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Evening star., 1951-02-11

of the first WAVE officer on Janu-
ary Is. 1943.
Rich In History. f.
For a comparatively young op-
Grafton, it has rich history.
Most all of the Nays flight
tests were made on its runways
and In its buildings until the Air
Test Center was moved to Pa
tuxent, Md. in 1943. In 1918,
even before it was commissioned.
Capt. N. E. Irwin took off there
to set a hydroplane speed record
to Hampton Roads, Va. His av-
erage was nearly 100 miles an
hour.
Tests conducted with the Curtis
F9C fighter plane proved it was
practical to launch and recover
fighter aircraft from dirigibles. A
midget scouting plane for use
aboard submarines was developed
there.
In 1890, Rear Admiral Apollo
Soucek, then a neutenanI,s SET
world altitude record of 1876
feet over Anacostia's runways.
During World War II, many a
Jap aircraft was sent to the
notable flats for evaluation by the
Navy's air experts.
Time and dixie has taken care
of the troublesome Anacostia
River. 1t doesn't get in. but the
fats remain that way. The alti-
meter setting for MAS is only 13
feet above sea level.
Capt. Taylor Commands.
Today, the bustling spot is in
command of husky, affable Capt.
Herbert Watson Taylor. who
served there as a station pilot
in 1926. An Academy graduate
of 1921, he had his wings by
1924. BY 1914, he had a Navy
Cross for action in the Battle
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Corning Asks S34,OO(
To Repay Teachers
For On Duty Travel

School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
has decided to see what can be
done to replace about $4,000
which a small group OF school
teachers must pay out of their
own pockets each year to perform
their duties properly.
A total of 323 school employees
spend that sum each year travel
ing around the city-from school
to school-in the course of their
daily work. DR.. Corning said.
They are not compensated for
the money spent on transporta-
ton. he added. ...
DR.. Corning said the teachers
and officers of the white elemen-
tary schools, whose special duties
require them to- travel about the
city. were asked to keep a record
of the miles they travelled during
January. Travel to and from home
was not counted. he explained.
He said the records showed that
73 teachers and officers travelled
i1,024 miles in January. At the
rate of 7 cents a mile. the value
of such travel was $771.68.
The average travel by each per-
son was ISL miles during the
month. Computed at 7 cents a
mile, this came to $1057. And,
then. applying this average to the
1913 employees who must travel in
their duties, the estimated total
travel for the month was 48,773
miles.
This brought the cost of travel
a month to $3,414.11, Dr.. Corning
continued, or more than $4,000
for 10 school months.
The employees who must travel
around the city include four mem
bers of the central staff, the two
teachers college presidents, 1875
principals, nine directors, five as
sistant directors, % heads of de-
partments, two assistants to heads
of departments. seven supervisors,
SO special teachers of art, music
and physical education, three
visual education teachers. II en-
ployes of the research department,
Is teachers Of speech and lip read
ing, two attendance officers and
three from the statistical Office.
"The facts suggest that an ap-
preparation of at least $34. 900
would be needed annually to de-
fray the cost of this travel" Dr.
Corning said.
The school superintendent said
he intends to bring specific recon-
mendations to the Board of Edu-
cation at a later date. Several
board members have indicated an
interest in the matter and the
study was made by DR.. Corning
because Of that interest.
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Neighborhood Concert
AT Western Tomorrow

The National Symphony Or
will present a free Neigh
borhood Concert under auspices
of The Evening Star at Western
High School at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Music of six composers will be
included, the highlights being
Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" ball
let music and suite from Bizet's
opera Carmen" Two marches,
one by Beethoven and the other
by Elgar, also will be featured.
At $3.50 pm. Wednesday the
orchestra's concert at Constitu-
ton Hall will be sponsored by
the Cultural Development Com
mittee of the Washington Board
of Trade. Agi Jan1bor. pianist,
will be the soloist.
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off Duty Police With Car Radio
Nab 2 of 3 Fleeing HoIdup Men
Force Taxi to Curb,
Seize Suspects After
HEARING Broadcast

1t was a sad day for holdup
men when Police Pvt. John Tim
mons invested in a car radio about
six months ago.
Pvt. Timmons, ~. had the ra-
dio on yesterday morning while
he and Pvt. Anthony Catapano,
%, were driving home from Mu-
nicipal Court. Their morning in
court over, the two rookie police
men were off duty and carefree.
Then came a familiar voice on
the police radio: BE on the look
out for three men who just held
up Kelly's Beer and Liquor Store,
Ais H street NV. Believed driv-
ing west in a taXicab."
All the rookie policemen did was
look up. There was the cab, NOV
ing south on Louisiana avenue
and all Pvt. Timmons had to do
was force it to the curb at First
street and Constitution avenue
NV.
Three colored men left the cab
on the run. Pvts. Timmons and
Catapano, attired in civilian
clothes. dashed after them. Each
drew his service revolver and fired
a high shot. Two Of the fugitives
weakened and were overhauled.
One of them. who later gave
his name as Willie Lockhart. 20.
of the 1900 block of Sixth street
NV, was caught by Pvt. Tim
mons at First and Louisiana. The
other, Jerome Parker. 20. of the
800 block of T street NV, sur
rendered to Pvt. Catapano at Sec
ond and Constitution.
Not satisfied with their catches,
the young policemen seized the
men by the belts and attempted
to push them forward fast enough
to overtake the third suspect.
He got away, but police learned
his name and began a search for
him.
In their haste to leave the cab,
the men dropped a pistol and a
Evening star., 1951-02-11
District Weighs Plan
To Combat Vandalism
In Vacant BUILDINGS

District Auditor A. r. Pilkerton
thinks it's time the city built up
it's defenses against vandalism
and other improper conduct in
vacant District-owned buildings.
His suggested program for quick
reassignment or other disposition
of buildings which become vacant
is being referred to the Districts
space reassignment committee by
the Commissioners.
For instance, he said. the Reno
School building, vacated october
13, and now assigned to the Of
fee of Civil Defense, was found
to have suffered these injuries
upon inspection January %:
All SIS windows broken, halt
the window frames badly dam
aged, virtually all doors missing
or badly damaged, large sections
of plaster and lath in ceilings
and walls smashed, stair balus-
trades missing and many fittings
removed from the heating plant
and plumbing system.
School Buildings Vulnerable.
Vacant school buildings are
especially vulnerable. and "are
considered legitimate targets for
wholesale destruction and thievery
by neighborhood hoodlums," Mr..
Pilkerton declared.
Boarding up the buildings is
not the answer, he said. Besides
the cost, averaging $40 a window
| for labor and materials" no build
ing can be made so secure that it
cannot be forcibly entered by
miscreants who accept such meas
ures as a challenge to their in
genuity and peculiar talents for
looting and vandalism, he pointed
out.
In addition, he advised the city
heads, a vacant building thus
sheltered from view" is a breeding
place for all forms of immortality. y
He said the Southwest Health Cen
ter reported a marked increase in
social disease cases directly trace
able to exposure. in the vacant
Smallwood School building" which
was boarded up at cost OF $375
Juvenile Court Criticized.
Occasionally, police arrest juve-
nile delinquents on charge OF
destroying Government property
Mr.. Pilkerton said, but he added:
"a lenient Juvenile Court, how
ever, seldom does more than warn
the offenders and the cycle of dis
regard for property rights gets of
to a fresh start
The cost of continuous watch
man service would be too high. he
went on.
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Board Of Trade Cites
Impetus Given Drive
For Representation

Added impetus to the campaign
for national representation for the
District has been given by reor-
ganizing and streamlining the
Board Of Trade committee de-
voted to this goal. President
Thornton w. Owen told the organ
ization's board of governors. in a
report made public yesterday.
"A thorough and constructive
job is being done in this respect
and it will be of real value in help
ing the District to maintain form
of local government second to
none" said the report.
Mr.. Owen said reorganization of
the Committee on National Rep
resentation and D. C. Form of
Government has been accom-
plished to assure maximum effec-
tiveness." Cuts in the $136 million
District budget are possible and
are being studied, the report said.
Progress Reported.
Progress was reported on eigh5
principal aims adopted last Oc-
tober, two additional objectives
have been set aside due to the
international situation and one
has been dropped.
1--WE are probably enjoying the
most successful convention year in
history" the report said. adding
that Washington is full of visitors.
Dispersal Endorsed.
Regarding Metropolitan Area
development and decentralization
and dispersal of Federal agencies,
the report observed:
"Thus far, our activity has been
confined principally to research
and the assembling of necessary
and basic information. However,
the Board of Trade has indorsed
in principle the so-called dispersal
planS,s since 1t seems clear. that
They would be much more accept
able to the local community than
the decentralization of large num-
bers of Federal employees on a per-
manent basis to other cities across
the country"
"The Aviation Committee has
been developing legislation for a
metropolitan area airport author
ity," the report declared. I'VE
believe this is highly desirable and
may point up the need for an au-
thority covering all transportation
facilities within the Metropolitan
Area"
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Prayers Can't Help
Arlington Board,
Mr.. Chew Believes

The Arlington County Board is
beyond salvation, In the opinion
of F. Freeland Chew, one of two
Democratic minority members on
the five-man board.
Asked to offer a prayer at yes
terday's meeting in the absence
of the minister scheduled to ap-
pear, Mr.. Chew remarked
From the actions OF the board
at the past two meetings, I don't
think prayers are going to help
very much"
With that, the job of asking the
days blessing was turned over t.
the other but more hopeful minor
ity member. Alfred z. Fr1sbis.
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Closing Time Bondits
Get $297 From Barber

A barber at 460 Eleventh street
S.W. reported to police last night
he vas robbed of $297 and his
wrist watch by two bandits who
accosted him as he was locking
up his shop at closing time.
Ben lombard, Al, of 1902 Ran
dolph street NV, reported one
of the men pointed a pistol at
him ard ordered him to re-enter
the shop, where the pair took his
wallet from his pocket. One OF
the men, who were colored, wore
dark glasses, according to the
police report.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Board Assumes Power
To Name Department
Heads in Arlington

For one fleeting instant, all
Arlington County department
heads were without jobs yesterday
At one and the same time, the
County Board adopted a resolu-
ton ratifying department head
appointments made by the county
manager. but terminated their
service and then reappointed
them. The vote carried the usual
3-to-2 division with Democrats
F. Freeland Chew and Alfred E.
Frisbie in the minority.
The action was seen as a chal-
lenge to John Locke Green, Re-
publican County treasurer, who
announced about two weeks ago
that he would not honor pay
vouchers for any department
heads appointed by the County
Board. This was based on an opin-
ion from Commemorative Attor-
ney Denman T. Rucker, when the
board withdrew the appointment
powers of County Manager A. T.
Lundberg.
Yesterday. however. Mr.. Rucker
reversed himself and conceded that
the board does have the authority
to fill the posts-all, that is, ex-
.cept that of chief Of police. This
department head, he insisted, must
be appointed by the county mana
ger.
Calls 1t Illegal.
Last night, Mr.. Green was asked
what his position is now that the
board has officially made the ap-
pointments.
I'll cross that bridge when ]
come to it," he said. $50 far
have only the official ruling from
the Commemorative attorney that
it is illegal"
Board Member Daniel A. Dugan,
and Mrs. Florence Cannon, chair
II1d1l, SdlO O1ACy UClACfC OAlC OOd1 "
can name a new police chief. Mr..
Rucker said that if they decide
to back up their belief, the de-
cision will be made in the courts. -
Mr.. Dugan, who introduced the
resolution ratifying the depart
ments head appointments, also
asked that Maj. Harry L. Wood
yard, the present police chief, "be
requested to defer his scheduled
retirement until a qualified sue
cessor is appointed and takes Of
fice."
Chief woodward said that after
the date of his retirement, he ex-
March /, he expects to be out oi
the State for some little time.
Mr.. Lundberg said he does not
plan to appoint new head Of the
Evening star., 1951-02-11

paper bag containing $293.83
Arraigned before United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence,
they were held in $4,000 bond
each on charges Of armed rob-
berry.
Ten minutes before they were
captured, John Patrick Kelly,
owner of the liquor store. had
two guns pointed at him and
stood back while three men
cleaned the cash register.
Lucky for him, there were two
probationary policemen with a
radio in their car.
Evening star., 1951-02-11

of Leyte Gulf, the Legion Of Merit
and unit commentator.
Actually. MAS has three COM
mands-the Station itself. the
Naval Air Reserve Training Unit
and the busy Naval Photographic
Center.
The Air Station side of the field
has a multiple purpose. 1t sup
plies administrative and utility
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Senate Probers
To Ask Tydings
To Air Charges
Both Former Senator
And Butler to Testify,
Monroney Announces

Former Senator Tydings, Dem.
ocrat. of Maryland. said last night
he would be prepared to testify
# invited-before a Senate sub
committee investigating charges
growing out of the election Of
Butler. Republican, to succeed
him.
Mr.. Tydings said he had not
yet received a formal invitation
but presumed one would reach
him in time.
Both Mr.. Tydings and Senator
Butler will be invited to appear
under plans announced by Sena-
tor Monroney, Democrat, OF
Oklahoma, chairman of the in
vestigating subcommittee.
Public hearings in the case will
open February 20, probably in the
Senate Office Building, although il
had been indicated earlier they
might be held in Baltimore.
Witnesses Undecided.
No decision has been made yet
as to the list of other witnesses
in addition to Senator Butler and
Mr.. Tydings. it was indicated by
Chairman Monroney. This prob
lem will be taken up at meeting
of the unit sometime this week,
he said, but the exact day has not
yet been picked.
Not only the witnesses but also
the order of the hearing" and
sequence of witnesses will be de-
termined at the executive session
of the group. its chairman ex-
planned.
The defeated Senator will be
given ample opportunity to air his
complaints, it was indicated, and
Senator Butler will be given his
full chance to reply.
The two principal factors to be
inquired into, according to recent
announcement by Senator Gil
lette, Democrat, of Iowa, chair
man of the subcommittee on elec-
tions, of which the Monroney unit
is part are:
"Scurrilous and defamatory' lit
erature alleged to have been used
in the Butler campaign.
Campaign contributions and ex-
penditures charged with being ex-
cessive.
Demanded Denial of Seat.
Mr.. Tydings earlier had de-
manded that Senator ELECT Butler
be denied his seat when the 82d
Congress convened January 8. On
that date, however, the new legis-
lator was seated without preju-
dice" to a further investigation of
his campaign.
The Tydings demand to deny
Senator Butler his seat was di-
rected to Chairman Gillette of the
Senate elections subcommittee of
the Rules Committee. He charged
his opponent had used "scurrilous
and untrue" printed matter in the
campaign.
Senator Butler retorted that the
campaign literature of Senator
Tydings contained false. fraudu-
lent and misleading statements. J"
The investigating subcommittee
consists of Chairman Monroney
Senator Hennings, Democrat, of
Missouri, and Republican Sena-
tors Smith of Maine and Hen
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The Station has no raw re-
cruits. but gets its supply from
training stations. The Air Reserve
Unit, on the other hand. trains
it's own, but in its ranks are many
a decorated combat veteran from
World War II.
The Reserve Unit is commanded
by Capt. Thomas B. Payne. 40,
a Western High School and Acad-
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police department until a police
investigation is ended and the
board has summarized its findings.
The board ordered an end to
"all investigating activities" of a
police investigating subcommittee
appointed last year and directed
it to turn over its records to the
board.
Earlier, the County Policemen's S
Association had requested that the
investigation be terminated. Mr..
Frisbie had charged that the
board majority was prosecuting
policemen" by continuing the in
vestigation.
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flights for Navy high echelon; it
supplies logistical support for
other aviation units and supplies
aircraft for proficiency and train
ing flights for more than 800
Naval flyers stationed at other in
stallations in the Washington
area.
Currently, it is at 100 per cent
capacitV
Evening star., 1951-02-11
By ChorIes J. Yorbrouqh

If they hurry, Hell's Angels may
get away from the Anacostia mud
flats just in time for the mire of
Korea's spring thaw.
Departure of that famed Ma
rine Reserve fighter squadron for
active duty March /, is one of
the war signs visible at the Naval
Air Station, where runways, ramps,
regulars and reserves are squeezed
in between the diked Anacostia
River and the hills of Congress
Heights in Southeast Washington.
| The other signs are ample.
The executive officer Just got
back from carrier duty off Korea,
the former commanding officer
is there now and the Naval Pho
tographic Center is processing its
| smashing new documentary on
the evacuation at Hungnam.
Marines sent a reserve ground
intercept control squadron to ac-
tive duty last September and the
Naval Air Reserve Training unit
is calling non-rated reservists back
for 90-day training to flll war
pocked ranks.
New Order Cited.
Navy flyers are concentrating on
new order that every pilot must
have an instrument rating. Other
orders have formed a new rife
company of sailors in a move so
classified officers can't tell why.
They're even moving supply Of
fees back to former noisy quar-
ters along the flight line to make
room for more sailor sleeping
quarters.
Thus it has been-all too fire.
quently-since the late Navy Sec
retary Josephus Daniels put his
name to communication for au-
thority to "use a portion of Ana
costa fats as a seaplane station"
1t was dated October II. 1917.
His use of the word flats" was
probably one of the greatly ad-
mired Mr.. Daniels best under
statements. Since then, the Ana
costa River has been in and out
of the Naval Air Station more
times than the adrnirals RAD
plane.
Construction started for a place
to run tests on an early seaplane
model. The Anacostia Indians
whose artifacts have been un-
earthed in the area, would have
gladly given the place away when
the first tests were staged.
Appropriation Recalled.
The project dragged along due
to lack of buildings, but the Gov
ernment loosened up with $4,000
QesS than the price of today's
twin-engined Beechcraft) and the
place doomed
Commissioned on January T.
1919. the Air Station had two run
ways. two hangers. a barracks,
100 men and small Office build
ing. It also had nine planes and
Sic pigeons in its pigeon school.
Now it has about the same number
of gulls and more than 200 air
craft. .esstssefs 4s
AS a matter. of fact, the place
was quite famous for its pigeon
school until radio communication
proved faster.
The place had its troubles and
its higher moments.
A hangar fire in 1921 and
tornado in 1927 are documented
in the Air Stations history along
with such events as the christen-
ing of the Dirigible ZR-3 by Mrs.
Calvin Coolidge in 1924; the ar
rival of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
and his ocean-hopper. the Spirit
of st. Louis" in 1927.
Also noted Succinctly is arrival
Evening star., 1951-02-11
County Board Votes
S575 For AmpIifying
Arlington Hearings

The Arlington County
Board appropriated $575 yes
terday to "amplify" its future
meetings in the Circuit court
room with loud-speaker and
microphones for each mem
ber, the county manager and
clerk.
Commemorative Attorney
Denman T. Rucker suggested
it might be a good idea to put
a microphone in the jury box
where Harley Williams, chair
man of the Better Govern
ment League, sits as unofficial
watchdog over the boards
proceedings.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Basement Fire Destroys
Hobbyists, Equipment

Fire which began in the base
ment damaged the home of L. B.
Brsntly, 10 v street NE. yester-
day afternoon-and destroyed a
quantity of sound recording
equipment, of which he made his
hobby.
Mr.. Brantly, a meter installer
for the Potomac Electric Power
Co., was unable to estimate the
damage in money. The cause was
undetermined.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Air Station Anooso Mud Flats Young Years but Rich in History

emy graduate, and q Japanese
prisoner from 1912 to 1945 after
being listed as missing from the
cruiser Houston.
Week tend Warriors.
The reserves haven't stopped
since the last war. They, with
the Marine air detachment, are
the widely-d deserving weekend
warriors" Grinning. youthful
1t. Comdr. Kenneth r. Miller,
NARTU'S operations officer, prob
ably puts 1t best:
Korea made few changes with
us. We were ready on June 26 and
we're ready now. No changes-we
still don't want to CO."
At 80 he has 5000 flying hours,
1000 Of them off carriers. many
of them in combat, many more on
commercial airlines and still more
on the Berlin Airlift.
He also has a Navy Cross for
a feet strike of the Philippines in
torpedo bomberS.
Commanding officer of Hell,s
Angels is Mai. G. Howard Robert
shaw, veteran of action at Bou-
gainville. the Philippines and Oki-
nawa In his squadron are two
men who were at Cherry Point,
N. c., in 1943 when the squadron
was picked-Lt. E. L. Abner Of II
Sunset drive, Alexandria, and 1t.
William M. Emshwiller, 5507 Mda-
ison street. Riverdale. Thirty-two
of his men are combat veterans.
Skipper Of the Marine Air de-
tachment is lanky 1t. Col. w. F.
Cornnell. native Alexandrian and
veteran Of air campaigns in the
Solomons.
Even NARTU's hangers are war
veterans. Made of metal, they
were knocked down, Grated and
shipped to France during World
War I; then returned here for
duty.
Comparatively Small Unit.
A small unit when compared to
such installations as Pensacola
and Quonset Point. the Air Sta
ton has only one man with living
quarters aboard-Capt. Taylor,
whose family occupies a two-story
frame. white building aptly named
"Flattop."
Personnel housing problems are
their own. Single enlisted men live
aboard in barracks. Officers and
married enlisted, men are scat
tered about the many apartments
and houses east of the field.
Aboard is a theater seating less
than 800, recreation hall, gym
nasium. tennis courts. handball
and squash, q rifle range.
A new newspaper. the Air Ways,
blossomed in 1850 to give the sta
ton its first publication since 1945.
In charge of 1t. Comdr. Wayne
Pomfrey from the Reserve side
and 1t. r. P. Sullivan, from MAS,
1t already has drawn praise from
the Armed Forces Press Service.
Bulkiest, most technical and
most secretive facility on the sta
ton is the Photographic Center
Much of the World War II docu.
mentary-and one Of its finest
Fighting Lady" was prepared
there.
Commanded by Comdr. L. w
Paris. the Center is the Navy's
focal point of production, research
and development and service.
It's motion picture head. 1t
/ Comdr. w. r. Cronenwett, said
the center's workload has in
creased so per cent since Korea.
He said:
"Ill give you an idea. We no
sooner get through making films
on how to mothball a fleet than
we're called on to start making
films on how to demothball 'em. I"