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Evening star., 1951-11-19
Armed Bandits
With S704
In StoreHoIdup
Couple Threatened
By Shotgun in Their
Georgia Ave. Shop

Two bandits, one Of them armed
with a sawed-off shotgun. last
night held up the proprietor Of q
Georgia avenue delicatessen and
fled in an auto with $704.
The victim. David Feinstein Of
All Kansas avenue NV, told
police he and his wife Ida were
in their shop~at Gilt Georgia ave-
nue. NV, at about 1926 pm.
when two men, dressed in shabby
tweed overcoats entered.
Levels Gun at Proprietor.
One strobe to the rear Of the
counter while the other pulled a
shotgun from under his
coat, leveled 1t at the proprietor
and commanded don't novel"
The first bandit scooped up
$604 from the cash register and
demanded Mr.. Feinstein's wallet.
The latter drew $100 from his
bilHold and handed it over. The
men escaped in an auto believed
bearing Florida tags.
One Of the bandits was de-
scribed as about As years old,
5 feet 6 inches tall and weigh
ing about 180 pounds. The other
was slender, about 35 years old
and had light. curly hair.
Two Robbed on Street.
In other crimes last night and
early today, two men were slug
ged and robbed on the street.
Fred Frazier. Sc, colored, OF
406 New York avenue NV,
Government Printing Office en-
Iploye, was hit over the head with
an unidentified weapon at Fourth
and M streets NV. and SO and
a wrist watch taken from him.
His two assailants. both colored,
fled afoot. The attack occurred
at about 1890 am. today. Mr..
Frazier was admitted to Freed
mems Hospital with a deep head
cut.
In q similar attack at 10 pm.
Sunday, Dumas Clemens, 536
Third street NE. was yoked by
two colored men near his home.
He was slugged over the head and
robbed of $40.
Purse Is Snatched.
Georgiana G. Frazier, 40, of 1920
Twelfth street NV, told police a
colored man snatched her purse,
containing $40, in the HOO block
of Eleventh street NV, Sunday,
at 8:45pm.
| Six gray shirts, property of the
Metropolitan Police Department,
were stolen from the parked auto
of Police Pvt. Horace Adams Of
the fourth precinct station, yester-
day. between 6 am. and 1880 pm.
Pvt. Adams reported the car was
broken into while it was parked in
the 900 block of C street NE.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Catholics Open Drive
For Needy Overseas

Nearly 100 Catholic churches in
the Washington Archdiocese are
open today to receive contribu-
tions in a THANKSGIVING clothing
drive to aid needy persons in
Korea. Europe and the Near East
The drive, which opened yester-
day, will close next Sunday. II is
part OF nationwide drive spon-
sored by the War Relief Services
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence.
The Rev. E. Jerome Winter, pas
tor OF the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart, is director for the WASH
lngton Archdiocese drive. Father
Winter urged that all useable old
clothing be brought to the collect
ing center. 4
Evening star., 1951-11-19
District Allotment
In U.S.. Road Fund
totals S2,S5O,543

Secretary Of Commerce Sawyer
announced today the District will
receive s2,o5O.543 from a $500 mil
lion Federal highway aid fund to
be distributed nationally for work
beginning next July l.
District Director of Highways
John N. Robertson and Engineer
lof Streets Samuel R. Harrison an
Inounced the funds will be used for
the new East Capitol street bridge
and for constructing the New York
avenue overpass. as we'll as for
incidental paving jobs.
The new overpass will 90 over
the Pennsylvania railroad and
over South Dakota avenue in the
line of New York avenue NE. 1t
will link up with the projected
|superhighways from Annapolis
and Baltimore. which will reach
the District in that area. Both
are under construction, but it will
be some time before they are COM
|pleted.
Maryland Gets S5,171,S77.
Under the newest Federal high
way ALLEGATION, Maryland gets
5s5.171,877. OF this S1,e35, 1903
Will 90 for Federal-aid highways
the major roads; S1,182,2O5 for
secondary or feeder roads. and
81. .O54,609 for urban highways.
Maryland State Roads Com
mission officials said they are un-
able to tell exactly on which prof.
ects the money will be spent.
After it is officially notified by
the Bureau of Public Roads. the
commission will draw up a pro-
gram under which the money will
be expended, they explained.
S9,35S,321 For Virginia.
Virginia, under the program.
will receive s9.358,321. Of this,
81 204,20O will go for major roads:
$3,266,315 for feeder roads and
81 1897 ,806 for urban highways.
Officials of the Virginia Depart
ment of Highways said the new
Federal funds have not yet been
allocated to specific projects with
IN the State. This is not likely,
they said, until the Highway Com
mission holds its meeting prob
ably in March or April.
But officials pointed out that
while the new alloca tions for
major and feeder roads are rough
ly about the same as for the cur
rent fiscal year, a sizable jump is
shown in the new money for urban
highways. The current years fig
ure for urban highways is ST.
586,97 compared with that for
the coming fiscal year of sl,S87.-
8O6. Officials attributed this to
the growing traffic problem in the
cities and the departments rec
ognitlon of this.
The various State highway de-
partments will map out theil
projects, prepare the necessary
plans, award contracts j
and supervise construction, with |,
the assistance of the Bureau of
Public Roads. Nationally, S225
million was allOcated for Federal 4
aid highway system programs: Ii
$3.50 million for the secondary
road system and $125 million for
urban highways. II
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Two Men Questioned
On Alexandra Fire;
Loss Put al S125,0O0

The cause Of spectacular $l25.-
600 fire in the Robinson ware
house was being sought by Alex
andria authorities today.
Police said two men are being
held for questioning in an attempt
to explain why the 100-year- -old
building went up in flames at 1:4O
am. yesterday. Both men were
seen in the area before the fire.
police said.
Police said they do not suspect
arson. but believe the men may
have been sleeping in or near the
warehouse when the fire started
and may be able to account for
the blaze.
| The warehouse is in the 200
block of Princess street near a
number of large buildings owned
by the American Agricultural
Chemical Co. Sparks from the
blaze threatened these buildings
and some tankcars nearby.
Similar Fire Three Months Ago.
The Robinson Company leased
the building, which is owned by
the Southern Railway System. A
$4,000 fire had damaged another
Robinson warehouse a few blocks
away three months ago.
Alexandria Fire Chief Bernard
j. Padgett said there were no
cleWs to the cause of the blaze.
Fire Marshal John Posey will con-
tinue his investigation today.
Clarence Robinson of the ware
house company estimated damage
to the building at 100000, in
Guiding the contents.
Paper Cartons Destroyed.
Another building, used by the
Alexandria Dairy Products Co.,
contained approximately $25, 900
worth of paper cartons and crates,
which were destroyed, according
to the president, Michael Burchall.
This building was an inclosed
loading platform.
Chief Padgett said he believed
the fire started in the building
leased by the dairy company.
Firemen today were checking
the ruins periodically because of
the threat that the smouldering
rolls OF paper might burst into
flame.
Several firemen were overcome
by smoke or received minor in
1urles. but none required hospital
ization.
Winds Hamper Firemen.
Firemen were hampered by
strong winds and by low water
pressure. the chief said. The in
closed loading platform and old
wooden beams in the building
helped spread the blaze.
One wall collapsed and then
firemen knocked over other walls
to avoid injury to fire fighters or
any of the hundreds of specta-
tors.
The paper in the warehouse was
ruined, f1remen said. A company
spokesman said the paper was the
property of international Business
Machines Corp, the Government
Printing Office and The Star.
About half Of the total of 400 tons
belonged to The Star, the Robin
lson firm said.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Study Group to Meet
In Montgomery County

Members of the Eastern SUBJ
urban Study Group of Mont
igomery County will meet at 10
am. tomorrow in the Montgomery
Blair High School.
Committees will be organized to
carry out surveys of home-com-
|munity-school problems selected
for study this year.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Seal Sale Chairman William E.

Seal Sale Chairman William E.
Leahy issued a statement urging
Washington citizens to increase
their purchase of seals this year,
to help save the lives of District
children as we'll as those of adults.
"In Washington TB deaths
among children increased 100 per
cent last year." MI. Leahy empha-
sized, and added:
"The National Capital cannot
be SNUG about, or even satisfied
with. its health record when it
had last year the second highest
death rate from tuberculosis in
the country. This rate was topped
only by the State of Arizona.
More than one Washingtonian
died from tuberculosis every day."
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Auto Kills Farmer, Al,
In ST. Marys County;
5 Hut in D. {. Crash

Weekend automobile accidents
cost the life of a St. Marys
County farmer and injured sew
eral District residents.
Walking on Route S near Love-
vile, Md. Floyd Russell, Al, of
Loveville was killed by a car which
police said was driven by James
A. Mattingly, 26, of Compton. Md.
The driver said he was blinded by
headlights and no charges were
filed pending hearing.
1t. Mary M. Mclaughlin, 80.
Walter Reed Hospital nurse, and
four passengers were injured when
car she was driving rammed
into a parked automobile early
Sunday in the 5000 block of Six
teenth street NV.
Hits Second Car.
The parked car in turn struck
another parked vehicle which
slammed into a tree. 1t. Nc
Laughlin was admitted to Walter
Reed with injuries to the fore
head. right knee and left ankle.
Others injured slightly and
treated at Emergency Hospital
were Miss Kathleen Patterson, 35,
and Miss Kathleen Hinton. ~.
both secretaries at the Pakistan
Embassy; 1t. J. c. Lovelace. 81,
of the Royal Canadian Air Force
ard Miss Jean Klaasee, 27. all
of 2145 California street NV.
Robert w. Hedges. q, of AHA
New Hampshire avenue NV,
wine steward at the Shoreham
Hotel, was admitted to Emergency
Hospital with head injuries when
his car hit a tree in the 1000
block Of K street NV. at 2::35
am. yesterday.
Also injured was Geraldine
Langley Donaldson, 20, of 1915
F street NV. who was treated
for cuts on the face and leg and
released.
Car Crashes in Chase.
Another driver, Airman Richard
B. Morgan. 19. of Andrews Air
Force Base. crashed into a tree at
Central avenue and Vista street
NE. after a six-block chase with
two policemen.
Pvts. w. c. Alexander and Wal
ter M. Daniels of the Mount
Rainier police said the car was
travelling about so miles an hour.
Treated for cut chin. the airman
was charged with unreasonable
speed and colliding and turned
over to the Armed Forces Police.
Mrs. Lois Brantley, As. of 1869
Mintwood place NV. suffered rib
and ankle injuries when her car
jumped a curb on Seventeenth and
E streets NV, striking two park
ing meters, bench and tree.
Mrs. Brantley. a St. Elizabeths
Hospital attendant, said she fell
asleep. Damage to her car was
estimated at $1,000.
Evening star., 1951-11-19

Municipal Center, to claim the
rewards.
Winners also will be interviewed
over TV Station WTTG.
Purpose of the campaign is to
cut down the traffic casualty toll
by calling attention to law-abiding
citizens, according to A. Julian
BrylaWski, chairman of the ad-
visory group.
AS of last Saturday, the traffic
death toll this year stands at 81,
Of whom "a were pedestrians.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
By Nelson M. Shepard

BY Nelson M. Shepard
Work is advancing along the
1875 mile Federal stretch of the
Baltimore Washington Parkway.
Nine of the II masonry over
passes and underpasses that
eventually will be built from
Washington to Jessup, are now in
various stages of construction
Engineers of the Bureau of Public
Roads are making encouraging
progress despite limited funds in
pushing ahead to meet at Jessup
the link that Maryland is con-
structing, with Federal aid, from
Baltimore. But there have been
some shortages of material.
Bids for a tenth bridge have
just been received, Federal en-
gineers reported yesterday. This is
for the $3.50. 900 Defense highway
bridge and approaches, near the
Landover road in the vicinity of
the Prince Georges County Hos
pital.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Merchants Hit
Proposal TO Ban
All Fireworks
Commissioners
Hear Defense of
Safe, Sone' Types

Proposed new regulations BAN
ming the sale and discharge of all
fireworks. including the so-called
"safe and sane ones" in the Dis
trict were opposed by businessmen
at a hearing before the District
Commissioners today.
The merchants asked that the
committee which drafted the pro-
posed regulations discuss them be-
fore they were promulgated.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert F. Kneipp, Fire Marshal
Raymond Roberts, Police Inspec-
tor Howard v. Covell, Police 1t.
Sheldon R. Mckee and DR.. Daniel
L. Seckinger, District director of
public health. supported the pro-
posed regulations.
Favors Less Harmful Type.
William H. Press, executive,
vice president of the Board of
Trade, told the Commissioners
that the sale of "safe and sane
fireworks" in the District was a
$250.000 business and that most
of the damage caused was by fire.
works which are forbidden to be
sold or used here.
L. E. Pritchard, representing
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, said his organization
was opposed to the promiscuous
use of fireworks here but favored
the less harmful ones.
He said he was in favor of the
small safe and sane fireworks"
but was opposed to the larger
ones.
He told the commissioners that
formerly sparklers were about
foot long but they are now being
manufactured feet long.
He said if the sale of safe and
sane fireworks" is prohibited in
the District. children or their par
ents would buy them outside. He
declared the association was in
favor Of gun caps because there
is demand for them by children
as part of their equipment in their
cowboy regalia.
Paper Caps Defended.
Vernon w. Wenger, represent
ing the Toy Pistol and Paper Cap
Manufacturers Association, said
the amount of powder in the pa
per caps is so small that there is
no possibility of danger to chill
dren and quoted Federal officials
as saying that caps are safe.
A. P. Fabrizi vice president of
the Kent Manufacturing Corp.
told the Commissioners that his
corporation supplies most of the
safe and sane" fireworks in this
territory and that it employs 800
persons.
He said the training they re-
celve in manufacturing fireworks
has made them skilled in defense
work, great deal of which is now
being done at his plant.
Mr.. Fabrizi declared he was for
control of fireworks and not for
prohibition.
Cites Improvement in Grade.
Raymond Gittelman, represent
ing three fireworks jobbers in
washington, asserted the police
and fire departments fired fewer
complaints around July 4 than
they do at Halloween.
Robert V. Moon, representing
the American Pyrotechnics Asso-
cation, said the manufacture of
fireworks is substantial business
IN this country and is not a flv-
by-night operation. He said the
grade of fireworks has been i'm
proving for many years and much
OF the danger has been taken out
Of them.
MIR. Kneipp explained the his
tory of fireworks regulations in
the District from 1928 and said
the regulations now follow verv
closely the so-called model fire.
u1nrkS
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Barn Dance in Silver Sprino

A Thanksgiving barn dance will
be given Thursday night in the
Silver Spring armory for the bene-
fit of the Silver Spring Optimist
clubs Boys Work Fund" Pro-
ceeds will be used to support the
organizations summer camp at
Burtonsville.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Londover Hills PTA

The Landover Hills Elementary
School Parent Teachers Associa-
ton will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-03-30

mined public opinion can alter
the trend.
Gen. Marshall is one of the
worlds great military leaders;
he is unique in his long ex-
perience with the ebb and flow
of congressional support for de-
fense. With immense dignity
and patience for nearly two dec
ades he has gone to Capitol Hill
with programs designed to meet
immediate needs and probable
future risks.
Congress always has respond
ed well to the crisis. It's record
for long-range planning is feeble.
The general, who understands
and shares Americas hatred of
war and militarism, has borne
his checkered fortunes patiently.
Today'S circumstances do not
permit him any optimism this
time; he believes with B. M.
Baruch that this time we can
only lose once. This is what in
duced him to hold a press con-
ference in the first place and at
tack relaxation of the defense
spirit.
President Truman now Is at
tempting to take hold of the
situation but his leadership on
the Hill is enfeebled by the
various Investigations and his
own reactions to them. The
prospects are for an epic man.
power battle on the House floor
with the outcome in doubt.
Evening star., 1951-03-30

Iran Situation Still Explosive
Control Of OiIfieds by Moscow Likely in Short Time
Unless Policies in Areo Are Revised Drosteo!!Y
Constantine Brown:

Dispatches from Iran show
that the situation there contin-
ues to remain explosive. The un-
rest. spurred by Communist
agents, is increasing daily. It is
true that the strikes in the
British-controlled southern oil
area have been settled for the
time being. But unfortunately
the governments authority is
diminishing every day in spite
of the presence of Prime. Minis
ter Hoseyn Ala brilliant and
painstakingly honest man-at
the head of the government.
Unless there is drastic revi-
sion Of our policies in that area,
the Iranian oilfields will be at
least indirectly controlled by
Moscow within a short time. 1t
is no secret that our plans for
successfully opposing a Russian
drive in Europe are based to a
great extent on the availability
of oil for Allied forces from
Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Trans Importance cannot be
minimized because Of the avail
able refineries and pipelines.
Foreign observers in Teheran
expect the naturalization of the
oilfields to be followed in the
near future by Russia's taking
them over in fact If not in form.
This may have important re-
percussions in Iraq and Saudi
Arabia. The Iraqian Parliament
is toying with the idea of ma
tionalizing the vast Mosul oil de-
velopment, while King Ibn
Saud of Saudi Arabia recently
renewed the agreement with
the American Oil Co. for only
six months. These are all omi-
nous signs.
The attitude of the Middle
Eastern kingdoms is not due
to any dissatisfaction with the
financial receipts from their
principal natural resources. 1t
is true that the British could
have been more far-seeing some
years ago in increasing the roy
alties to the Teheran govern
ment. But in the recent ne
gotiations they agreed to go
$3.50 with the Iranian gov
ernment on all profits from the
exploitation of the oilf1elds.
The Iraqian and Saudi Ara
bian governments have no COM
plants whatsoever regarding
the revenue from the foreign
companies, which have been in
strumental in raising the eco
nomic and social standards in
these countries. Nor are the
Arabs in the slightest degree
responsive to Communism. But
their strong nationalism is be-
ing exploited cleverly by the
Communists, whose propaganda
drives now extend from Paki-
stan to Morocco. 1t is unfor-
tunate that the Western ma
tions, which have so much at
Evening star., 1951-03-30

responsible State Department
officials about the situation,
they were told blandly mot to
worry" There was nothing in
that area, these individuals were
told, to give the slightest con-
cern to the State Department.
This was a repetition of the
incident last summer when
President Truman stated on
June /. 1950-only "a days be-
fore the North Koreans crossed
the 38th parallel-that the in
ternational situation has never
been better since 1948, and the
possibility of war very remote.
Now it is being explained
that nobody here could foresee
that Prime Minister Razmara,
the strong man Of Iran, would
be assassinated and the parlia-
ment in Teheran would be
frightened into Matchmaking
the oilfields by a small but de-
termined minority. Despite
pressing demands from the
Iranian government we dragged
our feet in giving promised
economic and military assis-
tance until last November when
we began to ship some military
equipment to the Iranian army.
1t was once more too little and
too late"
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Dovid Lowrence:

Way over there in Peiping.
where they listen to the hourly
broadcasts of news from the
United States, the Chinese Com
mlnists must be having many a
chuckle as they learn how scared
the U. N. and various American
spokesmen seem to be about
crossing the 38th Parallel. 1t
certainly doesn't persuade the
Red Chinese that they should
quit. Rather it encourages them
to keep on harassing our
troops.
Just about the time that the
forces of Gen. Macarthur have
inflicted considerable punish
ment on the Chinese divisions
and the way is opened for a
"cease fire" or further military
movements to carry out the mis-
sion of the U. N. to liberate all
of Korea. press dispatches from
Washington say that the U. N.
commander doesn't have this or
that authority and the impress
sion is given that the U. N. COM
mander has been reprimanded,
if not discredited.
President Truman began the
present chapter of comment
with the statement that Gen.
Macarthur didn't need any ad-
ditional instructions about the
38th Parallel. No sooner had
he said those words than he
was pounced on abroad as hav-
ing said something indiscreet.
It seems that whenever any,
body talks publicly about fight
ing the Red Chinese and the
RuSsian-inSpired North Koreans
and Furnishing them for their
aggression and their atrocities
in Korea. the conversation must
be suppressed as indiscreet.
The next episode came when
Secretary of Defense Marshall
Evening star., 1951-03-30
Thomas L. Stokes:

Here recently, in a more or
less serious discussion of the
problems raised by televising Of
the Kefauver Crime Committees
investigation, there was included
very brief mention of the house
wives who were neglecting their
chores to see the show.
That was at the very start to
attract attention. 1t was in
tended facetiously, or at least
half so, but one should know
better than to attempt to be
facetious in this day and age
and on such subject-or on
any subject possible. for that
matter.
Perhaps, even facetiously, it
was a libel. It was regarded so
by one housewife who promptly
seized her pen and plunged right
into her indictment by saying
"being a red head (naturaD it
burnt me up when I read your
article about housewives sitting
morning and afternoon glued to
the TV."
She must have tossed the
newspaper Indignantly clear
across the room, for she con-
tinued:
Il generally let people like
you get away with it, as I rea-
lize it is your way of making a
living, but I must let you know
exactly how I watched the Ke-
fauver Committee.
ION Monday morning I arose
at $50 am. and rushed into
my household chores, which
means fixing four beds, as my
sons ages are Is years, 20 years
and IA, also my husband and
myself with no maid service.
"At $3.50 I took my ironing
board and brought it into the
living room and ironed shorts
and handkerchiefs until lunch
time. One son comes home from
New York University and the
other from ninth year for lunch.
I fixed lunch in the living room
for them.
During the two-hour recess
Of the hearing prepared my
dinner in the kitchen.
Then when 1t started again,
out came my mending and I
sewed, looked and listened.
"It all came down to my
knowledge that I am raising
men, and 1t left me with a feel
ing of making them better citi-
zens ID. which, of course. we
discuss at home.
Whatever their way of earn