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Evening star., 1951-06-23
I,Bitter Rice Billed
At GreenbeIt Over
Catholic Objections

The prize-Winning Italian film,
Bitter Rice" will be shown at
the Greenbelt Theater Wednesday
and Thursday despite protests by
"a Catholic group, Jack Fruchtman,
theater manager, said today.
The Catholic Action Group Of
st. Hugh's Catholic Church in
Greenbelt has protested the film,
but Mr.. F'ruchtman said the; the
ater owes it to the many people
who want to see the movie to
show it as scheduled.
The manager said he doesn't
wish to offend anybody, but he
doesn't feel he has right to CEN
sor film on the protests of "only
a few people"
Bitter Rice" ran nine weeks
without protest at the downtown
dupont Theater and has been
shown in several neighborhopd
houses. @
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Quode Gives Platform
In Ruce for treasurer

Charles B. Quade. only DEM
ocrat to file for the party nomina-
ton for county treasurer in the
August 7 primary, declared a four
point platform today.
If elected, said Mr.. Quade, who
now is an ernploye in the COM
missioner of revenues Office, he
would work at the job full time,
would not try to "usurp" the au-
thority Of other elected officers,
would support any progressive
program that has a sound A.
nancial basis" and would keep
accurate account Of all trans
actions.
Mr.. Quade will oppose John
Locke Green. incumbent, Repub-
Ilican.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Autos Are an Invitation to Joy-Riders

cars is a type Of crime which
absolutely could be eliminated
through caution on the part OF
the public. say police officials.
"You may not believe this" says
Capt. Aubrey B. Tolson, head of
the police General Assignment
Squad, "but last year a business
man left $500 in cash in a cigar
box on the front seat of his car
while he called on a downtown
merchant. Furthermore, the win
dow next to the cigar box was
down.
Thought He Had Cigars.
Naturally, the money was
stolen. When we caught the thief
he said he thought he was stealing
Icigars!"
Leafing through his reports
Capt. Tolson told of a Washing.
ton doctor who reported the Loss
of his instruments, which he LEFT
| in his car "just overnight; q
jewelry salesman robbed of hi.
sample case and several hundred
dollars left in a car parked OF
Seventh street; a man VIII,
Thought his money was safe be
cause he left it in the glove com
Ipartment.
Most OF the 2,327 cases of thi
kind reported during fiscal 1876
happened to tourists.
A pair Of newlyweds, for in
Stance. left their new wardrobe
locked in their car, which the
parked overnight on the Mall. TIL
next morning, of course, all thei
1clothes were gone.
I Thieves Work In Pairs.
/ 1T takes about two seconds TO
Ia thief to force a ventilator win
dow and take everything out O
a car" Capt. Tolson warns. MANY
]of these thieves work in pairs
with one driving getaway car
What chance has policeman tt
catch them unless he is practically
looking over the thief's shoulder!
yet this form Of robbery just
couldn't take place If all cars
were empty. These thieves only
lbreak in If they see something
inside.
Don't leave things in cars
land now that the tourist season
is here, warn your out-of-towr
visitors to bring everything intt
the house, or into their hotels"
Tomorrow: Be on your guard
Evening star., 1951-06-23

think of the treatment and dis
posal of sewage from Federal
buildings? But this is one of the
Districts services to Uncle Sam
and it costs the city an estimated
$165, 900 a year.
Cleaning streets abutting Fed
eral property adds to the costs
|of disposing of Federal building
trash. and the issuing of motor
vehicle license plates and title
certificates for the cars of the
Government, members of Congress
and the diplomatic corps adds
another 100000 a year.
The maintenance. improvement
and policing of Federally titled
park areas here was set down as
a cost of 81 million a year.
Decentralization Factor.
One Of the ironic twists is that
the District can't take full ad-
vantage Of the tremendous ex-
pansion of Federal Government
activities seen here in recent years
One reason is that every time the
United States acquires more prop
Ierty for Federal use, the District
loses just that much more from
its tax rolls.
And. secondly. because of the
permanently fixed boundaries OF
the District. the city can gain
little from expansion Of the popu-
lation Of the Metropolitan Area
for so much of the increase is
pushed over the lines into Mary
land and Virginia-beyond the
reach OF the District tax collector
This decentralization move
ment." in fact. has been a mat
ter Of concern to District officials
for some years. They have taken
note Of the development by a
number of the important retail
stores Of their own branch units
in suburbs. Any further boost ir
realty taxes here. they warn
would serve only to promote the
trend and thereby lessen the tas
base on which the District de-
lpends.
Tomorrow: Still another tar
increase for the District is
threatened.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Arlington House BIozes
After LIGHTNING Strikes

Lightning struck a house al
2619 Pocomoke street, Arlington
early today.
Firemen said the bolt damaged
the chimney and started a fire ir
the attic. The blaze was checked
however. before it spread to othel
parts of the house.
The home is the residence o.
Eric e. Bottoms.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Fourth Of O Series.


of the police auto squad, whose
job 1t is to try and recover the
Il 500 or so automobiles stolen each
year in the District-thefts that
cost Washington taxpayers nearly
81 million dollars.
'Ninety-seven per cent Of the
auto thefts here are the work Of
Ijoy-riders-youths who won't take
the time to break into a locked
car" says 1t. Wolf.
These joy-riders, who just want
la car for a date. or a ride. will
hang around street corners wait
ing for some one to pull up and
run into a store. The drivers may
even leave the motor running, OF
the keys in the ignition. Very con-
venient indeed.
"Just Gone a Minute"
'"I wish I had a nickel for every
driver who has told me, but officer
! was just gone a minute"
Other joy-riders, 1t. Wolf ex.
plains, will go along the street
until they find an unlocked
parked car. Once inside. it takes
little time for a veteran joy-ridel
to cross the ignition wires and gel
the car started.
These youths will drive the cal
until they are through with it
or until they have wrecked it. The
Iowner often gets it back-but ir
such a mechanical condition thai
the car will never be the same
again.
Insurance policies specify thai
IIcare be locked at all times, 1t
wolf points out. and adds the
motorists always insist their cars
were locked when stolen.
4 "But when we recover them. we
can easily TELL" he says. "It /.
surprising how many cars are moi
locked.
Commended on Record.
| 1t. Wolf. head of a squad tina
Ihas been commended by the FB.
Il for its record of arrests and re-
| coveries, estimates that at leas
| so to 10 per cent Of auto theft
lin the District could be eliminated
if motorists were more careful.
;. 1--WE are bothered very little b.
: the professional car thieves" h
lsays. "They are the ones who will
cruise around until they find !;
Icar they want. They will take thu
; time to break into a car whethel
lit is locked or not. But 1t is no
the professional thieves we hav'
to guard against"
1t. Wolf points out that profes
sional thieves can't resell stolel
cars in Washington because o
1.-THE stringent District inspection
And thieves are reluctant to TAX
the cars across State lines.
: Recently, he said. new resi-
: dent took his car-purchased on
lIof State-to an inspection station
The inspector took his regis
1Itration. looked under the hood I
sIminute and told the startlet
lmotorist, u think we'd better cal
elthe Auto Squad"
Number Tempered With.
81 The inspector, required by Dis
e Itrict regulations to check the mo
+ tor number, found it had bee
0 oItampered with. The squad checke
a the cars "secret number one Q
nIwhich is on every car-and foun
IS it had been stolen in New Yor
: Estate in 1916.
|. It had changed hands legiti
;t|mately three or four times-bu
: never had been inspected in
}. jurisdiction as strict as the Dis
nltrict.
the last big gang Of profes
Evening star., 1951-06-23

Because this is the National
Capital and a show place of the
country. city as well as Federal
developments here must be artis-
tic in style, grand in motif.
The results are easy to find and
lovely to see.
To mention some: Wide tree
lined avenues, extraordinarily
Evening star., 1951-06-23
Lee Won ( Seek
School Board
Post Again
Plans to Step Out
When His Third Term
Expires Next Year

/ Adelbert w. Lee, vice president
lof the Board of Education and
llong one Of its most controversial
figures, viii not seek reappoint-
lment to the board when his cur
rent three-year term expires on
July l. 1852.
MFR. Lee. who is serving his third
term on the board and is chair
man OF its personnel committee,
said late yesterday he will not ask
for reappointment. He refused to
lstate why but made this comment:
"I have good and sufficient rea-
sons, but I am not stating them
lat this time. I may amplify
later"
Earlier yesterday, C. Melvin
Sharpe, president of the board,
also said his forthcoming NTH
term will be his last. It begins
on July and runs through 1854.
He was reappointed this week by
lthe District Court judges. He said
he had mo reasons at all for my
decision and I am not going into
details"
Seeks to Dust Corning.
Mr.. Lee long has been feuding
with DR.. Hobart M. Corning,
superintendent of District Schools
and 1t is believed he will spark any
Opposition movement to DR.. Corn
ling's reappointment when the
Isuperintendent's present three
year term ends next March.
The clash has been going on
for almost five years, when DR..
Corning came here from Omaha,
Neb.
Mr.. Lee has stated publicly that
the board should consider whether
DR.. Corning should be reappointed.
He has stated that he is deter
mined to attempt to fire DR.. Corn
ling. The conflict between the two
men apparently is the outgrowth
Eof a basic difference Of opinion on
the nature of DR.. Corning's duties,
as well as on how he is attending
to them.
Last December 6, Mr.. Lee severe
| ly criticized DR.. Corning in con-
nection with the personnel COM
mittee's discussion of problems of
distributing surplus foods in the
schools. Although this criticism
seemed only to involve the right of
DR.. Corning to address the board
without permission, it served to
highlight even further the friction
between the two officials, which
repeatedly has rocked the board,
with resultant cumulative effects.
Wars ON Textbooks.
| On several occasions, Mr.. Lee
has taken the stand that some
textbooks used in the District
school system were either subver-
sive or slanted toward socialism.
Less than month ago. House
District subcommittee started
preparation of a report to the full
COMMITTEE. following q sudden,
short and secret inquiry into the
matter. Mr.. Lee was among those
testifying.
Shortly before this, Mr.. Lee dis
sented when the board had decided
to approve the recommendations
Iof DR.. Corning and his professional
teacher advisers on certain text
books.
Representative Miller, Republi-
can, of Nebraska, a member of the
subcommittee that held the hear
Iings. specified. in a personal report
sent to the District Committee q
short time ago, that he agreed
with Mr.. Lee that the textbook
American Government" by Frank
Abbott Magruder, was "slanted to-
ward socialism"
j A Southeast real estate and in
surance man, Mr.. Lee was ap-
pointed to the board in 1943.
Evening star., 1951-06-23
By Wallace (. Clayton

"If you had $4,000 in cash, you
wouldn't leave 1t in the street
while you went in a store, would
you?"
A silly question? Not as ex-
planned by 1t. Jacob Wolf, head
Evening star., 1951-06-23

TOMORROW: Be on your guard
against street robberies.)
Evening star., 1951-06-23

Tomorrow. Still another tar
increase for the District is
threatened.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
Dr. Langsam MarOOned in SnOWStOrm

BISMARK, N.D., P-Dr. Fred M. Langsam, head of the Metho- dist Hospital in Nome, Alaska, may be on, for him, southern trip, but he's waiting for his car to be freed from a North Dakota snowdrift. ..
 Dr. Langsam left Seattle by car. bound for Chicago. But his car was stuck in a snowdrift on high way No. 10 near New Salem, N.D., during the weekend storm.
 North Dakota Health Depart ment workers found him there, and returned him to New Salem. He came here by train yesterday to await liberation of his car by snowplows.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
GOVERNORS VETO OVERRIDED 5 TIMES

A rebelliouS Senate voted twice last night to override Governor Gruening $ vetoes of finance bills. It raised the Senate's overriding votes to three straight in 2 days.
 In the only one the House acted on, however, it refused to go along with the Senate. The House voted 9-13 against overriding the mort gage bill veto that the Senate vo- ted to override Monday night.
 The Senate voted late yesterday afternoon to override the veto to a second mortgage bill, then last night voted by the same II 5 count to override veto of an AL aska Bankers Association-spon- sored bill which would allow pay ment of interest in advance on deals under $3,5OO.
 In his veto message, the gov ernor said the bill would allow raising of rates on many loans above the present legal rate.
 Gruening called the bill "de- captive" and "an apparent 6% rate that requires closed examina- tion." He said the bill hits the small borrower and "makes bor- rowing unduely costly"
 The governor also suggested that legislators were indulging in ''too hasty" action on legislation.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
ALASKA SENATE WORKS OVERTIME
Wednesday. March 2l. 1851

Wednesday. March 2l. 1851
 Midnight was the deadline for either House to consider non.ap- propriation bills. The Senate con- tinued until 2:15 a.m., however, while pretending the clock stopped at midnight.
 In all, the Senate passed doz- en bills at the night sesion.
 They included 0all previously passed by the House):
 Reduction of the general prop erty tax on fishing boats from $4 to $2 net ton; granting police powers to civilian defense author ities; increasing aid to dependent children to S70 monthly from $50.
 The Senate killed two labor sponsored bills by failure to sub- init rules to advance them to final passage before the deadline.
 The Senate passed, 11-5, a bill to repeal the Territory's public employees retirement act to allow employees to go under federal so- cial security instead. It involved a long controversy.
 An amendment was added yes terday for the Territory to pro- vide, benefits for longtime en- ployes who will become eligible for retirement under the bill in the next five years, and who wouldn't have a chance to build up social security credits.
 The Senate passed, 13-2, a bill to modify the bounty on hair seals.
 The bill eliminated all the area north of Kruzenstern, which is slightly above Kotzebue. It elimi- mated all the Arctic ocean area, islands~in the Boring Sea and the coastal area between the north side of Bristol Bay and Stebbins along the Boring seacoast.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
kepner urges more Civilian Defense

JUNEAU, (P)-Lt. Gen. William Kepner told the Alaska legislature yesterday that a civilian defense system is vital to the Territory and cities should seek the aid of the military "only as last resort
 He said the Alaska Command wants strong civilian defense organization. to lD minimize the diversion of military forces that will have their hands full against the enemy and @ good civilian d fense organization probably would be able to lend valuable aid to military bases.
 "A sound civil defense organi- zation is a vital necessity to all,' he declared, and concluded with the quotation: "So much to do, so little time"
 Kepner mentioned specifically among the problems the evacua- ton of women and children, prin- cipally from areas where. the en- emy may make paratroop attack.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
Erskine Library Donated To U. of Alaska

JUNEAU, (P)-One of the finest existing libraries of books, maps documents and manuscripts in the Territory of Alaska was presen- ted to the University of Alaska yesterday as a gift from D. E.. Skinner, general manager of the Alaska Steamship Company.
 .Dr. Ferris Moore, university president, said Skinner purchased the famed 3,O00-item library from the estate of Wilbur Julian Err skine of Kodiak.
 Moore described the gift as "one of the truly priceless bene- factions to the university.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
Korean Situation
Wednesday. March 2l. 1851
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 United States troops battling east of Hongchon on the central Korean front today ran into livery stiff" Communist resistance. :.
 Red troops fighting from well dug in positions hurled back an American batallion after a day long fight. 4i
 In Tokyo, General MacArthur ordered a news blackout on the distance to a certain line on the Korean peninsula.
 F Correspondents were. not al- lowed to say specifically what this line is, but it obviously refers to the politically important Para llel 38.)
 It is one of the most rigid news restrictions placed on correspon- dents since the war began
 At latest reports, sent before the ban, the Allies were reported less than IT miles from the border to Red Korea. The US. Eighth Army said holding elements were on the line at 10 scattered points across the peninsula. Patrols were known to be operating much clos CT to the border.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
Lifting The Lid At Juneau ..s
Tuesday. March 20. 1851


 JUNEAU, (P), Governor Gruen- ing's .rst veto of the session was overridden quickly by the Senate yesterday. The vote was 12-6." - =
 Veteran Legislators ssaidt it was only tn e: second instance they could recall in recent years iR which Gruening veto had been disregarded. :. The overriding motion was made by Steve McCutcheon, Anchorage, Democratic floor leader.
 The bill involved would allow chattel mortgage on merchan- disc to be carried over as a pre- ferential lien against new stocks of goods after the originally mort gagged merchandise is sold without retireing the mortgage.
 In his veto message, the govern or declared "It would validate faulty mortgages to favor mort gages to favor mortgages at the expense of other creditors. It would promote incidence in mort gagees by giving them a preferred claim notwithstanding their fail ure to protect themselves. It is my view that those it is designed to benefit are in strong position to protect themselves"
 The governor added it was his belief that few if any such laws are in effect in the States and that the courts have held against them. He said he believed such a law "would open the door to fraud"
 McCutcheon said bankers had advised that the law was based on a Washington State statute. Senator John Butrovich R-Fair- bankS challenged the fraud sug- gestion with the statement: sI think it would reduce the chances of fraud"
 The overriding came after the Senate failed to reach agreement on a civilian defense appropria- ton and held another closed-door session for testimony from Col. Joseph Alexander, Alaska civilian defense head.
 The House passed seven bills
 (Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
Wednesday, March 2l. 1851

An American tank force today rumbled into the former Chinese stronghold of Chunchon. It met only flag-waving Korean civilians.
 It was from Chunchon that the Chinese mounted their two mass i've offensives 1n January and
 Continued on Page Six)
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
Truman Asks For Bethel Hospital

WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman asked Congress yesterday to Appropriate $3,5O0,OOO to build a 7O-bed hospital at Bethel, Alas ka. The new building is sought to replace one almost destroyed by fire Nov. 20, 1850.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
HOLLYWOOD, (P)-A cocktail

HOLLYWOOD, (P)-A cocktail party with practical purpose blood donations for the Red Cross will be held April for the stars of Hollywood.
 The party will be tossed in the CocOanut Grove of the AmbasSa- dor Hotel, with oil millionaire Bob Calhoun aiding the Red Cross in sponsoring the event.
 Nearly 2,000 invitations are be- ing sent out in the hope of filling the Grove with prospective do- nors from Movieland's blue blood set.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
OKLAHOMA CITY. (P)-

OKLAHOMA CITY, P- A d. mitted slayer William E. Cook, IT,, today was sentenced to terms to- taling 300 years in "Alcatraz or another safe prison where he has no chance escape" for the staying of the five members of the Carl Mosser family of Atwood, Illinois.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
Washington News Letter
By Mary Lee Council

By Mary Lee Council
 Secretary to E. l.. Bob) Bartlett, Delegate in Congress from Alaska University Funds
 Delegate Bartlett introduced bill in the House this week which would authorize. an increase of approximately $21, ,OO0 to the Uni versity of Alaska in federal grants for educational purposes.
 The measure would include AL aska in existing legislation which allots certain funds to land grant colleges in the States and Hawaii for use in cost of instruction mat erials and as supplementary funds for teachers salaries. The Uni versity of Alaska is authorized to receive S5O,OOO annually for these purposes un d CT existing law passed in the latter part of the 18th Century, but when addition al grants were authorized Alaska was not included.
 Passenger Rafes
 T desire to protest any rate in crease whatsoever prior to inves- tioation of the need therefor by the Federal Maritime Board and hearings nj Alaska and elsewhere, if necessary" Delegate Bartlett in formed the Federal Maritime Board this week upon learning that the Alaska Steamship Go. has filed proposal for increased passenger rates.
 The proposed rate increases are scheduled to become effective June 1, and indication is that they are to be increased approximately 1Oct over the present fares. The increases as filed would cover transportation between Seattle and Ketchikan, Wrangell, Peters burg, Juneau, Haines, SkagWay, Sitka, COrdova, Valdez, Whittier, Seldovia, Homer and Kodiak.
 Elective Governor
 Congressman Miller of Nebras- ka has introduced a bill provid- ing for an elective governor for Alaska similar in most respects to the one dropped in the hopper some weeks ago in the Senate by Senator Butler of Nebraska.
 The House bill calls for the cleo ton of the governor at the 1852 general election for a four-year term. Anyone running for the of flee would have to be at least 30 years old, a citizen of Alaska and a resident of the Territory for at least three years prior to the date he would take office. The govern CT would have the power to ap- point tn e secretary of Alaska, with the advice and onsent of the territorial Senate, who would succeed to the governorship in case of a vacancy. The secretary would act as governor in the ab- sence of that official from Alaska. The measure also provides for im- peachment of the elected govern or by the territorial House of Representatives with sole power to try all impeachments given to the Senate.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
ANCHORAGE, (P)-A jet pilo

ANCHORAGE, (P)-A jet pilot crash-landed his plane on an FL mendorf field runway yesterday and escaped inquiry although his ESQ skidded 5000 feet before coming to stop.
 Fire equipment and crash crews were standing by when Capt. George E. Kammerer put the plane down. He had reported he was unable to get his wheels down for the landing.
 Krammerer is attached to the 65th FighterInterceptorS Squadron.
The Nome nugget., 1951-03-21
NEWS IN BRIEF

FAIRBANKS, P)-- A lig h t earthquake shook Fairbanks at 12:10 pm. PSTO Monday but no damage was reported.
 Officials of the Coast and Geo. detic Survey here said the seismo- graph at the University of Alaska indicated the quake center was 25 miles away in an undetermined direction.