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Evening star., 1951-06-24
IVA Names Two Doctors
To Chief ConsuItants Board

Two vacancies on the Board OF
Chief Consultants of the Veterans
Administration have been filled
by the appointment of DR.. Charles
~. Brown Of Philadelphia and DIR.
Charles E. Kossmann of New
York.
The Veterans Administration In
announcing the appointments said
that they were to fill vacancies
which had existed for several
years.
DR.. Brown, who is professor of
medicine and head of the Depart
|ment of Medicine at Temple Uni
|versity and Hahnemann Medical
School, will be chief consuItant
in internal medicine. DR.. Koss-
man, associated professor Of medi-
cine at New York University, will
I'LL the vacancy In cardiology.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Senator's Schedule Hearing
On ; Minor D. T.. Bills

The Public Service Subcom-
mittee of the Senate District Com
mittee has scheduled hearing for
10 am. Wednesday on three minor
bills.
One is the proposal of Senator
Humphrey, Democrat, of Minne-
sofa. to designate a triangular
tract at Connecticut avenue.
Twentieth and @ streets NV. as
a memorial to the late Floyd B.
Olson. former Minnesota governor.
The two other bills up for con-
slderation concern proposals to
modernize District boiler inspec-
tlons and to amend the District
code as to garage keeper liens
on stored or repaired cars.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Welfare Group Raps
Proposal 10 Trim
d. {. Personnel Funds

The United Community Service.
yesterday protested to Senate,
Hill, Democrat, of Alabama, tina,
a proposed 10 per cent cut Ii
personnel funds for the District
would seriously undermine the
public welfare of the District and
cause the elimination of many
vital services"
Senator Hill is chairman of q
Senate Appropriations subcom-
mittee, to which Senator Fergu-
son, Republican, of Michigan, has
proposed the 10 per cent across
the-board cut in District and fed
eral agency personnel funds.
In letter to Senator Hill, Lee
D. Butler. UCS president, COM
Iplained that a survey last year
showed the Board of Public Wei
fare already is receiving made
quate funds to care for those rec
Iognized as the Districts legal
responsibility"
"The proposed 10 per cent, if ii
becomes effective, will further i'm
pair institutional services, neces-
stating the closing of kitchens
nurseries and educational facili-
tiles for children" Mr.. Butler
wrote. "The findings of our study
indicate that these are already
inadequate. Our, findings also in
Idicate that these institutions are
seriously understaffed. due largely
to salary levels too low to attract
qualified people"
Mr.. Butler protested that the
District budget. as approved by
lthe Commissioners and District
citizen groups, is already below
the minimum necessary to dis
charge Board of Public Welfare
responsibilities.
ut certainly is the least Con-
gress ought to appropriate" Mr..
Butler said. I'm good conscience
there is no escape from the needs
of those who are dependent and
unable to provide and care for
themselves"
Evening star., 1951-06-24

at first to talk, he finally gave
away his secret.
"Purse-snatching," he said,
Women are carrying lots of
money now, and they often have
a lot of packages to worry about. .
Some of his companions fU-
lowed his example-until caught
by police.
These cases, taken from juve-
nile court records. illustrate why
Capt. Otto Fuss, head of the
robbery squad. warns women:
Don't carry large sums of
money with you. If your purse is
grabbed from you, the large
amount of the loot will encourage
friends of the thief to take up the
same business"
However, Capt. Fuss points out.
there is little danger of women
losing their purses If they exercise
caution. He advises:
/. Always travel with a COM
lpanion, If possible. Older women
are particularly victimized, because
they seldom fight back and cannot
run fast.
2. Be alert around the entrance
of alleys. Purse thieves often lurk
in alleys, run up behind a woman,
grab her purse. then run back
down the alley.
8. If suspicious appearing per-
son is following you, or if you are
Iafraid of someone near you, GO
Into the nearest building and call
police.
4. Don't carry large sums of
money or jewelry. The fatter the
haul, the more temptation to keep
it UP. Also, if a purse-snatcher
gets little money he must pull
more jobs = increasing police
chances of catching him.
S. Don't carry pocketbooks atop
packages.
Government workers, Capt. Fuss
advises, should be particularly
careful on payday. Thieves know
when civil service workers get
paid. and plan for those days.
Also, he warns, don't mention to
anyone large sums you may be
carrying. You don't know who is
listening.
Usually purse thieves are juven-
lies. although recently police ar
rested an adult-a dope addict
who hung around an upper Con-
necticut avenue area and followed
lone women into apartment
houses. The loot from women in
this neighborhood generally was
good. enabling the man adequately
to supply his craving for dope
until one night when he ran into
the arms of waiting policeman.
Worst area for pocketbook
snatchings, however, is along Six
teenth street between Scott Circle
and Columbia road, he warns.
Many women live along here, and
the neighbornood offers many es-
cape routes. Other areas where
this crime is prevalent are off
Massachusetts, avenue on Elev-
enth, Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets NV.
II a stranger on a crowded
Evening star., 1951-06-24
D. c. Bor ALL Day Outing
Set for Country Club

The District Bar Association viii
hold an ali-day outing startin,
at 8 am. tomorrow at the Con
|gressional Country Club.
The program will include golf
tennis, swimming, horses,1oes
baseball, card games and boxing
Buffet supper will be served a,
8 pm.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Threat of New Tax Boost Here
Stems From Many Causes

from all appropriation bills ane
that year the District bill was {
small item in an omnibus supply
measure.
This year, however, the appro.
IpriationS again are handled Sc.
|parately. The renewal Of the cut
in the Federal payment was con-
|sidered of new significance since
the Federal saving of $1.2 millior
Is inf1nitesimal in a Federal spend.
ing program of upwards of ST.
billion.
It is relatively small sum also
to the District with its present
record spending plan of nearly
$138 million but over a period OF
years it could add up to an i'm
portant sum.
Pay Rise Problem.
In addition. the District already
is sitting on an increase of about
81 million q year in a recon-
mended pay raise for It's wage
board employees.
An increase has been recon-
mended by the Wage Scale Board
after considering the levels of
wages paid to employees Of the
defense agencies, by other Gov
ernment agencies and by private
contractors.
Budget Officer Fowler told the
Bates Subcommittee OF the House
this pending increase to wage
scale workers was being held UP to
await a determination of what is
to be the Federal policy"
Should Be Treated Alike"
He added that If the cost of
living is high for wage scale. en-
ployes it also is high for the teach
ers, the firemen. police and civil
service workers. They all should
be treated alike" he said.
Imitation raises the question of
how much Is $12 million Federal
payment worth today in its pres
ent power to buy services and
commodities.
Data Submitted.
District officials submitted data
to House committeeman to show
that District residents pay more
into the Federal internal revenue
funds than any one of SO Of the
States and territories.
There are only 18 States from
which more is collected than from
the District.
Federal tax collections from the
District for the 1947 year show
an amount equal to 1.24 per cent
Of the total received from the
entire country although the popu-
lation of the District at that time
was estimated to be only OIL per
cent Of the total for the United
States.
Evening star., 1951-06-24

local, is one Of the ready answers
1t already has added some mil
lions to District construction pro-
|jects costs and threatens probable
further increases.
Closely related is the current
drive for a boost in the pay of
Government employees, now COM
ing up for congressional decision.
If granted to Federal workers it
inevitably will have to be awarded
to the city's $4,000 employees, for
aside from a question of equity,
the District could not long COM
pete with Federal setups paying
more for the same jobs.
If the pay raise is granted,
financial experts say, the District
will be faced with an added cost
|of between 81 million and Sc mil
lion and the need of more reve-
|nues.
Backlog of improvements.
The pay raise probably is the
biggest immediate consideration
but along with this is the still
big backlog of needed city i'm
|provements that will take years
Ito finance.
Tied to the whole financial
problem. of course, is the decision
Iof Congress last year, which the
House now has moved to repeat,
Slicing 10 per cent off the $12
million Federal payment.
This is particularly shocking to
District officials and Washington
taxpayers since the $12 million
payment was written into the law
in 1947 when the first of the big
new city tax measures was
adopted. It was regarded, there
fore, as something of compact
between the city and the United
States as to how they would work
out national capital problems on a
partnership basis.
Little Alarm At First.
There was not too much alarm
last year when the first departure
was ordered. Congress then was
making a saving across the board
Evening star., 1951-06-24

elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While
a student here. he lived at 1886 M
street NV.
He received a master OF arts
degree in French on June II from
the University of Illinois.
In Paris, he will study The
economies of foreign trade at thu
Institut d'Etudes Politiques. He
also will take advance courses in
French at the Sorbonne. Both
schools are part of the University
Of Paris.
Evening star., 1951-06-24

lstreetcorner accidentally spills
some cigarette ashes on you, and
Iapologetically tries to brush you
of, 'hang on to your wallet. He
may be a pickpocket.
Although practitioners of the
hand is quicker than the eye"
trade are dwindling in Washing
ton. police say this type of crime
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Patient Dies From Injury
In 81. Elizabeth S Shower

Miss Ella F. Young, II, a patient
at st. Elizabeths Hospital, died
last night from injuries received
when she was pushed to the floor
in a shower room last Tuesday by
a 79-year-old woman patient.
Miss Young suffered fractured
hip when she fell. She died in
the institutions surgical building
Homicide Squad detectives were
assigned to investigate the case
Evening star., 1951-06-24
7 More Factors;
Cited in Fight
Against Airport
Judge Brown Worms
Cost Of LeyeIine
Troct Moy Be High

Terrain and geological feature.
of the Burke airport site are being
studied as possible arguments
against use OF the nearby vir.
ginia location as an alternate air
plane hub for Washington.
Representative Devereux, Re.
publican. of Maryland is request
ing the United States Geological
Survey for a report on the area.
At the same time, Fairfax Cir
cult Judge Paul E. Brown, a home
owner in the affected area and
leader of the opposition, disclosed
that specially prepared topogra-
ply charts show the site to be un-
desirable as landing field.
Mr.. Devereux said he has re-
ceived reports that the entire
4,500-acre tract, like most of the
surrounding territory, has a rela-
lively thin crust of topsoil resting
VA 81 nAAAkC~l1hC TUCK.
Major Operations Seen.
This according to some reports,
would require large-scale blasting
as well as the usual bulldozer
operations.
II this be true, Mr.. Devereux
said. the project would cost con-
siderably more than the $14 mil
lion authorized by Congress.
Il want to find out" he said,
because the idea is to try to cut
down on Government expenses
Perhaps another place could be
found that would cost a whole
lot less"
The Congress member is a
strong proponent of Baltimore's
Friendship Airport as an alternate
field for Washington.
Judge Brown yesterday received
graphs prepared by Fairfax Coun-
ty Sanitary Engineer James j.
Corbalis, jr., showing the Burke
area topography in profile.
Graphs Are Studied.
The graphs show a terrain vary
ing 1913 feet over $4,000 feet from
north to south. Low point is the
community of Burke. which is 252
feet above sea level.
In the East-West profile the
range is 100 feet, from $50 feet to
400 feet elevation.
"Leveling this type of section
and building an airport on 1t is
going to take q lot more than $14
Judge Brown said, "es-
pecially If It's granite, either solid
or boulders. they're going to have
to move"
He said both National Airport
here and Friendship Airport cost
more than the present Congress
sional outlay for the Burke site.
"And building costs have gone
up Is to 20 per cent in the last
year." Judge Brown said.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Purse -Snotchers Aided by Careless Victims

to carry a wallet, 1t. Fuss point
out, although skillful pickpocke
can slip it out of an inside Goa
pocket without the victim know
ing it.
1 1t. Cox, for instance, keeps hi
wallet in his inside coat pocket
and pins the pocket with safet!
pin.
| A well-paid mechanic recently
stopped in a downtown taverr
flor a drink before going home with
some money he had drawn from
the bank. He stayed longer thar
he planned, and had to use some
of the money.
Somewhat awkward by now
he pulled out the whole roll
about $600--and peeled off enough
to pay his bill.
AS he left the tavern, a mar
who had been sitting next to him
stopped him and asked for q
match.
Sure, sure" the mechanic re-
piled, Here's a mat"
His words were Clicked off by
an arm which frightened itself
around his neck. He couldn' I
move, or strike out at whoever was
holding him. Quickly. the match
seeking stranger rifled his pockets
of all his money.
That is the pattern of a yoke
robbery. It cost Washington resi-
dents $53. 1888 in fiscal 1850 to learn
first hand what yoke robbery is
like.
Capt. Fuss says such street rob-
berries are decreasing. But, he
adds, a little prudence might keep
many potential victims from the
shock of feeling an unseen arm
suddenly wrapped around their
throats.
''Yoke jobs are more or less
spontaneous Capt. Fuss says.
1.-TWO or three fellows may be ont
drinking, and run out of money.
They see someone nearby who has
been flashing lot of money. and
who isn't too sober. When he
leaves. they follow. 1t just takes
minute or two to get the
money"
Capt. Fuss says nearly all yoke
Jobs take place in highly-popu-
lated, sub-standard areas. To
keep from being a yoke robbery
victim, he advises, stay out of
such areas at night. And, par
ticularly. don't patronize taverns
in such neighborhoods. It is too
easy for patrons who know the
neighborhood to rob you after you
leave and quickly disappear.
Above all, he warns, don't flash
large sums of money, no matter
where you are. And be wary when
passing alley entrances in strange
or crowded neighborhoods.
In this series, we have presented
the expert testimony of police Of
ficialS and Government security
off1cers-men whose business it
Is to protect the public from GRIM
lnalS, and to catch those Grim
lnals.
All agree crime prevention is
easier than crime detection. AND
much less expensive.
Much of this crime prevention
IS the responsibility Of the inoi-
Vidual citizen. If each person is al
little more cautious in every way,
MS chances Of becoming the VIC
tim of a criminal is lessened
greatly. Teach all citizens to be-
cautious. and the crime rate will
1rop accordingly. police say.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Publicity Men to Meet

Glenn H. Jackson, executive
director of the Orthopedic Ap-
pliance and Limb Manufacturers
Association, will speak at 1915
pm. tomorrow before the National
Capital Forge of the American
Public Relations Association in the
Lee House. Fifteenth and L.
streets NV. i
Evening star., 1951-06-24

university.
He received a
bachelor Of arts
degree. with dis
tinction. from
t h e university
in 1948. The
E d W ard Car
rington God
dard Award for
t h e hi g h e S t
scholastic aver
age in Franch
was given M.
Gilman during
his junior year.
He also w as
Evening star., 1951-06-24
By WoIIoce cioyton

Last Christmas. youths in 9
certain underpriyileged neighbor-
hood noticed a companion who
normally had little money fash
ing large bills and buying expen-
sive gifts.
They begged him to tell them
where he got his money. Loath
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Washington News
By Don S. Worren

1t is only two years since the
District had an $18 million in
crease in taxes and yet today
there is an impending threat OF
"a still further increase in the tax
load.
How could anything like this
possibly arise?
It is a question that has a lot
|of answers.
Imitation that is haunting all gov
|ernment operations, national and
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Grant 10 Study in Paris
Awarded GWU Graduate

Charles Francis Gilman has
been awarded a Fulbright Grant
to study in Paris. it was announced
yesterday by George Washington
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Children'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:
$1,139.
Total received to date:
$479, ,401.
Still needed, $65.599.
Contributions may be
mailed to Children's Hospital,
Thirteenth and w streets
NV. Washington 8, D. C.
Evening star., 1951-06-24

Fifth and Lost Of O Series.
Evening star., 1951-06-24

to carry a wallet, 1t Fuss points
out, although skillful pickpocket
can slip it out of an inside coat
pocket without the victim know
ing 1t.
1t. Cox, for instance, keeps his
wallet in his inside coat pocket
and pins the pocket with safety
pin.
Evening star., 1951-06-24

Fifth and Last Of . Series.
The Arizona post., 1951-06-15
&ociaI
andRe,s Re,s
Arizona Post, June Is, 1881

Mrs. Helen Singer, children,
Burton 18, Bernice 16, are well
come newcomers from Boston,
making their home on E. Hedrick.
She's member of Hadassah.
Jacqueline Levy graduated
from Stanford U. Sunday. She
majored in psychology and indus
trial personnel. Her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Aaron Levy and sister,
Leanore, left few days previous
ly to attend commencement exer-
cises. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Jake Levy. She returns to
spend the summer in Los Angeles.
The Aaron Levys and daughters
go on to Chicago and New York,
to be away a month. Leanore en-
ters Stanford as a freshman in the
fall.
Mrs. Sidney Weissberger was
in LA for week vacationing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Zeiden and
children left last week for Louis
vile, KY. They will come through
Tucson in August on their way to
the coast.
Mary Lynn Levy, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Levy, flew
Saturday to Wisconsin to spend
the season at camp.
Abe Buntman's friends missed
him this winter at various COM
munity affairs and were there
fore delighted to see him able to
make the trip to town.
Another recent celebration was
the 35th wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shift earlier
this month. 1t was marked with
a family dinner.
Saul Fenster, along with Reu-
ben Deutsch and Marty Mazer,
took a four-day jaunt to Quay
mas. He left Immediately after
wards for LA where he'll attend
summer sessions at UCLA.
The Arizona post., 1951-06-15

Martin Berman leaves Saturday
for New York where he will be
married on July l to Ruth Green
baum. He returns with his bride
July 16 and will make their home
on N. Olsen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Szerlip
and Bill leave Friday for NY. and
NJ. They will celebrate their
25th wedding anniversary with
the family in the east. Mr.. Ser
lip returns in a few weeks with
Bill, who plans to enlist in the
Air Force.
Mr.. and Mrs. David w. Bloom
have a first granddaughter. A
third child was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. M. David Aarons elaine
Bloom) in Denver, last month and
named Suzan Therese. Ted Bloom
leaves next week for Denver to
inspect the new niece. The grand
parents will visit Denver later.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Besserman
left by motor Tuesday for New
York and Saratoga, to be gone
until August. They'll then pre-
pare to move into the home being
built on Canine Miramonte and
E. 4th.
Evelyn SteinbOrn and Stan
Nevins have parts in the Tucson
Little Theatre play Love Rides
the Rails" an uproarious melo-
drama to be given at the Lodge
on the Desert June % through %,
excepting the 26th.
Mrs. Ted KarnOfsky left June
s for a three-weeks visit in Chi
cago, and to attend the wedding
of her brother, Gene Ginsburg.
Carol Gordon, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Gordon, has re-
turned to Tucson after about a
month visiting with friends and
relatives in Cleveland and New
York. Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon fly
to New York Sunday for about
six weeks vacationing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer Feldman
expect to leave for Los Angeles
July l for their annual vacation.
Mrs. Bernie Roth and Michael
are spending six weeks with the
ArSteinS in Chicago.
The Arizona post., 1951-06-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam r. Kaufman
recently returned from a months
combined business trip to N Y.
and L. A.
Mrs. Gel Weiner and son Arthur
are arriving next w e k from
Brooklyn, N. Y, to spend the
summer with her sister, Mrs.
Morris Katz, NJ Vine.
Elaine Berger will be married
Saturday night in Detroit at the
Cong. Bnai Moshe Synagogue at
an 8:45 pm. ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Green and son,
Jack, Stafford, Ariz flew east
where they bought a car and plan
leisurely motor trip homeward.
Henry Kaufman leaves June
20 for Europe and Israel to visit
relatives and will be joined by
Mrs. Kaufman in August. They
return Labor Day. Mr. Kaufman
was in Israel last year.
Eddie SOchat, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Morry Sochat, Stafford, was
Bar Mitzvah recently at Temple
Mount Sinai, Ell Paso. He's an
honor student and active in the
Boy Scouts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Cohen,
Boston, return home Tuesday af-
ter six months stay with their
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Al Cor
don, N. Palm. They will be ac-
companied by granddaughter,
Rayda Gordon, who'll spend the
next several weeks in the east.
Mrs. Kala Fischer, E. Drachman,
is out of the hospital and getting
around bit.
While in New York DIR. and
Mrs. Fred Schutzbank will attend
the wedding of Melvin Stein to
Elaine Schwartz at the Waldorf
Astoria Sunday He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stein,
winter visitors and owners of
Stems clothing store here.
HadaSSah'S Youth AIiyah Fund
was enriched with a $26. con-
tribution from the children of the
new Stafford Sunday School and |
forwarded by Mrs. Morry Sochat,
teacher.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Blanche W. Yeomans,
| Native Of Long Beach

Mrs. Blanche Webster Yeomans.
IS, mother of Mrs Clyde Doyle.
wife of Representative Doyle,
Democrat, of California, died yes
terday in Circle Terrace Hospital,
Alexandria, after suffering a
cerebral hemorrhage Sunday.
Mrs. Yeomans, a prominent
Long Beach (Calif.) resident, was
the widow of Francis YeomanS,
who died there 10 years ago.
She and her husband. who
moved to Long Beach before it
became a municipality, had been
co-founders in many organizations
there, including the YMCA and
the YWCA. She also was one Of
the founders of the First Congre-
gational Church of Long Beach.
Mr.. Yeomans was a banker there
for many years, and served as
president of the board of educa-
ton.
She lived here with her daugh-
ter in the Hunting Towers
Apartments, Alexandria. Va.
Besides Mrs. Doyle, she leaves
five grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Memorial services for Mrs
Yeomans will be held his summer
in Long Beach.