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Evening star., 1951-08-12
Glen Echo Home Damaged
As Fan Spreads Flames

A fire whipped by air from a
ventilator fan caused $4,000 dam
age last night at the home OF
Mrs. Mary A. Taylor, 7O08 MacAr-
thur boulevard, Glen Echo.
Mrs. Taylor, who was downstairs
in her two-story frame home, was
unaware that it was burning until
neighbors rushed in and told her
BY the time Glen Echo and Cabin
John f1remen arrived, flames were
shooting through the roof.
1t. Joseph Serrin of the Glen
Echo Fire Department said the
blaze apparently started in an oil
water heater in a small room ada
cent to the bathroom. A ventilator
fan created a draft which spread
the flames rapidly, 1t. Serrin said.
Firemen said most of the second
floor was burned out, and that
there was a great deal of water
damage on the first floor. Firemen
were at the scene from 8:25 pm.
until 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
D. {. Acts TO Amend
Laws on Practice OF
Veterinary Medicine

The District is seeking to amend
the 44-year-old law governing the
practice of veterinary medicine
here to widen the field from which
examiners may be appointed and
to bring the educational require
ments into line with present prac-
ticeS.
Proposed legislation pending in
Congress would remove the pres
ent requirement that members
of the Board Of Examiners in
Veterinary Medicine must be ap-
pointed from those who have
been District residents for three
years or more.
The Commissioners pointed out
that several qualified veterinaries
now living in Maryland or Vir-
ginia practice in the District. They
cannot now be appointed to the
board.
Wider Course Sought.
The proposed amendments
would increase the study course
required of licensees from two six
month college sessions to four
nine-month sessions. This, the
city heads reported to Congress,
is in accord with present practice
in the various schools of veterinary
medicine.
A provision for licensing gradu-
ates of two-year colleges who have
had five years practice would be
deleted.
The proposed bill provides that
applicants must have completed
the required study at college
approved by the American Veter-
mary Medical Association.
An increase in the license fee
from $40 to $25 is sought in order
to meet the expenses of the
examining board.
Higher Fee Asked.
The $40 fee established in 1907
may have been adequate at thai
time to cover the expenses of anc
provide some compensation fol
the board, but it no longer is.
The number of licenses is no.
large. In 1948. four applicant:
were licensed, in 1949, four more
and in 1850, three.
Since 1914, none of the five
members of the board of examin.
ers has received any compensation
for the work connected with hold.
ing examinations. The Commits.
sioners wrote Congress that they
believed "it is only equitable that
these members of the board o1
examiners be given some compen-
sation for the work involved ir
preparing and grading examina.
tions."
Evening star., 1951-08-12

income limits might well be ex-
amined," for example.
The Commissioners have ap-
proved recommendations by Col
Hayes that they name a three
man committee consisting of the
welfare director. the corporation
counsel and the budget officer to
recommend a course of action.
Then if it is decided that the
District will assume the response
bility, the relocation study COM
mittee will be asked to reconvene
to reconsider the question in the
light of the policies, and formulate
a recommended program.
The problem of developing ad.
ditional units of housing will be
held up until a program is devel-
oped. and the NCHA and RIA
programs are more advanced.
Col. Hayes made his recon-
|mendations after the study COM
|mittee turned in two varying re-
ports on the problem. i.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Orange 10 Open Bids
For New Reservoir
Special Dispoieh 10 The Stor

ORANGE. Va. Aug. 11.-Bids
for the construction of a two
million-gallon underground water
reservoir here will be opened al
the Orange town Office at 7::3C
pm. Wednesday.
Primarily for storage purposes
according to Town Manager How
ard F. Knoell, the reservoir will
be placed in the Marshall Heights
section.
Daniel w. Schafer was installed
as commander of American Le-
gion Post 156 of Orange, to Sue
ceed Attorney A. Stuart Robert
son, jr., at ceremonies at the
Legion Hall here this week.
Others installed include Mr.
Robertson, 1st vice commander
Chester Hazard, I'd vice COM
mander; William Grymes, adju-
tant; Frank Tappy, finance off.
Ger; w. C. Gill, sergeant-at-arms
James w. Green, public relations
officer; Carlton BARLEY, assistant
and T. E. Mallory, membership
chairman.
installations were made by Dis
trict Commander Stuart Miller OF
Madison.
Evening star., 1951-08-12

And the youngest was 5-month-
old Marilyn Jean Baker, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Olive Lee Baker,
Woodbine. Mrs. Baker is the
daughter of Julian P. King, Cedar
Grove, a member of the Montgom-
cry County delegation to the Cen
eral Assembly.
Most of the descendants of Sim
Igleton L. King remained on the
farm.
AS a result, they own thousands
of acres of rolling land in the CEN
tral and northwest sections OF
Montgomery County.
Descendants of other branches
of the King family also have made
their mark in agriculture. They
Include w. Lawson King, Gathers
Evening star., 1951-08-12
500 Workers Laid OFF
At Textile Plant
Special Dispateh 10 The Siar

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug.
11.-About 900 employees of Frank
TX & Sons have been laid of
until August 20 in a curtailment
of production resulting from ex-
Icessive inventories of textile goods
throughout the Nation.
This is the first time in its %
years of operation that the COM
pany has had a layoff of this type.
1t is Charlottesville's largest single
industry.
This layoff does not include the
entire plant. About 200 employees
will continue to operate the knit
ting department and to work on
Government orders in the weav.
ing department.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Family FIees Home
AS 4-Foot Snake
SIithers Into Hidino

A four-foot snake took DOS
session of 6308. Kilmer street
Cheverly. Md, and caused Mr.
and Mrs. William Ellis and their
five children to seek overnight
shelter with neighbors.
Members of the Tuxedo-Chev-
erly Volunteer Fire Company re-
sponded after Mrs. Ellis reported
she saw the snake slither past
her and into a bathroom utility
door.
They couldn't find the reptile
but they said they did find three
snake skins in the basement, each
OF which was about four feet
long. They described the skins as
gray with dark gray spots.
Mr.. Ellis, who was not at home
at the time, was willing to take
his wife'S word for it and decided
to take no chances. So he farmed
the children out with neighbors
and moved out with his wife.
Evening star., 1951-08-12

dent and Miss Esther Beall,
LewiSdale, secretary treasurer.
Appointed to the historian COM
mittee were Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Jones, Miss Beall and Lyndall Full
Ter, Rockville.
The clan managed to consume
so chickens, 10 gallons of ice
cream, 500 rolls, three 15-pound
hams, 20 gallons of iced tea. "a
cakes and six gallons of potato
salad.
The biggest family was repre-
sented by Mr.. and Mrs. William
Oliver Woodf1eld, and their eight
children. The oldest member OF
the tribe present was Mrs. William
Burdette, "a. one of the eight liv-
ing children of Singleton L. King
Evening star., 1951-08-12

burg, and his brother, James D,
King, Jacksonville, two of Mont
gomery's largest dairy farmers.
Their grandfather, John Middle
ton King, was Singleton's first
cousin.
And there is Marvin L. Burdette.
Browningsville dairy farmer, whose
cattle barn holding lot dairy
COWS is the largest in the country
and one of the largest in Mary
land, according to George Fuller,
a Dairy Herd Improvement AS
sociation supervisor.
Other prominent King descend
ants include Grover Walker
Gaithersburg, also a dairy farmer
and a member of the Montgomery
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Donohue Urges
U. 5. Pay Fair
Share 10 District
Commissioner Says
Federal Contribution
Should Be 35-40 Pct.

Rather than the approximately
9 per cent it is, the Federal share
of the Districts budget should be
closer to IS or 40 per cent, Com
missioner F. Joseph Donohue
judged last night.
Mr.. Donohue spoke on the cost
of running the city government
on his weekly Report to the
People" over Radio Station
WWDC.
The city head pointed out that
before the present lump sum"
method of contributing to the
Districts costs was adopted in
1926, the Federal Government had
paid so per cent.
Urges Percentage Basis.
He expressed the view the con-
tribution should be made on a
fixed per centage basis, consider
ing these factors:
/. That the Federal Govern
ment occupies some 81 per cent
of the land area here, thus with
drawing it from taxation.
2. The difference between the
value of the services which the
District Government performs for
the United States and those per-
formed by the Federal Govern
ment for the District.
On that basis, he said, the Fed
eral share should approximate
from 35 to 40 per cent.
This fiscal year, the Federal
payment is $114 million, includ-
ing a ST million contribution to-
ward the cost of the water sup
piled to the United States Gov
ernment.
S150 Per Person.
The city's total budget of more
than $138 million represents a
cost of approximately $3.50 for
every man. woman and child in
the city, Mr.. Donohue pointed out.
In a few weeks, the Board of
Commissioners will begin consid-
ering the budget needs of the
various District Departments for
the fiscal year 1858.
If municipal costs continue to
rise, the Commissioner said, the
alternatives will be to find addi-
tional sources of revenue, in
creased rates on existing taxes, or
fair contribution" by the Fed
eral Government.
Already, he said, taxes on prop
erty or use of property amount
to about 10 per cent of the reve-
nue..
Urges Better Parking Facilities.
Mr.. Donohue was asked what
may happen in the District
if continued establishment of
branches of large downtown con-
Germs in the suburbs caused a.
drop in the municipal revenues.
He suggested that way to
maintain the downtown shopping
area was to create better parking
facilities downtown. A commit
tee is now studying possibilities of
the Districts acquiring downtown
sites for sale or lease to private
interested which would operate
parking garages.
He admitted that bringing more
cars downtown would not help
the traffic situation, but pointed
out that with more off-street
parking. the traffic problem would
be alleviated.
The Commissioner was ques-
toned during the broadcast by
Howard Coppenbarger, city editor
of the Washington Daily News,
and Harriet Grifiths. reporter
from The Star.
Evening star., 1951-08-12

on the Woodfield Methodist
Church grounds which once were
part of Singleton Kings farm.
Two members of the King Bur
dette clan. Mr.. and Mrs. William
H. Burdette of Claggettsville, took
time out from the get-together to
celebrate their 54th wedding ami
versary.
Between poring over family
tree charts and swapping stories
the clan found time to re-elect
Maynard King. a Metropolitan
policeman of 80 Jefferson street
NE. to his third term as reunion
president.
Lansdale Burdette of Brown
ingSville, was named vice presi-
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Truman 10 Dedicate
New Legion Offices
With Talk Tuesday

The American Legion's new 81
million headquarters at 1903 K
street NV. will be dedicated by
President Truman at pm. Tues
day.
Mr.. Truman, member of the
Legion from his World War
service as an artillery captain, is
expected to speak for about Is
minutes.
The District Commissioners have
proclaimed Tuesday as American
Legion Dedication Day"
While the Legion's national
headquarters, erected by the State
of Indiana. are in Indianapolis,
the new Washington building is
described as "the first wholly
owned national headquarters build
ing" of the organization. It's cost
was betrayed from dues paid by
the Legion's 3 million members
and the million members of its
auxiliary.
7-Story Building.
The building, modern in design
is of seven stories, completely air
conditioned and is constructed OF
Indiana limestone and tapestry
brick. Thermopane glass, stretch
ing seven stories over the entrance
is a feature of the construction.
A 13-foot statue of a soldier,
symbolic of veterans of Americas
wars since 1917, is high on the
K street facade. The words 'The
American Legion" stand out in
large bronze letters above the
statue.
The Legion's emblem in bronze
at the street level is accompanied
by the opening words of the pre-
amble to the Legion's constitu-
tion: For God and Country"
Indirect lighting is utilized in
the structure. On a green marble
background. directly behind the
receptionist's desk, the entire con-
stitution's preamble is carved and
lettered in gold leaf. service
elevators of latest design have
been installed.
Army Band to Play.
The Office of Assistant National
Adjutant Jack Oakley, resident
Legionaire in charge, is on the
main floor. The national COM
mander's Office is adjoined by
offices for his consultants.
Officials said that the other
floors house the economic, reha-
bilitation, Americanism, public
relations, legislative, un-Americar
activities and medical sections
as well as the American Legion
Auxiliary. An auditorium occu-
pies the entire seventh floor.
Tuesdays program will get un-
der way with selections by the
Army Band. Commissioner F
Joseph Donohue, also a Legion
member. will be general chairman
and will introduce Rabbi Davio
Lefkowitz of Shreveport, La, nat.
ional chaplain of the organiza-
tion, to invoke the blessing. The
National Anthem will be sung by
j Morton Downey.
] Mrs. Willis C. Reed of Vinita
Okla, national president of the
Legion Auxiliary, will be intro
duced. National Commander Erie
Cooke, jr. will present President
Truman.
The Rev. DIR. William B. Adams
chaplain of the District Depart
ment of the Legion, will give the
benediction.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
District Committee
To Hold Hearings on
Bill 10 Aid Hospitals

The Senate District Committee
yesterday scheduled a public
hearing for Thursday at 10 AM
on the House-passed bill for Fed
eral grants toward the rebuilding
Iof private non-prot1t hospitals.
It has been estimated the grants
could total as much as $12 millior
and would be available to hos
pitfalls not included in the Wash
Iington Hospital Center scheduled
for erection on the Soldiers Home
grounds.
Grants Based on Value.
Under the bill, sponsored by
House Majority Leader McCor-
mack, grants would be so pei
cent of the value of the hospital
project. The District Govern
ment would have to repay third
of the grant over a 50-year period
The hearing will be conducted
by Chairman PaStore of the
Health Education and Recreation
Subcommittee of the District
Committee.
Contest Anticipated.
A contest is anticipated since {
protest has been filed with tht
District Committee by Joseph M
Dawson, executive director of tht
Baptist Joint Committee on Pub
lie Relations. This calls the bill
offensive" on the ground that i
be contrary to the constitutions
separation of church and State
Supporters of the legislation
contend this is not so and argu
that there are precedents, such 4
the Halliburton Act, granting Fed
eral aid for hospital construction
Also. one of the supporters sal,
there is the precedent in a Su
preme Court decision that uphel'
an 1898 Federal grant for tn
construction of a contagious dis
ease ward at Providence Hospital
Mccormack May Testify.
The case for the sponsors o
the bill is to be presented by Dan
iel w. O'Donoghue, representa-
Providence Hospital and the Hos
pital Association. Mr.. McCormacl
said he also might testify.
The Pastore Subcommittee ais
is scheduled to hold a hearin
Wednesday at $50 am. on the bill
to permit flight training for high
school students taking an aviation
course.
4 The full District Committee i
planning to meet this week. pos
sibly Wednesday afternoon. Ii
quorum of members can be mus
tered, to act on a iaalf dozen meas
ures which have been favorabl,
reported by subcommittee.
Evening star., 1951-08-12

John Duckett King started
something when he came over
from England in 1893 and settled
in what is now known as Kings
Valley near Cedar Grove in Mont
gomery County.
His descendants-an estimated
10000 of them-can vouch TO,
that.
The estimate came from Everett
Jones. Damascus, during the 18th
annual reunion of about 20C
Montgomery residents who trace
their ancestry back to Singleton
L. King, one of John Duckett
Kings grandsons. and the latter
wife, the former Mary Rachel
Elizabeth Burdette.
Appropriately enough. they met
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Boptists Hear Cory
AssuiI U. S. Leadership
By the Associated Press

MASSANETTA SPRINGS, Va.
Aug. IL. Representative Gary
Democrat, Of Virginia, said here
tonight that America needs the
leadership of Christian statesmen
who refuse to sell their birthright
for a mess of pottage."
I'm the global, theological con-
flict between Communism ano
democracy, in which we are now
engaged" Mr.. Gary said in an ad-
dress before the 43d Virginia Bap-
tist assembly, 1--WE must be pre-
pared to meet force with force"
Evening star., 1951-08-12

County Council, and j. Forest
Walker, Gaithersburg, former
chairman of the county Liquor
Board and one-time county treas
urer and clerk to the county COM
missioners
Mr.. Jones. who spent most o1
the time revising the genealogical.
charts in the light of recent ad-
ditions to the clan, said he has
the first four generations pretty
much in shape. But there arr
large gaps in the next four gen
erations, he said. He asked an!
one having information about th'
Kings to get in touch with hin
and maybe these charts will b.
up to date at the next reunion
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Backed as Postmaster
speeiaI Dispatch to The siur

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug.
11.-Elmer L. johnson, 66. who
went to work in the old Univer-
sity Post Office in 1907, at the
age of %, has been indorsed by
the Charlottesville Democratic
Committee for appointment as
acting postmaster here to fill the
vacancy left by the death of j.
Fred Harlan. a
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Families Forced Out
By Housing Projects
Pose Problem 10 D. T.,

The District still has a long way
to go in planning relocation IA
cilitieS for 1oW-income families
displaced by slum clearance, pub
lie housing projects or other work.
A study authorized last Febru-
ary by the Commissioners, who
appointed a committee to carry it
out, has brought out three prob
lens to be resolved.
According to Assistant Engineer
Commissioner Thomas j. Hayes,
III, they are:
/. The policy to be adopted by
the Commissioners. This includes
whether the District IS prepared
to assume responsibility for re-
housing these families, and if so,
to what degree. Whether it will
take on all low income families or
just those evicted by Federal and
District or only District activities.
There is a legal responsibility to
rehouse those displaced by the
slum clearance and redevelopment
programs of the Redevelopment
Land Agency and the National
Capital Housing Authority.
moral Responsibility"
Col. Hayes pointed out that as
sumption of the responsibility for
others evicted might be consid-
cred a moral responsibility of the
District Government. "but is just
the sort of activity which is decried
by many"
2. What agency will be respon-
.sible. 1t must be decided whether
this will be an official agency of
the Government, or a semiofficial
group appointed by the Commis-
sioners, or a private group such
as the Washington Housing AS
|sociation.
Col. Hayes said the first prob
ably is preferable, and this would
present four choices: The Housing
Center, which presently is doing
this type of work; the land agency,
which is willing to take the re-
|sponsibility and believes it can do
so legally; the Board of Public
Welfare, which has some interest
in the field, but objects to assum-
ing the responsibility, or a new
agency.
Problem of Cost.
3. Cost. No existing Office could
handle the job without increased
personnel. There is a question as
to the value of the services against
the cost.
Col. Hayes said requisites of the
program would include full in
formation as much in advance as
possible on evictees and available
housing units. appropriate meas
ures to obtain maximum use of
existing low rental units by low
income families, effective pro-
Icedure and housing center.
Obtaining use of existing low
rental units by low income fami-
lies in private property might be
impossible to accomplish to any
greater extent than now exists un-
der the present natural laws of
supply and demand, Col. Hayes
noted.
Survey Declared Needed.
This may be practical with Dis
trict or Federal housing, however,
he said. He expressed the view
that more NCHA units should be
made available for low income
families and both the incomes OF
the present occupants and present
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Tipsy Driver Beats Jail
By Yielding His License
BY the Associa.ed Press

FREDERICK, Md. Aug. IL
Franklin H. Cline of Rockville,
Md, was fined $3.50 in Peoples
Court today for drunken driving
but a 90-day jail sentence was
suspended when he agreed to sur
render his drivers license.
State Trooper j. H. Rouzee, jr
arrested him July % on U. S. 40
Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield
jr., did not specify how long Cline
was to forfeit his driving
privileges.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
ChiIdren's Hospital Fund

Work is already underway
on a large, new addition to
overcrowded Children's Hos
pital. Although the formal
drive for funds to complete
the construction is ended,
money is still needed to meet
the $545, 900 goal.
Gifts reported yesterday:
2,248.
Total received to date:
$495, ,082.
Still needed: $49,918.
Contributions may be mailed
to Children's Hospital, Thir-
teenth and w streets NV,
Washington 9, D. C.
Arizona sun., 1951-07-06

Mt. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Cor. 18th Ave. and Yuma st.
Rev. G. N. Hall, Pastor
Arizona sun., 1951-07-06
Attend The Church OF Your Choice Sunday
U. S. Supreme Court Will Be Asked
To Define SEGREGATION Within Itself

WASHINGTON, u. y. \INlNTAl
= The action of the special three
Judge federal court at Charleston,
South Carolina, last Saturday, will
probably bring squarely before the
United States Supreme Court the
issue of whether racial segrega-
ton in itself is discriminatory and
violateive of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the United States
Constitution
) Lawyers rying civil rights cases
have tried to get this issue squarely
before. the court for number of
years, but each time they thought
they had raised it in such way
that. the. court would have to de-
eide the question the high tribunal
has found a much narrower basis
for its decision.
The authority of lower courts
for upholding racial segregation IS
generally the case of Plessy VS..
Ferguson, decided in 1896. In that
case the Supreme Court ruled that
state-enforced separation of white
and colored persons under sta
tute requiring equal accommoda-
tions does not necessarily infringe
the command of the Fourteenth
Amendment that no state shall
deny to any person the equal pro-
te ction of the laws.
In its recent decisions dealing
with the question of equal educa-
tional opportunities the court mas
all but overruled its ruling in
the Plessy case.
The ruling by the three-judge
court at Charleston, upholding seq
regated public schools but re-
quiring equalization of facilities
promises to bring the question to
final ruling.
| Splitting 2-to-1, the court ap-
lparently ignored the mandates OF
the Supreme Court in Texas and
Oklahoma school cases and held
that segregation of the races in
the public schools . . it a mat
ter of legislative policy for the
several states, with which the
Federal courts are powerless tc
| interfere.
The court ordered that school
facilities for colored children IN
South Carolina be equalized with
those for white children and in
structed school officials to report
, back within six months on what
! they are doing about it.
Arizona sun., 1951-07-06
Lucy Phillips
Temple Church

A 10 day revival conducted by
Sister z. M. Turner, Evangelist,
got under way to good start here
at Lucy Phillips Temple, last Sun
day.
The Presiding Elder, Rev. c. H.
Houston, will be the speaker at
Sunday mornings service, when
the fourth quarterly conference
will be held. Evangelist Turner
will preach at the Union Service
in the afternoon at 3 pm, and
again at the evening service at 6
pm.
The public is invited to these
services.