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Evening star., 1951-04-17
Keneipp Plans 10 Ask
Flat Registration Fee
For Passenger Cars

A fiat registration fee for pas
lsenger cars in the District will be
proposed formally Monday when
Traffic Director George E. Ke-
neipp confers with the assessor
and the corporation counsel.
Mr.. Keneipp told the Commis-
Isioners' Traffic Advisory Board
last night that the fiat fee could
be adopted without any loss of
revenue to the District.
At present. passenger auto reg
Iistration charges are based on a
Graduated tax scale from SIS to $12,
according to weight. To this is
added a personal property tax at
Ia rate of 50 per 500 of fair mar
ket value as determined by the
assessor. The fiat fee would
eliminate much paper work and
controversy, Mr.. Keneipp said.
Silent on Effect.
The director would not elaborate
on the plan. He said he could not
report at this time whether the
fiat fee would increase the regis
tration payment for light, low
value cars.
Mr.. Kcneipp, pointing to the
toll of 70 traffic deaths in the
District last year, urged the
group to give more serious con-
sideration to why we are not
reducing traffic fatalities"
His accident report for Janu-
lary l to March 81, 1851, showed
a 254 increase in total accidents
over the corresponding period last
year; nine more injury
t244 more property damage acci-
dents; 81 more personal injuries in
accidents; one more traffic death
and sos more traffic arrests.
There were 3.527 accidents and
Al, ,454 arrests during the period
this year..
MIR. Keneipp lashed out at IL
legal short-tirne parking on ar
terial streets during rush hours.
"We hope We can stop this il
legal parking without urging
drastic action such as no stopping
no standing and no parking on
main routes" he said.
Refuses "Hot Rod" Aid.
The board approved unani-
mously a report refusing youth
groups request for use of prop
erty for timing and economy runs
of "hot-rods." The report urged
the board to give no encourage
ment to speeding = or racing OF
Istripped-down cars that will not
pass District inspection.
Members of the boards laws
and regulations committee were
directed to appear at a public
hearing April 80 on a proposal to
require signal devices on vehicles
where hand signals cannot be
seen. The board had asked the
Commissioners to pass such q
regulation.
/ MIR. Keneipp praised the work oi
4InSpector William j. Cunningham
'lformerly In charge of traffic, who
has been named an acting assist.
ant superintendent. spectoi
John j. Agnew, submitted tlae
accident report to the board.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
4 Acquitted on Appeal
From Prince Georges
Bottle Club Fines

-Four persons who had been con-
victed in Trial Magistrates Court
of liquor law violations in ar
after hours bottle club were ac-
quilted yesterday by a Prince
Georges County Circuit Court jury
The panel Of 10 men and two
women deliberated less than 10
minutes before freeing three men
and a woman arrested January 2S
at the Sportsman's Club, $3.50
Tuxedo road. County officers raid
ed the club again March 3. Re-
sulting cases are pending.
In returning not guilty findings
yesterday. the jury reversed Trial
Magistrate Alan Bawie, who had
convicted all the defendants and
fined them 500 each. They ap-
pealed.
Two Officers Cleared.
Cleared of charges that they
permitted sale of liquor without
a license were Seymour Whitcup
20, described as club president, and
Francis D. Conney. "a, of the
3700 block of Twelfth street NE,
listed as secretary treasurer.
Bartender Ralph j. Maniere, "a
of the 1900 block of Forest road
Kent Village, and Mrs. Jean Gallo
meriS. %, a waitress of the 460C
block of Woodberry road, River
dale. were found not guilty of sell
ing liquor without a license.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Ellis Duley
led the January % raid. He was
aided by a Cheverly town police
man and private citizen. Ac-
cording to testimony. each, was
served a drink of whisky along
with gingerale. They paid IS
cents each, which defense wit
nesses said was the clubs regular
charge for the soft drink.
Drinks From His Bottle.
Mr.. Whitcup. testified he was
acquainted with the Cheverly Of
f1cer. who did not appear in court
yesterday. and that when he saw
him-with the otners-at a table
he directed his employees to give
them all a drink from his bottle
He said none of the liquor con-
sumed at the club was sold there
It was brought to the club by its
members, he testified, and was
kept for them in labeled bottles
Assistant States Attorney Will
mer D. Pyles contended that the
35-cent charge covered both liquor
and soft drinks. He said the club
could profitably sell liquor at that
price because it paid only a $31
yearly total for traders and res
taurant licenses. On-sale liquor
licenses cost $3.50.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Montgomery Licensees
Must Renew by April 80

All Montgomery County licenses
for sale of alcoholic beverages
must be renewed by April 30, Court
Clerk Clayton K. Watkins warned
yesterday.
Mr.. Watkins pointed out that
under legislation enacted by the
recent Maryland General Assembly
the fees for five classes of licenses
have been increased. -.
He listed the increases as fol-
lows:
Beer wine and liquor for hotels
and restaurants, increased from
$3.50 to 1900; beer and wine off,
sale. from $35 to SIS; beer and
wine on-sale. from $50 to $120:
beer off-sale, from $25 to $50.
and beer on-sale from $50 to
$3.50.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Roanoke Girl Wins
Legion Orotory Finals
BY the Asseeioied Press

RICHMOND, Va, April IL
Miss Jeanne Dickinson of Roam
oke. yesterday won the national
finals in the annual oratorical
contest sponsored by the American
Legion. She is the first girl to win
the contest.
The 16-year-old girl took the
$4,000 first prize scholarship for
her talk on "Our Constitution
My Birthright."
While she made her first public
speech after entering the contest,
Miss Dickinson has appeared in
high school plays. Her mother
teaches dramatics in William
Fleming High School. Roanoke.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
.CheWchase Villagers.
Cut Special Tax Rate;
More Revenue in Sight

Chevy Chase Villagers voted
with applause to cut their special
tax rate from 40 to IS cents last
night after being told the incor-
Iporated suburb had 1851 900 worth
of new property in the area and
could expect more revenue from
State sources this year.
More than 100 residents of the
old. big tree section" of Chevy
Chase also approved a S52,325
budget for 1851, an increase of
$2,375 over last years budget.
Chairman Arthur G. Lambert, who
told the gathering of a newspaper
advertisement that called Chevy
Chase "the most famous suburban
name in America" reported that
about so homes have been added
Ito the villages domain and that
the re-laying of it's cherished brick
sidewalks should be completed in
a year or two.
Managers Are Elected.
The annual gathering, held in
the style of a New England town
meeting, gave the Board of Mana
gers a rising vote vote of thanks
for their "unself1sh service"
A special election of managers.
to comply with a new law specify
ing staggered terms of office, re-
elected all but one member of the
board. Chairman Lambert, Vice
Chairman George M. Ferris,
Treasurer Paul A. Davis and Emile
A. Pessagno were reelected for
two-year terms and Mrs. Edith
Claude Jarvis and c. Carroll Nor
gan were renamed for one-year
terms.
The new manager is John L.
Bischof OF 121. Hesketh street,
who was elected for one year in
place of Mrs. Virginia Platt, who
had served on the board for II
years.
Civil Defense Talk Heard.
The meeting heard a talk on
civil defense by William Rover.
Montgomery County public well
fare director and civilian defense
deputy director for emergency well
fare services. &
An on-the spot collection raised
$182 to help support Reinhold
|Springirth, 79-year-old retired
village watchman who is now
blind.
Mr.. Ferris. a member of the
Chevy Chase Fire Board, told the
meeting a plan for the county to
take over area fire departments
would harm the community and
urged opposition to the proposal
Arthur Defenderfer, long chair
man Of the Board of Managers
commented on a vicious and un-
warranted attack" on the board by
a Chevy Chase resident and chal-
lenged him to debate on the
subject. But there was no re-
joinder and the meeting adjourned
Evening star., 1951-04-17
81 Photos of Historic Homes
In County on Exhibit Here

4 An exhibit Of 81 photographs
of homes and gardens in Prince
Georges County which antedate
1900 is on display at the Central
Public Library, Eight and K
streets NV. The library is open
from 8 am. to 9 pm. daily.
The exhibit was prepared by
James C. Wilfong, jr.. govern
ment district manager of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. here.
Mr.. Wilfong spent two years on
the project which he calls a
labor of love-"
Many of the buildings were
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Man Called Dead in 1918
Dies in Norfolk Hospital
BY the Assoeiaied Press

PORTSMOUTH. Va, April IT,
John Evangelas Papas, SO, local
restaurant operator and widely
known as the World War I soldier
who "came back to life" after be-
ing moved to the morgue, died
in Norfolk hospital Sunday.
Mr.. Pappas had been Ill several
months. While stationed at Camp
Lee in World War I, Mr.. Pappas
was stricken with influenza. Criti-
cally Ill for a week, he finally was
pronounced dead. The body was
removed to the camps morgue.
There Mr.. Pappas is said to have
sat upright and groaned when an
attendant sought to remove q gold
filing. Mr.. Pappas recovered.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Group Votes Guarded
Greeting 10 Macarthur

The Chevy Chase Citizens AS
ISOLATION last night voted to eX-
tend an enthusiastic-but guarded
greeting to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur.
An hour-long wrangle was
touched off by a resolution term
ing Gen. Macarthur, among other
things, "a statesman in whom we
can entrust the affairs of our
Nation"
In the series Of parliamentary
disputes that followed, the associ-
alton deleted any mention Of "ef-
forts to belittle" the general
Several members suggested that
. the resolution should refer only
to Gen. Macarthur past states
manship' without any implication
that the country needs his states
manship in the future" A substi-
tute motion was introduced tc
remove any reference to the gen.
erals craftsmanship.
The pared-down resolution
states that Gen. Macarthur has
convinced us that he possesses
rare qualifications and ability as q
military leader and has shown
outstanding and superior ability
In governing the japanese people.
On those grounds, the association
voted almost unanimously to "as-
sure him of our appreciation"
John w. Staggers, chief counsel
of the Korean Embassy, urged that
GeneralisSimo Chang Kai-shek be
allowed to fight the Chinese Com
muniStS.
John d. Fitzgerald, president
conducted the meeting in the
Chevy Chase Community Center
Connecticut avenue and Mckinley
street NV.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Bottle Clubs Up
Before House
Unit Tomorrow
D. c. Committee
To Weigh Control
Against Abolition

The controversy over after
hours bottle clubs is scheduled for
discussion tomorrow morning be-
fore the House District Com
mittee.
The subject will come up as
the committee Scrutinizes a
disputed provision in the omnibus
crime bill designed to tighten
law enforcement in the National
Capital.
Pending is a section which the
subcommittee investigating crime
inserted on recommendation Of
the District Commissioners. It
would place such night spots
under strict licensing and control
of the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troal Board.
The subcommittee headed by
Representative Davis, Democrat,
of Georgia had substituted the
city heads recommendation for a
previous section which had de-
clared such clubs "nuisances" to
be abolished.
Lengthy Discussion Expected.
Some objection to the pending
measure already has been reg
istered by restaurant group, and
considerable discussion of the
whole issue is expected at the open
session Of the committee starting
at 10 am.
At the end Of yesterdays ses-
sion, an attack on the omnibus
bills provision to tighten. up the
Districts firearms law was
launched by Maj. Gen. Milton A..
Reckord. on behalf of the National
Rifle Association of America.
Declaring the present city law
here was adequate. Gen. Reckord
criticized the Davis bills require
ment of photograph and finger
prints for a police permit before
a person could purchase a pistol.
This, he said, would interfere with
the right of any honest individual.
"A police permit to purchase a
pistol or revolver, complete with
photographs and fingerprints," he
declared, will not stop nor ma
terially affect the criminal who
wishes pistol or revolver or the
individual who desires a pistol or
revolver for a criminal purpose. +"
Sees Honest Disarmed.
The only practical effect Of the
provision, Gen. Reckord said.
would be ''to harass and to even
tually disarm the honest citizen,
thereby playing directly into the
hands of the lawbreaker and the
thug"
The proposed permit to pur-
chase, he declared, would be but
a step to a police permit to pos
sess a pistol or revolver. like the
ubiquitous and vicious" Sullivan
law in New York. This law. he
said. not only had not reduced
armed crime in New York, but has
lfurthered it by materially weak
Iening the ability of the average
Icitizen to defend himself.
The witness asked the disputed
provision be stricken from the
pending crime bill.
| Disagreeing with Gen. Reckord,
Representative Patterson. Repub-
lican, of Connecticut, favored a
tighter control over pistols here.
The lawmaker said he had done
police work in New York City and
had seen Officers slain with un-
registered guns" He explained
later he had been a narcotics
agent for the Treasury for three
years before World War II, and
spent 1S months in that service in
New York.
Evening star., 1951-04-17

historically insignificant and took
a great deal of beating the
bushes to pin-point their loca-
tions. Mr.. Wilfong said. Armed
with a folding camera and a note
book, he spent week ends out
over the countryside and finally
recorded about two-thirds of them
in pictures.
The exhibit also includes brief
description of the historical i'm
portance or distinctive features
of the homes. churches, slave
quarters. springhouses, mills and
inns photographed.
Mr.. Wilfong lives at 1889
Queens Chapel terrace NE.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Dr.. WiIlioms to Head
Episcopal School System
BY the As.oeioied Press

RICHMOND. Va, April IL
The Rev. DR.. John Page Williams
is set to take over this summer
as dean of a member sys-
tenn of Episcopal Church Schools
in the Diocese Of Virginia.
DR.. Williams, headmaster at st.
Christopher's School here for the
past II years, was named to the
new post yesterday. A successor
at the local school has not been
chosen.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Voting
On School Bond;
Approval Seen
Favorable Weather
Bringing Moderate
Turnout at Polls

Favorable skies were bringing
Arlington voters to The polls in
moderate numbers today to de-
eide whether to authorize a $4,-
$4,000 school construction bond
issue.
Until polls close at pm, the
Weather Bureau promises mostly
sunny conditions with some cloud
mess and slightly brisk winds.
The referendum got off to slow
start at 6 am. Few were waiting
when election officials unlocked
voting machines in school base
ments and fire houses in the coun- :
tvs 81 precincts.
Most of those who voted early
were men. Housewives and moth
erS are expected to take over later
in the day and make up a large
proportion of the total vote when
balioting ends.
Approval Predicted.
About half of the bond issue will
be used for a new Wakefield
Junior Senior High School for
1,400 pupils in South Arlington.
There is only one high school for
white children In the northern
section of the county now.
Three new schools with total
of 33 rooms and additions to
others, as well as remodeling and
site acquisitions, would take up
the balance of the funds.
It would be a surprise to nearly
every one if the issue fails to
carry. There has been no organ
lied opposition to the bonds while
there has been considerable or
ganized and individual support.
This is in contrast to sentiment
last November when a $7,450, 900
bond issue was narrowly defeated.
That question lost by a vote Of
7,45o in favor and 1880 against.
Committee Now Reviews Plans.
Then, charges were made that
the. school administration was
making too elaborate plans for it's
buildings by including unnecessary
architectural frills. Basic class
room space was more urgently
needed, it was argued.
Since then. however, the School
Board has appointed an advisory
committee of county business and
professional men, including repre-
sentatives of the building, plumb
ing, electrical and allied industries.
This committee now reviews con-
struction plans of the School
Board.
The Arlington Ministerial As
sociation is one of the last groups
to go on record indorsing the bond
issue. Other groups which have
Iindorsed the program include the
Democratic Council, the Repub-
lican Executive Committee, the
Civic Federation, the Citizens
Committee for School Improve
Irnent and the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce. The senior chamber
also has indorsed the bonds pro-
viding the money is spent on es-
sential needs only after advice
from the School Boards Advisory
Committee.
Turnout Moderate.
Today is the third time Arling-
ton has used voting machines, and
although the turnout was only
moderate, voters appeared to be
getting more accustomed to the
devices since they spent less time
in the curtained enclosure. Then.
too, there was only the question
OF school bonds with a vote of
either Eyes" or mo" to be re-
corded.
An idea of the turnout was OBJ.
tanned from a few of the pre-
Icincts in the first three hours Of
voting. At East Falls Church pre-
cinct, SIS had voted; at Carne, Y:
ICherrydale, 73, and at Park Lane.
I63. .,,- -..-,
Evening star., 1951-04-17

This is the third in q series Of articles
on the history Of the copitol Tronsit
Co., since it went under new manose-
menf.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
The Story Of copitoI Transit
Higher Fares, Economies Raise
Transit Firms S Earning Capacity
By WiIliom A. MiIIen

Although the Capital Transit
Co. pleaded poverty last spring,
one of its lawyers. Edmund L.
Jones. told a March 7 Interstate
Commerce Commission hearing
there has been a very fine in
crease in the earning capacity of
the company recently"
This is traceable to increased
fares and economies effected in
Evening star., 1951-04-17

TOMORROW: Increased dbl
dends credited to fare boost and
economies.
Evening star., 1951-04-20
BY the Asseeiofed Press

NEW YORK, April 20.-Gen.
Macarthur and his family are
staying in an historic hotel suite
here.
"A silver plaque in the 10-room
presidential suite at the Waldorf
Astoria towers records that the
Council of Foreign Ministers met
there from November 4 to De-
cember IL. 1916, to agree on a
treaty with Italy. Romania. Bull
garia, Hungary and Finland.
Hotel employees remember that
the Soviet delegates had a spe-
cial phone installed in a closet
so that they could telephone their
superiors at the United Nations
periodically for instructions.
The luxurious suite is located on
the 37th floor. 1t takes up an
entire wing Of the hotel and has
windows that look out north.
south, east and west. It has only
one entrance, which makes 1t easy
for guards to keep out inquisitive
persons.
The suite normally rents for
$130 a day. Although hotel off,
cials declined comment, it was
that Gen. Macarthur had
reserved 1t for three weeks and
that he would pay the bill.
The living room measures 80
by so feet. It's walls are of Will
liamsburg blue and its eight win
dows fact east, south and west.
Evening star., 1951-04-20

Asia policies which led President
Truman to oust him.
Guns doomed a salute, an Army
Band played a brassy welcome and
flags rippled in the breeze as Gen
Macarthur stepped from his plane
at 9:25 pm.
Reviews Honor Guard.
He quickly reviewed an honor
guard. And pausing before re-
|porters he said: you know, it has
taken me II years and travelling
10000 miles in the last eight days
to find out who truly rules the
United States. I found out. It's
you. The press"
The MacArthurs got a sample
of the welcome ahead of them as
they drove through Queens bor-
ough toward Manhattan. At some
points spectators were banked on
the sidewalks 20 deep-and they
Showered the MacArthurs with
confetti.
A boys fife and drum corps
played furiously. people beat on
pans with spoons, firecrackers ex-
|ploded, and cheers ripped through
the crowds.
On Manhattan, the crowds were
dense along Park avenue and in
57th street. Gen. Macarthur
riding with Mayor Impellitteri and
Mr.. Whalen-waved to the people
from an open car.
Evening star., 1951-04-20
Electric Workers Due
9 Cents Raise Under
Cost-of-Living Index
By the Associated Press

The Governments coSt-of living
index is reported today to have
gone up enough over September Is
levels to give 10000 CIO Electrical
Workers at General Electric plants
a 9-cent hourly wage increase.
The latest index-for March Is
will not be announced officially
until Sunday by the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics, which complies
it. But persons familiar with the
figures told a reporter it has risen
to around 184.5 per cent of the
1934-39 average. That would put
it OF percentage points above
February IS and 10.7 points above
September Is.
Under General Electric's con-
tract with the CIO international
Union of Electrical Workers, the
union members are to get an extra
cent an hour for every LA ad-
vance in the index above the
September Is level.
Contract Antedates Freeze.
That is the only adjustment
provided in the contract. unlike
the agreements between the CIC
auto workers and auto makers
which provide for wage revisions
quarterly on the basis Of rises and
falls in the index.
A 9-cent wage increase is per-
misSible under the wage stabiliza-
ton program because the contract
was made last September-before
the wage freeze of January Is.
The wage boost would be ef-
fective as of March Is and the
unions newspaper estimated the
average worker will receive a lump
sum of $25 to $26.
May Ask Same Raise for UE.
The rival United Electrical
Workers did not make the same
type of agreement last fall at
plants where it represents the
Evening star., 1951-04-20
Historic HoteISuite
Taken Over by Macarthur

Two Flemish tapestries adorn
one wall, while antique French
chairs and lounges and two huge
mirrors add to the decor.
The master bedroom, % by IA
feet with pale green walls, has
twin beds. From its three pink
draped windows you can see the
Palisades in New Jersey. Below
the windows loom the majestic
architecture Of st. Patrick's Ca
thedral and the modernistic towers
of Radio City. A dressing room
and bath adjoin.
Young Arthur's room measures
Is by Is feet, contains twin beds
and has pale pink walls and a
private bath. There is a third
bedroom of the same size.
The dining room is Is by 18
feet with two windows looking
out on the East River and Brook
Ilyn. A light mahogany table can
be extended to seat IL persons.
A Chinese screen divides the din
ing room from a serving pantry
of stainless steel.
There also are two maids rooms
with bath.
Manuel Gallagher, Peruvian
Foreign Minister, gave up the
suite to Gen. Macarthur, moving
to a four-room suite on the 40th
floor. President Vincent Auriol
OF France occupied the suite just
before Mr.. Gallagher took 1t over.