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Evening star., 1950-07-02
Washington Stores
On Summer Schedule,
To Close on Saturdays

. Department stores and a num-
ber Of speciality stores here will
be closed all day the remaining
Saturdays of July and August as
well as Independence Day Tues
day
The Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association announced
these stores will be affected:
Department-Julius Garfinckel
g. Co. (all stores); Goldenberg Co.,
Hecht Co.. Frank r. Jelleff. Inc,
is. Kann Sons Co.. Lansburgh g.
Bro. Woodward and Lothror
downtown stores).
Furniture-W. 81 J. Sloane,
Thompson Brothers. Shoe-I. Mil
Ter g. Sons, Inc, B. Rich's Sons.
Mems Wear-Bond Stores. Inc,
Goldheim's. Gosner Of 1925 F
street, D. j. kaufman, Inc, Saltz
Bros. Lewis g. Thos Saltz. Inc.
University Shop. Inc, Sidney
West. Inc, Young Mems Shop.
Musical instruments Kilt
Music Co., Hugo Worch. Leather
Goods-Becker's Leather Goods
Co.. Lutz g. Company, Inc. Jewel
ry-Galt & Bro, Inc, r. Harris
81 Co., A. Kahn. Inc. Shah 81
Shah, Geo. w. Spier, Herman
Richards, successor. Women's
Wear-Jos. r. Harris Co. {main
store). Franklin Simon 81 Co.,
Inc. Whelan's Corsets and Under
fashions, H. Zirkin 81 Sons.
Northumberland; T. A.
Cantwell Co., Cohen's (main
store), M. A. Leese Optical Co., E.
Morrison Paper Co., Geo. F. Muth
Co.. Inc, S. A. Reeves, Chas. G..
Stott.
These firms will be closed on
the remaining July Saturdays
only-Brooks. Inc. Emily Shop,
Kaplowitz. Knickerbocker FASH
ions. Model Shop, Philipsborn,
Saks. M. Wurtzburger.
Closed six successive Saturdays
beginning July 8-House and
Hermann. IEc., Hub Furniture
Co., Julius Lansburgh Furniture
Co.. Mayer & Co. Major Master
pieces. VIM. E. Miller Furniture
CO., P. J. Nee CO.. Peerless Modern
House. Malcolm Scates. Inc. tmain
Store).
Evening star., 1950-07-02
j. P. Mills, Jr., Gets
Nirqinio Highway Post
Nv the Assoeio,ed Press

RICHMOND. July 1.-The State
Highway Department today an
nounced the appointment Of J. P.
Mills, as assistant traffic and
planning engineer.
Since 1943, Mr.. Mills has been
associate traffic engineer in charge
of the Highway Departments
truck-weighing and traffic count
operations.
The 39-year- -old graduate OF
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Joined the department as a sur
! vey party chief in 1896.
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Tickets 10 Go on Sale
For Sesqui, Pageant;
Concerts Begin Toda,

Inc SGSQulC6uUSuuldl NUIUiIilo-
sion announced last night that
tickets will go on sale Friday for
the Faith of Our Fathers" pag-
cant to be staged from August 5
through September 80 in the new
Sesquicentennial Amphitheater.
The amphitheater is being COM
pleted in Rock Creek Park near
Colorado avenue and Sixteenth
street NV. in time for the open
ing of Paul Green's dramatic
presentation, it was announced.
Another sesquicentennial fea-
ture, series of concerts at the
Watergate. begins at $3.50 o'clock
tonight. Dorothy Maynor, cele-
brated Negro soprano, will appear
as guest artist with the National
Symphony Orchestra, directed by
Howard Mitchell.
IL Concerts Scheduled.
The IL concerts are scheduled
for Sundays. Wednesdays and
Fridays at $3.50 pm. through July
28. Mr.. Mitchell is musical di-
rector Of the series sponsored by
the Sesquicentennial Commission,
Appearing with the orchestra will
be such guest stars as Alfred
Wallenstein, Gladys Swarthout,
Alec Templeton, Earl Wild and
Leon Goosens.
Besides Miss Maynor, the Ma
tional Capital Sesquicentennial
Male Chorus of so voices under
the direction of Paul Galloway
will take part in tonight's con-
cert. The main symphonic work
is Randell Thompson's "Testa-
ment of Freedom"
An official Sesquicentennial
medal will be presented to Miss
Maynor by Emerson Meyers, di-
rector of music for the commits
sion. A similar presentation will
be made to each of the other
guest stars as they appear.
Medals Go on Sale.
Public sale of Sesquicentennial
Commemorative Medals will open
Tuesday at the Jefferson Memo
rial, Lincoln Memorial and Wash
ington Monument.
Sale of tickets for the sesqui-
centennial pageant at the ampni-
theater is being started well in
advance so that civic. industrial
and patriotic groups can take ad-
vantage of savings on group at
tendance.
Paul M. Massmann, general
manager Of the commission. an
nounced a special discount of 10
per cent on group purchases of
tickets in excess of 100 for any
one performance. He said a Is per
cent discount will be granted any
organization arranging to pur-
chase all 4.056 seats for any per-
formance.
Veterans Night Planned.
The opening performance Aug
ust S has been designated as vet
erans' night because veterans or
ganizations were among the first
to take cognizance of the great
educational and patriotic impact
of this latest of Paul Green's re-
markable historical dramas" Mr..
Massmann said.
An advance sale box Office will
be opened Friday in a trailer at
Fourteenth street and Pennsyl- |
vania avenue NV, near the
Veterans Information Center.
The box Office will be open from
10 am. to 6 pm. daily. Starting
July II sales will be made at the
amphitheater box Office. Addi-
tional downtown ticket offices will
be opened later.
Tickets are priced from 90 cents
to $2.40. There will be 1886 at 80
cents, 1850 at s1.8o, and $40 at
$2.40, tax included. The 90-cent
seats are unreserved, with chill
rem under IL admitted for so cents.
Every seat ''is a choice seat"
Mr.. Massmann explained because
the pageant will be able to be
seen and heard clearly from all
locations.
Evening star., 1950-07-02
BY Wallace {. Clayton
Sfcr Sfuff Correspondent

VALLEY FORGE, Pa, July L.
You can't find a trace of home
| sickness among the 142 Washing
ton area Scouts encamped here
at the national jamboree Of Boy
Scouts of America.
Not that the Scouts won't be
glad to get back home next Satur-
day. They're anxious to see what's
happened In their favorite comic
strips. They miss the television
shows. too. and want to find out
first hand how the Mats are doing
But until they entrain for
Washington, they are having a
wonderful time-and getting lot
out of the experience.
Carl Taylor. Is, of 1920 Fifty
first place NV. thinks. this JAM
boree is great because Of the op-
portunity he is having to meet
boys from all States and many
foreign territories and countries.
You learn a lot about these
other fellows" said Carl. "They
are all pretty SWELL
Horned Toads All Over Camp.
Carl's enjoyment of the JAM
boree was not diminished Friday
night when he rolled into his bed
ding only to roll back out when
a horned toad crawled from be-
meath his blankets. Texas Scouts
brought 1000 of them here, and
they are all over camp.
Another boy who is finding his
richest experience in meeting boys
from other parts of the country is
Ren Acker. IL, of $500 Potomac
avenue NV.
Rem. an inveterate snapper
finds it is a universal way of get
ting to know other boys.
1T sure is fun," he said. "But
those Texas boys drive a hard
bargain" One item Rem isn't
swapping is a buckskin vest he
made here from materials pur-
chased at trading post
John Gormali, is, of 4941 Tilden
street NV, agreed that the oppor-
tunity to find new friends is the
outstanding part Of this jamboree
of 47,000 Scouts.
A boy with an eye to the practi.
cal is William Miller, Is, OF 15ls
Columbia road NV. He likes the
jamboree best because he is learn.
ing SO much about camping.
Dick Ober, 13, of 1888 South
First street, Arlington, who doesnF
have the build of a gourment, sale
the outstanding thing about tn,
encampment to him Is the cooking
In fact, he adds, the day he wa.
chief cook the food was the best
of all. Several dissenting opinion,
were voiced.
/ The horses Of the blue clad, trim
Pennsylvania State Police ane
those brought by the blue jeanee
Texas Scouts appeal most to 10.
seph Freehill. Is. of 404 Linder
lane, Falls Church. Joseph alst
said he is enjoying the sightseein,
Iat Valley Forge-although seein,
anything through the continue
mass movement of Scouts is some.
what difficult.
Teaching Self Reliance.
Although he likes the Who'll,
program, Elwin Macintosh, 13
of 3008 w street Sc, admitte,
the nearly two weeks of campin,
is particularly attractive to hin
because it means respite from
grass cutting at home.
mo grass ever grew like our
does" he reported.
i But no matter what the reasor
for enjoying the jamboree, the,
are all getting from it exactl,
what the scout leaders had Ii
mind when they planned the mas
encampment.
i We're trying to teach the boy
self-reliance, discipline and toler.
Evening star., 1950-07-02

Admiral Hugh A. Goodwin. acting
chief Of Navy information.
Brig. Gen. Sorry Smith, chief of
Air Force information. then pro.
ceeds to give the air picture, In
cluding the actions during the past
period by fighters. bombers and
transport planes.
Evening star., 1950-07-02
New Roach Sprays
Will Lost for Weeks

CHICAGO 1nsecticide sprays
without offensive odors now are
available. They contain a 2 per
cent solution OF chlordane in an
oil or water base. When sprayed
on surfaces they leave an invisible
film which kills reaches on con-
tact. The film lasts for weeks.
Evening star., 1950-07-02
25-Knot U. S. Liner
Nearing Completion

QUINCY. Mass.-The S.S. IN
dependence, which at Is knots
will be the fastest liner under the
American flag when she goes into
Mediterranean service in Janu-
airy, 1851. will be the first com.
pletely air-conditioned transat-
lantic liner.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
BY Thomos R. Henry
Science Editor Of The Stog

The eastern States have been
getting slowly warmer for a CEN
tury.
An average mean increase OF
between three and four degrees
Fahrenheit, indicated by statistical
analysis of records from two Sta
tions, was reported to the Ameri-
can Meteorological Society meet
ing here today.
For Washington, DR.. r. r. Zoch
former Weather Bureau meteor
ologist, found evidence of a 3.5 de-
gree increase since 1862. DR.. John
r. Conover of Harvard, working
with records of the Boston area.
found evidence of a 4-degree in
crease since 1880.
Both meteorologists we're quite
cautious in their conclusions,
pointing out that the statistical
problem was very complicated.
Daily temperature records for the
early part Of the period were not
highly accurate and some slight
change may be due to the changes
in the environment. DR.. Zoch
used records of the Naval Observ-
atory and the Weather Bureau,
divided each year into 10 seasonal
periods. and compared them. The
increase. he said, appears for each
of these subdivisions of the year.
Sees Gradual Shift.
The Harvard meteorologist
stressed that his records came
from the Blue Hill observatory at
Milton, Mass, which was far
enough removed from Boston that
the temperatures could not have
been affected by the presence of
the city with it's, high buildings
and other factors which may in
fuence weather.
The findings do not mean, it
was explained, that each year has
been slighter warmer than the
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Youth Seriously Injured
AS Motorcycle Hits Auto

William H. Parker, jr., 18, COL
ored, of 865 Twenty first street
NE, was in a serious condition
at Freedmen's Hospital today as
the result of a collision between
his motorcycle and an automobile
at Florida avenue and Eighth
street NV.
In another traffic accident yes
terday, a 5-year-old colored girl,
Vivian Davis of 1871 Half street
S.W., suffered head injuries and
cuts and bruises when hit by a
dump truck. The truck full of
sand overturned at Canal and
First streets S.W. when the driver
tried to swerve out of the way
of the child.
William Tate, 25, colored. of
2106 Jasper street Sc. the driver
told police the girl ran suddenly
from the sidewalk into the path
of the truck late yesterday after
noon. The girl is in Children's
Hospital.
The Florida avenue accident
occurred at 1925 pm. as a cal
police said was driven by Carl j
Washington, "a. colored. of 480.
Bass place Sc, was turning left
into Eighth street. Young Parker
was thrown from his motorcycle
and suffered possible head in
juries, a fractured left arm anc
cuts on his face.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Rigsbee Found Guilty,
Gets IS Years 10 Life
In Staying Of Scheve

James A. Rigsbee, IS, who shot
and killed Joseph H. big Joe"
Scheve was convicted of second
degree murder last night in Dis
trict Court
He was sentenced by Judge
Alexander Holtzoff to serve from
Is years to life. The sentence was
handed down half an hour after
the jury returned it's verdict. De-
fenSe Attorney James j. Laughlin
told the court the defense wanted
no delay in carrying it's case to
the court of appeals.
The jury of II men, and one
woman deliberated less than two
hours before rapping on the door
OF the jury room to inform mar
shalls they had reached a verdict.
Convicted on First Ballot.
AS they left the court house, the
jurors said their first ballot unani-
mously convicted Rigsbee of MUIR
der, but six votes were for mur-
der in the first degree and death
in the electric chair. The next
hour and As minutes were spent,
the jurors said, in deliberation
over whether anyone who killed
man with Scheve's reputation
deserved to die in the electric
chair.
Six ballots were taken, the
jurors said, before a unanimous
agreement was reached to con-
vict Rigsbee of second degree mur-
der. The jury also convicted him
of assault with a deadly weapon
because one of the four shots he
fired at Scheve struck bystander,
David Silverman, in the leg.
Admitted Killing Scheve.
Rigsbee on the stand had freely
told the jury he killed Big Joe"
December 10. He said Scheve,
who was described in the trial as
a "tarantula Of gangland," had
threatened him with a knife and
driven him from a Ninth street
poolroom. RigSbee caught a taxi
cab. he said, obtained gun. and
opened fire when Scheve advanced
on him.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Cecil Hef1in told the jury that
the Government did not condone
the kind of life led by Scheve but
insisted that no one is entitled to
take the law into its own hands.
He asked the jury to return a first
degree murder verdict.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Mrs. Roberts Estate
Valued al S125,OOO
Beside Fairfax Home

Personal property and real
estate valued at $l25. 900 was left
by Mrs. Frances Fairfax Roberts.
descendant Of the British Lord
Fairfax family. Mrs, Roberts died
at her Prince Georges County
home April 81.
The amount does not include
the nearly I.ooo-acre Lord Fairfax
estate. Northampton. near Largo
which Mrs. Roberts owned, 1t was
assessed for nearly $4,000.
According TO her will. admitted
to probate in the county Orphans
Court yesterday. the estate will
go TO Thomas Brian McKelvie
Fairfax. the present Lord Fairfax.
1t had been left to Mrs, Roberts
and her late husband. Clarence
M. Roberts, in 1899 by Albert
Kirby Fairfax. Mrs, Roberts
brother. He was the 18th Lord
Fairfax and father Of the present
one.
Mrs. Roberts own home. lngle-
wood, valued at about $44.0 was
left to her brother-in-law. May
nard Roberts. and his wife. Helen.
Of Upper Marlboro. Interest in
an S0-acre tract OF undeveloped
land near Ardmore. Prince
Georges County. was willed to
Mrs. Josephine Addison, Of Bowie,
ter-in-law.
Attorney T. Hammond Welsh.
jr., was named executor.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Policeman Shot 10 Death
In Philadelphia Subway
sy the Assoeiotsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, May S.-Po-
liceman James Donohoe. IS, was
shot to death today as he sought
to question a man in o subway
station.
The shooting, shortly after 9
am. at the downtown Eleventh
and Market street station, was
witnessed by scores Of travellers
jammed into the station during
the morning rush hour. The kill
er mingled with the crowd and
escaped.
Walter McLemmy. 10. told re-
porters he followed Patrolman
Donohoe into the subway station
after a man rushed up to the
policeman and reported a robbery
suspect was in the station.
Il was standing only q few
yards away" young McLemmy
said. II saw the officer go up
to the mana tall man-and
start to question him. The man
suddenly pulled a gun and fired" I"
Mr.. Donohoe died As minutes
later in Jefferson Hospital. He
had been shot through the abdo-
men.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

service. At a special ceremony.
Mai. Gen. William H. Middle
Swart. the acting Quactermsster
General. praised Mrs. Kilmartin'S S
splendid record"
= u
NOVENA-A Novena in honor
Of Mary. intended especially for
Government employees and college
students. will be held at s o'clock
nightly from May TO May IS at
the National Shrine OF the I'm
maculate Conception. Catholic
University.
BE sure to listen at 6:45 pm.
epery Saturday oper WMAL.
The Star station. to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
netDs and pieUs OF the Govern
ment scene.J
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Stassen Calls Truman
Worst President,
CIeverest Politician
BY the Associo,sd Press

NEW YORK. May 3.-Harold
E. StaSSen declared in a speech
last night that President Truman
is "the worst President" and the
cleverest politician" ever to occupy
the White House.
Mr.. Truman'S forthcoming tour
of the West is q political venture
Ito try and get a puppet Con-
gress," Mr.. Stassen added.
Calling the President "a post
graduate of the most effective
political school in America-the
Pendergast school of Kansas
City" Mr.. Stassen told a Repub-
lican meeting:
From that school he knows the
methods of attacks on opposition,
of claims for all improvement, Of
lodging blame for things that go
wrong and marshaling votes
through organization.
THE tragedy for America is
that the same school which made
Truman such a clever politician
also made him a bad President.
This is true because it is a
school whose graduates are lack
ing in a sense of idealism and who
minimize the Importance of hon.
esty and integrity
Mr.. Stassen, president Of the
University of Pennsylvania, for
mer Governor of Minnesota and
unsuccessful contender for the
Republican presidential nomina-
ton in 1948, delivered his blast
at Mr.. Truman in a speech be-
fore the Women's Auxiliary Of
the New York County (Manhat-
tan Republican Committee.
Mr.. StaSsen urged Republicans
to meet the 1850 situation
brought about by his (Mr. Tru-
man's) use and misuse Of the
great power of his Office"
Evening star., 1950-05-03
East Slowly Getting Warmer,
MeteoroIogist Session Told

preceding one. Within the
period there have been exception
ally hot and cold years but the
effect of these disappears over
century. DR.. Conover explained
that there seems to have been
gradual shift towards a maritime
climate" with temperature more
influenced by conditions over the
ocean than over the continent.
Slight earth tremors occur with
the passage of cold front" over
an area. the Rev. Joseph Lynch
Of Fordham University told the
meteoroiogists. These are so
slight that they can be detected
only by the most sensitive in
struments. he said.
Electrical Current Layer.
BY determining the direction of
these slight waves. he said, it may
be possible to tell the direction
in which such front is moving.
Before meeting of the Amer
ican Geophysical Union today
scientists of the Naval Ordnance
Laboratory announced that they
had established the existence of
a layer Of electric currents high
above the earth. This electric cur
rent sheet, DR.. Elwood Maple said,
consists of electric charges which
continually are ebbing and surging
like ocean tides.
This electrified layer in the high
atmosphere accounts for the vari-
alton in the strength of radio
communication. Hitherto its exist
ence has been assumed. 1t could
not actually be confirmed until
the advent of the long-range
rocket.
DR.. Maple explained that the
Aerobee rocket fired near the
equator in the mid-Pacific by the
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
laboratory contained instruments
developed by the Naval Ordnance
Laboratory which could register
the presence of the moving layer
of electricity.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Board Due 10 Back
Ban for Name Chance
For Roosevelt High

The Board Of Education is ex-
pected to confirm today the action
of its building and grounds COM
mittee in refusing to change the
name Of Roosevelt High School to
Roosevelt Central.
Following a public hearing on
the name change proposal yester-
day. the committee voted to leave
RooseverI's name undisturbed.
This action will drop from the
rolls, of the public schools next
September the name of Central
High School, eliminating the his
toric high school both in name
and in fact. The name has been
on the school rolls for 6S years.
To Become Cordozo.
Earlier this year, the school
board voted to discontinue Gen.
tral as a high school for white
students and turn the building
over to the colored students OF
Cardozo High School this fall. The
fate of the building now occupied
by Cardozo at Ninth street and
Rhode Island avenue NV. has not
been determined by the School
Board.
In September, the Central build
ing will be known as Cardozo.
Protests from Roosevelt High
alumni. faculty and parents
swayed the board committee yes
terday. School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning had recommended the
hyphenated name for Roosevelt in
an attempt to preserve the name
of Central in the school system.
After the committee action, he
said Central is dead and that he
will bring in no further proposals
to preserve the name on some
other building.
Provision for Trophies.
He pointed out, however, that
provisions would be made for the
Central trophies. memorials and
scholarship funds.
The School Board also is ex-
pected to discuss today a proposal
to close the Veterans High School
Center. which is operating in Nc
Kinley High School now.
This center. to take care of vet
Grams completing their high school
education has long passed its peak
enrolment. and it is believed
school officials will recommend the
remaining veterans be absorbed in
the regular high school classes.
Also on the board docket is a
progress report from DR.. Corning
on the question of the examination
given by school officials for ap-
pointments to Annapolis and West
Point. The Naval Academy criti-
cized parts of the examination, and
the Commissioners asked the
Board of Education to review the
exams.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Hoover Sees Truman
On Reorganization

Former President Herbert
Hoover is comforting with Presi-
dent Truman this afternoon on
the Government reorganization
program formulated by the COM
mission Mr.. Hoover headed.
The program is encountering
slow going in Congress and Pres
ident Truman urged last week
that it be pushed through.
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
said that President Truman in
vited Mr.. Hoover to Washington
when he called him last week to
congratulate the former President
on his speech urging united
front against communism by the
free nations.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Frank P. Davis Heads
D. 6. Recreation Society

Frank P. Davis of the District
Recreation Department last night
was elected president Of the Dis
trict Recreation Society.
Other officers elected were
Andrew Hayden, vice president:
Alvie Hale. treasurer; Miss Betty
Nelson. corresponding secretary.
and Miss Edith Preston. recording
secretary.