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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Gambler Paid Restaurant
To Work II, Board Is Told

Police 1t. David McCutcheon.
of the 1st Precinct, told the Dis
trict License Board at a hearing
today that well-known gambler
told him he paid the proprietors
Of Filos Restaurant, 700-A Ninth
street NV, 5000 a month for the
privilege of taking bets in the
restaurant.
The hearing today is on the
recommendation of the Police De-
partment that the license be re-
voked because it was being used
for unlawful purposes.
The proprietors, Peter Legeros
and Pete Triantafellos, were or
dered to show cause why their
license should not be revoked.
1t. McCutcheon told the board
that he observed known gamblers
in the restaurant at different
times he visited there and had
warned the proprietors they were
placing their license in jeopardy
by having them frequent the
place. He said after the warm
ing, he noticed many Of them
stopped visiting the place Of busi-
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Edward ". Fisher
Named Chief Counsel

Edward w. Fisher, 41-year-old
attorney, has been appointed chief
counsel of the Bureau of Recla-
nation by Secretary of the In
terror Chapman.
Mr.. Fisher succeeds Clifford e.
Fix, who is retiring to engage
in private law practice in Twin
Falls, Idaho.
A member of the bureaus legal
staff since July. 1889, Mr.. Fisher
has been serving as assistant chief
counsel for the last 21a years.
He is a native of Albany, Oreg.,
and praeticed law privately after
taking his degree from the Uni
versity of Oregon in 1882.
After joining the bureau staff
in Washington in 1899, he was
transferred to the Denver office
in 1941, and promoted to senior
attorney in 1912. He returned to
Washington after serving with the
Army from February, 1914, until
November, 1945.
He was named attorney and as
sistant chief counsel in January,
i948, and designated legislative
attorney and assistant chief coun-
sci in January, 1850.
Mr.. Fisher is married and lives
at 1902 Quincy street, Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13

District traffic officials checked
a traffic signal bottleneck on the
new Fourteenth street bridge to-
day and indicated they found
enough improvement to keep the
vexatious lights intact.
Spurred by hundreds of COM
plants yesterday that traffic from
Virginia was being stalled as far
back as the Pentagon, Vehicles
and Traffic Department officials
personally surveyed the scene.
After making three northbound
trips between TAO and $40 am,
Acting Director Wallace Braun
said, Il think we've got it licked"
The traffic obviously was NOV
ing with less effort than yester-
day morning. but not swiftly
enough to suit one Virginia truck
driver who bawled at Mr.. Braun
and his aides:
Throw that damn light away"
He was referring to the signal at
Fourteenth and D streets S.W., in
stalled last Friday, and a source
of so many beefs since that Agri-
culture Department employees cir
culated a petition condemning it
to oblivion.
Mr.. Braun and his crew believed
they ironed out the most serious
wrinkle by extending the time is
seconds each for the straight
ahead and right turn arrows.
Motorists complained the bridge
traffic was retarded by the
right-turn arrow intended for
those northbound trucks and cars
turning off at D street and follow
ing U. s. l truck route.
Traffic in the other two lanes
may proceed straight ahead dur
ing this interval, and the entire
flow into Fourteenth street is
halted only Is seconds while
southbound traffic is turning left
into D street and pedestrians are
permitted to cross Fourteenth
street.
The right-turn arrow also per-
mits traffic from Maine avenue
to turn into D street.
Mr.. Braun said it was neces-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13

pany. It also included about $780,
900 per year for amortization OF
abandoned property and for &C
CELEBRATED depreciation of property
to be abandoned in the near fu-
ture.
4. The PUG was without juris-
diction to entertain the applica-
ton for a rate increase, which was
for emergency relief, and which
was unsupported by rate schedules
as required in the District code.
S. The order of the PUG should
be vacated because the rates are
discriminatory in their effect upon
the various classes of consumers
Retroactive Rate Charged.
6. The District Court properly
vacated the PUG order on the
grounds the rates were retroac-
lively applied. The brief pointed
out the PUG, on November 8,
1949, ordered the rates into eff
feet on meter readings taken on
or after November Is. Conse-
quently, many customers were
billed at the new rates for gas
consumed before the order was
published, but which was recorded
on meters read after November 16.
7. The PUG has urged a limita-
ton of the scope of review of
it's orders by the courts. in con-
travention of the provisions of
the District code.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Morning Jam Somewhat Eused
BY Adjustment of Stop Light

sary to install the light to permi
this left turn for southbounl
traffic, which otherwise would b,
unable to buck the steady flow
of northbound vehicles, and tt
let pedestrians cross the street.
Need for the light also wa.
emphasized by the fact that LEFT
turns have been prohibited at
street because they had interferec
with westbound traffic turning
into Fourteenth street there.
Mr.. Braun said traffic police.
man at the D street corner woulc
cost more than the light, anc
could not Synchronize traffic with
the C street signal lights.
Pedestrians, however. are SC
confused by the proper go ano
stop times that special walk
signs will be erected to let them
across the street in two stages
Mr.. Braun said.
AS many as three traffic police
men gathered at the signal to in
sist that cars in the right-hand
lane turn right. whether the
motorist liked it or not.
That brought scowls and even
epithets from motorists and repri-
mands from the policemen.
A sign will be placed near the
bridge informing motorists they
must turn right if they proceed
in the right-hand lane.
Mr.. Braun began his observa-
ton during yesterday afternoons
rush hour and twice went from
the bridge to the light, once in
three minutes 20 seconds and
once in three minutes so seconds.
Today's experiments began at
TAO am. He made the trip in
five minutes II seconds. Starting
again at 7:55 am. the trip was
accomplished in $40, and at 1885
he went through in AIT.
A reporter making the final
jaunt noted five full stops, the
first at the turmoil for the Jeffer-
son Memorial, after the bridge
proper was crossed. The car
moved at the 3o-mile speed limit
over the bridge. then was slowed
to 10 miles an hour.
Some of today's delay was at
tributed to the breakdown of an
A. B. and w. bus on the bridge
at 7:45 am, and a car at $3.50
am. The bus company reported
delays in schedules up to 20 min
utes, but said some of it was due
to the rain.
A peak traffic load of around
4 200 cars crosses the new one-way
bridge into Washington between
1880 and $3.50 every morning, and
a total of over $4,000 use the span
daily, according to highway Off
Gals. These figures are based on
August traffic counts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Mrs. Vestu RunduII Gets
Training School Post

Mrs. Vesta c. Kenney Randall
5524 B street Sc, has been ap-
pointed assistant superintendent
of the National Training School,
for Girls by the District Com
missionerS.
Mrs. Randall, who is a graduate
of Miner Teachers College and
Howard University, has been di-
rector Of recreation, residence
halls at Arlington Farms and di-
rector Of recreation in the Lang
ston residence halls here.
Previously, she taught at the
Huntington High School, New
port News. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
All Kinds of Threats
Converge in Court
On Point of Knife

Under threatening skies today
Herman Threats, 40, was placed
under $500 bond in Municipal
Court, charged with threatening
his wife, Catherine Threats.
Mrs. Threats came before Judge
George D. Nelson, claiming in a
warrant that last Monday her
husband advanced on her in a
menacing manner with a long
knife and threatened to kill her.
This, she charged, happened in a
home in the 800 block of Fifty
second street NE, where she was
staying. His home is listed in
the 100 block of Twentieth street
NV. Both are colored.
Judge Nelson accepted the
mans not guilty plea and set a
jury trial for November "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Appeals Court Given
diversified Brief in
Fight on Gas Rate

The United States Court of Ap-
peals today has on its hands 8
ITO page brief, opposing the
efforts of the Washington Gas
Light Co. to reverse District
Court order, which upset a rate
increase of last November.
The brief was filed-or pre-
sented. at least-to the appellate
court yesterday by attorneys for
Vernon ". Baker, private citizen
and chairman of the Federation
of Citizens Associations public
Utilities Committee.
1t so happens that ITO pages
are too many. The court accepts
briefs only up to so pages.
! William A. Roberts, attorney
for Mr.. Baker, has entered a petit
ton asking the court to allow
the diversified brief to be filed.
That matter must be. disposed of
before the stage is ready for the
rate fight.
The increase in gas rates that
would mean $750,000 more annu-
ally to the company was ruled out
by Judge T. Alan Goldsborough
in June. Both the Public Utitili-
ties Commission, which granted
the increase. and the gas company
filed appeals.
Increased Proceeds Frozen.
Proceeds of the increase, which
has been put into effect by the
company. have been frozen by
the appellate court, pending a
decision. The case is expected to
be argued in October.
Mr.. Baker and the Federation
of Citizens Associations started
the suit Jointly, but the Fedora
ton was ruled out because it was
not an actual consumer of gas.
The brief asked the appellate
court to uphold the District Court
order setting aside the PUC-ap-
proved rate increase. It cited
seven major arguments, which
had been advanced during the
original hearing of the suit. They
are:
/. The District Court properly
rejected the rate base upon which
the company should be permitted
to earn as determined by the PUG.
The base included SIT million,
representing the unrecovered cost
OF the abandoned west plant, and
$2.7 million, representing the I'M
amortized portion of the expend-
iture made by the company in con-
verting to natural gas.
2. The PUG order should be
vacated because the PUG failed
to make a finding with respect to
probable revenues to be generated
by the new rates and failed to take
into consideration the probable
earnings during the period when
the rates went up.
Holds Expenses Overstated.
3. The PUG order should be
vacated because the operating ex-
penseS of the company were over
stated.
This included, the briefs said,
charging as utility expenses part
Of the overhead for the merchan-
u dising Of appliances by the COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Start on Airport
Reported 0K'd
Senate Unit
$2,150,000 Included
In Supplemental Bill;
D. c. Cuts Restored

The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee today was reliably re-
ported to have recommended
$780, 900 to start the new WASH
ington area airport.
This is contained in the supple
mental appropriations bill, ex-
pected to be reported today or to-
morrow to the Senate. The meas
ure was said to have restored all
major House cuts affecting the
District. totaling $436,000.
The committee was reported to
have restored the full amount Of
100000 for the child day-care
centers and to have knocked out
the House proposal to kill the pro-
gram on october /. This compares
with $4,000 the House allowed for
the project. Difficulty with the
House is anticipated on the pro-
gram.
For the District Rent Control
Administration, the Senate COM
mittee was said to have put back
the budget figure Of $113,10O COM
pared with $75, 900 allowed by the
House.
For the repair Of the Upshur
street hospital, the Senate COM
mittee repeatedly allowed $68, 500.
The House allowed nothing for
this. project.
Unless the Districts child day.
care centers are continued after
October /, the date set by the
House for liquidating the program,
most Of the families involved
would be forced Immediately upon
the relief roles, 1t was said.
Hunt Also Cites War.
Senator Hunt, Democrat, Of
Wyoming, member of the Senate
District Committee. wrote the SEN
ate Appropriations Committee:
ut is my conviction that much
more than money would be lost
to the District If we should de-
prive these mothers of their en-
Iployment, thus forcing them to
become recipients of public assist
ance," Senator Hunt wrote.
Senator Hendrickson, Republic
can, of New Jersey, another mem.
Der of the Senate District Com
mittee, appeared in person before
the Appropriations Committee to
urge. the 100000 item.
The committee considered a re-
quest that the appropriation for
rent control be Increased from
$4,000 to $4,000. This was adj
vanced by Rent Control Admin.
istrator Robert F. Cogswell.
Health Employees Asked.
The District government asked
for eight new employees for the
Health Department and for estab-
fishing increased out-patient clinic
facilities at Gallinger Hospital. It
also requested the Senate COM
mittee to allow repairs to the
Upshur Street Hospital.
Frank T. Gartside, assistant
superintendent of National Capt.
tai Parks, asked for $4,000 for Is
additional Park policemen, as well
as the necessary uniforms and
equipment to meet the effects Of
the f1ve-day week voted by Con-
gress last month.
DR.. William Mann, zoo director.
urged the committee to raise the
item for repairing the elephant
house ceiling from $4,000 to
ST. 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Steinberq Named

Dean S. S. Steinberg of the Uni
versity Of Maryland College of En-
cheering, has been chosen by the
Labor Department to attend the
Indiana Statewide Conference on
labor. The meeting will be held
tomorrow and Friday in Indian
apolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Arlington JoiIers Stort
Training Study Monday

Arlington's jail staff will begin
a one-week training program
Monday under direction of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Sheriff j. Elwood Clements said
the course will include custody
administration and methods of
escape.
The staff will visit the District
and Rockville jails and will also
study the use and handling OF
firearms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Lions Club Speaker Named

Mrs. Bismat Theodorus Daoud,
chemistry teacher at the George
town Medical School, will talk
on "a Neighbours View of Israeli
at the Anacostia Lions Club
meeting at $50 pm. tomorrow in
the Bradbury Heights Methodist
Church, Alabama avenue and
Bowen road Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13

was an ICC examiner before he
came to the District Government
service in 1880.
Mr.. Baker is chairman of the
federation Public Utilities Com
mittee. Mr.. Roberts was chairman
of that same committee some years
ago.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-04-29

Crafty Jim: Oh, it'll be cold day in
July before you'll find man with
m.,rs lions in tho fire than Jim.
He's not telling all hos invested
IA. But when those gold D,ine and
diamond stocks start paying off
brother. watch his smoke! In the
meantiine he doesn't realize that
u s Swings Bonds pay snr profits
5. ,etur,i.si ;Hm every So invesh.dD
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-11
.RescneO OF Ten Men
In Yukon Area
Almost Complete

WASHINGTON, Feb. LIP.
In the Yukon Territory the res
cue of ten airmen from a snowy
.mountaintor is just about COM
plete. The men were stranded
four days ago when their search
plane crash-landed on the noun
taintop as they searched for the
missing C-54 transport.
Last night, nine of the men
were taken to Whitehorse, the
nearest outpost of civilization.
The tenth man is to be flown in
today.
The rescue work was done with
helicopter
One Of the rescued men, 30-year
old Master Sergeant C. r. Dunno
of Los Angeles, was a stretcher
case. His leg was fractured in
several places when propeller
slashed through the faselaee xlllr-
ing the crash landing.
18-year-old Private r. L. 10th
of Newport News, Virginia, suf-
fered head injuries and shock
that caused him to lose him men,
ory for eight hours.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-11
Musicians Local
Sends Check For
SIS To Polio Fund

The members of the local
Musicians Union, in addition to
devoting many hours or free
time to the March of Dimes, has
sent a check for SIS to Cam
paign Director C. B. Harvey, it
was announced today.
Musicians are noted for the
softneSS of their hearts and the
willingness with which they de-
vote their time TO worthy causes.
Many people do not realize that
when these musicians donate
their talents they are actually
giving up time and effort which
is not spare time but directly
form their means of lively
rood" Mr.. Harvey said in ex-
pressing his sincere thanks to Mr..
Norman Kranich, President, Mrs.
Ruby Crawley, Secretary-Trea-
surcr. and all members of the
local.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-11
Someone Steals
City Bus; Find
III On Highway

Someone stole bus No. 16 own
ed by the Key West Transit Com
pany, drove it to Bahia Honda
bridge on the Overseas Highway
and wrecked it against the rail
ing of the bridge early this
morning.
The bus presumably was stolen
between 2:30 and A am. today
from the parking area maintained
by the company at the foot of
Greene street.
The men who stole the bus
drove it through the lower toll
gate on Big Pine Key. The man
who was behind the bus reported
to the toll gatekeeper that the
men who were riding in the bus
were apparently drunk, for the
machine was weaving wildly on
the highway
The toll gatekeeper notified the
state policemen. The men riding
in the bus evidently heard the
state highway patroimen conn
ing and ran from the scene, after
wrecking the bus against the
bridge.
There was an estimated $500
damage done the bus.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-11
Expects $4,000
In Local Polio
Fund Campaign

1.-The total funds derived from
the March of Dimes Drive is ex-
pected to exceed $4,000 on the
basis of incomplete returns to
date" c. B. Harvey. campaign
director, stated today.
The JayCeeS, who sponsored
the Presidents Birthday Ball
with the compliments of the
management of the Casa Mar
lana, announced return of $3.50
from that source. This 1850 ball
has been the most sumcessful of
all birthday balls he1ds 10 date, .
said Joe Pindef,s birthday ball
chairman, Kermit Levin Jay
Gee nembers Saids This ball
brought in the greatest revenue
and yet the expenses were the
lowest to. date" =
The Sourthernmost Pistol and
Rifle Club, the La Concha Navy
Wives Club, the V. F. w. and its
Auxiliary, which as previously
announced raised over 500 on
its Birthday Ball at the La Con-
cha Hotel, the Girl Scout Lead
ers' Association with Mrs. Peggy
Little as chairman, the Trinity
Methodist Church have all re-
Gently made substantial dona-
tionS of money and time and are
especially commended for their
activities in the campaign.
The four major theatres of the
city have been especially cooper
alive during the drive and to
Ignatio Carbonell, manager of
Strand Theatre; Gonzalo Beam
lilo of the Place; John Carbonell
of the Monroe, and the manage
ment of the Lincoln Theatre goes
a great share of credit for the
success of the campaign.
The Junior Woman's Club I'M
der their president, Ellie Rae
Gwynh, and coralie Curry Bee
naertS, chairman, did an especi-
ally notable job on theatre col
lections.
THE excellent cooperation re-
CeiNed from eVea'yone-profeS-
Continued On Page Six)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-11
Two Shots Fired
Today At Naval
Officer In London

LONDON, Feb. l1,-tR).-Two
bullets smashed through the
windshield Of a car in London
today, car GsTfen BY Brita S
director of naval intelligence,
Rear Admiral Eric Longley-
Cook.
The bullets came flying as the
Admiral drove through Uxbridge.
on the northwest outskirts of
London. The shots came from an
other car.
The Admiral was not injured.
And Immediately he sped after
the gunner. But the second ma
chine eluded him near Acton, a
West London suburb.
All police cars in the area were
alerted by radio and an intensive
search of the west side of the
city got started.
The attack followed by only a
few hours another shooting in
which bullet narrowly missed
Lord Moynihan, chairman of
Britain's Liberal party.
A bullet went through the
windshield of Maynihan's car
last night while he was driving
through Epping forest on the
east side of London.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-11
Crewman Killed In
Freak Accident
In Airliner Today
(R Wirephoto

&
NEW YORK, Feb. 1l.-tF9.-A
creWman was sucked through a
door of an airliner this morning
as the plane was preparing to
land in New York,
The accident occurred at a
height of 5000 feet, while the
plane was flying about 200 miles
an hour.
The victim was John Harris,
the 28-year-old steward of the
giant Pan-American stratocruiser,
completing flight to New York
from London,
The Coast Guard and Long
Island Police are looking for
Harris body.
A spokesman for Pan-Ameri-
can says a powerful air draft
tugged Harris out the open door.
How the door happened to fly
open is not known. Apparently
Harris was trying to close the
door at the time of the accident
One passenger, Mrs. Anna Kra-
jicek, says she felt sudden gust
of wind. Harris was standing
near the door, and then Just
like flash. the wind blew him
out" i
Other crewmen hurried into
the passenger compartment to
try to close the door, but they
failed
The pilot says the % passen-
gers remained calm and coopera-
tive, and the flight was complet-
ed without further incident
John Harris was born in Lafay-
EFT, Indiana, where his mother
lives at 1902 North street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-11
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