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Evening star., 1951-08-05
Ambulance in Crash
While Rushing Auto
Victim, q, to Hospital

An ambulance carrying an in
jured boy to Casualty Hospital
was in a collision yesterday, and
the boys grandmother and a
physician were injured.
Police said Claud Butler, 4,
colored, All K street NE, was
struck by an auto driven by John
William Spates, 35, of 970O block
of fty-first place, Berwyn, Md.
as the boy crossed the street near
his home.
The ambulance taking him to
Casualty was in collision with a
car driven by Ona A. Riggleman,
81, of Morgantown. w. Va. at
Eighth street and Maryland ave-
ne NE. about two blocks from
the hospital.
Mrs. Emma Butler, 40, Claud's
grandmother. suffered injuries to
the head and right knee, and DR..
Leonard HantSoo, 46, of 26O9
Evarts street NE, suffered chest
. bruises.
At Casualty. the boy was re-
ported in critical condition with
a skull fracture. Mr.. Spates was
charged with failure to give full
time and attention to driving.
Mr.. Riggleman was charged with
failure to yield the right of way
to the ambulance, driven by Alloy
sius Smith, Al, colored, of 17O9
New Jersey avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
Free Star Movies.
Playground Film
Program for TONIGHT

Programs presented through the
cooperation of the District, Ar
lington County, Prince Georges
County, Montgomery and City Of
Alexandria Recreation Depart
ments and The Film Center of
Washington.
Washington, at Dusk.
Chevy Chase. Forty-frst and
Livingston streets NV.
Rudolph. Second and Hamilton
streets NV.
Langdon Park, Eighteenth and
Franklin streets NE.
Kenilworth, Kenilworth avenue
and Ord street NE.
Virginia Avenue, Ninth street
and Virginia avenue Sc.
Bald Eagle, Nichols avenue and
Joliet street S.W.
Monroe. Georgia avenue and
Columbia road NV.
Francis, Twenty-fourth and N
streets NE.
Blow. Nineteenth street and
Benning road NE.
Douglass-Dwellings, 1000 Ala
bama avenue Sc.
Arlington, $3.50 PM.
Walter Reed, Washington boule-
ward and North Mckinley road.
Alexandria, $3.50 PM.
George Mason, Cameron Mills
road.
Prince Georges County, $3.50 PM.
College Park Elementary School,
1901 Calvert road.
Montgomery County, $3.50 PM.
Wheaton. Claridge road of
Viers Mill road.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
Red Cross 10 Press
Appeals During Week
For Victims Of Flood

The Red Cross will step up it's
appeal for Midwest flood suffer-
erS this week in Government and
business Offices and through COL
lection booths at theaters.
District area contributors have
met $16,784 of the $68,4O0 quota
asked here. Red Cross needs at
least SIS million nationally to aid
thousands of homeless and desti-
tute persons in Missouri, Kansas,
Illinois and Oklahoma.
Government and business Of
fees have been asked to select a
central location where personnel
may make their donations. Booths
in movie houses will give others
an opportunity to participate.
John Clifford Folger, District
chapter chairman, was pleased
with progress thus far.
THE vast majority of gifts have
ranged from SIS to $685." he said.
This is indicative of the spirit
of neighborliness that the Ameri-
can people have always shown in
times of disaster and misfortune.
It is the traditional democratic
spirit of neighbor helping neigh
bor."
Collection plans have been COM
pleted by some Government
agencies.
Frank K. Sanderson, White
House administrative officer, will
accept contributions there; John
Davis heads the appeal at the
Council of Economic Advisers;
D. H. Lum, Interstate Commerce
Commission; David C. Williams,
United States Court of Appeals;
Alfred j. Loda, Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp, and Dom N.
Bent, United States Tariff Com
mission.
Contributions also may be sent
to the District chapter Office at
'1730 E street NV.
Evening star., 1951-08-05

house is in open, isolated coun-
try.
Lightning Strikes Twice.
Long ago discarded was the
superstition that lightning never
strikes twice. The Washington
Monument has been struck al
most every time an electrical
storm hits in the area. 1t has
four lightning rods and has
never been damaged. The En-
pire State building in New York
was once struck II times in less
than a half-second.
Lightning victims, If they sur
vive, tell varied experiences,
most of them having to do with
a binding flash and roar. One
described a sensation of falling
into space. Most characteristic
of the effect is a burn, but there
often is mental shock, prolonged
nervousness, numbneSs, deaf
ness, loss of small and taste and
a prickling of skin areas over the
body.
In it's conclusion, the Encyclo-
pedia Americana observes: "It
would seem wholly unnecessary
for the average individual to
worry about the likelihood of
being killed by lightning"
Evening star., 1951-08-05

when explaining the decline OF
interest: Cost of training, If paid
by the individual. is too high.
Aircraft prices-at about $4,000
for the cheapest plane-are too
high. The young man wants to
fly, but doesn't have the money
The adult man has the money, but
If he doesn't fear airplanes, his
wife does.
"And another thing" said Mr.
Brinkerhoff, IF you newspapers
would tone down accounts of air.
craft accidents, it might help"
Robert Ashburn, operator at
Hybla Valley, looks at it this way:
Il don't think the initial cost of
the airplane is a barrier. Older
people have the money and many
.of them have the inclination, but
they must have an airplane that
can fly fast, land slow; a plane
that is safe, dependable and can
ldoC HlUSI anywhere.
New blood may brighten Hybla
Valleys future with the Arthur
Godfrey grant to American Uni
versity's transportation school.
Students in the schools aviation
phase will be able to obtain pri-
vate licenses and Godfrey has
designated Hybla Valley as the
training center.
Has Reduced Acreage.
At Congressional-Second old
est private airf1eld In the Nation
next to College Park, Arthur
Hyde is still in flying operations,
but has sold $50 of his 200 acres
Evening star., 1951-08-05

Officer Training Corps and high
school pilot activity.
One-time commercial airline
pilot and veteran of 1873 Atlantic
air crossings, Ashby r. Rosson has
operated the Falls Church Ali
Park on Lee boulevard since 1945
Fully cognizant of the decrease
in flying, he still isn't alarmed
enough over it to halt work on 9
new 3.600-foot runway. why
I'm building it, I don't know.
Big Investment Cited.
| Here we have a vast invest
ment and poor return. I wouldn't
be in the business now if I didn't
also have 1,100-acre dairy farm.
He deplored the depletion of the
Nations pilot pool, but saw no
ready remedy for the situation.
At 25-year-old Beacon Field
atop a hill outside of Alexandria
Manager Harry Lehman admits
plotting is a costly skill. "A quail
fed pilot is in the same category
as a doctor or a lawyer when it
comes to the cost of his educa-
ton" He favors Government
sponsored flying schools to create
"a new pilot pool, stimulate all
phases of the aviation industry.
The boiled-down answers to the
solution range from Mr.. Lehman S
to Mr.. AShburn's-who believes
the era of the private airfield is
over, barring a Government
sponsored program or municipal
ownership.
Evening star., 1951-08-05

one. The warehouses will help
keep the field in operation and
are well clear of the retained
landing strips.
Springfield airport in nearby
Virginia was the first to fold. Its
administration building is empty
it's windows gaping and its run
ways graSS-groWn.
Queens Chapel. in Maryland
still is in operation. but has been
sold to a real estate developer.
Greenbelt, with it's mile of
paved runway in nearby Mary
land could get a shot in the arm
when the new WaShington-Balti-
more parkway comes through to
make it quickly accessible.
The Sanders Await n firm at
ERGO Field near Riverdale, has
the worldwide agency for the
non-spin Ercoupe plane as cush-
ion to absorb the shock of de-
creased flying.
Hyde Field Is Active.
Hyde Field, near Clinton, also
owned by Arthur Hyde, has vast
hangar space and probably as
much activit. as Congressional
because of it's location.
Washington Virginia airport,
formerly Crossroads, now operated
by j. D. Benn, still has 70 aircraft
based there. Mr.. Benn, like the
other operators, shuns the word
subsidy" as such, but also like
them, would favor an air Reserve
Evening star., 1951-08-05
High Cost of Living Cuts Work
For D. c. Garbage Collectors

Any time the garbage man
gets down in the dumps he
might reflect on what's hap
pening to his clients.
District garbage collectors who
have made the rounds for years
aren't working any harder than
the prewar years when Wash
ington was comparatively small.
Why? It's the high cost of
living. says Sanitation Super
intendent William Xanten. Peo-
pie are more careful about what
they throw away.
For those interested in such
trivia, the average garbage man
makes about 1900 stops per day,
and for his effort winds up with
about 10 tons of what he is COL
lecting.
In a years time, this piles up
to about $4,000 tons, not count
inS the 10000 hauled away from
Evening star., 1951-08-05
.Donohue Urges
Non-Segregated
Lower Schools
Proposes Move as
First Step in Dropping
Educational Bans

District Commissioner F. JOSEPH
Donohue last night urged an enc
to segregation in primary school.
here as the first step toward non.
segregation throughout the Dis.
trict school system.
A segregated school set-up i!
"a luxury we can no longer af-
ford" Commissioner Donohue
said in an address carried or
Station WWDC's new series, "A
Report to the People,"
/ Mr.. Donohue suggested that il
Congress would let the District
begin an integrated system in the
primary grades. attended by chill
dren of all races. the goal of total
abolition of segregation in the
school system would be brought
nearer.
Primary Beginning.
He pointed out that Catholic
University, American University
Georgetown University and How
ard University integrate educa-
tional programs. But he said it
is hard to expect children brought
up under segregation to accustom
themselves to non-segregation
later.
1--WE ought to begin by letting
down the bars for all children
in primary grades" he declared.
Americas position as leader in
the free world is being challenged
because of segregation in Wash
ington, Mr.. Donohue contended.
He declared the Communists make
effective use Of propaganda on
this issue.
"If we are to maintain our
position as leader of the free
world, there must be only one class
jof Americans. regardless of race,
color or creed" Commissioner
Donohue told his audience.
ColOred Facilities Crowded.
He pointed out that while Dis
trict taxpayers are spending more
than $29 million this year on
education, there are more facilities
for white children than are being
used while those for colored chill
dren are crowded
Enrolment figures for last Oc-
tober, the latest available, show
46,O98 white students in the Dis
trict public schools, he said. But
these schools have seating
capacity of 61,051, resulting in
1883 more seats in the white
educational system than there
are students.
The capacity for Negro students
is 44,298, Mr.. Donohue declared,
but there are 46,945 students-a
deficit of 2,647 seats for colored
children.
After his address, Commissioner
Donohue was questioned by Miss
Martha Strayer of the Daily News
and Woody Taylor, assistant city
editor of Afro-American.
Evening star., 1951-08-05

You're fretting yourself into
the early miseries if you worry
about being struck by lightning.
That is the Encyclopedia
Americana's summation and it
finds general concurrence among
scientific men and weather OBJ
servers. all of whom are trying
to find out more about light
ming.
Violent electrical storms over
Washington in the last week
have killed one man and
stunned three other persons,
one Of whom literally was
brought back from death. But
the odds on being felled by
lightning are almost as astro-
nomical as the number of volts
generated by a single flash.
To avoid even those odds, the
Weather Bureau has a cardinal
point of advice. In the sum-
mer, if you see storm clouds
coming up, you can bank on
them containing lightning. The
thing to do is head for good,
substantial shelter if you are
out in an open field.
Trees to Be Avoided.
To this, the Bureau of Stand
ards DR.. F. B. Silsbee, head Of
the high voltage laboratory
where man Stirs up a puny two
million-volt lightning bolt, adds
the advice to avoid trees, high
points of isolated ground and
fences. "It could be dangerous,
when on an open golf course,
even to raise a steel-shafted
club during a Storm" he said.
Depending on the length of
the bolt, the voltage of light
ming will exceed 100 million if
it is as much as 1000 feet long.
The two million-volt charge de-
veloped at the bureau is only
20 feet long.
He scoffed at the old-fash-
ioned fallacy of running for a
feather bed during storm and
of the fear of taking a bath
while lightning crackles outside.
He also knocked down reports
Of ball" lightning where a ball
Evening star., 1951-08-05
Senate Hearin(
On Home Rule
SET For Friday
Study of Nomination
Of Gov. YounedohI
Also Is Scheduled
By Harold B. Rooers

Public hearings on Distric
home rule legislation and the
nomination of Minnesota Gov
Luther w. Youngdahl will high.
light congressional consideration
of city affairs this week.
The Youngdahl nomination
comes before Senate judiciary
subcommittee headed by Senator
McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada
at 10 am. Thursday. Persona.
testimony or written statements
are expected to be presented by
the District Bar Association
American Bar Association, the
Minnesota Bar Association and
others.
Gov. Youngdahl would succeed
the late Judge T. Alan GoldSbor-
ough, on District Court here.
Home Ruling Hearing Friday.
A compromise home rule bill
giving Washington a limited form
of self-government will be up for
a hearing by a Senate District
subcommittee at 10 am. Friday.
Already approved by the full
Senate District Committee, the
measure is expected to be sent
to the Senate for action soon,
without change from its present
form.
The measure provides for a
non-voting delegate in the House,
a mayor appointed by the Presi-
dent, and confirmed by the Sen
ate, an elected city council and
elected school board. Twenty-on
Senators so far have agreed to
co-sponsor the measure.
Any suggestions for amending
the bill developed at the Friday
hearing by the District home rule
subcommittee. will not be incor-
porated in the present draft of
the measure by the committee
But, it was explained, Senators
could submit amendments to the
bill for consideration on the Sem
ate floor when it comes up there
for action.
Early Action Is Hope.
Senate Majority Leader McFar-
land hopes time may be found in
the crowded Senate program to
call up the home rule measure
before the end of this session of
Congress. But in view of the heavy
schedule of must legislation an
nounced recently by him on the
floor, he could not predict when
the District measure could be
reached.
Senator Mcfarland indicated he
had not had time to study the
home rule bill, but it was likely"
he would support the District
committees position.
Many witnesses are expected to
appear to testify at the hearing
Friday.
A bill to enlarge the scope of
the National Park and Planning
Commission is slated for public
hearing at 10 am. Wednesday
before a Senate District subcom-
mittee headed by Senator Pas
tore. Democrat, of Rhode Island.
This measure is similar in some
respects to a bill which passed
the Senate, but died in the House,
during the last Congress.
The Pastore group also will hear
testimony on another measure to
authorize flight training for pupils
in the District high schools.
Evening star., 1951-08-05

hotels and restaurants by pri-
vate companies.
Trash, now, is a different
story. It's keeping pace with
the population trend. Did you
know that last year the division
collected 3,174,151 cubic yards
of trash compared with 157, ,180
yards IS years ago?
That's pretty breath taking
when you consider that the out
side of the Washington Monu-
ment measures $4,000 cubic
yards.
Counting street and alley
sweepings. ashes, garbage and
trash. the District cleaned up
4,140,180 cubic yards last year.
What's worrying Mr.. Xanten
is where to burn the growing
accumulation. The District
needs more incineratorS to do
the job right.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
Christchurch School
Names Teaching Stoff

Faculty appointments for the
1951-52 session at Christchurch
School, Christchurch, Va, were
announced yesterday by Branch
Spalding, headmaster.
The members named are Mrs.
Virginia j. Klose, librarian and
remedial reading instructor; Jere
Bunting, mathematics and his
tory; Everett H. Emerson, Eng
lish; c. Richard Working, history
and dean of the lower school;
John L. Coe, mathematics; Ker-
win Hyland, biology; Henry S.
Hackney. modern languages; John
F. Marshall, Latin and English,
and the Rev. Emmett H. Hoy.
chaplain and dean of socia lstudies.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
D. c. Chinese Plan
Drive Today for
u. S. Flood Victims

Washington's Chinese, who
know through generations the
devastation of floods in their
homeland, are going to give
a helping hand to victims of
the Missouri-Kansas flood
here at home.
-Four Red Cross girls, on
hand to receive donations,
and a Chinese band were to
be in front of the On Leong
merchants association at 220
H street NV. from 4 to 7 pm.
today to collect money for the
American flood victims.
Evening star., 1951-08-05

heavy electrical display if the
phone is on a country line with
miles of exposed wire. Tele-
phones, however, carry light
ming protective devices, as do
radios and television antennae.
He contends, however, it is
best to avoid handling either a
radio or television set when the
Evening star., 1951-08-05

of fire appears to float along,
often rolling into open doors
and windows. Science has
never accepted it as anything
more than an optical Illusion"
he said.
But DR.. Silsbee gave full
credence to reluctance of many
to use a telephone during O.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
TruveI Films Scheduled

Walter w. Hicks will show a
Photographic record in color of
his vacation trip to the Pacific
Northwest at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Lions Club dinner at pm.
Tuesday. The meeting will be held
i'm the KenWood Golf and Country
Club.
Evening star., 1951-08-05

Eleven airpOrts ring the
Washington area, not includ-
ing commercial and military
fields. Number l is Congress
siOnal, 2 is the Greenbelt or
SchrOm; 3, College Park; 4 is
ERGO Field; 5 is Queens Chapel;
6 is Falls Church Air Park;
7 is Washington Virginia; 8 is
Beacon Field; 9 is Hybla VAL
ley; 10 is Hyde Field. The cir
Gle marked "X" is the former
Springfield airport, now out of
operation.
Evening star., 1951-08-05

for warehouse construction and
new auto storage, In 1946-47 he
had g instructors. Today he has
Evening star., 1951-08-05

house is in open, isolated coun-
try.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
He'll Make
BigBoW
McHugh Conposes
Song for His
King Show
BY the Assoeiated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
IT just didn't feel that I could
get up before Britain's royal fam
lily and say something corny like.
Gee n it's great to be here"
1t was Composer Jimmy Nc
Hugh talking about his Monday
December l0) date for a London
royal benefit.
So Jimmy, the creator Of 81
Can't Give You Anything but
Love. :" Sunny Side of the Street, :"
I'm in the Mood for Love" and
scores of other famed tunes, will
make production out Of his ap-
pearance.
Being a songwriter, Jimmy
wrote special song for the occa-
sion-a sort of United Nations
theme song called "The Interna-
tional Melody"
The genial Irishman played and
sang it for me in his Beverly Hills
home. A catchy like
waltz, it's the sort Of song any one
can sing-even Jimmy.
But he will not sing it in Lon
don.
"Songwriters, with few excep-
tions, should never sing" he COM
ments. Jimmy will let a pretty
fair country singer do the vocal
honors, Miss Dorothy Kristen.
But there's even more. The
famed Sadler- Wells ballet COM
pany will dance "The Interna-
tional Melody"
Even Hollywood can't launch
song any fancier than that. "
beams McHugh.
From London Jimmy plans to
go with the rest of the Hollywood
troupe to France to entertain for
the President there and then to
Germany to spread a little Christ
mas cheer among American GIs.
He also plans an audience with
the Pope in Rome.
You know I'm an usher at
Good Shepherd Church in Beverly
Hills" said Jimmy, adding:
"A center-aisle man. too."
Evening star., 1951-12-09

Commemorative stamps for use
on Christmas cards and pack
ages are available at the Phila-
telic Agency. Room 6505 Post
Office Department Building,
Pennsylvania avenue at Twelfth
street NV. and patrons will save
time by going there rather than
standing in line in ordinary post
offices.
The Washington Philatelic So
ciety will have its annual Christ
mas party at the Arts Club, 2017
I street NV, Wednesday evening
beginning at 8 o'clock. Mrs
Grace Lowering MacKnight is tc
be in charge Of program arrange
|ments. The DeVoss trophy fol
distinguished service to the or
|ganization will be awarded. AL
members are urged to attend.
To commemorate the 18th
Junior Olympics at Helsinki next
year, Finland has issued two semi
Evening star., 1951-12-09

. 4NCAV 0AAAAtlJ CQS III
Washington bridge fans will get a
chance to share in the drive fos-
tered by the American Contract
Bridge League to aid the Damon
Runyon Memorial Fund for Can
Ger Research. At that time the
Washington Bridge League, Of
fetal local unit Of the ACBL
sponsors an open-pair game at the
Shorham Hotel, the proceeds Of
which go to the fund.
The principal contest will be
held in two sessions at and
pm. The afternoon session will
be a qualifying round. An addi-
tional one-session match is Of
fered in the evening for non
qualifiers and additional entrants
Winners and those finishing in
honor spots receive ACBL master
point awards.
Entry fees are $3.50 per player
for each session. Tickets have
been mailed to members. Addi-
tional tickets are obtainable
through the chairman. Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher. Adams 1860, OF
any member of the committee
Mrs. Marianne Boschan, Mrs. E
A st. John, Paul Golden, Charles
Richter. James G. Stone. Lewis G
Tubbs, 1t. Col. H. A. Walker and
Vic D. Zeve. Col. Walker Jackson
8-334D will assist with partner
ship arrangements.
Despite the absence Of many
regulars currently competing in
the winter Nationals at Detroit
the Washington Bridge League at
tracted a big turnout for its first
Wednesday" master point game
December S. Winners in the three
Mitchell sections were Mrs. H. G
Campbell-Wallace Ashby, Mark
Lake-Dr. E. M. Short (Section Al
DR.. Emily Grewe-Mrs. j. G. Sea-
bourne. A. Gabrilowich-R Zachary
(Section b and Mrs. j. r. Nc.
Ghee-W. M. Lingley. DR.. Levi.
Lang-John Rather (Section c..
In second spots were Mrs. M. L
Rinker Rosemary Riordan, Phi
Garland-Louis Fruitman, Mrs
Mary Goodstein-Mrs. Howard
Surkin, James G. Stone-Lewis G
Tubbs. D. Bronson-H. G. Neebe
and E. G. Harris-J. r. McGhee.
While bringing their team vic.
tory in Federal Bridge League!
foursome match last Monday, tn,
"Bafflers" personnel, Mrs. c. P
Graham-Mrs. S. L. Sommer, Viii.
son Sattertield-S. L. Sommer alst
chalked up a master point apiec.
by winning top pair scores. Ths
team netted II wins in "a matches
Trailing Satterfield- -Sommer
runnerup awards ended in a tie
between Rush Buckley-A. Merit
and Lynn Carrier-Ralph Grant
Mrs. June Hodgkins-Dr. Lynn Ed
minister trailed Mrs. Graham-Mrs
Sommer in E-W position.
It was a close call for contend
ers for master point awards at the
Chess Club on November 20. Ir
both positions, winners eked out
victory by half a match point
Gale Allen-John Holman, Mr.. anc
Mrs. r. E. Chambers were the
winners. DR.. N. A. Brigham-W. r
Garrett and Miller Roberts-Jame.
G. Stone the runnersup.
| Mrs. Dora Schwartz and Franz
Holtzman topped the seven-tabl,
Howell field last Saturday after
noon to win Agriculture Club
December master point quota
Runnersup were Mrs. Florenc,
Millspaugh-Jerry Kibbey.