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Evening star., 1951-07-18

Tea room with established clientele,
rel; 2N acres and real property in
cluded; can be easily financed;
owner recently deceased. Eveso Oh.
E. SeSSl M. FRY, INC, WI. 800
Evening star., 1951-07-18
l417 z sd. \
ONLY 500 DOWN

ALL WHITE SECTION
This is not a mistake: detached
bungalow: 4 rooms with no improve
ments. Very small monthly pay.
ments, The fist to call will buy.
Vacant. move right in. MURRAY
LEVINE, Ex. 1867; evenings, ST..
Evening star., 1951-07-18
ApARfMENTs UNFURNIsHED

619 4th ST. N.W.-Enciency apts.,
$50 per mo-: convenient location,
easy walking distance to downtown
shopping area. to insp,. see ianitor,
bsmt.. rear apt, or call WASHING
TON HOUSING CORP. ma. 4S1S.
Evening star., 1951-07-18
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OPERATORS AND
Hotel Owners

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LIVING ROOM Suites, 2s SIM
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TORY COST, ALL MERCHANDISE
BRAND-NEW. YOU CAN BUY AS
MANY AS YOU WANT.
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Evening star., 1951-10-26
4 Court Has Problem of Proper
Charges in Profanity Case

The processes of law were
stymied today on a fine point of
whether authorities have mad
|vertently legalized what formerly
was regarded as illicit love making
here.
The question came up in the
case Of Rylander Humble, "a, COL
|ored, who was arrested October 2
in his taxicab parked in an alley
near the 400 block Of K street
NV.
Humble was charged with dis
orderly conduct in that he "en-
gagged in loud and boisterous talk
ing. using profane language and
other disorderly conduct"
At the trial before Municipal
Judge George D. Nelson yester-
day. arresting Policemen j. H.
Robinette and w. B. Brazzel testi-
fed that Humble was being init
mate with a girl in the rear seat
of his cab. They said nothing of
mseemly talk.
Judge Nelson questioned pro-
priety Of the charges. asked for
a search Of law books. Then ii
Evening star., 1951-10-26
Injury From Falling Stone
Claimed in $4,000 Suit

A construction worker yesterday
brought suit in District Court ask
ing $4,000 damages for a broken
big toe and injured instep he said
he suffered when struck by q
stone which fell or was thrown
from a building being razed in
the 1900 block Of L street NV.
The plaintiff, Wilbert Benton,
colored. of the 1900 block of Cali
fornia street NV, named as de-
PENDANTS John McShain, Inc, con-
struction firm, and the Washing
ton Post. The McShain concern
was engaged at the time in razing
buildings and erecting the Wash
ington Post building. according to
the suit.
Mr.. Benton was working near
by for another concern, according
to the complaint. He said he suf-
fered the injury In November.
1949.
Evening star., 1951-10-26
Mediterranean Fleet
Strength Doubled,
KimbaII Reveals
By John A. Giles

The United States Mediter-
ranean Fleet, its carriers evidently
prepared to launch atomic bomb
planes, has been almost doubled
in strength in the last year.
Secretary of the Navy Dan KIM
ball revealed this at a news con-
ference yesterday as he said that
the 58-ship 9Th Fleet was "ade-
quate for the outbreak" Of hos
tilities. He has just returned from
an on-the-spot look at the Medi-
terranean and European military
scene.
Mr.. Kimball said he would
"guesS" the 9th Fleet, which has
been the principal stabilizing
force in the troubled Mediterran-
can area, was set to deliver the
atomic bomb if necessary. But
he would not say whether the
carriers in that force. including
the 45,000-ton Franklin D. Roose-
velt and the Essex class Leyte, had
an atomic bomb aboard.
Wants More Carriers.
Gen. Eisenhower, supreme COM
mander of Western European de-
fense forces, told Mr.. Kimball that
he wants carriers and needs
them as a vital part of the inte-
grated defense system, the Secre-
tary said. He refused to say how
many carriers the general re-
quested.
Asked whether he thought it
was essential to retain control Of
the Suez Canal, Mr.. Kimball de-
clared:
There is no argument about
that; we've got to keep the Suez
OPEN"
But he added quickly:
That's up to the British, at
the moment. think they'll keep
1t open; they always have"
Naples Headquarters.
The secretary said that the 9Th
Fleet had no operating base in
the Mediterranean. only a head
quarters ashore at Naples, Italy.
1t uses train" supply of ships
to replenish it and repair it at
sea. The whole force is based
at Norfolk, Va.-2,000 miles away.
About 10000 men are aboard the
warships.
Mr.. Kimball said he thuoght
the Navy would want bases in
Greece and Turkey, which are
soon to become members of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton.
He also said that the Navy
possibly" would like to have
bases in Spain. Negotiations with
that country for air and naval
bases are now under way outside
NATO.
The growing Importance Of the
Mediterranean Command, under
Admiral Robert B. Carney, has
been apparent for months, but the
Navy has been cautious about an
nouncing its increasing powers.
The service has generally inti-
mated that something like go"
ships were on that station.
Port Lyautey, in French Mo-
rocco, is being extended as a naval
air base, the Secretary said.
Evening star., 1951-10-26
Admiral Dewey Portrait
Given Naval Academy
BY the Assoeiafed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Oct. 26.-A
famous painting of one of the
Navy's most famous heroes, Ad-
miral George Dewey, now hangs
in the Naval Academy Museum.
Almost life-size, the portrait
was painted by Princess Wilma
Lwoff-Parlaghy about so years
ago. The Princess, Hungarian
artist, had moved to New York
and painted Admiral Dewey at
the suggestion of President Nc
Kinley.
Mrs. John ]. Loughlin of New
York presented the portrait in
memory of her late husband, for
mer chief surgeon of the New York
Police Department and Naval Re-
serve officer.
Evening star., 1951-10-26

was discovered that statute re-
garding illegal relations between
unmarried couples had been
stricken from the code in 1913
The jurist continued the case
while attorneys file, briefs on the
question Of whether the matter
was accurately covered in the dis
orderly conduct charge.
Evening star., 1951-10-26
Forum to Be Broadcast

A forum Of George Washington
High School students on HAS the
United Nations Fulfilled Our
Hopes?" will be broadcast at 1870
am. tomorrow on Radio Station
WPIK. The program is tram
scription of an assembly program
put on by the school In observ-
|ance of United Nations Week,
Evening star., 1951-10-26
BY the Assoeioied Press

TOKYO. Oct. 26.-Six members
Of the United States House of
Representatives arrived today for
a tour of the Far East Com
mand supply installations. They
are members of a subcommittee of
expenditures.
The group is headed by Repre-
sentative Bonner, Democrat, of
North Carolina. It includes Dorm.
Evening star., 1951-10-26
6 Congressman Arrive In Tokyo on Supply Tour

Democrat. of South Carolina
Brownson. Republican, of Indi.
ana; Lantaff. Democrat, of Flor.
ida: Meader, Republican. of Mich.
igan, and Harden. Republican, o1
Indiana. Representative Dono.
hue, Democrat, of Massachusetts,
was to join them tonight or to.
morrow.
Evening star., 1951-10-26
Boy and Pigeon Trapped

Firemen in Nottingham, Eng
land, freed a stringe-entangled
pigeon from a church spire and
then moved to release a boy whose
head was jammed between fence
railingS in a park.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
District Red Cross
To Back Board on
Private Fund Drives

The District Red Cross will ad.
vocate continued private fund.
raising campaigns, instead OF com.
bined agency efforts, when the
Board of Governors meets here
next week end.
Nat C. Wilson, manager Of the
District chapter, said the COVER
nors approved the principle Of the
individual drive at a June meet
ing and was likely to reafirm Il
here.
At least two reasons were ad-
vanced for continuing a single
purpose campaign here. Mr.. Will
son pointed out that the COM
bined Community Chest drive fell
short of its mark last year. The
nature of Red Cross activities also
should leave the way clear fol
raising emergency funds in event
of national disaster, he said.
Recently the Philadelphia chap
ter participated in a unified cam
.paign against the national organ
ization's wishes, and has been re-
quested to return to the former
procedure.
The Red Cross holds it's cam
paign nationally each March. Last
March the District chapter sought
81, 100000 and was rewarded with
a 4 per cent oversubscription.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
First District Street
Gets Test Pavement
|NAsphaIt and Rubber

Washington's first asphalt anc
rubber pavement was laid today
at the west end of Constitution
avenue where traffic turns into
Rock Creek Park.
The mixture looks like ordinary
asphalt and is put on with regular
road machinery. But there's a
difference. The compound con-
tains 5 per cent rubber in a
powder form.
The new surface is test area
100 feet long. Similar test areas
have been laid recently in several
other cities. Baltimore is trying
out 2,500-foot stretch on Falls
road.
Harry K. Fisher, road engineer
consultant for the Natural Rubber
Bureau, said both the rubber in
dustry and highway engineers are
interested in results of the expert
ment.
Rubber as a road material, he
said, comes from experiments
made by the Dutch. A highway
in The Netherlands surfaced with
this type of pavement before
World War II is still in good con-
dition without repairs despite the
wartime traffic of armies that
wrecked other roads in Holland.
H. F. Clemmer, materials engi-
neer of the District Highway De-
partment, said the area was chosen
not only because it has heavy
traffic but the traffic turns there.
It is on the turns, he said, that
the highways are difficult to main
tain.
Use of rubber increases the cost
about 80 per cent, it was said, but
it is hoped that it will increase
the life of the pavement by a far
greater percentage.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
Skunk Armed With Aroma
Holds Up CoIoners House Sale

Somebody threw a skunk in
Col. I. B. Washburn's real es-
tate machinery yesterday.
No one can tell it better than
the colonel, who is selling his
house at 3165 North Quincy
street Arlington, because he has
been transferred to Fort Sill,
Okla. Open house for prospec-
tive buyers was scheduled for
2 pm.
when we got up, my wife
went to the back door and
shifted an aroma. We traced
it to a skunk in the window
well.
"The only thing 7 knew to do
was to call the police. They
said to hold everything and
don't bother the skunk. ]
wasn't about to bother it.
They came out and verified
the fact that there was a skunk
in the window well; then they
called the Animal Rescue
League.
Meantime, someone said that
If you pick up a skunk by the
Evening star., 1951-08-06
Mcclellan Promises Study
OF GSA Procurement Work

An inquiry to determine whether
the General Services Administra-
ton is conforming to the law" in
all its procurement activities for
the Government has been prom
ised by Chairman Mcclellan OF
the Senate Executives Expendi-
lures Committee, it was disclosed
today.
Jess Larson, GSA administrator,
requested a complete investigation
after recent disclosures that huge
quantities of desks have been
bought and stored in warehouses
here for Government use. These
purchases were made in advance
of anticipated increased Govern
ment employment.
Senator Mcclellan, it was said,
has informed Mr.. Larson that he
will endeavor to check all proceed
ures. of GSA. The expenditures
group is the parent body of the
Senate's Permanent Investigating
Committee, headed by Senator
Hoey, Democrat, of North Caro-
lima. If ordered this week, the
inquiry may be conducted by. Sen
ator Hoey's committee.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
By Brian Bell, Jr.

Pete Cassell is blind but that
doesn't stop him from running a
daily two-hour disc jockey pro-
gram at Radio Station WEAM in
Arlington and playing the guitar
and piano in a Hillside (Md.)
night club.
Mr.. Cassell, who has been blind
since his birth "a years ago,
punches out his radio commercials
in braille and reads them smoothly
over the air. His hill-billy music
show is composed half and half of
recordings and Give" guitar music.
Sometimes he solos on the guitar,
and sometimes his assistant,
Jimmy Coward, chimes in on the
steel guitar.
Mr.. Cassell boils down his scripts
considerably in a sort of braille
shorthand. Braille uses up four
times as much space as typescript,
so skeletonizing his cue sheets
becomes a necessity. But much
Of the show is ad lib. SIT doesn't
take me long to write my script" !"
he explains.
The disc jockey lives at 1918
South West street In Falls Church
with his wife and six-year-old
daughter.
Each afternoon at 5, he signs
OF his two-hour radio show. and
goes home for dinner. Then Mr..
Coward drives him to Hillside
where they play from $50 until
1:30.
Mr.. CasSell has been in radio
Tor Is years. starting In his home
city. Atlanta. Ga. He came to
Evening star., 1951-08-06
Robbery Victim Loses SIS
But Gets THUGS Weapon

A defiant, 70-year -old butcher
had his assailant's hammer and
a sore head today to show for his
unsuccessful tussle with a robber.
In addition to the beating,
Harry Sorin, of $3.50 Ninth street
NV, lost SIS and his wallet to
the holdup man. whom he de-
scribed as colored. about IS,
wearing a light gray suit.
Mr.. Sorin told police he was
waiting for a ride at Georgia
avenue and Quincy street NV,
when the man. armed with the
hammer, came up to him and
demanded his wallet. To his query
"are you crazy?" the robber
started swinging. Mr.. Sorin fought
back, finally gave up his wallet
and the SIS but grabbed the
hammer as the assailant fed.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
DPA Threatens Legal Action
lin Metals Control Violation.
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

Manly Fleischmann, Defense
Production Administrator, today
threatened court action against
willful violators of the controlled
materials plan for metals.
The plan is used to allocate
steel, copper and aluminium to
manufacturers. Mr.. Fleischmann
stated the National Production
Authority is auditing records of
about 1000 firms to check COM
Ipliance with the plan.
The Justice Department will be
told of willful violations, Mr..
Fleischmann said, for possible
criminal prosecution or injunctive
proceedings. In addition, the au-
thority will hold hearings to de-
eide whether to withdraw allot-
ments and priority assistance to
violators.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
Masters Pair Bridge
WON by New Workers
In Journey Here

Peter A. Leventritt and Rich
ard Kahn of New York last night
captured the Masters Pair bridge
championship in the summer
tournament of the American Con-
tract Bridge League.
Scoring 1917 points in play a,
the Mayflower Hotel, Mr.. Leven-
tritt and Mr.. Kahn nosed out an
other New York pair, Edgar Kap-
Ian and Ned Drucker, who had
|7761a. Mrs. Helen Doern and Sam
Delott of Chicago were third with
772. while Mrs. Edith Seligman
and Alvin Roth of Washington
were fourth with 763k, and
Charles Groden and Abe Gold
stein. New York, were in fifth
place with 750.
The field of 248 pairs, which
began play last Monday, was the
largest ever to compete for the
championship. The trophy was
presented personally to the win
ners by the donor, Waldemar Won
Zedtwitz.
In quarter-fin of the Masters
team-of-four play last night, the
leaders were Frank Weisebach and
c. A. Hall. Cincinnati. and Allen
Harvey, Louisville, and Amby
CaSner, New York.
Other teams going into the
semif1nals were as follows:
Charles H. Goren and Sidney
Silodor of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Helen Sobol and Myron Field, New
York; also, Sam Fry, jr., Mr..
Kahn. Mr.. Leventritt, Lee Hazen
and Ruth Sherman, New York:
also Robert Abeles, Jules Titles,
Francis Begely, DR.. Kalman APPEL
and Louis Kellner, New York.
The semifinals are scheduled
tonight and the tournament will
be concluded with tomorrow's
play.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
Hacker Sought
.ToGiveCIuein
Ho|dup-S|ayiing
Police Hunt Killer
Of Liquor Store Owner
In Street Shooting

The bizarre Staying of a liquor
store proprietor remained a tan
gled mystery today as police
sought a taxicab driver who might
furnish clue to the murderer's
escape route.
Samuel Cooperman, So, victim
Of the gun-wielding bandit. was
slain early yesterday as he fed
fro mthe lexington Liquor Store.
Ill Florida avenue NE, in an
attempt to save the days receipts.
The bandit emptied his .38-
caliber automatic in the wild
shooting which left two others
la street car motorman and clerk
in the liquor store-wounded.
It was first believed the slayer
escaped in a Black and White
taxicab. but subsequent question:
ing of witnesses revealed that he
fled the scene on foot.
A toothless hackie parked near
the scene at the time of the
shooting was the object of a po-
lice search. It is he, detectives
said. who could furnish valuable
information about the bandits
fight.
Cab Parked Nearby.
The white cab driver, about 35,
was described as having nearly all
his teeth missing. He was parked
in the first block of o street as
the bandit ran by his taxi, police
said.
The murder came exactly a
week after Mr.. Cooperman had
Evening star., 1951-08-06

Arlington three and a half years
ago and worked at Station WARI
until last month, when he switched
to WEAM.
II learned to play the piano
by reading braille sheet music,
Mr.. Cassell says. 81 had to mem
orize the music for each hand
bar by bar and put them together
The guitar I just picked up and
I've long since stopped using piano
music-I just bang out the melody
and fake the chords"
An authority on hillbilly music
he knows the words to over 2,0OC
songs. He figures he has met
nine out of ten of the professional
hillbilly singers in the country
and uses his personal knowledge
/ of the entertainers to liven up the
introductions of their songs on the
program.
II grew up in the fddle-contest
country" he recalls. ST got my
love OF hlllbilly music then.
guess I knew most of the best
f1ddlers and guitar players in the
country while I was still q boy
Well liked by his fellow worker.
at WEAM, Mr.. Cassell continually
amazes them by the ease witt
which he gets around the studio
To compensate for his blindness
he uses his senses Of hearing anc
touch.
Mr.. Cassell's friends consider
him an inspiration to others who
are blind. He works a nine-hou,
day. supports a family and has
become one Of the most popular
disc jockeys In Arlington-quite an
accomplishment for a man who
has never seen the light of day
Evening star., 1951-08-06

tail he won't squirt, but this
skunk was too young to know
that. The Animal Rescue
League arrived and verified the
fact that a skunk was IN the
window well.
"Then someone tried the
pick-up-by- -the-tail method. It
failed, the skunk squirted and
started for the house.
my wife and daughter, see
ing the pickup, but not the es-
cape, thought 1t was all over
and stood in the open door. A
policeman yelled shut the door
and my wife did--right on the
skunk's tail.
1--WE finally caught it in the
house, put it in a shoe box, but
the aroma fingered on. The
drug store man was very help
full. He sent up one of every
thing having to do with aroma
eradication.
"We had no complaints about
the smell from people who came
to see the house.
"But there was no SALE"
Evening star., 1951-08-06

Funds contributed nationally for
Midwest food sufferers have
reached SIS million the Red Cross
announced today.
With the drive gaining momen-
tum, the agency hopes to exceed
it's national goal of S. million.
Thousands of homeless and desti-
tute persons in a four-State area
are being assisted with Red Cross
funds.
In the Washington area, $40, ,693
of a $68. 400 goal was in hand to-
day.
OF that amount, $231.38 was
contributed yesterday in Washing
tons Chinatown in the 600 block
of H street NV.
Almost every one in the COM
munity visited the booth super
Evening star., 1951-08-06
Star staff Photo.

vised by the Red Cross and do
mated something.
The first contributor was al
.88-year-old man who gave 50 be-
cause the Red Cross had assisted
him in San Francisco.
Another man, out of work, CAV,
50 because the Red Cross savet
his life with a blood donation las
year.
"The Red Cross is like a religion
to most of these people," said on,
man in the. Chinese community
Many of them had no place els,
to turn when they first came tt
this country, and they have no
forgotten"
The Red Cross is accepting
checks and cash for the fund a
the District chapter Office, 1908
street NV.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
Ballet Festival Added
To Sesqui Play Tonight

A patriotic festival of ballet"
will be an added feature of the
Faith of Our Fathers" spectacle
tonight in Carter Barron Amphi-
theatre, Sixteenth street and Colo
RADIO avenue NV.
Arranged by the Dance Masters
of America, who are holding their
67th annual convention here, the
ballet will be staged eight minutes
before the opening of the regular
performance at $40 pm.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
Byrun-Toole Post
To Install Officers

Installation of new officers for
Bryan-Toole Post 172 of the
American Legion will take place
in the Lanham, Md, Memorial
Center at $3.50 pm. Thursday.
New commander of the post is
Fred Suit, who succeeds Ed
Dionne. Other officers are Gerald
Ledson, 1st vice commander; :;
Joe jackson, adjutant; Tom Var
borough, finance officer; Randolph
Pierce, sergeant at arms; VIII
liam Kosar, historian; Ed Dionne.
chaplain.
A buffet supper will be served
after the installation at the Post
Clubhouse.
Evening star., 1951-08-06
World FederuIists
Name D. c. Officers

The District branch of United
World Federalists has named Mrs
Ben Hall Lambe chairman of the
Executive Council, it was an
nounced today.
Other officers are Oliver A
Quayle III. vice chairman; Mrs
Marjorie Arnold. executive secre-
tary. and Henry T. Parrett. treas
urer.
Evening star., 1951-08-06

as menials rather than members
of profession.
Making the situation worse is
the fact that as the percentage
of nurses available decreases, the
hospitals are doing more and
more business.
Much of this can be traced to
the increasing popularity of pre-
paid disqualification plans. Peo-
pie can thus afford hospitaliza-
ton they might otherwit do
without. The Blue Cross plan,
for instance, had 10000 members
in 1886. Last year, there were
40, ,250, 900 subscribers enrolled and
the number is increasing monthly
Number of Beds Increased.
Hospital births in 1886 totaled
831, 900. In 1949, there were
1890, ,791. The number of civilian
hospital beds increased from
l 1,o96,721 to 1,439,O39 from 1896
to 1949.
To meet this need, many ad-
ministrators urge a program to
train practical nurses and aides
to take over many routine duties
now performed by registered
nurses.
Representative Bottoms bill
makes provision for this. Leo G.
Schneider, administrator at Gar
field Hospital and vice president
of the American Hospital Associa-
ton, says training of unskilled
help is imperative. At George
Washington University Hospital
where Al beds have been closed
because Of the shortage, a program
has just been set UP to give clini-
cal training to practical nursing
students in the District school sys-
tenn.
Part Time Nursing.
| Most area hospitals use practi.
cal nurses to some extent, anc
many are turning to use on a part.
time basis of registered nurses un.
able to devote full time to the pro.
fession.
The Graduate Nurses Associa.
ton reports about SO nurses have
answered a recent appeal for part.
time service, and about half o.
these have been placed. Area hos.
pitfalls have set up reorientatior
programs to bring retired nurse.
up to date.
However, measures so far set III
In the District and the Nation arr
admittedly stop-gap. The answer
to the whole problem would b,
solved if thousands upon thou.
sands of high-school graduate.
throughout the country shoule
suddenly decide to enter nursin,
'and stay in it.