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Evening star., 1951-08-22

there are more inside jobs than
there were 10 years ago.
Department store detectives
confirm this. One store uses
detection powder on it's high
priced women'S suits. The pow
der cannot be rubbed or washed
off and will show under a special
lamp. Suspected employees who
had no business to be handling
these garments have confessed
when confronted with the stains
on their hands under the lamp.
Big Thefts in Warehouses.
It is in the warehouse where
employe thefts are most danger
Gus. They are apt to be in whole
sale quantities. During the tex
tile shortage, one store found it
had lost $4,000 worth of sheets
and pillowcases. A shipping
clerk and three porters were
found to be responsible and we're
discharged. But while the sheets
went back into the ordinary
channels of trade, the stores
security force was enabled to
get enough evidence on the
fence" to arrest him.
Sometimes shoplifting feats
are so bizarre as to be comic.
No Washington story quite
equals the incident in the Mid
west department store, where
two young men put a canoe over
their heads and walked out.
They were not arrested until
they returned for the paddles.
But there was an instance here
OF a man who successfully car
ried a large overstuffed living
room chair from the sixth floor
of an F street store down the
elevator and out the front door.
And there are tragedies. There
was the case of a beautiful
Washington woman who liked
nice things - especially $25
shoes. She was an inveterate
shoplifter. Her husband thought
they were gifts from another
man. He. tried to kill her and
later committed suicide.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Price Records Fall
In Montgomery Sale
OF S35,21O Herd

Several price records were be-
lieved set yesterday in Montgom-
cry County as 73-head milking
herd, owned by B. w. Randalls of
Dickerson was auctioned for a
total of $35.210.
Twenty-Five purebred Holstein
heifers sold at an average price
of 1894, with the top price of
SLIPS paid by Graham Loving of
Mount Airy.
Auctioneer Austin Backus of
Mexico. N. Y. banged the hammer
on a $500 price for a bull, and
two grade COWS brought prices of
S770 and $720 each. The grade
prices are believed an all-time
record. Average for the grade
cows was $3.50, with IA of them
bringing over $500.
Assisting Mr.. Backus, who is a
widely known specialist on Hol-
stems, was Emmitt Bowles of
Frederick.
Average price for the auction,
which was attended by more than
800 people, was $482, which Mr..
Randalls said is an unusually high
figure.
Mr.. Randalls, who formerly
operated boys school in Wash
ington. said he plans to begin
livestock breeding exclusively and
will market about so head year
His breeding herd numbers about
10 animals.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs presented through
the cooperation of the District
of Columbia and Montgomery
County Recreation Departments
and the Film Center of Wash
lingtoR
Washington, at Dusk.
Gallinger, Twenty-second and
F streets NV.
Takoma. Fourth and Van Buren,
streets NV.
Edgewood, Third and Evarts
streets NE.
Rosedale, Seventeenth and Gales
streets NE.
Thomson, Twelfth and L
streets NV.
Congress Heights, Savannah
street and Rahdle place Sc.
Howard, Fourth and w streets
NV.
Shaw, Seventh and Rhode Is
land avenues NV.
Thomas. 600 block Anacostia
avenue SE.
Lincoln. Sixth and L streets
Sc.
Montgomery County, 1880 PM.
Rock Creek, E. Leland street
and Beach drive.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Arlington Seeks Law
AGAINST Political Ads
On Courthouse Walls

The Arlington County Board is
going to try to make Treasurer
John Locke Green take his cam
paign posters of the courthouse
walls.
The treasurer, who is running
for reelection in November as an
independent Republican, had put
up the posters in a corridor and
on the walls and pillars of his
Office.
Last night, some one tore down
the posters in the corridor, Mr.
Green said this morning he will
put up new ones.
Mrs. Florence Cannon, the
board chairman. said at meeting
last night, II think we should for
bid political advertising inside OF
outside public buildings
Board members could not agree
on how an ordnance banning the
posters should be worded, and Mrs
Cannon was requested to bring
in formal proposal at the boarc
meeting Saturday.
Mr.. Green, however, contends
that as an elected official he is
not required to answer to the
board on such matters.
Evening star., 1951-08-22

visors. But when he was three
feet from the door of the pro
lection room," he turned and hit
out. Supervisors-they used to
be called floor walkers-don't
like rough stuff. But when it
occurs they will see it through.
The fracas ended with the two
of them sitting on the chest O
the man with the stores coat.
The store security force was
soon on the spot. and the "c'Is-
toner" was allowed to regain his
feet. He said:
You may get me for assault,
but you'll never get me for shop
lifting. I never left the store"
He was given 80 days-not for
punching the two men. out for
attempting to steal the suit.
The idea that shoplifters can't
be convincted unless they are
apprehended outside the store
with their loot is an old one.
But it just isn't so in this Fed
eral jurisdiction. All that is
necessary is to prove intent.
'Shoplifters' Stairs
There is nothing new in shop
lifting. The thieves use the
same old techniques, but scienc
is being used to apprehend them,
There is a blocked-off staircase
in a large Washington depart
ment store that is known in
that institution as the Shop
lifterS' stairs" Customers don't
know it, but every one walking
up and down that staircase is
photographed by an automatic
camera, tripped by an electric
eye.
1t paid off recently. Store de-
tectives working on a loss of
garments in ladies' suits checked
the photographs of persons
using the staircase and found
one of their old customers. She
was using the staircase to get
to an unprotected garment rack
on an upper floor. The store
security force was alerted to
look out for her. and she was
/ picked up with three women's
suits, valued at $120, under her
clothes.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
.68 Nearby Area Soldiers
Returning From Korea

Sixty-three more Marylanders
and 25 from Virginia have re-
turned from the Korean fighting
under the rotation program
Those from Maryland include:
Cpl. John L. Boarman. Newport
Charles County; Pfc. Clifford v.
jackson, Odenton; Pfc. Manfred
Kaufman. 3131 Queens Chapel
road. Mt Rainier; Cpl. Joseph w
Muse, Hagerstown; Cpl. Edward
o Petry, Westminster.
Also, Sgt. Harold A.. Simpson,
Welcome; Cpl. Earl v. Twyman,
Prince Georges County; Cpl. Ed
ward w. Fields, Parkway road,
Greenbelt. and Capt. Irving G..
Hughes, 4919 Monroe street, Hy-
attSville.
The Virginians include:
Sergt. Clarence E. Catlett, Lees
burg, and Pfc. Peyton L. Fitz-
gerald, Staunton.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Two School Contracts
Awarded by Fairfax

Contracts for additions to Mount
Vernon High School and Mount
Eagle Elementary School, both
south of Alexandria, were awarded
yesterday by the Fairfax County
School Board.
Low bidder on the high school
addition was the B & j Con-
Struction Co., which bid $565, ,565.
This job includes six classrooms,
auditorium, library, cafeteria.
kitchen. clinic, storage rooms, a
teachers room and other rooms
for music and speech, art, band
and guidance.
Eugene Simpson & Bro. will
build IL claSsrooms at Mount
Eagle. Although the firms esti-
mate was. the lowest when bids
were received, the amount ex-
ceeded funds allocated for this
project in the county's sos mil
lion bond issue.
A cafeteria was eliminated to
bring the cost down.
Evening star., 1951-08-22

none on the rack. She walked
out with the cash fo- the suit.
Forgery is a frequent element
to department store pilfering
that puts the perpetrator IN
danger of a felony charge. in-N
stead of petty larceny. mis-
demeanor. There was the young
woman who used to make it a
habit of entering a large depart
ment store almost daily and
making an initial purchase of 90
cents or $195. This purchase
would be returned. The refund
slip, with the help of ink eradi-
Gator, would be raised to $50 or
more. She tried it once too
often.
COmmonest Form of Forgery.
The commonest form of for
gerry is signing the name, with
out authorization, of another
person who has a charge ac-
count. A young woman was de-
tected recently using the charge
account of a neighbor, who lived
across the apartment hallway
from her. They were good
friends. In fact, on the day the
forger was arrested, they had a
date to go out together.
1t is believed that the charge
plate system recently put into
effect by Washington's largest
department stores has cut down
on fraudulent charging.
There is no rhyme nor reason
to some shoplifting. Store de-
tectives have picked up women
with charge accounts who keep
their bills paid, but who have
stolen a $3.50 item. after charg-
ing $25 on the same day.
Shoplifting is in the summer
doldrurns now, but it will pick
up as the stores become crowded
in the fall. Some women "cus-
toners" arrested in previous
seasons were stealing Christmas
gifts for long lists of friends.
There are other eccentricities.
One woman succumbs to the
temptation to steal from de-
partment stores only when she
is pregnant. She has three chill
dren. In the past 10 years she
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Board Member Quits
Hospital in Dispute
In Prince Georges

Resignation of a director Of the
Prince Georges General Hospital
today complicated the institutions S
already tangled administrative
affairs.
| w. Carroll Beatty, a Hyattsville
attorney, handed his resignation
to the County commissioners yes
terday. along with letter rapping
! the county heads for usurping the
functions of the 15-member hos
pital board
Your policy of making all de-
cisions," Mr.. Beatty declared, has
made us mere f1gureheads."
Informed sources said at least
six others of the hospital group
have indicated they will give up
their posts for the same reason.
On the other hand, this source
asserted, other directors have
vowed to fight it out down the
line"
Acceptance Delayed.
The commissioners, In regular
meeting at Upper Marlboro, re-
fused to accept Mr.. Beatty's resig-
nation Immediately.
After their session, Thomas E
Latimer, the commissioners chair
man, who also heads the hospital
board, said he would urge Mr.
Beatty to reconsider.
| At the same time Mr.. Latimel
ANNOUNCED that the hospita
boards Executive Committee
voted Monday to give Mrs. Eleanor
Yates, former head housekeeper
a rehearing. Mr.. Latimer addee
that the full board will set the
date at it's monthly meeting Fri.
dya, when it will rule on pro-
posal that newsmen be admitted
/ Mrs. Yates was dismissed July
Is by Supt. Harry w. Penn who
said her services were unsatisfac-
tory. She challenged his asser-
tions and in turn charged that Mr.
Penn was incompetent in the per-
formance of his official duties. Hel
discharge was affirmed by the
board in a hearing July IL.
| Involved in Controversy.
Mr.. Penn a few months ago was
himself the central figure in a
controversy between the Hospital
Board and the county commission
ers, who under existing law have
full authority over the institu-
! tion'S affairs.
The commissioners voted to re-
place Mr.. Penn and appointed a
successor, but rescinded their ac-
ton under pressure from a mill
tant group of protesting physi-
clans.
Evening star., 1951-08-22

if it is displayed on the counter,
but the losses do run into
money in ladies' suits and
dresses.
Sometimes department stores
are victims of operators who
would be more accurately de-
scribed as confidence women.
There was the recent incident
Of woman who went to the
garment rack of an p Street
store, picked out a size IL suit
and walked right over to the
exchange desk, explaining apol-
ogetically that she had f1attered
herself, that she should have
a size IA, but now there. was
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Dogs and Cats Quoruntined
In Richmond to Combat Rabies

Before the all-city ban an
Inounced last night, a quarantine
had been in effect in the north
land east sections of Richmond.
DR.. Holmes said % rabid dogs,
five rabid cats and three suspic-
ions animals have been picked up
since the outbreak of rabies in
Richmond several weeks ago.
So far 6l2 stray animals, in
cluding Al cats, have been picked
up by the Health departments S
sanitation division.
DR.. Holmes said animal collec-
ton teams would start patrolling
1.-THE city's streets day and night
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Council Votes 10 Buy
18-Acre Tract for
Road Equipment Dept.

Purchase of 18 acres Of land in
Silver Spring for new Montgom-
cry County road equipment deuot
has been authorized by the County
Council.
The land, now belonging to Mrs.
Mary Ray Waters. will cost the
county $4,000 an acre, or a total
Of $68, 400. 1t lies on the old
Brookville- -Tenleytown road, near
the Metropolitan Southern branch
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
After the council approved the
purchase yesterday, Councilman
Harold Hammond said the county
is in dire need of storage facilities
and garages so machinery can be
repaired in bad weather.
He said the county is hopeful of
saving as much as $500 a month
by erection of the depot. He added
that the land also is being con-
Sidered for other uses, such as con-
struction of liquor warehouse.
ZOning Amendment.
In another action. the council
amended the zoning ordinance
for the suburban area of the coun-
ty to permit temporary use of va
cant land in a residential section
for baseball driving course.
The law previously allowed rife
and Skeet shooting ranges, minia-
ture golf courses and golf driving
ranges on vacant residential land
The amendment was requested
by Attorney John r. Reeves. who
represents owners of a tract of
land in the 1900 block of the
Rockville pike in Rockville. One
of the owners, Daniel w. o.
Donoghue, jr.. Washington at
torney, said there are no definite
plans for baseball driving course
on the land at present, but offers
to lease the land for that purpose
have been received by the owners.
The council appointed Takoma
Park Town Councilman Walter w
McClenon, of 7211 Cedar avenue,
to be chairman of the Appeal Tax
Court, effective September l. Mr.
McClenon, who also is president of
the Montgomery County Civic
Federation, will fill a vacancy
created by the resignation of Leo
Bender.
3 New Policemen.
Three new policemen were ap-
pointed. They are Douglas C
Rossignoll, 33, of 5911 LeMay
road, Rockville; John Thomas Al
len, jr., 27, of 10700 Hayes avenue
Silver Spring, and Carle Nathan
Satterwhite, 81, of Valley Lee, Md
All three will be police privates at
Evening star., 1951-08-22
PrinceGeorges
Teachers 10 Ask
Full $500 Raise
School Board Seeks
To Restore $l00 Cut
In Current Budget

Prince Georges County school
teachers will make another bid
for a $100-a-year pay raise.
School Supt. William S. Schmidt
announced yesterday that he will
ask the county commissioners
Friday to restore the 500 Topped
off when the current budget was
signed March 80.
At that time. the county heads
granted a 5000 annual increase
instead of the proposed $500.
Funds for a further advance
were unavailable, the commission
ers said in denying the full
amount.
Treasury Accounts Idle.
Since then it has been learned
that surplus of about ST million
in the county treasurer's accounts
has long been idle and all but lost
sight of in banks throughout the
county.
So the teachers will be back and
so, in all likelihood, will other
county agency heads and civic
leaders.
Mr.. Schmidt said the school
board had decided to make the
new appeal at its monthly meet
ing yesterday at Upper Marlboro.
He emphasized that the county's
minimum salary of $4,000 a year
is lower than that of any other
part of the Washington area ex-
cept Fairfax County, where the
E scale starts at $2,500.
! He conceded, however, that the
S county's well-filled strongbox has
e a distinct appeal.
Many Appeals Made.
= Time after time" he declared.
I'VE pleaded for State aid on the
. premise that the county had done
. all it was financially able to do"
Now" he added, I'VE look
rather silly"
Mr.. Schmidt said the county's
c 225-member instructors corps has
48 vacancies most of which are
expected to be filled before classes
= are resumed September 10.
, In another action yesterday.
/. the school board awarded a
e 1927, 400 contract to the w. M.
e Chapel Co. of Washington for
> an eight-room addition and COM
,plete renovation of the present
l2-room elementary school at
r Riverdale.
= Other Actions Listed.
The board also announced that:
Miss Pearl Hart has been named
. principal of the Edmonston Ele-
mentary School to succeed Law
y renee Newcomb who resigned.
Miss Elisabeth C. Kelly will be-
~ come principal of the Colmar
d Manor Elementary School. She
% will replace Miss Rita Donovan
n who has been transferred to the
= Seat Pleasant Elementary School.
4 Miss Flora Schroyer, former
o home economics teacher at Smith
Z burg High School, Washington
: County, will supervise Prince
! Georges school cafeterias. She
" will succeed Miss Eleanor Weagly
y who resigned to become supervisor
: of State school lunch programs.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 22.-Al
of Richmond was under a dog and
cat quarantine today because Of
a rabies outbreak that has neces-
STATED treatment for more than
so persons.
DR.. E. M. Holmes. the city's
health director, ordered the quar-
antine because he said the out
break appeared to have reached
the critical stage
Under the ban. all stray dogs
and cats will be exterminated if
picked up by the city health de-
partment's patrol crews.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
By GEORGE Kennedy

The other day a man who
looked as if he had slept on a
park bench entered one of
Washington's large department
stores. His appearance caused
one of the supervisors to tele-
phone the security Office" the
headquarters of that personality
who used to be known as the
store detective.
BY the time the man had
reached the second floor via
Evening star., 1951-08-22

The store detective is a bit
inhibited by this:
He or she can't do any thing
that will interfere with the
stores main function, which is
selling. Surveillance must be
carried on in a manner that the
stores regular customers will
not feel that they are shopping
under observation. But just as
in the case of the old-time
vaudeville magician, a lot can
be done with well placed
mirrors.
99% of Customers Honest.
Like every other legitimate
type of American business, the
department store is able to
operate in a traditional fashion
because more than SO per cent
of it's customers are honest.
There are always losses due to
purloining. They are not eco
nomically important in costume
jewelry, whcih sells much better
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Prince Georges Notes
Years 18th Polio Case

Prince Georges 18th polio pa
tient of the year is under treat
ment today at his home at Acco-
keek, Md.
The county health department
reported yesterday that the victim
lis a 2-year-old boy whose symp-
toms first appeared August /.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Inter-Church Conferees
Observe Methodist Day
BY the Associeied Press

MASSANETTA SPRINGS, Va,
Aug. 22.-It was Methodist Day
at the Inter-denominational Bible
Conference here, with Bishop
Hazen Werner of Ohio the prin-
Icipal speaker yesterday.
Bishop Werner. at the second
session of the conference, pleaded
for less generalization on the part
of ministers.
The man in the pew, he said
wants to know "the what and the
how and the why of Christian
life"
The conference, attended by
more than 800 ministers and
church workers from some 4o
States. will continue two weeks.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
an annual salary of $4,000, effec-
tive September 4.

an annual salary of $4,000, effec-
tive September 4.
Raymond Joseph Dougherty, AZ
of 420l Massachusetts, avenue
NV, was named zoning and
license inspector with the Depart
ment of Inspection and Licenses
at an annual salary of $4,000 be-
ginning September 10.
Inez Julia Davis Of Rockville
was appointed reference librarian
at the Silver Spring branch of the
Department of Public Libraries
Her appointment takes effect
Monday and she will be paid
SO 3,280 a year.
The council also recommended
six persons to Gov. McKeldin for
appointment as Montg ON cry
County committing magistrates
They are John Sanders Fulks ano
Reginald LOCKER, both of Be-
thesda; Robert Jones and William
H. Carroll, ST. both of Silver
Spring; Ephrairn R. De Puy
Gaithersburg, and John ]. Kelly
Kensington.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
CurIey Club Lown Party

The Curley Club will hold lawn
party and watermelon feast to-
morrow evening at the home Of
the Misses Gertrude and Isabel
Connor in Alexandria. The group
will Weave from st. Patrick's
Church, Tenth and G streets NV.
at 8:15 pm.
Evening star., 1951-08-22

has been caught three times.
in each case just before child
was born. She has never been
charged with the offense.
Drug Use Leads to Thefts.
The recent disclosures of the
O'Conor Committee on drug adj
diction and crime were no sur
Evening star., 1951-08-22

publican candi-
date for sheriff
in the Novem-
ber election.
Mr.. FoSS will
o p p Sc c ar |
Taylor, present
deputy sheriff,
| who is theDem-
ocratic n o m l.
! nee. The in
Icumbent, Sher-
if j. Ell w 90 d
| Clements, is not
a candidate for
reelection.
Evening star., 1951-08-22

president of the Westover Civic
Association for seven years anc
held the same post in the Tara
Leeway Citizens Association fol
three years. He is a past COM
mander of the Gen. Billy Mitchell
American Legion Post.
Nomination of Mr.. Foss COM
pletes the Republican ticket fol-
the November election. I. Lee Pot
ter. County Republican Commit
tee chairman, announced. .
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Seal Sale Head Named

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. % (P.-
The Virginia tuberculosis Associa-
ton announced today the ap-
pointment of Miss Nancy Lutz as
director of the Christmas seal
sales and public relations. The
seal sale opens November 10.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
ChiIdren's Hospital Fund

Work is already underway
on a large. new addition to
overcrowded Children's Hos
pital. Although the formal
drive for funds to complete
the construction is ended,
money is still needed to meet
the $545. 900 goal.
Gifts reported yesterday:
$942.
Total received to date:
$496, 1854.
Still needed: $48,036.
Contributions may be mailed
to Children's Hospital, Thir-
teenth and w streets NV,
Washington 9, D. C.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Arlington County 6. 0. P.
Names Foss for Sheriff

Neil Foss. construction super
intendent and former chairman
Iof the Arlington County. Public
utilities Commission, is the Re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-05

tiers and help avoid Juvenile de-
linquency.
THE committee feels that there
are many plots in Key West and
the Keys, where temporary
neighborhood Fairgrounds could
be set up at a minimum cost to
the taxpayers and with several
of these Fairgrounds, adequate
recreation can be provided for
the younger folk.
The above would leave Bay
view Park, the County Beach,
Stadium grounds and the Colored
Beach free for more expansive
recreation of the adults and visi-
tors"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-05
DEATH
Mrs. Margaret
E. Curry

Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Curry,
"a, died yesterday afternoon al
the Monroe County, Hospital. Mrs
Curry resided at rear of 622 Elem
ing street.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock
from the First Congregational
Church, Rev. Harry Rogers pas
tor, officiating.
The body will be placed in the
church at 2:30 O'clock. Pritchard
Funeral Home is in charge OF
arrangements. Burial will be IN
the family plot in City Cemetery,
Survivors are one daughter
Mrs. Louise Hart; three nieces
Mrs. Lucille Hall and Mrs. Lottie
Knowles of Miami Mrs. Isabel
Smith of Key West; two nepheWs,
Berlin and Kermit Adams of Mi
ami; and four grandchildren.