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Evening star., 1950-06-24

On a 110-volt current, the glass
heated to egg cooking temperature
in 80 seconds. The secret of its
success is an invisible double coat
ing Of tin oxide 15-millionth Of
an inch thick. Its long-range,
lower-coSt possibilities include
every mans automobile windshield.
Even wrestlers got into the act.
Herman Rubmenstein. 23-year-
old tussler and weight-lifting ex-
pert. walked up ladder holding a
piece of glass by two metal hand
grips.
From the floor, 204-pound Rob-
ert Mathey, a University of Mary
land engineering student. grasped
two other grips on the glass and
was hauled off his feet. hanging
in midair. The test gave the au-
dience an idea about the du-
rability Of another relatively new
construction glass. which In real
ity is two thicknesses of glass, sep
arated by a layer of dry air.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

were killed in a native uprising
there.
Mrs. Davis can walk up and dowr,
steps unaided, although an illness
a few years back has weakened
her. She can snap picture and
is always eager to welcome the
neighborhood children who call
her grandma.
The mother and daughter have
lived together in nearby Virginia
since 1928 after Mr.. Davis was
fatally burned in a fire in Phila-
delphia.
Miss Davis said her mother
could dance until she was almost
80. and went alone on trips to
Philadelphia until about five years
ago. She said her mothers hear
ing also has grown poor.
Now don't tell all these things" I"
interrupted Mrs. Davis, they'll
tbnk I'm getting old"
Evening star., 1950-06-24

wants to talk to the magistrates
about may have been given a few
days ago by D. M. Murray, jr..
States attorney for Howard Coun-
ty.
Mr.. Murray said he will insist
from now on that speeders in
volved in accidents be sent to jail
as we'll as fined. He also announced
he will appear at the magistrates
hearing and conduct the prosecu-
ton in all accident cases where
speeding appeared to be factor.
Mr.. Murray already has ap-
peared at one such hearing and
succeeded in getting s30-day Jail
sentence imposed on a driver con-
victed in connection with an acci-
dent on the Washington -Balti-
more boulevard at Elkridge.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

'Chef" Art Gaiser was cooking
with glass when he served up an
egg sandwich for $50 persons yes
terday.
That many General Services
Administration employees didn't
actually get to eat on the sand
wich, but they picked UP some
pointers on glass that heats, glass
that wrestlers can't pull apart or
baseballs break and mirrors you
can look through.
Mr.. Gaiser's demonstration in
the GSA auditorium reversed the
age-old theory that glass is a nom
conductor of electricity.
His cooking stunt was a
lighter touch than the Libbey-
Owens-Ford Glass Co. expert in
tended for the product he helped
develop. Already the Government
is using it to de-ice aircraft wind
shields and bridges of navalVessels
and as an improvement in radar
and radio operations.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Vienna Man Gets 5 Years
On HOUSEKEEPING Charge

A Vienna CVa) man has been
sentenced to five years in prison
for housebreaking and four men
accused as his accomplices were
placed on probation.
The prison sentence was inn
posed yesterday on Baker Wooden,
40. colored. who pleaded guilty to
breaking into a house in January
and taking a rifle. mans suit, six
white shirts and a radio. Fairfax
Circuit Court Judge Arthur w.
Sinclair sentenced him on recon-
mendation Of probation officers
who said the man had a record
Of other arrests.
Placed on probation after plead
ing guilty to taking part In the
same HOUSEKEEPING were Howard
Brown. 54. Benjamin Wooden, l8,
Howard Woodley. "A. and Vernon
David Watson. IS. all colored. Of
Vienna. |
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Five Acres Rezoned
In Northwest Area
To Build Apartments

The District Zoning Commission
has rezoned about five acres OF
single-family residential area in
Northwest Washington, including
Vinegar Hill, to permit apartment
house construction.
The area is bounded by Sheri-
dan street, Fourteenth street, Mis-
souri, avenue, Military road and a
line 100 feet east of and parallel
to the east building line of Six
teenth street NV.
Vinegar Hill is a colored settle
ment on Peabody street NV. be-
tween Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streets. 1t includes about a dozen
houses, a church and a riding
academy. It dates back long be-
fore Sixteenth street was built be-
yond Florida avenue.
Most of the residents own their
own homes. There are no water
or sewer facilities, and the resi-
dents get their water from an
old-fasi1ioned hydrant on Six
teenth street.
The commission yesterday also
changed the zoning of the Army
Navy Club on Seventeenth street
between 1 and K streets NV.
from residential to first CONNER
cial, to permit the club to erect
steel supports for an awning on
the roof. thus increasing the
height.
In deciding other cases put be-
fore it at a public hearing June 7,
the commission:
commercial, 60-foot &C" area district to
a depth of 125 feet from the west line of
Minnesota avenue on lot 500, square E.
Blaine street to Clay place NE.
Extended the first commercial, 60-foot
&C. area district located on the southeast
corner of Mount Olivet road and West
Virginia avenue NE. to include lot 500,
square 4053.
Rejected a proposal to change from
residential to first commercial lots 16 and
II, square 1858, on the northwest corner
OF Macarthur boulevard and Foxhall
Changed from residential to second
commercial lots 9. 10. sO7. SOS 12, 500,
$40, Sl8, $40, and 35 to 43 of square $50
on the west side of Half street from to
Q streets S.W. and on the north side of
street between First and Halt
streets SW.
Rejected a proposal to change from
residential to first commercial lots 16 to
go, square 1865, on the east side of
Fourteenth street between Pennsylvania
avenue and Ives place Sc.
Changed from residential. 40-foot AZ
restricted area district to residential, 60
foot c. area district lots SO to SO, square
1871, lots 40 to 81 square 3S70, on both
sides of Rhode Island avenue between
Refused to rezone from residential 40
foot "A' restricted area district to resi-
Dental. 4O-foot Al area district certain
property on the south side of Otis street
between Tenth and Twelfth streets NE,
poth sideS OF Newton street and the north
side OF Monroe street between Ninth and
Twelfth streets NE, and the east side of
Tenth street between Otis and Monroe
stseess N 4,sflsfsg ehsnse from dse1 Tesdsntal
residential, 6o-foot "a, area district prop
between net e = Monroe street and Bunker Hill
Changed from residential, 4O-foot "a
area district to first commercial, 40-foot
''C'' area district lots to 9, square 6129,
on the east side of South Capitol street
Changed from residential 40-foot,. "A"
area district to first commercial 40-foot
&C. area district lots 10 to IA. square
81 %, on the east side of South Capt.
tol street between xenia and Atlantic
streets Sc.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

Lawrence and Charles Tracewell
in The Star; Saturday Review
of Literature, Business Report,
poetry and history.
II you get her started on
genealogy, she can out-recite a
OAR historian She counts kings
and queens as ancestors-she has
a carefully prepared family tree
given her by a relative which
traces the family ancestry back
to Cf1arlemange and includes
eight Barons of Runnymede, and
English, Scottish and French
royalty.
Five of her ancestors came to
this country before 1878.
A favorite ancestor is Mrs.
Davis French grandfather, John
B. T. Corneau. She prizes his hand
written account of how he es-
capped In a small boat from Haiti
when his father and an uncle
Evening star., 1950-06-24
HeirIooms Lost as Fire Races
MerrickHouse on Marlboro Pike

portraits, Mrs. Merrick had "a
large collection of china.
Much that was lost was over
200 years old" she said.
She also listed stocks and Gov
ernment bonds as part of the loss.
DR.. G. H. M. Rector "a son Of Mrs
Merrick by former marriage,
recently returned from Navy duty,
bringing with him Turkish rugs
and Venetian glass, Mrs. Morrow
said.
"They were destroyed-still in
their wrappings," she said.
Mrs. Morrow said it is impossible
to estimate the value of the per-
sonal effects. AS to the house,
she said she doubted If it could
be replaced for less than $4,000.
An Upper Marlboro fireman re-
ported the house was almost en-
quilted in flames before firemen
arrived" Seven fire companies
were dispatched to the scene.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

Priceless family silver, china
and jewelry were lost last night
in a fire which destroyed the old
Merrick home on the Marlboro
pike, just outside Upper Marl-
boro, Md.
The house was occupied by Mrs.
George B. Merrick and two of her
children. Her husband, a former
Prince Georges County trial
magistrate, died in March. No one
was at home when the fire was
discovered by a passerby about
$50 o'clock.
Mrs. Montgomery Morrow, a
sister of Mrs. Merrick, said
everything was destroyed"
''All that could be found in the
ashes were twisted Jumps of sill
ver," Mrs. Morrow said.
She said in addition to the
family heirlooms. which included
Evening star., 1950-06-24
CensusFigure
For Montgomery
Put at 163,829
Preliminary Total
Is IS Per Cent
Above 10 Years Ago

Montgomery County has nearly
doubled its population since 1910
and has become the largest of
Washington's suburban counties
reported so far. according to pre-
liminary census figures.
The new figures show a popula-
tion of 1853, ,829-an increase of 95.5
per cent over the previous census
total of 1892 a decade ago.
On the strength of the count,
Montgomery County has also be-
come the largest of the 18 Mary
land counties for which 1850 CEN
sus figures have been released.
It's numerical gain Of 79,917 jumps
1t well ahead Of the other four
western counties, Allegany, Gar
rett, Frederick and Washington.
Among the five Maryland coun-
ties still to be reported is Prince
Georges, which led Montgomery
in 1910 with population Of So
490. 90
Montgomery's numerical increase
was greater than those Of the Vir-
ginia counties. although Arling-
ton, with 135, ,240 residents. showed
q percentage increase of 100 per
cent, and Fairfax, including Falls
Church, with 105,722, grew 159
per cent.
In terms of elbow room, the
census figures show Montgomery's
494 square miles are filing UP
rapidly. Today there are 331.6
residents per square mile, against
only 1893 in 1910.
Census figures for Prince Georges
County and the District itself have
not yet been released. Officials,
however, have estimated that the
totals for the Washington Metro
politan Area will fall somewhat
short Of previous estimates of Is
million residents, because District
growth has not measured up to
expectations.
Census figures for the area in
1910 showed population of
s67,ss5.
Greatest growth of the counties
surrounding Washington have
been in the towns close to the
city. In Montgomery County, for
instance, Chevy Chase was not
incorporated when the last census
was taken in 1910. Today, it
shows a population of 1868 resi-
dents.
Rockville, the county seat, has
more than tripled its population
in the last decade, growing from
2,047 to 6,940. Gaithersburg
jumped from 1921 to 2,159; Ken
sington, from 931 to 1906.
From political point of view,
Montgomery's rapid growth has
no immediate significance. The
county already sends six delegates
to the State House of Delegates,
the limit under the Maryland
Constitution.
The breakdown of the five other
western counties show the follow
ing population changes:
Allegheny, 89.484-a gain of
2,511 over the 1910 total; Wash
tngton, 78,648-a gain of 9,81O;
Frederick, 62,152-a gain of 4,840,
and Garrett, 20,831-a loss of
1,150.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
By Mary Lou Werner

Mrs. Emma Wood Davis insists
she isn't old.
She admits tomorrow is her
Tooth birthday, but that doesn't
make her change her mind.
II used to see people getting
DID," recalled the witty little wom-
an who lives near Franconia in
Fairfax County, land I made up
my mind it would never happen
to me-"
Her advice is, Don't let nature
take its course"
A look at her daily activities
shows she must know what she's
talking about.
Mrs. Davis reads without the
help of glasses. She reads aloud
each day to her daughter. Miss
Mildred Davis, with whom she
lives. Some of her favorite read
ing includes columnists David
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Two Workmen for District
Injured When Hit by Car

Two District government work.
men were injured today when
they were struck by an automobile
at Twenty-fifth street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV.
Rolice said the automobile,
driven by Lake c. Seller, 80, of 928
South Buchanan street, Arlington,
knocked over a red lantern before
striking the men near a manhole
at which they were working. The
injured are Harold Ballin, Sc, of
435 Livingston road Sc. and
Lewis Yates, colored, SO. of GIG
Morton street NV. Both were
treated at Emergency Hospital.
Mr.. Ballin suffered head injuries
and Mr.. Yates was treated for a
fractured shoulder.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Burglars Crack Safe, Take
$1,000 In Silver Sprinq

Using tools they found nearby.
burglars broke open the safe OF a
Silver Spring restaurant early to-
day and took about $4,000.
Fred Howlin, a proprietor OF
Fred and Harry's Raw Bar at
10110 Colesville road, said the
tools were in a box at the rear Of
the establishment. They had been
used recently in remodeling work.
The robbery was discovered
when two Montgomery County po-
licemen in a patrol car noticed
that the rear door had been
forced.
Mr.. Howlin said the robbery oc-
CURED sometime between closing
at 2 am. and discovery Of the
forced door at 5:45 am.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Body of District Boy, lo,
Taken From C.&O.ConoI

The body of a 19-year- old
Washington youth who drowned
Thursday in the c. & o. Canal
near Brookmont, Md, was re-
covered yesterday.
The victim was Vito Antonio
Procaccino, 932 Fourth street NE,
who disappeared while swimming
with a friend.
Police said the body was recov-
cred after a 9-year-old girl
snagged it while fishing from a
pier at her home, 1929 Ca "a
NV. The girl, Marion Cecs'ing
called her mother. who summoned
police.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
MARYLAND to Ask 1877 Million
For New Building Program

ing and equipment, 100000 for
an auditorium and equipment as
part of the agriculture building,
$450,000 for a chemistry and
physics building and equipment,
$250,000 for a student activities
building and swimming pool and
$500, 900 for a mems f1eldhouse anc
gymnasium.
Yesterdays proposals are in ad-
dition to a 16-structure, $3.4 mil
lion program to be constructed by
the university building authority
with funds from the sale of reve-
nue. bonds. f 81,
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Tyler 10 Testify
Againkondayin
Murder Trial
Retructs Confession
In Stobbine Of Two
Store Wotchmen

William A. Tyler. jr.. 18. will be
cross-examined further on Mon
day in his first-degree murder
trial in District Court.
Tyler. who is colored. yester-
day repudiated the confession"
police say he made, In which he
admitted fatally stabbing two
watchmen in the Lansburgh &
Bro. department store on April
z. The trial is in recess today.
The youth is charged. in a
seven-count indictment, with
Staying Oliver r. Hess, 81, and
John c. Carpenter, 81, while try
ing to steal $4,000 from the store.
He is being tried before Judge
Alexander. Holtzof and a jury of
eight women and four men.
Tyler testified yesterday he had
neither dictated nor read the con-
fession police say he made. He
testified he merely was given it to
sign.
Refuses to Identity Signature.
Under cross-examination by AS
sistant United States Attorney
Cecil r. Heflin, Tyler refused to
identify his signature, declaring
the name on several pages was his
but that he did not know whether
it was his signature.
Tyler also contended that he
"re-enacted" the crime at the
store, after first declining to do
so, only after Detective Sergt.
Lloyd B. Furr asked: You don't
want any more of what you got. do
you?"
Tyler had testified earlier in
the trial that police twisted hand
cuffs on him and hit him to OBJ
tain a confession. Police have de-
MED any force was used.
The defendant denied he
pointed out things in the store
and volunteered information. as
previously testified by John L.
Mcintosh, operating manager of
the store, who accompanied Tyler
and the detectives during the "re-
enactment"
Denies Robbery Statement.
Tyler also denied he had stated,
in a preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner Cyril
Lawrence: II went in there for
the purpose of robbery. I just
bumped into them (the watch
men,"
In another move late yesterday,
defense counsel contended Tyler
was illegally in custody of police
at the time of the alleged confess
sion and ere enactment" of the
crime. They contended Tyler, who
had been committed to jail after
preliminary hearing on charge
of assault with intent to kill a
Southeast Washington druggist,
should have been in the custody
of the United States marshal
For the first time, Tyler showed
signs Of nervousness on the stand
while under cross-examination by
Mr.. Heflin. The defendant twisted
his hands. His voice was lowered.
"It is not true" Tyler answered
when asked whether he made the
alleged confession voluntarily. II
took my chances on the jury that
they might understand my story"
said Tyler, while denying testi-
mony of other witnesses given
earlier at the trial.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Maj. Gen. Christmas
Heads Ordnance Post

Maj. Gen. John j. K. Christmas,
chief Of the Army Procurement
Division. Office Of the Assistant
Chief of Staff, has been elected
president of the Washington post
of the American Ordnance As
sociation.
Other officers elected are: r. P.
Williams Of Baltimore, first vice
president; Rear Admiral B. Hall
Hanlon, second vice president. and
Donald Browne, secretary-treas-
urer.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Pace Presents Diplomas
To 88 at Fort BeIvoir

Army Secretary Pace presented
diplomas to 88 officer graduates
Of the advanced engineer officers
class at Fort Belvoir yesterday.
Maj. John 3. Elder, jr., of Rich
mond, Va, headed the class. The
Society of American Engineers
presented special awards to 1t.
Col. Leo o. Colbert. Marine Corps,
and Army Capt. Ben L. Wechsler
of Torrance, Calf, for writing
outstanding papers.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Estoniun Guest Pastor

LURAY, Va. June "a (SpeciaD i.
The Rev. Paul Tammeru, Es-
tonian Lutheran minister. will
conduct his first service in Eng
lish here tomorrow when he takes
the pulpit of st. Marks Lutheran
Church as tguest pastor.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Population Increase

Greatest population increase Of
the United States occurred in the
decade 1800-1810, when the gain
was 364 per cent.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Camp Fund Gifts

The following contributions to
The Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund are acknowledged today:
Previously
Evening star., 1950-06-24

Total to date $18,5l9.94
Evening star., 1950-01-01

thoroughfare, Pennsylvania ave-
nue., as "a morass covered with
alder bushes = with traffic max
ing a wide detour to avoid the
swamp"
In a letter written to her daugh-
ter five days after her arrival in
Washington, November 16, 1900.
Mrs. Adams wrote what still re-
mains the principal contemporary
account of the time.
After describing their arrival
through the woods between Balti-
more and Washington, she says:
"The river which runs up to
Alexandria is in full view OF my
window, and see the vessels as
they pass and repass. The house
is upon a grand and superb scale
requiring about 80 servants to at
tend and keep the apartments In
proper order and perform the
ordinary business of the house and
stables. = The lighting Of the
apartments from the kitchen to
the parlors and chambers is an
other tax indeed; and the fires
we are obliged to keep us secure
from the daily agues.
ITO assist us in this great castle
and render less attendance neces-
sary, bells are wholly wanting
not one single one being hung
through the whole house. and
promises are all you can obtain
The principal stairs are not
up and will not be this winter.
If they will put me up some bells
and let me have wood enough to
keep fires, design to be pleased -
AS late as November 27, Mrs
Adams clothing and personal
things shipped by vessel had not
arrived, and when they did. over
half her china proved to have
been either broken or stolen.
A Horseman Is Thrown.
Here are a few of Mrs. Thorn
toms diary records:
Thursday. January 2, 1900
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Father Gutti to Speak

The Rev. Lawrence P. Gatti of
st. Stephens Church will speak
on AThe Mythical Body Of Christ
and Our Times" at 8:15 o'clock
TueGtiay night at the Study Guild
Catlplic Library, 1725 Rhode Is
land avenue NV.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

was estimated as about 5000 at
this time.)
Mrs. Thornton comments on
their afternoon visit to Mr..
Laird's house in Georgetown to
see Mr.. Laird's handsome set of
looking glasses and curtains from
Scotland. The gossip in George
town continues of the impossible
ity of accommodating Congress in
the vicinity of the Capitol, but
they speak as they wish. We hope
differently" (Mr. Laird's house,
at what is now N street. is still
one of Georgetown's pride and
glories. It is often referred to as
the Robert Todd Lincoln house
because it was for many years the
Washington home of this son of
Abraham Lincoln.)
A February entry has this to
say:
my husband has replied to
Mr.. Stoddert about laying out
the garden and the necessary out
Offices of the Presidents House
Without they have larger funds
they cannot make everything in
accord. The ground back of the
Presidents House is in great con-
fusion. Brick kilns used by the
brickmakers are full of water and
rubbish. DR.. Thorntown is going
to personally direct it for he says
if he does not undertake it, the
work will not be done at all"
On this note of pride in her
husbands appearance and service
to the new city and Nation ! now
close her diary:
1.-The taylor brought home a
great coat for DR.. T., drab cloth,
cut steel buttons and white vel
vet cape. After dinner he went
to Georgetown to join a committee
of whom he had been appointed
one to show due respect to the
late Gen. Washington on the 22d
of this month, the day appointed
by the President of the U. S.,
John Adams, to be observed
a day of mourning throughout the
Nation"
The original Of the diary is in
the Manuscript Division of the
Library of Congress. Excerpts
from it appear in the records OF
the Columbia Historical Society.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

Mr.. Law called on his way to
Mount Vernon. We set out to 60
with him to call upon Mrs. Wash
ington, got as far as Georgetown
and found the roads so bad we
returned.
Friday, January 3-Mr. Peter
called here and brought a letter
from Mrs. Washington requesting
information on the generals two
houses near the Capitol, my hus-
band having superintended their
building. Mr.. Peters horse threw
him in the mud as he was mount
ing. Servants so long in cleaning
his greatcoat, he had to spend
the night, as his family is absent
at Mount Vernon"
The next day, January 4, Mrs.
Thornton speaks of going out
after dinner with my husband to
the generals two houses near the
Capitol, one of which is nearly
finished. They are divided, SO as
to De let elCner as one or TWO
houses. Went thence to the Cap
itol, where we staid some time by
a fire in a room where they were
glazing windows. while DR.. Thorn
ton laid out the plans for an oval
room" DINNER was served at 2
pm, tea at 6. Dancing parties
began at $50. Gen. Washing
tons homes were on the west side
of North Capitol street, near c
street, and were burned by the
British in 1912. They were re-
stored after that, but are not now
standing).
Potomac Is Frozen Over.
On January 8. 1900, Mrs. Thorn
ton continued in her diary. The
Potomac was frozen over. -
Went to a shop on New Jersey
avenue, a poor little store. for
there are too few inhabitants
round about to permit any busi-
ness to be carried on extensively" !"
(The total population of the city