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Evening star., 1951-07-25
Certain Streets Listed
For Brief CIosings in
ChiId-Shower Plan

District Commissioners yester-
day approved a request Of the Rec
reation Department for the closing
of certain streets in the District to
protect children using street show
ers operated by the department.
The Department of Vehicles and
Traffic and the police department
notified the Commissioners they
had no objection to closing these
streets a few hours in the after
noon. The locations are:
Third and G streets NE, fifth
and K streets NE, Defrees street
between North Capitol and First
street NV. Fenton am North
Capitol streets. Franklin street
NV. between New Jersey avenue
and Fifth street. Hanover street
and North Capitol streets NV,
Twelfth place between Florida ave-
nue. and w street NV, Eighteenth
and Willard streets NV, Seven
teenth and Corcoran streets NV,
Corcoran street between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets NV.
Marion street NV. between @
street and Rhode Island avenue.
Also Newport place NV. be-
tween Twenty-first and Twenty
second streets. I street NV. be-
tween Twenty-fourth and Twen-
ty-f1fth streets. Twenty-sixth and
0 streets NV. Thirty-fifth be-
tween P and Volta streets NV,
Gallaudet and Kendall streets
NV. Oakes street NE. between
Trinidad and Montello avenue,
Kramer street between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth NV.
Also Blow School, Nineteenth
and Gale streets NE; TOO block
of Twenty-fourth street NE,
Carver School. Whittingham and
Lane street NE, Forty-second
and Meade streets NE, Kenil-
worth and Hayes streets NE,
Smothers School, Washington
place between 44th and 46th NE;
Alabama avenue and Falls ter
race Sc, Southern avenue and
B streets Sc. Forty-ninth street
and Astor place Sc.
Also Lincoln Heights, Lowrie
street and Cloud place NE; Bur-
vile School, Bell street and Divi-
sion avenue NE; Pickford place
NE. between Eighth and Ninth
streets, Thirteenth and Wylie
streets NE. Twelfth and Duncan
streets NE, Walter place and
Thirteenth streets NE, c street
between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets Sc. and Sixteenth
and D streets Sc.
Most Of the showers will be
turned on for an hour In the
afternoon. They will be operated
every day except Sunday up to
August 81.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
North Dakofan Nominated
As Envoy 10 Nicaragua

President Truman today nomi-
mated Thomas E. Whelan, prom
inent Republican farmer and
businessman of Pembina County,
N. Dak., to be Ambassador to Mic
aragua.
Mr.. Whelan, who has been a
member of the North Dakota
State Senate and was a candidate
for the United States Senate in
1910, is satisfactory to both Sen
ators Young and LANCER, North
Dakota Republicans, it was said
at Senator Young's Office today.
Mr.. Whelan was nominated to
succeed Capus N. Waynick, who
was nominated today to@become
Ambassador to Colombia.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Conna|Iy Denies Oil Lobby
Action in TideIands Case

Senator Connally, Democrat, of
Texas says charges that an oil
lobby is backing the States in the
fight over State or Federal Gov
eminent control of tidelands oil
are untrue and ridiculous.
He told the Senate yesterday
that numerous organizations, in
cluding the National Governors
Conference and the National As
sociation of Attorneys General,
support the States position.
Chairman O'Mahoney, Demo-
crat, Of Wyoming of the Senate
Interior Committee, on the other
hand, condemned a document
issued by the attorneys general.
After a closed meeting of his
committee, Senator O'Mahoney
called reporters attention to the
document, entitled Every State
Has Submerged Lands"
"In my long service in the Sen
ate," he added, II have never
known facts to be as grossly per-
verted as in this publication"
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Christian Brothers
Hear Truman Recall
Field Artillery Days

President Truman recalled hi.
service with Battery D of ths
129th Field Artillery today wher
he welcomed leaders of the Chris.
tian Brothers Education Associa.
ton to Washington for their 18th
annual convention.
Brother Clement, of st. Johns
College here, and Brother Emilian
Provincial of Baltimore, told the
President their convention will
mark the 300th anniversary Of
the founding of the Christian
Brothers Order by st. John Bap-
tiSte De La Sale.
President Truman smilingly re-
called that many of the men in
Battery D were graduates of De
La Sale High School in Kansas
City and said he was one of only
six or seven Protestants" who
served with the outfit.
The convention will open after
the Very Rev. Patrick A. OBoyle
archbishop Of Washington, cele-
brates a solemn pontifical mass at
the st. Vincent de Paul Chapel
Catholic University at 10 am.
Several hundred delegates from
81 schools and colleges maintained
by the Christian Brothers in this
country will attend the conven-
tion. All sessions will be held at
De La Sale College, Queens Chapel
road NE.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Frederick
G. Hochwalt, secretary general of
the National Catholic Education
Association, will address the con-
vention delegates on "UNESCO-
Hope for International Peace and
Security" Friday evening.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Judge Takes Blackjack on Duty Tour

jack in his hip pocket before set
ting out.
He had kept the "sap" as relic
from his days as a prosecutor
when he collected such objects
Iof art shed by defendants.
He went to the door and knocked
politely. Muffied voices, but no
response. He knocked twice more
before The woman he sought
finally opened up.
"She was in a cheap house.
dress" Judge Howard reported. IT
don't think she recognized me.
And there was her husband
stretched out practically naked on
the bed, feigning Sleep"
Il was standing there, little
uncertain, when he suddenly rolled
over ana beloved at me, What
the hell DO you want here?'
Apologies, Not Fists.
well, guess I had a bad time
for a second, but without raising
my voice / just told him, I'm
Judge Howard"
Before he knew it, said the
judge. the husband was all over
him-with apologies, not fists.
In this mood, Judge Howard
added, he had a long sober talk
with the couple, as the two chill
dren played around.
He talked of boxing and even
showed me his gloves" said the
judge. Both of them seemed
sincere to do the right thing"
i So sincere. in fact, that Judge
Howard out the woman on pro-
baton Wr1en the case next came
up in court.
Il His blackjack went back into his
desk drawer
Evening star., 1951-07-25
By John w. Stepp

Borrowing a page from a proba-
tion officers book, a Municipal
Court Judge recently armed him
self with a blackjack and sailed
forth into a rough neighborhood
to conduct his own probation in
vestigation.
The judge who did his own leg
work Is Andrew j. Howard, a seri-
Gus, hard working former prose
cutor, appointed to the bench only
nine months ago.
The incident was disclosed yes.
terday, as Judge Howard was re.
viewing his activities on the bench
for a reporter.
The 53-year-old Negro jurist
gave this version:
A colored woman had pleaded
guilty to a vice charge, and Judge
Howard made the customary re-
quest Of the court probation office
for preSentence report on her.
Recalled Earlier Conviction.
But while the report was being
prepared. the Judge had a better
idea. He recalled from his eight
years as an Assistant United
States Attorney in the same court
that this defendant had beer
convicted Of another vice charge
earlier in her career.
Judge Howard also remembered
that she was the mother Of two
small children by a husband who
had been strictly Glass D as 9
husband. He was the kind oi
guy who would order his wife tt
go out on the street, while he
lounged in bed thinking of how
he wanted to be a prizefighter.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Building Code Change
On Structural Plans
Approved in District

The commissioners have ap.
proved amendment of the building
code to permit the Inspections De.
partment to approve structural
plans on certiflcation by a regis.
tered professional structural engi-
neer that they comply with tht
code.
The move is to relieve the di.
rector of inspections from making
his own check of the structural
plans for every job.
He still must make his own in
spection to see that the structure:
comply with regulations on zon.
ing. egress, type of construction
general arrangement, boilers, ven.
tilation, electric wiring, plumbing
and mechanical features.
May Accept Certification.
But he may accept certif1catior
by the registered engineer thai
the structural portion compile:
with the code. with particular ref
erence to strength, stresses, loads
stability and type of materials.
Corporation Counsel Vernon e
West ruled that the District might
file charges that an engineer who
submitted a "demonstrably false
certificate was guilty of misrepre-
or gross incompetency
which would be grounds for revo-
cation or suspension of a regis
tered engineers certificate.
A law was passed last year to
regulate the practice of engineer
ing here. A five-man Board OF
for Professional En-
gineers determines that practic-
ing engineers are qualified and
registered.
Director of Inspections Robert
H. Davis said the change in the
code does not mean the depart
ment will begin right away to &C
cept certified plans without max
ing its own inspection. He said
the measure was sought "in case
we get into difficulty" and would
be used with care.
In a report last November, Mr.
Davis proposed the waving OF
checking of plans dur
ing times of abnormal work load
provided they were certified by
registered engineers.
"It is recognized that the
adoption of such a policy would
be quite unconventional" he
wrote, noting however, that he
understood it might be accom-
plished within legal bounds.
Growing Backlog of Work.
MIR. Davis said, in that report
that a growing backlog Of work
had caused undue hardship to
the public because of unreason-
able delay in obtaining their
permits. He said the waiting
period for permit was from two
to five months.
It appeared, he asserted, that
the department could never hope
to obtain from Congress the
necessary personnel to keep the
work current.
Structural checking, he said,
was the bottleneck, and was the
one step that took longer than
all the others put together. At
the same time. he added, it was
the step which most generally
followed standard recognized
practices throughout the Nation.
Mr.. Davis said yesterday that,
for very large buildings. it was
not the checking of the plans
that took so long, but very often
delay was involved in getting cor
rectionS made on them.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Tokomo Park Firemen
To Study in New Haven

-Four Maryland Firemen and the
University of Maryland fire extern
sion director will journey to New
Haven, Conn, tomorrow to study
the f1remen's training program in
that city over a two-day period.
The group will consist of Fire
Chief Melvin E. Mcbride, Presi-
dent Henry E. Marschalk, 1t. Will
liam w. Jones and Irving w. John
son, ST., all Takoma Park firemen,
and Robert c. Byrus, director of
the Fire Service Extension, Uni
verSity of Maryland.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Miss Morris Will Head
District License Bourd

Assistant Corporation Counsel
Una Rita Morris has been ap-
pointed chairman Of the District
License Board by the Commits
sioners, it was announced today.
She succeeds Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Robert D. Wise,
whose time is taken up largely
with prosecuting cases before the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Miss Morris also becomes chair
man of. the board for the revoca-
ton Of licenses, which post MIR.
Wise also held.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Candidate to TuIk

John A. K. Donovan, Falls
Church attorney, candidate for
the Virginia State Senate, subject
to the Democratic primary August
z, will make his first political ap-
pearance in Alexandria at 8:15
o'clock tonight at George Wash
hgton High School.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
ARR Raises Demurrage Rates 10 Combat Shipping BoiiIeneek

The Alaska Railroad revised its car demurrage rules and charges on August l to conform with an Interstate Commerce Commission order which has been in effect on all Stateside railroads since May l.
 The Alaska Railroad hoped to side-step this drastic action" J. P. Johnson, railroad general man ager, said today, "but a critical car shortage and the interests of national defense makes the move imperative"
 Unloading delays are bottle necking' the most critical ship ping movement in territorial his tory.
 The new order boosts minimum daily demurrage charges from $3.75 to $5 and the maximum as sessment from $7.50 to $20 day.
 The railroads action followed an urgent request to make more railroad cars ready for handling vital construction materials ear marked for military work. A newspaper and radio campaign for Alaskan consignees-partic- ularly contractors - to expedite unloading has been only minutely successful. Ships are being de- layed at the military port of Whit tier and at Seward for lack of railroad cars to take their cargo Meanwhile, the volume of freight moving into the territory is the heaviest on record.
 Despite the staggering freight undertaking, the car shortage is
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
Weaseis Porodropped On Taku GIoeier By C-82 Flying Boxcor"

ELMENDORF AFB, Alaska. July 26 (AMNS)-Eighteen thou sand pounds of heavy equipment and supplies were tossed out the open door of a 54th troop carrier C-82 flying boxcar" Tuesday over the Taku Glacier, climaxing paratroop operation aiding the Juneau 1cefield Research project.
 Among heavy equipment chut- ed down were two weasels, or over-snoW vehicles, becoming the second and third of their kind to be dropped, according to Drop master Captain M. K. Downes of the 925th Aviation Engineering Battalion.
 Maynard Miller of the Depart ment of Exploration and Field Research, American Geographic Society of New York, heading the ice-cap expedition, stated that the Weasels will be invaluable to the scientists and their work in the field. Miller and his party of 12 ascended the glacier for the first time this season on July 7. Dr. Ferris Moore, president of the University of Alaska, flew the expedition up to the ice-cap in his Piper Super Cub. In the days following, Dr. Moore made a to- tai of P flights to the glacier in his ski-equipped plane.
 Miller and his crew of scientists have now opened five of the ice
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03

ridiculous, railroad officials point ed out The bottle-neck has orig mated in the unloading of cars, held unduly past the allocated free time. On several occasions more than 1000 freight cars have been 'tied-up" at one time await ing unloading.
 Free Limit 48 Hours
 Permission to raise demurrage charges on The Alaska Railroad to those set down by the ICC for Stateside railroads was granted by the Department of Interior Under the new demurrage sched- ule, shippers are still given IS hours of free time to unload cars. After that time, however, the rail road will assess a $5 demurrage charge for each of the next two days; $10 on the third and fourth days and $20 for each succeeding day. Previously The Alaska Rail road charged consignees $3.75 for the first four days the cars were held after the free period and $7.50 for each subsequent day. Saturday is also eliminated as free day.
 Shippers qualifying under the average" demurrage charges are still entitled to credits for dis charging cars early. These credits can apply against debits accrued in the first two days of penalty time. But under the new ruling, two credits-instead of one-are now required to cancel a debit.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03

fields l2 outpost camps. The ex- petitions primary objective is the study of snow, ice and related weather. At the same time, the crew is testing equipment for the military under actual cold-weatn- CT operating conditions. Over a period of time, the icefield sim ulates every condition common to the arctic" said Miller.
 The expedition is sponsored by the American Geographic Society and the Office of Naval Research.
 The paratroop operation re- quired three trips to the ice-cap by the C-82 and was termed a complete success by radio re- ports from the glacier party. All equipment arrived in excellent condition.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
CONSUMER SURVEY STARTS IN ANCHORAGE

John J. Mechling of the Agri- cultural Economics department of the Alaska Experiment Station began working this week on the consumers survey project.
 Housewives all over the Anch- orage area will be questioned re-
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
Homen1uker's
 Council

The Valley Homemakers' Coun- cil will meet Monday at 10:30 a. m. in the extension craft room.
 Vice president Blanche Ryan will assume the presidency at the meeting since the former presi- dent, Mrs. Eloise Swaboda has left the Valley. Election of new officers will come in October after the individual Homemakers have chosen their representatives.
 Plans for the HomemakerS' Short Course to be held again this fall at the University of Alaska will be discussed at the Council meeting Monday.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03

garding their purchases of agri- cultural products and their pre- ferences regarding locally pro- duced or Stateside foods.
 MT. Mechling completed sim liar survey in the Fairbanks area last week.
Evening star., 1951-10-19
Russian Right 10 Take 0yeI
Strip Of Berlin Confirmed
BY the Associated Pres.

BERLIN, Oct. 19.-Old maps
confirmed today the Russian right
to seize a small strip of land on
the American sector border Of
divided Berlin.
East German Communist police
moved into the territory last night
and took possession. transferring
so families from Western to East
ern control.
West Berlin police. rechecking
the official land register. said this
morning the village Steinstuec-
ken-was traditionally a part OF
the East German state of Bran
denburg until 1945.
In the postwar confusion, the
village adopted American sector
ways, used Western currency and
even voted in the West Berlin
elections.
United States officials conferred
today without reaching a decision
on the West Berlin request for a
protest to the Russians.
Evening star., 1951-10-19
WSB 10 Allow Raises
To Correct Inequifies

The Wage Sterilization Board
today had issued a regulation pro-
viding upward wage adjustments
for workers whose pay is below
that Of other workers In a COM
parable job in an industry or
area.
The board said that adjustment
of such inter-plant inequities is
not unStabilizing because only a
few plants and workers will be
affected by it.
WSB said the new policy is
important in areas Of manpower
shortage and "raiding' Of work
ers is threatened in plants where
wage rates are lower than in COM
peting plants.
The board said petitions for in
creases to correct the inequities
should be accompanied by evi-
dence that the adjustments will
not result in unbalancing and
unstabilizing wage relations with
IN the same plant.
Evening star., 1951-10-19
Draft Rate Depicting
Pool, Hershey Warns

Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
director Of selective service. last
night warned of the possibility of
military manpower shortages In
this time Of emergency.
| He spoke at the monthly dinner
meeting Of the Society for Ad-
vancement Of Management. held
in the YWCA. Seventeenth and K
streets NV.
/ Pointing to the large number
of men who must be turned down
in the draft because of mental or
physical incapacity. Gen. Hershey
| referred to this situation at a
time when there are more users Of
manpower today than ever before
in history.
He explained that OF the II
million men registered under selec-
tive service. only about 4 million
are eligible for induction because
of the above disqualifications, as
well as veterans service.
If we continue to draft at the
rate we are going at the present
time, there could be an end to
our available manpower and there
will be no longer any surplus to
draw from" he warned.
He said one way to increase the
manpower' reservoir would be to
lengthen the time of military serv-
ice But he warned this might
have a bad effect on the morale
OF the men themselves.
Reduction Of the total armed
forces as another means Of allevi-
alton would not meet with his
approval at this time In view of
the world situation, he added.
Evening star., 1951-10-19
D. {. Plans Reception
For U. n. Serviicemen
On United Nations Day

Plans were being completed to-
day for reception Of agroup OF
United Nations servicemen In
ceremonies marking United Ma
tions Day Wednesday.
The citizens committee for the
reception was to meet at 8 pm.
today in the board room Of the
District Building. William H.
Press. executive vice chairman,
and Joseph A. McGarraghy, pro-
gram chairman, reported tenta-
tive arrangements to the Com
missioners yesterday.
The serviceman's group is. to
be received at the White House at
3 pm. Wednesday. A citizens
program Is to be held on the
Capital plaza at 4 pm. The event
may be moved to the Monument
Grounds If Congress is still in ses-
sion next week.
Secretary of State Acheson is to
speak at the ceremonies, to be
preceded by a service band con-
cert.
The days activities for the
servicemen will end with a Board
OF Trade dinner at the Mayfiowel
Hotel. Gen. Marshall will speak
at the trade boards general mem
bership meeting.
The servicemen will spend two
days in Washington. then begin q
series of public appearances ir
other major cities in connection
with the Red Cross-armed forces
blood donor program. encourage
ment of investment in defense
bonds and broadening of public
understanding Of defense mobili-
zation.
Evening star., 1951-10-19
Crew Of Argentine Cruiser
To Get Training In Norfolk
BY the Associated Press

NORFOLK. Va. Oct. TO-
United States Navy instructors
will give two weeks of shore train
ing to the crew of the Argentine
light cruiser II De Octubre.
The vessel. transferred to the
Argentine Navy in ceremonies at
Philadelphia Wednesday, is due
here Monday.
The II De Octubre has a crew
Of 500 men. The skipper is Capt.
Adolfo B. Piva.
Name of the vessel. formerly
the U. s. S. Phoenix. honors the
date Juan Peron assumed power
in Argetina.
Evening star., 1951-10-19
U. S. EmpIoye Group Meets

Legislative plans for 1852 will
be discussed by national officers of
the AFL American Federation of
Government Employees from 9
am. to 4:30 pm. tomorrow in the
Commerce Department auditori-
um. Department President Paul
Kimberly will preside.
Evening star., 1951-10-19
Ex-KremIin OfficiuI
Reported Dead at 81
by the As.oeiated Press

MOSCOW. Oct. 19.-The Mos.
cow press. today reported the
death Of Maj. Gen. Illarion Ga
qua. 81, former official in Russia s
security police, after a long ILL.,
ness.
The obituary said Gen. Gagua
had held posts since 1921 in the
Cheka, OGPU tsecret police) and
the Ministry Of State Security
(MVD). He also served as ad-
ministration commandant in the
Kremlin.
Evening star., 1951-10-19
Duuqhter for Fords

DETROIT. Oct. 10 R.-A
7-pound-4-ounce daughter-their
second-was born today to Mr..
and Mrs. William Clay Ford. Both
the mother. the former Martha
Firestone, and daughter were re-
ported doing fine" in Henry Ford
Hospital. The baby Is the l1th
grandson Of Mrs. Edsel Ford and
the late Mr.. Ford.
Evening star., 1951-10-19
Risk at Rummuqe Sale

MOOSE JAW, Saskatchewan
IR-Avolunteer helper at q rum
mage sale here laid her chamoic-
lined gabardine coat down on a
table. Naturally it was sold by
mistake,
Evening star., 1951-10-19
Boy browns Feedino Fish

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Oct. 10
(R.-Bryan Barry. 10. tossing corn
to fish from the banks Of the Ohio
River. looked up yesterday when
a hawk few over with q fish in
its mouth. He lost his balance,
fell into the river, and drowned,
Evening star., 1951-10-19
Veterans Have Insurance

NEW YORK.-A survey by the
Institute Of Life Insurance shows
that IS er cent Of all non-veteran
families have some life insurance,
compared with 80 per cent Of war
veterans families.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-03
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