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Evening star., 1951-09-05
Refund Setup to Cost Gas Company About SIS 900

Microfllming Of all checks is
necessary should any check in
quiry arise in the future.
The check-preparing work will
continue in high gear the rest
of the month. But September
80 won't mean the company Cal
close its books and forget about
the refund.
BY that time, and probably
on into next year, officials ex-
pect to be receiving undelivered
checks, which must be retraced
and mailed out again if pos
sible. Bank statements and
cleared checks will be coming
in to be doublechecked by the
company.
Other Troubles.
And having gone through a
refund before. the utility also
is looking forward unhappily to
a spate of checks improperly
indorsed, or forged by letterbox
pilferers.
The $64 question that most
consumers ask-How much is in
it for me?-actually amounts
to nowhere near $64 for the
home owner or apartment
dWeller.
A company spokesman today
shied from assessing the size Of
, the average" refund to come
from the $1.2 million pool. But.
wheeling out a couple of 1850
averages, he put it this way:
If the householder who used
gas for all but heating had a
l7-month bill totaling $50, his
6 per cent refund would come
to So. The home owner whose
gas bill Included heating and
totaled $3.50 for the same pc
riod would get a refund OF
about $12.
Refund checks will range from
IS cents "up," the spokesman
added, indicating that the 81, 100
due the District government and
a slightly larger amount due
Federal Government will be
among the largest on the rolls.
May Get Costs Back.
A foreboding note, from the
consumer standpoint, was
sounded by one company Of
ficial in the course Of explaining
the whole refund problem to-
day:
THE entire cost of the refund
will be charged to operations
there's no other way we can
enter it.
Ultimately, we will have to
seek new rate adjustment
with the Public Utilities Com
mission and this cost will be
part of the record before it.
"It's up to the PUG how to
figure this cost. I frankly don't
know whether we'll get it back
or not"
That he thinks the company
should get it back, this official
made clear: sAfter all, our rates
today are S per cent lower than
they were in 1889, and Of what
ever other cost Of living can
you say that?" q A
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Policeman ShootsMan
Who SIashed Him and
Threatened Children

An off-duty policeman last
night shot q man who had
slashed the officers wrist. threat
ened his children, and slashed at
another man on Kansas avenue
NV.
Abraham L. Cothran, IS, col
ored, of the 1900 block Of L
street NV, was in fair condition
in Gallinger Hospital this morn
ing with bullet wounds in his
chest, right thigh and groin.
He was charged with two counts
of assault with a dangerous
weapon, and one Of carrying a
concealed weapon.
Police said Cothran slashed at
Ralph Ward. 744 Buchanan street
NV. A short time later, about
p.m., Wallace Shubring, 13. and
his brother. Peter, IL, told their
father. Pvt. Walter. Shubring, a
18th precinct clerk. that a man
had threatened them with a knife.
Pvt. .Shubring took his pistol
and badge, left his home at 1916
Kansas avenue NV, and set out
to hunt the man. He found him
nearby, placed him under arrest,
and ordered him to drop the knife,
Instead, he said, the man slashed
him on the left wrist, and then
| fled.
Pvt. Shubring chased him, and
fired six shots at the fleeing man.
The man fell wounded IN the 800
block of Taylor street NV. Pvt
Shubring was treated at Garfield
I30snital
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Federal Fund Grants
Ito States AssaiIed
BY the Associated Press

An official of the United States
Chamber of Commerce today as
sailed Federal money grants to
the States as lone of the most in
sidious causes of swollen Govern
ment budgets"
DR.. George Cline Smith told
the Governmental Research Asso-
citation that lone of the great de-
lusions of our time" is 'the idea
that Federal money can work
magic"
Federal grants usually carry an
obligation that States getting
them put up an equal sum Of
money. This matching" of Fed
eral grants, said Mr.. Smith, in a
prepared statement, encourages
irresponsible spending by States
which are afraid of losing WASH
ington handouts"
The research association, hold
ing its 37th annual conference
here, is composed of men active
in citizen research into local,
State and Federal governments.
Evening star., 1951-09-05

The big white stone building
overlooking Rock Greek Park
which served as the japanese En-
bassy until the outbreak of World
War II soon may be used again
by diplomats from Tokyo.
Under the terms of the jap
anese treaty about to be signed
at San Francisco the mansion is
among properties formerly held
by Japan which will revert tc
that government.
With it Japan will recover al
furniture and fixtures used for
diplomatic and consular pur-
poses.
But how soon the sumptuous
building at 2514 Massachusetts,
avenue NV. becomes an Embassy
cannot now be foretold. The
treaty first must be ratified by
the Senate. and when that is
done the governments of the
United States and Japan will be
lin position to enter negotiations
for diplomatic relations.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
] Rx John w. Stepp

Mr.. and Mrs. Gas Consumer,
when you receive that long
awaited refund check some. time
this month, treat it as some
thing Of q collectors item.
For aside from its face value,
that bit Of paper will represent
an expenditure Of nine calendar
months Of labor, 10000 man
hours and close to SIS. 900.
The Washington Gas Light
Co., sof course; Is footing the
$1.2 million bin. The late Dis
trict Court Judge n Alan Colds
borough minced no words about
that more than a year ago.
Judge Goldsborough decided
the company was not entitled to
the per cent rate increase that
the Public Utilities Commission
said it was. Utility and PUG
lawyers alike subsequently pro-
tested to the higher courts, but
Judge Goldsborough's basic de-
dicion held.
Pay in Full This Month.
So, although the lawyers are
not yet through in the appellate
court with grousing over parts
Of the original refund order, the
refund itself not only stands.
but will be completely paid by
September 80.
This is the promise Of the gas
people today. despite the tower
ing proportions of the job with
which they have come reluct-
antly to live.
Back in April. when the legal
handwriting appeared on the
courthouse wall, company off,
Gals began organizing the struc-.
ture that will ultimately return
$1.2 million to gas users here.
The problem was to line up
the 175,000 locations where gas
was being used in the 17-month
period from November, 1949,
when the rate increase order
became effective, until Judge
Goldsborough's refund order
was finally upheld.
Complication I: What about
the people who moved out Of
those locations to other gas
serviced places in the city?
What about those who moved
more than once or out of the
city altogether?
Meter Records Traced.
OF the $4,000 gas users who
couldn't seem to stay in one
place during the II month
period. most were traced
through gas meter records. OF
the many scores who left town
althogether, Post Office aid had
to be obtained, forwarding ad-
dresses traced.
The fact that 100000 checks
will be going out to but ITS, 900
locations" is due to the $4,000
mobile consumers, some Of
whom VIII get as many as three
checks covering three moves.
Complication II: Where to
get and where TO put the spe-
Evening star., 1951-09-05
~ -
Arnold Lines
Seek Abolish
|AI| Bus Tokens
| Company Says Guin
In Revenue Would Be
| Under$100, 900 q YeuI

The Washington, Virginia q
Maryland Coach Co. has filed
application with the Interstate
Commerce Commission to elini-
nate the use of tokens on all lines,
it announced today.
A spokesman for the company
said the application was filed last
Friday and would go into effect
October l unless the commission
received protests before Septem.
ber 81 and ruled otherwise.
Tokens on the Arnold Lines sell
at six for 81 and may be used for
the first zone instead of 20 cents
cash. The rates go up cents for
each additional zone up to a total
of 40 cents.
Wage Increase Cited.
Additional revenue gained by
eliminating tokens will be under
100000 year. the spokesman
said, and will not even make up
for the approximate $100,0o0-a-
year increase In wages granted
the bus drivers last month.
The company said additional
revenue is need to maintain recent
pioneer lines" into new residen-
tial areas. These lines, the spokes-
man said, lose money for the COM
pany for the first two or three
years.
Aside from new service needed.
the company said the increased
revenue will help Offset additional
equipment purchased to maintain
the pioneer lines"
FOresees Drop in Income.
Pointing out that Washington
area transit lines are following the
national trend of decreasing pas
senger patronage. the company
declared that new shopping CEN
tiers and department stores now
under construction in Arlington
also will tend to lower the bus
lines income.
When they are opened, the COM
Ipany said, more people will ride
cars and many of those who usu-
ally ride through three or four
zones will only go through one or
two, which means a smaller fare.
The ICC has received no pro-
tests against the abolition OF
tokens.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
19 Polio Cases in Week
Listed in West Virginia
By the Associated Pres,

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept. s.
The largest number of polio
cases for any week this year-19-
were reported to the State Health
Department for the seven days
ending September l.
The figure made the yearly total
109. still short of the 1853 cases
reported to the same 1850 date.
Three cases each were reported
in Hancock and Nicholas Coun-
ties and two each we're listed in
Mercer and Roane Counties.
Counties listing one case Of
polio last week were Boone,
Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Mon
roe, Logan. Marion, Raleigh and
Wood.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Engineer 5 Death in Tunnel
Ruled Due 10 Heart Attack
BY ihs Assoeioisd Pres.

CUMBERLAND, Md. Sept. S.
Joseph H. Gideon, So. Baltimore
|& Ohio Railroad engineer who
collapsed August 80 while running
his freight train through Knobley
tunnel, died of a heart attack.
This was the verdict issued yes
Iterday by DR.. H. v. Demming,
deputy county medical examiner.
An autopsy was performed, but
the verdict was withheld until
yesterday.
At first it was believed that Mr..
Gideon, whose home was IN
Brunswick. Md, may have been
overcome by smoke.
Mr.. Gideon was removed from
his locomotive and brought here
Ito Memorial Hospital where he
Twas pronounced dead. ~
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Two Drivers Thrown Out
OF Car and Truck in Crash

Two drivers were thrown from
their vehicles in a truck-auto
crash today at Forty-fourth
street and Klingle road NV.
An auto driven by William
George Hoffman, 16, of 4510 Dex-
ter street NV, was in collision
with truck driven by Calvin w
Norwood, "A, colored of 1916 F
street NV.
The Hoffman youth suffered
left leg bruises and was taken tc
Georgetown Hospital. Police sale
MIR. Norwood suffered a heac
bump but did not require treat
ment. Tie Hoffman auto turned
over after the youth was thrown
from it.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
- ~ 2 y
School System
Seeking. Special
|Tv Channel
Joins institutions
Asking AIIocotion
For Educational Use

Inc DaStrlcf PUBIC school SyS-
tenn today joined other Washing
ton area educators in asking the
Federal Communications Commits
sion to reserve a television channel
here for educational purposes.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
filed with the FEC a petition ask
ing that the channel be set aside.
Also filing similar petitions were
Arlington County public schools,
the parochial school system Of the
Archdiocese Of Washington and
five institutions of higher learning
American University, George
Washington University, Catholic
University, Howard University and
Wilson Teachers College.
FEC Receiving Briefs.
The FEC Is now receiving briefs
from all segments of the TV in
dustry to determine ALLEGATION of
new channels.
The petitions indicated that the
Washington area educators were
moving closer to plans for pos
Isible cooperative venture in an
educational television station here.
DR.. Corning declared:
This Office Is definitely inter-
|ested in surveying the value of
education by television. The Super
intendent of Schools respectfully
requests the FEC to reserve Chan
mel 26 for education television
until evaluations may be completed
and q decision may be reached
as to whether or not the public
schools Of the District will be
prepared to participate in the
operation of a television station
for educational purposes"
Sitting Legal Arguments.
The FEC is now sitting many
hundreds of legal arguments con-
cerning the commissions own pro-
posal that 10 per cent of future
available channels be reserved
from ALLEGATION to private COM
mercial operators and given to
nom commercial educational en-
terprises. This is the final step
before the long standing freeze on
lTV channels Is broken.
From the many petitions filed
before the FEC, a definite pattern
of growing cooperation among
educational groups is apparent.
In his petition DR.. Corning
pointed out that during the past
school year the District public
schools had experimental with
the teaching of music through TV
in cooperation with Station
WNBW.
Results Inconclusive.
"The results of this experiment.
tation are, of course, inconclusive
because of its limited scope but
support further. experimentation
in this and other fields" he said
adding:
with this in mind, additional
experimental programs are being
PLANNED for the coming year."
He continued:
"The point in discussing this
project is to show that the public
schools of the District have a def
mite and active interest in tele-
vision but that additional study
is needed before final conclusion
as to the place television will have
in education can be reached. The
superintendent Of schools is much
interested in television. He i:
most eager to work closely with
other school systems and institu.
ltions of higher learning in the
Metropolitan Area"
Evening star., 1951-09-05

operation proceeds, the COM
pany's mailing and cashier Of
fees will continue TO incorpor-
ate the refund load into their
regular daily routine. With ac-
tual distribution begun only
last Friday. checks boxed by
the thousands already repose in
these Offices awaiting either
signatures, stamping, postage or
delivery to the microf1lm room.
Evening star., 1951-09-05

perts, surrounded by clerical
help, would work hours like
1:30-10 pm. 6-10. pm. and
even 1O:3O pm. to 6 am.
Holidays like Saturdays, Sun
days and Labor Day are no bar
to the refund crew and the
whirling machines.
That way the clerks and ac-
countants have had unimpeded
access to necessary files as well
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Corning0ut|ines
PrOgramtoFi
Use Of Narcotics
Schools to Institute
4-Point 'Educution' to
Stress Drug Dangers

District School Supt. Hobart M
Corning today outlined four
point program designed to edu-
cate both school teachers and pu-
pills to the dangers of narcotics,
DR.. Corning explained the pro-
gram to be instituted in the new
school term at a meeting of the
principals of the city's junior and
senior high schools, and the two
teachers colleges, in the audi
torium in Roosevelt High School
He said that a pamphlet pre-
pared by the District Health De-
partment would be distributed
this week to every employe of the
schools. The pamphlet briefly
describes various narcotics, and
alcohol, and their effects on users
as well as ways in which teacher
may recognize addictS.
Gets Reports From Others
He said he also was getting re-
ports from all large city school
systems on what they are doing
to combat the narcotics problem.
The other two phases OF the
program, he explained, would be
to ask the student council at
each of the schools to cooperate
and report any unusual activities
to school officials and to revise
the present material taught in the
schools concerning narcotics.
The meeting also was addressed
by Health Officer Daniel L. Seek
niger, B. M. Martin, Bureau OF
Narcotics supervisor in this area;
Inspector Robert v. Murray, as
sistant police chief and head OF
the detective bureau, and DR.. John
E. Lewis, jr.. and DR.. Clifton Him
melsbach, both of the United
States Public Health Service.
DR.. Seckinger described the mar
cotics situation as a real prob
lem in the District. He said,
however, that one of the 18 mar
cotics cases handled by Juvenile
Court since July, 1850, involved
boys or girls who were in school
at the time they were arrested.
Various Phases Discussed.
Mr.. Martin, DR.. Lewis and DR.
Himmelsbach discussed variou:
phases of the narcotics problem
in line with the purpose OF the
meeting, which was to give the
school officials a better picture oi
the situation.
Inspector Murray invited DR.
Corning to send a school officia
to the new school which the Police
Department is opening next week
for top-ranking police officers
This school will deal with the
narcotics problem, also.
DR.. Corning declared that the
role of the school people Is ex-
tremely important and that any
sensational approach would be
harmful and should be avoided
He said it was important that
every employe realize he had q
part to play.
A program to indoctrinate
school teachers in methods OF
recognizing juvenile addicts was
agreed on by school and health
officials last week, after Mr.. Mar
tin had called on them to give
physical examinations for pos
sible signs of addiction to every
pupil.
DR.. Seckinger said then that il
would be virtually impossible tt
examine every pupil. He sale
such a program would cause feal
and anxiety on the part of parents
and pupils, and stressed that q
program of continual observation
would be far more effective in the
long run.
Evening star., 1951-09-05

cial refund, squad, since regular
employees still had to be used
and had to use the space, ma
chinery and records to process
current business?
From the outset the company
decided that a special work
schedule, mostly after normal
working hours. had to be or
ganized.
So, on some days, nucleus
{ of six or eight computation ex-
Evening star., 1951-09-05

as elbow room to operate the
business machines. two of which
are electronic gadgets.
AS for getting extra-hour
manpower without running UP
overtime costs, the gas company
recruited more than a score Of
students from Georgetown and
George Washington Universities
to form the clerical staff. M
And while this after-h hour
Evening star., 1951-09-05
Rolling Terrace Registration

The Rolling Terrace Elemen-
tary School in Takoma Park, Md.
announced the registration for
new pupils will be held from 8
am. to pm. tomorrow and from
9 am. to noon Friday.
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By Percy VIVA

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Joseph Christian, former news
paper advertising executive, now
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Scagram's Dtstillcrics was in the
Twin Cities this week spreading
the public relations for his firm.
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Additional Social and
Personal News

Misses Kathryn Bailey, Shirlee
Brown and Gloria Brown returned
from their homes in Des Moines,
Ia. after spending the weekend
and holiday visiting relatives and
friends.
Misses jeanne Fraction and
Dorothy Stovall spent the week.
end and holiday in Duluth visiting
friends.
Mrs. Mary Terry Of Moberly
Mo, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Gibbs
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simms and
children. Freddie James. WANNA,
Betty and Arthur OF Mexico. Mo.
motored TO the city Sunday, Sept
2. for the holiday, and To visit
with Mr.. and Mrs Burl Grigsby
and family. sl4 AIdrich Ave. No,
Mrs. Terry and Mrs. Simms are
mother and sister Of Mrs. Grigsby
Mrs. Terry Is remaining in the
city, the others left Tuesday for
their homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Logan,
3538 Clinton Ave. So. motored to
Somerset, Wis, Thursday, Aug
ust 20. to the Opal White place,
where a delicious dinner was ser
we'd in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs,
George Ellis Of Dayton. Ohio Mrs.
Frances Duncan and Mrs. LAvinia
Logan were in the party.
Mr.. and Mrs George Ellis OF
Dayton, Ohio, are here attending
the National Urban League Con-
ference in st Paul They arrived
Monday. August II. at the home
Of Mrs. Frances Duncan and Mrs.
Lavinia Logan The Ellises are re-
latives Of Mr. Logan. Mrs. Ellis
Is n delegate To the conference.
The Friday Night Out club will
meet at the home Of Mrs. James
Claridy. 1918 18th Ave. so.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Fraction.
3s4I Clinton Ave. So, had as
their weekend guests. Adam John.
son Jr.. from Des Moines, Iowa.
The Friday Night Out club en-
tertained their husbands and
guests Saturday night at a pow
WOW on Highway 7. Those present
were Messrs and Mines. Paul
Nevis, Louis Buggs. Philip
BlAC kwell. Forest Hin, William
Wade, Venard Lewis, Cortell
Cooper Mines. Doris Anderson
Geraldine Lee and Mr. Robert
Fields.
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