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Evening star., 1951-04-28
a CoIored Members
'0fSchooI Board Urget
by Civic Federation

A change of the membership o1
the Board of Education to include
four colored and five white mem
bers was recommended last night
by the Federation of Civic Asso-
Citations.
A resolution adopted by the
group cited equal numbers OF
colored and white children in
District schools as the reason for
the proposed change. The group
voted also an appeal for pay raises
for District school teachers.
The Federation called for pub
lie hearings on the Strayer re-
port on public schools. The re-
port, a survey of the Districts
dual school system, has never
been publicly released.
Boycott Of Store Voted.
A federation boycott of the
Hecht Co. was voted by the group
after members heard a report on
a dispute over seating of Negroes
at the stores basement lunch
room.
Mrs. Alice C. Trigg, a member
Iof the Co-ordinating Committee
for Enforcement of Anti-Discrimi-
nation Laws in the District, said
her group has achieved a serve
Iall' policy at other Seventh street
store eating places.
officials of the Hecht Co. said
no decision ION a managerial
level" has been made on the re-
quest and declined further COM
ment.
The Federation also adopted a
resolution calling for elimination
of the District sales taK on such
items as baby clothing and sup
plies, caskets and coal sold by
the buShel.
The group opposed any change
in automobile registration fees
after Sylvester McLaren, delegate
of the Northeast Central Associa-
ton, said there has been a pro-
posal to alter the fiat rate now
charged for all passenger vehicles.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Janitor, 81, Found Hanged;
Feared He Was Burden

Fear that he was burden on
the family" prompted a 67-year-
old janitor to hang himself with
la sash cord yesterday.
The dead man was listed by
police as William White, colored,
who lives and works in an apart
ment house in the 1900 block of
Calvert street NV. He was found
hanged in the furnace room of
that address.
Mr.. Whites widow, Estelle, told
police he had been recently re-
leased from Gallinger Hospital for
treatment of pneumonia and
complications from a diabetic con-
Idition. Mrs. White reported her
husband had talked of suicide be-
cause he considered himself
family burden.
Evening star., 1951-04-28

Secretary of the Interior Chap
man yesterday urged all other
States to follow the example of
Ohio in giving 88 Towering buck
eye trees-one for each county
for planting on Hains Point.
This gift of the school children
in every Ohio county pleased Mr..
Chapman so greatly that he di-
Irected the road along which they
will be planted be renamed Buck
eye drive" in honor of the Buck
eye State.
With Ohioans in and out of
Congress. Mr.. Chapman spaded
the earth for the first tree at a
ceremony held under auspices OF
the Ohio State Society: Honoring
the State from which they come
the 88 trees are being planted
along the road connecting the
north and south elements of the
newly named Ohio avenue, for
merly known as Riverside drive.
Yesterday was Arbor Day ir
Ohio and the ceremony here made
| it Ohio Day in Washington.
Robert Hanger, president of the
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Last Confederate
I'm VIginio, Now 7O3.
Plans to Be Baptized
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

RICHMOND. Va, April 28.-
John Sailing of Slant. Va. is go
ling to become baptized church
member May 20.
"It's about time, too, don't you
think?" Mr.. Sailing said.
Mr.. Sailing is 103. the last sur
lviving Confederate veteran in Vir-
ginia. and a Self-admitted one
time moonshiner. He said hard
work and hard liquor were parts
of his longevity program.
He disclosed his plan to be chris
tened in a letter which said he
didn't think he could make it to
the Confederate reunion In Nor.
folk the end Of next month.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Police Race 70 Miles
In II Minutes 10
Save Woman's S Life

A police cruiser raced 20 miles
in 81 minutes through Washing
ton area rush-hour traffic to save
the life of q Prince Georges Coun-
ty woman who accidentally
Slashed an artery in her arm yes
terday. ..... .-.. ..-.
Pvt. Philip Kearns was at the
wheel of the Prince Georges
County police car as it hurtled
through downtown Washington
between and S pm. to carry
four pints of blood from the Red
Cross blood bank at Seventeenth
and I streets NV. to the Prince
Georges General Hospital at
Cheverly.
Police Flagged Down.
The race against death began
in HyattSville when Pvt. Kearns
and Pvt. Clarence Vincent were
| tagged down and found Mrs
Helen M. Hogan. 28, of 7705
Twenty-fourth avenue. bleeding
lprofusely in her husbands car.
Mr. Hogan and a neighbor. John
r. Dyer, were trying to find theil
way to the hospital.
While Pvt. Vincent, a f1rst-aio
expert, stopped the flow of blooc
by pressing his fingers against
Mrs. Hogan's open artery. Pvt
Kearns drove the four miles to
the hospital in three minutes.
Surgeons stitched the artery
which Mrs. Hogan had severed
when she stuck her hand through
a glass pane in a door In her home
but they told the policemen that
an immediate blood TRANSMISSION
was needed to save her life. Nc
blood of Mrs. Hogan's type was
available at the hospital.
Met at District Line.
| Washington police were alerteo
to meet the county cruiser anc
Pvt. Kearns started out. Two
motorcyclists met his car at the
District line. With sirens wide
open the three vehicles raceo
through the traffic. Red Cross
attendants were waiting outside
the blood bank. The police
cruiser barely stopped before
flashing back into its mile-a.
minute pace.
/ The round trip from the hos.
Ipital to the blood bank covered
16 miles and took 18 minutes.
| Only two pints of blood were
required for Mrs. Hogan. Tht
other two pints were administered
to Mrs. Sara Hutchinson, 27, o.
Cheltingham, who had given birth
to baby boy after a Caesarear
operation. Both women were re.
covering TODAY.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
District Rejects
Transportation
Study Proposal
Commissioners Tell
Arlington Petition to
lCC Is Unnecessary

The Commissioners have de-
cided 1t would not be advisable
or appropriate for them to join
the Arlington County Board in pc
titioning the Interstate Commerce
Commission to investigate trans
portation services in the Metro
politan Area.
The District was among the
area counties and cities asked TO
join in the request for the ICC
study.
In letter yesterday to o. 3.
Allen, chairman of the Arling-
ton Public Utilities Commission
the city heads pointed out the
ICC has statutory power to ini-
tiate any Investigations it con.
siders appropriate and necessary
PUG Action Sought.
'The Board of Commissioners
does not believe it advisable OF
appropriate to join in petition
asking that body to initiate an
investigation that comes within
its discretionary power" the let
ter said.
The Arlington County Board
petition suggests that the inves-
tigation be undertaken by the ICC
in cooperation with the District
PUG and the State commissions.
The Commissioners pointed out
that the District PUG has broad
statutory regulatory power over
Jail transportation facilities and
services operating within the Dis
trict, and said they believed the
PUG. rather than the Board of
Commissioners. would be the ap-
propriate agency to deal with such
matters.
'The board further believes
that. if such investigation should
be undertaken Jointly with the
local commissions, such sugges-
ton should be initiated by the
ICC. which has exclusive jurisdic-
ton over interstate transporta-
ton facilities" they stated.
1912 Action Cited.
The Commissioners recalled
that when the ICC started an in
vestigation in 1912 of transporta-
ton service between the District
and points in Arlington County
an offer of cooperation by the
District PUG was not accepted.
They said they understood also
that the State Corporation Com
mission of Virginia and the Ma
tional Association of Railroad anc
Utilities Commissioners inter
vened, and moved the investiga.
ton be referred to a joint boaro
composed of representatives o1
the State and District commits
sions. but the motions were de-
MED.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
BY the Assoeiaied Press

BALTIMORE, April 28.-Gov
McKeldin, 31a years away from
the next gubernatorial election
already is limiting he'll run again
The Governor dropped the hint
last night during a Republican
pow-wow to drum up enthusiasm
for the May 8 general elections.
He was summing up heated
talk on why he thinks Democratic
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro can
not win reelection.
Hes done for he's out,
the Governor said.
Evening star., 1951-04-28

An increasing number of boys
between the ages of 7 and 13 who
are being placed in the Receiving
Home Annex are serious behavior
problems, according to Gerard M.
Shea, director of the Department
|of Public Welfare. In the present
population of "a boys, 10 fall in
this category, he said.
Mr.. Shea made his report at
"a meeting of the Board of Public
Welfare in the Municipal Build
ing yesterday afternoon.
At the present time the Board
of Public Welfare has 281 children
under care in private institutions.
This includes infants. as well as
children in convalescent care. In
addition. the board cares for $50
persons in the District Training
School at Laurel. Md, 81 children
in the Industrial Home School.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
.Simi Reports 2,O92
on Rolls

Gino J. SINH, director of APP
premiership for the District, re-
ported yesterday that 1902 ap-
|prentices were registered here on
April /.
Mr.. SINH also reported that
since the February meeting of
the District Apprenticeship Coun-
ell, 768 certificates of completion
were issued to those finishing
training and that 688 registra-
tons were Cancelled. In addition,
he said, II firms have been ap-
proved as able to and willing to
train apprentices, bringing the
total number of approved firms
to more than 435.
Robert E. Phelps, reporting Cor
the executive committee of the
council, stated that the number
of apprentices here is increasing
due to stronger enforcement of
the law requiring registration on
Government projects.
Douglas A. Stalker, acting chair
man of the council, reappointed
Mr.. Phelps as the employer men,
ber of the executive committee.
He named Thomas F. Crawford as
the labor member. Mr.. Simi
serves on the committee automati-
cally.
Mr.. Stalker directed the execu-
tive committee to investigate the
night parking problem near the
Bell Vocational School. Many of
the apprentices who attend night
classes there are attributing alb
sences to the difficulty of parking
in the vicinity.
Three men from the Labor
Departments Bureau of Appren-
ticeship addressed the meeting.
They were Edward E. Goshen,
deputy director; Maurice M. Han
son. chief of operations, and Rob-
|ert F. Handley, regional director
of Region 4.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
McKeIdin Hints He'll Run Aouin
In Ripping D'AIesondro Record

While the applause was still
sounding, he added:
1T seems treason I'm not run
ming for something myself"
Then he recited his own cam
paigns, g. '39 43 so
:. 81"
He caught himself with a
chuckle when he reached "a.
One of the $50 G. o. P. faithful
attending the meeting later re-
marked to Gov. McKeldin that it
sounded like he was going to run
again.
Il would say that's a very good
Interpretation" the Governor
smiled.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
By H. Eugene Goodwin

ss' SSS&W"s
To Luther Scheffier, 34-year-
old GI student at the University
of Maryland, this is woman's
world.
Mr.. Scheff1er majors in home
economics.
Every school day he is a lone
male surrounded by scores of
young women who are not only
very pretty but who can cook.
But don't get the wrong idea
The husky ex-Army cook takes
his school work seriously. Also
he's married. And he says his
wife is pretty and she can cook
too-although perhaps not quite
as well as he does.
Mr.. Scheff1er is studying insti-
tuition management. When he
graduates with a bachelor OF
science degree this June, he hopes
to become a good manager or
dietitian for restaurant or hos
pital or some other large institu-
tion where mass feeding is re-
quired.
Mr.. Scheffler isn't the only man
taking home economics courses at
the university, but he's the only
man at present studying foods
and cooking. There are about 80
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Dunbar Hotel Refused
License 10 Operate
After Police Report

Superintendent Of Licenses c
T. Nottingham has refused to
grant a hotel and hall license to
the Dunbar Hotel, Fifteenth and
U streets NV, because of an un-
favorable report on the hotel by
the Police Department.
The charges are practically the
same the police made recently in
asking that the liquor license Of
the hotel be revoked. In report
Ito the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board, two members of the Vice
Squad charged that drinking was
allowed standing at the bar in
stead of at tables, that numbers
gamblers operated freely in the
hotel, and that some prostitutes
made the place their headquarters.
Longest Board Hearing.
The hearing before the ABC
Board on % charges of violations,
which closed yesterday afternoon
was the longest in the history of
the board. The sessions were
started on March % and continued
for IL days. Some occupied only
part of a day but about one half
were full-day hearings. At the
conclusion of the hearing yester-
day the ABC Board took the case
under advisement.
If the hotel in denied license.
it may appeal to the Commis-
sioners for a hearing. The Com
missioners' decision would be-
come final.
In a letter to the hotel, Mr.. Not
tingham said:
II have to inform you that your
application for a license to operate
a hotel at the premises. 2015 Fiji
teenth street NV, has been dis
approved, said disapproval beng
based upon an unfavorable report
thereon by the Police Department.
Warned of Violation.
you are hereby warned that
the operation of this hotel without
the necessary license is violation
of law and will subject you to the
penalty provided by the D. c. Lii
cense Act"
The penalty provided in the act
is a fine of $500 or 80 days in Jail.
The hotel can appeal to the Com
missioners which will stay Chc
execution of any penalty.
The hotel is the former Portner
apartment house, which was con-
verted by the present owners into
one of the largest hotels in the
East with a colored clientele.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Macarthur Moy Visit
Historic Yorktown
By the Assoeia,ed Pres,

YORKTOWN, Va. April 3D.
Gen. Macarthur may visit historic
Yorktown in the near future.
In reply to an invitation to come
here. the general wired he would
be very glad indeed at some fu-
ture date to accept your kind hos
lpitalitye but could not set a date
because of heavy pressure of my
immediate commitments. y
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Gorhum Named VMI Edito,

LEXINGTON, April % (Spe-
cial.) l.).-Frank c. Gorham, son o1
Mrs. Pauline C. Gorham, 1011
Beverly drive. Alexandria, has
been appointed editor in chief Of
the VMI Cadet, the weekly news
paper of the Virginia Military
Institute.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Pointer Fatally Injured
In I2-Foot Roof Fall

A house painter yesterday suf-
fered fatal injuries in a 12-foot
fall from rooftop at 1778 Lanier
place NV.
Police reported Palmer Curran
48, of "a N. Highland street, Ar
lington. lost his balance and fell
while looking over the rooftop te
watch some fire engines go by. He
died at Garfield Hospital at about
$50 pm.-four hours after the
fall.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Identity of Lost Boy, 3,
QuickIyEstoblished-
By J. Edgar Hoover
BY the Assoeioted Press

BOWIE, Md, April 28.-
Three-year-old Ernest Ma
gruder got lost at the Bowie
race track which his grand
father runs.
The man into whose box he
wandered Thursday got a
quick confession of his iden-
tity. The griller was FBI
Director j. Edgar Hoover,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11
Allied Troops Are Digging In
To Meet Expected Red Attack
EXCEPT IN THE EAST, THERE is
AN OMNIBUS QUIET ON BAT'TLEFRONTS

TOKYO, May l49The Korean front is marked today BY
quiet except Korean 'front.'
advanced three miles north of the 8h Para
lei against light opposition
the Allied digging
in meet the expected Red offensive.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11
Mrs. Harvey.
Is Running
For,lOffice.
She Is Aspiring
To The Office
Of First Vice
President Of BPWC

Mrs. Wilhelmina G.. Harvey is
being sponsored by the Key West
BPWC for the office of First
ice-Prcsidcnt of the Florida
Federation of Business and Pro-
fessional Womcn's Clubs, Inc, at
this months state convention.
Besides Mrs. Harvey's many
friends here and in other sections
of Florida-someonc else h s
come to her aid.
None other than Harvey the
rsh5it.
Labels consisting of a rabbits
face with Harvey for State LIST
Vice Pres, and a lucky rabbits
foot key chain will be provided
each attendant at the state BPW
convention at the Sherry From
tcnac Hotel, Miami Beach on
Wednesday, May l6 through
Saturday, May 10.
Large display rabbit posters
have been prepared by Miami
BPWC members to be scatter
ed throughout the lobby. A
member dressed as a rabbit
(COntip,Ied On Page Five
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11
CMI Seniors
Are Guests
Of Rotarliians
Colonel Rogers
Tells CMI Graduates
OF Challenge They
will Meet In World

Fourteen members of the grad
uating class from the Convent OF
Mary Immaculate were guests OF
honor of the Rotary club at their
weekly luncheon meeting held
yesterday in the Parish Hall OF
st. Paul's Episcopal church.
a business meeting preceded
The luncheon and tho program
which followed. President Of the
club, W. Curry Harris presided
and introduced Col. Ralph Rogers
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church who addressed the Nom
bcrS of the graduating class.
Program chairman was Neil w
Knowles, Of Overseas Transpor-
tation Co, Inc.
Four out Of town Rotarians
were present. They were Jess
Rogers, Chevrolet dealer from
Amarillo, Texas; Gage Hartman
personal property loans official
from Burbank. Fla, T. B. O'Steen
Fla. Greyhound. from Jackson
vHic, f,e., ana Jack Solomon o.
the local shrimp industry.
Miss Bette K. Fairfield, prcsi
dent Of the convent senior class
Continued On Page Five.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11
Moran Sentenced To Five
Years In Jail, $4,000 Fine

NEW YORK, May 11-(AP)-A former New York
City official has been given top sentence for perjury
in the first court action to result from the recent Senate
crime hearings here visiting Iowa jurst, Judge
Charles Dewey, accepted the government recommended
ton in imposing fiVe-year sentence and $4,000 fine
one-time deputy fire commissioner James Moran.
Moran charged with lying when he told senate
Investigators that Brooklyn policy figure Louis Weber
had come to his fire department office only few times
Four witnesses said they had showed Weber into the Of
flee than 100 times Weber himself is awaiting
trial on a separate perjury charge
Moran is close friend of former New York mayor,
William ODwyer, now ambassador to Mexico. Before
ODwyer left for his Mexican post he appointed Moran
to $l5000a-year lifetime job water commissioner
Moran resigned that post under pressure from Ma
yor Vincent Impellitteri following the Senate crime
hearings
Moran has been free on 900 bail since his per-
jury conviction and is appealing.
Bail was continued at $25 900 today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11

a resolution was then adopted.
empowering P W. Keifer, the
President of the, Association, to
Immediately contact Sheriff Saw
yer and the county commissioners
for the purpose of obtaining the
appointment of three honorary
deputy sheriffs, to serve without
pay, in the following Keys: one
from Sugarloaf south to Boca
Chica; one from Cudjoe north to
Little Torch; and one in the Big
Pine Key area.
The board also appointed a
committee composed of Neil
Saunders and Eva Warner Glib
son to draw up a Charter and
Bylaws for submission to all
members at the next meeting of
the Association in June. Steps
will then be taken to incorporate
under the laws of Florida, thus
enabling the Association to func-
ton in manner similar to Cham
bers Of Commerce, and like or
CARNATIONS.
The matter of protecting wild
life on the Keys and particularly
on Big Pine was discussed. Letters
from Senator Smathers and Re-
preventative Bill Lantaff were
Continued On Page Five
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11
Prayer Book
Is Returned

Conscience evidently both
. cred a thief enough TO have
him return one of the items
stolen from the car of Mrs.
Hugh Williams while she
was attending church services
recently.
A fine leather-bound prayer
book which was taken ap-
peared mYsteriouslY on Mrs.
Williams front porch after
The Citizen had printed a
story with headlines reading
Thief Steals Prayer Book"
But the culprit's conscience
did a little back slidinsL A
jeweled pin and three hearts
encircled with pins. in a gift
box. were not returned with
the prayer volume.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11
CONGRESS Warned U.S.A. Is
Due Rip-Roaring Initiation
Johnson Declares
Defense Production
Act Must Be
Broudened
WASHINGTON, May IL

WASHINGTON, May IL.
-tAP).-Economic stabil-
izer Eric Johnston has
warned congress that UNI
less the defense production
act is extended and broad
ened the nation is due for
"rip-roaring initiation"
In plugging for new re-
Communications made by
President Truman, Johns
ton told the House banking
committee today that de-
spite all outward appear
ances of improvement, in
flatlonary preSsureS con-
tinue under the surface.
And the E.S.A. chief add
ed: "rhey are poised for
another big push"
Johnston said this was
the case despite the lull,
despite the seeming inn
provement in the overall
situation-and despite the
slow down in the price rise
and the turn down in some
prices. :"
The former US. cham
Der of commerce President
said, in effect, that in any
event it is impossible to re-
turn the price levelto that
of before the Korean war.
AS Johnston put it: Trying to
push all prices back to pre- Korea
days would be like trying to push
toothpaste back into a tube"
What the government is trying
to do, he said, is to establish a
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11

The renewal of the Spring Of
fensive is expected to come with
a two-edged attack on Seoul.
Evidence of this comes from
enemy buildups to the north and
east of the old South Korean cap
ital North Korean forces have
assembled 90 miles north of Seoul
between the towns of Munsan and
Uijongbu. The Chinese Reds, on
the central front, have moved
south from the 38th Parallel to
join a force of their comrades
sighted near the town of Kapyong,
81 miles northeast of Seoul.
American officers expect the
Reds to strike at Seoul from these
two directions Allied officers
also said the Reds may try a
Continued On rage Five,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11
April Temperature
Was 76.7 Here

The United States Weather BIZ
reau announced today that the
average monthly temperature for
April was 1877. On April 20 the
temperature rose TO 81, and the
lowest recorded for the month was
81 on April Is.
On April 8, a hail of moderate
intensity fell from 4:46 pm, -
4:53 pm, during thunderstorm
Size of pellets ranged as large as
ri" and "" Last previous date of
hail in the city was on July 10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11
Florida House
Passes Eight
Local Bills

TALLAHASSEE. May H.
(P).-The Florida House has
Passed the following local
bills introduced by Repre-
sentative Bernie C. PapY:
HBs4l-relating salary Mon
roe Probation officer.
HB542-relating stone crabs
in Monroe county.
understanding to town of
Marathon.
HBsss-irelating Monroe
County Commissions coming
powers.
HBl003-reIativ Monroe
County Circuit Court Clerk.
HBl022-relating M nroe
County Juvenile Judges sail
cry. 49,
HBs44--relating onroe
Road.
HBs4o-relaiing Monroe
Bailiffs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-11
General Electric Awarded
s32,O45 5000 kVA Satisfaction
Contract By Utility Board
DEED. ON POWER PLANT SITE
PRESENTED BY SYSTEMS ATTORNEY
M') Wircphoto

purchase 5000 KVA unit sutation
General Electric by the Utility Board OF
Key meeting held this week in the office OF the City
Electric System of Simonon and Eaton streets.
Electric contract calls for $32045 Although the
company little lower than the GE bid it did