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Evening star., 1950-09-25
Jews 10 Open Observance
OF Sukkos in Area Toniqht

Jewish residents Of Washington
will open their observance of Suk-
kos. the Feast of TabernacleS, at
sundown today in synagogues and
temples of the Metropolitan Area.
Sukkos, which is observed for
nine days by Orthodox and Con-
servative- Jews and for eight days
by Reformed Jews, closes the high
holy day period that started with
Rosh Hashonah.
Sukkos is b joyous agricultural
festival period celebrating COM
pletion of the harvest. It some
times is known as the "Feast Of
Ingathering," being similar in its
observance to the Puritan holiday
of Thanksgiving.
Historically the observance has
been linked with the wanderings
of the Israelites following their
freedom from bondage in Egypt.
During this period they lived in
booths. "Sukkos" being the He
brew word for this abode. Devout
Jews build such temporary struc-
lures near their homes or place of
worship for the observance.
Evening star., 1950-09-25

Miller has been able to report.
in the technical language of di-
plomacy, an achievement of prog
ress. A secretary told her he
would be glad to give her the
eight acres if he could only get
the generalissimo to authorize it.
The Cleveland Park Club on
Newark street is a unique neigh
borhood club. Families have to
be elected to membership and
their number is kept at about SO.
The club, which is about Is years
old, has remodeled one of the old
residences and added a swimming
pool. "No alcoholic beverages" is
an unbroken rule of the place.
The members pride themselves on
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Fairfax Expects u. S. to Seek
Sites Farther Out in Dispersion

done, the necessity of providing
schools and remarked, Fairfax
County is not adequately taking
care Of it's schools now" There
would also be disqualification, po-
licing and other services to be
provided.
Water Supply Problem.
AS Mr.. Brookf1eld sees it, the
real problem of locating in Fair
fax County is water and sewage
disposal. He said the water
supply problem, while expensive,
could be worked out. He saw
the sewage-disposal problem as
more serious.
Aside from the Potomac the
chief water sources are these:
Bull Run. 1t is already the
source for Manassas.
Occoquan Creek. There are now
reservoirs on the creek to sup
ply Alexandria and the District
Reformatory.
Accotink Creek. It is the water
source for Fort Belvoir.
A town of $4,000 near a Gov
ernment building, however, would
offer a serious sewage problem
and the danger of polluting the
streams used by others as a water
source, he said.
Well Served by Highways.
The county is well served by
highways although the congestion
on some Of them as they near
Washington is serious.
The chief route is the Shirley
Highway, a divided lane, limited
access highway to Colchester
where it joins q. 8. Highway
NO. l 1t provides quick access
to the southern end of the county
in about 40 minutes-and places
the motorist in Prince William
County in less than an hour.
u. S. Highway No. SO cuts across
Fairfax county to the southern
end of Loudoun County.
Virginia Highway No. serves
the north end of Fairfax County
and continues on through Lees
burg in Loudoun County. Heavier
traffic would necessitate widen
ing it. but it has a broad right
Iof way.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Gas Stution Thieves Get
Safe With ST 900 1t

A safe containing approxi-
mately $1,000 was chopped from
the wall of an Arlington gas sta
ton by thieves who broke in early
this morning, police reported.
The theft was reported by An-
derson & Buckler Service Station.
1901 Lee highway. Police said
the thieves entered the station
by opening a side window. They
carried the safe away with them.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
The Expanding Capital
By Froncis P. DouqIos

oTThile Fairfax County planners
expect that the county may be-
come the site of one or more of
the dispersed Federal Offices, they
believe that the Government will
go farther into Virginia for sites.
They point to Loudoun and
Prince William Counties as prob
ably offering more advantageous
locations. And beyond those two
counties there are the possibilities
of locations in Prince William and
Stafford Counties.
John w. Brookfield, chairman of
the North Virginia Regional Plan
ming Commission, said that the
Government may place office
buildings in the outer reaches of
Fairfax County. But he believes
the Federal planners will 60
farther.
He is also convinced that outly-
ing Office buildings will mean satel-
lite towns despite the insistence
by those making the plans that no
Government towns" are intended.
The satellite towns would not be
Government towns as such and it
will be the responsibility Of local
planning and coming officials to see
that the communities of Federal
workers and their families are
properly developed.
Loss in Taxes.
Mr.. Brookfield believes the Gov
eminent will want to get farther
from Washington than the con-
fines of Fairfax County. He also
cited the number of Federal and
other public installations now in
the county. He listed Fort Belvoir,
the District of Columbia Reforma-
tory at Lorton, the Coast Guard
station on Telegraph road, Mt,
Vernon with its 500 acres, and
Gunston Hall, with 555 acres.
Additional Government reserva-
tions would mean additional
targets in one area. 1t would mean
the additional loss of taxes. Mr.
Brookf1eld, who lives at Spring
field, in Fairfax County, said he
believes the projected new Wash
ington airport will be placed in
the county.
Mr.. Brookfield said the loss ir
taxes from the Government taking
land for a building would be off.
set to some extent by increased
values of the surrounding area
But if you break even you de
very WELL" he added.
| He mentioned, as others have
Evening star., 1950-09-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Stein, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Sifton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Levy (the husbands
all were in the Wage and Hour
Division); Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
w. Straus The is the head of
Reclamation in 1nterior) and Mr..
and Mrs. James w. McNally (she
is a sister in = law of Harold
Ickes).
A resolution upholding the
Civil Rights report was carried
by a few votes. After that the
New Dealers took over the Cleve-
land Park Citizens Association.
It's president is Ganson Purcell,
former chairman of the SEC who
is Washington partner of the old
Elihu Root law firm, now Root,
Ballantine, Harlan, Bushby &
Palmer.
The well-to-do have found
Cleveland Park with its large
houses and large yards ideal for
their growing families. The area
is alive with children at play.
Prosperous Playground.
The Macomb street playground
Is a demonstration that under
the American system prosperous
neighborhoodS can have public
Fairgrounds if an organized ef-
fort is made. However. the Par
ent-Teacher Association of the
Eaton school consider it now in
adequate.
Tommy" Miller, as everyone
calls the wife of Joseph L. Mil
Ter, the former Agriculturite al
ready mentioned, is chairman of
recreation for the PTA. She has
made many calls upon the Chi
nese Embassy, which has 18 acres
south of Macomb street, to get
Ambassador T. v. Soong to pre-
sent eight acres to the neighbor-
hood for a playground. 1t was
presented as a potential gesture
that would do much for Chang
Kai-shek in American public
opinion. After her last call, Mrs.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Presbytery Leaders
Begin School Tonight

A Presbytery Leadership Edu-
cation School will open the first
of four Monday evening sessions
at 8 o'clock tonight in National
Presbyterian Church, Connecticut
avenue and N street N. w.
The Rev. Franklin B. Gillespie,
chairman Of the Committee on
Christian Education, will speak
tonight on 1.-THE Basic Meaning Of
the Church"
Evening star., 1950-09-25

quite pleased at the response on
opening day."
Local Beats Express.
The Chevy Chase shoppers ex-
press winds up at the Federal Tri-
angle, Thirteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
F. B. Keyes, Capital Transit
starter there, admitted the local
La from Chevy Chase Circle had
beat the first express bus to its
destination, but pointed out it
was the initial run.
1--WE hope. in time, the buses
will be filled with shoppers on all
runs" he added. Mr.. Keyes said
the express buses would be tested
for the next 60 days before they
are made permanent or aban-
doned.
The Chevy Chase line sends out
three expresses at 1858, 9:28 and
9:58 arriving at the Federal Tri-
angle at 9:33, 9:58 and 1923 am.
On the retur ntrip, they will leave
there at 3:20, $3.50 and 4:20 pm,
returning to Chevy Chase Circle at
1851, 4::21 and 4::51.
Evening star., 1950-09-25

10 miles north OF PatuXent Naval
Air Station.
The missing man is Benjamin
H. Newton, 40, of 203 Second
street Sc, who went fishing with
the airman late Saturday. His
family has not heard from him
since.
Boat Was Rented Saturday.
State police learned the two
rented a boat Saturday from
James Lynch, operator of Bene-
dict hotel and fishing boat feet.
Mr.. Lynch said the men brought
their own outboard motor.
Police believe the craft, an old
rowboat, was upset by rough
water.
The body of the man presumed
to be Pfc. Cameron was found by
three Washington area fishermen,
Charles ]. Felthouse, 623 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV; John B. Bry-
ant, 414 Second street NV, and
Raymond Dumont. Fairfax, Va.
They called police, VINO sent
Trooper George r. Sanger to the
scene with Fisheries Commission
patrol boats. When they removed
the body they found it was sup
ported by a light jacket-type life
preserver.
Identity to be Checked Today.
DR.. Julian s. Lane, st. Mary's
County medical examiner. said the
youth had drowned. Andrews Air
Force Base officials were to view
the body today.
Mr.. Lynch said he believed the
younger man had put on the life
preserver when the boat left the
dock, but that the other had not.
Mrs. Newton said her husband
could not swim. A painter, he has
lived here about % years, coming
from South Carolina. They have
a T-year-old son. George Newton.
Mr.. Newton and Pfc. Cameron
departed for the river in the lat
ter's automobile, the keys to
which were found in the airman's
pocket.
Mrs. Newton said the airman
was a friend Of the family.
Pfc. Cameron was a native Of
Springfield, Mo. His family now
lives in Ashgrove, Mo. He was
assigned to the 1051st Mainte-
nance Squadron at Andrews Air
Force Base as an airplane
He re-enlisted Septem-
ber IS for six years.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
By George Kennedy

Wnen you QrlVe OUT COnnecClcuC
avenue you cross the Taft Bridge
over Rock Creek valley. The
Shoreham and the Wardman Park
hotels are on the left. Then
you cross another bridge over the
Klingle Creek valley and the Up
town Theater is on the left in
a space cut out of a hill. The
larger and older houses of Cleve-
land Park are on that hill.
The passing motorist might well
turn to the left in Newark street
and drive around in Cleveland
Park. 1t is one of the most in
teresting parts of the city-and
| full of surprises.
1t is named after Grover Cleve-
land who built a summer house
IN the neighborhood of Newark
and Thirty-fourth streets in 1886
just after he married Frances
Folsom. the daughter of his law
partner. It was called Red Top.
Fortunately for Cleveland'S
name, the house was pulled down
years ago. 1t was an amazing
looking affair almost surrounded
by a double-deck masonry porch
with multiple arches. 1t seemed
to call for a pennant flying from
every pinnacle. Just as Presi-
dent Grants name has been as
sociated with the mansard roof,
the gay summer hotel architec-
ture of the 90S might become
known as the Cleveland style.
NeighbOrhOOd Has Charm.
Cleveland Park has charm. Most
of the old houses were built dur
ing the William Howard Taft ad-
ministration Q909-1913. Some
of them have 100-foot porches with
porte-cocheres and carriage houses
in tn rear. The trees are mag
nif1cent. Some of them are old
oaks from the woods that used
to cover the hill
In the Franklin D. Roosevelt
administration, Cleveland Park
found favor with well-to-do Gov
ernment people, especially those
from the Middle West. With its
shaded lawns and well-spaced
houses, it was the kind of choice
section they knew
Maple avenue all over again.
Despite it's relative recentness
Git was all built up in this CEN
tury). there are WaShingtonians
under the impression that Cleve-
land Park is entirely old-fash-
ioned. But not the leadership
of the Federation of Citizens As
sociations.
A realization that Cleveland
Park is different came when the
validity of racial covenants was
being debated in the courts. There
are no such covenants in the
Cleveland Park deeds and a move
ment was started to get property |
owners to sign agreements not
to sell to Negroes. Many re-
fused. Mrs. Avery Coonley of
a Vassar graduate of
the late COS who inherited for
tune from the Ferry seed busi-
ness in Michigan, was one, of
them. Mrs. Coonley is one of the
largest property owners in Cleve-
land Park.
Citizens Debate Issue.
This difference among the
Cleveland Parkers came to head
at a meeting of the Cleveland
Park Citizens Association. A de-
bate on the report of the Presi-
dents Committee on Civil Rights
had been arranged between Cliff
ford H. Newell, then president of
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations, and James B. Carey of
the CIO.
The veteran New Dealers mar
shaled their forces. Among those
in attendance that night were
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Miller Che
was in the Agriculture Depart
ment in the Henry Wallace days. ; i
Evening star., 1950-09-25
D. G. Democratic Club
Indorses Advisory Unit

The District Democratic Club
yesterday indorsed the establish
ment of a Citizens Advisory Coun-
Gil to assist the Commissioners.
The club, meeting at the Dupont
Plaza Hotel. voted Endorsement
after a discussion of the proposal
by Herbert P. Leeman, president
of the Federation of Citizens AS
sociations. The federation began
the movement for a council.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
New District Budget
ToAsk S2,0O5,331
For Fiscal Offices
By Horriet Griffiths

Budget estimates totaling $2,-
005, 1881 for the Districts fiscal
services for the year beginning
next July were made public by
the Commissioners today.
The estimates, $81,831 higher
than the appropriation for this
fiscal year, include: Assessors Of
flee, $904,000; Collector Of Taxes
Office. $430,500; Auditors Office.
$54l,O31, and Purchasing Divi-
sion. $129.800.
The Assessors Office reported
taxes, fees and special assessments
levied by the divisions under its
jurisdiction during fiscal 1850
totaling $81 $685. 500. The figure
for fiscal 1949 was $65 .502. 900.
Sales Tax Revenue Included.
The 1850 figure includes SILL
304, 900 collected during the first
10 months of the 2 per cent sales
tax.
It also covers taxes on real
estate, personal property, gross
earnings Of banks and building
associations, gross receipts Of pub
lie utilities. income. estate and in
heritance and vaults.
The appropriation for the Office
this fiscal year was 1881 500.
The Collectors estimate is ST.
900 higher than the appropriation
this year. The Office seeks the ad-
dition of a clerk bookkeeper.
The fund for the collectors of
flee is supplemented by $54.316 to
be transferred from the highway
fund for activities such as the COL
lecting and counting Of coins from
parking meters.
ID. G. Total Is S112,488,996.
Revenues collected during fiscal
1850 for the District totaled $112,-
488, 1896, it was reported.
Two field examiners are asked
for addition to the staff of the
auditor, to keep up with increased
work caused by the new 1949 tax
act, and an increase in gasoline
tax revenues which brought them
from $3,203,577 in 1941 to ST.
SOL ,927 in 1850.
The auditors estimate for 1852
is $28,731 higher than his cur
rent appropriation.
The Purchasing Division seeks
a $4,000 increase over this years
appropriation.
The division cited its increased
work load, giving a comparative
! statement Of purchases for the
Evening star., 1950-09-25

~ e l. Z II . z 4C-
partment stating that he had been
killed but giving no other details
He enlisted in the Army last No
vember, she said. and was with
the 24th Infantry.
1--WE received a letter from him
written two days before his 18th
birthday" Mrs. Hughes related
"He said he figured the worst was
over"
Wrote From Rest Camp.
Mrs. Hughes said her son wrote
in his last letter that he was in
a rest camp behind the front
lines, had lost 20 pounds and was
suffering from dysentery. He
thought he would have "easy sail
ing" from then on, she recalled.
DO me a favor, Nom" the
letter continued. Pray for all the
boys who were killed."
Pfc. Hughes, a native Of Wash
ington, attended St. Anthony S
and st. Mary's Parochial Schools
here and also st. Jerome's In
Canada. After enlisting in the
Army he was home for one 20
day furlough last April. He went
on to Japan and was sent tc
Korea in July.
Planned Army Career.
He liked the Army and planned
to make it his career. He spoke
often of finishing his schooling in
the Army.
Mrs. Hughes said her son never
mentioned the fighting he hao
experienced in Korea but one
time did write:
If hell is any worse than this,
I want to stay away from it."
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes have one
otner son, Francis, 16. He is a
student at the Bell Vocational
High School. -
The Defense Department today
formally reported that another
Washington man is missing in
action. He is I'd 1t. Irwin w. May,
%, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward N.
May, 4611 Davenport street NV.
The announcement confirms an
earlier report by his family pub
lished in The Star September IT.
1t. May, a jet pilot, received a
pilots license at the age of IT.
His mother reported letter
from her son last month telling
of completing seven missions
since going into action August 8
He was reported shot down Sep
tember IA and to have landed his
plane intact in enemy territory.
The department listed two Vir-
ginia men killed in action, includ-
ing Pfc. Robert Lee Henry, sor
of Luther F. Henry of Front
Royal; II Virginians wounded
including Corpl. John N. Way
land, son of Mrs. Minnie Way
land of Culpeper; one man miss
ing in action and one returned tc
duty.
In Maryland. an Army private
was listed as dead from wounds;
three men wounded in action, in
cluding Pfc. johnson B. Glenn
son of Mrs. Esther Glenn oil
Severna Park. near Annapolis
and two men missing in action.
Evening star., 1950-09-25

have drowned
during the week
end along with
an Andrews Air
Force Base pri-
vate.
A body. be-
lieved to be
t h a t of Pfc.
L a v on u S Eu-
gene Cameron,
about Is, was
recovered at
1l:45 am. yes
terday floating
off Sand Gates,
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Car Accidents Fatal
TO Three Residents
OF Washington Area

Three District area residents
were fatally injured in automobile
accidents in Maryland and Vir-
ginia yesterday.
The dead are Willie E. Burns,
81, of the 400 block of North
Henry street, Alexandria; Mrs.
Jency Wright, 66. Of 1884 Whit
tingham place Sc, and Mrs. Elo-
Use Proctor, 81, of 1854 South Capt.
tol street. All we're colored.
Mr.. Burns died today in Alex
andria Hospital from severe burns
received in an accident on Route
236 about three miles east of An
nandale, Va. Injured in the acci-
dent yesterday was Edward Lee,
35, of the 1900 block of Madison
street, Alexandria, who is in seri-
GUS condition at Alexandria Hos
pital with burns on his face and
cuts and bruises.
Fairfax County police said an
automobile driven by Mr.. Burns
crashed into a small bridge abut-
ment at Turkey Cock Run,
bounced into the abutment on the
opposite side and burst into flames
Mrs. Wright died yesterday at
Gallinger Hospital after an acci-
dent on Route SIS at Front Royal.
Va.
Relatives here said Mrs. Wright
and Mrs. Clara Wilcher, 1900 block
of Addison road. Kenilworth. Md,
were riding in a car driven by
Walter Lee, A, Mrs. Wright's
nephew They said a wheel Of
the car locked, causing 1t to run
off the road and overturn three
times down the side Of a bank.
Mr.. Lee and Mrs. Wilcher es-
capped injury.
Mrs. Proctor was killed and two
other Washington women were
injured in an accident shortly
after / am. yesterday on Route
5 about 2 miles north Of T.B., Md.
It was the fourth fatal accident
recorded in as many days in the
Waldorf area.
The two injured women, Ola
Brown, 26, of the 400 block OF
Eighth street Sc. and Myrtle Mel
son, Is, of the 100 block of @
street S.W., were taken to Provi-
dence Hospital. Both are colored
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Cleveland Parks Charm Lies Blend of 18th Century Atmosphere With Progress

for sale in Cleveland Park are
some running in price as high as
$25 900, it Is possible to own a
pretty home there costing not
more than $1,000 for both house
and lot. Lots can be had for as
low as $1,000-$100 cash and $40
a month. Lots in one Of the most
desirable sections of the park
50x100 feet-with 15-foot alley,
with ample room for stable, can be
purhased for about $2,400. Good
lots. so feet wide, near Connecti-
cut avenue, can be had for about
50. .o00."
Purchasers were to build a
house costing at least $500. 1t
is quite evident that even at 1910
prices almost all of them went
far beyond that minimum.
An attraction not mentioned In
the advertisement, was the op-
portunity to build near the great
esates that had long given the
area an aura Of fashion, Twin
Oaks and Woodley.
Thousands have driven by them
in Macomb street and Cathedral
street, noticed the big gates. the
wooded expanse and wondered
what lay beyond.
Both Twin Oaks and Woodley
were 36-acre estates. Both were
split in two before World War I
Twin Oaks, built in the 80s, was
the country home Of Gardner
Green Hubbard. a wealthy Wash
ington lawyer whose town house
was at Dupont Circle. One of his
daughters married Alexander
Graham Bell. inventor Of the tele-
phone. Another, who inherited the
place, married his cousin, Charles
Bell, who was president of the
American Security and Trust Co
She sold it to the Chinese Govern
ment for an embassy. about 1C
years ago. It reminds one of the
Currier g. Ives prints of the Hud-
son River mansions.
Tregaron Covers 1S Acres.
Tregaron, next door, which also
occupies 18 acres is like the show
places on the north shore of Long
Island before they were sold fol
Soviet missions, schools and mon
asteries. It is perfectly mani
cured. The greens Of its nine
hole golf course are f1awless emer-
aid. A staff of about 80 keep il
up for the owners, the former Am
bassador to Russia and Mrs. Jo-
seph E. Davies. They are not
there now. A sign on the door
says: Send all kilograms to Paul
N. Y" Can Adirondack
resort. Woodley's newer half is
Single Oak, the Swiss legation.
It's lawns are close-clipped and
green. It was there that Henry
Agard Wallace. whose sister is
the Minister'S wife. spaded his VIC
tory garden during the war.
But woodley itself has lost its
glory. The big house. built in
1900 by Philip Barton Key. ar
uncle of Francis Scott Key, il
empty. It has been bought for 9
school but coming regulations
stand in the way Of its use fol
such purpose. It was the Wash.
ington home of Henry L. Stimson
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretary
of War. The grass is high in the
croquet court where Cordell Hui.
played.
MIR. Stimson always was a bit
scornful about his Junior playing
a ladies' game. He tried to keep
his weight down batting the ball
around the squash courts. Boys
have broken the windows in the
stables. Fallen trees block the
paths through the woods. Hawks
fit about the treetops and the
bark of the fox is heard at night.
But that will not be for long.
A real estate syndicate has bought
IA Of its 18 acres and they soon
will be subdivided for luxury
homes.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Quuke Strikes Crete

ATHENS, Greece, Sept. Is P.
Some 400 houses were damaged
and five persons were injured by
an earthquake which struck
Eastern Crete Saturday. press dis
patches said today.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
LincoInio League to Meet

The Greater Lincolnia (Va.)
Civic League will meet at 8 pm.
tomorrow in Lincolnia School.
Guest speaker will be Mrs. Ed
ward A. Macy, president of the
League Of Women Voters of Fair
fax County. -
Evening star., 1950-09-25

to be over, /" his
parents h a v e
learned.
He was the
son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas
T. Hughes. Mr..
Hughes is en-
played at the
Unite d Mine
Workers head
quarters here.
Mrs. Hughes
said she re-
ceived a tele-
gram from the
naforca nn-
Evening star., 1950-09-25

fiscal years 1916 through 1850 as
follows:
In 1916. $6.297, 800: in 1s47,
$7.208,361: in 1948. 1891, ,756;
in 1948, $10,732.044, and in 1850,
$11,314,683. ....-