davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1951-08-20
81 N Street Trees
To Be Cut Down
For Road -Wideninq

The District later this week will
begin cutting down So trees along
M street NV. between Connecti-
cut and New Hampshire avenues
as a preliminary to widening the
street.
Widening will begin about Sep
tember II, according to Samuel r.
Harrison. deputy directors of
highways.
The trees, Norway and silver
naples, are doomed because they
stand inside the projected 56-foot
roadway. M street is now 40 feet
wide and being widened to ease
congestion along a main route be-
tween Georgetown and the eastern
section of the city.
OF the 81 trees to come down,
three are rated in excellent con-
dition. Is good. eight fair. and
Is poor. ~
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Is District Veterans
Returning From War

Two troop ships from Korea are
due at West Coast ports, with a
total of 13 WashingtonianS on
passenger lists totaling $500 re-
turning veterans, the Associated
Press reported today.
Aboard the transport j. C.
Breckenridge, due at San Francisco
today, are the following:
Pfc. Ronald E. Basham, 626
Franklin street NE; Corpl. Owen
L. Cawvey (no street address Civ
en), Sergt 1/c James H. Davis, 1913
Twelfth street NE; M/Sergt.
Francis L. Fisher, 430 K street
NV; Corpl. Norman johnson,
Alb Elm street NV; Corpl. Otis
Lawrence, 1918 Corcoran street
NV; Sergt. Ivan Naselrod, 628
Raleigh place Sc; Sergt. Calvin
Reeder, jr., 364O Walder street
NV, and Sergt. James A. Whit
ley, 784 Girard street NV.
The Transport Sergt. Sylvester
Antolak, scheduled to reach Seat
tie tomorrow, is carrying:
Sergt. Robert M. Blue, 2410
Fourteenth street NV; Corpl.
Anthony L. Corrado, 1873 Thirty
fifth street NE; Corpl. Francis
K. O'Brien, 4002 Tenth, street
NE, and Corpl. Richard C. Rich
ardson, jr., 1704 Vermont avenue
NV.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Fairfax Police Searching
For Man MISSING in Woods

About so off-duty Fairfax Coun-
ty policemen and volunteer fire.
men began searching an 800-acre'
woods shortly before noon today
for a man who has been missing
since yesterday.
Raymond Carroll, 40, of Fairfax
Station, a retired Lorton Reforma-
tory guard, left his home at 8 am.
and was last seen by his mother
entering the woods. His mother
told police she found a note from
him in a dresser drawer.
The search in the woods was
organized by Fairfax Detective
Lance Greer.
Mr.. Carroll, bachelor, is a
native of Fairfax. He retired from
the Lorton Reformatory because
of i'll health.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Great Pants Mystery.
Solved, Man Claims
Abandoned Apparel

David A. Nickens, jr., rescued
his trousers from police custody
last night. thereby solving the
mystery of the abandoned cloth
ing.
A pair of trousers and a nearly
new pair of shoes were found
along the Mount Vernon highway
near Alexandria early yesterday
by Park Police Pvt. P. o. Wheeler.
After searching the area for a
possible suicide, Pvt. Wheeler
turned the clothing over to detec-
tiveS.
The trousers contained the
name, "Nickens." They also bore
a laundry mark, which detectives
traced to the Georgetown Uni
versity. Hospital. Officials there
said David A. Nickens, jr.,
colored, of 25 Hampden lane,
Kensington, Md, was an attend
ant there.
Mr.. Nickens told police he had,
in fact, arrived home without
trousers or shoes. He said he had
attended a party in Alexandria
Saturday night. While waiting
for a District-bound bus at
Slater's lane, he said, he became
sleepy. He took off the clothing
and stretched out.
He said he was awakened by an
unidentified motorist, who took
him home-Sans pants.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Ieen-Age Bride
Found Here After
Search by Relatives

A l6-year-old New Jersey girl
for whom 10 relatives staged a
search here yesterday was found
today with her equally young hus-
band.
The two teen-agers were found
by Detective John P. Meshkoff of
the Missing Persons Bureau at a
restaurant at 1419 l street NV.
The girl, Mrs. Elizabeth Reese
Breckley, was working there as a
waitress and her husband, Frank
Breckley, had applied for a posi-
ton.
They confirmed reports that
they eloped from Ventnor. N. j., to
Elkton, Md, on August 10. Since
that time Mrs. Breckley's father,
William w. Reese, 40, has been
searching for the girl.
The search turned to Washing
ton as result of a tip from one
'of young Breckley's friends.
After a search by a private de-
tective in Mr.. ReeSe's employ
proved unavailing, Mr.. Reese
called nine male relatives and
asked them to meet him in WASH
ington yesterday. Since Elizabeth
is a Catholic, they believed she
would attend mass somewhere.
The relatives each attended
different church and sat through
all masses. Near st. Martins
Church, North Capital and +
streets, a news vendor said
young couple answering the
Breckley's description had in
quired early yesterday about
church services.
Employees of nearby store also
remembered seeing q young
couple. MIR, Reese and his relatives
concentrated their search in that
area. ringing doorbells until all
clues were exhausted. Last night
the relatives returned to their
homes.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Truman 10 Request
Added Flood Money

President Truman today advised
Congressional leaders that he;
would ask for more money fori
Middle Western flood sufferers.
and got a promise of quick action
on Capitol Hill.
Congress made $25 million avail;
able as an emergency measure
when the flood waters hit Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Illinois last month.
Today's conference did not take
up the long range program for
combating floods but was devoted
entirely to what House Speaker
Rayburn told reporters were the
steps needed Ito get those people
out of the mud"
The Speaker said that he looked
on the situation as major
disaster to be coped with and that
Congress would sift the entire
matter as soon as President Tru-
man sends up a message which is
now partly completed.
Along with the Speaker, those
who sat in on the conference were
Vice President Barkley, Senator
Mcfarland of Arizona, Senate
leader; Representative Priest of
Tennessee. Democratic whip; the
chairmen of Senate and House
Appropriations Committees, Sem
ator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten
nessee and Representative Cam
non, Democrat, of Missouri; and
Representative Boiling, Democrat.
of Missouri; Defense Mobilizsr
Charles E. Wilson; and Housing
Administrator Raymond E. Foley
who are directing flood relief
operations-and Budget Director
Frederick A. Laughton.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Woman Gives Up 10 Police
In Fatal Shooting Of Man

A 26-year-old woman, sought
by police since the Staying of her
common-law husband early Fri
day morning, gave herself up yes
terday at the 18th Precinct sta
ton and admitted the crime.
Police said the woman, identi-
fed as Helen Irene Wallace, was
taken into custody for appear
ance today at an inquest in the
shooting of 39-year-old Lawrence
D. Shields. Both are colored.
The woman fled the scene after
Shields was shot during an argu-
ment in their first-f1oor bedroom
in the 900 block of Kent place
NE, according to police. They
said she told them she shot Shields
after he attempted to beat her
with shoe tree. 9
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Policeman Suspended
On Exposure Charge
By St. EIizabeths

Metropolitan Police Pvt. Arthur
N. Boggs, "a. of 1901 Kimberly
road, Hyattsville was charged with
indecent exposure today as a re-
suit of complaints by st. Eliza
beths Hospital attendants.
Pvt. Boggs was to apear in Mu-
.nicipal Court this afternoon.
According to two female attend
ants at st, Elizabeths, Pvt. Boggs
exposed himself in view of female
patients while sitting in his car
on the hospital grounds Saturday
morning.
A police source said the 34-year-
old fifth precinct private was
suspended Saturday afternoon by
Capt. Francis Pilkerton of No. II
precinct.
Details Meager.
Efforts of reporters to get de-
tails of the case from police Off
cials were largely unavailing.
However. DR.. Winfred Over
holser, st. EliZabethS superintend-
Ient, gave reporter this explana-
ton of the complaint:
A woman hospital attendant
first was advised of the officers
presence by a patient who had
been sitting on the second floor
screened porch. While another
woman attendant jotted down
the officers license number, the
first attendant rushed to notify
the ward superior on the first
floor. DR.. Overholser said the
officer also could be seen clearly
from the first-floor porch.
The ward officials Immediately
notified hospital guards, who ap-
pretended the officer when he
drove off, DR.. Overholser said.
Ordered OFF Grounds.
The superintendent said he un-
derstood the policeman had been
ordered to keep off the hospital
grounds because of previous COM
plants. but that details of these
earlier complaints had not come
to his personal attention.
DR.. Overholser said he un-
derstood the policeman was ac-
quainted with a hospital employe,
but that the employe was not
working Saturday. If he had
been. the doctor added. he would
have been at a point far removed
from the ward where the reported
offenSe occurred.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Motions 10 Dismiss
Charges in Assault
'0n Bride Turned Down

Motions to dismiss indictments
against John r. Polk and William
r. Payne on charges of assaulting
kidnapped Arlington bride were
denied in Fairfax Circuit Court
today.
Defense attorneys Immediately
asked time to prepare new motions
which will ask the Commonwealth
to furnish a bill of particulars
against the two men.
Judge Arthur Sinclair said the
motions should be filed by August
81. He told Commonwealth At
torney Hugh B. Marsh that his
answers to the bill of particulars
should be filed by September 4.
No trial date was set for the two
men pending disposition of the
new motions.
Illegal Detention Claimed.
During the hearing, Defense At
torney Harry A. Shockey told the
court the men were being held il
legally because no warrants were
served on them before their in
dictment and they were denied
the right of a preliminary hearing.
Trial of both men has been de-
layed because of the dismissal
motions. Polk. 10, of the 800 block
North Wakefield street, Arlington,
was to be tried on August Z. Payne,
Is, of the 200 block Wooten ave-
nue., Bethesda, was to be tried to-
day.
Both men were indicted by an
Arlington grand jury called into
special session. They face trial in
Arlington after charges in Fair
fax are disposed of.
Husband Was Held at Bay.
The men are accused of kidnap-
ing 20-year-old bride from her
Colonial Village apartment in Ar
lington. The Woman's husband, a
Navy ensign, was held at bay by a
rifle during the abduction. The
woman was driven to Fairfax
where she was assaulted several
times. according to police.
Defense attorneys are Edward
c. Hall and Mr.. Shockey.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Young Mother Found
On Bridge; WristIsCui

A woman depressed because
she had to put her baby in a
foster home was found lying on
the Calvert street bridge today
with a cut wrist.
After treatment at Garfield
Hospital, she was taken to Gal
linger Hospital for observation.
A clerk-typist in Army Ord
nance, the woman is "a years
old and came to this county
three years ago from Denmark.
She had applied for citizenship.
She told police that during a
nervous spell" last night she cut
her wrist, then tried to get to a
hospital but that nobody would
help her get a taxicab. She then
collapsed on the bridge.
The woman said she had been
friendly with a man now at
Walter Reed Hospital suffering
from a mental condition. Recent
ly the two had quarreled, thus
adding to her worries, she said
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs presented through the
cooperation of the District of
Columbia and Montgomery Coun-
ty Recreation Departments. and
"The Film Center" of Washington.
Washington, at Dusk.
Chevy Chase. Forty-f1rst and
Livingston streets NV.
Rudolph, Second and Hamil-
ton streets NV.
Langdon Parx. Eighteenth and
Franklin streets NE.
Kenilworth, Kenilworth avenue
and Ord street NE.
Virginia Avenue, Ninth street
and Virginia avenue Sc.
Bald Eagle, Nichols avenue and
Joliet street S.W.
Monroe, Georgia avenue and
Columbia road NV.
Francis, Twenty-fourth and N
streets NE.
Blow. Nineteenth and Benning
road NE.
Douglass-Dwellings 1000 Ala
bama avenue Sc.
Montgomery County, $3.50 PM.
Wheaton, Claridge Koad off Viers
Mill road
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Negro Musicians Hold
Clinics on Techniques

More than 400 delegates to the
28th convention of the National
Association of Negro Musicians
today held clinics in voice, piano,
choral singing and organ tech
niques at Lincoln Congregational
Church, Eleventh and r Strets
NV.
Washington Night will be OBJ
served at today's evening session,
at 8 o'clock, featuring thee Gal
braith Methodist Church choir, di-
rected by Willis A. Hines. Others
on the program will include Louia
v. Jones. head of the Music De-
partment, violinist; Evelyn Law
lah, pianist, and Roberta Long,
soprano.
The convention, which was
opened last night with District
Commissioner F. Joseph Donohue
bringing greetings to the dele
gates, will close Friday.
Two Washington residents won
ScoholarShlpS IN the award con-
tests held last night. Edith john
son tied for second with Louis
Bashful of New Orleans, in the
voice competition and Ana Whit
son placed second in the piano di-
vision.
First place in the piano section
was won by Sophia Williams of
Baltimore. Two contestants, Mary
Teasdale of Detroit and E. Virgil
Abner of Chicago, were tied for
first place in the voice division.
Each successful contestant will
receive a $3.50 cash scholarship
award for their musical pro-
f1ciency.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Maryland Man
Killed, ; Injured
In AutoCras
z Virginia Drivers
Of Racing Cars Die
In Track Accidents

Ernest w. Beahm. 66, of Clarks-
burg, Md, was killed last night
when the car he was driving
crashed into a tree on Route 109
in Barnesville.
His wife, who is so, is in poor
condition at Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, with a fractured leg,
decorations of the face, and pos
Sible internal injuries.
Another couple, passengers in
the car. also is in the hospital.
They are John Thomas Priest,
At, and his wife, Mrs. jamie Priest,
So. of Clarksburg. He suffered a
broken left leg and his wife has
a broken right leg.
Dies of Crushed Chest.
Mr.. Beahm died of a crushed
chest. He was pronounced dead
by DR.. F. j. Broschart. Mont
gomery County coroner.
Total Maryland traffic deaths
for the first half of this year
amounted to 262, the Highway
Safety Bulletin issued by the
State Police reported today. The
figure represents an increase of
"a per cent over the figure of 212
deaths for the first half of 1850,
the bulletin reported.
Two Virginia racing car drivers
died in weekend crashes.
Track Accident Fatal.
Donald E. Sanders, 26. of Tenn
pie Trailer Village, Alexandria.
was injured fatally Saturday in an
accident during the feature race
at the Somerset County Fair at
Meyersdale, Pa. He had been
scheduled to race yesterday at
Pomonkey, Md.
Mr.. Sanders died at $50 pm.
Saturday on the operating table
of a hospital near the Western
Pennsylvania track.
He is survived by his mother,
q sister and a brother.
The other driver who died after
a racing crash was Melvin Wilson
Forehand, 81, of st. Brides, Nor
folk County, Va, who was injured
when his car rammed through a
fence in the stock car races at
the Suffolk Fair Grounds on Sat-
urday. He died yesterday at Lake
view Hospital, Suffolk, the As
sociated Press reported.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
PhiIadeIphian Speaks
AS Grace Lutheran
Observes 18th Year

Members of Grace Lutheran
Church observed the congrega-
tons 18th anniversary by over
crowdnig two morning services
yesterday at the church. Sixteenth
and Varnum streets NV.
Worshipers at both services
heard DR.. Harold Osterman of
Philadelphia, president of the
Eastern District, American Lu-
theran Church, predict "even
greater successes" for the congre-
CATION in the future.
DR.. Osterman also told them
that you can give without loving
but you cannot love without giving
The Christian obligation in our
world is essentially one of giving
Christ gave and so we must give
our lives and our talents"
Two memorial altar panels
given by their families In memory
of John Wischhusen and Fritz
Weimann, were installed yester-
day. The panels will be dedicated
at the service next Sunday.
DR.. Gerhard E. Lenski, pastor
of Grace Church since 1920, wa.
in charge of the identical services
= The congregation, organized il
1876, held its first service in &
chapel on Thirteenth street, be-
tween @ and r streets NV. II
1879 a stone church was built OF
the site. In 1928 the present struc
ture was erected.
Grace Church has had onl,
three pastors in its rs years. The,
were the Rev. E. G. Tressel
l1876-p2; the Rev. John Doermann
l893-l920, and DR.. Lenski, 1922
to the present.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Annual Burke Fair
Scheduled SATURDAY.

The annual Burke (Va.), Com-
munity Fair will be held from 2
to 6 pm. Saturday.
Activities will be centered
around the fire house. but some
exhibits will be arranged in the
nearby church hall. On display
will be flowers, vegetables, farm
produce, fruit, canned goods,
baked goods and needlework. At
fractions will include pet show,
pony rides and various games and
contests.
Mrs. Ben Boyce is chairman of
the fair committee.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Arlington Girl, &, Who Mothered
Baby Squirrel Is Honored
Restored 1t to Health
With Milk Fed From
Her Dolls Bottle

A 6-year-old Arlington girl has
been cited by the American Veteri-
nary Medical Association for her
kindness to animals in distress.
The National Humane Act Ger
tif1cate went to Charlotte Nc
Cutchen, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James M. McCutchen of 46 North
Fenwick street.
Charlotte was cited for helping
animals and a bird which we're in
trouble. Recently she found a
baby squirrel which had fallen
from a tree. The squirrel was
weak and sick, and Charlotte
nursed it back to health with milk
fed from her dolls bottle.
At first, the squirrel was kept
in shoe box in the living room.
Later, he stayed on the side porch.
Still later. as the squirrel grew,
Charlotte's father built house
for HIM in backyard tree. Then
another squirrel started coming
around, and it wasn't long until
both left the neighborhood.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
.AdyisoryGroup
Will Hear Plea
ForCiviIDefense
No U. S. City Ready
For Atomic Attack,
Caldwell Declares

Civil Defense Administrator
Millard F.. Caldwell, who yesterday
told radio audience here not one
city in the United States is pre-
pared to Withstand an atomic at
tack, is expected to present the
same bleak picture to the National
Civil Defense Advisory Committee
today.
At today's meeting at 1880
Columbia road NV, Mr.. Caldwell
will report on such subjects as:
1.-The state of Civil Defense pre-
paredness to meet an enemy at
Etack; appropriations, both Federal
and State; status of the Alert
American program suggested by
the committee at its last meeting
and the operation Of the public
education program"
Fights For More Funds.
Mr.. Caldwell is fighting an SO
per cent slash voted by the House
Appropriations Committee in his
agency's funds for the fiscal year.
In slashing the Civil Defense re-
quests, the House Appropriations
Committee said, the defense ad-
ministrator has no realistic" plan.
Mr.. Caldwell insists he has.
I Interviewed yesterday on the
Hazel Markell program, WASH
FIN, Mr.. Caldwell warned the
small appropriation recommended
might do more harm than good"
by causing a feeling of COM
placency because some training
was going on.
| Warns of Biological Warfare.
Mr.. Caldwell also warned Of
the possibility of submarine
launched atom bombs and bio
logical warfare.
There is biological warfare"
he said, land the Russians are
masters in that field. They have
great scientists, they have great
proficiency and they have de-
voted a lot of thought and effort
to this type of warfare"
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Tighter Laws
On 0ptometrY
Indorsed Here
D. c. Heads Approve
Regulation Requiring
Five Years Training

The District Commissioners to-
day approved two new regulations
designed to tighten requirements
of optometrists here.
Commissioner F. Joseph Dono-
hue and Brig. Gen. Bernard L.
Robinson acted quickly and IA
vorably on the recommendations
of the District Board of Optome-
triStS.
The new laws will require that
applicants be graduated from a
school of optometry having an
optometrical course lasting at least
five years, and that applicants
pass examinations in the theory
and practice of orthopticS and
visual training as well as the
theory and practice of contact
lens fittings.
Endorsed by OptometriSts.
Lewis H. Kraskin, secretary of
the District Optometric Associa-
ton, said his group approves the
new requirements. Mr.. KraSkin is
also secretary treasurer of the
District Board of Optometrists.
The Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association and the Ana
costa Citizens Association gave
approval of the requirements in
letters to the Commissioners.
A representative of the Better
Business Bureau objected to a Sec
ton of a pending congressional
bill regarding "bait advertising"
by certain local optometrists.
Taxi Driver Protests.
The only voluble protest came
at the close of the hearing when a
taxicab driver. Nicholas j. Stream,
So. of 4619 Forty-seventh street
NV. went before the officials and
charged them with failing to give
adequate" advance notice of the
hearing. Mr.. Stream accused the
officials of trying to put some
thing over on the public"
For the benefit of reporters he
later accused what he called a
Clique of optometric technicians"
to the status of high scientists" in
of trying to elevate themselves
one way or another, including the
charge of what he called "ex-
orbitant" prices for their work.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Elks Association PorIey
Set to Open in Euston
BY the Assoeioted Press

EASTON. Md, Aug. 2O.-The
31st annual convention of the
Maryland, Delaware, District OF
Columbia Elks Association is
slated to open here Thursday and
continue through Sunday.
Officials of the Easton host
lodge said about 1000 Elks, their
wives and guests are expected.
Among special guests indicating
they will attend is DR.. Robert
South Barret of Alexandria. Va.
past grand exalted ruler of the
National ElkS Association.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Mount Vernon High
Registration Scheduled

Students in grades 8 to IL
planning to transfer to Mount
Vernon High School, Fairfax
County, should register before
September 4.
They may register between 8
am. and 4 pm. in the principal S
Office. Eighth-graders may regis
ter with the opening of the
school year. September 4. n
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Timonium Caddie Killed,
Player FeIIed by lightning
BY The Assoeio.ed Pres.


BALTIMORE, Aug. 20.-Light-
ming killed a caddie and knocked
a golf player unconscious yester-
day at Five Farms Golf Course,
near Timonium.
The caddie was Daniel Ditzel,
jr.. Is, of Ruxton.
The player was Thomas link,
%, of Baltimore. He was re-
leased by a hospital after treat
ment for shock.
Playing with Mr.. link were
Capt. Robert Pirie, commandant
of midshipmen at the Naval
Academy, and Comdr. r. Y. Nc
Elroy of -the academy.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Duncan Phillips Purchases
Owen Home in Virginia
speeioI Dispoteh 10 tn. stor

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug
20.-"Willowby." the home of the
late Col. Leartus j. Owen,
miles south of Charlottesville on
the old Lynchburg road, has been
sold to Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Phil
lips, of Washington, D. C.
Mr.. Phillips, who plans to MAIN
tain his residence in Washington,
is founder and director of the
Phillips Gallery there, and a life
time trustee of the National CAL
lery of Art.
The main brick residence at
"Willowby" was built about the
time OF the Civil War from bricks
made on the place. The owner and
builder was Eugene Davis, a Con-
federate Army captain
Evening star., 1951-08-20
George Heads AAA Office

John T. George. 732 Whittier
street NV, has been named
manager of the American Auto
mobile Associations new office at
lit Fidler lane, Silver Spring.
He will supervise all activities of
the organization in Montgomery
County.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
WAC Veterans Elect
D. c. Woman to Post

Miss Lucy Birdsall of 4424
Brandywine street NV. was elect
ed sergeant at arms of the Wom-
ems Army Corps Veterans, Organ
ization yesterday at the closing
session of their three-day conven-
tion in Boston.
Miss Birdsall, who is employed
by the Geological Survey of the
Interior Department, was among
about IS WAC veterans from
Washington who attended the
convention.