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Evening star., 1951-08-15
Push-B -ButtonPorkin GuruqetoO OpenHere

The worlds only fully-auto-
matte, push-button parking ga
rage Is almost ready for test
runs in a new 16-story building
at 1926 K street NV.
If the garage operates accord
ing to plan, it will be the near
est thing to a sky hook yet de-
vised for the weary motorist who
has circled the block so often
there seems nowhere to go ex-
cept up. The garage is ex-
pected to open September Is.
The Capitals tallest, narrow
est and newest building was de-
signed around two high-speed,
automatic elevators, which car
ry remote-controlled dollies for
pushing cars into parking stalls
fore and aft.
Automobiles are to be re-
trieved in the same manner,
with no human hands at the
wheels, or feet to kick the throt-
ties and brakes up and down
ramps. .---
The ground floor is the in
and-out section. which contains
a control panel and a lone op-
orator. The elevators will store
four cars on each of Is floors
above and three below street
level-72 in all.
The owner leaves his car in
the entrance lane, locking igni-
ton and doors if he wishes, but
with brakes released and gears
in neutral. Parking stalls slope
downward from the elevators to
prevent run-offs.
A dollie rolls under the car
and patented stops lift up in
front and behind. Hydraulic
pressure brings them against
the bumpers and the dollie pulls
the automobile on its own
wheels into the elevator.
Meanwhile. the control panel
shows green lights for the va
cant stalls. The operator
merely presses the proper button
to effect delivery. A numbered
check protruding from beneath
the selected light will be torn
three ways-one stub for the
owner one for the car and one
for Identification when the
owner pays his fee.
The building was erected by
the Parking Services, Inc, of
which A. G. Dezendorf is presi-
dent. The total cost was around
100000, including some $4,000
for elevators and Park o Mat
machinery patented by a Cali
fornia inventor.
Mr.. Dezendorf, who operated
one of the first parking lots in
Washington. and since has de-
veloped a number of parking
garages here, believes the device
is ideal for downtown hot
spots." especially at locations
where the turnover is brisk.
He estimates cars can be
parked or returned to their
owners In some so seconds. The
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Mason Arlraignment
On Perjury, Larceny
Charges tomorrow

Sam D. Masons who allegedly
convinced a number of people he
could lease them virtually any,
thing but the Brooklyn Bridge, is
due for District Court arraign-
ment tomorrow on nine charges
of perjury and six of grand lar
ceny.
Listed in the Indictment as
Samuel D. Mussman," but better
known as Mason" the fast-talk-
ing one-legged confidence man
was indicted late yesterday.
He is accused of lying on nine
different factual matters concern
ing his past income and business
transactions, spotlighted by a
subcommittee of the Senate Inves-
|tigations Committee in an execu-
tive session last June 27.
Swindles Charged.
On information gathered in this
and a public hearing, the Gov
ernment also charges Mason stole
a total. of $71, ,760. It is charged
$31, 200 was stolen from Bohdan
Katamay. publisher of Ukrain-
ian-American newspaper. and
$40.560 from the Greek Orthodox
Order of st. Basil the Great in
New York City.
And possibly more is in the off,
ing. according to Irwin Goldstein,
special assistant to the Attorney
General, who handled the FOUR
day grand jury investigation here.
"We are still studying similar
transactions in the District of
Columbia" Mr.. Goldstein said
today.
eve want to determine whether
any one was acting collusively
with Mason, whether there were
other victims and whether there
was any improper influence
brought to bear in the Govern
ment." he said.
Denounced by Senators.
Mason was. denounced two
weeks ago as a "swindler and a
complete fraud" by the subcom-
mittee headed by Senator Hoey,
Democrat. of North Carolina.
The group reported Mason's total
take" from gullible spectators
interested in leasing Government
property came to $25O,OOO. SUBJ
committee testimony showed that
Mason promised the leases for
buildings which he said were soon
to be abandoned in favor of
atomic bomb-proof quarters.
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Gambler Warning Upheld
In Bid for New Tax Trial

Emmitt Warning, wealthy Wash.
ington gambler, today scored a
preliminary victory in his fight to
recover $159,917 in income taxes
when the United States Tax Court
ruled his amended suit set forth
sufficient grounds to justify trial.
The suit, filed by Attorney
Charles E. Ford, charges that the
assessment levied by the Bureau
of Internal Revenue for unre-
ported income in 1947 is "arbi-
trarily and wholly unreasonable. /"
The assessment based on the
discovery of $250,00O in cash in
Mr.. Warnings safety deposit box
in 1948. alleges that the unre-
ported funds represented income
from gambling"
The Government asked that Mr..
suit be dismissed be-
cause his charges were vague" I"
Judge John w. Kern ruled the
petition was sufficiently
specific and gave the Government
go days to file an answer.
Evening star., 1951-08-15
By John w. Stepp

The "deadbeat" husband,
who gets fed UP with family
problems and heads for the
carefree yonder, places burden
enough on the District tax
payer.
But were 1t not for a little
publicized branch of the United
States Attorneys Office that
load would be around 100000
greater each year.
The figure represents pay
ments which the Offices two
man staff IS able to persuade,
cajole and otherwise pry out Of
reluctant faraway males for the
support of their abandoned
wives and children.
Currently the non-support
docket numbers 2,435 cases,
half of which still are in the
"active" category. This means
that over the years since 1906
when the non-support statute
was enacted into the District
Code, the prosecutors Office has
had to burn small fires under
2.435 husbands, to get them to
support about 5000 dependents.
Without the patient per-
sistence of Paul Rollins, 64. and
his aide, Harold J.. Rogers, %
and the ever. present statute
with its years imprisonment
penalty dangling over their
heads - absconding husbands
wou1d be throwing a really hair
raising support problem into
the laps of District welfare
agencies.
Mr.. Rollins, a benign lawyer
of the old school, practices the
non-support statute in the
spirit in which he feels it was
enacted.
"Our task is to persuade sup
port, rather than lodge a man
in the pokey," he says. by
jailing him, we'd be Furnishing
him-but his dependents would
be punished, too"
Mr.. Rollins regards as unique
the law which he enforces from
his cluttered desk in Municipal
Court.
Its not like murder or some
such crime" he says. There
the question is Did he do it
or didn't hep In non-support
cases it's only a matter of He
did, and how are we going to
get him to pay the price month
in and month out"
Evening star., 1951-08-15
D. {. Heads Favor Refunds
On Unused Work Permits

The Commissioners are seeking
a recommendation from the De-
partment of Inspections on how to
change the law regarding refunds
on work permits when the ap-
plicants for some reason don't 90
through with the job.
A case brought to their atten-
ton yesterday involved a plumb
ing job for which two plumbers
took out a permit. The one who
didn't do the work, they were
told, could not get refund under
the present law.
The workman obtains permit
and pays a fee which includes
processing the permit and later
inspection of the work. Only
holders OF building permits are
entitled to refunds under the law
now. it was pointed out.
Commissioner F. joseph Dono-
hue said he felt there should be
legislation permitting refunds in
all cases.
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Boy, 7, Steps in Hot Tar,
Suffers Severe Burns

A 2-year-old Arlington boy seri-
ously burned his feet yesterday
when he stepped in hot tar on a
street being resurfaced near his
home.
Richard Martin, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Martin. 952 North
Lebanon street. was reported in
satisfactory condition at Arlington
Hospital today. The soles of his
feet were severely blistered but
hospital authorities said it is not
likely that skin gratis will be re-
quired.
More than half an inch of tar
and gravel was removed from the
Soles Of his feet by first-aid men
Of the Clarendon ambulance crew.
Evening star., 1951-08-15

Cooperation Of the Arlington
public in a "stricter observance Of
speed limits" has been requested
by the county police department.
Carlisle Johnstone, director of
public safety, said yesterday that
police will enforce speed limits
more rigidly than in the past.
He cited a statement by Gov.
Battle earlier this week that the
rising number of traffic accidents
is a result of speeding.
"This is not a breakdown on
the public nor a contest among
police officers" Mr.. Johnstone
said, "but it is definitely a general
Tightening up of our enforcement
procedure"
Mr.. Johnstone denied a report
that he had issued orders to police
to increase the number of traffic
arrests by 10 per cent.
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Lectures on Rights
OF Veterans Ordered

Commanding officers at Mill
tary District of Washington posts
have been directed to lecture"
seryicemen eligible for discharge
on their rights as veterans, ac-
cording to an order recently is
sued by Maj. Gen. Thomas w.
Heron. MDW commander.
About 800 Army reservists here
will be eligible for release from
service this year.
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Georgetown U. Gets
So, ,o25 Cancer Grunt

A $9,925 grant has been made
to Georgetown University School
of Medicine for research on can
Ger of the uterine cervix, the Fed
|eral Security Agency announced
yesterday
The grant was one of 25 given
educational and research groups
on the. recommendation of the
National Advisory Cancer Council.
A survey of the relationship of
cancer of the cervix to race, mar
riage, diet and other factors will
be made at GeOrgetoWn.
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Vice Squad Leader
And Chief Barrett Deny
Payoff Sefup Charge

Police Chief Robert J. Barrett
and his vice squad chief today
denied all knowledge of an elab-
erate police pay-of system de-
scribed in District Court suit.
In the suit, Charles E. Nelson,
Maryland horses breeder who has
admitted financing what he
thought was gambling operation,
was quoted as saying he paid 10
per cent of his income for police
protection.
Suit Filed by Numbers Man.
The suit was filed by Milford
Burkley, 1907 Capitol avenue NE,
who identified himself as former
numbers operator for Charles E.
Nelson" and sought $4,000 dam
ages from Mr.. Nelson. Burkley
claimed he was assaulted in Mr..
Nelson's Prince Georges County
home last February.
'If Burkley has a complaint, Z"
said Maj. Barrett, 'let him come
forward and we will take action
Immediately. But why is he
suing here for something that
happened in Maryland? Why
doesn't he put it before the grand
jury there?"
Inspector Roy Blick of the Vice
Squad told newsmen that as far
as he knows, Mr.. Nelson has been
Operating off and on in the Dis
trict for the last seven years, ap-
Iparently in the northeast section
Says He Never Saw Nelson.
Inspector Blick said, however
that he had never seen Mr.. Mel
son and that his information
came from arrested numbers men
who we're inclined to change their
story and the name of their
hacker regularly. Although they
are not reliable, Inspector 3lick
added, enough information has
come in to indicate Mr.. Nelson
has operators here.
Mr.. Nelson, said Inspector Blick,
probably has something to do with
half -a-dozen places in the north
east section and Nelson men hung
around construction jobs.
One of the places mentioned by
Inspector Blick was home in the
600 block of L street NE. where
Henry Clay Hogan has been ar
rested several times on unlicensed
whisky charges.
Mr.. Nelson, in testimony before
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee, said he had financed
and drew $255, 900 in profits from
Robert Nowland Associates, which
the committee called a Sc million
numbers racket.
Inspector Blick said Nowland
was arrested last December in a
home in the 1900 block of B street
NE. which the inspector described
as one of Nelson's places" Now
land and two others were charged
with disorderly conduct, In
spector Blick said. after one of
them threw what detectives sus-
pected was numbers-play evil
dence into a lighted stove.
Attorney James j. Laughlin filed
the suit on behalf of Burkley
In addition to the damages
for assault, Burkley also asks the
court to issue an order to pre-
vent Nelson from Threatening,
annoying or molesting" him.
Mr.. Nelson was described in the
suit as being engaged in the
numbers business.
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Truman to Address
Group on Handicapped

President Truman will speak
Friday morning to the Presidents
Committee for National Employ
the Physically Handicapped Week,
the White House announced to-
day. --
He will address the committee
lat 9:45 am. In the Departmental
Auditorium.
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Red Feather Meeting Set

Area chairmen for the Mont
gonaery County Red Feather Cam
|paign scheduled for October will
hold an organization meeting at
|2:30 pm. Friday at Community
Chest headquarters. Gil Pershing
drive, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Cosmopolitan Club Talk Set

Cosmopolitan Club members will
hear Lloyd Herman, special studies
manager, Association of American
Railroads, tomorrow at a club
luncheon in the Carlton Hotel at
1890 pm. He will speak on
Railroad Progress"
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Prince Georges
Pushes Probe in
Case
Senators Still Hold
Tape Recording of
'OfficioI's' Story
By J. 1. Michael

A tape recording held by the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee may reel off the answer to
the question of whether a tip-off
frustrated a police raid on sus-
pected agents of numbers backer
Charles Nelson.
Working under orders of the
Prince Georges County Commits
Evening star., 1951-08-15

Senators to Question Link" Man Today
at Crime Heorins. Pooe A-3I
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Club Activities Suspended
In Virginia Beach Hotel.
BY the Associated Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Nov.
10.-Acting on orders of the State
Liquor Board, the Cavalier Hotel
has suspended social activity of
beach club members formerly car
ried on in the hotels Hunt Room
during the winter.
Sidney Banks, president of the
hotel corporation, said the order
rules that members of the beach
club and hotel guests cannot take
whisky to the hotels Hunt Room
and that the hotel cannot serve
setups, as that portion of the hotel
is considered public.
The only thing that will prevent
the closing of the Hunt Room, Mr..
Banks said, is the fact that it is
used as dining room during the
winter season. The ruling does not
prohibit wine and beer being sold
there.
Just what effect the boards rul-
ing will have on the beach club
next summer is not known. Mr..
Banks says he hopes the fact that
the club has a private membership
will permit an exemption.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Six Killed in Michigan
In Three-Car Crash
BY the Associated Press

PONTIAC, Mich, Nov. 10.-Six
persons, including four teen-agers,
were killed in a three-car collision
neaf here early today. Another
teen-ager was injured critically.
All the dead were residents of
Michigan.
Sheriff's Capt. Frank Van. Alta
said partly filled beer bottles were
found in the Wreckage of the car
which carried the five teen-agers.
The only surviving occupant,
Janette Palmer, 16, upon recover
ing consciousness, told the officer
the three boys in the car had been
drinking.
Miss Palmer said their car was
on the wrong side of the road
when it collided head-on with a
car driven by Murry j. Moore, SO.
Mr.. Moore and his wife Mary Jane,
33, we're killed. They are sur
vived by IL children. The Moore
family, formerly of Ferndale,
Mich. recently had moved to
nearby Leonard.
The third car plowed into the
IWreckage of the first two cars.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Vandenberg Predicts
Faster JETS in Korea
by the Associated Press

| KIMPo AIRPORT. Korea, Nov
E10.-Gen. Hoyt S. vandenberg,
United States Air Force Chief of
Staff. said today improved jet
| fighter planes are on tap for use
against the Reds in Korea.
He said also in a planeside inter-
view that jet bomber%the Boeing
BAT and the Australian Canberra
will replace the pro-
Ipellar-driven B-29 Super Forts,
now the heaviest plane in use in
the war.
He said the hotter jets would
replace some obsolescent types now
used in Korea as soon as they are
available. He made no estimate
Iof when that would be.
Gen. Vandenberg said the
United States F-86 Sabre jet still
lis a match for the souped-up Rus
|sian-made MIG-15. But he called
the F-80 Shooting Star obsolescent
for jet fighting.
He said the Sabres and F-84
ThunderjetS in action now are
early models that eventually will
be improved.
He said the Allies "still have
control of the skies" and are not
Immediately worried about losing
lit to the Communists.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Mrs. Cables Yacht lowed
After Hitting Nassau Reef
BY the As.eeia.sd Prsss

NASSAU. Bahamas, Nov. TO-
Mrs. Clark Cables yacht, the TO
foot Raconnteur. was towed into
Nassau yesterday after hitting a
reef at North Cay, about 4 miles
from the harbor.
The vessel was en- route from
Miami. The extent of the dam
age was not determined.
Mrs. Gable. the former Lady
Ashley, was not on board at the
time and no injuries were re-
ported.
Another yacht, the Monsoon,
with Owner Everett Erb aboard.
was accompanying the Raconnteur
but did not hit the reef.
Erb has equipped the Monsoon
with special electronic devices and
plans to explore an area near
Turks Island, where Is treasure
laden Spanish galleons reportedly
sank in q storm in 1643.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Study Of Track Purchase
BY Maryland Suspended
BY the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE. Nov. 10. - A
Legislative Council Committee has
ended its study for the time being
of the States purchase Of the
Havre de Grace race track.
Two days Of hearings ending
yesterday produced defense of the
purchase by National Guard off,
GERS although they admitted the
track was not entirely adequate
for training.
The committee also was told by
Adjutant General Milton A.
Reckord the sale embarrassed
him because he was president of
Pimlico. one Of the sellers. An
other military officer said he and
others insisted on the sale even
though they knew of Reckord's
feeling of embarrassment.
The committee may call for
other witnesses at future hearings
before writing a report for the
Legislative Council.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
The Washingtonians
Hit QUESTIONABLE

The Washingtonians went on
record last night opposing the
questionnaire sent to District
policemen.
1t was felt by the group that
the questionnaire was not good
policy and probably would vio-
late a citizens constitutional
rights.
A resolution indorsing lottery
under governmental control was
also passed by the association.
The resolution stated, there is q
serious need for the passage Of
legal legislation covering a gov
ernmental lottery, to tighten the
tax burdens and greatly increase
our revenues. which plan, II
adopted, would make the public
debt look sick and the public feel
better"
A complete overhaul of the tax
structure was advocated by the
Washingtonians. It was believed
that the unnecessary complicated
tax return forms in connection
with the Federal, District and
personal tax forms should be sim
plified.
The meeting was held in the
home of Miss Eta Taggart, presi-
dent, The Highlands, 2014 Con-
necticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Abbott and Costello Sue
Film Firms for S. Million
by the Asseeioted Press

NEW YORK. Nov. lS.-The film
comedy team of Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello are suing two movie
companies for $5 million allegedly
due them from profits OF old films
and damage to their artistic repu-
tations.
The comedians filed suit in Fed
eral Court yesterday against Uni
versal Pictures Co.. Inc, and Real
art Pictures. Inc. under their non-
professional names-William A.
Abbott and Louis Cristillo.
They charge that Universal
"schemed to cheat and defraud
them under an agreement to pay
them so per cent of the net profits
from their movies.
Also, the pair said. Universal
over their protests-cut their full
length films down to shorts for
showing in Cheap places of en-
tertainment" such as saloons and
nickelodeons and for use in slot
machines. AS a result. they said,
their artistic stature suffered.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Egypt Accuses British ndoneso BUYS Famous walsh Mansion
OF Nazi-Like Tactics
In Arming Suez Zone
BY the Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt. Nov, 10.-Egypt
accused Britain last night of using
Nazi-like tactics in pouring armed
forces into the disputed Suez
Canal zone.
A formal note handed to the
British embassy said the ''unin-
terrupted influx" of British troops
"can only encourage and intensity
spontaneous movements of re-
sistance of the Egyptian people. u
The note said the Suez situation
was getting worse daily, but there
were no reports of major violence
A British embassy spokesman
said Egypt's note contains one
true statement-Which is that we
mean to stay on the canal"
A British military communique
reported a recent statement of 1t.
Gen. Sir George Erskine, Suez
zone commander: THE British
are not going to be kicked out or
thrown out or knocked out"
The Egyptian note said the
British actions recall acts of Nazi
authorities during World War II. .
1t protested alleged British thefts,
Shootings and other acts of force
and said civilians are Inundated
by being searched.
1t accused Britain of all but
stopping communications between
the zone and the rest of Egypt
and of effecting an almost COM
plete seizure of the canal itself
contrary to treaty rights.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Ten Known Dead in Storm
Floods in Northern Italy
Ry the Akseeioted Pies.

MILAN, Italy, Nov. 10.-A
storm which lashed across North
ern Italy took known death
toll of 10. according to an official
count last night.
BY nightfall six bodies had been
found in the ruins of three homes
in the town of Tavernerio, near
Lake Como. Rescuers searched
for 10 others believed to have
perished when large quarry stones
carried by food waters crumpleo
the houses.
Four other deaths. one at Genoa
and three in villages in the Como
region, also were blamed on the
storm.
The rains, which started Tues
day, soaked the northern half OF
the country from Genoa to Venice
Rivers burst their banks, flooding
farmlands, towns and cities
throughout the area.
Evening star., 1951-11-10

Tilden street NV. about a year
ago.
The firm of Delson, Levin &
Gordon. New York attorneys, rep
resented the Indonesian govern
ment in the purchase.
Walsh, who became fabulously
rich through the Camp Bird gold
mine in Colorado, built the house
Iaround the turn Of the century to
entertain King Leopold of the
IBelgianS.
Its construction was said to have
cost him SO million. 1t has so
rooms. a huge central staircase, a
ballroom and bathtubs that are
small swimming pools.
During the Theodore Roosevelt
administration it was the scene
of the most lavish entertaining in
the CAPITAL.