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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-03-30
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
GLACIER
W. r. Mcdonald as an individual: W.
r. Mcdonald as Executor of the
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Truman Renames Finley
To Fine Arts Commission

President Truman today named
David Edward Finley, director of
the National Gallery of Art, to
another 4-year term on the Fine
Arts Commission.
Mr.. Finley has been serving as
the commissions chairman. He
was first appointed to the COM
mission by President Roosevelt in
1943 and was reappointed by
President Truman in 1947. The
appointment does not require
Senate confirmation.
Prominent in Washington for
many years, Mr.. Finley has been
a leader in art circles. He was
closely associated with the late
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
w. Mellon, who gave the National
Gallery of Art and his own art
collection to the Nation.
A native of South Carolina, Mr.,
Finley graduated from the Uni
Iversity of South Carolina and
George Washington University
Law School. He practiced law in
Philadelphia before serving as a
World War I Army officer. He is
considered an authority on the
principles of architecture, paint
ling and sculpture. He was elected
commission chairman in July,
1850.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
D. c. Hotel Receipts
Total Sal Million:
Rank 18th in 7o48

District hotels ranked 18th
among the States in hotel receipts
for 1948, reporting total receipts
of nearly SAL million, according
to figures released today by the
Census Bureau.
The report showed that total
of 29,650 hotels in the United
States did an overall business of
l$2.2 billion for the year, of which
$1.8 billion, or 81 per cent, came
from room rentals and sales of
meals.
The second most important
source of hotel income was from
the sale of alcoholic drinks, the
report indicated. This accounted
for $248 million. or II per cent
of the total.
In the District, a hundred hotels
showed receipts of $32 million
from room rentals and meals and
SIS million from the sale of alco-
holic beverages.
The leading State was Cali
fornia. with 3.544 hotels report
ing total receipts for the year of
NEARLY $205 million.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Truman 10 Dedicate
Ampitheater Tonight
To Carter 7. Barron

The Carter Barron Amphi-
theater will be dedicated by Presi-
dent Truman during ceremonies at
$3.50 o'clock tonight in Rock Greek
Park.
Film stars and concert artists
will take part in the program at
the amphitheater, named for the
late Washington ttheater execu-
tive.
The first scene from the re-
vised Faith of Our Fathers" is tc
be staged as highlight of the
ceremony. a plaque in Mr.. Bar
ron's memory will be presented BY
the Washington Variety Club Tent
No. IL, of which he was founder
Scheduled to participate in the
program are screen stars Walter
Pidgeon and Kathryn Grayson
Concert Pianist Eugene List, anc
Baritone Igor Gorin. The Unitee
States Marine Band will furnish {
program OF music.
Charles V. Grunewell, a Wash.
ington native, will make his pro-
fessional debut portraying Georg,
Washington in the scene to b,
presented tonight. The selection
from the pageant depicts the mar
riage of George and Martha Wash
ington.
The man for whom the amphi
theater is being named was execu
tive chairman of the Nationa
Capital Sesquicentennial Commits
sion until his death last Novembe
Is. Mr.. Barron was active in civil
groups and associated profession
ally with the theater. He wa
manager of LoeW's Eastern Divi
sion from 1882 until his death.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Attorney in Gas Rate Case
Given Check for S12,715

The Washington Gas Light Co
yesterday turned over to Attorney
William A. Roberts a check fol
$12.715 for expenses incurred in
the successful fight for $1,270.-
900 gas rate refund to consumers
Attorney Roberts was one ot
three attorneys who pressed the
rate case in the courts.
Still pending is the court
ordered payment of $55. 900 as at.
torney fees for counsel who fought
for the refund. Payment of coun
sci fees has been held in abey.
ance pending an agreement be.
tween Mr.. Roberts and two othel
attorneys as to how the $4,000
shall be split.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Mrs. RosenfeId 10 Lead
Brandeis University Group

Mrs. Philip Rosenfeld was in
Stalled as president of the Wash
ington chapter of the National
Women's Committee of Brandeis
University at recent meeting at
the Shoreham Hotel. DR.. Abram
L. Sachar, university president,
presided at the ceremonies.
Other officers include: Mrs. Ed
ward Cafritz, honorary president;
Mrs. James H. Simon, executive
vice president; Mrs. Albert H
Cohen, Mrs. Aaron Dietz, and Mrs
Joel Wolfsohn, other vice presi-
dents; Mrs. Helen Blechman'
treasurer; Mrs. Bernard Rosen-
berg. financial secretary; Mrs
Robert Bengis, assistant financial
secretary; Mrs. Sigmund Segal
recording secretary, and Mrs. Har-
old Hoff, assistant recording secre.
ttary.
| Also. Mrs. Ferdinand Nauheim
corresponding secretary; Mrs
BENJAMIN Godlen, assistant cor.
responding secretary; Mrs. Jack
lBlau, historian; Mrs. Louis Dubit
MRS. Joseph D. kaufman, anc
Mrs. Benjamin Manchester, audi.
tors.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
81 Youngsters Enter Finals
OF NotionoI Spelling Bee Today

Go sightseeing for a week in
Washington. Walk yourself to
exhaustion every day.
Then get up on a stage in front
Iof a couple Of microphones and
l ZOO people. And now. with the
knowledge that if you fail you're
through, spell ''ebullition.
Or, without peeking. take a shot
lat "decibel" or ''minatory."
That was the situation facin ,
81 youngsters from all sections OF
the Nation during the National
Spelling Bee today at the Ma
Etional Press Club. They were the
ones left from the estimated
million who took part in the pre-
liminaries in their home States.
They paraded in front of thu
microphones, some obviously ner.
vous, others confident, and with
each round their numbers grew
less. By noon it was pared dowr
to half the number which
started.
Washington's entry, Joar
Pfundstein, an eighth-grade pupi
at Nativity School. was celebrat
ing her 18th birthday anniversar,
by competing in the spelldown
Her cheering section was large
A 12-year-old, Majorie Foliart
from Grafton. Pa, demonstrate,
her spelling ability during the pre-
Iliminaries by spelling "phantas
magorical" backwards.
Four Drop First Round.
When the serious business 20
under way, the first round of word
:. took out four contestants. Bum
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Cigarette Sets Gown Attire
Woman Badly Burned

An Arlington woman was
burned severely early today when
her nightgown caught fire from a
lighted cigarette.
Mrs. Bodil c. Becker, 80. of 1896
North Monroe street, was admit
ted to Arlington Hospital at 1870
am. with burns over 70 per cent
OF her body. Hospital attendants
said she was brought to the hos
Ipital by her husband.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
u. 5. Recreation Agency
Here Called Unnecessary

Milo Christensen, District rec
reation superintendent, yesterday
declared that proposed agency
to sponsor recreation for Govern
ment workers is unnecessary.
Mr.. Christensen spoke before a
meeting of the recreation and
group workers" section of United
Community Services at the YWCA
The District Recreation Board
already has gone on record as op-
posing the bills, now before Con-
gress. Mr.. Christensen explained
that the proposed agency woulo
Ibe a duplication of the recreation
departments work and of that be-
ing done by the Federal Recrea.
ton Committee. He suggested
that funds be given the Fedora
committee instead.
In any case, he declared, Fed
eral workers should not be segre'
gated in their recreation opportu'
mites, but encouraged to join il
the community recreation pro
gram.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
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Evening star., 1951-05-25
Public Housing Plan Expanded,
Nearby Parkway Funds Cut

it should finally be approved by
Congressional not be determined
today.
John Ihlder, director of the Ma
tional Capital Housing Authority
welcomed the move taken by the
Senate subcommittee. But he said
he could make no estimate as to
what might happen in the District.
The $4,000 units would have to be
spread throughout the entire
country, he pointed out.
Before he learned of the May
bank units action, Mr.. Ihlder yes
terday issued a seven-page state
ment deploring the House action
in slashing the public housing pro-
gram. If the house bill stands, he
predicted "the program of the Ma
tional Capital Housing Authority
here will be halted"
Action of the Maybank COM
mittee in refusing funds for ex-
tension Of the park system along
the stream valleys in this area
proved disappointment to Off
cials of the planning commission
Asked About 81 Million.
They had asked the Senate
group for 100000 to continue
the George Washington Memo.
rial Parkway on the Potomac
River and $785,000 to continue
the parks into Maryland alons
streams flowing into the Potomac
But committee members insisted
these estimates be trimmed. OF.
fcials came back with reduc.
tion to total of $320,000, bu
even this was eliminated.
John F. Nolen of the planning
commission told the committe,
this group was left in a dilemma
He pointed out that housing de
velopment has been expandin,
along areas needed to extend tn,
park system.
/ IN orQer TO protect the invest
ment we have made" he said, "w
need the funds to go through
with these projects"
i The Maybank group restore,
Isl. 1.050,000 to the Civil Servic
tCommisSion's item for salarie
and expenses to add to the 81
million approved by the House
1t also restored $40 million o
the $20.450,000 cut out by tn
House from the retirement an,
disability fund. 4
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Patent Association Honors
Prof. 0ppenheim Of CIV

Prof. Saul C. Oppenheim of the
George Washington University
Law School last night was hon.
ored by the New Jersey Patent
Law Association in Newark for
outstanding contributions in the
advancement of the American
patent. system.
Mr.. Oppenheim received the
Jefferson Medal of the association.
the first time the award has been
made.
The law professor, a specialist
in the field of antitrust laws and
unfair trade practices, has writ
ten and lectured extensively on
the role the American patent sys-
tenn played in the development Of
the American free-enterprise sys-
tenn.
He lives at 1929 o street NV.
Evening star., 1951-05-25

McClain. 13, of Albuquerque, N.
Mex, missed out first by misspell-
ing "chifforobe. She tried to
spell it with sch"
Others who went down in the
first round. and the words they
missed, were Carol Wright. 13, of
Prescott, Ariz., pallor; Virginia
Adams, IL, Gesling, KY, piccolo,
and Neil Smith. Il, of Madison,
Wis, azalea.
Some of the words were un-
familiar to the youngsters. Others
tried to hurry and missed syllables
The second round took out five
more. David Suckow, 13, of Lam
caster, N. Y, missed decibel; Gene
Profant, II, of Canton, Ohio
Druid; Betty Loverde, 13, of Chi
cago, panoply; Patsy Taylor, 13
of Salisbury. Md, heresy, and
Billy Huffman, IA, Weyers Cave.
Va4 minatory.
Words Get Tougher.
AS the words got tougher, the
third round took out Don Cart
lidge, IA, of Dumas, Tex, on pee
cant; Eleanor Rich, IL. of Wei
lington, Ala. on catalyst; Mar.
garet Ann Trowell, IA, of Penn.
sauken, N. j.. on pavilion; Gretch.
en- Grosdidier. 13, of Indianapolis
Ind, on nonpareil and Hugh
Schramm, II, of Fort Thomas
KY, on ebullition.
The youngsters are competing
for $500 and a trip to New Yorl
City. There were two winner
last year, when the contestant
) spelled down the pronouncer afte.
1879 words were used
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Other Arrests Due
In Probe Of TESTING
Station Irregularities

One or more arrests are expected
early next week as a result of the
continuing investigation into al
legged irregularities at the District
motor vehicle testing station in
Washington.
Traffic Director George E. Ke-
Ineipp was comforting today with
Police 1t. John B. Layton anc
Carol R. Reed, supervising inspec.
tor for the Department of Motor
Vehicles and Traffic, who wa!
called back from his vacation tt
help in the investigation.
The three quizzed an inspector
who was not identified, about what
has been going on at the South
west inspection station. Already
under arrest are two men accused
of taking bribes to approve car;
with mechanical defects.
1t was learned that the further
arrests may be based on informa.
ton that the unnamed inspector
furnished today.
Mr.. Keneipp said that since thu
story was first published abou
the irregularities. he had received
several phone calls and severa
visitors who said inspectors at th'
Southwest station had intimatet
to them their cars would be passet
for a Tip or a fee" even if me
chanically bad.
The men arrested and held il
81 900 bond each for a hearing il
Municipal Court June Is ar
Jacob Hoffman, 54, of the frs
block of Kennedy street NV, al
inspector for 10 years. and Harolt
H. Long, 81. of the first block O.
Blackhawk drive, Forest Heights
Md, who said he was salesman
self employed.~
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Thousands Of Scouts
Begin Camping Today
IAt Soldiers Home

ScoutmasterS from the National
Capital Area Council were work.
ing hard today preparing for
more than 4,500 Boy Scouts and
Explorers due to pour into the
Soldiers Home grounds after
school this afternoon.
About 100 acres of the Homes
southeast grounds are being taken
over by the scouts who will set up
their own camps.
I'VE have to have 40 tons of
hay cut to prepare this area. u
Herbert Williams. in charge of
physical arrangements, said. "It's
a perfect spot for the boys-just
like the wide open country. and
in the middle of the city too."
The scouts will cook nearly
1000 meals per day during the
encampment which begins this
evening and lasts through Sun
day. All meals will be prepared
by the scouts and cooked on char
coal burners. Five huge watel
tanks have been provided by tn,
Army to keep the boys thirst
quenched.
Tonight each of the IL district!
will hold camp fires with singing
and story telling. Tomorrow the,
will put on exhibitions of scou
crafts and skills for visitors ant
parents. Tomorrow night ther'
will be mass camp fire meeting
at the Catholic University sta.
dium.
| Mass will be said at the stadium
Sunday morning while protestant
services will be held on tn,
grounds. Secretary of the Army
Pace will address the scout!
and visitors at the c. U. stadium
Sunday night.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
'Co||egeStudents
.Get Draft Tests
Here Tomorrow
Tonight Is DeodIine
In Filing Application
For Examination

Three-hour tests to determine if
students will remain in college or
be drafted get under way in six
colleges and universities in the
Washington area tomorrow.
Deadline for test applications, to
be filed with local draft boards, is
midnight tonight.
Nationally, at least 175,0O0 stu
dents will take the three-hour ex-
aminations administered through
the test centers by Princeton Uni
versity's Education Testing Serv-
ice.
5000 May Try Here.
The latest Washington area fig-
ure on applications may be as high
as 5000
Deferments until August 20 have
been authorized for an estimated
100000 draft-age collegians to per-
nit them to take the examination
tomorrow; on June 16, June 80
or July IL.
The testing centers here are the
University of Maryland, Catholic
u niverEity, Georgetown and
George Washington, Howard and
American.
Scores of the tests will be sent
to local draft boards within 80
days after the exams to use, along
with college grades, in determining
who will serve best in the class
room or in uniform during the
present emergency.
College Ability Checked.
The Testing Service said they
are designed solely to check on
ability to tackle college work.
Questions will be of the multiple
choice type.
Although Selective Service has
left final decisions up to draft
boards, it has suggested these
standards to guide them on de-
Iferments:
l. Seniors should be permitted
to finish their college education.
2. Seniors who wish to go to
graduate school should be in the
upper half of their class or score
IT'S in the test.
3. Freshmen should be. in the
upper half of their class or score
10.
4. Sophomores should be in ths
upper two-thirds of their class or
score 10.
S. Juniors should be in the up
per three-fourths of their class
or score 70.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
$500 Bond Is Ordered
For Youth in Robbery

Jack L. Shoap, jr.. 18, of 408
Tennessee avenue NE, was Or
dered held under $500 bond and
told to retain an attorney when
he was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Cyril Law
renee on robbery charge today
His case was continued for one
week.
Detectives told Commissioner
Lawrence that Shoap is accused OF
taking 81 from Charles T. Frye,
%, of 1887 H street NE. on May
IL. Mr.. Frye told police he was
attacked near his home, beat
en- into semi-consciousness and
Slipped of his trousers and shirt
during the robbery.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Norbeck Man Is Held
lon Larceny Churoe

A Norbeck (Md.) man was bound
over to the grand jury in Rockville
yesterday after waving a prelim-
mary hearing on charges of house.
breaking and larceny.
Freed under $2,500 bond is Law
renee Curtis Hewitt, %, charged
with stealing more than $1,000
worth of tools from the Davis
Airport in Laytonsville, April 4,
and also with taking two testing
meters vauued at $95 from Whea-
ton Radio g. Television, Inc,
April 20.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
BY Harold B. ROGERS

New hope has been injected into
lthe Governments embattled pub
lie housing program by a Senate
Appropriation subcommittee .ap-
proval of $4,000 dwelling units to
be built in the country during
the next fiscal year, beginning
July /.
Whether this would help the
Districts long-delayed slum clear
Iance program was a question.
Fhe subcommittee, headed by
Senator Maybank, Democrat, of
South Carolina, acting after an
appeal from President Truman,
raised the House-approved So
called crippling figure of only
5000 units to the $4,000.
| Action by the Maybank sub
committee came late yesterday,
as the group sent to the full
Senate Appropriations Committee
for consideration next week the
Independent Offices Supply bill.
Funds provided in the measure
total $6.2 billion, an increase of
1893 million over the money pro-
vided in the House version. The
increases were mostly for national
defense agencies.
Parkway Extension Denied.
Meanwhile, the subcommittee
denied appeals by the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission for funds to extend park
WAY development into nearby
Maryland and Virginia. NCPPC
lofhcials had asked the Senate
lgroup to restore money cut by
1.-THE House for the George Wash
Iington Memorial Parkway and tc
|extend the District parkways into
Maryland.
The Maybank unit did approve
however, the House figure fol
lNCPPC purchase of land in the
District for parks and Fairgrounds
In recommending $4,000 public
housing units for the Nation, the
subcommittee increased admins
trative expenses for the Public
Housing Administration by $6.4
million above the House approved
figure of SIS million. Part of this
is intended to handle the proposed
larger public housing program.
What effect the Maybank units
increased housing proposal would
have on the District-if and when
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Two 0verpasses
ToEase Jam on
Lee Boulevard
Work to Start Soon on
Grade Separations at
Fort Myer, GIebe Rood

A grade separation project in
cluding two overpasses will get
underway this summer on Lee
boulevard at Courthouse road and
North Tenth street, Arlington.
The project is another step In
"a long-range program to make
the boulevard, which is Route SO,
Ia limited-access road from Me-
Imorial Bridge into Fairfax Coun-
lty. Cost of the entire program
lis estimated at Sc million.
Clifton G. Stoneburner, Arling-
ton County highway engineer,
isaid a grade separation at the
boulevard and Glebe road, also to
be started this year. is another
part of the limited-access pro-
gram.
Busiest intersections.
After Glebe road, MIR. Stone
burner said, Courthouse road and
Tenth street are the busiest boule-
ward intersections, except for
Washington boulevard where an
overpass already has been built.
North Tenth street becomes
Fairfax drive in Clarendon and
was built last year as a four lane
divided highway to Glebe road
Funds are expected to be avail
able in the near future, Mr.. Stone
burner said, to extend Fairfax
drive to Lee highway at East Falls
Church, thus increasing traffic on
North Tenth Street.
Courthouse road and North
Tenth street enter the boulevard
from the north side. Fort Myer
is on the south side. =
i The grade-separation project
will require replacing the Wash.
ington-bound lanes of the boule.
ward with three new lanes 20 feet
above the present grade from the
Fort Myer gate to east Of Court.
house road.
Each side of the boulevard at
this point will be widened to &c
fleet, providing three lanes in each
direction. At present, each side
OF the divided highway is 20 feet
wide.
Six Lanes Eventually.
/ The boulevard eventually is
scheduled to be six lanes from
Seven Corners. near Falls Church,
to the Potomac River bridges.
/ Washington bound traffic or
North Tenth will cross a bridge
over outbound traffic on the boule.
ward to the raised roadway. A
side road will carry traf-
f1c going west from North Tenth
street to the outbound road Of thu
boulevard. Access to Tenth street
by Washington bound traffic will
be eliminated at this point
Outbound traffic on the boule-
ward turning into North Tenth
street will use side road already
CONSTRUCTED.
The Courthouse road intersec-
ton will be similar. except that
Washington bound traffic will
have access to Courthouse roao
by way of a two-way bridge across
the boulevard's outbound lanes
Traffic moving from Washington
destined for points along the
boulevard west of these intersec-
tions will travel under the two
bridges.
Funds for the grade separa-
ton are available from a con.
gressional appropriation for ur.
ban highway development, Mr.
|Stoneburner said.
Both this project and the ont
at Glebe road are expected to bt
completed next year.
Evening star., 1951-05-25

of their own building. The
city champion gets a free
four-day trip to Akron, Ohio,
to compete in the All-Ameri-
can finals on August IL.
Time-June 80.
Sp0nsOrS-The Star and
Metropolitan Area Chevrolet
dealers. in cooperation with
the District Department of
the American Legion.
Prizes-Hundreds of gifts
given locally. Top national
prizes are a $4,000 college
scholarship and a new Chev-
rolet sedan.