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, 1951-09-17
Two Cops Accused
Of Taking Bribe

CLEVELAND, Sept. II (lNS)
Two Cleveland policemen accused
IF taking $40 to ignore a light
crashing ticket resigned today be-
cause they felt they would not get
a fair hearing.
The two, patrolmen Clarence
Wiemels, 38, and Henry Holloman,
81, of Euclid, handed their re-
signations to deputy Inspector
Ralph Shoemaker at the sixth
district headquarters, only hours
before their case was scheduled to
be heard by safety director Alvin
J. Sutton.
Wiemels and Holloman had been
accused Of taking the $40 by
four youths after they had been
nabbed going through a red light
Wiemels said "these boys had g
chance to get together and fix uI
a swell story. What I would have
to put with to defend myself
wasn't worth it."
Holloman said that eve if they
were cleared, their names would be
dragged through the mud"
, 1951-09-17

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brawl Saturday, charged with as
u permanent re-housing Of fam
sault and battery, resisting arrest
and drunkenness, and released I'M
der $135 bond to await a court
hearing Sept, Is the day be-
fore OSU's opening game against
visiting Southern Methodist uni
versity.
The Buckeye veteran had only
days before been selected by Hayes
to the starting fullback slot. The
buck pilot now faces the rather
difficult task of naming a re-
placement from a talented four
some made up Of Bob Koepnick,
Jack Wagner, Roger Moritz or
Earl Bechtel.
, 1951-09-17

In his communication to the
Reds, general Ridgway dropped
his previous proposal that the
cease fire talks be moved from
controversial Kaesong to some
other site.
Fierce fighting is raging along
the eastern front in Korea. The
Reds are putting up tough resis-
lance and have used ground rocket
fire against the allies in combat
for the first time. But the U. N.
troops are continuing to slaughter
the communists in hapd-to-hand
ombat on the eastern sector
They're also rocking the Reds
back on their heels with heavy
artillery barrages and air strikes
The rockets were said to be SINH
lar to those used by the Russian!
in World War Two.
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WORLD News

Continued from Page ~
Commander has just returned to
Tokyo after a surprise visit to Ko-
rea, the purpose of which was not
disclosed. The visit is believed
linked with the truce talk situation
as we'll as the fighting in prog
ress on the Korean front.
Evening star., 1951-04-12
Stopgap Play Program
Due for Approval

The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
was expected today to approve a
stop-gap recreation program for
Prince Georges County to replace
the regular program killed by the
county commissioners.
The full commission was sched-
uled to vote at 3 pm. on resolu-
ton authorizing the program pro-
posed yesterday by the three
Prince Georges County members.
It's adoption by the full commits
sion is usually a matter of course.
Details of the program will be
worked out after the commission
determines what funds are avail
able !
The three Prince Georges men,
bers reasoned that they were duty
bound to continue some sort of
recreation program in the county
since the commission initiated the
program in 1910. The program was
gradually taken over by the county,
but is to be eliminated June 80 be-
cause the county commissioners
decided to cut the recreation de-
partment out of the budget.
Irwin I. Main, chairman of the
Prince Georges Park and Planning
commissioners, has said he hopes
the planning commission can f.
nance a summer recreation pro-
gram at "a community play
grounds.
Evening star., 1951-04-12
Alexandra to DeferHigh School
And Use Funds for Elementary

Alexandria is preparing to fore
go construction of a new high
school in the northwest section of
the city and to use the money for
a new elementary school in the
area.
A joint meeting of the school
board and city council is to be held
tonight to work out details of the
switch.
The high school was to have
been constructed on a 16.5-acre
site behind the Macarthur School
on Janney's lane. Preliminary
plans for the 81 million building
have been drawn, and some funds
already had been allocated by the
city council.
But a number of developments
have caused school board mem
bers to change their minds.
First, the city's anticipated an
nexation Of rs square miles from
Fairfax County was delayed. The
new high school was to serve that
area principally.
Next, school officials learned the
site wasn't large enough to satisfy
State requirements, and there was
only one small street leading into
the site.
School board members decided
lit would be better to delay con-
struction of the high school until
there is a final decision on annex
alton, and new site can be Sc
Ilected in the annexable area.
Evening star., 1951-04-12

was that the opening of the
American wing in the Metro
politan Museum in New York had
aroused tremendous interest in
houses of the Colonial and Fed
eral periods. Georgetown had q
lot of them. There they were
like items of unrealiZed value in
an antique shop ready to be
grabbed up. The Williamsburg
restoration was to SNOWFALL the
movement to Georgetown later.
One of the early purchasers was
Eliot Goodwin, who was busy al
the time creating the United States
Chamber of Commerce. The dis
covers" were not all wealthy. The
assets of many of them were largely
cultural. In 1922 Mr.. and Mrs
Henry w. White, both teachers
in the District school system
bought mid-19th century house
in Thirty fifth street. John
Ihlder, man dedicated to doing
away with slums bought a house
at 2811 P street. And an up and
coming young lawyer named Dean
Acheson bought house next door
1t was then that crassly COM
mercial real estate men began
building apartment houses in
Georgetown and Mr.. Ihlder. the
Evening star., 1951-04-12
Fairfax Supervisors
Initiate Action TO
Adopt Building Code

Fairfax County is about to get
its first building code The county
Board of Supervisors yesterday
voted to advertise a proposed code
for public hearing some time next
month.
Two years ago, the supervisors
advertised a building code but
failed to adopt it after a stormy
public hearing. Opponents claimed
the code proposed then was too
fancy and invloved too much
red tape
The new code was prepared by
a committee headed by Architect
Robert A. Willgoos. 1t would create
the Office of building inspector,
establish fees for building per-
mits and require certain stand
ards of construction.
Follows Other Codes.
For all public buildings and
apartments, the building require
ments would be the same as those
of the Virginia Fire Safety Reg
ulations adopted by the State
Corporation Commission in 1949.
Most of the construction stand
ards for one, two and three
family dwellings not covered by
the State Fire Safety Regulations
would be the same as Federal
Housing Administration require
mentS
Permits for fees of non -freproof
buildings would cost Z cents a
square foot of floor space, and l
cent per square foot for fireproof
buildings.
Plans and specifications would
be required, except for construc-
ton under $1,000. Building per-
mits would not be required for
alterations costing, less than $10O.
Land Accepted for Park.
On motion Arthur Shaffer, the
supervisors asked the State High
way Department to discontinue
permits for installation of water
mains along State roads until the
county reaches an agreement with
water companies on installation OF
fire plugs. Mr.. Schaffer said the
Virginia Water Co. wants to charge
$40 annual rental for each plug,
and he believes that is too high.
The supervisors accepted from
Evening star., 1951-04-12
Veto Sought on Bill
Easing Liquor Law
In Prince Georges

Sheriff Carlton G. BeaH OF
Prince Georges County and Mayor
John N. Torvestad of Colmar
Manor want Gov. McKeldin to
veto bill which would permit sale
of alcoholic beverages in the
county until 2 am. Sundays.
In a letter to the Governor,
Mayor Torvestad said he has been
asked by neighboring communities
Ito request a hearing before the
Governor takes any action on the
bill passed in the closing hours OF
the Maryland General Assembly
last week.
The law now prohibits sale OF
beer, wine and liquor after Satur-
| day midnight.
MIR. Torvestad said Colmal
Manor carries the stigma of being
ICdllSu IuIll lUW DCCduoC VI Dull
similar legislation in the past
coupled with indiscriminate
granting of liquor licenses by oul
Alcoholic Control Board" He
added that mo public need woule
be served by the extension of clos
ing hours.
Pointing to the midnight clos
ing hour in the District, Sheriff
Beall said an extension of tht
drinking time in Prince Georges
County would make it "a dump.
ing ground for all undesirable!
of Washington"
Sheriff Beall declared the meas.
ure passed by the recent Genera
Assembly is the most disgrace.
full piece of legislation offered il
a long time"
The sheriff said he will seel
to schedule a meeting with tht
Governor so he can express hi.
views.
Evening star., 1951-04-12

here and built great houses. Here
was an international society and
no personal property tax. Some
of Georgetown's most prosperous
families caught the fever and
moved in town in the William
Howard Taft area.
Those Who Stayed.
There were those who stayed
The Peter family remained in
splendid isolation at Tudor Place,
the house the original Peter built
for his bride, the granddaughter
of Martha Washington. The
Mackalls, the Bradleys, the Se-I
viers, the DorseyS, the Matthew'S
and others did not make the mis-
take of selling their heritage to
have go at the caviar.
There were always people who
knew Washington and appreciated
Georgetown. just before World
War I, Robert Todd Lincoln, son
of the Civil War President and
very wealthy man after his
years as president of the Pullman
Co.. bought the big house of Mrs.
William Laird Dunlop at 3014 M
street. (The LairdS and the Dun
lops were two of the Scotch fam
lilies that founded Georgetown.)
During World War I, Newton d.
Baker, an old Episcopal High
School (Alexandria) boy, bought
the fine house at 3017 N street
which had been built by Thomas
Beall in 1894.
1t was after the war in the
early 20s that things began to
happen. Two very wealthy Am
bassadors bought old Georgetown
estates, Robert Woods Bliss bought
the Rock of Dunbarton which he
renamed Dunbarton Oaks, and
Lammot Belin, who inherited a.
Du Pont fortune. purchased Ever
may. Mrs. Frank A. West bought
Century House.
The real estate men were puz-
zled. Wealthy newcomers arriv-
ing in Washington were impa-
tient when shown the grand places
they could have on or off Six
teenth street and asked to be
taken to Georgetown.
Realtors Were Appalled,.
These "discovererS, many of
whom will be on hand for this
weeks celebration, all report they
got the same answer from the
real estate men. It was:
You don't want to live thereI"i
What the real estate men failed
to realize (they soon caught on,
Evening star., 1951-04-12

public housing expert, defeated
them by heading committee
which put through zoning regu-
lation that no new Georgetown
roof should be more than 40 feet
high.
Stories and pictures of the res
toration of Georgetown houses
and the beauty of Georgetown
gardens began appearing in the
slick magazines devoted to those
subjects and have been appearing
ever since One writer has esti-
mated there are 5000 gardens in
Georgetown. There are at least
six backyard swimming pools.
| Very Civic Minded.
And about that time George
town began to be one of the most
civic minded of Washington COM
munities. The Georgetown Cit
Iizens' Association did not admit
women members. (They do noW.)
So Miss Eta Taggart, an at
torney with more than one
Georgetown generation behind
her, organized the Progressive
Citizens Association. Soon George
town was engaged in rat killing
campaigns and busy fighting the
slum conditions which still pre-
vailed in some of Georgetown S
streets.
Georgetown really began to ex-
perience its comeback in the de-
pression years when new real es-
tate was in distress. The New
Deal brought thousands of new
people to Washington. Many
turned to Georgetown.
Adolf A. Berle. jr., one of the
Original braintrust tfiumvirate
land a man of independent means,
located there. Frances Perkins, the
first woman cabinet member, ac-
Iquired a house at 1874 Thirtieth
street.
Francis Biddle moved to George
town and still lives there.
I Elliot and Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Ijr., were among the new George
town residents
Felix Frankfurter of Harvard
) Law School moved to Georgetown
when he was appointed to the Su-
Epreme Court.
/ The big red house at 323S r
street next to the Georgetown Lii
brary which President Grant made
his summer White House, became
1.-THE home of seven young bachelor
lawyers headed by Tommy Corco-
ran and Ben Cohen. Their habit
Iof talking late into the night over
their plans for a newer New Deal
Evening star., 1951-04-12
Housewives Are Warned
OF Phony Doctors S Calls

Silver Spring detectives today
urged housewives in the area not
to answer intimate questions
asked them over the telophonn by
a man who represents himself as
a physician collecting data for the
Kinsey report.
Detectives said the caller usual
iy Identifies himself as a DR.. Fon-
taine. They said they have re-
ceived about a dozen complaints
concerning such calls in the last
few days.
They emphasized the pseudo
doctor has no authority to ask
questions and requested women
who are called to hang up I'M
They said that so
far the caller has made no at
tempt to follow up his calls by
appearing in person. Z
Evening star., 1951-04-12
Court Urges Chever|,
To End Storm Water
Runoff Into Tuxedo

The town of Cheverly, Md,
should stop diverting storm water
into a street of the neighboring
community of Tuxedo, according
to Circuit Judge John B. Gray.
But the jurist said a plan to
correct the condition must be
developed before anything actually
can be done.
Sitting in Prince Georges
County case, Judge Gray said he
would appoint a Special Master
in Chancery to determine the plan
and the amount of liability which
must be borne by Cheverly in the
damaging of property of Tuxedo
residents.
The Judges ruling was made in
a suit brought by two Tuxedo
families living on the street in
question. They are Mr.. and Mrs
Herman T. Knox, 2413 Fifty-sev-
Ienth avenue, and Mr.. and Mrs
Howard G. Rupard, 2400 Fifty
seventh avenue. A total of 20
damage suits were consolidated
in the equity action brought by
the KnoXes and Rupards.
Judge Gray said:
while the court feels
Cheverly has some responsibility
in connection with the solution OF
the problem, we do not feel
that said municipality can be re-
Iquired to embark upon the ambi-
Itious drainage project which seems
Ito be the only adequate solution
and involves an expenditure of
some $50,000."
He said the several Government
units involved should work out
a complete solution of the prob
lem.
Evening star., 1951-04-12
Case
Witness Arrested

Francis D. Griffith, 35, witness
in the recent Dugan Chew grand
jury investigation in Arlington,
this morning forfeited S13.25 COL
lateral on a disorderly conduct
charge.
Police said Griffith. who gave
an address in the 800 block of
Briland street, Shirley Duke
Apartments, near Alexandria, was
.arrested on the grounds of the Lee
Gardens apartment development
Iat Lee boulevard and Pershing
drive. Arlington, about l o'clock
this morning. They said a passing
ImotoriSt had called police to say
that man was wandering around
the project. The arrest was made
by Policeman Jack Shoots and
Harry Totten.
The grand jury brought pre-
sentiments against two members OF
the County BoardxDaniel A
IDugan and F. Freeland Chew
They face custer proceedings
April %
The jury indicted pinball ma
chine distributor Sam Lano fol
perjury. Griffith formerly worked
for Lano.
Meanwhile, Special Prosecutor
Oren r. Lewis said he has finished
Reading the 900 pages of testimony
and report of the Arlington Polic6
Investigating Committee.
Now he said he is attempting te
secure other records to use in the
Iouster proceedings against the two
County Board members. He said
he is having some difficulty OBJ
Itaining them.
Evening star., 1951-04-12

Meanwhile, officials want to pro-
ceed with construction of an ele-
mentary school on city-owned
tract at the foot of Patrick street,
near Hunting Creek.
Delay in construction of the
high school may make it necessary
to shift eighth grade students
from the present George Wash
Iington High School to elementary
schools until the second high
school eventually is built, school
officials said.
Evening star., 1951-04-12

John R. Eakin, of Falls Church
of 14.5 acres for a park. The land
is located in Pine Ridge subdivi-
sion, between Pine Ridge road, Lee
boulevard and Route 236. John
w. Brookfield. chairman of the
Fairfax Park Authority said Mr.
Eakin first offered the land for a
park in 1941, but the county then
was without authority to accept
it. The last session of the Cen
eral Assembly acted to permit the
county to own a park.
Evening star., 1951-04-12
LANCER Snags
Bill for District
Daylight Time
Pustore Plans Move
Today for Passage
Of House Measure

Daylight saving time for the
District struck a snag in the Sem
ate yesterday. in the form of an
objection by Senator LANCER, Re-
publican. of North Dakota, but
was to have another chance to-
day.
Senator Pastore, Democrat, of
Rhode Island. in charge of the
bill for the District Committee,
planned to move today to take up
the House-passed bill for daylight
time for this summer only. Spon-
sors were hopeful it would get the
green light and that the measure
would be sent to the President for
signature.
The Senate District Committee
had agreed early yesterday to
duck a fight with the House over
the subject by retreating from its
position that the Commissioners
Should be given continuing annual
authority to invoke fast time.
Consent Calender Rule.
The House one again had
granted authority for daylight
time for only one more summer
but had ignored the permanent
authority bill
1t was thought the House bill
would sail through the Senate,
but when the subject was reached
on the Senate'S call of its unani-
nous consent calender YESTERDAY
action was blocked by Senator
Langer. He said: L object I'm
ger the consent calender rule that
stopped action on the bill, tenn
porarily.
But today, if the legislative
situation permits. Senator Pas
tore will move to take up the
Dill and in view of past actions
by the Senate on this question
sponsors said it undoubtedly
would carry.
Six Measures Passed.
The Senate yesterday consid-
cred eight other District meas
ures, passing six of them. These
now go to the House.
One of the approved measures
would liberalize the Districts
child labor laws by reducing the
maximum permitted work week
from 48 to 40 hours for those
under 18 years of age. It also
would forbid employment of mi
norS in mechanical or manufac-
turing operations though leaving
them free, after completing the
eighth grade at school to take
fulltime jobs in other occupa-
tions.
IhlS bill makes no changes as
to the rights of minors to hold
jobs as newspaper de-
livery or street sales.
Other Bills Voted.
Other bills given the Senate
okay Would:
Make cancer a mandatory re-
portable disease, in a move 10.
an attack on this killer
ailrlent;
Give the Board of Public We'll
fare the power to make the full
est use of the facilities at the
National Training School for
Girls;
Provide for the appointment of
conSerVatorS of the assets of per-
sons OF advanced age, mental
weakness or physical incapacity;
Give nonresident physicians
practlcing here the power to sign
certificates for the temporary COM
mitment of persons believed to be
of unSound mind;
Require District BARRIERS to post
their prices in their shops.
Two other measures were
blocked by objections. One would
have forbidden the sale in the
District of rockish weighing more
than Is pounds. This was designed
as means of conserving the spe-
cies.
The other was one to permit
the commissioner to make trades
with private property owners of
small parcels abutting public own
ership.
Evening star., 1951-04-12

married and has two children
The Sculls live on Greyrock drive
Silver Spring.
Mr.. Scull will be a member OF
the 1872 Chest Executive Com
mittee, other members of which
will be elected at the annual meet
ing of the Chest Council at 8 pm
Wednesday at the Bethesda Meth
odist Church, Old Georgetown
road and Huntington parkway.
Evening star., 1951-04-12
Sewage Survey
Meeting Called
To End Deadlock
a Governing Bodies
Agree to Attend
Monday Conference

The governing bodies of Alexan-
Idria, Arlington, Fairfax and Falls
Church are preparing to meet
Jointly in final effort to agree on
sewage disposal survey.
The meeting, which also will be
attended by the engineers and top
administrative officials of the four
communities, is scheduled for
pm. Monday in the Alexandria
City Council chamber.
An interim committee appointed
by the four Jurisdictions to study
sewage disposal problems agreed
yesterday to call the intergovern-
mental session in hopes that an
apparent stalemate may be
broken.
Albert A. Smoot of Alexandria
wanted it made clear that the in
term committee was sponsoring
the joint meeting. He said he re-
ceived a letter advising him that
Arlington Board members would
attend any meeting he chose to
call.
i did suggest the joint meeting
OF governmentS-but merely as
one member of this committee"
said Mr.. Smoot. Il think it is
up to the committee to call such
"a meeting, however"
Some Doubt Outcome.
Committee members unanimous
ly agreed to the joint government
session, although some of them
mumbled that they doubted it
would do any good.
Meeting for the first time since
recommending a survey of the
sewage disposal problem, interim
committee members reviewed what
has happened to their proposal.
Alexandria, Falls Church and
Fairfax agreed to go along with
the engineering survey recon-
Imended by majority of the COM
mittee, but Arlington wants a
shorter and cheaper survey,
I'VE are in a dilemma in Ar
lington," said Robert w. Cox,
chairman of the interim commit
tee and one of Arlington's repre-
IsentativeS. He explained that the
county is about ready to proceed
with expansion of its existing dis
posal plant for which bonds were
approved in referendum last
fall
1T is the feeling of the Arlington
board that it would be extremely
difficult to hold things up for six
months while this survey goes on"
added Mr.. Cox.
Minimum Time in Dispute.
i The survey favored by the in
terim committee majority would
require about six months and the
survey sought by Arlington would
take about three months.
. Mr.. Cox disputed statements thai
an adequate survey would require
six months. He said the Arlington
County manager and engineer felt
it could be accomplished in less
time.
I G. Hubbard Massey, a Fairfax
Representative on the committee.
said his county was going ahead
with its present plans for sep
arate disposal plant. but wanted
the regional survey made because
future growth is anticipated.
! He said he favored the longer
survey because it would cover
more details than the shorter one.
| What we want included in the
survey is how much it will cost
to build an auxiliary plant to Blue
Plains, farther down the river.
when the pollution load reaches its
peak at Blue Plains" added Mr..
Massey.
Evening star., 1951-04-12
BIoodmobiIe to Visit
Arlington on Monday

The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be in Arlington from 10 am. to
4 pm. Monday to receive donors.
The Bloodmobile's permanent sta
ton in Arlington is at the parish
hall of St. Georges Episcopal
Church, 908 North Nelson street.
Mondays Bloodmobile visit will
be sponsored by the auxiliaries of
the County Medical Society and
the Arlington Hospital Appoint
menCs can be made by telephoning
the County Red Cross. 1888 Lee
boulevard.