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Evening star., 1951-02-02
Camera Equipment Stolen

Housebreakers took $244 worth
of cameras and equipment last
night from the home of James l..
Burns, 3410 TWenty-fourth street
NE, police reported. Mr.. Burns
told police the thieves apparently
entered through an unlocked side
door.
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District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny and cold, high in middle
20S this afternoon. Fair and
colder tonight, low about u in the
city and near zero in suburbs. To-
morrow mostly sunny. not quite SO
cold in afternoon, high in low 30s
Maryland-Clear and colder to-
night, lowest zero to 10 above eX-
ccpt 5 to 10 below in the noun
tains. Tomorrow fair, not quite so
cold in afternoon.
Virginia-Fair and colder to-
night, lowest zero to 10 above
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Rugged IndividuoIist

I. w. Rakes, Norfolk electri-
cal contractor, withholds tax
deductions from his employees,
in compliance with Federal law.
But he figures the Government
should pay the cost Of mailing
the tax check to the Collector of
Internal Revenue.
Where most people stamp
envelopes, Mr.. Rakes wrote:
POSTMASTER: This is Govern
ment taxes for 1850 and we re-
fuse to pay postage. Rakes, Inc"
The postmaster didn't see the
thing the same way. He said
he'd return the envelope. Mr..
Rakes said that's all right,
He'll hold it until somebody
SueS-AP
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Oukton Show Next Fridoy

The Oakton Va.) School and
Civic League will sponsor a fash
ion show by Jelleff's of Washing
ton at 8 pm. next Friday at Oak
ton Elementary School, and not
tonight. as reported in The Star
Yesterday.
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Convention Bill Snoq

In Annapolis, the touchy bill
for State constitutional conven-
ton was before the Ways anc
Means Committee of the House
of Delegates after an unexpected
setback on the floor.
The bill had been reported IA
vorably by the Judiciary Commit
tee. But yesterday the House
referred it by surprise to the
Ways and Means unit. There
opponents hope to kill it.
Meanwhile. the Senate Finance
Committee prepared to hear argu-
ments Tuesday on a bill designed
to return more State Offices tt
the Capitol in Annapolis from
quarters in Baltimore.
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C e n t ralizatton
t h a t h a-v e
slowed up the
plans. -.
Unf ors e n
difficulties such
as hard -to-get
Office space in
other cities, as
well as man.
agement a n d
a d miniStrative
difficulties that
S o m e agencies
would have if
t r a n S f e r red
hoyyo 20 nc a n
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Virginion Gets japan Post

RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 2 (P.-.
Arthur w. James, 81, former Vir-
ginia State commissioner of public
welfare. has been appointed an
advisor to japanese health and
welfare authorities.
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Leuoue to Present Play

The Potomac Zone Walther
League will present a one-act play
contest at 1880 pm. tomorrow in
Christ Lutheran Church, SiX-
teenth and Gallatin streets NV.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Headaches of Decentralization
Again Delay Final Plans
By Joseph Youno

Final plans for the decentralization
total of about $4,000 employees to
cities again have been delayed.
Budget Bureau officials disclose be several months
tra,s % oec.oone Ioaoca vi !ost
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Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, II, on January 10.
Lowest, IS, Oh January 3.
High and Low Of Last Fl Hours.
High. A., at S:l5 pm.
Low. 10. at T:10 am.
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Again., Taxes

Higher State taxes look like a
distinct possibility if plans go
through to grant pay increases to
State employees. The Standard
Salary Board has just recon-
mended to Gov. McKeldin and
leaders of the General Assembly
that pay increases of almost Sc
million be authorized for classified
and unclassified employees.
Public school teachers are ex-
cluded. So are officers and civil
ians in the State police depart
ment.
A spokesman for the Governor
said the possibility of higher pay
depends on increasing present
taxes or imposing new ones.-AP.
Trial by Jury
A jury will sit for the trial of
Walter S. Shelton. A. slot ma
chine and pinball distributor in
Prince Georges County, on charges
of liquor and gambling law
violations.
A request for a jury was made
yesterday by Assistant States
Attorney Wilmer D. Pyles when
the case was called on the Hyatts-
vile Police Court docket. The jury
will sit in Circuit Court.
Shelton is charged with per-
mitting gambling in Colmar
Manor tavern he owns. and with
permitting the Sunday sale of
whisky there.
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Rhodes. Democrat, Of Pennsyl-
vania, a member of the House
Civil Service Committee, has
sponsored a bill to give Federal
workers true time -and-a-half pay
ment for all work performed in
excess Of the regular eight-hour
day, as well as for work performed
on Saturdays. Double pay would
be given for work on Sundays and
holidays. The bill has the in
dorsement of the AFL American
Federation of Government En-
ployes.
(Be sure to listen at 6:15 pm.
every Saturday over WMAL.
The Star station, to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
neDs and uieUs of the GoDern-
mental Scene)
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colder Tuesday or Wednesday
Some snow or rain likely Monday
or Tuesday totaling about "A inch
River Report.
CFrom U. S. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear al
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
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out of town permanently.
The officials say there are many
headaches" connected with de-
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The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

freclpltatl0n.
Monthly precipitation In inches in the
Capital Current month to datel.
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Humidity.
tReadings at Washington Airport.)
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Furnished by United States Coast a.
Geodetir Stl~veyl
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Arlington Grand Jury
Resumes Inquiry
Into Police Activities

An Arlington grand jury today
resumed its investigation into ac-
tiyities of the County Police De-
partment.
Subpoenaed to appear before
the jury by Commonwealth s
Attorney Denman T. Rucker were
-four or five witnesses" but only
one person, Francis Griffith, IS,
of Alexandria. was waiting outside
the jury room when deliberately
were resumed this morning.
On February 20 the five jurors
asked for a recess after they had
questioned police about an un-
successful gambling raid last Oc-
tober. The jurors heard testi-
mony from four policemen and
from a three-man investigating
committee. The policemen said.
after testifying that they knew Of
no tip-of of the October raid.
Mr.. Rucker declined to say why
Mr.. Griffith had been called and
he would not name the other per-
sons he said he had summoned
to appear before the jury later
today.
Mr.. Griffith declined to give
his street address. He said he is
unemployed. Mr.. Griffith re-
fused to comment on why he had
been called before the jury but
he said he did not volunteer to
testify.
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Arlington Ministers
Back Fire, Police Rise

The Arlington Ministerial Asso-
citation yesterday went on record
as fayoring an increase in salary
for court policemen and firemen.
The motion, by the Rev. H. Wark
Curry. pastor of Calvary Metho-
dist Church. urged the county
manager and county board Ito
do everything practical to support
the request of the Arlington Po-
lice and Fire Departments for
salary increases"
In addition, it urged that "the
salaries of all county employees be
examined in the light of increased
living costs and such increase Tin
wages) be given as seems neces-
Sary."
One minister. The Rev. H. P.
Meyers, retired Methodist pastor,
in speaking against the motion
asserted II do not think it is our
province at all to get equity in
this deal. I believe that a group
like ours ought to stick to its own
field"
The Rev. Ross Allen Weston,
minister Of Arlington Unitarian
Church. retorted, May ask what
our field is If it is not a deep
seated. compassionate concern for
our fellow men,"
Religious Education Week in
Arlington will be held April 1920.
the Rev. Harry w. Craver. pastor
Of Cherrydale Methodist Church,
announced.
Judge Hugh Reid of the Arling-
ton County Court said about half
Of rhe cases coming into "our
courts for non-support has the
hubSand as an alcoholic"
The meeting. held in the Lomax
A. M. e. Zion Church, 2440 S.
Glebe road. was brought to close
with the Rev. Henry j. Calls, 90,
pastor emeritus of the host church,
giving the benediction.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
3 Held on ShopIifting Charges
And ReseIiing Items to Stores

Charges have been placed
against three persons for what
Prince Georges County police de-
scribed as an ingenious system of
shoplifting from supermarkets for
resale to smaller groceries and in
dividuals.
Charged are William l.. Tucker,
"a: Robert w. Lang, 10, and John
Vincent Snellings, ~, all of Wash
ington. Tucker is listed on the
police blotter at Upper Marlboro
as painter; Lang as unemployed,
and Snellings as mechanic
Detective Vincent Free, who,
with Sheriff Carlton G.. Beall,
Deputy Sheriff Guy Curtis, and
Detective Ralph E. Bond. is work.
ing on the case, gave the follow
ing account:
Tucker was arrested Monday as
he was in the process of selling a
$6.95 ham and a $6.95 roast for 81
each to Hillside grocer.
Cleared $40. to $100 a Day,
After his arrest, Tucker ad-
mitted that he had been clearing
between $40 and $100 daily by re-
selling merchandise taken from
supermarkets in Maryland, Vir-
ginia and the District.
Some items he sold to stores,
while others were sold to indi-
viduals through Snellings.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Virginia 10 Weigh
Strike Law RuIinq
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 28.-A
ruling is expected soon on whether
a United States Supreme Court
decision has any effect on the
validity of the Virginia Public
Utility Labor Relations Act.
Attorney General j. Lindsay Al
mond, jr., said yesterday he would
render an opinion as soon as he
examines the high court decision
which nullified a Wisconsin law
that banned strikes and required
compulsory arbitration in public
utility labor disputes.
Although Virginia's act permits
strikes and does not require arbi-
tration, there remained a question
of whether or not it 'impinges on"
Federal legislation in the same
field
Labor leaders throughout the
Old Dominion hailed the ruling
as justification of their opinion
that the Virginia law and some
other State labor laws are uncon-
stitutional. Some thought the
Virginia law ought to be tested in
the courts-but there were no
immediate volunteers.
The fact that Virginia's act
lacks the compulsory features of
the Wisconsin law was given by
State Labor Commissioner E. M.
Boggs as reason he believed the
Old Dominion's statute would not
be affected,
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Fairfax Committee Begins
Work on Sanitation SURVEY

A committee appointed by the
Fairfax County Board of Supervi-
sors to study possible creation of
a sanitation authority held it's or
ganization meeting at Fairfax last
night.
James ]. Corbalis, jr., county
sanitary engineer, outlined to the
12-member committee problems
confronting the county. The pro-
posed sanitation authority would
be a separate county agency set
up to take care of all water, sew
er. storm sewer and garbage and
trash collection services.
Problems arising from unsatis-
factory services in some areas
were described by DR.. Fred Heath,
county health officer, and the i'm
portance of adequate sanitation
services for orderly development
was discussed by H. F. Schumann,
county planning director.
II the authority plan is adopted.
Fairfax County will become the
first political subdivision in the
State to set up such an agency
under authorization of the last
General Assembly.
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has served the department as chief
for 10 years in which the organi-
zation has grown from a few men
to a well-developed force Of more
than co."
In. Circuit Court Friday Conf
nonwealth's Attorney Danman T.
Rucker viii ask for a ruling on
whether the County Board or the
manager has the power to appoint
Maj. Woodyard's successor.
Mr.. Lundberg said there are
nine candidates for the post. He
said a new chief will not be ap-
pointed until a grand jury has
concluded hearings on the ac-
tivities and organization of the
department. The jury is sched-
uled to- hear today several wit
nesses subpoenaed by Mr.. Rucker.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Smith 10 Push His Bill
For New SIG Million
Span Across Potomac
By Harold B. Rogers

Representative Smith, Demo.
crat. of Virginia said today hi
will push his bill for new $1e
million Potomac River Bridge be-
tween Shepherds Landing ir
Southeast Washington and Alex.
andria.
A span in this location long has
been recommended by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission as part of a far sight
ed plan to relieve traffic conges-
ton in that area. 1t has been
among sites considered by Dis
trict officials for a bridge. but SC
far it has not been specifically
picked as next in priority.
The Smith bill contains a plea
for early construction of the bridge
to aid free circulation" of vital
military and civilian traffic in the
entire Metropolitan Area.
Valuable in Dispersal.
The span will be of material
benefit, the bill points out, if Fed
eral agencies are dispersed into
both nearby Virginia and Mary
land.
The bridge would be construct
ed, maintained and operated by
the District Commissioners. after
comforting with the Planning
Commission on questions of de-
sign, approaches and connecting
roads.
Like any other bridge over navi-
gable waters, the project, under
the Smith bill, would have to be
cleared by the Army engineers
after a public hearing.
Cost of the bridge apparently
would fall entirely on the Dis
trict, under terms of the measure.
To help pay for the project, the
Smith bill would provide that the
District gasoline tax be raised
from 4 to 5 cents a gallon on July
l, 1852. Under present law, the
tax is due to drop to 3 cents on
that date.
Different Financing Methods.
The Virginia gasoline tax is 6
cents a gallon, and the Maryland
tax, 5 cents.
The bridges over the Potomac
and Anacostia Rivers in this area
have been paid for under differing
methods of financing. The new
est project, over the Anacostia, at
East Copitol street, authorized to
cost $12 million, is to be financed,
half and half, by the District and
Federal Governments. The cost of
the recently completed one-way
Highway Bridge over the Potomac
also was divided.
The South Capitol Street Bridge,
costing SIS million, was paid for
entirely by the District. The Key
Bridge, from Georgetown to Ross
lyn, was constructed by the Army
Engineers at a cost estimated at
$2.5 million and turned over to
the District government for oper-
alton.
Evening star., 1951-02-28

Tucker told police his method
was to go into supermarket with
a paper bag concealed under his
coat. He then would make the
rounds of the store with a cart
just like a regular shopper. After
he had taken what he wanted of
canned hams. packaged meats and
cigarettes. he would place them
in the paper bag and walk out
past checker as though he al
ready had paid another checker.
Was Challenged Once.
Tucker was quoted as saying
he had been challenged once. On
that occasion he said he put down
the sack of groceries and left the
store before he could be ques-
toned.
He told police he had visited
four or five supermarkets each
day during the evening rush hours.
When asked how he got by with
his scheme, police said he re-
piled:
II guess have an honest face"
Tucker is charged with two
counts of larceny and Lang, who
was said to have accompanied
Tucker on several occasions, is
charged with one count. The
charge against Snellings is receiv-
ing stolen goods.
Bonds were set at $500 on each
count, pending a hearing.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
DR.. W..B. Wardrop Indicted
On Federal Tax CHARGES

BALTIMORE, Feb. 28.-Dr.
William B. Wardrop of 837 Boni-
FAINT street, Silver Spring, Md, has
been indicted by a Federal grand
jury here on charges of evading
$24,150 in income taxes.
The Government charged that
DR.. Wardrop failed to make proper
payments for five years, 1914
through 1948.
The grand jury also accused Mr.,
and Mrs. Ellwood F. Fleming, op-
orators of hotel at Ocean City,
Md, with evading $23,261 in in
come taxes for 1914, 1945 and
1916. Fleming, who is 46, is
charged in connection with re-
turns for all three years. His wife
is charged only in connection with
the 1945 return.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Assessed Valuation
|0f Arlington Realty
Tops $500 Million

Total assessed valuation of Ar
ington County real estate now ex-
ceeds 5000 million. an increase of
more than rs per cent over the
1850 figure. the County Reassess-
rnent Board announced today.
Increases are also expected in
assessment of real estate owned by
the public utilities, set last year at
$9,224.721 by the State Corpora
ton Commission, and in assess
ment Of personal property, set at
$31 ,534, $50 in 1850 by the County
Commissioner of Revenue.
May Exceed $3.50 Million.
Mrs. Florence Cannon, chair
man of the County Board, last
night predicted that total assess
ments of all properties subject to
taxation when bills go out in the
fall will exceed $3.50 million.
A decrease in the present tax
rate Of $3.63 per 500 of property
valuation by "at least a dollar"
was predicted by Mrs. Cannon,
even with a 20 to Is per cent in
crease in the budget"
After the reassessment board
was appointed last year by Cir
cult Court Judge Walter T. Nc
Carthy, the County Board prom
ised that the tax rate would be
reduced.
Soon to Get Budget.
The board will receive the pro-
posed 1951-52 budget from County
Manager A. T. Lundberg in about
two weeks. The tax rate will be
set after public hearings by the
County Board and the School
Board.
Members of the Reassessment
Board are Fred A. Gosnell, ST.,
chairman: j. w. England, c. L.
Hanowell and William j. Hassan.
They said the total assessment
Of real estate is now 5000, OBS, 300,
as compared to $113,964,6 $50 in
1850. Land assessments were in
creased 118 per cent, from $685.
407 $50 in 1850 to $57, ,648. $40 this
year, and building and improve
ments assessments were increased
by So per cent. from $85,577, ,160
to $142, AL ,280.
The Reassessment Board said
public utility property will be re-
assessed by the State Corporation
Commission "and it is expected
that there will be a substantial
increase" There will also be a
normal increase. the board pre-
dicted, in the personal property
assessment.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Alexandra Jaycees Pick
Byrd for National Award

The Alexandria Junior Chamber
of Commerce has nominated Sem
ator Byrd, Democrat, OF Virgins
for the "good government" award
of the National Jaycees.
Armistead l.. Boothe, Alexan-
dria attorney, has been suggested
for the State award, and Eugene
L. Barnwell, director of the Alex
andria Recreation Department.
has been named to receive a local
award.
AS part of a Statewide refer
endum. local Jaycess voted nearly
2 to ! against q proposal to allow
Negroes to join the organization.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Mrs. Fongmeier Named
To Bethesda Church Post

Mrs. Robert A. Fangmeier, OF
1928 Deal drive Sc. has been
named minister of Christian edu-
cation at the Bethesda First Bap-
tist Church, Wilson lane and Mel
rose avenue.
Mrs. Fangmeier, a native of
Salem, Ind, is a graduate of In
diana University and Yale Divin-
ity School. After her ordination
as minister on June %, 1916,
at First Christian Church, Salem,
she went to Heights Christian
Church, Cleveland. Ohio, where
she served as minister of educa-
ton until last January Is.
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Crafts Class for Adults
Starts in Prince GEORGES

An arts and crafts class for
adults has been organized by the
Seat Pleasant-Capito Heights
Lyndon Hill-Maryland Park Rec
reation Board In Prince Georges
County.
The class meets from 8 to 10
pm. each Wednesday at the Mary
land Park High School. Instruc-
ton includes plastics, shellcraft,
hexcraft, ceramics, leather and
metal work.
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tions. These will include Ave
Verum, Worthy Is the Lamb and
Amen from The Messiah.
Under the guidance of symphony
director Bernard RoSenthal, they
will sing the Polovestian Dances.
The concluding number on the
program is to be Weber's Oberon
played by the symphony orchestra.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
u. S. Coal Mined in 1745

RICHMOND, Va.-Coal first was
mined commercially in the United
States about 1745, near Richmond,
but the American colonies i'm
ported most of their coal from
England, where it had been used
as fuel since about 1900 AID.
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department un-
til a Chief Of
Police is ap-
pointed. " Coun-
ty Manager A.
T. Lundberg an
nounced tn ! S
morning.
Maj. Harry L.
woodward re-
tires today aft
er 27 years with
the department..
Mr.. Lundberg
expressed regret
that the county
Is losing the
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Cerebrul Palsy Meeting Set

DR.. Merle Ansberry, speech di-
rector at the University of Mary
land, will be guest speaker at a
meeting Of the Prince Georges
County Cerebral Palsy Association
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in Room
236 of the University Agriculture
Building.
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Kensinqton PTA to Meet

Adolescent social life will be
the subject of discussion by the
Kensington (Md.) Junior High
School Parent Teacher Association
at 8 o'clock tonight at the school
on East Saul road.
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East Cote Lions Dinner

The East Gate Lions Club will
hold dinner dance honoring
members wives, at 1880 o'clock to-
night in the Prince Georges Coun-
try Club.
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gether with the
Arlington Civic
Symphony Or;
chestra at 8
pm. tomorrow
in the auditor
ium of WASH
i n G ton = L e b
High School.
DR.. John w.
h e a d
of the music
department at
Longwood, will
conduct the two
groups in most
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Church Dinner Tomorrow

The w. s. c. 8. of Wilson Me-
mortal Methodist Church, 756
Eleventh street Sc. will sponsor
a turkey dinner tomorrow from
S to z pm.
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College Choir, GIee Club
To Appear With Symphony

The choir of Longwood College
at Farmville. Va, and the glee
club OF Hampden-Sydney College
at Ashland, Va, will appear to-
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c. Burns Presley. assistant chief
of the Arlington, Police Depart
ment and head of the detective
bureau, will be in charge Of the
Evening star., 1951-02-28

Va W VA cO4 CCG dllo 1OWCI1
road Sc. A brush blaze in the
rear of the 1900 block of Talbert
street NE. filed the immediate
area with smoke.
Virginia State Forest Warden in
Fairfax County Marrel c. Pfalz-
graf said there were more than
a dozen woods and brush fires in
the county that kept fire COM
panies busy all day and part of
the night.
The biggest blaze burned over
100 acres of woods and fields in
the vicinity of Mount Vernon High
School and the United States
Coast Guard station on Telegraph
road. A saw mill and a large
store of lumber near Rout / at
Engleside were destroyed. Almost
the same area was scorched in the
county's worst brush blaze last
year, Mr.. Pfalzgraf recalled. Sol
diers from Fort Belvoir were called
to assist f1remen as the flames
spread to Government land near
the Army reservation.
Other Fires Reported.
Another fire yesterday burned
through woodland in the vicinity
of Beulah Church at ). .Franconia,
and about 8 acres of timber were
destroyed in a blaze adjacent to
Fairfax Station.
Beginning tomorrow and con-
tinuing through May Is. it is
illegal in Virginia to burn any
thing out of doors except between
the hours of 4 pm. and midnight.