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Evening star., 1950-04-03
Ex-BoIIing Worker Held
.By Air Force in PIX Robbery

Air Force investigators today
arrested a former civilian employe
at Boiling Air Force Base in con-
nection with the theft Of $3.50
worth of merchandise from Post
Exchange building there.
Held for civil authorities was a
29-year-old colored man who un-
til February worked two years as
an automobile equipment repair
man at Boiling.
Boiling officials said he was ar
rested at his home after an in
vestigation headed by 1t. Col.
Gillette, 80, of 1901 Valley street
Sc, in charge of Air Force special
Investigations. Fingerprints and
heelprints were used for identifi-
cation.
The PIX was broken into by a
rear window Saturday night, and
cameras, watches. portable
radio, cigarette lighters and
fountain pens removed. Boiling
officials said most of the articles
were recovered.
Doris w. Harris, 1717 Willard
street NV, reported to police that
a pickpocket removed a wallet
from her shoulder purse Sunday
while she visited a carnival at
Oklahoma avenue and Benning
road NE. The wallet confined
$40 cash and q $40 money order.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
ave Urges Support
For Vote on Home Rule

Democratic privileges at least
equal to those Of occupied enemy
countries were demanded for the
District today by the American
Veterans Committee.
Taft S. Feiman. chairman of the
AVC's Greater Washington Area
Council. sent letters to the House
majority and minority leaders,
urging bipartisan support for a
House vote on the Senate passed
kefauver home-rule bill.
1T is an odd anomaly that our
Government spends billions OF
dollars in furthering democratiza-
ton programs in defeated and
other nations while at the same
time the citizens of the Nations
Capital are alphabetically denied
the right to vote on even such
matters as local taxes" Mr.. Fell
man wrote.
We are somewhat concerned.
too. that the Congress can find the
time to debate and vote on the
problem of home rule for all of
Ireland through looping of Of
ECA funds to England while it
refuses to pause a inmate or two
to consider the political injustice
under its very eyes"
Ed Kelly. chairman of the AVC's
Home Rule Committee. called for
similar action, He asked all Con-
gressmen of Irish ancestry to sign
a discharge petition, releasing the
bill for a vote to give Irishmen in
Washington a chance for home
rule.
Evening star., 1950-04-03

Stone. who is radios Henry AID
rich, and Milt Slosser, Washington
organist.
The pageant, Spring is a Won
derful Thing" was produced
staged and directed by Allan Zee
and Joel Margolis, with original
music by Sam Jack kaufman
Marion Venable, John Sergietf
and James A. Mulore arranged the
dance numbers. Among those
who took part were the team of
Martin and Florizenz, Ray Mott
and Pedro. the James A. Mulroe
Tap Dancers, the Marion Venable
Ballet Soiree, the Don Henry
Trio and George and Ann Oliver
The Navy School Of Music Glee
Club sang chorus. The Big
Movie Show in the Sky" which
turned out to be an introduction
to an air review staged by the
White House Squadron" of the
District Air National Guard.
Eleven fighter pilots made their
first public appearance in the
squadron's newly supplied jet air.
craft. They made two passes over
the crowd in tight formation at
speed described by the master
of ceremonies as about $50 miles
an hour"
Kay De Witt Is SOlOist.
The feature soloist was Miss
Kay De Witt, who also has been
chosen Miss Sesquicentennial. "
The usual traffic jam around
the Tidal Basin failed to develop
yesterday. because the public had
learned the cherry blossoms were
not yet in flower.
Special details of Park and Met
ropolitan Police. however, had
their hands full keeping traffic on
the move around Lincoln Memo
rial and other key points.
Hotels, well filled last week end
are planning to accommodate ca
pacity crowds next Saturday and
Sunday.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
European 1echnicians
To See Color 1e|eyision

A group of European radio
technicians will wind up a 12-day
visit to the United States Thurs
day and Friday when they view
color television in operation.
The engineers have been in
vited to this country by the State
Department. After visiting other
countries, the group will attempt
to work out an agreement on in
ternational television broadcast
ing standards.
They are scheduled to visit the
State Department Thursday and
view three systems of color TV
here the next day. The Radio
Manufacturers Association is the
host.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Second Perfect Day
Smiles on District;
Temperature in 70s

Two perfect days in a row went
to Washington's head.
Bright sun blasted the Weather
Bureaus earlier prediction today
Of scattered showers. which are,
however. mentioned in tomorrow's s
forecast.
After today's middle-70 high,
the low tonight is expected to be
around So.
Although yesterdays high was
mild 81, it brought Washington
residents out to rub shoulders
with the tourists.
Zoo personalities put on a good
performance, with a continuous au-
dience estimated at IS, ,000-a new
record for 1850. Many motorists
regretted that last-minute decision
to drive through the Zoo. The
going was tedious and followed a
stop-and-start procedure. The
same conditions prevailed on the
footpaths.
Five canoeists were fished out
Of the Potomac yesterday, after
the choppy waters had upturned
their craft. Three men we're
picked up in Georgetown Chan
mel, south of the railroad bridge,
by Harbor Boat No. 4, which was
returning from duty at the Cherry
Blossom Festival. The two others
were picked up by a passing, boat
earlier in the afternoon, after
they had been tossed into the
Potomac below Key Bridge.
The three men picked up by the
police boat were treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for exposure.
Their names were given as Carl
c. Richter. %, and James E.
Kelly, 80, both of 1418 Twenty
first street NV, and Clyde F..
Dunkle, %, 2120 P. street NV.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Trinity Student Heads
Areo Catholic Group

Miss Paula Sue Burns Of Trinity
College has been elected president
Of the Washington Baltimore re-
gion Of the National Federation
of Catholic College Students. the
federation announced today.
Other officers chosen at a recent
election at Catholic University
were: Harry Quinn of Mount St.
Mary's College, Emmitsburg. Md,
vice president; Miss Margherita
Hunt Of Dunbarton College of the
Holy Cross. corresponding secre-
tary: Miss Eleanor Provost Of
Notre Dame College Of Maryland.
recording secretary. and Peter
Duhamel Of Georgetown Univer-
sity, treasurer.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Three More Trips
Daily Planned
For New BusIine

Three more trips will be added
tomorrow to the new Capital
Transit Co. rush-hour express
service over the South Capital
street bridge.
A company spokesman reported
most of the nine morning trips
carried overflow crowds. The new
route saves about Is minutes get
ting downtown from sections of
Southeast Washington.
The first Capital Transit trip
will leave Livingston Manor at 6:55
I'm. tomorrow and at 10-minute
intervals until 7:35, when it will
start leaving at 71a minute inter-
walls until 8 am.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Greyhound Bus Kills
Man Running Into lis
Path in Northeast

A man tentatively identified as
Frank Joe Bauer. about IS, was
killed almost instantly early to-
day when struck by Greyhound
bus at New York avenue and
Ninth street NE.
He was the citys 21st traffic
fatality of the year and the sec
ond in Washington over the week
END. There were 19 traffic deaths
IN the comparable period of 1949.
Identification was made only
through a Social Security card in
his pocket and no address has
been determined by police. He
was wearing brown trousers, a
plaid jacket, brown sweater and a
vest, a beige checked cap and
brown shoes with crepe soles.
Police said he ran from an en-
bankment almost directly into the
path of the east bound bus driven
by Milton c. Lawson, 81, of Bal
timore.
First fatality of the week end
was Miss Josephine Hebard, 28.
member of the staff of Represen-
tative Marcantonio. American
Labor Party, of New York. Miss
Hebard, who lived at 2519 Con-
gress street Sc. died shortly after
a taXi-truck collision at Fourth
street and independence avenue
S.W.
Driver Of the taxi in which she
was riding, James j. Shelton, 49,
colored, of the 5000 block Of War;
der street NV. was charged yes
terday with operating without a
hackers license and with driving
after his license had been sus-
pended.
The truck driver, George
Branch. 81. colored, of the TOO
block of Fifty-f1fth street NE,
is charged with manslaughter,
driving while drunk and passing a
red light. -.
Another passenger in the taxi,
Thomas Greville. 40, of 613 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc, a Federal
Security Agency employe. is in
Casualty Hospital and reported in
good condition.
Two men suffered serious in
juries last night when a taxicab
went out of control on River road,
near Wilson lane, Bethesda, struck
several trees and then over
turned.
Admitted to Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda. were Rudolph j. Nichols,
80, of 1900 Langdrum lane. Chevy
Chase, the cab driver. and John
E. Lynch. 36, of 1718 Newton
street NV, a passenger.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Booker T. Woshineton's
Daughter Interviewed

Mrs. Portia Washington Pitt
man. daughter of Booker T. WASH
ington, appeared yesterday on the
Americans All radio program
sponsored here by. the Institute
on Race Relations.
Mrs. Pittman is in Washington
to help establish a chapter here
OF the Booker T. Washington
Foundation which sponsors
scholarships and seeks to promote
better understanding among Diff
ferent races.
Charles e. Hannah. president of
the ORGANIZATIONS new chapter
here, appeared with Mrs. Pitt
man on the broadcast over station
WOOK. They were interviewed by
DR.. Tomlinson D. Todd, president
OF the Institute.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Search for Kidnaper
OF Incubator Infant
Continues in Virginia

Search continued today in the
vicinity Of Winchester. Va, for a
young wonman who kidnapped a
premature baby from a Bronx
hospital incubator.
Two New York detectives led
the investigation in which FBI
agents. State and local police have
joined. but nothing tangible was
turned up in a night-long hunt,
Chief j. T. Boyd Of Winchester
reported.
The baby, Chaneta Holden,
colored. was born two weeks ago
in Lincoln Hospital. the Bronx,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Holden.
She weighed 2 pounds, IL ounces
at birth and doctors expressed
doubt that she could live more
than an hour outside the incuba-
tor.
A colored woman removed the
infant from the incubator Thurs
day night and hurried from the
hospital. Police said they traced
the woman to a Manhattan bus
terminal and learned that she
came to Washington.
The Virginia angle was de-
veloped by Greyhound bus driver
who remembered that a woman
carrying a baby boarded his bus
in Washington Friday night for
Winchester.
Chaneta's parents could offer nc
explanation of the kidnapping. The
baby was their first. The father
is a radio-television student un.
der the GI educational program.
A police lookout described the
suspect as between % and Is years
old. S feet 2 inches tall and weigh
ing 120 pounds. She has black
bushy hair. She was wearing q
green coat, white blouse, red skirt
brown shoes and white socks. The
baby wore blue clothes.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Woman Accustomed
To Red Mail Boxes
Pulls Fire Alarm

Miss EIDE Kosher. a visitor from
Holland. got quick answer when
she tried to mail a letter in q
fire alarm box here last night.
But her soft answer turned
away firemen when she explained
that mailboxes in her country are
painted red.
She is visiting at 1909 Parkside
drive NJ w. and went out to mail
a letter to her mother. At Six
teenth street and Kalmia road
N. w. she saw a red box. pulled
the handle and wondered how the
letter could be put inside.
Firemen and police helped her
with dispatch to find the nearest
olive green mailbox.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
B mai Birth Argo Lodge
To Meet With New Officer,

Abraham Waronoff. of 5915
Second place NV. newly elected
president of Argo Lodge, B'nai
Birth, will preside at a meeting
at $50 pm. Wednesday in the
Jewish Community Center, 1929
Sixteenth street NV. He succeeds
Harry c. Wechsler as president.
Other officers recently elected
are Kenneth Bennett, Norman G.
Cohen, S. David Rubenstein. Jesse
H. Chessin. DR.. Everett j. Cor
don and William Gold, vice presi-
dents; Maurice Hoffman. secre-
tary: Reuben Klaben, treasurer;
Mr.. Wechsler. chaplain and board
Of trustees chairman. and Law
renee Nathan, assistant chaplain.
Evening star., 1950-04-03

The delayed Cherry Blossom
Festival drew an attendance of
about 1000 at the Watergate yes
terday as many times that num-
ber OF visitors spread through
Washington's parks to enjoy a day
of perfect spring weather.
The crowd at the pageant and
stage show filled most of the avail
able space. Meanwhile, persons
content with less formal enter
tainment thronged the grounds
around the Tidal Basin and water
front.
The pageant, climaxed by the
browning of 20-year-bld Joan Rus
sell of Connecticut as queen of
the spring festival will be repeated
next Saturday and Sunday be-
cause raw weather Cancelled last
Saturdays program.
Magnolias Flowering.
BY that time the cherry blossoms
which failed to emerge in time
for yesterdays celebration will be
in full flower unless exceptionally
cold weather develops in the next
few days, park officials say.
} Despite the warmth, the new
spring grass and Towering mag
nolias and shrubs, the only cherry
blossoms seen in Washington
yesterday adorned women's hats
or the costumes of ballet dancers
and festival princesses.
Fifty of these pretty girls rep
resenting the States and ter
ritories formed a gay background
for the crowning of Miss Russell
by Secretary of the Navy
Matthews. AS he lowered the
crown on the girls dark curls. the
Secretary said, Il crown you queen
of the Cherry Festival.
Temperature Rises to so.
The program lasted throughout
most of the. afternoon while the
temperature rose to a pleasant so
in the bright sunshine.
Group singing was led by Ezra
Evening star., 1950-04-03

This is the first OF a series OF
fUe articles on the District in
come tarJ
Assessor Edward A. Dent has
a pretty good check on whether
you should file a District income
tax return by April Is.
If you had a District address
and an income of $1,000 or more
during 1949, chances are that Mr..
Dent knows it.
District employers were required
to send him this information by
last February Is. The Federal
Government also sent earnings
information to the District.
When the income tax returns
roll in, Mr.. Dent will compare
them by means of a speedy card
punch system with the employers
income statements. Then he will
know who didn't file.
Requirements for Filing.
You are required to make re-
turn if you are District resident
and:
You are Single, or married and
not living with your husband or
wife, and your gross income ex-
ceeded $1,000 during the year.
You are married and living with
your husband or wife and your
gross income exceeded $4,000.
Your gross sales or receipts from
any trade or business, except an
unincorporated business subject to
tax, exceeded $4,000.
You are married and living with
your husband or wife and your
combined gross income exceeded
$4,000, or the combined gross sales
or receipts from any trade or bust.
ness. except an unincorporated
business subject to tax, exceeded
IS 900.
Residents Defined.
You were a resident if you were
domiciled here on the last day
of the taxable year-even If you
moved here December 29-or II
you had . home in the District
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Chemical Fumes
Fell 10Firen1en
Al AtWarehouse
Cork-lnsuIoted Room
Pours Out Cos Used
For Fumieotion

Ten firemen were overcome hy
chemical gas today while fighting
"a blaze in the Washington Ter
minal supply warehouse at Fourth
and T streets NE.
Generated by heat in a cork
insulated room. the fumes were
SO powerful they penetrated gas
masks, Three firemen were sd-
mitted to Casualty Hospital and
the others were treated by No. l
Rescue Squad at the scene.
The entire six-man crew of No,
4 Truck Co. was knocked out,
two OF them soing to the hospital.
They were PvtS. Theodore w.
Prschwitz, 33, of 1904 Longfel-
low street. Hyattsville. Md. and
E. F. Schnaebels, "a. of 4so4 r
street Sc.
None in Serious Condition.
Also treated at the hospital was
Pvt. Earl Dodson, %, of 1900
Emerson street. Hyattsville. None
was in a serious condition.
Despite the heavy odds of smoke
and gas, flremen of two truck and
two engine companies confined
the fire to two first-f floor store
rooms in the three story brick
building.
The building is used for servic-
ing railroad passenger cars. Fire
men said the fumes came from a
chemical used for fumigating the
cars. The fire touched of a
chemical called cyanoeen chloride.
Starts in Storeroom.
The alarm was turned in at
3:45 am. by car inspector who
saw smoke coming from a first-
floor window. The fire apparently
started in a west storeroom, which
was badly burned out, and spread
to an east storeroom. How 1t
started was a mystery.
One OF the first to be affected
by gas and smoke was No. 4 Capt.
A. r. Diegelmann. He received
first aid and remained on duty.
Others treated at the scene were
Pvts. H. D. Reed, 81: j. w. Bunch,
A, all of No. Truck Co.; 1t. E. c.
Jones, 49, of No. Is Truck Co.:
Pvt. r. j. Curtin. 80. of No. IL En-
CINE Co., and Pvt. c. E. Dameron,
jr.. "a. of No. Is Engine Co.
Traffic on the T street overpass
at the railroad yard was suspend
ed for nearly four hours while
f1remen were in action.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
The D. c. Income Tux Is Next
Municipal Levy IsDue April IS
And Assessor Knows Who Owes

for more than seven months OF
the tax year.
If you were Government en-
ploye here but you were domiciled
outside the District during the
whole tax year. your Government
salary and any other income re-
ceived from outside the District
is exempt.
If you worked for the Govern
ment only part of the tax year
the income received from sources
outside the District is excluded
only during that period.
Income earned from District
sources. however. even in the case
of Government employe, would
be taxable. For instance. a Gov
ernment employe domiciled out
side the District for the whole
tax year who drove a taxicab here
at night would be taxable on the
income from driving the cab.
To claim these exemptions, you
must have had a domicile in a
State or Territory Immediately
prior to the beginning of the tax
year. And you must make a dec
laration to this effect.
Forms Available.
The declaration must be made
in writing to the Assessor within
60 days after you receive a writ
ten demand to file an income tax
return.
Printed forms on which to
make this declaration. under oath
are available at the District
Building.
The question of domicile is not
always an easy one. When it is
in doubt. rulings must be made
in individual cases. A primary
requisite for domicile in a State
or Territory is a fixed intention
to return there.
II you are bona fide, domiciliary
of any State or Territory, but re
quired to file a return because OF
being a resident, you may deduct
from your District tax the amount
you are required to pay as income
or Intangible personal property
taxes, or both, in that place.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Reserves Begin
Training as 80
QuitCensus Job
Majority CompIoin
About Sore Feet;
Woman Hurt in Fall

Training classes for reserve GEN.
sus takers started today, after 80
District enumerators decided to
throw in the sponge.
OF the .door-to-door workers
who quit after the opening day
of the big count Saturday, the
majority complained of that
chronic occupational disease of
census s-takerS-sore feet.
Others dropped out because of
illness, or because they got other,
more attractive employment. The
single casualty so far was a
woman enumerator who suffered
q sprained ankle in q fall.
200 on Reserve List.
The incident caused a furry Of
telephone consultations to deter
mine whether the Government is
liable for injuries suffered by EMU
merators in line of duty. The
latest opinion. according to levin
Lugar, District census supervisor,
is that the worker will be COM
pensated.
Census officials are not looking
for many more designations from
their corps of 1872 District EMU
merators. However, they have on
hand a reserve list Of 200 appli-
cants who can be trained and
used in the operation as the need
arises. .-
A class of rs substitutes started
their Is hours of training today
at the northeast district head
quarters. under the instruction of
a special staff trainer. Another
class will get under way tomorrow.
Among the major institutions
being covered in today's work is
the enumeration of about 1000
staff members and inmates Of St.
Elizabeths Hospital.
Clean Up Jail Assignment.
Census takers cleaned up the
District Jail assignment yester-
day. the job having these advan-
tages:
No dogs to worry about, for one
thing.
And no inquiries, sometimes
embarrassing, to be pursued as to
occupation, present state of en-
ployment, or the housing situa-
ton.
Census takers at the jail, too,
had a pretty accurate check on
their total-840. Assistant Super
intendent Sam A. Anderson was
quite certain this would agree
with his own tally when the last
nose had been counted.
Prisoners were summoned into
the huge visitors rotunda to give
information. Their occupations
were listed merely as inmates" I"
and questions about occupation
employment and housing were
omitted.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Roanoke Inaugural April ID

SALEM, Va, April (R.-All
Virginia colleges and universities
will have representatives here
April IA for the Inauguration of
DR.. H. Sherman Oberly as the
sixth president of Roanoke Col
lege.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Humphrey PIons Speech
In Richmond April 18
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

ROANOKE. Va, April 3.-Sena-
tor Humphrey, Democrat. of
Minnesota. will speak in Rich
mond April 18 on rs the Byrd
E onomy Committee Worth
while?"
James P. Hart, jr.. chairman Of
the Virginia Commonwealth
League which will sponsor the
talk, said last night the league
had failed to match Mr.. Hum
phrey and Senator Byrd. Demo-
crat. Of Virginia, In q debate.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
School Supervisor to Speak

DR.. Fern D. Schneider. Mont
gomery County high school super
visor. will speak at the April meet
Ing Of the Parkside School PTA
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the school.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Ruth Chapter Plans Sole

Ruth Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, Hyattsville, will hold
. bake sale from 9 am. to noon
Saturday at $500 Baltimore
boulevard.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
ArIinoton Civic MEETING

The Arlington Civic Federation
will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the Lyon Park Community House,
Fillmore street and Pershing drive.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Siamo Chi Alumni to Meet

The College Park Alumni As
sociation Of Sigma Chi Fraternity
will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
chapter house, 1900 Norwich road.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Oxon Hill Meeting Tuesday

The Oxon Hill District Citizens
Association will meet at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the Oxon Hill -Ele-
mentary School. Officers will be
nominated.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Residents Defined.

You were a resident if you were
domiciled here on the last day
of the taxable year-even If you
moved here December 29-or If
you had q home in the District
Evening star., 1950-04-03
he D. G. Income Tax Is Next

This is the first OF a series OF
fUe articles on the District in
come tdr.)
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-28
Praises Bravery
OF Troops

WASHINGTON (ANP)- The
bravery which Negro troops are
now exhibiting in Korea was
brought to the attention of the
Senate last Wednesday by Sen.
Herbert H. Lehman (D-L, N. W
who expressed hope that the re-
cord which Negroes are now MAX
ing would serve to speed up the
army's program of abolishing seq
regated units.
The New York Senator inserted
in the record an article appearing
in the New York Herald Tribune
on Aug. 20 under the headline
"Army Unit Ends Segregation,
Finds it Works..
The article tells of the complete