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Evening star., 1951-05-19

pretty big project" Mr.. Beatley
said.
"I'll admit there were times
when my wife and I thought 1t
would never be finished. But We
just stuck to it and tried to have
the patience to do it right"
Probably the toughest part of
the job was notching the logs
properly.
First, you'd put the log where
it should go and rough-cut the
NOTCH" Mr.. Beatley said.
Then you'd put it back again,
and scribe it by eye, turn it over
and cut it again. This you re-
peated until you got a close fit.
You might turn it over 10 times
before you were satisfied"
each notch in the logs required
from an hour to an hour and a
half before it was completed. he
said.
Soon after Mr.. Beatley COM
pleted the stone chimney, mouse
moved into one of the openings.
"He was a character" the pilot
said. He stayed there the. nearly
two years until we moved in"
BY that time, the mouse had
found a mate and had started to
raise a family, SO the Beatleys took
drastic steps.
Mr.. Beatley found old chest
nut rails for the property on a
farm near Leesburg. Stone for the
fireplace was obtained at the
site of excavation for a road con-
Istruction job ....
Handling the cabin project
alone wasn't exactly easy, Mr..
Beatley admits.
1T was just about all you could
do to lift the logs" he said. 1T
would have been nicer to have had
some help. But I didn't mind it
too much. Anybody could do it."
Evening star., 1951-05-19

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Evening star., 1951-05-19

underside of the logs so that water
would not drain into the notch
and rot the wood.
", Placing the logs and notching
them was a big time-consuner
Lifting the logs alone was a tough
job, since Mr.. Beatley had no help.
"I had a block and tackle out
here, but didn't use it much ex-
cept to bring the logs. close to the
SITE" he said.
The logs were then left to settle
Evening star., 1951-05-19

and season still more, for about
four or five months. In the mean
time. the roof was placed and
later the logs were treated with
wood -preservative and oil.
Logs were then chinked with a
mixture of mortar-cement and
sand. The interior walls of the
cabin built into the hillside were
paneled, as well as the kitchen
and bathroom.
Looking back. it seems like a
Evening star., 1951-05-19

plus a partitioned-off space to
serve as the daughters bedroom.
The living room has one window
opening with dimensions of by
18 feet.
When the logs were properly
seasoned, the job of placing them
started. Each one had to be sad
-notched once or twice. Each
notch was custom cut so that it
would snugly fit over the log be-
meath it. Notches were cut on the
Evening star., 1951-01-03
New D. {. Grand Jury
Second in Service,
is Put Under Oath

A new District grand jury was
sworn in Today to serve for two
months. The oath was admin
istered by Judge F Dickinson Let's
of District Court.
James J Nolan, ST, of 1912
Fourth street NV, District man.
ager for the United States Lines
Co., was named foreman. Albert
T. Van Landingham, SO, of SLOT
Ninth street NV, sales super
wiser for the Continental Baking
Co., was chosen deputy foreman.
Two Jur;es Now in Service.
The new jury brings to two the
number in regular service, the
other one having been sworn in
last month. Several other grand
juries are subject to recall.
Other members of the new
grand jury are:
Earle V. Bishop, 701 Quincy
street NE; Mrs. Hilda D. Calder
wood. 1540 Taylor street, NE;
Roy f.. Carlson, 1927 Euclid street
NV; Mrs. Annie M. Casterlin
3345 Stephenson place NV;
Theodore P. Lewis, l Bass Circle
S. E. Elwood Maple, 1882 Girard
street NV; Mrs. Ruth E. Mazur-
ski, 3646 Highwood drive Sc;
Charles M. McClintic, 1913 Allison
street NV; Mrs. Credella D.
Minor. 1926 I street NE; Joseph
w. Oliveri, 1903 Terrace road Sc.
Other Members
Mrs. Frances F. Phares, 5718
First street NV; Mrs. Emma R.
Quantrille, 1913 Bay street Sc;
Arthur Quintano, 10 Sixth street
NE; Furman B. Riser, 1912 Sher-
man avenue NV; Mrs. Hazel P.
Sanders, ITO Thirty-frst street
Sc; Max Shenk, 1909 Sixteenth
street NV; Mrs. Sarah F. Speller,
1922 Alabama avenue Sc; Ralph
A Wentzel, 1923 First street S.W.;
Jack Wolf, 1925 Ft. Stevens drive
NV, and Mrs. Grace A. Wood,
2102 Thirty fifth street NE.
Evening star., 1951-01-03
No Action Planned Now
AGAINST Police Ii. Shimon

Two District officials made il
clear today they plan no move
in the case of Police 1t. Joseph
w Shimon until they get specific
directions from the Capitol.
The Senate District Committee
yesterday adopted unanimously 8
recommendation that 1t. Shimon
an ace detective and admitted
wire Taper be put on trial before
the Police Trial Board.
Today, Police Chief Robert j
Barrett and Commissioner Johr
Russell Young conferred for more
than an hour. AfterWard, they
told reporters they had not yet
received any report from the Cap
itol.
Maj. Barrett, however, reiterated
his statement that if it was de-
cided to try 1t. Shimon, he would
recommend that civilians rather
than police officers sit on the
trial board. Commissioner Young
said he usually goes along with
Maj. Barrett's recommendations,
Evening star., 1951-01-03
Invitations Now Ready
For Cordozo Concert

The sixth in this sections series Of
keiehborhood Concerts BY the kotionoI
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Howord Mitchell viii be held Monday,
Jonuory 8, at Cordozo High School,
Thirteenth ond Clifton streets NV,
stortns at ppm.
INFECTIONS TO the concert. which is
sponsored by The stor. may be had
without charge at cordozo. Dunbor ond
Armstrong High Schools; music deport-
ment Of Howard University, Miner
Teachers College. the Twelfth Street
YMcA Terrell, RandoII, Bonneker,
Show, Browne and Gornet Peterson
Junior High Schools; the Recreation De-
po,tment at Sixteenth and Lomont
streets NV. and ct the Business eoun-
ter in the lobby Of The stor Building.
The concert will be broadcast in its
entirety by stotion WMAL. The Evening
star Statioa.
Evening star., 1951-01-03

Isenting President Truman, were in
attendance. -
Secretary of State Acheson was
among the many who crowded the
chapel and went to the grave at
the other end of the cemetery.
The f1ag-draped casket was car
/ ried out Of the chapel by eight
sergeants. They placed it on a
black caisson drawn by six gray
horses, with a seventh for the out
rider. Behind it was black cav
airy mount with reversed boots in
the stirrups.
Mrs. Walker and their son, Capt.
Walker, who flew back from Tokyo
in the plane that carried the
generals body, were in the first
car. The generals 80-year-old
mother, who lives in Bolton, Tex,
the generals birthplace. was un-
able to attend because of her
physical condition.
Artillery doomed the 17-gun
salute, reserved for full generals.
Seven riflemen fired three volleys.
A bugler sounded taps. Another
at a distance blew an echo. The
flag on the casket was removed
and given to the generals son.
Then the family and the generals
departed.
Evening star., 1951-01-03
Many Autoists Use
Key Bridge 10 Save
Time, Not Distance

More than 16, 900 vehicles a day
which would use other Potomac
River bridges If they travelled the
sho ortest route into Washington
from Virginia-pass over Key
Bridge. a traffic survey disclosed
yesterday.
These and other figures quoted
by a highway expert. indicated
that time. rather than mere dis
tance, is the determining factor
in a Virginia motorists selection
of a way to and from work.
The explanation was given by
A. Clason Taylor, director of the
Regional Highway Planning Com
mittee for Metropolitan Washing
ton, who spoke at a Mayf1ower
Hotel luncheon meeting of the
District Advisory Board of the
American Automobile Association
The figures on motor traffic
were obtained on the basis of re-
suits from the origin and destina-
ton survey started in 1948 by the
highway departments of Maryland,
Virginia and the District, in CO.
operation with the Federal Bureau
of Public Roads. =
The survey showed Key Bridge
would be the shortest route for
29,069 vehicles, but the daily cross
ing average was 45,307 vehicles.
Mr.. Taylor suggested the motorists
probably took the longer route
because it was a time saver. The
survey was made after opening
of the Whitehurst freeway in
Georgetown.
An average of about $1,000 We
hicles crosses Highway Bridge, he
pointed out, number that could
be increased by about 5000 cars
if drivers took the shorter route
to their destination. At Memorial
Bridge the study indicated 5,877
more cars than the tabulated
51.713, would use that bridge if
the shortest route were taken. At
Chain Bridge the number would
increase, similarly, from 9,568 to
13,547.
Evening star., 1951-01-03
2SuspectsHe|d
For Grand Jury
In U|ine Murder
Coroner's Jury Hears
Account Of Beating
Of Ice Truck Driver

Two men charged with the slay-
ing of an ice truck driver were
held for the grand jury today
after a coroner's jury heard an
account of how the victim was
beaten to death in the garage Of
the Uline Ice Co.
s. Held for the murder of George
Schomber. 80, of 728 Twenty
second street NV, were Albert
Allen. %, of the 200 block of
Warren street NE, and Frank
Proctor, 27, of the 1400 block of
Ninth street NV, both colored.
Detective Sergt. Lloyd B. Furr
Of the Homicide Squad testified
that Allen. a driver for the Uline
Ice Co.. as was Mr.. Schomber,
admitted planning the fatal rob-
berry Saturday evening and impli-
eating Proctor as the man who
actually dealt the death blows.
Both werey arrested yesterday
evening as a result of three days
OF intensive, systematic question
ing by police.
Blood Traces Found.
3, Allen. the 3Oth, person to be
questioned. became definite sus-
pect when traces of blood were
found on his hands. shoes and
clothing. Sergt. Furr said. Allen
at first denied the crime, but led
police to the home of Proctor, an
unemployed laborer, as the man
"who did it,"
Police also found traces of blood
on Proctor's hands and clothing.
Allen told police that he and
Proctor hid in the garage untirt
Mr.. Schomber arrived in his truck
and that Proctor struck him over
the head with the base of heavy
push broom, later found broken on
the garage floor, Sergt. Furr said.
Allen denied touching the vic
tim, but Proctor said his partner
pointed to a wad in Mr.. Schom-
ber's pocket and said, That's it,
with which Proctor took the
Evening star., 1951-01-03

the wheel of the truck moaning,
''My head, my head"
At 6:38 pm. Detective Sergt
Harvey G. Womble reached the
garage in time. to hear Mr..
Schomber say, "He hit me; he
hit me-" The driver was able to
take two steps, with aid, but died
seven hours later at Casualty
Hospital.
Questioning the two suspects
separately, police found their
Stories to be conflicting, and later
Proctor admitted disposing of Mr.
Schomber's billfold in sewer
at Ninth and M streets NV,
where police found it, Detective
Chief Robert v. Murray said.
The money taken in the robbery
included $54 Mr.. Schomber had
collected on his route and $53.61
wages which he had received
earlier in the day. Not all the
money was accounted for.
Inspector Murray said apparent
solution of the crime closed the
books on all but one of so mur-
ders in 1850. Police still are seek
ing the knife slayer of a man in
Dixon's court NV. several weeks
ago.
Evening star., 1951-01-03
Wife and Ex-Wfe
Put Sergeant in
BeIvoir HOSPITAL

An Army sergeant's decision t,
do battle with both his wife ant
former wife has put him in For
Belvoir Hospital with knit,
wounds in the face and assault
warrants facing him.
The soldier, Sergt. Lester Davis
80. of Fort Belvoir, was stabbed
during an alteration with thu
two women last night at 116 NORTH
Payne street, Alexandria. Ac.
cording to police. this was the
sequence:
First, Sergt. Davis beat up his
present wife, Mrs. Ethel jenkins
Davis. Then he threw her out
the apartment door. Then he
started hitting Mrs. Elizabeth
Franks Davis, his former wife
who was visiting the apartment
She picked up a butcher knife
and hit back.
Both Mrs. Davises sWore out
warrants at police headquarters
charging the sergeant with as
sault and battery. Police said
Davis had been drinking.
Evening star., 1951-01-03
Moral Rearmament
Credited With Helping
To End Airline Dispute

Application Of the principles of
moral rearmament is bringing
about settlement in the To-
month-old labor dispute of the
United Airlines. the Moral Re
armament Assembly was told to-
day.
w. E. Patterson. president of
United Airlines. told the group
meeting in the Shoreham Hotel of
first being introduced to the
movement last fall by Larry
Shapiro, who is chairman of the
United pilots grievance committee.
Up to that time, Mr.. Patterson
said. he was reconciled to a
strike. but then both sides got
together. Applying the princi-
pies Of moral rearmament, he
added, the two sides within 10
days solved eight out of II prob
lens.
Atmosphere of Trust"
Walter Fallon, chairman of the
Master Executive Council repre-
senting pilots, told of achieving
IAN atmosphere of trust" and
said he was confident the two
sides could solve the remaining
three issues.
Spokesman for the moral re-
armament movement have ex-
planned that two of it's main fea-
lures are absolute honesty and
unself1shness.
Scheduled at $50 o'clock tonight
is the presentation of MRA's play.
Annie the Valiant" the story of
a woman who led in the estab-
lishment Of the labor movement.
1t will be held at Lisner Audi
torium, Twenty first and H
streets NV
Yesterday Francis Lin of For
mosa, who worked there as an
Economic Cooperation Administra-
ton official. contended moral re-
armament Is the only thing that
can unite the Formosan people.
Must Come From Heart.
"The 7th Fleet is not enough"
he said. "Only an offensive from
inside the hearts of the people.
whether Formosan, Nationalist or
Communist, can save the coun-
try"
Another speaker was Joseph
Wasmer, member of the French
House of Deputies, who lives on
the frontier of Alsace. He warned
against hating the German people
because of their part in starting
wars.
Speaking on the same platform
were German workers representa-
tives. One of them who spoke
with Mr.. WaSmer was Fritz Heske,
chairman of the World Council of |
the largest coal mine in Europe,
the Zollverein pit. A former Com
munist for 20 years, Mr.. Heske
said he was won over by moral
rearmament, which he termed "a
superior idealogy in action"
Evening star., 1951-01-03
By George Kennedy

Gen. Walton H. Walker was
buried yesterday in Arlington Ma.
tional Cemetery with impressive
military rites.
The Nation did what it could tc
show appreciation of the COM
mander of the 9th Army whose
death in a jeep accident Decem-
ber % was not the least of the
reverses recently suffered in the
Korea campaign.
Gen. Walker had been made a
four-Star general poSthumouSly
through act of Congress and presi-
Dental approval only an hour
before the funeral.
In chilly weather, a crowd of
several hundred followed the
caisson-borne casket from Fort
Myer chapel to the grave and
stood in a rectangle during the
committal service.
The sun broke through the
cloudy sky during the final cere-
mony under a canopy on knoll
at the south end of the cemetery,
near the Navy Annex, where Gems.
John j. Pershing. H. H. Arnold
and M. S. Fairchild are buried.
The funeral occasioned the big
gest congregation of top-ranking
soldiers and airmen since the
Pershing and Arnold rites.
Secretary of Defense Marshall
and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
again a supreme commander of
Allied armies, headed the honor
airy pallbearers. With them was
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Behind
them were a score Of generals, in
Guiding 83-year-old retired Mai.
Gen. Hanson Ely, commanding
general of the 5th Division in
France in 1918, in which Gen.
Walker was a captain of infantry" /"
Episcopal services in the chapel
and at the grave were conducted
by the Rev. John B.s'Walthour,
dean of the Cathedral of Atlanta.
Dean Walthour. d friend of Gen.
Walker, was chaplain at West
Point during the war.
The Ambassador from the Re-
public of Korea, DR.. John M.
Chang, many high-ranking officers
Of the free-world nations, and
Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan. repre-.
Evening star., 1951-01-03
Evangelist to Address
CIerics and Luymen

Evangelist Billy Graham will
address a meeting of ministers
and church workers at 1870 pm
tomorrow in First Baptist Church
The meeting was originally
scheduled to be held in the Baptist
Building, 1923 Sixteenth street
NV. but requests to attend indi-
Gated insufficient accommoda tions
there. The evangelist will also
speak at a meeting at 7:45 pm.
tomorrow in Metropolitan Baptist
Church. Sixth and A streets NE.
Evening star., 1951-01-03
virginian Attacked in Car
Near Dupont Circle

An Arlington real estate sales.
man suffered severe facial cuts
when he was repeatedly attacked
by a would-be bandit as he en-
tered his automobile near Dupont
Circle early today.
The salesman, w. Frank Caney
40, of Vienna, Va, drove to Arling-
ton Hospital after, the incident
and was admitted. Arlington po-
lice who followed his speeding car
to the hospital questioned him
briefly but did not learn details
including whether or not he was
robbed.
Mr.. Caney is connected with the
Brant Real Estate Co.
Evening star., 1951-01-03
National and District
Civil Defense Bills
Await Truman Signing
By Crosby S. .Noyes

Only the signature of President
Truman is needed to set in mo-
ton the most sweeping program
for civil defense in the Nations
history.
The President was expected to
act without delay on the law
which he labeled must" item
for the 81st session of Congress
The Senate put its final stamp
of approval on the measure yes
terday in the course of a pre-
adjournment rush.
Also on Mr.. Truman's desk is
the $40 billion supplemental ap-
preparation bill. providing funds
for military installations and
granting $250,000 for District
Civil Defense purposes.
The District sum, representing
a compromise between a Senate
bill providing $337,500 and a
House version granting nothing,
also won final approval yester-
day.
Wide Grant of Powers.
The civil defense bill outlines
an ambitious preparedness pro-
gram intended to protect the
home front against any kind of
enemy assault, including the use
of atomic. chemical or bacterio-
logical weapons.
The independent Federal agency
created to spark plug this program
is granted powers that will have
a far reaching effect. Emergency
provisions of the law would give
Civil Defense Administrator Mil
lard j. Caldwell, jr,. unprecedented
to cope with a disaster
and keep the country fighting.
The action so far grants au-
thority but no money for the ma
tional civil defense. The new ses-
sion of Congress will be asked to
provide the first appropriation bills
to finance projects whose cost over
the next three years is estimated
at $3.1 billion.
Until the money is voted, the
program necessarily will move
slowly. Among projects which will
be delayed are a Nationwide pro-
gram of shelter construction, in
which the Federal Government
will foot so per cent of the bill,
and the stockpiling Of critical de-
tense items on regional basis at
Federal expense.
Local Action Possible.
Action on local level in certain
critical areas, however, need not
De delayed. For example. WASH
ngton civil defense leaders plan
The early installation of an air raid
warning system and a program of
public education, using the money
approved by Congress yesterday.
In addition to it's shelter
;tockpiling program, the agency
S given the power and RESPONSE
,ilitie to:
l. Work out a Nationwide blue
print for civil defense, and draw
lp specifications for all forms of
including shelters and
warning devices.
2. Coordinate the defense ef-
orts of the States with the Fed
raj Government, and promote
mutual aid agreements with neigh
'oring countries through the
State Department.
3. Set up a continental COM
system that will give
he public warning of an impend-
ng attack.
4. Conduct training programs for
ivil defense workers on national
evel and set up a national civil
efense college with three regional
raining schools.
S. Use "all appropriate means"
o get across to the public the
measures which each individual
hould take to protect himself
nd his family. ..
Evening star., 1951-01-03

money and they departed, the wit
ness continued.
The pair then went to a
rooming house in the 800 block
Of o street NV, and divided the
money-$47.50 for Allen and S37
for Proctor.
Found by Superintendent.
About an hour after the as
sault Mr.. Schomber was found by
Samuel j. Eierman, ice plant
superintendent. He testified he
found the driver slumped over
Evening star., 1951-01-03
Virginia Beach to Close
Night Clubs for Good
By the Associoted Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Jan. 3
Town officials have begun q
police-supervised campaign to
close for good" the four night
clubs operating at this resort
center.
Two officers have been stationed
in each club. according to Town
Manager w. Russell Hatchett.
Evening star., 1951-01-03
DR.. Bowman Accepts Post

BRIDGEWATER. Va, Jan. 3
P.-Dr. Warren D. Bowman,
president of Bridgewater College,
announced yesterday his accept
ance of the Craftsmanship of the
Committee on Family Counseling
of the National Council of the
Churches of Christ in America.
Evening star., 1951-02-25
BABY BOOM
FontCo
(See Front Govern

Monarchy may be having it's troubles but there's nothing
wrong with the birth And with the ban lifted
candid snapshots, photographers having field day
Evening star., 1951-02-25

to be like little Prince Carl Gustav" In Denmark, the
popular sweetheart old Princess AnneMare and
in Ethiopia Halle Selasses little grandson, Prince Paul. has
captured all hearts. Even kngess countries get frequent
gimpses of ncely these days. with many royal
families living in glded exile. Twoyerod Princess Mar
garet of Romana subject for Swiss camramen
On our cover she's ordering out of the room!
1t isn't that monarchs hunting publicity The typical
attitude is that of the King and Queen of Denmark who
prefer not to have many pictures taken of their three little
girls but want to make sure that the photos that made
show the children they really little different
from anybody ese's kids. LEE JONES
Evening star., 1951-02-25

nUEEN VICTORIA would be shocked if she could see the
~ pictures on these pages In her day royal children
weren't snapped by just any cameraman who felt like
wandering the palace When the court photographer paid
a visit small princes stood at attention IN their tiny Guards
uniforms and petite ncesses stared solenly at the lens
Nowadays all that's changed Royalty has let down the
bars till it's practically easy to candid camera ncelng
as peasant The result is that flood of natural looking
pictures has stirred the whole world into falling in love with
royal offspring Not only all London, but anxious mothers
everywhere check on whether little Charles has enjoyed
his outing resented his little sister cleaned his plate
Children from end of Sweden the other exhoGted
, 1951-07-07
announcement

DR., Robert M. De Freitas,
B. a. O., D. Specialist in Eye
Examination Refraction Or
thoptics; announces that on
Tuesday. July 10th. from 10 AN.
TO S Pm. & Wednesday July 18th
from 1880 TO 4:3o Pm. complete
optometric service will be Of
fered to the Municipality of
St. Croix.
Will be in Frederiksted
Municipal Hospital from 900
am. until noon Wednesday.
, 1951-07-07

left the community should be
very careful not to permit
strangers who are accustomed
to driving on the opposite side
of the road to operate cars on
the public highway without
careful examination and OBJ
servation.
In the interest of public
safety the regulations that per
init this practice should be
amended to provide for test
and observation before a visit
or is allowed to operate a car
on the highway alone.
We strongly urge that the
proper authorities give this
matter the serious attention
which it deserves and not wait
until an accident points up the
need for action.
, 1951-07-07
5 u B 5 E
NOTICE

Savings Bank Book No.
C-l418 having been reported
lost or stolen, the holder there
of is hereby requested to pre-
sent it to the Bank within
cwelve (12) weeks from this
date as otherwise the Book
will be cancelled and a new
one issued in its place at the
expiration Of this period.
Virgin Islands National Bank
Christiansted Branch
June 8, 1851