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Evening star., 1951-03-30
II Homes 10 Be Razed
For Fort Reno Center

Twelve homes in the Fort Reno
section will be raZed soon for the
proposed recreation center there.
Edward j. Kelly, superintendent
of National Capital Parks, dis
closed today.
Residents are required to vacate
by April 80, although two of the
tenants will have to relinquish
the premises April Is. The Ma
ltional Capital Park and Planning
Commission bought the properties
for the recreation site and the
families were notified March 13.
The decision to raze the homes
now was made because wrecking
firms were willing to pay for the
salvaged material, Mr.. Kelly said.
Previously the parks Office had to
pay for the wrecking.
The buildings are located at 4720
Howard street NV, 1928 Daven-
port street, 1924, 1926 and 1928
Dennison place, 1907 3809, 1927.
3843. 3847, 4017 and 4021 Chesa-
peake street.
The land was acquired for the
District Recreation Board, which
had been waiting until the site
was available before definitely
planning the center and request
ing funds for its development.
Tentative plans call for use of the
recreation facilities at Woodrow
Wilson High School and Alice Deal
Junior High School, as we'll as
providing outdoor tennis courts,
an outdoor Indoor type of SWIM
ming pool and other play courts.
Evening star., 1951-03-30
7reosury's Top'Co-ordinoto
OF Police Activities Retires
MoIoney Leaves Post
After 81 Years of
Security Endeuvors

James j. Maloney, after 81
years of mapping security for
other people, retires today as chief
co-ordinator of the Treasury De-
partment's enforcement agencies.
Behind him, as he leaves the
department with high commenda-
tion from Secretary Snyder, Mr..
Maloney has a colorful law en-
forcement career that has includ-
ed protection of visiting royalty,
mopping up counterfeiting in the
busy New York district and seizure
Of aliens and properties at the
beginning of World War II.
OF his service Secretary Snyder
said: an outstanding con-
tribution, not only to the enforce
ment of laws coming under the
Jurisdiction of the Treasury, but
to law enforcement generally"
Mr.. Maloney, fresh from World
War I service with the famed
Lafayette Escadrille, became a
policeman in Binghamton, N. Y
his birthplace-in 1920. In 1880
he was elected sheriff and after
only one years service he was
named an agent of the United
States Secret Service and assigned
to the Detroit Office.
In six years. he rose to super
viSing agent of the fourth Secret
Service district, embracing Della
ware and New Jersey.
When, in 1886, he was named
top man in the New York district,
most active territory of the serv-
ice, his work really started.
Protection and security details
for noted foreign visitors were
his sole responsibility. Among the
visitors were the King and Queen
of England, Nine. Chang Kali
shek, Princess Martha of Nor
way, the late Queen Wilhelmina
Of the Netherlands, Winston
Evening star., 1951-03-30

The Maryland Public Service
Commissions decision to approve
discontinuance of seven Capital
Transit routes in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties prompted
bitter comment from civic leaders
of the two counties who sought to
have the services continued.
At least two spokesmen said that
in light of the decision, Capital
Transit service should be aban-
doned altogether in Maryland so
that some other transportation
firm could take over.
Walter FAMulligan. president of
the Prince Georges County Civic
Federation, was one of many wit
nesses to appear at the two-day
PSC hearing in Silver Spring last
week opposing discontinuance of
she lines. He said the decision
certainly confirms my belief that
we should get rid of Capital Tran
sit in Maryland"
There is something radically
wrong and unwholesome about a
system which allows a utility to
abandon necessary service to
thousands because it is losing
money on those specific lines when
the whole operation is a profitable
one" Mr.. Mulligan added.
He accused the PSC of rushing
through it's decision before the
General Assembly completed ac-
ton on a bill which would have
extended the operating permits of
the seven lines for 80 days. The
permits expire tomorrow.
Ralph D. Boyd of the Parkhill
Civic Association, said he can't
see why Capital Transit doesn't
"go out of business entirely in
Maryland" and let some other
company or companies take over
the suburban lines. It would be
"a real service to the community, -
he added, if the utility would
abandon its Maryland operations
altogether.
Louis A. Palmer, president of
the Allied Civic Group of Silver
Spring, said ''it looks as though
this leaves the people of Mont
gomery County at the mercy of
Capital Transit"
Evening star., 1951-03-30

Churchill and the late President
OSmena of the Philippines.
Protection of several members
of the Roosevelt family in and
near New York also were among
his duties at one time.
In 1910, he took on, in addition
to other duties, the coordination
of Treasury enforcement agencies
in the New York area-tlle Secret
Service, Bureau of Narcotics. Gus
toms, alcohol tax and intelligence
units.
After coming to Washington in
1943, he accompanied President
Roosevelt to Hawaii, the Aleutians
and was with President Truman
in San Francisco. Potsdam,
Mexico and Canada.
Named chief of the Secret Serv-
ice in 1947, he became chief CO.
ordinator in November, 1948.
With Mrs. Maloney, he lives at
1929 Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-03-30

petition; it is freedom Of speech
It reads: ...
1T is hard to understand why
our town must be destroyed to
make a bomb that will destroy
someone else's town that they love
as much as we love ours. But we
feel that they picked not just the
best spot in the United States
but in the world"
And some one else tackled on q
second sign quoting from the song
made SO popular by Dinah Shore:
"We love these dear hearts and
gentle people who live in ou1
home town"
Ellenton has many attractive
houses, but it is not a pretty town
Many of the structures. in design
and maintenance, have that alb
solute indifference to appearance
so characteristic of the small
Southern community.
Principal among these is the
towns most successful business. a
big sooty wooden building facing
the railroad with a sign "Cassels
Co. Inc" across its full width
under the front gable. There is
a gas pump on the dusty road ir
front under a tired looking shelter
a shingled roof propped up by
four poles.
It is when you walk inside that
you get the surprise. Stacked
with merchandise. on both wall.
and in the center space between
the counters, it goes back ane
back and back for about a city
block-and there are side wing!
at the rear.
Work clothes and yard good!
are stocked in front; groceries
meats, fruits and vegetables in 8
center section, hardware and auto
mobile accessories behind that
and harness items, including dusty
horse collars, in the rear.
The day is cold. and the pro-
prietor is found near the stove
in the middle surrounded by Du
Pont construction men wearing
aluminium helmets. One is order
ing 1000 gallons of diesel oil
another a large quantity of mil
supplies. Cassels Co. is going out
of business with a big flare OF
activity.
This reporter asks Mr.. Cassels
who is called Mike" or "Mr
Mike" by all his customers, about
reports that it was planned tc
create a New Ellenton" about
two miles beyond the boundaries
of the Savannah plant area.
Nothing to it." he says. "That
was an idea of the preachers and
school teachers. Once the farm
land around here is taken over
the economy of the town is done
Evening star., 1951-03-30

ert D. Parkinson, a Yankee only
recently arrived from New York
tried to comfort them with the
story of the brook Cherith. II
was at that brook that the ravens
brought Elijah food.
The parable was pertinent be-
cause the brook dried up and
Elijah had to go forth. Elijah
went forth and in time brought
rain and fertility to the land OF
Israel.
The Baptist Church has caril-
lon of bronze bells of which the
congregation is very proud. As
they left the church that night
the bells were pealing out. "God
Bless America" and, America the
Beautiful"
It would be grossly inaccurate to
say that all the people of Ellenton
accepted the death decree meted
out to their town. They are
Americans.
The protest of one was affixed
in awkard hand lettering to the
highway sign marking Ellenton
on Route %. It is still there be-
cause this is America and the
right to protest Is the right to
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Lano's PinbaII Machines
Seized in Prince Georges

Pinball machines in Prince
Georges County belonging to Sam
Lano, who is under a perjury in
dictment in Arlington, are being
seized by Sheriff Carlton Beall
under a writ of attachment issued
by the Circuit Court.
Sheriff Beall said the writ was
issued after a Baltimore vending
machine manufacturer got a $3,-
700 judgment against Lano.
The sheriff said his men picked
up at least six machines yesterday
but that he believed there are "a
couple hundred" belonging to
Lano in the county.
Lano was indicted earlier this
month by an Arlington grand
jury which said he lied when he
testified before the jury that he
had not given gifts to Arlington
board member Daniel A. Dugan.
Evening star., 1951-03-30

The people win scatter every
which way"
Mr.. Cassels answers any ques-
tions except about the volume of
his business, which must be an
impressive figure. He mentions
that his commissions on sales for
Standard Oil Co. Of New Jersey
alone amount to $4,000 a month.
He intends to keep that agency
and open a place north of the
development on the road to Aiken
after next years forced move.
The Cassels enterprises in FL
lenton are the store. the telephone
company, the bank and the under
taking establishment.
The bank is an interesting story.
It is cash depository-a "one-
way" bank. You can put money
in. but the banker cannot loan it
out. The bank operates by serv-
ice charge, intesest on Government
bonds which may be purchased
with the depositor's money, and
loans from surplus.
It is the first bank of its kind.
1t was devised as a confidence
restorer during the bank holiday
Iof 1888 by Mr.. Cassels' late
brother, who went to Columbia
and had legislation drafted author
izing such an institution. Today
there are 80 banks of this type
in the State. ...
I mentioned to Mr.. Cassels that
! had been bit intimidated about
interviewing him by reports that
a magazine writer who asked toe
many questions had been swung
on. He laughs.
"The Augusta Chronicle said
that the man who took a punch
at the writer was a middle-aged
Stocky man with bushy gray hair, -
he says. THAT description fits
me all right, but mind you, I'm
not saying I did it. That fellow
was doing himself no good the
way he asked questions. But he
write a nice piece so let's forget
about it,"
The incident occurred on the
Baptist Church lawn on a Sun
day not long after the announce
ment that the town and sur
rounding countryside was to be
taken over by the Government. 1t
was reported that photographer
accompanying the writer was
overheard to say something about
"share-cropping Baptists." The
people of Ellenton were under
such a strain at the time that
the limits of their patience were
easily passed. I found them
surprisingly willing to talk about
their situation, how much the
Government had paid them, etc.
Sunday: How EIenton surpiued
NIL apnre hart fho 11orf ono
Evening star., 1951-03-30
GAO Auditor Succeeds
In His Third Attempt
TO Commit Suicide

A 38-year-old General Account
ing Office auditor, who twice be-
fore had attempted to kill himself,
was found shot to death yesterday
in his Berkshire apartment in the
1900 block of Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
William E. Kendall was found
on the bed by his wife, Doris, when
she returned home from work, po-
lice said. A .22-caliber rifle, pur-
chased recently, was found next
to him, with the muzzle at his
right temple.
Deputy Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy issued a certificate of
suicide last night.
Mr.. Kendall, discharged last
summer from st. Elizabeths Hos
pital, was subject to periods of
dependency, police said. He did
not go to work yesterday because
of a tooth pulled Wednesday.
Police said Mr.. Kendall at
tempted to leap from Calvert
Street Bridge in 1949 but was held
by two passersby until police ar
rived. Last December he at
tempted suicide by taking an
overdose of sleeping tablets, Homi-
eide Squad detectives said, but
was saved when a neighbor found
him unconscious.
Mr.. Kendall went to st. Eliza
beths after his first suicide at
tempt, police said.
Mr.. Kendall, who worked for
the Government nearly 10 years,
was a corporal in the Army dur
ing World War II.
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Queue Up
In Last Rush
For District Tags
Final Chunce Finds
Many Making Effort
To Beat Deudline

More than 600 persons queued
up at the Municipal Center this
morning to beat today's deadline
on 1851 auto tags.
Average time required for the
task was an hour and Is min
utes due to longer waiting periods
as lines formed from the c street
entrance around Third street to
Indiana avenue. Earlier in the
week the average times was Is
minutes.
Not Open Tomorrow.
The Department of Vehicles and
Traffic will not be open tomor-
row and all District cars must
have the new tags after midnight
tomorrow. The Office will close
at 3:45 pm, but all persons in
line at that time will be served.
Officials noted 1880 applica-
tions for new tags had been re-
turned to the Traffic Department
to date for Change in address"
The applications are not for
warded.
To date, 1,700 persons who did
not receive applications for that
reason appeared at the Traffic
Department and paid IS fines
before receiving their tag appli-
cations. ....
Up to closing time yesterday,
145.742 tags had been issued. The
two heaviest days this month were
Wednesday, when 5,952 tags were
issued, and yesterday, 5,841 tags.
Diplomatic Tags Short.
Because of the increased num-
ber of diplomats in Washington at
this time. owing to unsettled world
conditions. the department is
running short of diplomatic tags.
Last year 872 diplomatic tags were
issued, so Traffic Director George
E. Keneipp ordered 1000 tags for
this year. Up to closing time yes
terday 967 of them had been is
sued. The department has ordered
an additional 200 from Lorton
Reformatory, where the tags are
manufactured.
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Top Officials Weigh
Question Of Action on
Federal Pay Increase

Top administration officials to-
day said they still were discussing
the question of possible pay in
creases for Government employees,
without having yet reached a de-
cision as to what kind of recon-
mendation to make to Congress.
Budget Bureau Director Fred
Lawton said that additional dis
cussions will be needed before any
decision is reached.
Pending before Congress is leg
islation providing for II per cent
Federal pay increase.
The administrations position on
the measure is being debated by
officials from the White House
Budget Bureau. Civil Service Com
mission and the Wage Stabiliza-
ton Board.
One tentative agreement reached
is that no Federal pay raise should
be in excess of the 10 per cent
national wage policy.
However, several top admins
tration officials are reported tt
oppose any direct White House
Endorsement of a Federal pay in
crease, even for 10 per cent.
These officials are advocating q
neutral" position by the admin
istration. They urge that the ad-
ministration submit a report te
Congress neither in favor nor op-
posed to the bill, outside of say.
ing that anything in excess oi
10 per cent would be contrary te
national wage stabilization policy
In this way, it would be left
to Congress to decide what should
be done about Government pay
increase legislation.
Privately, several influential
White House officials are opposed
to any Federal pay boost. They
argue that the measure would be
too costly and that average Fed
eral salaries today compare IA
vorably with those in private in
dustry.
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Civic Leaders Bitterly AssoI
Abandonment of Transit Runs

"It's only matter of time" he
said, before Capital Transit will
try to abandon the other lines on
which it is losing money, and if
the company is to be believed, it
is losing money on all its Mary
land operations"
Mr.. Palmer said service will be
cut off to many schools. He men
toned Takoma Park Junior High
School in particular. He said the
closest public conveyance will be
at Piney Branch road and Sligo
Creek parkway, a half mile from
the school.
Evening star., 1951-03-30

most Southerners, the Ellenton-
ians are a very patriotic people.
"It was like there was a death
in the family" said Mike Cassels.
1--WE expected big boom in
Ellenton," said H. w. Richer, a
hardware merchant, who is mayor
of the town. 1T made a big boom
all right
Were going to be the first DPS
of World War ILL.," was a thought
that occurred to a lot of Ellenton's
citizens.
A lot of Government men ar
rived in Ellenton on the crest of
the announcement. A mass meet
ing was called in the Ellenton
High School. and it was addressed
by Gordon Britton of the Corps
of Engineers, who is in charge of
buying up the land.
Both white and colored at
tended. Segregation was waived
for the moment, as it would be in
manning a lifeboat.
Mr.. Britton's principal message
to the citizens was that their
Government was not going to
cheat them. Uncle Sam would
pay full value for every house and
outbuilding. Fences, wells, every
thing that had been done to i'm
prove the property would be con-
sidered in making the estimates.
Crops in the field would be
counted in. The Government also
would consider the cost Of OBJ
tanning a similar farm in that sec
ton of South Carolina.
The Government would make a
price for an entire farm. buildings
and all, he said, then confer with
the owner to see if the price was
mutually satisfactory If the owner
wanted to move the buildings, the
Government would sell them back
to him at a salvage price.
Perhaps just as important in
the ears of many of the people
was the message from Curtis A.
Nelson, manager of the Savannah
River Office of the Acc. and Rob-
ert K. Mason, engineer in charge
for the E. I. du Pont de Nemours
Co. of Wilmington, Del, which is
building the plant, that those be-
ing evacuated from the area
would be given No. l priority when
it came to jobs.
There was also the word that
only a few areas in the project
would have to be cleared right
away-their occupants moved out.
Most of the farmers would have
a full 1851 season. The residents
of Ellenton would not have to
move until June. 1852.
The people were little relieved
but still dazed by it all.
"Why?" they asked. 'Why did
it have to be our town."
Evening star., 1951-03-30

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time all over the ,00o-acre site
on the South Carolina side Of the
river 27 miles below Augusta, Ga.
There were rumors that defense
plant was coming to Ellenton, a
little town of TOO not far from
the river. In general. surprise was
achieved, to use the military
phrase, and when the announce
ment was made on November 2S
there had been little transfer OF
properties.
There was one definite leak
An employe of the Acc. w. c.
McKelvey, told Walter v. Pace
a Salt Lake City (Utah. grocer,
the location of the plant and
suggested that property on the
road to Aiken north of the develop
ment would be a good buy. The
Utah business man obtained
9O-day option on a tract ideal for
a housing development from its
owner, clergyman. The option
was obtained the day before the
announcement was made. Before
the 80 days expired, Mr.. Pace
sold the land to a Charleston
IS. c. builder at a profit Of
$4,000.
The clergyman is suing to sci
aside the deed.
In Barnwell County to the
southeast of the development, q
number of options totaling 2,00C
acres were filed the day before
the announcement in the name
of the mayor of Barnwell. With
two exceptions, these options were
not taken up by the expiration OF
the 90-day period.
The Atlanta lawyers who made
Inquiries about optioning property
said they had done so for client
who wanted to build an industrial
plant in the neighborhood. The
Acc announcement ended their
interest in the area, they said.
The announcement stunned the
people of Ellenton. They began
to realize that they really loved
their town.
There was no bitterness. Like
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Boord Member Named

MARTINSBURB, w. Va, Mar.
30.-Dr. William A. Wallace has
been named to represent Berkeley
County on the Tri-County Board
of Health. with representatives
from Morgan and Jefferson coun-
ties.
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Episcopal High Class Fete

Fifty-three members of the class
of 1851 Episcopal High School,
Alexandria, will be honored with
a dinner at $50 pm. tomorrow
at Washington National Airport.
The schools Old Boys Assocla-
tion will act as hosts.
Evening star., 1951-03-30

othef Vosnin9-
ton newspapers
combined during
the some period.
People turn to
The Stor's tre-
mendous clossi-
fled showcase
when they hove
goods or services
to buy ond sell.
Classified O d s
for the big Sun
doy Stor con be
Evening star., 1951-03-30

ploeed until z pm. Saturday. But you
con help avoid flood Of phone coils
at The Stor on Friday ond Saturday by
placing your Sunday od today.
Coll Sterling 5000. Advertise in
Washinston's Number classified me-
dunn.
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Class in ToiIoring Set

A class in tailoring will open
April 6 at the Arlington Recrea
tional Center, 370O Lee highway
It will be limited to 10 persons.
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Call The Star Today
For Sunday Want Ads

The stor last month carried more
thon 1900 individual classified odver-
tisements. This is more thon the totol
classified ods carried by the three
Evening star., 1951-03-30
By George Kennedy
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

ELLENTON. S. c.. Mar. 30
Although there was quite a stir
on Capitol Hill when it was real
lied that some persons had ad-
vance information on the Savan-
nah River site chosen by the
Atomic Energy Committee for It's
$3.50 million hydrogen bomb plant,
the secret was pretty well kept.
The Corps of Engineers had
been making soundings for some
Evening star., 1951-03-30

Second Of series of orticIes on effect Of
bomb -plont project in South corolno.
Evening star., 1951-03-30

Sunday: How Ellenton surpiped
all aDars but the nert one.
Evening star., 1951-12-30
Dan Forno, Fireman 28 Years,
Feted at Dinner on Retirement
Recalls Fisher Night
When 9 Major Fires
Swept Downtown Area

Dan Forno left the firehouse
on Park road near Thirteenth
street NV. yesterday with a
clock-barometer set and memories
of % years as fireman.
Members of Engine Co. No. II
and Truck Co. No. 6 gave a din
ner in honor of Mr.. Forno. He
has just retired after % years as
a private in the department, %
of them spent with Engine Co.
No. II.
There's nothing like the old
engine house." Mr.. Forno, now
SIS, said in a brief speech.
The gift from his comrades was
presented by Pvt. w. E. Thomas,
who served with Mr.. Forno many
years. The retiring fireman said
he had enjoyed his association
with the men and would miss it
now. Capt. c. E. McGhee pre-
sided at the. ceremony.
So many fires has Mr.. Forno
fought during his career that only
a few stand out in his memory.
One Of these was back in 1925,
the night that firemen remember
as Fisher Night" During the
hours Of darkness, 26 alarms and
nine major fires swept through
Washington.
1t became known as Fisher
Night" when it was discovered all
the fires were set by an arsonist
named Fisher. Burned that night
were dime store, a produce firm,
a paper company, a feed store, a
woodworking company and others.
Ten fire companies from Balti-
more came over to help out.
Probably the busiest night of
my career" Mr.. Forno said.
He also recalled the Christmas
Eve in 1929, when the White
House caught fire and extensive
damage was done to the roof.
Mr.. Forno was born In New
York and went to public school
there. He joined the Army and