. Sunday at the Trinity
Lutheran Church in Mount Rain
Ter. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
BIodensburq PTA Buzoor

The Bladensburg Senior Junior
High School Parent Teacher As
sociation will hold its annual
bazaar and teachers variety show
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the school
on Defense highway in Bladens-
burg,
Evening star., 1950-04-21
PHA Architect
Missing 7 Days
Is Found Dead
Body Is Discovered
In Home; Autopsy
Scheduled for Today


An autopsy will be performed
today in the death Of John ]
Columbus. II. reported missing
two, days before his body was
found in the basement of his own
home at 5000 Sixteenth street
NV.
Detective Sergt. Lionel Couture
OF the homicide squad, making a
routine investigation, said men,
bers Of the family told him they
had not seen Mr.. Columbus since
Tuesday. The body was discov-
cred by them last night.
An architect for the Public
Housing Administration and an
offieer in a hand laundry corpora
ton, Mr.. Columbus had been un-
der a doctors care for some time.
He was a member of an old
Washington family. His father,
Charles j. Columbus, died in De-
cenber, 1914, of injuries suffered
In fall down the cellar stairs of
the Sixteenth street home.
The father had been secretary
Of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association and the Wash
ington Advertising Club and of the
New York Board Of Trade,
His widow. who like Mr.. Co
lumbus was born in Washington,
also died In the home in August,
194s, after an illness of nearly
nine years.
Since then John j. Columbus
had lived in the family home
with his brother, Joseph Column
bus, and sister, Miss Mary Co.
1umbuS.
The latter expressed the opin-
ion today that her brother died
OF heart attack.
Sergt. Couture said the brother
and sister told him they at first
had felt no alarm for MIR. Colum-
bus, believing he perhaps had
gone away for few days. Later
they telephoned his physician, DR..
Richard H. Meredith. who told
them he had not seen their broth
er, Sergt. Couture said.
Body Stunned an Red.
1t was after some one suggested
they search the home that the
body was found about $50 o'clock
last night, slumped on a bed in
what had been a maids room.
Since articles piled on the bed
made it unfit for use. it appeared
likely he had fallen there during
an attack.
A neighboring physician, DR.,
James r. Costello, 66o7 Sixteenth
street NV, was called in. He
notified DR.. Meredith, starting the
routine police investigation.
Mr.. Columbus joined the hous-
ing administration last December.
He had been on sick leave for
about a month. Before that he
was an architect in the War De-
partment and during the war was
. Navy lieutenant commander
stationed in New York.
Catholic U. Graduate.
Like others of the family, he
was a member of Nativity Cath
~olic Church. He attended Central
High School and was graduated
from Catholic University in 1882.
Mr.. Columbus was president of
Madame Viboud, Inc, 1922 Con-
necticut avenue NV, a laundry
specializing in the care of cur
tains. Miss Columbus is secre-
tary-treasurer of the corporation.
Mr.. Columbus is survived by
another sister. Mrs. John Hurley
OF Worcester. Mass, and another
brother, Charles Columbus, a
civilian employe with the Army
Engineers in Linz, Austria. Fu-
neral services probably will be
held Monday at Nativity Church.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07

Gather up the fragments; that
nothing be- lost Aren't these
strange words coming from one
who had 20 recently multiplied
five barley loaves and two small
fishes into a sumptuous. meal for
five thousand hungry people, Why
is he concerned with left-oyerS f.
small potions, crumbs? Could he
not create more bread If a need
should arise? Could he not call
bread from heaven to feed the null
titue as had been done in the viii
derness? Why: then. the command
Gather up the Fragments" He
would teach US a lesson in eeono-
my and frugality. He would have
us know that what may appear
small and of little use to man is
precious in the sight Of God. Even
the fragments must be cared for;
nothing must be lost. If we viii
be mindful Of the fragments the
larger portions viii take care Of
themselves.
He says to you and me today
Gather up the fragments" that
fall from our hands. And what
wonders have been wrought with
the fragments. Many who have
had nothing but fragments with
which to work have achieved
gloriously IN the world
have known men 70 accomplish
much with the fragments Of time.
One man who worked ten hours
a day used the fragments Of his
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
ASSESSORS TOLD
FOR CHAMPAIGN

Appointment ri deputy assessors
20 conduct the annual assessment
Of property IN the city Of Cham
paign township WAS announced to-
day by Assessor {. Rpseberry.
The assessment period begins
Saturday and all work Ia to be
finished BY June l. Persons fling
Individual returns OF those with
small business returns are 10 con-
duct their business with The asses
sors office on the 9th floof Of the
cisy building.
The efIie. mr. lha lsssaLA aaoT
will be reserved for corporations
and larger businesses.
Three nrw deputies aere listed
this year They are Charles ~.
Brown; 40 East Park street; CHI
ford Hall, 20s West Hill street;
and Michael Kirk. 40 North Elm
.lr-et. Hrosa II The fifat Negro
to serve as deputy assessor
Other iieId deputies named are
Ollie Allen. William Bergman;
A. c. Hurst, Art Jeryis. and Lou
Jeryis. Art Jeryis is IN III health
and may be able to serve only
part time.
Office deputies viii be Grover
Till; Edna Whifeside, Hiida Fian-
igan, Jean Ends; and Alberto
hrmentr0ut.
Personal property and new real
estate will be valued this year.
The quadrennial revaluation Of
real estate occurs in 1851.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
Among The Sick

Mrs. H. snider of Penna Avenue
in Carrie Hospital.
$3.50
Mrs. W Hackley Of West Ne
vada Street at home.
Mrs. Charles Phillips OF North
Market at Chicago in the home
Of her daughter; Mrs. Ester Kemp;
Michigan Ave.
Mrs. Sarah Moore; East Church
Street suffered a severe cold.
Mrs. f. Taborn wife of the
Bethel AME pastor doing nicely.
Mrs. Martha Carr; of East
Columbia Avenue doing very well
at home
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Of West
Dublin st.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
Carl Allison
Rites Monday

Funeral services for Carl w. Al
lison; former Champaign high
school principal; viii be held at
1890 a. m. Monday in University
Place Christian church.
Graveside services and burial
will be at p. m. at Haven Hill
cemetery; Olney.
Champaign high school will be
closed from $50 a. m. to / p. m.
in order that pupils and teachers
may attend the funeral.
Rev. Sc Fisher; pastor emeri-
tus of University Place Christian
church; and Rev. James Hine:
Mckinley Memorial Presbyterian
church: will officiate at the SER
vices.
Mr.. Allison; 63-ytar-old princi-
pal of Champaign high; died at
ii am. Friday in the veterans
hospital; Dwight. His body has
been brought to the Mittendorf
funeral home whert friends may
call Sunday afternoon and night.
He had been on leave of absence
from Champaign high since Feb
ruary because of a heart aflment.
Active pallbearers for the fun
eral will be William Clark; Clar-
ence Fuqua; DR.. C. Dailenbach;
DIR. Arthur Clevenger; William Z.
Clegg DR.. c. Sanford: Sidney Eng
of Milwaukee; and NJ. Curtis Of
Muncie; Ind.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
Local NelUs
TRIALS A GIFT FROM COP

TRIALS A GIFT FROM GOD
Thou hast written concerning
the tests that hsse GENE upon thee
To the sincere ones. tests are u
gift from God; the Exalted for
a heroic person hasteneth with
the utmost JOY and eladness; 10
the tests Of violent bat.
tledeld: bat the coward IS afraid
and trembles and atters moaning
and iamenta'ion Likewise; an ex.
pert student prepareth and mem
orixeth his lessons and exercises
VIII utmost effort; and in the
day of examination be appearcth
with infinite JOY before the mas.
ter. Likewise, the pure gold shi.
meth radiantly in the fire of
test Consequently it is made
clear that for holy souls: trials
are as a gift Of God. the Exalted:
but for weak souls: they are an
unexpected calamity. This test is
just as thou has, written
it remoyeth the rust of egotism
from the mirror Of the hear; un-
til the Sun of Truth may shine
therein. For, no veil is greater
than egotiSm and no matter how
thin that covering may be, yet
ii will finally veil man entirely
and prevent him from receiving
a portion of the eternal bounty"
From Bahai writings
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07

Mrs. Pearl Doyle, l0a North
Wright Street, PASSED March "a;
ut Ia 80 / IN. at Champaign loun-
" Hospital; after lengthy ill-
ness. AA
she was born May 80; 1891 in
Champaign. the daughter OF Mr.
and MRS. William Alexander. She
had spent most Of her life here.
She waes an active member OF st.
i.ukc's CME Church and had serv-
ed az president of the choir and
had aided in various other activi-
ties. Funeral services were Mon
day March ~, at lao pm. at
MI Church; Rev. M. Growdsr Of
iiciating. Parker and Son funeral
dome were in charge Of services.
Burial was in Mount Hope Gene
terry. 40
She was preceded in death by
her parents; three brothers; and
sister. One OF these brothers.;
who was her twin; and the sister
died in infancy. Mrs. Doyle Ia
survived by a husband; Rev. John
Doyle; one sister; Mrs. Lena Lew
Is: Champaign; four brothers; Al
bert; Paul; and Fay Alexander Of
Chicago: Theodore Alexander of
indianapolis; and many relatives
and friends.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07

Mrs Belle Johnson WeeslsuiE
was born December l. issa at
Frankfort. Michigan The fourth
horn IL the family IF Thirteen
children Of Mary lyanette and
Samuel johnson. Mta. Woodruff
resided in Frankfort until ials
when she moved Is Champaign.
She was united in holy masrimeay
"a Eugene Woodruff an December
"a, iptti aud later hesame the
mother Of a daughter: Dorothy
and aon, Eugene.
Mrs, Woodruff has been a mems
her Of the Bethel AMI Church
since 1914 and WAS an active sup
porter If the Church until the
time Of hef death Mateh n 1850
ut LOS pm. She Was past fna
tron Of the Deborah Chapter ~
Order of Eastern Star. and tho
secretary of the lou Anna Riley
Missionary Society of the Bethel
AMk Church. She alao was
member OF the Willing Workers
Club and the Helping Hand Club
of the church.
Surviving MIRA. MnadruiT are
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
Church Ladies Aid
Offers Pageant Sun

A pageant: The Challenge Of
The Cross Vas presented nj s
pm. Sunday at Salem Baptist
church BY the Ladies' Aid society
Of the church Mrs. Georgt Pea
cock IS president Of the seciety
and Rev Donaldson Is pastor.
Taking part In the pagean, were
Miss Jean Pickens. nortraying the
evangelist, Mrs. [. Tinsley; first
disciple: Mrs. Virginia Rodgers
second disciple. Mrs. Charles VIII
iiams' third disciple. Mrs. Thel-
ma Hunt. fourth disciple: Miss
Alora Bowies. fifih disciple. and
Mrs. William Williams. sixth dis.
ciple.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
&ss@&H
HOUSEGtEST::

Mrs. Hattie Winfield; of North
Poplar St. was the houseguest of
Mrs. Myrtle Brooks and Mrs. c
Harris of Chicago. Illinois. During
her stay she was honored guest
at the Nurses Alliance Club"
formal held in the Savoy Ballroom
namely an Evening in Holly
wood" Mrs. Winfield also visited
friend Mrs. Alex Weems before
filing her regular hair dressing
appointment in Chicago.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07

Mr. Willie and Charles Wash
ington students of the UNIVERSE
ty of Illinois were called to Chica-
go because of the fatal heart at
tack of their mother who wasvis-
iting in Chicago with her only
daughter; Mrs. Rosie Gibson and
suffered the attack Tuesday. The
late Mrs. Washington is the wife
of Rev. Washington; baptist
minister at Corinth; Mississippi.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
ILLINOIS CHtRG HNOMEN
NAME MRS. II. j. WELLS

Mrs. II. j Wells of Urbana was
named third vice president Of llli-
nois Council Of Churchwomen;
a Protestant INSTRUMENTATION
group.
Election was held Thursday in
Jacksonville where about 200 wom-
en- from "a cities attended two
day convention.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
FRIEND IN HOSPITAL

Mrs. Callie Glover of North 3rd
st. has returned to her home after
being at the bedside of close
friend: Miss Celeste Broms; beau
ty operator OH Prairie, Ave. i'm Chi
cago; who now is confined to Cook
County hospital Ward So. Miss
Broms' sister arrived from Toledo I;
Ohio.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
aylor Will Leaves
SIS, 200 To Widow

Arthur f. Taylor who died Feb.
5 leaves his entire estate Of ap.
proximately $500 10 his widow
Mrs Ethel Taylor; in win FL
ed in county court.
Judge William Springer Mon
day approved a $1,000 bond given
by Mrs Taylor As exeeutrix. The
will was executed in 1912.
NssM
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-07
4 . . y
M0ODSOS DEAD

Dr.. Carter q. Woodson; Of
Washington. DC; is dead he
was a great historian founder Of
Negro History Week; and author
OF the best histories on the Ne
gro in America.