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Evening star., 1950-03-07
Mussmunn Seeks New Site
For Holding Freedom Fair

A definite site for the fair,
which is now planned to start on
April Is Of next year, and estab-
lishment of a nonprof1t corpora
ton to handle its business are
among matters to be taken up at
the White House session. Plans
are expected to be ready for the
next meeting of the National Park
and Planning Commission on
March Is and Is. The planners
must approve any new site for
the fair.
Mr.. Massmann conferred last
night with Edward Boykin, COM
mission director, who has been
top man up to now. The new
manager also discussed matters
with members of the commissions
staff, and the question of the site
was gone over thoroughly.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Prospects for Lease
OF BeIasco Theater
Killed by Larson

Prospects for Government lease
of the Belasco Theater for stage
productions were virtually killed
today by Jess Larson. adrninistra-
tor of General Services, which
handles the property.
Mr.. Larson told the House Pub
lie Works Committee that nego-
tiations with an organization de-
string to lease the old playhouse
were not serious and that in his
opinion no lease would be granted.
The biggest obstacle, he ex-
planned, was the $4,000 to $780,
600 cost for reconditioning the
historic old place. The Govern
ment had no money available for
such cost. he said. and he knew
of no one would be willing. to put
up such funds under the restrict
ed lease which the Government
would have to require.
The Belasco subject arose dur
! ing a hearing by the committee
on bill to authorize acquisition
of all private property in the
square where President Truman
now lives in the Blair House.
The Belasco was injected into
the hearing by Representative
Pickett, Democrat, of Texas. He
led gradually into the report that
the American National Theater
and Academy had been trying to
get the Belasco for stage shows
before non-segregated audiences.
Objecting first to the use of the
Belasco as a theater again be-
cause of proximinity to the White
House, Mr.. Pickett finally was
asked directly by a committee
member if he opposed the plan
because of the segregation issue
involved.
Mr.. Larson emphasized the eco
nomic inadvisability of operating
the theater. He said any lease
would necessarily have recap
ture clause so the Government
could take the building back for
its own purposes on IL months
notice,
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Jim Moran Here All o-D;ther
Hoping to Be Gar of Either
Cornering the Market
Seems to Be the.
ldeo This Time

Never a man to be caught fiat
footed by craze, Jim Moran has
returned to his native Washing
ton in dither about zithers.
Inconspicuous in a long, flowing
black cape. red beard and black
hat, Mr.. Moran's> presence here
leaked" to the press when an
anonymous tipster (named Jim
Moran) noticed several placards
on his grip. In letters of red, the
placards said modestly:
Jim Moran, Either Gar"
Mr.. Moran, who has startled
the business world by such trade
scoops as selling a mechanical ice
box to an eskimo. Matching an
ostrich egg. changing horses in
the middle of a stream and find
ing a needle in a hay stack, said
he is deadly serious about his new
est venture.
Il intend to corner the either
market in this country" said the
modest Mr.. Moran. II now own
1876 zithers-more than any other
individual in the world. I have
decided to investt my life savings
in this venture, and I will own
$500 zithers before the tremen-
dous pent-up demand for the in
struments breaks on the country.
Il shall be available for the
next week to meet all either
owners in Washington and pay
high prices without haggling for
their instruments. I ask only that
I be contacted in the afternoon,
since I am inclined to quibble if
awakened before noon"
Gently strumming on a either
in his suite at the Shoreham
Hotel. Mr.. Moran waxed enthusi-
astic about the stringed instru-
ment whose popularity waned at
the turn of the century.
Its almost impossible to buy
one in London now since the King
and Queen had a comanmd either
performance in Buckingham Pal
ace and Princess Margaret Rose
began taking either lessons" Mr..
Moran said. "Why 100000 either
recordings have been sold over
there. Think what will happen in
this country when the either craze
breaks"
Either production is lost art
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Neighborhood Concert
Tickets Ready for
Roosevelt High School

Invitations are now ready for
distribution for the next Neigh
borhood Concert by the National
Symphony Orchestra under the
sponsorship of The Evening
Star. It will be held at Roose-
velt High School, at 8 pm,
March 20.
The tickets may be had with
out cost at Roosevelt High
School. Mcfarland Junior High
School, Shepherd. Raymond,
West, Trusdell, Health School,
Bancroft and H. D. Cooke Ele-
mentary Schools. Sacred Heart
Academy. Nativity School, the
Recreation Department, Six
teenth and Lamont streets NV.
and the business counter in the
lobby Of The Star Building.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Lumber Shed Fire Damage
Estimated at $4,000

A grass and brush fire which
spread to a lumber storage shed
Of the Robinson Lumber Co.. 1895
Kenilworth avenue NE, yesterday
afternoon caused damage esti-
mated at $4,000 to $4,000.
Pvt. Russel Better of No. 27
engine company. which responded
to the alarm, suffered a sprained
left wrist while fighting the blaze
and was treated at the scene.
A company official said the
storage shed was filed with ply
wood and millwork, such as doors
and door and window frames. He
made the damage estimate and
added the resinous wood smoldered
all night.
When the first fire company
arrived at the scene, about 4 pm.
it summoned more help. A total
of 13 pieces OF apparatus re-
sponded.
District firemen yesterday re-
ceived is calls for grass and
brush fires.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Last OF a Series.)
BY Ted Mcdowell

The public is learning more and
more about the problems posed
by alcoholism through educational
campaigns emphasizing that alco-
holism is a durable disease.
One such campaign is a series
Of special broadcasts, Alcoholism
in Washington" beginning tonight
on WMAL and WMAL-FM, The
Evening Star stations.
Doctors and social workers, po-
lice officials and judges, will ex-
plain the problems and tell what
they are doing to combat them
Recovered alcoholics will give first
hand accounts of their fight to
stop drinking, including one man
who will tell how it feels to have
the DTS"
The series. moderated by Gun
mar Back, former CHS newscaster,
will be heard for eight Tuesdays
from 9:45 to 10 pm. The tape
recorded programs are sponsored
by The Star and two groups Ia
the forefront of the growing at
tack on alcoholism here-the Dis
trict Health Department and the
Washington Committee for Edu-
cation on Alcoholism.
H., Experts to Tell Story.
Mr.. Back will let experts tel
the story. They will show that
the alcoholic Is a sick person, that
he can be cured and that alco-
holism is a public health problem
Groups nghting alcoholism here
want the public. including alco-
holics. to know that cure is pos
sible and that many rehabilita.
ton programs are available. Ir
respect to theraputic programs
the District is ahead of most
States. according to DR.. Winfred
Overhoiser, superintendent Of St
Elizabeths Hospital. But he adds:
We've got a long way to CO.
What gave the District head
start was the Hebert Act, estab-
fishing the Health Department
alcoholic clinic. The laws pre-.
amble sets the stage for modern
treatment of alcoholism with
these words: -
1.-THE alcoholic is a sick person.
To cope with these sick per-
sons, the alcoholic clinic holds
four hour long clinic sessions a
week. Group therapy sessions. te
which families of the patients are
invited, are held once a week
There's a workshop for occupa-
tional therapy and a staff Of II
full and part-time employees
headed by DR.. Leopold E. Wex-
berg.
Three-fourths of the clinics
patients come from the courts, al
Evening star., 1950-03-07

Lining up a site for the Free
dom Fair today is the No. prob
lem of Paul M. Massmann, new
general manager of the SesQui-
centennial Commission.
Mr.. Massmann, who spent the
first day in his new job yesterday
plans to make a personal inspec-
ton shortly of potential sites.
This and other matters. in
cluding the future of the entire
fair project, will be taken up at a
White House meeting of the full
commission, which is planned for
this week. Several problems will
have to be settled Immediately,
because President Truman is leav-
ing for a Florida vacation Sun
day. Mr.. Truman is chairman Of
the commission.
Evening star., 1950-03-07

charge Of one of the boys. They
started marching of toward q
police car when Pvt. Houff sud-
denly disappeared.
He had fallen into a 4-foot-deep
window well, losing his prisoner
But Sergt. Shelton was close
enough to grab the boy. and again
found himself with a double hand
full.
Pvt. Houf suffered possible
fracture of the right ankle, a
back injury and lacerated left
thumb.
The boys, both colored, were
taken to No. ! precinct on sus-
|picion of attempted housebreak-
ing. In q. climb to the roof Of
the liquor store, Sergt. Sigurd
Ostenso found that the tin had
been partly torn away from. a
|skylight.
Evening star., 1950-03-07

old, received chest wound which
had to be closed Immediately.
The closure of the wound was
a life-saving operation" DR.. Hewes
told the surgeons.
In the years that followed, the
doctor said, the boy suffered no i'll
effects and "won the lightweight
boxing championship in his high
school,"
About 18 months ago, the door
handle showed up clearly when
the youths chest was X-rayed by
Public Health Service team,
which was screening the popula-
ton as a safeguard against tuber-
culosiS. 1t was quickly removed
in an operation, DR.. Hewes said.
The surgeon said he had made
both X-ray and f1uorescent exami-
nations of the boys chest after
the accident. He speculated that
a hemorrhage of blood. allowed to
accumulate in the chest cavity,
apparently "hid this large piece
Of metal"
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Campaign Shows Alcoholism Is CurobIe

'groups-Aid approximately 1.00t
month with TO per cent of the
cases involving alcoholism.
Bureau of Rehabilitation-Vis-
its, provides occupational therapy
and lines up sponsors for 200 in
mates and former inmates o1
District penal institutions a
month. About half of these are
alcoholics.
f.. 13 "A Groups Here.
Gospel Mission-Provides lodg-
ing and meals for about l,00C
persons a month, about 600 o1
whom are alcoholics.
Central Union Mission-Houses
and feeds about 280 persons a
month. of whom about 160 are
alcoholics.
Organizations devoted exclu-
sively to dealing with alcoholism
report these activities:
Alcoholics Anonymous - Thir-
teen local groups with total
membership of about 1000 hold
at least two long meetings
weekly to exchange experiences
and work out their. problems for
themselves. An estimated Is pei
cent are cured.
Washington Committee fol
Education on Alcoholism Afflli-
ated with the Yale Universitys sPlar
on Alcoholism, this group is com
posed mainly of non-alcoholics
It operates the Alcoholic Informa.
ton Center. which counsels thost
with alcoholic problems and refer,
them to other agencies. It alss
runs q private cor1valescent horn,
which treated TOO patients las
tyear.
Schools Give Facts.
And then there are the Distric'
schools. where the facts of al.
coholism are taught in accore
with q 50-year-old statute re.
quiring instruction as to thu
effects of tobacco, alcohol anc
narcotics.
School authorities say temper
ance is stressed but only scien-
tif1cally proven facts are pre-
sented. They explain that an emo
tional appeal ungrounded in fact
does more harm than good.
The scientific fact, TO which
both the public and private agen-
cies here can attest, was presented
by DR.. Robert H. Felix, head o1
the Public Health Services Men
tai Hygiene Division. In testifyine
for the Hebert bill. DR.. Felix re-
ported alcoholism was the fourth
most serious public health prob
lem.
There is one fact, however, that
makes alcoholism difficult to at
tack from a public health stand
point: To be cured, man must
want to help himself. The biggest
job alcoholic rehabilitation groups
face is creating the desire for cure
With that hurdle cleared, reha-
bilitatiO can begin.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
New Alcoholism Series
Begins at 9::45 Tonight

Hear Alcoholism in Wash
ington" over WMAL and
WMAL-FM, The Evening Star
stations. A series of eight
weekly broadcasts from 9:45
to 10 pm. Tuesdays begins
tonight. The programs will
feature medical experts, social
workers and recovered alco-
holics in a discussion of the
drinking problem.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Education Board 10 Acl
On Central High and
Reorganization Plans

Trends toward a more inte-
grated District school system are
contained in two matters to be
considered today and tomorrow
by Board of Education commit
tees. --
A reorganization of elementary
schools was to be considered al
3 o'clock today by the Personnel
Committee.
Tomorrow the futures of Cen
trail and Cardozo High Schools
subject of controversy for more
than a year. will be settled by
the board.
The boards Buildings and
Grounds Committee has scheduled
a meeting for 1:30 pm. tomorrow
to consider once more whether the
colored students at Cardozo should
be shifted to the white Central
High School. The full board is
scheduled to vote some solution
for the overcrowding at Cardozc
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow.
Supt. of Schools Hobart M
Corning, who was to recommend
the proposal to set up elemen.
tary school administrators with
city wide functions, refused te
comment on his proposal before
the committee meeting today.
Such a reorganization, if an.
proved by the full board, woulo
modify the present regional di-
rectorships set up divisionally ir
the nine lower-grade schools
Five are white and four colored
Such a unification plan was con.
tanned in the Strayer recommen-
dation on the entire District
school organization.
In the Central transfer propos.
al, the board has announced that
no citizens will be heard. At pre-
viouS meetings and at a public
hearing, dozens of civic leaders
have appeared to present argu-
ments for one side or the other
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Night Glasses Reopen
In District Tomorrow .

All night classes in both divi-
sions of the District school system
will resume tomorrow, Supt. OF
Schools Hobart M. Corning has
announced.
The superintendent added that
the ban on other night activities
in the schools, demanding more
than average heat. will continue
until further notice. Activities
had been curtailed because of the
soft coal strike.
The temperature in. all school
buildings has been raised back to
70 degrees, the announcement
continued. However, school ad-
ministrators were advised to con-
serve on heat where ever possible.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Ke|eher Ordered 10 Pay
Wife's Attorney $500

John B. (Blackjack) Keleher,
former gambler, who last Friday
was ordered to pay his wife, Mrs.
Anna T. Kelelaer, lump-sum Of
100000 alimony, today was or
dered to pay her attorney a $1,000
counsel fee.
The smaller sum is to be paid
to Attorney James J. Laughlin,
who represented Mrs. Keleher IN
the long divorce trial in District
Court. Mr.. Keleher was awarded
the divorce Friday on grounds Of
desertion.
Payment of the attorneys fee
was ordered by Judge Charles F.
Mclaughlin. Mr.. Mclaughlin had
asked for $12,500 as counsel fee.
Evening star., 1950-03-07

in this country, Mr.. Moran said
gleefully.
They have to come to me for
their zithers," he said.
1t is the purest of condolences,
Mr.. Moran said, that his either
buying trip to Washington coin
cides with the arrival of the mo-
tion picture, "The Third Man. -
The entire background musical
score of the motion picture which
opens at the Playhouse next Sun
day is played by a single either
in the hands of Anton Karas.
There will be preview of the pic
ture at the office of Eric John
ston at 8:45 o'clock tonight.
When the beauty of that mu-
sical score is heard" said Mr..
Moran, everyone will want a
either. The man to see then will
be the Either Car. But l shall
not gouge the public. I shall be
satisfied with a mere 400 per cent
return on my investment.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Soboth Introduces Bill
To Extend Rent Control
BY the Asxacinfed Pres

Legislation to extend rent con-
trolls for another year, until June
80, 1851, was introduced yesterday
by Chairman SABBATH of the House
Rules Committee. ~
Mr.. SABBATH issued a statement
saying the legislation is necessary
to protect tenants in many cities
from gouging landlords"
Evening star., 1950-03-07

the rate of six a day. The rest are
voluntary patients.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay says he believes the
clinic will reduce the number of
repeaters brought into court on
drunk charges.
Judge Armond Scott takes the
view the clinic Is step in the
right direction but doesn't 60 far
enough. For years he has urged
establishment of a large self
sustaining institution along farm
lines to which alcoholics could
be sent. DR.. Wexherg concurs In
this opinion.
In addition to the public clinic
the Salvation Army is planning to
build one at Ninth and I streets
NV. Its three-story building
which is due to be completed ir
six months at cost of SITS, 900
will include an auditorium fol
group therapy and beds for 81
patients.
Salvation Army and other of.
ficials say one reason for wide
spread drinking here is that many
persons come to Washington ir
vain attempts to have the Govern
ment solve their personal prob.
lens. When they fail, they stay
here for a time. away from theil
families. and begin heavy drink
ing.
Private Units Overloaded.
Private agencies continue tc
cope with all the drunks they can
Two organizations deal solely with
problems OF alcoholism. The others
handle alcoholism along with
other personal and family prob
lens. While these organizations
do not keep detailed reports on the
number of alcoholics they aid
they report they are turning away
an increasing number and give
these summaries of their work:
Salvation Army - Makes zoe
home visits a month: houses and
helps rehabilitate ITS men q
month, mostly alcoholics.
Family Service Association
Counsels about 200 families and
individuals q month, with about
10 per cent of the cases involving
alcoholism.
Catholic Charities, Jewish So
! cial Service and various church
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Bedroom Looted of $597

Theft of $597 from a bedroom
was reported to police today by
Miss Josephine Mccarthy, 1882
Massachusetts, avenue NV. Miss
Mccarthy said that when she re-
turned to her apartment last night
she found the door lock broken
and the money missing.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Dutch Prince Flying Here
From Texas in Own PIone

Prince Bernhard of the Neither
lands is flying to Washington to-
day from Fort Worth. Tex, and
is expected to arrive at National
Airport in his own DC-3 about
6 pm.
Improved from a flu attack
which caused him to cancel ap-
potntments in Los Angeles, the
Prince toured an aircraft plant
on motor scooter in Fort Worth
yesterday. the Associated Press re-
ported.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Help Essential
To End Liquors S
ViciousCirc|e'
Problem Discussed
By Experts Before
Broadcast Tonight

Alcoholism is a merry ry-go-round,
and it takes someone else's help
ing hand to get you off, a panel
OF experts agreed last night.
An alcoholic can keep on riding
indef1nitely-drinks, hangover,
more drinks-if he refuses to ac-
cept help, five authorities pointed
out during a discussion on "Alco-
holism in Washington" over
WMAL and WMAL-TV, The Eve
ming Star Station.
The discussion was preliminary
to a series of eight weekly broad
casts on alcoholism. The first of
these will be heard from GAS to 10
O'Clock tonight over WMAL.
Featured on last nights broad
cast from $50 to 10, were Mrs.
George Thorpe. chairman of the
local American Automobile AS
ISOLATION: Judge Walter Casey of
Municipal Court. chairman of the
Washington Committee for Educa-
ton on Alcoholism; Mrs. Jane
Thorpe Williams, executive secre-
tary of the education committee:
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, District
Health Officer, and DR.. Leopold E..
Wexberg, director of the Districts
new alcoholic clinic.
Alcoholic Worth Helping.
/ They discussed the problem of
alcoholism with Moderator Gun
mar Back and agreed that:
l. The alcoholic is a sick person,
not a Weakling.
2. The alcoholic can recover and
is worth the effort of helping him
recover.
3. Alcoholism is a public health
problem of greater proportions
than most people realize.
These points were made by the
panel and also by recovered al
coholics. whose voices were tape
recorded earlier by Mr.. Back.
One was woman. who always
had thought alcoholics were from
the other side of the tracks,"
But I found that had to have
alcohol just as others did," she
said. "Ihe only difference was that
I didn't have to hook things to
buy my drinks" She said that,
since she had recovered, she real
lied what an obsession her drink
ing was.
Another recovered alcoholic-a
man who had thriving business
summed up his road to recovery
in this way: II know now that
was sick person"
The panel stressed that there
is hope for all alcoholics. no mat
ter how bad off. they are.
Clinic Increases Hope.
Parts Of this hope is in the
Health Departments new alcoholic
clinic. said Judge Casey.
Until the clinic was estab-
lished," he said. more and more
punitive measures were taken
o6eAAAAoe 0AS11lOA1So. ouU GllClE Is
hope. Before. the alcoholic was
classified as a criminal-an Of
fender-rather than. as the sick
person he really is"
To help man get off the alco-
holic merry-go-round. DR.. Wex-
berg stressed, you must help a
man stop kidding himself. But
this cannot be done without help"
An indication of the help de-
sired by alcoholics here was fur
nished at the end of the broadcast
Mr.. Back got several calls from
persons seeking advice. He re-
ferred them to the Washington
Committee for Education on AL
coholism. This committee, the
District Health Department and
The Star sponsored the broadcast
and will sponsor the series that
begins tonight.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
School N to Be Studied

The first conference of educa-
tors on the use Of television in
schools will be held in Baltimore
tomorrow. DR.. Franklin P. Dun
ham of the United States Office OF
Education announced last night.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-09-15
REVIVAL PREACHER-rhe Re,

REVIVAL PREACHER-The Rev
.rr~od Doctor J. =. Johnson, Pre-
sismg Elder Of Oklahoma City
District, is programmed TO begin a
svrtcs Of revival meetings at Big
B~rhcl AME church. Ninth and
broadway. Sunday morning at TO-:
" o'clock. Doctor q. Wayman
Hiakely. pastor of Bethel said,
Little Rock is quite fortunate In
having the services OF this Vet
eran, Metropolitan Pastor, Prcsid-
ng Elder and church leader TO
come 10 US at this time.
Services will be held each night
t1ly NJ The week with a special ser
vice for women Sunday evening at
) O'Clock pnd for men Monday eve
ming AT : o'clock. All evening SER
vices including Sunday will begin
ai 1850 o'clock. Special music will
be rendered by revival chorus
directed by Mrs. r. G. Townsend
Billy Where Negroes Work -
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-09-15
Tild-BiSs

Continued from page u
Texas
Is Langston u. Benefit Home
Dec 2 Leland college Home
DIG plans a big year for the
grid fans this season. Coaches Har-
per and Frida are in charge,
Here is the Bluejaeket lineup:
Ray Allen, Artie Alexander, Levi
Adams, George Allen, Henry Bea-
moa, Lonnie Brown, Lawrence
Brown, Willis Cato Leon Carson,
Lonnie Dunn, John Gross, Marion
Gamble Virgil Gettus, General
Grant, Leroy Gaines, Charles T.
Grice, Richard Green, Chester
Hayes, Albania Johnson, Leon
Johnson, Cassell Lewis, Eugene
McAdoo, Steve Mcdonald, l.. c.
Mccoy, Arts Nichols, William
Robinson, Bobby Rice, George
Stancil, Douglas Readye, Worthie
Springer, Claude Smith, R. V.
Thomas, Lonnie Williams, Arthur
Warren, Bonnie Wright, Jackie
Wright Robert Waters.