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Evening star., 1950-05-09
Miss Gasque's S Work Tops
Oils in 6. W. U. Art Show

Miss Martha Gasque. 2737
Devonshire place NV, has been
awarded first prize in the oils
class in the art show of George
Washington University.
Other prize winners for oils
were T. M. Barnett, second. and
Bernard Patlen, third. -
Charles Uhl won first prize for
drawing with Mr.. Barnett second,
and Irving Lyons third.
In the commercial class Miss
Patroninne McNally took first
prize. Second prize went to Maui
rice Lacey and third to Miss
Dorothy Thompson.
The show will continue at the
Lisner auditorium. Twenty-first
and H streets NV, today and
tomorrow from noon to 8 pm.
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Hearing Set May "a
On Abandoning Plans
For Marshall Heights

The Commissioners today called
a public hearing for 10 am. May
"a on the proposed abandonment
Of the Marshall Heights redevel-
opment plan.
A hearing is required by law
before the freeze order" prohib-
iting new construction in the
area because Of the proposed re-
development can be lifted.
The city heads received a letter
from the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission telling
them If its April 81 resolution re-
leasing the plan, and recommends
ing that the Commissioners ap-
prove the release.
The planning commission sent
the report and plans for the re-
development to the Commissioners
on December II, 1948. After three
public hearings, the Commission
ers approved them on May S. 1949.
The city heads then issued the
order that no new construction
would be authorized within the
area covered by the plan.
Although the planners, the
Commissioners and the District
Redevelopment Land Agency were
agreed on the proposal. Congress,
after hearing objections from
property owners affected by 1t, has
refused to appropriate the money.
The planning commission letter
said there appears to be no prob
ability that funds will be appro-
priated.
The letter. signed by A. Z. De-
maray, vice chairman and act
ing executive officer of the PLAN
ming commission. said the planners
felt that further application Of
the freeze order under the cir
cumstances would work unwar-
ranted hardship on the owners
and residents of Marshall Heights.
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Court Dismisses Suit
AGAINST Freedmen's S

A $4,000 damage suit against
Freedmen's Hospital was dis
missed by Judge T. Alan Colds.
borough in District Court today
after he declared the plaintiff had
received treatment which saved
her life"
The suit was brought by Mrs.
Dennie Little. %. colored. who
charged her legs were SCARED by
blisters received in the hospital.
DR.. John Richard Ford. chief
resident in chest surgery. testified
yesterday Mrs. Little was FOR
all practical purposes dead" when
she was brought to the hospital
on May 6. 1948.
The blisters on her legs may
have come from sheets used to
restrain her on the operating ia
BILE during an emergency opera
tion to sew a severed artery. the
surgeon said.
Judge Goldsborough said the
injuries to Mrs. Little's legs were
a necessary result" Of the emer-
gency operation.
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said. He does not know how
Britain's financial requirements
may interfere with his keeping
the property.
"I'll figure all that out when
I get back to England" he said.
He added it may be necessary to
sell off some of Northampton S
timberland. Only about $50 acres
are under cultivation.
Northampton was part Of a g.
million acre land grant in Virginia
and Maryland to the Fifth Baron
of Cameron from King Charles II
in 1885. Before that. it had been
part of a land patent of Thomas
Sprigg, who was an ancestor of
Maryland Governor Samuel
Sprigg. The original Northampton
manse burned in 1909.
Accompanying Lord Fairfax on
his brief stay here is his 25-year-
old brother, Peregrine Fairfax.
Evening star., 1950-05-09
Woman Teller Brinqs-
Arrest Of Two Men in
$4,000 Postal Theft

An alert woman bank teller in
Alexandria was credited today
with bringing about the arrest of
two men on charges of burglariz-
ing a Silver Spring post Office
branch and helping inspectors re-
cover more than $4,000 worth of
negotiable money orders.
Mrs. Irene Wicker of 724 South
st. Asaph street, gave the tip on a
man who tried to deposit six $100
money orders bearing numbers
listed as stolen. He was taken into
custody while still in her bank
and another man was arrested in
Washington last night on the
strength of information obtained
from the depositor, inspectors re-
ported.
A. P. Baldwin. cashier of the
Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust
Co., King and Fairfax streets, said
man walked into his Office yes
terday and said he wanted to open
an account. He told Mr.. Baldwin
he was registered at an Alex
andria hotel and represented a
manufacturing company.
Offers Six Money Orders.
The man rendered $10O in cash
and six postal money orders for
500 each, properly indorsed. Mr..
Baldwin took the deposit to Mrs.
Wicker to make out deposit slips
and bank book. He then re-
turned to his Office.
About that time, Mrs. Wicker
rang a buzzer for Mr.. Baldwin.
He went to her teller's cage and
found she had discovered the pos
tai order numbers on a list which
the Post Office Department had
reported stolen.
Mrs. Wicker called police while
Mr.. Baldwin engaged the deposi-
tor in conversation. Two detec-
tives arrived and arrested the visi-
tor.
Men Are Identified.
Inspector S. G. Orville said the
depositor was booked as Irving
Bruner, 26. of the 1900 block of
Irving street NV. Herbert Lip
schultze, 25. of the 1900 block OF
Park road NV. was arrested last
night. Both were charged with
breaking into a post Office and
with stealing postal property.
The inspector said the men had
cashed seven money orders in New
York and several others elsewhere
But more than 1870 of the 15s
stolen in Silver Spring we're re-
covered intact, he said.
At the rate of 500 each, the
money orders were worth SIS, 900
They were in a safe also contain.
ing $167 worth of stamps and $40t
in cash. The 300-pound safe wa.
removed from Packets Drue
store, 8472 Piney Branch road
Silver Spring. Postal authoritie.
said they have learned it was
dumped into the Potomac River
from Highway bridge.
Besides Mr.. Orville, postal in.
spectors working on the case were
Joseph Turner and Joseph warrant
They were assisted by police in the
, District, Alexandria and Mont
, gomery County.
Evening star., 1950-05-09

Thomas Lord Fairfax, the 18th
Baron of Cameron. hopes to keep
his newly inherited Northampton
estate in Prince Georges County,
unless British law makes things
too complicated.
The 26-year-old peer is visit
ing here for a few days to iron
out minor legal details in accept
ing possession of the 823-acre
estate.
The American tax laws caused
no problem. Lord Fairfax ex-
planned that an inheritance tax
had been paid on the death of his
father, who actually willed it to
the present baron. The will al
lowed a relative, Mrs. Clarence
Roberts, to control the estate dur
ing her lifetime. She died a few
weeks ago.
But British tax laws are some
thing else again. Lord Fairfax
Evening star., 1950-05-09
Bill 10 Purchase
Old Stone House
Is Sent toFIoor
$90. 900 Limit Set;
Historic Building May
Be Run Privately

The House Public Lands COM
mittee today approved and sent
to the floor for action a bill for
Government acquisition of the Old
Stone House at 3o5l NJ street NV.
The committee amended the bill
to provide that the purchase price
could not exceed the Government
appraisal by more than IS per
cent. 1t also provides that the
price could not exceed 500 900
without further authorization Of
Congress.
The old structure is described as
IAN historic building Of great pre-
Revolutionary architectural merit"
1t would be preserved and oper-
ated as a museum by the once Of
National Capital Parks, under
terms of the bill.
Exact date when the building
was built is unknown. Tradition
says 1t may have been used as q
headquarters by George Washing
ton or Pierre Charles L'Enfant
during the planning OF the Capital
City.
Conrad l.. Wirth, assistant d.
rector of the National Parks Serv-
ice. suggested to the committee
that after the Government ae-
quires the property. the Interior
Department would have authority
to contract with some historical
society or organization for Its OPP
Grafton.
During public hearings by the
committee. it was indicated that
the Columbia Historical Society
here might be interested in such
operation. Mr.. Wirth also men
toned new organization char
tered by Congress. known as the
National Trust. as a possible
agency to operate the museum.
The Public Lands Committee
also approved a Senate concur
rent resolution which would au-
thorize the Secretary of the Army
to hold appropriate ceremonies for
the burial in Arlington National
Cemetery Of the last surviving
member of the Grand Army of the
Republic. The committee amend
ed the bill to add the last surviv-
ing member Of the United Con-
federate Veterans.
Evening star., 1950-05-09
Bar Will Vote Tonight
On Proposal 10 Revise
Handling Of Divorces

The District Bar Association will
vote tonight on a proposal which
District Court judges believe is
necessary to wipe out appalling"
defects in the handling of divorce
cases.
The proposal. drawn up by
Judge Edward A. Tamm at the
request of Chief Judge Bolitha
j. Laws, would set up a marital
affairs counsel with broad powers
to furnish the court with ac-
curate information and ease prob
lens concerned with alimony pay
ments.
The plan. patterned after the
widely known friend = of the
court" system in Detroit, would
replace the present five-man Office
of the domestic relations commits
sioner with a 16-man staff.
Ten years ago. Judge Laws
helped set up the domestic rela-
tions commissioner staff here to
make preliminary investigations of
divorce cases and to make ad-
visory reports to the court.
Before its existence, Judge Laws
said, judges who had to rule on
temporary alimony and custody
awards in divorce cases found
themselves completely frustrated
by appalling contradictions" in
statements made to the court.
Defects" Covered in Report.
The plan "has been most help
full to u.s." Judge Laws declared.
But, he said, it contains a num-
ber of weaknesses which the jur-s
lists feel are covered in the plan
outlined by Judge Tamm. The
present commissioners reports,
under a United States Court of
Appeals ruling, can be considered
only if neither party in the di-
vorce case objects.
Under the new plan the counsel
would have power to issue sub
poenas and take sworn testimony
in order to obtain information to
advise the court.
AS an entirely new function,
the counsel could collect and dis
burse all alimony payments, and
to cite persons who become de-
linquent in payment.
Judge Tamm drew up the new
plan after an extensive study of
the plans operation in Detroit.
One Of the brightest spots,
Judge Tamm said, is the number
of reconciliations affected through
the preliminary discussions in do
mestic cases. In addition, he de-
clared, the plan has resulted in
substantial savings to relief agen-
cies in Detroit, by assuring prompt
payment of alimony.
THE Detroit plan, set up in
1919, is such a striking success
it's far out of the experimental
stage" Judge Laws asserted. We
are suggesting that use be made
of the value of their 81 years
service"
Judge Laws several weeks ago
asked the bar association for an
expression of opinion on the plan,
which will require legislation. An
association committee indorsed
the plan. with one member dis
senting. The association began
consideration Of the plan last
Tuesday.
Minority Report Filed.
Attorney Arthur j. Hilland has
filed a minority report to the
committees Endorsement. which
will be discussed at tonight's meet
ing at the Hotel Statler.
Principal opposition raised at
committee sessions centered
around a complaint that the
proposed plan did not strike di-
rectly at delays in handling tenn
porary alimony and custody
awards. which opponents said was
the greatest evil in domestic re-
lations cases at the court. They
proposed that more judges be
assigned to such cases.
?
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Webber Numed Delegate

RICHMOND, Va, May 9 P.-
The Rev. Charles C. Webber Of
Roanoke, president of the Virginia
State Industrial Union Council.
CIO, has been notified of his
designation as a delegate to the
Fifth Conference on Citizenship.
to be held May 1924 in Wash
inKton.
Evening star., 1950-05-09
Murriuqe Clerk to Retire

TOWSON, Md. May 8 (P.-
During his 80 years as a deputy
clerk in Baltimore County Circuit
Court. G. William Parker has is
sued an estimated $4,000 marriage
licenses. Yesterday he announced
he will retire this month-still
a bachelor.
Evening star., 1950-03-05

Most Congressman are so abysmally igno-
rant about the world" said an attache in Lon
don, that they are bound to learn something.
For some legislators, junket can be a
lesson in geography, if nothing else. One
Southern Representative who was flying to
Budapest turned to his companion, young
Army Officer "Son," he asked, why do they
sometimes call this town Budapest and some
times Bucharest"
In Frankfurt, last November, one Senator
interrupted brieing by Major General
George P. Hays, our Deputy High Commits
sioner for Germany whats all this about
German government" he demanded. 'Who
authorized them to have government. any
way?" The Big Three Foreign Ministers IN
Guiding Secretary of State Dean Acheson,
were at that moment discussing in Paris the
future of the Bonn government
One danger in joining junket is that you're
Evening star., 1950-03-05
and entertaining them at dinners and recep-

and entertaining them at dinners and recep-
tions.
At nine o'clock one morning, a Congress
sional subcommittee was scheduled to be
briefed by one of General Taylor's staff ex-
perts. The chairman of the group stayed in
bed, but three Senators showed up = sullen,
unshaved and hung over. Suddenly one out
ragged lawmaker exploded who the hell
does this Taylor think he is, getting us up in
the middle of the night? Doesn't he know we
make and break two-star generals back in
Washington"
The aide automatically transformed him
self into butler and placated the group with
coffee and sandwiches
In Paris, a State Department official
mourned the time he'd wasted playing guide
to the Congressman: Why can't they use the
American Express Company for their cabaret
reservations and recreation? Don't they want
to encourage private enterprise? They don't
seem to realize we have work to do
Some embassies even provide young
women to help Congressmen with their
shopping, and Paris is known as ssPer-
fume Junction. in junkcting parlance.
Perfume seems to have high priority among
Congressional purchases. An Army captain,
flying to Paris with one group last September,
told Senator that he knew Of some places to
buy perfume in the French capital.
~oallons of Whislssyv
WHY. captain" smiled the Senator. we've
got plenty of perfume gallons of it. And
whiskey, too. Why we've got special plane fol-
lowing us full of stuff we've bought over here"
Gifts and night-clubbing are supposed to
be paid for by the Congressmen themselves,
but their official expenses = travel, hotels,
taxis, tips and phone calls are reimbursed
later. As an employee of the Congressional
Disbursing Offices said, Have YOU ever heard
of salesman cheating himself on an expense
account?"
The junketing groups are often large. Most
subcommittee take at least one clerk or staff
assistant, and there are likely to be a couple of
Army and State Department representatives
Continued on page ~
Evening star., 1950-03-05
by william Atwood and David Perlman
This Week European Correspondents

likely to form snap judgments based on super
fetal observations With few exceptions, most
of our touring Congressman never stay more
than two or three days in any one place. A
popular Italian cartoon last fall showed a
couple of American solons leaning out of
train, passing out mimeographed statements
to reporters and asking: What country are
we in?"
One-DAy Stand
lHIs tendency to sprint through country
can have dismaying results. A Western Senator
made whistle stop in Paris one day to prove
to himself that the United States Information
Service was boondoggle. Two American
reporters came to interview him in his suite
at the swank Meurice Hotel "You ever listen
to the Voice of America?" he inquired. They
hadn't Just then the waiter and chamber
maid came in with coffee ASK them if they
Evening star., 1950-03-05

Tence-MendinG Operation
OFF-rEE-c CUFF pronouncements by junketeers
often distress State Department representa-
tives who have to mend diplomatic fences
after COngressmen have stampeded through
country.
The most recent glaring examples were the
intemperate remarks of Senator Elmer
Thomas, Oklahoma Democrat. Not only did
he publicly insult the Swedes, insisting they
didn't make enough fuss over him, but he
bluntly came out in favor of German army
and aid to Franco Spain-two explosive issues
on which our diplomats were striving to allay
French and British fears.
Il have no apologies to make" he was
quoted as saying. I'VE have been well received
by royalty in Denmark and Sweden" His
aide whispered to him. The Senator said, i
meant to say we have been received by the
King of Greece. not Sweden. Sweden does
not have king
Corrected again by his nervous aide,
Thomas admitted, 81 was wrong. l did
not know that Sweden had a king"
''The Communist papers all played up his
statements, lamented one ECA official. "and
then we had to start all over again explaining
that he was just an individual and not
spokesman for American foreign policy"
Some of our Congressman have managed to
make their fellow Americans vince without
sounding off on foreign policy. Last year one
Western Congressman got so drunk at an
- = hot ho IN,
sulting the distinguished guests in speeches
literally seasoned with foM-letter words.
Slespytims in Greece.
ONE high-handed display of public rudeness
or arrogance by a Congressman can undo a lot
of patient work. European government lead
ers, for example, have outdone themselves in
recent months to give the visiting lawmakers
long, informative interviews. In Greece, a
certain Eastern Representative known for his
interest in economy showed up for several such
official meetings, but almost invariably insult
into his old Capitol habits he would come
to with a start, muttering, ''Why can't we
cut this appropriation thirty per cent?"
Congressional rudeness may be due in part
to the deferential treatment they get from our
own government officials abroad. ECA mis-
sions and embassies have assigned special staff
officers to shepherd the junketeers, to make
their hotel reservations to take them night
clubbing, shopping and sightseeing in govern
ment cars. There's good reason for this
-ECA and State Department chiefs know
that Capitol Hill controls their appropria-
tons, and they don't dare risk Congressional
displeasure.
In Berlin, the most explosive spot in Europe,
Major General Maxwell D. Taylor commands
a vital outpost in the cold war. His is a
gruelling day-and-night job. Yet almost every
day last fall he had to devote at least three
hours to Congressional visitors, briefing them
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Osobni.

Nase mila krajanka pi. Anez-
ka Svejdova navratila Sc z ces-
ty poEvrope, kde take navstfvi-
la svoji dceru 81. Normu Svej-
dovou, adoptku mal1rskeho u
m6nf, ktera studuje We Floren-
eli, Italie.
Vftame opet pf. S%vejdovou do
naSeho kruhu a doufame, re
nam svoje poznatky a zkuse-
nosti V Telegraph vylic1.
= Minuly tyden byl ustano-
ven Management Madison Res
taurantu, 800 N. Chester st.
mas mily krajan pan ANTON
STANEK, take znamy pod jm6-
mem Captain Andy"
PTejeme p. Stankovi V jeho
novem postaven1 mnoho zdaru!
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81 obsti velke dHlni k~atastrofy
V PoruFi.

Essen: = Pocet obetf, jez
prisly o zivot pc explosi v uhel-
mem dole v Gelsenkirchen-Bo tt-
hansen v rurske panvi dostoupil
CT. Nekolik dalslch re 81 RAJ
nenych hornfkG utrpelo smrtel-
ma zranenf, jemuz pravdepo-
dobne podlehnou.
K dGlnl katastrofe doslo v
hloubce 5000 stop pc explosi
uhelneho prachu, ktery Sc vzni-
til. Uhelny dill patti belgicke
spolecnosti. Devet obetf toho-
to nestest1 zemrelo v nemocni-
ci. Cele okoli tohoto ddlniho
rev1ru je zahaleno v hluboky
smutek. Nemect1 a spojenectf
dGlnf inzinyri Sc sesli k porade,
ably %vysetrili prfciny tohoto ne
stestl.
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Pohrby.

Dne 10. kvetna zemfela
pf. Margaret A. Panuska ,722
N. Collington Ave. We starr 81
let. Narodila Sc v Baltimore.
Zanechala zde zarmouceneho
manzela p. Edwarda r. Panus-
ku policejniho serzanta We W.
sluzbe a dftky: Catherine, Flo
renee, August a Emmu. Byla
take matkou nedavno zemrele-
no Johna Panusky.
Pohreb zemfele Sc konal o3,
kv6tna re Cvachova POhf. Do
mu, 900 N. Chester st. do ko-
stella sv. Vaclava a odtud ma
Hrbitov Nejsv. Vykupitele Ia
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assistance Vldp. Josefa F. We
trOVca

= Dne 20. kvetna zemfela
staricka krajanka pl. Marie Po-
lackova, rozena Kopecka, 623
N. Surley st. Bylo il IS let.
Narodila Sc v Ceskoslovensku
a do Ameriky prijela v roce
1905. Zanechala zde truchli-
chic manzela p. Jindricha Po-
lacka a ditky: pf. MARI Ben
dali a PIP. Charles a Henry Po-
lacka.
Pohfeb zensule konal Sc %.
kvetna re SchimGnkova Pohf.
Domu ma Cesky Narodni Hrbi-
TOW.
= "a. kvetna zemrel p. 10
seph Pompilio Giandomenico,
manzel pf. Vera Giandomenico
1928 E. Chase ST. We start 81
let. Byl vlastn1kem krejcov-
skeho obchodu. Narodil Sc v
Italii a do Ameriky pTijel v r.
1903.
Pohreb Dude Sc konati v So
botu, 27. kvetna re Schimnn-
kova PohT. Domu do kostela sv.
Katefiny a odtud ma Holy Rosa
|ry Cemetery.
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Dne 80. kvetna
Decoration Day.

Dude hIavnf posta a jeff filial-
ky uzavTeny. Posta nebude
r~oznasena. Postovnf schranky
budou vybfrany v 5 bod. odpol.
Otevreny pro veTejnost "a
stanou v hlavni post. budove:
Registry Section a Lock Boxes.
Parcel Post balfcky budou pTi-
ifmany k odeslanf u Firm Mail
Delivery Window" v hlavn1m
koridoru. Stamp Section Dude
otevrena cd $50 a. m. do 5
p. m.
Parcel Post Station Dude O.
tevrena pro registraci posty,
prodej znamek a pTij1man1 ba-
l1ckG az do II p. M.
Take nebude zadna donaska
posty ma venkove.
Neal A. Sibley, postmistr
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Cesky student We Washingtone.
D.. C.. vitszem " soutezi.

Student Norman Jettmar,
starry II rokd, graduant Calvin
Coolidge High School vyhral l.
cenu We Washington Home De-
sign Competition. Obdrzel kras-
nou velkou trofej ma n1z bylo
vyryto jeho jmeno, kterou Nor
man v6noval skole. Jeho ma
vrh (entry) byl uznan skupi-
nou architektG jake nejlepsi
plan domu. Norman take OBJ
drzel rysovac1 nacinf v Gene
$500. Vsechny Vyss1 skoly
We Washington6 Sc s1~castnily
t6to sout6ze.
Norman je synem krajanky
pf ELY Jettmarov6 a zemTeleho
Emilia Jettmara, 1888 Kennedy
st., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Nasemu mlad6mu krajanu p.
Norman Jettmarovi k v1tezstv1
V soutezi srdecne gratulujeme!
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Zapadni Berlin jasal pr anne
rickem vojenskem prIGvodu.

Berlin: = Tisfce zapadnfch
Berlfnan1 a starsf dGstojnfci
vsech spojeneckych narodd v
Berlfne, mimo ruske, 1castnili
Sc slavnostnfho prdvodu Dne
ozbrojenych sill Spojenych Sta
til - "nejvets1ho cd casu Hit
lerovych'', jak Sc vyslovili ne
mecti pozorovatele. Zastupy
nemeckych detf tlesktly a ia
sally, kdyz 1000 americkych
vojakd pochodovalo pred John
en- J. McCloyem, vrchnim a
merickym kemisafem a genera
lem Thomasem T. Handym, vr-
chnlm velitelem americkeho
vojska v Europe.
V Mnichove Sc dlvalo poole
odhadu 100000 Nemc1 ma g.
900 pochoduj1c1ch pohotovych
americkych vojaku.