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Evening star., 1952-08-28
Mother Sees Blasted Bedroom
Drop, Envisions Baby Dead

when asked to describe the events
leading UP to the explosion.
1.-THE baby was in her crib
asleep" she said. "I was working
in the kitchen. Then I heard a
horrible rumbling noise, like an
earthquake.
81 opened the door to my baby's
bedroom. Everything was gone
The furniture, the floors, the
ceiling-it was all down below.
thought my baby was dead.
"I ran downstairs to the base
ment and saw steam and hot
water kissing all around in the
rubble. A man took me by the
arm and led me outside. told
him my baby was down there.
told him I thought she was dead. "
Mr.. Hawkins said he was noti-
fled on the job at Catlett and
hurried to the hospital to join his
wife. He said his wife was hys-
terical when he saw her in the
emergency room.
"She told me our baby was
dead" he recounted. "I tried to
comfort my wife. Then I heard
"a siren coming and ran out back.
They were carrying my baby
in on a stretcher. and when she
looked up and recognized me.
knew she was all right" He
grinned happily.
1.-THE doctor examined her and
told us to take her home andngive
her q good BATH"
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Absentee Voting in
ILLINOIS

As O. serUice to the Districts
absentee uoters The Star is pub
fishing Uoting regulations in
each State for nert Nouember's
election. One State tDill be pub
lisl,ed each day. Watch for
yours. Today's instdllment Is for
residents iDho pish to pote in
Illinois:
Officers to Be Elected: IS Rep
resentatives to Congress, Governor
and other State officials.
Residence Requirement: State,
! year; county, 80 days: precinct.
80 days.
Registration: In person and per-
manent If elector votes at least
once each four years.
Register with county clerk Gin
Chicago and Cook County election
district with Board Of Election
Commissioners) from April IL
through October 6 for general
election.
Absentee Voting: Request of
fiscal form from county clerk Gin
Chicago election district write
Board Of Election Commissioners.
City Hall. Chicago) from October
4 to October 80 for election.
The voted ballot must be re-
ceived by issuing officer before
polls close on election day.
For further Information can
Mrs. Clarence Fisher. chairman
of the Doters' serpice. District
League OF Women Voters. Taylor
OO56. A
Tomorrow: Indians.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Three Injured When Auto
0verturns Near Glenn Dale

Three persons were injured
early today when their automobile
overturned on Enterprise road
near Defense highway, Glenn
Dale, Md.
Admitted to Prince Georges
General Hospital was James A.
johnson, %, colored. of Colling-
ton, Md, who suffered q broken
leg and cuts and bruises. Treated
there for cuts and bruises and
then released were Christanna
Coleman, %. and Ruby Collins,
26, both colored, who gave their
address as the Glenn Dale Sani-
tarium.
Prince Georges County police
said the accident occurred when
Mr.. Johnson, driver of the car,
became blinded by lights from an
oncoming car.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
D. {. Stores Pushing Hams
Most and turkeys Next

District food retailers are push
ing hams strongly for weekend
eating, with turkeys a close Sec
|ond, survey of local markets in
|dicated today.
Picnic supplies generally are
also being featured to catch holi-
day outing trade.
Fresh vegetables and fruits were
showing little change, except that
some fresh fruits were down a few
cents.
The Associated Press reported
from New York that a long await
ed break in egg prices was making
its appearance in the Nations
major wholesale distribution CEN
ters this week and that some effect
was already being felt in retail
stores in scattered places.
Local retailers reported no ap-
parent break In egg prices except
IA slight seasonal one and doubted
that the wholesale break could
reach retail outlets before next
week in any strong degree.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Suspect Faces Inquest
About Futuf Stubbinq

Thomas L. Sartor, Al. Of the
100 block Of D street Sc, will
face coroner's inquest today in
the fatal stabbing Of Edward Lee
Colsom. q, of the 1900 block Of
Kenyon street NV.
Mr.. Colsom died yesterday in
Freedman's Hospital Of stab
wounds received Sunday. Sartor
had been released on $1,000 bond
Sunday on a charge Of assault
with deadly weapon after the
stabbing during an argument over
the use of q kitchen at the Kenyon
street address, police said. Both
men are colored.
Evening star., 1952-08-28

ports that the big blast was pre-
ceded by a smaller one, but Mr..
Sampson said some witnesses
could recall only one.
A janitor at the development,
George w. Smith, 43, colored, said
he had stopped stoking coal yes
terday morning, and the new oil
system had started operation.
Thousands of spectators viewed
the wreckage. Traffic on nearby
Mount Vernon boulevard was
slowed down.
Mayor Beverley and City Man.
ager Willard commended police
and firemen for their work.
Red Cross officials were on hand
to render assistance.
Deputy Chief William Barber,
who is also civil defense co-ordi
nator, was at the scene.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs presented through
the cooperation Of the District
Recreation Department and the
Film Center Of Washington:
Washington at Dusk.
Stoddert, Thirty ninth and Cal
vert streets NV.
Barnard, Fifth and Decatur
streets NV.
Powell, Sixteenth and Lamont
streets NV.
Sherwood. Tenth and g streets
NE.
Garfield. Second and F streets
Sc.
Fort Greble. Nichols avenue and
Chesapeake street S.W.
Cook, North Capitol and p
streets NV.
Rose Park. Twenty-seventh and
o streets NV.
Langston, 2210 H street NE.
Syphax School, Half StIeet be-
tween N and o streets S.W.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
DC. Democratic Committee
Re-eIects A. |. Wheeler

A. L. Wheeler last night was
elected to his second term as
chairman of the District Demo-
cratic Central Committee.
Also reelected for another
term at a meeting of the group
held at the Central Committee
and Stevenson-Sparkman Head
quarters. 1408 New York avenue
NV, were Gerhard Van Arkel,
secretary, and William L. Hous-
ton. treasurer.
Newly elected for four-year
terms were j. c. Turner and
Joseph L. Rauh, jr., vice chair
men. and Robert Mars, finance
officer.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Budget Study Ordered
On New Transit Fares

A study to determine how the
higher bus and streetcar fares
granted Capital Transit Co. will
affect the District budget was
ordered today by the Commis-
Sioners.
Last year the city government
spent $44,278 for streetcar and
bus passes and tokens for the
transportation of various employees
engaged in official business. The
higher fares probably will add
about $6,700 to the transportation
bill.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Upshur Heating Plant
Ruled Unsafe for Use,
Told

The Commissioners today were
told that the heating plant at the
Upshur Street Hospital was in
such poor condition that city boil
Ter inspectors have refused to cer-
tify it as safe for use this fall
The hospital, at Thirteenth and
Upshur streets NV, is used for
tubercular patients by Gallinger
Hospital.
$4,000 to Be Appropriated.
The Commissioner Immediately
approved a $4,000 appropriation
to replace the boilers. However
this sum could not be available
before next summer.
Commissioner Renah F. CamalieI
said the city must find some
money or a way to repair the
boilers until money can be OBJ
tanned from Congress.
Engineer Commissioner Bernard
u. Robinson labeled it a serious
condition.
Letter From Engineer.
The matter was brought to the
Commissioners attention through
a letter from H. K. Kugel. chief
engineer of the Regulations and
Boiler Inspection Service. The let
ter was sent to Dr. Phillip Steb-
bing, superintendent of Gallinger
Hospital, on August 18.
Mr.. Kugel declared in the letter:
This Office will no longer issue
certificates on the boilers. 1t is
pointed out that the hospital is
skating on very thin ice and that
it is not improbable that it may
be without heat this coming
winter. The entire plant should
be replaced"
Brought It Up in 1949.
Mr.. Kugel pointed out that he
had called attention to this situa-
ton to Health Officer Daniel L.
Seckinger- in December. 1949, and
asked that plans be made to re-
place the plant. He added that
since then money has not been
obtained and that the boilers are
three years older and in worse
condition.
DR.. Stebbing. In a memorandum
to the Commissioners, said he was
very much concerned about the
situation.
He stated, 1--WE fear that even
if the appropriation is approved
by Congress, the money will be
available too late"
He recommended that a Wig
orous attempt be made to do
something about the heating plant
Immediately.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Stores to Stoy Open
Saturday as Regular
6-Doy Week Starts

All downtown department
and speciality stores which
have been closed on Saturdays
during July and August will
be open this Saturday. Dewey
Zirkin, president of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers
Association, announced today.
With the opening of the
stores Saturday, department
and speciality stores will revert
to their winter schedule OF
being open six days a week.
The majority also will remain
open on Thursday nights.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Scent Gas Tax
Boosts Revenue
As Sales Drop
'Toke' for July
Is $l39,774 Over
Same Month in 81

Gasoline consumption in the
District during July-the first
month of the 1-cent tax increase
675,767 gallons from
July, 1851, but the tax take" was
up $139,774.
Although city officials felt it is
too early to look for trends, most
attributed the lower consumption
directly to the new scent gas levy
here.
Maryland people who used to
be able to get their gas a penny
cheaper in the District are now
buying in their own communities,
now that the tax is the same"
Washington'S acting highway di-
rector, Samuel r. Harrison, haz-
arded today.
Congress authorized the 1-cent
increase effective here last July /.
Formerly the permanent" rate
had been 3 cents. later raised
temporarily to cents. The s.
cent Maryland levy has been in
effect for some time. Virginia
motorists can still save by buying
in the District. since their tax
is 6 cents.
Martin Blames Heat.
Assessor James L. Martin was
inclined to disagree with Mr.. Har.
rison's diagnosis of the drop. Mr..
Martin felt the excessive heat of
July immobilized too many WASH
ington drivers.
Whatever the cause, the lower
consumption was expected by the
Highway Department when it in
itiated the penny raise. Mr.. Har-
riSon said the department figured
the tax raise would yield about
$1.2 million more yearly. despite
an anticipated decline in the num-
ber of gallons sold.
If the actual $139, 1000 increase
in revenue realized in July con-
tinueS through the rest Of the
fiscal year, the Highway Depart
ment's expectations will be more
than realized. This will not dis
please the highway people, inas-
much as they would be hard.
pressed to meet street improves
ment needs even with e1.2 million
more funds annually.
Other Comparisons.
Here are some of the pertinent
statistics:
Total gallons sold in July, 1861,
were 17.3 million, as opposed to
1872 million last July. The July
50 sales were even more substan-
tally less than the 1873 million
Of the preceding month. The lat
ter comparison represents q diff
ference Of 81 million gallons.
July, 1851, taxes came to $694,-
252. whereas the revenue Of last
July totaled $834,027. This figure
also exceeds the $732,583 intake
Of last June, the final month Of
the accent tax .~'
Gas tax receipts for all Of fiscal
1852. which ended last June 30.
totaled $8.1 million, $1,000 moro
than the 1851 fiscal year. If the
Highway Department estimation
holds true, the penny tax increase
should give the District a total Of
about $9.3 million by next June
so. the end Of fiscal 1858.
The biggest gasoline importers.
upon whom the tax payments de-
volved in July. were ESQ Standard
Oil Co., AZ million gallons; Amer
ican Oil Co.. 2.7 million gallons:
the Texas Co.. % million gallons.
and Sun Oil Co., 1.8 million gall
Ions. Taxes on these firms alone
was better than $555. 900. well over
half the total gasoline taxes paid
in July.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
ADA Hears BIunkinsop

Arthur Blankinsop. former
Junior Minister of Healht In the
British Labor government. last
night addressed the Washington
Chapter Of the Americans for
Democratic Action. Yesterdays
Star enormously announcedA the
talk would be tonight.
Evening star., 1952-04-13
Dinghies in Lead
With Six Victories
By the Assoeiofed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md. April H.
Skipper Bill Gallinger won three
races today as Navy took the
first-day lead in its annual spring
invitational dinghy meet.
Tim Walsh piloted two Middle
wins and Bob McGurk another
giving Navy six victories in the
Is races held today Eight more
races will be staged tomorrow
Results of the 18th and 10th
races were delayed when two pro-
tests were lodged. Cornell ano
Coast Guard were the unofficia.
winners, pending the outcome o1
the protests.
Even without those results
Cornell and Coast Guard had eacf
copied two previous races. Norm
Freeman was the double-winne'
for Cornell and George Wagne
for the Guardsmen.
Hobart, Georgetown. st. 10
seph's and George Washington
were the only other schools II
the 12-team field to finish mrs
Evening star., 1952-04-13
Daily Double Paid S197.8O.
Double (Galedo) $40.

THIRD RACE-Purse. $1,000; claiming
3I,-yearroldS; furlonss. oo o
Our World (Mercier) $50
Iveribest. Alhampered. Bad Rack Sweet
Pryme. American.
FOURTH RACE-Purse. So ZOO; claim
Harry Gstf dandeT sI,t fBaidn' l7lo S55oo Ssso
Emergency Hour CRogers) 7.3O
Also ran-Allsiral. Yes You, Lenky Racer
El Pacho. Delphy. Texas Reward. Away
Away.
FIFTH RACE-Purse, s27Oo; claiming
Bases Loaded 'kirSind} '' 1886 $50 $50
EGa5s,nR Rspeg East tsc9alSsa9 fzakSo $50 2SG 2SG
Also ranoRard Held, Atom Buster
Dayround. False Front. Trumpet King
MeSabi. Nepal.
SIXTH RACE-Purse, $4,000; allow
Bated Breath tMercier) $40 3.3g
Bright Bones Camp 4.50
Also 'ran-Fiora, Slipper Satin. Allies
Pal. Arts Mona, Heavenly Hash.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, 81 500: allow
peesrE sSshd;Slas and tH5Sns5
Play Toy (Rodriauez) $40 4.2C
IaPr0p (CulmoneD Z.9U
Time. ! "a.
| Also ran-aNimble Fox, Colonel Zeder
IGiggle. Lot-A-Brass, Thee and Me. Swamp
Son.
| Constantin entry
EIGHTH RACE-Purse. So 800: allow.
anceS: 4-year-oldS and up; 1Ss miles.
Blazing Silver (Borge'ke) 500 35n 30
Lancer (Scurlock) 1900 CSC
Boston Gray tBurr) o.9t
| Time, 2:44ss.
! Also ran-Autan. willy Willie. Sunny
man, Alsirne. Pay Window. Chilcat.
| NINTH RACE Purse, $500; claiming
i4-year -olds and up; IA miles.
Money Wise tBurr) 700 ago S,St
Joan Anne K. lFlutie) $50 I'll
Little Bobby (HowelD 9.Ot
/ Time, 2:07ss.
Also ran-Arab Miss Trayjack. Higi
Peak, Oklahoma Time, Preceder. Clear
ance. Final Edition. Alacassula. Narcissus
Evening star., 1952-04-13
Chesapeake
Continued from Page BID

Shouse's game filly Cinda, who
had reeled off three straight vic
tories at six furlongs, and made
her a 81 favorite. Cinda was
asked to go a distance for the first
time and her fifth-place finish
clearly showed it was asking too
much. She broke on top, as ex-
pected, and held the lead three
quarters of the way.
Rocco Sisto rode Handsome
Teddy and the Washington boy
broke his mount well from the No.
2 post position. He took him in
hand and rated him just off the
leaders as Cinda and Star of Per-
sia paced the field to the club
house turn. The leaders raced
evenly to the halfway mark where
Congo King, Brookmeade's color
bearer moved ahead of Handsome
Teddy and displaced Star of Per-
Sia in second place.
With whips failing and jockeys
urging more speed out of their
mounts, the field shuff1ed around
the last turn with Count Flame
moving out in front. Cinda, be-
ginning to labor, dropped back to
second, alf-length ahead of the
oncoming Jampol. H a i'd S o m e
Teddy was another length away,
only a head in front Of Orco.
Gets Through Opening.
AS they Strengthened out for
home, Sisto appeared to- be in
trouble, blocked by the slowing
Cinda along the rail and the fall
tering Count Flame. But Sisto
saw a slight opening between the
first two and shot through the gap
and got the lead. It was bold
piece of riding, but the biggest
thrill was yet to come.
jockey Bobby Permane brought
Jampol alongside with a crack OF
the whip, and with another belt
goaded the son of Thumbs Up
Winkle II into a head lead. Only
about the length of a football
field from the wire. Jampol looked
like the winner. But Sisto shook
up Handsome Teddy. stung him
with the whip, and found the
burst of speed he needed.
Senator Joe Wins.
Sisto, enjoying one of his better
days. came right back in the
seventh race and gave Alar
Clarke's Senator Joe a slashins
ride to make it two victories il
a row. Disqualified for humping
Rocky Heights in his last race
the Senator made no mistakes ir
clicking off the six furlongs ir
Ill for the fastest time of the
meeting at that distance.
The 3-4 daily double combina.
tion won today, with Havey B
opening the card with an easy
victory at $500 mutuel, and
Marengo taking the second at a
$28. Apprentice Dante Rizzo had
the mount on Marengo and came
back to win the fifth with Oozo,
Sammy Boulmetis celebrated
the end of a Today suspension
with a victory on Selector, the
Ifavorite, in the fourth race. but
Nick Shuk. leading rider of the
meeting, boosted his total to "a
by bringing in Itsthetruth an
odds-on choice, in the third race.
The crowd was not as large as
anticipated. but it bet 81. .498 856.
Evening star., 1952-04-13
oyas Lose Twice Penn State 1876 3d. Penn Beats NAVY AZ
Baird Quits Davidson
In Scholarship Row
BY the AsSoeioted Press

DAVIDSON, N. c.. April Ia
Boyd Baird, head basketball coach
lat Davidson, resigned today be-
cause, he said, Il have been given
the word that there will be no help
whatsoever for basketball next
season."
The resignation is effective
June /.
Baird came to Davidson as an
assistant coach in 1948 and sue
ceeded Norman Shepherd as head
coach when the latter resigned to
become basketball coach at Har-
ward at the start of the 1950-5l
season.
MY original understanding was
that we were to have three baS-
ketball scholarships a year. AS it
turned out we did not even get
that. Now I understand the policy
will be no help whatsoever" Baird
said in a statement.
Evening star., 1952-04-13
North CuroIinu Scores
Over Purdue Golfers
BY the Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL, N. c., April IL
The University of North Caro-
lima golf team, facing its strong
est opposition of the season. de-
feated Purdue University 1872 tt
I812 here today
Sophomore Tommy Langley Of
the Tar Heels shot an even pal
72, but the Boilermakers' star
Jack Hesler. was medalist with
"a II.
Evening star., 1952-04-13
-Four Unearned Runs
In First Two Innings
win for Quakers
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April IL. -
Penn scored four unearned runs
in the first two innings on Navy
infleld errors and went on to de-
feat the Middies in an Eastern
intercollegiate League game to-
day, AZ.
Pitcher Karl Hey set Navy down
with steady eight-hit effort, and
after the Middies scored their
runs in the third he didn't allow
a runner past second base.
The Quakers pounded Don
Metz, Navy's starting pitcher
hard in the first inning, but they
would have been blanked except
for a nerror by Shortstop Eddie
Dawson on leadoff man Dale
Summerbell'S grounder.
Double Yields First Run.
Bill Deuber, who collected three
singles in four trips, followed
Dawson's miscue with single to
left. After two were out, Hey
aided his own cause by batting
in the first run with a double to
right center.
Dan Alexander then hit a
booming triple to left for two
more tallies and a 80 lead.
Penn added another unearned
run in the second on Third Base
man Matt Pasztalaniec's error, a
sacrifice and Deuber's two-out
single to center.
Navy cut the Penn lead to AZ
in the third. An infield single by
Metz, a double by Dick Bordone
and a walk to Dawson loaded the
bases with one out.
Metz Retires Twelve Straight.
One run scored as Dawson was
forced at second and the other
came across on Pasztalaniec's
single off Third Baseman Ken
Baumler's glove.
Metz bore down after the shaky
start and from the fourth through
the seventh inning he turned back
II straight batters. Gerald Klein,
who pitched the last two innings
after Metz was removed for a
pinch hitter, gave up just two
singles. s~,
The game was the league open
er for both squads. In overall
play, Navy has won two, lost two
and tied one. Penn has split even
lin ten starts
Evening star., 1952-04-13
Washington Lee Crew
Fourth at Annapolis
Speeiol Dispoteh 10 The Stor

ANNAPOLIS, Md. April 12.-
Washington Lee Highs crew,
making its first start of the sea-
son, finished fourth in a mile race
against the Naval Academy Plebes
on the Severn River today.
The Plebes' boats finished one
two-three in front of the Gen.
erals varsity shell with the WI
Junior varsity coming in fifth.
The WI varsity boat was six
lengths behind the winning Plebe
shell with the junior varsity shell
another four lengths in the rear.
The winning time, against a
strong headWind, was $40.
Evening star., 1952-04-13
CIV High School Crews
Win One of Three Ruces
SpscioI Dispatch 10 The StoI

PHILADELPHIA. April 12.-
Lower Merton High won two Out
of three races with the George
Washington High of Alexandria
Va, crew on the Schuykill River
today.
The Lower Merton oarsmen beat
the Presidents by three-quarter.
Iof boat length with a 500 time
i'm the varsity race and were VIC
Itorious by a length in the junior
varsity test with a $40 time. The
visitors won the sophomore race
by four lengths with a 5:37 time.
Evening star., 1952-04-13
Setter Wins Best in Show

RICHMOND. Va. April IL up.
-Ch. Rock Falls Colonel, w. T
Hollis orange and belton English
setter which won the 1851 Morris
and Essex championship. took
best in show at the 18th annual
Virginia Kennel Club dog show
here today.
Evening star., 1952-04-13
ChokoIes Engaged

RICHMOND. Va. April IL (P).-
The engagement of Bob Chakales,
Cleveland Indians pitcher, to Mrs.
Anne Leftwich Mackenzie Robin
son of Richmond was announced
today. The marriage will take
place in June.
Evening star., 1952-04-13
Colonial Tennis Team
Blanks Western Md.
By the Associated Press

WESTMINSTER, April IT,
George Washington University
made a clean sweep of it's tennis
meet with Western Maryland Col
lege today, walking off with a 90
victory without losing a set.
Summary:
Singles-Edelschein defeated Tomelson,
60, 90. Beale defeated Silberstein,
80, So. Sloat defeated Taitt 6-0
Archer defeated Davis, 81, 6-3. Rey-
nard defeated Saitmarsh, 6-3. 6-3.
DoubleS-Edelschein and Beale defeated
and, Epstein defeated Davis and Taitt
g. jos. Archer and Reynard de-
feated Silberstein and Saltmarsh, Cd,