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Evening star., 1951-02-14
Last Two Of Nine Who Fled
Training School Captured

All nine teen-agers who escaped
from the National Training School
here Monday night have been re-
turned, two of them after 10
mile-an-hour chase through North
Baltimore.
The young fugitives, all at the
training school for minor Federal
offenses. overpowered a guard,
locked him in one of the cottages
and escaped over a 10-foot fence
about 10:30 pm. Sunday.
Baltimore County police sur
prised two Of them as they at
tempted to break into a store in
Towson, Md.
Two were caught as they at
tempted to swim the Anacostia
River late Monday night, three
were found near the school and
two gave themselves up last night
10 school authorities.
A 10th was stopped as he tried
10 climb the fence Monday night.
Evening star., 1951-02-14

took the test (25 questions ano
three drawings with Miss Baum
bach In January and two of them
flunked. But she got one of the
highest grades. according to the
inspectors.
Besides working as a helper fol
many years. Miss Baumbach at
tended a plumbing class once 8
week taught by her father al
Washington-Lee High School ir
Arlington and she still goes to q
plumbing class regularly - the
only girl among 20 boys.
"At first we read a good many
books on plumbing and studied
theory but then we got into prac.
tice problems and soldering" she
said. when I graduated from
WI, I thought I might take 9
Government job with the rest o1
the girls but the plumbing busi-
ness seems to come naturally so
finally decided to come to work
for Dad"
The only other woman plumber
Lillian. ever heard about was on
the television show Whats My
Line" and IT don't know if she
was master or not" Miss Baum.
bach says.
Asked if she thought womer
would make good plumbers she
demurred, "On the mechanical
side I think the work is tot
heavy" But she quickly added
"On the business side, certainly.
Dad and I usually match tt
see who does the general repair
work at home" she said. Blu
we've got two bathrooms anc
that's no problem. I work on tn,
one. downstairs and Dad take
care of the one upstairs"
She's not engaged but wher
she does get married, it's easy tt
see who's going to get the job O.
fixing that leaky faucet.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
Recreation Unit
To Sit in on GSI
Contract Terms
Interior Tells Board
Of TuIks Under Wuy
On Park Concessions
By Colt Hendley, Jr.

The District Recreation Board
will sit in on negotiations be-
tween the Interior Department
and Government Services, Inc,
when terms of q new contract to
handle 81 park concessions in
the Washington area are drawn up.
Harry T. Thompson, assistant
superintendent of the Interiors
National Capital Parks Office, in
formed the Recreation Board yes
terday that talks have begun with
GSI and said the board will be
asked to participate soon.
The Interior and the board two
years ago agreed that the local
recreation body eventually would
take over certain recreation facili-
ties in the District now operated
by GSI for the Interior Depart
ment. Included are tennis courts,
bicycle concessions and boating
concessions.
Contract Expires Soon.
Mr.. Thompson said GSI's pres
ent 10-year contract will expire
on March 81. A new contract, to
run 10 years, or maybe as long as
20 years, is being considered, he
added. The 81 concessions, which
is an annual business of more than
100000, do not include restau-
rants.
Harry S. Wender, chairman of
the Recreation Board, said the
board wants to be In on talks
with GSI so it can get an idea
what Is involved as far as money
and personnel are concerned If
the board takes over any of
the concessions. OF particular
interest at this time are the ten
mis- courts, he pointed out.
Recreation officials are studying
the feasibility of charging a per-
Evening star., 1951-02-14
'Extender' May.Cut Cost
Of D. {. Institution Coffee

The Districts 500. .000-a-yeal
coffee bill for its welfare and
penal institutions may be cut
$4,000 a month if the expert
mental use Of an "extender" pans
out.
Purchasing Officer Roland M
Brennan said the ingredient was
being tried at several large insti-
tutions. The drink generally has
been accepted as very little diff
ferent in flavor from regular
coffee, he said.
The coffee is extended by one
third with a mixture of roasted
cereal, wheat, rye and pea bran
and a small amount of chicory
Health officers have approved its
use.
Evening star., 1951-02-14

Adelbert w. Lee, vice president
of the Board of Education, has
charged that the Teachers Text
book Committee is falling down
on it's job of clearing books for
use in the city's schools.
Speaking before the Board of
Trade Education Committee yes
terday, Mr.. Lee stuck to his con-
tention that certain textbooks
now in use in the schools are un-
desirable because they are slanted
toward socialism.
He declared some of the mate
rial is shocking" yet is used in
the schools.
Mr.. Lees speech apparently was
a preview of the stand he will
take at the school boards next
meeting, when it discusses four
books criticized by Mr.. Lee re-
Gently. School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning last week unequivocably
cleared all four and included them
in the regular list of textbooks the
board must vote on at the meeting
Cleared on Re-examinatiOn.
DR.. Corning told the board
members the Textbook Committee
had re-examined the criticized
books and found nothing objec-
tionable. He said he, too, had
looked them over and was recon-
mending their use again.
Mr.. Lee, at that time, COM
mented he would have plenty to
say about DR.. Corning's report
but that he would wait until all
the textbooks were up for discus
sion next board meeting.
Mr.. Lee delivered a prepared
address to the Board of Trade
group at the luncheon. Then, in
answer to questions afterward, he
criticized the Textbook Committee
which is made up of teachers and
school officers.
He said the Textbook Commit
tee follows procedures which dc
not permit a proper screening
process. Some books are not read
by the committee, he added, and
some "slanted" material slips
through.
Hits Magruder Book.
Referring to one textbook, Ma.
gruder's American Government,
Mr.. Lee in his speech said thu
book "in it's present form is st
| slanted to socialism that it. GER.
ftaintly is not good American
Evening star., 1951-02-14
Ry Jones G. Deane

The Governments getting soft
hearted toward the taxpayers.
Hundreds Of astonished citizens
found it out today when they
went down to the Internal Rev
enue Bureau to get income-tax
help.
They found a big line, which
most of them expected. But they
also found that instead of stand
ing in it. they could sit down
for part of the time, at least.
In a public-appeasing move
without known precedent, Internal
Revenue officials have ordered
chairs put in their Railways for
waiting taxpayers. And if it isn't
lifting a burden from the tax
payers pocketbooks, at least it's
taking load off their feet.
According to the guards in the
Internal Revenue corridors at
Twelfth street and Constitution
avenue NV. - who also are
amazed-the innovation was Or
dered yesterday afternoon by AS
sistant Commissioner Daniel A.
Bolich after he surveyed a line
of several hundred persons.
Evening star., 1951-02-14

NeU adult recreation head.
NIT fee to use the tennis courts
now under the Jurisdiction of the
Recreation Board. These permits
now are issued free, but fees
are charged for the courts oper-
ated by GSI.
So Fee Mentioned.
Milo Christensen, recreation
superintendent, said the money
obtained from the proposed fees
could be used to staff the courts
with recreation workers. A fee
of So year has been mentioned.
The board voted that it's Spe-
cial Concessions Committee study
the whole tennis court situation
as we'll as get in on the talks
between Interior and GSI on the
other concessions.
In another action the Recrea-
tion Board named Charles Clint
Price, As, the new director of the
Recreation Departments city
wide division. He succeeds Richard
Tennyson, who died last Decem-
ber.
Mr.. Price, a veteran of 81 years
service with the department, for
merly was program organizer fol
the neighborhood centers. His new
position calls for salary increase
from $4,000 to $4,000 year.
The board voted appreciation
to Commissioner Guy Mason, who
is being replaced by F. Joseph
Donohue, for his CO operation
with the board in recreation mat
ters during his term of service
The board decided to study the
possibility of naming a playground
for Mr.. Mason. whom Mr.. Wendel
called the daddy of the board
because he has been involved ir
recreation matters sipce the board
was created in 1912.
The board also approved a pro-
gram under which full-time direc-
tors of recreational activities
would take a Red Cross first aid
course in preparation for civil de-
fense, and voted appreciation tc
8. G. Leof1er. who operates the
public golf courses here for the
Interior Department, for agreeing
to let the Recreation Department
hold a golf clinic at East Potomac
Park on April 7.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
By Brian Bell, yr.

Lillian Ann Baumbach started
playing with wrenches instead OF
dolls when she was years old
Now she's the first woman master
plumber in the area.
Now 21 and very pretty, Miss
Baumbach, who lives at 443e
North Fifteenth street, Arlington
is the service manager of her
fathers plumbing business. She
got her masters license last week
Despite the fact Miss Baumbach
is in an almost exclusively mascu-
line profession, AZ 5-foot-7 and
ITO pounds she is on the slender
side and very feminine.
MY father has been in the
plumbing business for 20 years. -
Miss Baumbach said, and I start
ed playing with wrenches instead
Of dolls. In fact, was plumbers
helper. going out with my father
on jobs during the summer, when
1 was Ii years OlU.
Miss Baumbach sits at her desk
at the w. j. Baumbach Plumbing
g. Heating Co., 4147 Wilson boule-
ward. and handles the service
calls.
II take the repair calls-25 or
more a day." she explained, land
send the men out on the jobs.
also wait on the customers in the
store and try to tell them what
they want after they tell me
what's wrong"
Though. as Miss Baumbact
puts it, there are oodles of mas
ter plumbers around" it's quite ar
accomplishment to be one. The
normal procedure is five years OF
more experience as an apprentice
and journeyman before taking the
masters examination.
It's not easy either. Six mer
Evening star., 1951-02-14
Gunmen Hold Up Groce,
And Escape With $87

A Ninth street grocer reported
to police he was robbed at pistol
point last night by two bandits
who escaped with $87.
The victim was Isaac Gitsman
proprietor of store at 2137 Ninth
street NV. The gunner, both
colored, ran south after the hold
up, according to the police re-
port.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
.Gite|son Found
Guilty Of Taking
Bets on Races
Judge Convicts in Case
Which Precipitoted
Police Investigation

Louis Gitelson, 80, today was
found guilty by District Court
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough of
accepting race-horse bets last fall
in case which precipitated a
police investigation as to the role
a police lieutenant played in the
case.
Gitelson, who lives in the 100
block of Buchanan street NV,
had waived jury trial. His wife.
Mrs. Esther GitelSon, 81, a CO.
defendant, previously was &C
quilted by Judge Goldsborough.
The complaining witness against
the Gitelsons was James j. Mar
tin of the $500 block of Four
teenth street NE. A highlight
of the trial concerned contro-
versial $120 bet, which Mr.. Martin
contended was placed in time.
Gitelson testified the race already
had been run.
Only A Favor, Says GitelsOn.
Gitelson, a former liquor deal
er, denied on the stand that he
ever received any remuneration
from bets placed for any one else.
He testified that he merely had
placed them as a favor to Mr..
Martin.
GitelSon. in answer to a ques-
tion by Defense Attorney Denny
Hughes, said "a certain police Of
f1cer" had told him that if he
did not pay Mr.. Martin war
rant would be sworn out. Mr..
Gitelson did not identify the off,
Ger on the stand, but Police Capt.
Edgar E. Scott, assistant chief Of
detectives, testified Gitelson had
told him that Robbery Squad 1t.
George E. Cooper had made such
statement.
1t. Cooper testified he was
present when Mr.. Martin had
phoned bet. but that he did not
know to whom it was phoned.
Perfectly Clear" Says Judge.
The indictment returntd last
month against Gitelson accused
hi moi setting up and keeping
a gaming table for the purpose
of betting on race horses.
Judge Goldsborough said it was
perfectly clear" that the de-
fendant was making a book"
Gitelson was allowed to remain
free on bond pending sentence.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
'Trumun to Broadcast
For Red Cross Drive

President Truman will address
the Nation in support of the $85
million Red Cross drive at 1885
pm. February 27.
The President, who will broad
cast as part of a program starting
at 10:30 pm, has signed a proc
lamation designating March as
Red Cross Month. He urged every
American ito respond during that
month as generously as possible to
the urgent need of this humani-
ltarian organization"
Evening star., 1951-02-14

school systems
of the Office Of
Education. Earl
j. M cGr a t h,
commissioner of
education, an
nounced today.
DR.. Reed, now
president of Ne
braska S t a t e
Teachers Col
lege, will take
Office in several
weeks.
The new di-
vision, which
DR.. Reed will
Evening star., 1951-02-14
Man Still Unconscious
After Foil Over Bunister

Carl I. Keyton. 80, of 1901 K
street NV, was still unconscious
today, with injuries received when
he fell over a banister, from the
second to the first floor in the
1400 block of Meridian street NV.
last night.
Mr.. Keyton, Capital Transit
Co. employe, suffered severe head
injuries. Police said they will
question him when he regains
consciousness.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
Fordyce Luikort to Speak

Fordyce w. Luikart, chief of the
executive development program of
the Civil Service Commission, will
speak on religious conditions in
Greece at the Mems Club of Christ
Episcopal Church at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow in the parish hall, Thirty
first and O streets NV.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
College Fees Raised

STAUNTON, Va, Feb. Ia
(SpeciaD An increase in fees,
amounting to 5000 for boarding
students and $50 for day students,
has been authorized by the Mary
Baldwin College Board of Trus-
tees. effective for, the 1852
session.
Evening star., 1951-02-14

head, is one of three new divisions
reorganized from eight divisions.
Purpose of the reorganization is
to provide more effective means
for meeting the basic problems of
American education in accordance
with the American tradition of
State and local control of educa-
ton, according to Mr.. McGrath.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
By Ed Creoeh
Assccioted Press Stoff Writer

to imagine a 1851 male with the
-uh-poetic spirit to tell his gal:
bear in sign OF loue
A sparrow in my gloUe,
And in my breast q doDe-
This shall be thine.
Well. they did it in grand
daddy'S time.
The Library of Congress proved
1t today. unearthing-by request
some choice specimens Of yes
teryear's valentines.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
cd Amp|ifiers
For Warnings,
|0rders Planned
City-Wide System
Reported Approved
By FondohI, Hayes

Plans Tor a clty-wide system of
ampliflers that would permit all
residents to hear spoken civil de-
fense warnings in addition to air
raid sirens were disclosed today.
The announcement was made by
spokesmen for the civil defense
Communications Advisory and
Planning Committee, which has
been holding conferences on dis
aster communications. The plan
was said to have the approval of
Acting Civil Defense Director John
E. Fondahl and 1t. Col. Thomas j.
Hayes III. Assistant Engineer Com
missioner.
For Verbal Instructions.
The most startling feature of
the plan Is the use of amplifiers,
of which the District has four on
order and funds for 80 more, to
carry verbal instructions as well as
to sound afraid sirens. Accord
ing to Ross H. Beville, a member
of the planning committee and
technical director of Station
WWDC, the equipment on order
can be used for this purpose with
out modification.
Also contemplated as a means
OF spreading verbal instructions
from the civil defense command
center in case of emergency are
radio and television stations,
Muzak systems in restaurants and
taverns and private industrial
amplifying systems. The total
effect would be a blanket cover
age of the entire city, officials say
Officials of surrounding commu-
mites are being consulted about
the possibility of hooking their
systems in with the Districts by
installing similar amplifying
equipment.
250-Watt Station.
The heart of the District warn
ing system would be a 250-watt
FIN radio transmitter set up in
the civil defense command center
and the "a high-powered super
sonically controlled amplifiers. In
addition, two other radio fire.
quencies would be used. One
would connect the command Gen.
ter with four area control centers
for relief operations. These four
centers would be equipped with
50-watt FIN transmitters for this
purpose.
| A third frequency would be used
for communication with rescue
workers in the disaster area,
through the use of "walkie-
talkies." pack receivers or other
mobile equipment.
The use of the city wide ampli-
fiers for broadcasting verbal in
structions would vastly increase
the efficiency of the civil defense
organization by providing it with
an instantaneous medium fol
mass public communication be-
fore, during and after air raids,
the Communications Committee
said.
/ On the national level, mean
while. the Civil Defense Admins
tration announced the appoint
ment of Glen J. Randau, New
York newspaper and radio man
as executive director of the Fed
eral agency. Mr.. Randau, who was
a vice president of the United
Press from 1925 to 1912, has beer
serving as assistant to Admins
traitor Millard F. Caldwell.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
Wickershom to Speak

Representative WicKcrsham,
Democrat, of Oklahoma. will speak
at a dinner meeting of the Alex
andria Exchange Club at $50
o'clock tonight at the George
Mason Hotel.
Evening star., 1951-02-14
U. 5. Office Of Education
Names DR.. Reed 10 Post

DR.. Wayne o. Reed has been ap-
pointed assistant commissioner of
education in charge of the newly
created division of State and local
Evening star., 1951-02-14
Valentines Prove Women Are Unchanged

Here's one girls reply (1867 to
a poor guy who proposed to her
by valentine:
You're very kind and thoughtful,
And, believe me, so am l.
For if / should eUer marry you
surely hope you'd die.
Even when the lady was willing
she usually managed to cross up
the guy somehow.
There's one tantalizing frag-
Evening star., 1951-02-14

The last line Is missing.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-09-28

Suddenly he was seized by the
consuming gaiety about him,
moved toward the dancers and
linked himself. At first no one
noticed the new figure, who
danced with sparkling abandon.
Soon, however, the guests became
aware that Rabbi Boruch1 was in
their midst. Humbly, the hosts
and guests broke away from the
dancing circle, leaving only the
rabbi and the bride on the floor.
Presently Reb Boruch'l took out
a. kerchief from the back of his
kaftan, gave one end of it to the
bride and implored the musicians
to strike up a merry tune. AS he
danced with the bride, he shouted
to the audience: Dance, dance,
and be merry! Festivity banishes
gloom"
There was a great rejoicing at
the rabbits words and gaiety ruled
the house until early dawn.
The memory of that night lin
gered long in the minds of the
chassidim, who sought to fathom
the meaning behind the rabbits
visit to the lowly bathkeeper. The
rabbi himself, however, spoke
little of the incident beyond say
ing: MAN is the acme of creation.
He is the minor world and the
cause of the existence of the
major world. All other creatures
were created only because of man
and they are his servants. The
crown with which the Almighty
adorned man is Wisdom and the
well of wisdom streams alongside
the fount of gaiety and mirth.
That is why when a Jew rejoices
he rises to great heights"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-09-28
Brunswick, Georgia
The Rabbi And The Jester

where peasant huts were lost
amidst gardens and forest shad-
ows. The barking of dogs pierced
the night, mingling with the
darkness and rain. But all the
rabbi heard was the playing of
the music band.
One of the cottages on the
street was lit up more brightly
than the others. It was the home
of the bathkeeper, and it was
from there that the music was
forthcoming. That evening the
bathkeeper was giving his daugh-
ter away in marriage.
The rabbi entered the crowded
house unnoticed. He placed him
self in a nook and, unobserved by
the celebrants, he contemplated
the scene. He knew many of these
men and women folk who filled
the house. He knew them to be
the poorest of the poor, the most
INDECENT of the town, workers
and artisans who struggled ardu-
ously every day for a bare piece
of bread. Yet they participated in
the festivity with a fervor as if
happiness were their daily share.
The musicians played with aban-
don and the wedding guests
danced in a circle, hands on
shoulders, with the bride in the
middle.
The rabbi observed the scene.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-09-28

One evening, when gloom was
particularly heavy upon the town,
the rabbi was stirred by the music
OF a wedding band. The fiddle
carried a merry tune, with trump
ct and drum giving it gleeful sup
port.
The rabbi listened attentively
to the music. Suddenly he arose,
threw a shawl around his should
ers and, defying the darkness, he
followed in the direction of the
music, as if light were glowing
before him and showing him the
way.
Finally he reached a narrow
street on the outskirts of the town
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-18
This Rock
OF Ours .
BY BILL GLIB

Will someone please provide a
sensible, logical answer for the
following question:
Why has Monroe County enact
ed legislation to prevent google
fishing within a mile of the Over
seas's Highway?
Several people have asked me
and confess that the new law ap-
pears utterly senseless - even
harmful to the best interests Of To-
cal residents.
Google fishing is comparative
y new sport but there are thou
lands of men, women, and chill
lren who enjoy it. Imagine the
thrill of diving to the ocean floor,
selecting and stalking a chosen
1ish, and then spearing It'll
And think Of how much wastage
ii saves! If you are fishing with
a handline, any fish that bites is
pulled in. Hundreds of small fish
are caught daily that are just kill
I'd and thrown back overheard
We are due to lose lot of vaca-
zionist when the national maya
zines advise sportsmen all over
the United States that Monroe
county has created conditions so
as to make google fishing imprac-
teal.
The new law is a definite re-
itriction on our local youngsters.
Older folks may travel out mile
rom shore, but how many par
ents will trust their children to
60 that far away so that they can
indulge in a harmless sport?
In tnis connection, all | can say
is that if we continue to deprive
,ur youngsters OF good, clean, fun
we can expect them to try to
find an outlet for their energy il.
actions that might prove to be
whole lot less desirable.
The situation isn't new. In the
past our local conservation Off
2er has been quite strict on en-
'orcing the out-of-season crawfish
law Children know better now
han to scull around the boulevard
in a skiff and break the sacred
avs Of the State of Florida by
occasionally jumping overheard
and trying to catch a crawfish.
No one expects our conservation
officer to do the impossible so
therefore he cannot be blamed if,
while he is experimenting these
hardened, young criminals, (???),
The same law is broken by adults
who have d power boat eand are
more adept at trickery.
TO THE c OF C
The recent example of an out
of-town paper playing up with
pictures ard words the. legisla-
ton, Quote, pushed through by
Rep. Bernie Papy' is only a
ample of the bad publicity we
are going to receive under present
conditions. What are you going to
10 about it?
You are suppose to represent
,he local sport shops too. Do you
ave any plans of how they can
go about disposing of the google
fishing equipment they have on
hand9