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Evening star., 1951-04-27
By Katherine M. Brooks

The Vice President of Peru
Senor Hector Boza. accompanied
by his daughter, Senorita Con-
'suelo Boza. arrived at midday to-
day for a brief visit with the Am
bassador and Sonora de Bercke-
meyer. The Vice President and
his daughter came to this coun-
try for the Pan-American day
celebration in New York, where
tributes were paid the great Lib
orator, Simon Bolivar, at his
statue in the Metropolis. They
will be the guests in whose honor
the Ambassador and Sonora dc
Berkcemeyer will entertain at din
ner tomorrow. The Ambassador
will leave Immediately after the
dinner for Nicaragua, where he
will represent the Peruvian Pres
ident at the Inauguration May !
of Gen. Samoa as President of
Nicaragua.
The Vice President and his
daughter will accompany the
Am b al ssador and Sonora de
Berckemeyer to the dinner which
former United States Ambassador
and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies will
give this evening. Later the visi-
tors will go on with their hosts
to the dance to be given by Mr..
and Mrs. Louis S. Bruguiere.
Forewell Parties
Farewells were said the pleasant
and easy way at parties yester-
day. The retiring Agricultural
Attache Of the Swedish Embassy
and Nine. Bendz, who will leave
Wednesday for their homeland,
were entertained at cocktails in
the late afternoon when Mrs.
Walter L. Heiberg entertained in
her home on Wyoming avenue.
Later Mr.. and Nine. Bendz were
honor guests of MIR. and Mrs. j.
Lee Murphy at dinner at the
Chevy Chase Club.
The retiring Naval Attache of
the Australian Embassy and Mrs.
j. c. Morrow shared honors at
the cocktail hour with Capt. F
N. Cook, who is succeeding Capt.
Morrow, and Mrs. Cook. The
Cooks arrived Wednesday as the
Ambassador and Mrs. Maxim were
leaving. The hosts yesterday were
the Military Attache and Mrs. L.
G. H. Dyke, who entertained in
their apartment in the Westches-
Evening star., 1951-04-27
To Fete Couple

Mrs. Anne Kramer Post and Mr.
Morgan Glover. who will be mar
ried May 10 at st. Thomas tht
Apostle Church at $3.50 o'clock
will be entertained tomorrow al
a buffet supper by Mrs. Johr
Shields. About 40 persons hav.
been invited to the 7:30 O'clock
party. -t..-.. :
Evening star., 1951-04-27

Georgetown. 1t is sponsored by
the Sisterhood which helps reha-
bilitate all Russian D. P.'s here who
have escaped the Communists.
They find places for them to live
in, get them jobs and supply social
life for them. Father Emanuel
sometimes puts as many as six up
.at a time in his small apartment
when they first arrive and have no
place to go. All have been in Ger
man concentration camps, some in
Russian ones and all have unhappy
tales to tell of life in Communist
Russia. On the night of May 6
they win indulge in some of those
gay mad Russian songs and dances
in the freedom of their new home.
Evening star., 1951-04-27

mother by tradition is not supposed
to be present. Some of the choir
Iof st. John the Baptist Russian
Orthodox Church at which both
Luba and Dimitri sing will take
part and answer the chanting OF
the Russian priest, Father Emanu-
|el. Luba's father, Gen. George
Doubiago of Russia's White Army
Iof long ago, will be the other god
father. and Dimitri's mother, Mrs
Natahlie Scheffer will be god
mother.
This little church. by the way,
will celebrate the Russian Easter
with a benefit supper that same
night In the parish hall of st.
Johns Episcopal Church in
Evening star., 1951-04-27

-Glogau Photo.
Miss Janice Elayne Bregman,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Bregman, was married recently to
Mr.. Daniel Melnick, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Max Melnick of Wash
ington and New York. The cere-
mony took place at the Hamilton
Hotel with Rabbi Henry Segal
officiating, and a reception fol-
lowed.
After a honeymoon in Miami
Beach, the couple will live in Silver
Spring. .... .
Evening star., 1951-04-27

Miss Beverly Ann Bledsoe and
Mr.. Eugene Richard Johnston
were married April IA in st. An
drew's Church in College Park, the
Rev. Nathaniel Acton officiating.
The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. Margaret Parker Bledsoe of
this city and Mr.. Joe Frank Bled-
soc of Dallas. Tex. The groom
is the son of Mr.. Douglas D. John
ston and the late Mr.. Johnston of
this city.
Following a wedding trip to
Florida, the couple will make their
home at 2518 TunlaW road NV
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Woman, 81, Beaten
To Death Near Laurel

Maryland State police last night
were holding a man for question
ing in the fatal beating of Mrs
Mary Becker Purdy. 81. in a small
trailer near Laurel.
Investigators at the Waterloo
barracks said the man lived neal
the trailer in which Mrs. Purd,
was found dead on her bed yes.
terday morning by her husband
Dennis. 81. The woman's body
fully clothed except for shoes, hac
been beaten about the head.
State Police 1t. Martin M
Puncke told reporters he believed
the man held for questioning hac
attended party in the trailer tn,
night before. Police quoted tn,
husband as saying they had con.
sumed a case of beer and a bottle
of whisky.
Mr.. Purdy told police he founc
himself on the floor when h,
awoke. He said he had been kickes
in the chest and hip.
Police quoted the husband a
saying he and his wife had bough
the trailer yesterday with part O
nearly $4,000 Mrs. Purdy had re
ceived from her parents estate
They said he told them abou
$500, which the couple had hi,
under a mattress, was missing.
MIR. Purdy, who said he and hi
wife had been married Is years
told police they had moved from
Savage. Md, before buying tn
trailer.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Boy, Trying to Save
Dog in River, browns
BY the Asseeioted Press

DRAYTON, N. D., Nov. 3.-A
12-year-old boy, clutching in his
arms the whimpering little black
dog he had made a futile attempt
to rescue, drowned in the icy
waters of the Red River here
today.
Young Keith Steinbach and his
pal were playing with the dog
along the riverfront when the pup
scampered out on the thin ice and
fell through.
Keith crawled out on the Ice to
rescue the dog. The ice gave way
under him as he pulled the sh!ver-
ing pup from the water.
The boy and the dog disap-
peared in the icy river as Keith's
pal stood by helplessly on the
riverbank. The body was recov.
cred an hour later.
Evening star., 1951-11-04

James @. Wills, assistant man
ager of the Shoreham. We've
had to devise a better method.
When a delegate registers he
pays a fee for the main banquet
and gets tickets for cocktail
parties. He has to have them to
get in"
But the system isn't foolproof,
Mr.. Wills admits. That "cer-
tain type" still bucks the system
once in a while. knowing the
angles the way I do" says Mr..
Wills, Il could go around Wash
ington and attend everything"
One headache for convention
publicity staffs is the free lance
reporter" who gets in as a rep
resentative of the press. Some
conventions are so lacking in
news that press agents pass out
Evening star., 1951-11-04

credential to anyone who seems
interested. The detectives are
frustrated when a well-known
free loader comes to the door
with badge or button.
Convention stats don't like
to talk about security measures.
An official was vague when uni
formed guards checked badges at
a recent Government purchasing
agents meeting.
"Oh, they're just bouncers," ;"
he said. Here to prevent
trouble, you know. Doesn't
really mean a thing" ,.
Even Washington's redoubta-
BILE State societies are coming
into line" hiring men to keep
out the crashers. William H.
Crow, manager Of the Burns
Detective Agency here, says his
men are being used increasingly
for social security" 1--WE do
a great deal of that" says Mr..
Grow.
Even the National Press Club
gets Burns protection on occa-
sion, when reporters can't keep
the phonies from their ranks.
They used to get in there" Mr..
Crow remembers. But not any
more. It's been stopped"
Evening star., 1951-11-04

Fairfax Counties and the CITY OF
Alexandria increased 1874 per cent
in population in 10 years. A high
average income was in evidence
there also.
The new Hecht center at Park
ington-a name born in the minds
OF the stores executives-was built
to take immediate advantage of
the trade drawn by nearby shons
Hecht's went ahead and built
the nearby shops itself. But even
those will not comprise the en-
tire commercial area. Stores are
springing up across the street
from the Hecht Co. development
Competition Welcomed.
Competition is still the life
blood of trade" Charles B. Dull
can, sr., executive vice president
and general manager of the firm.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Washington News
Financial News
Private Operation
|Of State Parks
Urged in Virginia
BY the Assoeiafed Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Nov. 8
Virginia Travel Council today
asked the State to give up its park
system and let private enterprise
and local governments handle
summer recreational needs.
The Travel Council, whose
membership includes many tourist
cabin operators, passed a resolu-
tion calling for abandonment OF
the State park system.
The State operates nine parks.
Most of them have cabins which
can be rented for nominal fees
during the summer.
In other action the council at
its convention at the Cavalier Ho-
tel here:
Voiced protest against the Ma
tional Production Authority's re-
fusal to grant sufficient steel for
State highway department prof.
ects.
Requested the State health de-
partment to tighten it's regulations
for inspection of tourist cabins.
Evening star., 1951-11-04

said. Customers expect the priv.
ilege to shop and compare values
We respect that privilege"
Hecht officials are expecting
stores apart from the main de.
partment store to gross SIS mil.
lion in the first full year of oper.
Iation. Their estimate for their owr
store is ''in excess of $12 million
for the first year-quite a chunk
Iof business for a suburban store
The new Hecht store appears
to be a preface to a new thesis
on retailing Observation-Disclosures
the crowds who flee to the suburbs
to get away from the tangled
jungles of downtown. Stores like
the new one in Arlington will give
the suburbs many advantages of
the city.
Evening star., 1951-11-04

appears low to the ground, wide
and substantial. The shopper
here will not see the best view of
the entire center. because that
view is from the air. Seen from
above. the pattern Is clearly
drawn.
Maximum Trade Expected.
1t is designed to draw the maxi
mum trade into the shopping CEN
ter. By the middle Of 1852, the
80 stores adjacent to the building
will be open-many Of them SELL
ing items competitive with
Hecht's.
In addition to sales establish
ments. there viii be service shops.
Included in the development plans
are a drugstore, a valet shop, a
flower shop, a gasoline filing sta
ton as well as clothing shops,
grocery. delicatessen, a jewelry
store and an auto accessory store.
To the merchandising man, the
center is in an ideal spot. The
selection was not haphazard one.
Many surveys were taken to de-
termine the best location. Store
executives drove their automo-
biles in from many points to find
out how long it would take to
reach various points. /
Outgrowth of Experience.
The design Of a one-stop shop
ping center is an outgrowth of
the firms experience in Silver
Spring.
Hecht's moved into Silver Spring
to take advantage of the heavy
growth in population in nearby
Maryland, and the fact that fam
lilies there have a high annual
income.
When the store was erected
$4,000 square feet-other stores
f1ocked to take advantage of close
ness to large department store.
Since Hecht's opened in Silver
Spring. 100000 square feet of other
types of stores have been built in
the area.
The store executives found that
the establishment of stores close
by drew more and more trade into
the area. Another two floors were
added to the Silver Spring store.
In Virginia, the population situ-
alton was the same. Arlington and
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Israel Workers
Set Fund Goal
AT $145 Million
Budget Needs Based
On 81 immigration oi
10000 to Palestine

A SASS million budget for aic
to Israel and it's emergency i'm.
migration program was adopted
here last night by the United
Palestine Appeal.
The budget was announced al
the National Conference for Israel
opening session at the Shorehan
Hotel in response to a cable from
1srael's prime minister. David Ben.
Gurion. The prime minister
warned that a shortage of funds
could hinder Jewish immigration
to the new nation.
The budget needs were based
on an estimated immigration o1
100000 Jews to Palestine during
the next IL months, Rudolph G
Sonneborn, national chairman OF
the group said.
1000 Attend Meeting.
About 1000 delegates from
throughout the Nation are attend
ing the two-day session here. The
delegates will reorganize the Ap-
peal as the central Embarrassing
agency for Israel.
Representative Roosevelt, of
New York. in his first public ad-
dress since returning from a tour
of the Middle East last month,
told the group that peace there
depends upon the signing of a
non-aggression pact to which the
United States. France and Britain
also must be signatories.
Mr.. Roosevelt urged the estab-
lishment of a military command
in the Middle East as part of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton.
Because of the consuming
hatred of the Arab League for
Israel, they still have failed to
comprehend the basic threat of
Kremlinism to the free world" he
said.
Cites Present Distrust.
"If left to their own device, the
nations of the Middle East would
not work out a 'non-aggression
pact because of their present mu-
tual distrust," he added.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that with the
three major Western democracies
as signatories to such a treaty,
Middle Eastern states would have
difficulty in remaining aloof with
out exposing itself to examination
to its intentions toward it's neigh
bors.
DR.. Nahum Goldman, chairman
OF the Jewish Agency for Pales-
tine, also addressed the confer
ence last night.
The conference today will hear
w. Stuart Symington, chairman
of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. and Abba S. Eban, Israel
ambassador to the United States.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Bus Driver Is Beaten
By Five Men, Robbed

A gang of five men beat ano
robbed a bus driver shortly before
midnight last night, police re.
ported.
Max Sullins, %, Of 1906 South
Twelfth street. Arlington, told po-
lice he stopped his Capital Transit
Co. bus at New Jersey avenue and
H street NV, and five colored
men. all passengers on the bus, at.
tackled him.
They grabbed his money chang
Ter, containing SIS in change and
$13.35 worth of tokens and fled,
Evening star., 1951-11-04

Secret Service. State Depart
ment security men, Metropolitan
Police and Embassy guards kept
watch with steely eyes.
Free leaders aren't choosey.
They're reasonable. An ex-
perienced gate crashers never
sets out to make a scene. He
cases" the place first. He is
inconspicuouS. If someone
greets him, he says, tim Jones
from New York" He acts bored
rather than important.
But the guards, supplied to
most hotels and clubs by the
Burns International Detective
Agency, Inc. are keeping close
eye on the Jonses. No badge, no
entrance. Those are the orders.
This is particularly true of
convention sessions in big hotels,
where merchandise may be given
away. Much hotel space often is
reserved for elaborate displays
of products used by the conven-
tioners.
A woman running a recent
convention of food chain execu.
tives said she understood some
convention craShers prowl
around the display booths watt
ing for displayers and delegates
to move upstairs into, ''l1ospi-
tality suites" where the drinks
are served.
Then the crashers move in on
the displays and help them
selves. These are the people who
have ruined free loading. There's
a law against Stealing-none
against scrounging a cocktail.
That comes out of an expense
account.
Women are as good at gate
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Congressman S Secretary
Reports Theft From Car

Miss Margaret Hughes, secre-
tary to Representative Wicker
sham, Democrat of Oklahoma, told
police that clothing valued at $500
was stolen from her parked car
last night.
Miss Hughes, who lives at 247
Delaware avenue S.W., said she
parked her car at New Jersey
avenue and D street Sc. and went
shopping for groceries. The cloth
ing. mostly women's suits, were
missing from the back seat where
she had left them in the unlocked
car.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Sofety T oIks
Mansfield to Appear
At CoIored Schools

Inspector Dick Mansfield, direc-
tor of The Stars School Safety
Program will give his Safety
Circus" chalk talks at the follow
ing District colored elementary
schools this week:
Monday: Cleveland, $50 am;
Webb. II am.
Tuesday: Smothers, $50 am.
10:45 am.
Wednesday: Gage at Mott. 9::3(
a.mb.;; Bundy, II am.
Thursday, Thomas, $50 am.
10:45 am.
Friday: Montgomery. $3.50 am.
ii0:45 am.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Legion to Name Donohue
Citizen of the Month

Commissioner F. Joseph Don.
ohue will be honored for his great
civic activities for the City OF
Washington" by the District De-
partment of the American Legion
at 11:45 am. Friday in the District
Building board room
The department will give the
commissioner a Legion gold medal
and a certificate, it was announced
by Sylvan King, department chair
man of civic relations.
The award will make Mr.. Dono-
hue citizen of the month" for No
vember.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Reserve Officers to Meet

"Germany's Position in Current
World Affairs" will be discussed
by Col. Victor c. Swearingen, a
member of the military tribunal
in Nuremberg. before the Robert
E. Lee Chapter of the Reserve
Ohcers' Association at $50 pm.
tomorrow. The group will meet in
the Penn-Daw Hotel, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Thanksgiving Service

Mrs. Ruth j. Smith of the
United Lutheran Church in Amer
lea will speak at a Thanksgiving
season service at 8 o'clock tonight
in Resurrection Lutheran Church,
North Washington boulevard and
'Powhatan street, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
.Donohue Side-Steps
Queries on Police
QUESTIONABLE Revolt

Commissioner Joseph F. Dono-
hue skillfully eluded questions in
a radio interview last night on
what District officials proposed to
do about the revolt in the Police
Department over the controversial
Senate QUESTIONABLE.
If District Court rules against
the policemen, and they still re-
fuse to fill out the QUESTIONABLE
will the officers be dismissed?" the
Commissioner was asked in the in
terview over WWDC.
That's the $64 question, and
cannot answer it at this time,
Mr.. Donohue replied.
There are 1000 members OF
the force. Are they all going tc
get financial questionnaires and
| if not. how many will?" he was
asked.
Asks Same Question.
The Commissioner replied this
was up to the Senate District
Crime subcommittee. whose newly
appointed counsel, Arnold Baumar
of Brooklyn. prepared the 27-page
list of 1.750 questions.
He added he had asked the same
question of the subcommittee staff
without learning the answer.
Miss Jean Reiff of the Washing
ton Post asked the Commissioner
| if he viewed as INSTRUMENTATION
the refusal of the officers to an
swer the questions, as instructed
by the Commissioners, and their
action in obtaining a restraining
order from the court.
The Commissioner answered
that he was not prepared to say
if Police Chief Robert j. Barrett
and other officers were "insubordi-
nate" in invoking their rights as
citizens. He declared he was
happy" that the court will have a
chance to pass on the issue.
II believe you've seen the ques-
tionnaire," George Beveridge of
The Star. said. "As a former prose-
cutting attorney yourself, do you
think it is necessary for any pre-
liminary questionnaire to list 1750
questions?"
Mr.. Donohue said he would
rather not discuss this question
"since the matter is before the
court"
"At a mass meeting Friday
night" Miss Reiff said, "the police
men voted to carry the legal fight
to the Supreme Court if necessary.
Would the Comissioners be willing
to carry the matter that far?"
I'VE may not be willing" Mr..
Donohue replied, "but we may find
it necessary"
Not Fighting Action.
Asked if the Commissioners
were determined to fight the in
junction proceedings, Mr.. Dono-
hue said the word fight" scarcely
applied in this case. He explained
a District Court judge had quite
properly" suspended the Com
missioners' order until Novem-
ber 13.
I'VE are not fighting this action
but rather will file an answer to
the suit" he said. Whether we
will try to bring the matter to
some earlier conclusion is ques-
ton for the Corporation Counsel
to decide"
Asked if the names of the Off
GERS refusing to answer the ques-
tionnaire will be made public, Mr.
Donohue said this would be q
matter for the whole Board oi
Commissioners to decide.
Mr.. Donohue said that if HI
had distributed the QUESTIONABLE
he would have started off with thu
three District Commissioners. HI
declared the Commissioners woule
be glad to fill out the forms, bu
he understood the subcommittee
counsel did not plan to submit
them.
Evening star., 1951-11-04

The New Hecht Co. store, set
down in the middle of Virginia
communities across the Potomac,
is a pioneer come to do business
with a boomtown.
The store. crammed with So
million worth of merchandise,
opened It's doors Friday to serve
an estimated 100000 people in
Northern Virginia.
The fabulous growth of the
area made such move inevitable.
The population Of Washington
has overf1owed into the suburbs,
came along. Shopping centers be-
came the rule.
Goes Beyond the Rule.
But the new store. in Arlington
goes beyond the rule. It Is bigger,
spreads out more and brings in a
structure the likes Of which sub
urban communities never expected
to see.
At first view the cluster of build
ings seems to be a startling de-
parture from store operation.
The broad opaque facade of the
main Hecht store is reminiscent
of a showcase grown to Alice-in-
Wonderland proportions. The tur-
quoise blue brick bordering the
many -paned window heightens the
| Illusion.
Long, Clear Vista.
From the point of the 18-acre
triangle on which the building is
seated at Glebe road and Wilson
boulevard it seems that if you
looked long enough you could see
through the glass doors at the
front, down the long main aisle,
out the glass doors at the back
and on as far as vision permitted.
| The buildings at the rear inter-
vene. Here, at the back Of the
store, the long lines of the parking
garage form a tail to the main
structure.
Spread out on each side of the
garage like the ribs of a huge fan
are other shops. There even-
tually will be 30. leased by Hecht's
to other firms.
The Hecht Co. says theirs is the
largest suburban department store
| in the country.
Contains Five Floors.
There are five f1oors-four above
ground and the basement-cov-
ering an estimated 250,000 square
feet. In addition, a SO, 900 square
foot underground stockroom car
rieS reserve supplies.
The development recognizes the
Importance of catering to the
motor-borne shopper, q fact many
times overlooked or impossible of
accomplishment in crowded down.
town areas.
The four-f1oor parking garage
at the rear has space for 1000
cars. To keep the traffic flowing
in and out of the garage, only the
first two hours will be free park
ing. After that, a charge will be
made. This way, the store hopes
to handle 10000 automobiles q
day.
100000 in Carpeting.
The new store contains $780,
700 worth of carpeting. sits, 600
worth Of cash registers and $4O,-
900 worth Of chairs. The heating
unit is large enough to heat 1875
lSix-room homes.
| A 300-seat auditorium will be
available for community meetings
and other events.
But apart from statistics, the
physical layout also gives an i'm
preston Of size. Broad aisles in
side the store proper add to the
impression, as do the simplicity of
the supporting columns and the
soft interior colors.
/ The DEVELOPMENT tn the rear
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Delays Leaving
IOf Cunudiun FIut-Top
By the Associated Press

NORFOLK. Va. Nov. 3.-High
winds and rough seas today de-
Ilayed the departure of the Cana
dian carrier Magnificent. The YES
sci will leave tomorrow morning.
The 14,000-ton f1at-top, loaded
with 48 Sabrejet fighter planes
purchased by Canada under the
Mutual Defense Assistance Pact,
is headed for England. The jets
will be used there by units of the
Royal Canadian Air Force.