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Evening star., 1950-12-12
u. S. Awards Medals to Men
Who Saved Trumon's Life

The Government today honored
the men who fought off the at
tempt on President Truman's life
in the Blair House gunight No.
vember l..
A gold medal was presented
poSthumously to Pvt. Leslie Coffelt
of the White House police who was
slain. Similar awards went to
Pvts. Joseph H. Downs and Dom
aid Birdzell. also members of the
White House police force, who
were wounded in the exchange of
shots with the Puerto Rican revo-
lutionistS.
Silver lapel buttons went to
Secret Service Agent Floyd M.
Boring and Vincent P. Mroz who
also exchanged shots with the at
tackers. and Policeman Joseph O.
Davidson.
Weeping, Mrs. Cressie Coffelt,
widow of the slain policeman, re-
ceived his medal and the certif1-
cate accompanying it.
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Estate TotaIing $43,635
Left by Carter Barron

Carter T. Barron's total estate
aggregated $43,635 before deduc-
ton of $4,000 in debts, probate
papers disclosed today in District
Court.
The 45-year-old theater man
and civic leader who died Novem-
ber Is at his home, 6661 Barnaby
street NV, left all of his estate
to his widow Velna. Mr.. Barron
was executive vice chairman of the
National Capital Sesquicentennial
Commission, Eastern division man
ager of the Loew's theater chain,
and Washington studio represen-
tative of Metropolitan Goodwin
Mayer.
His assets were listed as consist
ing of cash and securities. The
debts were described as loans and
estate.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Bethesda Youth, Is, Hurt
In Dynamite Cap Blast

A 16-year- old Bethesda boy suf-
fered injuries to his eye, hands
and knees today when dynamite
cap with which he was playing
exploded.
John Nichols of 6603 Clarendon
road was taken by the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Rescue Squad to
suburban Hospital, where he was
treated for multiple abrasions and
transferred to Episcopal Eye, Ear
and Throat Hospital for further
examination of his eye.
Two other occupants of the
apartment building, Mrs. Florence
Valentine and Mrs. Betty Hall,
said the youth told them he was
hurt when a dynamite cap explod-
ed as he was touching it with the
wires of a small electric trans
former in an attempt to make
sparks. He said he found the
dynamite cap on a Bethesda con-
struction job.
He was home alone. his mother
having gone to work and his sis
ters and brother to school. The
explosion did not damage the
apartment.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Adventists Begin Study
Of Firsf-Aid Methods

A Nation wide flrst-aid train
ing program to ready the entire
membership of the Seventh-Day
Adventist Church for national OF
local emergencies began yester-
day.
twenty-five church representa-
tives from 18 Eastern States
opened an intensive instructor
trainer program at eastern area
headquarters of the Red Cross in
Alexandria. The Adventists plan
f1rst-aid classes in 5000 member
churches. The initial trainees will
direct the program in their home
areas.
DR.. j. Wayne Mcfarland, as
sociate medical director of the
church's international medical
department in Takoma Park, will
supervise the first-aid training
program in cooperation with the
Red Cross. ~t
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Children Are Blamed
In Painter S Shootinq

Police today blamed children
for shooting through the window
of sign company yesterday after
noon and wounding a sign painter
Homicide Squad detectives said
last night, following an investi-
cation, that other youngsters
saw some children firing at the
back of the Arrow Sign and Dis
plays, Inc, in the rear of 424
Fourth street NE.
Bella Szabados, 80, the painter
IS in fairly good" condition at
Casualty Hospital. with wound
on the right side of his head. A
Hungarian refugee, he lives at
1921 Georgia avenue NV.
When operated on last night for
removal of the bullet. surgeons
found three small parts of one,
which they said had been of 20
caliber. Police said the weapon
has not been found.
Mr. Szabados was bent over his
desk when the bullet came through
the window, on which the. blind
had been pulled down. The win
dow faces on an alley.
Evening star., 1950-12-12

President Truman was visibly
shaken as he made the award.
The citations were read by
Treasury Secretary Snyder and
the presentations were made by
President Truman who affixed
the lapel buttons.
The gold medal winners re-
ceived what is known as the ex-
ceptional civilian service honor
for demonstration of outstanding
courage" The other award is
known as the meritorious civilian
service honor.
President Truman in making
the awards said that you can
hardly understand what this
means to me-"
Pvt. Birdzell still walks with a
cane as result of his wounds. At
one time Pvt. Downs life was
virtually despaired Of. One of the
terrorists, Griselio Toresola, was
killed in the fight, and his COM
panion, Oscar Collazo, was badly
wounded.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
District Rent Control
Passed by Senate;
House Action Begins

Extension of District rent con-
troll was a step closer today as
the House District Committee
planned to consider the bill passed
by the Senate without a dissent
ing vote.
Meanwhile. Congress sent to the
White House today a bill extend
ing Federal rent controls through
next March 81.
The District measure, as passed
by the Senate late yesterday, also
would extend rent control here to
March 81. Chairman Mcmillan
of the House District Committee
planned to meet with members OF
his committee on the bill in an
executive session at II am. Thurs
day
Amended on Senate Floor.
The Senate District Committee
earlier had recommended extend
ing the District law only to Feb
|ruary %. But this was amended
on the Senate floor to the end Of
March to keep it in accord with
the new expiration date on Fed
eral rent controls.
The present District law runs
to January 81.
There has been some thought
on the House side there would be
time to act on the local measure
in January but others have
pointed out that the House COM
mittees in the new Congress may
not be organized until late in
January.
Nicely Handles Measure.
Chairman Neely. of the Senate
District Committee, handled the
bill on the floor yesterday. Sen
ator Hunt, Democrat, of Wyoming
authored the amendment to con-
tinue the controls to Mach 81.
The Federal rent control bill
was the first major domestic legis-
lation passed in the short session
of Congress. The House passed
the compromise bill yesterday by
a voice vote. The Senate had ap-
proved it Friday.
Under the present law, Federal
rent controls expire on December
31-except in communities which
vote to continue them through
June 30. The new legislation
moves the automatic cutoff date
forward to March 81.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
By w. H. Shippen
Stcr Stoff Correspondent

ACCOMAC, Va, Dec. 12.-The
livestock on Walston Farm neither
moos. cackles nor grunts, but
the critters are attracting plenty
of attention.
On fair Sundays, Eastern Shore
residents from Cape Charles to
the upper reaches cf the oenin-
sula drive to the Walton Elace to
view barnyard menagerie now
rivaling Chincoteague's annual
roundup of wild ponies.
Nothing quite like Theodore R.
Freitag's monkey health farm has
been seen before in a community
of truck farmers. poultrymen
oyster tongers and fishermen
This is because Mr.. Freitag was
the first to discover that "the
Eastern Shore is just the place
for monkeys"
Here Mr.. F'reitag "reconditions''
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mild Eastern Shore winters, and
temps their whimsical appetites
with local products as well as i'm
ported fruits.
Select bananas and oranges
come high. and Mr.. Freitag tries
to teach each new batch to go
for less costly food like Virginia
sweet potatoes.
The monkeys turn the dish
down or they turn the dishes over
and scatter the contents until Mr..
Feitag mixes in little rice with
a touch of onion f1avoring.
Once the monkeys develop
Eastern Shore appetites, Mr..
Freitag says, he has no further
trouble with them, except to re-
pair the flying trapezes in their
cages.
Il thought I had retired" Mr..
Freitag said, But I'm working
harder now than I ever did as a
young man"
Evening star., 1950-12-12

Now and then his SON. laws
trucks would stop overnight. May
be they had a croupy chimp
aboard, or a passel of seasick,
undernourished monkeys just in
from Calcutta or Singapore. Mr..
Freitag volunteered some help at
first, and at length found he had
taken on full-time job.
At one time last summer Mr..
Freitag had more than 1000
rhesus monkeys on hand, along
with various Java, pig tail and
African green types, several
chimps and two or three Asiatic
bears.
just now his days are spent
helping his farm hands to cook
for, feed and doctor monkeys, and
his nights in designing additions
to his outdoor cages and electri-
cally heated hutches.
Mr.. Freitag acclimatizes the
tropical animals to the relatively
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Mrs. w. |. Fulton Heads
Presbyterian Home

Mrs. w. L. Fulton, 5510 Thirty
third street NV, is the new pres
ident of the Board of Managers
of the Presbyterian Home, 1918
Newton street NV.
Recent elections of the group
also included: Mrs. Willard w.
Gatehill, first vice president; Mrs.
Julian Pollard, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. w. F. Thompson, third
vice president; Mrs. Henry F.
Wooding, fourth vice president;
Mrs. Harry C. Plummer, recording
secretary; Mrs. w. K. Menefee,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Roy
Jorolemon, treasurer, and Mrs.
Robert B. Heenam. assistant
treasurer.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Byrd BIames Korea Crisis
On Bad Intelligence Data
By the Asseeiatsd Press

CULPEPER, Va, Dec. 12.-Bad
Intelligence reports and conflict
ing information from the war
front led to the setback of United
Nations troops in Korea, says Sen
ator Byrd. Democrat, of Virginia
The Korean war, which Sena-
tor Byrd describes as "the tragedy
of errors" has resulted in "the
greatest military defeat" in Amer
ican history, in the opinion of Vir-
ginia's senior Senator.
Senator Byrd spoke extempo-
raneously here last night at a
joint dinner meeting of the Cul-
peper Rotary Club and the Cul-
pfper Chapter Of the American
association of University Women,
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Brosius to Address
FederuIists

William Brosius, jr., former di-
rector of the Maryland Junior
Chamber of Commerce, will be
speaker at the United World Fed
eralist luncheon at 1890 pm. to-
morrow at Lee House, Fifteenth
and L streets NV.
Discussion will be led by Philip
w. Amram, attorney, and Edgar
Ansel Mowrer, writer.
Evening star., 1950-12-12

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District No. /. AS the county con-
tlnueS to grow other means of
waste disposal will have to be
found. !
Unless all methods of possible
cooperation are thoroughly ex-
plored now. Fairfax County may
be faced in the future with the
necessity of constructing and op-
Grating number of disposal
plants.
Sanitary District No. 2, the area
which includes Vienna, Mclean
and Langley, may be cited as an
example If future growth neces-
states the construction of sewer
lines in this area, the county must
either negotiate with Arlington
County to handle the sewage, con-
struct another treatment plant
near the Potomac in the area be-
tween Chain Bridge and Great
Falls, or make a deal with the
District to pipe across the upper
river and into an intercepter line
bringing Maryland sewage from
the Cabin Jonh area to the Dis
trict plant.
Adverse Public Opinion Cited.
1t is unlikely that public opin-
ion would sanction a disposal plant
in the area above Chain Bridge.
This area has been designated as
a recreational part of the river.
and the addition of polluting in
f1uences here would be highly re-
sented. Such plant would have
to be located below the intake of
the Washington water system and
would create an additional prob
lem in cleaning the river above
the District.
Engineers believe that Fairfax
|County's best solution to waste dis
posal in Sanitary District No. 2
would be through the District
lines.
James j. Corbalis. jr., Fairfax
County sanitary engineer, asserted
that the county has been fortunate
IN the strides it has been able to
make toward pollution control.
Bought Line From U. S.
The county was able to purchase
from the Federal Government the
Sanitary District No. l trunkline
sewer for 100000, which repre-
sents about 13 per cent of its cost
value, he said.
He explained that the So mil
lion bond issue recently approved
by Sanitary District No. l voters
should take care of the districts
sanitary needs until about 1890
Included in the issue is $l,1O5, 900
for treatment plant, $500, 900
to pay for the trunk sewer line
and 1880 to provide for addi-
tional sewer lines.
A $469,765 project to construct
sewers in the Groveton area is ex-
pected to begin Immediately, and
it has been indicated that work on
the treatment plant would start
In the spring.
There is a strong possibility,
however, that a suit will be filed
to prevent the county from locat-
ing the treatment plant in the New
Alexandria area. A suit would de-
lay proposed construction, and if
lost by the county would force the
locating of the proposed plant in
another area.
Mr.. Corbalis said the proposed
plant will have a capacity of 8
million gallons day, and it's cost
of operation, not including in
terest and amortization, should
run to about 100000 a year.
Mr.. Corbalis said he is in favor
of a complete study to find out
whether an authority that would
either operate plants on the Vir-
ginia side of the river or pump into
the District plant would be
cheaper.
He said such a study will be
good insurance, for it will enable
officials to know definitely that
they are serving the best interests
of the taxpayers.
Evening star., 1950-12-12


chair, his eyes fixed on the coun-
sci tables before Judge Matthew
MCGUIRE, who heard the case
without jury.
The youth was charged in the
fatal shooting last May 27 of Cor
don c. Brown, "a, Seat Pleasant
Md, in a holdup attempt on the
hacker in his cab at the post.
Reynolds was not arrested unit
month later after more than
1000 service personnel at Bolline
had been questioned. Shortly after
his arrest, the defendant told po-
lice he had wanted to get money
to send to his grandmother in
Pennsylvania.
Psychiatrists Testify.
Judge Mcclure today heard
testimony by Drs. Joseph L. Gill
bert and Amino Perretti, Gallinger
hospital psychiatrists, and also
read a memorandum from Drs.
William G. Cushard and Avrohm
Jacobson, psychiatrists of St
Elizabeths Hospital.
The Gallinger psychiatrists
agreed that Reynolds, whom they
examined total of nine times in
the last month, was suffering from
schizophrenia, or split personality
DR.. Perretti characterized the
youth as "hallicinated, aimless
melancholy, excitable." DR.. Gill
bert said Reynolds showed "stupor-
GUS reactions" under his menta.
examination.
DR.. Gilbert said he delved into
Reynolds background and foune
him to be a product of a broker
home" The psychiatrist said the
youths parents had been divorced
and that at an early age Reynolds
was pushed around" from one
relative to another.
"He is withdrawn from the rest
of the world" DR.. Gilbert added
Treatment Is Ordered.
In response to questioning by
Assistant United States Attorney
Arthur Mclaughlin, DR.. Gilbert
said he had considered the pos.
sibility that the defendant wa.
feigning mental illness. but added
he is convinced that this wa.
not so.
With similar conclusions reached
by the st. Elizabeths psychiatrists
Judge Mcclure decided Reynold.
is now unaware of the nature Of
the charges and unable to assis
counsel in his own defense"
The judge ordered that Reynold!
receive treatment in a Fedora
hospital and noted that if the
youths disability should clear ul
he must be returned to face thu
murder charge in District Court
Evening star., 1950-12-12
NPA 10 Hear
District Appeal
On Fairgrounds
Friday Meeting Set
On Exemption From
Recreation Freeze

The District Recreation Board
and the Board Of Education will
meet at II am. Friday with Ma
tional Production Authority of
f1cials in an attempt to get
exemptions from the freeze order
banning all recreational construc-
tion.
This was announced today at
the Recreation Boards regular
monthly meeting.
Today'S session was held in the
District Building boardroom and
was attended by more than 200
employees of the Recreation De-
partment. 1t is the first time in
the history of the board that the
whole department has participate
ed in one of its meetings.
Harry S. Wender, board chair
man, said such a meeting would
be held once year from now on
SO that the employees could see
how the board operates.
70 HAAA f1V otdAuStllIs
The NPA freeze order has
brought the Recreation Boards
program for improving and ex-
panding the city's Fairgrounds to
virtual standstill. The Board
OF Education is joining in efforts
to get some exemptions because
OF its interest in constructing a
new stadium at Coolidge High
School and of making extensive
additions to the present stadium
at Eastern High School.
A similar ban on all recrea-
tional construction went into
effect at the beginning of World
War II, but was relaxed some-
what later on to allow certain
types Of public recreational ia
cilities to be built.
In another action the Recrea-
tion Board approved details of
the contract with the Interior De-
partment under which it will take
over operation of the public golf
courses here. The courses at pres
ent are operated for the Interior
Department by S. G. Loeffler, un-
der a one-year contract.
Lack of Funds in Way.
The only thing preventing the
Recreation Board from assuming
control of the golf courses now
is the lack of $275,000. The IN
terror Department has agreed to
let the local board take over on
the first of any year after Con-
gress appropriates the money. Part
OF the $275.000 would be used to
buy out Mr.. Loeff1er's equipment
and the rest put in a revolving
fund to operate the courses.
| Approval of the contract terms
today does not mean that the
contract is now in effect. 1t will
not be executed by either the Rec
reation Board or the Secretary Of
the Interior until the money is
available.
The contract outlines in detail
tlle responsibility OF the TWO Gov
ernment agencies in maintaining
and opeating the courses. For
instance, the Recreation Board
will be directly responsible for
keeping the courses themselves in
condition, while the Interior De-
partment's National Capital Parks
office will be responsible for the
roads, buildings, walks and con-
struction of all future facilities.
The death yesterday of Richard
S. Tennyson, director of the city,
wide division of the Recreation
Department, was noted by Mr..
Wender. Milo Christensen, rec
reation superintendent, read into
the minutes of the board an ac-
count of Mr.. Tennyson's long
service in the department.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Mitchell to Speak

Clarence Mitchell, legislative
director of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of
Colored People, will be principal
speaker at meeting of the Lin
coin University (Pa.) Alumni
Association of Washington at $50
pm. tomorrow at Kappa Alpha
Psi fraternity house, 1708 S street
NV,
Evening star., 1950-12-12

IdSt May, Was
declared insane
in Dis t r C t
Court today.
The S Ii G h t,
lanky, 18-year-
o / d registered
no reaction in
t h e proceed
ings brought by
Defense Coun-
sci John Fitz-
patrick to stave
off an impend-
! n G m u + d e r
trial. He sat
cl11Haannd in hsn
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Elizabeth Quits Greece

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. II (P.-
Britain's Princess Elizabeth left
Piraeus, the port of Athens, today
&ter six-day visit in the Greek
capital.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
6. O. P. Meeting Called

The Young Republican Club Of
Prince Georges County will meet
at $3.50 o'clock tonight in the
Madison Cafeteria, kHyattsville,
Md. y
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Boiling Airman Held
In Murder of Cabbie
Is Ruled Insane

Pvt. Gilbert W. Reynolds. Boil
ing Air Force Base airman,
charged with the first-degree
murder of a taxicab driver here
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Fairfax Sewage
ProjectDec|ared
Just First Step
Fort Hunt Proposal
Is Far From PROVIDING
Permanent Solution
By james BirchfieId

The construction by Fairfax
County of sewage treatment
plant on Fort Hunt road will not
provide a permanent solution to
that county's sanitary waste
problems.
The proposed Fairfax County
plont is to serve only Sanitary
Evening star., 1950-12-12

This is the Third of q Series of Articles
About the Problem Of Pollution in the
Washington Areo.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-03-03

New Years Eve. 1910. he pro-
claimed: You will now under
stand the persecution Of certain
races which other countries. to
safeguard their historic destinies.
were forced to prosecute and iso-
late because they had become a
national peril. Thanks to God
and clear vision of our Catholic
King and Queen. Ferdinand and
Isabella. we were once freed of
such a dangerous burden as all
these spectators attached to easy
gains and sinister speculation"
Francois congratulatory mes
sage to Hitler: "Fervent wishes
that the great German people adj
vance under the glorious emblem
of the Swastika. He'll Hitler"
The Spanish dictator's overtures
have not only been directed at
the u. S.. but affection is also
shown for the Arab world. The
Madrid radio announced on Octo-
Der a, lS49. THE officers of the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-03-03
JEWS IN
SPORTS
BY HASKELL COHEN
Copyright, 1850, Jewish Telegraphic
AGENCY Inc

Most of the track and field
events will be held in the Mac
cabiah Stadium in Tel Aviv,
which was the meeting place for
the 1885 games. The swimming
events will take place in Haifa.
The other competitions will be
held in Petah Tikvah, Sarafand,
Jerusalem, and other villages and
towns.
The sports events include the
full Olympic program of field and
track. tennis. table tennis. swim
ming. fencing and gymnastics for
both men and women competi-
tors. For men only are such
sports events as basketball. box
ing. cycling. field handball. field
hockey. pentathlon. rowing. vol
leYball. shooting. water polo.
weight lifting. and wrestling.
Some three hundred entries
have already been received from
many countries to participate in
the games which will be opened
on October 20 by DR.. Chain
Weizmann, president of Israel.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-03-03

Two thousand Jewish athletes
are expected to take part in the
World Jewish Olympic Games
between September ~ and &C.
tober 8. Between IS and 40 coun-
tries are expected to compete in
the games sponsored by the
World Maccabi Union in Israel.
The games, called ''Maccabiah,"
were held in 1892 and 1885 at
which times American contin-
gents won the honors. Entry for
the 1850 games is not restricted
to the 10000 members of the 1874
branches of the Union in AZ ter
ritorial sections. Whether or not
he is affiliated with Maccabee
club, any Jewish athlete who
qualities as an amateur under the
International Olympic Commit
tee rules may compete.
A new stadium for the games
is expected to be completed in
August. It will be constructed.
with accommodations for $4,000
spectators. at Ramat Gan. sub
a1rb Of Tel Aviv.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-03-03
Maxine Rose
Weds james Clyde
Dixon, Jr.

Friends of the family are re-
ceiving the following announce
ment:
Mrs. Arthur Lawrence Robin
son announces the marriage of
her daughter Maxine Robinson
Rose to Mr.. James Clyde Dixon,
Jr. on Monday, the twentieth of
February, Nineteen hundred and
fifty, Columbus, Ohio. At home
after the fifth of March, Eighteen
Peachtree Circle, Northeast, At
lanta, Georgia.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-03-03

Franco wants the U. S. to spon-
Sor his dictatorship as member
of the Atlantic Pact. To gain this
end, Spain has taken to petting
its handful (about $1,000 Jewish
residents. A Jewish congress
man, Rep. Abraham J. Multer,
Democrat, New York, visited
Spain recently and later reported
to Congress that he found the
Spanish Jewish community thriv-
ing and happy. He said, ut is the
only place is the Eastern Hemis-
phere, outside of Israel, where I
observed Jews proudly wearing
in their lapels the gold Mogen
Dovid, the Shield of David -"
Only a few years ago. Franco
expressed thanks that the Span
ish Jewish problem had been
effectively solved by the Inquisi-
ton. In a radio broadcast on