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Evening star., 1951-07-16
Farley WheeIwright Heads
National Cancer Foundation
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 16.-Farley
w. Wheelwright will become ex-
ecutive director of the National
Cancer Foundation tomorrow
The Board of Trustees of the
organization, which provides Il
nancial and other aid to advanced
cancer patients and their families,
announced the appointment last
might.
Mr.. Wheelwright has been on
the staff of the Community Serv-
ice Society of New York, and
before that was director of public
relations of the Massachusetts,
Memorial Hospitals ir Boston.
Evening star., 1951-07-16
Skipper Who Sailed
DUPONT Boot Kills Self
BY the Associoted Press

REHOBETH BEACH. Del, July
16.-Capt. James Walsh, 81, skip
per OF Irenee duPont's yacht for
rs years. shot and killed himself
yesterday, Coroner William S.
Marvel reported.
Members of the family told the
coroner Capt. Walsh had been de-
spondent since the death of his
wife, Sally, year ago.
Capt. Walsh, who spent the
winter in Florida, returned here
several weeks ago. He retired as
skipper OF Mr.. duPont's boat in
1910.
Evening star., 1951-07-16
.Cripps, Sick, Leaves Bed
First Time This Year
BY the Associated Press

ZURICH, Switzerland, July
16.-Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain's
former Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, has been permitted to
leave his bed for the drst time
this year, his doctors disclosed
today.
The weekly health bulletin Ul
Sir Stafford reported continuing
improvement for the third week
in succession.
Sir Stafford is under treatment
at the Living Strength" clinic
here for a tubercular infection o1
the spine with an abdominal com
plication.
Evening star., 1951-07-16
u. S. Interest in Iran Oil
Welcomed by Morrison

LONDON, July Is (P.-Foreign
Secretary Morrison said today
that Britain welcomes United
States interest" in the Anglo
Iranian oil dispute and wishes
w. Averell Hartman success in
his mission to Teheran.
Mr.. Morrison refused to say
however, whether the British gov
ernment would accept any form
of mediation by President Tru-
mans adviser on foreign affairs.
He told questioners in the
Evening star., 1951-07-16
One in Five Have Cars

DETROIT. - Although Europe
was the birthplace of the automo-
bile, today there is one passenger
car for every five persons in tht
United States. compared to ont
for every 231 persons in the rest
of the world.
Evening star., 1951-07-16
Food Shortage in SomoIiIond

A public subscription campaign
to help relieve suffering from q
critical food shortage in Somali-
land "a U. N. trust territory
under Italian administration has
been started by a newspaper
there.
Evening star., 1951-07-16
Hiqh Water Cancels
Missouri Meeting
On Flood Control
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
ST. CHARLES, Mo-. July
16.-A flood control meeting
of the Mississippi Valley AS
sociation scheduled here for
Thursday night was called off
today-because of flood con-
ditions.
It will be rescheduled as
soon as interested parties can
get to St. Charles.
Evening star., 1951-07-16

House of Commons that Britain
stands by her right to go on pro-
ducing oil in Iran despite the
Teheran governments program to
nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil
Co.'s huge interests.
Evening star., 1951-06-01
ZENITH 10" Console

Yours for $500 less than its list
price this famous Zenith with
the screen that changes from round
to rectangular at the flip of
switch! With eIore-bon black tube
for rich picture contrast. Double
door mahogany veneered cabinet.
Evening star., 1951-06-01
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Steel CHASE

Specially priced! Deep. innersprine
mottress is covered with plastic in
red, turquoise or green. Back od-
justs to 3 positions. Con be used
as guest bed. On wheels for moving.
End bar keeps mattress in place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-04

and got her masters degree
at the University of RocheS-
ter. She also taught biology
at Oberlin in the Nays war
time Viz program.
Just as shifting the 255-
year -old mems school to CO.
educational has meant a
transition for st. Johns, it
also has meant something of
a transition for her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-04

lectures. The purpose Is to
teach students to think.
1t was a radical departure
from customary teaching
methods, but this fall the
school has ventured into still
another new field-new. that
Is, for St. Johns.
For the first time, women
students have been admitted.
Goods gather beneath the
great poplar tree now
known as the Liberty tree"
where Colonial lads once
met to study and debate
the rising tide against Eng
land. Girlish laughter now
echoes through age-old Ran
dali Hall. which has been
converted into a Women's
dormitory.
And for the first time since
King william, proud of hav-
ing the school named for him,
approved its establishment. a
woman has been added to the
faculty.
She Is Miss Barbara Leon
ard who, although a teacher
of considerable experience,
might we'll be mistaken for
one of the co-eds. Miss
Leonard, only 81 and pretty in
her short curly hair. went
to st. Johns from Smith Col
lege, where she was an in
structor in zoology. At st.
Johns she is assistant dean
of women.
Miss Leonard graduated
from Oberlin College in 1887
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-04

She not only has shifted
from an all-girlS' school but
must revise her teaching
methods to fit St. Johns I'M
usual system. She says it Of
fers a challenge, and chal-
iengeS somehow seem to
make life more interesting.
Come back in 10 years"
she says, and I'll tell you of
my success" w. J. NJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-04

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Evening star., 1951-05-23
Baritone CORN TO Appear
I0n Amphitheafer PROGRAM

Igor CORN, concert and radio
baritone, will appear on the pro-
gram dedicating the Carter Bar
ron Amphitheater at $3.50 pm
Friday, Orville Crouch, general
chairman of the executive COM
mittee for the dedication, an
nounced today.
President Truman will dedicate
the amphitheater, honoring the
Loew's Theater executive who died
last November 16.
Also on the program will be
Movie Stars Walter Pidgeon and
Kathryn Grayson, Eugene List,
pianist, and the dance teams of
Marge and Cover Champion.
Sesquicentennial Com m isSion
officials announced today that the
entire reserved section of the am
lphitheater has been sold out for
the first two performances, June
1 and 2, of the 1851 presentation
OF Faith of Our Fathers" The
production, to be shown nightly
except on Sundays, will run from
June to September 3. The OPEN
lngs scene of the drama will be
staged as the final number of the
dedication program.
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Employer Charges Threats
Court Restrains Union

The owner of a trash and gar
bage collecting business today wor
IA round IN District Court in :
suit filed yesterday to preven
a union from interfering with hi.
employees.
Judge Charles F. Mclaughlin
today issued a temporary restrain.
ing order sought by the plaintiff
Nathiel Smith, against the United
Construction Workers Union, Lo.
cal No. /, 1400 block of K stree
NV. and two union representa-.
tives.
Mr.. Smith, head of the Super
Service Trash Co., 1915 Half street
S.W., charged that the union ane
two representatives had caused
rocks to be thrown at his trucks
and that the lives of his employe.
were threatened. The sui
accuses the union of using "unlaw.
full means" to unionize his EN-.
ployes. The individual representa-.
tives named in the suit were vii.
liam J. Pohmer and William D
Butler.
The complaint also alleges ths
uinon has sought to create i'll viii
between Mr.. Smith and his EN-.
ployes by distributing handbills
OF a total of IS employees, about
40 of them now refuse to work, the
complaint said. declaring they
fear for their lives. q
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Science Repoys
Fairfax Mother,
Saves Rh Baby

Medical science has repaid Mrs
Emory Brown of Route 3. Fairfax
Va, for mistake it made in 1897
Mrs. Brown, wife of a construc-
ton worker, is ready to take hel
healthy, sixth child-Robert Ste
phen-home from Arlington Hos
pital. But the child is alive only
because hospital physicians COM
pletely changed the child's blood
Fourteen years ago. after she
had had three children, Mrs
Brown underwent an operation
She needed a TRANSMISSION of blood
which was furnished by her hus.
band. At that time, the Rh blooe
factor had not been discovered
Mr.. Browns blood was positive
his wife's negative.
Thus. Mrs. Browns blood be.
came sensitized. Two more chill.
dren were born healthy, although
the second had a jaundice con.
dition, indicating a definite but
slight sensitization. A third child
born in 1945, died two days aftel
birth.
But by the time Mrs. Brown wa.
expecting her latest baby, doctors
knew enough about the Rh factor
to be ready for trouble.
In a TRANSMISSION which tool
about two hours. the infants body
was washed out" with five
changes Of blood. Physicians say
this blood change is necessary ir
about 100 infants q year In ths
Metropolitan Area. y
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Brain Buster Battles Keneipp:
Are Roller Skaters Vehicles?

Not since Thorne Smith wrote
Naked on Roller Skates" has in
terest in mechanical pedal mo-
bility reached the fever pitch that
followed an innocent question
asked by Inspector John J. Ag-
new of the Police Traffic Bureau.
"Is a boy on roller skates a
vehicle?" slyly asked Inspector
Agnew during an informal chat
with Traffic Director George F.
Keneipp.
Mr.. Keneipp said he didn't know
and so far as he was aware neither
did any one else. Inspector Agnew
chuckled and went his way.
Another thing Mr.. Keneipp
didn't know is that the roller
skate question is one of the brain
busters that instructors in the
police school are confronted with
periodically. 4
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Maryland Students Win
Leaders FeIIowships

Two University of Maryland
students have been awarded Dan
forth summer fellowships in lead
ership training. 1t was the Sec
ond such award for William Mer-
|rill. Elkton, Md, a junior in the
College of Agriculture. He won
the award as freshman also.
The freshman fellowship this
year went to Charles Weller,
Brookville, Md. Both students will
spend two weeks at the Ralston
Purina Co. plant and research
farm studying manufacturing, dis
tribution, sales. research and per-
sonnel training problems. An
other two weeks will be spent at
the American Youth Foundation
Camp at Shelby, Mich, where
leadership training is promoted
through camp activities.
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Msgr. Sheen Appointed Bishop,
Assistant to Cardinal SpeIIman
Noted Speaker, Author
Served on Faculty
orc. u. for ~ Years

Msgr. Fulton j. Sheen, Sc, a
member of the faculty at Catho-
lie University for "a years. has
been appointed auxiliary bishop
Ito Francis Cardinal Spellman
Archbishop of New York, by Pope
Plus XII.
The Most Rev. Amleto Giovann.
.Cicognani. apostolic delegate to
the United States. announced the
elevation of Msgr. Sheen to epis-
Icopal rank. Msgr. Sheen will be
stationed in New York.
Bishop-elect Sheen will con-
tinue to serve as national director
of the Pontifical Society for the
Propagation of the Faith, a post
he has held since September
1850.
Was Ordained in 1919.
Msgr. Sheen was ordained 8
priest in Peoria, ILL.,, in 1919 and
received the papal title of right
reverend monsignor in 1885.
Until he was appointed national
director of the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith, Msgr
Sheen was professor of philosophy
for a number Of years. He is the
author Of 80 some books in the
field Of religion and philosophy
Including Peace of Soul" Com.
munism and the Conscience oi
the West" and PHILOSOPHY o1
Religion.
In recent years Msgr. Sheen has
achieved a wide reputation out.
side the church by his Sunday
Afternoon talks on the nationally
broadcast. Catholic Hour program
New Diocese Established.
A number of prominent Ameri-
cans came to him for instruction
before they were converted tt
Catholicism. Among these were
Clare Booth Luce. Fritz Kreisler
Henry Ford. I'd; the late Haywood
Broun and Elizabeth Bentley.
Pope Plus appointed Msgr
Sheen titular bishop OF Caesarians
when he elevated him to his new
post.
At the same time Pope Plus an.
nounced establishment of the new
diocese of Greensburg, Pa, ano
appointed as its first bishop, the
Most Rev. Hugh L. Lamb, auxiliary
Ito Cardinal Dougherty, archbishop
of Philadelphia. The new diocese
consists of four counties in West
ern Pennsylvania which formerly
were a part Of the Pittsburgh
diocese.
Evening star., 1951-05-23

The answer, Inspector Agnev
explained today, is found in Sec.
tion 68 of the Traffic Regulations
1t says:
mo person upon roller skates
or riding in or by means of any
sled, coaster, toy vehicle or sim.
liar device shall go upon any
roadway except while crossing g
street in a crosswalk and wher
so crossing such person shall be
granted all of the rights and shall
be subject to all of the duties
to pedestrians"
Get it, Mr.. Keneipp! A boy or
roller skates is a pedestrian!
He's a sly one, that Inspector
Agnew. He know all along that
the traffic bureau has been list
ing roller skaters as pedestrians
whenever the subject came UP.
Evening star., 1951-05-23
7 Area Universities
Weigh Reductions in
Their Teaching Staffs

Two universities in the Wash
ington area-the University OF
Maryland and Catholic Univer-
Sity-are considering possible re-
ductions of their teaching stats
this fall in anticipation of lower
enrollments.
A Catholic University spokes-
man said the school was "seri-
ously considering reducing its
teaching staff" He added that
no decision had been made, how
ever.
At the University of Maryland
George Fogg, director of person
mel, said it is planned to drop
some of the special personnel
brought in last year to handle
the heavy load of students. These
would include some part time in
structors. graduate assistants and
fellows.
Permanent Staff Unaffected.
The permanent staff will not
be touched" he declared.
He estimated that the cutback
would amount to about 10 per cent
of the special personnel because a
Slight drop in enrolment is ex-
pected at the university next fall
Many of the posts to be dropped
are not filled now, he added, OF
ARE filled on a year-to-year basis
and would be vacated anyway at
the end of this term.
Final determination Of the cuts
at the University of Maryland will
be made at the end Of this month
by the Board of Regents.
No Reduction at CIV.
On the other hand, George
Washington University and Amer
Iican University saw no need for
faculty reductions.
A spokesman for American Uni
versity said that there are ne
plans to reduce the teaching staf
at the university.
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, presi-
dent Of George Washington Uni.
|versity, said the situation at his
institution appeared to have sta
'bilized in the past few months
and no faculty cutbacks are
planned.
DR.. Marvin said he looked fol
no change in the enrolment pic.
ture of any marked degree anc
expressed optimism as to next
years operations of the university
In fact the budget for next veal
has been approved and calls fol-
salary increases all along the line
he added.
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Montgomery Symphony
Group Elects Officers

Carey E. Quinn, Bethesda at
torney, has been elected president
|of the Montgomery Symphony As
|sociation. Other officers named
Iare:
DR.. Horatio Wales and Mrs.
Marcel Vigneras, vice presidents;
Mrs. Paul Tost, secretary; Dean
Hugh G. Price of the Montgomery
Junior College. treasurer; c. G.
Carr, concertmaster: Rita Watts.
corresponding secretary, and Mrs.
W. w. Warrell, J. r. Lynch and
Kai De Vermond. Executive Board
members.
Six concerts are planned for the
coming season. A
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Killing Of Burglary Suspect
Ruled JustifiabIe Homicide

The fatal shooting of 19-year-
old burglary suspect by Prince
Georges Police Pvt. H. E. King was
ruled justif1able homicide today by
Trial Justice Theodore Miazga in
Upper Marlboro Police Court.
A technical charge of man
slaughter was lodged against Pvt.
King Monday and he was sus-
pended from the force pending
outcome of today's hearing. He
was reinstated on the force imme-
|diately after the verdict.
Pvt. King fired a shot that
|felled James Robert Steep of the
5000 block of Newark road, Colmar
Manor, inside hotdog stand on
|Bladensburg road early Saturday.
Pvt. King said he and another Of
fcer surprised Steep as he was
burglarizing the establishment
The policeman testified that he
fred at Steep when he saw him
reach into his pocket, as if to draw
a gun. Steep had criminal rec
ord.
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Yale Dean Criticizes
0utdated Formulas
In Church Efforts

Churches are failing to reach
important groups in the COM
munity because of reliance or
Iold-fashioned formulas, according
to Dean Liston Pope of the Yale
Divinity School.
Racial groups, the Intelligent
sia." a large part of labor and
the country club set" all are
being ignored by churches, DR.
Pope told a meeting sponsored
by the Washington Federation oi
Churches last night.
He addressed the first confer.
ence on The Church in the Life
of Our Community" held al
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
under auspices of the federation's
social welfare department.
Just preaching on Sunday
isn't adequate any more. DR.. Pope
told the $50 delegates, to interest
many persons in religion.
He urged that churches should
seek new activities to attract
members, adding that at time!
they should take direct part il
solving community problems ane
always should act to keep citi.
lzens sensitive to human needs.
Capt. Rhoda Milliken of thu
Police Departments Woman.
Bureau; Miss Mabel r. Cook
general secretary of the YMCA
and Frank w. Mccullough, ad.
ministrative assistant to Senator
Douglas, Democrat, of Illinois
were other speakers at the session
Ben B. Treadwell, retiring chair.
man of the federation's Socia
Welfare Committee. received {
scroll.
The conference was to con.
clude today with workshop meet.
ings, a luncheon address by DR.
Samuel C. Kincheloe of the Uni.
versity of Chicago and a summar,
discussion,
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Appeals Court Defers
Hearing on Jury Oath

The question of whether grand
jury witnesses must take their
oaths in the presence of judge
was still up in the air today after
the Maryland Court of Appeals
decided against holding a hearing
this week on protest to this
procedure.
At a meeting in Annapolis last
night the court said it would not
place the question ahead of other
cases on its agenda.
The court intends to close out
its 1850 term this week. There
was no indication whether 1t
would agree to hear the matter at
its next sitting. But Prince
Georges County attorneys who
are seeking a ruling in the case
said they had been informed last
week the court definitely would
hand down a decision.
The attorneys, who are seeking
"a writ of habeas corpus for q
Prince Georges man accused o1
rape, noted an appeal after Judge
y. Dudley Digges ruled in unity
Circuit Court three weeks age
that the indictment returned
against the defendant is valid
The court upheld the indictment
despite the fact that witnesses
who testified before the grand
jury were sworn by a deputy clerE
in a place apart from either o.
the two |.rcuIa Court rooms
Judge Diggec d"nied the habea.
corpus petition and remanded Il
jail Norman r. Strait, Al, charged
with attacking 72-year-oid Bla-
densburg woman on February l
Evening star., 1951-05-23
'Dishwasher's S Record
Brought Out at Trial

A criminal record of two felony
convictions 20 years ago against
Larry Kitchen. 40-year-old dish
washer charged with numbering
an elderly hotel clerk, was brought
out in District Court today.
Kitchen was on the witness
stand in his trial on a first-degree
murder charge in the yoking anc
robbery death Of Leo Hysan, II
on January z in the Hotel Edi.
son, 1922 Thirteenth street NV
At the end of a long cross
examination in which Kitcher
was taken step by step through
his account of his wanderings or
the night Of the murder, Assistant
United States Attorney William
Arnold brought up the man.
criminal record.
He asked him II he were moi
the same Larry Kitchen who wa!
convicted of assault and batter,
in February. 1880, and of robbery
in December of that year. Kitchen
said that he was.
The case may 20 to the Jury
later this afternoon.
Kitchen insisted that Hysar
was unharmed when he left him
on the night OF January Z.
He said the man, with whom
he had struck up an acquaintance
over a few beers in Thirteenth
street restaurant, had sold him hi
clothes for SO.
The deceased was found gar.
rotted in Kitchens room. Kitcher
was arrested in Scranton, Pa. s
lew days later. He admitted or
the witness stand that he sold thu
old mans clothes along New Yorl
avenue before taking a bus out O,
town.
Evening star., 1951-05-23
House eHearingsCaI|et
|0n Moves 10 Revise
District Rent Control

Extensive revision of the District
rent control law will be considered
next Monday and Tuesday at pub.
lie hearings by the House district
Judiciary Subcommittee.
Announcing the hearings, Will.
lam N. Mcleod, committee clerk
indicated the subcommittee gener.
ally favorS continuing rent con.
trolls here beyond the June 81
deadline. But several changes il
the old law are being discussed by
members.
Witnesses will include the Dis.
trict Commissioners, Rent Admin.
istrator Robert Cogswell. Corpora.
tion Counsel Vernon West anc
some tenants, and property owners
New residential construction
now free of curbs, should be put
under restrictions, according te
some sentiment already develop
ing in the subcommittee.
Considerable demands already
are being registered for recontroll.
ing transient hotels, whose family
living quarters were freed from
curbs by an amendment to the
law some time ago.
On the other hand, some SUBJ
committee members were repre-
Sented as believing there should
be some provision for increasing
rents on property which have re-
ceived no increases for many
years.
Persons who wish to testify al
the two-day hearings are asked to
notify the House District Commit
tee as soon as possible so a sched-
ule of witnesses can be arranged
The hearings will take place in
the House District Committee
Room AS of the Old House Office
Building. Chairman of the SUBJ
committee is Representative Har-
ris, Democrat, of Arkansas.
Evening star., 1951-05-23

This is a great big wonderful
country to two. German exchange
students.
Frank McNaughton, correspon-
dent for Life and Time, took the
lpair under his wing for a tour o1
the Capitol yesterday. In Ba-
Ivaria, where HeiAz Munich ano
Miss Dagmar Sabathil, both 18
were raised. students just don't
Igo around meeting and chatting
with important Government Off
Icials like Chairman Richards o1
the House Foreign Affairs Com.
Imittee.
Heinz and Dagmar hardly knew
what to say when the big South
Iern Democrat looked at Dagmal
and. smiling, drawled, young
lady, like your voice, and I like
your looks, toor
In a way it was hard for then
Evening star., 1951-05-23
Man Hurt by Fall in PIT,
Another Injured on Steps

Two men were admitted to
Emergency Hospital early this
morning safter being injured in
falls.
Walter S. Ward, "A, of $50 Ran
dolph street NV. suffered frac-
tured shoulder and two broken
ribs in fall on flight of steps
outside of 2345 Thirty-fourth
street Sc, where he had been
visiting friends. according to
police.
Raymond G. Bennett, 80, of e26
Spring road NV, fractured his
skull when he fell into a grease
pit at a gas station at Tenth
and E streets NV.