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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Garden Club
Activities

Bethesda Community Garden
Club members have been invited
to visit a number Of rose gardens
today. Gardens to be visited in
Iclude those of Col. Thrushton
Hughes. 6751 Glenbrooke road;
Col. Ray K. Windham. 1885 Edge
moor lane; Philip Schaefer, 1920
IMiddlesex lane; William Norf1eet
sos Maple Ridge road. and Wal
ter Gannaway. 1908 Aberdeen
road.
The D. c. branch of the Ma
tional Association Of Gardeners
will hold its monthly meeting
Friday at 8 pm. at the home OF
member Ray Gustin on the Coles
Vile Glenmont road. Montgomery
County.
The Garden Section of the
Woman's Community Club of Ken
IsingtOn will hold a flower show
from 2 to $3.50 pm. Saturday al
the Kensington fire house. Ex-
hibits will be received from $3.50
to II am. the day of the show
There will be arrangement classes
Junior classes, and classes for an
InualS, perennials and Towering
shrubs. There also will be classes
for house plants such as African
Iviolets, begonias and foliage
plants. Mrs. Ralph Moore Berry
lis show chairman.
The Michigan Park Garden Club
on Thursday evening heard Will
bur H. Youngman talk on Shade
loving Plants" Announcement
was made Of the selection of Leo
Rover as public relations chair
man: Ernest c. Saltzman as plant
ing instruction chairman; Charles
MUIR as cooperative purchaser;
Ed Tesh as exhibition chairman;
Mrs. Alfred w. Fischer as hos
pitality chairman: Miss Katherine
Rupert as institutional visitor
and Francis I. Peck as artistic
tourist. ...
Members of Mr.. Peck's commit
tee, who will aid In selecting a
pretty yard for the first prize OF
$25 at the end of the season
were named. The club has 10.
paid members.
June 8 was selected as the date
for a bake sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Dogs
By Peter Boaas

If you are planning a vacation
this summer and can't take your
dog with you the following will
be Of interest to you, particularly
if you intend to leave your dog
behind in a boarding kennel.
A dog suffers a great deal more
from separation from those he
loves than do humans. This is
especially so when the animal Is
confined in a strange place dur
ing his masters absence. Often
a dog will refuse food that is
placed before him, and have
known cases where dogs have
died from the effects of mourn
ing for their masters return.
Take your dog with you on your
vacation trip if you can. He will
enjoy the trip. too. However, II
he must be left behind, boarded
In a strange place. give him some
possession of yours, like an old
shoe or glove. that he may guard
or play with in your absence. This
perhaps sounds foolish to YOU
but it will mean a great deal to
your dog.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27

Very few varieties Of apples will
bear fruit in appreciable quantities
before they are 6 or Z years old.
Dwarf fruit trees, however. nor
mally begin bearing the second or
third year after planting. But that
will vary with the care and feeding
given.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
.S4,o46 Granted 10 Study
Virus Sore Throat in YOUNG

A $4,946 grant to a Children's
Hospital physician for further re-
search on the role of a virus be-
Ilieved to cause summer epidemics
Iof sore throat among children is
Iamong four medical research
grants to Washington investiga-
tors announced yesterday by the
Public Health Service.
DR.. E. Clarence Rice is to con-
tinue his investigation of the role
of the Coxsackie virus in diarrheal
diseases among children, seasonal
grippe like" infections and the
relation, if any. of the virus to
polio. His Investigations will sup
plement related virus studies by
DR.. Robert ]. Huebner of the Ma
tional Institute of Health.
DR.. E. P. Jayne of George Wash
ington University was given $500
for chemical studies of age pig
ments in the heart and adrenal
glands.
Two Howard University investi-
gators, Drs. Walter M. Booker and
A. H. Maloney. were given $13,014
for experimental studies of me-
tabolism. DR.. Andrew F. Burton,
also of Howard University, was
granted $12.761 for evaluation of
therapy in surgical shock with
radioactive sodium.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
Special x-Ray Survey
Set in Northwest Area

A special X-ray survey to un-
cover tuberculosis cases in the
central northwest area of the city
is being planned to begin May s.
The check of the area between
Constitution avenue and P street
from North Capitol street to Sew
enth street NV. will be made by
the District tuberculosis ASSocia-
ton and the District Health De-
lpartment'S Bureau of tuberculosis
Control The area is one of those
with the highest incidence Of
tuberculosis cases. according to
the Health Department.
Although only the most acute
cases discovered may be hospital
lied, because of a shortage of beds,
steps can be taken Immediately to
help other cases through home
treatment and prevent the spread
of the disease, officials pointed
out.
Plans were made yesterday at a
meeting at the Israel Metropolitan
Methodist Church, 1919 New Jer-
sey avenue NV. The Rev. Will
liam H. Jernagin heads the group
sponsoring the canvass of the
area
Evening star., 1951-05-02
Senators Report
Services Hire
Civilian aMinute
Byrd to Ask Inquiry
Of PoyroII Policies as
Increase Continues

The Senate-House Economy
Committee today reported an in
crease of nearly a man-a-minute
in the armed forces civilian pay
rolls in the last year.
Chairman Byrd was reported
planning to propose a special in
vestigation of payroll policies in
the services.
His committee. investigating
non- essential spending by the
Government, released a report to-
day that the number of civilian
employees on Federal payrolls
scared in March for the ninth
successive month.
Civilian agencies added 5,770
employees in the month, the re-
port said, but the armed services
added nearly 10 times that many,
in a total increase of 56,166.
The report said the number Of
Civilian employees of the services
has risen 407,2 since March,
1850. to a new total of 1,744,525.
The increase. the report OBJ
served. would average out to
nearly a civilian a minute, "a
hours a day, seven days week,
for the full 365-day year."
Evening star., 1951-05-02
Restaurants Warned
To File ops Reports

Restaurants which have not
filed reports on costs and sales
with the Office of Price Stabiliza-
ton will be warned that unless
they comply within five days OPS
will seek injunctions to halt theil
business.
Edward P. Morgan. OPS en-
forcement director, said today he
has ordered a check on COM
pliance with the order that the
reports were to be filed by April
30.
Under the restaurant ceiling
price regulation issued March 13
restaurants were ordered to re-
port the base period selected for
computing their ceilings and to
give statements of ), gross sales
and total food costs.
The regulation permits the
restaurant to raise prices to re-
fleet increased food costs, but re-
quireS them to reduce prices when
food costs drop.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
DR.. Mattern Wins Award
For Research on Cancer

DR.. E. Anne D. Mattern, resi-
dent in surgery at Garfield Me-
mortal Hospital, last night won a
500 prize for medical research
at a hospital staff dinner at the
Kennedy-Warre Hotel.
About ITO resident, attending
and courtesy staff members also
marked the 10th birthday of DR..
Harry Hyland Kerr, former head
of Garfield's department of sur
gerry. He received a gold headed
cane from DR.. H. H. Schoenfeld.
DR.. Mattern's award was for
her paper on abnormal growth in
women frequently linked to can
Ger. DR.. Harold Calvo won a $75
second prize for work on a lung
condition easily mistaken for can
Ger and third place, $50 award,
went to DR.. Grace Guin for an
investigation of lung congestion
caused by oily nose sprays and in
IhaIation of mineral oil.
On the dinner committee were
IDrs. Ernest Gould, E. Clarence
Rice, Philip Steptoe, j. Lawn
Thompson. jr., and ]. Ogle War;
field, jr.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
Man Forfeits $50
On Second Arrest
After Bed Fires

A 36-year-old bricklayer, who
for the second consecutive day
set his mattress afire while smok-
ing in bed, today forfeited $50
rather than face a Municipal
Court judge again.
Paul Dignan of the 900 block
of New York avenue NV. was
arrested at about 2::30 am. yes
terday. after firemen extinguished
a blaze in his bedroom, police said.
At Municipal Court he was fined
SIS on charge of causing fire
through negligence.
At about the same time this
morning, fire trucks and police
showed up again. But this time.
police said, Mr. Dignan elected to
forfeit collateral.
\ On the way to the first precinct.
police said, Mr.. Dignan told them
he possibly was little too care
less" During the conversation
in the scout car. the officers said,
they politely removed a lighted
cigarette from his hand.
Evening star., 1951-05-02

other channels. 1t was 1l:0S
O'Clock. however. before the last
area affected had service restored
including the airport.
At the airport the emergency
power system was activated i'm
Imediately after the blackout
began, but it still was necessary to
use candles, flashlights, camp
lanterns and automobile spot
lights to maintain operations
Plane schedules remained normal
with boundary and runway lights
operating on emergency power
Aircraft on the ground also used
this system for general servicing
and their engines were started by
gasoline generators.
The areas affected included
Clarendon and the eastern section
Iof Arlington; Virginia Highlands
between Mount Vernon avenue
and Arlington Ridge road; the
Del Ray and Braddock sections OF
! Alexandria, and Arlandia. In some
instances. the power went on again
fairly early.
In parts of Arlington and Alex
lendria, traffic was snarled occa-
Isionally as the signal system broke
down.
The proprietors of a few frozen
Icustard and ice cream shops found
their products dripping away by
the time service was restored.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
George Murphy Praises
Film Reds for Confessions

George Murphy, the actor, last
night contended that Hollywood
people who have confessed to
afflliation with the Communist
Party were doing a magnificent
job" in disclosing Red activities
in the movie capital.
Mr.. Murphy told convention
of the National Newspaper Pro-
motion Association in the Ward
man Park Hotel that it has been
the intention of the Communist
Party to use the movies as much
as possible.
There's no further need to
worry now that the spotlight is
being turned on them" he added.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
.S22,5OO Is Collected
In Drive for S115,OOO
To Promote District

The Greater National Capita,
Committee reported $500 of its
$115,0 goal already collected al
its kickoff luncheon at the Stat
Ter yesterday.
Frank E. Weakly, president OF
Washington Properties, Inc, ano
chairman of the hotels and pur.
veyors division of the campaign
said the money, representing hall
|of his divisions quota, was col
lected at a dinner last week. He
added that most cities obtain such
funds from the city council, but
in the District I'VE have to get out
and raise it,"
Conventions mean more busi-
ness for every one. Mr.. Weakly
declared. Hotels, he said, keer
only relatively small portion OF
the money brought here by tour.
lists and conventions.
This years subscription cam.
lpaign is $4,000 over last year. Tht
money is used to promote Wash.
ington's tourist and convention
trade. Samuel H. Kaufman
president of The Eyening Stal
Newspaper Co. and campaign
chairman. called the figure "a
|ridiculously small budget to pro.
mote such a city"
Campaign division chairmen ap.
pointed yesterday are Joseph M
Rizik, for retail stores-women's
clothing; Dewey Zirkin, for retail
stores-furs; Col. Julius Peyser, fol
retail stores-jewelry, and L. E
Massey, for retail stores-shoes.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
Thugs Beat and Rob Victim
|0f SIS and Escape in Auto

Police searched today for two
thugs who forced a man into their
car. severely beat and robbed him
Iof $75 and nearly ran down a
policeman in the getaway.
The victim, Win1am Kearns 46
OF 1908 D street NE, was admitted
to Casualty Hospital with cuts on
the face and head.
He said the men picked him up
|at a bar in the 1900 block of II
street NE. and drove him to
TWenty-flrSt street and Constitu-
ton avenue NV. Forcing him
from the car, they beat him, took
the money and fled.
Pvt. L. A Smith of the ninth
precinct, attempting to halt the
car at Nineteenth street, barely
escaped being hit as the car turned
north and disappeared.
In another robbery three COL
ored youths attacked Winston
Mckenzie, colored, night manager
OF the Henry Hotel, 1925 Thir-
teenth street NV, and made off
with $50. One of the youths
struck him on the head with an
iron pipe.
Ethel Fisher, 48, colored, of GIT
Rhode Island avenue NV, re-
ported that two colored men
grabbed her purse containing $50
in the 600 block of S street NV.
Evening star., 1951-05-02

A burned-out electric switch in
Alexandria last night caused
power failures that plunged a
large part of suburban Virginia
including Washington National
Airport. into darkness.
Hundreds of homes were with
out light for as long as two and
half hours. Switchboards of po-
lice, newspapers and the Virginia
Electric & Power Co. were jammed
with inquiries from householderS
Arlington and Alexandria hos
pitfalls were not affected, however
The power failure, which oc-
Cured about $40 pm, was traced
Ito a burned-out transmission
switch atop a pole near the Mon
roe avenue railroad overpass ir
Alexandria, according to r. C
Hopkins, VEPCO district manager
Mr.. Hopkins said the damaged
switch was found only after a long
search and workmen patrolled the
area several times looking for 8
major power line break before they
found the real cause of the
trouble.
Mr.. Hopkins said the switch
failure impaired other power lines
as well as the circuit directly
affected but that service on these
lines was quickly restored through
Evening star., 1951-05-02
Fairfax County Rejects
Annexation Compromise

The Fairfax County Board ot
Supervisors today rejected an offer
by Falls Church to compromise
the city's suit asking 10.75 square
miles of county territory.
Last June. a three-judge an
Inexation court denied the city's
petition. Falls Church has ap-
Ipealed to the State Supreme
Court of Appeals.
In refusing the compromise, the
Supervisors said the annexation
|suit is not delaying sale of school
bond issue, as indicated by the
City Council in its resolution of
April %.
Yesterday, the county School
Board announced that an agree
ment had been reached to drop
suits against the sos million
school bond issue. Sale of the
bonds is planned in a few weeks.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
District Court Acquits AIban Towers Chief
Mrs. Louise Berman ofAdmits Coast Arrest
Contempt Of Congress Before Liquor Board

Mrs. Louise GranSton Berman
heiresS to a West Coast fruit pack
ing fortune, today won District
Court acquittal on contempt OF
Congress charges arising from hel
appearance before a subcommitte
of the House Un-American Activ.
titles Committee in November, 1949
The petite blond became the
18th defendant to be acquitted il
the series of such cases proSecut-
ed since the first of this year. The
Government to date has won only
three convictions.
Judge Burnita S. Matthews gave
the decision granting a defense
motion for a directed verdict
Trial was without a jury.
Judge Matthews gave as hel
reasons points made by other Dis
trict Court judges acting in SINH
lar cases in the last four months
Primary among these was the de-
fendant's claim of self-incrimina-
ton in her refusal to answer &c
Questions asked her by a one-mar
subcommittee.
The questions asked Mrs. Ber-
man included whether she hao
ever contributed or loaned money
to Communist outfits, and wheth-
er she knew a number of in
dividuals believed active in Com
munist circles.
Judge Matthews held that Mrs
Berman made her claim of pos
sible self = incrimination on the
reasonable grounds" that she
feared her answers might lead
to criminal prosecution of her
under the Smith Act, which is
directed against individuals ad-
vocating forcible overthrow of the
United States Government.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
'NeWsmen Invited 10 Testify
'0n Macarthur Arrival

Joseph c. McGarraghy today
urged press. radio and television
representatives to let him know in
advance if they want to testify
at hearing Friday on charges Of
police interference with coverage
of the Macarthur homecoming.
Mr.. McGarraghy, named by the
Commissioners to head a three
man inquiry into complaints
against the police, said he wanted
to know who planned to testify
so he could arrange a schedule OF
witnesses.
Police also will be invited tc
testify. he said, but it has not YET
been decided whether they will
reply to each complaint or wait
until all of them have beer
registered.
Mr.. McGarraghy said the board
room of the District Building has
been reserved for the full day te
give every one a chance to state
his case. The hearing will start
at 10 am.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
Festival Program
eastern standard time.)

Tomorrow.
10 a.m.-Queen and court visit
orchards.
Noon - Distinguished Ladies
Dutch treat luncheon, George
Washington Hotel.
2:30 p.m.-Coronation of Miss
Curl Lie as Queen Shenandoah
XIV. Handley Bowl.
3 p.m.-Pageant, Our Herit-
age" Handley Bowl.
$50 p.m.-Firemen's parade
downtown.
| 8 pm. - Fireworks, Handley
School grounds.
8 pm. - Teen-agers' dance
George Washington Hotel; public
square dance at Lupton's Orchard
Service Auditorium.
10 p.m.-Queen's ball, Armory
Friday.
10 am.-Public visits to or
Icharts 5.
1890 a.m.-Pageant, Our Her
Iitage."
Noon-Visiting Mayors lunch
con, George Washington Hotel.
1890 p.m.-Luncheon for queen
and princess.
2 p.m.-Grand feature parade,
downtown.
8 pm. - Teen-agers' dance
George Washington Hotel; public
square dance at Lupton's Orchard
Service Auditorium.
10 p.m.-Princesses' dance, Ar
mory.
Evening star., 1951-05-02

A liquor license applicant ad-
mitted before the Alcoholic Con-
troll Board today that he used an
other name and once was arrested
while living in California about Is
years ago.
The admission from Meyer
Revitz, president of the corpora
ton which owns the Alban Towers
elected an angry outburst from
ABC Board Chairman Alan Payne
In a notarized application, Mr.
Revitz had answered mo" to ques-
tions about whether he had ever
used another name or had beer
arrested.
Accusing Mr.. Revitz of perjury
Mr.. Payne said he was ready right
then to deny the application. but
must await decision of the other
board members. He refused re-
quest by Mr.. Revitz to Withdraw
the application.
Mr.. ReVltz was applying Tor
license to sell alcoholic beverages
in the dining room of the Alban
Towers. 3700 Massachusetts, ave-
hue NV.
Questioned about his California
residence, Mr.. Revitz said he was
known there as Maury Witt. The
nature of the arrest, which he also
admitted. was not disclosed.
Earlier. the Rev. Charles Mar
tin, headmaster of st. Adams
School; George Bissett, chairman
of the junior wardens of st. Al
bans Church, and Capt. Frank
Pryor, U. S. NJ, retired, 3701 Mas
Isachusetts avenue NV. objected
to issuance of license.
The latter declared that the Al
ban Towers had no dining room,
but Mr.. Revitz explained that, in
converting from an apartment
building to hotel, the G. M. P
Corp. was spending $4,000 on a
new dining room.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
Esther Williams to Lead AppIe Parade
Special Dispatch to The s.or

WINCHESTER, Va, May a.
Through the pink and white
beauty of the rolling countryside
over which she will reign for the
next. three days, Miss Curl Lie,
attractive blond daughter of the
United Nations Secretary General,
was to ride toward a royal well
come in this apple-growing capi-
tai today.
She will be crowned queen of
1.-THE Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Festival by Defense Secretary
George G. Marshall tomorrow.
Beauty conscious festival off,
cials who plan to welcome some
10000 visitors during the two
day festival announced this morn
ing that Esther Williams, curva-
ceous movie star, will serve as
grand marshal of the big parade,
"The Trail of the Pink Petals, 4"
Friday.
Ends Male Domination.
The selection of the auburn
haired beauty as parade leader
ends a three-year male domina-
ton of, the event-Bing Crosby
in 1948. Bob Hope in 1949 and
Van johnson last year.
Miss Lie arrived at National Air
port at 10:45 am. and left i'm
mediately for Winchester.
Miss Lie. daughter of U. N. Sec
retary General and Mrs. Trygve
Lie, was to preside over the
annual apple pie baking con-
test here at noon. Later she and
the princesses of her court will
hold reception for visiting news
paper and radio representatives.
Also on the prefestival sched-
ule for today is luncheon spon-
sored jointly by the civic clubs of
Winchester Guests will include
American Broadcasting Co. News
Analyst Henry J. Taylor and
Sports Director Harry Wismer.
Festival Starts Tomorrow.
The festival actually gets un-
derway tomorrow when the queen
and her court visit the apple
orchards at 10 am. All festival
events are scheduled on Eastern
standard time.
Gen. Marshall will crown the
queen at 2::30 pm. and then will
come the first presentation of the
pageant "Our Heritage" A fire.
mans parade will climax tomor-
rows activities with Sportscaster
WiSmer serving as parade mar
shall. There will be. a teen-agers'
dance. a square dance and the
Queens ball tomorrow night.
Miss Williams will appear early
Friday morning and share honors
with the queen at repeat presen-
tation of the pageant.
Big Parade on Friday.
| Gayly decorated floats. color
guards, bands, drum and bugle
corps and other marching units
will highlight the trail of the
pink petals Friday AFTERNOON.
The festival comes to a close
Friday night with another round
of three dances-for teen-agers,
a square dance and the princesses'
ball. Dean Hudson and his or
chestra will play for the prin-
cesSes.
While lot Of the apple bios
SONS will be gone by tomorrow,
festival officials promise enough
late-blooming apple trees will
provide all the color the visitors
want.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
|o DPS Headed for D. c.
Arrive in New York Todoy

Nine displaced persons, five oi
them Latvians, were due to arrive
in New York today on their way
to new homes in the District.
Fourteen others headed fol
Maryland and nine for Virginia
are among the 1900 arriving
aboard an International Refugee
Organization ship.
Also among those to come to the
District are two Russian and two
Hungarian women.
Evening star., 1951-05-02
Children's Museum Opens
joseph Jefferson Exhibit

The Children's Museum of
Washington yesterday officially
opened an exhibit on Joseph JEFF
ferson, actor who played Rip Van
Wrinkle for 40 years in the last
part of the 10Th century. The
exhibit is at Woodward & Loth-
rop's Bethesda Chevy Chase store
Wisconsin and Western avenues
Scheduled to run this week anc
next, it is being shown in connec-
ton with the play, rip Var
Winkle," which will be presented
by the museums Workshop ot
Creative Dramatics at $50 pm
Saturday in the stores auditori.
um. Tickets will be available al
the store and at the door on thu
night of performance.