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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11

American citizenship yesterday
became the exalted" experience
of Mrs. Kyra Shirk, actress, singer
and Russian expatriate.
Mrs. Shirk, 80, blond ano
pretty, is the wife of Elliott Shirk
At, resettlement director of the
Displaced Persons Commission
whom she met in 1914 in Moscow
She was one of 81 persons natu.
rallied in District Court cere.
monies, conducted by Judge
Matthew F. Mcclure.
In Russia, where she was born
Kyra Petrovskaya at Crimear
summer resort, Mrs. Shirk was 9
star of the Soviet high comedy
stake. She relates how she once
caused a Stir in wartime Moscow
by permitting public display of q
photograph showing her with
shoulders bare in dangerous pose
officials warned her this smackeo
Of Western "decadence."
Since she has been in Wash
ington, Mrs. Shirk has appeared
as a cocktail lounge singer and
has spoken publicly against the
Communist system and for Ameri-
can preparedness.
She married her husband in
Moscow two years after he first
saw her on the stage. He was
head of a Red Cross commission
at the time, and she had far from
mastered the English language.
But" she said, Il understood
enough to know a proposal when
I heard one"
Mrs. Shirk said the courtship
had to be surreptitious.
ut was a dangerous thing for
a Russian to be acquainted with
a foreigner" she explained.
Even after the marriage, she
said. she barely managed to be one
of the last five Russian girls with
American husbands permitted to
leave the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shirk arrived in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11

President Truman today nomi-
mated Col. Bernard L. Robinson
Engineer Commissioner of the
District, to be temporary briga-
dier general. The promotion was
in a list of 81 which the President
asked the Senate to give one-stal
rank.
Col. Robinson, former engineer
of the South Atlantic Division
with headquarters in Atlanta
came here in May to succeed
Brig. Gen. Gordon r. Young, who
retired because of physical dis
ability.
The 56-year-old Iowa born
Engineer Corps officer has bought
a home at 1919 Lowell street NV
The so other officers nominated
for temporary general rank were
Calvin De Witt, jr.; Charles F
Craig, Charles w. Christenberry
Robert A. Willard, Henry M. Black
Thomas K. Vincent, Harry F
Meyers, Robert G. Lovett, Frank
o. Bowman, George G. Eddy, Ar
thur Pulsifer, John R. Hardin
Elton F. Hammond, Eugene Nc
|ginley, Hobart Hewett, James H
Phillips, Nathaniel A. Burnell
John L. Whitelaw, Frank A. Hen
ming, James M. Lewis.
Also William w. Ford, John S
Seybold, Maurice w. Daniel, Gus
tave H. Vogel, Charles H. Swartz
William E. Crist, William E
Waters, Carol H. Deitrick, Mark
Mcclure, James D. O'Connell
Oliver w. Hughes, Robert P. Hol-
lis, Joseph H. Harper. Einar B.
Gjelsteen, John w. Harmony, Earl
S. Gruver, Leonard j. Greedy, Hay
den L. Boatner, John A. Elmore,
John P. Wiley, James F. Collins,
Lawrence r. Dewey, Arthur l.
Marshall, Ira K. Evans, William
M. Greasy. John G. Van Houten,
William P. Campbell, Andrew T.
Mcnamara, Marshall S. Carter
and Harold r. Duffie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
High Medical Officers
Break Ground at Site
OF Pathology Building

A project in the planning stage
for the last so years moved closer
to realization yesterday when top
officials of the Army, Navy and
Air Force medical services joined
in breaking ground for the new
Armed Forces Institute of Pathol-
ogy Building at the Army Medical
Center.
Maj. Gen. Paul H. STREET, COM
manding general of the medical
center, said that for the last half
century efforts have been made to
provide a new home for the pa
biological institute, now housed
in inadequate quarters at indie
Ipendence avenue and Seventh
street S.W.
The first dirt was turned by
Mai. Gen. George E. Armstrong
surgeon general of the Army, who
used a spade made from pieces
Iof wood and metal taken from
cabinets used in the early days of
the institute. On the handle was
a microscopic slide prepared by
one of the early curators of the
institute. which originally was
known as the Army Medical Mu-
scum and then as the Army In
stitute of Pathology.
The shovel was presented to
Gen. Armstrong by Brig. Gen
Raymond o. Dart (retiredD
former director of the institute
Also present aS the new site, To-
Gated at Fourteenth and Dogwood
streets NV, across from the en-
listed mems wards at Walter Reed
Hospital. were Brig. Gen. Ebert
de Coursey, present director OF
the institute; Rear Admiral c. j
Brown, deputy surgeon general oil
the Navy; Col. Earl Maxwell, rep
resenting the surgeon general OF
the Air Force; Vice Admiral Joe
T. Boone (retired), chief medical
director of the Veterans Admin
|iStration, and DR.. Leonard A
Scheele. surgeon general of the
United States Public Health
Service.
The new building, which will be
completed in about two years, will
cost SIS million. Planned to be
bomb-resistant, it will have re-
inforced concrete walls IL inches
thick. Three of its eight floors
will be underground and, except
for an office wing, there will be
no windows in the structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
Katherine Lenroot Praised
For Long Federal Service

Senator Chavez, Democrat, of
New Mexico today paid tribute to
Miss Katherine F. Lenroot. who
has retired as chief of the Chill
|dren's Bureau, Federal Security
Agency. after SO years of Govern
|ment service.
"The people of the country"
Senator Chavez said, "can never
repay her for her selfless service
and humanitarian efforts"
He also paid tribute to President
Truman's nomination. of DIR.
Martha M. Eliot as Miss Lenroot's
successor. Senator Chavez said
II wish we had few more Kath-
|erine Lenroots and Martha Eliots
instead of hangers-on in Govern
Iment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
Alexandra Masons
Give Pictures 10 Truman

President Truman today re-
ceived a memento of the cere-
monies at Alexandria Washington
Lodge of MasonS on June when
Ia bust of him was presented to the
lodge.
A delegation from the lodge
gave the President some pictures
of the event.
In the group were c. Philip
Heishley, George T. League and
Oliver Lloyd Onion. The bust OF
President Truman, a Past Grand
Master of Masons in Missouri, was
presented to the lodge by Robert
S. Barrett, past grand master.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11

the core Of the complaints tina,
prompted the PUG inquiry: Ever
assuming the company was losins
money on these lines, why
shouldn't it operate them in thu
public interest, when it is showins
record earnings throughout thu
system?
Passenger Load Drops.
There is no question that over.
all service has been sharply prunec
by economy's ak since Capita
Trasit changed hands 81 months
ago, but it is also true that the
passenger load has declined.
Last year 1851 ,222 streetcar anc
bus miles were clipped from the
years total operation. With fewe,
vehicles in operation, the company
took 705 employees off the rolls
during the year. But the company
points out that the passenger
load has fallen off about one-third
since the war.
Some complaining riders be-
lieve the company has been Short
sighted in virtually doubling fares
in the past five years. thereby dis
couraging an increasing number
from using the service.
Peering into the future, some
Capital Transit critics look askance
at the company's policy of sus-
pending the purchase of equip
ment until next year. They point
out no new streetcars have been
purchased since 1945, and no buses
since 1949.
Adding to these peeves is one
that has provoked a certain num-
Der of riders to high dudgeon-
the rt-disputed installation of
music playing and commercial
spouting radios on buses and
streetcars.
The sum total is likely to attract
more than passing interest to the
PUC's invitation for a public
look-See.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
Man Dies of Skull Injury
After Fall on Sidewalk

Charles Kamm, &c, of 612 Forty
ninth -s-venue, Capitol Fights
Md. died in Casualty Hospital yes
lterday of a fractured skull, suf-
lfered when he fell on the sidewalk
last Saturday morning.
Prince Georges County police
said Mr.. Kamm struck his head
against a building when he fell in
1.-THE 5000 block of Central avenue
lin Capitol Heights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
French Government
Honors CIV Official

DR.. Louis Clark Heating, execu-
tive officer of George Washington
University Department OF Ro-
nance Languages. has been
awarded the Palmes Academiques
from the French government FOR
outstanding achievement in edu-
cation.
The award is made annually to
university and secondary school
teachers and to a number of for
eigners- DR.. Heating, who lives
at 4414 Dittmar road, Arlington.
has been at the university since
1899
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
Miss Hurtmun to Head
Transport Committee

The Federal Transportation AS
ISOLATION appointed Miss Margaret
K. Hartman chairman of the Re-
search and Education Committee
at a meeting in the Commerce
Department Building last night.
Plans for a new education pro-
gram will be announced at an
August meeting of the group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11

New York in September, 1916
Their Washington apartment is at
1445 Ogden street NV. and they
have a farm in Pennsylvania
where they ultimately hope to
settle and adopt "a couple OF
orphans from Europe"
Speaking as an actress, Mrs
Shirk still longs for the stage
American style, where she can dc
such things as. Shakespearean
plays as she once did in Moscow
and Leningrad.
She won't miss the Soviet drama
a bit.
"In their plays the problem is
either black or white" she said
Things are depicted either all
good or all bad.
You had three hours of that
and in the end sovietism would al
ways win. AS much as I love the
stage, that got a little bit boring.
Others naturalized yesterday:
Eva Frenkel- $3.50 wisconsin avenue
NV; Dena Charuhas, 1913 Jefferson
street NV: Miyako Taketa, 1888 Porter
street NV; Edith @. Backus. 2S05 Ter
race road Sc; Johanna T. Pierce, PSI
Sixteenth street Sc
Anita M. Edwards. 81 Rhode Island
avenue NE; Violet G. Gray, TIA Six
teenth street Sc: Barbara J. Harris, 215
Thirty-seventh street Sc; Erika M. Sinor.
1880 P street NV; Sophie Schneider.
1902 H street Sc; Mirtaia Proctor, 1888
Columbia road NV
Magnani 1901 Massachusetts, avenue NV;
Heslett K Murray, 1886 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV: Ben Roger Danean, Naval Re-
ceiving Station. Anacostia; Mariegolds II.
Fulton, Boiling Air Force Base; Simone
L. McMullen, 4034 Calvert street NV.
Jean G. Curry, 100 Forester street
SW; Horace C. Gordon, 2906 Thirteenth
street NV; Wilhelmine A. Vest, 1919
Spring road NV; Clarite NJ. De La Rosa.
1925 Seventeenth street NV; Gladys CAL
deron, 170S r street NV; Madeleine J.
Beylard. ITO Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Angela Glakas, 527 14th street NE;
Lee K Ying, 1920 II street NE; Natalie
Rowland. Meridian Hill Hotel; Kelle z.
stiyais, saaS twelfth place 81; golia
Michele Boiuso, 1927 Twelfth street
Kathleen K Norwood, 1925 Kennedy street
NV; Christiane M. Mcdonald, 1860 La
nier place NV; Gudrun HOLDEN, 26O1
Sixteenth street NV; Jacqueline d, Nc
Carthy, o700 @ street NV; Doris M.
Coster, Blackstone Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
10 Maryland Men Among
Veterans Back From korea
By the Associated Press

SEATTLE. July 1.-THE Navy
transport Pvt. Sadao s. Manemori
locked here today with 1882 Ko-
rean veterans, 10 of them from
Maryland.
The Marylanders include Capt.
Harold B. Barker, 7718 Emerson
road. Hyattsville; MiSgt. Orville
r. Simmons. 5008 Fifty-third
place, Hyattsville:: Corpl. Carol
B. Wedding jr.. Welcome; Corpl.
Stephen w. Wedding. Pisgah,
Charles County. and Sergt. Mar
ven F. Wright, Damascus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
Plan toCurb
Gas Use Stirs
Council Asks State
To Probe Compony's
Request for Freeze

NequeSt tor freeze
The Alexandria City Council has
added its voice to opponents of a
requested freeze on natural gas
consumption in the Washington
area.
BY unanimous vote last night,
the Council asked the State Cor
poration Commission to determine
whether Northern Virginlans
would be Disseminated against by
the proposed restrictions.
Subsidiaries of the vast Column
bia Gas System, Inc, have petit
toned Virginia, Maryland and the
District of Columbia to prohibit
further installation of gas fur
Inaces in home; conversion of oil
and coal furnaces to gas, or in
Grease industrial and commercial
consumption of the fuel.
Councilman Leroy S. Bendheim,
who offered the resolution, said
the action put the Council on rec
ord as opposing the proposed gas
restrictions and is intended to
compel extension of gas service
to any Alexandria resident not
now supplied.
Officials Told to Appear.
City Attorney V. Floyd Williams
and City Manager w. Guy Ancell.
or his representative, were in
lstructed by the Council to appear
at the sec hearing in Richmond
on September Is to present the
city's stand in the matter.
The gas curb petition was filed
with the sec by the Virginia Gas
Transmission Corp. a subsidiary
of the Columbia Gas System, Inc,
against the Rosslyn Gas Co.,
which serves nearby Virginia.
Columbia wants the restric-
tons because it fears supplies will
become inadequate at the present
rate of gas Use expansion.
Copy Of Petition Received.
The matter came before the
Alexandria councilmen as they
received, from the sec, a copy
of the petition filed by the gas
Supplier.
II think this is rather impor-
tant to u.s." said Mr.. Bendheim,
especially since there are still
some residents in Alexandria who
are without any natural gas sup
ply"
He said residents at the end
of Prince street. for instance.
have tried to get gas line extern
sions without success. Mr.. Bend
helm said he was told by resi-
dents that the Rosslyn Gas Co.
has refused to extend mains to
that section, unless the Gus
toners agreed to heat their homes
with gas.
IF these gas firms take the
position that they can arbitrarily
refuse to give service. it would
be a sorry situation for modern
city," said Mr.. Bendheim.
Mayor Franklin P. Backus said
he agreed but that he does not
think it is the Rosslyn Gas Co.
that is trying to curb extensions.
Backus Blames Supply Firm.
"It's the supply firm-they're
trying to stop further gas extern
sions at this end of the line" Mr..
Backus said. why do they pick
on Northern Virginia?
IT think the sec should really
go into this matter to make sure
Northern Virginia is not discrim-
mated against"
The councilmen feared the re-
strictions also would hamper de-
velopment Of new areas. Alex
andria expects to annex 71a square
miles from Fairfax County next
fall,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
Representing U. of Nd.

Frederick S. De Mari of Der.
wyn, a graduate student in gov.
eminent and politics at the Uni
versity of Maryland. is repre-.
senting the university at the In.
stitute of Public Affairs this week
at the University Of Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
Open Air Services Set

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, July
III tSpeciaD Open air Union
Church services will be conducted
lat War Memorial Park here each
Sunday evening during August,
William T. Graham, chairman of
the parks program committee,
announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
Corning Studies Anew
Possible Nominee 10
Head Negro Schools

oCIlUOl OuPt. I1UUdIt M. SOIu-
ing today began restudy of the
II candidates for the position of
assistant superintendent in charge
of colored schools, following the
refusal of the Board of Educa-
ton to go along with his recon-
mended candidate.
| For nearly 31a hours, the board S
personnel committee met in a Sc
cret session yesterday, debating
who should get the job. The va
cancy was created by the retire
ment of DR.. Garnet c. Wilkinson,
who is 70 years old and has been
in the school system for 48 years.
| The board committee. headed
by Adelbert w. Lee, did not re-
ject DR.. Corning's candidate out
right. But 1t couldn't reach an
agreement and sent the whole
matter back to the school superin-
tendent for restudy.
May Cut Vacation Short.
DR.. Corning was planning to
begin his vacation this Friday.
Because of yesterdays develop
ments, he may have to forget a
part of the vacation in order to
get another report back to the
school board in the near future.
He said that, if he is unable to
get it to the board before Friday,
he will return from Rehoboth
Beach. Del. next Monday and re-
main here until the new assistant
superintendent is chosen.
Neither the board members nor
DR.. Corning would reveal what had
occurred at the meeting. Under
law, the Personnel Committee may
meet in secret when it is consider
ing the promotion or appointment
Iof teachers and school officers.
ut Was Acrimonious"
cit was acrimonious" one school
board member conf1ded later.
Among the possible candidates
for the position are Francis A.
Gregory, principal of. Armstrong
High School: A. Kiger Savoy,
associate superintendent in charge
Iof colored elementary schools, and
DR.. Harold A. Haynes, associate
superintendent in charge of edu-
Icational research. A number of
civic associations have been back
ing DR.. Ellis o. Know of the
Howard University faculty.
It Is understood that a number
Iof the candidates are from out of
the school system.
The Stalemate recalls the situa-
ton two years ago, when DR.. Corn
ing recommended Miss Eleanor
McAuliffe for the principalship
Iof the Sousa Junior High School.
The board at first rejected her but
later changed its mind,
Acts ON Changes.
The board did take action on a
number of other personnel changes.
Miss Valerie E. Chase, principal
of Terrell Junior High School, was
transferred to the principalship of
the Langley Junior High School.
Only last week, the board voted
to shift Langley from white to
colored students to relieve over
Icrowding in colored Junior highs.
DR.. S. Harry Baker, jr., the prin-
Icipal of Langley, was promoted to
the position of director of special
classes in the white high schools.
Miss j. Anna Tennyson, assistant
principal of Langley Junior High,
was named assistant principal Of
Deal Junior High.
James I. Minor, director of ele-
mentary education in the colored
schools, was promoted to be direc-
tor of, special classes in the colored
high schools. Both this job and
that to which DR.. Baker was pro-
NOTED are new positions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-11
ChiIdren's Hospital Fund

Work is already under way
on a large new addition to
| overcrowded Children's Hos
pital. Although the formal
drive for funds to complete
the construction is ended,
money is still needed to meet
the $545, 900 goal.
Gifts reported yesterday:
1894.
Total received to date:
$485, 402.
Still needed: $59,598.
Contributions may be
mailed to Children's Hospital,
Thirteenth and w streets
NV. Washington 9, D. C.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-02-17
TOASTMASTERS TALK
ON CIVIL DEFENSE;
PLAN FOR BANQUET

At Thursday nights meeting OF
Taku 1'oastmasters at the Baranoi
Hotel, plans were completed for next
Wednesday evenings semi-annual
Ladies' Night Banquet. J. A. Mclean
reported on the program for that
evening, and Commander Ed Chester
advised the members as to the cul-
mary and potable attractions.
The table topic Thursday night
on the subject of Civil Defense, was
under the direction OF Bob Cowling.
Toastmaster for the program was
Herb Rowland, with Willis B. Avery,
Urban Nelson, Ed Peyton, Al Ran
some. and DR.. Ted Oberman taking
care OF the speech assignments.
Commander Chester was General
Critic, assisted by Harold Foss, e.
j. O'Brien, Linn Forrest, Ellis Rey-
nolds, Yves overly, and Grammarian
Marvin Kristan.
Hunt Gruening was introduced as
new member and gave a two
minute talk of personal introduc-
ton Willis Avery, Charles Burdick,
and Fred Dunn gave one-minute
penalty talks.
Guests were Admiral F. A. zeusler
of Seattle and William Kerns OF
Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-02-17
DEITY CRADLE
TzFEATUREg) STAR
AT 10Th CENTURY

Betty Cradle is az her singing
and dancing best IN Twentieth
Century-Fox's Technieolor musical
wabash Avenue canning tonight
to- The screen Of the 18th Century
Theatre.
Cc-starred with Betty are Vic
tor Mature, and Phil Harris, ra-
dos bad boy, playing his lifse
straight screen role.
Mature, as a fast talking, honAy-
tonk character. displays his YER
&Asiity as an actor, after series
OF heavy dramatic parts,
The story Of Wabash Avenue"
revolves around the adventures Of
Chicago dance hall queen, who
IS pursued by Mature and Harris
as rival swain, with the climax
Of the picture coming during the
great Columbia Exposition Of 1893.
Both Of the boys are aided and
abetted in their plotting by Regi-
Maid Gardiner and James Barton.
Best known for his stage por-
trayal of Jeeter Lester in "Tobac-
co Road and an old time Vande-
william, he revives his song and
dance act in keeping with the nos
talgic theme of the picture.
Gardner, usually pottfaying an
impeccably dressed society leech,
becomes al his own request snab-
by, ne'er do well barfly.
wabash Avenue is filled with
plush production numbers topped
off with spectacular eostuifiins
and tunes old and new.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-02-17
GAME COMMISSION
CELEBRATING ON
new REGULATIONS

The annual meetings of the Alaska
Game Commission and the Fish and
Wildlife Service field agents are be-
ng held simultaneously in Juneau
this week and are drawing to a close
his weekend.
Game Commission members DELHI
Grated on regulations to be adopted
Tor the next season. Recommends
lions made at a public hearing held
Thursday afternoon and reports OF
hearings at various points in Alaska
held in the past few weeks were con-
sidered.
At their meetings Thursday and
Friday fishery management agents
and enforcement agents with similar
interests discussed primarily on a
sea lion control program and q re-
view of commercial fishery regula-
tions.
a discussion of the purpose and
use of fish tickets issued to fish buy
ers by the FWS was also on the
agenda. The tickets for reporting
fish catches are used by the FWS
for statistical purposes.
Meetings Of the Alaska Game
Commission and the FTWS agents
are scheduled to be concluded today
A dinner honoring the members
Of the Commission and the FWS
agents is planned at Wing Dings.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-02-17

Asked for his opinion on the pro-
lection of brown bear in the Terri
tory, Dr. Cotton said it was his
belief that as Alaska develops
sources of economic return, the bear
will play big part in the develop
ment of the tourist and big game
hunting trade.
Gut that question IS ore of the
several of which / am here to look
and learn" he replied, with a-twin-
kle.
Among the first persons whom
Dr. Cotton met after his arrival in
Juneau were old friends Frank Du-
fresno, former FWS official, Earl
Dinner of Petersburg, president of
the Alaska Game Commission, and
DR.. N. F. Hosley, all three here to
attend the Game Commission meet
ings.