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Evening star., 1951-10-29
Star Staff Photo.

Laurel area real estate men
estimate that the land would be
worth 5000 to $500 an acre, de-
pending on whether it would be
used for farming or industry. Con-
siderable land in the vicinity has
recently been rezoned for indus
trial development.
The house, despite its deteriora-
ton, should be worth at least
$4,000, the real estate men said.
The house is apparently struc-
turally sturdy. Through the holes
in the ceiling plaster. steel beams
can be seen. 1t was constructed
primarily of brick and concrete.
Mr.. Chapulsky said he doubts
whether the District will try to
make further use of the building
because sit would cost us a for
tune to restore it."
He believes selling the property
would be the best solution. "The
taxpayers should get some return
from it," he declared.
Residents of the area said van
dals have done the most damage
to the house in the past year.
Mrs. Howard Bennett, who lives
next door to the District property,
said cars full Of young boys drive
out from Washington for wreck
ing parties. Some Of the cars, she
said, are expensive-looking con-
vertibles.
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CCC camp. During World War
II, the Army took it over for a
motor mechanics training school
Since the war. the house has
not been used. The District
Training School at Laurel farmed
some of the land from 1945 to
1919. but that project was aban-
doned because of the IL miles dis
tance between the school and the
Muirkirk property.
Francis Healy, District surveyor
and chairman of the Real Estate
Committee, said his Office has been
negotiating to sell the property to
the Agriculture Department of
and on for the past three or -four
years.
He said the sale has been
stymied by inability Of the Agri-
culture Department to obtain
money for the purchase in Their
appropriations. The District gov
ernment also would have to have
special enabling legislation from
Congress to sell property outside
the District. he added.
Mr.. Healy said he plans to cal
a meeting of the Real Estate Com
mittee this week to discuss what
should be done with the Muirkirk
property.
The District property adjoins
the Agriculture Department re-
search station at Beltsville.
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Military Depot Renamed
For Pilot Killed Near Here

A military depot in Dayton,
Ohio. was renamed yesterday for
Maj. Don S. Gentle, ace fighter
pilot OF World War II who died
last January in a jet trainer crash
in Prince Georges County.
Six-year-old Don S. Gentle, jr.,
dressed in a miniature Army uni
form, and his mother, Mrs. Isa-
bella A. Gentle, helped dedicate
the depot, the Associated Press
reported. The majors parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patsy Gentle of
Piqua. Ohio. stood by at the cere-
monies.
Maj. Gentle, who was credited
with destroying 80 German planes,
was killed early this year while
on a routine fight from Andrews
Air Force Base. Last June, his
widow accepted a posthumous de-
gree awarded him by the Univer-
sity of Maryland, where he had
been studying.
Evening star., 1951-10-29
Personnel Counsel Leader
Awarded Roosevelt Medal

DR.. Frederick M. Davenport,
chairman of the Federal Person.
mel Counsel, has been given a
Roosevelt Distinguished Service
Medal by the Theodore Roosevelt
Memorial Association.
Others receiving the medals this
year were Lewis w. Douglas, for
mer Ambassador to Great Britain,
and DR.. Frank G. Laubach, mis-
sionary and educator.
The medals were presented at
the associations annual dinner
Saturday night in New York City.
DR.. Davenport was awarded a
medal for distinguished public
service by a private citizen" He
served four terms in the House
before appointment to the per-
sonnel counsel by the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt. He was also di-
rector of the National Institute
of Public Affairs for Is years.
He was the Bull Moose Party's
candidate for lieutenant governor
of New York in 1912, and served
many years in the New York
State Senate.
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Who's responsible for this
abuse?
That would be difficult to say.
Perhaps that old bugaboo, Red
Tape.
Paul H. Chalupsky. District
properpty survey officer, related
this history of the property:
The land was purchased in 1923
for $32, 900.
A year or so later, the house
was built at cost of $46,000 to
be used as a District training
school for girls. The house con-
tains one huge main room with a
fireplace and three other large
rooms on the first floor; 20 small,
lcell-like rooms on the second, q
large attic and a full basement.
The house was used as a train
ing school for delinquent girls
until 1884. when it was aban-
doned because there were too few
inmates to justify the expense.
1t had started as a school for both
white and colored delinquent girls,
but a few racial fights and the
attitude of local residents forced
District officials finally to move
the colored inmates to another in
Stitution.
After the District Board of Pub
lie Welfare abandoned the home,
lit was used for q few years as O
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paid tribute to it's potentialities
along this line when it charged
that a United States Embassy in
Vatican City would be an espion-
age center"
Developing his point that the
United States should be repre-
sented for practical reasons, he
said:
"We have a strong tendency
here in the United States to in
dulge the illusion that we are at
peace. Unfortunately we are not
We are engaged in undeclared
war on a gigantic scale.
"We are in this war. We have
no other choice. America is the
only power capable of graphing
economically and militarily with
the new resurrected giant OF
Northern Eurasia. We do, how
ever, have one ally in this strug-
gle, one confederate who is
strong in determination not to
yield and not to make peace with
the tyranny of unqualified totali-
itarianism. That ally is the
Church of Rome"
He said he was convinced that
President Truman was largely in.
If1uenced by these considerations
in deciding to appoint an Am.
bassador to the Vatican.
Evening star., 1951-10-29
Suspected Thief Held
For Grand Jury After
Police 0ufrun Him

A number of rooming house
thefts were believed solved today
with the arrest of man who gave
four policemen a chase and bit
a thumb of one before surren-
dering.
John Lee Horns, 81, colored, a
laborer living in the 200 block of
Bates street NV. was held for
the grand jury under $4,000 bond
on charge of housebreaking after
"a hearing this morning before
Municipal Court Judge Frank H.
Myers.
Police swung into action after
Edwin l.. Mcdonald, roomer at
621 Nineteenth street NV, re-
ported he awoke to find a man in
his room.
The intruder fled. but shortly
thereafter a man of his descrip-
ton was seen coming from a
rooming house at 1745 F street
NV.
Ihat brought on a chase which
ended at Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. In the
patrol wagon Horns bit the thumb
of Pvt. James Salt, who received
treatment at Emergency Hospital.
Police said Horns admitted en-
tering six rooming houses yester-
day. They found $42 distributed
in different pockets of his clothes.
Pvt. C. w. Knots. driver of the
police patrol wagon which helped
chase Horns. said the man told
police he only operated on Satur-
day and Sunday mornings. He
would enter a rooming house.
knock on the doors, and if some
one answered. describe himself
as a solicitor for newspaper,
Pvt. Knots said. II no one an
sWered the knock. the man would
enter the room if the door was
unlocked, Pvt. Knots continued.
Horns told Pvt. Knots he only
took money and always wore
crepe-Soled shoes.
Evening star., 1951-10-29
6 Alexandra Firemen
Hurt in Engine Crash

Six Alexandria fremen were in
jured yesterday when their engine
crashed into pole while respond
ing to an alarm.
Fire Chief Bernard Padgett said
the engine Skidded on the wet
pavement as it pulled out of the
No. 4 firehouse in the 100 block of
South Asaph street and crashed
into the pole.
The accident occurred about 6:1O
am. The firemen were respond
ing to sofa fire in the 800 block
of Bashford lane, which was ex-
tinguished by No. Company with
out serious damage, Chief Padgett
said.
The injured firemen are Charles
Lyons "a, the driver, who suffered
a broken nose and head cuts; his
twin brother, William S. Lyons,
who suffered face cuts and a
broken jaw; Donald Slaugh, 80
whose arm was broken in three
places; Wallace Boland. 26; Oscar
Mawyer, 20. and Leo Moore, 2l.
The Lyons twins and Mr.. Slaugh
were admitted to Alexandria Hos
pital and the others were treated
and released. The Lyonses are
paid firemen and the others are
volunteers.
Evening star., 1951-10-29
Week End Robberies
Yield S1,4OO in Loot;
3 Transit Men Victims

Weekend robbers took more
than 1.400 in cash and other
items from nine persons, includ-
ing three Capital Transit Co.
drivers.
Police were on the lookout to-
day for five teen-age Negro youths
believed to have robbed two of the
transit drivers, one Saturday night
and another yesterday.
Claude Preston of % Fifty-eighth
street Sc, last night reported to
police his home was entered and
$1,000 worth of property stolen.
He said that three sets of china
and valuable papers were taken.
Walter F. Green, 49, OF 1925
Randolph street NE, bus driver,
reported a passenger robbed him
at 5 am. yesterday in the 1900
block of Nichols avenue S.W.
Weekly passes worth $100, tokens
valued at $40 and SIS in change
were taken.
Less than an hour later Maurice
j. Sheeahan. Al. of 6510 Davis
street, Maryland Park, reported
that he stopped his atreetcar at
North Capitol and Pierce streets
and was robbed by five youths.
They took 20 weekly passes and
ran off.
Police said the five may be
the ones who stole $40 il cash
and tokens from a bus driven by
Ben H. Sutton of 245 Eighth
street Sc, Saturday night. The
theft took place at a bus stop
at New Jersey avenue and H
streets NV.
Edward Smith of 4 U street NV.
told police he was stabbed in the
side by one attacker Saturday
night while another went through
his pockets. The attack. which
occurred in the 400 block of Flor
ida avenue NE. netted his assail-
ants nothing. Mr.. Smith was
treated at Emergency Hospital.
James N. Barnes, 48, of 639 B
street NE, a Post Office Depart
ment mail handler. was knitted in
the right hand by one of two men
who robbed him Saturday night in
the 100 block of G street NE. They
escaped with $51 in cash and
$103 Government check.
Evening star., 1951-10-29
Bronnon Predicts More Beef,
Stresses Need for Feed Crops

Secretary of Agriculture Bran
man told a meeting of $50 econo-
mists at the Agriculture Depart
ment today that more beef is in
prospect for the future.
The Cabinet officer explained
that this will come about because
"the productive capacity of our
cattle herds has been substantially
increased" He also declared that
some increase in the number of
sheep and lambs appears probable
by January /.
He stressed that the Nation will
need big crops next year. But he
said production may be hampered
by a shortage of fertilizer and the
sharp drop in production of farm
machinery. ..
Incentives Necessary
Returns to the farmer, he said,
must provide reasonably attrac-
tive" incentives and he asserted
that the rise in farm prices and
income this year have been badly
misinterpreted and over -empha-
sized in many quarters"
The Secretary addressed the
Evening star., 1951-10-29
Indictment Returned
In Barroom Staying

A man who police say became
enraeed when a Fourteenth street
bartender took a beer. away from
him and returned his money, to-
day was indicted on a charge of
second degree murder in the
shooting of 6 customer OF the
restaurant.
The man indicted is Calvin j.
Olive. 25. of the 1900 block of
Sixteenth street NV. He is
charged in the fatal shooting of
Bernard D. Daniels. 80. of the
100 block of Varnum street NV,
in the Bud and Jud's Restaurant,
3416 Fourteenth street NV, on
September 8.
Police reported Daniels and,two
Marines were trying to talte a
gun away from Olive after the
defendant had become belligerent.
Olive. police said, had been drink
ing heavily and became angered
when the bartender thought he
should not have any more to
drink,
Evening star., 1951-10-29
Brief by ave Denounces
Restaurant SEGREGATION

The American Veterans Com
mittee has filed a brief in the
District Court of Appeals in the
racial segregation case against
the Thompson restaurant chain,
urging that there be no discrimi-
nation against Negroes as diners,
The ave entered the case as a
friend of the court" 1t asserted
that racial discrimination in
Washington furnishes grist for
Communist and Fascist propa-
ganda mills throughout the world
and impairs international rela-
tionS.
The AVG contended that dis.
elimination is inconsistent with
the objectives for which the
United Nations are fighting in
Korea,
Evening star., 1951-10-29
Inquest Calls Killing
OF Man by Policemen
'JustifiabIe Homicide

A coroner's jury called the
death of a 24-year-old man, shot
by two policemen as he fed a
home where he supposedly beat
Ia woman and then threatened to
kill her and her nephew. justi-
fable homicide this morning.
The dead man was identified as
William A. Carter, colored, of no
known address. One bullet of
eight fired at him by the two
policemen went into his back.
causing his death.
The two policemen who faced a
coroner's inquest are Pvts. William
B. Brazzel, Is, of $50 Greig street,
Seat Pleasant, and John Georgian
tis, %, of 5000 Piney Branch road
NV. Both are attached to the
second precinct.
Had Ambulance Call.
The episode had its beginning
early yesterday morning when the
policemen responded to a call for
an ambulance at 1887 Columbia
street NV.
They said they found Mrs. Anne
L. Melton, 36, colored. unconscious
in a bedroom on the third floor
Also in the room were Carter and
Mrs. Melton's nephew, Army Pvt.
Booker T. Bennett. of Fort Meade,
Md.
She regained consciousness
within a few minutes and said that
William" had beaten her and
threatened her and her nephew
with both a knife and a gun. She
pointed to Garter as she spoke.
Fled From Room.
The policemen said that Carter
turned and ran from the. room.
On the stairway, Carter pointed
"a pistol at them, the policemen
continued. At this point. Pvt.
Brazzel fired two shots and his
partner one shot.
Carter then ran from the house
with the two policemen in pursuit.
Out in the street, Pvt. Brazzel
fired two more shots and Pvt.
Georgantis fired three times.
Carter then disappeared.
Within minutes the policemen
found him lying in a yard behind
a hedge. not far from the alley.
He was taken to Freedmen's Hos
pital but died shortly after his
arrival.
Mrs. Melton was treated for
bruises at the hospital.
Evening star., 1951-10-29
NPAApproves
Denies
6Area Projects
State Department
Endorsed Materials
For MosIem BuiIdino

The National Production Au-
thority today denied steel and
other controlled materials to six
building projects in this area.
Only one application for mate
Irials, that of the Washington
Mosque Foundation. was approved.
The foundation is erecting a
Moslem mosque at 2551 Massa-
Ichusetts avenue. It was allotted
40.5 tons of steel for the roof and
a 150-foot minaret. The structure
lis about so per cent completed and
architects have said that if the
roof could not be completed
promptly equipment already in
Stalled in the basement would be
damaged.
The State Department indorsed
the application for steel for the
mosque, NPA said. Approval OF
the allotment was given not only
because of this but also because
of the advanced stage of construc-
ton.
For Remainder of Year.
The applications acted on were
for steel. copper and aluminium
in the remaining portion of this
year.
Materials were denied to these
projects:
Washington Cathedral, an ad-
dition to the library, 100000.
First Advent Christian Church.
5000 Riggs road, Chillum, Sunday
school and church building, $75,-
600.
Safeway Stores. Inc, a super
market on the Columbia pike, Ar
lington, S208,06 -..
Peninsula Amusement Corp. a
.drive-in theater at 5000 Earlbow
pike, Prince Georges County, Md.
$34,396.
Traffic Controls Denied.
The town of Mount Rainier.
trattc controls at Thirty-fourth
ana Allison streets. Thirty-fourth
and Webster streets and Thirty
seventh street and Rhode Island
avenue. $3.375.
Citizens Bank of Takoma Park,
IA branch bank at New Hampshire
avenue and University lane, $75.-
900. The bank will make a new
application for materials in the
first quarter of 1852.
Listed as approved: no allot-
ment required" was the projected
Office building at Connecticut ave-
nue. and K street NV. Morris
Gewirz. attorney heading the
group interested in the project.
said the building would not be
started before the first of the
year and that ne could not say
definitely when 1t would get under
way.
Also in this category was listed
a drive-in theater to be built by
Benning's Drive-Ins, Inc, in Cap
ltol Heights. Md, at a cost given
as $17.900.
Library To Be Built.
The Washington Cathedral
library project will go ahead be-
cause the materials will be chiefly
brick and stone with little steel
needed, it was said at the Cathe-
dral. The library addition will be
known as the Sitgreaves Memorial
Library as memorial to the
parents of the late Miss Mary
Jesup Sitgreaves who made a be-
quest of 100000 for the purpose.
The addition will include a read
ing room on the first floor and a
storage area for books in the base
ment.
Evening star., 1951-10-29
Truman May Be Absent
From Army-Noyy Come

President Truman may miss the
Army-Navy game in Philadelphia
this year for the first time since
he has been in Office.
White House Press Secretary
Joseph Short said that the Presi-
dent would like to see the annual
gridiron spectacle on December
l but may still be in Key West.
The President is leaving for
Florida November 6.
Evening star., 1951-10-29
Aircraft Official to Speak

G. T. Wiley, vice president OF
the Glenn L. Martin Co.. Balti-
more. Md, will address the Ameri-
can Society OF Tool Engineers at
7:15 pm. Thursday in the Annap-
oils Hotel,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-14
20 At Traininq
School Here

The first session of the Com
munity Leadership Training
School brought over twenty in
terested persons to st. Johns Lu-
theran Parish Hall last Tuesday
evening.
For a period Of a little over an
hour, the group viewed and dis
cussed the filmstrip, "A Great
Adventure, concerning the OPP
portunities presented in teaching
in a church or Sunday School. BY
listing the assests against the ex-
Gus offered, and then the satisfac-
tions opposite the difficulties met,
the obvious conclusion was drawn
that Church School teaching is
"A Great Adventure" with great
rewards to the teacher
The group in attendance includ-
ed representatives of the First
Baptist Church, the Lutheran,
Methodist, and Presbyterian
churches of London, the Congre-
gational Church of South Solon,
and the Methodist Church of
West Jefferson.
The second session of the school
will begin promptly at 500 pm.
Tuesday, September 18th, in st.
Johns Lutheran Parish Hall, East
Second at Walnut Streets. There
is no registration fee. Anyone is
welcome to attend.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-14


Mattinson, and Mrs. l.. I. Loghry.
At the close of the games prizes
were awarded to Mrs. Nelson and
Mrs. Francis, Mrs. Matthews re-
ceiving a guest prize.
Bill and Dick Mattinson sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Mattinson
left Saturday for the University
of Arizona at Tucson. Dick will
enter the University, and Bill is
returning for his sophomore year.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sesslar have
returned from a months vacation
in Canada and Colorado.
Paxton Wildman entertained
group of friends at his home on
Friday afternoon in honor of his
seventh birthday anniversary.
Patti Rea returned last week
from a trip to Florida where she
went with her uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Scovill of
Springfield.
The missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church met Sept,
II in the home of Mrs. Lester
Huston.
Mrs. c. F. Hunter was hostess
to members of the Good Earth
Club in her home on Monday
evening, Sept, 10. Mrs. Ora Mil
Ter was assisting hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit L. Frische
returned last week from a motor
ing trip south to Miami, Fla; and
UP the East coast to New Jersey.
Mrs. C. Willard Stickney and
infant daughter, Beth Elaine were
brought from the Springfield City
Hospital to the home of Mrs.
Stickney's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ward c. Flax, in South Charles
ton Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Clark and
Mrs. G. Fl. Wilson attended the
Ray Family reunion Sunday in
the Camp Meeting grounds at
Sabina. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark re-
ceived the prize for being the
couple married the longest.
Mrs. Hazel Cross and Mrs. Aug
usta French of Columbus were
callers at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. NJ. Drake Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd McHenry
and granddaughter, Joyce Ann
Hughes are viting relatives in
West Virginia this week.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-14

Observation-Disclosures here
are trying out new machine in
tended to relieve babies born with
their air passages blocked by
fluids and secretions
1t is known as the "bloxom OK
ygen-air pressure lock"
1t has proved especially help
full in the cases of prematurely
born babies, said the physicians
who explained it. He declined use
of his name.
The lock is kept at Good Sam
aritan Hospital.
The physician explained its
functions as follows:
The lock obviates the use of
Instrumentation insertion of
tube in the trachea) to clear the
air passages which have become
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-14
s. CHARLESTON
BY MRS. n. T. NELSON
ph. a-asO2 & $3.50

The annual Homecoming and all
day meeting of the Lisbon Bap-
tist Church will be Sunday Sept,
Is. Sabbath school will be at 10
am. and a basket dinner at noon.
The afternoon program is scedul-
ed for 2 pm.
Mrs. Robert Elder and Miss Ju-
liza Elder entertained with a des-
sert bridge in their home last
Wednesday evening. The guests
included: Mrs. Newell Elder, Mrs.
Kenneth Elder of Springfield,
Mrs. Kenneth Elders mother,
Mrs. Matthews who is her house
guest, Mrs. Z. c. Nehls, Mrs. AL
fred Weisheimer, Mrs. William
Francis, Mrs. Austin Wildman,
Mrs. Van Allen Mattinson, Mrs.
w. A. Malsbary, Mrs. ]. c. Scarff
Mrs. Paul NJ. Halbrooks, Mrs. II.
t. Nelson, Mrs. Stewart Kitchen,
Mrs. Wilson Kuhlman, Mrs. E. c.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-14

blocked by secretions of fluids ar
irving from within the body of
the infant or from the mother.
The baby is placed in the new
air pressure lock under an atmos-
phere of so per cent oxygen and
air and under a pressure of one
to three pounds
AT the beginning the air is cy-
cled from one to three pounds
and this flucuation in pressure
forces the blocking fluids or Sc
cretions from the nose and mouth.
The air pressure lock, says the
doctor, has the decided advantage
over the instrumental method in
that it provides increased absorp-
ton of oxygen through the skin,
which prevents marked anoxia
Qack of oxygen).
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Alspaugh,
entertained, Mrs. Alspaughs
mother from London, a few days
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Barker
spent Sunday after noon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lindig and
son, of near Plumwood.
Mrs. d. l.. Grace, who has been
quite i'll for several weeks is
much improved.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-14
RED WATER ON TAP

WINNSBORO. Tex-LPp With
IN a few weeks housewives will find
just plain water when they turn
on their faucets. Not red water.
For a year, the reddish tinge of
water here has angered houscwiv-
es. Now a new well is being sunk
IN the northeast part of Winns-
boro. Mayor Malvin Cain sized up
a sample from a test well sunk
at the side and declared:
The analysis of the sample
shows only one tenth of one part
Gof red) in a million parts. I
don't believe anyone Will see red
when a faucet is turned ON.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-14
EAST RANGE

Miss Laura Wright has been
quite i'll for several days
Mrs. Lizzie Anthony was call
ed to Uhrichsyille, Ohio last week
by the serious illness of her
daughter, Mrs. Isabel Peters who
is a patient at the hospital thereg